RPG news with table-talk momentum.
RPG Cast follows a rotating table of RPGamer voices through the week’s role-playing game news, recent releases, and what everyone has actually been playing. It is loose, quick, and full of practical tangent energy, from Project Gorgon cow builds to canceled Sonic history.
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RPG Cast is a weekly RPGamer show built around role-playing game news, recent releases, reviews, and the games its panel has been living with that week. It sounds comfortable immediately. The recent episodes move through regular show business with a loose table rhythm, where a host intro can turn into on-call work complaints, dad jokes, cat updates, or a bit about a phone sound that will not leave anyone alone. Then it gets to the games. Project Gorgon shows up as more than a title on a list, because the conversation lingers on what it actually feels like to play: guild routines, early-access jank, odd systems, and the social comedy of becoming a cow build. That is the show’s useful mode. It explains RPGs through lived examples instead of treating mechanics as bullet points. The panel also works through news in a brisk, mildly skeptical way, checking out collector’s editions, dungeon crawlers, narrative RPGs, action-adventure updates, demos, ports, and wishlist pages. Sometimes the most memorable parts are the side paths. A discussion can drift from a new release into Dragon Quest intentions, Path of Exile plans, Steam event temptation, or the alternate history of canceled Sonic and Nintendo-Sony hardware. The result is less like a polished briefing and more like a standing appointment with people who have played too many RPGs to pretend every oddity is normal. It is affectionate, but not breathless. The jokes arrive quickly, and the opinions tend to come attached to concrete examples. RPG Cast is especially good for listeners who want to keep up with RPG news while also hearing how games fit into ordinary weeks full of work, fatigue, pets, holiday plans, and too many things left unplayed. It is a news show with backlog guilt in its bones.
Made for: RPG Cast is for players who follow role-playing game releases, reviews, updates, and niche discoveries, especially those who like MMO stories and panel banter alongside the news.
What sets it apart: Its strength is the blend of weekly RPG coverage with highly specific play anecdotes. The panel does not just name games; it talks through the strange systems, habits, jokes, and small frictions that make them memorable.
RPGamer’s weekly podcast looks at the latest happenings in the world of Role Playing Games. From video to pen and paper, all is fair game as we go through the week’s news, latest releases, and reviews to keep you up to date on the best gaming genre out there.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
RPG Cast makes RPG releases, mechanics, and tangled franchise history approachable through informed, good-humored group conversation.
RPG Cast turns RPG news into a lively roundtable, moving between new releases, games the panel is playing, and the mechanics or histories behind them.
This is the RPG news table where canceled Sonic history arrives with aggressively specific cat problems.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A conversational RPG roundtable that finds charm in Project Gorgon's jank and keeps the week's news moving.
RPG Cast episode 799 begins with a loose Dragon Quest celebration and some cold-weather chat before settling into Project Gorgon, the MMO that finally launched after a long early-access stretch.
Steam curiosities, canceled Sega history, and a Path of Exile 2 wolf-form finish keep the table moving.
RPG Cast 795 moves through a wide spread of game chatter, starting with Steam curiosities and Fantasy Idol Dungeon, where rare genin, idle combat, evolution, fusion, and mixed reviews do most of the work.
A loose, funny gamer hangout that turns sleep loss, cat-proofing, and casino caution into the point.
RPG Cast episode 794 is a loose Thanksgiving-week hangout, and it stays in that lane: sleep interruptions, cat-proofing the Christmas tree, casino advice, arcade memories, and the older-gamer side talk that gives it its shape.
A loose game-panel episode where dice systems, gym stubbornness, and older Final Fantasy versions all get time at the table.
RPGCast 757 has the feel of a hobby panel letting its subjects find their own path: game systems, gym stubbornness, and the small production chores that gather around a long-running show.
A relaxed, funny game panel where Super Robot Wars lore keeps pulling every tangent deeper.
RPG Cast 780 works best as a relaxed chain of tabletop-style pivots, moving from Chris Perfecteer's Final Fantasy XI private-server stories to Josh Carpenter's Subway-at-Roblox bit and Robert Albright's deep Super Robot Wars lore.
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The RPG Cast crew discusses Operation Darkness, Kimco Collection, and other gaming news in a lively roundtable format.
Andy Perviteer opens RPGCast 757 with a stubborn cold and a debate about wearing a mask at the gym.
Chris Perfecteer opens RPG Cast 780 with a Final Fantasy XI update from a private server before the panel drifts through Roblox, surgical needles, and Super Robot Wars lore.
The host introduces the episode, explains Chris's absence due to help desk duty, and complains about the annoying pager sound from Chris's phone.
The hosts of RPG Cast engage in casual banter about dad jokes and cat sitting before starting the episode.
RPG Cast episode 805 features Chris Pervetier, Kelly, and Josh Carpenter discussing Project Gorgon, Pokémon Pocopia, Trails, Yakuza 3, One Piece, and upcoming RPG news.
RPG Cast episode 801 covers Project Gorgon, Mewgenics, Dragon Quest VII, Trails Beyond the Daybreak, and Yakuza 3.
The hosts of RPG Cast celebrate their 800th episode with humorous banter about Chris being chained to his desk and personal health anecdotes.
Episode 799 opens with a Dragon Quest celebration and the usual friendly cold weather banter.
RPG Cast 795 for the week of December 6, 2025 opens on Steam's current oddities.
RPG Cast episode 794 opens with Thanksgiving-week banter, sleep deprivation, and plans for kitten-proofing a Christmas tree.
RPG Cast episode 793 opens with Chris Privetier, Kelly Ryan and Josh Carpenter picking apart Valve's announced Steam hardware, including a box with 16GB of system RAM, 8GB of VRAM and an RDNA3 28-CU chip.
The hosts of RPG Cast share personal updates including a Final Fantasy XI private server, Super Robot Wars lore, and a story about buying surgical needles in bulk for a diabetic dog.
The RPGCast crew discusses their recent podcasting experiences, including a lengthy Shadowbringers discussion and a lackluster Fire Emblem Engage playthrough.
The hosts of RPG Cast discuss Josh's trip to Scotland, cat sitting, and a creepy seal plushie gift.
The hosts discuss their experiences with Monster Hunter Wilds, praising the gameplay but criticizing its poor PC performance and unsatisfying endgame.