Announcing The Players Club - Season 2
It is said that ages ago, champions of content would bestow limited series concerning movies and video games upon their leal subjects. Such were the demands of the common listenership, this particular series detailed the “modern From Soft catalog,” though the episodes themselves reached such immense lengths that even the most feared lords of content could deliver but eight episodes, with the Elden Ring entry being so long that it was forced to be split asunder, with the “base game” and “Shadow of the Erdtree” recordings being too long for even the most long winded of these demigods to release as a single episode that would undoubtedly last 20 hours.
These episodes were blessed shortly after their creation and thus grant an immense boost to vitality when used on lengthy airplane journeys, biannual domicile cleanings, and court-mandated community service. But even with every second of audio bathed in gold, the abyssal nature of video game-related audio content exacts an equal and opposite price. Characters with Players Club Season 2 equipped will suffer drastically increased aggression from wives, girlfriends, boyfriends, Transportation Security Agents, and receive 25% greater damage from the friends of their romantic partners. Does not stack with the Talisman of Unemployed Favor.
“Those who conjoin the contents of video essays into podcasting bring woe onto themselves and their fellows, and a power too awful to speak of.” -Sir Ansbach
Thank you so much to Patches, Andrew, Spencer, Hesse, Josh, Miranda, and Tom for graciously sacrificing days worth of time talking about these fucking games! I foolishly thought this would be easier to make than the last season just because Metal Gear Solid games have lengthy cutscenes and monologues to sift through, but I really did end up playing these games almost exclusively for three months, save for some brief retreats into Hitman Freelancer. Still, I’m considering doing a quick postscript episode on Armored Core 6 just because it is still a Miyazaki directed game and I love it so much, but I fear that would also lead to me covering Lies of P.
SCHEDULE:
8/19 - 1 - Demon's Souls
8/26 - 2 - Dark Souls
9/2 - 3 - Dark Souls II
9/9 - 4 - Bloodborne
9/16 - 5 - Dark Souls III
9/23 - 6 - Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
9/30 - 7 - Elden Ring
10/7 - 8 - Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
As always, the first episode will be free and available for all on all platforms, all following episodes are exclusively for Patreon subscribers.
Next season is going to be more of a grab bag of games that are either not part of lengthy series or don’t require their prequels and sequels to be discussed. For instance, I very badly want to talk about Hitman: Blood Money, but don’t really think any of you need to hear the 20 millionth take on why Hitman: Absolution wasn’t a good game. Kane and Lynch 2 is almost a guarantee, and I suppose there’s no good reason for why I can’t toss AC6 and Lies of P in there, too. Since that season won’t concentrate on any specific series, genre, or single studio’s output, or even a standard of quality, there will be a lot more variety. At the very least, I want to start working on it by the end of the year. There’s going to be some games I wholeheartedly love, some that I consider deeply flawed but so interesting that they demand discussions, and some will be among the worst games of the last twenty odd years (I am strongly considering subjecting myself to The Quiet Man). Until that day comes, semper games.
Comments (104)
this gonna be available as a collection to purchae?
I wouldn't even want solaire to pull out.
Grant us eyes, grant us eyes
Fifi!!! (Felix) Did you know that the legendary UK electronic artist Burial declared his love for fromsoft/souls in his first ever press release?!? The very SAME Burial who famously sampled the MGS2 intro/bridge theme!! Bye Fifi!! 👋 😊
Please do some fallout, you gotta talk about cyberpunk with how much you reference it, and please do death stranding, please and thank you.
Where is Kings Field
i thought it was going to be hitman 💔
I hope that the DS1-3 DLCs will be covered. Some of the best bosses in the series were in those. Can't wait to start the season!
AC6!!
Please do an AC6 bonus episode, It will be a big beautiful bonus. Thank you for your attention to his matter! - Gwyn Lord of Cinder
can you do one on battle toads
don't give up, skeleton!
Fear the old blood laurence...
Plz do Lies of P too why not
Touch the demon inside me 😩
Reminder that Elden Ring is Dark Souls 2 2
Have you heard the good news friend? He is risen!
Fort Night
Pogged outta my mottled purple gourd, sippin' my estus, and L2ing my Blasphemous Blade. Loved the MGS series to hell and back but I've actually played most of these and can't wait to hear everyone's thoughts.
i cant wait to "listen carefully, skeleton"
Praise the sun!
Very excited, Love to see it.
So stoked for this I recited two to three cryptic dialogue lines and died immediately
call me ash the way I'm seeking these mf embers 😤
cant wait for felix's enlightened takes on michael zachi's body of work
Joy ahead!
O you don't have the right o you don't have the right
just as I was beating elden ring again, perfect
Where's Metal Wolf Chaos? Fake Fans
accept the zeitgeist and do gta5. omg
CRAZY!
In the Chapo Souls universe, "try finger" is "Felix starts talking at..."
Loved season 1, excited for this!
Excellent. I will never have the patience to play these games for myself. I live on… vicariously!
Humble request for Felix to talk about Death Stranding in S3 🙏
Hotline Miami
this is winds of winter but for podcasting
Could this be a dog?
Praise the sunni
Humanity restored
Miyazaki did not direct or even produce AC6. He directed 4 and For Answer
Gaming is a sickness
And buddy, I'm deathly ill
Good job!
Just finished my first ng+ ds2 runthrough. Praise that big ol' Sun baby!
hook it to my veins!
Dog ahead
don't give up, skeleton!
Talking about video games in jolly cooperation.
Hang in there skeleton!
another dogged contender...
Praise the sun!
Is the hunter in Bloodborne a worker?
hunters are the ICE/FEMA Joint Special Operations Division
🔥🔥🔥
If only I had big ahh hole
Can’t wait!
Grossly incandescent!
God is great
thank you Felix Chapoman. The first series with Brendan was truly fantastic. This lowly tarnished would love episodes on AC6, lies of p and mgr revengeance. Raiden, a flamboyant weaboo with a penchant for ultra violence, is a canonical Chapo fan imo. The senator armstrong riffs would be primo.
I have ripped the shirt off my back with excitement. My moobies gesticulate with arousal.
YES i am so hype that someone else played Kane and Lynch 2
PRAISE THE SUN
This podcast is guaranteed to give you eyes on the inside.
Can’t wait to hear Felix try to defend DS2 for 13 hours.
i still have stress dreams about those fucking torches
Dog!
Mayst thou thy peace discov'r ❤️
Don't give up, skeleton.
Felix can you help me beat Armored Core 6. It's been almost 3 years, I still can't beat it.
comfort ahead
Praise the sun! 🙌
Felix, I am absolutely begging for a Spec Ops: The Line episode next season
1 step closer to DCS chapo squadron
Yeah we need that AC6 episode real bad.
very excited for demons souls. it is my favorite entry because i am demented.
Thank the gods for this office bounty
Lets fuckin gooooo
Definitely gonna need that AC6 postscript ep
sick, a hundred hours of item descriptions and vague fantasy nonsense
Prayers Club
Beasts all over the shopppppp
Hell yeah dude god is great ☝️blessed is the Miyazaki
Praise the motherfuckin sun.
✏️ “Toxic but hole ahead”
Try finger, but hole
Try finger, but hole
PLAYERS CLUB HEADS RISE UP The Metal Gear season revived my love for those games, so I’m so fucking excited to be locked in the Dark Souls Hyperbolic Time Chamber
As someone with no interest in metal gear solid at all, I was still hooked on those episodes. I could listen to Felix talk about pretty much anything
I was just becoming normal again
Huge chest ahead
Praise the Vote Face
More like “The Players with YOURSELF” Club Card
This is Based and Chad.
May chaos take the world !
Where’s Nightreign?
Oh you bastards. I got a new post notification and its just this incredible announcement Bedbugs, the whole lot of ya
Hell yes man, loved the mgs series cant wait to listen to this one
Just finished the MGS series, perfect timing!!! cant wait yal
Praise the sun
where the fuck is my kingsfield
You don't have the right, O you don't have the right
Praise the sun!
Fist