If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. During this time of working from home and social distancing, we are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. 643: Just Call It Ape Escape Aftershow Dear Patrons we are back with another review quiz. This time it’s the February 1999 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly. Can you guess the names of the games being described in these reviews? Cuz our memories are kinda ha...
Jan 29, 2021•29 min
This week! Xbox Live Gold ups and downs, Resident Evil Village Maiden demo, Hitman 3, the Insert Coin documentary, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: The Orange Box Les Poisson Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Benson René Auberjonois Benson opening Mr. Belvedere Batman The Animated Series Making Of Documentary Apple’s gonna make a VR thing Microsoft increased the price of XBL, then reversed it Resident Evil showcase news Activision buys vicarious visions Insert Coin documentar...
Jan 26, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 742
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. During this time of working from home and social distancing, we are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. 642: Anything Could Happen Aftershow Were you alive in 1982? We barely were, and so this review quiz from hacker alias mrmisternelson broke our collective brains. Hear! The lovely prose Electronic Games editors laid down describing video games of the early 19...
Jan 22, 2021•42 min
This week! Lucasfilm Games, new Star Wars and Indy stuff, Bower’s Fury looks awesome, Scott Pilgrim is back, Greg plays D&D, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Wandavision The Office Superfan episodes Obi-Wan series with Hayden Christensen Lucasfilm games Bethesda/Machine Games doing Indiana Jones game Ubisoft’s The Division studio to make Star Wars game LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Bowser’s Fury explanation trailer Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams Subcon New Mari...
Jan 19, 2021•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 741
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. During this time of working from home and social distancing, we are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. 641: Not In It For The Likes Aftershow Hello there once again, patrons! Thank you for supporting our show. Here is yet another aftershow, this time an amazing Snowpocalypse Jeopardy-style quiz from hacker alias Happy Canard. Phil has been on a bit of a hot st...
Jan 15, 2021•26 min
This week! Phil’s ear, Epic goes to the mall, Next Level goes to Nintendo, Scott Pilgrim Goes Limited Run, and much, much more. Join us in the Suncoast conference room, won’t you? Links of interest: Gaming For Guru Epic buys a mall Suncoast Video Montgomery Ward, “Monkey Wards” Electric Avenue Nightswimming We Built This City Starship Nintendo buys Next Level Games Limited Run Scott Pilgrim Set Limited Run: Scott Pilgrim Games My Mom Found podcast Robotech Battlecry Tetris 99 Phil’s Taiko no Tat...
Jan 12, 2021•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 740
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. During this time of working from home and social distancing, we are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. 640: The Story of Two Guys Who Fell Out of a Plane Aftershow Hey Patreo-trons! We have guests Kevin Larrabee and Logun Keller in our Aftershow this week as we turn back time to November 1991 and continue trying to guess games being described in EGM’s review c...
Jan 08, 2021•21 min
This week! It’s just CJ and Greg, and they talk about Star Wars, email habits, Ubisoft games coming to Game Pass(?), live service games as GOTY contenders, Among Us, Wilmot’s Warehouse, the Astro City Mini, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Sanebox Ubi games to be added to Game Pass? The Back Page Among Us Sea Of Thieves - Seasons Wilmot’s Warehouse Astro City Mini Alien Syndrome No Clip Final Fantasy XIV documentary Hockey Night Megan Follows Greg Sewart’s Extra Life P...
Jan 05, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 739
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. During this time of working from home and social distancing, we are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. 639: The One With The Sunglasses Aftershow This past weekend was the super bowl and as such we have an excellent superb bowl Jeopardy quiz from hacker alias Happy Canard! As we always say, our memories are absolute dog feces, so you’ll probably have much bett...
Jan 01, 2021•25 min
This week! We go down the list of our top five favorite games of 2020, and also discuss biggest surprises/disappointments, fave game not from 2020 we played this year, most anticipated of 2021, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Q101 Chicago B96 Chicago Z95 / 94.7 Chicago Oldies 104.3 WJMK Chicago John Records Landecker WGN Radio in Chicago Dr Demento Dead Puppies Barnes & Barnes “Fish Heads” Smokescreen Transformers Masterpiece Top Gun Transformer crossover The Offi...
Dec 29, 2020•1 hr 57 min•Ep. 738
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. During this time of working from home and social distancing, we are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. 638: Gotta Work On Your Ball Control Aftershow Hop on in and set your time circuits to November 1991 and play along in this little review game using games reviewed in that month’s issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly. And we even have guest Mike Phillips along ...
Dec 25, 2020•27 min
This week! A holiday song, EA buys Codemasters, CD Projekt Red’s continuing Cyberpunk problems, Super Nintendo World, Grindstone, Among Us, the Astro City Mini, CJ’s new website thing, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer EA to buy Codemasters Among Us on Switch Nintendo Indie World Showcase New NES/SNES Games on NSO Valis (video game series) Syd of Valis Telenet Japan Earnest Evans El Viento Voodoo Vince Super Nintendo World Direct Cyber...
Dec 22, 2020•2 hr 24 min•Ep. 737
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. During this time of working from home and social distancing, we are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. 637: Play As The Arrivals Aftershow Patrons! You are our favorite people. We even produce these aftershows for you. This week’s is a continuation from the last one. We’re venturing into the January 1999 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly and reading out revie...
Dec 18, 2020•26 min
This week! We talk about The Game Awards (both the show and the trailers shown during it), Switch still selling well, NHL 94 Rewind, Monster Sanctuary, Immortals Fenyx Rising, Snake Pass, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Sea of Thieves Scott Pilgrim coming on 1/14 (Happy birthday Phil) Gérard Depardieu Asterix and Obelix Halo Infinite is a fall 2021 game Switch outsold everything (unit-wise) in November PS5 most successful console launch in history Jeff Grubb finds Chr...
Dec 15, 2020•2 hr 1 min•Ep. 736
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. During this time of working from home and social distancing, we are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. 636: Cloudy With A Chance Of Magical Sound Showers Aftershow Patrons, thank you for backing us! This week, you get a review quiz using text from the January 1999 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly. That is TWENTY years ago. So dust those cobwebs from your rod...
Dec 11, 2020•26 min
This week! Oscar Isaac as Solid Snake, the films that had the Episode I trailer, Silpheed, Immortal: Fenyx Rising, Sackboy: A Big Adventure, Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythmic Adventure Pack, The Queen TV-Game 2, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Call me Dunk Oscar Isaac playing Solid Snake in MGS movie Polymega light gun FIlms with the Episode 1 trailer before them Wing Commander (trailer) Silpheed long play Working Designs Thexder Silpheed Project Sylpheed Gungriffon Gungrif...
Dec 08, 2020•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 735
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. During this time of working from home and social distancing, we are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. 634: Favorites of 2018 Aftershow Turn those time machines back to October 2001 for a review game based on small reviews in Electronic Gaming Monthly. Can you do better at this quiz than CJ or Phil? Maybe! Thank you again for your patronage this year, we hope ...
Dec 04, 2020•22 min
This week! The hosts and guest Chris Baker spend the ENTIRE episode having a spoiler-filled discussion about Miles Morales, Insomniac Games’ latest release for the PlayStation 4 (and 5!). This includes spoilers for Insomniac’s 2018 Spider-Man game as well. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: CBake on Twitter WRONG! Retro Games, You Messed Up Our Comic Book Heroes! Spectacular Spider-Man TV series Sam Raimi Spider-Man Jefferson Davis Fogwell’s Gym Hailey in MM Black Mariah Cans in Speed Ned Ga...
Dec 01, 2020•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 734
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. During this time of working from home and social distancing, we are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. 633: The Taste of 40-Year-Old Cereal Aftershow Happy holidays patrons! Thanks again for your support! This week we have a Christmas-themed Jeopardy game for you from hacker alias A_Hind_D....
Nov 27, 2020•31 min
This week! Greg’s PS5 impressions, Miles Morales, Astro’s Playroom, those import games you played even though you know they’d probably be bad, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Peanuts specials to air on PBS Ziggy’s Gift For Better or For Worse Vince Guaraldi Trio Charlie Brown voice actor in trouble Linus and Lucy theme IO Interactive doing 007 game New Bond movie coming soon Austin Powers Michelle Yeoh Tomorrow Never Dies No One Lives Foreve...
Nov 24, 2020•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 733
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. During this time of working from home and social distancing, we are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. 632: Boy, That Package Is Outstanding Aftershow Hello patrons! This week we’ve got a heckuva Jeopardy-style game from hacker alias Scoop Joey. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll probably get a better score than all of us....
Nov 20, 2020•31 min
This week! It’s the launch week for the Xbox Series X/S and the PlayStation 5. What did we get, when did we get it, were we satisfied with our experiences? It’s been one of the strangest launch weeks in video game history. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Storm chips Fried Pepperoni chips Hamburger dorito Doritos Tacos Locos Beef tallow Xbox has a good launch The “smoking” Xbox Series X Achievement tracker PS5 external hard drive problem Godzilla Earth Defense Force 5 comparison GPU Jungle...
Nov 17, 2020•2 hr 4 min•Ep. 732
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. During this time of working from home and social distancing, we are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. 630: Yard Full of Rakes Aftershow Hello patrons! Once again we are back with an aftershow, this one submitted by hacker alias A_Hind_D and focusing on...Phil’s impressions! Who will win, who will lose - the battle begins!...
Nov 13, 2020•33 min
This week! It’s the last one before the next-gen arrives. So we talk PS5 system reviews, Dual Sense, PS5 Media Remote, PS5’s backward compatibility, Odama, Carto, Umihara Kawase, the Japanese Spider-Man TV show, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Bobby the Nintendo Guru Go Fund Me Sega Sammy sells arcade business Sega laying off employees due to pandemic Arcade 1UP Outrun is a thing PS5 launch day ordering update Target only allowing online ordering and pickup Best Buy n...
Nov 10, 2020•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 731
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. During this time of working from home and social distancing, we are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. 628: This Xbox Has No Disc Aftershow Hello patrons! This week’s aftershow is a continuation of the review game from two episodes ago featuring games from the October 1998 issue of EGM. That’s more than TWENTY years ago. Can you guess what games are being desc...
Nov 06, 2020•28 min
This week! We’re inching closer and closer to the next generation of consoles! PS5 Dual Sense impressions, news, PSVR PS5 support, Cyberpunk delay, the Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity demo, Carto, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Phil’s pumpkins Beetlejuice Mortal Shell Beetlejuice cartoon Turturro’s Jesus movie Aliens Paul Reiser Mad About You My Two Dads Re-Animator The Frighteners Chopping Mall Dead Alive Five Nights at Freddy’s Q-Bert Digital Foundry Astro Bot’s Pl...
Nov 03, 2020•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 730
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. During this time of working from home and social distancing, we are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. 626: Long Walk Back to Camp Aftershow Hello patrons! This week, it’s a review quiz taken out of the October 1998 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly more than 20 years ago. Can you guess the names of the games being described in these reviews when game titles ...
Oct 30, 2020•22 min
This week! Uncharted movie stuff, the press gets their PS5s, Xbox Series X refrigerators, Stadia demos of Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle and Immortals: Fenyx Rising, Transformers: Battlegrounds, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Jake Busey in Contact Tom Holland is Nathan Drake in the Uncharted movie Nolan North and Tom Holland Nintendo releasing OG Fire Emblem in English for the first time Fire Emblem trailer Xbox Fridge unboxing Press have received PS5s Dual Sense teardow...
Oct 27, 2020•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 729
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. During this time of working from home and social distancing, we are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. 625: Cowboy Bebop Aftershow Hi there patrons! This week we’ve got a great Yoshi quiz from hacker alias ShakeNBakey. I don’t mean to toot our own horns here but, we totally aced this one. I mean, we really just devastated this quiz. Wrecked it. Tore it up. And...
Oct 23, 2020•33 min
This week! The PS5 user interface reveal, party chat problems, Analogue’s new Duo system, Sega’s 60th anniversary games, Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit, prepping for next-gen, Home Postmortem Edition, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Schitt’s Creek Letterkenny Trailer Park Boys Party Down Corner Gas Sega celebrates their 60th with free games Tim Dawson Twitter thread Analogue announces Duo Sony details the PS5’s UI PS4 system update 8.0 Sony explains party chat changes ...
Oct 20, 2020•2 hr 13 min•Ep. 728
