This week, we talk about what has us excited from Summer Games Fest!
Games Mentioned:

• StarFox (2026)
• Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
• Fire Emblem: Engage
• Fire Emblem: Three Houses
• Xenoblade Chronicles 1-3 Definitive Edition
• Xenoblade Chronicles Genesis
• Carcass Clad
• Black Jacket
• Final Fantasy Resonance
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (2026)
• Forbidden Solitaire
• Thief: The Dark Project Remastered
• System Shock Remastered
• System Shock 2 Remastered
• Octopath Traveler 0
• Dragon Quest X offline
• Dragon Quest X
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
• Fields of Mistria
• Unreal Tournament 2004
• Soma Bringer
• Some Puzzles

Recommendations:

• The big spreadsheet of SGF games
• Overworld.vg is a Very Good Website
• Jared: find and eat some good falafel and hummus near you.
• TK: Listen to The Eye of the Duck's Lord of the Rings season then watch the movies.

Do you want to come on the show? Do you have something you'd love to hear us talk about? Send us an email at hi@twcr-radio.online

Chapters:

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:58) - Community Updates
• (03:26) - Channel Highlight: Games Events > Summer Game Fest 2026
• (04:31) - Summer Games Fest!
• (06:40) - Jared: The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time Remake
• (19:56) - TK: Some Puzzles
• (22:49) - Jared: Final Fantasy Resonance
• (35:54) - TK: Thief: The Dark Project Remaster
• (38:30) - Jared: Xenoblade 1-3 Definitive Editions and Genesis
• (44:48) - TK: Carcass Clad
• (46:59) - Jared: Fields of Mistria 1.0
• (50:25) - TK: Black Jacket
• (53:21) - Shoutout to Overworld.vg
• (57:34) - Recommendations
• (57:38) - Jared: Find good falafel and hummus near you
• (59:03) - TK: Listen to Eye of the Duck's Lord of the Rings season then watch the movies
• (01:03:21) - Outro

This week, we celebrate our one year anniversary of being a show!

As always, if you are interested in coming on the show, please send us a message on Discord or use the contact page!

Games Mentioned:

• The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy
• Final Fantasy (Series)
• Planetarian HD
• CrossCode
• Alabaster Dawn
• Fields of Mistria
• Mina the Hollower
• Caves of Qud
• Final Fantasy XIII

Bluzo's Visual Novels recs:

• Echo
• A Harder Day's Night
• Perfect Tritone

The Worst Webring

• Read The Documentation
• Let TK know your site name, what you prefer to be called in the webring, and your site's URL to join.

Recommendations:

• Bluzo: Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
• Jared: Make a podcast with "strangers" on the internet!
• TK: Read Golden Kamuy by Satoru Noda

Chapters:

• (00:00) - Intro
• (01:26) - Community Updates
• (02:39) - Channel Highlihgt: It's Media > Music and Podcasts > The Worst Community Report
• (04:03) - The show is a year old!
• (04:57) - Bluzo's announcement
• (06:53) - Who is the guestiest guest?
• (07:43) - Hot Stats
• (14:24) - Questions!
• (14:31) - Mack: How has the year been?
• (17:09) - Chase: What was your favorite episode so far?
• (23:37) - Katie: What episode topics would you like to cover in the future?
• (31:52) - Jared: Did you really think this would go for a year?
• (35:34) - TK: What's been your favorite recommendation?
• (37:48) - What have we been up to?
• (38:09) - BLUZO IN: ~Visual Novel Land~
• (42:09) - TK: Crosscode
• (44:57) - TK: The Worst Webring
• (47:26) - Jared: Mina the Hollower
• (51:37) - Pale Fire by Valdimir Nabokov
• (53:38) - Jared: Make a podcast with "strangers" on the internet.
• (54:45) - TK: Read Golden Kamuy
• (56:23) - Outro

This week, we have special guests Stephen from Into the Aether and Ashley on to talk about Final Fantasy!
Games Mentioned:

• Final Fantasy (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, Dirge of Cerberus, Dissidia)
• Octopath Traveler (0, 1, 2)
• Pokemon
• Shin Megami Tensei
• Etrian Odyssey
• Unicorn Overlord
• Dragon Quest
• Bravely Default
• Romancing SaGa 1&2
• Super Smash Bros.
• Kingdom Hearts
• Fortnite
• Resident Evil
• Dark Souls Remastered
• Voice of Cards
• Caves of Qud
• Guilty Gear Xrd
• Street Fighter 6
• Guilty Gear Accent Core +R

The Final Fantasy Tomodachi Island

• Tidus
• Tifa
• Steiner
• Vivi
• Leon (From KH1)
• Sephiroth
• Sezh
• Auron
• Galuf
• Selphie

Recommendations:

• Ashley: All Elite Wrestling
• Stephen: Learn something completely new! (and play guilty gear)
• Jared: Join a Discord for a specific game
• TK: No One Can Know About This: A podcast where they play every Final Fantasy

Chapters:

• (01:04) - Intro
• (03:18) - We dox Stephen as a treat
• (04:18) - Jared's Special Announcement!
• (04:49) - Community Updates
• (08:22) - Channel Highlight: That One Game > Final Fantasy
• (09:39) - The Final-est of Fantasies
• (09:52) - Our Tragic Backstory
• (25:45) - What makes Final Fantasy Final Fantasy?
• (31:31) - Where Do You Even Start?
• (43:33) - Jackie: What's up with FF16?
• (47:58) - Jackie: What is the most underrated Final Fantasy?
• (01:01:26) - Andy: Build a Tomodachi Life Island with FF Characters
• (01:06:29) - Recommendations!
• (01:06:37) - Ashley: All Elite Wrestling
• (01:08:40) - Stephen: Learn something completely new!
• (01:11:00) - Jared: Join a discord server for a specific game
• (01:13:10) - TK: No One Can Know About This
• (01:14:45) - Outro

This week, we're talking all about Golden Kamuy! We're talking about the first 35 or so chapters. We highly highly recommend the series, so read it!
Recommendations:

• Bluzo: Read books!
• TK: Tkaixiang's fork of MarkText

Chapters:

• (00:18) - Intro
• (01:22) - Community Updates
• (02:01) - Channel Highlight: It's Media > books-manga-and-anime > Manga and Anime
• (03:40) - Golden Kamuy!
• (03:55) - Introduction, Tone, and Content
• (11:37) - Structure and Care
• (16:29) - The Little Freaks and their Factions
• (28:57) - Identity
• (35:39) - Gruesome scenes are funny
• (41:56) - My Hunter's Spirit is Throbbing
• (52:14) - This si really good!
• (54:38) - Recommendations!
• (54:44) - Bluzo: Reading!
• (57:19) - TK: Tkaixiang's fork of MarkText
• (58:29) - Outro

A quick programming note for TWCR:

Moving forward, we're going to be reducing our publication cadence to twice a month. This is intended to allow us to put more care and attention into the show per episode and will make finding topics and guests easier for us. There may be times where we might do additional episodes in a given month, but two is all we will promise at this stage.

Thank you so much for listening!

This week, we talk with Emily and Jackie about video game adaptations in film, TV, and animation!

Movies & TV Shows Mentioned:

• Super Mario Bros.
• The Super Mario Bros Movie
• The Super Mario Bros Galaxy Movie
• Sonic the Hedgehog
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3
• The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
• Sonic X
• Iron Lung
• Exit 8
• Resident Evil
• Fallout
• Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
• A Minecraft Movie
• Return to Silent Hill
• Silent Hill
• Persona 4 The Animation
• Persona 5 The Animation
• Persona 3 The Movie 1 Spring of Birth
• Persona 3 The Movie 2 Midsummer Knight's Dream
• Persona 3 The Movie 3 Falling Down
• Persona 3 The Movie 4 Winter of Rebirth
• Pokemon
• Detective Pikachu
• Danganronpa
• Danganronpa 3
• The Legend of Zelda Movie
• Street Fighter
• The Angry Birds Movie
• Until Dawn
• Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker
• Dragon Age Redemption
• The Mortuary Assistant
• Outlast
• Mortal Kombat
• Street Fighter The Movie

Games Mentioned:

• Super Mario Galaxy
• Super Mario Galaxy 2
• Sonic the Hedgehog
• The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
• Fallout 1
• Fallout 3
• Exit 8
• Platform 8
• Iron Lung
• Minecraft
• Resident Evil
• Silent Hill
• Silent Hill 2
• Overwatch
• Outlast
• Outlast Trials
• Dredge
• Pacific Drive
• Detective Pikachu
• Danganronpa 2
• Danganronpa V3
• Danganronpa 2x2
• Street Fighter
• BioShock
• Bomberman 64
• Disco Elysium

Recommendations:

• Jackie - Final Girl
• Emily - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
• TK - Low Tech Magazine
• Jared - The Secret Lives of Games's series on Caves of Qud

Chapters:

• (00:00) - Intro
• (01:32) - Community Updates
• (04:08) - Channel Highlight: It's Media! > Film and Video > Film General
• (05:52) - This Ain't No Game!
• (08:36) - What has been your experience of the latest wave of adaptations?
• (17:35) - What can adaptations do to be successful?
• (35:04) - What game would you like to see adapted?
• (46:36) - Recommendations
• (46:41) - Jackie: Final Girl
• (49:41) - Emily: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
• (52:08) - TK: Low Tech Magazine
• (53:33) - Jared: The Secret Lives of Games's series on Caves of Qud
• (56:13) - Outro

This week, we're talking fighting games with Ashley and Poke!
Games Mentioned:

• Street Fighter 6
• Super Smash Bros.
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl
• Super Smash Bros. Melee
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
• Project M
• Brawl -
• Skullgirls
• Guilty Gear Strive
• Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R
• Melty Blood: Type Lumina
• Super Street Fighter 4
• Marvel vs Capcom 3
• Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls
• Them's Fightin' Herds
• Pokken Tournament
• Soul Calibur II
• Soul Calibur III
• Soul Calibur IV
• Soul Calibur V
• Soul Calibur VI
• Mortal Kombat
• Street Fighter II
• Street Fighter II`
• Super Street Fighter II
• Super Street Fighter II Turbo
• Street Fighter II Champion Edition
• BlazBlue
• Dragon Ball FighterZ
• Persona 4 Arena
• BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
• Guilty Gear Xrd
• Pokemon: Close Combat
• Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising
• Virtua Fighter 5
• Footsies
• Lethal League
• Divekick
• Stickfight: The Game
• Your Only Move Is Hustle
• Labyrinth.OS
• Last Gasp
• Esoteric Ebb
• Caves of Qud

Recommendations:
Ashley

• Labyrinth.OS by Dataerase
• Last Gasp by Ashley!

Poke

• Skullgirls
• Esoteric Ebb

Jared

• Touch Grass

TK

• Caves of Qud

Chapters:

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:58) - Community Updates
• (02:00) - Channel Highlight: Video Games > Genre-Platform-Chat > Fighters
• (02:50) - Fighting Games!
• (03:24) - What is your experience with fighting games?
• (08:08) - What drew you into this genre of games?
• (14:28) - Is there a game you wish had a bigger community?
• (26:51) - What's a good entry point to the genre these days?
• (35:16) - Joke Fighting Games?
• (37:35) - Favorite controller for fighting games
• (41:28) - Jared utters a curse
• (42:47) - Recommendations!
• (42:58) - Ashley: Labyrinth.OS
• (43:34) - Ashley: Last Gasp
• (45:16) - Poke: Skullgirls
• (46:19) - Poke: Esoteric Ebb
• (47:50) - Jared: Touch Grass
• (49:12) - TK: Caves of Qud
• (51:39) - Outro

This week TK and Jared discuss their backlogs and clearing them out for Spring!
Games Mentioned:

• Caves of Qud
• Persona 4 Golden
• Persona 3 Portable
• Persona 5 Royal
• Fields of Mistria
• Spiritfarer
• Yakuza 0
• Yakuza Like a Dragon
• Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth
• Metroid Prime Remastered
• Final Fantasy X/X-2 Collection
• Lord of the Rings: Shadow of Mordor
• Harvestella
• Marvel's Midnight Suns
• Mass Effect: Legendary Edition
• Undertale
• Batman: ARkham Asylum
• Control
• Hi-Fi Rush
• Going Under
• Blasphemous

Recommendations
Jared:

• Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
• Don't touch poison ivy.

TK:

• Human.json
• One Piece
• Kindle Comic Converter

Chapters:

• (00:00) - Intro
• (01:05) - The Failability of Scheduling
• (05:19) - Community Updates
• (06:12) - Channel Highlight: Tech Chat > Website Workshop
• (08:31) - We Have Fun Here
• (09:07) - Backlogs!
• (11:38) - Andy: How do You Keep Track of Your Backlog?
• (20:05) - When do You Check off Games on Your Backlog?
• (25:11) - Mack: Do You Keep Emulated Games in Your Backlog?
• (30:40) - Matt: Backlogs Get Hate for Structuring Fun
• (36:33) - Phil: But Can I Make the Games into Content?
• (40:29) - Emmy: Digging Through the Steam Sale-Fueled Backlog. No Regrets!
• (42:51) - Do You Abandon a Game Without Booting it Up?
• (47:24) - Final Thoughts
• (51:15) - Recommendations!
• (51:59) - Jared: Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
• (54:47) - Jared: Don't Touch Poison Ivy
• (57:14) - Human.json
• (01:01:41) - TK: One Piece?
• (01:05:18) - TK: Kindle Comics Converter
• (01:06:29) - Outro