Part of the I Play Boring Games Community Network with a Podcast dedicated to those video games that you have to play to understand - Sims, Strategy, Survival and more! We bring you the best industry news, discussion, interviews & community updates.
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Watch the live show at:
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IPBG Podcast Ep. 19 - Gaming news and Dune: Awakening
Hosts Matt 'Captain Archer' and Jon 'Mufasa' discuss the week's gaming news, including Dune: Awakening, Starfield, and Jurassic World Evolution 3, offering their perspectives.
11 May 2025
IPBG Podcast Ep. 18 - Gaming news and what should be remastered
Hosts Matt 'Captain Archer' and Jon 'Mufasa' chat about the "boring game" news of the week and our wish list of games that should be remastered.
Games and news we discussed this week:
Dune: Awakening (https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/3624190/) open beta weekend
Farming Simulator 25 Patch 1.8, new machines, and Precision Farming 3.0 available as free mods
ETS2 async loading in the experimental branch
Space Engineers 1 Fieldwork DLC released
Star Citizen Invictus Week and free fly May 15th through the 27th
RoadCraft (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2104890/RoadCraft/)
Timberborn Update 7 live
Jump Ship (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1757300/Jump_Ship/)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
Mass Effect Legendary Edition
Wing Commander (https://www.gog.com/en/game/wing_commander_1_2)
Fallout series
Starfield (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1716740/Starfield/)
Knights of the Old Republic
Left 4 Dead 2 (https://store.steampowered.com/app/550/Left_4_Dead_2/)
Star Wars: X-Wing series
Catch the live shows with Matt at twitch.tv/captain_archer or Jon at twitch.tv/mufasa245 (https://twitch.tv/mufasa245)
Join the IPBG Community discord at discord.gg/4hNq4yx
26 Apr 2025
IPBG Podcast Ep. 17 - Early Access. What up with that?
Hosts Matt 'Captain Archer' and Jon 'Mufasa' chat about the "boring game" news from April 2025, and then discuss the pros and cons of the early access model for game development.
Games and news we discussed this week:
ATS Project Road Trip
SnowRunner Season 15 released
Dune: Awakening released date moved from May 20 to Jun 10
Farming Simulator 25 patch 1.7 available
Baldur’s Gate 3 The Final Patch released
Space Engineers 2 Alpha: Vertical Slice 1.2 released, and SE1 “Fieldwork Update” “closing in”
Star Wars: Zero Company (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcxnRaZ6slU)
Crosswinds (https://store.steampowered.com/app/3041230/Crosswind/)
RoadCraft (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2104890/RoadCraft/)
Aska
ATLAS (https://store.steampowered.com/app/834910/ATLAS/)
Bellwright
Enshrouded
Kenshi (https://store.steampowered.com/app/233860/Kenshi/)
Last Oasis (https://store.steampowered.com/app/903950/Last_Oasis/)
Manor Lords
Minecraft
Runescape Dragonwilds
Star Citizen
Satisfactory
Star Wars: Outlaws
Skull and Bones
Starfield (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1716740/Starfield/)
Subnautica (https://store.steampowered.com/app/264710/Subnautica/)
Vintage Story (https://www.vintagestory.at/)
Catch the live shows with Matt at twitch.tv/captain_archer or Jon at twitch.tv/mufasa245 (https://twitch.tv/mufasa245)
Join the IPBG Community discord at discord.gg/4hNq4yx
9 Apr 2025
IPBG Podcast Ep. 16 - Game news from March 2025
Hosts Matt 'Captain Archer' and Jon 'Mufasa' chat about the "boring game" news from March 2025.
Games and news we discussed this week:
Vintage Story (https://www.vintagestory.at/)
SnowRunner sneaky QoL patch, and the RoadCraft demo feedback response from Sabre
Farming Simulator 25 free mods continue, and Farming Simulator VR (https://youtu.be/UNWR4_Ouay4)
ATS patch and Missoui DLC released
Jump Ship trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqDMnQY4-f0)
TF2 (https://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=238809) and Command & Conquer source code released
Space Engineers 2 Early Access v1.1
No Man's Sky's free content update: Relic
Satisfactory 1.1 in Experimental
Aska
Star Citizen
A More Stable Universe (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alvnge7jG0M)
Argo ATLS GEO (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4ZFqDYRHQA)
Star Citizen Direct instead of CitizenCon this year
Referal links for Captain Archer or Mufasa
Catch the live shows with Matt at twitch.tv/captain_archer or Jon at twitch.tv/mufasa245 (https://twitch.tv/mufasa245)
Join the IPBG Community discord at discord.gg/4hNq4yx
19 Feb 2025
IPBG Podcast Ep. 15 - Game news for Feb 2025 Part 1
Hosts Matt 'Captain Archer' and Jon 'Mufasa' chat about what we've been playing this week and the "boring game" news for February 2025. Part one of two.
(Part two will come next episode, discussing the 2025 shift for the Star Citizen development efforts.)
Games and news we discussed this week:
SnowRunner and the RoadCraft gameplay trailer
🌟 The RoadCraft demo will be available during the Steam NextFest 2/24/2025
Farming Simulator 25 and the NAXAT PACK, plus Farming Simulator VR
Civilization VII and A Message From Firaxis Games
ATS
Enshrouded 2025 early access roadmap
Star Trek Online
Marvel Heroes Online and Project Tahiti (https://mhtahiti.com/)
Catch the live shows with Matt at twitch.tv/captain_archer or Jon at twitch.tv/mufasa245 (https://twitch.tv/mufasa245)
Join the IPBG Community discord at discord.gg/4hNq4yx
27 Jan 2025
IPBG Podcast Ep. 14 - Game news & our New Year's gaming resolutions
Hosts Matt 'Captain Archer' and Jon 'Mufasa' chat about what we've been playing this week and present our New Year's resolution of past games we need to finally play in 2025.
Games and news we discussed this week:
SnowRunner
Palworld (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1623730/Palworld/)
Gloomhaven (https://store.steampowered.com/app/780290/Gloomhaven/)
Farming Simulator 25
Dark Forces Remastered
Deep Rock Galactic
Left 4 Dead 2 (https://store.steampowered.com/app/550/Left_4_Dead_2/)
Helldivers
Helldivers 2 movie production announcement from Sony
Helldivers 1
Marvel Rivals
Civilization VII
Space Engineers 2 "alpha" (https://2.spaceengineersgame.com/) is available!
TMNT: Shredder's Revenge
Norland (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1857090/Norland/)
Star Wars: Jedi Survivor
Outer Wilds
The Expanse: A Telltale Series
Star Wars: Squadrons
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty
Catch the live shows with Matt at twitch.tv/captain_archer or Jon at twitch.tv/mufasa245 (https://twitch.tv/mufasa245)
Join the IPBG Community discord at discord.gg/4hNq4yx
30 Dec 2024
IPBG Podcast Ep. 13 - Game news & our own Game of the Year 2024 picks
Hosts Matt 'Captain Archer' and Jon 'Mufasa' chat about what we've been playing this week and present our choices for our favorite games of 2024.
Games and news we discussed this week:
Satisfactory
Helldivers 2
Railroads Online
Guild Wars 2
Marvel Rivals
Star Citizen
Letter from the Chairman about LIVE "4.0_Preview"
Referal links for Captain Archer or Mufasa
Space Engineers 2 "alpha" (https://2.spaceengineersgame.com/) available on Jan 27, 2025 and Space Engineers 1 1.206 Cargo Ships DLC teased
Farming Simulator 25 mods
Dexter Stardust : Adventures in Outer Space
Dark Forces Remastered
Star Trucker
Timberborn
American Trucker Simulator Arkansas DLC
Manor Lords
Dave the Diver
Breachway (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2118810/Breachway/)
Catch the live show with Captain Archer at twitch.tv/iplayboringgames or find Jon at
twitch.tv/mufasa245 (https://twitch.tv/mufasa245)
Join the IPBG Community discord at discord.gg/4hNq4yx
19 Dec 2024
IPBG Podcast Ep. 12 - Game news & our own gaming Christmas Carol
I Play Boring Games hosts Matt 'Captain Archer' and Jon 'Mufasa' share their gaming experiences and predictions, offering insights into the gaming community's past, present, and future.
5 Dec 2024
IPBG Podcast Ep. 11 - Game news & the Farming Simulator 25- the 1 Month Review
Hosts Matt 'Captain Archer', Jon 'Mufasa', and special guest Blake from the IPBG Community share their thoughts on Farming Simulator 25's first month, discussing recent game news and updates.
15 Nov 2024
IPBG Podcast Ep. 10 - Game news & the Farming Simulator 25 release
Hosts Matt 'Captain Archer' and Jon 'Mufasa' chat about what we've been playing this week and summarize our thoughts on the recently released Farming Simulator 25.
Games and news we discussed this week:
Aliens: Fireteam Elite
Satisfactory 1.0
Roadcraft
New Steam feature: Game Recording
MS Flight Simulator 2024 releasing Nov 19 2024
Star Citizen
Save Stanton! event
IAE 2954
Referal links for Captain Archer or Mufasa
Catch the live show with Captain Archer at twitch.tv/iplayboringgames or find Jon at twitch.tv/mufasa245
Join the IPBG Community discord at discord.gg/4hNq4yx
30 Oct 2024
IPBG Podcast Ep. 9 - Game news and Star Citizen CitizenCon aftershow
Hosts Matt 'Captain Archer', Jon 'Mufasa' and our guest today Ben 'ElderSrgGears' chat about what we've been playing this week and summarize our thoughts on all the great content and designs shown at this year's Star Citizen CitizenCon 2954 in Manchester.
Games and news we discussed this week:
Aliens: Fireteam Elite
ATS/ETS2 (American/European Truck Simulator) Louisiana DLC and Driving Academy
No Man's Sky
Satisfactory 1.0
Timberborn Update 6
Factorio Space Age DLC
Farming Sim 25 “Neighbor NPCs”
Star Citizen CitizenCon 2954
Catch the 4k replay on the official Star Citizen YouTube channel
Insurance clarification post by Disco Lando (Jared)
Interview with Benoit during CitCon RE server meshing
You can find our guest, Ben 'EderSrgGears' at https://www.twitch.tv/eldersrggears or
https://www.youtube.com/@esggaming117 (https://www.youtube.com/@esggaming117)
Catch the live show at twitch.tv/iplayboringgames or find Jon at twitch.tv/mufasa245
Join the IPBG Community discord at discord.gg/4hNq4yx
8 Oct 2024
IPBG Podcast Ep. 8 - Game news and redemption stories
Hosts Matt 'Captain Archer' and Jon 'Mufasa' chat about what we've been playing this week and then about several game redemption stories— games that had a troubled start but followed up with changes and new content to bring the game around to be something as great as we hoped it would be. Hopefully.
Games and news we discussed this week:
Satisfactory 1.0
Golden Joystick Awards (https://www.gamesradar.com/goldenjoystickawards/)
Star Citizen
Starfield Shattered Space DLC
Breachway (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2118810/Breachway/)
Hooded Horse publisher sale on Steam
Norland (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1857090/Norland/)
American Truck Simulator Driving Academy
Space Engineers next content patch: “Contact” news
No Man's Sky
Star Wars Galaxies
Anthem
the Mass Effect series
Star Wars Outlaws
Final Fantasy XIV
New World (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1063730/New_World/)
Catch the live show at twitch.tv/iplayboringgames
Join the IPBG Community discord at discord.gg/4hNq4yx
24 Sept 2024
IPBG Podcast Ep. 7 - Game news and Satisfactory 1.0
Hosts Matt 'Captain Archer' and Jon 'Mufasa' chat about what we've been playing this week and our favorite parts of the recent Satisfactory 1.0 release.
Games mentioned and relevant links:
Satisfactory 1.0
Star Citizen Blockade Runner event
Carmen Sandiego trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dtqooGHYeQ) and web site (https://carmensandiego-game.com/)
Farm Simulator 25 Peas crop and machine fact sheet
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
American Truck Simulator World of Trucks Cruising Arkansas event
Dyson Sphere Program
Steam Families
Civilization 6 monthly challenge
Starfield Shattered Space DLC
Catch the live show at twitch.tv/iplayboringgames
Join the IPBG Community discord at discord.gg/4hNq4yx
9 Sept 2024
IPBG Podcast Ep. 6 - Game news, Star Wars Outlaws and the State of Game Engines report
Hosts Matt 'Captain Archer' and Jon 'Mufasa' chat about what we've been playing this week and the recent & upcoming releases for "Falliday" 2024. We close by discussing the Perforce State of Game Technology report.
Games mentioned and relevant links:
Barotrama
Civilization
Enshrouded
No Man's Sky Aquarius content release
Satisfactory 1.0 releasing this week!
Space Trucker release
Star Citizen all the news: 3.24, 4.0, Ship Showdown, CitizenCon, Sabre Peregrine and the cargo lifter tease, Inside Star Citizen, Star Citizen Live, monthly reports
Star Wars Outlaws
Perforce 2024 State of Game Technology report
🎥 The Virtual Production of The Mandalorian Season One (https://youtu.be/gUnxzVOs3rk?si=zfVRSch6LofTRDdy)
Catch the live show at twitch.tv/iplayboringgames
Join the IPBG Community discord at discord.gg/4hNq4yx
26 Aug 2024
IPBG Podcast Ep. 5 - Gamescom Announcements and Film Adaptations of Video Games
Hosts Matt 'Captain Archer' and Jon 'Mufasa' chat about what we've been playing this week and all the video game announcements coming out of the big Gamescom conference in Cologne, Germany. Finally, we discuss many of the film adaptations of video games that have come out recently and in the past—the gems and the flops.
Links:
Star Citizen Ship Showdown 2024, and 3.24 PTU which is open to all backers
Dexter Stardust: Adventures in Outer Space currently free on Amazon Prime Gaming
Aliens: Dark Descent on Steam
Star Wars Outlaws (https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/star-wars/outlaws) is available on Auguest 30th, 2024, or watch us play the early access this week at twitch.tv/iplayboringgames (https://www.twitch.tv/iplayboringgames)
Starfield REV-8 trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA1z1DbA_Io)
Civilization VII gameplay reveal trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK_JrrP9m2U)
Gwendoline Christie is the in-game narrator for Civ7. Sorry we couldn't remember your name, Gweondoline!
Farming Simulator 25 gameplay trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl7Bk3uB4L4)
RoadCraft (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsCbOIvQAjE) review trailer
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STrKl828Aeg) Gamescom date reveal trailer
Satisfactory "Glimpse Into Quantum Technology" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBgxQh5jEq4) video
The ATS/ETS2 SCS Software blog (https://blog.scssoft.com/)
Company of Heroes 3 (CoH3) Fall and Winter roadmap post
Dyson Sphere Program on Steam
For the Stars on Steam
Catch the live show at twitch.tv/iplayboringgames
Join the IPBG Community discord at discord.gg/4hNq4yx
19 Aug 2024
IPBG Podcast Ep. 4 - Sim Rigs with Nate McCrash
Hosts Matt 'Captain Archer' and Jon 'Mufasa' chat about what we've been playing this week, and then our guest, Nate McCrash, walks us through sim rigs— or in other words, steering wheels, unique controllers, and other hardware that take your sim experience to the next, physical level.
Links:
Star Citizen Ship Showdown 2024
Thrustmaster TX Racing Wheel
Thrustmaster TH8A Shifter
DOF Reality (https://dofreality.com/) sim rigs
Find Nate McCrash on:
Instagram @officialworldrallyfamily
Twitch @natemccrash (https://m.twitch.tv/natemccrash/home)
Or search for World Rally Family for other social media
Catch the live show at twitch.tv/iplayboringgames
Join the IPBG Community discord at discord.gg/4hNq4yx
5 Aug 2024
IPBG Podcast Ep. 3 - Mods: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Hosts Matt 'Captain Archer' and Jon 'Mufasa' chat about the latest gaming news, what we've been playing this week, and how game mods effect the community—for better or worse.
News links:
No Man's Sky - Worlds Part I (https://www.nomanssky.com/worlds-part-i-update/) update
Dexter Stardust and The Abandoned Planet from Dexter Team
Enshrouded Twitch drops (https://twitch.enshrouded.com/en-US) through Aug 12, 2024
Space Engineers "Prototech" teaser
Catch the live show at twitch.tv/iplayboringgames
Join the IPBG Community discord at discord.gg/4hNq4yx
29 Jul 2024
IPBG Podcast Ep. 2 - Star Citizen 3.24 & 4.0 and Steam Simfest
In our second episode, hosts Matt 'Captain Archer' and Jon 'Mufasa' chat about the latest Star Citizen news and go through our favorite games featured in the Steam Simfest.
Steam Simfest (https://store.steampowered.com/sale/simfest2024): https://store.steampowered.com/sale/simfest2024
Catch the live show at twitch.tv/iplayboringgames
Join the IPBG Community discord at discord.gg/4hNq4yx
23 Jul 2024
IPBG Podcast Ep. 1 - What's a 'Boring' Game?
Hello and welcome to the show! Hosts Matt 'Captain Archer' and Jon 'Mufasa' chat a little about themselves, discuss games of the past, present and future and what it means to be a boring game.
Additional discussion of upcoming gaming news of your favorite Sims, Strategy and Survival video games.
Catch the live show at twitch.tv/iplayboringgames
Join the IPBG Community discord at discord.gg/4hNq4yx
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