Announcing THE PLAYERS CLUB: Felix's New Series!
Added 2025-09-02 22:00:02 +0000 UTCWe are excited to announce Felix's new series, THE PLAYERS CLUB! Ever since the Early Access release of Stick and Hoop, man has pondered the meaning of games. To some, they’re simple diversions. Games such as Spec Ops: The Line have only one medium-specific achievement in mind: to drone out a player’s fears and anxieties with constant titillation and fun. Others have much loftier goals. Seminal works like Detroit: Become Human and certain Hearts of Iron fan expansions that we cannot mention without getting Patreon banned in Germany probe into the nature of our existence, social relations, and fully weigh the virtues of robot nationalism against robot reformism.
The Players Club seeks to once and for all answer the question burning within the hearts of gamers for thousands of years: which kind of game is worse? Each season will concentrate on a series of games, with our first entry being the Metal Gear Solid series, cohosted and produced by Blowback’s Brendan James. Roger Ebert sent us to hell, but we’re going deeper. Jack Thompson, I’m already a fucktard…
Episodes will come out every Wednesday, starting with Metal Gear Solid (1998) tomorrow. The first episode will be free, the rest will be paywalled!
Theme song by Brendan James, inspired by the work of Tappi Iwase, Kazuki Muraoka and Norihiko Hibino. Art by Josh Lynch.
Comments
Same. I had to manually add the series as a separate RSS feed in Pocket Casts.
Josh
2025-09-09 11:04:57 +0000 UTCI doubt it’s your thing but I would kill for a Silent Hill season
Jacob
2025-09-08 23:44:13 +0000 UTCMetal Gear?
Semi-Solid Snake
2025-09-08 22:31:31 +0000 UTCI don't see this on my paid feed. Only on the free. I am on Pocket Casts. Anyone else w/ this issue?
Sam Ray
2025-09-08 18:01:17 +0000 UTCHell yeah brother
Zsoro
2025-09-08 05:50:43 +0000 UTCNah, just the Shriners this time
Christopher E Musgrave
2025-09-07 06:31:46 +0000 UTCThat line about spec ops the line has to be ragebait
Dylan Rich
2025-09-06 19:18:06 +0000 UTCoh hell yes
emoly
2025-09-05 15:57:52 +0000 UTCMetal Gooner Solid
Nimbly Bimbly As FUCK
2025-09-05 04:14:57 +0000 UTCDelta is so good. Can't wait for online mode to go live!
Nimbly Bimbly As FUCK
2025-09-05 04:14:12 +0000 UTCI'm almost 41, played MGS when it first came out. Everything about it was mind blowing. The hallway before the Cyborg Ninja fight was some creepy shit. The fight with Psycho Mantis just brought the game, and video games itself to a whole other level. It didn't give me nightmares, but I thought it was one of the coolest things I'd ever experienced in a video game.
Nimbly Bimbly As FUCK
2025-09-05 04:12:34 +0000 UTCWant to ask because im a wee lil baby (24) but did anyone here play mgs1 as a kid? Did the psycho mantis stuff break your brain? I feel like having a game character imitate meta-awareness in front of a 9 year old would give you nightmares. Especially as it seems like jt was the first case of this kind back then.
Alex C
2025-09-04 22:49:18 +0000 UTCAlso lowkey one of the worst works of speculative fiction. It can be both lol.
Sheep
2025-09-04 21:43:27 +0000 UTCMe either, my apartment is so clean now
Chapo Bath House
2025-09-04 17:57:50 +0000 UTCI wonder if the Hearts of Iron mod mentioned is The New Order. Lowkey one of the greatest works of speculative fiction imo. I still play it a bunch to this day. Also has a great original soundtrack, something Brendan may enjoy.
The Wonderful Secret
2025-09-04 10:59:05 +0000 UTCbegging to hear Felix and co speak, at length, on David Cage’s oeuvre.
B
2025-09-04 04:33:54 +0000 UTCGod damn I’m so happy you guys did this. My inner 9 year old is happy. Probably THE single piece of art that shaped my future tastes and consumption habits of media in general.
Drew
2025-09-03 22:55:23 +0000 UTChave trevor strunk on
bruce
2025-09-03 13:36:12 +0000 UTCyou can be gay so it’s woke
bruce
2025-09-03 13:34:10 +0000 UTCi really hope felix and Brendan do Mass Effect. People think that those are woke games when in fact they are insanely reactionary and hawkish. ME1 in particular is basically "what if Bush was right about WMDs in the middle east"
Omegasmash
2025-09-03 12:37:35 +0000 UTCI hope you will do some bioware games aswell, Mass Effect was cinematic gamings peak.
SunRaTheThird
2025-09-03 12:15:56 +0000 UTCYes
Hardcore Virgin
2025-09-03 10:20:37 +0000 UTCLet's goooo The whole time i've been playing Metal Gear Solid 3 Delta: Snake Eater i've been manifesting this shit. MGS is so gd peak.
Ian Priest
2025-09-03 10:16:55 +0000 UTCPlayer’s club? More like the PAYERS club
Bubba Ho-Tep
2025-09-03 09:34:36 +0000 UTCHitman series is essential. can't wait!
Hayden Nicholls
2025-09-03 09:20:07 +0000 UTCEveryone who is truly locked in knows felix has been cooking these last few months, this will be a masterpiece and we will be there.
J O T
2025-09-03 09:11:09 +0000 UTCSpec Ops: The Line is many things, but ‘fun’ is not one of them lmao what are you talking about
Regret
2025-09-03 07:03:02 +0000 UTCDamn. I'm simultaneously so pumped for this but also realizing I'm such a fucking dork for being so hype for it. MGS is such a pivotal series for me
Riley Robertson
2025-09-03 04:57:15 +0000 UTC“No gaming; no anime: that’s my creed.”
Mike Mariano
2025-09-03 03:28:51 +0000 UTCHow much tha paywall boss im broke but also cannot miss this one
wet_poptart
2025-09-03 02:22:21 +0000 UTCThank god I am subscribed to this
Jacob Callahan
2025-09-03 01:32:45 +0000 UTCuh more like the gayer’s chub
Andrew Cross
2025-09-03 01:31:57 +0000 UTCI love that Chris took Felix in a hold up Phil Spector style going like okay me, Will and Matt spend a billion hours doing side pods, you have to talk about Halo: Combat Evolved now. The tape is already running. Get talking
etienne
2025-09-03 01:26:47 +0000 UTCI liked the working title, Gooner Mindset
m@tt
2025-09-03 01:21:10 +0000 UTCI climaxed so hard during this trailer
Leonardo Restrepo
2025-09-03 01:05:50 +0000 UTCUgh boring nerd shit. Talk more about women and food
Bil
2025-09-03 01:01:51 +0000 UTCBring on the OxyContin
NYCM&AHole
2025-09-03 00:38:25 +0000 UTCGod, I unironically want him to do Bloodborne so bad!
Richard A Baros
2025-09-03 00:29:50 +0000 UTCThe La Le Lu Le Lo?!?
Dick Warlock
2025-09-03 00:18:26 +0000 UTCYou say I have no life? As a gamer, I have multiple extra lives
RubbishBinMan
2025-09-03 00:18:22 +0000 UTCThis would not have happened if Matt was still on the pod.
Troy DeCarolis
2025-09-02 23:55:09 +0000 UTCIt's a semenal work. Because I'm gay.
DT
2025-09-02 23:37:16 +0000 UTCPower to the Players 👊😤
owen
2025-09-02 23:35:12 +0000 UTCI am so stoked for this.
Jacques Robespierre
2025-09-02 23:32:17 +0000 UTC100% gay
CipherMaki Allah
2025-09-02 23:12:47 +0000 UTCHe’s outta line, but he’s right.
CipherMaki Allah
2025-09-02 23:12:34 +0000 UTChttps://youtu.be/I5fqNi_PIJ4?si=zICWg44GLj1Ed-jN
CipherMaki Allah
2025-09-02 23:12:20 +0000 UTCcan’t wait to hear Felix’s thoughts on madden and the show
Reece Coren
2025-09-02 23:10:25 +0000 UTCSuper excited for this ❤️ also I'm gay
The Real Spiro Agnew
2025-09-02 23:08:10 +0000 UTCAmazing! Very excited for this series! Copy edit: It's refered to as the "Player's club" in the title of the post and the "players club" in the body.
Jared Sarnie
2025-09-02 23:03:12 +0000 UTCBlowback season X: MGS is gonna go crazy
Andrew Diaz
2025-09-02 23:02:50 +0000 UTCHell yeah brother
Uncle64
2025-09-02 23:01:59 +0000 UTCDingbat LIVES
ploob
2025-09-02 22:55:30 +0000 UTC187 like!
Joshua Garcia
2025-09-02 22:55:01 +0000 UTCno idea what any of these words mean
Elliot robinson
2025-09-02 22:51:58 +0000 UTCGive us the fucking slop already. U guys are the only people that took labor day off
Bob K Ross
2025-09-02 22:51:23 +0000 UTCmax payne max payne max payne max payne
Special Adeline
2025-09-02 22:49:24 +0000 UTCStruggle session for Microsoft gutting studios like Arkane.
davidagnome
2025-09-02 22:45:34 +0000 UTCClass critique on the yakuza series when?
Harrison B
2025-09-02 22:42:01 +0000 UTCEEEEEEYAHHH [echoes, game over music plays]
jdewd
2025-09-02 22:39:13 +0000 UTCLesh gooo
Mia
2025-09-02 22:38:27 +0000 UTCFinally, a chance to hear the boys discuss some real art
Wrought
2025-09-02 22:33:14 +0000 UTCIs DETROIT: BECOME HUMAN a seminal work? Or just the least crashy of David Cage's long career of varyingly successful trainwrecks? Nonetheless, looking forward to this, it sounds like a lot of fun (and the Brendan James musical opening is just a bonus). Should've known something like this was on the horizon with MGS Delta's release.
Kainien Morel
2025-09-02 22:31:39 +0000 UTCTonight!
Spencer Barrows
2025-09-02 22:29:59 +0000 UTCHell yea, stoked for this
Shealan McStea
2025-09-02 22:28:30 +0000 UTCAbsolutely superb. Let’s go
Matthew Floratos
2025-09-02 22:28:08 +0000 UTCGet Jake Rockatanzky in the mix here
Joelio
2025-09-02 22:25:05 +0000 UTCOH HELL YEAH
Sam!
2025-09-02 22:23:49 +0000 UTCHELL YEAH
The True Horror
2025-09-02 22:23:26 +0000 UTCBut where’s our regularly scheduled slop?
NYCM&AHole
2025-09-02 22:21:15 +0000 UTCGAMERS RUSE UP
Axels Pizzas
2025-09-02 22:19:27 +0000 UTCperfect timing. the release of mgs delta has me back into my mgs obsession.
brian jay
2025-09-02 22:19:14 +0000 UTCI also want to propose the game EYE divine cybermancy
Michael Austin
2025-09-02 22:17:23 +0000 UTCdo you think love can bloom on a podcast??
chubbs941
2025-09-02 22:15:48 +0000 UTCWE EATING GOOD BOYS
kiran
2025-09-02 22:15:34 +0000 UTCwas veggin' out to some old ass footage of felix crushing in fortnite and always wondered why they didnt do something about video games. might have to finally play solid snake now. please think about doing one on cyberpunk 2077 and disco elysium!! this series has legs
mark kuchonowski
2025-09-02 22:15:14 +0000 UTCI wish chapo chat was still alive but just pictures of people's pets again
Josh Woods
2025-09-02 22:14:55 +0000 UTCMovie Mindset is fantastic. This is peak
Leonardo Restrepo
2025-09-02 22:14:45 +0000 UTCSounds fun and you got Brendan on too, nice. ready for some metal gear mindset
interzoa
2025-09-02 22:14:31 +0000 UTCWhen I saw the androids in the back of the bus I knew David Cage is a master of subtext and subtlety. Also robot revolution over robot reform any day
Christian Yellow Robe Yates
2025-09-02 22:13:22 +0000 UTCYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH
Elias Hartwood
2025-09-02 22:13:01 +0000 UTCfelix... hunh... sounds like a name from the old days... MILLER: snake... that's a name that you have to forget. you can't lift weights in a weirdly lib gym anymore.
Michael Austin
2025-09-02 22:12:32 +0000 UTCOhhh buddy
Matthew
2025-09-02 22:10:13 +0000 UTCSpec ops: The Line is a masterpiece
Marcus Wrightus
2025-09-02 22:09:43 +0000 UTCBrendan james heads keep winning
Wyatt the Wallaby
2025-09-02 22:09:28 +0000 UTCthe technology to do a yt let's play series wasn't there yet in 2017 unfortunately
thicchatlogan
2025-09-02 22:09:02 +0000 UTCIt is insanity timing that I literally just started, with my friends, Detroit become human AND the original MGS? Bless you felix! And respond to my Steve seagall related DM on instagram
Christian Yellow Robe Yates
2025-09-02 22:09:02 +0000 UTCExcellent. This shall surely sustain me through my step brother’s wedding
Christopher Small
2025-09-02 22:08:54 +0000 UTCV has cum too
Mark Murphy
2025-09-02 22:08:30 +0000 UTCoh hell yeah brother
thicchatlogan
2025-09-02 22:07:59 +0000 UTCSo psyched MGS is the first season. Can't wait.
Jason
2025-09-02 22:07:50 +0000 UTCThanks for sharing
Jonas Sørensen
2025-09-02 22:07:04 +0000 UTCThe Player’s Club?
Hoagie Macintosh
2025-09-02 22:06:47 +0000 UTCBeen waiting for this since Felix first clumsily tried to stream MGS like 8 years ago.
Carls Manager
2025-09-02 22:06:46 +0000 UTCHell yes
Keith Huston
2025-09-02 22:06:33 +0000 UTCMetal Gear?
Keith Huston
2025-09-02 22:06:16 +0000 UTCWhats a russian gunship doing here?
CUNNILINGUS GRAND PRIX CHAMPION OF THE WORLD
2025-09-02 22:05:37 +0000 UTCCan we at least consider a star citizen navy?
inspectah mossadegh
2025-09-02 22:05:26 +0000 UTCBrendan’s back… Thank you Mr. Chapo 🥲
KyleMSherry
2025-09-02 22:05:26 +0000 UTCDouble magnum opus
Erik Graham
2025-09-02 22:05:23 +0000 UTCI’m so excited! I love games, I’ve never played a single MGS, and this series is the only way I want to learn any information about metal gear.
Edie Fakename
2025-09-02 22:05:20 +0000 UTCMetal… GEAR?
Erik Graham
2025-09-02 22:04:53 +0000 UTCI assume it means it's part of the normal Patreon subscription. Not an extra paywall
T
2025-09-02 22:04:36 +0000 UTCholy shit
Morgan Butler
2025-09-02 22:04:25 +0000 UTCJack Thompson? That's a name I haven't heard in a long, long time...
Samuel Z Goldberg
2025-09-02 22:04:20 +0000 UTCGetting in my cardboard box and waiting in anticipation
Erik Graham
2025-09-02 22:04:16 +0000 UTCOh my god been waiting years for this, so excited LFG
Maximilian Maksutovic
2025-09-02 22:03:34 +0000 UTCThat’s what’s up
The Terrifier
2025-09-02 22:03:31 +0000 UTCFINALLY something I couldn't be any less interested in. You guys were really taking up too much of my time.
Ralley Taura
2025-09-02 22:03:31 +0000 UTCWe’re so fucking back
harrison carter
2025-09-02 22:03:28 +0000 UTCHell yeah dude
Munir hakim
2025-09-02 22:03:28 +0000 UTCHell yeah brother
jjmm
2025-09-02 22:03:26 +0000 UTCMetal gear??
CUNNILINGUS GRAND PRIX CHAMPION OF THE WORLD
2025-09-02 22:03:17 +0000 UTCOh yeah let's Fuckin' go
Sardonic
2025-09-02 22:03:16 +0000 UTCLets fucking GO!
Ida Doris
2025-09-02 22:03:09 +0000 UTCHell yeah brother
MJ
2025-09-02 22:03:09 +0000 UTCSnake! Snake!
Tommy
2025-09-02 22:03:04 +0000 UTCI’m surprised this isn’t already a thing.
Jordan Hunnicutt
2025-09-02 22:03:00 +0000 UTCGod this was made for me
La Meme Young
2025-09-02 22:02:58 +0000 UTCa Hind D?
DeAaronFoxMulder
2025-09-02 22:02:57 +0000 UTCFolks we love to see it
Wagner Koop
2025-09-02 22:02:54 +0000 UTCLet's gooo
Matthew Rogers
2025-09-02 22:02:50 +0000 UTCFuck yeah vapes up for Felix content!!!!
Smooth Shrek
2025-09-02 22:02:47 +0000 UTCFelix finally getting to do his Magnum Opus
Stephen Richter
2025-09-02 22:02:41 +0000 UTCKeep it real, player. ❤️
Laura
2025-09-02 22:02:40 +0000 UTCBig if true
Everett
2025-09-02 22:02:40 +0000 UTCHoly based
Caleb Goding
2025-09-02 22:02:39 +0000 UTCPaywalled? :(
Jackson
2025-09-02 22:02:25 +0000 UTCBeen waiting for something like this!
Ehmer Taj
2025-09-02 22:02:11 +0000 UTCHell yes
BP
2025-09-02 22:00:44 +0000 UTC
