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Maximum Utcast – 14 – In The Land of the Babes, the Riot Grrrls Are Queens
We’re keeping warm this winter by talking about videogames so pour a cup of cocoa and hear a bunch of thoughts on strategies for staying alive! Zoey also gives us another Duke Nukem Report, this time about “Land of the Babes,” the blocky Duke Nukem game for PS1 from the far flung future year of 2000! Sarah Carapace comes back…
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Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach! (with Guest Laura Kate Dale) – Spin-Offs Classic
Did you know there was a Super Mario Bros. movie before the one everyone knows about? No, not that one! Yeah, this one, available as a dubiously legal fan dub with 4k upscaling! Nearly seven years before the infamous flop from the Max Headroom creators caused Nintendo to swear off film adaptations for 30 years, they graced Japanese audiences with…
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Currently Playing – 19 – Mario Kart World with Kelsey Powers
This month’s Currently Playing sees Daniel joined in his home studio by Kelsey Powers, a film and TV producer who has worked on Fear the Walking Dead as well as several projects for her production company Cosmic Frozen Pizza like 2024’s award winning short film Picture Car. Daniel and Kelsey talk quite a bit about Mario Kart World and how…
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Maximum Utcast – 13 – Sexy Adventure Games and GOTY ’25
Maximum Utcast returns to talk about everyone’s favorite character Mike Haggar! Then Zoey and Jonathan share their game of the year picks for 2025 before diving into the deep end of point and click adventure games with illustrator Sarah Carapace. After the show wraps we have a few extra bonus features as always so stay tuned for some of the…
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Talking to My Boy About Videogames – 18 – We Hate AI But Love Robots
On this unhinged episode of Talking to My Boy about Videogames, Ryan accuses Jonathan of being famous and therefore knowing how to get good graphics in video games, AI is mocked at the Wendy’s drivethrough, and as always, cats abound. The Boys talk about Dead Cells, Hello Neighbor, Kirby Air Riders, Megaman, and Terminator 2: No Fate, along with a…
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Maximum Utcast – 12 – Are Hades 2 and Fire Emblem Bootylicious Enough for Duke Nukem?
As the year comes to a close we’re opening up the floodgates of information on the lost entry in the Duke Nukem franchise, Duke Nukem: D-Day, the canceled game that nearly was and never will be. Zoey becomes an interactive Duke-ipedia of information as we dig deep into the connective tissue of the games industry, bouncing like a pinball between…
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Currently Playing – 18 – Sektori and Logic Bombs with Declan
Declan joins us to talk about gaming with ADHD and how that can impact their hobby in unique and interesting ways. While they aren’t maintaining their video gaming profile all that much, they have discovered Sektori (twin stick space shooter) and Logic Bombs (Game Boy compatible logic game) which both work overtime to keep Declan’s attention in two completely different…
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The Kongo Bongo Festival of Lights – The Spin-Off Doctors Spin-Off
This post is a part of the Spin-Off Doctors Spin-Off series. The Spin-Off Squad is booking a tropical vacation this holiday season to Kongo Bongo Island as we learn about the local customs and perhaps get to the bottom of some burning Donkey Kong lore questions that have been debated by Kong scholars for 45 years. The show’s side characters…
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Maximum Utcast – 11 – Horny Past, Personality-Free Present, Grim Future
On a freewheeling episode of the Maximum Utcast we’re talking about The Game Awards! The Industry! Puberty! Sexy Tingle! And so much more! Abram Buehner of Lost In Cult hangs out with Jonathan to talk about the role of physical media in an increasingly digital world, plus we get plenty of stray thoughts about Batman, Metroid Prime 4, Spy Hunter,…
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Changing The Game – Talking to My Boy About Videogames 17
Do you want more of the same or things to be vastly different? It’s the question central to today’s episode of Talking to My Boy About Videogames where Jonathan and Ryan look at Metroid Prime 4: Beyond and Blippo+, two games set on alien worlds that introduce the audience to their setting through exploration and perception. Elsewhere in the episode,…
