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The Free Cheese

The Free Cheese

The Free Cheese is a weekly video game podcast about video games, brought to you once a week by The Free Cheese dot com. Hosted by Joe Dix and Matt Soellner. Opening theme The Origin by Legna Zeg.

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01:07:51

The Free Cheese Episode 620: Quake 4

The Free Cheese ·

2025/07/28

This week on The Free Cheese, hey, I've become you. Quake 4 joins The List as we dive deep into Raven Software's entrance into the Quake franchise. We discuss the pacing of the game in the first few chapters and how a shocking transformation scene changes more than just the main character for the back half of the campaign. How does it stack up to the other Quake games on The List? Come find out!

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54:03

The Free Cheese Episode 619: Endless Ocean

The Free Cheese ·

2025/07/21

This week on The Free Cheese, there's auto-swim if you're lazy. What happens when the hardcore Tetris developers take on Nintendo's blue ocean strategy in the literal sense? Endless Ocean is a fascinating release for the Nintendo Wii and one that still feels unique today. We discuss our time with the game, the weirdest things we found below the sea, and rank it on The List. Come hang out with us and Katherine Sunday.

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53:17

The Free Cheese Episode 618: Space Channel 5

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2025/07/14

This week on The Free Cheese, ohhhh la la. Let's save the galaxy one dance move at a time, checking out Space Channel 5 on the Dreamcast. As a counter to UGA's Rez, we revel in the bright colors and tones of Space Channel 5, exploring another approach to rhythm video games.

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52:59

The Free Cheese Episode 617: Superman: The New...

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2025/07/07

This week on The Free Cheese, no really, the rings are the good part. We make some Spider-Man comics to start the show before diving into one of video gaming's most notorious releases. In time for the new DC Studios release of Superman, we play one of the Man of Steel's key video games to see how bad it really is.

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01:47:30

The Free Cheese Episode 616: Season 13 50%

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2025/06/30

This week on The Free Cheese, it's basically July. With six months on the books for the year and this season of the podcast, we break from The List and reflect. First, we talk about the hits and misses from this season so far. Then, we talk about the games we've been playing outside of the podcast. We look at some news stories and trends from 2025 in video games. Finally, we share our most anticipated titles still due out this year.

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01:02:42

The Free Cheese Episode 615: Deus Ex | Part I

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2025/06/23

This week on The Free Cheese, how did you do it? We begin our adventure with Deus Ex and quickly realize how much this game has awaiting for us. We also learn how varied and nuanced our individual campaigns are going to shake out. We discuss the opening areas of the game and the interactions with the world that we've had so far, like triggering opponents mistakenly with a flashlight and preemptively completing objectives.

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01:45:59

The Free Cheese Episode 614: Nintendo Switch 2

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2025/06/16

This week on The Free Cheese, it should have been called Wii U 3. We look back at eight years of Nintendo Switch, starting with its rumors through its reveal and launch. We share our launch story, then discuss the highs and lows of the console. To close out a console generation, we share our Top 8 Nintendo Switch games. Next, we look toward the future of Nintendo Switch 2, discuss what launch has been like, and which games we've been playing most in the first week of the console.

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57:54

The Free Cheese Episode 613: Geometry Wars: Retro...

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2025/06/09

This week on The Free Cheese, we're chasing high scores again. We add Bizarre Creations' Geometry Wars series to The List, discussing the impact it had on Xbox Live Arcade and the nature of the platform. We go through each of its modes, share stories of high scores, and finally complete what our former selves couldn't achieve.

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01:32:33

The Free Cheese Episode 612: The Evolution of E3

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2025/06/02

This week on The Free Cheese, feelings never die, probably. We revisit the history of E3, looking at its different eras as we experienced them. In our journey through time, we uncover some artifacts from The Free Cheese hosting E3 2014 and reflect on the highlights of the show through the years. In its death, we discuss the road the led it there and what we think of Summer Game Fest taking its place.

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52:35

The Free Cheese Episode 611: Animal Crossing | Part...

The Free Cheese ·

2025/05/26

This week on The Free Cheese, do you have the bug? Our adventures in Animal Crossing continue into Spring, bringing a change of atmosphere to our towns and new activities we can miss out on. We discuss how we've spent time this season in the game, the changes we're slowly making to our towns, and which villagers we've grown attached to. We also talk a bit about how this has bled into the real world for us and what our plans for Summer are shaping up to be.

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01:11:52

The Free Cheese Episode 610: Brain Age - Train Your...

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2025/05/19

This week on The Free Cheese, terrifying box art mascots. We add one of the essential Nintendo DS titles to The List as we work to better our minds in the process. We discuss our time spent with Brain Age this year and whether or not we believe it's made us any more intelligent or sharp.

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01:12:12

The Free Cheese Episode 609: DOOM

The Free Cheese ·

2025/05/12

This week on The Free Cheese, rip and tear. We revisit our 2016 Game of the Year to see how it fares against the rankings of The List. Just ahead of Doom: The Dark Ages, we see how Doom started a new trajectory for the franchise and captured our attention in the process.

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01:03:07

The Free Cheese Episode 608: Harvester

The Free Cheese ·

2025/05/05

This week on The Free Cheese, meeting the meat man. We wake up in Harvest and have no clue what to do next. In this episode, we discuss our journey through the experience of Harvester and the nature of using guides when playing adventure games.

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57:43

The Free Cheese Episode 607: Simulacra

The Free Cheese ·

2025/04/28

This week on The Free Cheese, text message job interviews. We find a phone and try to locate its owner, discovering more about those close and not so close to her along the way. Where will Simulacra land on The List? Tune in to find out!

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02:28:24

The Free Cheese Episode 606: Trivia Dungeon

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2025/04/21

This week on The Free Cheese, the dungeon rises. We return to the dungeon with a new format, combining some influences together for 100 rounds of thrilling video game trivia.

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01:06:07

The Free Cheese Episode 605: Flower

The Free Cheese ·

2025/04/14

This week on The Free Cheese, you are the wind. Journey with us back to 2009 to the heyday of PlayStation Network and the burgeoning world of indie video games. We discuss the significance of thatgamecompany's Flower and how it led to the creation of this podcast.

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01:04:27

The Free Cheese Episode 604: Dino Crisis 2

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2025/04/07

This week on The Free Cheese, that's David's mark. We travel through time and fight dinosaurs as we add another Capcom survival horror game to the list. This time, we look at the more action-oriented sequel to Dino Crisis and reflect on the strength of its upgrade system.

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54:47

The Free Cheese Episode 603: Zillion

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2025/03/31

This week on The Free Cheese, you search and you action. Sega may be working toward its goal of transmedia takeover today, but the roots of the efforts follow back to 1987 on the Master System. In this episode, we look at Zillion and how Sega tried something different with a new property. It's also an opportunity for us to celebrate the unannounced Year of Metroid, so let's do that too.

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01:11:49

The Free Cheese Episode 602: Return to Castle...

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2025/03/24

This week on The Free Cheese, a good first-person shooter. We Return to Castle Wolfenstein, seeing what id's legacy becomes in another developer's hands while still using idtech to bring the game to life. We compare it a bit with its contemporaries and some other games on The List, and then we rank it.

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54:58

The Free Cheese Episode 601: Killzone

The Free Cheese ·

2025/03/17

This week on The Free Cheese, Halo ...killer? We turn the clocks back to 2004, as the video game world looked toward sequels to Grand Theft Auto and Halo, and PlayStation introduced its new first-person shooter, Killzone. We explore as much of the campaign as we can and spend some time this episode wondering what went wrong for us.

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