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Currently Playing – 22 – Not Playing Much with Dr. Glen Hood
Currently Playing is back with the first ever returning guest, Dr. Glen Hood (environmental biologist, professional bug counter) who has been living with Daniel for the last 4 months. It’s another rare in-person chat where we get into why Glen hasn’t been playing very many video games lately. The bulk of the episode is devoted to discussing the Super Mario…
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Maximum Utcast – 19 – The Objectifying, Vectifying, ‘Dead Man’-ifying, Street Fighting Special!
On this thrilling! (is it love?) episode of the Maximum Utcast, Zoey performs a cunning stunt in the form of a live videogame unboxing before Jonathan regales us with tales of being bombarded with requests for pics despite no one understanding his cosplay. We go deep on Street Fighter lore because something’s up with Alex. Later, Jonathan chats with Cherrybombrs…
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Talking to My Boy About Videogames – 21 – It Was the Best of PAX, It Was the Worst of PAX
Jonathan and Ryan return from PAX East 2026 with mostly positive opinions about the show. They talk about some of the games they demoed, the merch they got, the people they met, and the cosplay they saw (and participated in!). Later, they talk a bit about Tomodachi Life, Pokopia, cats, and Food Related Entertainment Intelligent Non-Dorky Super good guys. 0:00:00…
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Maximum Utcast – 18 – The Sommeliers of Video Games
The Maximum Utcast is back with the hottest Vectorman and Shinobi news available! In a show that’s too hot for Canada, we learn about a pushy sommelier, Jonathan’s thoughts on Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, and what the heck is going on with AI upscaling filters. Later, our old pal Tanya stops by to tell us about her…
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Skibidi Toilet – The Spin-Off Doctors Spin-Off
This post is a part of the Spin-Off Doctors Spin-Off series. In the great war between IP holders, the only people who are safe are those who achieve viral popularity and when it comes to blatantly grabbing assets and reworking them into a new artistic expression, none are greater than DafuqBoom, AKA Alexey Gerasimov, creator of the Skibidi Toilet series…
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The Simpsons – Marge Be Not Proud (with Guest Xzyliac – Spin-Offs Classic
Holiday season 1995 couldn’t have been hotter for fighting games with Mortal Kombat 3 being the highest selling home console game of the year in the United States (not to mention the achieving diamond status in the arcade according to the American Amusement Machine Association), which made the interest in the series a high enough profile target to be sent…
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Currently Playing – 21 – Weather Factory Games (Cultist Simulator and Book of Hours) with Matt
Currently, Currently Playing is joined by Matt who’s been playing games from Weather Factory, notably in the form of Cultist Simulator and Book of Hours, both of which are incomprehensible to Daniel. Matt tries his best to explain rule discovery puzzle crafting card games with their emergent and dynamic gameplay. You simply must see the game in action to get…
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Maximum Utcast – 17 – Lovish-ing the Journey to the West
Did you know that we post some of our podcast interviews to YouTube? If not, give us a follow over there and check out video segments whenever they’re available! On this jam packed episode of Maximum Utcast we’re digging into the kusoge Ganso Saiyūki: Super Monkey Daibōken, a Famicom game based on the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West…
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Talking to My Boy About Videogames – 20 – What If a Zombie Dabs?
Jonathan and Ryan recount the highlights of the recent Pokemon Presents which marked the 30th anniversary of the series, including the announcement of the newest mainline games, Pokemon Wind and Pokemon Waves. Are they about how the wind makes the waves, or is there more to them? Only time will tell! Elsewhere, Jonathan gives his thoughts on Resident Evil 9…
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The Candy Crush Game Show (with Guest Conrad Zimmerman) – Spin-Offs Classic
You blinked, you missed it. There was an ill-advised game show spin-off of the hit cell phone game Candy Crush that ran for the summer months of 2017 on CBS and it was quickly erased from existence. But you can still watch the show on YouTube. But why would you? Let us watch the bad game show for you and…
