The VGBees Podcast

VGBees

Host and founder of VGBees, John Warren, is joined every week by cohosts Niki Grayson and Lotus for candid, funny, and enlightening conversations about the video games industry and video games medium (two very different things). Every week, The VGBees Podcast will explore trends and touchpoints you need to know in order to have the most well-rounded idea of what's going on in games. Explore vgbees.com after each episode for notes on each episode as well as written pieces by our collaborators and guests. We all have to work together to build a brighter future for games, so Join The Honey Hive today! The VGBees Podcast is produced by Jordan Mallory with thumbnail art by LB Hunktears.

  1. 2d ago

    Ep 122: Mike Tomlin's Minecraft City, 2XKO's Targeted Concurrent Figure, Dressmaker Impressions

    On this week's episode, the crew handle a slow news week by going very, very deep on Mike Tomlin's Minecraft city, 2XKO's missed concurrent player target, and impressions of cozy-yet-hardcore Dressmaker. 00:00:00 Intro, John's bad day, pallbearers for hire 00:26:45 2XKO's wild swing and miss for concurrent players 00:41:09 Mike Tomlin's Minecraft city inspired some big, big opinions from the crew 01:25:50 Control Resonant's open world features frustrating barriers 01:29:47 Dressmaker might be "cozy," but it's for the sickos 01:37:50 Niki made a photo zine! 01:43:57 HIVE QUESTIONS BEGIN; which person of the VGBees Zord is the bee's knees? 01:47:18 What were you proud of this week? 01:49:00 Which day is worse for being online: April 1 or May 4? 01:52:34 How long do you have to play a game to say you have played it? 01:55:52 How clean are your floors? 02:00:42 Which bread makes the best toast? 02:08:00 What was the last thing you did that you would consider to be whimsical? 02:10:32 Would you eat a hot dog with nothing else on it?; How big is too big for a Metroidvania? 02:12:00 What's your favorite PAC match? 02:15:20 What's the most centrist RPG? 02:17:40 What switches games journalism to games eschatology? 02:23:57 Is taking a pill that was on the floor safe? 02:26:30 Asha Sharma gives you her personal cell number, what are you doing with it? 02:29:00 Why does VGBees not concern itself with playing every new major release? 02:34:11 Is there a button in your house that is satisfying to push? 02:36:25 Mario and Sonic split; how are they splitting the Olympics games? 02:38:38 What's the dumbest media you've enjoyed lately? 02:39:45 How can someone be redeemed and reenter a community after true harm is done?; HIVE QUESTIONS END 02:51:20 Show Reviews & Outro Thanks for listening! Please leave us a review! We'll read it on the show and it helps us out a lot. VGBees is ad-free, AI-free, and completely supported by you! https://vgbees.com/join VGBees is a weekly games media podcast hosted by Niki, John, and Lotus.

  2. Sep 20

    Ep 120: Zach Cregger's Resident Evil, BlizzCon 2026, Roblox Standalone Games

    This week, Niki, John, and Lotus discussed the biggest news stories of the week, including a look at Zach Cregger's Resident Evil, numerous head-scratching announcements from BlizzCon, and the news that Roblox is working toward a future providing standalone games to multiple platforms. 00:00:00 Intro & sorting through John's will 00:11:30 BlizzCon 2026: games that might not come out and what will we do with three World of Warcraft SKUs? 00:25:30 King's unionized workers are about to strike, which prompted a very deep conversation about the nature of monetized free to play mobile games 01:00:00 Roblox is going to release standalone games among other worrisome updates 01:04:40 Hyper Light Drifter's Heart Machine is facing closure after publishing pull 01:08:55 Game Developer dot com facing staff shakeup; IGN lays off many long-tenured staff 01:12:25 Resident Evil solidifies Zach Cregger as one of horror's best active directors 01:26:42 Niki bought a PlayStation Portal 01:37:40 Lotus' time so far with Roman Sands RE:Build 01:50:35 Carly Rae Jepsen's new double album is out; John watches the Barenaked Ladies rendition of "O Canada" 02:00:00 HIVE QUESTIONS 02:42:42 Outro Thanks for listening! Please leave us a review! We'll read it on the show and it helps us out a lot. VGBees is ad-free, AI-free, and completely supported by you! https://vgbees.com/join VGBees is a weekly games media podcast hosted by Niki, John, and Lotus.

  3. Aug 23

    Ep 116: GTA6 Leaks, 2XKO Ending Development, Twitch's GenAI Training

    This week, Lotus, Niki, and John tackled a jam-packed week of surprising news, including Riot ending 2XKO's development, Twitch's surprise auto-opt-in for GenAI training, and the ongoing and expansive Grand Theft Auto VI leaks. 00:00:00 Intro & fun drug side effects 00:08:00 Twitch's GenAI training program 00:15:15 Roblox being investigated by US Senate for over 65,000 reported incidents of child abuse 00:30:35 New Horizon live service game being rebooted by Sony 00:37:42 Compulsion games now fully independent from Xbox 00:41:02 2XKO ending development in December 00:55:47 Grand Theft Auto VI build appears to be in the hands of a leaker...could it be an inside job??? (it is reportedly not but we recorded this a day early lol) 01:15:28 Saber CEO apologizes to writer/narrative designer Stella Sacco 01:17:56 Agent 64 Spies Never Die is a competent nod to games that have not aged well 01:20:32 Esoteric Ebb might be a little too esoteric, frankly 01:24:10 We haven't played The Duskbloods, but we talked about it anyway 01:25:45 Entropy is a new RPG from the folks who made Dread Delusion and it is quite good so far 01:32:45 HIVE QUESTIONS 02:07:15 Outro Thanks for listening! Please leave us a review! We'll read it on the show and it helps us out a lot. VGBees is ad-free, AI-free, and completely supported by you! https://vgbees.com/join VGBees is a weekly games media podcast hosted by Niki, John, and Lotus.

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Host and founder of VGBees, John Warren, is joined every week by cohosts Niki Grayson and Lotus for candid, funny, and enlightening conversations about the video games industry and video games medium (two very different things). Every week, The VGBees Podcast will explore trends and touchpoints you need to know in order to have the most well-rounded idea of what's going on in games. Explore vgbees.com after each episode for notes on each episode as well as written pieces by our collaborators and guests. We all have to work together to build a brighter future for games, so Join The Honey Hive today! The VGBees Podcast is produced by Jordan Mallory with thumbnail art by LB Hunktears.

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