#918 - Our 20 Year Anniversary Special! 2005 Games, Xbox 360 Giveaway, VGO & Podcasting History, & More Gaming News!

Video Game Outsiders

Pickaxe

Leisure, News, Tech News, Games, Video Games

4.1 • 672 Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2025

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

We celebrate 20 years of the VGO podcast by going back to 2005, giving away an Xbox 360, and talking about games from the past with all the hosts! VGO origin story and podcast history, Fire Emblem Path of Radiance GameCube, Fahrenheit aka Indigo Prophecy, WoW / World of Warcraft, FlatOut, Brothers in Arms, Swat 4, Devil May Cry 3, Advance Wars: Dual Strike, Psychonauts, F.E.A.R., and more gaming news! Plus John, Michelle, Matt, and Ryan talk new games like Beyond the Map, Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution, Death Stranding 2, and What's in Your Fridge. Save 10 percent until the 1st on cdkeys.com with code VGO10 (if it doesn't work it is capped at 500)! Get a 20 year t-shirt at VGOmerch.com, support us and get the 20 year back catalog, weekly bonus shows, and ad free vgo on http://videogameoutsiders.supercast.com/ and listen in the player of YOUR choice. Head to our Discord on https://discord.gg/Ab6pxpT to chat or win games weekly from CDK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Pickax
0:02.0	Big happy
0:11.0	Congratulations on 20 years,
0:15.0	Will Phil Shinobi be making an appearance
0:18.0	His hip hooray! His hip, hooray!
0:21.1	Happy anniversary, VHU!
0:24.5	On the Grite, 20th anniversary
0:26.5	show, goodbye.
0:27.7	And I'm John Jacobson,
0:29.2	Xbox Live Gamer Tag, Black Dog 7.
0:32.4	And I'm Michelle Madison,
0:33.6	live tag Crystal Michelle.
0:35.8	Matt Bradford.
0:38.2	Wow.
0:39.3	You're going to have to change your name if you're going to come on this show again.
0:42.0	That was awe-inspiring.
0:43.1	Can I be M. Bizzled?
0:44.4	And joining us once again is Anne.
0:47.4	Who's Anne?
0:48.5	Anne.
0:49.2	Anne.
0:50.0	Who's Anne?
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