Every other Thursday, Cody, Nikki, and Matt give video games a second chance to make a first impression as they each take on an old video game they have never played before and let the others know how much they are terrible at them. This is in addition to going over the new releases and pitting two…
Description: This week we play historical video games! Yes! Matt travels to the Roman invasion of Britannia to throw a human head at a guy and scream a lot in Wulverblade! Cody is stuck in the Civil War, showing the superiority of house over cannon, in North and South! And Nikki is stuck in ancient Japan where afros were super big, I guess? In Way of the Samurai! Show Notes : Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Games Played Theme : Historical Games Matt : Wulverblade (PC) (Intro:00:20:00) (Gameplay: 00:24:12) Cody : North & South (NES) (Intro:00:37:26) (Gameplay: ) Nikki : Way of the Samurai (PS2) (Intro: 00:50:44) (Gameplay: 00:51:22)Running time: 01:07:40Part of the Ydoc Nameloc Interactive Network
Description: This week we play Browser Games! Amby gets tortured by Satan in hell but for some reason Satan is a chef with no legs in Papa Louie! Cody flops around on the floor and it's not even the Yearly Little Rock Flopathon in Jelly Mario! And Matt realizes that what Mario needs is a hovertank, a conclusion we should've come to long ago, in Super Mario Crossover! Show Notes : Hosts This Week Cody Amby Matt Upcoming Releases April 20, 2018: God of War (PS4) (00:18:53) April 24, 2018: South Park: The Fractured But Whole (NS) (00:19:51) April 25, 2018: Sinner: Sacrafice of Redemption (PS4/XONE/PC/MAC/NS) (00:20:33) May 4, 2018: Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (NS) (00:23:48) Games Played Theme : Browser Games Amber: Papa Louie Taco Mia & Papa Louie Bakeria (Intro: 00:26:49) (Gameplay: 00:28:38) Cody : Jelly Mario (Intro: 00:42:52) (Gameplay: 00:43:55) Matt : Super Mario Crossover (Intro: 00:51:43) (Gameplay: 00:53:53) Running time: 01:09:53Part of the Ydoc Nameloc Interactive Network
Description: This week on Cartridge Blowers we are all about anime! Matt breaks ya neck, come on, in Spider-Man I mean Attack on Titan 2! Sometimes SD stands for Super Deformed and sometimes it stands for Special Delivery! Well, here's a delivery for you: Cody plays Super Deformed Gundam Force! And Nikki delivers you a long and deep treatise on Naruto lore which is actually a soft pilot for a emotional and very serious Sasuke fanfiction podcast, in Naruto Shippuden: Naruto vs Sasuke! Show Notes : Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Upcoming Releases April 17, 2018: Wild Guns Reloaded (NS) (00:16:28) April 20, 2018: Nintendo Labo (NS) (00:17:37) Games Played Theme : Anime Games Matt : Attack on Titan 2 (PC) (Intro: 00:25:03) (Gameplay: 00:26:51) Cody : SD Gundam Force (GBA) (Intro: 00:39:57) (Gameplay: 00:41:02) Nikki : Naruto Shippuden: Naruto vs Sasuke! (NDS) (Intro: 00:51:05) (Gameplay: 00:51:30) Running time: 01:05:16Part of the Ydoc Nameloc Interactive Network
Description: This week we play games that we love. Nikki's lost her dream orbs and now she's gotta be a clownboy in Nights in to Dreams! It's a Mega Man world and Scrooge McDuck is just livin' in it when Matt plays Shovel Knight! And Cody throws himself through a blue hole and it's sadly not into the back of a whale like in my horrible dream... or in Portal 2! Show Notes : Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Upcoming Releases Nintendo Direct (00:25:17) Games Played Theme : Our Favorite Games Nikki : NiGHTS into Dreams (PC) (Intro: 00:30:25) (Gameplay:00:31:07) Matt : Shovel Knight (PC) (Intro: 00:41:06) (Gameplay: 00:42:45) Cody : Portal 2 (PC) (Intro: 00:54:24) (Gameplay: 00:56:46 ) Running time: 01:09:34Part of the Ydoc Nameloc Interactive Network
Description: This week we throw the reviews and upcomming games out the window and focus entirely of playing against each other (including special guest host Amby) in several multiplayer games. First we keep movin 'lest we die in the aptly named Move or Die! Next we try to stop each other from making it to the flag with cleverly placed stairs and black holes in Ultimate Chicken Horse. Then it's tanks, tanks, and more tanks in Shellshock Live! Finally we throw down in a seemingly never-ending smash bros. style battle royale in Stick Fight: The Game! Show Notes : Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Amber Games Played Theme : Multiplayer Week Move or Die (00:00:00) Ultimate Chicken Horse (00:14:22) Shellshock Live (00:35:12) Stick Fight: The Game (00:40:33) Running time: 53:36Part of the Ydoc Nameloc Interactive Network
Description: This week we take on Advergames! Matt drops the beats to drop some beasts in Skrillex Quest and then he weather a storm of bullets in Duty Calls! Cody gets to the headquarters of the red M&M in M&M Adventure, and then he ENTERS THE DORITO LOTUS in Dorito VR Battle! Show Notes : Hosts This Week Cody Matt Upcoming Releases February 16, 2018: Fe (PC/XONE/PS4/NS) (00:17:59) February 20, 2018: Metal Gear Survive (XONE/PS4) (00:19:50) Games Played Theme : Advergames Matt: Skrillex Quest (PC) (Intro: 00:22:16) (Gameplay: 00:25:11) Cody : M&M Adventure (NDS) (Intro: 00:38:09) (Gameplay: 00:39:10) Matt: Duty Calls (PC) (Intro: 00:45:08) (Gameplay: 00:47:31 Cody: Doritos VR Battle (PC) (intro: 00:53:22) (Gameplay: 00:55:32)Running time: 01:05:20Part of the Ydoc Nameloc Interactive Network
Description: This week we play SUPERHERO GAMES! Nikki reintroduces us to Lizzie and Dana and their incredible, riveting 12 issue arc in Maximum Carnage! Cody gives Wolverine a deep tissue massage, everyone's fondest wish, in Super Hero Squad! And Matt gets a YIN YANG BONUS, which is probably... good? In Batman Forever: The Arcade Game! Show Notes : Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Upcoming Releases February 6, 2018: Shadow of the Colossus Remake (PS4) (00:23:00) February 9, 2018: Dragon Quest Builders (NS) (00:23:48) February 13, 2018: Dynasty Warriors 9 (PC/PS4/XONE) (00:25:32) Games Played Theme : Superhero Games (Intro: 00:26:20) Nikki : Maximum Carnage (SNES) (Intro: 00:27:06) (Gameplay: 00:28:32) Cody : Super Hero Squad (PS2) (Intro: 00:35:31) (Gameplay: 00:36:40) Matt : Batman Forever the Arcade Game (Saturn) (Intro: 00:47:39) (Gameplay: 00:49:35)Running time: 01:02:16Part of the Ydoc Nameloc Interactive Network
Description: This week we judge games by their covers! Cody is Wink Ballfield, a man out of time and a man out of banjos, in Phalanx! Nikki punches down a brick wall but that's actually just a normal Friday Night for her, then she plays Brawl Brothers! And Matt has rippling muscles made only for octopi in The ULTIMATE Stuntman! Show Notes : Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Upcoming Releases January 26, 2018: Dragon Ball FighterZ (PC/XONE/PS4) (00:16:17) Games Played Theme : Games Based on Cover Art Cody : Phalanx (SNES) (Intro and Art review: 00:18:41) (Gameplay: 00:21:22) Nikki : Brawl Brothers (SNES) (Intro and Art review: 00:32:15) (Gameplay: 00:35:27) Matt : The Ultimate Stuntman (NES) (Intro and Art review: 00:45:45) (Gameplay: 00:50:28)Running time: 01:05:47Part of the Ydoc Nameloc Interactive Network
Description: Forsooth, the Cartridge Blowers are playing MEDIEVAL games! Squire Matthew's soul shall beat the most vicious of babies in Hollow Knight! Sir Cody's game is a slow crawl towards boredom in King Arthur's World! And Lady Nicole must take on the greatest challenge of all: early 90s PC games in Get Medieval! All this and the best games of the year 2017. Show Notes : Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Games Played Theme : Medieval Games Matt : HollowKnight (PC) (Intro: 00:36:51) (Gameplay: 00:37:29) Cody : King Arthur's World (SNES) (Intro: 00:50:20) (Gameplay: 00:51:27) Nikki : Get Medieval (PC) (Intro: 01:02:31) (Gameplay: 01:03:37) Running time: 01:15:26Part of the Ydoc Nameloc Interactive Network
Description: This week is Secret Santa week! Matt gives Nikki the chance to send cars into the ocean just like the good book tells you to in Polybridge! Nikki gives Cody a ticket straight to Green Hill Zone by way of Mirror's Edge in Refunct! And Cody helps Matt to come to terms with his love of good good puns and good good puzzles in Escape Goat! Show Notes : Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Upcoming Releases Deember 20, 2017: Bridge Constructor Portal (ANDROID/IOS/PC) (00:19:59) Games Played Theme : Not So Secret Steam Santa Nikki : Poly-Bridge (PC) (Intro: 00:23:21) (Gameplay: 00:23:53) Cody : ReFunct (PC) (Intro: 00:34:34) (Gameplay: 00:36:12) Matt : Escape Goat (PC) (Intro: 00:45:40) (Gameplay: 00:47:13) Running time: 01:00:52Part of the Ydoc Nameloc Interactive Network
Description: In today's episode of Cartridge Blowers, we play RACING GAMES! Cody avoids running into pancakes which is ludicrous because pancakes are delicious in Toy Box Turbos! And Matt gets sawed in half like a high speed magician in Distance. Show Notes : Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Upcoming Releases December 7, 2017: (00:29:40) Teslagrad (NS) December 8, 2017: (00:30:27) Hello Neighbor (XONE/PC) December 12, 2017 (00:31:35) Okami HD (PC/PS4/XONE) PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds(PC/XONE) Games Played Theme : Racing Games Cody : Toybox Turbos (PC) (Intro: 00:34:02) (Gameplay: 00:41:23) Matt : Distance (PC) (Intro: 00:52:39) (Gameplay: 00:53:50) Running time: 01:12:45Part of the Ydoc Nameloc Interactive Network
Description: This week, saddle up, pards! It's Wild West Week! Matt becomes the Super Ultra Sexy Hero in Rising Zan: The Samurai Gunman! Nikki gets buried with her money in Sunset Riders! And Cody gets blindsided by a surprising twist: a fun game! With Wild Guns! All this and Xenoblade Buttrock! It's rock! Show Notes : Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Upcoming Releases December 1, 2017 Soma (XONE/PS4/PC) Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (NS) Games Played Theme : Western Games Matt: Rising Zan: The Samurai Gunman (PSX) (Intro:00:27:00) (Gameplay: 00:31:22) Nikki : Sunset Riders (SNES) (Intro: 00:45:15) (Gameplay: 00:46:46) Cody : Wild Guns (SNES) (Intro: 00:53:44) (Gameplay: 00:55:20) Running time: 01:09:03Part of the Ydoc Nameloc Interactive Network
Description: YNIN has a Caveman Week! Nikki chucks rocks as Chuck Rock in Chuck Rock! Matt hits a person with a big hunk of meat and then plays a video game where, oddly enough, the same thing happens! In Caveman Warriors! And Cody gets dem bones, straight from the chipmunk bodies, in Prehistorik Man! Show Notes : Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Games Played Theme : Prehistoric Games Nikki: Chuck Rock (SNES) (Intro: 00:31:47) (Gameplay: 00:33:09) Matt: Caveman Warriors (PC) (Intro: 00:41:28) (Gameplay: 00:44:10) Cody: Prehistorik Man (SNES) (Intro: 00:59:30) (Gameplay: 01:00:31) Running time: 01:14:04Part of the Ydoc Nameloc Interactive Network
Description: This week we play HALLOWEEN GAMES! Matt refuses to buy anime despite the end of the world in Death Road to Canada! Nikki eats up green goop like it's greasy grimy gopher guts in Haunting Featuring Polterguy! And Cody sucks - but we knew that already - in Luigi's Mansion! Show Notes : Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Upcoming Releases October 27, 2017 Super Mario Odyssey (NS) (00:19:49) Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus (XONE/PC/PS4) (00:26:14) October 31, 2017 Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back (PS4/PC) (00:27:07) Games Played Theme : Spooky/Halloween Games Matt : Death Road to Canada (PC) (Intro: 00:28:37) (Gameplay: 00:31:15) Nikki : Haunting Polterguy (Mastersystem) (Intro: 00:45:00) (Gameplay: 00:45:59) Cody : Luigi's Mansion (NGC) (Intro: 00:55:31) (Gameplay: 00:56:51) Running time: 01:09:56Part of the Ydoc Nameloc Interactive Network
Description: This week we issue challenges to one another and see how well we do! This theme is always a blast, so please watch and enjoy. Show Notes : Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Games Played Theme : Nick Arcade Challenge Week 6 (00:15:50) Matt : Breath of the Wild (NS): Make it to the top of Central Tower without taking damage more than once and without killing the Guardians at its base. (Intro: 00:17:04) (Gameplay: 00:17:55) GTAV (PC): Evade the police with a wanted level of 4 or 5 stars. (Intro:00:21:25) (Gameplay: 00:22:42) Player Unknown's Battlegrounds (PC): Make it to the top 25% without initiating combat. (Intro: 00:26:00) (Gameplay: 00:27:58) Super Mario Bros. (NES): Beat 1-1 and 1-2 using game genie code XYAGEP without getting a game over. (Intro: 00:35:40) (Gameplay: 00:36:26) Super Mario Bros. (NES): Beat levels 1-1, 1-2, and 1-3 without earning more than 200 points other than the flag and time bonus. (Intro: 00:38:50) (Gameplay: 00:39:52) Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES): Beat world 1 in 6:30 or less (Intro: 00:43:02) (Gameplay: 00:44:04) Nikki : Sonic 2 and Knuckles (GEN): Beat level 1 under a minute. (Intro: 00:51:09) (Gameplay: 00:51:34) Street Fighter 2 Turbo (SNES): Beat first fight with E Honda with only slaps and get a double perfect (Intro: 00:52:43) (Gameplay: 00:53:10) Super Mario World (SNES): Earn no points in Yoshi's Island 2 (Intro: 00:55:30) (Gameplay: 00:55:51) Donkey Kong Country (SNES): Get 30 bananas in 40 seconds in level 1 (Intro: 00:57:22) (Gameplay: 00:57:38) Punch Out (NES): Beat Glass Joe blind folded. (Intro: 00:59:09) (Gameplay: 00:59:38) Cody : Super Mario World (SNES): Beat Yoshi's Island 2 without taking damage or earning points (Intro: 01:01:48) (Gameplay: 01:02:05) Super Ghouls N Ghosts (SNES): Get 3,000 points in under a minute (Intro:01:03:28) (Gameplay: 01:03:45) Donkey Kong Country (SNES): Get 30 bananas in 40 seconds in level 1 (Intro: 01:05:16) (Gameplay: 01:05:24) Kirby's Dream Course (SNES): Get a hole in 1 in the first course (Intro: 01:06:24) (Gameplay: 01:06:34) Kirby Superstar (SNES): Beat Gourmet Race Course 1 in within 35 seconds (Intro: 01:07:59) (Gameplay: 01:08:09) Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES): Beat world 1 in 6:30 or less (Intro: 01:09:14) (Gameplay: 01:09:44) GTAV (PC): Evade the police with a wanted level of 4 or 5 stars (Intro: 01:12:40) (Gameplay: 01:13:33) The Legend of Zelda (NES): Beat the first dungeon without a sword (Intro: 01:17:32) (Gameplay: 01:18:16) Shell Shock Live (PC): Beat the "Tank Up" tutorial campaign in 30 shots or less (Intro: 01:22:10) (Gameplay: 01:22:49)Running time: 01:27:34Part of the Ydoc Nameloc Interactive Network
Description: This week we are playing old DOS games! Cody plays as a green rabbit that is not Bucky O Hare in Jazz Jackrabbit. Nikki travels to throw punches as a Dorito man (I think?) in 4D Boxing, and Matt plays what is possibly the most frustrating game ever played on this show: Weird Dreams. Show Notes : Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Games Played Theme : Old PC Games Cody : Jazz Jackrabbit (PC) (Intro:00:31:18) (Gameplay: 00:32:42) Nikki : 4D Sports Boxing (PC) (Intro: 00:44:10) (Gameplay: 00:44:39) Matt : Weird Dreams (PC) (Intro:00:53:10) (Gameplay: 00:57:05)Running time: 01:15:06Part of the Ydoc Nameloc Interactive Network
Description: This week is lesser known fighting games! Nikki's shoulder pads are on point, as always, you go girl! In Cosmic Carnage! Matt shoots lasers at a guy to get at his guts in BloodStorm! And Cody steals men's souls but does he make them his slaves? Find out, in Onimusha: Blade Warriors. Show Notes : Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Upcoming Releases September 12, 2017 Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition (NS) September 15, 2017 Samus Returns (3DS) Dishonored: Death of the Outsider (PS4/XONE/PC) September 19, 2017 Marvel Vs. Capcom Infinite (PS4/XONE/PC) Games Played Theme : Lesser Known Fighting Games Nikki : Cosmic Carnage (32X) (Intro: 00:35:15 Gameplay: 00:36:46) Matt : Blood Storm (Arcade) (Intro: 00:45:19) (Gameplay: 00:48:11) Cody : Onimusha Blade Warriors (PS2) (Intro: 00:59:44) (Gameplay: 01:00:26)Running time: 01:13:42Part of the Ydoc Nameloc Interactive Network
Description: This week, we pick each other's games! Matt talks to people in space in that wonderful conversation simulator Rex Rocket! Cody has to be hands on to peer into the gaping hole that is Ninjabread Man! And Nikki does the helicopter with her worm head which in Earthworm Jim 3D! Show Notes : Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Upcoming Releases August 29, 2017 Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (NS) Games Played Theme : Pick Each Others Poison Week Matt : Rex Rocket (PC) (Intro: 00:25:28) (Gameplay: 00:27:14) Cody : Ninjabread Mad (Wii) (Intro: 00:40:28) (Gameplay: 00:42:14) Nikki : Earthworm Jim 3D (N64) (Intro: 00:54:36) (Gameplay: 00:55:50) Running time: 01:08:04Part of the Ydoc Nameloc Interactive Network
Description: This week on Cartridge Blowers, we play CLONES! Nikki heard about this game via an AOL Keyword so hit her up on ICQ for a review, in Super Tux! Cody wraps up the world in his balls which is not a gag and actually happens, in The Wonderful End of the World! And Matt doesn't know what making mega means but he make much mega in Mega Maker! Show Notes : Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Upcoming Releases August 15, 2017 Sonic Mania (PS4, XONE NS, PC ) Games Played Theme : Clones Nikki : Super Tux (PC) (Intro: 00:23:39) (Gameplay: 00:26:07) Cody : The Wonderful End of the World (PC) (Intro: 00:36:18) (Gameplay: 00:37:36) Matt : Mega Maker (PC) (Intro: 00:45:08) (Gameplay: 00:48:15)Running time: 01:05:01Part of the Ydoc Nameloc Interactive Network
Description: This week we play controversial games. Cody is a fan of artistic things which is why he has a painting of himself that keeps him from aging in Madworld! Nikki puts on a mask and punches out people's guts and then afterward she plays a videogame in Splatterhouse! And Matt looks back on a game about killing young women - sorry, young women's acting careers, in Night Trap! Show Notes : Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Games Played Theme : Controversial Games Cody : MadWorld (Wii) (Intro: 00:23:10) (Gameplay: 00:24:23) Nikki : Splatterhouse (Turbografx 16) (Intro:00:35:13) (Gameplay: 00:37:29) Matt : Night Trap (Sega CD) (Intro: 00:47:27) (Gameplay: 00:56:01)Running time: 01:13:42Part of the Ydoc Nameloc Interactive Network