Get Played

Get Played[1] (formerly How Did This Get Played?) is an audio podcast that follows Heather Anne Campbell, Nick Wiger and Matt Apodaca as they discuss and review video games, with early episodes focusing on weird or bad games. In January 2022, the podcast changed formats to shift away from intentionally playing bad games, in part to improve the experience for guests and the hosts.[2]

Get Played
How Did This Get Played? official logo
Cover art with former title
Presentation
Hosted by
GenreComedy
LanguageEnglish
UpdatesWeekly
Length60–120 minutes
Production
ProductionMatt Apodaca
Audio formatMP3
Publication
Original releaseJune 24, 2019 (2019-06-24)
ProviderEarwolf
Related
Websitewww.earwolf.com/show/get-played/

Overview

Each episode either focuses on a particular game or features general discussion about gaming. The former usually includes one or more guests, often people involved in comedy who also have an interest in video games. The hosts and guests play the game ahead of the episode, then talk about the experience, the community, and the context surrounding the game. The hosts and guests give their reviews of the game, and read contrary and often comedic reviews of the game found online.

The show initially took the same tone of discussion as podcast network Earwolf's How Did This Get Made?, a podcast celebrating bad movies, and was originally perceived as a spin-off.[3][4] The show was originally conceived of as a Star Wars podcast, and a pilot episode on that theme was recorded, before it was decided to focus on video games instead.[5] Apodaca was originally brought in solely as the show's producer, but ended up factoring into discussions so much that he was eventually made a co-host.

After the format change the podcast introduced a number of recurring episode themes such as The Game Was Better, which focuses on film and television adaptations of video games, We Play, You Play, which invites listeners to play along with a nominated game, and Triforce of, in which the hosts match elements from video games, such as musical themes or player weapons, to the three qualities of the Triforce from The Legend of Zelda series. Discussion of bad games has also continued sporadically under the Game Slop theme.

Format

Introduction

Most episodes begin with a short comedy sketch featuring the hosts (and occasionally their guest) which parodies aspects of the episode's chosen game or subject. After the introduction of the episode's subject, a remix of the show's main theme music (originally composed by engineer Devon Torrey Bryant) mixed with music of the game from that week's episode leads into the hosts' introduction.

Prior to the show's change of format, the hosts introduced themselves with a string of catchphrases that developed from several video game encounters and humorous inside jokes. Apodaca would begin by simply saying "hello, everyone," with Campbell dramatically repeating the phrase afterwards before welcoming the listeners. After playing Wattam and being tickled by the phrase "Welcome Back Bucket," Campbell decided it was too wholesome not to repeat it at the top of the show. During an episode with Shaun Diston and Scott Aukerman, Diston brought up his previous appearance for the game Catherine and how the game will yell "edge!" during the puzzle portions of the game; Shaun subsequently suggested this should be Wiger's catchphrase, which Wiger then adopted. After the change of format in 2022, with the exception of Apodaca's welcome the catchphrases have mostly been dropped, with Campbell deciding to save "Welcome Back Bucket" for special occasions.

Segments

The show has several recurring featured segments, which include:

  • What Are You Playing?, formerly 70 Seconds in Video Game Heaven, where the hosts and their guest report on what video games they have been playing during the past week.[6] In later episodes the question would be posed by the merchant from Resident Evil 4, voiced by Campbell.
  • Review Crew, where the hosts and guests each take turns sharing a positive comment about the game, as well as their own verbal review summary, and a numerical score on a scale from zero to 1 million. An offshoot, Ryu Crew, solicits reviews of the game from listeners in We Play, You Play episodes.
  • Maybe We Were Wrong, where the hosts take turns reading reviews opposite of their own opinions.
  • The Question Block, where the hosts read questions submitted by listeners and give their answers, inviting the guest to answer as well.
  • Heather's Hole, in which Heather Anne Campbell reaches into "the deep, gaping maw that is her video game collection", and retrieves a lesser known title, gaming system or piece of gaming memorabilia to discuss.

Most episodes conclude with the hosts and their guest playing a quiz or a guessing game, or responding to messages sent in by listeners.

Episode list

2019

No. Episode title Release date
1"Sonic '06 with Jordan Morris"June 24 (June 24)
2"Superman 64 with Adam Conover"July 1 (July 1)
3"Hatoful Boyfriend with Mano Agapion and Betsy Sodaro"July 8 (July 8)
4"Dragon's Lair (w/ Magic Tavern)"July 15 (July 15)
5"Vroom in the Night Sky with Ify Nwadiwe"July 22 (July 22)
6"Michael Jackson's Moonwalker with Zach Reino and Jessica McKenna"July 29 (July 29)
7"Series: Your Story Universe: Vanderpump Rules with Sean Clements"August 5 (August 5)
8"Night Trap with Christine Nangle"August 12 (August 12)
9"Technocop with Arin Hanson"August 19 (August 19)
10"Leisure Suit Larry with Eva Anderson"August 26 (August 26)
11"Quest 64 with The Go Off Kings"September 2 (September 2)
12"Seaman with Jon Gabrus"September 9 (September 9)
13"Duke Nukem Forever with Colton Dunn"September 16 (September 16)
14"Mass Effect: Andromeda (w/ Mark Rennie)"September 23 (September 23)
15"Zork with Lindsay Katai and Kelly Nugent"September 30 (September 30)
16"Friday the 13th (w/ Matt Gourley)"October 7 (October 7)
17"Back in 1995 (w/ Oscar Montoya)"October 14 (October 14)
18"The Typing of the Dead (w/ Haley Mancini)"October 21 (October 21)
19"Eternal Champions: Developer's Commentary (w/ William Kier)"October 28 (October 28)
20"Untitled Goose Game (w/ John Hodgman)"November 4 (November 4)
21"Shaq Fu (w/ Jason Concepcion)"November 11 (November 11)
22"My Horse Prince (w/ Erin Whitehead)"November 18 (November 18)
23"Custer's Revenge (w/ Joey Clift)"November 25 (November 25)
24"Blues Brothers 2000 (w/ Zac Oyama)"December 2 (December 2)
25"Oh...Sir! The Hollywood Roast (w/ Cirocco Dunlap)"December 9 (December 9)
26"Mutant League Football (w/ Carl Tart)"December 16 (December 16)
27"Christmas Nights (w/ Ashley Esqueda)"December 23 (December 23)
28"WarioWare Inc. (w/ Alex Berg)"December 30 (December 30)

2020

No. Episode title Release date
29"Minecraft: Story Mode (w/ Dan Harmon)"January 6 (January 6)
30"Death Stranding"January 13 (January 13)
31"Shadow the Hedgehog (w/ Jordan Morris)"January 20 (January 20)
32"Katamari Damacy (w/ Shauna Baker)"January 27 (January 27)
33"Catherine (w/ Shaun Diston)"February 3 (February 3)
34"Postal (w/ Jacob Wysocki)"February 10 (February 10)
35"Kitten Squad (w/ Siobhan Thompson)"February 17 (February 17)
36"Surgeon Simulator (w/ Will Hines)"February 24 (February 24)
37"E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (w/ Paul Rust)"March 2 (March 2)
38"Leisure Suit Larry Goes Looking for Love (in Several Wrong Places) (w/ Eva Anderson)"March 9 (March 9)
39"Garfield Kart (w/ Joey Clift)"March 16 (March 16)
40"Panty Party (w/ Ify Nwadiwe)"March 23 (March 23)
41"The Stanley Parable"March 30 (March 30)
42"Ace of Seafood (w/ Cirocco Dunlap)"April 6 (April 6)
43"Waterworld"April 13 (April 13)
44"Everything (w/ Jon Gabrus)"April 20 (April 20)
45"Animal Crossing: New Horizons (w/ Zach Reino)"April 27 (April 27)
46"Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy (w/ Sodapoppin)"May 4 (May 4)
47"Doki Doki Literature Club (w/ Mary Laws)"May 11 (May 11)
48"Bart vs the Space Mutants (w/ Bob Mackey & Henry Gilbert)"May 18 (May 18)
49"Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City (w/ Dave Schilling)"May 25 (May 25)
50"Street Fighter: The Movie (w/ Jason Mantzoukas & Paul Scheer)"June 1 (June 1)
51"Inside"June 8 (June 8)
52"Maneater"June 15 (June 15)
53"Wattam (w/ Anne Lane)"June 22 (June 22)
54"The Last of Us: Left Behind"June 29 (June 29)
55"Hardcore Mecha (w/ Brodie Reed and Cody Ziglar)"July 6 (July 6)
56"The Last of Us Part II"July 13 (July 13)
57"Star Wars Episode I: Racer (w/ Lauren Lapkus)"July 20 (July 20)
58"James Pond: Underwater Agent (w/ Matt Gourley)"July 27 (July 27)
59"Return of the Obra Dinn (w/ Eva Anderson)"August 3 (August 3)
60"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (w/ Shaun Diston and Scott Aukerman)"August 10 (August 10)
61"Undertale (w/ Zac Oyama)"August 17 (August 17)
62"Deadly Premonition (w/ Oscar Montoya)"August 24 (August 24)
63"Fall Guys (w/ Jon Mackey)"August 31 (August 31)
64"Battletoads (w/ Jordan Morris)"September 7 (September 7)
65"Zombies Ate My Neighbors (w/ Adam Stein)"September 14 (September 14)
66"Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2"September 21 (September 21)
67"Ring Fit Adventure (w/ Mary Laws)"September 28 (September 28)
68"The Twilight Zone (w/ Win Rosenfeld)"October 5 (October 5)
69"Maniac Mansion (w/ Kelly Nugent)"October 12 (October 12)
70"Carrion (w/ Arnie Niekamp)"October 19 (October 19)
71"Among Us (w/ Nick Rutherford)"October 26 (October 26)
72"Hideo Kojember – Metal Gear"November 2 (November 2)
73"Hideo Kojember – Snatcher"November 9 (November 9)
74"Hideo Kojember – Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (w/ Jacquis Neal)"November 16 (November 16)
75"Hideo Kojember – P.T."November 23 (November 23)
76"Hideo Kojember – Death Stranding (Part 2) with Gene Park"November 30 (November 30)
77"Frog Fractions with Mano Agapion & Betsy Sodaro"December 7 (December 7)
78"Hypnospace Outlaw with Sonja Reid & Aaron Bleyaert"December 14 (December 14)
79"Bible Adventures with Paul F. Tompkins"December 21 (December 21)
80"The 2020 How Did This Get Played Game of the Year Awards"December 28 (December 28)

2021

No. Episode title Release date
81"Yo! Noid with Danielle Radford"January 4 (January 4)
82"Super Meat Boy with Alex Berg"January 11 (January 11)
83"What Remains of Edith Finch with Will Hines"January 18 (January 18)
84"70 Minutes in Gaming Heaven"January 25 (January 25)
85"Who Framed Roger Rabbit with Joan Ford"February 1 (February 1)
86"Cyberpunk 2077"February 8 (February 8)
87"Day of the Tentacle with Hayes Davenport"February 15 (February 15)
88"70 Minutes in Gaming Heaven 2"February 22 (February 22)
89"Psychonauts with Ashley Esqueda"March 1 (March 1)
90"Coffee Talk with Siobhan Thompson"March 8 (March 8)
91"Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball with Jason Concepcion"March 15 (March 15)
92"Star Wars: Yoda Stories with Mark Rennie"March 22 (March 22)
93"70 Minutes in Gaming Heaven 3"March 29 (March 29)
94"Goat Simulator with Raj Ramayya"April 5 (April 5)
95"Kuukiyomi: Consider It with Mike Drucker"April 12 (April 12)
96"Mortal Kombat with Nathan Barnatt"April 19 (April 19)
97"70 Minutes in Gaming Heaven 4"April 26 (April 26)
98"Super Mayrio – Hotel Mario with Eva Anderson"May 3 (May 3)
99"Super Mayrio – Mario is Missing with Jason Schreier"May 10 (May 10)
100"Super Mayrio – Super Mario 64"May 17 (May 17)
101"Super Mayrio – Super Mario Bros. 2"May 24 (May 24)
102"Super Mayrio – 70 Minutes in Mario Heaven"May 31 (May 31)
103"Revolution X with Zane Carney"June 7 (June 7)
104"Crazy Taxi with Bridger Winegar"June 14 (June 14)
105"Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion"June 21 (June 21)
106"70 Minutes in Gaming Heaven 6"June 28 (June 28)
107"American Truck Simulator with Jack Allison"July 5 (July 5)
108"Contra: Rogue Corps with Colton Dunn"July 12 (July 12)
109"Cool Spot with Mike Mitchell"July 19 (July 19)
110"70 Minutes in Gaming Heaven 7"July 26 (July 26)
111"Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist"August 2 (August 2)
112"Yakuza 0"August 9 (August 9)
113"Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney with Lindsay Katai and Kelly Nugent"August 16 (August 16)
114"Her Story"August 23 (August 23)
115"70 Minutes in Gaming Heaven 8"August 30 (August 30)
116"12 Minutes"September 6 (September 6)
117"The Back Clog"September 13 (September 13)
118"Portal"September 20 (September 20)
119"Let's Get First Personal"September 27 (September 27)
120"A Nightmare on Elm Street with David Sims"October 4 (October 4)
121"The 7th Guest with Mary Laws"October 11 (October 11)
122"Silent Hill 2 with Mike Drucker"October 18 (October 18)
123"70 Minutes in Gaming HELL – Spooky Tunes"October 25 (October 25)
124"Hideo Kojember – Policenauts"November 1 (November 1)
125"Hideo Kojember – Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand"November 8 (November 8)
126"Hideo Kojember – Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater with Gene Park"November 15 (November 15)
127"Hideo Kojember – Death Stranding Director's Cut with Kirk Hamilton"November 22 (November 22)
128"Hideo Kojember – 70 Minutes in Outer Heaven"November 29 (November 29)
129"How Did This Get VRayed?"December 6 (December 6)
130"Gaming with Heather's Mom"December 13 (December 13)
131"Balan Wonderworld with Jordan Morris"December 20 (December 20)
132"The 2021 How Did This Get Played Game of the Year Awards"December 27 (December 27)

2022

No. Episode title Release date
133"Welcome to Get Played: Gaming Resolutions"January 3 (January 3)
134"The Matrix Awakens"January 10 (January 10)
135"What We Played On Our Winter Vacation"January 17 (January 17)
136"Game and Tell: Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike"January 24 (January 24)
137"Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City with Oscar Montoya"January 31 (January 31)
138"Game Slop: Home Improvement: Power Tool Pursuit!"February 7 (February 7)
139"Game Pass or Fail?"February 14 (February 14)
140"Now That's What I Call Video Game Music: Main Title Themes"February 21 (February 21)
141"We Play, You Play: Disco Elysium"February 28 (February 28)
142"Triforce of NPCs"March 6 (March 6)
143"Grand Theft Pod-O"March 13 (March 13)
144"The Game Was Better – Pixels with Mary Laws"March 20 (March 20)
145"We Play, You Play: Elden Ring with Jordan Morris"March 27 (March 27)
146"Now That's What I Call Video Game Music: Boss Themes"April 3 (April 3)
147"Heather's Hole Presents: Virtual Boy!"April 10 (April 10)
148"The Game Was Better: The Cuphead Show with Griffin Newman"April 17 (April 17)
149"We Play, You Play: Sonic the Hedgehog 2'"April 24 (April 24)
150"PokéMay – Game and Tell: The Pokémon Series"May 1 (May 1)
151"PokéMay – Pokémon Spin-Off Games with Jake Sprague"May 9 (May 9)
152"PokéMay – Pokémon GO"May 16 (May 16)
153"PokéMay – Pokémon Detective Pikachu with Zach Reino"May 23 (May 23)
154"PokéMay – We Play, You Play: Pokémon Gold and Silver"May 30 (May 30)
155"Now That's What I Call Video Game Music: End Credit Themes"June 6 (June 6)
156"Game Slop: Top Gun with Leslie Lee III"June 13 (June 13)
157"Pac-Man Museum + with Maddy Myers"June 20 (June 20)
158"We Play, You Play: NORCO"June 27 (June 27)
159"Game and Tell: Diablo"July 4 (July 4)
160"Music Theory of Donkey Kong Country with Zane Carney"July 11 (July 11)
161"The Game Was Better: Uncharted"July 18 (July 18)
162"We Play, You Play: Super Mario Sunshine"July 25 (July 25)
163"Triforce of Weapons"August 1 (August 1)
164"Summer Vacation Games"August 8 (August 8)
165"Game Slop: Mighty No. 9"August 15 (August 15)
166"The Game Was Better: Tron with David Sims"August 22 (August 22)
167"We Stray, You Stray LIVE on Twitch!"August 29 (August 29)
168"Triforce of Sound Effects"September 5 (September 5)
169"Now That's What I Call Video Game Music: Character Select Themes"September 12 (September 12)
170"Cyberpunk: Edgerunners with Cody Ziglar"September 19 (September 19)
171"We Play, You Play: The Last of Us Part I with Mary Laws"September 26 (September 26)
172"UGHtober- Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don't Dry"October 3 (October 3)
173"UGHtober- Fortnite"October 10 (October 10)
174"UGHtober- Blair Witch VR"October 17 (October 17)
175"UGHtober: The Game Was Better - Silent Hill (2006)"October 24 (October 24)
176"UGHtober: We Play, You Play - Vampire Survivors"October 31 (October 31)
177"Game and Tell - God of War"November 7 (November 7)
178"Tri-Force of Mounts"November 14 (November 14)
179"Speedruns with Yusong Liu"November 21 (November 21)
180"Marvel Snap & Deck-Building Games"November 28 (November 28)
181"Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration"December 5 (December 5)
182"The Get Played Game of the Spectacular Year Awards 2022 LIVE on Twitch"December 12 (December 12)
183"We Play, You Play: Persona 5 Royal"December 19 (December 19)
184"Get Played Presents: Oops All Intros Part 1"December 26 (December 26)

2023

No. Episode title Release date
185"Get Played Presents: Oops All Intros Part 2"January 2 (January 2)
186"Games of 2023"January 9 (January 9)
187"Now That's What I Call Video Game Music: Music From What We're Playin"January 16 (January 16)
188"Famous Firsts"January 23 (January 23)
189"We Play, You Play: Sonic Frontiers with Jordan Morris"January 30 (January 30)
190"Console Draft: Nintendo 64"February 6 (February 6)
191"Licensed Video Games"February 13 (February 13)
192"Remasterpiece Theater"February 20 (February 20)
193"We Play, You Play: GoldenEye 007"February 27 (February 27)
194"Now That's What I Call Video Game Music: Battle Themes"March 6 (March 6)
195"Tri-Force of Cubes"March 13 (March 13)
196"The Game Was Better: Resident Evil"March 20 (March 20)
197"We Play, You Play: Metroid Prime Remastered"March 27 (March 27)
198"Console Draft: Nintendo GameCube"April 3 (April 3)
199"The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog"April 10 (April 10)
200"Tetris"April 17 (April 17)
201"We Play, You Play: Resident Evil 4 with Cody Ziglar"April 24 (April 24)
202"The Legend of Zelda: A Pod to the Cast: Tiers of the Kingdom with Mike Mitchell"May 1 (May 1)
203"The Legend of Zelda: A Pod to the Cast: Music Theory of Zelda with Zane Carney"May 8 (May 8)
204"The Legend of Zelda: A Pod to the Cast: Game Slop: Zelda Philips CD-i games with Eva Anderson"May 15 (May 15)
205"The Legend of Zelda: A Pod to the Cast: Item Draft with Libby Watson"May 22 (May 22)
206"The Legend of Zelda: A Pod to the Cast: We Play, You Play: Tears of the Kingdom"May 29 (May 29)
207"Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie"June 5 (June 5)
208"Summer Games Fest 2023"June 12 (June 12)
209"Diablo IV with Jon Gabrus"June 19 (June 19)
210"We Play, You Play: Street Fighter 6 with Stephen Fu"June 26 (June 26)
211"Tiers of the Kingdom: Final Fantasy"July 3 (July 3)
212"The Game Was Better: Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within"July 10 (July 10)
213"Voice Acting with Ray Chase"July 17 (July 17)
214"Game and Tell: Super Mario RPG with Django Gold"July 24 (July 24)
215"We Play, You Play: Final Fantasy XVI"July 31 (July 31)
216"Pokémon Sleep"August 7 (August 7)
217"Dialogue Tree: Character Creation"August 14 (August 14)
218"Game and Tell: Resident Evil with Taran Killam"August 21 (August 21)
219"We Play, You Play: Dredge with Oscar Montoya"August 28 (August 28)
220"Console Draft: PlayStation 2"September 4 (September 4)
221"GPR: World Warrior with Dr. Joost Vervoort"September 11 (September 11)
222"Dialogue Tree: Open World Games"September 18 (September 18)
223"We Play, You Play: Shadow of the Colossus"September 25 (September 25)
224"Tiers of the Kingdom: Controllers"October 2 (October 2)
225"Now That's What I Call Video Game Music: Cozy Edition"October 9 (October 9)
226"Dialogue Tree: Too Many Games!"October 16 (October 16)
227"Game and Tell: Guitar Hero with Zane Carney"October 23 (October 23)

Reception

Dan Jakes of The A.V. Club said that the hosts of the show "find a good balance of reviews and riffs."[7] Mark Kramer of Vulture said the hosts of the show "have turned what was once an enjoyable hobby into a masochistic burden."[3]

A 2019 Thanksgiving episode with comedian Joey Clift reviewing Custer's Revenge led to a discussion on how the hosts had tokenized Clift.[8][9][10][11]

References

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  3. Kramer, Mark (August 1, 2019). "This Week in Comedy Podcasts: Filling the Void With Vanessa Bayer". Vulture. Archived from the original on July 12, 2022. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
  4. Harkins, Ray (May 2, 2019). "'How Did This Get Played' examines the world's most confusing video games". Midroll. Stitcher Blog. Archived from the original on July 24, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  5. "Star Wars: Yoda Stories with Mark Rennie, episode #92 of Get Played on Earwolf". Earwolf. March 21, 2021. Archived from the original on March 22, 2021. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  6. Kramer, Mark (December 10, 2019). "The Year in Comedy Podcasts: Featuring Hollywood Handbook, Best Friends, Las Culturistas, and some guy named Conan". Vulture. Archived from the original on December 10, 2019. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  7. Jakes, Dan (July 1, 2019). "Twelve Podcasts to Check Out This Week". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on July 12, 2022. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
  8. Rainey, Tom (December 5, 2019). "This Week in Comedy Podcasts: A New Show From Mitra Jouhari". Vulture. Archived from the original on July 12, 2022. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
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  10. Clift, Joey (December 3, 2019). "I Celebrated Native American Heritage Month by Ruining a Comedy Podcast". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on July 12, 2022. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
  11. Schilling, Vincent (January 10, 2020). "'People Want to Hear Our Jokes': Native Comedian Joey Clift Once Pursued a Job as a Joke-Cracking TV Weatherman". Indian Country Today. Archived from the original on July 12, 2022. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
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