The Time Killers Podcast
37 episodes listed below
Fast talk for people who overthink games.
The Time Killers Podcast follows Neil Rivera and Matthew Field through new games, gaming news, and the occasional screen adaptation or winter movie. It is casual in shape but analytical in habit, moving from first impressions to design arguments without sanding off the live conversation.
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The Time Killers Podcast is built around the practical pleasure of talking through games after playing them. Neil Rivera and Matthew Field give the show its recurring shape, often starting with a bit of banter before moving into recent releases, showcases, adaptations, and seasonal wrap-ups. The pace is quick. The thinking is less tidy, in a useful way, because the show often lets an opinion change shape while it is being spoken. Crimson Desert becomes a discussion about ambition, long tails, post-release updates, and whether open-world design is due for disruption. Resident Evil Requiem becomes a test of nostalgia, puzzle pacing, action spectacle, and how much previous series knowledge matters. Metroid Prime 4: Beyond and Silent Hill f sit inside a broader end-of-year frame, where Game of the Year lists and awards chatter start to pull earlier judgments back into view. The show is not only about reviews. It also tracks industry moments such as State of Play and Xbox Developer Direct, then turns those presentations into forecasts, arguments, and games within the show, including guesses at OpenCritic scores. The entertainment side appears through Fallout season 2, Wake Up Dead Man, and The Running Man, but games remain the center of gravity. Matthew and Neil are especially interested in design feel: onboarding, inventory systems, quest structure, emergent multiplayer tension, graphical engines, and why a genre suddenly clicks. They can be excited without sounding breathless. They can be critical without turning the conversation into grievance. The result is informal but informed. It feels like two regular players with deep reference points trying to name why something works, why it frustrates, and what it might mean for the next wave of releases. Listener questions and hot takes are part of the format, giving the show a standing invitation to argue beyond the room. For people who follow both the games themselves and the discourse around them, it offers a useful middle lane between casual catch-up and structured criticism.
Made for: The show is for players who follow new releases, showcases, Game of the Year debates, and the business pressures around modern gaming. It especially suits listeners who enjoy conversational criticism that compares mechanics, genres, and player experience.
What sets it apart: Its edge is the way casual banter turns into real design analysis without losing the feeling of two people thinking aloud. The show makes room for uncertainty, caveats, and mid-conversation revisions, which gives its judgments more texture than a simple buy-or-skip verdict.
A show about games, movies and everything else we kill time with. Brought to you by Neil Rivera and Matthew Field.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Detailed conversation turns game reviews into clear discussions of mechanics, design choices, pricing, and the personal experiences they produce.
Neil Rivera and Matthew Field treat games as things to argue through after the controller is down. Their conversations move from verdicts to the machinery behind them: onboarding and inventory design in ARC Raiders, companion behavior in The Outer Worlds 2, pricing models for…
ARC Raiders betrayals and useless companion AI put your gaming opinions on trial.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
Three March releases anchor a measured conversation about ambition, fit, and playability.
The segment spends most of its time on Crimson Desert, Screamer, and The Division Resurgence, and it works best when it checks big claims against how each game feels in practice.
A Resident Evil discussion that ties series history to how the game actually plays.
This episode stays close to Resident Evil Requiem and keeps returning to how it fits into the series. Neil, Matthew, and Bruce read it as a handoff, with clear echoes of Resident Evil 2 and 4, a slower puzzle heavy pace, and enough Leon energy to keep the action side alive.
A thoughtful games-and-movies check-in that leans into 2026 pricing questions and open-ended prediction talk.
A post-break catch-up opens with a warm, lived-in note from Matthew Field’s first-home milestone before settling into Neil Rivera and Matthew Field’s back-and-forth on pricing pressure, anticipated releases, and how a game might be split across different purchase options.
A loose year-end countdown that turns ranking into design talk.
This episode runs as a year-end countdown of the hosts' top 10 games of 2025, with Neil Rivera laying out the rules and Matthew Field moving the round robin along.
A candid two-game chat that works best when it stays close to how play actually feels.
Ark Raiders and The Outer Worlds 2 make a neat double feature. One game keeps pulling the hosts sideways, while the other gives them room to discuss Obsidian's packed 2025 and what a sequel looks like when it arrives beside the studio's other releases.
Game Informer's editors review new releases and debrief hands-on previews from events like Summer Game Fest.
Neil Rivera and Matthew Field review Rebel Wolves' debut RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker, built by ex-CD Projekt developers who worked on The Witcher and Cyberpunk.
Neil Rivera and Matthew Field spend most of the episode on Crimson Desert, a Pearl Abyss release that Matthew has played for about 15 hours on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series consoles, Windows PC, and Mac.
Neil Rivera opens the show with Matthew Field and returning guest Bruce Berhans.
The hosts discuss their recent gaming experiences, including God of War: Sons of Sparta, Relooted, and Crisol: Theater of Idols, while inviting audience participation.
Neil and Matthew discuss Fallout Season 2 and the game Cairn on the Time Killers podcast.
The hosts recap the Xbox Developer Direct, discuss the raid shooter Highguard and the game Big Hops, and play a game guessing OpenCritic scores.
Neil Rivera kicks things off by teasing Matthew Field about becoming a homeowner.
Neil Rivera and Matthew Field open a Top 10 Games of 2025 special by sketching out a round-robin countdown.
The hosts discuss their experiences with Metroid Prime 4 Beyond and Silent Hill f, and preview their upcoming Game of the Year top 10 countdown episode.
The hosts discuss their recent gaming experiences with Dispatch and Ball Pit, and recap the Xbox Partner Showcase.
Neil Rivera opens the show with Matthew Field already deep in Ark Raiders mode.
The hosts of the Time Killers Podcast introduce themselves and discuss upcoming video game topics including DOOM: The Dark Ages, Habitica, and Towerborne.
The hosts discuss the new GTA 6 trailer, Borderlands 4 preview, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 gameplay.