Hey Podtimists, All things old are new again. Well, some are still old but we're talking about a few games from 2002. Also Chase went to Dave & Busters and played some video games. We also talk about Star Wars Bounty Hunter, which is a game NOT starring Jango Fett's weird brother Jenga Fett. --- We use the song '5 Min Call' by LAKEY INSPIRED as our intro and outro. Give it a listen here. --- Games mentioned: Kingdom Heart 1 Metroid Prime Remastered SD GUNDAM BATTLE ALLIANCE Dave & Buster...
Feb 19, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 138
Hey Podtimists, Have you ever wanted to feel an emotion while playing video games? Well we've got some really good options for that, including Season: A Letter to the Future. Also we dug into why ReCore is a very Good Game! ReCore was suggested to us by listener Ben. Thank you Ben! --- We use the song '5 Min Call' by LAKEY INSPIRED as our intro and outro. Give it a listen here. --- Games mentioned: Powerwash Simulator Tunic Mario Kart 8 Dead Space Goldeneye Season: A Letter to the Future ReCore...
Feb 12, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 137
Hey everybody! This week we got video games, woah. What a twist. David talks about his meditative experience with Powerwash Simulator and Chase has found another Lofi PS1 Horror game to love (among other games). Then we dig into Contra 3: Alien Wars. This game was suggested to us by Rob K. Thanks Rob! --- We use the song '5 Min Call' by LAKEY INSPIRED as our intro and outro. Give it a listen here. --- Games mentioned: Dark Souls Remastered Powerwash Simulator Kingdom Hearts 1 Tunic Fire Emblem E...
Feb 05, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Season 2Ep. 136
Hey everybody! This week is about video games, but also about Dido? Shouts out to Dido. Chase played Fire Emblem Engage, it's time to talk about it! Finally we played The Long Dark, suggested to us by Karlf. Thanks for your suggestion! --- We use the song '5 Min Call' by LAKEY INSPIRED as our intro and outro. Give it a listen here. --- Games mentioned: Cyberpunk 2077 Dark Souls Remastered Bowling Mario Kart 8 Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance Fire Emblem Engage The Long Dark...
Jan 29, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 135
Hey everybody! This week got the combination of games everyone is craving: Skeeball, House Flipper, Kingdom Hearts and Kyles. Who could ask for more? --- We use the song '5 Min Call' by LAKEY INSPIRED as our intro and outro. Give it a listen here. --- Games mentioned: Mario Kart 8 Skeeball Switch Sports Coffee Talk House Flipper Cyberpunk 2077 Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance Raft Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast...
Jan 22, 2023•1 hr 24 min•Season 2Ep. 134
Hey everybody! This week David plays a triple G (not starring Guy Fieri unfortunately) and Chase continues his Kingdom Hearts journey. Then we talk all about the bizarre and also delightful Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon --- We use the song '5 Min Call' by LAKEY INSPIRED as our intro and outro. Give it a listen here. --- Games mentioned: Gun Grave G.O.R.E Dark Souls Remastered Stray Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge The Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye Kingdom Hearts 2 Kingdom Heart...
Jan 15, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Season 2Ep. 133
Hey everybody! Welcome to the new year, we've got some video games to get you intro the 2023 spirit! (Tbh it's mostly just Kingdom Hearts) We also run through a strange 2002 action game that we both liked?? --- We use the song '5 Min Call' by LAKEY INSPIRED as our intro and outro. Give it a listen here. --- Games mentioned: The Outer Wilds Cyberpunk 2077 Dark Souls Remastered Kingdom Hearts 1 Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories Kingdom Hearts 2 The Planet Crafter The Mark of Kri...
Jan 08, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Season 2Ep. 132
Hey everybody! This week it's game of the year. You know the drill so we'll spare you the details. But thank you all so very much for making this year so great for Podtimism. It is humbling and thrilling to have everyone along for such a special episode. You're the best! --- We use the song '5 Min Call' by LAKEY INSPIRED as our intro and outro. Give it a listen here. --- Games mentioned: Hey careful, this is where we mention our games of the year. So if you don't want to get spoiled, don't read ...
Dec 25, 2022•2 hr•Season 2Ep. 131
Hey everybody! This week David tries to avoid talking about Hades again and Chase tries to avoid talking about one of the best JRPGs to come out this year. As it turns out, we both failed. We also took a look at one of the more bizarre open world games to come out in the last year. It's a wild ride! --- We use the song '5 Min Call' by LAKEY INSPIRED as our intro and outro. Give it a listen here. --- Games mentioned: Marvel Snap Hades The Last Spell Roadwarden Chained Echoes Biomutant...
Dec 18, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Season 2Ep. 130
Hey everybody! This week we talked about a strange lineup of games. Some new, some old and some that need to be more forceful with their criticisms of capitalism. It's fun! Also thanks to listener Zeno for suggesting Magi Nation. It was a good game! --- We use the song '5 Min Call' by LAKEY INSPIRED as our intro and outro. Give it a listen here. --- Games mentioned: Doom 3 Cyberpunk 2077 Need for Speed: Unbound God of War Ragnarok Dark Souls Magi Nation...
Dec 11, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Season 2Ep. 129
Hey everybody! This week we find the magic in a "bad" Pokémon game and we figure out what surprises an egg can hold. It turns out there's a lot! --- We use the song '5 Min Call' by LAKEY INSPIRED as our intro and outro. Give it a listen here. --- Games mentioned: God of War Ragnarök Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury Pokemon Scarlet / Violet Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg Billy Bob's Huntin' N Fishin' The Adventures of Bayou Billy Billy The Wizard Rocket Broomstick Racing Rescue Heroes Billy ...
Nov 27, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 128
Hey everybody! Welcome to this weeks Podtimism. We're back to our regularly scheduled Content and this time it's God of War season. There's some other games too but damn we sure did talk about that game for awhile. Also David has Chorus-pilled Chase and so there's a lil Good Games segment about that as well. The game is good! --- We use the song '5 Min Call' by LAKEY INSPIRED as our intro and outro. Give it a listen here. --- Games mentioned: Minecraft Dungeons God of War Regnarok Chorus...
Nov 21, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 127
Hey Podtimists! This week we were invited onto the wonderful show Asynchronous to talk about (who woulda guessed) video games! We wanted to give local hero David a little more time to study up for his test so we're posting the Asynchronous episode here. It's a very fun time and Chase was also put on trial for his food crimes. It was great! Give Async a listen here, it's a very good video game podcast! : https://feeds.transistor.fm/asynchronous --- We use the song '5 Min Call' by LAKEY INSPIRED a...
Nov 13, 2022•1 hr 39 min•Season 2Ep. 126
Hey everybody! Welcome to the post-spooky season gaming era. This week we... are still talking about spooky games. David continues his Scorn journey and Chase plays the throwback horror game SIGNALIS and loves what it's doing. --- We use the song '5 Min Call' by LAKEY INSPIRED as our intro and outro. Give it a listen here. --- Games mentioned: Scorn Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury SIGNALIS Marvel Snap Hot Wheels Turbo Racing...
Nov 06, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 125
This week it's finally spooky story time! David explores the legend of The TomTom Nook and Chase hops through a Mass Relay to figure out who Kelly Hunnigan is. --- We use the song '5 Min Call' by LAKEY INSPIRED as our intro and outro. Give it a listen here. --- Games mentioned: Scorn Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury Potionomics Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
Oct 31, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 124
Hey Podtimists, Welcome to the core spooky zone. We are firmly planted in the scary season and we're living it up. David played through some of Scorn, and has thought about it too! Chase played through nearly all of the Resident Evil series and wants to talk about it. We also played through Eternal Darkness and took a look at the Psychological Horror genre it was trying to invent. It's a good game! --- We use the song '5 Min Call' by LAKEY INSPIRED as our intro and outro. Give it a listen here. ...
Oct 23, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Season 2Ep. 123
Hey Podtimists, We're back and video gamier than ever! This week we catch up on the mountain games that Chase and David are playing. David has taken a turn back into the Buttrock life, and Chase gets down with some Chore-core. Then we go over the astoundingly good Silent Hill 2. It's a good video game. --- CW: we do make mention of it explicitly in the Silent Hill 2 section, but just a heads up that when we go into the story explanation of Silent Hill there are some heavy topics covered. These i...
Oct 16, 2022•1 hr 41 min•Season 2Ep. 122
Hey Podtimists, It's time we finally talked about Metal Gear Solid 2. This game owns. Also thanks to those listeners who sent in questions, we appreciate you! --- We use the song '5 Min Call' by LAKEY INSPIRED as our intro and outro. Give it a listen here. Thanks to @ajfillari for contributing their voice to this episode. --- Games mentioned: Literally only Metal Gear Solid 2. That's the only game we talked about. Nier Automata again...
Sep 19, 2022•2 hr 56 min•Season 2Ep. 121
Hey Podtimists, This week David finished MGS2, played Escape Academy and started Death Stranding. What a lineup! Chase also talks about why fixed camera angles in Resident Evil 1 are maybe good actually?? Finally, we talked at length about I-Ninja, a game suggested by listener Chet. Thanks Chet! --- We use the song '5 Min Call' by LAKEY INSPIRED as our intro and outro. Give it a listen here. --- Games mentioned: Metal Gear Solid 2 Escape Academy Death Stranding Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion Res...
Sep 11, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Season 2Ep. 120
Hey Podtimists, This week, it's time to talk about the cousin of video games: Live Action Role Playing. --- We use the song '5 Min Call' by LAKEY INSPIRED as our intro and outro. Give it a listen here. --- Games mentioned: Super Smash Brothers Ultimate Metal Gear Solid 2 Metal Gear Solid 5 F1 2022 Metal Gear Solid 1 Katamari Damaci
Sep 04, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 119
Hey Podtimists, This week Chase is in his experimentation phase! He's tryin all sorts of new games! Then we talk about Colony Wars: Red Sun. Thanks for suggesting this game Pickle! --- We use the song '5 Min Call' by LAKEY INSPIRED as our intro and outro. Give it a listen here. --- Games mentioned: Bachelor Party Games Cursed To Golf PlateUp! Blue Stinger Colony Wars: Red Sun Three Days Grace Creed Nickelback...
Aug 28, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 118
Hey Podtimists, This week David celebrated his birthday with his family in the best way he knows how. With gaming! Chase also enjoys a few games that feel like they have his name written all over them. Thanks for Joe P for suggesting Custom Robo! --- We use the song '5 Min Call' by LAKEY INSPIRED as our intro and outro. Give it a listen here. --- Games mentioned: Super Smash Brothers Ultimate Mario Party Gears 5 Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Alina of the Arena Satisfactory Cult of the Lamb Custom Robo...
Aug 21, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 117
Hey Podtimists, This week David talks about his birthday excapades into video games and his lil treat he bought himself. Chase also talks about the funniest game he has played in some time, and also Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Thanks to Rufus for suggesting Men In Black: The Series! --- We use the song '5 Min Call' by LAKEY INSPIRED as our intro and outro. Give it a listen here. --- Games mentioned: Mario Kart 8 Super Smash Brothers Ultimate Jak 2 Gears 5 The Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 ...
Aug 14, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 116
Hey Podtimists, This week we talk about all the games that David played on his jetsetting travels (including a game that Chase LOVES). Also it's David's birthday. So you know what that means! (It means a lil secret segment). --- The video that Chase references in the Good Games segment can be found here. --- --- We use the song '5 Min Call' by LAKEY INSPIRED as our intro and outro. Give it a listen here. --- Games mentioned: Guacamelee! 2 Fatum Batula Speed Dating for Ghosts Mario Kart 8 Dinkum ...
Aug 07, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Season 2Ep. 115
Hey Podtimists, What makes a bark? What makes an Arc? Today we find out. Also Chase tries to figure out if he's having fun in PowerWash Simulator. --- We use the song '5 Min Call' by LAKEY INSPIRED as our intro and outro. Give it a listen here. --- Games mentioned: Outer Wilds Pokemon Puzzle League Ninja Gaiden Sigma PowerWash Simulator Symphony of War Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits...
Jul 31, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 114
Hey Podtimists, This week Chase talked about his experience with Knights of the Old Republic 2 and Shadowrun Returns. Then Chase and David talk about what has aged so well about Dark Cloud 1. --- We use the song '5 Min Call' by LAKEY INSPIRED as our intro and outro. Give it a listen here. --- Games mentioned: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 Shadowrun Returns Dark Cloud 1 Megan Thee Stallion...
Jul 24, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 113
Hey Podtimists, Does watching shows like Friends freak you out in a weird way? Not sure if it's just me, but sitting there watching it feels like what I imagine pressing the fast forward button on life feels like. Sorta like that movie Click, which was weirdly emotional by the end of it. Tbh not a bad flick at all. Anyway, we talked about Super Thunder Blade on this one. --- We use the song '5 Min Call' by LAKEY INSPIRED as our intro and outro. Give it a listen here. --- Games mentioned: Elden R...
Jul 17, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 112
Hey Podtimists, This week we've got some big questions to answer: 1) Is Fatal Labyrinth good? (yes) 2) Did David have another spooky encounter with a sports game? (yes) 3) Which member of the Microsoft suite of products would make the best romance partner? (Clippy) Also thanks AJ for suggesting Fatal Labyrinth! --- We use the song '5 Min Call' by LAKEY INSPIRED as our intro and outro. Give it a listen here. --- Games mentioned: Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes My Time at Sandrock Ninja Gaiden S...
Jul 10, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 111
Hey Podtimists, It's video games o'clock. This week David plays a moving game about exploration and the nature of the universe AND ALSO FOOTBALL BABY. Also for the first time ever Chase and David had the same podtimistic thing of the week. --- We use the song '5 Min Call' by LAKEY INSPIRED as our intro and outro. Give it a listen here. --- Games mentioned: The Outer Wilds Madden NFL 22 Monster Train Ninja Gaiden Sigma Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes Kirby and the Forgotten Land Warhammer 40,00...
Jul 03, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 110
Hey Podtimists, Let's talk about some video games. This week David is adrift after having beaten Elden Ring and Chase is playing the latest Bryce Bucher game, which is quite good. --- We use the song '5 Min Call' by LAKEY INSPIRED as our intro and outro. Give it a listen here. --- Games mentioned: Elden Ring The Forgotten City NBA 2k22 Nickelodean All-Star Brawl Monster Train Divinity Original Sin 2 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge Fire Emblem: Three Hopes Neon White Mysteries Un...
Jun 26, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Season 2Ep. 109
