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What happens when four podcasters hit record with no real plan in mind? Apparently, Tom complains about an indie game festival, Mark and Josh square off over the future of digital gaming, and in the meantime, Brandon interjects with factoids from the internet. Join us this week for what many listeners will consider our most avant-garde episode to date!

From the humble days of “Snake” on a Nokia phone to the modern emulators running on Android phones, mobile gaming continues to grow day by day. Despite the technological advances, mobile games serve the same important purpose: helping to pass the time in the bathroom. Join us this week as Mark, Brandon, and Josh discuss!

Germany! The epicenter of video game news! At least for this week while the great smelling, but yet overwhelmingly scented at times, town of Cologne hosts the 2015 Gamescon event. Join us this week as the dynamic duo Mark and Tom discuss the highpoints of this year’s Gamescom.

Finally. The age-old question will be decided. What is the best way to experience video games: on a powerful and multifunctional PC or on a single purpose but easily accessible console? Two gaming systems enter and only one system leaves as Mark, Brandon, and Josh engage in a debate that can only be described as…Thunderdome-esqe.

We are excited to announce our special partnership with the hit movie PIXELS! With each download, you get a free ticket to see…and wow. Episode isn’t even up and we have negative downloads. Forget the free ticket. This week Mark, Tom, Brandon, and Josh discuss movies based on or inspired by video games.

Insert Coin! Player 1. Press Start! And…woops you only got about 3 minutes of the podcast before you lost all your lives. Better insert another quarter if you want to continue. This week, join Mark, Tom, and Josh as they discuss arcades.

Reporting live from our various apartments around the country, it’s San Diego Comic Con! The comics! The video games! The movies! It’s a perfect storm of everything nerdy, so leave it to our hosts Mark, Tom, and Josh to guide you safely into port. Or onto a craggy rock.

Welcome to the wide open-world of gaming! Well, not completely open. There are limits to the game world. But you can do anything you want! Well, not anything, anything. Wait…how are open-world games open-world? This week Mark, Tom, Brandon, and Josh try and figure out this conundrum.

We had two options for distributing this week's episode. Option 1: Publish an entire quality episode at once for the public to enjoy. Option 2: Break the episode into 4 mini-episodes that must be purchased individually or in a episode of the year edition expected to be released in time for the holidays. Both options will be covered this week as Mark, Tom, Brandon, and Josh discuss downloadable content! 

E3 might be over, but we can't stop talking about! Especially Josh. Please, someone stop Josh from talking about Final Fantasy 7. Tom and Brandon tried to stop him this week by talking about Nintendo and Sony's announcements, but Josh cannot be stopped.

It's that most wonderful and hyped up time of the year! E3 kicked off this week with Bethesda and Microsoft opening the conference. Join us this week as Mark, Tom, and Josh discuss the new announcements and how they will be spending their money for the next two years.

The 2015 Electronic Entertainment Expo is rapidly approaching! What are our hopes? Are dreams? And how will the video game industry crush them? Tune in this week as Mark, Brandon, and Josh discuss! Tangents: Jet Fuel Can’t Melt Conspiracies, Josh’s 20th Final Fantasy Rant, Wife/Dreamcast/Responsibilities, Fallout: Jamaica, Nintendo Power Source  

Well, we finally got around to it! Had a lot of episode outlines gathering dust, but this week you get to hear Tom, Brandon, and Josh talk about gaming backlogs (that pile of games next to your console still in the shrink-wrap). Tangents: Mark Takes San Fran, Xbox One USB Discoveries, Dark Souls: Law School Edition, Miniature Backlog Manifestation  

Taking a page from Hollywood, we now bring you the sequel to last week’s box office hit! I’m sure you are all surprised even though we totally set up the first part for a sequel (looking at you every Marvel movie). Listen to Mark, Tom, Brandon, and Josh continue their discussion of geek/nerd culture. Tangents: Poor WWE Impressions, She’s All That Iron Man, Cutting Room Floor, A table reading of Spaceballs  

Whether it’s a radioactive spider or a baby crashing a rocket, all things have an origin story. Join us this week as Mark, Tom, Brandon, and Josh explore the beginning of geek/nerd culture in the first part of this two part episode. Tangents: Wrist of Cats, Superman is Bullshit, Pigfucker: The Origin, The Historical Accuracy of Pleasantville, High School Attribute Points  

In this week’s edition, we play favorites! Well, we talk about the favorites that we have previously played so close enough. Tune in to this episode as Mark, Tom, Brandon, and Josh discuss their top two favorite games! Tangents: MaximumFun Bribery, Alien Dead Space, 3DS Peer Pressure, Barbershop Podcast Quartet  

In this week’s edition, we are announcing a new podcast feature! Users can generate content for our podcast and then charge others for the privilege of using that content. Naturally, as the host and publisher, Day Zero Patch will collect 95% of that revenue. Join us this week as Mark, Tom, Brandon, and Josh discuss Valve’s recent attempt at a paid mod market, as well as the potential future for this system. Tangents: Patrick Swayze’s Fast & Furious Ghost, Ford’s Facebook Recall, Tom’s Diabetic Podcast Payment  

We started at the Odyssey and now we're here! This week Mark, Tom, Brandon, and Josh discuss the evolution of the gaming console, as well as their experiences with the different consoles. Tangents: Magnavox Titanic Odyssey, Atari's Specific Marketing Plans, Brandon's Recording Method, Matrix Ancient Mythology, Battle Net Authentication

Man, isn’t annoying when games come out year after year on a predictable schedule? We bet that’s got to get on your nerves in other formats as well. In this week’s edition of Day Zero Patch, Mark, Tom, and Josh discuss annualized release schedule for games including, Call of Duty, Assassins Creed, Madden, and somehow Josh tricked us into talking about Final Fantasy again.  Tangents: Obama’s Nintendo Paddles, History Channel Presents “GamePawn Stars”, Teddy Football from Alabama State University, EA’s New Income Stream, and we get confused about Murderball vs. Rollerball.  

Remember last week when there was a delay in releasing our episode? Little did you know that was us setting up this week’s discussion of “The Long Wait.” When a game is stuck in development hell or delayed for a few months, how does that impact the final product? How does the perception of the game change for the players? Join us this week as Mark, Tom, Brandon, and Josh discuss! Tangents: Shovelball, The Church of Final Fantasy, AMC/HBO/ABC Super Mix