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 Jan 22, 2021
Friday Jan 22, 2021
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy return for the first podcast of the year to talk about what they've been up to on their break.
The games they've been playing include Loop Hero, Subnautica: Below Zero, Subnautica, Raft, Star Wars Battlefront II, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Monster Train, Dead By Daylight, Crying Suns, Injustice 2, Idle Slayer, Zombie Rollerz: Pinball Heroes, Use Your Words, and more.
Over in the news Lucasfilm Games is now the official identity for all gaming titles from Lucasfilm, an Indiana Jones is being developed by Machine Games, Ubisoft is working on a Star Wars game from developed by the studio behind The Division, CD Projekt offers an apology for Cyberpunk 2077, Hitman 3 has some Access Pass issues for PC, and Apex Legends Season 8 will add a new Legend called Fuse.
This episode goes for 3 hours and 16 minutes, it also contains coarse language.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:09:17 – Use Your Words
00:19:14 – The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
00:30:04 – Zombie Rollerz: Pinball Heroes
00:33:56 – Idle Slayer
00:41:25 – Injustice 2
00:47:26 – Dead By Daylight
00:58:28 – Nvidia RTX 3080
01:15:40 – Crying Suns
01:21:15 – Monster Train
01:33:28 – Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
01:38:11 – Star Wars Battlefront II
01:51:59 – Raft
01:56:10 – Subnautica
02:07:36 – Subnautica: Below Zero
02:19:59 – Loop Hero
02:40:19 – News
03:06:52 – Questions
03:13:39 – End of Show
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Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy are joined by Nathan Lawrence to look back at the year and talk about their favourite games.
But before that they chat about a few of the games they've been playing recently including Back 4 Blood, Diablo Immortal, Cyberpunk 2077, and Call of Duty: Warzone.
They discuss some of the highlight news items of the 2020, give out a few genre awards, and then each list their 5 favourite games they've played this year.
This episode goes for 8 hours and 15 minutes, it also contains coarse language.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:36:09 – Diablo Immortal
00:44:08 – Call of Duty: Warzone
01:14:49 – Cyberpunk 2077
01:52:05 – Back 4 Blood
02:15:52 – The Year In Review
04:38:19 – Questions
04:53:27 – Best Downloadable Game
05:08:55 – Best Sports / Racing / Fighting Game
05:18:38 – Best Action / Adventure Game
05:45:02 – Best Strategy / Puzzle / Platformer Game
05:57:28 – Best Shooter Game
06:16:08 – Best Role Playing Game
06:34:45 – Best New IP
06:45:00 – Biggest Disappointment
06:57:10 – Craze In Gaming
07:00:37 – Individual Top 5
08:01:48 – The GAP Game Of The Year
08:10:07 – End of Show
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Friday Dec 18, 2020
Friday Dec 18, 2020
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy review Cyberpunk 2077 after spending a bunch of time with it over the last week.
They also discuss Microsoft's cloud gaming service xCloud with Kareem Choudhry, Corporate Vice President, Gaming Cloud at Microsoft; and Catherine Gluckstein, General Manager and Head of Product & Strategy for xCloud at Microsoft.
Over in the news The Game Awards has a few big reveals, Nvidia attempts to blacklist a tech reviewer, and EA swoops in to buy out Codemasters for $1.2 billion.
This episode goes for 3 hours and 13 minutes, it also contains coarse language.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:04:09 – Couriers overnight delivery
00:16:57 – xCloud with Kareem Choudhry and Catherine Gluckstein
00:56:55 – Call of the Sea
01:03:11 – Cyberpunk 2077
02:32:41 – News
02:55:58 – Questions
03:08:35 – End of Show
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Friday Dec 11, 2020
Friday Dec 11, 2020
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie is joined by Andreas Klebo-Espe from Gamer.no to talk about the mess surrounding Cyberpunk 2077’s launch.
The games they’ve been playing this week include Immortals Fenyx Rising, Call of the Sea, World of Warcraft, Worms Rumble, Call of Duty: Warzone, Demon’s Souls, and more.
Over in the news World of Warcraft: Shadowlands becomes the fastest selling PC game of all time, Oscar Isacc has been cast in the upcoming Metal Gear Solid film, PUBG season 10 will introduce a new 32 player map with an enemy AI faction, Casey Hudson leaves BioWare – again, and The Game Awards are happening later this week.
This episode goes for 2 hours, it also contains coarse language.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:06:42 – Cyberpunk 2077
00:18:22 – Demon’s Souls
00:27:08 – Call of Duty: Warzone
00:36:40 – Worms Rumble
00:45:23 – Immortals Fenyx Rising
00:54:05 – Call of the Sea
01:00:03 – World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
01:13:20 – News
01:36:10 – Questions
01:54:42 – End of Show
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Friday Dec 04, 2020
Friday Dec 04, 2020
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy talk about Ubisoft's latest open world action game, Immortals Fenyx Rising.
The other games they’ve been playing this week include Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Monster Train, World of Warcraft, Dead By Daylight, and more.
Over in the news Nvidia launches the RTX 3060 Ti, Marvel's Avengers did not sell to expectations, Fortnite kicks off Chapter 2 Season 5, and CD Projekt Red wants people not to post Cyberpunk 2077 gameplay spoilers before release.
This episode goes for 3 hours, it also contains coarse language.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:04:30 – Monster Train
00:35:21 – VR
00:42:01 – World of Warcraft
00:47:56 – Assassin's Creed Valhalla
01:20:32 – Dead By Daylight
01:34:03 – Immortals Fenyx Rising
02:16:01 – News
02:32:37 – Questions
02:51:17 – End of Show
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Friday Nov 27, 2020
Friday Nov 27, 2020
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy talk about their Demon's Souls review.
The games they’ve been playing this week include Assassin's Creed Valhalla, NBA 2K21, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Monster Train, World of Warcraft, and Joab heads to Zero Latency VR Sydney.
Over in the news IO Interactive is working on a 007 game, some physical copies of Cyberpunk 2077 have leaked out, Watch Dogs: Legion online will be delayed until next year, and Red Dead Online will be a standalone product starting next week.
This episode goes for 2 hours and 40 minutes, it also contains coarse language.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:06:54 – Demon's Souls
00:56:10 – Monster Train
01:02:18 – Nova Drift
01:13:21 – World of Warcraft
01:20:56 – NBA 2K21
01:44:47 – Assassin's Creed Valhalla
01:53:42 – Zero Latency VR
02:11:05 – Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
02:18:01 – News
02:31:00 – Questions
02:36:31 – End of Show
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Friday Nov 20, 2020
Friday Nov 20, 2020
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy talk about the first week of the now current gen consoles.
The games they’ve been playing this week include Demon's Souls, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Bugsnax, Destiny 2, Astro's Playroom, and more.
Over in the news Star Wars: Squadrons is getting a free update, Deathloop has a new release date, and The Game Awards nominations go live.
This episode goes for 3 hours and 25 minutes, it also contains coarse language.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:08:45 – PlayStation 5
00:27:19 – Astro's Playroom
00:31:38 – Destiny 2
00:46:01 – Bugsnax
00:52:24 – Marvel's Spider-Man
01:18:25 – Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
01:36:55 – Demon's Souls
02:46:18 – News
03:01:02 – Questions
03:18:40 – End of Show
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Friday Nov 13, 2020
Friday Nov 13, 2020
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy talk about the launch of the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 which happened this week.
The games they’ve been playing this week include Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Destiny 2, Rainbow Six: Siege, NBA 2K21, Among Us, Dirt 5, and more.
Over in the news Take-Two is acquiring Codemasters for $1bn, Spider-Man Remastered on PS5 will allow you to transfer PS4 game saves, Mass Effect Legendary is announced and a new Mass Effect in the works, Project xCloud is coming to Australia, and DICE is working on the next Battlefield game due next year.
This episode goes for 2 hours and 45 minutes, it also contains coarse language.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:04:27 – Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5
00:31:56 – Dirt 5
00:50:00 – Among Us
00:59:00 – NBA 2K21
01:08:23 – Rainbow Six: Siege - Operation Neon Dawn
01:23:21 – Destiny 2: Beyond Light
01:47:47 – Assassin's Creed Valhalla
02:26:47 – News
02:38:04 – End of Show
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Saturday Nov 07, 2020
Saturday Nov 07, 2020
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy give their initial review impressions for the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5.
The games they’ve been playing this week include Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Watch Dogs: Legion, Astro's Playroom, Ghostrunner, Teardown, Dirt 5, Sunset Overdrive, and more.
Over in the news a custom PS5 faceplate site has shutdown after having a conversation with Sony's legal team, Star Wars: Squadrons patch 2.0 is released, and World of Warcraft: Shadowlands has a new release date.
This episode goes for 3 hours and 5 minutes, it also contains coarse language.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:06:40 – Watch Dogs: Legion
00:51:41 – Sunset Overdrive
01:00:06 – Dirt 5
01:05:07 – Teardown
01:18:23 – Ghostrunner
01:31:17 – Xbox Series X
01:38:42 – Astro's Playroom
01:53:01 – Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
02:09:15 – PlayStation 5 vs Xbox Series X
02:33:46 – News
02:44:47 – Questions
02:58:48 – End of Show
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Friday Oct 30, 2020
Friday Oct 30, 2020
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy talk about unboxing the new Xbox Series X, as provided by Xbox.
The games they’ve been playing this week include Watch Dogs: Legion, Apex Legends Season 7, Phasmophobia, Carto, Destiny 2, Disc Room, Dead By Daylight, and more.
Over in the news Cyberpunk 2077 has been delayed again, Ubisoft has delayed FarCry 6 and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Quarantine, Netflix is adapting an Assassins Creed TV series, FIFA Loot boxes ruled gambling in the Netherlands, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War will integrate in Warzone this December, Halo Infinite loses a Director, and a Creative director at Google Stadia Alex Hutchinson suggests streamers should pay royalties to stream games.
This episode goes for 3 hours and 25 minutes, it also contains coarse language.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:04:05 – Xbox Series X
00:22:34 – Disc Room
00:35:01 – Dead By Daylight
01:03:59 – Phasmophobia
01:17:54 – Carto
01:26:21 – Apex Legends Season 7
01:48:04 – Destiny 2
02:19:02 – Watch Dogs: Legion
03:08:03 – News
03:34:35 – Questions
03:41:21 – End of Show
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