Monthly gaming homework, talked through honestly.
Tastycast tracks what happens when big games, monthly picks, and PlayStation Plus drops collide with limited time. Seth and Chevy compare playtime, fatigue, surprises, and design details across everything from RPGs to multiplayer horror.
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Tastycast is a gaming review show shaped by monthly assignments, crowded subscription lineups, and the reality that not every interesting game fits neatly into a schedule. Its recurring formats give the conversations a dependable frame. Plus Club follows the PlayStation Plus games offered across a month, then turns that bundle into a shared review session. Game of the Month pulls from a backburner list or a joint pick and asks whether the chosen title deserved the time. The result is less like a formal buyer’s guide and more like a record of sustained play. Seth and Chevy talk through what they finished, what they sampled, what surprised them, and what became too large to fully absorb. Some months sound stacked from the start. Monster Hunter Rise, Slime Rancher 2, PGA Tour 2K25, and Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road create a very different workload than a single focused co-op review like Split Fiction. The show is frank about that. It notices when a game is generous, exhausting, simple, fair, oddly structured, or better suited to multiplayer than solo testing. Reviews move easily from big-picture impressions to practical design observations, such as Lego Horizon Adventures using simple maps and visible secrets for younger or newer players. The same conversational looseness leaves room for life around the games: sore throats, bad audio, lack of sleep, back pain, anime reviews, and the pressure of getting through a list before the next month arrives. That texture is part of the appeal. Tastycast’s criticism comes from actual time spent playing, sometimes for dozens of hours, sometimes with only enough contact to form a measured impression. It can be blunt. It can wander. It usually circles back to whether the game respected the time asked of it. For players who follow subscription catalogs, backburner picks, co-op releases, RPGs, multiplayer horror, sports games, and odd monthly discoveries, Tastycast offers an ongoing record of what two regular players thought after the controller was already in hand.
Made for: Tastycast is for players who follow PlayStation Plus drops, backburner picks, co-op releases, RPGs, multiplayer horror, and broad gaming chatter. It especially fits listeners who prefer conversational reviews over compressed scores.
What sets it apart: The show’s structure turns monthly gaming commitments into recurring editorial pressure: random picks, subscription bundles, stacked calendars, and follow-up reviews. Its perspective comes from logged playtime and candid comparison rather than detached preview talk.
Welcome to The TASTYCAST, our weekly podcast where we react to the latest news and talk about random topics in gaming.
Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A candid Plus Club send-off finds thoughtful value in a Lego game's simplicity and options.
The final Plus Club of 2025 uses five games from December's PlayStation Plus lineup to cover a wide brief, but its clearest thread forms around the Lego discussion.
Plus Club's October wrap covers The Callisto Protocol, Farming Simulator 22, and Weird West, with Weird West getting the most detailed discussion.
Plus Club's October episode keeps its focus on the three PlayStation Plus games at hand: The Callisto Protocol, Farming Simulator 22, and Weird West.
PGA Tour 2K25 gets the clearest attention in a stacked March PS Plus lineup.
This episode covers a stacked PS Plus month, and the strain shows as Seth and Chevy work through Monster Hunter Rise, Slime Rancher 2, PGA Tour 2K25, and ESO Gold Road.
Hosts Seth and Chevy review the four PlayStation Plus games they played in March: Elder Scrolls Online Gold Road, PGA Tour 2K25, Monster Hunter Rise, and Slime Rancher 2.
Seth and Chevy discuss the three PlayStation Plus games they played in October: Farming Simulator 22, Weird West, and The Callisto Protocol.
This episode is a full review of the game Split Fiction, discussing its merits and whether listeners should play it, while also teasing the random selection of next month's game.
The hosts discuss PlayStation Plus games for October 2025, including Alan Wake 2, Cocoon, and Goat Simulator 3, and preview November's games like Stray, EA Sports WRC 24, and TABS.
The hosts discuss whether Party Animals is still worth playing in 2024 while also reacting to recent gaming news like the State of Play event.
This episode is a review of the DLC 'Remnant 2 - The Forgotten Kingdom' as part of a monthly gaming show where hosts discuss randomly selected games.
This episode reviews the PlayStation Plus games for May 2024, including EA FC24, GhostRunner 2, and Tunic, and previews upcoming games for June.
Tastycast reviews Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon after playing its missions with a co-op mod.
Tastycast hosts Seth and Chevy review Civilization VII after completing a three-night match, purchased for $40 instead of its usual $70 price.
Seth and Chevy review June’s PlayStation Plus games: Grounded: Fully Yoked Edition, Warhammer 40K: Darktide, and Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2.
Seth and Chevy review Project Zomboid after playing it throughout May 2026, with Seth reporting roughly 30 to 40 hours and multiplayer sessions involving as many as six people.
Tastycast’s Plus Club reviews EA Sports FC 26, Wuchang Fallen Feathers, and Nine Sols after the hosts play May’s PlayStation Plus selections.
Two hosts discuss their experiences playing March's PlayStation Plus games including Monster Hunter Rise, Slime Rancher 2, PGA Tour 2K25, and Elder Scrolls Online Gold Road, while hinting at next month's lineup.
This episode reviews the game Fantasy Life i The Girl Who Steals Time, discussing its hybrid nature and a major flaw, as part of the Game of the Month series where hosts randomly select and play games.
This episode reviews the PlayStation Plus games for February, including Undisputed, Ultros, Ace Combat 7, and Subnautica Below Zero, and previews upcoming March games.
The hosts discuss their February gameplay of Dead by Daylight and preview upcoming PlayStation Plus games for March.
Two hosts discuss their progress and opinions on Elden Ring Nightreign while teasing upcoming games for their monthly gaming podcast.
Tastycast’s December Plus Club reviews five PlayStation Plus games: LEGO Horizon Adventures, The Outlast Trials, Killing Floor 3, Neon White, and Synduality: Echo of Ada.