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As #Gamers, sometimes we just hit a wall randomly on games we're enjoying. Life gets in the way, we lose a save file, something frustrates us...so why do we never go back? Is it worth it when we do? What food is best to baby bird into someone else's mouth? Let's find out.

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SHOW NOTES
Our DK Bananza spoilercast:
https://youtu.be/zCU1Nhr8tig

Look at all of the Jak & Daxter Platinums you could technically get:
https://psnprofiles.com/series/55-jak-and-daxter

Screwllum
https://honkai-star-rail.fandom.com/wiki/Screwllum

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CHAPTERS
00:00 We apologize for Brody this week
03:04 Fallout New Vegas mentioned, no mods needed to listen
04:09 Some thoughts on the length of Donkey Kong Bananza
11:58 JRPGs are a poster child of this phenomenon
16:47 The Industry Plant (Horizon Forbidden West)
19:58 LORD WOO FAK FAK
23:05 Sonic Adventure Two...
27:59 Games that are just hard to start up
30:41 Jak II torture sessions
36:23 Chris says something screwed up, and then 7 degrees of separation
45:31 Worst food to baby bird into someone's mouth? (RACROX)

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Our sexy Crubbers are back to talk about the hottest new releases, Slay the Spire 2, Nine Sols, Pokopia, and...Nintendogs + Cats.

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SHOW NOTES
Slay the Spire 2:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2868840/Slay_the_Spire_2/

RACCOIN: Coin Pusher Roguelite:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3784030/RACCOIN_Coin_Pusher_Roguelike/

Nine Sols:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1809540/Nine_Sols/

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CHAPTERS
00:00 They made a second Slay The Spire?
05:38 A brief mention of Coin Pusher Balatro, Raccoin
08:18 A glowing endorsement of Nine Sols (Nicco played it right after)
19:28 Chris has been chipping away at Pokopia (slow)
23:15 Of mice and Nintendogs

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Breath of the Wild brought a surge of new and returning players to Zelda, but it left core fans of the traditional 3D style yearning for another entry in that style. While it seems like the open world style is here to stay...should it? We realized that we...don't care that much! Also, we recorded this right before the Ocarina of Time remake rumors started swirling again, so it's accidentally very timely. Happy 150 episodes!

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SHOW NOTES
Here's that top 10 Zelda Dungeons video from GVG that we mention:
https://youtu.be/E5-B6MwArZE

PlayStation AI Podcast Patent thing:
https://www.ign.com/articles/sony-patents-system-to-generate-ai-podcasts-in-the-voices-of-your-favorite-playstation-characters

Our Zelda Tears of the Kingdom spoilercast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJsrW8Nfhao

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Happy 150th episode this is an introduction to the podcast
06:32 3D Zeldas are already so far and few between
13:04 The rumored Ocarina of Time remake (this aged well)
19:59 We're just gonna say it, you push a lot of blocks in Zelda
26:12 Discovery in Zelda, and shifting opinions over time
31:03 A lot of other games specialize in specific areas that Zelda does
40:03 "This could be someone's first game" philosophy, and our love of cats
48:59 Yes, we glaze Zelda Notes again
51:32 On the story of the BotW entries
55:03 Chris comes to Zelda for that charm and vibe that no other game has
1:06:36 Where was Kass?!?!?!?!?!
1:15:48 E or 6 7 ? (Azure)

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Some of us finally watched The Minecraft Movie recently, and it had us thinking. If there were still bad video game tie-ins for movies and shows, what are the worst ones we could think of? Unfortunately, we still wanted to play most of what we came up with.

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SHOW NOTES
You can play The Room video game here:
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/547307

Here's the interview on that pricing talk we had:
https://www.gamefile.news/p/peak-interview

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Flint, and steel
05:23 Should there have been a Crank video game? Maybe, actually...
13:45 Open world The Office (US)
19:47 Shawshank Redemption: The Official Video Game
25:01 My Dinner With Andrew 4K First Trailer 60 FPS X360/PS3/PSP
33:11 Telltale's Marty Supreme
37:37 Ready Player One: The Dating Sim
42:57 Apple's Severance, The Innie/Outie Game
49:20 Chris finally thinks
55:48 When are you trying too hard at video games? (The1TrueBlue)

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Alternatively titled, Kevin tries to get Chris to spend $70.

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SHOW NOTES
You can listen to the first 5 episodes of Podcastémon for free on our Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/collection/387580

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Some games have hours of lore for you to sift and read through. Some choose to offload it to other materials, like books, short films, or websites. An ARG isn't out of the question now and then...but we have to ask, when is it too much? When does it actually matter? If it isn't part of the main experience, is it adding that much?

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SHOW NOTES
Go here for Elora content:
https://spyro.fandom.com/wiki/Elora

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CHAPTERS
00:00 WAZZZZZZZZZZZZAAAAAAAP
05:02 Why we need "BEGINNING EXPLAINED" videos
10:06 Balan Wonderworld's lore book mentioned
13:23 Brody's Delfino Blaze Filibuster
19:04 Games randomly deciding to pick back up their lore decades later
24:24 Persona and Kingdom Hearts fans...we're sorry
33:43 Game of Thrones gets mentioned, we're sorry again
37:12 When fan theories get canonized and an inch becomes a mile
44:40 So WHAT makes lore matter then
49:22 The true terror, games that assume you know the lore and don't explain basics
51:29 Feel-good moments in fandoms? (Chef Kilo)

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Two more Switch 2s have hit Crubber's households, so we have hot-off-the-presses impressions of Mario Tennis Fever (yes, we know you forgot it existed), Pokopia (yes, we know you can't escape it), Demon Tides, and more! Also, enjoy guessing which Pokémon Moriarty is referring to at around 13:00 in.

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Cass' review of the new Ultrakill update:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-3tSMfKAwg

Our Donkey Kong Bananza spoilercast:
https://youtu.be/zCU1Nhr8tig

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Moriarty and Cass got Switch 2s!!!
02:48 We now know someone who has played Mario Tennis Fever
10:19 World's biggest Pokemon fan weighs in on Pokemon Pokopia
14:28 NEW ULTRAKILL UPDATE
21:38 Kevin's charcuterie, including Demon Tides
26:30 A little Big Hops, a little Bubsy 4D
29:47 Yoshi's Mysterious Nintendo Today App, The Movie

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Love them or hate them, Achievements have been around for over 20 years. We gathered up crub's Achievement experts that have a love/hate relationship with them to "celebrate" this milestone. And, also, to rib on the fringe parts of the RetroAchievements community...

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Follow Chris on RetroAchievements:
https://retroachievements.org/user/MykonosFan

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Gamers just be gaming!
09:34 The Jak II story...
11:31 Our most grueling Achievements
17:29 Our Achievement...achievements
25:48 Avatar The Burning Earth mentioned
26:24 Putting RetroAchievements sickos on blast (Chris is one)
35:02 Back to which RA sets would be the most insane...
42:59 First Hot Shots Golf PS4 mention of 2026
47:14 The "PlayStation approach" to Platinums might be the best?
51:53 So, about Nintendo
56:07 Shoutout to Insomniac's Skill Points
59:12 Finally, the hardest Achievement we've gotten?

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