Podcast

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 – Ryan and Jonathan Returning from PAX!
0:01:18 – Another Episode of “Fidgety Ryan”
0:02:01 – The Least Videogame-y PAX Ever
0:03:09 – The Best PAX I’ve Ever Had
0:04:06 – PAX Gamera (Gamer Peace)
0:05:43 – Why Would There Be Jerks at PAX?
0:07:52 – Aniimo: Fake Pokemon
0:09:13 – Actually Important Part: Pokemon Champions
0:13:16 – Not Much to Say About PAX
0:14:17 – An Ugly Tomodachi Life with Adodo
0:15:10 – Grinding: The Greatest Thing Ever
0:17:09 – Cat Morphology Report
0:19:15 – Digital F.R.I.E.N.D.S.
0:22:45 – We Live in a Society, The Game
0:25:37 – Double Crackers, Double Crappers
0:26:53 – Pokopia: Becoming Friends with Your Computer Generated Videogame Consoles
0:30:02 – Jonathan and Tanya’s Rhythm Heaven Cosplay Experience
0:32:51 – Ryan’s Cosplay Idea for Next Year
0:33:49 – Final Scores
0:35:00 – Wrap Up/Plugs

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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.