The GAP Podcast, or Generic Acronym Podcast Podcast, is a podcast featuring Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy (plus whoever they can con onto the show) where they talk about the games they’ve been playing. This thing is 600+ episodes long and it’s all one giant long arc. With every ep being between 60 to 250 minutes long there’s no way you’d ever catch up. There’s no real point in trying.
Episodes
Friday Mar 21, 2025
Friday Mar 21, 2025
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy talk about making a fast food tier list.
The games they've been playing this week include Avowed, Two Point Museum, FragPunk, Prologue: Go Wayback!, Slay the Princess, and more.
Over in the news Powerwash Simulator 2 is announced, Hazelight has already started on their next game, Space Marine 3 is in development, and Rainbow Six Seige X is revealed.
This episode goes for 1 hour and 30 minutes, it also contains coarse language.
You can also check out Joab's book on Amazon.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:13:57 – Avowed
00:22:13 – Two Point Museum
00:30:13 – FragPunk
00:36:08 – Prologue: Go Wayback!
00:44:26 – Slay The Princess
00:58:58 – News
01:17:42 – Questions
01:20:40 – Weekly Plugs
01:24:44 – End of Show
Friday Mar 14, 2025
Friday Mar 14, 2025
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy talk about a secret plan to make money.
The games they've been playing this week include Avowed, Split Fiction, FragPunk, Marvel Rivals, and more.
Over in the news Death Stranding 2 has a release date, Battlefield 6 leaks hit the internet, and Control gets a new patch.
This episode goes for 2 hours, it also contains coarse language.
You can also check out Joab's book on Amazon.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:11:02 – Marvel Rivals
00:17:45 – FragPunk
00:35:51 – Split Fiction
01:05:56 – Avowed
01:24:43 – News
01:51:41 – Weekly Plugs
01:58:00 – End of Show
Friday Mar 07, 2025
Friday Mar 07, 2025
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy talk about going to a brewery out in the west to play Cthulu Death May Die.
The games they've been playing this week include Two Point Museum, Door Kickers 2, Monster Train 2, 9 Kings, Am I Nima, GTA V, and more.
Over in the news Rockstar announces its new studio in Australia, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 is revealed, and EA gives out the source code to a bunch of Command and Conquer games.
This episode goes for 1 hour and 50 minutes, it also contains coarse language.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:11:41 – Cthulu Death May Die
00:25:52 – GTA V
00:31:24 – Monster Train 2
00:40:22 – Am I Nima
00:44:39 – 9 Kings
00:51:33 – Door Kickers 2
01:03:21 – Two Point Museum
01:16:41 – News
01:32:15 – Questions
01:41:47 – Weekly Plugs
01:45:35 – End of Show
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You can also check out Joab's book 'Till The Heavens Burst' on Amazon
Saturday Mar 01, 2025
Saturday Mar 01, 2025
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy talk about a bunch of games from Steam Next Fest.
The games they've been playing this week include Monster Train, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, Reality Break, Echo Point Nova, Inkborne, Blood Typers, Peripeteia, As We Descend, Broken Time, I Met An Archeologist, Nedra, Run TavernQuest, Mulligans Golf Game, PUBG: BLINDSPOT, Starless Abyss, Skin Deep, Void War, DoubleWe, and more.
Over in the news Warner Bros is shutting down 3 studios, Valve releases big updates for Dota 2 and Deadlock, Call of Duty Black Ops 6 gets flagged on Steam for using AI assets, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 is teased, GTA V is getting a big update on PC, and Fable is delayed to next year.
This episode goes for 1 hour and 55 minutes, it also contains coarse language.
You can also check out Joab's book on Amazon.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:03:12 – Reality Break
00:23:37 – Echo Point Nova
00:34:50 – Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
00:38:48 – Steam Next Fest
01:17:00 – Monster Train 2
01:39:16 – News
01:50:50 – Questions
01:52:09 – Weekly Plugs
01:53:52 – End of Show
Friday Feb 14, 2025
Friday Feb 14, 2025
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy talk about how the NBA trade deadline just keeps on giving.
The games they've been playing this week include Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Reality Break, Virtual Virtual Reality, Tower of Mask, and more.
Over in the news Take-Two says GTA 6 is still on track for this year, Unity has mass layoffs, people think Rainbow Six: Siege is getting a sequel, Sony announces a new State of Play, and details leak about Warner Bros. Games facing issues internally.
This episode goes for 1 hour and 50 minutes, it also contains coarse language.
You can also check out Joab's book on Amazon.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:14:04 – Tower of Mask
00:20:18 – Marvel's Spider-Man 2
00:27:00 – Virtual Virtual Reality
00:32:48 – Reality Break
00:43:29 – Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
01:15:46 – News
01:32:38 – Weekly Plugs
01:34:24 – End of Show
Friday Feb 07, 2025
Friday Feb 07, 2025
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy talk about the biggest trade in basketball.
The games they've been playing this week include Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Citizen Sleeper 2, Breachers, Stimulation Clicker, and more.
Over in the news EA has some thoughts on what Dragon Age: The Veildguard didn't sell well, Battlefield will have a new testing program, MultiVersus is shutting down, Midnight Society closes down, and the Bloodborne 60 fps patch gets a DMCA takedown notice.
This episode goes for 1 hour and 50 minutes, it also contains coarse language.
You can also check out Joab's book on Amazon.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:10:52 – Stimulation Clicker
00:12:52 – Citizen Sleeper 2
00:17:02 – Sniper Elite Resistance
00:23:10 – Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
00:32:09 – Breachers
00:38:02 – Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
01:13:00 – News
01:36:33 – Questions
01:42:26 – Weekly Plugs
01:46:46 – End of Show
Saturday Feb 01, 2025
Saturday Feb 01, 2025
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy talk about skipping ropes and if the rope is actually required.
The games they've been playing this week include Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, Citizen Sleeper 2, Diablo 4, Breachers, Passant: A Chess Roguelike, Stimulation Clicker, and more.
Over in the news Ubisoft closes another studio, BioWare goes through layoffs, and PlayStation changes the way PSN works on PC.
This episode goes for 1 hour and 45 minutes, it also contains coarse language.
You can also check out Joab's book on Amazon.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:10:34 – Stimulation Clicker
00:13:22 – Passant: A Chess Roguelike
00:26:34 – Breachers
00:37:30 – Diablo 4
00:46:10 – Citizen Sleeper 2
01:11:04 – Kindom Come Deliverance 2
01:23:34 – News
01:34:07 – Weekly Plugs
01:41:15 – End of Show
Saturday Jan 25, 2025
Saturday Jan 25, 2025
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy are back for the year and talk about some of the the things they got up to over the break.
The games they've been playing this week include Slay the Spire, Alien: Rogue Incursion, Diablo 4, Horizon: Forbidden West, The Jackbox Survey Scramble, Valheim, and more.
They also talk about The GAP fantasy critic league and the results of the draft.
Over in the news the Nintendo Switch 2 is finally revealed, Nvidia announces the RTX 5000 series, gamers call out Elon Musk, Sony cancels a few games, and Marvel Snap goes offline for a few days.
This episode goes for 2 hours and 5 minutes, it also contains coarse language.
You can also check out Joab's book over on Amazon.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:13:39 – Valheim
00:28:01 – The Jackbox Survey Scramble
00:35:34 – Horizon Forbidden West
00:38:54 – Diablo 4
00:43:55 – Alien Rogue Incursion
00:56:54 – Slay The Spire
01:23:45 – Fantasy Critic League
02:01:49 – News
02:21:31 – Questions
02:27:23 – Weekly Plugs
02:29:21 – End of Show
Sunday Jan 12, 2025
Sunday Jan 12, 2025
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy look back at 2024 and talk about their favourite and disappointing games that came out.
They discuss some of the highlight news of 2024, hand out a few genre awards, and then each list their 5 favourite games they played for the year.
This episode goes for 4 hours, it also contains coarse language.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:06:24 – Year in Review
01:17:22 – Best Downloadable Game
01:50:36 – Best Sports / Racing / Fighting Game
01:58:49 – Best Action / Adventure Game
02:10:57 – Best Strategy / Puzzle/ Platformer Game
02:26:15 – Best Shooter Game
02:34:46 – Best Role-Playing Game
03:00:28 – Best New IP
03:04:43 – Biggest Disappointment
03:13:44 – Craze in Gaming
03:16:33 – Top 5 Games of the Year
03:53:58 – End of Show
Friday Dec 20, 2024
Friday Dec 20, 2024
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy talk about some of the final games they've played to cap off the year.
The games they've been playing this week include Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Marvel Rivals, The Jackbox Survey Scramble, and more.
They also go over The Game Awards and all the announcements that stood out, and talk about Slay the Spire: The Board Game.
Over in the news more layoffs hit the video game industry, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is having its last season, and Geralt's voice actor for The Witcher won't stop talking about The Witcher 4.
This episode goes for 2 hours and 5 minutes, it also contains coarse language.
You can also check out Joab's new book over on Amazon.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:07:32 – Survery Scramble
00:20:09 – Preface: Undiscovered Worlds
00:30:04 – Marvel Rivals
00:45:21 – Slay The Spire: Board Game
00:58:23 – Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
01:17:31 – The Game Awards
01:38:08 – News
01:45:09 – Questions
01:57:01 – Weekly Plugs
01:59:17 – End of Show