What was your favourite game of 2008? Was it Mario Kart Wii? Smash Bros Brawl? Perhaps GTA IV?

Buried among those classics was the little-played Wario Land: Shake It! which brought back the treasure-hunting, garlic-chomping version of everyone's favourite antihero coupled with new motion controls, an incredible hand-drawn art style and even fan-favourite Captain Syrup. Seems like a slam dunk - so why is it that this platforming classic doesn't seem to be as fondly remembered as everything else on the best selling console of the era?

And joining me today is Russ Moran from the Kaiju ComicCast, who loves a villain because he would never dream of being one. You can check out KaijuComicCast on all you podcasting apps and give them a follow on Instagram and Bluesky! I've even guested on a few eps including a recent deep dive on my book Go-Man!

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Before the Bananza... before the Country... there was simply... Donkey Kong!

That's right, today we are discussing the 1994 sequel (or remake?) to the original arcade classic Donkey Kong!

We'll be chatting back-flipping Mario's, the revolutionary addition of adding a tie to a gorilla and whether being actually realise this game has 101 extremely different and difficult levels in it?

And joining me today is the comics and video-game writer Daniel Barnes, (aka Danny8Bit) who has had a hand shaping the official Sonic comics, wrote a legendary Mario fan comic and is currently the kickstarting is incredible cross-media universe project ENDLESS FANTASIA!

Please check it out and consider donating here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/206565177/endless-fantasia

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"It's-a-me! Mario!" Those famous words spoken aloud for the very first time! It can only be Super Mario 64!

It's time to discuss what is still ranked as one of the greatest games of all time. Does it still hold up? We talk school yard secrets, castle mysteries, Mario's VOICE and whether or not we'll ever get that true Super Mario 64 2.

And continuing our Glitterjaw run, I am joined by the fabulous David Arnold aka @dmuma on social media! You'll have heard them on Gimmicks, Are You My Mother? and Fear-Coded!!

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