The Character Issues Podcast
@characterissues.bsky.social
A podcast building the most definitive list of the best video game characters of all time. Hosted by Rich Davison, Brian Edwards, and Leah Haydu.
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Give us a follow, download our most recent episode, and get ready for a new one on Monday. We are so excited and we hope you enjoy the show!
Give us a follow, download our most recent episode, and get ready for a new one on Monday. We are so excited and we hope you enjoy the show!
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New podcast: Judgment (early access)
Who can Kamurochō turn to in its hour of need but Brian, James, Leah and Michiel - the Cane and Rinse Detective Agency.
Ryu Ga Gotoku studio spin-off from Yakuza again, this time it’s Judgment… or is it Judge Eyes?
Available now from our $2 per month Patreon.
Who can Kamurochō turn to in its hour of need but Brian, James, Leah and Michiel - the Cane and Rinse Detective Agency.
Ryu Ga Gotoku studio spin-off from Yakuza again, this time it’s Judgment… or is it Judge Eyes?
Available now from our $2 per month Patreon.
Judgment - Cane and Rinse No.693 | Cane and Rinse
Get more from Cane and Rinse on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
New podcast: Judgment (early access)
Who can Kamurochō turn to in its hour of need but Brian, James, Leah and Michiel - the Cane and Rinse Detective Agency.
Ryu Ga Gotoku studio spin-off from Yakuza again, this time it’s Judgment… or is it Judge Eyes?
Available now from our $2 per month Patreon.
Who can Kamurochō turn to in its hour of need but Brian, James, Leah and Michiel - the Cane and Rinse Detective Agency.
Ryu Ga Gotoku studio spin-off from Yakuza again, this time it’s Judgment… or is it Judge Eyes?
Available now from our $2 per month Patreon.
Less Chadley
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Less Chadley
Some of the best video game criticism I've ever read. Thoughtful and inspiring.
Also, bonus points for using the phrase "bakes my noodle." A 10/10 must-read.
Also, bonus points for using the phrase "bakes my noodle." A 10/10 must-read.
For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore.
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Some of the best video game criticism I've ever read. Thoughtful and inspiring.
Also, bonus points for using the phrase "bakes my noodle." A 10/10 must-read.
Also, bonus points for using the phrase "bakes my noodle." A 10/10 must-read.
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This fucking better be good @characterissues.bsky.social @fmruin.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This fucking better be good @characterissues.bsky.social @fmruin.bsky.social
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Had an awesome time joining Character Issues to add a character from my 2024 game of the year to the rankings! What character was it, and did they rank higher than Teddie? Gotta listen to find out.
New episode Monday where we are thrilled to have @tftblpod.bsky.social on to join in the rankings. Put it in your ears!
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78. The Sausage Fest
Podcast Episode · The Character Issues Podcast · 11/10/2025 · 1h 34m
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November 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Had an awesome time joining Character Issues to add a character from my 2024 game of the year to the rankings! What character was it, and did they rank higher than Teddie? Gotta listen to find out.
New episode Monday where we are thrilled to have @tftblpod.bsky.social on to join in the rankings. Put it in your ears!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/7...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/7...
78. The Sausage Fest
Podcast Episode · The Character Issues Podcast · 11/10/2025 · 1h 34m
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November 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
New episode Monday where we are thrilled to have @tftblpod.bsky.social on to join in the rankings. Put it in your ears!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/7...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/7...
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Let this serve as a threat: if you let me start talking about Rez, I will not shut the hell up for hours and hours.
A NEW episode of Select and Start is out NOW!
@elmore.zone, video game composer and visual designer, drops in to talk about why Rez is his favorite work of art!
We also talk about his experience being laid off by Bungie, his artistic influences, and more!
Listen now!
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@elmore.zone, video game composer and visual designer, drops in to talk about why Rez is his favorite work of art!
We also talk about his experience being laid off by Bungie, his artistic influences, and more!
Listen now!
pnc.st/s/select-and...
November 9, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Let this serve as a threat: if you let me start talking about Rez, I will not shut the hell up for hours and hours.
So sexy.....
Repping the scientifically determined 77th best videogame character of all time, Leon Sexy Kennedy
November 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
So sexy.....
Post something random from your phone
November 8, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Post something random from your phone
Reposting this so I can find it during the steam winter sale and spend a million bucks
Alright, what smaller games do I need to try before making the GOTY list?
I'll recommend you give these a whirl:
Dispatch (you know that already though)
Keeper
Bionic Bay
Herdling
and Roger
Sword of the Sea
The Midnight Walk
(And for the love of OUYA stop calling all smaller games 'indies')
I'll recommend you give these a whirl:
Dispatch (you know that already though)
Keeper
Bionic Bay
Herdling
and Roger
Sword of the Sea
The Midnight Walk
(And for the love of OUYA stop calling all smaller games 'indies')
November 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Reposting this so I can find it during the steam winter sale and spend a million bucks
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“0% woke shit”
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“0% woke shit”
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
Weird. Who could've seen this coming? If only there was a way to see this coming. Too bad there were no warning signs that could've predicted this.
ICYMI: Microsoft’s charge “implies a more than $12 billion quarterly loss at OpenAI, said Firoz Valliji, an analyst at Bernstein.”
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
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That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
November 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Weird. Who could've seen this coming? If only there was a way to see this coming. Too bad there were no warning signs that could've predicted this.
Support these folks. Helping a company make a product that earns billions just to be cast aside for having the audacity to stand up for themselves. Fuck @rockstargames.com and their corporate greed.
The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB) led protests outside the offices of Rockstar North and Take-Two Interactive in London and Edinburgh yesterday after accusations of union busting
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Workers affected by Rockstar layoffs protest outside offices in London and Edinburgh
"This is a community that's in shock and anger," says IWGB organiser Fred Carter
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Support these folks. Helping a company make a product that earns billions just to be cast aside for having the audacity to stand up for themselves. Fuck @rockstargames.com and their corporate greed.
I blame the dip in sales on Randy Pitchford being an insufferable jackass. I have no evidence to back that up, just going by gut feels.
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has admitted Borderlands 4's sales were "softer" than expected - blaming the dip on "challenges" with the heavily criticised PC release. https://bit.ly/43OmdYw
November 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I blame the dip in sales on Randy Pitchford being an insufferable jackass. I have no evidence to back that up, just going by gut feels.
I'm gonna say it, prepare for the train to pull into Hot Take Station, I apologize for nothing. Here we go:
I'll probably play GTA VI when it comes out but i'm not emotionally attached to the release date.
Boom.
I'll probably play GTA VI when it comes out but i'm not emotionally attached to the release date.
Boom.
November 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I'm gonna say it, prepare for the train to pull into Hot Take Station, I apologize for nothing. Here we go:
I'll probably play GTA VI when it comes out but i'm not emotionally attached to the release date.
Boom.
I'll probably play GTA VI when it comes out but i'm not emotionally attached to the release date.
Boom.
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New podcast: Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Leon, Brian, Leah and Sean, along with oodles of nostalgic memories from our community, hop, skip and jump through this wacky and off-kilter but fully fledged platform adventure for the good old Game Boy.
Available now for free from podcast places.
Leon, Brian, Leah and Sean, along with oodles of nostalgic memories from our community, hop, skip and jump through this wacky and off-kilter but fully fledged platform adventure for the good old Game Boy.
Available now for free from podcast places.
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins - The Cane and Rinse podcast
Leon, Brian, Leah and Sean hop, skip and jump through this wacky and off-kilter but fully fledged platform adventure for the good old Game Boy.
caneandrinse.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:53 AM
New podcast: Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Leon, Brian, Leah and Sean, along with oodles of nostalgic memories from our community, hop, skip and jump through this wacky and off-kilter but fully fledged platform adventure for the good old Game Boy.
Available now for free from podcast places.
Leon, Brian, Leah and Sean, along with oodles of nostalgic memories from our community, hop, skip and jump through this wacky and off-kilter but fully fledged platform adventure for the good old Game Boy.
Available now for free from podcast places.
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New podcast: Amnesia: The Bunker (early access)
Chris W, Jon and Leah take a look at Amnesia: The Bunker, and what it means for the future for Frictional games.
Available now through our $2 Patreon, four weeks before its wider release.
Chris W, Jon and Leah take a look at Amnesia: The Bunker, and what it means for the future for Frictional games.
Available now through our $2 Patreon, four weeks before its wider release.
Amnesia: The Bunker - Cane and Rinse No.692 | Cane and Rinse
Get more from Cane and Rinse on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
New podcast: Amnesia: The Bunker (early access)
Chris W, Jon and Leah take a look at Amnesia: The Bunker, and what it means for the future for Frictional games.
Available now through our $2 Patreon, four weeks before its wider release.
Chris W, Jon and Leah take a look at Amnesia: The Bunker, and what it means for the future for Frictional games.
Available now through our $2 Patreon, four weeks before its wider release.
This is the correct opinion on said flip
I'm sexually attracted to the flip Samus does when she gets out of her ship. Specifically to the flip.
November 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This is the correct opinion on said flip
RECOGNIZE
Wulbren Bongle intro tune going HEAVY @characterissues.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
RECOGNIZE
Holy shit, facts
i think people who play the Yakuza games with English voice acting are dangerous criminals
November 3, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Holy shit, facts
Baseball is ok
November 2, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Baseball is ok
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#CRTWR: Case: 'The Mole Murders'
The trial of RGG Studios begins at 20:00 GMT today.
We need your case file review in exactly three words by then to ensure the Judgment is fair.
(Three-Word Reviews of Judgment aka Judge Eyes please.)
The trial of RGG Studios begins at 20:00 GMT today.
We need your case file review in exactly three words by then to ensure the Judgment is fair.
(Three-Word Reviews of Judgment aka Judge Eyes please.)
a man in a leather jacket stands in front of a screen that says define the enemies on it
ALT: a man in a leather jacket stands in front of a screen that says define the enemies on it
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November 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
#CRTWR: Case: 'The Mole Murders'
The trial of RGG Studios begins at 20:00 GMT today.
We need your case file review in exactly three words by then to ensure the Judgment is fair.
(Three-Word Reviews of Judgment aka Judge Eyes please.)
The trial of RGG Studios begins at 20:00 GMT today.
We need your case file review in exactly three words by then to ensure the Judgment is fair.
(Three-Word Reviews of Judgment aka Judge Eyes please.)
Yoko Shimomura. I find myself simply grateful to have lived at the same time that she has so I could enjoy her music.
Who’s your GOAT of video game music?
October 31, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Yoko Shimomura. I find myself simply grateful to have lived at the same time that she has so I could enjoy her music.
Beautiful ass PS2 games, man...
October 31, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Beautiful ass PS2 games, man...