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Currently Playing – 16 – Baldur’s Gate 3 with Jonathan
Currently Playing is a show where Daniel talks to friends about games they’re playing at the moment. Every month a new guest is on to talk about what they like and maybe don’t like about a game they’re right in the middle of. In a running segment, the guests will talk about a game Daniel had been challenged to play…
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Maximum Utcast – 07 – Shantae Advances the WayForward into Our Hearts and Minds
Maximum Utcast is the flagship podcast for this blog where Zoey and Jonathan talk about videogame news and opinions in a free-wheeling format. Regular segments include discussion of kusoge as well as interviews with people involved in videogames from news writers and game developers to enthusiasts. On this thicc episode of the Maximum Utcast, Jonathan interviews Matt Bozon and Michael…
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Final Fantasy Legend of the Crystals (with Guest Elsa Farron) – Spin-Offs Classic
The Spin-Off crew journeys deep into the archives of the Final Fantasy universe for a canonical sequel to Final Fantasy V, taking place 200 years after the events of the game and largely re-telling the same story in anime form. Joined by our senior Final Fantasy correspondent Elsa Farron, we discuss the OVA’s great design and animation and some very…
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UFO 50, A Game of Games – Talking to My Boy About Videogames 15
Jonathan and Ryan dive deep into the world of UFO 50, but only after a few stops along the way to talk about Among Us, cats, and Iron Mike Sharpe. Later, Ryan thinks he might be nerdy for hoarding some Minecraft soda. But what makes something nerdy? Can videogames be helpful at teaching life lessons? And did I mention the…
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Maximum Utcast – 06 – This Podcast is Educational
Maximum Utcast is the flagship podcast for this blog where Zoey and Jonathan talk about videogame news and opinions in a free-wheeling format. Regular segments include discussion of kusoge as well as interviews with people involved in videogames from news writers and game developers to enthusiasts. What does it mean to be you in a world of false memories? This…
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The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening – Lynchian Analysis on “Fix Your Heart or Die!”
We’re teaming up with our friends over at the show “Fix Your Heart or Die!” to present to the Maximum Utmost fanbase the first two episodes of this Lynchian podcast series that seeks to examine media that was influenced by Twin Peaks and also David Lynch more generally. These two episodes are available where ever you get podcasts and they…
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Currently Playing – 15 – World of Warcraft with Evan Hilliard
Currently Playing is a show where Daniel talks to friends about games they’re playing at the moment. Every month a new guest is on to talk about what they like and maybe don’t like about a game they’re right in the middle of. In a running segment, the guests will talk about a game Daniel had been challenged to play…
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Maximum Utcast – 05 – Modern Love
Maximum Utcast is the flagship podcast for this blog where Zoey and Jonathan talk about videogame news and opinions in a free-wheeling format. Regular segments include discussion of kusoge as well as interviews with people involved in videogames from news writers and game developers to enthusiasts. Love is in the air on this episode of the Maximum Utcast. We find…
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Are Toys More Exciting Than Videogames? – Talking to My Boy About Videogames 14
Jonathan and Ryan react to the latest Nintendo Direct which had a lot of Pokemon news, a lot of Amiibo news, and strangely enough, a lot of Virtual Boy news. Despite the newness of the news though, Jonathan seems to think it was mostly old stuff that’s not new or exciting, but still kinda cool. Jonathan is also incapable of…
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Maximum Utcast – 04 – Flat Butts, Borderlands Struts, and Malibu is Cut
Maximum Utcast is the flagship podcast for this blog where Zoey and Jonathan talk about videogame news and opinions in a free-wheeling format. Regular segments include discussion of kusoge as well as interviews with people involved in videogames from news writers and game developers to enthusiasts. If you’re tired of magazines, you might be suffering from debilitating Mix-a-Lot-ism, a newly…