Critical Error

This week on Critical Error, we put gaming's greatest (and stupidest) names on trial. -- 00:00 Don't Judge a Game by Its Title 00:31 William Shakespeare Is a Hack 04:06 Donkey Kong Bananarama 08:35 Lizard's Religion 12:57 Disney's Bug-Man 2 15:32 Extremely Violent Siblings 19:13 Space Lady: Anxiety 22:26 The Universe Stops at Your House 26:03 Symbolism: Fantasy Again 30:39 Nietzsche: Washing Machine 34:12 Space Wizards: Unfortunate Situation 38:12 Pocket Monsters: Big Sky Objects 41:57 Pokémon: Alphabet Backwards 44:50 Blood-Related Adjectives 47:15 Dang It Grandpa: Gun Fun 49:28 Azure Aristocrat 52:50 Disney's 179 Days Per Person 58:46 Critical Error Nation and Patreon 01:02:11 Microfiction 01:04:17 Closing Discussion -- Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/c/criticalerror/membership Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 -- Follow Jake on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jakenoseit Subscribe to Peter on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCoitk5TUppjIS1huKsraU_Q -- Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" -- Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

How long do you have to play a game before you’re allowed to have an opinion about it? We talk Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave, 100-hour games, the dreaded “it gets good after 40 hours,” and why gaming culture mistakes endurance for acuity. -- 0:00 Cold Open 2:11 How do gamers relate to time? 1:00:12 PATREON THANK YOU 1:04:05 Jake's Written Piece -- Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/c/criticalerror/membership Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 -- Follow Jake on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jakenoseit Subscribe to Peter on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCoitk5TUppjIS1huKsraU_Q -- Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" -- Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

Videogame reviews have become overview trailers combined with thumbs-up-or-down referendums on personal taste. We talk about what happened to interpretation, and whether criticism has taught us to stop reading games deeply. -- 0:00 Cold Open 0:30 Did Reviews Make Us Dumb? 57:33 PATREON THANK YOU 1:00:05 Jake's Written Piece -- Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/c/criticalerror/membership Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 -- Follow Jake on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jakenoseit Subscribe to Peter on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCoitk5TUppjIS1huKsraU_Q  -- Write To Us ▸ [email protected]  | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" -- Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

Have you ever seen so many 8 out of 10 scores in your life? -- 0:00 Cold Open 1:20 Why so many 8s?! 52:39 PATREON THANK YOU 55:58 Peter's Written Piece -- Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" -- Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

We spend months getting hyped about video games, but then only a week really talking about them? That can't be right. PATREON Bonus episodes every week: https://www.patreon.com/c/criticalerror/membership LISTEN & FOLLOW Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/ FOLLOW JAKE YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JakeSteinberg Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jakenoseit FOLLOW PETER YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@peterspittech WRITE TO US [email protected] Subject: “Hey Jake and Peter” Critical Error is hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek.