The SML Podcast

Download Episode 968 – News of the week and a big batch of reviews are on the schedule today, so let’s get started!The show kicks off with Jacob Garner, Bri Galgano, and Aki all on hand to chat about our weeks and the news that it contained. Elden Ring expansion sales, the PlayStation Plus monthly game lineup for July, the impending delisting of Forza Horizon 4, Atari news, release dates, announcements, and more! Plus a herd of reviews!0:00 - Intro/News38:24 - The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road - Zenimax Online Studios, Bethesda Softworks (Bri)49:34 - Echo Generation: Midnight Edition - Cococucumber (Aki)57:58 - Local News with Cliff Rockslide - Horsefly Games, Dolores Entertainment (Bri)1:04:42 - Times & Galaxy - Copychaser Games, Fellow Traveller (Jacob)1:11:53 - Last Night of Winter - Zeon Digital, Red Art Games (Bri)1:19:00 - Tavern Talk - Gentle Troll Entertainment (Aki)1:25:51 - Primal Survivors - Old School Vibes, Afil Games (Jacob)1:33:43 - Garten of Banban 1-4 - Euphoric Brothers, Feardemic (Aki)1:43:58 - Glyphs of Gitzan - Double Mizzlee, eastasiasoft (Jacob)The show ends with a track from The Megas! Gotta go quick!1:48:54 - The Megas - The Quick and the Blue (Mega Man II)https://www.zenimaxonline.com/https://bethesda.net/https://cococucumber.co/https://horsefly.games/https://doloresentertainment.com/https://www.copychaser.com/https://www.fellowtraveller.games/https://x.com/DigitalZeonhttps://www.redartgames.com/https://taverntalkgame.com/https://gentletroll.com/https://www.oldschoolvibesgames.com/https://afilgames.com/https://www.euphoricbrothers.com/https://www.feardemic-games.com/https://doublemizzlee.com/https://eastasiasoft.com/https://themegas.bandcamp.com/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://twitter.com/theSMLpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://store.streamelements.com/thesmlpodcastALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW

Download Episode 967 – It’s a PartyCast with tons to talk about, so let’s get the show going!The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, and Brooke Poole on hand to chat about our past weeks. I chat the most because I wanted to share my tales of going to see our friend Ryan Niemiller perform live in Hanover, PA! There’s also a lesson to be learned that if you’re paying money to go see a stand up perform, let them do their damn act and keep your mouth shut. Nobody paid to hear your stupid quips, we paid for Ryan. Stay home next time, you drunk moron. Plus reviews including an email from Andy Sperry!0:00 - Intro/Chatter21:10 - Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance - ATLUS, SEGA (Pernell)43:20 - Shinobi: The Warlord - LGS Productions (Chris)55:05 - JustAxe - Supergalactic Gamedev, Targem Games (Pernell)1:03:36 - Draconic Resurgence - Maria, Phoenix Reborn Games (Andy)1:11:43 - The Ouroboros King - Oriol Cosp Games, Dolores Entertainment (Chris)1:22:36 - Rider’s Spirits - Shinyuden, Ratalaika Games (Pernell)The show ends with some Super Mario Kart goodness from The OneUps!1:33:09 - The OneUps - Donut Plains (Super Mario Kart)https://www.cripplethreat.com/https://atlus.com/https://www.sega.com/https://www.lgsgamesproductions.com/https://supergalacticgamedev.org/https://targem.com/https://phoenixreborn.games/https://oriolcosp.com/https://doloresentertainment.com/https://www.shinyuden.com/https://www.ratalaikagames.com/https://theoneups.com/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://twitter.com/theSMLpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://store.streamelements.com/thesmlpodcastALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW

Download Episode 966 – It’s a new Nintendo Direct and the theme of the episode is games skipping Xbox, so let’s chat!The show kicks Bri Galgano, Jacob Garner, and Aki on hand to welcome Andy Sperry to a Thursday recording as we chat all about the latest Nintendo Direct including all the reveals with The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, and everything in between, including games like the new Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection, a new SaGa game, and plenty of indies all skipping Xbox. Yay! We also discuss Xbox Game Pass additions and departures, some studio closures, and tons more. Plus reviews!0:00 - Intro/News47:45 - Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked - Limited Run Games, KONAMI (Andy)55:40 - The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road - Zenimax Online Studios, Bethesda Softworks (Bri)1:00:58 - Sunrise GP - Garage 5, GameDust (Jacob)1:07:37 - Crime Boss: Rockay City - Ingame Studios, 505 Games (Aki)1:19:58 - Willy’s Wonderland - Mito Games, QUByte Interactive (Jacob)1:24:46 - Froggy Bouncing Adventures - 9Ratones, Ratalaika Games (Jacob)1:28:28 - SML After Dark: Lust Theory Season 2 - Inceton Games (Aki)The show ends with a tribute to Nobuo Uematsu by Jan Van Valburg off of the Project Majestic Mix album!1:39:49 - Jan Van Valburg - Man with the Machine Gun (Final Fantasy VIII)https://limitedrungames.com/https://www.konami.com/https://www.zenimaxonline.com/https://bethesda.net/https://gamedust.co/https://ingamestudios.com/https://505games.com/https://www.mitogames.com.br/https://www.qubyteinteractive.com/https://9ratones.com/https://www.ratalaikagames.com/https://twitter.com/incetonhttps://vgmdb.net/artist/1429https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://twitter.com/theSMLpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://store.streamelements.com/thesmlpodcastALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW

Download Episode 965 – It’s showcase season, and we’re talking Summer Game Fest, the Xbox Summer Showcase, and tons more!The show kicks off with Bri Galgano, Jacob Garner, and Aki on hand to chat all about the recent summer video game showcases. We cover all the details of Summer Game Fest, Day of the Devs, Devolver Digital’s Showcase, the Xbox Summer Showcase, and tons more! From game reveals to release dates, and the lack thereof, we spend a whole bunch of time discussing all of the news! Plus a massive load of reviews!0:00 - Intro/News1:36:45 - Hidden Cats in Paris - Nukearts Studio, Silesia Games (Bri)1:39:52 - Roxy Raccoon’s Pinball Panic - Sinomod Studios, eastasiasoft (Bri)1:46:20 - Magical Drop VI - Highball Games, Storm Trident, Forever Entertainment, TA Publishing (Jacob)1:53:21 - Chornobyl Liquidators - Live Motion Games, Frozen Way (Aki)1:59:41 - The Hong Kong Massacre - Vreski, Untold Tales (Jacob)2:04:40 - Creepy Tale: Some Other Place - Creepy Brothers (Aki)2:07:17 - POMBERO: The Lord of the Night - Inside Studios, Waraní Studios (Jacob)2:12:39 - Orgynizer - LizardFactory (Aki)2:22:22 - Construction Simulator: Stadium Expansion - weltenbauer Software, astragon Entertainment (Jacob)The show ends with some EarthBound goodness off of the Bound Together project by2:27:45 - Shael Riley - ROM Schtick (EarthBound)https://nukearts.com.br/https://silesiagames.com/https://x.com/RoxyRaccoon4https://eastasiasoft.com/http://www.highball.games/https://storm-trident.com/https://forever-entertainment.com/https://www.tapublishing.com/https://livemotiongames.com/https://frozenway.games/https://vreski.se/https://untoldtales.games/https://creepybrothers.com/https://linktr.ee/waranistudioshttps://store.steampowered.com/developer/lizardfactoryhttps://www.weltenbauer-se.com/https://www.astragon.com/https://shaelriley.bandcamp.com/https://joecam.net/boundtogetherhttps://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://twitter.com/theSMLpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://store.streamelements.com/thesmlpodcastALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW

Download Episode 964 – We’ve got ourselves a PartyCast with a small handful of reviews, so let’s get this party started!The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, Brooke Poole, and Andy Sperry all on hand to chat about our weeks, but the highlight discussion this episode is the fact that Brooke had a panel all ready for her Anime Expo and at the last minute found out another panel had the same name, so she scrapped everything and got a new panel started in like an hour. If you can organize something like that super quick, chances are the panel will go well! Plus reviews!0:00 - Intro/Banter24:43 - Dark Envoy: Director’s Cut - Event Horizon (Pernell)34:31 - Nine Sols - RedCandleGames (Andy)45:00 - Dragon is Dead - TeamSuneat, PM Studios (Pernell)55:40 - Fireside - Emergo Entertainment, Nordcurrent Labs (Brooke)1:11:57 - Astrune Academy - EXE-CREATE, KEMCO (Chris)The show ends with a track from the legendary Bound Together remix project by Jason “Prophecy” Covenant!1:26:00 - Prophecy - Sweet Dream Lullaby (EarthBound)https://evehor.com/https://redcandlegames.com/https://x.com/suneatteamhttps://www.pm-studios.com/https://emergo-entertainment.com/https://nordcurrent.com/https://www.exe-create.co.jp/https://www.kemco-games.com/https://ocremix.org/artist/4650/jason-covenanthttps://joecam.net/boundtogetherhttps://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://twitter.com/theSMLpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://store.streamelements.com/thesmlpodcastALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW

Download Episode 963 – No Jacob on the main portion of this episode, so it’s LADIES NIGHT! Let’s party! WOO!!!The show kicks off with Bri Galgano and Aki on hand to chat about the fact that Jacob isn’t on the show this week. I mean, he shows up for reviews later, but he’s not on the main show portion, so yay! We chat about the latest Xbox Game Pass additions and departures, more industry layoffs, Wolcen ending support for the game, Kena: Bridge of Spirits finally coming to Xbox, PSVR2 getting a PC adapter, and tons more. Plus reviews featuring Jacob dropping by at the end!0:00 - Intro/News36:34 - HUMANITY - tha ltd, Enhance (Bri)42:51 - Astor: Blade of the Monolith - C2 Game Studios, Versus Evil, tinyBuild (Aki)53:07 - Skeler Boy - Maniac Boy Studio, Ratalaika Games (Bri)56:42 - Lords of the Fallen - HEXWORKS, CI Games (Aki)1:04:37 - Project 13 - DRYBREAD, Dolores Entertainment (Bri)1:17:44 - BIT.TRIP RERUNNER - Choice Provisions (Jacob)1:24:35 - Pool Party - Lakeview Games, Mindscape (Jacob)1:29:54 - GRAPPIN - POLYLABO (Jacob)The show ends with some Shantae music from Kris Huber featuring Stemage!1:35:49 - KROTH - Shantae & the Bandit Town (feat. Stemage) (Shantae)https://tha.jp/https://enhance-experience.com/https://www.c2gamestudio.com/https://versusevil.com/https://www.tinybuild.com/https://twitter.com/maniacboystudiohttps://www.ratalaikagames.com/https://www.hexworks.com/https://cigames.com/en/https://twitter.com/DRYBREAD_gameshttp://doloresentertainment.com/https://choiceprovisions.com/https://lakeviewgames.com/https://www.mindscape.com/https://polylabo.co/https://krothmusic.bandcamp.com/https://www.stemagemusic.com/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://twitter.com/theSMLpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://store.streamelements.com/thesmlpodcastALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW

Download Episode 962 – It’s a gathering of friends coming to support Pernell through some rough times, so let’s start the show.The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, Brooke Poole, and Andy Sperry all on hand to chat. Pernell gets the first words to say how he’s holding up after the passing of his mother before we all try to take his mind off of real life for just a little bit by talking about video games, disgusting foods, and the fact that Brooke won her Cake Competition that she entered! All that plus some reviews including a City Connection tribute from Pernell to his mom.30:24 - PREVIEW: 33 Immortals - Thunder Lotus (Andy)44:58 - Venture to the Vile - Studio Cut to Bits, Aniplex Inc. (Pernell)51:58 - Kittey 64 - origamihero games (Chris)1:01:01 - City CONNECTION - JALECO, Hamster (Pernell)The show ends with a Blaster Master track from OCRemix by Prozax at Pernell’s request, so enjoy!1:10:39 - Prozax - Rocket (Blaster Master)http://33immortals.com/https://thunderlotusgames.com/https://venturetothevile.com/https://www.cuttobits.com/https://www.aniplex.co.jp/https://www.origamihero.com/https://twitter.com/origamiherohttp://www.hamster.co.jp/https://ocremix.org/https://ocremix.org/artist/4429/prozaxhttps://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://twitter.com/theSMLpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://store.streamelements.com/thesmlpodcastALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW

Download Episode 961 – It’s news, reviews, and a whole lotta potty humor coming up on SML, so buckle in!The show kicks off with Jacob Garner, Bri Galgano, and Aki on hand to welcome Dave K back to the show to chat about toilets and doo-doo and other acts of filth and perversion. Like Sony’s State of Play event! We cover it top to bottom from Dynasty Warriors to Concord to Astro Bot. We also have tons of PS Plus Game Catalog news, Call of Duty confirmed for Game Pass, Dragon Quest III news, Rainbow 6 Siege pissing off players, and tons more. Plus reviews! Portions of this show produced in part thanks to Ubisoft.0:00 - Intro/News42:36 - Eternal Threads - Cosmonaut Studios, Secret Mode (Bri)57:05 - Echoes - Nova-box (Dave K)1:05:17 - The Rogue Prince of Persia - Evil Empire, Ubisoft (Aki)1:15:27 - HYPERCHARGE Unboxed - Digital Cybercherries Limited (Jacob)1:21:55 - The Mermaid of Zennor - ebi-hime, Penguin Pop Games (Aki)1:27:38 - Horizon Chase 2 - Aquiris Game Studio, Epic Games (Jacob)1:33:16 - SML AFTER DARK: Lust Theory Season 1 - Inceton Games (Aki)The show ends with some dirty, filthy music from Danimal Cannon about the music industry!1:46:49 - Danimal Cannon - The Music Industry Is Horrible And So Is This Song (Mega Man 9)https://www.cosmonautstudios.co.uk/https://wearesecretmode.com/https://www.nova-box.com/https://evilempirestudio.com/https://www.ubisoft.com/https://digitalcybercherries.com/https://twitter.com/ebihimeshttps://www.penguinpop.com/https://www.aquiris.com.br/ephttps://www.epicgames.com/https://twitter.com/incetonhttps://www.danimalcannon.com/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://twitter.com/theSMLpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://store.streamelements.com/thesmlpodcastALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW

Download Episode 960 – It’s a quick one because everybody is going through some stuff, so let’s just speedrun some games!The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, Brooke Poole, and Andy Sperry on hand to hang out and chat a little about how badly things are going for most of us. I’ve been pretty sick myself too. I don’t even wanna be typing this, but work’s gotta get done! And Brooke made an awesome cake that we talk about for an Idea Factory contest! All that plus a handful of reviews including some awesome RPGs!0:00 - Intro9:28 - Mullet Madjack - HAMMER95, Epopeia Games (Andy)16:31 - Cupid Parasite: Sweet and Spicy Darling - Idea Factory, Design Factory, Idea Factory International (Brooke)29:26 - Rotwood - Klei Enteratinment (Andy)40:28 - Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord - Digital Eclipse (Chris & Pernell)1:01:17 - Neptunia Game Maker R:Evolution - Idea Factory, Compile Heart, Idea Factory International (Pernell)1:14:16 - Goliath Depot - Vidvad Games, Flynn’s Arcade (Chris)The show ends with a quickie original from Viking Guitar!1:20:20 - Viking Guitar - Foreign Cell Proliferationhttps://www.hammer95.com/https://epopeiagames.com/https://www.ideaf.co.jp/https://ifi.games/https://www.klei.com/https://www.digitaleclipse.com/https://www.compileheart.com/https://vidvad.games/https://www.flynnsarcades.com/https://vikingguitar.bandcamp.com/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://twitter.com/theSMLpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://store.streamelements.com/thesmlpodcastALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW

Download Episode 959 – It’s a packed episode with news, reviews, and a Zen Studios pinball chat, so let’s get this show going!The show kicks off with Grant Henry on hand to welcome Ákos “GHZ” Szabó of Zen Studios to the show to chat all about Pinball FX as well as the new tables and mechanics that just hit the game! We cover the newly added XP system in the game, Ákos and his journey through the ranks of Zen Studios, the perils of licensing and what dream IPs we’d love to see, and tons more!After a quick break, it’s news of the week with Aki, Bri Galgano, and a late Jacob Garner (as usual). We cover the latest info on Square Enix sales and expectations, the next Call of Duty, Nintendo’s latest acquisition from Embracer, IGN purchasing the Gamer Network, Multiversus, Kingdom Hearts, and tons more. Not to mention the longest fued in gaming is finally over as Atari purchased Intellivision! Plus reviews featuring a Horror Acolyte email read by the voice of SML, George “norg” Nowik!0:00 - Intro/Ball Squad1:01:12 - Show/News1:29:57 - Paper Trail - Newfangled Games (Bri)1:36:38 - System Shock - Nightdive Studios, Prime Matter (Horror Acolyte)1:47:42 - Cat Pipes - Tribus Games, Afil Games (Bri)1:51:51 - Terra Memoria - La Moutarde, Dear Villagers (Aki)2:02:34 - Doug’s Nightmare - Undev Games, eastasiasoft (Jacob)2:07:54 - Cryptmaster - Paul Hart, Lee Williams, Akupara Games (AKi)2:19:16 - Kinduo 2: Frostbite - Nibb Games, Ratalaika Games (Jacob)2:22:53 - My Little Pony: A Zephyr Heights Mystery - Drakhar Studio, Outright Games (Jacob & Silas)The show ends with a track from surasshu & Stemage off of the Cryptmaster soundtrack!2:37:04 - surasshu & Stemage - Spell It Out (Cryptmaster)https://zenstudios.com/https://newfangled.games/https://www.nightdivestudios.com/https://primematter.gg/https://linktr.ee/tribusgameshttps://afilgames.com/https://www.lamoutarde.io/https://dearvillagers.com/https://linktr.ee/undevgameshttps://eastasiasoft.com/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1885110/https://www.akuparagames.com/https://twitter.com/NibbGameshttps://www.ratalaikagames.com/https://www.drakharstudio.com/https://outrightgames.com/https://surasshu.bandcamp.com/https://www.stemagemusic.com/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://twitter.com/theSMLpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://store.streamelements.com/thesmlpodcastALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW

Download Episode 958 – Grant Henry is back on the show and we’ve got some Pinball tables and dongles to discuss, so let’s go!The show kicks off with Jacob Garner and Aki on hand to welcome the always awesome Grant Henry to the show to chat all about dongles and dongle related topics. For like a minute. Then it’s video game news like the latest Game Pass additions and departures, PlayStation Plus Game Catalog additions and a ton of departures, PlayStation news, Assassin’s Creed news, Square Enix plans, and tons more! Plus reviews!0:00 - Intro/Dongles51:30 - Pinball FX DLC - Zen Studios (Grant)1:15:13 - Neptunia: Sisters vs. Sisters - Idea Factory, Compile Heart, Idea Factory International (Aki)1:24:24 - I Am Your President - Ultimate Games (Jacob)1:32:00 - Children of the Sun - René Rother, Devolver Digital (Aki)1:38:57 - Musashi vs. Cthulhu - Cyber Rhino Studios, QUByte Interactive (Jacob)The show ends with Grant’s song for Devolver Digital featuring The Arkadian! (or do the Marlins SOAR??)1:44:28 - Stemage - Play the Game (Devolver Digital Cinematic Universe) (feat. The Arkadian)https://zenstudios.com/https://www.ideaf.co.jp/https://www.compileheart.com/https://ifi.games/https://ultimate-games.com/https://www.childrenofthesungame.com/https://twitter.com/primaerfunktionhttps://www.devolverdigital.com/https://twitter.com/cyberrhinogameshttps://www.qubyteinteractive.com/https://www.stemagemusic.com/https://arkadianvgrb.bandcamp.com/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://twitter.com/theSMLpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://store.streamelements.com/thesmlpodcastALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW

Download Episode 957 – Hey look, Big Adam Chase is on the show. Let’s not waste time. It’s a short one. We can do this.The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, and Brooke Poole all on hand to welcome Big Adam Chase back to the show to chat about how our weeks have been! We chat about games a bit, then because Adam is on we end up chatting about MAGFest a bit, then also because Adam is on we talk about wrassling a little bit with our soundboard being brought into the discussion as well. All that plus a handful of reviews too!0:00 - Intro/Banter18:31 - MotoGP 24 - Milestone (Adam)31:37 - Ziggy - Afil Games (Brooke & Pernell)43:38 - Crow Country - SFB Games (Pernell)51:50 - Rainbow Cotton - Kritzelkratz 3000 & ININ Games (Chris)1:02:49 - PREVIEW: Fishbowl - imissmyfriends.studio (Brooke)We end the show with a track from posu yan from Animal Crossing!1:11:35 - posu yan - purdieoldays (Animal Crossing)https://milestone.it/https://afilgames.com/https://www.sfbgames.com/https://www.iningames.com/https://imissmyfriends.studio/http://posuyan.com/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://twitter.com/theSMLpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://store.streamelements.com/thesmlpodcastALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW

Download Episode 956 – We’ve got stand up comedian Ryan Niemiller back on the show, so let’s get our butts in gear!The show kicks off with Jacob Garner, Bri Galgano, and Aki on hand to welcome the one and only Ryan Niemiller back to the show to chat all about how things are going in Ryan’s life before we dive into the news of the week including the recent Xbox studio closures and the potential of more to come, Sony’s PC requirement issues and how the Helldivers community fought back, Nintendo Switch sales figures, release dates, The Joker coming to Multiversus, and tons more. Plus reviews!0:00 - Intro/News32:36 - 15in1 Solitaire - Inlogic Software, Silesia Games (Ryan)44:34 - Little Kitty, Big City - Double Dagger Studio (Bri)53:01 - Time Trap: Hidden Objects Remastered - Two Cakes Studio (Jacob & Bri)1:00:58 - Lords of the Fallen - Hexworks, CI Games (Aki)1:16:05 - Ereban: Shadow Legacy - Baby Robot Games (Aki)1:25:36 - Sclash - Bevel Bakery, Maximum Entertainment, JustForGames (Jacob)1:31:55 - Horrific Xanatorium - Pageratta, KEMCO (Aki)The show ends with some Paper Mario metal from The Tiberian Sons!1:38:18 - The Tiberian Sons - Event Battle & Unsettling Area (Paper Mario: The Origami King)https://www.cripplethreat.com/https://inlogic.sk/https://silesiagames.com/https://www.littlekittybigcity.com/https://www.doubledaggerstudio.com/https://twocakesstudio.com/https://www.hexworks.com/https://cigames.com/en/https://www.ereban.com/https://sclashthegame.com/https://maximument.com/https://pageratta555.web.fc2.com/https://www.kemco-games.com/https://thetiberiansons.bandcamp.com/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://twitter.com/theSMLpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://store.streamelements.com/thesmlpodcastALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW

Download Episode 955 – Let’s talk about canned pasta for a minute with some friends and review some games, sound good?The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, and Andy Sperry all on hand to chat about how our week’s have been, hard games that that we enjoy, Joe’s continual joy for Fortnite Festival, and the fact that Spaghetti O’s just aren’t the same as they used to be. They get so soupy and watery now. What’s up with that? Like, get the old recipe back and stop skimping on ingredients. I used to love that stuff… Oh Aki shows up too and we talk reviews!0:00 - Intro/Pasta15:27 - Hammerwatch II - Crackshell, Maximum Entertainment (Andy)28:53 - Let’s! Revolution! - BUCK (Pernell)36:48 - Class of Heroes 2G: Remaster Edition - Acquire, PQube (Chris & Pernell)58:18 - Front Mission 2: Remake - Storm Trident, Forever Entertainment (Aki & Pernell)1:15:40 - Timberdoku - Bacord Games, Leoful (Pernell)The show ends with some upbeat funkiness from Joshua Morse off of his Zelda Funk album from GameChops!1:23:15 - Joshua Morse - Dark World (A Link to the Past)https://www.crackshell.dk/https://maximument.com/https://www.letsrevolution.com/https://buck.co/https://www.acquire.co.jp/https://pqube.co.uk/https://storm-trident.com/https://forever-entertainment.com/https://bacord.ar/https://leoful.com/http://jmflava.com/https://gamechops.com/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://twitter.com/theSMLpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://store.streamelements.com/thesmlpodcastALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW

Download Episode 954 – It’s news and a whole pack of reviews with a few friends on hand, so let’s get the show on the road!The show kicks off with Jacob Garner, Bri Galgano, Grant Henry, Glenn Case, and Aki all on hand to chat about a whole bunch of news from the past week including the IGN x ID@Xbox Showcase that revealed tons of games coming to Xbox and Xbox Game Pass! We also discuss the first batch of Xbox Game Pass titles for May, the PlayStation Plus games for May, tons of Pinball FX and Pinball M news from Zen Studios, and some awful Take Two closure news. Plus reviews featuring an email from Horror Acolyte!0:00 - Intro/News40:34 - Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 - Fair Play Labs, GameMill Entertainment (Jacob & Glenn)50:32 - House Flipper 2 - Empyrean, Frozen District (Bri)1:00:45 - The Fall of Elena Temple - GrimTalin (Bri)1:07:16 - PREVIEW: The Rogue Prince of Persia - Evil Empire, Ubisoft (Grant)1:13:57 - Dead Island 2 - Dambuster Studios, Deep Silver (Aki)1:28:10 - Tales of Kenzera: ZAU - Surgent Studios, Electronic Arts (Grant & Jacob)1:38:06 - Metro Simulator 2 - KishMish Games, 100 Games, Ultimate Games (Jacob)1:44:46 - Adore - Cadabra Games, QUByte Interactive (Aki)1:56:46 - Tales From Candleforth - Under the Bed Games, Feardemic (Horror Acolyte)2:03:11 - SML AFTER DARK: Jury Episode 2: The Trial of Brooke Lafferty - Nickle3DArt, Eros Interactive (Aki)The show ends with some Mega Man music from Danimal Cannon off of the Brave Wave Productions release Giants!2:14:57 - Danimal Cannon - Needle Man (Mega Man 3)https://fairplaylabs.com/https://gamemill.com/https://empyrean.games/https://frozendistrict.com/https://www.grimtalin.com/https://evilempirestudio.com/https://www.ubisoft.com/https://www.dsdambuster.com/https://www.deepsilver.com/https://www.surgentstudios.com/https://www.ea.com/https://en.kishmish-games.com/https://ultimate-games.com/https://www.cadabragames.com/https://www.qubyteinteractive.com/site/https://underthebedgames.com/https://www.feardemic-games.com/https://www.jury-avn.com/https://danimalcannon.bandcamp.com/https://bravewave.bandcamp.com/album/giantshttps://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://twitter.com/theSMLpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://store.streamelements.com/thesmlpodcastALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW

Download Episode 953 – It’s a week after VGM Con and we’ve got a whole panel of folks on hand ready to chat about the weekend!The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan and Chris Taylor on hand to welcome Vaughn Rowles & Chris “Flik” Serani from VGM Con to the show as well as VGM Con performer Grant “Stemage” Henry and VGM Con attendee and previous SML guest Scott Welles of Peribang Records and Moiré Effect! We spend a full hour discussing our weekends at VGM Con including the highs (seeing friends, rocking out) and the lows (temps & train rides) and everything in between! It was a fun, refreshing weekend that I’m excited to experience again! Plus Brooke Poole joins in after a quick break for a quick chat and we dive into reviews featuring a segment with Jacob Garner and his kids!0:00 - Intro/VGM Con Wrap Up1:04:56 - Class of Heroes: Anniversary Edition - Acquire, PQube (Chris)1:17:30 - Tell Me Your Story - RedDeerGames (Brooke)1:29:25 - RichMan 11 - Softstar Entertainment, eastasiasoft (Pernell)1:39:17 - El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron HD Remaster - crim, Rainy Frog (Chris)1:50:48 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants - Cradle Games, GameMill Entertainment (Jacob)2:03:09 - Outright Games Wrap Up - Outright Games (Jacob)The show ends with some Gimmick music from Super Strikers off of the Brave Wave Productions release Giants!2:22:29 - Super Strikers - Ultimate Medley (Gimmick!)https://vgmcon.org/https://www.acquire.co.jp/https://pqube.co.uk/https://www.reddeergames.com/https://www.softstar.com.tw/https://eastasiasoft.com/https://elshaddai.jp/https://rainyfrog.com/https://www.cradlegames.com/https://gamemill.com/https://outrightgames.com/https://bravewave.bandcamp.com/album/giantshttps://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://twitter.com/theSMLpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://store.streamelements.com/thesmlpodcastALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW

Download Episode 952 – We are back from our VGM Con break and it’s time for some news and reviews, so let’s get going!The show kicks off with Bri Galgano, Jacob Garner, and Aki all on hand to chat about our past week. A chunk of time is spent with me whining about sitting on trains for way too long, but we eventually dive into the news with the Embracer breakup details, Xbox Game Pass additions and departures, a whole mess of titles leaving PS Plus next month, the return of Infogrames, game cancellations and layoffs, and tons more. Plus reviews!0:00 - Intro/News29:40 - Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes - Rabbit & Bear Studios, 505 Games (Bri)47:24 - Hidden Cats in New York - Nukearts Studio, Silesia Games (Bri & Jacob)55:18 - No Rest for the Wicked - Moon Studios, Private Division (Aki)1:10:34 - The World After - Burning Sunset, PixelHeart (Jacob)1:16:00 - PREVIEW: Pneumata - Deadbolt Interactive, Perp Games (Aki)1:22:06 - Zombies, Aliens, and Guns - 9Ratones, Ratalaika Games (Jacob)1:26:13 - SML AFTER DARK: Genesis Order - NLT Media (Aki)The show ends with some Gimmick music from Super Strikers off of the Brave Wave Productions release Giants!1:36:50 - Super Strikers - Ultimate Medley (Gimmick!)https://rabbitandbearstudios.com/https://505games.com/https://nukearts.com.br/https://silesiagames.com/https://www.microsoft.com/store/p/hidden-cats-in-new-york/9nch8k8bfh7whttps://norestforthewicked.com/https://www.privatedivision.com/https://burning-sunset.com/https://www.pixelheart.eu/https://www.deadboltinteractive.com/https://perpgames.com/https://9ratones.com/https://www.ratalaikagames.com/https://twitter.com/NLT15https://bravewave.bandcamp.com/album/giantshttps://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://twitter.com/theSMLpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://store.streamelements.com/thesmlpodcastALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW

Download Episode 951 – It’s the last PartyCast before the VGM Con break and a Beat Slayer interview to boot, so let’s get some stuff done!The show kicks off with Aki on hand to welcome Benjamin “Benni” Reichel of ByteRockers’ Games to the show to chat all about the newly released Steam game Beat Slayer! We chat about the origins of the game, the story and characters you’ll get to interact with, the awesome PR team at the studio, the soundtrack, and tons more. A rad conversation about a super cool rhythm action brawler!After a quick break, it’s PartyCast time with Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, Brooke Poole, Bri Galgano, and Aki all on hand to chat about a few things. Not too much because there’s a lot of games to talk about and I need to keep things moving along this episode. No lie, once the episode finishes recording I have about 3 hours to get the episode fully edited and released so I can sleep before my VGM Con train trip. Yay last minute crap! Plus reviews including an email from Horror Acolyte!0:00 - Intro/Beat Slayer Chat37:57 - Audio Creatures - New Grounds (Beat Slayer)57:45 - Rose & Camellia Collection - NIGORO, WayForward (Brooke)1:14:46 - Doctor Cat - Headway Games, Afil Games (Bri)1:19:58 - Anomaly Collapse - RocketPunch Games, Spiral Up Games (Pernell)1:29:57 - Glorious Savior - EXE-CREATE, KECMO (Chris)1:44:18 - Bunhouse - Reky Studios, Digerati (Brooke)1:50:19 - Tetra Tactics - Free Range Robots (Pernell)2:03:44 - Ato - Tiny Warrior Games (Aki/Horror Acolyte)2:14:36 - Retro Mystery Club Vol. 2: The Beppu Case - Happymeal, Undercoders, Shinyuden (Chris)2:27:44 - Bit Dungeon Plus - Kinto Games, Dolores Entertainment (Pernell)The show features music from Audio Creatures off of the amazing Beat Slayer Soundtrack!2:38:04 - Audio Creatures - House Yards (Beat Slayer)https://www.byterockers.games/http://nigoro.jp/en/https://wayforward.com/https://afilgames.com/https://rocketpunchgames.com/https://www.spiralupgames.com/https://www.exe-create.co.jp/https://www.kemco-games.com/https://rekystudios.com/https://www.digerati.games/https://www.freerangerobots.com/https://tinywarriorgames.com/https://twitter.com/HappymealInchttps://www.undercoders.com/https://www.shinyuden.com/http://www.kintogames.com/http://doloresentertainment.com/https://audio-creatures.bandcamp.com/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://twitter.com/theSMLpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://store.streamelements.com/thesmlpodcastALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW

Download Episode 950 – We’ve got our good friend Grant Henry back on, so let’s get this show on the road.The show kicks off with Jacob Garner, Bri Galgano, and Aki on hand to welcome Grant “Stemage” Henry back to the show to hang out and chat. We open with some bad news about a ByteRockers’ Games interview and my computer before we tackle the news of the week including the Triple-i Initiative Showcase and tons of games being revealed, the latest PS Plus Game Catalog additions, an EA Play price increase, and tons more! Plus reviews!0:00 - Intro/News35:32 - Botany Manor - Balloon Studios, Whitethorn Games (Bri)44:46 - TRAIL OUT - Good Boys, Crytivo (Grant)56:30 - Loretta - Yakov Butuzov, DANGEN Entertainment (Aki)1:02:10 - Goons: Legends & Mayhem - RageCure Games, Firestoke (Jacob)1:08:46 - Please Leave Me Alone, I Need to Poop - CoproTech Enterprise Solutions (Aki)1:16:55 - PREVIEW: Aimlabs - State Space Labs (Jacob)1:25:13 - SML AFTER DARK: Unreal Lust Theory - Inceton Games (Aki)1:29:10 - SML AFTER DARK: LustyVerse: Passion on Display - Inceton Games (Aki)The show ends with some new music from Super Strikers covering Mega Man off the upcoming Brave Wave album GIANTS!1:34:38 - Super Strikers - Wily Stage 1 & Boss (Mega Man)https://www.byterockers.games/https://www.balloonstudios.com/https://whitethorngames.com/https://twitter.com/trailoutgamehttps://crytivo.com/https://twitter.com/yabutuzoffhttps://dangenentertainment.com/https://www.ragecure.games/https://firestoke.games/https://www.coproteches.com/https://aimlabs.com/https://twitter.com/incetonhttps://bravewave.net/super-strikershttps://bravewave.bandcamp.com/album/giantshttps://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://twitter.com/theSMLpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://store.streamelements.com/thesmlpodcastALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW

Download Episode 949 – Long time friend of the show Deb Chantson of Sticky Brain Studios joins this big ol PartyCast, so let’s get going!The show kicks off with a PartyCast lineup of Chris Taylor, Brooke Poole, Andy Sperry, and Aki on hand to welcome Deb Chantson of Sticky Brain Studios to the show to give us some first details on their game Rooster, planned for a January 2025 release! We chat about the development of the game, the various minigames, influences, how long Deb and I have been chatting, and tons more. Then Pernell shows up and asks if they’re going to license “Rooster” by Alice in Chains. I think they should. Plus a pack of reviews including a Horror Acolyte email!0:00 - Intro/Rooster Discussion45:42 - Tengoku Struggle: Strayside - Otomate, Idea Factory, Aksys Games (Brooke)54:51 - Inkbound - Shiny Shoe (Chris & Andy)1:13:53 - Freedom Planet 2 - GalaxyTrail, XSEED Games (Pernell)1:25:15 - Withering Rooms - Moonless Formless, Perp Games (Horror Acolyte)1:37:25 - Flightpath: Adventures in Venaris - Illogic Games, eastasiasoft (Chris)1:46:16 - Beat Slayer - ByteRockers’ Games, Paras Games (Pernell & Aki)The show ends with a track from Christian Pacaud from EarthBound since we played INKBound. My brain works in mysterious ways.2:01:21 - Christian Pacaud - Special Delivery (EarthBound)https://www.stickybrainstudios.com/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1834220/Rooster/https://www.otomate.jp/https://www.ideaf.co.jp/https://aksysgames.com/https://shinyshoe.com/https://www.galaxytrail.com/https://www.xseedgames.com/https://www.moonlessformless.com/https://perpgames.com/https://illogic.games/https://eastasiasoft.com/https://www.byterockers.games/https://paras.shengtian.com/https://www.youtube.com/@CPacaudhttps://joecam.net/boundtogether/https://ocremix.org/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://twitter.com/theSMLpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://store.streamelements.com/thesmlpodcastALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW