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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 World. The Power Team also stops by to help us deal with some surf (blank) who must die, and we lament the passing of Yoshihisa Kishimoto, creator of Double Dragon, River City Girls, and many more games.

0:00:00 – Surf (blank) Must Die
0:06:09 – Constant Effusive Praise for Metal Slug
0:21:47 – Too Man/Not Enough Beat ‘Em Ups
0:23:18 – Death of a Dragon (RIP Yoshihisa Kishimoto)
0:34:46 – A 10 Year Old’s Guide to Gender Politics
0:37:25 – Out Run –> Out Runners –> Cool Riders
0:45:38 – Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World
0:47:24 – The Weirdness is Gone
0:48:55 – Video Power/Power Team
0:51:22 – Wrap Up/Plugs/Thanks Patrons!

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Daniel is a podcast producer and musician who spends way too much time in the edit to make audio sound as good as possible. He’s cutting the “umms” and “uhhhs” and replacing them with cartoon sound effects. His taste in video games is often extremely specific, and he’s recently learned that a lot of his opinions about video games are bad and wrong, but that won’t stop him from having them. His music was featured in Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons. He's been producing podcasts since 2021.