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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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01:11:26

The Free Cheese Episode 580: Resident Evil — Code:...

The Free Cheese ·

2024/10/21

This week on The Free Cheese, I don't wanna talk about it! We add the last in line of classic Resident Evil games to The List. We share our strategies for combatting some of the troubles we encountered, revel in the absurdity of the story, and highlight one of the best soundtracks in video games.

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50:28

The Free Cheese Episode 579: Ib

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2024/10/14

This week on The Free Cheese, BYORPG. We add perhaps the most indie game so far to The List with 2012's RPG Maker classic, Ib. We explore the art gallery and the horrors within, solving puzzles and trying to find our way back out with some friends.

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01:07:56

The Free Cheese Episode 578: Fear Effect

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2024/10/07

This week on The Free Cheese, we get lost in the plot. We're rolling through FMV backgrounds one screen at a time as we discover the nuance of Fear Effect. We discuss its supernatural plot, its attempt at survival horror gameplay, and how well the game's art holds up today. Then, we rank it on The List.

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46:06

The Free Cheese Episode 577: Halo: Combat Evolved |...

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2024/09/30

This week on The Free Cheese, Spartans who play together... We play through the campaign together on the couch and come together for one final episode on Halo: Combat Evolved before we rank it later this year. We share the highs and lows of playing together and how successful our speedrun tactics were.

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01:18:09

The Free Cheese Episode 576: South Park: The...

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2024/09/23

This week on The Free Cheese, we learned something today. We both collectively wonder why we ever fell off of this game at its release and add South Park: The Fractured But Whole to The List. We discuss our respective journeys through the story and struggle to find a bad thing to say throughout.

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01:04:39

The Free Cheese Episode 575: LittleBigPlanet

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2024/09/16

This week on The Free Cheese, we’re all sackdudes, hey! We revisit Media Molecule’s LittleBigPlanet and explore its single player campaign to see how it holds up. We also discuss the loss of the game’s internet connectivity and the unfortunate absence of its greatest features.

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56:18

The Free Cheese Episode 574: Super Mario Galaxy 2 |...

The Free Cheese ·

2024/09/09

This week on The Free Cheese, you got green stars? We cover the second half of Super Mario Galaxy 2 and discuss our favorite moments from the final stages. We revisit some of our favorites from the campaign as a whole and look ahead at chasing 100% completion. We also look at the Wii Remote and its role in the gameplay overall.

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01:23:46

The Free Cheese Episode 573: Bully

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2024/09/02

This week on The Free Cheese, grab a Beam Cola and head to class. What happens when you repurpose a city sandbox engine for one of the world's most popular video games and use it to build a school campus? Rockstar sought to find out in 2006 with Bully and we spend this week adding it to The List. We go deep on its story, side missions, class structure, and everything in between as we lose five points in Greaser Respect but make everyone else like us.

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01:00:00

The Free Cheese Episode 572: Jet Grind Radio

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2024/08/26

This week on The Free Cheese, super brother. We add one of the Dreamcast's most interesting innovations to The List this week with Smilebit's Jet Grind Radio. We discuss how different the gameplay feels in comparison to games before and after and reflect on the iconic soundtrack and style introduced 24 years ago.

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01:10:49

The Free Cheese Episode 571: Tetris Effect: Connected...

The Free Cheese ·

2024/08/19

This week on The Free Cheese, it's all part of the journey. The second half of our Tetris Effect: Connected discussion picks up with a focus on the single player mode that made the game so special in 2018. We recant our memories of playing it for the first time and share what it feels like to revisit Journey Mode all these years after. We also explore our personal theming and word associations with each stage as we go through them.

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01:04:48

The Free Cheese Episode 570: Device 6

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2024/08/12

This week on The Free Cheese, thank you Player570. You have earned 100 points. We revisit a game we both left unfinished and follow up last year's addition of Year Walk to The List. This time, we're spinning our mobile devices in circles and listening closely to the sounds between the lines in Device 6.

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59:30

The Free Cheese Episode 569: Cleopatra Fortune

The Free Cheese ·

2024/08/05

This week on The Free Cheese, bury me with my treasure. We spend some time with a puzzle game that never found much attention in North America, playing the re-release of its Sega Saturn port from the arcade. Join us as we work through the best strategies and tactics for clearing the game and setting new high scores in Cleopatra Fortune!

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54:57

The Free Cheese Episode 568: Super Puzzle Fighter II...

The Free Cheese ·

2024/07/29

This week on The Free Cheese, give me your garbage and I’ll send it right back! What do you do when your fighting game is the most popular game in the genre? You make a puzzle game spinoff. We play and rank Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo, while providing some tips that helped us to become incredibly intermediate level players!

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59:06

The Free Cheese Episode 567: Salty Bet

The Free Cheese ·

2024/07/22

This week on The Free Cheese, we’re sliding into P Tier. In celebration of EVO 2024 and fighting games, we’re spending an episode talking about Salty Bet. The online betting casino based on the MUGEN fighting game engine has been around for over a decade and still shines as an example of using a live streaming platform in a unique manner. We discuss our best wins, greatest losses, and some of the wilder matchups we’ve witnessed through the years.

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01:22:19

The Free Cheese Episode 566: SoulCalibur II

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2024/07/15

This week on The Free Cheese, which weapon will you choose? SoulCalibur II joined the scene with some new friends when it hit consoles, bringing exclusive characters to each version of the game. We discuss the general gameplay and experience of its fighting system, then go deeper into Weapon Master and the secret characters you unlock.

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01:09:16

The Free Cheese Episode 565: Pokémon Gold Version and...

The Free Cheese ·

2024/07/08

This week on The Free Cheese, to the mountain top. Our evaluation of Pokémon's second generation continues in this episode as we return to Kanto and complete the second half of the games. We discuss the balance in difficulty across the next set of gyms and share our experience taking on the game's final boss. Then, we assess how it fares in comparison to itself, other games in the series, and its overall impact on the genre.

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53:01

The Free Cheese Episode 564: Digimon

The Free Cheese ·

2024/07/01

This week on The Free Cheese, they're probably dead by now. We bring Digimon expert Marc back to the podcast to discuss its history and future, share our collective histories with the franchise, and what makes it stand out against its contemporaries. We each acquired a Digivice ahead of recording and spent some time training our virtual pets. In the episode, we recant our experiences raising Digimon.

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01:06:02

The Free Cheese Episode 563: Batman: The Video Game

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2024/06/24

This week on The Free Cheese, you wanna get nuts? It's the 35th anniversary of Batman and we're celebrating by playing the Sunsoft video game adaptation. We discuss the impact of Tim Burton's 1989 film, our history with Batman, and of course we rank Batman: The Video Game on The List.

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01:16:32

The Free Cheese Episode 562: Halfway Point

The Free Cheese ·

2024/06/17

This week on The Free Cheese, we like our new, old consoles. As we reach the 50% mark of the year and this season, we reflect on the games we’ve played so far. We discuss our disappointments in some and surprises in others. We talk a bit about what 2024 has brought us, both in new titles as well as new experiences for us. Finally, we discuss the purchases of PSP and Xbox that we made this year and update on our time spent with each console.

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59:33

The Free Cheese Episode 561: Ape Escape

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2024/06/10

This week on The Free Cheese, DualShock controller required. We play, review, and rank one of Sony’s early first-party efforts to see how it stands against The List. We discuss the unique gameplay of Ape Escape and how the right stick combat works with each gadget you acquire.

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