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Maximum Utcast – 24 – We Can’t Even Give Them Away
Somedays you just can’t get rid of a gentleman, but today, we just might get rid of their shirts. After Jonathan outlines another plan for after being elected President of the United States of America, we spend a moment talking about James Bond in both movie and video game form, focusing on the GameCube era game Everything or Nothing starring…
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Currently Playing – 24 – Baldur’s Gate 3 with Aysha Farah
Aysha Farah (writer of Life is Strange, Pathologic, Hiveswap and so much more) and podcaster with Workers’ Lit and All My Maidens stopped by to talk about exactly how deep down the rabbit hole she’s gone with Baldur’s Gate 3. From her first run to her recent completion (?) of the For Honor Mode, we get into a game that…
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Maximum Utcast – 23 – Crab Meat is a Tasty Treat
What is the most iconic sound of summer? And what sort of Crab Meat do you want to eat? We know you come to Maximum Utcast for only the most serious discussions, so we address those topics and more head on. Jonathan pitches some article ideas for hot Mina the Hollower content. Meanwhile, Zoey checks in with Smashing Drive, a…
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Batman: Assault on Arkham (with guest Rose) – Spin-Offs Classic
Back when Warner Bros. used to make stuff, there was a push for cross-platform media to support the Big Things being made as a sort of event. It was standard practice for big companies to send video games out, not to die, but to thrive with an assault on every platform. Maybe you walk past the game aisle and see…
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Talking to My Boy About Videogames – 23 – Helicopter Parents
Talking to My Boy About Videogames (and Sometimes Movies) is back with a review of the hottest new kids movie of the summer, Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu. Following that, Jonathan gets us back on track with a bit of chat about the newest game in the Yoshi series, Yoshi and the Mysterious Book that takes players back to…
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Maximum Utcast – 22 – Cosmic Stakes vs. Bloody Death Fights
What is real? Are the memories you make attending a summer camp real or are they implanted in your mind by a Hollywood movie? Did you write the news or did the news write you? Have you ever been in a fight, only to find out that you were alone in your Batcave? Is a light gun a joystick, or…
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Currently Playing – 23 – Pragmata with Xzyliac
Forum fixture Xyliac joins Daniel to talk about video games and Texas and where the two intersect. From forming community podcasts to starting online disinformation campaigns, Xzyliac has been woven into the fabric of the internet and has her pulse on the beating heart of video game news for some time now. We get into Pragmata, but only after really…
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Maximum Utcast – 21 – Is the Weirdness Gone?
On this freeform episode of the Maximum Utcast, our hosts are joined by no guests but we weave through run and gun games like Metal Slug, beat ’em ups like Double Dragon, and driving games like Cool Riders. Along the way, we get whispers of games like Absolum, Kunio-kun, Anthology of the Killer, and Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another…
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Talking to My Boy about Videogames – 22 – A Super Hero and Sidekick Podcast Team
The dynamic duo are back to talk all things videogames (and a few movies). We learn what Jonathan really thinks about Supergiant Games and what Ryan thinks of the latest pretender to their throne, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate. Along the way Ryan gives us his two cents on Anaconda (2025) and Jaws, plus makes up impromptu lyrics to…
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Maximum Utcast – 20 – Weird Freaks, Plenty of Leaks, Edmund McMillen Speaks
It’s the longest episode of Maximum Utcast ever! Zoey regales us with tales of spooky video games that enrapture dogs before we talk about Mewgenics. Then one of the developers of Mewgenics, Edmund McMillen, stops by to catch up with his pal Jonathan about his career in the games industry working on games like Super Meat Boy, the Binding of…
