Spawn On Me with Kahlief Adams: A Video Game Podcast

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Spawn On Me is an award-winning video game podcast founded in 2013 by Kahlief Adams. The show is widely recognized as one of the earliest podcasts dedicated to exploring the intersection of video games, race, diversity, and culture. Through in-depth conversations with developers, journalists, academics, and creators, Spawn On Me has helped shape critical discussions about representation and inclusion within the gaming industry. Check out our work on IG, Youtube, Twitch - https://campsite.bio/spawnonme Business inquiries - spawnonmepodcast@gmail.com

  1. 9h ago

    The Best Of Summer Game Fest with Cam Hawkins

    It's Day 3 of Summer Game Fest 2026, and I sat down with content creator Cam Hawkins to break down the best games of the show. We get into Cam's game of the show — Phantom Blade Zero and its razor-sharp parry combat — a stunning hands-off Onimusha demo (and how the two release just a month apart), the absolutely stacked fall release calendar around GTA VI, the Resident Evil Code Veronica remake, and Forever Ago, an emotional Annapurna indie about an old man grieving his wife on a road trip. Plus the games we missed (Clutch, Bub), the show's big horror lineup (Saw: Genesis, Silent Hill: Townfall, Alien: Isolation 2), the methodical combat of Stranger in Heaven, and why there were almost no sports games at SGF this year.

    15 min

  2. 1d ago

    Is Netflix Unhinged the Future of Storytelling? We Discuss

    I got to sit down with Sean Krankel — GM of Narrative Games at Netflix and the co-founder of Night School Studio — to talk about *Unhinged*, the new immersive horror experience that drops June 30 and uses your actual phone as the controller. This one hit me hard as a horror fan, and after playing it, I had questions — and Sean had all the answers.We go deep on how Night School made the move to Netflix, why Unhinged was designed to feel more like living inside a thriller than playing a video game, and how they assembled one of the most stacked casts in gaming: Zoë Kravitz, Sadie Sink, and Troy Baker.In this episode:- The story of how Night School Studio became a Netflix studio — and what that call really sounded like- How Unhinged turns your phone into a flashlight, a receiver, and your only link to survival- Why the team called it an "immersive thriller" rather than a game — and what that creative decision unlocked- The dream cast: how Zoë Kravitz, Sadie Sink, and Troy Baker all came together- What it means to build experiences that anyone — gamer or not — can jump into— FIND US EVERYWHERE —YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/SPAWNONMETwitch (Live Wed 6PM PST):https://www.twitch.tv/SPAWNONMEX / Twitter:https://x.com/SpawnOnMeInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/spawnonmepodcastTikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@SpawnOnMeSpotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/4q7gu7BteqvEnhZAP0MM2AApple Podcasts:https://apple.co/3wuJxYtMerch:https://spawnonme-1-shop.fourthwall.comBusiness / PR:spawnonmepodcast@gmail.comKahlief on X:https://x.com/KahliefAdamsKahlief on IG:https://www.instagram.com/itskahliefKahlief on Bluesky:itskahlief.bsky.social

    35 min

  3. Jun 22

    Xbox's Week Got Messier & SGF games you missed

    On episode 585 of the Spawn On Me podcast, Kahlief Adams is joined by content creator Cam Hawkins for a full post-Summer Game Fest 2026 debrief — the games that flew under the radar, and a candid conversation about where the industry is heading. We dig into the overlooked games of the show — Erosion (an open-world roguelike with a wild mechanic where dyingages your kidnapped daughter), Valor Mortis (a first-person Souls-like from the Ghostrunner devs), Out of Words (a gorgeous stop-motion co-op game), and ProbablyMonsters' Crimson Moon and Nokomi: Nazi Hunter — then get into Xbox's rough week (layoffs, studio closures, the new leadership direction), whether Xbox should leave hardware, the industry's risk-aversion and the "death of the middle,' and the state of games journalism. Plus: the Knicks are champions.

    1h 29m

  4. Jun 14

    Saw: Genesis Proves There's a Better Way to Do Multiplayer Killers | First Look

    At Summer Game Fest 2026 I got a first look at Saw: Genesis — and it's Bloober Team's first-ever multiplayer game. It's a 3v1 asymmetrical horror game set just after World War I: one Judge (a brand-new villain, not Jigsaw) traps three Accused players in escape-room-style torture chambers. There's a constant co-op push-and-pull, brutal sacrifice mechanics — lose an eyeball, a hand, or a foot, and it changes how you move and what you can do — a “vulnerable killer” players can actually take down, and a ping system forcommunication. It's Bloober rethinking both multiplayer and the Saw IP, and I'm hyped.

    4 min

  5. Jun 14

    Turok Isn't What You Expect—And That's the Point | Hands-On

    At Summer Game Fest 2026 I stopped by Saber Interactive's booth and went hands-on with a stacked lineup — and it might be the most fun I had on the floor. First up, Hellraiser — gory, gritty, and exactly what horror fans want. Then Stuntman, a genuinely fun revival of the classic arcade stunt-driving game with big set-piece energy(think Knight Rider and Back to the Future). And Turok is back, with co-op, a third/first-person blend, and class options (healer, melee, run-and-gun) that make it a blast to jump into. Fast, pick-up-and-play fun across the board.

    4 min

  6. Jun 11

    Even Deathclaws Can Be Your Companion Now | Fallout 76 Interview

    At Summer Game Fest 2026 I caught up with Fallout 76's John Rush (Creative Director) and Bill LaCoste (Production Director) to talk about where the game is now — and thelong-requested feature that's finally coming. We get into the boom the Fallout TV show created (bringing new and lapsed players back to a game that's had 68 ee updates), Fallout becoming a full-on cultural phenomenon, the new Infestations expansion that's out now, and how the team balances veterans and newcomers. Then the future: current-gen Xbox Series X|S and PS5/PS5 Pro buildsPlus PTS access for console players — and camp pets becoming true companions that follow, quest, and fight alongside you, from dogs and cats to hogs andeven deathclaws. Enjoying the channel? Hit the Hype button to help more people find this one, and subscribe to Spawn On Me for developer interviews, previews, and reviews. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📺 SPAWN ON ME ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/SPAWNONME 🎮 Twitch (Live Wed 6PM PST):https://www.twitch.tv/SPAWNONME 🐦 X: https://x.com/SpawnOnMe 📸 Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/spawnonmepodcast 🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@SpawnOnMe 🎧 Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/4q7gu7BteqvEnhZAP0MM2A 🍎 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3wuJxYt 🛍️ Merch: https://spawnonme-1-shop.fourthwall.com 📩 Business / PR: spawnonmepodcast@gmail.com   KAHLIEF ADAMS 🐦 X: https://x.com/KahliefAdams 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itskahlief ☁️ Bluesky: itskahlief.bsky.social

    12 min

  7. Jun 10

    Is This the Best RPG of the Decade? Fable Hands-Off Impressions

    Day 2 of Summer Game Fest 2026 was all about Xbox — and I got behind closed doors. In this recap I break down the Xbox showcase and the hands-off demos, including the game that stole the show for me: Fable. Playground Games' Fable looks staggering — 1,000 individually crafted NPCs with their own motivations, deep reputation and relationship systems, and a lived-in world unlike anything I've seen. Plus Minecraft Dungeons 2 rebuilt on Unreal 5 with 4-player co-op, the hilarious cult-survival surprise Join Us (Cult of the Lamb meets Midsommar), Gears of War: E-Day, Crazy Taxi, new Senua/Hellblade, and the 25th-anniversary translucent green Xbox console. I close with what's coming on Day 3 — Capcom, ProbablyMonsters, and the new Tomb Raider.Enjoying the channel? Hit the Hype button to help more people find this one, and subscribe to Spawn On Me for developer interviews, previews, and reviews.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📺 SPAWN ON ME▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/SPAWNONME🎮 Twitch (Live Wed 6PM PST): https://www.twitch.tv/SPAWNONME🐦 X: https://x.com/SpawnOnMe📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spawnonmepodcast🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@SpawnOnMe🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4q7gu7BteqvEnhZAP0MM2A🍎 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3wuJxYt🛍️ Merch: https://spawnonme-1-shop.fourthwall.com📩 Business / PR: spawnonmepodcast@gmail.comKAHLIEF ADAMS🐦 X: https://x.com/KahliefAdams📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itskahlief☁️ Bluesky: itskahlief.bsky.social

    9 min

  8. Jun 10

    Annapurna's Silent Hill: Townfall Is Scarier Than It Has Any Right to Be | Hands-On

    At Summer Game Fest 2026 I went hands-on with Annapurna's lineup, and there's a lot to be excited about — starting with my most anticipated of the show, Silent Hill: Townfall.Townfall makes a bold move from third-person to first-person horror on Unreal Engine 5, with one-to-one scale, a CRT-style signal device, and a no-HUD design where your character's thoughts surface as on-screen text — and it looks gorgeous. Then The Lost Wild from Giant Ape flips the script on dinosaur games with an “anti-kill,” stealth-survival approach that treats dinosaurs as creatures rather than enemies, plus a supernatural twist. And Demi rounds it out as a cute, casual, Zelda-esque dungeon crawler.

    6 min
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Spawn On Me is an award-winning video game podcast founded in 2013 by Kahlief Adams. The show is widely recognized as one of the earliest podcasts dedicated to exploring the intersection of video games, race, diversity, and culture. Through in-depth conversations with developers, journalists, academics, and creators, Spawn On Me has helped shape critical discussions about representation and inclusion within the gaming industry. Check out our work on IG, Youtube, Twitch - https://campsite.bio/spawnonme Business inquiries - spawnonmepodcast@gmail.com

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