On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris dive into the SAG BAG! You asked questions, and they tried their best to answer them. All of them. No matter how bizarre. Honestly, there were some really great questions, and they had a lot of fun answering them.
Then, in Week Old News, Super NES consoles are getting faster for some reason, Katamari Damacy returns on Apple Arcade, Mortal Kombat Nitro gets some official gameplay footage, and more!
Finally, Dan plays Vengeance Hunters, Kris jumps for joy in Be Brave, Barb. But Paper Mario is still great, and Dan’s hands are getting better! Enjoy!
On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris bring you this month’s Alphabet Soup-er Series! It was Kris’s pick for the letter U and he went with UN Squadron for Super NES. This classic Capcom shoot em up was quite different from its arcade counterpart, and is often cited as one of the best Super NES games around. Does it live up to its reputation? Let’s find out!
Then, in Week Old News, Activision delivers some grimy AI slop, but also gives the world more old Tony Hawk games. Plus, Acclaim is apparently back, Nintendo Switch Online gets one of the best games ever made, Suikoden comes to mobile phones, and more!
Finally, Dan still can’t really play as many games as he wants, and Kris has had a headache for the last 3 weeks. But Paper Mario is great, as is the new Daredevil show! Enjoy!
On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris hop aboard the cartoon express for another classic episode of Mega Man. This one is Bot Transfer, an episode about Mega man and Snake Man switching bodies. It’s got terrible evil plots, spacious airplanes, very large hotel doors, and some “memorable” one-liners. How does it stack up to Zelda and Darkstalkes? Let’s find out!
In Week Old News, a Retro-Bi translator has some weird defenses for plagiarism, Tetris Forever gets two more games, Warner Bros. closes some studios and lays off a bunch of people, and more.
Finally, Dan gives us an update on his health situation, Kris gets courted by local politicians, the guys try the new Neo Geo game Vengeance Hunters, and a whole lot more. Enjoy!
On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris bring you the February 10 20 30 40 for 2025, and it’s a doozie. Some truly barren release schedules are saved by some fun mispronunciations on Kris’s part, as well as some genuinely great months for some handhelds, and the end days of the 16-bit console wars. Just how bad did things get during the US video game crash? Let’s find out!
In Week Old News, Switch games prove to be more fireproof than anyone expected, more industry layoffs make everyone sad, but then Devolver Digital released a trailer for a game called Shotgun Cop Man, and smiles returned. Also, Nintendo sued the crap out of a company for ripping off Pokemon, so that was fun.
Finally, Dan got himself a new car, we read some excellent listener mail, define the term “guilty pleasures,” discuss the ending of Stray, and a whole lot more. Enjoy!
On this week’s podcast, Dan’s pick for the Alphabet Soup-er Series was Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2, a game that Kris has surprisingly never played. How does it hold up? Is the game as good as its soundtrack? How many dumb skateboarding terms can Kris conjure to make it sound like he know what he’s talking about? Let’s find out! Then, in Week Old News, Sony hit us with a rather impressive State of Play, including fresh looks at Monster Hunter, that new Shinobi game, and more. Plus, Jeff Minter reimagines yet another Atari arcade classic, the creator of Dadish is back with an emotionally unstable cactus, PSN’s outage raises preservation questions, and more. Finally, Dan still hasn’ tbeen able to play much since his hands aren’t working all that well, and Kris got hit with a snow day, so his playtime was truncated as well. But he did get to see the new Captain America movie, which was pretty rad. Enjoy!
On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris ride the Cartoon Express all the way to Capcom’s Darkstalkers! And guess what! It was wretched! How anyone was able to take Capcom’s awesome character designs and turn them into something this awful is beyond us. But what was the worst offender? What’s the next stop on the express? Let’s find out!
At the top of the show, Dan continued to struggle to use his hands, so his game playing time was limited. But Kris spent some time with Looney Landers, the new VCS title front eh creator of Donut Dodo, the surprisingly solid version of Stray for Switch, the Dog Man game, and more.
Finally, in Week Old News, pinball is great, people like Mega Man, a Intellivision Amico rises from the dead, and more. Enjoy!
On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris bring you the first 10 20 30 40 of the year, and it’s, well, kind of underwhelming. There were a few massive games, to be sure, as well as some acknowledgements of platforms they (Kris) failed to cover last year, but all in all, January was kinda bland. But you should enjoy it anyway!
At the top of the show, it was another week of not too many games being played, as Dan gets caught moving furniture in the rain, and Kris drinks way more water than he’s used to. Dan did play a little PAD, both of the guys tried the Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters, and Kris finally puts Undertale behind him.
Finally, in Week Old News, Ubisoft unsurprisingly continues to be awful, while the VGHF launches their brilliant digital archive, Atari fans perhaps think a little too highly of the VCS, and more. Enjoy!
On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris bring you the 2025 Year in Preview! Which games coming in the new year are the most exciting? What will Sony be pivoting to? Is there a dumber subtitle than On the Beach? Could Silksong finally happen? Let’s find out!
At the top of the show, Dan gets used to life post-treatments, and hopes to regain the use of his hands, while Kris contemplates the differences between urinal and gym equipment etiquette!
Finally, in Week Old News, Microsoft hosted a Ninja Gaiden event (there were other games there too), the VGHF digital library gets a launch date, some bad cartoons get some good re-releases, and more. Enjoy!
On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris bring you the 10th Annual Golden Caveman Awards! Which games took home the gold? Which games got silly, p;ointless awards? Aren't all these awards pointless, anyway? Let’s find out!
At the top of the show, Dan celebrates his final treatment, and shares his health status and plans for the future. Kris is just tired. But he did have some thoughts to share about the Nintendo Force Hatch Tales Review (that he didn’t write), finally 100% competing Ode to Castlevania, and more!
Finally, in Week Old News, there’s a new Atari 2600 game on the scene, Gimmick gets physical, Mega Man gets the hand-drawn treatment, and oh yeah, Nintendo officially announced the Switch 2. Enjoy!
On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris board the SAG Cartoon express for a trip to Hyrule! Yes, they watched a classic episode of The Legend of Zelda cartoon, and it was surprisingly good! How good? Let’s find out!
At the top of the show, Dan is closing in on his penultimate treatment, and Kris continues to make progress at the gym. Sadly, it left very little time for game playing, as Dan’s hands weren’t working so good, and Kris was buried deep in the weeds for his next Mario history video project. But there’s a new Mario World record! That's pretty cool!
Finally, in Week Old News, Activision spent an absurd amount of money on Call of Duty, Mighty No. 9 for 3DS is finally cancelled, Sony’s making more video game movies, and more. Enjoy!