Video Game Purists

This week we wish you a fond farewell for this final episode. Fortunately, there's also a late announcement that should pique your interest. 2:00 - Trees' Week 35:15 - Fred's Week 1:20:15 - Fortnite Minute 1:28:00 - Returnal 1:47:30 - Astro Bot 1:59:45 - Xmas Xbox 2:05:00 - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle 2:29:00 - Kaze and the Wild Masks 2:47:15 - Cyberpunk 2077 2:58:15 - End of Show Emails and New Announcements https://open.spotify.com/show/0T1169E9EpVfCxCvYNgHJW

Unfortunately we were unable to do an official VGP episode, but Fred recorded a bonus ep that discusses his favorite Christmas video games and movies.

Holiday parties abound with the hosts this week! 6:30 - Trees' Week 39:45 - Fred's Week 1:08:45 - PUBG 1:12:30 - Fortnite Minute 1:25:15 - Marvel Snap! 1:37:45 - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle 2:37:00 - Astro Bot

This week the holidays are in full effect as Fred goes ice skating and Trees puts up the tree. 4:15 - Fred's Week 36:45 - Trees' Week 1:04:00 - The Hobbit 1:09:00 - Resistance: Retribution 1:21:30 - Stellar Blade 1:57:30 - Switch (Tetris 99, Pokémon Quest) 2:07:00 - Fortnite Minute 2:15:30 - Dying Light 2

This week the hosts talk about their Thanksgiving holiday weekends. 2:45 - Trees' Week 26:00 - Fred's Week 1:12:30 - Mountain Dew Codes 1:23:30 - Xbox Series S 1:35:45 - PUBG 1:40:00 - Phoenix Point 1:48:00 - Marvel Snap 1:50:45 - Black Friday Deals 1:54:45 - STALKER 2 2:01:45 - Resistance: Retribution 2:10:30 - Stellar Blade

This week Trees and Fred get ready for the holiday. 3:15 - Fred's Week 25:00 - Trees' Week 44:30 - Fred's Random Game Stuff 57:00 - Epic Mickey Rebrushed 1:06:45 - Stellar Blade 1:47:15 - PUBG 1:51:15 - Empire of the Ants

This week Trees is adulting while Fred's always watching something. 18:15 - Trees' Week 41:15 - Fred's Week 1:17:30 - Madden 24 1:27:45 - PUBG 1:44:00 - Balder's Gate III 2:00:00 - Astro Bot 2:11:45 - MtG Arena 2:35:00 - Stellar Blade

This week Fred lays low while Trees gets a ton of Chinese food. 4:30 - Fred's Week 23:00 - Trees' Week 34:00 - PS5 Pro 57:30 - Call of Duty Black Ops 6 1:17:00 - PUBG 1:29:00 - Funko Fusion 1:44:15 - Marvel Snap

This week the hosts talk about Halloween adventures. 7:00 - Trees' Week 26:00 - Fred's Week 54:30 - PUBG 1:18:30 - Fortnite Minute 1:33:30 - Marvel Snap 1:54:30 - MtG Arena 2:07:30 - Splatterhouse (2010) 2:41:30 - Call of Duty Black Ops 6

This week both hosts are ill but power through. 6:45 - Fred's Week 50:15 - Trees' Week 1:13:00 - MtG Arena 1:35:00 - Fortnite Minute 1:45:00 - Resident Evil 6 2:03:30 - The Lake House - Alan Wake 2 2:21:00 - Agatha Christie's ABC Murders 2:29:30 - PUBG 2:41:00 - Halo (Master Chief Collection)

This week Trees has fun at the cabin while Fred goes all horror. 0:00 - Intro/Listener Mail 28:15 - Trees' Week 53:00 - Fred's Week 1:59:30 - Xbox Controllers 2:05:00 - Fortnite Minute 2:17:30 - PUBG 2:27:30 - Marvel Snap 2:30:00 - MtG Arena 2:37:00 - Astro-Bot 2:46:15 - Resident Evil 6

Fred made his way to Boston and finally got to meet Rob (Trees)! 6:45 - Fred's Week 1:58:30 - Trees' Week 2:08:30 - Fred's Negative Halloween Games 2:29:15 - Astro-Bot 2:30:00 - Resident Evil 6 2:42:30 - Funko Fusion Fiasco 2:44:00 - Hyper-5 2:49:15 - Fortnite Minute 2:55:45 - Police Simulator 3:00:45 - Trials Rising 3:06:15 - Marvel Snap

Quick audio announcement that we are taking the week off.

This week Trees and Fred struggle with adulting. 2:30 - Trees' Week 48:00 - Fred's Week 1:27:00 - Fortnite Minute 1:41:00 - The Plucky Squire 1:51:30 - Star Truckers 2:05:15 - Marvel Snap 2:07:00 - PS5 Pro Update 2:22:00 - Banishers 2:39:00 - Magic Discussion (Arena/Assassin's Creed card set) 3:08:00 - Astro-bot 3:12:30 - Haunted Castle Revisited

After a week off our hosts return to Fred seeing a lot of theatrical entertainment and Trees assists in a fundraising event. 25:30 - Fred's Week 43:15 - Trees' Week 1:04:30 - MtG Arena 1:43:45 - Fortnite Minute 1:49:45 - Epic Mickey Rebrushed Demo 1:58:00 - Banishers 2:08:15 - Princess Peach Showtime! 2:18:30 - Titanfall 2 2:31:00 - Pacific Drive 2:47:15 - Marvel Snap

Fred and Trees weren't able to do an episode this week, so Fred broke down the news of the PS5 Pro and why it sits in such an odd spot this generation.

This week Trees celebrates a birthday while Fred goes mini golfing. 3:30 - Trees' Week 34:45 - Fred's Week 1:04:00 - Trees Gaming Dabble 1:09:00 - Snow Runners 1:21:45 - System Shock 1:39:15 - Marvel Snap 1:54:00 - MtG Arena 2:01:30 - Banishers: New Eden 2:15:45 - Fortnite Minute 2:27:00 - Astro Bot

This week Fred goes to a pool party while Trees hosts a birthday party. 3:00 - Fred's Week 35:45 - Trees' Week 1:07:00 - MtG Arena 1:15:00 - Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow 1:31:45 - Banishers: Ghost of New Eden 1:49:30 - Doom: Sigil 1:56:15 - Marvel's Spider-Man 2 2:17:45 - Epic Mickey Rebrushed Demo 2:28:30 - Marvel Snap

This week Trees goes to sports while Fred goes to Retro KC. 7:45 - Trees' Week 1:15:30 - Fred's Week 2:23:45 - Myst VR 2:33:15 - Richman 11 2:40:30 - Spider-Man 2 2:48:45 - Marvel Snap 2:50:15 - MtG Arena 2:54:30 - Fortnite 3:04:15 - Banishers

This week Fred didn't love Alien Romulus while Trees gets tested. 2:45 - Fred's Week 35:30 - Trees' Week 1:01:30 - Fred's Week, Part 2 1:16:45 - MtG Arena 1:22:45 - Doom I + II 1:27:00 - Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden 1:50:45 - Fortnite 2:12:00 - Marvel Snap 2:14:45 - Dredge 2:28:45 - Bolatro

This week Trees has too much at a charity event while Fred has too much hosting a Rock Band party. 2:30 - Trees' Week 29:45 - Fred's Week 1:07:00 - Fortnite Minute 1:11:30 - EA Sports FC 24 1:12:15 - Call of Duty 1:15:30 - Titanfall 2 1:21:45 - Diablo IV 1:33:30 - Marvel Snap! 1:51:30 - Fable Anniversary 2:00:00 - MtG Arena 2:12:00 - Super Mario Wonder

This week Fred is out and about while Trees enjoys an at-home weekend. 3:30 - Fred's Week 35:00 - Trees' Week 1:01:15 - Romhacking.net closure 1:03:30 - Fable 1:10:00 - Super Mario Wonder 1:19:00 - Fortnite Minute 1:31:30 - House Flipper 2 1:35:45 - Marvel Snap! 1:43:45 - Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess

This week Trees has a super busy weekend while Fred has a super chill one. 2:15 - Trees' Week 44:30 - Fred's Week 1:29:30 - Fortnite Minute 1:31:15 - Marvel Snap! 1:40:45 - House Flipper 2 2:06:15 - Final Fantasy XVI 2:32:00 - MtG Arena 2:41:00 - The Punisher Arcade/NES 2:48:00 - Killzone 2:52:00 - Fable Anniversary

The boys are back in town and talking vacations. 3:15 - Fred's Week 58:30 - Trees' Week 1:23:30 - Dead Cells 1:28:30 - Final Fantasy XVI 1:40:15 - Hard Space Ship Breaker 1:43:30 - Bolatro 1:45:30 - No Mans Sky 1:50:15 - Fortnite Minute 1:55:30 - Stellar Blade

This week Fred is on vacation and Trees flies solo with a show recorded on his vacation at the cabin.

Trees is on vacation so Fred takes the time to talk retro, news, and take listener questions.

This week Trees sets up the cabin and Fred notices he's in the Bible Belt. 3:00 - Trees' Week 52:00 - Fred's Week 1:02:00 - Meta Quest 2 1:16:30 - Balatro 1:24:15 - Marvel Snap! 1:43:00 - Midway Arcade Treasures 2:05:00 - RE 4 Remake 2:18:15 - Final Fantasy XVI

This week Trees heads to the beach while Fred fights the heat. 8:00 - Fred's Week 32:00 - Trees' Week 1:13:00 - MTG Arena 1:21:45 - Jusant 1:47:00 - Final Fantasy XVI 2:09:30 - Stellar Blade 2:17:45 - Fortnite Minute 2:31:00 - Metal Slug Tactics 2:38:15 - Bolatro

This week the boys celebrate Father's Day. 1:30 - Trees' Week 25:45 - Fred's Week 46:00 - Ubisoft 1:07:00 - Stellar Blade 1:17:00 - Sand Land 1:19:30 - Fortnite Minute 1:25:45 - Marvel Snap 1:40:45 - MtG Arena 1:48:00 - FF XVI 1:57:00 - Trepang2 2:05:15 - Alan Wake 2 - Night Springs DLC

This week Fred marches in the pride parade while Trees visits a rodeo. Oh, and there's a lot of video game talk. 7:45 - Fred's Week 16:30 - Trees' Week 60:00 - Playstation State of Play 1:48:15 - Xbox Showcase 2:50:30 - Stellar Blade 3:01:25- Heavenly Sword 3:02:30 - Astrobot DLC 3:03:30 - Trepang2

This week Trees combines gambling with auctions while Fred goes to a theme park. 12:45 - Trees' Week 43:30 - Fred's Week 1:12:00 - Stellar Blade 1:17:45 - Xdefiant 1:28:30 - Call of Duty Check-in 1:29:30 - Fortnite Minute 1:33:45 - Marvel Snap 1:37:45 - Sand Land 1:52:15 - MtG Arena 1:58:45 - Final Fantasy XVI 2:12:00 - Heavenly Sword 2:34:00 - Trepang2

This week Fred and Trees share busy holiday weekends and a bit of gaming. 7:15 - Fred's Week 40:30 - Trees' Week 59:00 - Final Fantasy XVI 1:04:00 - Hellblade II: Senua's Saga 1:56:00 - Fortnite Minute 2:10:30 - Marvel Snap 2:15:15 - Xdefiant

This week Trees gets a questionable package and Fred fixes something. 4:00 - Trees' Week 47:30 - Fred's Week 1:10:00 - Modern Warfare III Zombies 1:13:30 - Fortnite Minute 1:20:30 - Stellar Blade 1:29:00 - Taxi Life 1:44:00 - Alone in the Dark 1:47:15 - Video Game Purchases 1:00:00 - TMNT Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants 2:08:30 - Final Fantasy XVI

This week we give a big shout out to all the mommy's in the room. 3:45 - Fred's Week 28:00 - Trees' Week 53:30 - Video Game Industry Chat 2:06:30 - Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown 2:18:30 - Burnout Revenge 2:23:15 - Alone in the Dark (2024) 2:32:00 - Modern Warfare III Zombies (Co-Op) 2:37:00 - Vader Immortal: Episode 1 2:49:30 - Stellar Blade 3:01:30 - Taxi Life

This week Trees struggles with life while Fred has a hybrid day. 5:30 - Trees' Week 28:45 - Fred's Week 1:01:30 - Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 1:05:15 - Cyberpunk 2077 (spoilers 1:08:15) 1:15:30 - Fortnite Minute 1:17:15 - Modern Warfare III Zombies 1:22:30 - Stellar Blade 1:44:15 - Marvel Snap 1:45:30 - Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown 2:08:30 - Burnout: Revenge (360) 2:16:40 - Jurassic World Aftermath Collection (VR) 2:18:00 - Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge (VR)

This week the hosts lay low, but get in some good gaming! 4:00 - Fred's Week 40:00 - Trees' Week 1:07:00 - Positive GameStop Story/May The Forth Sale 1:29:00 - Jurassic World Aftermath Collection 1:40:30 - Evil West 1:42:30 - Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown 1:56:45 - Alone in the Dark (2024) 2:04:00 - Fortnite Minute 2:09:00 - Cyberpunk 2077 2:22:45 - Welcome to Paradize 2:36:15 - Red Matter

Trees talks pops while Fred talks about little. 6:15 - Trees' Week 36:15 - Fred's Week 1:04:45 - Modern Warfare III Zombies 1:11:30 - Meta Quest 2 1:16:00 - Blade and Sorcery 1:25:00 - Red Matter 1:31:45 - Superhot VR 1:39:00 - Moss 1:43:15 - Tetris Effect Connected 1:44:00 - Jurassic Park Aftermath 1:45:45 - VR Animation Studio 1:47:45 - Vegas Infinity Casino 2:07:30 - Fruit Ninja 2:09:15 - Zen Pinball 2 VR 2:19:30 - PC Engine CD 2:24:30 - Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

This week Fred's falling apart and Trees sees Godzilla x Kong with his son. 2:30 - Fred's Week 21:00 - Trees' Week 1:01:15 - Mass Effect: The Complete Comic TPB 1:07:40 - Dragons Dogma 2 1:20:30 - Retro Talk 1:50:45 - A Little to the Left/Fortnite Minute 1:51:15 - Modern Warfare III Zombies 1:56:40 - The Invincible 1:59:45 - Meta Quest 2

This week Trees gets in new Funkos and Fred has an anniversary party. 9:30 - Trees' Week 26:00 - Fred's Week 50:15 - Cyberpunk 2077 59:00 - Fortnite Minute 1:04:00 - Marvel Snap 1:13:15 - The Invincible 1:19:45 - Stellar Blade Demo 2:17:00 - Modern Warfare III 2:50:30 - Honorable Mentions

This week Fred and Trees talk about their Easter festivities and 200 episodes! Also the show now comes out on Tuesdays at 9:00 am Eastern. 4:00 - Fred's Week 37:30 - Trees' Week 49:45 - Hogwarts Legacy 1:01:30 - Dragons Dogma 2 1:26:15 - Evil West 1:36:30 - Stranded Deep 1:45:30 - Fortnite Minute 1:51:00 - Modern Warfare III (Zombies) 2:05:30 - Cyberpunk 2077

This week Trees gets sick and Fred explores Ali Express. 1:30 - Trees' Week 25:30 - Fred's Week 1:17:00 - Way of the Hunter 1:23:45 - Taxi Life/Hotel Simulator 1:41:30 - Fortnite Minute 1:43:00 - Modern Warfare III - Zombies 1:56:45 - Cyberpunk 2077 2:21:00 - Wanted: Raccoon 2:27:15 - MtG Arena 2:43:30 - Hogwarts Legacy

Fred started a movie podcast for you to check out! This is a preview of episode 1, no other episodes will be on this feed. You can find the official site here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/films-with-fred and the RSS here: https://anchor.fm/s/f420c69c/podcast/rss Please share if you enjoy! Welcome to the new podcast. In this initial episode, I discuss the context for how we discuss film, my movie watching background, my personal background, and wrap up with my first two movies: Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) and Sting (2024). 00:00 - What is this Show? 15:35 - About Me 28:07 - Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire 48:55 - Sting

This week Trees gets his calling while Fred watches a bunch of movies. 18:15 - Fred's Week 44:30 - Trees' Week 1:14:00 - Plex Server to NAS 1:35:15 - Double Dragon Gaiden 1:45:30 - Ratchet and Clank (2016) 1:52:30 - Hogwart's Legacy 2:12:00 - Fortnite Minute 2:18:15 - Modern Warfare III (Zombies) 2:24:00 - Pacific Drive 2:31:15 - Way of the Hunter

This week the boys get some "me" time. 1:00 - Trees' Week 15:45 - Fred's Week 48:00 - Modern Warfare III 55:30 - Fortnite Minute 1:15:00 - Pacific Drive 1:54:30 - Hogwart's Legacy 2:00:00 - Pharaonic 2:07:45 - Double Dragon Trilogy/Double Dragon Gaiden

This week Fred sees Dune 2 (twice!) and Trees...had a light week. 3:30 - Fred's Week 28:30 - Trees' Week 42:45 - Ratchet & Clank (2002) 49:30 - Pharaonic 52:00 - Heavy Rain 57:30 - Pocket Card Jockey Ride On! 1:11:15 - A Little to the Left 1:15:00 - Modern Warfare III 1:22:00 - Cyberpunk 2077 1:40:00 - Madden '24 1:50:00 - Flashback 2

This week is about laying low and playing with AI. 10:00 - Trees' Week 39:00 - Fred's Week 1:17:00 - Cyberpunk 2077 1:28:00 - Modern Warfare III 1:38:30 - A Little to the Left 1:44:30 - Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On! 2:07:00 - Hogwarts Legacy 2:14:45 - Ratchet & Clank (2002) 2:29:30 - Pharaonic

This week Fred goes to a concert while Trees goes to a hockey game. 1:30 - Fred's Week 30:30 - Trees' Week 59:45 - Chuwi PCs 1:06:00 - MtG Arena - Murders at Karlov Manor 1:10:00 - Tomb Raider I-III Remastered 1:31:00 - Ratchet & Clank 1:34:00 - Hogwart's Legacy 1:59:00 - Cyberpunk 2077 2:06:30 - House Flipper 2:16:00 - Foam Stars

This week is all about Super Bowl LVIII 5:30 - Trees' Week 26:45 - Fred's Week 1:25:00 - Cyberpunk 2077 1:46:00 - Survivor: Castaway Island 2:05:00 - Monster World IV 2:13:00 - Ratchet & Clank 2:18:30 - Marvel's Spider-Man 2

This week Fred sees Argylle while Trees calls the fire department. 1:30 - Fred's Week 28:30 - Trees' Week 54:15 - Tengai Makyo Ziria 58:45 - Monster World IV 1:09:45 - Silent Hill: The Short Message 1:30:00 - Marvel's Spider-Man 2 1:46:15 - Modern Warfare III 2:06:00 - Palworld 2:11:00 - Cyberpunk 2077

This week is largely about football...and games! 3:00 - Trees' Week 25:30 - Fred's Week 49:00 - Call of Duty Minute (Modern Warfare III Zombies) 1:05:30 - Marvel's Spider-Man 2 1:20:30 - Super Bomberman R2 1:31:00 - Trine 2 1:33:00 - Books (Britney Spears, Power-up, Spider-Man omnibus) 1:45:00 - Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

This week Fred says goodbye to an old friend and Trees takes a tumble. 4:15 - Fred's Week 36:00 - Trees' Week 1:01:15 - Trine 2: Complete Edition 1:08:45 - Tengai Makyo - Ziria 1:11:30 - Spider-Man 2 1:27:45 - Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice 1:44:00 - CMS 2021 1:48:30 - Call of Duty Minute (Modern Warfare III Zombies) 2:06:00 - Resident Evil 2 Remake