Day Zero Patch

Well this it. The end of the road. It’s been one hell of a journey over the past year and we appreciate all of you who listened. So how do we repay your loyalty? By having Mark, Tom, Brandon, and Josh bicker over what should be Day Zero Patch’s 2015 Game of the Year. And for those of you who haven’t listened? It’s the same thing, but think of it as a punishment now.

Here we are! 2016! A new year! And in keeping with new things, we welcome a fresh new perspective on the show. While the rest of the crew is taking a break this week, Tom and Nicole have taken over to do a special episode about a female’s perspective on games. Literally, just A female. Specifically, Nicole’s. I’ll be honest, Nicole really carries the episode this week.

Remember when they kept finding tape after tape of new Tupac music? Well, we’re going to pull a similar trick and offer up a recording we did in preparation of launching Day Zero Patch. This is the first recording we did as the collective team of Mark, Tom, and Brandon. Our opinions are a little skewed, but we think we did a pretty okay job about a year ago. Maybe. Enjoy!

A short time ago in a podcast not too far away…three nerds assembled to discuss Star Wars: The Force Awakens. If you haven’t seen the movie, don’t listen to the podcast unless you enjoy having things spoiled for you. For those that can’t listen, here is Mark, Tom, and Josh’s spoiler free review: it’s really good. Really, really good.

Just in time for the holiday season, it’s time to discuss 2015’s biggest disappointments! What games really let you down this year? Well, you can’t tell us unless you email us. Even if you do, it won’t be in time for the episode since we record on Sundays. Man, that is a real let down. Distract your personal disappointment with Mark, Tom, and Brandon as they discuss video game disappointments!

Every publication known to man gives out a game of the year award. So what makes The Game Awards so special when they say something is game of the year? Well, as it turns out, The Game Awards won the Game Awards of the Year award so it can make that call. Listen in as Mark, Tom, and Brandon discuss this years winners and losers.

Episode 45. You only have 55 episodes left to listen to in order to unlock the “Podcasting Pioneer” achievement. Willing to commit only a sparse 55 additional hours to unlock this trophy? Listen in as Mark, Tom, and Josh discuss their personal struggles with digital reward points!

Oh wellllllllllllll We’re the type of guys who will never settle on one game. Where pretty games are well, you know that we’re around. We play ‘em and we love ‘em cause to us they’re all not the same. We gripe about ‘em and we complain about ‘em, they don’t even know our names. They call us the Day Zero Patch. Yeah, the Day Zero Patch. We play around, around, around.   Join us this week as Mark, Tom, Brandon, and Josh discuss Fallout 4.

Superman crashed on our planet. Spiderman got bit by a radioactive insect. Batman witnessed a double homicide. All heroes have a beginning to their story, but what about our hosts? How did they get drawn into the lucrative world of playing video games? Tune in as Mark, Tom, Brandon, and Josh share how they pressed start for the first time!

Can you feel the rhythm? If not, at least see the rhythm as it’s represented via bright lights and colors on a TV screen? Join us this week as Mark, Tom, and Brandon discuss the rhythm genre of gaming. So blow the dust off that plastic instrument in the back of your closet, because it’s time to shred!

Remember when Halo 3 came out and we were told to “finish the fight”? Well, apparently it takes a lot of time to wrap up all this fighting because two games later, we’re still in the thick of it. Join us this week as Mark, Tom, and Brandon discuss Halo 5 Guardians!

Remember in school when the teacher would assign group work? And everyone had his or her own individual part of the project to do? And if one person didn’t pull his or her weight, everyone’s grade would suffer? Well, good news! This concept still exists today, except in your favorite pastime! Join us this week as Mark, Tom, Brandon, and Josh discuss big team co-op.

You’ve all talked about it on the forums. You’ve seen the leaked trailers and scripts. You’ve watched the developer blogs and E3 announcements. After all that…it’s finally here. Our episode about video game hype! Come on and get hyped with Mark, Tom, and Josh as we discuss this topic that seems to create some unrealistic expectations for gamers.

Well, we’ve talked about Destiny for the past two weeks, but aren’t there OTHER games out there you ask? Not yet, but this fall seems to be full of them! Listen in as Mark, Tom, and Josh discuss the most anticipated game releases for the fall of 2015.

From our discussion of Destiny Year One to The Taken King in one week! We beat Bungie by about 51 weeks, but will we beat them in quality? Mark, Tom, Brandon, and Josh will try this week as we discuss our impressions of the latest Destiny expansion. We also drop the secret code word for our giveaway, but get those submissions in quick as the deadline is quickly approaching!

This week, we take a page out of Bungie’s playbook! With a minimal staff and a budget of $500 million, Tom and Josh bring you our discussion of Destiny Year 1. It may seem less than what was expected due to the hype, but we promise big things in the future to make everything right. After a few patches and expansions of course.

Welcome listeners, old and new! If you’re an old listener, you know the drill. Our hosts Mark, Tom, Brandon, and Josh will ramble for about an hour on topics vaguely related to video games. If you’re a new listener…well let’s be honest, you’re probably here for the giveaway. Either way, it doesn’t matter! Just sit back and enjoy the madness.

Ready to hear four men talk about brawny dudes…wait that didn’t come out right. Let me try again. Buckle down as we describe the heart thumping, over the top action of super muscular…nope. Still not doing a good job, so I’ll try one more time. Hear us discuss the revamped graphics the give detail to every curve…okay, I give up. This week Mark, Tom, Brandon, and Josh talk about the Gears of War Ultimate Edition.

Once upon a time, an alien race invaded that caused the young boy in the village to seek out vengeance for his family of wizards that wielded dangerous magic that caused the shattering of the world to create the apocalyptic wasteland you must wonder seeking answers to the ultimate question of how the malevolent computer system gained sentience. While you sort out that rambling mess, listen in this week as Mark, Tom, and Josh discuss narratives in video games!

Today we are going to learn about the Three Rs: Remake, Remaster, and Rerelease. I bet you were thinking about the other Three Rs, but I went ahead and put my own twist on it. See? Already learning about remakes! Learn more as Mark, Tom, Brandon, and Josh discuss.