Three comedians riff on new releases and revisit terrible old games on Get Played Remastered.
Get Played covers video games through a panel dynamic that values chemistry as much as critique. New releases, Nintendo oddities, horror milestones, and strange licensed games all become excuses for jokes that run past the topic and somehow circle back.
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Get Played is a panel-format comedy podcast about video games produced by Headgum, built around a rotating trio of regular hosts: Heather Ann Campbell, Matt Apodaca, and Nick Wiger, with a co-host identified as Ranch filling in on some episodes. Most episodes open with loose, riff-heavy banter — on topics ranging from fast-food chains to conspiracy theories to whether the moon exists — before settling into a discussion of whatever games the hosts have been playing, covering both major new releases and smaller titles like ROM hacks. A standing segment called 'Get Played Remastered' pairs the hosts with a comedian guest (Paul F. Tompkins, Colton Dunn) to revisit and mock a genuinely bad or obscure older game, often an unlicensed or shovelware title. Less frequently, the show interviews people from the game industry itself, such as indie developer Jason Wishnov discussing his musical RPG, or covers gaming hardware like the Apple Vision Pro and PlayStation 5 Pro. Occasional feature episodes scale up further, including an on-location trip to Nintendo's Kyoto museum and headquarters and a multi-cast interview tied to the Super Mario Galaxy movie. The tone throughout is comedic and conversational rather than technical or review-oriented, with game criticism delivered as bits and tangents as often as straight opinion. Listeners who enjoy retro and cult games, indie titles, or celebrity riffing will find as much material here as fans of current AAA releases. Production is a straightforward multi-host studio recording with ad reads worked into the same conversational, joke-driven style as the rest of the episode. The show benefits from name recognition among comedy podcast listeners already familiar with the hosts' other work rather than functioning as a dedicated gaming-news outlet.
Made for: Comedy podcast listeners who like games talked about through banter and bits rather than formal reviews, plus fans of retro, indie, and cult-classic titles.
What sets it apart: Its recurring 'Get Played Remastered' segment brings in a comedian guest specifically to mock a genuinely bad or unlicensed old game, and the show devotes as much runtime to unrelated comedic tangents as to game discussion itself.
Comedians and Video Game enthusiasts Heather Anne Campbell, Nick Wiger and Matt Apodaca discuss all things gaming. Join them as they joke about the games they're playing, have played, and will play someday. Good games and bad games: It's time to Get Played!
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Get Played pairs detailed attention to game mechanics with comic riffs that make design choices, pleasures and frustrations unusually easy to recognize.
Get Played turns video game criticism into a lively group conversation, with Heather Anne Campbell, Nick Wiger and Matt Apodaca moving between close attention to how games work and absurd riffs sparked by small details.
A Talking Flower gets cross-examined until your strangest gaming opinion finally has worthy company.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
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