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
Saturday Sep 21, 2024
Saturday Sep 21, 2024
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy talk about how apparently making something is better than nothing, even when that means you're stealing things from other people and causing a disruption in various other places but at least you're making the thing now.
The games they've been playing this week include Satisfactory, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, The Plucky Squire, and more.
They also talk about the Dota 2 International and the grand final match up.
Over in the news the more layoffs hit Xbox, EA talks about the next Star Wars Jedi game and Battlefield title, more hints that Red Dead Redemption is coming to PC appear, the Australian Government changes the ratings on loot boxes and gambling in games, and Unity is changing it engine fees.
This episode goes for 1 hour and 40 minutes, it also contains coarse language.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:00:50 – Deadlock
00:18:36 – Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
00:26:05 – The Plucky Squire
00:34:41 – Satisfactory
01:06:42 – News
01:26:03 – Weekly Plugs
01:30:15 – End of Show
Friday Sep 13, 2024
Friday Sep 13, 2024
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy talk about a game that they've been playing a lot of over the years which has finally hit 1.0.
The games they've been playing this week include Satisfactory, Demon's Mirror, Deadlock, and more.
Over in the news the PlayStation 5 Pro is finally revealed, and GTA 6 is lowballing music artists.
This episode goes for 1 hour and 40 minutes, it also contains coarse language.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:02:45 – Deadlock
00:26:47 – Demon's Mirror
00:48:36 – Satisfactory
01:18:14 – News
01:33:12 – Weekly Plugs
01:35:03 – End of Show
Saturday Sep 07, 2024
Saturday Sep 07, 2024
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy talk about the streaming software Sunshine and Moonlight.
The games they've been playing this week include Star Wars Outlaws, Deadlock, the Borderlands movie, and more.
Over in the news Concord is shutting down, RockSteady Studios is hit by layoffs, Remedy and Annapurna announce a partnership, and PUBG Studios is up to their old tricks.
This episode goes for 1 hour and 50 minutes, it also contains coarse language.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:03:04 – Borderlands
00:13:05 – Deadlock
00:49:46 – Star Wars Outlaws
01:19:12 – News
01:37:56 – Weekly Plugs
01:40:48 – End of Show
Friday Aug 30, 2024
Friday Aug 30, 2024
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy talk about the streaming software Sunshine and Moonlight.
The games they've been playing this week include Deadlock, Black Myth: Wukong, Diablo 4, and more.
Over in the news PlayStation sends Concord out to die, and the boss of Amazon Games doesn't know much about games.
This episode goes for 2 hours and 5 minutes, it also contains coarse language.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:05:14 – Moonlight / Sunshine
00:25:47 – Diablo 4
00:56:15 – Deadlock
01:22:49 – Black Myth: Wukong
01:40:09 – News
01:51:40 – Weekly Plugs
01:52:52 – End of Show
Sunday Aug 25, 2024
Sunday Aug 25, 2024
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy are joined by Jeremy 'Junglist' Ray to talk about the game that can not be named, but can be named now.
The games they've been playing this week include Deadlock, Crime Scene Cleaner, Delta Force: Hawk Ops, Elden Ring, Chess and more.
Over in the news Gamescom kicks off with a bunch of new reveals and announcements.
This episode goes for 1 hour and 45 minutes, it also contains coarse language.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:07:11 – Delta Force: Hawk Ops Alpha
00:15:48 – Elden Ring
00:26:38 – Chess
00:33:00 – Crime Scene Cleaner
00:40:41 – Deadlock
01:12:06 – News
01:35:59 – Weekly Plugs
01:42:52 – End of Show
Friday Aug 16, 2024
Friday Aug 16, 2024
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy talk about what happened to last week's episode. That mystery will be revealed.
The games they've been playing this week include some Team Fortress 2 mod apparently, Crime Scene Cleaner, Delta Force: Hawk Ops, Diablo 4, and more. They also talk about the collectible card game Disney Lorcana.
Over in the news Bungie lays off over 200 staff, Game Informer is shutdown, Dragon Age: The Veilguard appears to have a release date, Red Dead Redemption might be coming to PC, Steam updates their user reviews, and The Witcher 4 might not have everyone's favourite Witcher in the lead role.
This episode goes for 2 hours and 30 minutes, it also contains coarse language.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:15:40 – Disney Lorcana
00:40:48 – Diablo 4
00:56:05 – Delta Force: Hawk Ops
01:04:53 – Crime Scene Cleaner
01:07:58 – Some Mod or Game Maybe
01:34:24 – News
01:51:13 – Questions
02:19:53 – Weekly Plugs
02:25:10 – End of Show
Friday Aug 02, 2024
Friday Aug 02, 2024
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy talk about all the action during the first week of the Olympics.
The games they've been playing this week include 7 Days To Die, Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD, Tentacular, Bait!, Exophobia, Aliens versus Predator 2, and more.
Over in the news Activision gives some insight into how SBMM works in Call of Duty, video game actors go on strike, Diablo 4 season 5 is just around the corner, and Skibidi toilet DMCA's Garry's Mod.
This episode goes for 2 hours, it also contains coarse language.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:10:04 – Aliens Versus Predator 2
00:14:48 – Exophobia
00:21:02 – Bait!
00:29:06 – Tentacular
00:35:31 – Double Fine PsychOdyssey
00:41:22 – Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD
00:50:41 – 7 Days To Die
01:15:01 – News
01:46:37 – Weekly Plugs
01:55:20 – End of Show
Friday Jul 26, 2024
Friday Jul 26, 2024
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy talk about Xbox Game Pass and some areas they need to improve.
The games they've been playing this week include No Man's Sky, We Are One, Witchblood, Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, Slay The Spire, and more.
Over in the news the Halo TV show gets cancelled, Bethesda Game Studios employees start a union, and the new Diablo 4 class is showcased.
This episode goes for 1 hour and 25 minutes, it also contains coarse language.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:19:05 – No Man's Sky
00:30:01 – Slay The Spire
00:32:02 – Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
00:37:28 – Witchblood
00:50:55 – The Exit 8 VR
00:56:08 – We Are One
01:04:31 – News
01:18:39 – Weekly Plugs
01:21:41 – End of Show
Friday Jul 19, 2024
Friday Jul 19, 2024
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy are joined by Andreas 'Kleb' Klebo-Espe to talk about punctuation, and why it matters.
The games they've been playing this week include Concord, Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus, Anger Foot, The Case of the Golden Idol, Compound, EA Sports College Football 25, and more.
Over in the news Satisfactory is going 1.0 soon, No Man's Sky gets a big new update, and the Nintendo Switch is now the longest-running Nintendo console without being replaced by another device.
This episode goes for 1 hours and 56 minutes, it also contains coarse language.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:16:18 – Anger Foot
00:28:38 – Diablo 4
00:34:16 – Compound
00:43:58 – The Case of the Golden Idol
00:55:30 – EA Sports College Football 25
01:09:15 – Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus
01:17:21 – Concord
01:34:07 – News
01:47:24 – Weekly Plugs
01:50:30 – End of Show
Friday Jul 12, 2024
Friday Jul 12, 2024
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy are joined by Jeremy 'Junglist' Ray to talk about Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree spoilers.
The games they've been playing this week also include Anger Foot, Juice Galaxy, and more.
Over in the news NBA 2K25 announces its cover athlete, Xbox overhauls Game Pass, Battlefield 2042 is crossing over with Dead Space, and Kotaku Australia shuts down.
This episode goes for 2 hours and 50 minutes, it also contains coarse language.
Timestamps –
00:00:00 – Start
00:10:11 – Juice Galaxy
00:20:48 – Anger Foot
00:45:16 – Elden Ring
02:02:45 – News
02:34:05 – Questions
02:40:39 – Weekly Plugs
02:48:05 – End of Show