The Indoor Kids

The Indoor Kids isn't just about video games, but it isn't not about video games. The Indoor Kids is all about the kind of lifestyle you have to lead in order to be a proper Gamer, capital G. Join hosts Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon as they take a journey from childhood Shinobi obsessions, up through the best and worst video game adaptations of movies. Grab your Energy Swords(Mountain Dew liter bottles)!

Latest Episodes

  • Save Points (with Dan Harmon)

    Released 11.13.11

    Dan Harmon (creator of Community and Channel 101) stops in at The Indoor Kids headquarters to discuss linear vs.

  • The Video Game Coma Episode (with Steve Heisler)

    Released 11.07.11

    Steve Heisler (AV Club Writer and Game Reviewer) stopped playing video games around Super Nintendo. A year ago, for The AV Club, he started playing the blockbuster games of today and reviewing them with fresh, childlike eyes.

  • Origin Stories (with Chloe Dykstra)

    Released 10.31.11

    Host/model Chloe Dykstra stops in to discuss cosplay, growing up awkward, and being a girl in the scary/anonymous world of online gaming.

  • The Indead Kids Scare-oween Bloodcast (with Blair Butler)

    Released 10.24.11

    The Indead Kids host Blair Butler (G4's Attack of the Show, Fresh Ink) as they each discuss their 5 favorite scary games.

  • The Fun Sized Bonus Mini-sode #1

    Released 10.18.11

    The Indoor Kids record a 10 minute long special bonus episode where they review the PS3 re-release of Ico and discuss their annoyances with current downloadable content trends.

  • Beloved games that we behate (with Stephen Johnson)

    Released 10.16.11

    G4's Stephen Johnson (Feedback) comes over to tell us about playing video games for a living, and the weird artscience of reviewing video games.

  • Revenge of StarCraft (with Duncan Trussell)

    Released 10.09.11

    Today at The Indoor Kids headquarters, comedian Duncan Trussell (The Lavender Hour) stops in to school us on StarCraft 2, and why he thinks it is the greatest video game ever made.

  • Video Game Addiction Episode (with Tom Lennon)

    Released 10.03.11

    Recovering video game addict Tom Lennon (The State, Reno 911, I Love You, Man) tells The Indoor Kids about the horrifying struggles which led him to quit video gaming forever.

  • The Wrong Horse (with Paul Scheer)

    Released 09.26.11

    Paul Scheer (NTSFSD:SUV, The League, Human Giant, Children’s Hospital) has made some terrible decisions when it comes to choosing consoles.

  • The Gaming with Parents episode (with Ron Funches)

    Released 09.18.11

    The Indoor Kids tell stories of gaming with their parents, and read listener letters about their experiences.

  • Aisha Tyler

    Released 09.12.11

    Aisha Tyler (Archer) & The Indoor Kids discuss her gaming rules, her gaming strategies, and her plans for the impending Zombiepocalypse.

  • Dominic Dierkes

    Released 09.05.11

    Dominic Dierkes (Derrick Comedy, The Anytime Show podcast) stops by to discuss racism & sexism in video games, his experiences writing for the videogame awards for Spike TV, and we discuss whether we prefer killing humans or monsters/aliens/robots/mon...

  • The Letters Episode (with Steve Agee)

    Released 08.28.11

    The Indoor Kids say farewell to Ali Baker, who must move back to the East Coast to further her education, and welcome Emily V.

  • Moshe Kasher and Brent Weinbach

    Released 08.22.11

    The special 16 bit music episode features comedians Brent Weinbach and Moshe Kasher playing their favorite music from SNES games and trying to figure out what the secret of Mana actually is.

  • Carlos Ferro

    Released 08.15.11

    Carlos Ferro (Dom from Gears of War, Leonardo Da Vinci from Assassin's Creed, and 100's of other games) stops by to talk about the his favorite superheroes, whether being a "geek" has become mainstream, and that one scene in Gears of War 2 that made him c...

  • Jordan Morris

    Released 08.08.11

    Jordan Morris (Jordan, Jesse, Go!) talks about his Top 5 fighting games, video gaming as a spectator sport, and who he would want to dress up as at Comic Con.

  • Todd Levin

    Released 08.01.11

    The Indoor Kids welcome Todd Levin (writer on Conan) to the show to discuss his series of articles "Consoles I Have Known" (http://www.themorningnews.org/archive/tag/consolesihaveknown).

  • Emily V. Gordon and Pete Holmes

    Released 07.24.11

    The Indoor Kids welcome comedian Pete Holmes (Conan, Fallon), and Emily Gordon (G4's Feedback, Program Director of the Nerdist Theater at Meltdown Comics).

  • Justin Roiland

    Released 07.18.11

    The 2nd episode of The Indoor Kids sees Kumail Nanjiani and Ali Baker welcoming Justin Roiland (Oscar from Disney's Fish Hooks) to the show.

  • Steve Agee

    Released 07.13.11

    The inaugural episode of The Indoor Kids w Ali Baker and Kumail Nanjiani! We welcome Steve Agee (The Sarah Silverman Program) & discuss the creepy-uncle-lameness of Duke Nuke 'em Forever, plot holes in LA Noire, and the first console systems we ever o...

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