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We are back! talking about this new age boomer shooter. join us through our journey an thoughts on this game. Our topics this month we talk about the most let down payoff of game endings and direction AGAIN of Microsoft XBOX. Please email us for comments and suggestions at: [email protected] Please visit our website! loweredexpectationspodcast.com

This month we talk about the anticipated sequel to High on Life, High on life 2. Originally, our group played High on Life for a game of the month in the first season of our podcast. Join us as we share our thoughts on the second game of this series. For topics we reminisce on the funniest gaming moments we have had in the past. Please email us for comments and suggestions at: [email protected] Please visit our website! loweredexpectationspodcast.com

WE ARE BACK! This month we played Resident Evil 9 Requiem. Come with us and listen to our experiences running through this facility of horrors along with returning to Racoon City. For topics we discuss the 30 day check in debacle on the Sony PlayStation and even more recent events with the direction of Xbox. Please email us for comments and suggestions at: [email protected] Please visit our website! loweredexpectationspodcast.com

We are still at it! We are back and taking a step in the past to play/discus the game Alan Wake. Originally released in 2010 as well as the remastered version in 2021, Alan Wake is a psychological action- thriller with light horror aspects along with an interesting and unexpected storyline. Join us as we shine a light on our thoughts and experiences of this game of the past. For topics we have a heavy discussion about the possible upcoming changes of discord with age verification and recent managerial changes within Xbox Microsoft. Please email us for comments and suggestions at: [email protected] Please visit our website! loweredexpectationspodcast.com

So, we haven't given up yet! We are back, with another late upload, this time from the New Year! This month we are playing Outer Worlds 2, the anticipated sequel, developed by the same studio that did Fallout New Vegas. Come with us as we explore the edges of the galaxy, and our patience. For topics this time we talk about our most anticipated games for the New Year, our journey into PC gaming, and some of our resolutions for the year. Please email us for comments and suggestions at: [email protected] Please visit our website! loweredexpectationspodcast.com

We are back at it again! It has been 3 years since our las recording, and we are excited to be back talking about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Come along with us as we explore all things Gommage, and celebrate one of the 2025 contenders for Game of the Year. Second half of the show we will cover topics like the death of consoles, and the most anticipated titles for 2026. SPOILER WARNING - If you do not want to hear ending spoilers please skip from 43 minutes to 54 minutes.

We're back and worse at scheduling than ever. In this episode we have a very measured and reasonable discussion about Humble Games' 2021 bullet hell RPG Archvale! At least until an overserved cast member shows up to lower the brow a bit. In the second half we answer a fan question, chat about how important small details like cosmetics in a cutscene are to us in what we play, and discuss the merits of capitalisms with a level headedness rarely seen. Eat the rich!

This time around we check our brain cells against Pillow Castle Games' 2019 puzzler Superliminal. Listen in to find out if this mind bending game had an effect on our perspective. For topics this time we shared the series we wish survived their poor releases, creative weapons that stuck with us, and the pros and cons of more and more titles including cross platform play for multiplayer! Please email us for comments and suggestions at: [email protected] Please visit our website! loweredexpectationspodcast.com Music used in this episode: Spinabenz - drill time Foolio - Who I Smoke Alison Wonderland - F**k U Love U

After a brief Summer break we're back to your regularly scheduled programming with our reactions to Eidos-Montreal's 2021 action-adventure Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. After a couple years of scorn does Lane finally get redemption for stanning that garbage Avengers game? Tune in to find out! In the second half discover the risk of being topical as we cover recent events like Fortnite dropping a no build mode and the brand new smash hit Elden Ring! You can always count on the LE crew to be at the forefront of gaming news. Please email us for comments and suggestions at: [email protected] Please visit our website! loweredexpectationspodcast.com Music used in this episode: Anima Drop - Fragile Self Flexed Up - SADZILLA TOGAWALK - SADZILLA x B-TRAIN

Hear how a bunch of Master Chief stans felt about the latest chapter of his saga Halo: Infinite. We talk about the ups and downs this title has to offer and how it stacks up both as both a shooter and as a Halo game in general. In the back half we cover topics including the most fun we've have had playing games in ways the developers did not intend. Please email us for comments and suggestions at: [email protected] Please visit our website! loweredexpectationspodcast.com Music used in this episode: Le Malls - Diamond Ring Not Your Dope - Heavens Beat Saka - Salvo

Back 4 Blood dropped with plans to turn nostalgia into sales, but was this FPS out of Turlte Rock studios able to recapture the Left 4 Dead magic for a bunch of dudes who gave Noam Chomsky the ride of his life a decade ago? We give our verdict in the first half this month. Afterwards we take turns chatting about games past we think deserver a proper reboot, which things about gaming trigger us the most, and games we expected to love but wound up hating. Please email us for comments and suggestions at: [email protected] Please visit our website! loweredexpectationspodcast.com Music used in this episode: WEVLTH - DANGER Major Lazer - Be Together (Kai Maddox Remix) Wizard - Wizard

Welcome welcome to our Game of the Year episode for 2021! We gathered to chat about games we played this year (not necessarily released this year) that stuck out as the cream of the crop. Favorites from episodes past make their triumphant returns alongside the solo endeavors that blew our minds! Afterwards we go back and forth on the most badass moments we've ever experienced in gaming, which game or franchise has the GOAT soundtrack, and our gaming hot take for the year. A sincere thanks to anyone listening through a year of various quality and consistently low results! At least we tell ya in the title ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Please email us for comments and suggestions at: [email protected] Please visit our website! loweredexpectationspodcast.com Music used in this episode: Hideyoshi - Majinahanashi DEAD BLONDE - Мальчик на девятке [PHONK REMIX] Sadzilla - Cell Games (feat. Blake Basic, Drugsta, Santos Santana & B-Train)

It's an overdue anniversary episode and to celebrate we played Double Fine's newest masterpiece Psychonauts 2! Hear us sing praises for the first game good enough to get every one of the boys to complete it. After we name the gaming moments that terrified us the most, roast each other while describing our favorite comfort food games, and then bring it back in for a chat about the multiplayer games we most love to play with friends. We also want to give a HUGE shout out to Kristie for our first ever fan question!! Please email us for comments and suggestions at: [email protected] Please visit our website! loweredexpectationspodcast.com Music used in this episode: BEATSMASH & Drama B - Clock n Lock n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtREY7KXHnQ Witchouse 40k - SPIDERBLOOD (prod. Zyller & Acid) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLAUIxq0BYs Skrillex, Noisia, josh pan & Dylan Brady - Supersonic (My Existence) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U41bONK2V-U

It's a sequel! Get ready to get spooky with us as we delve into The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope for our 2nd annual Halloween episode. Man of Medan was universally praised by the boys, so how does the witchy town of Little Hope follow up? In the back half we woke up and chose violence, as discussions about game genres we can't stand and the first games that made us truly rage abound! Please email us for comments and suggestions at: [email protected] Please visit our website! loweredexpectationspodcast.com Music used in this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTkavYCrNLc

Finally! It took us eleven episodes but we have finally found a game that everyone was frustrated by. Join us as we discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of The Ascent, a solo and co-op action-shooter RPG that comes so close to being good. After all the whining we also discuss our all-time favorite gaming waifus, great games we couldn't finish, and more! Please email us for comments and suggestions at: [email protected] Please visit our website! loweredexpectationspodcast.com