Spooky season is here! What better way to celebrate than with a horrifyingly scary video game? Nicky and Eric get their brains waves pulled into the world of the Evil Within 2 in this spooktacular episode of Press any Button! The Evil Within 2 is a survival horror game developed by Tango Gameworks and published by Bethesda Softworks for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One. It was released worldwide in October 2017 and is the sequel to 2014's The Evil Within. Press Any Button hosts Nicky (a ...
Oct 18, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 5Ep. 62
Press any Button is back for season 5! Eric, Nicky, and special guest Andrew Dowell rock out with the PS1 classic, Twisted Metal 2. Twisted Metal 2 is a vehicular combat game that was released in 1996 for both PlayStation and PC by the game studio SingleTrac. Players choose a vehicle and engage in battle with opposing drivers incorporating areas from around the world as death courses. The objective of the game is to be the last player to survive. Press Any Button hosts Nicky (a new gamer) and Er...
Oct 04, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 5Ep. 61
Nicky and Eric do their best impression of Magikarp and uselessly flop around while special guest, Jennifer Luedtke, does all the heavy lifting in an episode all about Pokemon Go. Pokémon Go is a 2016 mobile game developed and published by Niantic in collaboration with Nintendo and The Pokémon Company for iOS and Android devices. It uses mobile devices with GPS to locate, capture, train, and battle Pokémon, which appear as if they are in the player's real-world location. The game is free-to-...
Aug 02, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 4Ep. 60
In this week's episode, Nicky and Eric enter a dream state where they have to figure their way through perspective based puzzles in the game Superliminal. Superliminal is a 2019 surreal puzzle video game released by Pillow Castle Games. The game, played from a first-person perspective, incorporates gameplay elements around optical illusions and forced perspective; notably, certain objects when picked up can be moved towards or away from the player, but when placed back down, scale to the siz...
Jul 19, 2023•45 min•Season 4Ep. 59
In this week's episode, Eric and Nicky decide their own fate as they go berserk for the new God of War game. God of War Ragnarök is an action-adventure game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It was released worldwide on November 9, 2022, for both the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. It is the ninth installment in the series, the ninth chronologically, and the sequel to 2018's God of War. Loosely based on Norse mythology, the game is set in ...
Jul 05, 2023•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 58
This week, Nicky and Eric play the infamous Superman 64. Find out if it lives up to the hype of being one of the worst games of all time in a heroically misguided episode of Press any Button. Superman: The New Superman Adventures, commonly referred to as Superman 64, is an action-adventure game developed and published by Titus Interactive for the Nintendo 64 and based on the television series Superman: The Animated Series. Released in North America on June 1, 1999, and in Europe on July 23, 1999...
Jun 21, 2023•53 min•Season 4Ep. 57
In this week's episode, Nicky, Eric, and special guest Seth Eltz, learn how to make DIY gas masks from tooth paste and a lighter in a conspiracy filled episode of Press any Button. What we played and are reviewing for this episode is specifically the DMZ mode in Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0. Warzone 2.0 is the free to play mode in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 which is a 2022 reboot sequel to the 2009 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 game. The DMZ mode is described as an "extraction mode&qu...
Jun 07, 2023•1 hr 37 min•Season 4Ep. 56
Nicky and Eric play our first Zelda game in this week's episode of Press any Button! The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is a 1993 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy. It is the first installment in The Legend of Zelda series for a handheld game console. the protagonist, Link, begins the game stranded on Koholint Island, a place guarded by a whale-like deity called the Wind Fish. You fight monsters and solve puzzles while searching for eight music...
May 24, 2023•51 min•Season 4Ep. 55
Jinkies! Sonic has been murdered and Eric and Nicky need to figure out which one of his friends was behind the dastardly deed in this week's episode of Press any Button. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog is a point-and-click visual novel developed by Sega Social Team and published by Sega for macOS and Windows. In the game, you investigate Sonic's apparent murder on Amy Rose's birthday. The game was released as freeware on March 31, 2023, to coincide with April Fools' Day. Press A...
May 10, 2023•45 min•Season 4Ep. 54
On this week's episode, Eric, Nicky, and special guest Bug McBride (owner of the Blue Ghost Arcade in Woodstock, GA) are flying high over every single stage in Super Mario World. Super Mario World is a 2d platformer developed and published by Nintendo for the SNES. It was released in Japan in 1990, North America in 1991 and Europe and Australia in 1992. The player controls Mario on his quest to save Princess Peach and Dinosaur Land from the series' antagonist Bowser. Press Any Button hos...
Apr 26, 2023•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 53
On this week's episode, Nicky and Eric dish out the punishment Naughty Bear deserves. Naughty Bear is an action-adventure game released in 2010 for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and iOS. Players control a disgruntled teddybear who must vandalize, scare, and murder other teddy bears in order to earn "Naughty Points". Each mission has specified objectives such as eliminating a specific bear or earning a specific number of naughty points. Press Any Button hosts Nicky (a new gamer) and ...
Apr 12, 2023•36 min•Season 4Ep. 52
In this week's episode Nicky and Eric go through boot camp to join the army ... the army of CHAOS!!! General Chaos is a 1993 satirical arcade/strategy game developed by Game Refuge and published by Electronic Arts for the Sega Genesis. The game has both single-player and multiplayer campaigns which consists of a series of battles fought over a dynamic map between "General Chaos" and "General Havoc". The objective of the game is to capture the enemy's capital city by p...
Mar 29, 2023•55 min•Season 4Ep. 51
In this week's episode, Eric and Nicky build their new simulated lives in Disney Dreamlight Valley. Disney Dreamlight Valley is a life simulation/adventure game developed by Gameloft Montreal and published by Gameloft. The game has players tend to a magical valley populated by various Disney and Pixar characters who previously underwent a curse that caused them to lose their memories of their lives in the valley. The game was released in early access for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation...
Mar 15, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 4Ep. 50
Eric, Nicky, and special guest Karen Cardinal mini-game it up with Mario Party Superstars and cover the dark controversy surrounding the series. Mario Party is a series of party games in which up to four local players or computer controlled players compete in a board game interspersed with minigames. Players collect coins in order to buy stars which are randomly scattered through each level. The games were previously developed by Hudson Soft and are now being developed by NDcu...
Mar 01, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 4Ep. 49
Nicky and Eric shuffle the deck in an episode all about Slay the Spire. Slay the Spire is a roguelike deck-building video game developed by MegaCrit and published by Humble Bundle. The game was first released in early access for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux in late 2017, with an official release in January 2019. It would later be released for PS4, Switch, and Xbox One that same year. An iOS version was released in 2020, and an Android version was released in 2021. About us: Press Any Butt...
Feb 15, 2023•49 min•Season 4Ep. 48
In this week's episode, Nicky and Eric discuss the best way to photograph a 2.5 dimensional cartoon in TOEM. TOEM is a photography/puzzle game developed and published by Swedish independent game studio Something We Made. It was released in September 2021 for Windows, Switch, and PS5. You play as a young photographer who must ascend a mountain to witness a phenomenon known as TOEM. In order to advance to new areas you must receive stamps by doing good deeds for NPC's so you can ride the bus...
Feb 01, 2023•42 min•Season 4Ep. 47
In this week's episode, Nicky and Eric huddle up to give a rundown on the history of NFL Blitz. NFL Blitz is an American football video game developed and published by Midway Games for the arcade in 1997, the first game in the NFL Blitz series. The game diverges from traditional rules of football in that there are no penalties, no substitutions, and players can perform illegal attacks on each other such as dropkicks and body slams. The game was ported to the PlayStation, Nintendo 64,...
Jan 18, 2023•47 min•Season 4Ep. 46
Eric, Nicky, and special guest Doug Harmes talk about Mortal Kombat in a fatalistic episode of Press Any Button. Mortal Kombat is the first game in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series by Midway. It was released in arcades in 1992 and was on most consoles by 1994. It centers on the 10th Mortal Kombat tournament and the ultimate defeat of the evil Shang Tsung by the shaolin monk Liu Kang. About us: Press Any Button hosts Nicky (a new gamer) and Eric (a lifetime gamer) are a married couple...
Jan 04, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Season 4Ep. 45
Eric, Nicky, and special guest D.j. Jimenez sort out the complicated history and story of the original Final Fantasy 7. Final Fantasy VII is a 1997 RPG developed by Square for PlayStation. The game's story follows Cloud Strife, a mercenary who joins an eco-terrorist organization to stop the world-controlling megacorporation, Shinra from using the planet's life essence as an energy source. Events send Cloud and his allies in pursuit of Sephiroth, a former member of the corporation who seeks...
Nov 02, 2022•1 hr 53 min•Season 3Ep. 44
Eric and Nicky are little ladies in this week's episode as they play through Little Misfortune. Little Misfortune is a 2019 adventure game developed and published by the independent Swedish studio Killmonday Games. The game revolves around the titular character Misfortune, who, guided by a voice in her head, seeks the prize of eternal happiness for her mother. About us: Press Any Button hosts Nicky (a new gamer) and Eric (a lifetime gamer) are a married couple who both love video ga...
Oct 19, 2022•44 min•Season 3Ep. 43
In this week's episode, Eric and Nicky go balls to the wall as they rampage their way through Brutal Doom. Brutal Doom is a game mod for the 1993 first-person shooter Doom created by the Brazilian developer Marcos Abenante also known as Sergeant Mark IV. The mod overhauls the gameplay making it much more violent and bloody, adding significant gameplay and graphics changes. Just for clarity, we only played the mod with the original three episodes of Doom and not all the other games th...
Oct 05, 2022•59 min•Season 3Ep. 42
Nicky and Eric jump into Stray in this week's episode as we gently nudge it from a high shelf. Stray is a 2022 adventure video game developed by BlueTwelve Studio and published by Annapurna Interactive. The story follows a stray cat who falls into a walled city populated by robots, machines, and mutant bacteria, and sets out to return to the surface with the help of a drone companion called B-12. About us: Press Any Button hosts Nicky (a new gamer) and Eric (a lifetime gamer) ...
Sep 21, 2022•50 min•Season 3Ep. 41
Eric and Nicky host a party for two in this week's episode all about Jackbox Party Pack games. The Jackbox Party Pack is a series of party video games developed by Jackbox Games for many different platforms on a near-annual release schedule since 2014. Each installation contains five games that are designed to be played in large groups, including in conjunction with streaming services like Twitch which provide means for audiences to participate. About us: Press Any Button hosts...
Sep 07, 2022•37 min•Season 3Ep. 40
Eric, Nicky, and special guest Kate Stetson discuss our dark fan theories of Frogger's Adventures: Temple of the Frog in this week's episode. Frogger's Adventures: Temple of the Frog is a puzzle platformer developed by Konami and released in 2001 for Gameboy Advance. Firefly Swamp is dying, and the frogs from the Elder Council have asked Frogger to save it! Frogger must undertake a grueling quest to collect the sacred elements needed to keep the swamp alive and defeat the treac...
Aug 24, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 3Ep. 39
Eric and Nicky discuss the ins-and-outs of being a god and killing other gods in this week's episode about God of War. God of War is an action-adventure game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It was released in April 2018 for the PlayStation 4, with a Microsoft Windows version released in January 2022. This installment is loosely inspired by Norse mythology, with the majority of it set in ancient Scandinavia in the realm of Midgard. About us:...
Aug 10, 2022•54 min•Season 3Ep. 38
Press any Button is here to cheer you on as you work your way through a hopeless situation as we talk about Elite Beat Agents in this week's episode. Elite Beat Agents is a music video game developed by iNiS and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. The player taps and drags on indicated locations on the touch screen of the DS in time to the rhythm of the music to score points, while the upper screen shows comic-style scenes of the fictional "Elite Beat Agents" cheering on other...
Jul 27, 2022•43 min•Season 3Ep. 37
In this week's episode, we hit the old dusty Oregon Trail in a danger-filled trip to the west coast. The Oregon Trail is an edutainment strategy game developed and published by Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC). It was first released in 1985 for the Apple II, with later ports to DOS in 1990, Mac OS in 1991, and Microsoft Windows in 1993. The game was designed to teach school children about the pioneer life on the Oregon Trail by assuming the role of a wagon leader gui...
Jul 13, 2022•44 min•Season 3Ep. 36
On this week's episode Eric, Nicky and special guest Ibanez take a warp through the horror mind that is The Evil Within. The Evil Within is a survival horror game developed by Tango Gameworks and published by Bethesda. Played in a third-person perspective, you play as detective Sebastian Castellanos as he is pulled through a distorted world full of nightmarish creatures. You progress through the levels fighting enemies with an arsenal of weapons while avoiding traps, using stealth, a...
Jun 29, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Season 3Ep. 35
On this week's episode we explore the masterpiece that is Super Mario 64. Super Mario 64 is a 1996 3d platforming game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It is the first Super Mario game to feature 3D gameplay, combining traditional Super Mario gameplay, visual style, and characters in a large open world. About us: Press Any Button hosts Nicky (a new gamer) and Eric (a lifetime gamer) are a married couple who both love video games. For every video game they will...
Jun 15, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 34
On this week's episode we take a Quantic dive into the game Detroit: Become Human. Detroit: Become Human is a 2018 adventure video game developed by Quantic Dream and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The plot follows three androids: Kara, who escapes her owner to protect a young girl; Connor, whose job is to investigate and hunt down sentient androids; and Markus, who devotes himself to releasing other androids from servitude. About us: Press Any Button hosts Nicky (a new gamer...
Jun 01, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 3Ep. 33
