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Episodes · 12 months
600
Nov 2025–Oct 2026peak share, Jun 2026
Share of analysed episodes per month, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026: 4 of 3,584, 11 of 3,862, 28 of 4,115, 57 of 4,226, 49 of 4,731, 64 of 4,438, 56 of 4,230, 74 of 4,319, 67 of 4,515, 69 of 4,419, 68 of 4,624, 53 of 4,594.
All time
1,163
+146 via 91 narrower
On record
353
took a position
Where they standLast discussed
1d ago
Nov 12, 2026
Who's talking
Top voices on this topicThe eight guests on the most episodes about this topic in the last 13 weeks, not counting their own shows or clips they were only heard in, most episodes first. VoiceRank (their score across the whole corpus) is shown for context and only breaks a tie. Each strip is that guest's episodes week by week, and the newest week is still in progress.
#Guest · last 13 weeksEpisodes, sorted, most firstVoiceRank
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Episodes on this topic, by weekEvery analysed episode tagged with this topic in each of the last 13 weeks, across all shows and whoever was on them. The newest week is still in progress, and recent weeks fill in as transcripts are analysed. Point at a name, or tab to it, to highlight the weeks that guest was on an episode.
All shows
Episodes on this topic per week, weeks starting Aug 17 to Nov 9 (the last still in progress): 22, 16, 10, 14, 20, 17, 18, 15, 5, 13, 12, 18, 13.
Where they stand
Camps of opinion · 2Positions people took on this topic in transcripts, grouped by school of thought. The bar shows each camp's share of the people sorted into a camp. It is not a poll and not a share of any audience, and people whose position fit no camp are left out of it. Within a camp, people with demonstrated expertise on the topic come first, then those who reached the most listeners on it. Positions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
Share of people placed in a camp170 people
83%
17%
- Value high difficulty gaming141 people · 83%
- Oppose cheating and unfairness29 people · 17%
Value high difficulty gaming
Games are best experienced when they provide significant mechanical challenges, require high skill, or lack easy-mode options.
141 people · 123 episodes
WB
The fan-made game Emerald Rogue is a brutal and difficult experience.
“I have found a new Pokemon fan game pain experience. It's brutal and it's destroying me.”
Distractible Podcast · Feb 2026 · 21 episodes · 5.8M views on this topic
He believes that the player should not just stand still but rather should move through the game to make things happen.
“it's one of those games if you keep doing things things will happen so if just if you just keep moving”
KSI · Feb 2024 · 3 episodes · 10.8M views on this topicDJ
He believes modern triple-A games are overly simple compared to challenging indie titles.
“These current triple-A games are way too easy and so >> they are >> the Blueprint isn't an easy game, you know?”
Flow Games · Oct 2026 · 14 episodes · 1.8M views on this topicOppose cheating and unfairness
Cheating, hacking, or unfair exploitation by players or companies ruins the integrity and enjoyment of the gaming experience.
29 people · 28 episodes
Electronic Arts' practice of introducing microtransactions for features previously available by default is an exploitative business move.
“In 27 they added microtransactions for those where you can speed up progress or you can make it to where you earn more experience features that were actually just by default in the game last year and years prior.”
Distractible Podcast · Jul 2026 · 21 episodes · 5.8M views on this topicTH
He considers the purchase of the Black Ops ports for PS5 to be a poor financial decision and a waste of money.
“I just want people to be smarter about their about their purchases because this was just not a good purchase. No matter how you try to slice it.”
Gaming illuminaughty · Jul 2026 · 20 episodes · 765K views on this topic
He thinks that cheating in a game ruins the experience by removing the sense of personal achievement.
“If you don't put effort in you don't feel like the gratification of actually getting the items and actually getting like the power that you worked for which is like kind of like I guess Why Pay to Win games is a complete broke in the system now you know”
Trash Taste · Jul 2023 · 1 episode · 702K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
In the transcripts
Episodes discussing this topic
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Over time
Share of episodesThis topic's episodes as a share of every episode we analysed, in each complete month. We analyse more episodes every month, so a raw count would mostly show that growth. Recent months fill in as transcripts are analysed.
Complete months · first on record Jul 2014