Jessica McDonell
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Life is chaos and tutorials are boring, let's just do it on the day. Do It On The Day is a video game podcast hosted by Jess McDonell, a games journalist of over 15 years you may know from WhatCulture, GameSpot or streaming on Twitch as 'jessmcdonell'. Wander down an uncut, filter-free, cosy chat format littered with the latest video game news, reviews, takes both hot and lukewarm, as well as deep dives into RPGs, strategy, and adventure games, personal life stories, and answers to every single submitted viewer question (fully ready for you to make me regret that last one).
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Jess McDonell connects gaming news and design criticism to the practical, emotional experience of choosing and learning what to play.
Do It On The Day turns video game commentary into an extended conversation with Jess McDonell, whose solo format leaves room for firm opinions, personal experience, and visible changes of mind.
Jess McDonell trusted an office lamp against a monster; you get the lesson without losing progress.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A candid take on hype, reveal backlash, and a host who keeps the conversation loose.
Jess MacDonald threads the episode through a familiar games-industry frustration: a reveal can be so loudly framed that it ends up feeling flat. She argues it would have landed better with a simpler introduction, and says the live reaction felt generic and oddly familiar.
A plain case for why new releases are often hard to justify.
The episode settles on the cost of choosing something new when entertainment already carries a price tag. It moves from movie rentals at six dollars on Prime to game buys that add up fast, with Split Fiction at 64 on sale, Seance at Blake Manor at 30, Dispatch at 50, and Can at…
A chatty case for why horror keeps working, even when it scares people off.
Do It On The Day turns a commissioned Resident Evil Requiem playthrough into a broader case for why horror still lands for people who think they are too scared to try it.
A chatty, digressive case for meeting Resident Evil at the point where it teaches you how to play it.
Jess MacDonald uses Resident Evil Requiem, or Resident Evil 9, to argue that the best first Resident Evil game is the one that teaches how the series wants to be played.
A pointed take on why some gamers are skeptical of DLSS 5.
Jess McDonald spends the episode on NVIDIA's DLSS 5 announcement and the criticism surrounding it. The piece is strongest when it stays close to what the output appears to be: overprocessed, standardized, and uncomfortably close to a face-tune effect.
Three comedians riff on new releases and revisit terrible old games on Get Played Remastered.
Giant Bomb's weekly panel on new releases, industry news, and Game of the Year debates.
Rob Zacny and Patrick interview indie game developers and unpack the industry's rough patches.
Game Informer's editors review new releases and debrief hands-on previews from events like Summer Game Fest.
Panel and interview deep dives on video game history, from Shiny Entertainment to Sonic hacks.
A sophisticated analysis of horror as a gaming genre and media phenomenon.
Jess says she meant to keep the episode to two topics, then quickly admits there are really three.
Jess McDonell opens with NVIDIA's DLSS 5 reveal and the YouTube response, including 96,000 dislikes against 18,000 likes on the release video.
Jess McDonell uses Resident Evil Requiem, priced at $107.95 in Australia, to argue that a long-running series can still be a first entry point for newcomers.
Jess McDonald uses Do It On The Day to argue that video games have become too expensive, with Australian prices like Resident Evil Requiem at $107.95 and Silent Hill f above $110.
Jess McDonell returns with a video game podcast episode discussing recent gaming news, her streaming plans, and the difficulty of finding non-depressing topics in the industry.
Jess McDonell introduces a spontaneous, unscripted episode of her video game podcast, discussing gaming news and personal stories.
Jess McDonell discusses the recent turmoil at Ubisoft and broader gaming industry issues.
Jess McDonell hosts an uncut, casual video game podcast covering news, reviews, and personal stories.
Jess McDonell introduces her solo video game podcast and teases a discussion about microtransactions.
Jess McDonell introduces her unedited video game podcast, discussing its format and teasing the upcoming 'Jess Awards' episode.
Jess McDonell discusses playing Fallout New Vegas for the first time and previews the Fallout TV series season two.
Jess McDonell hosts a casual, unedited video game podcast covering news, reviews, and personal stories.
Jess McDonell introduces her video game podcast, discussing its spontaneous 'do it on the day' ethos and her background as a games journalist.
Jess McDonell launches a video game podcast with a casual, unfiltered chat format covering news, reviews, and personal stories.