This week on the show, we're talking first impressions Bloomtown: Another Story, Pizza Tower, and I guess this little game called Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. After that, we're breaking down the recent Level 5 Vision, Playstation State of Play, and Xbox Tokyo Game Show presentation. Take a break for your weekly diversion, because we'll never be as young as we are now. Check out Bit Harmony: A Video Game Music Podcast! Bit Harmony on Apple Bit Harmony on Spotify Critical Diversions on Twitter - @cr...
Sep 28, 2024•1 hr 35 min
We're back with a normal weekly show. On this episode, we're talking about more Peglin, Elden Ring, Gimmick! 2, and new 30XX dlc, as well as some pirate yakuzas in Hawaii. Check out Bit Harmony: A Video Game Music Podcast! Bit Harmony on Apple Bit Harmony on Spotify Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murray on Twitter - @couchmochi Natascha Murray ...
Sep 21, 2024•1 hr 25 min
For the first time in over six months, the Critical Diversions games club has assembled, this time to talk about our favorite games so far of 2024. Join Matt, Hunter, Jim, Wilk, Seth, and the voice of God (Boogs) as they talk about Balatro, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Hades 2, Crypt Custodian, Elden Ring: Shadows of the Erdtree, Astro Bot, Gimmick! 2, 1000xResist, Vividlope, Arco, Before the Green Moon, and many, many more games to crown the winner of the prestigious Group Think's Glazing Award of ...
Sep 12, 2024•2 hr 41 min
On this week's thrilling episode of the show, Matt's recounting the trials and tribulations of a man and woman trying to purchase amiibo in 2024. We're also talking newer releases like Peglin, Gimmick! 2, and the new Risk of Rain 2 update, as well as news like what's happening with that Concord game everyone's talking about. Join us, why don't you? Check out Bit Harmony: A Video Game Music Podcast! Bit Harmony on Apple Bit Harmony on Spotify Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions M...
Sep 07, 2024•1 hr 42 min
On today's episode, Matt's going on the Kirby rant that he wasn't afforded the time or space for last week before rewatching the entire 40 minute Nintendo Direct(s) from earlier this week and commenting on it......for YOU. Check out Bit Harmony: A Video Game Music Podcast! Bit Harmony on Apple Bit Harmony on Spotify Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha...
Aug 31, 2024•1 hr 25 min
After years of threatening it, Matt finally brought his wife, Natascha, on the show to talk about Elden Ring and its recently released expansion, Shadow of the Erdtree. Naturally there also had to be a lot of Animal Crossing and Monster Hunter talk as well. Check out Bit Harmony: A Video Game Music Podcast! Bit Harmony on Apple Bit Harmony on Spotify Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podc...
Aug 14, 2024•1 hr 35 min
It's the Weekly Diversion time again, and this week Matt's ranting about the final boss of Shadows of the Erdtree and raving about Vividlope, perhaps the best arcadey puzzler of all-time. News-wise, we've got some more layoff stories. Yeehaw. Check out Bit Harmony: A Video Game Music Podcast! Bit Harmony on Apple Bit Harmony on Spotify Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Nata...
Aug 03, 2024•1 hr 26 min
On today's episode of the Weekly Diversion, we're talking way too long about Elden Ring lore, Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate. And in the news, even more layoffs! Stop on by! Check out the All N crew playing TMNT: Splintered Fate together here Check out Bit Harmony: A Video Game Music Podcast! Bit Harmony on Apple Bit Harmony on Spotify Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity Matt Murray ...
Jul 27, 2024•1 hr 38 min
We're back after a stressful couple weeks to bring you the best weekly show starring one American man in Germany talking about video games at 6 in the morning in the universe. This week, we're (finally) talking about Elden Ring: Shadows of the Erdtree, Wild Guns, and cringe gimmick marketing controllers. Check out Bit Harmony: A Video Game Music Podcast! Bit Harmony on Apple Bit Harmony on Spotify Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity Matt M...
Jul 19, 2024•1 hr 30 min
We're back after an unexpected hiatus to talk about everyone being sad, sick, and playing RPGs and Metroid games. Check out Bit Harmony: A Video Game Music Podcast! Bit Harmony on Apple Bit Harmony on Spotify Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murray on Twitter - @couchmochi Natascha Murray on Blue Sky - @couchmochi.bsky.social The various Critic...
Jul 04, 2024•1 hr 11 min
Whoopsie doopsie, it's another needlessly long one. Join Matt as he talks about Eiyuden Chronicle: One Hundred Heroes, The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords online, Moonstone Island, an extremely thorough breakdown of this week's Nintendo Direct. Check out Bit Harmony: A Video Game Music Podcast! Bit Harmony on Apple Bit Harmony on Spotify Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natasc...
Jun 21, 2024•2 hr 13 min
On this week's Diversion: Matt's finally, truly, maybe(?) out of things to say about the Paper Mario series...for now. And then we spend like 40 minutes going line by line down the Xbox Summer Game Fest Showcase before declaring Visions of Mana the best looking game trailer from this past week anyway. Let's get to it. Check out Bit Harmony: A Video Game Music Podcast! Bit Harmony on Apple Bit Harmony on Spotify Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyg...
Jun 14, 2024•1 hr 52 min
This week on the show: Paper Mario never dies as Matt somehow has even more to say about The Thousand-Year Door and series as a whole. We might even have enough time to talk about other stuff, like Elden Ring DLC previews, a Yakuza miniseries, and general Summer Game Fest things. Check out Bit Harmony: A Video Game Music Podcast! Bit Harmony on Apple Bit Harmony on Spotify Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mat...
Jun 08, 2024•1 hr 42 min
We're back. Better than we ever were. Sleepily recapping the past few weeks of Bit Harmony, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Playstation State of Play, and going off on dumb tangents. Check out Bit Harmony: A Video Game Music Podcast! Bit Harmony on Apple Bit Harmony on Spotify Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murray on Twitter - @couchmochi...
Jun 01, 2024•1 hr 31 min
This week on the show, Matt is sick but so are the vibes, baby. We're talking all kinds of stuff today like Animal Well, Corponation: The Sorting Process, and Eiyuden Chronicle: 100 Heroes. Also a bunch of fun Nintendo news and a bunch of horrible Xbox news! Matt and Natascha play the first hour of Animal Well here! Check out Bit Harmony: A Video Game Music Podcast! Bit Harmony on Apple Bit Harmony on Spotify Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguy...
May 11, 2024•1 hr 40 min
Check out Bit Harmony: A Video Game Music Podcast! Bit Harmony on Apple Bit Harmony on Spotify Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murray on Twitter - @couchmochi Natascha Murray on Blue Sky - @couchmochi.bsky.social The various Critical Diversions theme songs were made by Mic Fox. Check out all of his cool stuff over at Fort Famly & The Greenho...
May 03, 2024•1 hr 24 min
On this week's show, Matt's covering the recent Nintendo Indie World Presentation and surprise of the show, Sticky Business, along with hot current gaming discourse topic Metroid Dread. Also, we've got a buncha Bit Harmony talk going on. Check out Bit Harmony, a podcast about video game music Apple Link Spotify Link Get your Bit Harmony merchandise over at AllN.Media ! Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurra...
Apr 20, 2024•1 hr 16 min
A very tired Matt is ready to not only talk about games this week such as Undermine 2 and more Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, but also reveal the next project he's been working on. Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murray on Twitter - @couchmochi Natascha Murray on Blue Sky - @couchmochi.bsky.social The various Critical Diversions theme songs were ma...
Apr 13, 2024•1 hr 24 min
Matt's solo again, so we're mixing it up, talking about some dumb stuff that doesn't matter before we get into the stuff that does, like the end of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Pepper Grinder, and.....South Park? I guess? Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murray on Twitter - @couchmochi Natascha Murray on Blue Sky - @couchmochi.bsky.social The various...
Apr 05, 2024•1 hr 21 min
This week on the show, Matt somehow convinced his wife, Natascha, to cohost again. Listen to them wax philosophical on the state of humanity on the internet, and maybe talk some games if there's time. If you want to rent either of our pawns in Dragon's Dogma 2 (just don't forget to thumbs up, scumbag): Natascha's Pawn ID: 9XYKHI2LU7ZE Matt's Pawn ID: 8UG8ZMWN1BD9 Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsk...
Mar 29, 2024•1 hr 47 min
We're back. It's only been two weeks, but Matt and his wife are now the specific kinda dorks that are real into Dragon's Dogma. Let's talk about it. Also this week: updates on Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and some belated Mario day stuff. Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murray on Twitter - @couchmochi Natascha Murra...
Mar 22, 2024•1 hr 33 min
On this very sleepy Weekly Diversion, Matt's talking about Queen's Blood, Berserk Boy, Queen's Blood, WB games being a complete shitshow, Queen's Blood, and Queen's Blood. Plus lots of other stuff. Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @ mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murray on Twitter - @couchmochi Natascha Murray on Blue Sky - @couchmochi.bsky.social The various Critical Diversions...
Mar 08, 2024•1 hr 28 min
On this week's episode: Matt's 10 hours into Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth! He was briefly on top of most of the leaderboards of Runner 2 on Switch! His doorbell is disturbingly loud! Also we're talking some Dungeons and Dragons books for a bit too. Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @ mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murray on Twitter - @couchmochi Natascha Murray on Blue Sky - @couchm...
Mar 01, 2024•1 hr 33 min
Splatoon 3 Side Order is out! The Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth demo was updated! There was a Nintendo Direct! ELDEN RING! Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murray on Twitter - @couchmochi Natascha Murray on Blue Sky - @couchmochi.bsky.social The various Critical Diversions theme songs were made by Mic Fox. Check out all of his cool stuff over at Fort F...
Feb 23, 2024•1 hr 51 min
Yeehaw. Matt's got a weird batch of games this week, including Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Saints Row 4, and Monster Hunter World, as well as the standard news roundup. Turns out the world didn't end this week and weird Xbox fans all over can come out of their self-imposed isolation. Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murray on Twitter - ...
Feb 16, 2024•1 hr 13 min
This week on the show: Matt has to offer his first formal apology as a podcast host for gross misrepresentation. Afterwards, we're talking about Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Pepper Grinder, and a bunch of large corporations worthy of our scorn ire. Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murray on Twitter - @couchmochi Natascha Murray on Blue Sky - @couch...
Feb 09, 2024•1 hr 48 min
It's our first episode post release of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, and Matt's here to exhaustively tell you all about it. We're also talking about Gravity Circuit, Paper Mario, the Playstation State of Play, and Ufouria: The Saga 2 on this week's diversion. Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murray on Twitter - @couchmochi Natascha Murray on Blue Sky -...
Feb 02, 2024•1 hr 30 min
Matt and his wife finished Baldur's Gate 3! And found out some hard truths about each other. We're also talking about Hidden Through Time 2: Myths & Magic, Metroid Prime 4, and richest company in the world Microsoft laying off 2,000 people. Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Check out Matt's review of Hidden Through Time 2: Myths & Magic! Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murray on...
Jan 27, 2024•1 hr 19 min
Wilk, Seth, and Matt give their thoughts on both Yakuza: Like a Dragon, the first turn-based entry in the long-running handsome crime man simulator series, as well as Yakuza as a whole. Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Seth Sturgill on Twitter - @twodollarhero Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murray on Twitter - @couchmochi Natascha Murray on Blue Sky - @couchmochi.bsky.social The Criti...
Jan 25, 2024•1 hr 48 min
It's the first normal one of these in weeks, so let's talk about stuff like Cobalt Core, Baldur's Gate 3, and The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest like normal humans. Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murray on Twitter - @couchmochi Natascha Murray on Blue Sky - @couchmochi.bsky.social All the various Critical Diversions theme songs were made by Mic ...
Jan 19, 2024•1 hr 21 min
