The EFG Daily Commute

Join Stephen on his ride to work while he talks about the day the world changed as a Sony published game will be appearing on Xbox and Nintendo Switch.

Stephen shares some details about what parents should BEFORE they wrap up that new console and put it under the tree.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he shares his thoughts on some of the categories in this years Game Awards.

Join Stephen, Evan, Jacob, and Meagan as they share their thoughts on the newest entries in the Legendary Pokémon franchise.

Join Stephen on his ride home from work as he talks about all the crazy announcements from Microsoft’s X019 Event!

The Mandalorian? Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order? Rise of Skywalker? Disney +? Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about why this is a great time to be a Star Wars fan.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about the “criticism” of Pokémon Sword and Shield.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he discusses what happened at Blizzcon and his feelings on covering it.

Join Stephen as he talks about the rumors of the impending announcement of Overwatch 2.

Join Stephen as he shares his thoughts on all of the new information that has been revealed about the next big Star Wars game: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about the NCAA, a new law in CA, EA, and eSports.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he explains the situation with Blizzard and how it impacts EFGs streaming plans.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about a whole new Chapter for Fortnite. And then remember to use our Epic Creator Code “EFGaming” when you buy the new Battle Pass!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about the new app and game limits feature on Xbox one and Windows.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about the PlayStation 5 and it’s impending Holiday 2020 release!

Stephen and Meggie chose Word Laces from Minimega as the EFG Apple Arcade Game of the Week!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about the announcement that Ms. Marvel is joining the cast of Marvel’s Avengers!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about a new board game based on the Minecraft!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about Mario Kart Tour for iOS and Android. He should be really hyped... but is he?

This week’s EFG Apple Arcade Game of the Week as chosen by Evan and Jake is What the Golf! Give the show a listen and see why they loved this one!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about some of the cool game announcements from the PlayStation State of Play and Inside Xbox videos!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about a leaked Presentation from the ESA talking about some positive changes they want to make to E32020 and beyond! (Shoutout to gamedaily.biz for the coverage!)

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about Nintendo’s latest fitness/gaming crossover!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about the Apple Arcade announcement from the fall Apple event yesterday!

Join a Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about NBA2K20 and the microtractions in this year’s myTeam mode! Spoiler alert: he has some concerns.

Join Stephen as he runs errands on his day off and talks about the newest entry in the Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare series!

Join a Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about the Nintendo Direct from 9/4!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about several Shovel Knight announcements made right before PAX West 2019!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about the tumultuous launch of WoW Classic.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about the possibility of Blizzard bringing the smash hit Overwatch to the Nintendo Switch.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he shares some of his fond memories of Nintendo Power and other video game magazines from his childhood.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about some of his favorite announcements from the Nintendo Indie World video and Sony FINALLY buying Insomniac Games!

Bobby Tallarico made some BOLD statements about how “everyone” remembers gaming... I have my doubts. Who is this family console even FOR?

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about a bunch of games that were announced including a new Bubble Bobble!!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he briefly talks about a new rumor that is leading a lot of folks to believe that SNES games will be coming to the Nintendo Switch.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about his love for Musou games and the spin-offs he would love to play!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about video games, violence, and how he’s not sure what’s even going on anymore.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he shares his impressions of Forager for Nintendo Switch.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about the Fortnite World Cup and his thoughts on the 16 year old who won $3 Million!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he shares some of the games he played as a judge at the CT Festival of Independent Games!

Join Stephen as he shares some more of his thoughts on Super Mario Maker 2!

Join Stephen on his ride to work while he talks about the new Nintendo Switch lite announcement!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about his wishlist for the hotly anticipated sequel to Breath of the Wild!

Join a Stephen on his ride to work as he shares his thoughts on Spider-Man: Far From Home!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about the announcement of SolSeraph - a spiritual successor to Actraiser!!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he shares new information about Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about some of the comments he’s been seeing about the Final Fantasy VII Remake!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about Nintendo’s next upcoming mobile game - Dr. Mario World.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about Pokémon Sword and Shield. People sure are mad about the National Pokédex.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about Project Scarlett and three small announcements from the Xbox team that will make a BIG splash when the console launches next holiday.

Join Stephen, James and Jonathan as they talk about God’s and Monsters.

Join Stephen and Jonathan as they talk about Roller Champions!

Join Stephen and Jonathan as they talk about Uplay +!

Join Stephen, Jonathan, and James as they talk about Just Dance 2020!!! (Yes. It’s coming out for the Wii!)

Join Stephen and the rest of the E3 crew as they talk about Cyberpunk 2077!

Join Stephen and the whole EFG Team LEGO Star Wars The Skywalkers Saga!

Join Stephen and the the EFG Crew as they talk about Forza Horizon 4 LEGO Speed Champions DLC.

Join Stephen and Evan as they share their thoughts on The Sims 4 from EA Play 19!

Join Stephen and John as they share their thoughts about FIFA 20.

Join a Stephen and John as they share their impressions of Madden 20 from EA Play!

Join Stephen, Evan, John, James, and Linda as they share their initial reactions to Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order!

Join Stephen and he records from the E3 War Room to talk about his team’s schedule for covering E3 2019!!!

Join Stephen on his ride home from work as he talks all about the Google Stadia Connect video that was posted today!

Join Stephen on his drive home from work as he talks about the Pokémon Sword and Shield Direct!

Join Stephen (and Evan) on the way into work as they talk about the final list of games on the Sega Genesis Mini.

Join Stephen (and Evan) in the car while they talk about the new Netflix show featuring Magic: The Gathering.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about his insane turnaround on Death Stranding.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he discusses the announcements from the 2019 Pokémon Press Conference and the curious announcement of Pokémon Sleep!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he shares his impressions of Sonic Team Racing.

Join Stephen and the whole family as they ride from the theater and give their impressions of Pokémon Detective Pikachu!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he thinks about a world where Microsoft bought Blizzard.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about Sony Productions and some of the movie/tv projects they could work on.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about Nintendo’s new voucher program.

Join Stephen and Evan on their ride home from church. This time they talk about the Minecraft 10th anniversary news. Sales milestones, Minecraft Earth, and a Minecraft Dungeons update.

Join Stephen on his ride to work while he talks about last night’s Nintendo Direct that was all about Super Mario Maker 2!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about WoW Classic and his concerns for the longevity of the program. (Vanilla WoW was cool... but do we really want to craft ammo again?)

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about four big announcements from the PlayStation State of Play presentation!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he shares a few thoughts on the possibility of a Legend of Zelda TV Show. Head to engagedfamilygaming.com/community to chat about it!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about the new Sonic the Hedgehog movie trailer.

Join Stephen as he talks about a Screen Free Week and the importance of balance! Check out ScreenFree.org!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about Nintendo’s year end earnings call. They killed it last year!!!

Join Stephen on hi ride to work as he talks about Kickstarter cancelling several projects over the weekend as a result of newly enforcing an existing policy. What does it mean for Kickstarter? Give a listen!

Join Stephen on his ride to work! Today he is sharing his thoughts on Steamworld Quest for the Nintendo Switch! Spoiler alert: this is his game of the year so far!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he shares his thoughts on Avengers. WARNING! Listen to this one AFTER watching the movie!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about the release information for the Xbox One S All Digital Edition and the first details about the PS5.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about Video Game Addiction and how we need to start talking about WHY kids/adults are playing games for so long as opposed to blaming it on games.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about the evolution of his thoughts on screen time and a few strategies that families can use to deal with it.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he shares his thoughts on the reveal of War of the Spark!

Join Stephen on his ride home from Boston as he talks about some of the awesome games he played during #PAXeast2019!

Join Stephen in his ride to work as he talks about the State of Play video released by Sony and explains why Concrete Genie is now his most anticipated game of the year.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about recent reports in the a Wall Street Journal about two updates to the Switch hardware that might be announced as soon as E3!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he shares some of the highlights from the 3/20 Nindie Showcase!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he shares his concerns about Stadia and some of the challenges it faces.

Join Stephen and he drives home from the store and shares the details of the Google Stadia announcement today! (And stay tuned for part 2 where he shares some of his doubts and lingering questions!)

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about Journey on its 7th birthday!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he tries something new and gives a *spoiler free* review of Captain Marvel!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he shares his thoughts on Google’s future in the video game space.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he admits some of his faults, and gives everyone an important lesson: take account security seriously.

Stephen, Evan, and the Infinite Co-host come together for a special episode of the EFG Daily Commute. They were driving home from the VT State Magic The Gathering Championships and took the chance to talk about War of the Spark and the HUGE number of Planeswalkers in the set.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about Nintendo’s new LABO VR kit!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about recent reports about an Xbox with no disc drive that is apparently coming to retail in the next few months! Would you buy one?

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about Dungeons and Dragons and a new line of products, targeted at kids, coming from Wizards of the Coast.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talked about the Momo Challenge, his frustrations with content creators, and what parents can learn from it (even though it isn’t a thing).

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about this updates thoughts on User reviews!

Join Stephen on this special episode of the EFG Daily commute with a special new update! The OP (formerly USAopoly) has announced Talisman: Kingdom Hearts Edition! HOW AWESOME IS THAT!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about what he would do if he ran Square Enix.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about Tetris 99 and makes a very bold prediction and explains how the game works.

Join Stephen and Linda on their drive home from NY Toy Fair as they talk about their top two games of the show.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he shares more thoughts about this year’s Nintendo lineup after all of those big announcements.

Join Stephen on his ride to get Valentine’s Day cards for his daughter’s class (because parenting is hard in 2019) while he talks about some of the exciting points from the 2/13/19 Nintendo Direct.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about how he manages to balance his marriage, his kids, his gaming, and his website. (Spoilers: very carefully).

Join Stephen on his ride from from bringing his wife coffee as he talks about the video games he needs to play this year.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about the various Mini Consoles and whether or not they are a fad!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he shares his thoughts on how important it is that we teach our children to listen to others (especially marginalized people) about their experiences.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about Microsoft bringing Xbox Live to the Nintendo Switch!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about his time in the Anthem demo and the surprise announcement and release of Apex Legends.

Stephen shares his thoughts on the closure of the Wii Shop Channel and what it showed us all about the dangers of an all digital future.

Stephen shares his Kingdom Hearts 3 impressions today!

Stephen spent his ride to work today giving advice to other content creators who might be thinking of doing their own thing.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about his time playing Magic: The Gathering Arena!

Join Stephen as he rides into work and talks about EA and the state of their exclusive rights to make Star Wars video games. Spoilers: it’s not going very well.

Join Stephen as he drives to work and talks about his experiences with turning his daily to do lists into a mini game for himself.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about his wishlist for Nintendo Sports games!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he shares his early impressions of the new book “The New Childhood” by Dr. Jordan Shapiro.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about his families experiences with a second Switch.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about his most anticipated video games of 2019!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about the Engaged Family Gaming Video Games of the year for 2018!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he looks forward to EFG’s mission for 2019 and Beyond!

Join Stephen as he drives to work and shares his advice for parents who have aspiring game designers and content creators in the family!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about a pair of lawsuits being brought against Epic Games!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about Kingdom Hearts 3, expresses his Spoiler concerns, and talks about how to deal with Gatekeeping in fandoms.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he briefly discusses the idea of Fortnite transcending it’s status as merely a game and become a place for kids to socialize.

Join Stephen on his commute to work as he records a quick episode to share his thoughts on the 3DS and why it is still a good purchase for your kids (especially the younger ones)!

Join Stephen on his commute to work as he talks about the different kinds of video content available online and some of the questions we should ask our kids about what they are watching.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he shares his impressions of Super Smash Brothers and his ideas for Smash DLC characters.

Join Stephen and Evan as they drive and talk about all of the family friendly video game announcements from the #GameAwards 2018.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about the new stuff coming in Fortnite season 7 and thinks about Fortnite’s potential lasting legacy.

Join Stephen on his ride to work while he talks about Epic Games and their upcoming adventures in online game sales.

Join Stephen as he discusses some of Fortnite’s baked in parental controls. He also talks about the incoming Season 7!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he shares a PSA about what to do with that wonderful new Nintendo Switch, PS4, or Xbox One between now and when you give it as a gift!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he tells a funny story about his ride home last night AND shares his thoughts on the Mini console craze.

Join Stephen and Evan as they drive home from an event. They talk about the changes Nintendo made to the creator program.

Join Stephen on his ride to work and he talks about how he and Jenna decided to get rid of Fortnite for a while.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about What Localization is and highlights a few decisions that have been made regarding #SuperSmashBrothersUltimate

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he shares his thoughts on the recent “movement” to encourage The Pokemon Company to develop and release a Pokémon title targeted at adult fans of the series.

Join Stephen as he talks about his memories of playing Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he shares his feelings on User Reviews for games and movies.

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he shares his impressions of Pokémon Let’s Go Eevee and discusses Gacha Mechanics in mobile games.

Join Stephen and Evan as they discuss why they think NOW might be the time to look into a second Switch for your family.

Join Stephen on a special ride into the office. He’s talking about Sony skipping E3 2019 and sharing his thoughts on an Xbox One with no Disc Drive!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about how he chooses names for his characters. He also poses the question: How do YOU name your characters?

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he discusses the nominees for his year’s Game Awards!

Join Stephen on his ride to work while he talks about the PS1 Classic and how it compares to the SNES Classic.

Join Stephen on his ride to work while he shares his history with Star Wars and why he is so perplexed by the way EA is handling their exclusive license.

Join Stephen and Evan as they head to the store! They talk about the Microsoft X018 event!

Join Stephen on his ride to work as he talks about the end of Final Fantasy XV DLC development and where he wants the franchise to go moving forward!

Join Stephen as he recaps his feelings about Blizzard’s unforced errors during their annual Blizzcon event.

That one where Stephen apologizes to the Internet for dismissing their concerns about Smash.

Join Stephen as he drives to work and talks about his earliest video game memories, shares a wild speculative theory about Red Dead Redemption 2, and the potential for a new Bully game from Rockstar.

Stephen and Jacob commute to school and talk about Fortnite!

Today Stephen spends his right to work talking about the importance of story in video games.

The episode where Stephen gets on the phone and talks about what EFG is, where it came from, and where it’s going