Games talk with magazine-era muscle memory.
Player One Podcast treats videogames as both current hobby and shared history. Episodes move from PS5 and Switch talk to Genesis memories, EGM review quizzes, Seinfeld tangents, kids’ sports, and the kind of teasing that only works after many years.
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Player One Podcast sounds like a games show that has been running long enough to stop pretending conversations move in straight lines. Games are the spine. The rest is the nervous system. Recent episodes and aftershows move through Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War, Mario Kart, Picross SNK, Virtual Boy longing, Vectrex appreciation, Genesis memories, EGM review quizzes, and AI-generated music prompts built into a guessing game. Then a door opens. Suddenly the same room contains youth hockey streams, volleyball tournaments, Seinfeld, old airplane seat phones, cold weather, glasses, Patreon aftershow logistics, and a one-eyed cat named Kiki wandering near the recording. None of it feels especially planned. That is the point. The panel has the practiced looseness of people who can correct each other, needle each other, and return to the topic without making the listener feel lost. A small visual glitch in a shared screen can become a bit. A missing game for the aftershow can become a conversation about Ziff Davis magazine days. A memory about a bank account can turn into a very specific story about buying a Genesis because Ghouls ’n Ghosts pushed the decision over the line. The show’s gaming coverage is consumer-minded and personal rather than technical for its own sake. Platform choice matters. So does why an old machine looks good on a shelf. Current releases are talked through with the same casual scrutiny as old hardware, and the score is often less important than whether the premise, controls, and feel actually land. Player One Podcast is also comfortable being a show about age, routine, family, and friendship. Its dry jokes are part of the machinery. So are the callbacks, half-finished thoughts, and affectionate complaints. For listeners who grew up around game magazines, old consoles, and the long memory of enthusiast culture, it feels especially tuned to the right frequency.
Made for: For listeners who like videogame conversation with retro hardware memories, current-play impressions, and relaxed panel banter. It especially suits people who enjoy old magazine culture, aftershow quizzes, and personal tangents that still circle back to games.
What sets it apart: Player One Podcast stands apart by making long-running familiarity the format: corrections, callbacks, side stories, and shared history are part of the texture. The show treats gaming culture as something lived through, not just covered.
Join ex-game journalists Chris Johnston, Phil Theobald, and Greg Sewart as they talk about console/portable/PC games, raising kids, and the meaning of life.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Current games, retro hardware, and affectionate argument meet in conversations shaped by long memory and unusually specific play impressions.
Player One Podcast turns games coverage into an ongoing conversation among Chris Johnston, Greg Seward, and Phil Theobald, with current releases sharing space with family weekends, collecting impulses, and decades of gaming memory.
A volleyball tournament report before SNK Picross: you're here for the detours as much as the games.
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A loose, funny look at a bug-war shooter that knows exactly how silly its premise is.
Player One Podcast spends a fair chunk of this episode on a first look at Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War, with the usual weekend chatter about volleyball and family time folded in around it.
A loose aftershow that turns Genesis nostalgia and bank-line logistics into a calm retro hang.
The episode opens in a bit of live-stream confusion, with Streamlabs saying the show is live and recording while the hosts sort out what is happening, then moving into a quick hello to Kiki.
Snow, shelf-worthy hardware, and a stubborn Picross thread shape a relaxed game-room episode.
Player One Podcast episode 1007 frames gaming as a lived-in hobby, as much about the room around the screen as the games themselves. Greg Seward and Phil Theobald start with recent Washington snow before drifting into the quiet appeal of owning a Virtual Boy or Vectrex simply…
A loose aftershow turns a 1999 game review into a funny exercise in memory and magazine archaeology.
Player One Podcast's aftershow turns a casual chat about background streaming into a tidy little dig through game-criticism memory. The hosts start with the comfort of letting Star Trek run without picking an episode, then drift through streaming apps, Patreon, and a review…
A Mario Day check-in turns volleyball talk, Picross complaints, and Sega store souvenirs into an easygoing panel ramble.
This single-episode review frames a loose, game-centered check-in around the pleasures of the panel's detours. Chris Johnston, Greg Seward, and Phil Theobald move from a Mario Day greeting and volleyball talk into what has been taking up their time, with Dragon Quest Builders 2…
A loose aftershow turns EGM memories, Virtual Fighter 3, and a room-temperature Seven Up foot soak into easy company.
Episode 910 opens in pleasingly odd fashion: a stray Audacity launch, Phil's room-temperature Seven Up foot soak, and the quick realization that no game is ready to go. Even the abandoned Uno idea helps set the tone.
A listener-built quiz turns uncertain answers into a loose, funny detour through Yakuza references and curling trivia.
Player One Podcast turns its aftershow into a listener-built Jeopardy-style game, with Rob's quiz nudging the panel from Lore of the Rings into curling and other general knowledge.
Sports talk with family room heat.
This bonus after show episode for Patreon supporters features casual banter about the podcast's future, a jeopardy game, and video game discussions like Rogue Legacy 3.
This bonus aftershow episode features a quiz based on Simpsons video clips sent by a friend, with challenges including guessing the next line.
Hosts Phil Theobald and Greg Sewart of the Player One Podcast run a listener-submitted Jeopardy-style quiz all about curling.
This episode is a bonus after show where the hosts conduct a quiz based on EGM video game previews across various gaming consoles.
The host Chris Johnston apologizes for a date mistake, discusses the transition from 2025 to 2026, and deals with technical issues and inappropriate comments on the video feed.
In this aftershow, hosts Phil Theobald and Greg Sewart reminisce about how they broke into video game journalism in the 1990s.
The Player One Podcast aftershow opens with talk of Finn buying GTA 5 on Steam with Halloween money from Dana's parents.
The hosts of a podcast aftershow engage in a casual, humorous conversation about their friendship, lack of a planned game, and shared history working at Ziff Davis magazines.
The hosts discuss how COVID-19 led to the normalization of streaming children's hockey games, addressing privacy concerns and the evolution of sports broadcasting for parents.
The hosts discuss a Seinfeld episode involving Elaine and David Putty on a flight, then transition to introducing a quiz for the after show.
The hosts joke about Chris's new glasses-free look and climate change before welcoming Phil Theobald for his final appearance on the podcast.
This after show episode features a music-based quiz where participants guess video games from AI-generated 30-second music clips created using text prompts on Udio.
Greg opens with a volleyball tournament update.
The aftershow opens with Streamlabs, a live flag, and a little confusion.
Player One Podcast episode 1007, dated March 17, 2026, opens with Washington snow talk, Phil Theobald's winter comparisons, and Christopher Theodore Johnston off the mic but still running the board.
Player One Podcast's aftershow turns April 1999 Electronic Gaming Monthly review blurbs into a guessing game for CJ, Phil, and Greg.
The panel starts with a Mario Day greeting and a volleyball tournament story.
This aftershow episode features the hosts taking an artisanal AI quiz from a Patreon supporter, including humorous banter and movie references.