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
4 days ago
4 days ago
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy talk about not so fun basketball injuries.
The Games they’ve been playing this week include Scritchy Scratchy, Weird RPG 2, Shadows of Forbidden Gods, Slay the Spire 2, Vampire Survivors, Tangy TD, Out Fishing, Everwind, and Ball x Pit Mobile.
Over in the news Epic lays off around 1,000 staff, and Pearl Abyss says AI assets were placeholder art.
This episode goes for 1 hour and 55 minutes, it also contains coarse language.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:12:50 – Ball x Pit Mobile
00:20:24 – Everwind
00:27:05 – Out Fishing
00:29:09 – Tangy TD
00:35:58 – Vampire Survivors
00:44:59 – Slay the Spire 2
01:02:19 – Shadows of Forbidden Gods
01:16:20 – Weird RPG 2
01:25:59 – Scritchy Scratchy
01:34:54 – News
01:44:58 – Weekly Plugs
01:47:32 – End of Show
Saturday Mar 21, 2026
Saturday Mar 21, 2026
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy talk about how things are just fine and dandy.
The Games they’ve been playing this week include Slay the Spire 2, Marathon, Tangy TD, and Everwind.
Over in the news DLSS 5 is revealed by Nvidia and has caused quite a lot of backlash, Subnautica 2 targets May early access, and Starfield receives a major update on April 7.
This episode goes for 1 hour and 45 minutes, it also contains coarse language.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:05:13 – Everwind
00:18:16 – Tangy TD
00:28:46 – Marathon
00:46:16 – Slay the Spire 2
01:04:22 – News
01:36:44 – Weekly Plugs
01:40:06 – End of Show
Sunday Mar 15, 2026
Sunday Mar 15, 2026
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy get into a few more demos from Steam Next Fest, and some of the most recent releases.
The Games they’ve been playing this week include Slay the Spire 2, Marathon, Resident Evil Requiem, Clutchtime: Tournament Edition, Wanderburg, and Gambonanza.
Over in the news Highguard is shutting down, Cory Barlog’s project reportedly a God of War spin-off, first image from the God of War TV show draws criticism, Bluepoint previously pitched a Bloodborne remake, Sony rethinks first-party PC releases, Ball x Pit heads to mobile, EA lays off Battlefield developers, Nvidia appears at GDC, and Nintendo files a lawsuit in the US.
This episode goes for 2 hours and 5 minutes, it also contains coarse language.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:04:34 – Gambonanza
00:08:44 – Wanderburg
00:12:51 – Clutchtime: Tournament Edition
00:23:36 – Resident Evil Requiem
00:36:47 – Marathon
00:46:07 – Slay the Spire 2
01:30:02 – News
01:54:28 – Weekly Plugs
02:00:06 – End of Show
Saturday Mar 07, 2026
Saturday Mar 07, 2026
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie, Joab Gilroy and Jeremy 'Junglist' Ray talk about a lot of demos from Steam Next Fest.
The Games they’ve been playing this week include Marathon, Resident Evil Requiem, Super Battle Golf, Wanderburg, Scritchy Scratchy, Ashes of the Singularity, Windrose, Wardrum, Arms of God, Lootbound, The Loopler, Fogpiercer, Vampire Crawlers, Gambonanza, Australia Did It, HAM, Here Comes the Swarm, Repterra, and Down With the Ship.
This week there is no news because they talked way past Joab's bed time, but we promise to get to it in the next show.
This episode goes for 3 hours and 5 minutes, it also contains coarse language.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:04:23 – Down With the Ship
00:12:49 – Repterra
00:21:21 – Here Comes the Swarm
00:27:16 – HAM
00:35:32 – Australia Did It
00:42:27 – Gambonanza
00:50:54 – Vampire Crawlers
01:06:11 – Fogpiercer
01:10:50 – The Loopler
01:20:09 – Lootbound
01:23:20 – Arms of God
01:33:00 – Wardrum
01:40:38 – Windrose
01:45:54 – Ashes of the Singularity
01:47:12 – Scritchy Scratchy
01:53:33 – Wanderburg
02:00:50 – Super Battle Golf
02:09:49 – Resident Evil Requiem
02:32:30 – Marathon
02:56:19 – Questions
03:02:10 – Weekly Plugs
03:03:16 – End of Show
Saturday Feb 28, 2026
Saturday Feb 28, 2026
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy talk about a bunch of demos from Steam Next Fest.
The Games they’ve been playing this week include Civilization VII, Returnal, Deadlock, Raccoin, Vampire Crawlers, Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War, Cursed Words, Meat Grinder, and Pro Jank Footy.
Over in the news Slay the Spire 2 receives an official release date, Sony shuts down Bluepoint Games, major Xbox leadership shake-up sees Phil Spencer retiring and new leadership appointed, Christopher Judge teases the next God of War reveal this US summer, and Wolverine locks in a September 15 release date.
This episode goes for 1 hour and 45 minutes, it also contains coarse language.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:12:42 – Pro Jank Footy
00:19:01 – Meat Grinder
00:23:27 – Cursed Words
00:30:30 – Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War
00:36:44 – Vampire Crawlers
00:44:51 – Raccoin
00:49:11 – Deadlock
01:00:00 – Returnal
01:07:21 – Civilization VII
01:16:08 – News
01:32:19 – Questions
01:35:48 – Weekly Plugs
01:38:10 – End of Show
Saturday Feb 21, 2026
Saturday Feb 21, 2026
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy are at it once again fixing issues with sports.
The Games they’ve been playing this week include High On Life 2, Roadside Research, Overwatch, Mewgenics, and Deadlock.
Over in the news they recap the PlayStation State of Play and PS6 delay considerations, Snake joins Rainbow Six Siege, Diablo’s Warlock appears across multiple games, Highguard faces layoffs and its website shuts down, Battlefield 6 Season 2 backlash from the community, and Slay the Spire 2 launches next month.
This episode goes for 1 hour and 35 minutes, it also contains coarse language.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:10:54 – Deadlock
00:25:13 – Mewgenics
00:33:24 – Overwatch
00:40:35 – Roadside Research
00:45:36 – High on Life 2
00:52:16 – News
01:30:53 – Weekly Plugs
01:32:34 – End of Show
Saturday Feb 14, 2026
Saturday Feb 14, 2026
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy talk about creating their own Olympics.
The Games they’ve been playing this week include YAPYAP, Mewgenics, The Quarantine Zone, Freefall 95, Deadlock, Dead by Daylight 2, and Monster Train 2.
Over in the news an AI mistakenly issues a DMCA against Minecraft-like game Allumeria, Horizon Hunters Gathering is revealed, and PlayStation announces a new State of Play presentation.
This episode goes for 1 hour and 35 minutes, it also contains coarse language.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:05:53 – Monster Train 2
00:24:46 – Dead by Daylight 2
00:31:16 – Deadlock
00:47:49 – Freefall 95
00:51:37 – The Quarantine Zone
01:01:17 – Mewgenics
01:13:13 – YAPYAP
01:15:33 – News
01:25:36 – Questions
01:28:04 – Weekly Plugs
01:29:33 – End of Show
Saturday Feb 07, 2026
Saturday Feb 07, 2026
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy talk about the new movie based on a video game, Iron Lung.
The Games they’ve been playing this week include Highguard, YAPYAP, Absolum, Deadlock, Monster Train 2, Nullpoint Protocol, Dead by Daylight, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Arken Age.
Over in the news Take-Two provides an update on GTA VI and shuts down digital-only rumours, AMD teases next-gen Xbox hardware, Valve shares an update on new Steam hardware, and Overwatch 2 rebrands back to Overwatch.
This episode goes for 2 hours, it also contains coarse language.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:04:03 – Iron Lung
00:12:06 – Arken Age
00:19:57 – Red Dead Redemption 2
00:25:58 – Dead by Daylight
00:31:52 – Nullpoint Protocol
00:37:23 – Monster Train 2
00:52:24 – Deadlock
01:10:21 – Absolum
01:15:41 – YAPYAP
01:22:21 – Highguard
01:37:02 – News
01:45:23 – Questions
01:53:52 – Weekly Plugs
01:56:55 – End of Show
Friday Jan 30, 2026
Friday Jan 30, 2026
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Nathan Lawrence talk about a couple of older games they've been revisiting.
The Games they’ve been playing this week include Dispatch, Red Dead Redemption 2, Batman: Arkham City (GOTY) / Batman: Arkham Origins, Highguard, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Metroid Prime 4, and Fallout 4 / Fallout: New Vegas.
Over in the news the Xbox Showcase shows off titles like Fable and Forza, Ubisoft announces a major restructure with layoffs and studio changes, and rumours suggest GTA VI may launch as digital-only.
This episode goes for 2 hours and 45 minutes, it also contains coarse language.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:03:10 – Fallout 4 / Fallout: New Vegas
00:25:38 – Metroid Prime 4
00:33:35 – Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
01:10:04 – Highguard
01:23:38 – Batman: Arkham City (GOTY) / Batman: Arkham Origins
01:44:15 – Red Dead Redemption 2
01:57:42 – Dispatch
02:13:42 – News
02:33:45 – Weekly Plugs
02:38:44 – End of Show
Friday Jan 23, 2026
Friday Jan 23, 2026
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy return for another year of talking about video games.
The Games they’ve been playing this week include Dispatch, Death Stranding 2, Hades II, Dying Light: The Beast, Nonolith, Hytale, Cubic Odyssey, The Séance of Blake Manor, Quarantine Zone, Patient Zero: Pandemic Simulator, and Magic: The Gathering – Lorwyn Eclipsed.
Over in the news Meta lays off over 1,000 staff and shuts three VR studios, a new expansion is reportedly in development for The Witcher 3, GPU prices may spike due to hardware shortages, and The Division director Julian Gerighty departs Massive for DICE.
This episode goes for 2 hours and 25 minutes, it also contains coarse language.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:10:09 – Magic: The Gathering – Lorwyn Eclipsed
00:15:29 – Patient Zero: Pandemic Simulator
00:22:20 – Quarantine Zone
00:29:46 – The Séance of Blake Manor
00:36:26 – Cubic Odyssey
00:40:44 – Hytale
00:44:39 – Nonolith
00:46:18 – Dying Light: The Beast
00:58:44 – Hades II
01:11:43 – Death Stranding 2
01:24:35 – Dispatch
01:37:39 – News
01:59:17 – Questions
02:14:39 – Weekly Plugs
02:19:36 – End of Show