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Download Episode 1051 – We’ve got an awesome chat about the game Copycat as well as news and reviews, so let’s get started!The show kicks off with Bri Galgano, Jacob Garner, and Aki on hand to welcome Samantha Cable and Kostia Liakhov of Spoonful of Wonder to the show to talk all about their emotional cat adventure Copycat, out now on Xbox Series X|S & PS5! We chat about the origins of the game, the journey that Sam & Kostia took on their way to publishing a game, our own precious furbabies, and of course, how emotional and heartbreaking the story can be in Copycat and how, like, all of us cried. Fantastic chat for a fantastic game, check it out today!After Sam & Kostia head out, we tackle the news of the week including the Switch 2’s spectacular start with console sales, the latest additions to the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog, Xbox allegedly skipping Xbox discs of Xbox games but supposedly releasing discs on PS5, Sony Bend layoffs, Gradius 5’s surprise delisting, some Movie Watch bits, and tons more! Plus a pack of reviews!0:00 - Intro/Copycat Chat1:01:06 - News1:24:12 - Disney Illusion Island Starring Mickey & Friends - Dlala Studios, Disney (Jacob)1:35:56 - Atomfall: Wicked Isle DLC - Rebellion (Aki)1:45:08 - Section 13 - Ocean Drive Studios, Kakao Games (Jacob)1:52:11 - Minos Dungeon - AFIL Games (Bri & Jacob)1:56:04 - Keeper’s Toll - Stingbot Games, eastasiasoft (Jacob)2:02:47 - Collie Call: Farm of Tomorrow - AFIL Games (Bri & Jacob)2:07:00 - Golf Up - Super Power Up Games (Jacob)2:10:04 - PREVIEW: Mina the Hollower - Yacht Club Games (Aki & Bri)The show ends with some Shantae music from Jake “virt” Kaufman to celebrate his new work in Mina the Hollower!2:21:12 - Jake “virt” Kaufman - Baal Bhaagna (Shantae: Risky’s Revenge)https://spoonfulofwonder.com/https://bsky.app/profile/copycat.bsky.socialhttps://www.dlalastudios.com/https://games.disney.com/https://rebellion.com/https://oceandrive.studio/https://kakaogames.com/https://afilgames.com/https://www.stingbotgames.com/https://www.eastasiasoft.com/https://superpowerup.com/https://www.yachtclubgames.com/https://virt.bandcamp.com/https://ocremix.org/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1050 – Nintendo based PartyCast chatter and a small batch of reviews lie ahead, so let’s not waste any time!The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, and Aki on hand to start off the show with Andy Sperry joining just a few minutes in to chat about the Switch 2! A bunch of us got them and we talk about how we got them, games we picked up, Mario Kart Mondays, storage and game transfers, the ups and downs of Virtual Game Cards as well as the downs and downs of Switch 2 Keycards. All that plus Steam Next Fest discussion and a batch of reviews!0:00 - Intro/Banter46:48 - Sperry’s Next Fest Spectacular1:02:39 - Scar-Led Salvation - Idea Factory, Compile Heart, Nelio, Idea Factory International (Aki)1:12:49 - Pipstrello and the Cursed Yoyo - Pocket Trap, PM Studios (Pernell)1:21:42 - Covenant of Solitude - MAGITEC, KEMCO (Chris)1:35:02 - POPUCOM - Hypergryph, Gryphline (fka Gryph Frontier) (Pernell)1:45:52 - Remnants of the Rift - Bromio, Mooncat Games (Pernell)The show ends with some Mario Kart goodness from The OneUps since Mario Kart World just released and all that jazz.2:00:45 - The OneUps - Donut Plains (Super Mario Kart)https://www.ideaf.co.jp/https://www.compileheart.com/https://neilo.co.jp/https://ifi.games/https://pocket-trap.com/https://www.pm-studios.com/https://magitec.jp/https://www.kemco-games.com/https://www.hypergryph.com/https://www.gryphline.com/https://bromio.com.mx/https://www.mooncat.games/https://theoneups.com/https://ocremix.org/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1049 – It’s Summer Game Fest time and we got a whole ton of news to discuss, so let’s dive right in!The show kicks off with Bri Galgano and Aki on hand to chat about Sony’s State of Play, the Summer Game Fest showcase, some of the other miscellaneous events, and we wrap up with the Xbox Showcase! We cover all the titles we can from MARVEL Tōkon to Call of Duty Black Ops 7 with everything in between! Lumines! Final Fantasy Tactics! Mortal Shell, Atomic Heart, and Code Vein all getting sequels! LEGO Voyagers! Awful voice acting in Deadpool VR! Scott Pilgrim EX! Wuchang AND Wu Tang! Super Meat Boy 3D! Clockwork Revolution! TONS MORE! Plus a few more news tidbits with Jacob Garner joining and reviews!0:00 - Intro/State of Play22:08 - Summer Game Fest52:21 - Miscellaneous Shows1:06:14 - Xbox Showcase1:38:15 - Second Half News2:01:59 - Trident’s Tale - 3DClouds (Aki)2:11:15 - Knock on the Coffin Lid - RedBoon (Bri & Aki)2:22:14 - 1f y0u’re a gh0st ca11 me here! - Furoshiki Lab, KEMCO (Jacob)2:28:45 - Cinderscratch - Synnergy Circle Games (Bri)2:32:34 - Amber Alert Director’s Cut - Dolores Entertainment (Aki)2:40:26 - Dual Paths - YUME GAME STUDIO (Bri)2:44:17 - Bunny Cubed - Sagitta Studios, eastasiasoft (Jacob)2:48:56 - Hidden Cat Outlaws - Sleepwalking Potatoes, Silesia Games (Bri)The show ends with some music from the REAL Super Meat Boy soundtrack from Danny Baranowsky!2:53:09 - dannyBstyle - Hot Damned (Super Meat Boy)https://www.3dclouds.it/https://redboon.net/https://furoshikilab.wixsite.com/furoshikilabhttps://www.kemco-games.com/https://www.synnergycirclegames.com/https://doloresentertainment.com/https://www.yumegamestudio.com.br/https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/sagittahttps://www.eastasiasoft.com/https://www.sleepwalkingpotatoes.com/https://silesiagames.com/https://dbsoundworks.bandcamp.com/https://ocremix.org/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1048 – We’ve got ourselves a big one with a Knock on the Coffin Lid chat and a batch of reviews, so let’s get going!The show kicks off with Bri Galgano and Aki on hand to welcome Dmitry Chinaev of RedBoon to the show to chat all about the console release of their deckbuilding rougelite Knock on the Coffin Lid! We chat about the origins of the game, development, the team, design choices and randomization, the music, feedback, porting to console, and tons more! Plus Aki and Bri totally bring it with their own questions and topics and it’s like we’re a cohesive team doing real podcast stuff! An awesome hour with Dmitry!After a quick break it’s PartyCast time as Chris Taylor, Pernell Vaughan, and Andy Sperry all join alongside Aki to have a quick chat before descending into a small batch of reviews. We chat about bands and concerts, Sperry raiding and chatting with us, awful and weird names, Double Dragon, and Pride support. Yes, we support our LGBTQIA+ friends and family and if you DON’T support them, then you can unfollow us, thanks. Plus reviews including a visit from Big Adam Chase!0:00 - Intro/Knock on the Coffin Lid chatter1:04:08 - PartyCast1:34:08 - The Siege and the Sandfox - Cardboard Sword, PLAION (Pernell)1:50:15 - PaperKlay - WhyKev (Andy)2:03:06 - Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks - Caged Element, Wired Productions (Adam)2:17:03 - Starlight Legacy - Decafésoft, eastasiasoft (Chris)2:29:42 - Missing Banban - Euphoric Brothers, Simon Carny, Feardemic (Aki)The show ends with some Stranger Things goodness from our friend Ailsean!2:39:52 - Ailsean - Goes to Eleven (Stranger Things)https://redboon.net/https://bsky.app/profile/redboon.bsky.socialhttps://redboon.itch.io/https://siegeandsandfox.com/http://www.cardboardsword.co.uk/https://plaion.com/https://whykev.com/https://cagedelement.com/https://wiredproductions.com/https://decafesoft-official.itch.io/https://www.eastasiasoft.com/https://www.euphoricbrothers.com/https://www.feardemic-games.com/https://ailsean.net/https://sindravaniaprojects.bandcamp.com/https://ocremix.org/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1047 – The circumstances behind the recording of this episode will forever be a mystery, unless you were at our Twitch streams. Let’s go!The show kicks off with Jacob Garner, Bri Galgano, and Aki all on hand to talk about how disgusting onions are and how our friend Mustin made an awesome onionless spaghetti sauce! We also discuss the news of the week and not at all mention the fact that this is a re-recording because our Thursday show was a trainwreck. Yay! News topics include the latest Monthly games for PlayStation Plus members, worrying news for Marathon from Bungie, yet another EA studio closure and game cancellation, Expedition 33 sales, Dragon Quest news, the death of Multiversus, and tons more! Plus a big batch of reviews!0:00 - Intro/News39:35 - Deliver at All Costs - Studio Far Out Games, KONAMI (Bri)46:20 - Retro Classics - Antstream, Xbox Game Studios (Bri & Jacob)58:30 - KVARK - Latest Past, Perun Creative (Aki)1:04:36 - Spray Paint Simulator - North Star Video Games, Whitethorn Digital (Bri)1:11:50 - FOMOGRAPHY - Brendan Keesing, DANGEN Entertainment ( Bri)1:16:12 - Stunt Flyer - Torus Games, Ultimate Games (Jacob)1:23:48 - Islands & Trains - Akos Makovics, Future Friends Games (Aki)1:26:55 - Copycat - Spoonful of Wonder, Nuuvem, Neverland Entertainment (Bri & Aki)1:37:10 - Collie Call - AFIL Games (Jacob & Bri)1:40:37 - Higgs Boson: Puzzle Collection - Remix Games, AFIL Games (Jacob & Bri)1:45:05 - Kittens & Yarn - Pinel Games, Silesia Games (Bri)The show ends with some awesomeness from Mustin since we talked about his sauciness!1:47:29 - Mustin - Delfino Plaza (Super Mario Sunshine)https://www.faroutgamestudio.com/https://www.konami.com/https://www.antstream.com/http://xbox.com/https://playkvark.com/https://www.peruncreative.com/https://northstarvideogames.com/https://whitethorngames.com/https://brendankeesing.com/https://dangenentertainment.com/https://www.torus.com.au/https://ultimate-games.com/http://akos-makovics.com/https://futurefriends.lol/https://spoonfulofwonder.com/https://www.nuuvem.com/https://www.nlentmt.com/https://afilgames.com/https://www.remixgames.net/https://pinelgames.com/https://silesiagames.com/https://mustinenterprises.com/https://ocremix.org/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1046 – I got nothing tonight. Show should’ve been up already. I’m behind. Here we go.The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, and Aki on hand to welcome Ryan Niemiller, Big Adam Chase, and Rez to the show for us to chat and review games. Things got weird, things got dirty, and things got funny. Plus reviews including Andy Sperry sending in a recording!0:00 - Intro/Banter39:08 - Kaiju Big Battel: Fighto Fantasy - Super Walrus Games, Penguin Pop Games (Chris & Ryan)55:44 - Roadcraft - Saber Interactive, Focus Entertainment (Big Adam & Rez)1:10:52 - Death end re;Quest: Code Z - Compile Heart, Idea Factory (Pernell)1:27:23 - Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer - Clifftop Games, Raw Fury (Aki)1:36:02 - Monster Train 2 - Shiny Shoe, Big Fan Games (Pernell)1:46:28 - Coin Push RPG - RAmen, Wise Games (Aki)2:01:43 - Webbing Journey - Fire Totem Games, Future Friends Games (Andy)2:04:57 - SML After Dark: The Seven Realms Realm 3: High Lathion - SeptCloud Games (Aki)The show ends with some LONELYROLLINGSTARS celebrating Dragon Quest Day!2:19:34 - LONELYROLLINGSTARS - I Drank Your Milkshake (Dragon Quest IV)https://www.cripplethreat.com/http://superwalrusland.com/https://www.penguinpop.com/https://saber.games/https://www.focus-entmt.com/enhttps://www.compileheart.com/https://ifi.games/https://www.clifftopgames.com/https://rawfury.com/https://shinyshoe.com/https://www.bigfangames.com/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3036010/Coin_Push_RPG/http://wisegames.fun/https://www.firetotemgames.com/https://futurefriends.lol/https://lonelyrollingstars.bandcamp.com/https://ocremix.org/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1045 – Everybody is tired and not feeling hot, so we’re just gonna rush through the show, sound good? Good.The show kicks off with Bri Galgano and Aki on hand to wait a few minutes until Jacob finishes pulling a Jacob and we can start the show. Then we dive almost immediately into the news so we can speedrun this one. Xbox Game Pass news, including the newly released Retro Classics, Hellblade II going to PS5, Embracer shuffling an renaming, another Idea Factory game hitting Xbox this year, and Randy Pitchford showing he doesn’t know when to shut up. Plus reviews and dicksquids!0:00 - Intro/news25:18 - Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo - Galla, Fellow Traveller (Bri/Jacob/Aki)35:35 - Palia - Singularity 6 Corporation (Aki/Jacob)48:34 - Gore Doctor - Salient Games, Ultimate Games (Bri)54:00 - Skin Deep - Blendo Games, Annapurna Interactive (Aki)1:00:06 - Perserve - Bitmap Galaxy, Grindstone (Bri)1:06:32 - Forgotten Fields - Frostwood Interactive, Nejcraft (Jacob)1:11:13 - SYNESTHESIA - Spire Games, Ratalaika Games (Aki/Bri)1:21:25 - Stratogun - Horsefly Games, Numskull Games (Jacob)1:26:50 - Neko Bento - RedDeerGames (Bri)1:30:19 - Legends Aligned: Minis in Conflict - AFIL Games (Jacob/Bri)1:33:50 - Ciper Monk - AFIL Games (Jacob/Bri)1:38:45 - Hidden Kittens: Kingdom of Cats - Pinel Games, Silesia Games (Bri)The show ends with some Bomberman action from The OneUps!1:42:33 - The OneUps - Bomberman (Bomberman)https://gallagames.com/https://www.fellowtraveller.games/https://palia.com/https://www.singularity6.com/https://salient-games.com/https://ultimate-games.com/https://www.blendogames.com/https://www.annapurnainteractive.com/https://bitmapgalaxy.com/https://www.grindstone.sk/https://frostwoodinteractive.com/https://www.nejcraft.cz/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2091580/SYNESTHESIA/https://www.ratalaikagames.com/https://horsefly.games/https://numskullgames.com/https://www.reddeergames.com/https://afilgames.com/https://pinelgames.com/https://silesiagames.com/https://theoneups.com/https://ocremix.org/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1044 – Buckle up because we’ve got a monster sized episode, but it’s packed full of goodness, so let’s get going!The show kicks off with Bri Galgano and Aki on hand to welcome Nick Jefferson-Tame and Adam Mitchell of North Star Video Games to the show to chat all about their brand new upcoming spray paint simulator game, Spray Paint Simulator! We chat about the origins of the game, the fun tools and gameplay mechanics to keep you painting for hours on end, working with Whitethorn Games, getting on Game Pass, and tons more! Spray Paint Simulator is out NEXT WEEK, so wishlist it now!After a quick intermission, it’s a PartyCast with Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, Grant Henry, and Aki starting off with Dave K and Tim Ekkebus showing up later on! We spend nearly an hour chatting about everything from more Spray Paint Simulator to Monster Rancher fun to Hulk Hogan’s bulging eyes and fake hair on his stupid bandana. We know you’re bald, TERRY. Plus ice cream discussion, Tim’s son ending a shutout, and a big ol’ batch of reviews including some notes from Horror Acolyte!0:00 - Intro/Spray Paint Sim53:02 - PartyCast1:41:56 - CAPCOM Fighting Collection 2 - CAPCOM (Tim)1:56:20 - Blades of Fire - MercurySteam, 505 Games (Chris)2:13:42 - Best Served Cold - Rogueside (Dave)2:25:00 - Shovel Knight Dig - Nitrome, Yacht Club Games (Grant, Chris, Horror)2:41:01 - Deck of Haunts - Mantis, DANGEN Entertainment (Pernell)2:51:57 - Into the Restless Ruins - Ant Workshop, Wales Interactive (Pernell)3:00:38 - Garten of Banban 0 - Euphoric Brothers, Feardemic (Aki)3:03:46 - Survive the Fall - Angry Bulls Studio, Toplitz Productions (Pernell)3:15:48 - SML After Dark: The Seven Realms 1 & 2 - SeptCloud Games (Aki)The show ends with a track from the always amazing Jake “virt” Kaufman from the Shovel Knight Dig OST!3:28:23 - Jake Kaufman - Fully Furnaced (Smelt Works) (Shovel Knight Dig)https://spraypaintsimulator.com/https://northstarvideogames.com/https://whitethorngames.com/https://www.capcom.com/https://www.mercurysteam.com/https://505games.com/https://www.rogueside.com/https://www.nitrome.com/https://www.yachtclubgames.com/https://mantis.games/https://dangenentertainment.com/https://www.ant-workshop.com/https://www.walesinteractive.com/https://www.euphoricbrothers.com/https://www.feardemic-games.com/http://angrybulls.pl/https://www.toplitz-productions.com/https://linktr.ee/SeptCloud (NSFW)https://virt.bandcamp.com/https://ocremix.org/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1043 – Buckle up because we’ve got a massive episode packed with an interview, a guest for news, and a bunch of reviews!The show kicks off with Bri Galgano, Jacob Garner, and Aki on hand to welcome game development duo Pavel Lara and his brother Paulo Lara of Galla Games to the show to chat about their new release Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo, a gorgeous time based puzzle adventure out now on Xbox Game Pass! We chat about the origins of the game, the gorgeous art style, the time mechanics, working with Fellow Traveller and getting signed to Game Pass, and tons more!After a quick break, we return with guest and good friend Ryan Niemiller joining the show to hang out and chat about news with us as well! We talk about Ryan’s latest game acquisitions, travels, and tons more before moving into the news including the latest PlayStation Plus game catalog additions, more Microsoft layoffs, delays, shutdowns, and Jade Raymond already leaving the PlayStation studio she founded. Plus reviews!0:00 - Intro/Kulebra chat50:47 - Ryan Niemiller/News1:36:25 - Revenge of the Savage Planet - Raccoon Logic Studios (Aki & Bri)1:50:00 - Oppidum - EP Games (Bri)2:01:31 - Empyreal - Silent Games, Secret Mode (Aki)2:16:18 - Sir Whoopass - Atomic Elbow, Aurora Punks (Jacob)2:22:36 - Clash: Robot Detective - Alyssa Genereau/Drone Garden Studios, Penguin Pop Games (Bri & Jacob)2:28:28 - Possum is Hungry - Synnergy Circle Games (Bri)2:31:31 - What comes after - fahmitsu, Rolling Glory Jam, Flynn’s Arcade (Jacob)The show ends with a track from Jan van Valburg off of the PMM: Squaredance album!2:36:38 - Jan van Valburg - Soulless Village (Final Fantasy IX)https://kulebra.com/https://gallagames.com/https://www.fellowtraveller.games/https://www.raccoonlogic.com/https://www.epgames.gg/https://www.silentgames-studio.com/https://wearesecretmode.com/https://atomicelbow.com/https://www.aurorapunks.com/https://bsky.app/profile/dronegardenstudios.bsky.socialhttps://www.penguinpop.com/https://www.synnergycirclegames.com/https://www.flynnsarcades.com/https://ocremix.org/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1042 – It’s a batch of reviews and that’s about it as we’re all tired and wanna get this one done with. Enjoy!The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, and “Big” Adam Chase joining to chat about how friggin tired we all are. We talked about a few other things, like Big Adam getting GCW tickets for this weekend, but not much. We just want to sleep. So yeah, we just rush into the reviews and Andy Sperry drops by near the end as well to do a review and hang out. Yay.0:00 - Intro12:34 - World of Goo 2 - 2D BOY, Tomorrow Corporation (Adam)26:15 - The Slormancer - Slormite Studios, Abiding Bridge (Pernell)36:42 - Vambrace: Dungeon Monarch - Dvora Studio, Headup (Pernell)46:11 - Please, Touch the Artwork 2 - Thomas Waterzooi (Chris)59:38 - CyberCorp - Megame LLC (Pernell)1:09:26 - Goblintown: Really Hard Driving Game - Truth Arts (Andy)1:19:34 - K2: Digital Edition - Devon Games, Acram Digital (Pernell)The show ends with music from The Tiberian Sons because it’s the first folder I look at on my desktop. Yay!1:35:01 - The Tiberian Sons - Swinglevania (Castlevania)https://2dboy.com/https://tomorrowcorporation.com/https://slormitestudios.com/https://abidingbridge.com/https://www.dvorastudio.com/https://www.headupgames.com/https://studiowaterzooi.com/https://megame-studio.com/https://www.trutharts.com/https://devon-games.itch.io/https://acram.eu/https://www.thetiberiansons.com/https://ocremix.org/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1041 – News and reviews are on the docket and we’ve got a lot to take care of, so let’s rock on this Shpadoinkle Day!The show kicks off with Jacob Garner, Bri Galgano, and Aki on hand to chat about the news of the week including the landmark announcement that Gears of War will debut on PlayStation this Summer with Gears of War Reloaded launching on Xbox, PC, and PS5 with full cross play! GTA VI also got a new trailer, Xbox Game Pass got a new wave of announcements and departures, Spray Paint Simulator got a release date AND a date with SML next week, Forza selling well on PS5 while Indy flops, and tons more! Plus reviews!0:00 - Intro/News35:15 - Towerborne - Stoic Studio, Xbox (Aki)52:35 - Two Falls (Nishu Takuatshina)- Unreliable Narrators (Bri)59:34 - KIBORG - Sobaka Studio (Jacob)1:06:16 - Bartender Hustle - Departure Interactive, Ultimate Games (Bri)1:15:00 - Cooking Companions - Deer Dream Studios, Serenity Forge (Jacob)1:20:32 - Royal Romances: Endless Winter - Legacy Games (Bri)1:24:49 - One Button Games 5-in-1 vol. 2 - ABA Games, Xitilon (Aki/Jacob/Bri)1:33:38 - Penguin Flight: Beyond the Clouds - AFIL Games (Bri)The show ends with some Uniracers goodness from the trio of Sean “Ailsean” Stone, Dan “Prozax” Orosz, and Patrick “JAXX” Jacks!1:38:47 - Ailsean, Prozax, & JAXX - Unikwak (Uniracers)https://stoicstudio.com/http://xbox.com/https://two-falls.com/https://sobakastudio.com/https://www.departureinteractive.com/https://ultimate-games.com/https://www.deerdreamstudios.com/https://serenityforge.com/https://legacygames.com/https://xitilonic.art/https://afilgames.com/https://ailsean.net/https://ocremix.org/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1040 – It’s a hefty week of news with lots of topics to discuss, so let’s get started before the price goes up again.The show kicks off with Bri Galgano, Jacob Garner, and Aki on hand to chat about the news of the week including the breaking news that Microsoft is RAISING prices on consoles and accessories as well as looking to release games at $80 this fall. Yay. We also talk the Borderlands 4 State of Play, PS Plus games for May, Clair Obscur’s sales figures, EA layoffs, and tons more. Plus a batch of reviews!0:00 - Intro/News30:36 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Sandfall Interactive, Kepler Interactive (Bri)49:41 - Amerzone: The Explorer’s Legacy - Microids Studio Paris, Microids (Jacob)50:48 - Once Upon a Puppet - Flatter Than Earth, Daedalic (Aki)1:08:01 - Peglin - Red Nexus Games, Blitworks (Jacob)1:13:07 - Cooking - RedDeerGames (Bri)1:19:29 - 9th Dawn Remake - Valorware (Jacob)1:25:27 - Fit and Fry - AFIL Games (Bri/Jacob)1:29:02 - Mystic Pathways - AFIL Games (Jacob)We end the show with a song from Jake “virt” Kaufman from a long time ago. I don’t think it’s online anywhere, I don’t know how I got it, and for all I know he doesn’t even remember making it. It’s very ridiculous. I miss Jake. You still out there, bud?1:37:32 - virt - waffleshttps://www.expedition33.com/https://www.sandfall.co/https://www.kepler-interactive.com/https://www.microids.com/https://www.flatterthanearth.com/https://www.daedalic.com/https://rednexus.games/https://blitworks.com/https://www.reddeergames.com/https://valorware.squarespace.com/https://afilgames.com/https://virt.bandcamp.com/https://ocremix.org/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1039 – What happens when we need to cover some time until a friend shows up? That’s right. We fill space with Phil Space.The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, and Aki on hand to welcome the made up person Phil Space to the show so we can fill space until Dave K shows up a little bit into the show before we can start reviews. So how do we fill up space this week? I really don’t remember. My arm still hurts like hell and I had a hard time paying attention, so just listen and pretend I wrote something really accurate and entertaining here. Plus reviews including Andy Sperry!0:00 - Intro25:16 - Steel Seed - Storm in a Teacup, ESDigital (Aki)33:16 - Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree - Primal Game Studio, Knights Peak (Pernell)46:32 - Detective Dotson - Masala Games (Dave K)55:09 - Blue Prince - Dogubomb, Raw Fury (Andy)1:02:45 - Maliki: Poison of the Past - Blue Banshee, Ankama Games (Chris)1:15:39 - ANNIE: Last Hope - Qooland Games, NiuGamer (Aki)1:24:24 - Bionic Bay - Psychoflow Studio, Mureena, Kepler Interactive (Pernell)1:31:31 - Amelia’s Garden - RedDeerGames (Aki)The show wraps up with a track from Bionic Commando by djpretzel from OCRemix!1:36:14 - djpretzel - ASSAULT (Bionic Commando)https://www.stcware.com/https://esdigital.games/https://primalgs.com/https://knightspeak.com/https://www.masalagames.com/https://www.blueprincegame.com/https://rawfury.com/https://bluebansheegames.com/https://www.ankama.com/https://www.qoolandgames.com/https://www.niugamer.com/https://psychoflowstudio.com/https://www.jmyllys.com/https://www.kepler-interactive.com/https://www.reddeergames.com/http://www.djpretzel.com/https://ocremix.org/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1038 – We’ve got Jenny “Kimchica” Windom returning to the show for another visit, this time for Wanderstop, so let’s get going!The show kicks off with Bri Galgano, Jacob Garner, and Aki all on hand to welcome Jenny “Kimchica” Windom back to the show for her third visit, this time joining on behalf of Ivy Road to chat all about Wanderstop, the cozy and relaxing tea brewing management sim! We chat about the history of the game, the mechanics, the incredible press kits, and how Jenny keeps coming on the show with different companies! Always a great chat when Jenny drops by!After Jenny heads out and Aki goes to take a nap, we handle the news of the week including the latest updates on Switch 2 preorders, the absolutely out of nowhere surprise shadow drop of Oblivion Remastered, FBC getting a release date as well as launching on PS Plus AND Xbox Game Pass, a Nintendo Switch Online Game Boy Advance addition, a massive batch of games leaving PlayStation Plus, and tons more! Plus reviews!0:00 - Intro/Kimchica Interview50:43 - News1:10:36 - MLB The Show 25 - San Diego Studio, Sony, MLB (Jacob)1:22:05 - Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Book 2 - DON’T NOD (Bri)1:29:27 - Leo & Mia: Animal Rescue - Honikou SASU, Maximum Entertainment (Jacob)1:35:35 - Tempopo - Witch Beam, CULT Games (Bri)1:42:30 - Out of Moves - AFIL Games (Jacob)1:46:41 - HEGZIS - Clazz Apps, eastasiasoft (Bri)1:50:43 - Old Skies - Wadjet Eye Games (Aki)2:01:01 - SML After Dark - Projekt: Passion Season 2 - Classy Lemon (Aki)The show ends with a track from Juan “Sixto Sounds” Medrano from Super Dodge Ball!2:12:10 - Juan Medrano - Go Balls Deep (Super Dodge Ball)https://bsky.app/profile/kimchica.bsky.socialhttps://www.wanderstopgame.com/https://www.ivyroad.fun/https://theshow.com/https://sonysandiegostudio.games/https://dont-nod.com/https://honikou.com/https://maximument.com/https://tempopogame.com/https://witchbeam.com.au/https://www.thecultgames.com/https://afilgames.com/http://www.clazzapps.com.tr/https://www.eastasiasoft.com/https://www.wadjeteyegames.com/https://ocremix.org/artist/4685/juan-medranohttps://atw.ocremix.org/https://ocremix.org/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1037 – Pernell and Chris are back from their VGM Con excursion (that I could made, sad face), so let’s talk about it!The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, and Aki all on hand to chat about a whole bunch of things include spaghetti policies, how much worse Spaghetti O’s have gotten in recent years, and of course Chris and Pernell talk about their time at VGM Con earlier in the month! From Chris performing in his own band and guesting with The OneUps to Pernell running into his old foe “Da Bomb”, it’s a fun time talking about a great event! Plus reviews including a segment from Andy Sperry!0:00 - Intro/Chatter25:50 - The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy - Too Kyo Games, Media.Vision, Aniplex (Pernell)36:44 - Orphans - Infinity Gears Studios (Aki)43:18 - Sacre Bleu - Hildring Studio, Noodlecake (Chris)53:24 - Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate - Rocket Panda Games (Pernell)1:02:34 - Willow Guard - MiTale (Andy)1:07:10 - Warside - LAVABIRD, First Break Labs (Pernell)1:19:46 - Skies Above - HungryDingo, Flynn’s Arcade (Chris)1:28:47 - Snow Squall - VidyGames, Dolores Entertainment (Aki)1:33:12 - Mega Knockdown - dhamster (Pernell)The show ends with some Final Fantasy VI goodness from our good buddy Tony “Prince uf Darkness” Dickinson!1:42:20 - Prince uf Darkness feat. Shnabubula - The Hot Pink of Blues (Final Fantasy VI)https://tookyogames.jp/english/https://ssl.media-vision.co.jp/https://www.aniplex.co.jp/https://infinitygearsstudios.com/https://www.hildringstudio.com/https://noodlecake.com/https://rocketpandagames.com/https://www.mitalegames.com/https://www.playwarside.com/https://firstbreaklabs.com/https://hungrydingo.me/https://www.flynnsarcades.com/https://vidy.games/http://doloresentertainment.com/https://megaknockdown.com/https://tonydickinson.net/https://shnabubula.bandcamp.com/https://ocremix.org/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1036 – We’ve got news of the week and a big batch of reviews to talk about, so let’s not waste any time!The show kicks off with Jacob Garner, Bri Galgano, and Aki all on hand to chat about the news of the week as well as the Galaxies Gaming Showcase! We chat about a ton of the games featured as well as discussing the latest Nintendo Direct for Mario Kart World, all the latest rumors and info on the yet to be announced Oblivion remake, and a hearty batch of Xbox Game Pass additions and departures to talk about. All that and more plus reviews including emails from Horror Acolyte!0:00 - Intro/News38:13 - Big Buck Hunter: Ultimate Trophy - Cradle Games, Play Mechanix, GameMill Entertainment (Jacob)47:27 - Monaco 2 - Pocketwatch Games, Humble Games (Aki & Horror)59:09 - Hot Rod Mayhem - Casual Brothers (Jacob)1:05:08 - Pilo and the Holobook - RedDeerGames (Aki)1:11:40 - Drug Dealer Simulator - Byterunners, Movie Games, Ultimate Games (Jacob)1:19:46 - Leila - Ubik Studios (Bri)1:24:04 - The Epyx Collection: Handheld - Imagine Software, pixel games (Jacob)1:30:45 - Moving Houses - Gordon Little, eastasiasoft (Aki)1:36:36 - Finding Frankie - SUPERLOU, PERP GAMES (Horror)1:42:42 - Bear Escape Mission - YUME GAME STUDIO (Jacob)1:45:11 - Crystal Ball of Firmament - Heallies Games, Xitilon (Bri)The show ends with a track from Mega Beardo & Travis Morgan from the Spectrum of Mana album!1:49:20 - Mega Beardo & Travis Morgan - The Great Sprite Hope (Secret of Mana)https://www.cradlegames.com/https://rawthrills.com/https://gamemill.com/https://pocketwatchgames.com/https://www.humblegames.com/https://casualbrothers.com/https://www.reddeergames.com/https://byterunners.com/https://ultimate-games.com/https://www.ubikstudios.com/https://imaginesoftware.uk/https://pixelgames.uk/https://gord.games/https://www.eastasiasoft.com/https://www.youtube.com/@SUPERLOUGAMEShttps://perpgames.com/https://www.yumegamestudio.com.br/https://healliesgames.itch.io/https://xitilonic.art/http://www.megabeardo.com/https://www.spectrumofmana.com/https://ocremix.org/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1035 – It’s been a long week for everybody and we just wanna get thought this on a late Saturday night, so let’s go!The show kicks off with Jacob Garner, Bri Galgano, and Aki on hand to discuss the news of the week as quickly as we can because it’s late, we’re tired, we’re sick, and we want to sleep. We cover the latest additions to the PlayStation Plus game catalog, tons of information on the Switch 2 including Breath of the Wild going up in price but not including the DLC, NSO Genesis updates, Ubisoft Leamington getting shut down, Marathon news, and a bunch more! Plus a big ol’ batch of reviews!0:00 - Intro/News18:39 - South of Midnight - Compulsion Games, Xbox (Aki & Bri)34:29 - Pocket Bravery - Statera Studio, PQube (Jacob)40:30 - Promise Mascot Agency - Kaizen Game Works (Bri)51:57 - Dagger Froggy - Solluco, eastasiasoft (Jacob)55:58 - Ellphaser - AFIL Games (Jacob & Bri)1:00:57 - Secrets in Green - Borealis, eastasiasoft (Jacob)1:06:03 - Hook: Complete Edition - Maciej Targoni, Ultimate Games (Jacob)1:10:34 - Suika and Dragons - Synnergy Circle Games (Bri)1:12:54 - The Killing Antidote - MetalStar Studio (Aki)1:21:52 - Project 13: Nightwatch - DRYBREAD, Dolores Entertainment (Bri)1:24:53 - The Black Within - waleedzo, Dolores Entertainment (Aki)The show ends with a brand spankin new recording of The Legendary Theme from Gitaroo Man by The OneUps LIVE at VGM Con 2025! That’s right, it happened just hours before the show and I’m using a cell phone recording. Enjoy the lack of quality!1:29:02 - The OneUps - The Legendary Theme (Gitaroo Man - Live at VGM Con 2025)https://compulsiongames.com/https://xbox.com/https://staterastudio.com/https://pqube.co.uk/https://kaizengameworks.com/https://solluco.itch.io/https://www.eastasiasoft.com/https://afilgames.com/https://borealisgames.itch.io/https://www.rainbowtrain.eu/https://ultimate-games.com/https://www.synnergycirclegames.com/https://linktr.ee/metalstarstudiohttps://drybread.games/https://doloresentertainment.com/https://waleedzo.itch.io/https://theoneups.com/https://vgmcon.org/https://ocremix.org/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1034 – It’s a PartyCast with a whole bunch of Nintendo Switch 2 discussion, so let’s get this show on the road!The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, Andy Sperry, Aki, and Big Adam Chase all on hand to talk how cold it is for some reason. We also discuss the Switch 2 and share our opinions on the game lineup, pricing details, and plenty more including a nice long, somewhat volatile conversation about the Switch 2’s awful storage capacity and future storage solutions/woes. Nintendo really dropped the ball only putting 256GB of storage on this thing. Plus a batch of reviews!0:00 - Intro/Chatter1:08:56 - Wreckfest 2 - Bugbear, THQ Nordic (Adam)1:22:33 - Mother Machine - Maschinen-Mensch (Andy)1:32:45 - Twilight Monk - Aquatic Moon Games, Gravity Game Arise (Pernell)1:42:56 - Blankspace - NoBread Studio, Penguin Pop Games (Aki)1:50:21 - Spirit Valor - EXE-CREATE, KEMCO (Chris)2:07:52 - Chippy’s Stash - AFIL Games (Aki)The show ends with some F-Zero goodness from the old school Descendants of Erdrick lineup!2:11:47 - Descendants of Erdrick - Mute Blue Silence Field (F-Zero)http://bugbeargames.com/https://thqnordic.com/https://maschinen-mensch.com/https://www.aquatic-moon.com/https://gravityga.jp/https://bsky.app/profile/nobreadstudio.bsky.socialhttps://www.penguinpop.com/https://www.exe-create.co.jp/https://www.kemco.game/https://afilgames.com/https://descendantsoferdrick.bandcamp.com/https://ocremix.org/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1032 – It’s the final episode of SML as we’re all leaving to get into bodybuilding! JK it’s April Fools and we get stupid. Have fun!The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, Jacob Garner, Bri Galgano, and Aki all on hand to hang out and talk about this day of jokery and buffoonery and all that jazz. We also FINALLY take Jacob’s idea of doing joke reviews and make it a reality. Everybody picked a fun or offbeat game and gave it a review, so see what kind of fun stuff we talked about and then prepare for ACTUAL reviews, including a recording from Andy Sperry!0:00 - Intro/Silliness54:12 - Shadow of the Orient - Spacelab Games, Dolores Entertainment (Pernell)1:00:02 - S-Prysm Destroyer - Maids With Guns, eastasiasoft (CHris)1:13:20 - Sol Dorado Heist - Megalixir Games, Sometimes You (Aki)1:22:06 - Reignbreaker - Studio Fizbin, Thunderful Publishing (Andy)1:26:35 - Myriad Death - IGNITION M, holo indie (Pernell)The show ends with some TMNT goodness from Sixto Sounds to celebrate it being April I guess!1:36:41 - Sixto Sounds - Hot For April (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)https://www.spacelabgames.com/https://doloresentertainment.com/https://maidswithguns.itch.io/https://www.eastasiasoft.com/https://megalixirgames.itch.io/https://www.sometimesyou.com/https://lurk.ly/gNqXGYhttps://www.studio-fizbin.com/https://thunderfulgames.com/https://www.ign-m.com/https://ccmc-corp.com/https://ocremix.org/artist/4685/juan-medranohttps://ocremix.org/album/55/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-shell-shockedhttps://ocremix.org/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1033 – I might not be attending VGM Con anymore this year due to health, but I can bring them to me, so let’s get this monster going!The show kicks off with a monster PartyCast of Bri Galgano, Jacob Garner, Ian “Doc Havok” Griffin, and Aki alongside guests Vaughn Rowles of VGM Con, good friend and VGM Con staff Chris “Flik” Serani, VGM Con performer and member of The OneUps Mustin, and VGM performer and BIRTHDAY BOY Grant “Stemage” Henry! We chat about VGM Con, performers, plans for the event, Mustin’s sales ideas, lamenting the fact I can’t make it, and a ton more!After Vaughn and Mustin head out, the rest of us discuss the news of the week including tons of information on the Nintendo Switch 2 release including the price of the system and games, game title reveals and surprises, discussion on the specs and performance, and a whole lot more. Let’s hope the Switch 2 doesn’t go up in price with Captain Bonespurs’ tariff garbage going on, but I’m sure it will. There’s also Game Pass news, sales, layoffs, and more, plus a hearty batch of reviews!0:00 - Intro/VGM PartyCast1:11:50 - News2:05:12 - Tunguska: The Visitation - Rotorist Workshop (Aki)2:14:56 - Pinball FX VR - Zen Studios (Grant)2:25:16 - Rosewater - Grundislav Games, Application Systems Heidelberg (Ian)2:37:44 - Breakout Beyond - Choice Provision, ATARI (Jacob)2:42:20 - Blue Wednesday - Buff Studio, Forever Entertainment (Bri)2:49:28 - My Little Universe - Estoty, SayGames (Jacob)2:53:52 - Vindefiant - Blakey Games (Aki)3:01:40 - Royal Romances: Forbidden Magic - Domini Games, Metaboo, Legacy Games (Bri)3:06:25 - CarGo! - Memory Leak Games, Cleversan Games, Ultimate Games (Jacob)3:10:34 - Alchemist Shop Simulator - Kool2Play (Ian)3:16:31 - Caligo - Krealit, Sometimes You (Bri)3:19:01 - Bee Flowers: Royal Garden - AFIL Games (Jacob)The show ends with a banger of a song from Jake “virt” Kaufman off of the Child’s Play 2008 album produced by Mustin! Want to get a copy? Head to VGM Con and you might get lucky with Mustin’s Mystery Bundles!3:26:00 - virt - Plasmatextorhttps://vgmcon.org/https://www.stemagemusic.com/https://theoneups.com/https://www.reddit.com/r/RotoristWorkShop/https://zenstudios.com/https://www.grundislav.games/https://www.application-systems.de/https://choiceprovisions.com/https://atari.com/https://www.buffstudio.com/https://forever-entertainment.com/https://estoty.com/https://say.games/publishing/https://www.blakeygames.com/https://dominigames.com/https://mataboo.com/https://legacygames.com/https://cleversan.com/https://ultimate-games.com/https://www.kool2play.com/https://store.steampowered.com/app/629840/https://www.sometimesyou.com/https://afilgames.com/https://virt.bandcamp.com/https://ocremix.org/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1031 – It’s a week with a Nintendo Direct which means we talk a lot about news! Yay!The show kicks off with Bri Galgano, Jacob Garner, and Aki on hand to hang out and chat about how we’re doing. We also chat about the news of the week including the latest Nintendo Direct and we cover everything! From the latest trailers for Dragon Quest and Metroid Prime 4 to the all new reveals of Rhythm Heaven Groove and Tamodachi Life returning! And can you believe even MORE Sony games are hitting the Switch? But not Xbox! They can have Forza and Indy, but we can’t even get friggin GOLF from them? Dicks. Plus reviews including an email from Andy Sperry as read by George “norg” Nowik!0:00 - Intro/News58:22 - ATOMFALL - Rebellion (Aki)1:18:04 - Spilled! - Lente (Bri)1:22:03 - Rocket Rats - Gagonfe (Jacob)1:27:10 - Space Filler - Sid Fish Games, Xitilon (Jacob)1:31:11 - Ah, Love! - Lovixsama, Xitilon (Bri)1:33:57 - Stellar Docks: Deep Space - AFIL Games (Jacob/Bri)1:38:44 - Legends Aligned - AFIL Games (Jacob/Bri)1:42:24 - Boomerforge - Synnergy Circle Games (Jacob)1:46:45 - Raccoon is Hungry - Synnergy Circle Games (Bri/Jacob)1:51:53 - PREVIEW: Saintess of the Golden Bow - Transparent Games, Error 300 (Aki)2:01:23 - INAYAH: Life After Gods - ExoGenesis Studios, Headup (Andy)The show ends with a Zelda mashup from our good friend Jeremy “Geoffrey Taucer” Waters!2:08:30 - Geoffrey Taucer - Hotel Kaholint (Zelda)https://rebellion.com/https://lentegamedev.itch.io/https://gagonfe.dev/https://sidfishgames.com/https://xitilonic.art/https://afilgames.com/https://www.synnergycirclegames.com/https://www.transparent.games/https://error300.com/https://www.inayahgame.com/https://www.headupgames.com/https://bsky.app/profile/geoffreytaucer.bsky.socialhttps://ocremix.org/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1030 – It’s a batch of reviews and some discussion on laundry on this episode, so wash up and let’s go!The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan and Aki on hand to chat about Pernell doing laundry. Then Bri is in chat saying how she should join Tuesday shows to chat about laundry with us because she can talk about medieval laundry and stuff like that. Plus some banter about what games are coming up that we’re looking forward to and we’ve got a batch of reviews including an email from Horror Acolyte as read by the lovely George “norg” Nowik!0:00 - Intro/Banter35:35 - Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land - KOEI TECMO GAMES (Aki)52:54 - Gal Guardians: Servants of the Dark - INTI CREATES (Pernell)1:04:36 - Beyond the Ice Palace II - STORYBIRD Studio, PQube, PixelHeart (Pernell)1:13:21 - The Shadow Over Cyberspace - Fiction Factory Games (Aki)1:24:54 - Virballs - Bolder Games, Chimera Studios (Pernell)1:35:05 - Centum - Hack The Publisher, Serenity Forge (Horror)The song ends with an insane Zelda medley from CarbyHydroM!1:43:37 - CarboHydroM - Unsealed (The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past)https://www.koeitecmoamerica.com/https://inticreates.com/https://www.pixelheart.eu/https://pqube.co.uk/https://bsky.app/profile/fictionfactorygames.comhttps://www.boldergames.com/https://bsky.app/profile/virballs.bsky.socialhttps://hack-the-publisher.com/https://serenityforge.com/https://www.carbohydromusic.com/https://www.dwellingofduels.net/https://ocremix.org/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1029 – No Jacob on this episode, so….uh, please stop cheering. It won’t make it any easier when he’s back next week.The show kicks off with Bri Galgano and Aki on hand to chat about our weeks and to tackle all of the reveals of the Future Games Show. And Aki is the one talking about it for once! That’s right, so took notes and everything, so the floor is hers for the majority of the news. Plus Game Pass additions and departures, Assassin’s Creed Shadows news, and a Towerborne release date! Plus if you missed the live show on Twitch, you missed out on an Assassin’s Creed Giveaway thanks to Ubisoft!0:00 - Intro/News40:25 - Wanderstop - Ivy Road, Annapurna Interactive (Aki & Bri)54:00 - KinnikuNeko: SUPER MUSCLE CAT - Kamotachi, Mameshiba Games (Bri)1:00:45 - ELISE - Stuart White (Aki)1:07:35 - Unsolved Case: Above the Law - Domini Games, Legacy Games (Bri)1:11:22 - UPDATE: ENDER MAGNOLIA Bloom in the Mist - Adglobe, Live Wire, Binary Haze Interactive (Aki)The show ends with a track from The Tiberian Sons from Final Fantasy VII Rebirth!1:15:07 - The Tiberian Sons - One Winged Angel Rebirth (Adventus Liberos)https://www.ivyroad.fun/https://www.annapurnainteractive.com/https://kinnikuneko.com/https://www.mameshibagames.com/https://www.youtube.com/@nofrillbearhttps://dominigames.com/https://legacygames.com/https://www.thetiberiansons.com/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1028 – That’s right, it’s another birthday episode on SML and who is the victim this time? JOE? Like, the guy we never address in these writeups? Huh.The show kicks off with our birthday host Joe being joined by the PartyCast crew of Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, Bri Galgano, Big Adam Chase, Horror Acolyte, Aki, and Matt Pie (not pronounced pie) making his debut on the show, all just to hang out with little ol’ me for my 44th birthday. We chat about Burger King jingles, bad t-shirts you can buy on our Merch store (link above. It’s my birthday. Buy something.), beavers and how they will destroy the world, and that’s like just the first 15 minutes.We also we have Dave K stopping later to hang out with the rest of the ParytCast for a spell to chat about the meaning of SML and a little wrassling. Plus constant soundboard abuse and small pack of reviews including Assassin’s Creed Shadows, provided to us by UBISOFT, and one written by Horror Acolyte but read by George “norg” Nowik! That’s right, Horror Acolyte is on the show but doesn’t actually read his own review. We made norg do it. He wanted to wish me a happy birthday and couldn’t make the recording, so YEAH. I swear Horror did say something on the episode. Not much, but there was, uh, that one time? Yeah. Reviews!0:00 - Intro/Birthday PartyCast1:21:53 - Assassin’s Creed: Shadows - UBISOFT (Aki)1:43:22 - Expelled! - inkle (Pernell)1:51:04 - Blobun - CyanSorcery (Aki)1:58:30 - Piczle Cross: Rune Factory - Score Studios, Rainy Frog (Chris)2:13:09 - Morkull: Ragast’s Rage - Disaster Games, Selecta Play (Horror Acolyte as ready by norg)The show ends with a track from the legendary MAGFest supergroup Smash Brothers!2:22:36 - Smash Brothers - Onett (EarthBound)https://www.ubisoft.com/https://www.inklestudios.com/https://blobun.com/https://www.piczle.club/https://score-studios.jp/https://www.rainyfrog.com/https://disaster-games.itch.io/https://selecta-play.com/https://vgmdb.net/album/17972https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1026 – The crew from Phat Games joins this episode to discuss their game Kids of Karendow, so let’s start!The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan, Andy Sperry, and Aki on hand to welcome Blair Pyle and Gary Ng of Phat Games to the show to chat all about their game Kids of Karendow, a retro styled RPG that’s been in the planning stages since their childhood! We chat about the origins of the game, the characters and plot, showing the game off at conventions, discussion about MAGFest, and tons more! Plus a batch of reviews!0:00 - Intro/Phat Games Chat51:21 - Monster Hunter Wilds - CAPCOM (Andy)1:09:10 - Everhood 2 - Chris Nordgren, Jordi Roca, Foreign Gnomes (Pernell & Andy)1:21:51 - Vanguard Exiles - The Tea Division (Pernell)1:30:22 - Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain - Fiction Factory Games (Aki)1:40:49 - Rogue Conflict - Frans Wikman (Pernell)1:53:09 - Into Death and Beyond - Dolores Entertainment (Aki)The show ends with some Bee Jam Blues from Gitaroo Man since we had our Everhood Blue Brothers together!2:02:07 - COIL - Bee Jam Blues (Gitaroo Man)http://phat.games/https://www.kidsofkarendow.com/https://store.steampowered.com/app/780030https://www.capcom.com/https://everhoodgame.com/https://theteadivision.com/https://fictionfactorygames.com/https://bsky.app/profile/franswik.bsky.socialhttps://doloresentertainment.com/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1025 – News of the week and a batch of reviews are on tap for this episode of SML, so let’s get going!The show kicks off with Jacob Garner, Bri Galgano, and Aki all on hand to chat about our weeks and the news of the week! Gears of War Collection rumors, NACON Connect 25 info, the latest additions and departures for Xbox Game Pass, Tony Hawk 3+4 Remastered finally getting unveiled, sales, closures, and my time at the online Nova Game Expo. Plus reviews!0:00 - Intro/News46:12 - Sorry We’re Closed - à la mode games, Akupara Games (Jacob)56:32 - Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit - Tag of Joy, Headup (Bri)1:03:37 - GLOVER - Piko Interactive, QUByte Interactive (Jacob)1:11:24 - Alter Age - EXE-CREATE, KEMCO (BRI)1:19:33 - Blow It Up - Brain Seal (Jacob)1:25:07 - Harmony Chronicles: Demon of the Void - JetDogs Studios, Ocean Media (Bri)1:29:45 - Sugarbound - Synnergy Circle Games (Jacob)1:34:22 - Cats and Seek: Dino Park - Noobzilla, Silesia Games (Bri)1:37:19 - PREVIEW: Alex’s Journey to the Grave - Violet Horizons Productions (Aki)1:42:55 - Kidz Korner: Care Bears: To the Rescue - Polygoat, Forever Entertainment (Jacob)The show ends with some Animal Crossing goodness from posu yan!1:51:13 - posu yan - purdieolddays (Animal Crossing)https://alamode.games/https://www.akuparagames.com/https://www.tagofjoy.lt/https://www.headupgames.com/https://www.pikointeractive.com/https://www.qubyteinteractive.com/https://www.exe-create.co.jp/https://www.kemco.game/https://brainseal.com/https://www.jetdogs.com/https://oceanmedia.hr/https://www.synnergycirclegames.com/https://www.noobzilla.games/https://silesiagames.com/https://violethorizons.com/https://www.polygoat.com/https://forever-entertainment.com/http://www.posuyan.com/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1024 – It’s our Twitch Streamaversary and we’re celebrating with some friends, and maybe a little too much alcohol?The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, Andy Sperry, and Aki on hand to welcome our friends Grant “Stemage” Henry, Big Adam Chase, and Carl from streaming duo NightOnFiyah to the show to hang out and chat! And chat we do and it ranges all the subjects from pizza to AVOWED with a sprinkling of insanity all peppered throughout. We also chat about Twitch streaming, VGM Con and the wonderful train ride in store for me coming up, and soundboard shenanigans! Plus reviews including an email from Horror Acolyte as read by George “norg” Nowik!0:00 - Intro/Chatter1:37:10 - Ninja Five-O - Limited Run Games, KONAMI (Pernell)1:49:25 - Street Cleaner 3 - Creaky Lantern Games (Andy)1:58:40 - The Backrooms 1998 - Steelkrill Studio, Feardemic (Horror Acolyte)2:07:00 - 3°C: Sand Puzzle - COOL&WARM, KEMCO (Chris)2:13:44 - Justice Ninja Casey - SUNSOFT, Ratalaika Games (Pernell & Chris)2:24:17 - Freddy Farmer - Flynn’s Arcade (Chris)The show ends with some face melting awesomeness from the Street Cleaner 3 OST by Street Cleaner w/ some guests!2:33:54 - Street Cleaner - We Die, Again (feat. Danimal Cannon, Ben Bennett, Robbie Whiplash, Jesse Bishop)https://www.stemagemusic.com/https://www.twitch.tv/nightonfiyahhttps://limitedrungames.com/https://www.konami.com/https://creakylantern.com/https://steelkrill.com/https://www.feardemic-games.com/https://coolandwarm.co.jp/https://www.kemco.game/https://www.sun-denshi.co.jp/soft/en/https://www.ratalaikagames.com/https://www.flynnsarcades.com/http://streetcleaner.bandcamp.com/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1023 – We’ve got the whole crew from Soft Not Weak joining this episode to chat about Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To, so let’s get this one going! Also, Soft Not Weak really wanted the episode title to be A Tale of Two Titties, but I chickened out.
Download Episode 1022 – Yes, the game title is DRIFT BOOM BOOM, but I wanted a Saliva joke as the image and dammit you can’t stop me from making bad jokes!The show kicks off with Andy Sperry, Ian “Doc_Havok” Griffin, and Aki on hand to welcome Timm Johnson of TeamKDGames to the show to chat all about DRIFT BOOM BOOM! We chat about the origins of the game, feedback from our time with the demo, inspirations behind the game and the soundtrack, plus chatter about MAGFest since that’s where we first met Timm! Another show thanks to MAGFest! Plus reviews with Pernell Vaughan and Chris Taylor joining after a CarboHydroM intermission!0:00 - Intro/DRIFT BOOM BOOM CHAT57:56 - CarboHydroM - Fruits Attack (Pop'n Twinbee)1:07:42 - Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection - Digital Eclipse, KONAMI (Pernell)1:19:29 - X-Out: Resurfaced - Kritzelkratz 3000, ININ Games (Chris)1:35:40 - Police Shootout - Games Incubator, Ultimate Games (Andy)1:49:24 - Blood Typers - Outer Brain Studios (Ian)2:00:42 - Mystery Box: The Journey - XS Games, Ocean Media (Aki)2:06:55 - PREVIEW: Wordatro! - Le Poulet, Abiding Bridge (Aki, Andy, Pernell)The show ends with some EarthBound electronica from the always awesome bLiNd off of Bound Together!2:19:55 - bLiNd - SnowBound (EarthBound)https://drift-boom-boom.webflow.io/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2826510/DRIFT_BOOM_BOOM/https://www.digitaleclipse.com/https://www.konami.com/en/https://kritzelkratz.de/https://iningames.com/https://games-i.com/https://ultimate-games.com/https://outerbrainstudios.com/https://xsgames.co/https://oceanmedia.hr/https://le-poulet.itch.io/https://abidingbridge.com/en/https://www.carbohydromusic.com/https://www.blindedm.com/https://joecam.net/boundtogether/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1021 – We’ve got news, reviews, and a discussion on achievement stacks coming up on this episode, so let’s go!The show kicks off with Jacob Garner, Bri Galgano, and Aki all on hand to hang out and chat about how our weeks have been as well as the topic of Xbox achievement stacks. We discuss our annoyances, the benefits, the pros and cons, other platforms, and more. We also cover a ton of news including Game Pass updates, Marvel Rivals layoffs, Tony Hawk rumors, Nintendo Gold Points being discontinued, Fantasy Life i info, and tons more! Plus a big ol’ batch of reviews!0:00 - Intro/Chatter/News1:08:34 - Kingdom Come: Deliverance II - Warhorse Studios, Deep Silver (Bri)1:33:00 - Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered - Aspyr, Crystal Dynamics (Aki)1:44:00 - Mutant Football League 2 - Digital Dreams Entertainment (Jacob)1:51:06 - Cabernet - Party for Introverts, Akupara Games (Bri & Jacob)2:02:34 - UNDYING - Vanimals, SkyStone Games (Aki)2:13:15 - Dead Dragons - MAGITEC, KEMCO (Bri & Aki)2:26:37 - Alpacapaca Dash 2 - Synnergy Circle Games (Jacob)2:31:42 - Bee Flowers - AFIL Games (Jacob & Bri)The show ends with some David Bowie and Nine Inch Nails due to the state of the world, sure to get us flagged on YouTube!2:37:51 - David Bowie & Nine Inch Nails - I’m Afraid of Americans (NIN V1 Mix)https://warhorsestudios.cz/https://www.deepsilver.com/https://aspyr.com/https://www.crystaldynamics.com/https://www.digitaldreamsentertainment.com/https://partyforintroverts.com/https://www.akuparagames.com/https://vanimals.net/https://www.skystone.games/https://magitec.jp/https://www.kemco.game/https://www.synnergycirclegames.com/https://afilgames.com/https://www.davidbowie.com/https://www.nin.com/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1020 – SML welcomes Jenny Beams of Mosh Jason Games to the show to chat about their game Ashcroft, so let’s go!The show kicks off with a big PartyCast including Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, Andy Sperry, Ian “Doc_Havok” Griffin, and Aki as we welcome Jenny Beams to the show to chat about their game Ashcroft, which was recently shown off in the MAGFest Indie Games section! We chat about the game, the mechanics, the origins, the characters, and tons more! We also chat about MAGFest and potential future appearances! Plus a hearty batch of reviews!0:00 - Intro/Ashcroft Interview47:04 - Macross: Shooting Insight - bushiroad, RED ART GAMES (Chris)1:02:39 - Rogue Waters - Ice Code Games, Tripwire Presents (Pernell & Ian)1:17:45 - ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist - Adglobe, Live Wire, Binary Haze Interactive (Andy)1:25:48 - Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector - Jump Over the Age, Fellow Traveller (Ian & Pernell)1:48:30 - Rift of the NecroDancer - Brace Yourself Games, Tic Toc Games, Klei Publishing (Andy)1:58:20 - Starlight Legacy - Decafesoft, eastasiasoft (Chris)2:07:20 - Polimines Deluxe - Molter Games, Penguin Pop Games (Pernell)2:14:46 - PREVIEW: Tackle for Loss - Indifferent Penguin (Andy)The show ends with a track the Super Meat Boy OST from Danny Baranowsky!2:24:23 - Danny Baranowsky - The Battle of Lil’ Slugger (Super Meat Boy)https://www.moshjasongames.com/https://bsky.app/profile/moshjason.bsky.socialhttps://en.bushiroad.com/https://www.redartgames.com/https://icecodegames.com/https://tripwireinteractive.com/https://endermagnolia.com/en/https://bhaze.com/https://jumpovertheage.com/https://www.fellowtraveller.games/https://braceyourselfgames.com/https://tictocgames.com/https://www.klei.com/https://decafesoft-official.itch.io/https://www.eastasiasoft.com/https://moltergames.com/https://www.penguinpop.com/https://indifferentpenguin.de/https://dbsoundworks.bandcamp.com/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1019 – Composer and all around awesome guy Josh Barron joins the show this episode, so let’s get started!The show kicks off with Bri Galgano, Jacob Garner, and Aki on hand to welcome composer Josh Barron to the show to chat about the work he did on the recently released Fallen Aces from New Blood Interactive. We chat about the creation of the game and music, comparisons to composing non-game music, and tons more. Plus we cover news of the week including all of the news from the Sony State of Play, PS Plus catalog additions, launches, layoffs, and that nasty PSN outage. Oh yeah, and a ton of reviews!0:00 - Intro/Interview51:49 - News1:29:03 - Big Helmet Heroes - Exalted Studio, Dear Villagers (Jacob)1:35:37 - Afterlove EP - Pikselnesia, Fellow Traveller (Bri & Aki)1:46:26 - While Waiting - Optillusion (Aki)1:53:12 - Accolade Sports Collection - QUByte Interactive (Jacob)2:00:40 - Spirit Swap: Lo-fi Beats to Match-3 To - Soft Not Weak (Bri, Aki, Jacob)2:12:35 - Please Be Happy - Studios Élan, Sometimes You (Aki)2:20:53 - Turbo Overkill - Trigger Happy Interactive, Apogee Entertainment (Horror Acolyte)2:29:38 - Fly Punch Boom! - Jollypunch Games (Jacob)2:34:52 - A Rite From the Stars: Remaster Edition - Flying Beast Labs, Artax Games (Bri & Jacob)2:41:29 - Journey of Johann: Grasslands - Apapappa Games, Xitilon (Jacob)2:44:39 - Fall Asleep - Xitilon (Bri)2:48:30 - Penguin Flight - AFIL Games (Jacob)2:53:17 - Mimi the Cat: Meow Together - Wise Box Studio, AFIL Games (Jacob & Bri)The show ends with a track from the Fallen Aces OST by Josh Barron!2:57:28 - Josh Barron - On the Upswing! (Fallen Aces)https://joshbarroncomposer.com/https://exaltedstudio.com/https://dearvillagers.com/https://www.instagram.com/pikselnesia/https://www.fellowtraveller.games/https://www.optillusion.games/https://www.qubyteinteractive.com/https://www.softnotweak.com/https://vnstudioelan.com/https://www.sometimesyou.com/http://www.turbooverkill.com/https://www.apogeeent.com/https://jollypunch.com/https://flyingbeastlabs.com/https://www.artaxgames.com/https://apapappa-games.blogspot.com/https://xitilonic.art/https://afilgames.com/https://linktr.ee/wiseboxstudioshttps://newblood.games/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1411910/Fallen_Aces/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1018 – We’ve got Mike Robles joining this episode with a ton of news to tackle, so let’s get going!The show kicks off with Jacob Garner, Bri Galgano, and Aki all on hand to welcome Mike Robles to the show for a chat! We talk about his time at Xbox and IllFonic and he joins us for the news of the past few weeks! Forza Horizon going to PS5 with a few other Xbox titles, rumors of Final Fantasy coming to Xbox, Xbox Game Pass additions and departures and the PlayStation Plus monthly games for February, shutdowns, layoffs, Movie Watch, and tons more! Plus reviews!0:00 - Intro/Mike Robles1:21:48 - Sniper Elite: Resistance - Rebellion (Aki)1:29:48 - Star Wars: Episode 1: Jedi Power Battles - Aspyr (Jacob)1:36:58 - Genso Manège - MAGES, PQube (Aki)1:46:20 - Mika and The Witch’s Mountain - Chibig, Nukefist (Aki & Bri)1:55:20 - Cyber Tank 2 - Rapid Snail, Xitilon (Jacob)2:00:19 - Dreamcore - Montraluz, Tlön Industries (Bri & Aki)2:09:45 - AquaRun - AFIL Games (Jacob & Bri)2:14:22 - Stellar Docks/Sokorobot - AFIL Games (Jacob & Bri)2:19:52 - Suikaiju - Synnergy Circle Games (Bri)2:23:16 - ZuAhKii - Omegamoon Sigma (Jacob)2:28:15 - UPDATE: Star Trek: Legends - Emerald City Games, QubicGames (Jacob)The show ends with some SPORTS action from Super Strikers & The Arkadian from MAGFest 2025!2:38:07 - Super Strikers & The Arkadian - SPORTS Medleyhttps://rebellion.com/https://aspyr.com/https://mages.co.jp/https://pqube.co.uk/https://chibig.com/https://nukefist.itch.io/https://xitilonic.art/https://www.montraluz.com/https://tlon.vg/https://afilgames.com/https://www.synnergycirclegames.com/https://omegamoonsigma.com/https://www.emeraldcitygames.ca/https://qubicgames.com/https://bravewave.bandcamp.com/musichttps://arkadianvgrb.bandcamp.com/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms6HmMrHBgAhttps://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1017 – We are officially back in action and it’s time to chat MAGFest with some friends on our 12th anniversary!The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, Andy Sperry, Bri Galgano, and Aki all on hand to welcome Scott Wells of Peribang Records and Grant “Stemage” Henry to the show, with Ian “Doc_Havok” Griffin showing up later on! We chat about Andy’s first MAGFest, his experiences of watching Lonely Island videos with Powerglove at 3am, and tons more. Grant also talks about the differences in performing between the main stage and the new XP Stage at MAGFest and Scott talks about the differences to VGM Con, which is coming up in April! All that plus a ton of catch-up reviews!0:00 - Intro/Chatter1:17:07 - NINJA GAIDEN 2 Black - KOEI TECMO GAMES (Pernell)1:30:50 - SYNDUALITY: Echo of Ada - Bandai Namco Entertainment (Aki)1:45:27 - Orcs Must Die! Deathrap - Robot Entertainment (Andy & Bri)1:54:28 - Blade Chimera - Team Ladybug, Playism, WSS playground (Pernell)2:04:34 - Dragon Takers - VANGUARD, KECMO (Chris)2:20:54 - Cuisineer - BattleBrew Productions, XSEED (Aki)2:32:28 - Professor Doctor Jetpack - Roflcopter Ink (Bri)2:39:14 - FOUNTAINS - John Pywell (Andy)2:51:34 - Montezuma’s Revenge - Mission Critical Studios, Handcrafted Mythical Games, eastasiasoft (Pernell)3:00:36 - Don’t let him in - Dolores Entertainment (Bri)3:04:56 - Dance of Cards - GoodMorningMrFrog, Pineapple Works (Aki & Pernell)The show ends with a smorgasboard of weird stuff we’ve got lying around that we mentioned. We’ve got some SPLUNK! goodness from posu yan, a GI Joe “remix” from Beatdrop, and the full and uncut norg/Amiga speech to text intro!3:20:57 - Various Artists - Ending Craphttps://www.koeitecmoamerica.com/https://www.bandainamcoent.com/https://robotentertainment.com/https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=Team%20Ladybughttps://whysoserious.jp/https://playism.com/https://www.kemco.game/https://www.battle-brew.com/https://marvelous-usa.com/https://www.roflcopter.ink/https://linktr.ee/fountainsgamehttps://handcraftedmysticalgames.com/https://www.eastasiasoft.com/https://doloresentertainment.com/https://itch.io/profile/goodmorningmrfroghttps://pineapple.works/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1016 – We’re on break, but we miss each other, so we’re doing a show in January. Enjoy it!The show kicks off with Jacob Garner, Bri Galgano, Aki, Grant “Stemage” Henry, and Ian “Doc_Havok” Griffin all on hand to chat about how our holidays were, how New Years was for us, and what games kept us busy over the past few weeks. We also chat a bit about Grant’s upcoming MAGFest shows with Super Strikers as well as a Two Man Pajama Jam battle against The Arkadian, not to mention his planned appearance at the Lumberjack Panel! Plus some news bits and a batch of reviews!0:00 - Intro/Chatter1:05:13 - Tap Wizard 2 - TopCog, Ultimate Games (Jacob)1:12:30 - Star Trek: Legends - Emerald City Games, QubicGames (Jacob & Bri)1:26:16 - Nefiriya and the Sands of Eternity - Synnergy Circle Games (Jacob)1:33:27 - Garten of Banban 7 - Euphoric Brothers, Feardemic (Aki)1:41:27 - Kiting Cat/Infernitos/Sokomonster/Sokocrab - AFIL Games, Dudeeki Studio (Bri & Jacob)1:59:21 - PREVIEW: Saintess of the Golden Bow - Transparent Games, Error300 (Aki)The show ends with a track from The Arkadian at Grant’s request to celebrate the Pajama Jam! See you in February!2:09:40 - The Arkadian - Vampire Killerhttps://topcoggaming.com/https://ultimate-games.com/https://www.emeraldcitygames.ca/https://qubicgames.com/https://www.synnergycirclegames.com/https://www.euphoricbrothers.com/https://www.feardemic-games.com/https://afilgames.com/https://linktr.ee/transparentgameshttps://error300.com/https://arkadianvgrb.bandcamp.com/https://stemage.bandcamp.com/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1015 – It’s the final show of 2024 and Jacob is late again, so let’s start without him!The show kicks off with Bri Galgano, Aki, and Horror Acolyte all on hand to chat about our favorite games of the year, weirdest games of the year, and news highlights! We also discuss the news of the week and start into discussion on The Game Awards before Jacob Garner FINALLY shows up and we continue discussing The Game Awards and tons more. Plus we have a massive batch of reviews to tackle to close out the year!0:00 - Intro/Banter41:33 - News2:01:22 - The Thaumaturge - Fool’s Theory, 11 bit studios (Bri)2:09:17 - Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1-2 Remastered - ASPYR (Aki)2:19:10 - Morbid: The Lords of Ire - Still Running, Merge Games (Jacob)2:24:21 - Symphonia 𝄞 - Sunny Peak, Headup (Bri)2:28:48 - Tri Breaker - Lillymo Games (Jacob)2:33:29 - NAIAD - HiWarp (Bri)2:38:33 - Entropy Survivors - Moving Pieces Interactive, First Break Labs (Jacob & Aki)2:44:28 - Unwording - Frostwood Interactive, Nejcraft (Bri)2:51:11 - Malu the Princess - Rafael VF, AFIL Games (Jacob & Bri)2:55:23 - BROK: Natal Tail, a new Christmas - COWCAT (Bri)2:58:20 - AVATAR Frontiers of Pandora: Secrets of the Spires - Massive Entertainment, Ubisoft (Aki & Bri)3:06:51 - Pinball FX: Williams Pinball Volume 8 - Zen Studios (Bri)3:14:00 - Spirit City: Lofi Sessions Winter Cosmetics - Mooncube Games (Aki & Bri)3:19:13 - Dog Man: Mission Impawsible - Floor 84 Studio, Mindscape (Jacob)3:26:03 - Hidden Cats in Santa’s Realm - Nukearts Studio, Silesia Games (Bri)We end the year with our regular closing song, Marigold by Stemage, Christmasified for your pleasure.3:32:48 - Stemage - A Snow Kissed Marigoldhttps://www.foolstheory.com/https://11bitstudios.com/https://aspyr.com/https://stillrunning.fi/https://www.mergegames.com/https://www.symphonia-game.com/https://www.headupgames.com/https://lillymogames.com/https://www.hiwarp.com/https://frostwoodinteractive.com/https://www.nejcraft.cz/https://afilgames.com/https://www.cowcatgames.com/https://www.massive.se/https://www.ubisoft.com/https://zenstudios.com/https://mooncubegames.com/https://f84.com/https://www.mindscape.com/https://www.nukearts.com.br/https://silesiagames.com/https://stemage.bandcamp.com/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1014 – We’re almost done for the year, so let’s get a bunch of friends together and talk about MAGFest, yeah?The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan and Aki hanging out to welcome a TON of friends to the show throughout the episode with Big Adam Chase, Ryan “Mega Beardo” Postlethwait, Darmock Tanagra of Steel Samurai, Bunny Smith, Ian “Doc_Havok” Griffin, Grant “Stemage” Henry, and Mustin all joining! That’s right, we’ve amassed one of the greatest podcast lineups ever assembled to talk about MAGFest and VGM Con and friendship and partying and all that jazz. It’s over 100 minutes of laughs and conversation! Plus some reviews!0:00 - Intro/MAGFest chat1:46:45 - Shadow Tactics: Aiko’s Choice - Mimimi Games, Daedalic Entertainment (Aki)1:58:36 - Snow Bros. Wonderland - Tatsujin, Bitwave Games, Clear River Games, Toaplan (Aki)2:04:15 - The Holy Gosh Darn - Perfectly Paranormal, Yogscast Games (Aki)2:11:52 - Breath of Death VII: The Beginning: Reanimated - Shadow Layer Games (Pernell)2:19:49 - SML AFTER DARK: Lilith Rising Season 2 - Jubei Games (Aki)2:27:23 - SML AFTER DARK: Fetish Locator Week Three DLC 2 - ViNovella Games (Aki)The show ends with the longest SML Christmas song we’ve ever had, thanks to the patience and insanity of George “norg” Nowik who shook jingle bells manually to an 18 minute long song.2:37:00 - norg - ABDUCTION OF SANTA (Just Bleed)https://super.magfest.org/https://vgmcon.org/https://www.mimimi.games/https://www.daedalic.com/https://www.tatsujin.tokyo/en.htmlhttps://www.bitwavegames.com/https://www.clearrivergames.com/https://toaplan.co.jp/https://perfectlyparanormal.com/https://www.yogscast.games/https://shadowlayergames.com/https://jubeigames.itch.io/https://vinovella.itch.io/https://georgenowik.com/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1013 – Aki has the night off and Jacob is late, so it’s the Joe & Bri Show to start things off!The show kicks off with Bri Galgano on hand to chat about how Thanksgiving was and how she’s been and all that fun jazz. Jacob Garner shows up partway through the news which includes the latest batch of Xbox Game Pass additions and departures, the newest PS Plus monthly games, new games hitting Nintendo Switch Online, Ubisoft troubles, NASCAR delistings, the Foamstars party ending, and tons more! Plus reviews!0:00 - Intro/News41:02 - MONOPOLY - Engine Software, UBISOFT (Jacob & Bri)54:35 - Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island - Polygon Treehouse, Whitethorn Games (Bri)1:02:17 - Ravenswatch - Passtech Games, Nacon (Jacob)1:08:44 - Love Too Easily - Monster Guide, H2 Interactive (Bri)1:14:31 - Selfloss - Goodwin Games, Merge Games (Jacob)1:19:41 - Harmony Chronicles: Chaos Realms - JetDogs Studios, Ocean Media (Bri)1:26:04 - SPRAWL - Rogue Games (Jacob)1:32:44 - Super Astro Cat - Synnergy Circle Games (Bri)1:35:54 - Godsvivors - Titan, AFIL Games (Jacob)The show ends with some holiday cheer from LONELYROLLINGSTARS!1:42:03 - LONELYROLLINSTARS - Hogger of Bells (Sonic Adventure 2)https://engine-software.com/https://www.ubisoft.com/https://www.polygon-treehouse.com/https://whitethorngames.com/https://www.passtechgames.com/https://www.nacongaming.com/http://www.h2int.jp/https://www.alexgoodwingames.com/https://maximument.com/https://www.jetdogs.com/https://oceanmedia.hr/https://rogueco.com/https://www.synnergycirclegames.com/https://afilgames.com/https://x.com/LRSbandhttps://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1012 – We’ve got a whole bunch of folks joining at various times this one, so just enjoy the whole thing, ok? Please?The show kicks off with Chris Taylor and Andy Sperry on hand to welcome Big Adam Chase back to the show to discuss how tall he and Pernell are and to chat about MAGFest for a good spell! From Andy’s expectations to what the convention will bring to stories from the Charity Auction and some cool reveals for this year as well. If you’re going to MAGFest, you’ll want to check this one out! Plus later in the show during reviews Pernell drops by and after a break, we have an Aki segment with even more reviews!0:00 - Intro/MAGFest Banter30:35 - Slopecrashers - byteparrot (Adam)39:36 - Time to Morp - Team HalfBeard, Yogscast Games (Andy)47:39 - Taito Milestones 3 - TAITO, Hamster Corporation, ININ Games (Chris)1:11:55 - Hexguardian - Split Second Games, Yogscast Games (Andy)1:19:19 - Bub-O Burst - Gabboco Games (Pernell)1:34:23 - Intermission1:43:32 - Nine Sols - Red Candle Games (Aki)1:56:41 - Hexguardian (again!) - Split Second Games, Yogscast Games (Aki)2:04:24 - Dead Island 2 - Dambuster Studios, Deep Silver (Aki)The episode closes out with some more Tiberian Sons, this time bringing the holiday spirit to all the world!2:15:35 - The Tiberian Sons - Jinglevania (Castlevania)https://badmoonart.com/https://www.magfest.org/https://www.byteparrot.com/https://teamhalfbeard.com/https://www.yogscast.games/https://www.taito.co.jp/enhttps://www.hamster.co.jp/en/https://iningames.com/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2381740/https://www.gabbocogames.com/https://redcandlegames.com/https://www.dsdambuster.com/https://www.deepsilver.com/https://thetiberiansons.bandcamp.com/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1011 – I’m thankful for the fact that there’s only one show this week, so let’s cram two shows worth of content into one!The show kicks off with nearly the whole crew on deck with Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, Aki, Jacob Garner, Bri Galgano, Andy Sperry, and Horror Acolyte to the show to discuss what we are all thankful for! We’ve all got something to be thankful for whether it’s for phones and if we have them or not, to video games and whether we have too many or not. The answer is yes. We’re also thankful for Bluesky for giving us an escape from Twitter and we’re thankful for each other as well. And we’re all thankful for you, the person reading this. Unless you’re Jacob. Plus reviews!0:00 - Intro/Thanks29:52 - PREVIEW: Dunjungle - Bruno Bombardi, Astrolabe Games (Andy)38:59 - Nephise: Ascension - Tonguç Bodur, Catness Game Studios (Bri & Jacob)53:31 - Sorry We’re Closed - à la mode games, Akupara Games (Aki & Pernell)1:05:27 - Uragun - Kool2Play, Drageus Games (Andy)1:18:13 - Divine Dynamo Flamefrit - INTI CREATES (Chris)1:26:57 - Bioframe Outpost - Omni Systems, Omni Systems Publishing (Pernell & Jacob)1:38:27 - Backrooms: Partygoers - Mascot Bro Studio, Ratalaika Games (Horror & Aki)1:56:03 - Super Rolling Heroes Deluxe - Solid Neon Games, JanduSoft (Jacob)2:00:57 - DevilReversi - RomanKitayama (Pernell)2:12:08 - Miniatures - Other Tales (Chris)2:16:27 - Sky Roll! - Entity3 Limited (Jacob)The song ends with some Hollow Knight music from The Tiberian Sons. It’s too early for Christmas music!2:23:02 - The Tiberian Sons - This is Halloween (Hollow Knight)https://linktr.ee/brubombhttps://www.astrolabe-games.ca/https://tongucbodur.com/https://catnessgames.com/https://alamode.games/https://www.akuparagames.com/https://www.kool2play.com/enhttp://drageusgames.com/https://inticreates.com/https://bsky.app/profile/omnisystemspub.bsky.socialhttps://mascotbro.com/https://www.ratalaikagames.com/https://www.facebook.com/solidneongames/https://www.jandusoft.com/https://www.instagram.com/romankitayama/https://www.othertales.com/https://www.entity3.com/https://thetiberiansons.bandcamp.com/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1010 – News of the week and a big batch of reviews are the topics of the day, so let’s begin!The show kicks off with Jacob Garner, Bri Galgano, and Aki on hand to chat about the news of the week including the rumors of Sony looking to acquire Kadokawa and what could come from that transaction, the latest arrivals and departures for Xbox Game Pass, the big list of games leaving PS Plus next month, a PS Portal update, Star Wars Outlaws dropping forced stealth, and tons more! Plus a big batch of reviews!0:00 - Intro/News37:29 - NAIRI: Rising Tide - HomeBearStudio, Hound Picked Games (Bri)42:31 - Tell Me Your Story - RedDeerGames (Aki & Bri)51:56 - River City Girls 2 Double Dragon DLC - WayForward (Jacob)57:06 - 6-Sided Stories - DarZal Games (Aki & Bri)1:03:38 - Check and Slash - Gate of Madness Studio, AFIL Games (Jacob & Bri)1:08:39 - Project 13: Taxidermy Trails - DRYBREAD, Dolores Entertainment (Bri)1:14:20 - Spellagis - NipoBox, eastasiasoft (Jacob)1:19:49 - Spirit City: Lofi Sessions Winter Wonderland - Mooncube (Aki & Bri)1:28:35 - Galaxy Kingdoms - Coliseum Studio, AFIL Games (Jacob & Bri)1:34:42 - PREVIEW: Spray Paint Simulator - North Star Video Games, Whitethorn Games (Bri)The show ends with an old school OCRemix track from Disco Dan from Mario Paint!1:39:48 - Disco Dan - Load/Save the Last Trip-Hop For Me (Mario Paint)https://homebearstudio.com/https://www.houndpicked.com/https://www.reddeergames.com/https://wayforward.com/https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/DarZalGameshttps://linktr.ee/gateofmadnesshttps://afilgames.com/https://drybread.games/https://doloresentertainment.com/https://nipobox.com/https://eastasiasoft.com/https://mooncubegames.com/https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/coliseumstudiohttps://northstarvideogames.com/https://whitethorngames.com/https://discodan.bandcamp.com/https://ocremix.org/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1009 – It’s a small crew tonight and an equally small batch of games, so why is the show still so long?The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan and Aki on hand to chat about our weeks. That’s right, nobody else this episode, just us three, but we still find a way to chat for way too long. What about? Topics this episode include Pernell’s amiibo treasure trove, being digital hoarders, bridges and tunnels and our fears about said bridges and tunnels, and tons more. Plus reviews!0:00 - Intro/Chatter41:20 - Farmagia - Marvelous/XSEED (Pernell)57:10 - Heads Will Roll: Reforged - 1917 Studios, Valkyrie Interactive (Aki)1:10:31 - Metal Slug Tactics - Leikir Studio, DotEmu, Gamera Games (Pernell)1:20:51 - Liberté - Superstatic, Ultimate Games (Aki)The show ends with some Black Mages tackling the legendary FFV battle theme for Gilgamesh!1:34:02 - The Black Mages - Clash on the Big Bridge (Final Fantasy V)https://marvelousgames.com/https://marvelous-usa.com/https://store.steampowered.com/app/687800/https://valkyrieinitiative.pro/https://www.leikir-studio.com/en/https://www.dotemu.com/https://gameragames.com/https://playliberte.com/https://ultimate-games.com/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1008 – We’ve got news of the week to discuss and a small batch of reviews, so let’s get this over and done with!The show kicks off with Bri Galgano and Aki on hand to talk about Jacob behind his back for being late. He said it was kid stuff, so I’m assuming his kids tackled him and punched him repeatedly in the groin until he cried again. We also discuss the latest PS Plus Game Catalog additions, sales figures, Avowed’s release date, delistings, and the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 preload being gigantic. Plus reviews!0:00 - Intro/News36:10 - Pets Hotel - Games Incubator, Ultimate Games (Bri)42:50 - Magical Girls vs. Cat Aliens - Synnergy Circle Games (Bri)46:16 - Land of Mushrooms - Source Byte (Bri)51:37 - Yugo: the non-game - Two Minds Studio (Aki)59:51 - Totally Spies!: Cyber Mission - Balio Studio, Microids (Jacob)The show ends with some Pokérus Project to rock out to!1:11:33 - Pokérus Project - Rainbow Road (Mario Kart 64)https://games-i.com/https://ultimate-games.com/https://synnergycirclegames.com/https://source-byte.com/https://in-two-minds-studio.itch.io/https://baliostudio.com/https://www.microids.com/https://pokerusproject.com/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1007 – Die on This Hill creator Sam Greszes joins the show to chat about the Kickstarter for his game, so let’s go!The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, Andy Sperry, and Aki on hand to welcome Sam Greszes to the show to chat all about his brand new in development party game Die On This Hill, a party game of crazy takes and debating those takes to the end! Hear about the creation of the game, playtests, Kickstarter Reward plans, future ideas, and tons more! Plus later in the show we’ve got our usual batch of reviews!0:00 - Intro/Die On This Hill Interview50:40 - Tetris Forever - Digital Eclipse (Pernell)1:03:15 - Up to Par - It’s Anecdotal (Andy)1:09:05 - IREM Collection Volume 2 - IREM, Tozai Games, ININ Games (Chris)1:23:33 - Passageway of the Ancients - Passageway Games (Andy)1:32:51 - SlavicPunk: Oldtimer - Red Square Games, Gaming Factory (Pernell)1:46:50 - Journey to Kreisia - EXE-CREATE, KEMCO (Chris)2:01:42 - SML After Dark: Fetish Locator Week 3 - ViNovella Games (Aki)The show ends with a track from upcoming MAGFest Main Stage performers Pokérus Project’s new album Critical Hit!2:13:44 - Pokérus Project - Vampire Killer (Castlevania)https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dieonthishill/die-on-this-hill-a-debate-game-for-the-brainwormedhttps://bsky.app/profile/sam.robotsfightingdinosaurs.comhttps://www.digitaleclipse.com/https://www.itsanecdotal.com/https://tozaigames.co.jp/https://www.iningames.com/https://linktr.ee/passagewaygameshttps://redsquare.games/https://gamingfactory.pl/https://www.exe-create.co.jp/https://www.kemco-games.com/https://vinovella.itch.io/https://pokerusproject.com/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://twitter.com/theSMLpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1006 – Listen, it’s gonna be a rough couple of shows for us, so just bear with us. Thanks. Love you.The show kicks off with Jacob Garner, Bri Galgano, and Aki on hand to chat about the news of the week including news on the Switch successor’s compatibility with current Switch games, the latest additions and departures for Xbox Game Pass, Age of Empires 2 rumors, sales figures, a Private Division sale, SEGA delistings, and tons more. Plus reviews!0:00 - Intro/News33:25 - Neptunia Game Maker R:Evolution - Compile Heart, Idea Factory, Idea Factory International (Aki)43:19 - Monarchy - Brain Seal (Bri)49:42 - Bottle: Pilgrim Redux - Tonguç Bodur, Catness Game Studios (Bri)53:57 - Magic Cats Pots - RedDeerGames (Bri)57:52 - Duck Run - Dudeeki Studios, AFIL Games (Bri & Jacob)1:03:13 - Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania DLC - poncle (Jacob)1:09:31 - Fate Seeker II - JSL Entertainment, NiuGamer (Aki)1:18:34 - Aero the Acro-Bat: Rascal Rival Revenge - Shinyuden, Sunsoft, Ratalaika Games (Jacob)1:23:03 - Monster High: Skulltimate Secrets - Petoons Studio, Casual Brothers, Outright Games (Jacob)The show ends with a track off of the Kingdom Hearts Goes Emo album from LongestSoloEver & GameGrooves!1:33:56 - LongestSoloEver - This Is Halloween (Kingdom Hearts)https://www.compileheart.com/https://ifi.games/https://brainseal.com/https://tongucbodur.com/https://catnessgames.com/https://www.reddeergames.com/https://afilgames.com/https://poncle.games/https://www.jslgame.com/https://niugamer.com/https://www.shinyuden.com/https://www.sun-denshi.co.jp/soft/https://www.ratalaikagames.com/https://www.petoons.com/https://casualbrothers.com/https://outrightgames.com/https://longestsoloever.me/https://gamegrooves.bandcamp.com/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://twitter.com/theSMLpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1005 – That mango piece of trash won, and I don’t feel like writing anything. Just listen.Pernell is here, Chris is here, Andy is here, Aki is here. We talk about what we’ve been up to and we review games. It was election night. It sucks.0:00 - Intro26:25 - PREVIEW: Monster Hunter Wilds Beta - CAPCOM (Andy)45:44 - Shin chan: Shiro and the Coal Town - h.a.n.d. inc, Neos Corporation (Aki)55:13 - BIOMORPH - Lucid Dreams Studio (Pernell)1:07:06 - Garten of Banban VI - Euphoric Brothers, Feardemic (Aki)1:15:33 - Vampire Hunters - Gamecraft Studios (Pernell)The show ends with a song by the band COLD. Probably shouldn’t play this, but who cares.1:32:21 - COLD - End of the World (Acoustic)https://www.capcom.com/http://www.hand.co.jp/https://www.neoscorp.jp/https://www.luciddreamsstudio.com/https://www.euphoricbrothers.com/https://www.feardemic-games.com/https://gamecraftstudios.com/https://coldarmy.com/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://twitter.com/theSMLpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1004 – News and a big bunch of reviews lie ahead, including more Kidz Korner goodness, so let’s get going!The show kicks off with Bri Galgano and Aki on hand to hang out and chat about how our weeks are going while we wait for Jacob to finish up with his kids who went Trick or Treating that night. Because it was Halloween. This is our Halloween Episode. Boo. When Jacob shows up it’s news including some Sony studio closures, the November lineup for PlayStation Plus, an Insomniac departure over to Microsoft, Nintendo Music, and a massive load of Disney Dreamlight Valley news! Plus reviews! 0:00 - Intro/News35:47 - Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Treyarch, Raven Software, Activision (Jacob)48:06 - Potionomics: Masterwork Edition - Voracious Games, XSEED (Aki)56:23 - Phasmophobia - Kinetic Games (Bri)1:08:37 - Fear the Spotlight - Cozy Game Pals, Blumhouse Games (Bri)1:17:10 - Clock Tower: Rewind - WayForward, Limited Run Games (Bri)1:25:27 - My Hotel: Echoes of the Past - BrainSwapper, CreativeForge Games (Aki)1:36:42 - Cute Bite - Hanako Games, Ratalaika Games (Jacob)1:44:59 - The Smurfs: Dreams - Ocellus Studio, Microids (Jacob)1:52:19 - Miraculous: Paris Under Siege - Petit Fabrik, GameMill Entertainment (Jacob)2:02:22 - Barbie Project Friendship - Xaloc Studios, Casual Brothers, Outright Games (Jacob)The show wraps up October and Halloween with some Diablo goodness from The OneUps!2:16:37 - The OneUps - Tristram und Isolde (Diablo)https://www.treyarch.com/https://www.ravensoftware.com/https://www.activision.com/https://potionomics.com/https://www.xseedgames.com/https://www.kineticgames.co.uk/https://cozygamepals.com/https://blumhouse.com/gameshttps://wayforward.com/https://limitedrungames.com/https://www.creativeforge.pl/https://www.hanakogames.com/https://www.ratalaikagames.com/http://www.ocellus-studio.net/https://www.microids.com/https://www.petitfabrik.com/https://gamemill.com/https://xalocstudios.com/https://casualbrothers.com/https://outrightgames.com/https://theoneups.com/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://twitter.com/theSMLpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1003 – We’ve got a whole bunch of folks on this episode, so let’s get started and talk!The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, Andy Sperry, Bri Galgano, Aki, Grant “Stemage” Henry, and Dave K all on the show to hang out and chat about dancing to discussion topics, Pinball conventions and homebrew pinball tables galore, Grant’s latest happenings, Andy playing more Clone Hero for Metal Mondays, and tons more! Plus plenty of soundboard shenanigans with Dave K and Aki and a massive batch of reviews!0:00 - Intro/Banter40:38 - PREVIEW: Nightmare Shift - Binary Lunar (Aki)45:05 - Drova: Forsaken Kin - Just2D, Deck13 (Pernell)59:20 - PRIM - Common Colors, Application Systems Heidelberg (Dave K.)1:07:16 - Windblown - Motion Twin, Kepler Ghost (Andy)1:17:51 - RetroRealms Arcade: Ash vs. Evil Dead - WayForward, Boss Team Games (Grant)1:28:35 - Kristala - Astral Clocktower Studios (Aki)1:40:11 - ASTLIBRA Gaiden: The Cave of Phantom Mist - Keizo, WhisperGames (Chris)2:00:44 - Hidden Paws Mystery - Manic Hyena, Silesia Games (Bri)2:06:10 - Wilmot Works it Out - Hollow Ponds, Richard Hogg, Finji (Pernell)2:14:55 - Super XYX - Team Grybanser Fox, eastasiasoft (Chris)The show ends with a new track from our good friend Mega Beardo for the Halloween season!2:26:50 - Mega Beardo - Chariots of Pumpkins (Halloween 3)https://binarylunar.com/https://just2d.com/https://www.deck13.com/https://www.prim-game.com/https://www.application-systems.de/https://motiontwin.com/https://www.kepler-interactive.com/kepler-ghosthttps://wayforward.com/https://bossteamgames.com/https://www.astralclocktowerstudios.com/https://www.keizo.games/http://www.whisperinteractive.com/https://manichyena.com/https://silesiagames.com/https://wilmotworksitout.com/http://thehollowponds.com/https://finji.co/https://eastasiasoft.com/https://beardomusic.bandcamp.com/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://twitter.com/theSMLpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1002 – It’s a batch of news and a massive pack of reviews coming up on this episode, so let’s get started!The show kicks off with Jacob Garner, Bri Galgano, Aki, and Horror Acolyte all on hand to chat about the news of the week including the newest DLC for Powerwash Simulator, the disbanding of the team behind Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, server shutdown news, and Black Myth Wukong finally getting rated for Xbox by the ESRB. Plus a massive pack of reviews!0:00 - Intro/News31:34 - Starship Troopers: Extermination - Offworld Industries, Knights Peak (Bri)41:52 - SINce Memories: Off the Starry Sky - MAGES, PQube (Aki)50:17 - Killing Time: Resurrected - Nightdive Studios, Ziggurat (Horror)1:07:41 - Purpose 1951 - Tonguç Bodur, eastasiasoft (Jacob)1:13:27 - Squirrel with a Gun - Dee Dee Creations, Maximum Entertainment (Bri)1:21:30 - Slay the Princess: The Pristine Cut - Black Tabby Games, Serenity Forge (Aki)1:28:52 - Last Time I Saw You - Maboroshi Artworks, Chorus Worldwide (Bri)1:35:16 - Red Panda is Hungry - Synnergy Circle Games (Jacob)1:38:23 - Say Cheese - AFIL Games (Bri)1:43:52 - Ricky Recharge - Team Recharge, Silesia Games (Jacob)1:47:44 - Hot Wheels Monster Trucks: Stunt Mayhem - 3DClouds, GameMill Entertainment (Jacob)1:55:55 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed - AHEARTFULOFGAMES, Outright Games (Jacob)The show ends with some TMNT goodness from the one and only A_Rival!2:08:15 - A_Rival - TMNT 2012https://www.offworldindustries.com/https://knightspeak.com/https://mages.co.jp/https://pqube.co.uk/https://www.nightdivestudios.com/https://www.ziggurat.games/https://tongucbodur.com/https://eastasiasoft.com/https://squirrelwithagun.com/https://maximument.com/https://blacktabbygames.com/https://serenityforge.com/https://www.maboroshiartworks.com/https://chorusworldwide.com/https://synnergycirclegames.com/https://afilgames.com/https://silesiagames.com/https://www.3dclouds.it/https://gamemill.com/https://www.aheartfulofgames.com/https://outrightgames.com/https://rivalrivalrival.bandcamp.com/musichttps://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://twitter.com/theSMLpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
Download Episode 1001 – The festivities are over and we’re back to the grind, so let’s get this show started!The show kicks off with a huge PartyCast lineup of Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, Andy Sperry, Bri Galgano, Aki, and Horror Acolyte all joining the show to chat about how things are going! I don’t remember what we talked about. My mind is still frazzled from Episode 1000 and I can’t keep things straight, so hooray! Just listen and enjoy because we have reviews!0:00 - Intro/Chatter28:38 - A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead - Stormind Games, Saber Interactive (Aki)39:12 - Card-en-Ciel - INTI CREATES (Pernell)53:26 - Rogue Flight - Truant Pixel, Perp Games (Andy)1:06:46 - KONG: Survivor Instinct - 7Levels (Chris)1:26:41 - NEVA - Nomada Studio, Devolver Digital (Aki)1:31:43 - Tales From the Arcade: Fartmania - My Next Games (Andy)1:39:27 - Hidden Cats in Spooky Town - Nukearts Studio, Silesia Games (Bri)1:44:00 - Amanda the Adventurer - MANGLEDmaw Games, DreadXP (Horror)The show ends with a brand new track from Viking Guitar Live for the Halloween season!2:02:29 - Viking Guitar Live - No One Lives Forever (Oingo Boingo)https://stormindgames.com/https://saber.games/https://inticreates.com/https://www.youtube.com/@TruantPixelhttps://perpgames.com/https://www.7lvls.com/https://nomada.studio/https://www.devolverdigital.com/https://www.mynextgames.com/https://nukearts.com.br/https://silesiagames.com/https://mangledmaw.itch.io/https://www.dreadxp.com/https://vikingguitar.bandcamp.com/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://twitter.com/theSMLpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW