Console Crusade

Nick and Chris spend 2 hours waxing about games they've been playing lately, but mostly Dark Souls.

The year is flying by and MAN has there been some action! The boys Bren and Brandon join us this week to chat the first quarter of a very busy Fantasy Critic season.

Join us as we further refine our list of top 100 video games ever---now twice as unimpeachable! Solo.to/consolecrusade

A supersized edition of the Console Crusade podcast where we go over three distinct top ten lists: Chris’s top ten games of all time, Nick’s top ten most important games ever, and EJ’s top ten favorite games since 2016. The criteria is loose and the boys are juiced! LET’S GO Top 100 Honorable Mentions (Switch) (0:02:09)  Top Ten Intro (0:25:00) The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (0:31:15) Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (0:44:18) Marvel’s Spider-Man 2018 (0:58:10) Super Mario RPG Remake (1:00:26) Banjo-Kazooie (1:02:35) Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 (1:06:24)  Pokemon Crystal (1:13:14) Mother 3 (1:20:53) Risk of Rain 2 (1:35:19) Resident Evil 4 (1:40:07)  Guitar Hero 3 (1:41:41) Animal Crossing: New Horizons (1:44:35)  Hades (1:56:49)  Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (2:04:04) South Park: The Fractured But Whole (2:13:19)  Final Fantasy XII (2:24:48) Donkey Kong Country 2 (2:37:09) Call of Duty: Warzone (2:46:19) Metroid Dread (2:56:09) Link’s Awakening DX (3:06:51) The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (3:13:39) Mega Man X (3:28:44) Bloodborne (3:39:28) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (3:53:10) Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (4:02:34) Super Smash Bros Wii U & 3DS (4:12:41) Fire Emblem Three Houses (4:28:14) Metroid Prime Remastered (4:34:30)  Hollow Knight (4:38:52) Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee (4:52:19) Top Ten Recap (5:03:19) 

This week we're joined by Steve Fallon, software developer and creator of fantasycritic.games, for a peek behind the curtain of one of our favorite pastimes! (0:02:50) - What we’ve been playing (Elden Ring, Celeste, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth) (0:48:20) - A Fantasy Critic deep dive with site creator and developer Steve Fallon (2:00:37) - Critical Hits

The poopsmith has taken a vow of silence... (0:08:26) - Top 100 Honorable Mentions (Nintendo 3DS) (0:30:59) - Industry layoffs (0:37:26) - Developers and publishers going independent (0:43:00) - Nintendo sues Yuzu (0:54:09) - Pokemon Presents reaction (1:16:59) - Final Fantasy VII Remake thoughts (1:35:39) - Chris beats Resident Evil IV Remake (1:48:17) - What Nick's been playing

Hollywood video forever. (0:00:00) - Candy tier list rant (0:11:05) - Intro (0:12:36) -  Top 100 honorable mentions (Nintendo DS) (0:36:41) - Chris directs a a stage show (1:06:30) - Nick’s been playing games (1:58:11) - Chris plays Resident Evil 4 (2:09:59) - Nintendo’s Partner Direct + Xbox going multi-plat

MARIO IS MISSING (0:02:39) - Final Fantasy VII (0:17:48) - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Demo (0:36:44) - Warzone Ranked  (0:41:41) - Top 100 Honorable Mentions (Gameboy Advance) (1:14:00) - Pokemon musings

Brandon’s not the only one who’s lost his crown.  (0:06:06) - Sony State of Play reaction (0:39:25) - Fantasy Critic Week 4 (1:09:40) - Top 100 Honorable Mentions - Gameboy Edition (1:32:44) - Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown review

This one's for the boys back home. (0:00:38) - Nick looks back on 2023 (0:17:05) - Chris’s 2023 (0:34:46) - Bee Simulator review (0:48:51) - 2023 from EJ’s eyes (0:58:46) - Looking ahead to 2024

It's only week 4?? (0:08:09) - Fantasy Critic trade drama (1:20:32) - What we’ve been playing (Prince of Persia, Atelier, Palworld) (1:37:12) - AI art in video games

A little catch up, a little trivia, a little Fantasy Critic. (0:00:00) - Holiday catch up + what we’ve been playing  (0:48:05) - Fantasy Critic update (1:09:40) - Critical Hits: Whammy Week

The fellas look forward to year 4 in their Fantasy Critic league, drafting a total of 30 games to kick off the competition.

CROWN THE CHAMPION

(0:02:05) - Breaking down the awards at The Game Awards  (0:30:56) - The Game Awards announcements (1:10:37) - What we’ve been playing (1:25:06) - WE’RE BACK - A Warzone Story

Backstreet’s back baby (0:09:54) - What we’ve been playing (including a Pokemon rant) (1:00:51) - CC Top 100 honorable mentions - Wii U  (1:16:54) - Ranking (almost) every video game controller ever made

The boys are joined by friends of the pod Brandon and Tiffany to discuss a remake of their childhood favorite Super Mario RPG!

UH OH (0:06:42) - The Legend of Zelda movie + fan-casting (0:53:43) - Super Mario Wonder review 

The boys make some predictions about The Game Awards 2023. We're on to you, Keighley!

I WANT SPIDER-MAN (0:03:24) - Super Mario Wonder impressions (0:24:27) - Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 spoiler review