On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris bring you the 2025 Year in Review. What interesting stuff came out this year? What were the big news stories? Was any of it interesting? Was this, in fact, an incredibly poorly thought out segment that was super boring? Let us know!
Then, in Week Old News, there really wasn’t much, because it’s Christmas Break and nobody is doing anything. But there was Pit Fighter news, so Dan was happy.
Finally, in the Checkpoint, Dan obsessed over Ball x Pit and promised to finish Death Stranding 2 by next week, while Kris worked tech support for various xmas presents, played more Metroid Prime 4, and spent some quality time with his Atari VCS.
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On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris bring you the final 10 20 30 40 of 2025! Was it finally a big month for the Jaguar and 3DO? Did Sega have anything to answer Nintendo’s Donkey Kong Country 2? Was 1985 still a complete wash? Let’s find out!
Then, in Week Old News, AI continues to be everywhere, making everything it touches demonstrably worse, Nintendo finally wins a really old lawsuit, and the SuperSega saga finally comes to its inevitable conclusiuon.
Finally, in the Checkpoint, Dan finally learns to cook, while Kris makes a lot of cookies and plays Dadish 4. He also played the Final Fantasy VII demo, and completely forgot to talk about it on the show. Oops.
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On this week’s podcast, it’s the grand return of Trivia Time! Dan competed against Matt Mutch of the Papercuts Podcast, and Matt Raimo from Turning Tracks. Who came out on top? Who was drunk? Let’s find out!
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On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris bring you a very special holiday episode of the Alphabet Soup-er Series! They cover Christmas NiGHTS Into Dreams for Sega Saturn, and get themselves all up in that holiday spirit. How does this weird demo hold up? Let’s find out!
Then, in Week Old News, Nintendo buys a little bit of Namco, Shovel Knight’s devs may be in some trouble, AI continues to wreak havoc on the industry, and you, yes YOU, can smell like Solid Snake.
Finally, in the Checkpoint, Dan and Kris recount their very different Thanksgiving experiences. KRis had a great day. Dan, not so much. Dan also spent a lot of time being angry, while Kris got his hands on Metroid Prime 4. Spoiler, it’s great.
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On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris board the SAG Cartoon Express for a trip to GASP an actually good cartoon? Earthworm Jim is on the docket, and it’s legitimately good?!? Who knew this was even possible?
Then, in Week Old News, Microsoft continues to be the worst…again, Metroid Prime 4 gets the streaming treatment, the EverDrive 64 gets an Analogue update, and the switch NES and Game Boy apps get some killer new games.
Finally, in the Checkpoint, Dan and Kris don’t have a lot to cover since they recorded so early this week, but they still took the time to be thankful for all of you.
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On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris run through another 10 20 30 40 with the PS2 absolutely dominating, but there were still some positive showings from the likes of the Saturn, Xbox, and even the Virtual Boy!
Then, in Week Old News, Microsoft continues to be the worst, except when it comes to Zork, there’s some more Picross coming our way, Vampire Survivors gets a wacky spinoff, and Bases Loaded is BACK!
Finally, in the Checkpoint, Dan hates a very specific kind of paint, Kris loses his mind over Dadish 4, the Mortal Kombat Kollection is good actually, and more!
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On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris bring you their 2025 holiday gift guides. What great gift ideas do they have for the loved ones in your life? What great gift ideas do they have for one another? Let’s find out!
Then, in Week Old News, Valve is making a console… sort of, Nintendo is getting in on the game key card bandwagon, Metroid Prime 4 gets an unhealthy dose of comedy (according to some), and Ganondorf goes LEGO!
Finally, in the Checkpoint, Dan does more stuff with dogs, and eats a chorizo omelet live on the air, while Kris finally buys a new washer and dryer, and goes on a 20 minute tirade about the depths of Bubsy.
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On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris finish off this round of the Alphabet Soup-er Series with 8-Eyes for NES. How does this weird, Castlevania-inspired adventure perform? Does the addition of a bird make it great? Let’s find out!
Then, in Week Old News, a Splatterhouse RPG resurfaces, Microsoft continues to just be the worst, a bunch of games got delayed, and Nintendo looks to buy some studios. Will it be a good thing, though?
Finally, in the Checkpoint, Dan spends some quality time painting his bathroom and reading books, while Kris finally gets some sleep and dives into EarthBound Beginnings.
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On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris board the SAG Cartoon Express to discuss an episode of the Dragon’s Lair cartoon. With a game this creative and colorful as its source material, surely it must be at least okay, right? RIGHT?
Then, in Week Old News, James Pond is back! AGAIN! Limited Run’s LRG3 brings some unexpected revivals our way, Final Fantasy’s history is all but gone, and the creator of VVVVVV makes a game about an egg for some reason.
Finally, in the Checkpoint, Dan and Kris had some rough weeks, and didn’t have much time for games. Or sleep.
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On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris fire up this year’s Halloween Special! What’s so special about it? They didn’t prepare anything, so they just made it up on the fly. They talked a lot about scalpers though. And what’s more terrifying than that? Then, in Week Old News, Blizzard unionizes some more, an old Resident Evil phone game has been saved, Mario goes to Macy’s, and Microsoft breaks the record for most awful news in a single week. Finally, in the Checkpoint, Dan and Kris talk about the show’s eventual move to video, Kris talks about another eventual move to his desk, and Dan, well, he’s pissed. Enjoy!