This week, we're chatting about fighting games and the weird spot they find themselves in recent years.
Games Mentioned:

• Street Fighter 6
• Street Fighter V
• Street Fighter IV
• Street Fighter III: Third Strike HD
• Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
• Tekken 8
• Tekken 6
• Marvel vs Capcom 3
• Marvel vs Capcom 2
• Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom
• Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls
• Dragon Ball FighterZ
• Granblue Fantasy VS
• Melty Blood: Type Lumina
• Melty Blood: Twi-Lumina
• Guilty Gear STRIVE
• Super Smash Bros.
• Avatar Legends The Fighting Game
• Hunter x Hunter Nen Impact
• Invincible Vs
• 2XKO
• BlazBlue Centralfiction

Recommendations:

• TK: Go play some TTRPGs
• Ashley: Diversify your media mediums

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Chapters:

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:46) - Community Updates
• (02:03) - Channel Highlihgt: Genre-Platform-Chat > Fighters
• (02:54) - Fighting Games!
• (03:12) - What's going on lately?
• (03:41) - This year's weird releases
• (04:10) - 2XKO
• (06:23) - Invincible Vs
• (07:24) - Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls
• (12:33) - Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game
• (19:43) - Street Fighter 5 stumbled so Street Fighter 6 could fly
• (20:55) - Old games are coming back
• (27:47) - Pro-level and tournaments are weird now.
• (32:58) - What games are sticking?
• (40:29) - Recommendation
• (40:31) - TK: Go play some TTRPGs
• (42:02) - Ashley: Diversity your media mediums
• (43:45) - Outro

This week, we're talking all about the Powerhouse of the PlayStation that is Parasite Eve!
Games Mentioned:

• Parasite Eve
• Parasite Eve II
• Parasite Eve: The Third Birthday
• Street Fighter 6
• Final Fantasy 7
• Final Fantasy 8
• Vagrant Story

Recommendations:

• Ashley: Go to Fighting Game Events
• Jared: Go to Live Podcast Recordings
• TK: Play the Cryptid mod for Balatro

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Chapters:

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:52) - community Updates
• (02:31) - Channel Highlight: Genre-Platform-Chat > Retro Emulation
• (04:20) - Theme of Mitochondria
• (04:42) - Parasite Eve Initial Impressions
• (05:33) - Hot Stats, sponsored by Video Game Podtimism
• (06:51) - Aya Brea My Beloved
• (08:09) - This Game Can Be Bullshit (Sometimes)
• (09:20) - This Game Deserves A Loving Remaster/Port
• (11:15) - What Even Is This Game Anyway?
• (20:52) - The Story
• (23:55) - Slow Metabolism
• (26:02) - The Availability of Guns and Ammo in NYC is Craaaaaazy
• (29:44) - Spoilers
• (44:34) - Closing Thoughts
• (48:00) - Recommendations!
• (48:05) - Ashley:Go to Fighting Game Events!
• (51:23) - Jared: Go to Live Podcast Recordings
• (53:16) - TK: The Cryptid Balatro Mod
• (58:04) - Slay the Spire Haters
• (59:58) - Outro

This week, we have fresh spouse content for you. Emily joins TK to talk about Stay Tooned! and Myst III: Exile.
Games Mentioned:

• Myst
• Riven: The Sequel to Myst
• Myst III: Exile
• Myst V: End of Ages
• Stay Tooned!
• Pokemon Gold and Silver

Recommendations:

• Emily: Go buy cheap seasonal art supplies and do crafts!
• TK: Pokemon Heart & Soul romhack

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Chapters:

• (00:00) - Intro
• (01:01) - Community Updates
• (02:10) - Channel Highlight: Genre Platform Chat: Handheld General
• (03:05) - A Pair of Point 'n' Clicks
• (03:28) - Stay Tooned!
• (26:58) - Myst III: Exile
• (55:00) - Recommendations!
• (55:04) - Emily: Go get some art supplies anddo crafty things!
• (56:18) - TK: Pokemon Heart & Soul
• (58:48) - Send us your Parasite Eve thoughts!
• (59:15) - Outro

This week, we welcome Ashley as the newest host of the show!
Games Mentioned:

• Rollerdrome
• Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave
• Metroid: Zero Mission
• Metroid Fusion
• Metroid Prime
• Metroid Dread
• Metroid Ravenous
• Vagrant Story
• Fields of Mistria
• Parasite Eve
• Myst III: Exile
• Stay Tooned!
• Metal Gear Solid
• Chrono Trigger
• Final Fantasy Tactics
• Final Fantasy XII
• Power Wash Simulator
• Fields of Mistria
• Tomodachi Life
• Final Fantasy Resonant
• Castlevania: Belmont's Curse
• Octopath Traveler 0
• Granblue Fantasy Relink
• Dragalia Lost
• Honkai Star Rail
• Neir Reincarnation
• Another Eden Begins
• Dragon Sword Awakening
• Fire Emblem Heroes
• Fire Emblem Three Houses
• Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon
• Fire Emblem Engage
• Dark Diety

Recommendations:

• Ashley: Go to an art museum!
• Jared: Pokemon Re: Alpha Sapphire
• TK: Go see the fall colors!

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Chapters:

• (00:00) - Intro
• (02:07) - Community Updates
• (05:03) - Channel Highlight: That One Game: Fire Emblem
• (09:18) - (Re)introducing Ashley!
• (10:07) - A bit of Metroid, for flavor
• (18:06) - Vagrant Story
• (29:32) - Fields of Mistria
• (32:45) - This part of the year is just fucked up, right?
• (33:08) - Turn more gacha games into full games
• (36:02) - Another pitch for Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon
• (39:09) - Recommendations!
• (39:19) - Ashley: Visit an art museum
• (40:51) - Jared: Pokemon Re: Alpha Sapphire
• (44:20) - TK: Go see the fall colors!
• (45:56) - Jared brings it down
• (46:07) - Outro

This week, we're talking all about the Summer Games Challenge with Matt, Kit, and Andy

Recommendations:

• Kit: Chilichuck's Inferno by All My Heroes Are Deaf
• Matt: Spanish Boost Gaming
• Andy: Play a Legacy board game with friends
• TK: The Grail Method of journaling in a pocket notebook (The video does oversell it, but I have genuinely enjoyed it.)

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Chapters:

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:56) - Community Updates
• (04:28) - Channel Highlight: Games of 2026
• (05:10) - The origins of the challenge
• (07:24) - How did we do?
• (10:18) - Strategy for completing the challenge
• (12:38) - Matt's List
• (13:06) - Kit's List
• (13:56) - TK's List
• (14:57) - What did we finish?
• (20:13) - A New Challenger! Andy joins the show!
• (27:15) - Would you change anything about the challenge for next year?
• (45:51) - Closing Thoughts
• (51:02) - Recommendations!
• (51:07) - Kit: Chilichuck's Inferno by All my heroes are deaf
• (53:46) - Matt: Spanish Boost Gaming
• (55:11) - Andy Play a Legacy Boardgame with friends!
• (58:04) - TK: The Grail Method
• (01:00:27) - Outro

This week, TK is joined by Richard, Tony, and Louis, three developers who submitted games to The Worst Game Jam 5!
Games Mentioned:

• P.S. I Have A Bazooka
• Zooks the Mummy
• P.S. Bazooka
• Bazooka Witch
• Devil Drive Polaris
• Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave
• Banjo Kazooie
• Bathed in Rainbows
• Man, I Hate Fishing
• Swords and Sapphics
• Beneath the Shady Tree

Recommendations:

Richard: Dinoblade
Tony: Prime Monster, Sol Cesto
Louis: Cheese is the Reason, Eye of the Duck's Studio Ghibli miniseries
TK: Z.A.T.O. I Love the World and Everything in it

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Chapters:

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:59) - Community Updates
• (01:44) - Channel Highlight: The Worst Community > The Worst Game Jam
• (02:21) - The Worst Game Jam 5!
• (06:01) - What was your initial reaction to the jame theme?
• (14:53) - TK gets sidetracked
• (19:27) - Jared: How hard was it to fit a bazooka into your game?
• (24:10) - Okay but back to that other question though
• (29:57) - UnbiasedFanboy: Has anyone or anything from the server inspired you?
• (39:53) - Bibulous: What games would benefit from the inclusion of a Bazooka?
• (43:34) - Bibulous: What other TWG episode titles would be good Jam prompts?
• (45:30) - Bibulous: If you had one more day, what would you have added?
• (49:47) - The Worst Game Jam 6 is January 15-24!
• (50:54) - Recommendations
• (50:59) - Richard: Dino Blade
• (52:45) - Tony: Prime Monster
• (53:12) - Tony: Sol Cesto
• (54:11) - Louis: Cheese is the Reason
• (54:58) - Louis: Eye of the Duck's Studio Ghibli miniseries
• (56:45) - TK: Z. A. T. O. I Love the World and Everything in it
• (58:06) - Outro

This week, we've got Rob and Cassie on to talk about new farming simulation sensation Fields of Mistria!

Recommendations:

• Cassie: Watch the Sopranos!
• Rob: Watch The Jury and The Jury Season 2 (also do your jury duty, but that's not the recommendation)
• Jared: Grow your own produce!
• TK: Play the Game Jam entries!

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Chapters:

• (00:00) - Intro
• (01:20) - Community Updates
• (02:02) - Channel Highlight: That One Game > Fields of Mistria
• (02:58) - Fields of Mistria!
• (03:25) - So what is this thing anyway?
• (07:10) - How much have we played?
• (11:45) - First impressions
• (27:18) - The game feels alive!
• (32:40) - Favorite multi-character dialogue
• (42:06) - Who ya gonna smooch?
• (48:55) - Questions from you!
• (49:17) - Matt: Why do all farm sims look like that?
• (54:05) - Andy: How has Mistria changed your farm sim experience?
• (55:45) - AJ F: Did you know Neverway is a farming sim?
• (56:51) - Mack: What Fields of Mistria character should be added to Smash Bros?
• (01:00:28) - A few from AJ
• (01:00:55) - AJ: Do you min-max the fun out of Mistria?
• (01:15:52) - AJ: favorite characters? oh wait we already did this one. Least favorite characters?
• (01:20:05) - Recommendations!
• (01:20:10) - Cassie: The Sopranos
• (01:23:23) - Rob: Jury Duty and Jury Duty: The Company Retreat
• (01:27:58) - Jared: Grow your own food!
• (01:31:09) - TK: Go play the game jam entries!
• (01:31:41) - Outro

This week, we're talking all about some medical issues facing us, real humans on the internet. Thanks to Andy, Alie, and Mike for coming on to talk about these afflictions!

Content Warning: Symptoms and treatments of celiac, cancer, tourette's and glauchoma, including intestinal parasites and eye surgery.

Nothing we say on this episode constitutes medical advice. If you have any symptoms that are worrying you, seek the help of a medical professional.

Recommendations:

• Alie: Dungeon Crawler Carl, Inscryption
• Andy: Granblue Fantasy Relink: Endless Ragnarok
• Mike: How to Make a Video Game: Godot Beginner Tutorial by Brackeys
• TK: Listen to more Mike and Alie on Cthulhu Con and Bequest at Skull and Scones!

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Chapters:

• (00:00) - Content Warning
• (01:20) - Intro
• (03:35) - Community Updates
• (05:30) - Channel Highlight: Life Updates in Let's Talk!
• (06:13) - Medical Segment!
• (06:18) - Introducing the topics
• (10:19) - Some notes on being open about a diagnosis
• (11:34) - Alie & Mike: Celiac Disease
• (18:40) - Enter the Worms
• (20:35) - DON'T INFECT YOURSELF WITH HOOKWORM. WE ARE NOT DOCTORS
• (23:22) - Andy: Chronic Myelogenous (or Myeloid) Leukemia (CML)
• (38:06) - Mike: Tourette's
• (42:36) - TK: Glauchoma
• (53:06) - Recommendations
• (53:12) - Alie: Dungeon Crawler Carl and Inscryption
• (55:31) - Andy: Granblue Fantasy Relink: Endless Ragnarok
• (58:34) - Mike: How to Make a Video Game: Godot Beginner Tutorial by Brackeys on YouTube
• (01:00:18) - TK: Skull & Scones
• (01:02:17) - Outro