Episodes 401-
9/5/2025 401 WHAT A THRILL
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Gabriel De Leon “Off the Wagon”
John Ricciardi "Area 8"
Tina Cartier “Strikeout”
Closer: Tina Cartier, “Sometimes you eat a tree frog.”
9/19/2025 402 SILK STRONG
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Gabriel De Leon “Garbage In Garbage Out”
Tina Cartier “Schmilk Dong”
John Ricciardi "Taste the Rainbow"
Closer: John Ricciardi, “You can at least take a ride with us, as we make our way out to Makahari.”
9/26/2025 403 TOKYO GAME SHOW 2025
Mark MacDonald "N/A" (Host)
Gabriel De Leon “Chocobo Jockey”
Tina Cartier “Princess Tinda”
John Ricciardi "We Started Drinking at Tony Roma’s at Lunch"
John Linneman “Digital Founder” (Guest)
Jake Kazdal “Way of the Sword” (Guest)
Craig Adams “Sobackistan” (Guest)
Shane Bettenhausen “Sharp 6800” (Guest)
Robert Fox II “Babysteps TGS 64 Games” (Guest)
Nicolo Accordino “Tokon It to the People” (Guest)
Joseph P. Wentz “N/A”
Che Chou “Bydo” (Guest)
Dermot Creegan “N/A”
Thomas Nickel “N/A” (Guest)
Closer: Jake Kazdal, “Rolling Stop!”
10/10/2025 404 THE SILENT HILLVALICE CHRONICLES
Gabriel De Leon “Stolen Valor” (Host)
John Ricciardi "Barely Legal"
Joseph P. Wentz “Ketchum”
Dermot Creegan “Postage Stamp”
Closer: Dermot Creegan, “They just write around it.”
10/24/2025 405 ONE-UPPED
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Gabriel De Leon “Ass Pulse to Ass Pulse”
John Ricciardi "S-Video"
Tina Cartier “Schmilk Dong”
Dermot Creegan “Postage Stamp”
Closer: Mark MacDonald, “Do not discount a catchy jingle.”
11/7/2025 406 RTX-5090 Z-A HD-2D TURBO
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Gabriel De Leon “5090”
John Ricciardi "Point RIchmond"
Tina Cartier “Trigger Warning”
Closer: Tina Cartier, “It’s just my pussy doodle.”
11/21/2025 407 ALL STEAMED UP
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Gabriel De Leon “Hunter of the Golden Bucket”
John Ricciardi "Warp Star Wrangler"
Tina Cartier “Pharloom Phantom”
Closer: Mark MacDonald, “Alright, 7:07 and how’s that traffic?”
12/5/2025 408 VIEWPOINT 1998
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Gabriel De Leon “Crash Team Racing”
John Ricciardi "The Amazon"
Joseph P. Wentz “Primed and Ready”
Closer: Joseph P. Wentz whistles Wild Arms Theme "To the Ends of the Wilderness”.
12/19/2025 409 PRIME MINISTRY
Mark MacDonald "N/A" (Host)
Gabriel De Leon “Five Golden Rings”
Joseph P. Wentz “Bowl Full of Jelly”
John Ricciardi "Chestnuts"
Closer: Gabriel De Leon, “It’s about to get nerdy.”
1/2/2026 410 BALL DROPPIN’ NEW YEAR’S FREE-FOR-ALL
Mark MacDonald "N/A" (Host)
Gabriel De Leon “N/A”
Tina Cartier “N/A”
John Ricciardi "N/A"
Che Chou “Secret Agent” (Guest)
Closer: Mark MacDonald, “Any other terrible tragedies you want to pop in on the end?”
1/16/2026 411 YOU, ME, AND LINDA’S CUBES
Gabriel De Leon “101” (Host)
Tina Cartier “Miss ‘Splosion Woman”
John Ricciardi "Super Station"
Joseph P. Wentz “Cubed Root”
Closer: Joseph P. Wentz, “My wife stayed up until midnight to play that Animal Crossing update. … Well, she fell asleep.”
1/30/2026 412 NO ONE CAN STOP MR. TETROMINO
Mark MacDonald “Gaming Jesus” (Host)
Gabriel De Leon “N/A”
Tina Cartier “N/A”
John Ricciardi “N/A'“
Closer: Gabriel De Leon, <Vocalizes “Menu Theme” from San Francisco Rush: Extreme Racing>
2/13/2026 413 SEEING RED
Gabriel De Leon “Real Deal” (Host)
John Ricciardi “Metro Star”
Joseph P. Wentz “Saxamophone”
Tina Cartier “Nice”
Roy Blakely “Mountaineer”
Closer: Joseph P. Wentz ,“Do you think anyone figured out that Tina and Roy are remote?”
2/27/2026 414 LEGEND OF AWAYSIS
Mark MacDonald “Gaming Jesus” (Host)
Tina Cartier “N/A”
John Ricciardi “N/A'“
Gabriel De Leon “N/A”
Jake Kazdal “N/A” (Guest)
Closer: Jake Kazdal, “Grumble, grumble.”
3/13/2026 415 ALICE IN CHAINSAWS
Mark MacDonald “Gaming Jesus” (Host)
Gabriel De Leon “Coke Fiend”
John Ricciardi “MapQuest“
Tina Cartier “Second Quest”
Closer: Gabriel De Leon, “We’re going to need a bigger boat.”
3/28/2026 416 CHAIRING IS CARING
Gabriel De Leon “Pizza the Hut” (Host)
John Ricciardi “Disc Jockey“
Roy Blakely “Mountain Peak Latte”
Tina Cartier “Noctowl”
Closer: John Ricciardi, “I’m gonna go right off to the countryside and do some chairing.“
4/10/2026 417 NOT MY SYRCUS
Gabriel De Leon “Triple Platinum Skinny Bitch Special Boy” (Host)
John Ricciardi “Sweet Tooth“
Tina Cartier “Roxanne”
Joseph P. Wentz “Mr. Cheeks”
Closer: Joseph P. Wentz, “You’re doing a great job kid.”
4/24/2026 418 STROOP, THERE IT IS
Mark MacDonald “Gaming Jesus” (Host)
Gabriel De Leon “Turbo Wild Card”
John Ricciardi “Little Squirt“
Rajeev Joshi "Late Night" (Guest)
Jake Kazdal “17-Bit” (Guest)
Closer: Rajeev Joshi, “All the people say things they like to eat. Cheeseburgers with cheese.”
5/8/2026 419 FANTASTIC MR. STAR FOX
Mark MacDonald “Gaming Jesus” (Host)
John Ricciardi “N/A'“
Gabriel De Leon “N/A”
Tina Cartier “N/A”
Closer: Gabriel De Leon, “Fox, get this guy off me.”
5/22/2026 420 TOUCHED FUZZY, GOT DIZZY
Mark MacDonald “Gaming Jesus” (Host)
John Ricciardi “N/A'“
Gabriel De Leon “N/A”
Tina Cartier “N/A”
Closer: <Wilhelm Scream>
6/5/2026 421 BLAME IT ON THE RAIN
Mark MacDonald “Gaming Jesus” (Host)
Tina Cartier “Bit Trip RUnner”
John Ricciardi “Tape Worm“
Gabriel De Leon “Fractured Asshole”
Closer: Tina Cartier, <Sings “Rappin’ Ronnie Reagan” from The Simpsons>
6/19/2026 422 VACATION WELL WASTED
Mark MacDonald “Gaming Jesus” (Host)
Gabriel De Leon “No ‘I’ in 8-4 Play”
John Ricciardi “Knicks in 53“
Robert Ashley “A Life Well Wasted” (Guest)
Closer: Mark MacDonald, “GamePro Gabe? You didn’t have to tell us that.”
7/3/2026 423 COCKY LITTLE FREAKS
Mark MacDonald “Gaming Jesus” (Host)
John Ricciardi <Steam Machine Startup Jingle>
Gabriel De Leon “Sticky Fingers”
Joseph P. Wentz “Proud Poppa”
Closer: Joseph P. Wentz, “You’ll never defeat Andross!”
7/17/2026 424 SCORCHED EARTH
Mark MacDonald “Gaming Jesus” (Host)
Gabriel De Leon “B Boy”
John Ricciardi “From My Cold Dead Hands”
Closer: Mark MacDonald, “See why I skipped the ‘B’?”
7/31/2026 425 BOOYAH BROTHERS
Gabriel De Leon “Haribo Hater” (Host)
John Ricciardi “Vaporwave”
Joseph P. Wentz “I Can See Your Halo”
Dermot Creegan "FFE Comissioner"
Closer: John Ricciardi, “These gummy bears are really good.”
8/14/2026 426 RED LED REDEMPTION
Gabriel De Leon “N/A” (Host)
Joseph P. Wentz “Master Checkpoint”
John Ricciardi “Webslinger”
Closer: Joseph P. Wentz, “Who won the Splatfest from last episode?”
8/28/2026 427 SALTY MOONTEARS
Mark MacDonald “Gaming Jesus” (Host)
Gabriel De Leon “Cheese Ball”
John Ricciardi “Mega Hyped”
Closer: John Ricciardi, “Did you just call it ‘Pi Cross’?”
9/11/2026 428 TORNEKO ATSUME
Mark MacDonald “Gaming Jesus” (Host)
Tina Cartier “Rogers”
Gabriel De Leon “The Joy of Flex”
John Ricciardi “Torneko? I barely knew him.”
Closer: Tina Cartier, “I just have the field music from Final Fantasy VI stuck in my head all the time now.”
9/18/2026 429 TOKYO GAME SHOW 2026
Mark MacDonald “Gaming Jesus” (Host)
Gabriel De Leon “N/A”
John Ricciardi “N/A”
Tina Cartier “N/A”
Chris Kohler "Kobun Heat" (Guest)
John Linneman "Digital Founder" (Guest)
Jeremy Parish "Presservation" (Guest)
Michael McWhertor "Death Mountain" (Guest)
Jake Kazdal "N/A" (Guest)
Jake Smith “Dekiru” (Guest)
Thomas Puha “N/A” (Guest)
Jason Schreier “One Blog” (Guest)
Shane Bettenhausen "N/A" (Guest)
Thomas Nickel “N/A” (Guest)
Joseph P. Wentz “N/A”
Nicolo Accordino "Zero G" (Guest)
Dermot Creegan "N/A"
Closer: Shane Bettenhausen, "Americans, vote blue November 2026."