In episode 199 we play guilty pleasure games. Nikki fights a genie with a lion person in Twisted Wonderland. Matt smashes his action figures together in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, and Cody helps do Christmas Crimes in Mario Kart Tour. Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Intro (00:00:00) Host Intros (00:02:20) Reviews Cult of the Lamb (PC) (00:05:42) Stray (PC) (00:09:12) Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (SWITCH) (00:12:18) Doom Eternal (SWITCH) (00:15:31) Evoland (Android) (00:16:24) Games Played Theme : Gui...
Sep 02, 2022•Season 1Ep. 199
This week we play puzzle games! Matt is killed by a skeleton thus fulfilling the prophecy in Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon. Cody finally creates the sequel to Multiplicity in The Swapper, and Nikki plays with off-brand portals in Portal: The Flash Version. Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Introduction: 00:00:00 Host Introductions: 00:03:04 Reviews Final Fantasy 6 Pixel Remaster (PC) 00:05:18 Games Played Theme : Puzzle Games Matt Intro: Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon (PC) 00:19:06 Matt Gameplay: S...
Jul 22, 2022•Season 1Ep. 198
This week we play clone games! Cody is a super-fighting meatball man in Bots N Bolts. Nikki is saving all the animals by beating them unconscious in Super Noah’s Ark 3D, and Matt is full of hackblood energy in Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer! Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Intro 00:00:00 Host Intros 00:02:04 Reviews Review: TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge (PC) 00:05:12 Review: Disco Elysium (PC) 00:12:11 Review: Persona 3 (PC) (Spoilers) 00:17:00 Games Played Theme : Clone Games ...
Jun 24, 2022•Season 1Ep. 197
This week we play game of the year award winners! Matt wants you to paint him like one of your French Heroes of Time in The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds. Nikki is like a bird (she wants to fly away) in Dragon Age: Inquisition, and Cody plays Gunstar Heroes. Hosts This Week Nikki: Matt Cody Intro 00:00:00 Host Intros 00:02:21 Reviews Eldin Ring (PC) 00:04:45 Knot Words(Android) 00:12:23 Redactl (Web) 00:17:02 Hades (PC) 00:19:45 Games Played Theme : GOTY Matt (Intro) The Legend of Zelda...
May 20, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 196
This week we play Edutainment games! Matt runs out of meat in Oregon Trail II. Cody skateboards into our hearts like a needle into our skin in Wally Bear and the No Gang!, and Nikki surfs into hell as a precursor to when she surfs into hell! Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Reviews Kirby and the Forgotten Land (SWITCH) 00:03:45 Chrono Cross the Radical Dreamer Edition (PC) 00:11:35 Pokemon Brilliant Diamond (SWITCH) 00:15:40 Metroid Dread (SWITCH) 00:16:31 Death’s Door (PC) 00:17:39 Upcoming Rele...
Apr 22, 2022•Season 1Ep. 195
This week we play games made by Acclaim! Nikki plays a sport from the future, and that sport involves vomiting, in Battle Sport. Cody realizes that the only real truth is pacifism in True Lies, and Matt builds his own fursona in ECW Anarchy Rulz. Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Intro: 00:00 Host Intros: 00:02:17 Reviews Eldin Ring (PC) 00:07:22 Kirby The Forgotten Land Demo (SWITCH) 00:15:47 Games Played Theme : Acclaim Games Nikki Intro: Battle Sport (PSX) 00:22:27 Nikki Gameplay: Battle Sport ...
Mar 11, 2022•Season 1Ep. 194
This week we are playing the final levels in video games. Cody ends the threat of humanity in Jurassic Park. Matt fights a brain and an eye in Metroid and Kid Icarus, and Nikki contends with bad hit boxes in Aladdin. Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Reviews Vampire Survivors (PC) (00:05:20) Project Triangle Strategy (SWITCH) (00:11:28) Nintendo Switch Sports (SWITCH) (00:16:55) Games Played Theme : Last Levels Cody : Jurassic Park (Gen) (Intro: 00:23:52) (Gameplay: 00:25:00) Matt : Metroid (NES) ...
Feb 25, 2022•Season 2Ep. 193
This week on Cartridge Blowers, we play Advergames! Volkswagen wants you to be a beetle when we would rather be a beetleborg in Beetle Adventure Racing! Nikki loves bullets and ramen in Persona 5 Royal, and Cody bows to the wheat squares in Chex Quest Remastered. Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Reviews Psychonauts 2 (00:06:06) Into the Breach (00:10:40) Slay the Spire with Mods (00:13:05) Loop Hero (00:13:43) Monster Hunter Wolrd (00:17:11) Earth Defense Force World Brothers (00:18:29) Yugioh Ma...
Feb 04, 2022•Season 1Ep. 192
In episode 191 we play a Spooky Secret Santa! Nikki gets a bonus sticker so that now she can die fulfilled in Andy’s Apple Farm. Cody takes a trip through hard cloud world in Eversion, and Matt shoots his way through bats, doctors, and Flava Flav in Savage Halloween! Hosts This Week Nikki Cody Matt Reviews Back for Blood (PC) (00:06:30) Inscryption (PC) (00:10:38) Games Played Theme : Halloweenmas Nikki : Andy’s Apple Farm (PC) (Intro: 00:17:15) (Gameplay: 00:19:00) Cody : Eversion (PC) (Intro: ...
Dec 25, 2021•Season 1Ep. 191
This week we play games we’ve seen the other hosts play in episodes past. Cody gets on the train to big amorphous hand creature-ville in Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon. Matt learns to love the bomb in Scribblenauts Unlimited, and Nikki basically just spends 8 minutes murdering a prone guy in Surgeon Simulator. All this, and the Mario Movie cast list. Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Reviews Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters (PC) (00:06:20) Wario Ware Get it Together (SWITCH) (00:11:06) Persona 5 (PC...
Oct 01, 2021•Season 1Ep. 190
This week we play Fantasy Games! Matt deals with the worst part of being royalty: parenting, in Yes, Your Grace! Nikki loses her sibling fulfilling the dream of all siblings in Slay the Dragon, and Cody loses his head…on purpose in Skul: The Hero Slayer! Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Reviews PS5 (00:05:08) Baster Master Z3 (SWITCH) (00:07:07) 12 Minutes (SWITCH) (00:08:45) Hypnospace Outlaw(PC) (00:12:56) Wildermyth (PC) (00:17:19) Portal: Reloaded (PC) (00:21:02) Games Played Theme : Fantasy ...
Sep 03, 2021•Season 1Ep. 189
This week, it’s little known fighting games! Nikki kills our favorite new character of 2021, Robot Marshmallow Cop, in Flying Dragon. Cody does a little dance and is a cutie patootie in Cho Aniki, and Matt will play more of this game over his aged corpse in Battle Construction Vehicles! Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Reviews Mario Golf: Super Rush (SWITCH) (00:05:02) Streets of Rage 4 DLC (00:14:03) Alan Wake + Control Franchise (PC) (00:14:36) Games Played Theme : Fighting Games Nikki : Flying...
Jul 30, 2021•Season 1Ep. 188
In episode 187, it’s Nick Arcade Challenge Week again! That’s right, it’s another edition of our yearly tradition where we submit challenges to each other along with the help of our audience to see how well we can be at video gaming! We have speed, weird controller positions, game genie codes, pacifism, and more! Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Games Played Theme : Nick Arcade Challenge Week 2021 Cody : Challenge 1 (Jking): Tetris (NES): Get a Tetris on level 16 in under 30 Seconds (00:04:58) Ch...
Jun 11, 2021•Season 1Ep. 187
This week, we play fake sports sports games! Matt dodges balls AND cars in Knockout City. Nikki reaches the fur-st down in Jerry Rice & Nitus’ Dog Football, and Cody tosses a disc hadouken style in Windjammers! Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Reviews Resident Evil Village (PC) (00:05:12) Dragon Age 2 (PC) (00:15:42) Alan Wake (PC) (00:20:02) Games Played Theme : Fake Sports Matt : Knockout City (PC) (Intro: 00:25:40) (Gameplay: 00:28:04) Nikki : Jerry Rice & Nitus’ Dog Football (PC) (Int...
May 28, 2021
In this episode we play Rom Hacks! Nikki stomps on a cake in “This Hack Needs a Name.” Cody has a prescription and it’s pain in Dr. Mario World: House Calls, and Matt puts a key in a hole in Mario’s Keytastrophe: Rebirth Edition. All this and the new Mortal Kombat movie! Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Reviews Dragon Age Origins (PC) (00:04:40) Mortal Kombat 2021 (Movie) (00:10:47) Games Played Theme : Rom Hacks/Mods Nikki : This Hack Needs a Name (SNES) (Intro: 00:19:47) (Gameplay: 00:20:33) Co...
Apr 30, 2021•Season 1Ep. 185
This week we play video game versions of board games! Cody shows that Mario Party would be a lot better if you could just gut Donkey Kong like a fish in Pummel Party. Matt shows you a prime piece of bird Squakaganda in Wingspan, and Nikki plays through Jenga’s intense story mode in Jenga World Tour. Hosts This Week Cody Matt Nikki Reviews: Eye of the Beholder (SNES) (00:04:33) Dicey Dungeons (TableTop) (00:07:50) Control (PC) (00:12:03) Games Played Theme : Board Games/Game Shows Cody : Pummel P...
Apr 02, 2021•Season 1Ep. 184
This week we play games that we missed! Matt rides TWO HORSES in CastleVania: Rondo of Blood. Nikki jumps on a train to crowbar town in Half Life 2, and Cody fights the master of knives in Streets of Rage 2. Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Reviews No Man’s Sky VR (PC) (00:04:27) Ocarina of Time Multiplayer (N64) (00:10:00) Upcoming Releases March 16, 2021 : Stubbs the Zombie: Rebel Without a Pulse (SWITCH) March 23, 2021 : Arkham Horror: Mother’s Embrace (SWITCH/PC/PS4/XONE) Games Played Theme :...
Mar 12, 2021
This week we play video games based on TV Shows! Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Reviews Super Mario 3d World + Bowser’s Fury (SWITCH) (00:06:03) Wario Ware Gold (2DS) (00:09:48) Ittle Dew (PC) (00:13:07) Little Nightmares 2 (PC) (00:14:27) Upcoming Releases February 25, 2021 : Ghosts ‘N Goblins Resurrection (SWITCH) (00:17:38) March 2, 2021 : Maquette (PC/PS4/PS5) (00:19:38) Games Played Theme : TV Show Games Nikki : The Wild Thornberries (GBC) (Intro: 00:22:24) (Gameplay: ) Cody : Alf (MasterS...
Feb 19, 2021•Season 1Ep. 182
This week, we play superhero games! Cody takes Peter to the home of the honey rat-people in Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six! Matt makes Hulk sad in The Incredible Hulk: The Pantheon Saga, and Nikki leaves Cyclops in the arctic to die in X-Men 2: The Clone Wars! Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Reviews Ocarina of Time Leak (00:10:05) A Hat in Time (00:17:46) Upcoming Releases February 11, 2021 : Little Nightmares 2 (PC/XONE/PS4/SWITCH) (00:21:14) February 12, 2021 : Super Mario 3D World + B...
Feb 02, 2021
This week we play games we purchased for each other! Nikki gives Matt a chance to fill his hole in Donut County! Cody allows Nikki to find the Heart of Space in My Diggy Dog 2, and Matt gave Cody a Cat mech ensuring all of his laptops will be laid upon and then destroyed in Gator Roboto! All this and Matt’s top 10 games of the year! Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Reviews Top Games of the Year: Honorable Mentions (00:11:56) Top Games of the Year: 10 (00:14:27) Top Games of the Year: 09 (00:15:25...
Dec 24, 2020•Season 1Ep. 180
This week we play games that are clones of other games! Nikki brings hell exactly what it needs in Heretic. Cody Jump Jumps and Slid Slides in Rosenkreuzstilette, and Matt is a big buff fish that’s here to steal your girlfriend in Slap City. Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Reviews Stadia Controller (Hardware) (05:55:19) Xbox Series X Controller (Hardware) (00:10:40) Paper Mario: The Origami King (SWITCH) (00:14:30) Blackthorne (SNES) (00:15:10) Gunman Clive 2 (PC) (00:16:22) Games Played Theme :...
Dec 11, 2020•Season 1Ep. 179
This week we pick games for each other! Cody fights the eternal evil that is the user interface of System Shock. Matt makes a mascot do a cuss and a murder in Shadow the Hedgehog, and Nikki gets 52 games for the price of her dignity in Action 52! Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Reviews Tetris Effect Connected(Xbox Pass) (00:04:42) Super Quickie World 2 (PC) (00:07:08) Bizhawk Shuffler (PC) (00:07:38) Cody’s Video Game System (SYSTEM) (00:11:10) Upcoming Releases November 20, 2020 Hyrule Warriors...
Nov 20, 2020•Season 1Ep. 178
This week we play spooky games for Halloween! Matt gets scared by toast in Spooky’s Jump Scare Mansion. Nikki gets sliced apart by bear traps in Limbo, and Cody is a pumpkin king…or duke…a pump duke in Pumpkin Jack! Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Reviews Super Mario 35 (SWITCH) (00:07:08) Silent Hill Franchise (PSX) (00:10:33) Part Time UFO (SWITCH) (00:12:14) Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Demo) (SWITCH) (00:15:00) Dragon Age Inquisition (PC) (00:20:43) Genshin Impact (PS4) (00:21:39) Oxenf...
Nov 06, 2020•Season 1Ep. 177
This week we play games that were never technically released. Nikki finally plays as Matt’s favorite video game character, Alec Baldwin, in the Shadow! Cody is a fraggin bastich and could totally beat Wolverine in a fight in Lobo, and Matt kills dead politicians in Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill. Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Reviews Among Us (PC) (00:06:11) Dragon Age Inquisiton (PC) (00:08:05) Upcoming Releases Mario 3D Allstars (SWITCH) (00:10:43) Mario Kart Home Circuit (TOYS) (00:14:39) Mar...
Sep 18, 2020•Season 1Ep. 176
This week we play our guilty pleasures. Cody takes Tommy Wiseau through the dark vampire metal script he’s been trying to produce for years in Blackthorne. Matt jumps jumps, slides slides and walks into the ocean in Mega Man 8, and Nikki gets beat up and loses to Odie in Road Rash 3! Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Reviews Fall Guys (PC) (00:04:37) Rogue Legacy 2 (Early Release) (PC) (00:08:15) Games Played Theme : Guilty Pleasures Cody : Blackthorne (SNES) (Intro: 00:14:19) (Gameplay: 00:16:14)...
Sep 04, 2020•Season 1Ep. 175
This week we play Disney Games! Matt learns that when you are a wizard, hitboxes are optional, in Fantasia. Nikki talks to Fentruck more than anyone did in the actual show in Doug’s Big Game, and Cody finds out that there’s someone out there making really tiny crates for some reason in Rescue Rangers 2! Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Reviews Paper Mario: The Origami King (SWITCH) (00:04:56) Fall Guys (PC) (00:06:18) Games Played Theme : Disney Games Matt : Fantasia (GEN) (Intro: 00:09:30) (Game...
Aug 14, 2020•Season 1Ep. 174
This week we play games from our childhood that we only sorta remember! Nikki is the mayor of Drown Town in Eternal Ring! Cody gets his sexy Mojo back in X-Men: Mojo World, and Matt takes on the kings of the ocean, the Jellyfish, in Jaws! Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Reviews Giant Nintendo Leak (00:04:12) Paper Mario: The Origami King (SWITCH) (00:07:34) Games Played Theme : Games We Barely Remember Nikki : Eternal Ring (PS2) (Intro: 00:15:38) (Gameplay: 00:17:03) Cody : X-Men: Mojo World (Ga...
Jul 31, 2020•Season 1Ep. 173
This week we play Edutainment! Cody looks like the sunburned mini-me version of the Big Boy mascot in the Secret Island of Dr. Quandary, Matt goes to a language rave in Trancelation, and Nikki builds a very good bakery in Clifford’s Learning Activities. Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Reviews (00:05:27) Wizards of Waverly Place (NDS) The Suite Life of Zack and Cody: Circle of Spies (NDS) Hannah Montana: The Movie (NDS) That’s So Raven: Psychic on the Scene (NDS) Upcoming Releases July 17, 2020 :...
Jul 17, 2020•Season 1Ep. 172
This week we play the worst games ever. Matt is a magical girl who loves factory in Vroom in the Night Sky. Nikki goes to the extreme with Extreme Sports with the Berenstain Bears, and Cody is a blue Ninja (only because he’s sad) in Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero! Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Reviews Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition (SWITCH) (00:04:14) The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time (N64) (00:07:24) Upcoming Releases July 10, 2020 Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disg...
Jun 26, 2020•Season 1Ep. 171
This week we play games made by Titus Software. Nikki wants nothing but the best in Roadsters. Cody collects wheat, legalize it, in Incantation, and Matt escapes prison by sacrificing mental patients in Blues Brothers 2000. Hosts This Week Cody Nikki Matt Reviews Cory in The House DS (NDS) (00:06:05) Bastion (PC) (00:09:31) Upcoming Releases June 11, 2020 : Desperados III (XONE/PC/PS4) (00:10:34) June 18, 2020 : Pamela (PC) (00:12:50) June 19, 2020 : The Last of Us Part II (PS4) (00:13:27) Burno...
Jun 12, 2020•Season 1Ep. 170
