Mistake Zone

The Gang is all here and they're making calls. Join Jaren, Mark, Julian, Rakush, and Matt as they draft games for this years edition of Fantasy Critic. 0:00 - Everyone's Back 2:15 - Fantasy Critic 2025 Review 5:26 - Fantasy Critic 2026 Setup 12:22 - Our Publishers 17:23 - Round 1 23:35 - Round 2 32:04 - Round 3 38:18 - Round 4 43:08 - Round 5 50:25 - Round 6 57:08 - Counter Pick 1:07:52 - Don't Match Me: Mark Edition

Join Jaren, Rakush, and Matt as they talk about their early looks at some 2026 Winter Anime.  (0:00) - Don't Look Outside (6:31) - Bad Transit (11:18) - Kunon The Sorcerer Can't See  (19:00) - The Daily Life of a Part Time Torturer  (24:14) - Shiboyugi: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table (33:30) - Jack of all trades, Party of None (38:25) - High School! Kimengumi  (42:47) - The Demon King's Daughter Is Too Kind!! (49:00) - Tune in to Midnight Heart (58:34) - Scum of the Brave  (1:04:00) - Journal with Witch (1:15:47) - Sentenced to be a Hero  (1:20:31) - Wash it all away  (1:25:15) - The Holy Grail of Eris  (1:31:38) - Tamon's B-Side  (1:38:05) - You and I are Polar Opposites (1:45:40) - Kaya-chan Isn't Scary  (2:03:43) - Don't Match Me: Snow

Join Jaren, Rakush, Julian, and Matt as they get deep and emotional over rivalries, things from 2025, super powers, games, and nostalgia on this episode of The Mistake Zone (0:00) - Julian Victory Speech (6:11) - Heated Rivalries against Snowplows (13:46) - Julian top 5 of 2025 (15:18) - Nier: ReIncarnation (22:06) - Asbury Pines (26:56) - Strange Houses  (30:19) - Dead Letter Dept. (33:44) - Seance of Blake Manor (36:44) - Superman (46:03) - AYN Thor (56:45) - Animal Crossing 3.0 (1:02:29 )- Airline Food (1:12:29) - India Trip (1:34:07) - Fortnitetubers (1:39:42) - Don't Match Me: 2026

Jaren, Rakush, and Matt are at it one last time for 2025. Join them for the final burst of their 2025 closing episodes on this weeks episode of The Mistake Zone (0:00 - Fantasy Critic Wrapup (11:04) - Fortnite Things of the Year (20:07) - Jaren's 25 of 2025 Honorable Mentions  (25:52) - Miyu-chan Will Always Be Your Friend  (28:59) - Zenless Zone Zero - Spook Shack  (30:25) - Donkey Kong Bananza  (31:26) - Pokémon TCG - Mega Evolution & MEGA Dream ex  (34:50) - Rock Is a Lady's Modesty  (37:08) - Fat Rabbit - T-Bone Steak  (40:49) - Umamusume: Pretty Derby  (42:51) - Ninajirachi - I Love My Computer  (43:54) - Kaela Kovalskia & Ouro Kronii -「Cover」Bunny Girl  (46:08) - MAISONdes Feat. Kobo Kanaeru, Kasane Teto, Giga & TeddyLoid - Bake no Kawa  (47:41) - Catch Me at the Ballpark!  (48:31) - Silent Hill f  (51:55) - Skrillex - Fuck U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol but Ur Not!!❤️ (53:55) - Ado - Hibana World Tour  (55:14) - KizunaAI - kamone  (58:51) - See You Tomorrow At the Food Court  (59:25) - Anya Melfissa - Chronic  (1:00:47) - Sinners  (1:01:43) - Blue Prince  (1:03:25) - Clipse - Let God Sort Em Out  (1:05:20) - Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc  (1:08:46) - Carly Rae Jepsen - More  (1:09:53) - The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity  (1:14:12) - Japan Vacation  (1:15:45) - Moving  (1:24:04) - Don't Match Me: Jaren 2025 Grab Bag

Join Jaren, Rakush, and Matt as they gather around because Rakush has made 3 lists, and he's checked them twice, so lets find out what he find's particularly nice on this weeks episode of The Mistake Zone. (0:00) - Rakush's Lists (2:33) - Rakush's Top Friends of 2025 (3:39) - Rakush's Top 5 Wrasslin' Matches of the Year (7:40) - AEW Continental Classic: Bailey vs Kyle Fletcher (10:05) - AEW All In: Mercedes Mone vs Toni Storm (15:35) - AEW Wrestledream: Brodido vs Takeshita & Okada (19:43) - NJPW Wrestle Dynasty: Kenny Omega vs Gabe Kidd (27:01) - AEW Double or Nothing: "Hangman" Adam Page vs Will Ospreay (33:36) - Rakush's Top 5 Anime of 2025 (35:54) - See you again at the ballpark (40:03) - Kowloon Generic Romance (43:19) - City: The Animation (45:27) - Apocalypse Hotel (49:13) - Dandadan (54:50) - Rakush's Top 5 Movies and TV Shows of 2025 (1:02:13) - Mercy for None (1:06:59) - From the World of John Wick: Ballerina (1:09:37) - Last Samurai Standing (1:19:17) - Sinners (1:23:47) - Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc (1:31:43) - Don't Match Me: Don't Match Me Edition

Join Jaren, Rakush, and Matt as they run through some of Matt's favourite things of 2025 Timestamps: (0:00) - 2025 Wrapup (2:09) - Matt's 25 of 2025 (4:17) - Keido Kindness (7:09) - Silksong Announcement (13:10) - Deco\*27 Cherry Pop (15:00) - Shape of Dreams (17:33) - Pregnancy Pillow (22:22) - Paper Shredder  (25:00) - The Mighty Nein (28:08) - Tip to Tip Japan (31:32) - Friendslop (33:17) - Lego Gameboy (36:05) - Small Lights (38:34) - Ball x Pit (41:20) - Everyone Loves Her (45:13) - Dreo Standing Fan (48:14) - Mortal Kombat Fortnite Tiktok (49:15) - Zenless Zone Zero's Trigger (52:34) - Dispatch (56:46) - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (59:01) - GNOSIA (1:02:20) - Jet Lag The Game: Hide and Seek Japan (1:05:07) - Umamusume Global Launch (1:09:37) - Monster Hunter Wilds (1:12:30) - Audacity: Middle Click Seek (1:14:06) - New Keyboard (1:16:55) - Blue Prince (1:19:24) - Don't Match Me: Princess Edition

Join Jaren, Rakush, and Matt as they sit down and relive Jaren's Japan Trip and the memories of a friend lost along the way on this weeks episode of The Mistake Zone (0:00) - Eulogy for a Wallet (5:00) - Jaren's Anime Corner (17:41) - Air Travel (23:34) - Tsunami (25:03) - Korea Trip (32:10) - Japan Jeneral (37:59) - Japanese Food Adventures (52:39) - Exhibits and Popups (1:09:03) - Shopping Time (1:24:22) - Don't Match Me: Jaren's Isekai Adventure 3

Join Jaren, Rakush, and Matt as they talk about the commercials shown during Mr Keighley's 2025 Game Awards on this weeks episode of The Mistake Zone. Timestamps: (0:00) - Sandwich Prices (11:06) - CRKD Gibson Les Paul (17:08) - One Piece (23:21) - The Game Awards 2025 (26:33) - Street Fighter (34:23) - Megaman: Dual Override (37:10) - Gang of Dragon (40:39) - Stupid Never Dies (43:07) - Fate of the Old Republic / Divinity (53:16) - Announcements General (1:05:26) - Orbitals (1:08:45) - Tomb Raider (1:10:18) - Resident Evil (1:13:43) - Control: Resonant (1:17:59) - Phantom Blade Zero (1:21:34) - Quick Hits (1:23:21) - The Actual Awards (1:35:21) - Don't Match Me: France Edition

Join Rakush and Matt as they hang out in the clubhouse. Listen in on their talks about RAM, Steam, Fighting, and Fujimoto on this weeks episode of The Mistake Zone. (0:00) - Talking in Real life (4:38) - Random Access Memory (17:20) - Steam Machine (21:49) - Steam Controller 2 (25:02) - Steam Frame (36:50) - Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls (1:05:19) - Fujimoto 17-26 (1:23:12) - Don't Match Me: Clubhouse Edition

Join Rakush and Matt as they open a page to a time long ago, and think about Yearbook Superlatives and how anime characters would've fit into them. (0:00) - Oops All Apples (4:19) - Purple Stew (9:03) - Anime Superlatives (14:45) - Most likely to get cancelled on social media (21:39) - Most likely to not text back for 3 days (27:10) - Most likely to get emotional during a hangout (36:55) - Most likely to leave a restaurant without tipping (41:45) - Most likely to lecture everyone about conspiracy theories (48:09) - Most likely to forget the name of someone we're talking to (53:15) - Most likely to never use public toilets (1:04:13) - Most likely to be good at video games (1:12:00) - Most likely to have the best spice tolerance (1:18:35) - Most likely to start a podcast about a very niche interest of theirs (1:30:50) - Don't Match Me: Matt Edition

There ain't no party like a Mistake Zone Party. Join Jaren, Matt, and Rakush as they jam in the games segment on this special episode of The Mistake Zone: Chapters: (0:00) - Don't Match Me: Video Game Alphabet Rules (4:05) - ABC (6:15) - DEF (9:51) - GHI (14:24) - JKL (19:31) - MNO (23:05) - PQR (28:32) - STU (31:35) - VWX (38:26) - YZ# (43:21) - Name 100 Anime Characters (46:44) - 1-10 (50:27) - 11-20 (52:50) - 21-30 (56:26) - 31-40 (59:42) - 41-50 (1:04:28) - 51-60 (1:08:21) - 61-70 (1:11:53) - 71-80 (1:15:40) - 81-90 (1:18:53) - 91-100+

Join Jaren and Julian as they travel back in time and discuss their adventures in Silent Hill f on this weeks episode of The Mistake Zone (0:00) - Introductions & HITMAN World of Assassination (5:43) - Perfect Blue (9:20) - Previous Silent Hill experiences (16:43) - Silent Hill f) - announcement reactions (21:00) - General gameplay impressions (31:45) - Hinako's transformation (36:00) - Puzzle thoughts (41:47) - Fog Town & The Dark Shrine (46:17) - Hinako's Journal  (56:04) - General story impressions (1:01:40) - Ending 1 (1:11:58) - The Ritual (1:16:05) - Rinko & Sakuko (1:24:51) - Shu (1:31:40) - Fox Mask (1:36:26) - Closing thoughts (1:42:03) - Kojima and OD (1:45:06) - Silent Hill 3 t-shirts (1:47:24) - Don't Match Me) - Hinako's Journal

Join Jaren, Rakush, and Matt as they lament the weather, question their buys, check out game updates, and face the monster that is humanity on this weeks episode of The Mistake Zone (0:00) - Snowy Leaves (4:45) - Edited Hotdog (8:11) - Bad Buys and Bad Eats (18:12) - Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0 (30:54) - Umamusume Unity Cup (44:38) - Frankenstein (1:12:14) - Don't Match Me: Monster Safety

Join Jaren, Rakush, and Matt as they rev up their engines to talk about baseball, movies, and video games on this weeks episode of The Mistake Zone {0:00} - World Series {9:40} - Self Streaming {17:10} - Chainsaw Man Companion Movies {24:45} - Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc {59:21} - Dispatch {1:08:09} - Don't Match Me: Handyman 

Join Jaren and Matt as they fall into another pile of Steam Next Fest demos on this episode of The Mistake Zone.  Timestamps: (0:00) - Beef Update (2:56) - Ball x Pit (29:49) - Pokemon Legends Z-A (35:34) - Steam Next Fest (37:46) - Dodori (42:36) - Yunyun Syndrome: Rhythm Psychosis (48:19) - Beyblade X: Evobattle (53:43) - Q-up (58:46) - Welcome to Doll Town  (1:09:30) - Thrasher (1:14:37) - Marvel Cosmic Invasion  (1:18:36) - Hangtime! (1:21:31) - Hell Maiden  (1:27:32) - Rubinite (1:32:58) - Sisyphus is a bug (1:37:21) - Anthem#9 (1:51:22) - Don't Match Me: Halloween

Join Rakush and Matt as they fall into the Fall 2025 Anime season. Gather around and give a listen to what they're skipping, what they checking out, and what they're for sure gonna watch on this episode of The Mistake Zone. (0:00) - Opening Isekai's (5:16) - One Punch Man (10:16) - Returning Shows (14:58) - Wandance (24:18) - Yano Kun's Ordinary Days (29:04) - Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota (35:22) - May I Ask For One Final Thing? (43:06) - Li'l Miss Vampire Can't Suck Right (53:01) - The Monster Wants to Eat Me (57:37) - GNOSIA (1:06:35) - Towa no Yugure (1:15:14) - A Mangaka's Weirdly Wonderful Workplace  (1:15:50) - My Awkward Senpai (1:19:11) - Let's Play (1:22:34) -  Touring After the Apocalypse (1:27:39) - Tojima wants to be a Kamen Rider (1:37:46) - Sanda (1:45:42) - Don't Match Me: Fall 2025 Anime

Jaren and Matt are tag teaming this Zenless Zone Zero heavy episode. Join them in the hollows of memory, racing, kickfliping, trying not to spend money, and editing manga on this episode of The Mistake Zone. (0:00) - Screensavers (9:09) - 100 Meters (20:58) - Skate Season 1 (26:46) - Zenless Zone Zero: The Past (46:50) - Zenless Zone Zero: The Future (59:37) - Luxury Keycaps (1:04:53) - My Dress Up Darling Epilogue (1:16:54) - Don't Match Me:  Dress Up Edition

Join Jaren, Rakush, and Matt as they podcast in the dark about lost dlc, lost money, lost gods, and lost lives on this weeks episode of The Mistake Zone (0:00) - Dark Eats (8:34) - Rock Band Delisted (18:59) - Gamepass (27:59) - Woes of Wallet-Kun (40:04) - Hades 2 (47:49) - Be Dramatic: The Killer's Shopping List (1:06:26) - Don't Match Me: Curries and Gravies

Join Jaren, Rakush, and Matt as they grow old, grow poor, and grow friendships on this episode of The Mistake Zone (0:00) - 36 (3:31) - Alice in Borderlands (14:26) - Silent Hill f (40:41) - Danganronpa 2x2 (45:32) - Yakuza Kiwami 3 (48:21) - Wolverine (53:38) - Sonic Racing: Crossworlds (59:29) - Deus Ex Remaster (1:01:14) - Zero Parades / Saros  (1:04:08) - Palfarm (1:07:48) - Fire Emblem: Fortunes (1:10:27) - Virtual Boy (1:13:15) - Mario Tennis: Fever (1:16:26) - Super Mario Galaxy (1:23:52) - Misc Game Announcments (1:28:24) - Don't Match Me: Rakush

Join Jaren, Rakush, and Matt as they mull on the mystic arts of magic, costco, wrasslin', demons, and bugs on this week's episode of The Mistake Zone. (0:00) - Movie Magic  (6:56) - Costcomon (10:03) - AEW All Out Toronto (26:29) - Demon Slayer 4DX (38:26) - Hollow Knight: Silksong (1:17:25) - Don't Match Me: Go to the Movies