DLC Required
Where gamers talk about gaming and whatever gamers talk about. Hosted by the charismatic SpeakingLion, DLC Required welcomes streamers, developers, and video game lovers for passionate and unfiltered conversations. From hot takes and lore rants to lively debates, Lion and her guests embrace the chaos with genuine enthusiasm to create a show for gamers from all walks of life that is as authentic as it is endearing.
Episodes
Happy holidays! It's a new season of DLC Required, and we have one of the coolest guests ever joining us to take a peek inside the writers room of Borderlands 4.
You may know Narrative Director Sam Winkler (Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, Borderlands 3, Borderlands 4) as a writer on some of your favorite games, or you may know him as That Guy From Twitter.
Dive into the making of Borderlands 4, the minds behind it, and a shockin...
The Borderlands Hunt is a community-ran event where people race to collect every drop in a Borderlands game while raising money for St. Jude Play Live. Today, April 4th, is the kick-off of Borderlands 2 Hunt Before the Storm, our last BL2 Hunt before the launch of Borderlands 4. With luck (and all your support), this Hunt we'll cross HALF A MILLION DOLLARS for St. Jude Play Live. It's INSANE.
To talk about why w...
We finally have a release date for the hotly anticipated Borderlands 4. Obviously, K6, Joltz, and I had to sit down and break it down. What will the gunplay be like? Movement mechanics?!?! Does story matter? Should Joltz make a weapon tier list? Join all of this plus other tangents as we count down the days til the next BL4 reveal.
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Forgotten lore from Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel? Emily Swan? The Watcher? Prolific modder EpicNNG joins this week’s episode of DLC Required with an enthusiastic dive into Borderlands lore and alllllll the implications for Borderlands 4. Are we crazy? Possibly. Probably. But it’s FASCINATING.
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Miqueagul comes in swinging with hot takes on the Borderlands 4 trailer, game dev, and analogies. Lots of analogies. He asks questions like, "Is Ava in BL4?" and "What's a himbo?" Follow him.
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AN EXTRA LONG EPISODE? Some hot Monster energy takes, anticipation for Borderlands 4, mini map rage, and pretty much every niche Borderlands argument in existence.
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Ki11erSix returns to DLC Required on the heels of the BORDERLANDS 4 ANNOUNCEMENT at Gamescom. We immediately just start ranting without any context, but I swear it gets more sane. We're just excited. We answer some of your questions, talk about the upcoming Borderlands Hunt (for the kids!). and -- as always -- food.
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What do BlameFrost and Lion have in common? They have a lot of feelings about video games. And music. And Borderlands. And Myspace. And roleplay. And -- whatever, just listen. It's fun.
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Torbin has been working in video games for decades. He likes to remind people of that. You may know him from Dreamhack. You may know him as the Senior Community Manager at Daybreak Games. You may know him as a legend. You may know him as infuriating. Lion and Torbin banter for far too long about the Nintendo Switch vs Steam Deck, Overwatch mains, best video games of all time, and how many hours is too many hours in a game.
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Borderlands heartthrob and lifelong content machine bzk25 joins this week to tell you entirely too much about himself. Is Borderlands 3 too easy? Most embarrassing stream moment? Which Pokémon movie is the best? What's the reaction gonna be to the Borderlands movie? Who knows -- Lion and bzk ramble for a while. Join us!
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Hyperfixations, Bunkers & Badasses & TTRPGs, the best Cyperpunk 2077 characters, Borderlands movie & video game adaptations, bad dice rolls, Siren lore, too many segues. Riley, the BM of FFAdventureCo, joins Lion for a wonderfully chaotic podcast about all the things you'd expect. (It was his birthday, too!)
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ROLL FOR INIATIVE! Josh, the composer of the bangin' soundtrack behind Tiny Tina's Wonderlands joins us this week for an insightful and little bit wild talk about making game music, indie games, and more for a peek behind the curtain on how games are brought to life.
Currently the In-House Composer at Gearbox Software, joshua michael carro is a versatile multimedia artist, percussionist, sound designer, producer,...
Lion and Hawkin make a drink and talk very fast about things they love. Hawkin makes the case for their Top 5 Games list and spicy things. Lion gets distracted by dice and tells embarrassing stories. Two lore nerds dive into DND, video games, coffee, fluidity, and much, much more. Spoiler: you're not ready for Glitterbomb.
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Gas, Miq, and Lion unite to talk in circles and gang up on each other about Borderlands stuff, and IMPORTANT stuff, like what type of french fry is the best fry. They accidentally ranted for, like, six hours. Here are the highlights.
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What does it take to make a Borderlands cosplay? Where do you even start? What is Fortnite? Is Gearbox actually teasing Borderlands 4? Recorded on the heels of the FIRST BORDERLANDS MOVIE TRAILER, Paskaroni joins Lion for a return episode full of laughter, rage, and a Paskaroni original song.
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The Queen of janky gaming, TweetyExpert, joins this episode of DLC Required! Lion gets schooled in all things Tarkov and more.
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MCMDesigns is BACK. The man with the majestic mustache (and fellow Supermassive Game superfan) returns to rant all things Until Dawn, The Quarry, and Dark Pictures Anthology. From Tier Lists and a regrettable round of smash or pass to our favorite moments and thoughts on the recently announced Until Dawn movie, it's a hell of a ride.
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Cyberpunk, Baldurs Gate 3, Borderlands, cosplay? The fantastic Phaseknight joins Lion on the first episode of Season 2 of DLC Required to talk all kinds of games, cosplay, and nerdy crap. Including dying on the hill that is Maya's eyebrows. linktr.ee/Phaseknight_
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V0cal_Assassin returns post his 1Life completion for a delightfully unstructured ramble on the possibility of BL4, dialogue in video games, each other's Steam libraries, why not to play League of Legends, and how sleepy they both are.
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