Episodes
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In our very belated Games of 2022 episode we tell you about the best games of today and yesterday. We tell you about what stayed with us this year, what we went back to appreciate from before, and come up with probably one of the most eclectic GOTY lists of any outlet. From simulators to action games for sickos to sports, we've got it all.
Games Covered:
RJ's list:
10.Disaster Report 4
9.Densha de Go
8.Easy Come Easy Golf
7.Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2
6.Nights of Azure 1+2
5.Muse Dash
4.Pac-Man Museum
3.Fate/Extella 1+2
2.Captain Tsubasa Rise
1.YS Flight
Amr's list
10.Sonic Frontiers
9.Cotton Rock n Roll
8.Liblade
7.Gradius: The Interstellar Assault/ Chikyu Kaiho Gun ZAS
6.Neverawake
5.Gigabuster
4.Assault Spy
3.Mega Man Zero 3
2.Azure Striker Gunvolt 3
1.Spark the Electric Jester 3
Music is from Gradius Perfect Selection. Intermission is the credits sound from Super Darius.
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On our new year's episode we once again get distracted on a long rant about Walkmans and MP3 players, but not before jamming out to the Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation soundtrack, defending some extremely 6/10 (complimentary) hack and slash games, talking about some of our favorite retro game compilations, the games of 2022 we're catching up on, and buying a mahjong table?
Games discussed:
Pac-Man Museum
Sonic Mega/Gems Collection
Odin Sphere
Hatsune Miku Megamix
EDF World Brothers
Oneechanbara Origins
Raiden V
DOA XVV
Mahjong
Valkyrie Elysium
Spiderman Miles Morales
Avenging Spirit
Mega Man World V DX
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We have officially become oldheads as we lament the state of Japanese arcades, rant about physical media, and espouse the benefits of the Minidisc format. Along the way we talk about puzzle games for perverts, a new Mega Man Battle Network style game, Sonic Frontiers and why Macross (models) are better than Gundam.
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The surprise return of audiobliss comes out swinging with updates on our life situations, the status of the site, but mostly importantly, our toxic takes on JRPGS.
Come listen to RJ tell you FF15 is mid and why you should play Nights of Azure instead, and listen to us ramble about iPad games, end of life for digital games, the South American games scene, and the most promising new 3D Sonic game not made by SEGA.
Topics:
Becoming a salaryman
iOS gaming and Apple Arcade
Amazing Bomberman
Air Twister
Reel Fishing Road Trip
Nights of Azure
Final Fantasty 15
Harvest Moon Light of Hope
Ex-Zodiac
Spark the Electric Jester 3
Brazillian and South American games scene
Walkmans
Sony Headphones
SEGA Saturn
Music is Nightly 9th Work and Memories from the Aquazone Desktop Life Original Soundtrack.
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Apologies for the lateness and editing quality of these episodes. A lot of turbulent life changes in the upcoming months have left me with little time to properly edit. Please bear with us for now- Amr.
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Apologies for the lateness and editing quality of these episodes. A lot of turbulent life changes in the upcoming months have left me with little time to properly edit. Please bear with us for now- Amr.
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On today's episode we talk about all kinds of niche hardware, both new and old, as well as advocate for some new survival horror hybrid games--with bodacious goth witches. Oh, and Amr complete fucking loses it and tells you ever damn thing wrong with the Analogue Pocket.
Topics covered:
Moving Smart TVs State of Emergency Shenmue Steins Gate Elite/My Darling's Embrace Phantom Breaker Taiko on iPhone audiophile garbage Guardians of the Galaxy Halo Infinite Forza Horizon 5 Dead Estate Evil Tonight Macross is legal now Hermitage Strange Case Files Cosmic horror outside of a Eurocentric context Analogue Pocket patching roms into the Analogue Pocket Analogue attempting to both hire and delay the work of emulator authors Gradius the Interstellar Assault Super Gradius Cotton Rock n Roll Clockwork Aquario Wonderswan and Gunpey Yokoi Junji Ito's Uzumaki on the Wonderswan Fighting games on the 3DS DOA 3D Street Fighter IV 3D 3DS sound quality PlaydateMusic is My REAL, DAYDREAM, and Milk Coffee on a Rainy Afternoon from the Blue Reflection Tie OST.
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In this very late year end episode, we talk plans for 2022, the benefits of the Sony miniDisc format, and Amr rants for way too long about Gust's magical girl RPG series, Blue Reflection, as well as a cosmic horror investigation game.
Games talked about:
RC Cola Tokimeki Idol miniDisc Halo Infinite Postknight 2 Blue Reflection Blue Reflection Second Light Hermitage Strange Case Files Tumblr Spotify Year End Stats Caligula Effect 2 KinectMusic in this episode is "You're not a heroine, it's me", binGe, and OVERDOSE from the Blue Reflection OST.
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On yet another cursed, but educational podcast, we talk about being teachers, spooky and cute indie games, alternative evolutions of Castlevania, and what we'd do if we ever ended up in a remote Japanese village. Oh, and RJ and David shout about Evangelion because the SEO beast likes it.
Topics Discussed:
-Being a teacher
-Grapple Dog
-Subway Midnight
-Fate/Extella Umbral Star/Link
-Need for Speed Heat
-Idol Master Starlet Season
-GTA San Andreas
-GTA 4
-Castle in the Clouds DX
-Super Zangyura
-Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi
-Death Mark
-Living in a remote Japanese village
-Caligula Effect 2
-Hover Attack
-Halo Infinite
-Youtube lore?
-Do you skip cutscenes on a first playthrough?
OP and ED are "Queer Like Me" and "Saint Nothing" from Oux's album, Honeymood.
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CW: brief discussion of games with sexual content
On this chaotic return we dive straight into the kusoge corner with the most average of fighting games, get the latest Amazon Games disaster report from David as we roast him, and dive straight into horny trash, horny Castlevania pachinko, and Actual Hentai Castlevania.
From there we give our recommendations on beginnner fighting and simulation games, with some JRPG talk, including a report on Caligula Effect 2, the sequel to a mediocre Persona style JRPG that manages to salvage something from the original's bones.
We then cap it off by talking about Dot's Home, a game that Amr wrote alongside Evan Narcisse, Gita Jackson and the Rise Home Stories project, which tackles issues of environmental racism, legacy, and what the meaning of home is.
Mad chaotic energy on this one.
Games discussed:
Diddy Kong Racing DS
SNK Heroines
Blade Arcus From Shining
Dead or Alive 5
Horizon Chase Turbo
GTA V
Lego Star Wars Battles
Silent Hill iOS
Metroid Dread
New World
Crucible
Waifu Discovered 2
Castle in the Clouds DX
Castlevania Pachinko
Bombergirl
Caligula Effect 2
Crysis 1+2
Toree 3d/Toree 2
Nick All Star Brawl
Persona 4 Arena
Simcity 4
Train Sim World
Rolling Line
Pocket Rumble
YS Flight
Dragon Ball FighterZ
Simmiland
Blue Reflection Second Light
Dungeon Encounters
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"Let's hope nothing cursed happens" Amr says before several production issues cause this episode to be delayed for a month.
Anyway, don't worry, we get so in the weeds about kusoge, fucked up mobile games, retail and food service jobs, and playing through American propaganda that we talk about nothing relevant at the time. Oh, and what the fuck is up with David's pronunciation of "tate"?
Later in the episode we also play a game where we try to guess what the fuck retro games cost now in today's hyper-inflated market, and spend a weird amount of time talking about King of the Hill.
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Topics talked about: shojo manga, Apple Arcade, Dodonpachi, Claphanz Golf, Oceanhorn 2, Tetris Beat 2, FF14, Gear Club Unlimited, Super Bomberman R, EDF4, SSX, Gal Gun , Medal of Honor Warfighter, Drive Girls, Senran Kagura, Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare, Insaniquarium, Shellshockers, King of the Hill, working class jobs, Pregnant Run, Sus Adventure 2, Luxuria Superbia, Quake Remake.
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On this episode we are cursed by the hands of capitalism and Evangelion.
RJ cannot stop shilling for products we are not sponsored by and Amr's brain is infected by Evangelion side stories.Join us as we talk about the Evangelion rhythm game, rom com spinoffs, and that one manga where the cast is a bunch of fucking gamers and Gendo gets ratio'd on Twitter.
Oh, and I guess there's some videogames or something.
Topics Discussed:
Super Leap Day
Nova Island
Pretty Girl Klondike Solitaire
Evangelion 3nd Impact
Evangelion Legend of the Piko Piko Middle School Students
Evangelion Angelic Days
Evangelion Shinji Ikari Raising Project
Puchi Eva@Game/School
Eva pachinko
Radio Eva
SHAVE IMPACT
Pro Yakyuu Famista 2011 -
Please enjoy our mechanical keyboard sounds as we talk about Evangelion, Ultraman, alternative timelines, and remasters and remakes that we enjoy, fighting game stories and playing 2 player GBA games.
Topics:
Evangelion
Digimon Cybersleuth
Sonic Battle
competitive Megaman Battle Network
GBA fighting games
Gravity Rush
Playstation All-Stars
softcore videogame trash
Shadow of the Colossus
Halo
Dragon Ball Z: Super Gokuden: Kakusei-HenMusic from the WonderBoy: The Dragon's Trap OST
OP: Vs. Dragon, Latin Jazz
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On today's episode we return for the summer vibes and only the most informer and well thought out takes on fighting games. Plus some surprise information on the new DC Superhero game for Teens (TM)
Games talked about:
Guilty Gear Xrd, Blazblue, Power Rangers Battle for the Grid, Virtua Fighter 5, DC Super Hero Girls Teen Power, Death by Cube 2, Mafia 1-3, Saints Row 3-4
Opening and ending by Mothohiro Kawashima from the Oh Deer! OST:
https://motohirokawashima.bandcamp.com/album/oh-deer-original-soundtrack
OP:Hanging Garden
ED: Crash Zone
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On today's episode we mourn the previous generations of Playstation as the store closes, and talk about old handheld memories and the bizarre set of features included in the PSP.
We also recommend some old releases to pick up or "rent" before the store closure, and some new releases we've been playing.
Games talked about:
3DS Fighting games, Monster Hunter Rise, Balan Wonderworld, Loop Hero, The Sealed Ampule, Root Film, Punchline, Wake Up Club, Patchwork Heroes.
Opening and ending by SAKURA-LEE, from the album Little Galaxy Girl
https://firstclasscollective.bandcamp.com/album/little-galaxy-girlOP:I Should Be Dancing
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Today we unsurprisingly talk about trains and Dynasty Warriors again, then take responses from the community on multiplayer games that they wished they had been able to play with other people.
Multiplayer games thread:
https://twitter.com/siegarettes/status/1372238636083773442Opening theme is "Innovator's Campus" and end theme is "Proposal Hearing" from the All Our Asias OST:
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In this episode we talk about the latest in vehicular mis-operation simulators, the Persona-style fishing RPG, touch upon Ace Team's latest and weirdest, get through history class with Dynasty Warriors, and take questions from YOU on puzzle action hybrids, STGs and more!
Opening music is "Faster, Faster! The Acceleration Cult" and end theme is "How Will He Live" from the All Our Asias OST:
https://htch.bandcamp.com/album/all-our-asiasGames talked about:
Reel Fishin Road Trip Adventure, Derail Valley, Dynasty Warriors, Sengoku Basara, Gundam Breaker 3, Eternal Cylinder, Teardown, SImple 2000 series, NBA 2K11, Monolith, Super Gusson Oyoyo, Gnosia. -
in which RJ somehow manages to fit in a million "the dark souls of--" without us every bringing up the game, David tells us about the new PSX looking viking survival simulator and Amr goes on about SHMUP collections for an obscenely long time. we're a slap happy bunch about now and it shows.
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On today's episode we review coffee coke, give our train game update moment, find out the secret process of how calories are measured, discover the Samurai Warriors horse derby crossover and talk about the SEQUEL TO LIFE??
Opening music is Paradise Point by TUPPERWAVE:
https://firstclasscollective.bandcamp.com/track/paradise-pointEnding music is Happy Birthday by hospital bracelet:
https://hospitalbracelet.bandcamp.com/track/happy-birthday-2 - Montre plus
