Podcasts about Wii U

Nos toca empezar con una nueva noticia de reestructuración de XBOX. Halo por Activision? que significa el overhead de los del Duty? Y lo de King? Para los análisis traemos dos grandes títulos. Revelations, la expansión de Doom The Dark Ages y Mouse P.I. For Hire, el llamativo FPS cartoon. Cerramos con la filtración de chips de PS6 y las novedades de Project Helix Comentarios: https://t.me/comentariosindiepodcast

Today we just wanted to talk about how fans can unintentionally shape perception of how video games are received. Case in point? Xenoblade games aren't inherently these massive 200-hour commitments. They CAN be...but they aren't if you just want to see the story. MORE PLACES TO FIND USCrubscribe ► https://bit.ly/CrubcastGet the show early and get exclusive content at our Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/crubOur Crubcasts are recorded LIVE at https://www.twitch.tv/crub_official every Tuesday at 7pm Eastern, with EXCLUSIVE Pre- and Post-ShowsJoin our Discord ► https://crub.org/joinBlueSky ► https://bsky.app/profile/crub.orgCome join our Steam group ► https://steamcommunity.com/groups/crubclubPodcasts are available on Apple, Google, Spotify, and other platforms are available at ► https://crub.orgSHOW NOTESHere's that blog about Xenoblade that Chris mentions around 11 minutes in:https://hiddengem.player.gg/posts/xenoblade-chronicles-broke-me-then-fixed-meTODAY'S CRUBCAST HOSTSChris: https://www.youtube.com/@MykonosFanJustin: https://www.youtube.com/@WorldFamousJtart9Kevin: https://www.youtube.com/@TheGoldenBoltCHAPTERS00:00 XENOBLADE HOT TAKE06:23 How core fans might unintentionally shape perception to outsiders11:46 How much of this stuff do people actually see?14:47 On Xenoblade 2's art direction and weird opening hours23:31 Xenoblade 3's cast doesn't stand out quite as much though26:17 Some very timely Fire Emblem predictions32:27 Why is Kevin so fast at video games37:17 Tokyo Mirage Sessions mentioned40:56 The prices of these dang Wii U to Switch ports45:55 Some more timely Fortune's Weave speculation52:41 What would we replace iconic video game buildings with? (AutieOdyssey) ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

FEATURING: (00:00:00) The Sly Stallone segment, brought to you by Rocky IV being on TV.(00:12:29) Listener Mail - Fondly remembered games that don't hold up.(00:54:23) The Japanese high school trope.(01:16:52) Adapt video games into TV shows (with some edge) for pre-schoolers.

It's JRPG season and we're talking Fire Emblem and Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter with our Thirsty Mage friend, Paige! Plus some good ol fashioned yapping and Balex got a Steam Machine! Hosted by Perry Burkum (@PBurkum), Casey Gibson (@case_jets), Alex Culafi (@culafia) (0:00:09) Intro (0:05:36) Fire Emblem (0:37:42) Trails 2nd Chapter (0:50:57) Steam Machine + Misc Yapping (1:22:52) Outie Thank you for listening! We can tell that you are a good-looking person. Peep the discord: https://discord.gg/XPByvgvByQ Please write in to the show at TNPmailbag@gmail.com Tweet us @TalkNintendoPod and Instagram us at talknintendopodcast Please consider supporting us on Patreon! For just $1 you can get access to tons of exclusive content! Check us out at www.patreon.com/nwr

Send us Fan MailIntro; Vital Stats; Way Back Machine - May 2009; Development Details; Controls; First memories; Level notes; Ending; Current Thoughts; What would we change; Cultural Significance: Movie tie-in games and My Perfect Birthday Game.

Aprovechamos que estamos con el fanático número 1 de Halo para analizar esta última entrega de la franquicia que se trata de la campaña del primer Halo pero con algunas cositas extras que mencionaremos. Por las noticias nos hemos ido con la novela del Kojima y los impredecibles futuros de Sony y Microsoft. Comentarios: https://t.me/comentariosindiepodcast

Unisciti alla ribellione su Telegram – Iscriviti alla newsletter – Supportaci su Patreon La top 10 delle stronzate fatte dai CEO dei videogiochi. "Faranno due lavori pur di comprarla". Ken Kutaragi ha davvero detto questa minchiata, quando è stato svelato il prezzo di lancio di PS3. La cosa stronza è che due generazioni prima PlayStation aveva vinto tutto dicendo semplicemente "299" per presentare la sua prima console, in culo a SEGA. PS3 alla fine l'abbiamo comprata quando è arrivata pure lei a 299. Ma i veri minchioni siamo noi che oggi facciamo due o anche tre lavori per comprarci PS5. Oggi quasi non ci facciamo pare per l'Always Online. Don Mattrick invece è stato messo in croce quando è venuto fuori che la sua Xbox One senza connessione Internet potevi dartela nel culo. A una certa se ne è anche uscito con "se vuoi giocare offline puoi comprarti un'Xbox 360". Microsoft da Xbox One deve ancora riprendersi. Mattrick, nel frattempo, è andato a prendere un sacco di soldi come CEO di Zynga. Tu invece domani c'hai la sveglia alle 6. Benvenuto nel capitalismo. Wii U fu il disastro economico di Nintendo. Tanto che a fronte delle 13 milioni e mezzo di unità vendute Iwata si falciò lo stipendio per due anni. Non dello stesso avviso Reggie Fils-Aimé, convinto che i videogiocatori avrebbero rivalutato il valore del GamePad una volta messe le loro mani sopra. Si, peccato che quelle mani preferirono tenerle in tasca. Se vuoi approfondire, c'è il podcast. Altrimenti ti basta aspettare. Che di questi tempi è più facile sentire un CEO sparare una cagata che azzeccare un GaaS.

FEATURING: (00:06:15) New Business - Dariusburst Chronicle Saviours.(00:20:41) Two Point Museum.(00:38:39) Sonic Origins. Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.(00:49:33) Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven.(01:13:09) Listener Mail - Our use of AI for gaming.

Jerruh played a game?! He sure did, plus Cassidy is playing Trails 2nd Chapter! Hosted by Perry Burkum (@PBurkum), Casey Gibson (@case_jets), Alex Culafi (@culafia) (0:00:09) Intro (0:03:00) Yoshi (0:39:00) Trails 2nd Chapter (1:20:00) Outro Thank you for listening! We can tell that you are a good-looking person. Peep the discord: https://discord.gg/XPByvgvByQ Please write in to the show at TNPmailbag@gmail.com Tweet us @TalkNintendoPod and Instagram us at talknintendopodcast Please consider supporting us on Patreon! For just $1 you can get access to tons of exclusive content! Check us out at www.patreon.com/nwr

Hoy tenemos un programa con equipo mermado pero con mucho contenido. Dada la dupla, aprovechamos para hablar de DLSS 5 y los re-escalados en la siguiente generación. Para el análisis traemos Solarpunk, un survival grato y relajado para cerrar el verano. También se nos junta el Zelda que vimos en el direct y algunos anuncios de la gamescom. Comentarios: https://t.me/comentariosindiepodcast

FEATURING: (00:01:36) Two September 2026 Nintendo Directs! The Legend of Zelda movie.(00:08:43) Ocarina of Time remake.(00:48:06) Monster Hunter Wilds. Pikmin 4 + Dandori Academy. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Switch 2 version.(01:06:09) Metroid Ravenous. Kirby and the World Beyond.(01:22:59) Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition. Romancing SaGa 3: Destinies United. Eternal Anima.(01:35:48) Resident Evil remakes. Pokopia and Mario Kart World updates. Ondeh Ondeh: Kaya's Tasty Tale. Cairn. Stage Fright. Hela: of Mice and Magic.(01:54:01) Metal Slug Ultimate Collection. Dragon Quest Heroes: Torneko's Mystery Dungeon -Classic HD-. The Apothecary Diaries: The False Imperial Brother.

It might be nearly a week late, but the boys carved out time to talk about both Nintendo Directs! Hosted by Perry Burkum (@PBurkum), Casey Gibson (@case_jets), Alex Culafi (@culafia) (0:00:09) Nintendie Directs Thank you for listening! We can tell that you are a good-looking person. Peep the discord: https://discord.gg/XPByvgvByQ Please write in to the show at TNPmailbag@gmail.com Tweet us @TalkNintendoPod and Instagram us at talknintendopodcast Please consider supporting us on Patreon! For just $1 you can get access to tons of exclusive content! Check us out at www.patreon.com/nwr

The Fork In Your Ear Ep#221 "Author, Podcaster, Game Designer" - Podcast Show Notes & Summary 9-12-26   Quick Summary  Tim walks in barely held together and introduces himself as author, podcaster, and game designer — because he just dropped a playable HTML prototype of his Color Clash-inspired dual-grid RTS into the Fork Discord. The ring actually lands on Life first: Nate's kids demand VR mid-show, California is an air fryer, lane-splitters want six inches of courtesy, and both households are eating unexpected bills. Then the game firehose opens — Sony tells a courtroom that reasonable consumers know they don't own digital games, Xbox Cloud gets a 15-hour Ultimate cap, Nintendo dumps a Zelda 40th and a second Direct in two days, Ocarina of Time remake looks like a stop-motion maquette, Metroid Ravenous is metal as hell, and Kojima's canceled Sony IP is now an Xbox game. Entertainment is Coyote vs. Acme beating Warner Bros. at its own gag, Chad Powers season two sneaking back from the dead, Spider-Noir winning Emmys then getting canceled, and Nick Offerman as Big the Cat. Tech is Mac Studio M5 Max sticker shock, Apple's September event, the iPhone Duo foldable, and John Ternus's first week as CEO. Classic four-and-a-half-hour Fork: family chaos, Sony fumbles, Nintendo cooking, and Tim finally putting a game on the table.   Detailed Show Notes  

Send us Fan MailIntro; Vital Stats; Where Back Machine - Nov 15, 2001. Development Details; Controls; First Memories; Stories; Level Notes; Endings; Current Thoughts; What would you change; Cultural Significance: Doom to GoldenEye to Halo

Ya se ha visto el futuro inmediato de los videojuegos y 4 zumbados vienen a contar batallitas sobre gráficos y potencia técnica que volaron sus jovenes cabelleras. Porque si, empezamos cuando todos teníamos pelo y hablamos de cosas recientes. Nadie se salva, AAA, Indie, VR, nadie. Invitados estáis a subir a este barco. Comentarios: https://t.me/comentariosindiepodcast

FEATURING: (00:04:36) New Business: Two Point Museum.(00:16:52) Wolfenstein 3D. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.(00:33:24) Poinpy. Sonic Origins.(00:50:06) Rhythm Heaven Groove. Pikmin 3 Deluxe. (01:14:39) Listener Mail - Add a gun, improve a game.(01:40:17) Game endings, good and bad.

Simply Balex. Hosted by Perry Burkum (@PBurkum), Casey Gibson (@case_jets), Alex Culafi (@culafia) (0:00:09) Welcome Thank you for listening! We can tell that you are a good-looking person. Peep the discord: https://discord.gg/XPByvgvByQ Please write in to the show at TNPmailbag@gmail.com Tweet us @TalkNintendoPod and Instagram us at talknintendopodcast Please consider supporting us on Patreon! For just $1 you can get access to tons of exclusive content! Check us out at www.patreon.com/nwr

FEATURING: (00:02:10) Switch 2 is about to get more expensive.(00:14:15) Listener Mail: Why not just make smaller games?(01:02:26) Launching early for success on Switch.(01:38:42) Nintendo and their soul.

We got plenty of games to talk about this week including impressions of The Duskbloods, Denshattack and much more! Hosted by Perry Burkum (@PBurkum), Casey Gibson (@case_jets), Alex Culafi (@culafia) (0:00:09) Hola (0:09:01) Denshattack (0:20:14) Duskbloods (0:35:35) Quick Bite - Future Knight (0:38:33) Kusan: City of Wolves (0:43:31) Blood Dungeon (0:49:15) Link to the past (1:09:37) Adios Thank you for listening! We can tell that you are a good-looking person. Peep the discord: https://discord.gg/XPByvgvByQ Please write in to the show at TNPmailbag@gmail.com Tweet us @TalkNintendoPod and Instagram us at talknintendopodcast Please consider supporting us on Patreon! For just $1 you can get access to tons of exclusive content! Check us out at www.patreon.com/nwr

Send us Fan MailIntro; vital stats; Way Back Machine - 1990 November, Development Details; Controls; Level Notes; Ending; Current Thoughts; What would you change; Cultural Significance - Hardest Video games of all-time, find out why The Last of Us is ranked in the top 10 according to IMDB.

FEATURING: (00:04:36) Retroactive - Sonic Mania.

We all knew this day had to come sooner or later, but it's true... Balex is back. Hosted by Perry Burkum (@PBurkum), Casey Gibson (@case_jets), Alex Culafi (@culafia) (0:00:09) Jerruh Sent Last Weeks Timestamps... Thank you for listening! We can tell that you are a good-looking person. Peep the discord: https://discord.gg/XPByvgvByQ Please write in to the show at TNPmailbag@gmail.com Tweet us @TalkNintendoPod and Instagram us at talknintendopodcast Please consider supporting us on Patreon! For just $1 you can get access to tons of exclusive content! Check us out at www.patreon.com/nwr

Send us Fan MailIntro; First impressions; Terrible Plot Summary; Review: Favorite Part; Most Memorable Moment; Criticism; Praise. 5 Star X-men Ranking. Final Season recap and final count of the X-men from the season.

FEATURING: (00:00:52) New Business - Pokopia expansion pass.(00:26:58) Days Gone.(00:37:42) Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.(00:50:07) Virtual Boy headset novelty.(00:55:16) Splatoon Raiders.(00:59:01) Listener Mail - Dynasty Warriors (verb) a franchise.(01:25:01) Western devs are back! Do we care?

We're back at it again, more talking some more Splatoon Raiders. Plus a bunch of randomness! Hosted by Perry Burkum (@PBurkum), Casey Gibson (@case_jets), Alex Culafi (@culafia) (0:00:09) Intro/Movies (0:24:00) Splatoon Raiders (0:42:00) Random Pickely-Doos (0:47:00) Outro Thank you for listening! We can tell that you are a good-looking person. Peep the discord: https://discord.gg/XPByvgvByQ Please write in to the show at TNPmailbag@gmail.com Tweet us @TalkNintendoPod and Instagram us at talknintendopodcast Please consider supporting us on Patreon! For just $1 you can get access to tons of exclusive content! Check us out at www.patreon.com/nwr

Thank you Raycon for sponsoring this episode! Visit http://www.BuyRaycon.com/KitAndKrysta to get 20% off your Everyday EarbudsThank you to Lola Blankets for sponsoring this episode! Use code KitAndKrysta at check out at http://www.LolaBlankets.com to get 40% off*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Hello and welcome to episode 236 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! We have a VERY special guest on the show today. Big welcome to Sean Velasco, studio head at Yacht Club Games. Sean's here to talk about everything that's happened since the launch of Mina the Hollower and share what in store for Yacht Club Games. We've been friends with Sean for over 10 years, ever since we first played Shovel Knight on the Wii U so this was an incredible reunion. Also in this episode, we react to all these actors that were leaked for The Legend of Zelda movie. Does this mean a Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct is coming, and soon? We also react to Nintendo's most recent financials. We're also playing some great new games including Final Fantasy 14 and The Elder Scrolls Oblivion Remastered! All this and much more is coming right up. 0:00 - Here we go!9:26 - Mina and Hollower and the future of Yacht Club Games1:19:32 - News news news 1:43:50 - Games we're playingPatreon shout-outs- All Hail the Final Boss - Aaron Hash - Thank you Super Stars: Eigenverse, Mike Chin, Roy Eschke, vgmlife, Link The Hero of Winds, Angela Bycroft, Thomas O'Rourke, Kyle LeBoeuf, Andrew Youhas, krashuri, Master Discord, Travis Torline, MSMPokeGamer, RBurns, KITT 10K, Nafon Clover, TheSharkAmongMen, RainTech, KissMyFlapjack, Paul Gale Network, Cameron, Catsually Nerdy, Xudeverf, David Williams - Konke Gamers, David, Fen O'Connor, Khalifa al SuwaidiFollow Us! https://www.patreon.com/kitandkrystahttps://twitter.com/kitandkrystahttps://www.tiktok.com/@kitandkrystahttps://www.instagram.com/kitandkrysta/http://www.facebook.com/kitandkrysta/https://bsky.app/profile/kitandkrysta.bsky.social-Kit & Krysta

FEATURING: (00:07:24) New Business - LEGO Voyagers.(00:17:26) Denshattack!(00:28:14) Pokopia expansion pass.(00:45:52) Days Gone.(00:59:04) Merge Mansion (what's the opposite of an intervention?).(01:18:21) Splatoon Raiders.(01:23:50) Housekeeping.

We're talking Splatoon Raiders! Plus another edition of the Rips Cast! Hosted by Perry Burkum (@PBurkum), Casey Gibson (@case_jets), Alex Culafi (@culafia) (0:00:09) Hellos (0:13:30) Splatoon Raiders (0:37:00) Rips Cast with Blake (1:17:00) Outros Thank you for listening! We can tell that you are a good-looking person. Peep the discord: https://discord.gg/XPByvgvByQ Please write in to the show at TNPmailbag@gmail.com Tweet us @TalkNintendoPod and Instagram us at talknintendopodcast Please consider supporting us on Patreon! For just $1 you can get access to tons of exclusive content! Check us out at www.patreon.com/nwr

FEATURING: (00:02:18) New Business - Splatoon Raiders.(00:21:00) Milano's Odd Job Collection.(00:32:47) Modern pinball games show Larry what happens.(00:47:22) Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. The Order of Giants DLC.(00:54:26) Halo: Campaign Evolved.(01:02:49) Listener Mail - Make it even 2D-er.(01:29:51) Living voice chameleon Willem Dafoe is all you need.(01:43:56) More languages: an underrated perk.

We're all over the board this week. Little bit of Pokemon, some Monster Hunter and finally more Listener Mail! Hosted by Perry Burkum (@PBurkum), Casey Gibson (@case_jets), Alex Culafi (@culafia) (0:00:09) Hellos (0:03:17) Pokemon Legends Arecus (0:15:05) Monster Hunter World Randomness Ensues (0:37:35) Listner Mail (0:59:36) Outros Thank you for listening! We can tell that you are a good-looking person. Peep the discord: https://discord.gg/XPByvgvByQ Please write in to the show at TNPmailbag@gmail.com Tweet us @TalkNintendoPod and Instagram us at talknintendopodcast Please consider supporting us on Patreon! For just $1 you can get access to tons of exclusive content! Check us out at www.patreon.com/nwr

FEATURING: (00:02:15) New Business - Splatoon Raiders.(00:18:19) Goemon Collection.(00:21:29) Mario Tennis Fever.(00:29:56) Absolum.(00:38:00) Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Halo: Campaign Evolved.(00:58:30) Listener Mail - The next giant leap in gaming?(01:26:40) Square-Enix's confounding upgrade path strategy.(01:48:50) The Switch 2 upgrades we crave.

It's Mystery Reversery time! Plus we talk about some games for good measure. Hosted by Perry Burkum (@PBurkum), Casey Gibson (@case_jets), Alex Culafi (@culafia) (0:00:09) What If Jerry Left / Bluey (0:14:45) Granblue Fantasy Relink (0:25:52) Yoshi and the Mysterious Book (0:40:15) Monster Hunter World (0:48:30) Mystery Reversery (1:21:00) Outro Thank you for listening! We can tell that you are a good-looking person. Peep the discord: https://discord.gg/XPByvgvByQ Please write in to the show at TNPmailbag@gmail.com Tweet us @TalkNintendoPod and Instagram us at talknintendopodcast Please consider supporting us on Patreon! For just $1 you can get access to tons of exclusive content! Check us out at www.patreon.com/nwr

At least it's a funny joke. (Unfortunately, the stream decided to crash again so the end of the show is missing.) If you missed Saturday's live broadcast of Molehill Mountain, you can watch the video replay on YouTube.  Alternatively, you can catch audio versions of the show on iTunes. Molehill Mountain streams live at 7p PST every Saturday night! Credits: Molehill Mountain is hosted by Andrew Eisen.  Music in the show includes "To the Top" by Silent Partner.  It is in the public domain and free to use.  Molehill Mountain logo by Scott Hepting. Chat Transcript: 6:58 PM@jaredknisely6213​​is this joke about smoking? 6:59 PM@jaredknisely6213​​theres a good show thats has smoking in it 6:59 PM@addictedtochaos2​​Hello 6:59 PM@jaredknisely6213​​store one is very good 7:00 PM@jaredknisely6213​​hes your agfe 7:01 PM@jaredknisely6213​​age 7:02 PM@eathdemon​​turn on ac andrew we arent filthy europens /s 7:04 PM@eathdemon​​does your apartment not have ac? 7:04 PM@addictedtochaos2​​Suikoden 3 and 4 are available on the PS3 store (while it is still up) 5 is sadly trapped on PS2. 7:04 PM@eathdemon​​get a portable ac window lol 7:05 PM@eathdemon​​il stop with ac stuff now lol 7:07 PM@jaredknisely6213​​they do run around 400 if you want to save for one 7:08 PM@jaredknisely6213​​but i dont know your apartment rules 7:09 PM@eathdemon​​as far as games im looking foword too is sw zero company and second chapter remake lol 7:10 PM@eathdemon​​no your fine 7:13 PM@eathdemon​​im lazy I just do 7k to 10k steps a day and thats about it 7:14 PM@Sheekago​​Hey everybody 7:15 PM@Sheekago​​Hip Pop? Hip Hop? 7:16 PM@addictedtochaos2​​At least you weren't like my idiot coworker who climbed up the warehouse racking and fell, fracturing his hip. 7:16 PM@eathdemon​​sounds like you should go see a doctor lol 7:16 PM@jaredknisely6213​​$$$$ 7:17 PM@Sheekago​​@addictedtochaos2 please tell that co worker didn't file workman's comp. 7:17 PM@jaredknisely6213​​perks of being at a physical gym and not a home gym 7:17 PM@addictedtochaos2​​I have no idea. 7:18 PM@addictedtochaos2​​Climbing the racking is a big no-no. That is what the forklifts are for. 7:22 PM@eathdemon​​I mean anyone shocked physical media is dying? im not lol 7:22 PM@addictedtochaos2​​PlayStation is still dead to me. 7:22 PM@Sheekago​​@eathdemon shocked? No. Disappointed, yes. 7:24 PM@eathdemon​​hate to be the debi downer here, but the era of mantaining 400 person teams are over. in the future it will be scaling up/down/ outsourcing/contracting. its not economicly rational 7:25 PM@eathdemon​​ 7:25 PM@Sheekago​​***DLC not included 7:25 PM@Sheekago​​****Just give us your money, damn it 7:26 PM@jaredknisely6213​​thats my fav when they ack you to buy something for 100's of $$$ and they cant even give you a copy of the game 7:26 PM@addictedtochaos2​​You either die as Sega or you live long enough to see yourself become PlayStation. 7:26 PM@eathdemon​​tbf they did that b/c embracer gabled up all the support studios 7:27 PM@jaredknisely6213​​its more than that, those studios where give years and a lot of moeny to do something which a good amount like 90 percent of them wasted 7:28 PM@jaredknisely6213​​only the Doom devs did something with those resources 7:28 PM@addictedtochaos2​​PlayStation's downfall began when Jim Ryan was placed in charge, and while he no longer is, we are now seeing the effects. 7:28 PM@Sheekago​​Look at vinyl records. They became niche and now they're making a come back. 7:30 PM@Sheekago​​That's true. It's all about control. Those cars with heated seat "subscriptions". They're trying to get rid of Android or Apple on their cars and create their own OS to lease to us. 7:31 PM@addictedtochaos2​​Their first party games actually sell more physical copies, but it comes down to maximizing profits. Nothing else. 7:31 PM@eathdemon​​also I cant say shit since all my games are on steam, so digital lol 7:32 PM@jaredknisely6213​​[message retracted] 7:33 PM@jaredknisely6213​​its the by-product of the gaming industry cancer that fortnite popularized 7:34 PM@jaredknisely6213​​we like show and tell 7:38 PM@eathdemon​​casting your mind back in to the abyss :) 7:38 PM@jaredknisely6213​​crab rav 7:40 PM@addictedtochaos2​​Sony dominated the PS1 and PS2 eras and that lead to the PS3, and while they did rebound, it wasn't as successful. Xbox shot themselves in the foot with the Xbox One reveal and never really recovered. 7:41 PM@addictedtochaos2​​Which lead to Sony dominating the PS4 and PS5 eras and had lead to their arrogance now. 7:42 PM@eathdemon​​thanks for making me feel old lol 7:42 PM@addictedtochaos2​​The game was Genji 7:46 PM@addictedtochaos2​​The first Genji was on PS2 and was quite good. 7:47 PM@eathdemon​​the ps2 and 360 era was heavily contract based 7:48 PM@addictedtochaos2​​If you mean Mr. Caffeine it was the Ubisoft presentation. 7:50 PM@AndrewEisen​​Sorry folks. The stream is just disconnecting and reconnecting. I'll give it a few minutes and see if it stops. 7:51 PM@addictedtochaos2​​I can see you moving 7:51 PM@addictedtochaos2​​But no sound 7:51 PM@addictedtochaos2​​Now I can hear you. 7:53 PM@addictedtochaos2​​The Wii U wasn't arrogance, it was more just Nintendo misread the market. 7:57 PM@AndrewEisen​​And here we go again with the damn disconnects. 7:58 PM@eathdemon​​I mean it could be restream getting slammed b/c its the weekend 7:58 PM@jaredknisely6213​​just a thought have you tried obs? 7:59 PM@AndrewEisen​​I'm using OBS. I'm just using restream so that I can stream to both YouTube and Twitch on Sundays. Maybe I need to stream the Sunday night podcast directly to YouTube. 7:59 PM@AndrewEisen​​Saturday night podcast, I mean. 8:00 PM@eathdemon​​I think its possable its just high ussage on restreams end 8:01 PM@AndrewEisen​​It doesn't appear to be my connection so that appears most likely. I've been using Restream for years and only had this problem in the last couple months. 8:02 PM@AndrewEisen​​Okay, well. Long story short. That anime is one joke over and over but I kept laughing at it. I don't know how it's going to maintain an entire series but I guess we'll see. 8:03 PM@jaredknisely6213​​from the internet reading i see its a restream thing 8:03 PM@AndrewEisen​​I'm ending the podcast. Hope to see you all tomorrow for Cold Steel III. 8:03 PM@jaredknisely6213​​would take more than a few mins of reading to see the main issue

FEATURING: (00:02:59) Listener Mail - How to approach Sonic Mania.(00:12:37) Signal over ceremony.

We're out here ramblin' while Perruh's off doing god knows what! Hosted by Perry Burkum (@PBurkum), Casey Gibson (@case_jets), Alex Culafi (@culafia) Jerruh dropping the ball once again... what do I pay this guy for?! Thank you for listening! We can tell that you are a good-looking person. Peep the discord: https://discord.gg/XPByvgvByQ Please write in to the show at TNPmailbag@gmail.com Tweet us @TalkNintendoPod and Instagram us at talknintendopodcast Please consider supporting us on Patreon! For just $1 you can get access to tons of exclusive content! Check us out at www.patreon.com/nwr

In deze aflevering van Side Quest bespreken we de Palworld 1.0 release. De game heeft een flinke update gekregen en spelers keren massaal terug naar de game. Daarnaast beantwoorden we jullie stellingen over Overwatch skins, live service games en de vergelijking tussen de Switch 2 en de Wii U. Verder is Tom langsgeweest bij PlayStation om Marvel tokon te proberen, keken we House of the Dragon en Better Call Saul en nog veel meer.(00:00:00) Gamescom planning(00:01:09) intro(00:05:44) Hoe is het met Michael(00:06:42) Hoe is het Sjaak(00:14:19) Hoe is het met Tom en Nick(00:20:42) Marvel Tokon preview(00:33:39) Marvel Rivals, nog meer slop(00:38:39) Overwatch skins stelling(00:45:09) Final Fantasy Tactics(00:55:59) Palworld op Stream(01:09:45) Jurassic World Evolution 3(01:16:04) Moonlight Peaks(01:19:42) Switch 2 is de nieuwe Wii U(01:27:19) The Legend of Zelda gaat niet hoger scoren(01:31:13) Live service is klaar(01:40:59) House of the Dragon met spoilers(01:56:34) Better Call Saul(02:03:20) Toy Story 5(02:07:09) The Odyssey kijken(02:10:34) Spartacus(02:15:19) From(02:20:49) Doei

FEATURING: (00:07:39) New Public Service Announcements - New Mario Kart World Knockout Tours. Mario Kart Tour sunsets on mobile. Send your Switch in for repairs while you can.(00:17:31) Star Fox (2026).(00:33:41) New Business - Rhythm Heaven Groove.(00:55:11) Heavy Machinery vs Shumai.(01:03:52) Listener Mail - What N64 games should have been on PlayStation?(01:33:06) We have to talk about your credit card.

We're talking Rhythm Heaven Groove and Final Fantasy 1 Pixel Remaster! Hosted by Perry Burkum (@PBurkum), Casey Gibson (@case_jets), Alex Culafi (@culafia) (0:00:09) Hello (0:04:30) Rhythm Heaven Groove (0:38:11) FF1 Pixel Remaster (0:53:15) Goodbye Thank you for listening! We can tell that you are a good-looking person. Peep the discord: https://discord.gg/XPByvgvByQ Please write in to the show at TNPmailbag@gmail.com Tweet us @TalkNintendoPod and Instagram us at talknintendopodcast Please consider supporting us on Patreon! For just $1 you can get access to tons of exclusive content! Check us out at www.patreon.com/nwr

Synth musician, performer and self-described “bleakwave” artist Paulee Alex Bow joins us. We explore dark '80s music and an love for the Commodore Amiga. Paulee reveals how OctaMED became the heart of a modern hardware-synth setup, why original machines can't be replaced, and what it takes to perform live with two Amigas in tow. We also hear about the Arcade Dreams soundtrack, haunted synths, Amiga MIDI, car-boot retro discoveries and why the Amiga community can sometimes feel almost spiritual.Magical Synth Adventure: https://www.youtube.com/@magicalsynthadventure3216Sonic State: https://www.youtube.com/@sonicstate/videosContents:00:00 – The Week's Retro News Stories48:21 - Paulee Alex Bow InterviewPlease visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show:Bitmap Books – https://www.bitmapbooks.comCheck out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com for all your PCB needsLondon Gaming Market: https://www.londongamingmarket.com/We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you'd like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://theretrohour.com/support/https://www.patreon.com/retrohourJoin our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8Website: http://theretrohour.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/X: https://twitter.com/retrohourukInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/theretrohour.comTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theretrohourShow notes Worms Director's Cut Expansion: https://lnk.ua/5kH00iGiRRomero Praises id Developers: https://lnk.ua/k0IOBSZGOPlayStation Ends Physical Releases: https://lnk.ua/lvs87s7ydGermany's Preservation Project Collapses: https://lnk.ua/VFJe5qL8SCommand & Conquer on Atari ST: https://lnk.ua/aQhG7CrtNEmpire Interactive Quits 3DO: https://lnk.ua/aBXtA0qb6Android Becomes a Wii U: https://lnk.ua/7jYPe7vxJYouTube on Game Boy Color: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GlYnN9JK1k

This week we talk about Sony, Nintendo, and the Playstation.We also discuss Grand Theft Auto, the 3DO, and digital dark ages.Recommended Book: 3 Days, 9 Months, 27 Years by John ScalziTranscriptThe earliest video game consoles that were made to be used in the home, as opposed to being set up in an arcade, were hardwired like their arcade kin. That means rather than being able to play a bunch of different games, they were basically just single-game boxes: you would buy a machine that allowed you to play Pong, for instance, and if you wanted to play another game, even by the same maker, Atari, you would have to buy another whole console with its own screen, controls, etc, to do so.That was the state of the art in the early to mid 1970s. By the late-70s, the concept of swappable games became reality with the introduction of what are called ROM cartridges. ROM stands for read-only memory and is a type of storage common in computers and other devices, which allows whatever you store on it to persist, which is a contrast to RAM, which is the type of memory that determines how much you can do on a device at any given moment, and which disappears when the device is turned off.So these ROM cartridges were kind of like the portion of the hard drive that's used to boot up your computer, storing the bare-basics of the system so it can be initialized and understand how to run all the other software that builds upon that baseline. And that memory was stored in durable, plastic cases that made them usable by ordinary, non-techy people. You could buy a game and handle the cartridge, popping it into your game console hardware and removing it, to make way for another game, over and over and over again, and that use would be unlikely to damage the ROM chip.This same general format was flexible enough that it lasted through the mid-90s, the capacity of the ROM chip continuing to grow as the associated tech improved, and the capabilities of the central console hardware that used these cartridges became more sophisticated. Upgrades were slowly added to the innards of the plastic case, as well, including things like battery backups that enabled saved games, and the Super Nintendo's Super FX chip, which enabled 3D graphics that would have otherwise been impossible with the contemporary state of the art.The next generation of gaming consoles relied on another medium, though, and one that had several benefits over the long-lived game cartridge.CD-ROM discs, which were flat, circular, and contained information that was encoded and read with lasers, had been around in some form since the late-1980s, and were even used in a few early gaming consoles, like the PC Engine CD-ROM, which barely anyone bought, and the Sega-CD add-on for the Sega Genesis, and 3DO consoles, which a few more, but still relatively few people purchased.The release of the first Sony Playstation, now known as the PS1, in 1994 changed that, though, and this shift was partially the result of Sony's impressive game lineup, but was also due to the strength of the CD medium. Each CD-ROM could hold 650-700 MB of information, which was more than 100-times the capacity of the competing Nintendo 64's cartridges.There were downsides to this new standard; CD-ROMs were less durable than plastic-encased cartridges, and they were very slow to load, as well, because information stored in ROM chips could be more or less instantly booted, while the info stored on discs had to be spun up and read first, resulting in sluggish load screens throughout the gaming experience, and especially on the initial boot-up of the system.That said, the far superior storage, and the dramatically reduced cost of these laser-etched discs—cartridges could cost $15-20 apiece to manufacture, while CD-ROMs often cost pennies apiece—that triggered a rapid transition in the gaming world to this new medium. Handheld consoles stuck with cartridges for a lot longer, due to the nature of the use-case and difficulties associated with trying to use spinning discs in portable hardware, but everyone else moved to discs pretty rapidly, after Sony proved the utility of the model, and many aspects of video gaming were upgraded as a result of all that additional storage capacity.That capacity continued to grow as CD-ROM were replaced with DVDs, which could hold 4.7-8.5 GB per disc, again, up from 650-700 MB; the industry made that change in the years 2000 and 2001, with the PS2 and Xbox consoles. And then in 2006, the PS3 moved to Blu-ray discs, which could hold a whopping 25-50 GB per disc, once again resetting gaming expectations—though Xbox stuck with DVDs, and Nintendo's Wii, Wii U, and Gamecube consoles used proprietary disc formats that had a lot lower capacity compared to their competition.Leading into the 2010s, even those Blu-rays were straining under the weight of some big-name, AAA games, some of which required multiple discs and mandatory hard drive installs from those discs, because the scope of these gaming worlds and their high-end graphics required just a stunning amount of space.Video game companies had already started making the shift to digital products in the early 2000s, though, Xbox Live Arcade and the Playstation Store emerging in 2005 and 2006 respectively, and Steam, which popped up in 2003, was making digital downloads for games common on PCs several years earlier.Digital became even more popular in the 20-teens, and in 2020, digital sales of console games surpassed physical sales for the first time. The PS5 and Xbox Series S shipped console versions without disc drives for the first time, and many physical games became basically methods of checking a game's license, to ensure it's not pirated, because the discs installed the game on the console's hard drive, just like a download, anyway.What I'd like to talk about today is the perhaps natural next step in this transition: a recent announcement by Sony that they'll no longer be making disc-based Playstation games beginning in 2028, and why some critics are calling this a worrying and anti-consumer move.—On July 1, 2026, Sony announced that's it's going all-in on digitally delivered games. It will halt production of game discs beginning in January of 2028, and after that, customers will only be able to purchase new games digitally, via their Playstation Store and retailers.This follows another recent announcement by game company Rockstar Games that their massively anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI game, which is set to hit digital shelves on November 19 of this year, will not be available on disc at all; it will be downloadable, and the physical copies customers can buy in stores won't be physical copies at all: it will be a box with a download code inside, which amounts to the same thing—you use the code to download the game, exactly the same as if you had bought it online, but with packaging for that code.That's a big deal because the Grand Theft Auto series is one of the biggest and most popular series in gaming history; other game makers have been scrambling to adjust their own release dates so as not to overlap with this new, highly anticipated game's release; it's expected to be an absolutely massive moment in the gaming world when this new entry in the series finally lands.That said, the writing has been on the wall for the transition to digital games for a while, now. Game company Capcom recently announced that 93% of its game sales were digital in its last fiscal year, and other companies have reported similar numbers; it's currently around 85% for Sony. As a result, many consoles are now shipping models without disc drives, and some, like the recently announced Steam Machine, don't even have a disc-drive version.Digital games are also cheaper to make because the company behind them only has to provide download keys, rather than having to pay some amount for each and every physical item produced, packaged, and shipped, and these companies, and the retailers that sell their games, will never run out of a popular game, which might otherwise be an issue for big released like the aforementioned Grand Theft Auto.There are quite a few downsides to the digitization of games, though, including that in many cases, you don't actually own the games you buy, you just own a license to download and play them. That means if licensing changes, or the storefront through which you bought a game closes, you will likely lose access to that game you bought, without getting any kind of refund.If your account is banned or you lose access to your account for some reason, all your games will suddenly be inaccessible, too. If you don't have access to the internet, allowing your console to phone home and check to make sure you're not pirating things on a regular basis, that might also mean no gaming for you.Almost always, you can't sell or trade digital games, while physical games allow for a thriving secondary market, often allowing gamers to buy old discs and cartridges decades after a game was released, and often for far lower prices. Many of these games can even be played by later consoles that have back-compatibility.Doing away with discs and other physical media is great for companies like Sony, then, because they no longer have to pay to create the individual discs, no longer have to pay for the drives that play the discs, so the price of making consoles drops a bit, and it also means that secondary market for games goes away: if you want to play old games, you have to buy them from Sony, and all those used games already on the secondary market, or a game disc borrowed from a friend, are no longer competition for them, serving as alternatives to the digital version they'd prefer to sell you.Another bigger-picture concern here, though, is that this will make game preservation efforts a lot more difficult, and for many of the same reasons it will make maintaining a library and back-catalog of games difficult for consumers.Often, when a video game store shuts down, either for economic reasons or because it sells content for devices that are no longer maintained, those games and other content also go away. Sometimes they can remain on those older devices, and sometimes the digital rights management software, the DRM in that content and on those devices auto-deletes games from the hardware.Right now, for instance, Sony is saying that after it halts digital sales of PS3 and Vita games, that halting taking place over the next year, players will still be able to download their previously purchased content for the foreseeable future. That ‘foreseeable future' phrasing is doing a lot of work, there, though, and historically this kind of shut down has eventually become a full shut down, a lot of games, those that haven't been carried over to new stores to be played as vintage options on newer consoles, have simply disappeared; maybe still existing on some old hardware somewhere, if it wasn't deleted by DRM, but maybe not. In either case, preserving that software for historic research and archiving purposes becomes very difficult and expensive, at least compared to archiving the same game on a disc or cartridge.That closure of the PS3 and Vita stores, for example, is expected to result in the loss of about 2,200 digital-only games that will no longer be available for purchase, and of those, about 138 are not available on any other platform, and will thus essentially disappear.This game industry concern echoes larger concerns about what's called a digital dark age: a moment in time, maybe just a few years, maybe a few decades long during which a whole lot of the content that was created and available, disappears, possibly because of outdated file formats, maybe because the storage mediums that were used didn't hold up over time, or possibly because the data from the era was somehow corrupted, encrypted, or decayed.There's concern that a whole lot of information from the early personal computing era will disappear from historical records, for instance, because the floppy disks on which a lot of that information was stored are obsolete and thus increasingly difficult to access; few people have hardware that allows them to use floppy disks, these days.CD-ROMs, DVDs, and other optical discs are also a concern because of so-called disc rot, which refers to the chemical degradation of this storage medium. Many such discs are prone to failure because of light damage, the oxidation of their reflective layer, and the de-bonding of the adhesive that was used to hold the disc's multiple layers together.A lot of seemingly archival media might then degrade, even after being stored in a seemingly long-term fashion, which could also contribute to a dark age moment, a whole period's worth of data and entertainment and art lost because the CDs and DVDs on which they were stored simply fell apart before they could be converted to a longer-form medium. This could serve as an argument in favor of digitization, then, because many of the mediums on which these games are currently stored might degrade, anyway, and moving them to hard drives, rather than discs, could serve as a superior long-term home.That said, the concern with digitizing everything is similar, in that media made available for online purchase is simply stored in a hard drive somewhere else on the planet. If something happens to the data centers in which these games are stored, or those data centers are needed for another, more profitable purpose, or a bunch of them are destroyed in a conflict, that could result in the same outcome as disc rot and the storage of data in formats that are no longer accessible.It also makes these games susceptible to economics, though, because if the company behind them decides it's time to move on, there won't be physical copies archivists can scoop up and save; they could try to download these games, but often the nature of the software, of the DRM that keeps them from being pirated, hinders or prevents such efforts.The digitization of gaming and the shift away from physical copies of games seems to be inevitable at this point, and there are a lot of good economic, technological, and convenience reasons for it.There are quite a few downsides to this evolution as well, though, including those that negatively impact game consumers, alongside many of the same issues that threaten other types of media and data. And we don't, technologically or civilizationally, have solutions for those problems yet. And that gap could someday result in massive gulfs in our knowledge and documentation of this moment in video gaming history.Show Noteshttps://blog.archive.org/2026/04/23/gone-but-not-forgotten-recovering-the-dead-web/https://www.engadget.com/2207297/playstation-just-struck-a-hammer-blow-to-game-preservation/https://www.engadget.com/forza-horizon-4-will-be-pulled-from-digital-stores-and-game-pass-in-december-134510642.htmlhttps://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/03/why-game-archivists-are-dreading-this-months-3ds-wii-u-eshop-shutdown/https://www.engadget.com/2205792/sony-will-stop-making-disc-based-playstation-games-starting-2028/https://www.engadget.com/2207546/sony-repurposing-austrian-playstation-disc-factory/https://www.engadget.com/2206315/xbox-is-reportedly-testing-a-way-to-digitize-your-disc-based-games/https://www.engadget.com/2205792/sony-will-stop-making-disc-based-playstation-games-starting-2028/https://www.theverge.com/report/960173/microsoft-xbox-disc-to-digital-feature-physical-game-collectionhttps://www.theverge.com/games/956389/grand-theft-auto-6-gta-digital-code-in-box-physical-gameshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_dark_agehttps://longnow.org/ideas/shining-a-light-on-the-digital-dark-age/https://www.americanscientist.org/article/avoiding-a-digital-dark-agehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_game_consoleshttps://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/history-of-game-media/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_rot This is a public episode. 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FEATURING: (00:05:51) New Business - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.(00:26:23) Gui's new headset, please forgive the sound quality. Absolum.(00:33:45) Rhythm Heaven Groove.(00:52:41) Star Fox (2026).(01:32:28) Listener Mail - An attention-starved hack still wants to beat you up.(01:39:34) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake concerns.

We're talking more Star Fox this week, plus other fun stuff! Hosted by Perry Burkum (@PBurkum), Casey Gibson (@case_jets), Alex Culafi (@culafia) (0:00:09) Star Fox (0:24:56) Something Fun (0:56:05) Good Byes (0:58:38) RipsCast w/ Blake Thank you for listening! We can tell that you are a good-looking person. Peep the discord: https://discord.gg/XPByvgvByQ Please write in to the show at TNPmailbag@gmail.com Tweet us @TalkNintendoPod and Instagram us at talknintendopodcast Please consider supporting us on Patreon! For just $1 you can get access to tons of exclusive content! Check us out at www.patreon.com/nwr

FEATURING: (00:00:58) New Business - Rhythm Heaven Groove demo.(00:22:05) Super Scram Kitty.(00:31:37) Wolffang Skullfang Saturn Tribute Boosted.(00:48:19) The Last Salvage Squad.(00:55:21) Star Fox (2026).(01:29:50) Send your Retroactive ideas.(01:36:40) Listener Mail - Does the Neo Geo spark joy?

We're talking the Steam Machine, Star Fox and our hype for Rhythm Heaven! Hosted by Perry Burkum (@PBurkum), Casey Gibson (@case_jets), Alex Culafi (@culafia) (0:00:09) Thank Perry for no timestamps Thank you for listening! We can tell that you are a good-looking person. Peep the discord: https://discord.gg/XPByvgvByQ Please write in to the show at TNPmailbag@gmail.com Tweet us @TalkNintendoPod and Instagram us at talknintendopodcast Please consider supporting us on Patreon! For just $1 you can get access to tons of exclusive content! Check us out at www.patreon.com/nwr

In this episode, Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi start off by taking a trip down the Raspberry Pi memory lane and then tackle a fresh pile of listener mail. The discussion moves on to hacking bike counter, homebrew upgrades to the Nintendo Entertainment System, and building RAM from whats in the parts bin. You'll hear about the latest drop-in upgrade for a classic Casio watch, hosting light bulbs that host subversive literature, and loading Wii U games from a weird disk drive from the 1980s. They'll wrap things up with a dive into the evolving portrayals of brilliant rebels in media, and all the things you can do with a cheap router. Check out the links over on Hackaday if you want to follow along, and as always, tell us what you think about this episode in the comments!

Courtney returns to the Kongversation to discuss Donkey Kong 64's arrival on Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Classics! How does it play on the Switch and Switch 2, especially compared with how it performed on the Wii U? And how are we now feeling about the original 3D DK platformer in light of Donkey Kong Bananza?

We've got some Star Fox Demo and early Adventures of Elliot impressions for ya this week. Plus Jerruh has another special guest segment! Hosted by Perry Burkum (@PBurkum), Casey Gibson (@case_jets), Alex Culafi (@culafia) (0:00:09) Hello (0:13:38) Star Fox Demo/Elliot First Thoughts (0:37:27) CatchEmCobain Interview (1:34:02) Outro Thank you for listening! We can tell that you are a good-looking person. Peep the discord: https://discord.gg/XPByvgvByQ Please write in to the show at TNPmailbag@gmail.com Tweet us @TalkNintendoPod and Instagram us at talknintendopodcast Please consider supporting us on Patreon! For just $1 you can get access to tons of exclusive content! Check us out at www.patreon.com/nwr

FEATURING: (00:01:05) New Business - Pokemon Champions.(00:19:34) Destiny 2, its end and DLC The Final Shape. Digressions on the blockchain.(00:40:12) Piku Niku.(00:45:36) The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy. Lorelei and the Laser Eyes.(01:00:37) Beatdown City Survivors.(01:12:35) Mina the Hollower. Shadow Labyrinth. Metroid: Other M.(01:23:29) Super Scram Kitty.

FEATURING: June 9th 2026 Nintendo Direct, in order. (00:02:30) Rhythm Heaven Groove. Capcom bloc. Big Walk.(00:21:30) Kairosoft.(00:29:06) Pokopia. Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave. DK Challenge.(00:54:26) Jujutsu Kaisen Rumble: Survivaton. Cozy Darksoulslikes. Muramasa: Revenant Blades.(01:04:39) So much Xenoblade.(01:40:49) Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World. Kingdom Hearts 4.(01:50:11) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (2026) glimpsed.(02:06:34) Star Fox (2026) demo.

FEATURING: (00:03:40) New Business - Saros. Outlast.(00:09:27) eFootball.(00:21:53) Pokopia.(00:42:12) The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy. Panorama Cotton.(00:58:35) James on Mina the Hollower.(01:41:51) Greg on Mina the Hollower. Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.(01:58:08) Listener Mail kinda - When the Red Arremer underwhelmed.