The SML Podcast

Did you fill out your 1099 yet? If not, hoo boy are you in trouble. That was months ago, dude… Schildmaid MX interview time, let’s do this! The show kicks off with Bri Galgano, Jacob Garner, and Aki on hand to chat about the news of the week including the Xbox Game Pass additions and departures, the latest beta for Helldivers II which sees a massive improvement in file size, Avowed’s fall update getting delayed, a rumored Hollywood based Dead Rising return, Three Fields Entertainment being in trouble after Wreckfest’s launch, and a ton more! Plus reviews! After reviews we have Michiel Kroder of HitP Studios joining the show alongside Bri to chat all about Schildmaid MX, the bullet absorbing shmup that just launched on consoles through eastasiasoft! We chat about the history of the game, Michiel’s previous stint on our show, another podcast that he does that’s likely better than this one, future plans for the Studio, leaderboard discussion, and plenty more topics! 0:00 – Intro/News 35:30 – Samurai Academy: Paws of Fury – ZEROlife Games, Fishing Cactus, Maximum Entertainment (Jacob) 43:55 – ReSetna – Today’s Games, Ocean Media (Aki, Jacob, Bri) 55:25 – El Coco – Recotechnology (Jacob) 1:06:07 – Dave the Diver – MINTROCKET (Aki & Jacob) 1:14:43 – Terrifier: The ARTcade Game – Relevo, Selecta Play (Jacob) 1:22:25 – Street Racer Collection – QUByte Interactive, bleem.net (Jacob) 1:27:41 – Crime Simulator – CookieDev, Ultimate Games (Aki & Bri) 1:43:38 – Bus World – KishMish Games, Ultimate Games (Jacob) 1:51:03 – Puzzle Parasite – Wrenfall (Aki) 1:58:11 – Finding America: The Heartland CE – BoomZAP, Ocean Media (Jacob) 2:03:09 – Dungeons and Ducklings – Bear Belly Games, Silesia Games (Bri) 2:08:32 – Ah, Love! Season 4 – Lovixsama, Xitilon (Bri) 2:12:06 – RoboHero – Lovixsama, Xitilon (Jacob, Aki, Bri) 2:18:04 – Schildmaid MX Interview w/ Michiel Kroder The show ends with a track from Mudprints Music off of the Schildmaid MX Ultra Arrange+ album! 3:27:12 – Mudprints Music – Critical Hazards (Schildmaid – Stage 2 Arrange 1) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3UFe0UBNoI https://linktr.ee/hitpstudio https://www.eastasiasoft.com/ https://caneandrinse.com/ https://www.zerolife.studio/ http://www.fishingcactus.com/ https://maximument.com/ https://tgdevs.com/ https://oceanmedia.hr/ https://recotech.es/ https://www.mintrock.et/ https://www.relevovideogames.com/ https://selecta-play.com/ https://www.qubyteinteractive.com/ https://www.bleem.net/ https://store.steampowered.com/developer/cookiedev/ https://ultimate-games.com/ https://en.kishmish-games.com/ https://www.wrenfall.com/ https://boomzap.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@bearbellygames https://silesiagames.com/ https://store.steampowered.com/developer/Lovixsama https://xitilonic.art/ https://mudprintsmusic.bandcamp.com/ https://ocremix.org/ https://www.dwellingofduels.net/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer

December is here and we’re getting ready to close up for a few weeks, but we still have some shows to go, so let’s start! The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, Aki, Andy Sperry, and Horror Acolyte on hand to hang out and chat about our Thanksgivings and Black Fridays. Eating turkey, watching football, playing video games, and buying crap we don’t need, the true spirit of America all the way. Plus did you know our show does interviews sometimes? We got one coming up. Listen for details! Or just tune in next episode I guess. Or all of them, really. Please? Plus reviews! 0:00 – Intro/Banter 16:33 – Moonlighter 2 – Digital Sun, 11 bit studios (Andy) 36:42 – Schildmaid MX – HitP Studios, eastasiasoft (Chris) 49:10 – Constance – Blue Backpack, ByteRockers’ Games, PARCO GAMES (Pernell) 58:27 – Mystery Case Files: The House That Love Built CE – GrandMA Studios, Big Fish Games (Aki) 1:06:38 – Kingdom of Night – Friends of Safety, DANGEN Entertainment, Game Source Entertainment (Pernell) 1:19:00 – Dragon Ruins II – Graverobber Foundation, KEMCO (Chris) 1:32:51 – The Last Case of John Morley – Indigo Studios, JanduSoft (Horror) 1:42:30 – Garten of Banban VIII: Anti-Devil – Euphoric Brothers, Feardemic (Aki) 1:53:37 – Kiosk – Vivi, Feardemic (Horror) 2:01:34 – PREVIEW: There Are No Ghosts at the Grand – Friday Sundae (Aki) The show ends with a track from our vast SML Christmas library of songs with sleigh bells added for jolly effect! 2:14:17 – LONELYROLLINGSTARS – Hogger of Bells (Sonic Adventure 2) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksYZ0ko5tGU https://digitalsungames.com/ https://11bitstudios.com/ https://linktr.ee/hitpstudio https://www.eastasiasoft.com/ https://bluebackpackgames.com/ https://www.byterockers.games/ https://games.parco.jp/ https://grandmastudios.com/ https://www.bigfishgames.com/ https://kingdomofnight.dangenentertainment.com/ https://asia.gamesource-ent.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@GraverobberFoundation https://www.kemco-games.com/ https://indigostudios.one/ https://www.jandusoft.com/ https://www.euphoricbrothers.com/ https://vividev.itch.io/ https://www.feardemic-games.com/ https://www.fridaysundae.com/ https://lonelyrollingstars.bandcamp.com/ https://ocremix.org/ https://www.dwellingofduels.net/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer

It’s Black Friday on recording night and we’ve bad backs and turkey hangovers, so let’s get through this. The show kicks off with Bri Galgano and Aki on hand to chat about the news and how Thanksgiving went for us. News topics this go around include the latest massive and awesome Monthly Game lineup for PlayStation Plus with Sony giving out FIVE games for the month of December. We also talk new NSO additions and Nintendo’s new studios, Yakuza Remaster upgrade pricing, and Ubisoft somewhat giving up on Assassin’s Creed Shadows already?? Plus reviews with Jacob Garner showing up too including our look at the highly anticipated Xbox release of Silent Hill 2! Thanks Konami! 0:00 – Intro/News 33:28 – Silent Hill 2 – Bloober Team, KONAMI (Aki) 47:27 – Outlaws + Handful of Missions: Remastered – LucasArts, Nightdive Studios, Atari, Disney (Jacob) 58:43 – Bee Simulator: The Hive – VARSAV Game Studio, Untold Tales (Bri) 1:08:28 – The Berlin Apartment – Blue Backpack, ByteRockers’ Games, PARCO Games (Jacob) 1:14:38 – TOTAL CHAOS – Trigger Happy Interactive, Apogee Entertainment, Atari, Infrogrames (Bri & Aki) 1:27:50 – Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 – Strange Scaffold (Jacob & Aki) 1:35:00 – CloverPit – Panik Arcade, Future Friend Games (Jacob & Me) 1:42:32 – Arcade Archives 2 BOMB BEE – HAMSTER Corp. 1:46:22 – Viewfinder – Sad Owl Studios, Thunderful (Bri) 1:52:03 – Torii – Moswig, Silesia Games (Aki) 1:58:47 – Saborus – High Room Studio, QUByte Interactive (Bri) 2:07:56 – Poko’s Arctic Quest – LayerWire, Little Giant Games The show ends with track from The OneUps bringing the Silent Hill energy to wrap things up! 2:14:33 – The OneUps – Dance Off at Silent Hill (Silent Hill) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGi46uG7N5M https://www.blooberteam.com/ https://www.konami.com/ https://nightdivestudios.com/ https://www.lucasfilm.com/ https://www.disney.com/ https://atari.com/ https://varsav.com/ https://untoldtales.games/ https://bluebackpackgames.com/ https://www.byterockers.games/ https://games.parco.jp/ http://www.totalchaosgame.com https://www.apogeeent.com/ https://www.strangescaffold.com/ https://www.panikarcade.games/ https://futurefriends.lol/ https://www.hamster.co.jp/ https://www.sos.games/ https://thunderfulgames.com/ https://linktr.ee/Moswig https://silesiagames.com/ https://www.qubyteinteractive.com/ https://littlegiantdev.com/ https://theoneups.com/ https://ocremix.org/ https://www.dwellingofduels.net/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer

After I had to skip last Tuesdays’ recording, it’s catch up time this week with a big ol’ PartyCast! The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, Aki, and Horror Acolyte on hand to oh hey wait Andy Sperry just joined too. Great timing! Anyway, we chat about Pernell going to PAX U and buying a ton of board games and talking about how heavy they are, we discuss Monopoly and UNO, Chris talks about his Analogue3D console which is basically a high def N64 that is NOT emulation, and I talk about how my back has been super messed up for a few days and how much pain I am in. Speaking of pain, we got reviews! 0:00 – Intro/Banter 21:58 – Demonschool – Necrosoft Games, Ysbryd Games (Pernell) 34:52 – Sacred 2 Remaster – Jumpgate, THQ Nordic (Aki) 50:15 – Neon Inferno – Zenovia Interactive, Retroware (Andy & Pernell) 1:07:12 – A.I.L.A. – Pulsatrix Studios, Fireshine Games, The Iterative Collective (Aki) 1:15:24 – Million Depth – Cyber Space Biotope, PLAYISM (Pernell) 1:25:45 – R-Type Delta: HD Boosted – CITY CONNECTION, TAKEx0FF, Clear River Games (Chris) 1:42:56 – GIGASWORD – Studio Hybrid, Akupara Games (Pernell, Andy, Horror) 2:02:15 – Save Room: The Merchant – Fractal Projects, Ratalaika Games (Aki) 2:09:54 – Morsels – Furcula, Annapurna Interactive (Horror) 2:26:42 – Into the Grid – Flatline Studios (Pernell) 2:39:38 – Dollmare – Almost Done Games, Feardemic (Horror) 2:46:52 – SML AFTER DARK: The Sunwave Hotel – Gladius Writing, TinyHat Studios (Aki) The show ends with some Kid Icarus mixed with Metroid from prozax! I miss that guy… 2:56:20 – prozax – Kid Samus (Kid Icarus x Metroid) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EAjBBXORjA https://necrosoftgames.com/ https://campsite.bio/ysbrydgames https://jumpgategames.se/ https://thqnordic.com/ https://www.neoninferno.com/ https://zenovia.io/ https://retroware.com/ https://www.pulsatrixstudios.com/ https://fireshinegames.co.uk/ https://www.theiterative.co/ https://www.youtube.com/@pop3604 https://playism.com/ https://city-connection.co.jp/ https://www.clearrivergames.com/ https://hybridgamesofficial.com/ https://www.akuparagames.com/ https://store.steampowered.com/curator/39634651 https://www.ratalaikagames.com/ https://furcula.ca/ https://www.annapurnainteractive.com/ https://www.flatline.games/ https://almostdone.games/ https://www.feardemic-games.com/ https://bsky.app/profile/tinyhat-studios.bsky.social https://vgmdb.net/artist/5363 https://ocremix.org/ https://www.dwellingofduels.net/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer

It’s another packed show with news, reviews, and chat with the team behind The Lonesome Guild, so let’s go! The show kicks off with Bri Galgano and Aki on hand to welcome Simone Pellegrini and Luca Cafasso of Tiny Bull Studios to the show to chat about their newest release, The Lonesome Guild! We chat about the origins and inspirations for the game, the diverse cast of characters you meet throughout the game, battle mechanics, story, artwork, working with DON’T NOD, and tons more! Aki also asks about their preview work, such as their VR title Blind, as we chat for well over an hour about with Simone & Luca! After the Tiny Bull crew heads out and a quick break, Jacob Garner jumps in to chat the news of the week including the Xbox Partner Preview! From the trio Dave the Diver, Clover Pit, and Total Chaos stealth launching, to some future titles like Zoopunk, Echo Generation 2, and Tides of Annihilation, we cover it all. Even Eminem. Yeah. There’s also Xbox Game Pass additions & departures, games under fire for AI usage, Tales of Berseria getting a remaster, and tons more! Plus reviews! 0:00 – Intro/Lonesome Guild Interview 1:15:05 – News 2:04:58 – Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 – Literally Everybody at Activision (Jacob) 2:21:19 – NASCAR 25 – iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations (Bri) 2:28:24 – NODE: The Last Favor of the Antarii – Lapsus Games, Beep Japan (Aki) 2:34:49 – Rue Valley – Emotion Spark Studio, Owlcat Games (Bri) 2:41:40 – Winter Burrow – Pine Creek Games, Noodlecake (Bri & Aki) 2:50:09 – Sektori – Kimmo Factor (Jacob) 2:55:38 – Pigeon Simulator – tinyBuild (Bri) 3:01:36 – Trivia Knowledge Trainer: The Quiz Game – the binary family (Jacob & Bri) 3:10:14 – VIDEOVERSE – Kinmoku, Ratalaika Games (Jacob) 3:16:36 – I Love Finding Cats – BoomZAP, Ocean Media (Bri, Jacob, Aki) 3:22:40 – Arcade Archives 2 GALACTIC WARRIORS – HAMSTER Corp. (Jacob) 3:27:51 – P-1 Anchor Light – Deadbolt Interactive, Perp Games (Bri) 3:35:07 – Hollowgrace – Synnergy Circle Games (Aki & Jacob) 3:41:01 – Slide Stories: Neko and Friends – Remix Games, Silesia Games (Bri) The show features music from bLiNd because Aki asked Tiny Bull about their game Blind and I am easily entertained. 3:46:37 – bLiNd – SnowBound (EarthBound) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdA4Bs9_wK4 https://tinybullstudios.com/ https://dont-nod.com/ https://www.activision.com/ https://www.iracing.com/ https://lapsusgames.com/ https://beep-company.com/ https://www.emotionspark.com/ https://owlcat.games/ https://www.pinecreekgames.com/ https://noodlecake.com/ https://www.gimblll.com/ https://www.tinybuild.com/ https://thebinaryfamily.com/ https://www.kinmoku.games/ https://www.ratalaikagames.com/ https://boomzap.com/ https://oceanmedia.hr/ https://www.hamster.co.jp/ https://steamcommunity.com/id/DeadboltInteractive/ https://perpgames.com/ https://www.synnergycirclegames.com/ https://www.remixgames.net/ https://silesiagames.com/ https://www.blindedm.com/ https://joecam.net/boundtogether/ https://ocremix.org/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer

News and reviews are the distractions of the day as Joe tires to not cry over a lost kitty while giving away a ton of Outright Games titles on Xbox! The show kicks off with Jacob Garner, Bri Galgano, and Aki on hand to hear the sad news that Cocoa, one of the backyard kitties at Joe’s, has said goodbye after three years. She, and her beautiful face, will be missed very much. We also cover the PlayStation State of Play Showcase, PS Plus Game Catalog additions, Stellar Blade rumors, Red Dead Redemption going for another ride, a Silent Hill 2 whoopsie, and tons more! Plus Joe whines about how Gameloft’s stupid account system really ruined their game Asphalt Legends since it kills all the Game Pass Perks. On top of that, if you weren’t at our live show, you missed Outright Night where we gave away a ton of games courtesy the fine team at Outright Games! It’s always great covering their lineup each year and it’s great that they were awesome enough to throw some game keys our way! So yeah, heed this reminder! Visit our Twitch shows Tuesdays and Thursdays! Plus reviews! 0:00 – Intro/News 58:16 – Arcade Archives 2 TOKYO WARS – HAMSTER Corp. (Jacob) 1:03:30 – A Pizza Delivery – Eric Osuna, Dolores Entertainment (Bri & Aki) 1:12:03 – Saving Princess of Mars – HrtZ Games, Ocean Media (Jacob & Bri) 1:20:41 – First Time in Paris – BoomZAP, Ocean Media (Jacob, Bri, Aki) 1:28:51 – Static Dread: The Lighthouse – solarsuit.games, Games Harbor (Bri) 1:35:45 – Legends BMX – Saga Legends, Firenut Games (Jacob) 1:42:20 – Skopje ’83 – Dark-1, PM Studios (Aki & notes from Lloyd Berry) 1:57:57 – Before Exit: Gas Station – Take IT STudio (Bri & Jacob) 2:03:37 – Let Them Come: Onslaught – Tuatara, Digital Bandidos (Jacob) 2:09:00 – Hidden Cats in Rio de Janeiro – Nukearts, Silesia Games (Bri) 2:12:40 – House Fighters: Total Mess – Revulo Games (Jacob) 2:17:05 – Magnetism X – Tail House Game Studio (Bri & Aki) 2:24:24 – KIDZ KORNER: PAW Patrol Rescue Wheels: Championship – 3DClouds, Outright Games (Jacob & Bri) The show ends with one of my favorite EarthBound songs from Dale North off of the Bound Together project! 2:34:15 – Dale North – Home Again (EarthBound) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M24jQGNLc10 https://outrightgames.com/ https://www.hamster.co.jp/ https://bsky.app/profile/pipiodev.bsky.social https://www.doloresentertainment.com/ https://hrtz.itch.io/ https://boomzap.com/ https://oceanmedia.hr/ https://solarsuit.games/ https://gamesharbor.com/ https://sagalegendsdev.github.io/ https://bsky.app/profile/firenutgames.bsky.social https://www.facebook.com/dark1games/ https://www.pm-studios.com/ https://takeitstudio.com/ https://tuataragames.com/ https://www.digitalbandidos.com/ https://nukearts.com.br/ https://silesiagames.com/ https://revulogames.com/ https://tailhousestudio.com/ https://www.3dclouds.it/ https://www.dalenorthmusic.com/ https://joecam.net/boundtogether/ https://ocremix.org/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer

It’s not the Tuesday lineup you’re used to, but it’s a fun show anyway, so come stay a while and listen! The show kicks off with Aki, Bri Galgano, Tim Ekkebus, and Grant Henry hanging out and chatting about how things are going including Grant’s trip to Super Mario World at Universal Studio, Tim and Grant chat about their time spent (not together) at RetroGameCon, Name that Tune and my horrible experience with it, and Bri having to smack people on the ass in their tutu to make sure they could perform. Plus Pernell Vaughan shows up to chat about board games, Horror Acolyte pops up in reviews, and George “norg” Nowik shocks us all by not only appearing unannounced, but revealing some huge Shovel related news… 0:00 – Intro/Chatter 49:52 – Lumines Arise – Monstars, Enhance (Tim) 1:23:33 – The Crew Motorfest: Year 3 – Ubisoft (Grant) 1:37:19 – Greek Tragedy – Cute Spooks, Prairieville Games, Pineapple Works (Pernell & Bri) 1:53:12 – XENOTILT: HOSTILE PINBALL ACTION – WIZNWAR, Flarb (Bri) 2:03:46 – Windswept – WeatherFell, Top Hat Studios (Pernell) 2:10:13 – Heroes of Mount Dragon – RuniQ, indie.io (Horror) 2:25:54 – THRASHER – Puddle, Creature Label (Pernell) 2:37:26 – Cling to Blindness – Lizardry, PLAYISM (Aki) 2:47:36 – HOP’N’HOARD – YUME GAME STUDIO (Bri) 2:51:13 – PREVIEW: Descent of Lunaris – Unison Games (Pernell) The show ends with Shovel Knight awesomeness from norg! And then a song by LONELYROLLINSTARS so you don’t have to end your night with hand farts. 2:59:59 – LONELYROLLINGSTARS – King of Spaders (Shovel Knight) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3PC5dFDOz4 https://lumines.game/ https://monstars.co.jp/en/ https://enhance-experience.com/ https://www.ubisoft.com/ https://arborinteractive.com/ https://prairievillegames.com/ https://pineapple.works/ https://www.xenotilt.com/ https://bsky.app/profile/wiznwar.bsky.social https://www.flarb.com/ https://bsky.app/profile/weatherfell.bsky.social https://tophat.studio/ https://www.studioruniq.com/ https://www.indie.io/ https://thrashergame.com/ https://www.creature.page/ https://lizardry.jp/ https://playism.com/ https://www.yumegamestudio.com.br/ https://www.unison-games.com/ https://lonelyrollingstars.bandcamp.com/ https://ocremix.org/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer

Oh we’ve got another monster episode here with news, reviews, and a chat with Gary Doireau of Incube8 Games! The show kicks off with Aki & Chris Taylor on hand to welcome Gary Doireau of Incube8 Games to the show to chat all about their upcoming release Infinity, launching this December on… Game Boy Color?? That’s right, Incube8 is a company that specializes in bringing homebrew retro titles to physical platforms. We learn the long history of Infinity from it’s 2002 cancellation to the impending release after over 20 years. We also discuss what goes into bringing these games to release, picking up various properties to release, and TONS more! After a quick intermission, it’s news of the week with Aki & Bri Galgano joining! We cover a bunch of news and we even get a tiny bit political for a smidge as we discuss the liberation of Sandwich Guy and talk about his victim who was slathered with mustard. Poor baby. We also chat Rockstar’s AWFUL week including the latest Grand Theft Auto VI delay, the latest additions and departures for Xbox Game Pass, the PS Portal getting cloud play, a new Vampire Survivors crossover, and it looks like Silent Hill 2 is finally coming to Xbox soon. Plus Jacob Garner shows up right at the end of news in time for reviews! 0:00 – Intro/Incube8 Games Chat 1:05:48 – ODEKA ke Chocobo into News 1:51:00 – Wreckreation – Three Fields Entertainment, THQ Nordic (Jacob) 2:02:48 – Syberia Remastered – Microids Paris, Virtuallyz Gaming, Microids (Bri) 2:14:12 – Neon Tail – Rocket Juice Games (Fei, Leo, Yang), Samustai Ltd. (Jacob) 2:18:46 – Pacific Drive – Ironwood Studios, Kepler Interactive (Aki & Bri) 2:38:15 – Peachy Derby – Cattingames (Jacob) 2:45:08 – Simon the Sorcerer Origins – Smallthing Studios, ININ Games (Bri) 2:52:29 – Arcade Archives 2 SCION – Hamster Corporation (Jacob) 2:57:35 – Beneath – Camel 101, Wired Productions (Bri & Aki) 3:12:12 – Acre Crisis – David Pateti, Sometimes You (Jacob) 3:17:40 – Ultimate Zombie Defense – Terror Dog Studio, Ultimate Games (Jacob & Aki) 3:29:22 – Catnigma – Little Giant, Bad Minions (Bri & Jacob) 3:33:33 – KIDZ KORNER: Hot Wheels Let’s Race: Ultimate Speed – BamTang Games, GameMill (Bri & Jacob) 3:41:56 – KIDZ KORNER: Chicken Run: Eggstraction – Aardman Animations, Outright Games (Jacob) The show ends with some CHOCOBO FUN from Andrew Filipski since we talked about Chicken Run at the end! 3:50:44 – Andrew Filipski – Rock de Chocobo (Final Fantasy X) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPTF7JugiA4

We’ve got two of the folks from Zenovia Interactive on the chat about Neon Inferno, so let’s fire it up! The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan and Aki on hand to welcome Sri Kankanahalli and Gonzalo Varela to the show to chat about Neon Inferno, a fusion of run and gun mixed with gallery shooting releasing later this month! We talk about how Pernell interviewed Gonzalo previously, the origins and creation of the game, the different weapons and systems in the game, the soundtrack as well as Gonzalo’s previous work, Pernell’s friendship with Frank at Retroware, and tons more with Andy Sperry and Chris Taylor showing up along the way. Plus reviews with Horror Acolyte popping up too! 0:00 – Intro/Neon Inferno 1:06:32 – Neon Inferno – Boss 1 (Intermission) 1:09:42 – Majogami – INTI CREATES (Chris) 1:22:35 – THE GOOD OLD DAYS – GRAVITY (Pernell) 1:30:50 – SWAPMEAT – One More Game (Andy) 1:43:54 – 1000xRESIST – sunset visitor, Fellow Traveller (Aki) 1:54:45 – FAITH: The Unholy Trinity – Airdorf Games, New Blood Interactive (Horror) 2:08:19 – Onirism – Crimson Tales, Shoreline Games (Aki) 2:16:33 – MotionRec – HANDSUM, PLAYISM (Pernell) 2:24:15 – BURA: The Way the Wind Blows – Tiny Meow studio, Raven Insights (Aki) 2:31:45 – Devil Jam – Rogueside (Pernell) 2:42:09 – Infinity – Incube8 Games (Chris) The show features two tracks from the Neon Inferno soundtrack! Are they from Gonzalo Varela or the other composer Joseph Bailey? I don’t know! I have wav files with no tagging, it’s a mystery to EVERYBODY (except the people at the studio who know)! 2:59:20 – Neon Inferno – Stage 3 DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGB69AHvSm0

We’ve got ourselves a hearty batch of news to discuss and a whole helping of reviews, so let’s get spraying! The show kicks off with Aki & Bri Galgano on hand to chat about the news of the week including the recent IGN x ID@Xbox Showcase, the newest Monthly Games for PlayStation Plus in November, Animal Crossing getting a Version 3.0 update in January with a Switch 2 upgrade pack, and when Jacob Garner finally pops in, we talk about the least surprising news of the year when Halo was announced for PS5. Mind blowing. Plus Limited Run Games releases, New World Aeternum on life support, Movie Watch, and a big batch of reviews! 0:00 – Intro/news 45:20 – Full Metal Schoolgirl – YUKE’S, D3PUBLISHER (Aki) 54:17 – Fast & Furious: Arcade Edition – Cradle Games, GameMill Entertainment (Jacob) 1:03:50 – Powerwash Simulator 2 – FuturLab Limited (Aki/Bri/Jacob) 1:17:55 – THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD 2: Remake – MegaPixel Studio, Forever Entertainment (Jacob & Bri) 1:25:56 – UNO Ultimate & Show’Em No Mercy! DLC – UBISOFT (Bri) 1:32:49 – Ember Knights: Heroes of the Nexus Edition – Doom Turtle, Twin Sails Interactive (Bri & Jacob) 1:42:44 – Dreamed Away – Nicolas Petton, Pineapple Works (Aki/Bri/Jacob) 1:54:17 – Juiced Fruit Racing – Cascadia Games (Jacob) 2:00:46 – Once Upon a Jester – Bonte Avond, Crunching Koalas (Bri & Jacob) 2:08:51 – Arcade Archives 2 MIDNIGHT LANDING – HAMSTER Co. (Jacob) 2:13:08 – Halls of Torment & Boglands DLC – Chasing Carrots (Jacob) 2:18:33 – Polar Bear is Hungry – Synnergy Circle Games (Bri) 2:21:26 – Journey of Johann: Cave Explorer – Apapappa Games, Xitilon (Aki/Bri/Jacob) 2:26:13 – Gnomdom – Viva & Dana, Silesia Games (Jacob & Bri) 2:33:00 – KIDZ KORNER: Bluey: The Videogame – Artax Games, Casual Brothers, Outright Games (Bri & Jacob) 2:40:38 – KIDZ KORNER: Dora: Rainforest Rescue – Artax Games, Outright Games (Jacob) We end the show with one more Halloweenish track from The OneUps with a UNIQUE mix of Splatterhouse and…Seal? 2:51:00 – The OneUps – Blood-Splattered Rose (Splatterhouse) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHcwNnmF1xQ

Yay our show isn’t five hours this time! We did it! Woooooo! Go team! The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan, Andy Sperry, Aki, and Bri Galgano hanging out to chat about how thing have been. We chat about foods, dinners, Hamburger Helper, Hot AND Lean Pockets, and tons more. Plus discussion of old Nickelodeon shows leads to us finding out that Bri smoked weed with the guy who played Sam on Clarissa Explains it All. Like, what? How do you just drop that info in the middle of a show. Who else have you gotten blazed with, BRI??? Plus reviews including a visit from Horror Acolyte! 0:00 – Intro 12:10 – The Lonesome Guild – Tiny Bull Studios, DON’T NOD (Bri) 21:36 – Hidden Cats in Spooky Village – Nukearts Studio (Bri & Aki) 28:55 – Escape Simulator 2 – Pine Studios (Aki & Bri) 40:17 – Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit – Retroware, Programancer, Mega Cat Studios (Pernell) 47:51 – Roulette Hero – CLLC Studio, Spiral Up Games (Andy) 58:52 – Concubine – Upgrade Entertainment (Aki) 1:07:56 – Command Deck – k-critical (Pernell) 1:14:54 – Bloodshed – com8com1 Software, Headup (Andy) 1:22:00 – Silver Bullet – 1CC Games, Flynn’s Arcade (Pernell) 1:29:21 – BLOOD WEST – Hypserstrange, New Blood Interactive (Horror) 1:45:33 – PREVIEW: FRACTURED BLOOMS – Serenity Forge (Aki) The show ends with some Halloween goodness from The OneUps! 1:59:32 – The OneUps – Hardest Working Duck in Show Business (DuckTales) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvQyr28v9WE

A 90 minute interview for Dreamed Away, a visit from Stemage & The Arkadian, news, and a ton of reviews lead to the LONGEST EPISODE EVER?? What have we done… The show kicks off with Bri Galgano and Jacob Garner on hand to welcome Dreamed Away developer Nico Petton & and Pineapple Works CEO Wojtek Kubiak to the show to chat all about Dreamed Away! From the Kickstarter, to me backing the Kickstarter to get Peaches in the game, to Peaches now being in the game, we cover the long journey to release including how Nico met up with Wojtek to get Pineapple Works as the publisher of the game! Tons of discussion on influences, favorite games, and tons more! After Nico and Wojtek head out, it’s news of the week with Bri and Jacob with Aki joining alongside Grant “Stemage” Henry and Jon “The Arkadian” Oneal! Oh and PERNELL VAUGHAN shows up on his birthday! We chat about the latest additions and departures for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, exclusives being “antiquated” in the eyes of Xbox, thousands of unprofitable Steam games, more Kirby Air Riders news, delays, announcements, and the news that KRAFTON is becoming an “AI first” company while becoming a “customers last” company to us. All that plus a massive batch of reviews including KEEPER, provided to us for coverage by Xbox and more Kidz Korner with Outright Games! Thanks Xbox & OG! 0:00 – Intro/Dreamed Away Chat 1:36:18 – News w/ Stemage & The Arkadian 2:41:46 – NASCAR 25 – iRacing.com Motorsports Simulations (Bri) 2:55:38 – Bounty Star – DINOGOD, Annapurna Interactive (Aki) 3:06:48 – KEEPER – Double Fine Productions, Xbox Game Studios (Bri) 3:15:05 – Mamorukun ReCurse – City Connection, Clear River Games (Jacob) 3:20:23 – Pinball FX: Scared Stiff & Elvira DLC – Zen Studios (Grant/Jon/Bri) 3:38:17 – Lumo 2 – Triple Eh?, Numskull Games (Aki/Bri/Jacob) 3:46:35 – Kamikaze Lassplanes – Inky Dreams, Crunching Koalas (Jacob) 3:54:15 – Mai: Child of Ages – Chubby Pixel (Aki) 4:03:40 – ILA: Frosty Glide – Magic Rain Studios, First Break Labs (Jacob) 4:07:51 – Spooky Express – Draknek and Friends (Bri) 4:12:31 – Arcade Archives 2 MUNCH MOBILE – HAMSTER (Jacob) 4:17:31 – Captain Tideborne and the Siren’s Call – Synnergy Circle Games (Bri) 4:21:20 – AFIL Games Triple Stack – Wise Box Studios, AFIL Games (Jacob) 4:37:05 – KIDZ KORNER: The Elf on the Shelf: Christmas Heroes – Casual Brothers, Outright Games (Jacob) The show ends with a track from Stemage for the Spoopy Halloween feels! Does that really say nearly five hours?? Oh my. 4:49:38 – Stemage – Terrorvision (w/ Claire Henry) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OKlabX1X0g

We’ve got DJ Jones aka Last BeNeVoLeNcE joining the show to discuss the Quartercade, so let’s go! The show kicks off with Chris Taylor on hand! Yes. Just Chris. Literally just me and Chris to start off as DJ Jones aka Last BeNeVoLeNcE joins the show to discuss his project, the Quartercade, a PC/Console hybrid designed as a great entry and budget system for current day gaming and retro classics. We chat about the origins of the project, the process of getting the product built and shipped out, and the headaches he’s been running into with Indiegogo over this campaign. Plus Aki eventually shows up and Horror Acolyte pops in during reviews! 0:00 – Intro/Quartercade Chat 1:06:54 – KAKU: Ancient Seal – SneakyBox, BINGOBELL, Microids (Aki) 1:15:57 – Sonic Wings Reunion – SUCCESS, Red Art Games (Chris) 1:29:08 – Blood of Mehran – Permanent Way Game Co., Blowfish Studios (Aki) 1:41:17 – Amanda the Adventurer 2 – MANGLEDmaw Games, DreadXP (Horror) 1:51:20 – The Cabin Factory – International Cat Studios, Feardemic, Future Friends Games (Horror) 1:58:10 – AQUADREAM – Gossiam Games, YUME GAME STUDIO (Aki) 2:05:57 – SML AFTER DARK: Over the Moon – Keys to My Lockheart (Aki) The show ends with some Final Fantasy VI and VII goodness from The Tiberian Sons to mark some awesome FF games. 2:22:04 – The Tiberian Sons – Prancing Dad (Final Fantasy VI & VII) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea7eNHXqVRo

We’ve got news, reviews, and a chat with Anna Konczak of Transparent Games about visual novels all ahead! The show kicks off with Bri Galgano, Jacob Garner, and Aki on hand to welcome Anna Konczak of Transparent Games to the show to chat about Saintess of the Golden Bow and My Wife is a Spy?! We talk about the development of visual novels, Anna’s history in writing and extensive history of visual novels available on itch, the complexities of branching paths and tracking storylines, and how Anna got talked into doing a podcast while sick at 3am! After Anna heads out, it’s news of the week with the latest news on the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog update for October including Silent Hill 2 and Until Dawn, a handful of Xbox games getting a Play Anywhere upgrade including Baldur’s Gate III, 1000xRESIST hitting Xbox and PlayStation, a new Final Fantasy Dissidia game that immediately lost everybody by being a mobile gacha game that will shut down in 18 months, and tons more! Plus a batch of reviews including a visit from Horror Acolyte! 0:00 – Intro/Transparent Games Chat 53:12 – News 1:13:43 – Bye Sweet Carole – Little Sewing Machine, Meangrip Studios, Maximum Entertainment (Bri & Aki) 1:27:19 – Lethal Honor: Order of the Apocalypse – Viral Studios, HandyGames (Jacob) 1:33:23 – Spindle – Wobble Ghost, Deck13 (Aki) 1:41:47 – Nocturnal Whispers – FMV Interactive (Jacob, Aki, Bri) 1:56:15 – BALL x PIT – Kenny Sun, Devolver Digital (Horror) 2:09:10 – MotoTrials – Proud Arts (Jacob) 2:14:49 – Arcade Archives 2 BATTLANTIS – HAMSTER (Jacob) 2:18:37 – CAPTURED – Perp Games (Bri, Aki, Jacob) 2:26:57 – Castle Crumble – Orbital Knight, Drageus Games (Jacob) 2:30:27 – Sokobear Winter – Bad Kids Games, Bad Minions, Little Giant (Aki) 2:34:48 – Paint Path – AFIL Games (Jacob) 2:38:48 – KIDZ KORNER: Snoopy & The Great Mystery Club – Cradle Games, GameMill (Jacob) 2:45:45 – KIDZ KORNER: Barbie Horse Trails – PHL Collective, Outright Games (Jacob) The show ends with a track from The OneUps from Mario Paint since we covered a game about paint. Book it! Ship! 2:55:10 – The OneUps – Title Screen (Mario Paint) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXzFWSM8eos

We’ve got Platypus Reclayed creator Anthony Flack from Claymatic Games joining to chat, so let’s get this going! The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, Andy Sperry, Aki, and Horror Acolyte on hand to welcome Anthony Flack from Claymatic Games to the show to chat all about the recently released recreation of Anthony’s legendary classic shmup Platypus! We chat about the original game and the history behind the franchise, getting the rights back to the game, the insane amount of clay objects in Anthony’s household today, getting Platypus Reclayed into the 4K era, the achievement list, and tons more! Plus a pack of reviews once Anthony heads up! 0:00 – Intro/Platypus Reclayed Chat 1:12:48 – Yooka-Replaylee – Playtonic Games, PM Studios (Andy) 1:23:22 – Absolum – Dotemu, Guard Crush Games, Supamonks (Pernell) 1:33:44 – Scurge: Hive – Orbital Media, Ratalaika Games (Chris) 1:46:53 – Platzle – Rapid Snail, Xitilon (Aki) 1:57:08 – CloverPit – Panik Arcade, Future Friends Games (Pernell & Andy) 2:14:57 – Star Station Frontier – Synnergy Circle Games (Aki) 2:19:40 – PREVIEW: A Pinball Game That Makes You Mad – Azimuth Studios (Andy) 2:29:12 – SML AFTER DARK: A Moment of Bliss/A Petal Among Thorns – Keys to My Lockheart (Aki) The show ends with a song from the super cool Platypus Reclayed soundtrack featuring tons of classic C64 remixes! 2:40:58 – Chris Abbott – Sanxion 2001 DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBywbMEKZDU

We’ve got a long one here with news, a ton of reviews, and a visit from my old high school buddy Nathan Ide! The show kicks off with Bri Galgano, Jacob Garner, Aki, and Horror Acolyte on hand to welcome my good friend from my youth, and long time Security guy at Microsoft, Nathan Ide, to the show to hang out and chat about what he’s been up to since our days pumping gas in Nescopeck. We chat about his long career working with the security team at Microsoft, the projects at Microsoft and Xbox that he’s taken part in, how we absolutely ransacked that gas station of candy and snacks when we worked there, and tons more. Nathan is legitimately one of the best people on the planet to me and it meant a lot getting to catch up! After Nathan heads out, it’s time to tackle the news of the week including the latest additions and departures to the new, improved, and significantly more expensive Game Pass Ultimate, Xbox denying claims that they are exiting the console hardware business, Clair Obscur sales and updates, Nintendo Online SNES additions, Starbreeze layoffs, and tons more. It’s a massive batch of news and it all leads up to a massive pack of reviews as well including SOPA, a game about a stolen potato. My cat’s name is Potato. She’s the one on the YouTube image. Potato rocks. 0:00 – Intro/Nathan Ide Chat 1:16:50 – News 1:38:03 – Dying Light: The Beast – Techland (Aki) 1:50:35 – SOPA: Tale of the Stolen Potato – StudioBando (Bri) 1:57:44 – Arcade Archives 2 GEE BEE – HAMSTER Co. (Jacob) 2:03:07 – Castle of Heart: Retold – 7Levels (Bri) 2:11:00 – MOUTHOLE – Anything Nose Productions, Sometimes You (Jacob & Bri) 2:18:07 – Finding Paradise – Freebird Games, Serenity Forge (Bri) 2:22:41 – Detective Agency: Gray Tie – AVI Games, Ocean Media (Jacob & Bri) 2:28:25 – Animal Kingdom 3 – Seven Sails, Ocean Media (Bri & Jacob) 2:34:19 – Lorn’s Lure – Rubeki Games, Feardemic (Horror) 2:46:40 – Stay Still – Galactic Crows, Dolores Entertainment (Bri) 2:55:03 – Extremely Powerful Capybaras – Studio Bravarda, PM Studios (Jacob) 3:00:11 – Pirate Trails: Tentacles and Treasures – AFIL Games (Aki) 3:01:25 – Cats and Seek: Kyoto – Noobzilla, Silesia Games (Bri) 3:03:46 – PREVIEW: Beneath – Camel 101, Wired Productions (Aki) 3:10:10 – KIDZ KORNER: The Grinch Christmas Adventures: Merry & Mischievous Edition – Casual Brothers, Outright Games (Jacob) The show ends with a track from Metal Hellsinger to honor the studio after their unfortunate closure. It’s heavy, but it’s clean. Rock out, kids. You’re never too young to listen to metal. I mean come on, Disney got Marilyn Manson to do a Nightmare Before Christmas song. Remember that? Anyway, RIP to The Outsiders. 3:18:09 – Two Feathers & Serj Tankian – No Tomorrow (Metal Hellsinger) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv6f86zYXPg

It’s a basic pack of reviews with Jacob making a visit on a Tuesday recording for a special Kidz Korner! The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan, Andy Sperry, Chris Taylor, and Aki on hand to chat about what we’ve been up to lately. Chris has been streaming Dragon Quest games so we chat about the upcoming Dragon Quest remakes and remasters. Andy is chatting about how much Clover Pit he’s been playing, which is a mix of rogue-lite gameplay and slot machines with a touch of insanity. Meanwhile, Pernell just won himself a Mario Kart 8 tournament and got himself a gift card, so it’s been a good week for everybody. Except Aki because Jacob visit during reviews. 0:00 – Intro/Banter 15:08 – Atomfall: The Red Strain DLC – Rebellion (Aki) 28:21 – Aethermancer – moi rai games, offbrand games (Pernell) 39:11 – Earthion – Ancient Corporation, Bitwave Games, Limited Run Games (Andy & Chris) 46:27 – Candy Rangers – Mechano, JanduSoft (Pernell) 51:31 – Hula Hula Wee – AFIL Games (Aki) 59:13 – KIDZ KORNER: Nicktoons & The Dice of Destiny – Petit Fabrik, Fair Play Labs, GameMill Entertainment (Jacob & Pernell) The show ends with some Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles goodness straight out of your local early ’90s Pizza Hut. And no, I don’t remember where I got the files. 1:28:12 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Pizza Power (Coming Out of Their Shells) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-bE9tXBue4

Oh we’ve got a fun one this week as we’ve got Garth Noyce of Triple Eh? joining the show to chat Lumo 2, and a LOT more. The show kicks off with Bri Galgano and Aki on hand as we welcome Gareth Noyce from Triple Eh? back to the show for his second visit. First visit was for Lumo 1 back on Episode 199. And we’re all still doing this. We chat about the game’s history, changes compared to the first title, discussions about sales between platforms, and those ducks. Hot damn do we talk about those friggin ducks… Jacob Garner shows up somewhere in there. After a while, we shift the talk to news of the week including the horrible news that EA sold out to Kooshner and The Saudis that was somehow eclipsed by Microsoft’s WORSE news of upping the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate by 50% from $19.99 to a whopping $29.99 a MONTH. We discuss the move, the “additions” to the tier including Fortnite crew junk none of us actually want, and our fears about Microsoft and the Xbox brand in general. Did we mention Gareth was a long time Xbox employee? He has opinions! Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs is getting delisted in November, Rock Band 4 is getting delisted like tomorrow, and four Puzzle Quest games are already delisted. But hey! A new Pinball FX table got announced! Ball Squad! Plus reviews! 0:00 – Intro/Lumo 2 Chat 1:10:29 – News 1:55:07 – Silent Hill f – NeoBards Entertainment, KONAMI (Aki) 2:11:50 – LEGO Party – SMG Studio, Fictions (Bri/Jacob/Aki) 2:27:16 – Alien: Rogue Incursion Evolved Edition – Survios (Aki) 2:38:07 – Arctic Awakening – GoldFire Studios (Jacob & Aki) 2:43:41 – Tiny Lands: Deluxe Edition – Hyper Three Studio, Hidden Trap (Bri/Jacob/Aki) 2:49:46 – Galacticon – Radin Games, Flynn’s Arcade (Jacob) 2:53:27 – XIII A final Game of Tarot – Indigo Dreams, Bad Minions, Little Giant (Bri) 2:57:35 – Cloud to Gold – AFIL Games (Aki & Jacob) 3:03:40 – Slide Viking – AFIL Games (Aki & Jacob) 3:07:39 – KIDZ KORNER: Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer – Headless Chicken Games, GameMill Entertainment (Jacob) 3:14:23 – KIDZ KORNER: NBA Bounce – Unfinished Pixel, Outright Games (Jacob) The show ends with the song Bounce by System of a D….wait. We can’t? The kids stuff? Yeah. That makes sense… The show ends with a fun NBA Jam tune from our friends Kunal Majmudar, Mustin, and Steve Lella! 3:21:47 – Kunal Majmudar – From Downtown (feat. Mustin & Steve Lella) (NBA Jam) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm_VnzQ2srk

We’ve got a whole bunch of people around on this episode to tackle a ton of reviews, so let’s get going! The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan, Andy Sperry, Chris Taylor, Bri Galgano, and Horror Acolyte all on hand to chat about cats a little bit and then the awful new owners for Electronic Arts a little bit and then we’re all wondering where the hell Aki is because she’s usually the first one in and we have reviews to do and she’s still not here so we chat about how things are going an Dave K shows up and we chat and then Bri has to leave soon so I guess we just have to start reviews even though Aki was supposed to be a part of the first one. She’s not. She shows up later. Yay! 0:00 – Intro/Banter 24:36 – HOTEL BARCELONA – White Owls, CULT Games (Bri, Pernell, HA) 49:09 – Concierge – KODINO, Digital Tribe (Dave K) 59:09 – Shujinkou – Rice Games (Aki & Pernell) 1:09:39 – Folly of the Wizards – Upfox Labs, Numskull Games (Horror) 1:22:41 – Assassin’s Creed Shadows: Claws of Awaji DLC – UBISOFT (Aki) 1:32:18 – Alphadia III – EXE-CREATE, KEMCO (Chris) 1:46:00 – Super Farming Boy – LemonChili Soft, Renxo Europe Limited (Andy & Pernell) 2:04:53 – Twinkleby – Might and Delight (Aki) 2:11:11 – Jamboy, a Jelly-cious Hero – Nakama Game Studio (Andy) 2:18:34 – Beacon Patrol – BrutalHack, Shapes and Dreams, Assemble Entertainment (Pernell) 2:26:02 – PREVIEW: Kindling – Talonbyte Games (Andy) The show ends with some Earthworm Jim tunes from our friends The OneUps! 2:37:37 – The OneUps – Andy Asteroids (Earthworm Jim) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5wCypsOgqA

Tokyo Game Show week means we have way too much to talk about and nowhere near enough time for it. So let’s do it! The show kicks off with Jacob Garner, Bri Galgano, and Aki on hand to hang out listen to me talk about my KFC Bowl and my delicious Mtn Dew Sweet Lightning. Oh and games! Sony State of Play happened with Saros, Chronoscript, NIOH 3, and WOLVERINE which looks absolutely insane. Xbox had a TGS showcase with a new GunGrave, Romancing SaGa 2 on Xbox, and a Forza Horizon 6 LOGO!! Plus a potential EA sale, ROG Ally X and more Xbox pricing, Doug Bowser leaving Nintendo, Avatar getting new DLC, Yakuza releases, and Scared Stiff coming to Pinball FX for some Ball Squad fun! All that plus reviews including Bri’s take on Borderlands 4, graciously provided to us by the folks at Xbox. And yes, I’m VERY jealous Bri got it… 0:00 – Intro/News 1:19:42 – Borderlands 4 – Gearbox Software, 2K (Bri) 1:40:19 – Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian – KOEI TECMO (Aki) 1:51:26 – Arcade Archives 2 STEEL WORKER – HAMSTER (Jacob) 1:56:30 – DeTechtive 2112 – M11 Studio, 5Deniz (Bri) 2:01:43 – PREVIEW: My Wife is a Spy?! – Transparent Games, Error 300 (Aki) 2:10:11 – Grief like a stray dog – Rayonist, Sometimes You (Jacob) 2:16:31 – Harmony Chronicles: Cat Out of the Bag – JetDogs Studios, Ocean Media (Jacob/Bri/Aki) 2:26:33 – Tennis Pro Tournaments – InLogic Software, Ocean Media (Jacob/Bri) 2:33:13 – Green Soldiers Heroes: Extreme Bikers – DERIK D.F (Jacob/Bri) 2:40:34 – Carrot’s Crusade: Mimika’s Reckoning – Synnergy Circle Games (Bri) 2:44:09 – Bunny Pit Stop – AFIL Games (Aki/Bri/Jacob) 2:46:12 – Bunny Pit Stop Attempt 2 – AFIL Games (Aki/Bri/Jacob) 2:51:33 – KIDZ KORNER: DreamWorks Gabby’s Dollhouse: Ready to Party – Infinigon Games, Outright Games (Jacob) The show ends with a track from the game Hollow Night from our buddies in The Tiberian Sons! 3:03:01 – The Tiberian Sons – This is Halloween (Hollow Knight) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRqaz1ftNfw