In the finale (for now?!?!) of Yeah! our Yeah-nalyists finally dance with the one who brung them in the form of digging deep on Usher's "Yeah!" We touch on the connections to Jonathan's alter ego Freaky Constantina, dissect Usher's status as a sex symbol, get into a case of Crunk Juice, and try to put a button on the ubiquity of "Yeah!" as a lyric. While the show may be put on ice for a while, feel free to dig into the old episodes right here on this podcast feed and also see additional analysis...
Jun 26, 2025•35 min•Season 5Ep. 155
It's the Sweaty Summer Edition of Talking to My Boy about Videogames where Jonathan and Ryan hit all the highlights (Space Balls, Donkey Kong Bananza, Looney Toons) and we get updates on the latest wheeling and dealing of kids, the dangers of gacha mechanics in video games, the longevity of interest in Mario Kart World, and so much more. Does Ryan even like videogames any more? And what's going on with anatomy?!?! 0:00:00 - It's Sweaty Summer 0:00:28 - Spaceballs Review 0:02:13 - Tongue Juice 0:...
Jun 20, 2025•37 min
Currently Playing is back with an old friend in the form of Kai, a frequent main show guest who's been busy with her school work but is happy to drop by and talk her recent faves in the cozy games space. She's been playing the farming MMORPG Palia, the fantasy farming sim Fields of Mistria, and the bug catching card battler Kabuto Park. Daniel mistakenly calls these "Animal Crossing-likes" but Kai sets him straight. Later they get into a bit of their thoughts about the Switch 2 before recapping ...
Jun 12, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Season 5Ep. 143
We're talking about the Switch 2 and the trailer for the latest game from Suda51, "Romeo is a Dead Man" shown off on this week's Sony State of Play on this white hot, electric episode of Talking to Women about Videogames. Or is it a "Talking to My Boy about Videogames" stealth episode? You'll have to listen to find out! Even baby Charles makes a guest appearance so you never know who will show up next! 0:00:00 - It's All Happening 0:01:30 - Worlds Collide 0:02:21 - Mario Kart World, What's Going...
Jun 06, 2025•54 min•Season 5Ep. 140
Did "Yeah!" just become a metal podcast? Did this song even appear in a videogame? What the heck is even going on? Who knows?!?! But on this episode we learn that Fairies Wear Boots, Ozzy wants to go to the doctor, Toni Iommi is missing some body parts, and Jonathan loved listening to this song as a kid with his brother. Later we learned that Black Sabbath was one of Daniel's first concerts and Tanya...doesn't really care for them too much. 0:00:00 - Howlin' Charles 0:01:47 - "Fairies Wear Boots...
May 28, 2025•39 min•Season 5Ep. 142
After an exciting visit to PAX, Jonathan and Ryan talk about some of the cool stuff they saw and people they met before switching things up to discuss some of Ryan's game ideas. We learn about Kaiju Big Battel, Pac-Man Museum, "Kirby and the Robot", and Hershey chocolate. 0:00:00 - An Existential Crisis 0:03:56 - Ryan Crashed PAX 0:06:27 - A Better Life for Nico 0:08:02 - Snubbed at the Playground 0:08:41 - Donkey Kong's Dirty Bananas 0:17:03 - Ryan's Review of Lankybox 0:18:41 - Castle Crashers...
May 21, 2025•32 min•Season 5Ep. 141
We're talking about Metaphor: ReFantazio on this month's Currently Playing with guest Shy Fox of the Fix Your Heart or Die Podcast. Fox has been exploring connections between the work of David Lynch and other media for the last few months on his podcast and while Metaphor doesn't really fit that mold, we're happy to chat about it here. Daniel is completely unfamiliar with the Persona/SMT format of this game so we get into the details of how these games work for complete newbies and discover that...
May 14, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 5Ep. 141
Reporting (almost) LIVE! from the PAX show floor, Jonathan and Tanya recap Tanya's first PAX experience before jumping over to an interview with the #1 fan of Gex, the Gecco from the 90s, Izzy Kestrel. They dig deep into forgotten and abandoned Gex games and we learn a lot about Dana Gould. Talking to Women about Videogames is the Cure for what ails ya! 0:00:00 - The Pressure's On 0:02:03 - The PAX/Gex 2 for 1 Power Episode 0:03:20 - Tanya's First PAX 0:12:56 - The Secret of Gex Posting with Izz...
May 10, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 140Ep. 140
On this very busy day, Jonathan and Ryan record the show while also playing Castle Crashers. Jonathan shares some of his early life experiences growing up with videogames as a retreat from his real life and Ryan says that real life is better than Minecraft. A few different videogame genres are discussed before landing on the small number of genres that all games can be classified as. The SD card also ran out of space early so this episode is unfortunately cut a little bit short. 0:00:00 - Very B...
Apr 30, 2025•25 min•Season 5Ep. 137
On this hard rockin', non-stoppin', monster stompin' episode of Yeah! (greatest podcast in the world, 2 months running) we're talking all about Rob Zombie and his song "Superbeast" that was featured on at least 2 videogames! Rob Zombie was on top of the world in 1998 when Twisted Metal 3 released...they even let him sort of be the boss of the soundtrack for the game! He then got tapped again in 2009 to appear on the soundtrack for Brütal Legend alongside Ozzy Osbourne. We get into the weirdness ...
Apr 23, 2025•36 min•Season 5Ep. 136
Currently Playing returns with a first ever live in person recording! Daniel talks to his friend Marcy (musician, teacher, world traveler) about the game Black Myth: Wukong which is based on the Chinese novel Journey to the West. We take a deep dive into the origins of the company behind the game, Game Science, and their connection to the story and Chinese culture before discussing some of the finer details of the gameplay and the challenging Soulslike subgenre. Since Marcy was able to record in...
Apr 16, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Season 5Ep. 133
Jonathan and Tanya are back to talk about what nostalgia for current events might look like in the future. They cover the current tough times including the Switch 2's price (along with the USA's tariff affecting the price) before switching it up to talk about nostalgia for 2009. While they're there, Sarah Carapace stops by to talk about the Bionic Commando reboot that never really launched. Back in the current day, Jonathan notes how cranky game developers can get when they get older and blows u...
Apr 10, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 5Ep. 132
On this sticky episode, Jonathan and Ryan extensively cover the latest news in Minecraft before talking more Shovel Knight and Poppy's Playtime and deeper cuts like Retro City Rampage and Shakedown Hawaii. Jonathan explains some of the dangers of gambling in videogames and that practicing a skill in the right ways is the only way to get better. Ryan has a few shocking revelations and Jonathan predicts doom for the next generation. 0:00:00 - Getting Down to Business 0:01:43 - The New Things in Mi...
Apr 02, 2025•41 min•Season 5Ep. 132
Yeah! is back and bigger than ever, covering the band that was just too big to fail, Metallica! The Sandman has entered the chat as we talk about the Metallica game that never was ("Damage, Inc.") and discover in real time the Metallica game that actually was ("Vid Grid"). Are they the bad boys of metal or just the dreamy dudes of metalli-pop? We'll get to the bottom of this! 0:00:00 - On the Seat of Their Pants 0:03:44 - Jonathan: Metallica Hipster 0:10:31 - The Metalica Game That Never Was 0:1...
Mar 26, 2025•36 min•Season 5Ep. 130
This month on Currently Playing, Daniel chats with an old friend named Glen who happens to be a well respected evolutionary biologist but also is a lifelong fan of videogames. Glen has been obsessively playing Vampire Survivors lately and though he really loves the game, he also wishes it didn't keep crashing on his phone. Later in the show, Daniel recaps his experience with playing the Stanley Parable, before Glen challenges Daniel to play Streets of Rage 4. At the end of the show, in lieu of a...
Mar 19, 2025•53 min•Season 5Ep. 123
This month on Talking to Women about Videogames, Tanya is gone and has been replaced by a man! Jonathan pontificates on the nature of what it means to be human and how people can connect in a world overrun by AI, and then he gets into the weeds on that topic with an extremely long segment with guest Aysha Farah, games writer and narrative designer behind the upcoming queer sci-fi visual novel The Sky Left Us. 0:00:00 - A Place on the Internet for Guys to Talk about Videogames 0:03:07 - I Know I ...
Mar 12, 2025•1 hr 25 min•Season 5Ep. 130
In the wake of the recent Pokemon Presents video, Jonathan and Ryan run through most of the highlights of the video including the new game Pokemon Legends Z-A, the new cards, and Pokemon Champions for Switch and Phones. Later, Ryan gives his reviews of several games such as Kero Blaster, Box Boy & Box Girl, Terminator 2D, and Poppy's Playtime. There's also tons of cat chat. 0:00:00 - Feeling Miserable Suddenly 0:01:58 - Pokemon Presents Pokemon Day 0:04:43 - Pokemon Champions for Switch and ...
Mar 05, 2025•33 min
We get a comprehensive crash course on the genre of battle royale games on this month's Currently Playing, covering PUBG, Fortnite, COD: Warzone, and more before learning that Alex's favorite of the bunch is Apex Legends for its interesting settings and memorable characters. Alex enjoys playing these games for their community aspects and he shares his passion for gaming with his young daughter. In the backlog section, Daniel reveals his thoughts of Bastion and he gets challenged to play the Stan...
Feb 25, 2025•58 min•Season 5Ep. 127
Yeah! - 08 - Vitamin Connection - DJ Dog-Bone with Special Guest James Montagna of WayForward.mp3 On this extra special video version of the Yeah! Podcast, Jonathan and a DJ Dog-Bone impersonator welcome game director James Montagna of WayForward to talk about his game Vitamin Connection. From their previous chat 12 years ago, Jonathan and James chat about everything from "Adventure Time - Hey Ice King! Why'd You Steal Our Garbage?!!" to newer projects like "Yars Rising" and "Advance Wars 1+2: R...
Feb 20, 2025•37 min•Season 5Ep. 125
On a very sleepy February episode of Talking to Women about Videogames, Jonathan and Tanya get political! Casey Explosion shows up to guide us through her top 12 games of 2024 (hint: go watch her video at the link below!) Finally, Jonathan introduces us to the newest T shaped world of Keita Takahashi in the game "to a T". 0:00:00 - Knoctober 0:03:08 - "Pepper Grinder," the New Tongue Twiser 0:04:21 - "Spirit Swap - Lofi Beats to Match-3 To" is the Anti-Musk 0:08:12 - Recapping Casey Explosion's ...
Feb 13, 2025•58 min•Season 5Ep. 124
This week on Yeah! we tag in Declan to chat about the PS1 game Spice World that let you remix the music of the Spice Girls, create dance routines, and set off the big show...all very poorly! It was an early attempt at a PaRappa-like that was critically panned with a clunky art style and not much in the way of gameplay. 0:00:00 - Yo! 0:01:23 - All Spice 0:06:24 - The Scariest Spice 0:09:32 - What was Spice World? 0:16:14 - Enter the Spice World 0:21:24 - Little to No Game in this Game 0:26:12 - T...
Feb 05, 2025•34 min•Season 5Ep. 113
On this smelly episode of Talking to My Boy about Videogames, Jonathan and Ryan discuss the merits of the Switch 2 while also getting deep on the impactful storytelling in Death Road to Canada. We get another Smash Bros. report and learn some of the secrets of the world's biggest YouTubers. 0:00:00 - New Guest Approaching! 0:01:42 - Ryan's Thoughts of the Switch 2 Announcement 0:05:19 - The Smash Bros. Report 0:06:37 - Dreams of a YouTube Career 0:08:01 - The Talking Dog's Betrayal in "Death Roa...
Jan 29, 2025•35 min
This month on Currently Playing, Dr. Adam stops by to chat with Daniel about an academic take on the Kingdom Hearts series. The chat veers all over the place, landing on Adam's recently completed run of Yakuza Kiwami before switching up to talk about how both of them are kind of scaredy cats when it comes to horror games such as Signalis. At the Backlog section, we get a recap of last month's challenge, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, and Adam challenges Daniel to finally pick up Bastion from Su...
Jan 22, 2025•57 min•Season 5Ep. 122
This month Jonathan talks extensively with Lyn about the Fire Emblem series in an overview of how the plucky, weird series has such staying power in spite of not being exactly what is hot with the kids because of genocide in a turn based strategy game with anime characters. Elsewhere, Jonathan and Tanya talk about the "sequel to Minecraft" and the "sequel to the Switch," plus we get Tanya's vision for the future of videogames. 0:00:00 - Those Words, So Many, Together 0:02:12 - No Joke Content 0:...
Jan 15, 2025•1 hr•Season 5Ep. 121
January is a great time to talk about "September," so with that in mind we chased away the clouds of winter with a chat about Elite Beat Agents for the Nintendo DS. We talk about where rhythm games were at in 2006, the origins of this game that should have had more releases in America, why the game never really caught on Stateside, and how weird it was. Jonathan also spends about a minute in the middle talking about the GI Joe cartoon for some reason. 0:00:00 - A Big Fan, Chasing the Clouds Away...
Jan 09, 2025•39 min•Season 5Ep. 120
On this whirlwind episode of Talking to My Boy about Videogames, Jonathan and Ryan discuss recent holiday gifts, make resolutions for the new year, and breakdown the concept of videogame logic. They also talk about the Minecraft movie, the Sonic 3 movie, Adventure Time, Super Smash Bros, Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope DX, and so much more! 0:00:00 - BAM! New Year! 0:00:58 - Random Cuddling 0:01:43 - A Switch Lite for Christmas! 0:02:51 - Can You Remember a Time Before Smash Brothers? 0:04:21 - Sh...
Jan 02, 2025•36 min•Season 5Ep. 112
On this Thrilling! episode of Yeah! we talk about the song "Thrilling! Is This Love?" from Rhythm Heaven/Rhythm Tengoku's Fan Club level where a singer apprehensively sings a love song to a group of monkeys. We get into how the Rhythm Heaven series never really found its roots in America despite having a J-Pop powerhouse producer at the helm and the 1-2 punch of marketing prowess from Beyoncé and Jonathan Holmes. Will Rhythm Heaven ever return? Find out on this Thrilling! new episode of Yeah! 0:...
Dec 25, 2024•38 min
Jonathan talks to Elly about the history of the Castlevania series as its explored through the Vampire Survivors "Ode to Castlevania" update. From there he chats with Indie Alpaca about their interest in the game YIIK and it's latest I.V update that totally changes the game! 0:00:00 - Give Me That Filet-O-Fish 0:02:30 - Always and Forever, Mildly Anxious 0:04:38 - Sucking Up Your Free Time in Castlevania and Vampire Survivors with Elly 0:35:10 - Perfect Tommy 0:35:47 - Analyzing YIIK I.V with In...
Dec 18, 2024•1 hr 31 min•Season 5Ep. 112
This month on Currently Playing, Daniel is joined by frequent Talking to Women about Videogames guest Rose. They chat about their ongoing obsession with the "cowboy simulator" Red Dead Redemption 2 and the two get into what makes a game good...is it realistic bathroom action? Then they get into last month's Backlog challenge where Daniel reveals he has become a Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth convert. Finally Rose challenges Daniel to play Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet. 0:00:00 - Welcome to the Show, R...
Dec 11, 2024•32 min
On a relaxing Thanksgiving week (posted the next week because Jonathan started vomiting for days shortly after this was recorded), Jonathan chats with Ryan about videogames over a refreshing cherry Pepsi and a delicious bag of chips. What starts with Jonathan trying to talk about Marvel vs. Capcom 2 quickly shifts around to discussing Angry Birds (the movie, that should really get a videogame adaptation some day), and the Adventure Time/Minecraft crossover episode that Jonathan completely missed...
Dec 03, 2024•35 min•Season 5Ep. 111
