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CRITICAL! originally started as a podcast covering the history of pro wrestling video games. While wrestling games and wrestling is our bread and butter, we also cover our other interests such as video games expanding different genres and eras, movies, comic books and comic book related media, action figures and so much more!
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Steve Rosenthal gives us something to talk about in his interview with Wrestling Figure News. Mongo is still stuck in the mid 2000s with SVR 2007. And we reminisce about the times wrestling became a topic at school.
Zombie Sailor's Pinnacle Collection is here and these figures are hot, hot, hot! Not so hot is the rotting corpse of Powertown. Kenny Omega expresses his deep desires for VPW 2 and Mongo goes mad and watches mid 2010s WWE.
Unfortunately, we have some audio issues this week due to the terrible WIFI I'm currently dealing with. Still, we're able to talk about Retro Randy Price's amazing ECW Born to Be Wired, WWE 2K26, recent figure reveals and releases, history maker Koji Kitao, and wacky 90s match-ups like Dan Severn vs Road Warrior Hawk.
My internet sucks right now so Mongo is flying solo again this week. He goes over the recent KWK showcase and other figure news, Gookerhausen, WWE 2K26 and WWE matches from 2018?
We're back to talk the news coming out of Toy Fair and Sony's State of Play which includes Mongo's fantasies becoming reality. How about The Wrestling Code? Is it alive? Bastante Bueno Lucha Libre drops a surprise video during the recording and we are hyped.
Solo Mongo Zone recording. I talk about the 2K news, Hangman/Marty, bunch about the state of video games and I talk about Storm Sagat and unlicensed Kratos.
What if there was a sequel to the 16 bit WWF games? Well, Mongo's thought a lot about it so we talk about WWF Action Zone! Also, some other ideas. What if a LEGENDARY developer made an ECW game?
Mongo is flying solo this week. I would certainly recommend listening if you want to know what Nik Sobic's work was with AEW Games and Fight Forever. Also, what was the other wrestling game YUKES was working on? He's also got details on AEW/Jazzwares, upcoming McFarlane figures and thoughts on UFC and ZUFFA Boxing.
Today, it's Buriki One: World Grapple Tournament '99 in Tokyo. A very fun different style fight game that we wish had a sequel and home port. We also talk LOLTNA, pitch a new Fire Pro, the end of AEW and Jazzwares and Mongo really wants a 16 bit WWF game with digitalized actors.
Just a tiny bit shorter than episode 100. We talk Wrestle Kingdom 20 featuring Aaron Wolf's debut and Hiroshi Tanahashi's retirement as well as Stardom Dream Queendom, and AEW World's End. Lots of figure news also including the death of Powertown Wrestling.
Lord almighty, this is a monster. We're joined by special guests to talk, well..pretty much everything. Thanks to everyone who joined us and has supported us throughout the podcast!0:18 Intro11:08 Part 1 rey & Freem4:55:31 Part 2 Bryan of WCW Worldwide6:50:11 Part 3 Melonbread7:37:14 Part 4 Gackdaw9:54:51 NewsMerry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Just a quick update on episode 100, health and I take a look at Bigfoot Life on Steam. You can poop, play the guitar and use magic Bigfoot powers.#bigfootlife #keymailer
Mongo is flying solo today as I continue to battle this viral infection. He takes a look at Jikkyou Power Pro-Wrestling '96 Max Voltage, a unique title for the Super Famicom that features electrified barbed wire matches and commentary by NJPW's Yoshinari Tsuji. He also talks comic book and figure news and checked out Fantastic Four: First Steps and Superman.
Emulation was not kind to Mongo but I was able to check out The Wild Rings for the original Xbox. A game many aren't aware of but well worth checking out. We also talk about Mortal Kombat fans hatred for Mortal Kombat, lack of variety in modern wrestling, AEW Blood & Guts, Tanahashi vs Okada, and UPW's pitch video.
As always, we discuss current topics such as UPW, AEW, figures, but we really get nostalgic for arcades, Degrassi Junior High, and department store built-in restaurants.
There's quite a lot of stuff coming out of Comic Con, whether it's figures, TV or comics. There's also the disastrous release of Basic Fun's WWE WrestleFest, which should serve as an example for anyone hoping for ports of games featuring licensed characters.
WWF WrestleMania for the Nintendo Entertainment System is a very bad video game. Very bad. MARVEL Cosmic Invasion feels like it's going to be very good. Bust-A-Move rules!
Today, we look at Pro Wrestling on the NES, a game which would end up becoming very important to the history of the genre. Also, HAL Wrestling,a game that you may not know was developed by Human Entertainment. We also talk figure news, current wrestling and game news and Mongo reviews the new Nightmare on Elm St. 4K set.
We're back! Good thing nothing has happened for the past three weeks. Nothing at all. Just PPVs, UPW footage, the Acclaim showcase, WWE 2K25 DLC, Superhero Simulator tt, Jazzwares and AEW, Mattel reveals, etc.Note: There were some issues with Discord during this episode that I kept in for nondramatic effect. #superherosimulator #keymailer
Fire Pro Wrestling World was a game we waited a long time for even if we didn't necessary know it existed. Did it live up to the high expectations of the Fire Pro series? Also, AEW held a bunch of shows at the 2300 Arena and teased EVIL CLONE HOLOGRAM.
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