This week the Utcast invents the hottest new IP that will sweep the nation in the summer of 2027, so run, don’t walk, to your nearest theater and demand a ticket to Spurgles 2: The Spurgles Cum Back. Later we talk at length about Castlevania, both with regards to the new one and more broadly about what makes a Castlevania…

With the new Castlevania game (Belmont’s Curse) right around the corner, what does Jonathan think of the demo? Can he scream about it with his working mouth or will he just politely chat? And how much overlap is there in the interests of our hosts? We go in depth on Castlevania discussions before hopping around to the Legend of Zelda:…

It’s two weeks of back to back Utcasts as we mix things up to go goofy-mode on your asses. We’re talking about the Ocarina of Time Remake, Torneko’s Mystery Dungeon, Chibi Robo, Mega Man, and more. Later, CurtDogg stops by to reminisce about old times with Destructoid live events plus tell us a bit about his own live events and…

This episode, we’re carrying forward things that you’re thinking about, which is to say we’re talking about a bunch of old weird stuff. Remember when the rights to Dick Tracy were the hottest topic of the day? How about when Final Fantasy became a gacha phone game but then removed all of that stuff? We also reminisce about when video…

On this most Maximum of Utted-casts, Jonathan takes us on a grand tour of random pop culture before opening the discussion to a case of covering up potential bigotry in the video game world. Is the purple Pikmin racist or beloved? Later, our friend Lily Valeen stops by to talk about how her identity informs her work on her games…

How many ways can you die in a mechanic simulator? What year did the Wii and PS3 actually come out? And what’s the best way to deal with fascism? These questions and many more might be answered on this jam packed episode of the Maximum Utcast! Later, Jonathan is joined by Sean Velasco, Alec Faulkner, and Nick Wozniak of Yacht…

We’ve been at it a year and somehow it feels like we’ve only just begun! On this special episode of the Maximum Utcast, we learn about Friendslop, meatslop, and maybe some non-stoppable rhythm? John-Charles Holmes of Nintendo Force and The Yetee stops by to talk about the history of the Rhythm Heaven series and how the new game, Rhythm Heaven…

On today’s Utcast, we discover the bulge that’s blocking men in 2026 before releasing the green slime origin on everybody. Later Zoey talks to the newest Maximum Utmost writer and furry expert Zalno about the complicated relationships that the StarFox fan community has with the series. Along the way, we reminisce about the N64, learn about Rhythm Heaven Groove, and…

Take a walk on the wild side with the Maximum Utcast as we tour through the menagerie of exotic beasts. We talk mildly about GTA6 and wildly about Red Dead Redemption 2’s horse ball physics before opening the floor to a great debate about the N64 vs. the PS1. Later, the state of the Atari Lynx is discussed and we…

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…