On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris bring you the Alphabet Soup-er Series! This month’s letter was Q, and Kris went with Q*Bert for PlayStation and Dreamcast. How much is there really to talk about with this one? How weird is the ending? Why are eye twitches funny? Let’s find out! At the top of the show, Dan’s been a little out of sorts this week, so he didn’t have much time for gaming. Kris, on the other hand, spent a little more time with Zelda, and tried out the new Vampire Survivors DLC, which is fantastic. Finally, in Week Old News, Sony kills the Concord studio, along with any hopes of the game ever making any sort of profit, The Oregon Trail gets the Barbie treatment, Castlevania gets a crazy box set and a musical, Super Mario Bros. gets a Game Boy Color makeover, and more!
On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris tackle the October 10 20 30 40, and what a month it was. Once again, the PlayStation 2 has a number of massive hits on its hands, but the 16-bit console war heated up quite a bit as well. What platform had the best October? Let’s find out!
At the top of the show, Dan gets more good news about his treatments, but is consistently distracted throughout the night thanks to the Yankees in the World Series. He also played the new Rocky Horror game, Splatterhouse, and ate some seriously sub-par grapes. Meanwhile, Kris continued to enjoy Zelda and tolerate Hatch Tales, while rekindling his love for the Game Boy Color classic Super Mario Bros. Deluxe.
Finally, in Week Old News, Dan and Kris try their hand at color commentary as the Yankees went into extra innings, the NSO playtest isn’t what anyone expected (and leaks almost immediately), Ubisoft continues to insist Beyond Good & Evil is going to happen, Aero the Acrobat gets physical for some reason, and more!
On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris have no feature topic! Oh no! What will they talk about? Well, lots of stuff actually.
At the top of the show, Dan catches us all up on his treatments. They’re going well, and he’s alright, but it’s been a heck of a week. Fortunately, he did get some playtime in with some great stuff including Goliath Depot and Nuclear Blaze. Meanwhile, Kris spent some more time with Echoes of Wisdom, which continues to be a delight, and finally gave his early impressions of Hatch Tales after 6 long years of waiting.
Finally, in Week Old News, everyone’s least favorite Tomb Raider gets a fresh release, Game Freak gets hit hard with a massive hack, someone’s still out there playing Concord, and more!
On this week’s podcast, Dean joins Dan and Kris for the SAG Cartoon Express! This month’s stop was the Video Power episode Ski Patrol, where someone kills a man with a basketball and a monster truck uses a series of boats as skis. It isn’t good television, but was it worse than Donkey Kong Country? We’ll find out!
At the top of the show, Dean gets ever closer to having his own house, and continues to enjoy his time with Steamworld Heist. Dan’s cancer treatments are going great, but he’s been buried under the weight of his massive Steam catalog. And Kris had a stressful week, but still managed to try the new Geometry Dash demake and spend some more time with Zelda. Oh, and his Hatch Tales code came through!
Finally, in Week Old News, competing GameAwards choose to celebrate, and degenerate the game industry, Sega’ Shinobi heads to the movies, Halo Studios forms, and more!
On this week’s podcast, we finally have a genuinely great 10 20 30 40 on our hands. The 10 is good, teh 30 is great, the 40 is, well, pretty abysmal. But the 20? Holy cow. We’re talking Katamari Damacy, Donkey Konga, Fable, Pokemon Fire Red/Leaf Green, Burnout 3, and a whole heck of a lot more. It’s been a rough segment to get through this year, but man, September was absolutely killer in decades past!
At the top of the show, Kris broke his fridge with a lousy water filter, and was so busy working on his latest Mario history video he didn’t have time for any video games. Not even Zelda! Profound sadness. Dan, on the other hand, finished up Still Wakes the Deep, and might actually be done with Marvel Snap. Will the new Pokemon mobile card game be able to fill the gap? Time will tell!
Finally, in Week Old News, Splatterhouse comes to Sega Genesis, and Metroid comes to the Nintendo 64, both courtesy of the excellent homebrew communities out there doing the lord’s work. Plus, lost Garfield Sega Channel footage resurfaces, F-Zero Satelliview content finds new life through NSO, Tekken and KFC don’t get along, hippos are cool, and more. Enjoy!
On this week’s podcast, it’s the return of the Alphabet Soup-er Series! This month was Dan’s pick, and he went with Power Blade 2 for NES. Does this unusual game about a beefy dude with a boomerang stand the test of time? How does it compare to the original Power Blade? What’s going on with this bizarre story? IS this actually a Christmas game? Find out now! At the top of the show, Dan played more UFO50, and predicted the end of Marvel Snap at the hands of the new Pokemon mobile card game. Will his prophecy come true? Meanwhile, Kris finds some interesting facts about Yoshi’s Island, finishes off Yars Uprising, spends some quality tie with The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, and more! Finally, in Week Old News, Sony hosted a new State of Play, Microsoft had a presentation at TGS, and Nintendo hates AI. Plus, PS5 Pro Pre-orders are a predictable mess, Sonic’s been busy, Minecraft skips the Series X, and a whole lot more. Enjoy!
On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris got to sit down and talk with Andréas and Niklas from Bitwave about Gimmick 2! It was a fascinating interview, and they were very grateful to have them on. They answered all manner of questions regarding how the game came to be, how it differs from the NES classic original, how they scored David Wise for the soundtrack and a whole lot more.
At the top of the show, Dan got to play UFO50, the fascinating new game from some of the minds behind Spelunky, while Kris got to pull food bits out of his kid’s mouth because braces are fun! He also got to try out Ufouria 2,which is just as charming and weird as its predecessor. Sunsoft is BACK!
Finally, in Week Old News, Sony continued to be the source of all manner of bad news, while also outselling the Xbox almost 3 to 1, Nintendo Switch 2 rumors continue to swirl like mad, Mega Man joins Brawlhalla for some reason, and more. Enjoy!
On this week’s podcast, Dan, and Kris intended to talk about the Dreamcast celebrating its 25th anniversary, but got completely derailed by the announcement of the PS5 Pro and the general state of gaming. How on earth did we get to the point of selling a completely unnecessary mid-generation upgrade for $700? Who is this for?
At the top of the show, Dan finally puts some time in with his Steam Deck, and details how that all works. Both of the guys got to dive into Gimmick 2 as well, which seems to be a worthy followup, at least so far.
Finally, in Week Old News, Sony raises their prices and removes Concord from everyone’s systems, Spelunky gets an official Commodore 64 port, Microsoft indulges in even more layoffs, and Annapurna gets ditched. Enjoy!
On this week’s podcast, Dan, Dean, and Kris talk about Season 2, episode 5 of the unbelievably terrible Donkey Kong Country cartoon, Message in a Bottle Show. There are so many questions ranging to why some characters have blue tongues, where King K Rool’s cape and tail went, and what exactly is going on with Cranky Kong’s balls. Seriously, none of us were prepared for this episode. It was so very bad.
At the top of the show, Kris once again gets in a fight with his electric company, but manages to spend some time enjoying Yars Rising and Cash Cow DX, while rewatching Dragon Ball. Dean didn't do a whole lot more gaming, but he did manage to give some impressions of a game called Star Trucker, and Dan finally shaved his head, but his beard remains more majestic than most. He also got a super nice care package from our friends at the Weekend Rental podcast!
Finally, in Week Old News, Concord gets pulled just two weeks after its launch, leading to pretty passionate discussion about the state of PlayStation, especially when contrasting Concord’s failure with Astro Bot’s success. Xbox finally gets the new Capcom fighting collections, while the black Myth Wukong mystery continues, and some guy makes a metric ton of money defrauding music streaming services. Enjoy!
On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris talk about the double feature of Nintendo Directs that happened earlier in the week. Everything announced at both the Indie Showcase and the Partner Showcase will be detailed, scrutinized, and celebrated! How excluded were the guys about the Castlevania Dominus Collection? How amazing does Capcom fighting Collection 2 look? What are Morsels? How tall is Pizza Tower? All will be revealed!
At the top of the show, it was Dean’s birthday! He decided to spend it talking to Dan and Kris about a weird rash on his hands. Apparently he’s allergic to certain Xbox controllers. Dan continued to deal with his cancer treatments, and got a big ol’ surprise from some of our listeners. (You know who you are!) And Kris got to spend some time with the upcoming Atari game Yars Rising, entered the world of online newspaper scans, tried to fix his dryer, and wrestled a basketball hoop.
Finally, in Week Old News, Concord is unsurprisingly having a hard finding an audience. Apparently trying to ape Guardians of the Galaxy and Overwatch 5 years too late is a bad way to spend millions of dollars. Who knew? Plus, Activision continues to be the worst after it’s discovered they canceled a Crash/Spyro crossover game because Crash 4 didn’t sell a trillion copies, Argonaut is back with a fresh remaster of Croc, Sonic 3 gets a Keanu-filled trailer, and more. Enjoy!