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Friends Per Second

Friends Per Second

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Three nerds. Three microphones. Zero clue what we're talking about - a video game podcast from Skill Up, Jake Baldino, and Lucy James.© 2024 Friends Per Second Science Fiction
Episodes
  • After Halo Campaign Evolved, do we want/need a Halo 2 Remaster? | FPS Ep #101

    After Halo Campaign Evolved, do we want/need a Halo 2 Remaster? | FPS Ep #101
    Aug 2 2026
    Head to https://buyraycon.com/friendsOPEN to get up to 20% off Raycon audio products. Thanks to Raycon for sponsoring FPS! -- Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 07:22 Ralph and Jake have been playing Halo Campaign Evolved 45:17 Raycon (ad) 48:38 Lucy's been playing Silent Hill: Townfall 01:04:26 Ralph's been playing Splatoon Raiders 01:14:57 Jake's been playing Rhythm Heaven Groove 01:16:58 User Question 01:31:10 Lucy's been playing Clicky Islands, The House Dreams Along With Them, and The Incident at Galley House 01:36:43 Show and Tell 01:47:25 Wrap Up -- Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast on your favourite podcast platform: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/friendspersecond -- Let's meet our hosts! - Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino - Lucy James was a Senior Producer at Gamespot for more than a decade before striking out on her own, founding https://lookingfor.game/, a newsletter and games discovery platform that serves up cool suggestions (and demo codes) directly to your inbox. She also co-hosts the annual Summer Games Showcase alongside Geoff Keighly. - Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he hasn't had a better job since. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 50 mins
  • Is modern gaming cooked? | Friends Per Second #99

    Is modern gaming cooked? | Friends Per Second #99
    Jul 19 2026
    Get 20% off DeleteMe by going to https://joindeleteme.com/friends and use code FRIENDS to protect your privacy! -- Try Factor at https://www.factormeals.com/fps50off with code fps50off to get 50% off and free daily greens per box, with new subscription only, while supplies last until 09/27/2026. Thanks to Factor for sponsoring FPS! -- Head to https://buyraycon.com/friendsOPEN to get up to 20% off Raycon audio products. Thanks to Raycon for sponsoring FPS! -- Timestamps: 00:00 Intro ft. Guest Host Chris Grant 18:08 Xbox Discussion 32:50 DeleteMe (ad) 35:46 Factor (ad) 38:11 State of the Industry Discussion 01:06:22 Raycon (ad) 01:09:10 User Question 01:18:11 Ralph and Lucy have been playing The Blood of Dawnwalker 01:28:27 Jake's been playing AC Black Flag Resynced 01:37:58 Chris's been playing Doom The Dark Ages Revelations and Deltarune 01:49:33 Lucy's been playing Denshattack! 01:55:28 Steam Machine Discussion 02:12:15 Show and Tell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    2 hrs and 30 mins
  • Sony ditches physical media, but will gamers ditch Sony in response? | FPS Podcast #98

    Sony ditches physical media, but will gamers ditch Sony in response? | FPS Podcast #98
    Jul 5 2026
    Head to https://buyraycon.com/friendsOPEN to get up to 20% off Raycon audio products. Thanks to Raycon for sponsoring FPS! -- A huge thanks to Kyle Bosman for joining us. Pleas do check out his stuff over at https://www.youtube.com/@UCSJL4mrS3z_nnvsJ-gkOQ5A -- If you wanna check out our newsletter, you can do so here: https://friendspersecond.substack.com/ Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast on your favourite podcast platform: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/friendspersecond -- Let's meet our hosts! - Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino - Lucy James was a Senior Producer at Gamespot for more than a decade before striking out on her own, founding https://lookingfor.game/, a newsletter and games discovery platform that serves up cool suggestions (and demo codes) directly to your inbox. She also co-hosts the annual Summer Games Showcase alongside Geoff Keighly. - Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he hasn't had a better job since. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 42 mins
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I usually watch on YouTube on skillups channel but sometimes If I wanna garden or I’m on a drive it great to listen via podcast on here.

Love to just hear these folks chat about gaming

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Followed Jake Baldino for years with Gameranx, and have listened to every episode through YouTube and ended up subscribing to both skill up and the completionist aswell! I just got audible and thought I'd keep up with it on here. thanks, guys, for great content!

Been listening since day 1

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