Crimson Desert Review And More w/ Hayes Madsen

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🗓️ 20 March 2026

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

One of the biggest releases of early 2026 is out now, and The Game Informer Show crew is here to dig into all of it. Contributor Hayes Madsen, the writer of our Crimson Desert review, joins Marcus and Eric to talk about Pearl Abyss' plunge into single-player open-world action, and whether all the sights and sounds make up a memorable experience or not.

Then, Marcus takes the war to the bugs in Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War. And after a quick break, Hayes highlights the short-but-sweet RPG Etrange Overlord, and Marcus and Eric check in on their Pokemon Pokopia progress. It's another packed week on the podcast, so grab a cold drink and settle in!

The Game Informer Show is a weekly podcast covering the video game industry. Join us every Friday for chats about video game reviews, news, and exclusive reveals alongside Game Informer staff and special guests from around the industry.

Jump ahead to specific sections here:
00:00 - Intro
06:46 - Crimson Desert
48:27 - Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War!
1:03:24 - Etrange Overlord
1:13:37 - Pokemon Pokopia

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome to the Game Informer Show, a weekly podcast covering the video game
0:12.6	game industry. Join us each and every Thursday or Friday or Saturday, whatever day of the
0:18.6	week you listen to us for discussion of the latest gaming news,
0:21.9	reviews, and exclusive reviews with Game Informer staff and special guests from around the
0:26.4	industry. I am your host, Marcus Stewart. We've got a triforce of a panel here. I, if I represent
0:33.4	the tri force of power, let's say, as the host, then the tri force of wisdom goes to Eric Van Allen. Hello.
0:42.3	That's crazy. I, look, I'm not saying I'm the courage tri force because I'm definitely not, but wisdom's a little, little, I don't know if that's in my ballpark.
0:52.2	I'm smart guy. Yeah. Okay. I'm guy yeah okay so i'm not i promise i'm
0:57.0	trying to like seek attention here with this i do i do really dumb things too i'm not saying
1:03.0	that i'm a i'm a stupid guy but i'm saying that there is a balance there is a counterbalance
1:07.6	well you know what eric what is wisdom than learning from one's mistakes?
1:12.9	You're so right. You're so right. Yeah. Actually, I should take that. That's a wise thing to say.
1:18.0	I should be wisdom. Yeah, yeah. I'll take power. I'm down for power. I would be responsible with power.
1:26.3	I don't think absolute power would corrupt me.
1:29.0	I think I could tank it.
1:31.2	That's what they all say.
1:32.2	And joining us special guest, freelancer extraordinaire, returning to the GI show, Hayes Madsen, who wields the Triforce of Courage.
1:42.0	Hello.
1:42.7	Hello.
1:43.2	I guess courage fits me now. I'm back in the freelance world. You know, I think that works.
1:48.9	Yeah, that's forging a path. Yeah. Yeah. You know what? TriForce, I thought of courage, a cowardly dog. Who is like, what if it was like that he was the triforce? Tri Force of courage, the cowardly dog.
2:03.1	I don't know where I'm going with that.
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