Podcasts about Super Mario Galaxy

Episode #368 of BGMania: A Video Game Music Podcast. This week on the show, Bryan and Bedroth from RPGera return to a theme we haven't done in almost two years, but will now be doing once a year... Forever! This time around, the guys look at Bowser's Castle and how the music has evolved over 40 years of different entries. Email the show at bgmaniapodcast@gmail.com with requests for upcoming episodes, questions, feedback, comments, concerns, or whatever you want! Special thanks to our Executive Producers: Jexak, Xancu, & Jeff. EPISODE PLAYLIST AND CREDITS Castle Theme from Super Mario Bros [Koji Kondo, 1985] Castle Theme from Super Mario Bros 3 [Koji Kondo, 1989] Fortress from Super Mario World [Koji Kondo, 1991] Castle & Fortress from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island [Koji Kondo, 1995] Koopa Castle -Second Time- from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars [Yoko Shimomura, 1996] Bowser's Castle from Mario Kart 64 [Kenta Nagata, 1997] Castle Theme from New Super Mario Bros [Koji Kondo, 2006] Bowser's Galaxy Reactor from Super Mario Galaxy [Mahito Yokota, 2007] Bowser's Lava Lair from Super Mario Galaxy 2 [Koji Kondo, 2010] Bowser's Castle from Super Mario 3D Land [Mahito Yokota, 2011] Castle Theme from New Super Mario Bros 2 [Kenta Nagata, 2012] Castle from Super Mario 3D World [Mahito Yokota, 2013] Beware Bowser's Base from Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle [Grant Kirkhope, 2017] Bowser's Castle from Super Mario Odyssey [Koji Kondo, 2017] SUPPORT US Patreon: https://patreon.com/rpgera Thanks to our Patrons: Jexak, Xancu, Prof-Jeff, and Adam CONTACT US Website: https://rpgera.com Discord: https://discord.gg/cC73Heu Twitch: https://twitch.tv/therpgera Twitter: https://twitter.com/OriginalLDG Instagram: https://instagram.com/bryan.ldg/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/leveldowngaming RPGERA PODCAST NETWORK Very Good Music: A VGM Podcast Listening Religiously

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we continue our series on Fez. We talk about its platforming and how it fits to taste, game style, and rule escalation. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: More cubes! Issues covered: platforming feelings and taste, inspirations and how they play out here, additional move set, floaty physics, a mental game with mostly generous platforming, a game that takes place in your head rather than in your fingers, seeking high highs, sloppiness and guiding the player, no longer seeing the whole world but only the tells, the pleasure of figuring things out, checking out the achievements, how many people get everything, the craft of the game, wanting to feel capable, finding a solution that was not the intended solution, dominated by the puzzle side, those moments where you give a big "no way," extending a simple idea and iterating on it for a fleshed-out game, iterating ideas, a chain of implication, not making the leaps of logic too large, ladders that line up and teach you how to think about the world, not knowing whether you can do a thing yet, not wanting to diminish the revelations, puzzles games Brett hasn't finished and why, editorial from the publisher and Key Performance Indicators, finding a tribe for your indie game, side games, smaller and more cohesive teams, a choose-your-own-email, having an experience, leaving endings open. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Hollow Knight, Indie Game: The Movie, Phil Fish, Nintendo, Mario (series), Little Big Planet, Guacamelee, Super Mario Galaxy, Demons's Souls, Dark Souls, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Tomb Raider (2013), The Matrix, Deep Thoughts/Jack Handey, MYST, Pierre de Fermat, Megaman, Resident Evil, The Witness, Braid, The Talos Principle, Obduction, Cyan Worlds, Super Meat Boy, Fallout, X-COM, mysterydip, Mass Effect, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Twin Peaks, Half-Life, While We're Young, Noah Baumbach, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia.  Next time: More Fez! Note: Amusingly, though I did not call out the actresses, Naomi Watts and Amanda Seyfried appear in While We're Young, and both also appeared in Twin Peaks: The Return Twitch: timlongojr Discord DevGameClub@gmail.com

Jurandir Filho, Felipe Mesquita, Evandro de Freitas e Bruno Carvalho retornam com um papo sobre as trilhas da franquia Mario. As músicas de "Super Mario Bros." são verdadeiros ícones da cultura pop, sendo reconhecidas instantaneamente por fãs ao redor do mundo. Desde o lançamento do primeiro jogo, em 1985, a trilha sonora de Mario, composta principalmente por Koji Kondo, desempenhou um papel essencial na construção da atmosfera e da identidade dos jogos.A primeira música que vem à mente de qualquer fã de Mario é a icônica "Overworld Theme" do jogo original. A melodia alegre, cativante e energética capturou perfeitamente o espírito da aventura e se tornou um dos temas mais reconhecíveis da história dos videogames. Com seu ritmo contagiante e simplicidade charmosa, essa música é uma das mais lembradas e reinterpretações de fãs e músicos são constantes até hoje. Além de Kondo, outros compositores também contribuíram para as trilhas sonoras de Mario em títulos mais recentes, como "Super Mario Galaxy" e "Super Mario Odyssey", mantendo a consistência na qualidade e a sensação de familiaridade, ao mesmo tempo que exploraram novas sonoridades e arranjos orquestrais.A música de "Super Mario" é muito mais que uma simples trilha sonora; ela é uma parte integral da experiência de jogo. Ela nos transporta de volta aos nossos momentos de infância e sua energia continua a cativar novas gerações de jogadores. É difícil imaginar a franquia sem essas melodias que, ao longo de mais de 35 anos, se tornaram tão emblemáticas quanto o próprio encanador bigodudo.Essa é mais uma edição da nossa série PancaTOP!- ALURA | Estude na Alura, a maior escola de tecnologia on-line do Brasil! Acesse o nosso link e ganhe 15% de desconto na matrícula! https://alura.com.br/99vidas 

Vier Stimmen, ein Tisch - und in der Mitte: Nintendo'snächster Clou. Was passiert, wenn Nintendo eine neue Konsole ankündigt –und ausgerechnet der größte „Fan“ fehlt? (Grüße an Steven

This week on Game Crunch: Halo ODST, Tokyo Xtreme Racer, Like a Dragon Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, Steam Next Fest Demos, Super Mario Galaxy and Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. All of this and more on the latest Game Crunch! Until next week - Game On!  

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We're getting real cozy this week on SuperPod Saga! Aaron and Gerry are joined by Treeky and Keifer once more to discuss the best hub worlds in video games! From Mario, to Sonic, to Ys, and even Dark Souls. There really is no place like home. CREDITS Gerry With a G - Host Aaron

This week on The Free Cheese, who's on top? After four different, multi-part episodes and two post-mortem episodes, it's time we rank our Wii Sports Killers. We give our final word on Wii Sports and discuss why it has remained at the top of our list for this long. Then, we rank the games that propped up this season.

This week on The Free Cheese, blocks and mushrooms. As we approach the end of the season, we look back on Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Tetris Effect: Connected. We have a final discussion on our time with each game, then compare them ahead of our pending ranking against Wii Sports.

Neste episódio falamos sobre as principais notícias da semana e relembramos a aventura espacial do herói bigodudo da Nintendo!08:25 - O Que Estamos Jogando (Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 e Starship Troopers: Extermination)19:40 - Notícias31:20 - Jogo da Semana: Super Mario GalaxyGrupo do Telegram: https://t.me/warpzonemePodcast Elementar: https://open.spotify.com/show/7hE7JZ9BzbdBlv4RGJS1egEpisódio com Sidney Rodrigues, Nino e Luigi (Bota a Ficha!) 

This week on The Free Cheese, you got green stars? We cover the second half of Super Mario Galaxy 2 and discuss our favorite moments from the final stages. We revisit some of our favorites from the campaign as a whole and look ahead at chasing 100% completion. We also look at the Wii Remote and its role in the gameplay overall.

Welcome back to another exciting episode of Crystal Core Radio! In this week's roundtable discussion, we are thrilled to welcome back Jim Tacey, the number one Concord streamer on Twitch, and our regulars, GamingKinda and Chrono. We dive deep into the world of Concord and hear from Jim about his recent streaming adventures and what makes the game tick despite its short-lived lifespan. Chrono and GamingKinda share their recent gaming experiences, including the latest season of Fortnite and a surprising tabletop RPG app called Dawncaster, which has captivated them both. We also delve into the intriguing world of Marvel tie-ins and the highly anticipated Marvel Rivals game, comparing it to other popular titles like Overwatch. The discussion takes an interesting turn as we analyze the current state of the gaming industry, especially the challenges faced by AAA titles like Concord. We debate the impact of woke vs. anti-woke arguments on game success and how the gaming community's sentiments can shape a game's future. The conversation also touches on the importance of game quality and the role of microtransactions in the modern gaming landscape. As we look ahead to the rest of 2024, Jim shares his excitement for upcoming releases like Marvel vs. Capcom collection, Zelda Echoes of Wisdom, and the potential game of the year contenders. We also discuss the unique marketing approach of Hello Games and their upcoming title, Light No Fire, speculating on its potential impact on the gaming world. Finally, we wrap up the episode with a thrilling game of 20 Questions, where the team guesses the iconic game, Super Mario Galaxy 2, in just 13 questions. The episode is packed with insights, laughs, and a deep dive into the games that define our year. Join us for this engaging episode of Crystal Core Radio and stay tuned for more exciting discussions and special guests in the weeks to come!

La Cartouche revient désormais deux fois par mois dans vos oreilles ! Dans cet épisode, après un peu d'actualité, il est question d'un jeu d'enquête très japonais, et d'un jeu de plate-forme qui donne l'impression de toucher à un Super Mario Galaxy 3… sauce PlayStation.

This week mOw and Craft Brew Sally review one of the all time greats in the Mario series. Super Mario Galaxy continues to shine bright in the night sky of our hearts. Was it as great as we remember? Tune In and find out!   Drop us a line at wiisuckatvideogames@gmail.com   check out our friends at Press Start Games https://www.facebook.com/pressstartgamesllc/

On this week's show, we tackle the tall task of deciding what Nintendo is going to do next with the Super Smash Bros. franchise. We also take a look at the biggest news in gaming including the Bungie layoffs and Avowed potentially getting delayed. Timestamps: 00:00 - Introductions and Hellos 02:50 - What Have We Been Playing (Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania and Super Mario Galaxy) 10:33 - The News We Choose - More Bungie Layoffs 24:02 - The News We Choose - Avowed Might Be Delayed 28:42 - Building The Next Super Smash Bros. Roster 96:42 - Outro - Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/controller_club Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/controllerclubpod Follow us on Tiktok: www.tiktok.com/@controller.club Email ControllerClubPod@gmail.com with your questions, comments, or concerns. Subscribe wherever you're listening and leave us a rating and review.

Vi har kommet til øvre halvdel av spillindustriens topp 100-liste, og nå begynner perlene og komme alvorlig på en snor her. Ikke at det har vært lav kvalitet på spillene vi har snakket om frem til nå, tvert imot, men vi kjenner at vi begynner å nærme oss toppen.I dag skal vi til bunns i hvorfor Steffen hater Procedural Generation, vi skal snakke om tidenes beste farming sim og en gang for alle avklare om Super Mario Galaxy er 3D eller ei (har det noen gang vært en diskusjon?!). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's show join Tom and Klein as they try to predict the reviews scores for some of 2024's biggest games left in the year. Also, they take a dive into the Assassin's Creed Shadow's apology controversy as well as the video game voice actors' strike. Timestamps: 00:00 - Introductions and Hellos 03:50 - What Have We Been Playing (Marvel Rivals, Super Mario Galaxy, Arranger, and Tekken 8) 23:54 - The News We Choose - Assassin's Creed's Weird Apology 33:50 - The News We Choose - Video Game Voice Actors Are On Strike 43:12 - 2024 Review Score Over/Unders 86:47 - Outro - Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/controller_club Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/controllerclubpod Follow us on Tiktok: www.tiktok.com/@controller.club Email ControllerClubPod@gmail.com with your questions, comments, or concerns. Subscribe wherever you're listening and leave us a rating and review.

2023 was one of the best years in gaming, hands down. As we look back at 2023, I'm sure like us you're thinking "what ARE the best years in gaming?". Maybe you're thinking about 1998; Metal Gear Solid, Starcraft, Resident Evil 2 but your hosts the Delco Nerd Network; Anthony and Chris were barely even 5 years old then. We think being there in the moment is important. Well, 2017 is more recent; Legend Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Horizon Zero Dawn, Super Mario Odyssey but that was (believe it or not) only a few years ago. 2007 is definitely one of them and that was almost 20 years ago, as scary as that sounds! Halo 3, Uncharted, Bioshock, Super Mario Galaxy. Shall I continue? Let's go back to the 7th generation of consoles and discuss just why 2007 was one of the best years in gaming. 00:00 - 4:13 Intro 4:14 - 58:45 What we're doing, watching, playing 58:46 - 2:03:07 2007: A Look Back on One of the Best Years In Games 2:03:08 - 2:05:34 Outro Hosts: Chris Trio & Anthony Ragucci Guest: Jason Green Join our community! https://discord.gg/jUqBvC9Fmx Watch us live on twitch at twitch.tv/delconerdnetwork! Follow Us! https://www.flow.page/delconerds Intro and Outro Music by Alex Rome. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh1M... Lower Thirds By Alejandro Hernandez https://www.ajhdesign.co/ Table by House of Me https://www.instagram.com/thehouseof_me/?hl=en https://www.athomewithelm.com/

Super Mario Galaxy is a masterpiece of game design that truly stands the test of time. Its stunning visuals, innovative gameplay, lovable characters, and sense of wonder make it a must-play for any fan of the Mario franchise or platforming games in general. As I reached the final showdown with Bowser and saved Princess Peach once again, I knew that Super Mario Galaxy would hold a special place in my heart for years to come. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ongamecast/support

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Jurandir Filho, Felipe Mesquita e Bruno Carvalho batem um papo sobre os melhores jogos lançados no ano de 2007! Mas além dos jogos, o que mais aconteceu? Falamos sobre filmes, séries e músicas de 2007! Foi um bom ano para games? Falamos sobre "Super Mario Galaxy", "Uncharted: Drake's Fortune", "Halo 3", "BioShock", "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare", "God of War II", "Rock Band", "Assassin's Creed", "Team Fortress 2", "Portal", "The Witcher", "Mario Party 8" e muito mais! Essa é mais uma edição da nossa série Melhores Jogos do Ano!!

This week on Thumb Cramps, it's the first episode of Wiipril and to celebrate they're joined by their best friend Ruby Innes to look at The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess for the Wii U but also for the Wii, Sonic Heroes for the PS2 but also for the GameCube which will work on the Wii and Super Mario Galaxy for the Switch but also the Wii. It's another episode of Thumb Cramps so you know they're ranking meats too.This week's episode is sponsored by Tower of Fire: The Sword of Unspoken Misc. Out now! Watch the trailer here and buy on Steam now!Buy an official Pikman shirt: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/150221669Email us at ThumbCrampsPod@gmail.com Find us on Instagram;Jackson | Duscher | Thumb Cramps | Ruby | Back PocketFind us on X;Jackson | Duscher | Thumb Cramps | Ruby | Back PocketWatch us on Twitch;Jackson | Duscher | Back PocketYou can physically send us stuff to PO BOX 7127, Reservoir East, Victoria, 3073.Join our facebook group here or join our Discord here.Theme music by Benny Davis! You can find all his stuff at his website or check out his YouTube channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Quick note: I reversed the instrumentation when describing the initial observatory theme. I didn't realize until it was too late. Sorry!This week, Rick is joined by friend of the show Ryan (List Off Podcast) to talk all about the Wii smash hit, Super Mario Galaxy! Endlessly creative, this game was seen as the true successor to Super Mario 64 and kicked off a new era of creativity in the mainline Mario games. Join us as we talk about the dev history, how the mechanics compare to previous/future titles, the phenomenal score, and more. Genuinely had a great time - do it up!More List Off PodcastClick on the following to find PPR on the web!PatreonJoin our DiscordTwitter Instagram Bluesky Thank you for listening! Want to reach out to PPR? Send your questions, comments, and recommendations to pixelprojectradio@gmail.com! And as ever, any ratings and/or reviews left on your platform of choice are greatly appreciated!

SPOILERES! A Tune Up Radio 258. adását hallgathatjátok, melyben 2023 legmeghatározóbb videojátékos élményeinkről beszélgetünk. Résztvevők: BlackSheep (Baaadmovies, Filmbarátok), Gergő (Filmbarátok), Gáspár, András Intro (0:00) Redfall (0:13:26) Resident Evil 3 remake (0:31:14) Returnal (0:47:20) Elden Ring (1:11:41) Cocoon (1:45:34) Atomic Heart (1:53:30) Chants of Sennaar (2:05:34) Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2:13:27) Wanted: Dead (2:25:55) RoboCop: Rogue City (2:37:32) Sniper Elite 5 (2:49:00) Super Mario 3D All-Stars: Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario Galaxy (2:57:05) Tinykin (3:18:58) Trepang 2 (3:27:12) Moving Out (3:34:07) Bramble: The Mountain King (3:36:58) Curse of the Sea Rats (3:40:50) Superliminal (3:43:28) Planet of Lana (3:48:46) Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (3:53:46) Ravenlok (4:00:11) Worldless (4:04:00) Támogass minket Patreonon: https://www.patreon.com/radiotuneup SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/radiotuneup SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/6g69TlNlr7jk0ojcM05aAb APPLE PODCASTS https://podcasts.apple.com/hu/podcast/tune-up-radio-podcast/id1460229855?fbclid=IwAR0kyH86OgonL8mzsAfFnDCQHDIVEvQcyUX8wD8BA-vL5h5Lk9di3Dp12Ko MP3 LINK: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IE7y0EZ9pfwX75M56pQ99eSc627SOFsT/view A Tune Up Radio Soundboardot a Google Play Store-ban találjátok, vagy ezen a linken keresztül tudjátok letölteni: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.B13Soft.tuneupradio_soundboard Webes változat: https://bbbotond.github.io/tuneup-soundboard/ BlackSheep Twitter (X) fiókja: @BaaadMovies Gergő Twitter (X) fiókja: @cergo93 Ákos Twitter (X) fiókja: @lennoxasaki András Twitter (X) fiókja: @AndrasUp Baaadmovies: https://baaadmovies.blog.hu/ Retro Gamer csatorna: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeid0S4euEwVX5DS6j5X0eg/featured Filmbarátok podcast: filmbaratok.blog.hu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/radiotuneup/ Twitter (X): @radiotuneup E-mail: tuneup314@gmail.com

This week on The Free Cheese, three sentences in three languages! Our second Wii Sports Killer™ is introduced this week in Super Mario Galaxy 2 for Nintendo Wii. We discuss its role as one of the Wii's best titles in the library, some of our favorite levels in the game, and how Yoshi adds to 3D Mario.

Transport back to the days of waggling remotes, as we take a look at Nintendo's colossal console success story, the Wii. We get nostalgic about playing Wii Sports on Christmas morning, soaring through the cosmos in Super Mario Galaxy, and much more. But we also question the Wii's legacy, and we wonder, despite its success, did it actually change the industry for the better?

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Al, Kevin, and Micah go through the games of the year and crown their winner for 2023. Timings 00:00:00: Theme Tune 00:00:30: Intro 00:01:42: What Have We Been Up To 00:27:56: 2023 Releases 00:34:54: Previous Winners 00:36:30: Our Nominations 01:53:00: GOTY Debate 02:08:06: Decision 02:15:50: Outro Games Mentioned Games released this year Above Snakes Before the green moon Everdream valley Fae Farm Farming Simulator 23 Flutter Away Garden Buddies Garden In Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos Hello Kitty: Island Adventure Homestead Arcana Innchanted Lego Fortnite Loddlenaut Mineko's Night Market Moonstone Island My Time at SAndrock Paleo Pines Roots of Pacha Rune Factory 3 Special Season: A Letter to the Future Silent Hope Smushi Come Home Spells and Secrets Spirittea Sprout Valley Steamworld Build Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life Sun Down Tchia Terra Nil Wildmender EA released in a previous year, 1.0 this year Ikonei Island Moondrop Sun Haven Coral island DDV EA released this year Cornucopia Fabledom Moonlight in Garland One Lonely Outpost Research Factory Song of the Prairie Snacko Previous Winners 2019: Doraemon SoS 2020: Summer in Mara 2021: Spiritfarer 2022: Ooblets Contact Al on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot Al on Mastodon: https://mastodon.scot/@TheScotBot Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/ Transcript (0:00:30) Al: Hello farmers and welcome to another episode of The Harvest Season. My name is Al. (0:00:39) Micah: I’m waiting, I’m waiting for you. (0:00:41) Kevin: Oh, I was waiting for you, too. I’m Micah. (0:00:44) Al: And we are here today to confuse you a lot. (0:00:46) Micah: And I’m Kev. (0:00:48) Kevin: There we go. (0:00:52) Al: It says, “We’re to talk about cottage core games.” (0:00:52) Kevin: Well, I mean, that goes without saying. (0:00:56) Al: Whoo! (0:00:57) Kevin: Whoo-hoo! (0:00:57) Al: Just, just in case people don’t know who they are, the names were the wrong way around there. (0:01:03) Al: So you know, they’re good luck. (0:01:06) Al: This is the fun episode of the year where I get two people on and we argue about which (0:01:14) Al: is the best game. (0:01:16) Al: And most of the time we come to a conclusion where we’re all accepting that that is our combined game of the year. (0:01:22) Kevin: Not this year. I refuse already. (0:01:26) Al: We will see where this year goes. (0:01:29) Al: But oh boy, oh boy, do I have some opinions. (0:01:34) Al: We’ll get to that when we get to that. (0:01:37) Al: Obviously transcripts are available for the episode and the show in general in the show notes and on the website. (0:01:44) Al: The game of the year stuff, Micah, what have you been up to? (0:01:46) Micah: I have been playing Dragon Quest Monsters 3 and I have also been playing Starfield quite a bit. (0:01:48) Al: Shock, shock harder. (0:01:52) Kevin: Good stuff. How many slimes are on your teeth? (0:01:59) Al: Interesting. What do you think? (0:02:01) Micah: I… (0:02:03) Micah: Okay. (0:02:04) Kevin: This, this is the response I hear every time I ask about it. (0:02:08) Micah: I very much understand two things. (0:02:14) Micah: I am a fan. (0:02:17) Micah: I am a fan of Bethesda game design and have been for many years. (0:02:22) Micah: So there is a level of comfort that comes with it. (0:02:27) Micah: I also understand that it is kind of dated game design. (0:02:33) Micah: And it all sort of feels the same as far as Bethesda goes. (0:02:40) Micah: But because I like that, I appreciate it. (0:02:44) Kevin: Yeah, no, that makes sense. I’m a Tetris fan, and Tetris hasn’t changed once in the 40 years it’s been out. (0:02:52) Al: That’s not true! That’s not true, Kevin. (0:02:54) Kevin: Yeah, I know that’s not true. (0:02:56) Al: We know, you know, you know that Tetris has changed. (0:02:58) Al: It has improved. It has moved with the times. (0:02:59) Kevin: Yeah, it is. (0:03:01) Micah: Tetris Effect is one of the greatest Tetris games of all time. Tetris 99. I would say, (0:03:04) Al: Exactly. Exactly. (0:03:06) Micah: I would actually argue that Tetris has done more changing than most franchises do. It’s kind of impressive. I don’t know, it’s kids. It can be cozy, right? Tetris can be a cozy (0:03:14) Kevin: You’re right, especially one we’re a fan of in particular. (0:03:19) Al: You don’t come, we don’t come for Tetris here, Kevin. (0:03:22) Kevin: I mean, we could. (0:03:28) Kevin: We could argue which one’s the best shaped piece. (0:03:31) Al: They also have their scam game that Cody’s playing. (0:03:31) Micah: Their scam game? No. (0:03:34) Kevin: Ah, well. (0:03:35) Al: Oh, have you not heard this, Micah? She’s playing a game that, like, you get points and then apparently once you hit a million or two million points you can win a free cruise, (0:03:45) Al: and I’m convinced it’s a scam. I’m waiting for the day that she gets to the right number of points and then, like, we never hear from her again because she’s, like, shipped off to have our organs harvested or something. (0:03:45) Micah: What? That does sound kinda scary. (0:03:49) Kevin: It does. (0:03:57) Micah: Dear God, all because of Tetris. (0:04:03) Kevin: Well, at least she had fun getting there. (0:04:05) Al: Anyway, so Starfield. (0:04:06) Kevin: That sounds like the game of the year to me. (0:04:10) Al: So what you’re saying is, if you like Starfield, you’ll like Starfield. (0:04:13) Al: That’s what you’re saying. (0:04:14) Micah: Yeah, if you like Bethesda games, Bethesda RPGs, (0:04:20) Micah: then you’ll probably like Starfield. (0:04:22) Micah: I think that there’s a lot of really neat things that they do with the. (0:04:27) Micah: Like space travel portions of it, there’s there’s a lot of really cool the like ship combat, space combat and stuff like that is very, very interesting. (0:04:37) Micah: It’s fun and the more that you kind of get comfortable with the how things function in the world, the you know, the more comfy of a game it is to. (0:04:49) Kevin: Okay, serious question. Have you played No Man’s Sky? (0:04:52) Micah: I have. (0:04:53) Kevin: to that (0:04:55) Micah: It is like if no man’s sky. (0:04:57) Micah: I had way more polished and was much more fleshed out and had much more like story elements to it. (0:05:09) Micah: I think that like primarily my enjoyment of Bethesda games comes from their writing. (0:05:17) Micah: And because there are just as an example, there’s a quest that I stumbled on by… (0:05:27) Micah: killing a space pirate and when I looked in his inventory there was a note and when I read the note that it unlocked this huge side quest that was like hours long. (0:05:40) Micah: Which is like I could have very easily missed that. (0:05:44) Micah: And I love that there’s such depth to like how stories play, like side stories even play out in Bethesda games like that. (0:05:57) Micah: So many times in Elder Scrolls games and things, you know, I’ll just stumble onto a cave and there’s a really deep story that’s written into this group that moved into this cave or whatever and it’s something that you could very easily miss. (0:06:16) Micah: It really makes me appreciate how much effort they put into writing things that people could never play in their, you know… (0:06:27) Micah: They’ll play through the game but there’s plenty of that in Starfield. (0:06:36) Al: Yeah, I think that’s fair. I’ve have enjoyed seeing a lot of the stuff online about all the kind of like side stuff, which has been for me, probably more fun than actually playing the game would be. So like, I totally get if you enjoy the game, then it makes it so much more fun, right? Because you’re finding all these things and just kind of stumble across this. But yeah, for me, it’s like, yeah, I enjoy watching someone post about it online or post a video or something like that. I think I know the side story you’re talking about, because that’s that’s the one that most people tend to go to. (0:06:42) Micah: Mm hmm. Yeah. (0:06:48) Kevin: Yeah. (0:07:12) Micah: Yeah, it’s a pretty important one because it, especially early on it, it gives you access to things that you would not have otherwise, that are pretty important. (0:07:22) Al: Yeah, you just confirmed it’s the one I’m thinking of. (0:07:28) Al: OK, well, I’m glad you’re enjoying it. That’s the important thing. That’s what we play games for. (0:07:30) Kevin: Yeah, well, we, we actually could do greenhouse. (0:07:32) Micah: And you know, I could talk about Dragon Quest monsters endlessly, but I’ll save everybody’s. (0:07:37) Micah: I’ll save everyone’s ears for… (0:07:40) Kevin: I didn’t all gladly listen to Dragon Quest talk for. (0:07:42) Al: Let’s discuss that later. (0:07:44) Micah: Yeah, I think that’s probably what I’m gonna be hanging on to that for is the the later (0:07:52) Al: Awesome. Kevin, what have you been up to? (0:07:55) Kevin: So it’s been a hot mince I’ve been on I think and the biggest life update for people who haven’t heard I have kittens now (0:08:05) Micah: kittens? No. When you okay, when you say kittens, obviously plural, how many are we talking here? (0:08:06) Kevin: Have I not showing you the mic oh I will text you a picture right now (0:08:11) Kevin: Yes (0:08:15) Kevin: We’re talking too so We started off with one (0:08:20) Kevin: So we’re looking for a new place to move into and at one of the places we’ve kittens they were giving (0:08:25) Kevin: away and so we took one home and then after some discussions we said you know what I bet this kitten could use a companion so we went back and got one got one of her brothers and so we now went from no kittens to two kittens pretty much out of the blue their names are teddy and daisy (0:08:52) Kevin: They are about seven, eight weeks. (0:08:55) Kevin: They are about eight weeks old. (0:08:57) Kevin: This is my first time owning cats. I’ve had a dog before, but never cats. (0:09:02) Kevin: It’s been enjoyable there. (0:09:04) Kevin: Fun, energetic, Daisy in particular is a little gremlin who loves to run around. (0:09:08) Kevin: Teddy, the brother, he’s a lot more chill. (0:09:11) Kevin: He is, yeah, I’m loving them so far. I love animals, right? (0:09:15) Kevin: And they were so little when we got them. (0:09:17) Kevin: They were only like four weeks old when we got them. (0:09:20) Kevin: So they were really little. They were like tripled in size. (0:09:23) Kevin: I took them to the vet for the first time. (0:09:25) Kevin: Yesterday, and aren’t they precious I I will have to find of us an alpix so he can post it with the show (0:09:26) Micah: Oh my god. (0:09:33) Micah: Who who’s the which one is the white and gray one? (0:09:37) Kevin: That’s Daisy (0:09:38) Micah: That’s Daisy. (0:09:39) Kevin: Mm-hmm and then (0:09:40) Micah: Daisy looks very much like my brother’s cat, zero, who is 18 years old. (0:09:43) Kevin: Oh really, huh Wow Wow, that’s strong (0:09:48) Micah: But the like identical like pattern and facial structure and. (0:09:51) Kevin: Yeah, yeah, Teddy’s really cute. He’s got a tuxedo (0:09:55) Kevin: pattern. He’s got gray fur, but like little white paws and, um, and Daisy’s black or black gray spots. Yeah, they’re adorable. Um, so yeah, they can be a handful at times as I’m sure cat owners know they can get all over the place. (0:10:10) Kevin: But, um, but I’ve been enjoying. Um, so, uh, yeah, that’s the big thing really. But, uh, (0:10:16) Kevin: other than that, probably the biggest things I’ve been playing lately. Um, I’ve really been getting through Tears of the Kingdom finally. I’ve pretty much (0:10:25) Kevin: at the finish line I’ve done all the big quests I’m just kind of going around hitting up all the shrines and filling out the map and so on and so forth but I could go take on Ganon anytime. That game is phenomenal it’s great I mean I don’t have to go in-depth about it I’m sure everyone knows how good it is right right but yeah very good game I yeah not much I probably could add and then the The other one is a… (0:10:42) Al: Speaking of games that have secrets. (0:10:55) Kevin: Street Fighter 6 (0:10:58) Kevin: So I am a fighting game fan. I am bad at them, but I love them (0:11:03) Micah: Hey, me too. (0:11:04) Kevin: I picked it up. Yeah, yeah, you got right. I’ve only played two weeks (0:11:07) Micah: On both fronts. (0:11:10) Kevin: Have you picked up Street Fighter 6? (0:11:11) Micah: I have not. (0:11:12) Kevin: Micah, okay (0:11:12) Micah: I have some friends that I have watched play. (0:11:14) Kevin: Okay (0:11:18) Micah: And I have some friends that are extremely good at Street Fighter. (0:11:23) Kevin: Yeah, yeah good. Oh man, hats off to them. (0:11:24) Micah: So I’ve seen some, you know, stuff that I’ve seen gameplay that I don’t fully understand because it’s too… (0:11:33) Micah: high level for my small brain to comprehend, but… (0:11:40) Kevin: That’s fine, I’m playing it and it happens to me. (0:11:45) Kevin: So yeah, the two big things, I mean Street Fighter, right? (0:11:47) Kevin: It’s the iconic series, (0:11:48) Kevin: so I’m sure people know what it’s all about, it’s fighting. (0:11:51) Kevin: But the two big things that it brings, (0:11:54) Kevin: the first is called modern controls. (0:11:57) Kevin: They have a new control scheme (0:12:02) Kevin: that simplifies basically playing the game. (0:12:05) Kevin: So traditionally you’d have to do a motion on your control stick and a button and all sorts of crazy combinations to get moves out. (0:12:15) Kevin: But they simplified it, (0:12:16) Kevin: where you can get moves out with just the press of a button. (0:12:20) Kevin: It’s very beginner friendly. (0:12:23) Kevin: Because of the convenience of that, (0:12:25) Kevin: they balanced it by reducing the strength of the moves and things like that. (0:12:32) Kevin: I think it’s great. (0:12:33) Kevin: I don’t play it much myself, I like the classic stuff, (0:12:36) Kevin: but it’s fun to see people use it and be able to play, (0:12:41) Kevin: get in without having to worry about not being able to do the moves. (0:12:44) Kevin: I say that as someone who is not always able to do the moves. (0:12:50) Kevin: And the second big thing that they have is called world tour mode. (0:12:53) Kevin: Have you guys heard of this at all? (0:12:56) Kevin: Yeah, oh man. (0:12:58) Kevin: So World Tour Mode is their single player campaign. (0:13:02) Kevin: The real kicker is that it’s a create a character mode. (0:13:08) Kevin: So you create your own fighter, but they’re sliders to your physical attributes. (0:13:16) Kevin: So you can be as tall, skinny, short, whatever you want. (0:13:19) Kevin: You can make monstrosity looking characters and it will affect your gameplay. (0:13:24) Kevin: If you have long arms, you will be able to punch farther or whatever. (0:13:29) Kevin: It’s pretty fun making your own character. (0:13:32) Kevin: I love it. You can hang out with the cast, which are filled with fun dumb moments. (0:13:46) Kevin: You can text all the street fighters. It’s really funny. (0:13:48) Micah: I am a big fan of a really ridiculous character. (0:13:48) Kevin: It’s so good. It’s probably the most ridiculous one. Just today I saw somebody look like a spaghetti with arms. (0:14:02) Kevin: It’s so good. There’s an online mode where you can bring your creative characters. You can have your freak matches. It’s great. (0:14:10) Kevin: Everything about that game is fantastic. The presentation, the music, the online play works great. I rarely have any bad connections for matches. (0:14:22) Kevin: I’m the character I picked up. Her name is Manon. She is a French supermodel. (0:14:32) Kevin: She is also a judo wrestler. She throws all of that in her move. She does struts, she does pirouettes, and she’ll grow you around. (0:14:40) Kevin: She’s very fun to play. That’s what I’ve been up to. (0:14:44) Kevin: Alright, Senor Al, what about you? (0:14:48) Al: Not a huge amount. It’s been a weird week, but I’ve been playing a bit of a Highland song. So for Micah, probably, who isn’t aware, it’s a platforming game based in the Scottish Highlands, and part of it is rhythm based. And it’s absolutely gorgeous. It has great music. The story is really good, and I don’t play games with the sound on, but I… (0:15:18) Al: can’t play this game with the sound off. Like, it’s just even outside of the rhythm, but it’s just so good. Yeah. Like, a Highland song. And it’s fantastic. So, okay, yeah, (0:15:30) Kevin: Okay, what are the rhythm portions like, because I know it was the Scottish game, but I don’t know what it’s like. (0:15:36) Al: okay. That’s a fair question. That’s a fair question. So, to preamble to that, the idea is that you’ve got all these mountains, and you’re climbing over them, and you’re trying (0:15:48) Al: to get to specific points. And there are places in the game where, as you are walking, (0:15:54) Al: it will tell you to press B to run. And then as you’re running across a terrain, there are things in the way, and the rhythm bit is you have to press it in time to the music to keep going and jump over the rhythm. (0:16:08) Kevin: Okay, that’s fascinating. Huh. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a rhythm platformer in the (0:16:19) Micah: This is beautiful. (0:16:20) Al: Right. Right. And the best thing is, so when you’re standing on, when you’re standing on a hill in the game and you can see all of the hills around you, all of those hills are hills you can go to in the game. (0:16:32) Kevin: Oh wow, that’s nice. (0:16:34) Micah: Wow. Yeah, this is a really pretty game. I’ve never heard of this. (0:16:38) Al: Yeah, it’s really I’m loving it. It’s great. Yeah, yeah, I came out a couple weeks ago. (0:16:39) Micah: Is it new? (0:16:44) Al: But it’s fantastic. And all the Scottish accents are legitimate. So no terrible Shrek voices. (0:16:50) Kevin: But, I mean, come on, don’t you want at least one Shrek in there? (0:16:52) Al: No, no, no. Definitely not. Never, never, never. Shrek is fine in Shrek. Not outside. (0:16:56) Micah: No, that was a very immediate no. (0:17:00) Micah: No, no, no, no, no, no. (0:17:00) Kevin: Ah, fair enough. (0:17:06) Al: We have enough fake Scottish. (0:17:08) Al: Voices in the world, there are very few things where we actually get proper Scottish voices. (0:17:13) Al: So it’s nice to actually hear some. (0:17:14) Kevin: Fair enough. (0:17:15) Kevin: Is David Tennant in it? (0:17:17) Al: I don’t think so, no. (0:17:18) Kevin: the- I’m sorry. That’s a missed (0:17:21) Al: His voice, there was something, I can’t remember what it was I was watching the other day and I was like, “Oh, that’s David Tennant.” Like I always, anytime I hear him doing his normal voice, (0:17:29) Al: it’s like such a distinctive voice for me that I’m like, “Oh.” It’s like, (0:17:33) Al: Every so often, somebody learns that David Tennant is Scrooge McDuck. (0:17:38) Al: And they’re like, “What? How’s David Tennant?” I’m like, “How could you not tell? His voice is just so distinctly his voice.” (0:17:39) Kevin: Yeah, yeah. (0:17:40) Kevin: - That’s… (0:17:47) Kevin: I, I didn’t know, I mean, I, I watched, I’m a big fan of the reboot of DuckTales, but I didn’t know it was David Tennant till a little bit in. (0:17:48) Al: Maybe that’s a Scottish thing, I don’t know. (0:17:57) Kevin: Um, and I didn’t realize he was Scottish. (0:17:59) Kevin: That’s, it’s really funny. (0:18:00) Al: Yeah, he’s not putting on a voice. He’s slightly emphasizing it, but that’s basically just his voice. (0:18:04) Kevin: Yeah, sure. (0:18:06) Al: Yeah, don’t do that again, Kevin. (0:18:06) Kevin: I like how he says “Gad-age” in the first episode. (0:18:09) Kevin: I always remember that one. (0:18:13) Kevin: That’s how he says it. (0:18:17) Al: So yeah, I’ve mostly been playing that and also been playing Pokemon because of the Flubbebe outbreaks, as I said, in the show notes. (0:18:27) Micah: Oh, that’s right (0:18:30) Al: baby baby. (0:18:31) Micah: Forgot that was going on. I forget it’s uh, well baby now and then (0:18:39) Kevin: Milsory in the (0:18:42) Al: So it’s current Flababy in Poldea. It is… no, it is not. It is Litwick in Kitakami. (0:18:48) Kevin: 3 in Kitikami. (0:18:52) Micah: Mmm. Yeah, because milsry is not in the game. (0:18:53) Al: Milcery isn’t in the game yet. Milcery will be in the Blueberry Academy when it comes out. So that’s why it’s not Milcery yet. It’s because it’s in the new region in the DLC. I think it’s just called the Blueberry Academy. Yeah. (0:19:01) Kevin: I haven’t gotten the DLC yet. (0:19:05) Micah: So just the new region, do we know what the new region is called? (0:19:07) Micah: Other than just, it’s the Blueberry Academy, is it just Blueberry Academy? (0:19:10) Kevin: That’s it. (0:19:11) Kevin: Yeah, it’s like an- it’s a- yeah, it’s part of- it’s Unovan territory, I guess, I know, (0:19:16) Kevin: but it’s like an artificial island sort of thing. (0:19:20) Al: Yeah, they call it like the. (0:19:21) Kevin: Terrarium. (0:19:24) Kevin: Yeah. (0:19:26) Micah: means I almost fear honest I mean it’s the like vibe that I got from it when I yeah we’ll see it’s always we’ll see (0:19:26) Kevin: Yeah. (0:19:28) Al: Yeah, it is pretty much, hopefully less evil, but we’ll see. (0:19:29) Kevin: now. (0:19:31) Kevin: Yeah, [LAUGH] I might get the DLC finally, the trit look. (0:19:40) Al: Oh, they are calling it the ceranium. (0:19:42) Al: They are calling it. (0:19:44) Micah: I was just recently finishing up my Pokedex, my like living decks in Violet in preparation for the DLC, but (0:19:57) Micah: there’s a lot of just figuring out how to who I knew who had the other Sinnoh starters, because you only get the like one egg. (0:20:11) Micah: And it’s dependent on, I guess, dependent on what starter you picked for. (0:20:15) Micah: For scarlet or violet. (0:20:16) Al: I think it was, or maybe it was random, I can’t- (0:20:20) Micah: I feel like it was, yeah, it seemed like from trying to track down where I would find a Piplup, it was, it was through like deduction power, the power of deduction (0:20:34) Micah: through who had what starter from the, from Paldea. (0:20:38) Micah: So I don’t know if that’s actually the case or not, but that’s, that’s how I managed to figure out who had. (0:20:44) Al: Yeah, I could probably find out if I cared enough. (0:20:52) Al: I mean, I still like, I don’t, I’m still enjoying it and I’m really looking forward to the new DLC, but Kevin, you don’t need to play it. (0:21:00) Al: You can just not. (0:21:02) Micah: It’s true. It’s true. I will say that I felt. (0:21:02) Kevin: Look, I’m– (0:21:09) Micah: I think we talked about this the last time I was on, actually. (0:21:10) Al: We did. (0:21:12) Al: We had a whole greenhouse episode about it. (0:21:14) Micah: I finally finished the DLC, the first DLC, because that was the right. (0:21:18) Al: Oh, yes. (0:21:19) Al: Yes. (0:21:19) Al: Cause you hadn’t finished it when we did the greenhouse. (0:21:21) Micah: And that is like rare for me, because I I go (0:21:25) Micah: pretty hard into Pokemon stuff when it launches for the first time. (0:21:28) Micah: So to not do that is kind of a new. (0:21:32) Micah: New and weird thing for me, but I finally finished it and I did enjoy it, but I did feel that it was a very, I don’t know, I just, I’ve, I’m still feeling like I’ve kind of become disillusioned with modern Pokemon to some degree, but. (0:21:49) Kevin: I mean and okay like to not I’m you know, I (0:21:54) Kevin: Notoriously nag on the game, but to pull the veil down a little to be you the more genuine here. I (0:22:00) Kevin: Do think the trailer for the upcoming one part looks good. I’m a bit excited for what I see (0:22:07) Kevin: the only part that (0:22:08) Al: Careful. (0:22:10) Kevin: Yeah, I know the only part that really irritates me is the flying thing how it’s locked behind the DLC because (0:22:18) Al: Yeah, I agree (0:22:19) Kevin: It’s just with knowing how the development cycle works and the timing of everything. It feels very intentional. They put bad flying (0:22:28) Al: Well, here’s the thing, I don’t care if it’s like, “Oh, we couldn’t get it done in time for release,” right? (0:22:34) Al: You still don’t have to lock it behind the DLC. (0:22:34) Kevin: Right. Exactly. Yeah. Yep. Yep. Yep. Yeah. Okay. But. (0:22:36) Al: They have updates. (0:22:37) Al: Every game has updates when there’s DLCs. (0:22:40) Al: So you absolutely don’t need to. (0:22:41) Al: It’s absolutely a very specific choice to lock that quality of life feature behind a purchase and that is bad and we should absolutely call that out. (0:22:49) Al: It’s not going to stop me buying the game though. (0:22:52) Micah: Yeah, I’m kind of in the same position. (0:22:56) Micah: I think there’s a lot of stuff that could just generally as far as the development cycle goes could have been changed for the better. (0:23:10) Micah: I had mentioned a little bit the like one time I’ve been on Twitter in the last like month after they talked about the they released. (0:23:22) Micah: It’s the new trailer this last week, I think. (0:23:24) Al: Yeah. (0:23:25) Micah: And they showed off the the like Pokemon control mode. (0:23:30) Micah: I forgot what they call it, but you can control the sync mode where you can control the Pokemon and run around as the Pokemon. (0:23:32) Al: Oh, yes, yeah, synchronize. Yeah. (0:23:32) Kevin: The sync mode thing. (0:23:40) Micah: And it seemingly has not much of a like use case other than you can battle Pokemon, but you just run around as a Pokemon. (0:23:50) Micah: And that to me, it. (0:23:52) Micah: Immediately, like I’d think back to when the games first came out and how much like disgruntledness there was with certain elements of the design that the games design, like how you couldn’t go into any of the houses. (0:24:09) Micah: But then they, you know, when they clipped out of bounds, then they found that there were like half designed internal locations like you could have gone into. (0:24:20) Micah: but it was very clear that they ran. (0:24:22) Micah: Out of time in the development cycle, just couldn’t, uh, so there are things like that where like I, it makes me feel like sync mode. (0:24:29) Micah: It was something that they just ran out of time on. (0:24:32) Al: So that’s possible, but I also think it could be along the lines of, like, let’s go Pikachu and Eevee to Legends, where we saw a clear direction they were moving. (0:24:43) Al: And it’s not necessarily, like, I don’t think anyone would say that the catching in Let’s Go was the way it was because they didn’t have enough time to do what they ended up doing in Legends, but it was more like a kind of moving in that kind of direction. (0:24:57) Al: And we see this with a lot of things in Pokémon where they do that, where it’s like, it’s It’s just a, it’s a. (0:25:02) Al: You’re prerequisite and the kind of like the game, it’s not like here’s a game, let’s build a game. Here’s another game. Let’s build another game, right? Like they’re constantly doing all these different things in these different games and having these different ideas. And that’s true. (0:25:04) Kevin: Yeah, baby steps. (0:25:16) Kevin: These I don’t think these are mutually exclusive either like (0:25:16) Micah: I think that I think that that I agree with that that makes sense. (0:25:22) Micah: But I do feel like there is a level of like (0:25:26) Micah: half baked development process for some of these things. (0:25:30) Micah: And I I am willing to, you know, give (0:25:30) Kevin: Oh, oh, they’re deaf at least. (0:25:34) Micah: well, for like like you said, for let’s go. (0:25:37) Micah: I think the the catch feature for let’s go was meant to more mimic Pokemon. (0:25:41) Micah: Go like it was very clearly there, like (0:25:46) Micah: the motion point between the main games and Pokemon go so that. (0:25:51) Micah: You know, catching style was intended to feel like I mean, it does feel like especially the motion control portion feels like Pokemon go. (0:25:52) Al: I mean, kind of, kind of, but I also like, with then we got only a few years later, legends, (0:26:05) Al: like it feels like it was what they kind of wanted to move towards and they were trying different things and this is what they ended up with. I don’t think it was just like, oh, (0:26:15) Al: let’s just make Pokemon go in a main series game. Like, I think it was, you know, they (0:26:22) Al: had a game which was legends where you were actually running around and literally just throwing Pokeballs at Pokemon, right? But, look, it’s not, yeah, I mean, it does show a flaw in how they developed their games and that these were almost certainly developed in parallel and therefore you can’t know what’s going to be popular and what’s going to end up working really well before you do it the next one. Yeah, I don’t disagree with you. (0:26:30) Kevin: And then they said, “Let’s go backwards at the next game.” (0:26:52) Al: I want that again. But anyway, we don’t need to keep talking about Pokemon. Let’s move on, shall we? This happens every couple of months we end up on another Scarlet and Violet delve. It did, it did. It did, but, you know, I need to save some of my Pokemon talk for a different podcast. Anyway, it’s, wow. Wow. (0:27:03) Kevin: But the trailer just came out. It was… it was gonna- (0:27:16) Kevin: We’re doing a worst games of the year pocket. (0:27:22) Al: Anyway, that’s what we’ve been up to. And I’m glad that we got a good half an hour out of that because there is no news because this is recorded out of time. Because I don’t know about you guys, but I did not want to record this on, you know, Hogman A. So we’re recording it a few weeks early. (0:27:46) Kevin: Where’s your dedication out? (0:27:49) Micah: What do you have things to do geez [laughs] (0:27:52) Al: So yes, yes, I do. So we are here to discuss our favourite games of the year and hopefully come to a conclusion on what the podcast’s game of the year is. So begins the part of the podcast where I read a bunch of words. So I am going to go down all of the games that were released this year. And at what point does this become ridiculous? I don’t know is this the most (0:28:22) Al: games we’ve had released in a year since we started the podcast? (0:28:24) Al: Yes, it absolutely is. (0:28:24) Kevin: Probably. (0:28:26) Al: Absolutely insane. (0:28:27) Al: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, nine. (0:28:29) Kevin: More than three, I’ll tell you that. (0:28:31) Kevin: I didn’t know Homestead Arcana- (0:28:32) Al: So 30, 30, 30 games, (0:28:36) Al: 31, 30, 35 games, and then one, two, three, four, five, six, seven released (0:28:42) Al: into Early Access. So was that 42, 42 games in this list? (0:28:47) Al: So this is the first list is the list of (0:28:50) Al: that were released. (0:28:52) Al: Not into early access and they previously weren’t in early access. (0:28:56) Al: This is brand new games this year. (0:28:58) Al: Brand new games not early access. (0:29:00) Al: I don’t know why I overcomplicated this, but here this is what we’re doing. (0:29:04) Al: So this is Above Snakes, Before the Green Moon, Everdream Valley, Fae Farm, Farming Simulator 23, Flutter Away, Garden Buddies, Garden Inn, Harvest Moon, The Winds of Anthos, Homestead Arcana, Enchanted, Loddle Knot, (0:29:20) Al: Maneko’s Night Market. (0:29:22) Al: And this is me just double-taking. (0:29:48) Micah: Now if you thought that was it. (0:29:52) Kevin: I’m gonna feel bad when one of the real games of the year is in here and the ones that I didn’t play. (0:29:52) Al: Well, this is part of the problem. (0:30:00) Al: So next we have five games that were released in 1.0 this year and early access a previous year. (0:30:07) Al: OK, so they were already out, but they came to their 1.0. (0:30:11) Al: They left early access this year. (0:30:13) Al: That’s a better way of describing it. (0:30:14) Al: These games left early access this year. (0:30:16) Al: And we have Icone Island, Mindrop, Sunhaven, Coral– (0:30:22) Al: Island, and Disney Dreamlight Valley. (0:30:24) Al: And then we have the list of seven games that came into early access this year. (0:30:28) Al: And that is Cornucopia, Fabledom, Moonlight in Garland, One Lonely Outpost, (0:30:35) Al: Research Story, Song of the Prairie, and Snacko. (0:30:39) Al: Hey, Micah, is this the first time you’re learning that Snacko’s in early access? (0:30:42) Al: Or did you know that already? (0:30:43) Micah: Uh, no, yesterday when I opened Notion was the first time I learned this neck wasn’t really (0:30:50) Al: Well, surprise! (0:30:52) Al: in early access now. (0:30:55) Micah: I have I’ve played the betas or the alphas, sorry. (0:31:01) Micah: And I have decided that I don’t want to do much more with the game until it (0:31:10) Micah: they get a full release because I love it. (0:31:13) Micah: love it so far and I don’t want to overdo it. (0:31:16) Kevin: Yep, don’t burn yourself out on it. I know somebody who was a big fan of Hades, but they only played in the Early Access and they burned themselves out. (0:31:23) Micah: I don’t think I could burn myself out on it really as much as it’s just that like, I don’t want to miss out like because I backed it. And I want to, I don’t know, experience the full experience I’ve experienced so much of it at this point. (0:31:38) Al: I think that’s fair. I got to the same point with Coral Island last year where I was like, (0:31:43) Al: “And now I’m going to put it down into 1.0.” But I mean, that was like 40 hours or 50 hours or something like that. It was more than I play a lot of games, you know? And I didn’t feel like playing that much ruined the experience for me when I came to the final version, because I’ve put in more than… I’m up to 100 hours now in that game. So I think it depends on the game. (0:31:55) Micah: Mm-hmm. (0:32:07) Al: Uhh. (0:32:07) Al: Ah. (0:32:08) Al: But that is a fair point. (0:32:11) Al: I have not decided what I’m going to do with Snacko. (0:32:14) Al: I’ve not decided yet. (0:32:16) Kevin: Why did nobody tell me homestead arcana came out? I would have played it, I missed that. (0:32:21) Al: Kevin! (0:32:23) Kevin: I’ve been here. (0:32:24) Micah: Have I got news for you. (0:32:29) Al: Kevin, you literally, we literally have a shared list of all of these games and when they coming out, you can look at it all the time and I’m constantly updating it just to let you know that is a thing. (0:32:31) Kevin: Well, hey. (0:32:42) Kevin: You assume I read these even when we’re recording. (0:32:43) Al: Nope, I don’t assume that at all, but I will complain about it. (0:32:49) Al: So any thoughts before we get into listing our favorite games, any thoughts on the list as a whole? (0:32:56) Al: Here we go. (0:32:56) Kevin: Umm… (0:32:57) Kevin: Ugh… (0:32:58) Micah: It’s a good list (0:32:59) Kevin: It’s a very good list. It’s too good. (0:33:01) Micah: It’s a strong list that I (0:33:06) Micah: when I opened this this document and looked at it I was a (0:33:11) Micah: Surprised that so many games had come out this year and be a little bit (0:33:17) Micah: Concerned about how few of these games I actually played (0:33:20) Kevin: Exactly! (0:33:22) Kevin: Alright, time to strike out all the ones none of us have played. (0:33:26) Al: Yeah, no, that’s fair. And I think it is interesting, right? Because like, I’ve now been tracking these games. I think I have all of the farming games that have released ever now in my list. (0:33:36) Al: And so that’s 47 this year. Last year, there were 24. In 2021, there were 15. In 2020, (0:33:46) Al: there were nine. In 2019, there were 13. And then we’ve got like, between 2016 and 2018, (0:33:54) Al: were 16. (0:33:56) Al: So that’s like a three-year span, and they were the same number as they were in 2021. (0:34:03) Al: And then 2010 to 2015, there were 12 of them, half of which were just farming simulator, (0:34:10) Kevin: Yeah. (0:34:10) Al: and the other half were just harvest moon. (0:34:13) Al: That’s not true. (0:34:16) Al: There were three harvest moons, two rune factories in one story of seasons, and an animal crossing. (0:34:21) Al: So the rest were farming simulator. (0:34:23) Al: And then the five years before that, there were 17. (0:34:26) Al: It is wild that Stardew Valley is eight years old in February, just saying. (0:34:36) Kevin: Yup, thanks Stardew Valley. (0:34:43) Kevin: You changed the whole landscape of the genre of gaming, thanks. (0:34:50) Kevin: I thought it was older, to be honest. (0:34:53) Al: No, 2016. (0:34:56) Al: Right. (0:34:56) Al: Well, I mean, shall we get right into it then? (0:34:59) Al: Let’s go for one each around, what should we do around the table? (0:35:04) Al: One each. (0:35:04) Kevin: All right. (0:35:05) Al: And we can tell, say what the game is and tell me why you’ve got it in the list. (0:35:12) Al: And we’re not doing, no, it’s a terrible game. (0:35:15) Al: So Micah, would you like to go with your first one? (0:35:18) Micah: Uhhh… Can I go with my wildcard first? (0:35:20) Al: You can, you can go in whatever order you want. (0:35:22) Al: If you want to leave your strongest for last, go for it. (0:35:25) Al: if you want to start with your strong. (0:35:26) Al: Go for it if you want to do your crazy one first, do what you want. (0:35:29) Micah: I’m going to get my wild card out of the way because I know that it’s not going to go very far so. (0:35:31) Al: Let’s go for it. (0:35:34) Al: Never assume these things, you have no idea what’s going to happen. (0:35:37) Micah: OK, that’s true. You’re right. My my. (0:35:37) Kevin: I, I, yep, I. (0:35:39) Al: Oh wait, before we get into that, let me just quickly. (0:35:45) Al: I want to go through what we have had as our games of the year in the past. (0:35:51) Al: Last year, Ooblets won. (0:35:54) Al: 2022, Ooblets won. (0:35:57) Al: But it did. (0:35:58) Al: 2021 was Spiritfarer. (0:36:01) Al: 2020 was Summer in Mara. (0:36:04) Al: And 2019 was the Raymon Story of Seasons. (0:36:07) Kevin: Wildflower was robbed. (0:36:09) Micah: What year was Wildflowers? (0:36:11) Kevin: I don’t I (0:36:11) Micah: Oh. I mean. (0:36:11) Al: Yeah, Wildflowers last year. (0:36:13) Micah: Ooblitz though. (0:36:16) Al: None of the three of us had played it. (0:36:18) Al: And Kevin, you hadn’t played it by that point either. (0:36:20) Al: So… (0:36:21) Micah: Also- Also Ooblitz is- (0:36:21) Kevin: That is correct. (0:36:26) Al: Ooblets was the only… (0:36:27) Al: Well, you hadn’t played Ooblets, but me and Bev had. (0:36:30) Micah: Yes. (0:36:31) Al: And you had a wild card last year as well. (0:36:33) Al: So what’s your wild card this year? (0:36:35) Micah: What was my wildcard last year? (0:36:37) Al: Shinshan Summer Vacation. (0:36:38) Micah: Oh, I mean, that is actually I still stand by that. (0:36:44) Al: Look, I’m not saying it’s a bat, I’m just saying. (0:36:46) Al: Like it was a little bit out of life field, (0:36:47) Al: neither of us had heard of that game before you brought it up. (0:36:50) Micah: Well, let me tell you about my wildcard for this year, which I guarantee you have heard of. (0:36:55) Micah: There is absolutely no scenario where you have not heard of this game. (0:37:00) Micah: Are you ready? (0:37:02) Kevin: Is it the princess game? (0:37:03) Micah: It is Fortnite. (0:37:07) Al: OK, why? (0:37:08) Al: OK, so you– wait, no, no, right. (0:37:10) Al: OK, so, Micah, you’re telling me that over the past three days, (0:37:12) Micah: Uh-huh. Yeah. (0:37:16) Micah: Yes. (0:37:17) Al: you have played this game enough to consider it one of your favourite games of the year? (0:37:20) Micah: I would say that there’s a reason that it’s a wild card. (0:37:27) Micah: And I would say that it is probably the reason that it’s in my list is not because I would (0:37:33) Micah: personally consider it one of my favorite games of the year. (0:37:36) Micah: But I think that it is a very important bridge (0:37:42) Micah: for the wider Fortnite audience, which is massive, into the world of farming sims. (0:37:50) Al: Well, we will have talked about it in a previous episode, so. (0:37:50) Kevin: And hey, if we let them win… (0:37:52) Micah: For anybody that is confused by this and doesn’t understand why Fortnite is part of this conversation, (0:37:59) Micah: they just released… (0:38:02) Micah: Yes, the Fortnite, the LEGO Fortnite mode has been released as of three days ago. So… (0:38:10) Al: And for some reason, it’s basically Minecraft, but with more farming. It’s wild! (0:38:10) Kevin: Minecraft for tonight. (0:38:12) Micah: Yes, and also as Legos, and it’s in Fortnite. (0:38:15) Kevin: Yeah. (0:38:18) Micah: I don’t really know if there’s aside from skins and characters, there’s not. (0:38:21) Kevin: Wait, is it actually Lego brand? Lego? What? Holy moly. (0:38:24) Al: It is, it is. (0:38:25) Micah: Yes, it’s actually Lego brand. (0:38:28) Micah: And it’s you are just building Lego, (0:38:30) Micah: like a Lego like homestead basically of a village in the wild. (0:38:36) Kevin: That’s… (0:38:37) Micah: It’s essentially a survival, it’s more of a survival game than it is like (0:38:42) Kevin: Mm-hmm. (0:38:42) Micah: a farming sim. (0:38:43) Micah: So it’s more like you gotta eat and you gotta, there is, (0:38:44) Kevin: It’s all Minecraft. (0:38:44) Al: Yeah, but there does seem to be a decent amount of farming in it. (0:38:49) Micah: there is a decent amount of farming in it. (0:38:51) Micah: And I’ll say that I have played quite a bit of it because the team that I work with has been very into it. (0:38:59) Micah: So, and prior to that coming out, we had all been playing Ark, (0:39:06) Al: » Okay. Yeah. (0:39:06) Micah: the dinosaur survival game. (0:39:09) Micah: So we had a server that we were playing that on. (0:39:11) Micah: So when a new survive. (0:39:12) Micah: Survival type game released and it’s Fortnite and it’s free and it’s Lego then we were like, okay, well, let’s play this instead so we have been playing quite a bit of it and it’s I was a little bit shocked at how good of an experience it is because it’s it it’s just odd because it’s got other than the skins and the characters there’s and I guess the the game that it that you access it from there’s nothing related to Fortnite really it’s super obvious. (0:39:19) Al: suck (0:39:44) Al: No. Well, I think your character is in the beginning based on the main, the base Fortnite playable character, right? Yeah. It’s not Fortnite. It’s not Fortnite at all. So a couple of things I found interesting about this. So first of all, it made me realize that Fortnite is not just Fortnite anymore, right? Like Fortnite was just a battle royale, but that is just one of eight different game modes, right? Absolutely wild to me. (0:39:52) Micah: Yes. Yeah. So aside from the characters, I mean, it’s it’s really there’s not a lot of no, it’s not a (0:40:06) Kevin: Oh, it hasn’t been for a while. (0:40:08) Micah: Yeah. Right. (0:40:14) Al: That’s the point now. And second of all, not only is this, it’s like, it’s not just Fortnite, but Lego. It’s Fortnite, but Lego, if they made it Minecraft, but with more farming. (0:40:30) Al: And I am just, it’s just so fascinating. So I haven’t played a huge amount of it. I’ve downloaded it and I’ve started playing it and I’ve kind of done the first couple of things. And it’s not really grabbing me. I don’t think I’m going to spend a huge amount of time on it, but I think (0:40:44) Al: so. Minecraft, when we covered Minecraft on the podcast, it was, it was a bit of a stretch, (0:40:48) Al: right? There is farming, but it’s very limited. It’s like, it was four crops or something. There might be more now. Minecraft has done a lot since then, but it felt like a bit of a stretch. (0:40:58) Micah: Yeah, there is a significant differences between, you know, yeah, there’s quite a bit to do in Fortnite now, or in Minecraft, I mean. (0:41:05) Al: Yeah, but this feels like a legit farming game, but it’s not cottagecore. It’s survival farming game. (0:41:06) Kevin: Minecraft has not stopped growing, they do annual updates. (0:41:16) Micah: Mm hmm. (0:41:19) Micah: Yeah, so I guess it kind of it also is a little bit of like how you play it. (0:41:24) Micah: So like, granted, there is a survival aspect that needs to be taken care of. (0:41:29) Micah: But depending on who you’re playing with or the the you know, (0:41:32) Micah: there is a like peaceful mode that you can do similar to what Minecraft had, (0:41:36) Al: That’s a good point. (0:41:36) Micah: where it’s not really you don’t have to play the survival mode. (0:41:40) Micah: You can play it just for the sake of like, you know, (0:41:43) Micah: the kind of like sandbox aspect of it. (0:41:46) Micah: Where you’re building stuff and doing whatever you want. (0:41:46) Kevin: farming and whatnot. (0:41:48) Micah: Yeah. (0:41:49) Micah: But, you know, like with my group, I’m not as big into the survival aspects of it. (0:41:54) Micah: Like I don’t particularly care about, you know, min maxing food and water and so on and so forth. (0:42:01) Micah: I’m more into the like building and designing and, you know, farming and that stuff. (0:42:07) Micah: So I kind of take on that role while everybody else takes on the survival portion of it. (0:42:14) Micah: So there are different ways. (0:42:16) Micah: Is to be able to play it that make it a little bit more of like a comfortable experience. (0:42:22) Micah: I mean, I literally built a cottage, so I don’t know, you know. (0:42:25) Al: Yeah, that’s, I think that’s totally fair. I guess my point of what I was saying was, (0:42:26) Kevin: Nice. Well, there you go. (0:42:31) Al: was like, I think this is much more legitimate as a farming game than Minecraft was when, (0:42:38) Al: when we covered it. So I think it’s, it’s totally fair to count this as a farming game. (0:42:39) Micah: Right. (0:42:40) Kevin: Yeah. (0:42:42) Al: So maybe I should add it into the list as Lego Fortnite. Um, but here’s a question for you. Does this make Fortnite the most downloaded farming game ever? (0:42:44) Kevin: Oh, there you go. (0:42:54) Micah: That’s why I I’ve included it because I think it is important touchstone in the history of farming games where it (0:42:54) Kevin: Absolutely. (0:43:05) Micah: There’s a possibility I can see a world in which people who play this (0:43:10) Micah: Enjoy it enjoy the like farming aspects of it want more of that and branch out into other farming type games (0:43:17) Micah: because there is such a broad audience for fortnight that (0:43:21) Micah: You know and it’s there’s such a broad (0:43:24) Micah: Audience for Lego - that there is a good (0:43:30) Micah: Possibility that it creates more farming game fans, which I’m all for (0:43:35) Al: I’ve added it into the list and also I need to add one more that I forgot, which was Hello Kitty Island Adventure. (0:43:42) Kevin: Oh, yeah, well (0:43:42) Micah: I did see that that was missing from the list and I didn’t know if that was intentional or not so it just… (0:43:46) Al: Oh, you should have brought it up. Come on. (0:43:46) Kevin: Glaring a bit omission this entire show is a sham (0:43:51) Al: Look, look, we’re now up to 49 games, right? I’m sorry, I can’t keep track of the ball. (0:43:56) Kevin: It’s quick Somebody find one more quick Um one well, you know though what we have to do is we have to let fortnite win (0:44:03) Kevin: So we can get that sponsorship money. Welcome to the harvest season of fortnite podcast (0:44:06) Micah: - It’s true. (0:44:09) Micah: Of Fortnite, but I never, I just did not ever foresee (0:44:15) Micah: there being a scenario where in the farming game of the year discussion or just in general on a harvest season episode that I would be bringing up Fortnite in a like semi-serious way. (0:44:26) Kevin: Yeah, one thing I will I haven’t played Fortnite ever, but from what I understand, every time they bring in these new distinct modes or gameplay elements, it’s always very polished and good quality. (0:44:44) Kevin: Like they brought in Spider-Man swinging and Attack on Titan, so I’m not surprised that this is high quality and that’s a lot of money being thrown at this Lego money, Fortnite money. (0:44:57) Al: Alright, well, you’re probably right, it’s probably not going to win, but it’s there, (0:45:02) Al: it’s in the list, not many games get into the list. So, there we go. No, into the list of the two, there’s only nine. It’s only nine. Alright, Kevin, what’s your first? (0:45:06) Kevin: Nope just 48 others. Oh (0:45:10) Kevin: Our list, okay (0:45:15) Kevin: My first one I’m going to go with (0:45:19) Kevin: Manekos night market a shocker to everyone the game I’ve been pining for for how many years now. Oh (0:45:27) Kevin: gosh (0:45:28) Al: Like five, like maybe six. (0:45:31) Kevin: Yeah, I don’t know something like (0:45:32) Al: I think it was six years ago it was first. (0:45:33) Kevin: well (0:45:36) Kevin: Yeah, I think it’s I’ve the fact that I waited that long and still was happy with what came out I think is a testament to how good the game is (0:45:48) Kevin: Obviously, I haven’t played all these other games and it probably not even the ones on your guys list but I (0:45:54) Kevin: Out of the ones I see here. I probably I would argue it has the most personality and charm (0:46:02) Kevin: the art, the sort of craft book art. (0:46:06) Kevin: It has gone very, very enjoyable. (0:46:10) Kevin: I haven’t beaten it myself, right? (0:46:12) Kevin: It loses some points because it came out with a handful of bugs and rough edges. (0:46:18) Kevin: But it’s still a game that makes me smile every time. (0:46:24) Kevin: So yeah, I gotta give a shout out to Maneko because I think it actually did deliver. (0:46:30) Kevin: Um, obviously, you know, it’s not the scale of tears that– (0:46:36) Kevin: Kingdom waiting six years for that or whatever, but for the get what it set out to be from all the trailers and whatnot, I think it delivered. It’s very cute, which I appreciate now. I have cats myself. Yeah. (0:46:48) Al: Yeah, totally fair, and it is still the wallpaper on my phone and has been for like seven months, (0:46:57) Kevin: Yeah, there you go. Also actually one thing I (0:47:01) Kevin: Yeah, that’s the good stuff (0:47:04) Kevin: one thing I do want to add (0:47:06) Kevin: Go on as we talked about in the episode. We talked about it. Um, the (0:47:11) Kevin: titular night market part of it is very fun (0:47:15) Kevin: Auctioning going into little bid war with customers to sell who and make profits and whatnot (0:47:20) Kevin: I don’t think a lot of these other games are focused on that like making money (0:47:26) Kevin: So that was (0:47:27) Kevin: a refreshing angle approaching the whole cottagecore thing. (0:47:32) Kevin: And again, just very fun points for that. (0:47:36) Al: Awesome. (0:47:36) Micah: Uh, I, are, are we just for the sake of the structure? (0:47:43) Micah: Are we just going through our picks and then discussing them or are we? (0:47:48) Al: If you have more to talk about that game just now, then feel free. (0:47:53) Al: We don’t need to discuss whether it’s the winner yet or not. (0:47:55) Micah: Sure, uh, oh (0:47:55) Al: And don’t say whether it’s on your list yet or not. (0:47:56) Kevin: Yeah. (0:47:58) Al: We’ll get to that. (0:47:59) Micah: Okay, I (0:48:00) Kevin: Alright. (0:48:03) Kevin: Michael, what’s next on your list? (0:48:03) Al: Right, we don’t want to look, Micah, we have a collapsed list for the suspense. (0:48:05) Micah: Didn’t didn’t say one way or another (0:48:05) Kevin: I’m kidding, I’m kidding. Ow, ow. (0:48:11) Al: We’re keeping the suspense, even if it might really be obvious now. (0:48:12) Micah: Okay, you’re right you’re right you’re right (0:48:14) Kevin: Alright. (0:48:16) Micah: It’s not though cuz I’m changing it at the moment I’m typing no, I’m just kidding [laughing] (0:48:18) Al: All right. I’ll go with my wild card. No, no, come on. I’m going with my wild card, (0:48:24) Kevin: Alright, ow. (0:48:26) Kevin

We are reviewing the video game bracket that social media picked. Please let us know what the best video game of all time is. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002)Silent Hill (1999)Galaga (1981)Bioshock Infinite (2013)Candy Crush (2012)Super Mario Bros. (1985)Castlevania (1986)The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)Contra (1987)Tetris (1984)Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (2000)Super Mario 64 (1996)Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001)Final Fantasy VII (1997)Resident Evil 2 (1998)Minecraft (2011)Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004)Pac-Man (1980)Bloodborne (2015)Doom (1993)Halo 2 (2004)Street Fighter II (1991)System Shock 2 (1999)Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)God of War (2018)Space Invaders (1978)Perfect Dark (2000)The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991)Batman: Arkham City (2011)Grand Theft Auto III (2001)Duck Hunt (1984)Metal Gear Solid (1998)Fallout 3 (2008)Pong (1972)Spacewar! (1962)Pokémon Yellow (1996)Donkey Kong Country (1994)The Sims (2000)Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010)World of Warcraft (2004)Silent Hill 2 (2001)Grand Theft Auto V (2013)Super Smash Bros. (1999)Half-Life 2 (2004)Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003)GoldenEye 007 (1997)Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014)Super Mario World (1990)Gran Turismo (1997)Resident Evil 4 (2005)Mike Tyson's Punch Out!! (1987)The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017)Animal Crossing: New Horizons (2020)Halo: Combat Evolved (2001)Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010)Half-Life (1998)Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992)StarCraft (1998)Portal (2007)The Legend of Zelda (1986)Mass Effect 2 (2010)Final Fantasy VI (1994)Wii Sports (2006)Super Metroid (1994)Red Dead Redemption (2010)Sonic & Knuckles (1994)The Oregon Trail (1971)Chrono Trigger (1995)Metroid Prime (2002)Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)Max Payne (2001)Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)Bioshock (2007)Donkey Kong (1981)Grand Theft Auto IV (2008)Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018)Super Mario Odyssey (2017)The Last of Us (2013)Counter-Strike (2000Sid Meier's Civilization (1991)Wolfenstein 3D (1992)Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997) Mario Kart 64(1996)Metroid (1986)Undertale (2015)The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)Mortal Kombat (1992)Quake (1996)SimCity (1989)Soulcalibur (1998)Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (2009)Ms. Pac-Man (1982)Tomb Raider (1996)Asteroids (1979)Resident Evil (1996)The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015)Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004)Pokemon Go (2016)Shadow of the Colossus (2005)Portal 2 (2011)Sid Meier's Civilization II (1996)Super Mario Galaxy (2007)Mega Man 2 (1988)Dark Souls (2011) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mass-debaters/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mass-debaters/support

In this episode Wii play Wii! First we drink Lemonade Splash Fizz and Norm's IPA from Griffin Claw. RLXP includes removing an engine and a necklace. We've played the gameshow platformer Wipeout (Wii) and the 3D platforming classic Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii). Our reccos are Duolingo and Pimsluer. Links - GRPVG links - linktr.ee/grandrapidians --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/grandrapidians/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/grandrapidians/support

Thank you to Hello Fresh for sponsoring this episode. Go to http://hellofresh.com/50KitKrysta and use code 50KitKrysta for 50% off + FREE shipping Thank you to Better Help for sponsoring this episode. Go to http://betterhelp.com/KitAndKrysta for 10% off your first month *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Hi and welcome to episode 88 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! Today we are counting down the mere hours to the launch of Super Mario Bros. Wonder and sharing our final thoughts before we sink our teeth into this hopefully amazing game. Also in this episode we continue our Mario theme with a Nintendo storytime about a very unfortunate incident that happened with Super Mario Galaxy. We also give you our final thoughts on Baldur's Gate 3 because one of us beat the game. We have a monster news section where we react to the reveal of the new Mario voice actor. Of course, we wrap it all up with questions from our incredible Patreon subscribers. Let's-a go! 0:00 - YAY! Mario Week 19:31 - Countdown to Super Mario Bros. Wonder - our final thoughts 53:00 - Nintendo storytime - zero gravity is not Mario's friend (Super Mario Galaxy) 1:07:08 - Games we are playing (Baldur's Gate 3, Sea of Stars, TMNT Mutant Mayhem DLC) 1:24:22 - News news new (Mario voice actor, Microsoft/Activision deal closes, PS5 slim, Spider-Man 2 metacritic) 1:46:24 - Questions from our Patreon subscribers Follow Us! https://www.patreon.com/kitandkrysta https://twitter.com/kitandkrysta https://www.tiktok.com/@kitandkrysta https://www.instagram.com/kitandkrysta/ http://www.facebook.com/kitandkrysta/ -Kit & Krysta

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we begin our annual spooky series in a little place called Bright Falls, with Remedy's 2010 horror adventure Alan Wake. We place the game in its time a bit (not that long ago) and talk about how that first episode presents itself. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Episode 1 Issues covered: reviewing our spooky season, feeling like a 2010 game, the Alan Wake DLC for Control, hard to compare with other developers, doubling down on a hook, connecting their games together, featuring the preoccupations of one writer, reviewing 2010, an open world game, systemic survival games, thinking about some open horror games, empowerment and lack of dread, being close to a visual narrative, stitching together narrative, simple combat, graphic novel treatments and tv treatments, iterating on what they do well, bullet time, theming around narrative, making you a little unsettled, thin interactivity, leaning on Stephen King, the Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks connection, the early ages of narrative design and adding writing, pacing out in an open world version, cross-pollination, licensed music, the diner scene, what is reality, too many puzzle boxes, not worrying about the threads too much, the Riddler writes in, Brett's Arkham City Riddler progress, having a controller for the first time, the mouse and the flash-in-the-pan, a great first controller game. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Karl Stewart, Arkham Asylum, Resident Evil (series), Silent Hill 2, Dead Space, Eternal Darkness, Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines, Remedy Entertainment, Max Payne (series), Quantum Break, Control, Sam Lake, Arnold Schwarzeneggar, X-Files, Twin Peaks, House of Leaves, Bioshock 2, God of War III, Mass Effect 2, Starcraft 2, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Just Cause 2, Fable III, Halo: Reach, Dead Rising 2, Red Dead Redemption, Fallout: New Vegas, Limbo, Heavy Rain, Quantic Dream, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Penumbra, Deadly Premonition, Epic Mickey, Darksiders, AC: Brotherhood, MGS: Peacewalker, PSP, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, The Long Dark, Evil Within (series), idTech, Ghostwire: Tokyo, Shenmue, Stephen King, The Shining, Misery, Blue Velvet, Dean Stockwell, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Microsoft Studios, The Coconut Song, Reservoir Dogs, Stuck in the Middle with You, Practical Magic, LOST, S., Doug Dorst, American Nightmare, Calamity Nolan, Geoff, Mark Hamill, LucasArts, LodeRunner, DOOM (1993), Quake, Ken Schoemake, SSX, Tony Hawk Pro Skater (series), Final Fantasy IX, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia.  Next time: Episodes 2 and 3? Maybe also 4? We'll see Twitch: brettdouville or timlongojr, instagram:timlongojr, Twitter: @timlongojr and @devgameclub Discord  DevGameClub@gmail.com

The weekly show doc is pasted below! Press X Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw  Topics: New Mario voice actor, Kevin Afghani- https://twitter.com/KevinAfghani/status/1712900880218181648 https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Kevin-Z-Afghani/  Rumour: Walmart dropping physical Xbox games soon, could expand to other media: https://x.com/LimitedRunJosh/status/1712554666838704169?s=20 No more Pokemon Van Gogh cards: https://twitter.com/pokejungle/status/1712895402008068453?s=20 https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/van-gogh-museum-x-pokemon#frequently-asked-questions  The Analogue 3D: reviving nostalgia with N64: https://www.analogue.co/3d First look at Omni Man in Mortal Kombat 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySWxnUqajQ0 Pet Hines retiring from Bethesda: https://www.polygon.com/23919138/bethesda-pete-hines-retires-starfield-elder-scrolls-fallout?  Xbox + Activision deal finally closes (did this happen before or after the last ep?) Filler topic for this week or next: fav spooky games cause Halloween  Questions from Discord: From Joe:  Thoughts on Walmart ending physical game sales soon. Any dormant Activision franchises you'd like brought back under Microsoft? Rumors of Disney possibly being interested in acquiring a game company like ea Go on a rant about redfall being good lol. And a rant about new Mario voice actor What we're playing: Mary: Baldur's Gate 3. I now have three characters.  John: Wild ARMs Greg: Starfield, Apex Legends, the game of Life :(  Brett L:  Phantom Liberty, Mirage Brett M: Forza Motorsport, Redfall (beat), RE4 Separate Ways (beat), Super Mario Galaxy

If you're an older player of video games, you know that 2007 was an historically-insane year for the medium. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Super Mario Galaxy, BioShock, The Orange Box, God of War II, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, and Mass Effect -- amongst others -- all launched within 9 months of each other. And then there was Halo 3, arguably the king of them all. Halo 3 is the Xbox brand's single best-selling game by a mile, and it's an emblem of Microsoft's most successful era both commercially and critically, when it was a completely dominant force with its boot on its competitor's neck. Short and sweet at only eight hours (or so) long, Halo 3 is a thrill to play, though it does lack its predecessor's emphasis on story and lore, which is a bit of a bummer. And it of course thrived via online play via Xbox Live, which isn't at all what our podcast is about. Instead, we focus on its action movie-like campaign, which we both had a blast with. And we reminisce about a time when Microsoft nearly won the so-called Console War, before it somewhat befuddingly dropped the ball and gave the crown away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tune in to today's episode of Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show as we're joined by voice actor Kenny James. Since 2005, Kenny has provided the voice of Bowser in Nintendo's highly successful Super Mario franchise. You can hear his voice on video games such as Super Mario Galaxy, Mario Kart Wii, Super Mario 3D Land, Super Mario Odyssey and many others. He also lent his voice to various anime and provided voiceover on different commercials.

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we start a new series on Metroid Prime, which we are playing via the Nintendo Switch remaster. We set the game in its time, talk a little bit about Retro, and then wall jump into the action of the tutorial area. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Until you arrive on Tallon IV Issues covered: Tim's purging, Western developers making FPSes for Japanese publishers, basing things on the lock-on, a game set apart by art direction, a ban on 2002, Brett's bookend years, the Capcom 5, the games for GameCube, being in the helmet, attach rate, top sales, reminiscing about a former colleague, the transition to 3D and Mark HH to support, seeing the potential for the game beneath the engine, ripping away ownership of the FPS, returning to the 2D formula, doling out their lesser selling properties a bit at a time, starting with all the gadgets, taking notes when you play a Metroid game, adding accessibility via the lock-on, locking on without a target, scanning as the second thing, good world building and boss teasing, teaching you how to fight with a simple boss, the amazing music and audio design, getting to look through the helmet, augmenting the sense of embodiment, finding community in an MMO, design for addictiveness, having an engaging game and then making something punishing, taking a game too far, the golden mean, ethical free-to-play, game metrics, key performance indicators, costs of people who play a game too much, designing to encourage people to step away from time to time, the humble origins of the James Bond theme,  Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: GoldenEye 007, Splatoon, Capcom, Lost Planet, Retro Studios, Halo, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, Eternal Darkness, Ratchet & Clank, Morrowind, Animal Crossing, Kingdom Hearts, Timesplitters 2, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, 2015 Games, Infinity Ward, Jedi Knight 2, NOLF 2, BF1942, GameCube, Wind Waker, Resident Evil, Super Mario Sunshine, James Bond 007: Nightfire, Metroid Fusion, Dark Cloud 2, Sly Cooper & Thievious Raccoonus, Splinter Cell, Warcraft III, Neverwinter Nights, Jedi Starfighter, LucasArts, Resident Evil 4, Republic Commando, Metroid Dread, Nintendo Switch, LoZ: Tears of the Kingdom, Geist, Shadows of the Empire, Mark Haigh-Hutchinson, Jon Knowles, Shigeru Miyamoto, MegaForce, Super Mario 64, LoZ: Ocarina of Time, Wired magazine, DOOM (1993), Metroid: Samus Returns, Bandai/Namco, Metroid: Other M, Mario Kart 8, Breath of the Wild, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Arkham Asylum, Unreal, Colin "The Shots," World of Warcraft, Everquest, Marvel Snap, 343 Industries, June, Aristotle, Super Mario Galaxy, Sony, Star Wars: Galaxies, Raph Koster, Ultima Online, Calamity Nolan, James Bond, Guy Morgan, Monty Norman, Bad Sign/Good Sign, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr. Biswas, John Barry, Grant Kirkhope, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia.  Next time: Check the Discord! Links: The James Bond origin track Twitch: brettdouville or timlongojr, instagram:timlongojr, Twitter: @timlongojr and @devgameclub Discord: https://t.co/h7jnG9J9lz DevGameClub@gmail.com

Un repaso a la trayectoria de Yoshiaki Koizumi en Nintendo, desde sus inicios creando manuales de instrucciones y el trasfondo de sagas como Zelda a la dirección de juegos emblemáticos de la compañía siempre con su seña de identidad: contar historias. Presentado por Nacho Bartolomé. Sintonía y sonidos del podcast por Rubén García. Puedes contactar a través de Twitter (@nintendatos) o correo electrónico (contacto@nintendatos.com). ¡Gracias por escuchar!Fuentes y enlaces de interés:https://www.wired.com/2007/12/interview-super/https://www.nintendo.es/Iwata-pregunta/Iwata-pregunta-The-Legend-of-Zelda-Ocarina-of-Time-3D/Vol-2-El-equipo-de-desarrollo-del-original-primera-parte/1-Un-juego-que-cambio-muchos-destinos/1-Un-juego-que-cambio-muchos-destinos-231561.htmlhttps://www.nintendo.es/Iwata-pregunta/Iwata-pregunta-Super-Mario-Galaxy/Iwata-pregunta-Super-Mario-Galaxy-Parte-1/1-Como-nacio-Super-Mario-Galaxy/1-Como-nacio-Super-Mario-Galaxy-230044.html

Patrick and Mark know what's better than the Super Mario Bros. Movie grossing $1 Millon...it's the Super Mario Bros. Movie grossing $1 Billion. Plus, Nintendo goes to Gamescom, how close (or not close) Super Mario Galaxy is to Super Mario Sunshine, and more.The guys also talk about:Final Fantasy Pixel RemastersTetris 99Microsoft and Activision BlizzardCadence of Hyrule Crypt of the NecroDancerThe Legend of Zelda Tears of the KingdomSUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/nintendocartridgesocietyFRIEND US ON SWITCHPatrick: SW-1401-2882-4137Mark: SW-8112-0583-0050

Not a pixel out of place...Jess McDonell presents 10 Video Games That Are Practically Flawless... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The out of this world game we are talking about this week is the Wii classic Super Mario Galaxy. Find out why Mike and Matt think this game is in its own stratosphere of games! Then stick around as they talk about the new movie The Super Mario Bros (light spoilers) Email us at thehalloffamepod@gmail.com Follow us @halloffamepod --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehalloffamepod/message

Gaming Jesus is missing, and it's up to YOU to make it through this podcast without him! Strap in for random talk about Super Mario Galaxy, Hollow Knight, Gabe's irrational fear of chocolate, more Resident Evil 4-make, and (of course) another obscure PC Engine game nobody has ever heard of. Plus news! But not Zelda Trailer or FF16 SOP news. Just…other news. ENJOY! Time – Topic Discussed: 01:18 – Nicknames 26:31 – Resident Evil 4 Remake 32:23 – Hollow Knight 39:55 – Vasteel (it's a PC Engine game) 48:09 – Super Mario Galaxy 01:04:04 – News: Sayonara E3, PS5 rumors, Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters, and more!

We are sitting down with The Thing About Us Podcast, who is doing his 104 video games tournament. Check out this episode to see what he thinks is the best video game ever. If you want to do your tournament, please get in touch with us, and we will set it up. Here are all the video games in the tournament: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) Silent Hill (1999)Galaga (1981) Bioshock Infinite (2013) Persona 5 (2016) Super Mario Bros. (1985) Castlevania (1986) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998) Contra (1987)Tetris (1984) Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (2000) Super Mario 64 (1996) Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001) Final Fantasy VII (1997) Resident Evil 2 (1998) Minecraft (2011) Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004) Pac-Man (1980) Bloodborne (2015) Doom (1993)Halo 2 (2004) Street Fighter II (1991) System Shock 2 (1999) Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988) God of War (2018) Space Invaders (1978) The Secret of Monkey Island (1990) The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991) Batman: Arkham City (2011) Grand Theft Auto III (2001) Duck Hunt (1984) Metal Gear Solid (1998) Fallout 3 (2008)Pong (1972) Spacewar! (1962) Pokémon Red and Blue (1996) Donkey Kong Country (1994) The Sims (2000) Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010) World of Warcraft (2004) Silent Hill 2 (2001) Grand Theft Auto V (2013) Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001) Half-Life 2 (2004) Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003) GoldenEye 007 (1997) Colossal Cave Adventure (1976) Super Mario World (1990) Gran Turismo (1997) Resident Evil 4 (2005) Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (1987) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) Animal Crossing: New Horizons (2020) Halo: Combat Evolved (2001) Myst (1993) Half-Life (1998) Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992) StarCraft (1998)Portal (2007) The Legend of Zelda (1986) Mass Effect 2 (2010) Final Fantasy VI (1994) Wii Sports (2006) Super Metroid (1994) Red Dead Redemption (2010) Elite (1984) The Oregon Trail (1971) Chrono Trigger (1995) Metroid Prime (2002) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007) Earthbound (1994) Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) Bioshock (2007) Donkey Kong (1981) Grand Theft Auto IV (2008) Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018) Super Mario Odyssey (2017) The Last of Us (2013) Counter-Strike (2000 Sid Meier's Civilization (1991) Wolfenstein 3D (1992) Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997) Super Mario Kart (1992) Metroid (1986) Undertale (2015) The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011) Mortal Kombat (1992) Quake (1996)SimCity (1989) Soulcalibur (1998) Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (2009) Ms. Pac-Man (1982) Tomb Raider (1996) Asteroids (1979) Resident Evil (1996) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015) Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) Deus Ex (2000) Shadow of the Colossus (2005) Portal 2 (2011) Sid Meier's Civilization II (1996) Super Mario Galaxy (2007) Mega Man 2 (1988) Dark Souls (2011) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mass-debaters/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mass-debaters/support

The end of Mario Month 2023 is here. To close it our I am joined by Daniel Greenberg of Winterion Game Studios and Rockman Cosmo who is the leader of the Rockman/MegaMan Feature Phone Preservation Project to discuss Mario's second 3d outing on the Nintendo Wii, Super Mario Galaxy 2. Is this game actually Super Mario Galaxy 1.5? Or is there more to it than meets the eye!? End Song: Super Mario Land (Theme) Remix Artist: Yoann Turpin Album: Chip Songbook Vol. 2 https://yoannturpin.bandcamp.com/album/chip-songbook-vol-2 Check out the Bit by Bit Foundation! https://www.bitbybitfoundation.org/ Support the Podcast! https://www.patreon.com/stillloadingpod Want to buy some Still Loading merch? https://www.teepublic.com/user/still-loading-podcast  

We discuss why Nick has a GIF problem, why Emily is obsessed with Donald Glover's Swarm, and why people need to be told not to eat their fruit roll up wrappers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lauren Honorable Mention: God of War 2018 (did not finish) 10-Portal 9-Black Mesa 8-Super Metroid 7-Arkham City 6-Little Nightmares 2 5- Little Nightmares 4- Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and The Phantom Pain 3- Elden Ring (second playthrough) 2- Elden Ring (third playthrough, NG+) 1- Elden Ring (first playthrough) Kade Honorable Mention: Chorus (Xbox Games Pass, did not finish) 10- Onimusha 4: Dawn of Dreams 9- Eastward 8- Final Fantasy VII, VIII, IX 7- Moonscars 6- Signalis 5- ANNO: Mutationem (Side scroller, cyberpunk) 4- The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt (Next gen update) 3- Ghost Song 2- Spec Ops: The Line 1- Elden Ring Reagan (No 5-10) 4- The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt (Next gen update) 3- It Takes Two 2- God of War: Ragnarok 1- Elden Ring Robert 11- Maskmaker VR 10- Gorogoa 9- Donkey Kong Country 3 8- Ashen 7- Stray 6- God of War (2018) 5- It Takes Two 4- The Messenger 3- Inscryption 2- Immortality 1- Elden Ring Stephen Loper 10- Wandersong 9- Star Wars: Squadrons 8- Deep Rock Galactic 7- Celeste 6- Bioshock 2: Minerva's Den and Bioshock Infinite with Burial at Sea 5- Sniper Elite 5 4- What Remains of Edith Finch 3- Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2- Dishonored 2 and Death of the Outsider 1- Steam Deck Stephen Gibbons Honorable mention: Ibb & Obb 10- Castlevania: The Adventure 9- Super Mario Bros DS, Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario Wii, Super Mario Galaxy 2 8- Borderlands: Tiny Tina Wonderlands 7- Darksiders: Genesis 6- Ashen 5- The Lighthouse VR 4- Stray 3- Batman: Arkham Knight 2- Ori and the Will of the Wisps 1- Elden Ring

We discuss what's got Nick irked up this week with some Dear Redacted, the Longhorns advancing in the NCAA Tournament, and how Emily was today year's old when she learned the police have unmarked cars.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We discuss our March Madness bracket to determine the best Super Mario game, what the Academy got right and what they got wrong at the Oscars, and why Nick wants Adam Driver to ride dinosaurs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 2 of Mario Month this year is all about blasting off into space! I'm joined by Eric from The Unlockables Podcast and my friend Chris (AKA: The British Bond Addict on Instagram) to talk about one of the most iconic Mario games ever. We explore distant galaxies and learn a bit more about what makes this game so special. End Song: Gusty Garden Galaxy Artist: A_Rival Album: Smooth McGroove Remixed 3 https://gamechops.com/smooth-mcgroove-remixed-3/ Check out the Bit by Bit Foundation! https://www.bitbybitfoundation.org/ Support the Podcast! https://www.patreon.com/stillloadingpod Want to buy some Still Loading merch? https://www.teepublic.com/user/still-loading-podcast

Mike and Jeff talk about Super Mario Galaxy 2 speedruns, GameCube wireless joypads, and team sweet. But the crew also picks the game that they would make themselves ugly to get.