We're back! This month, I'm joined by Ryan Boyd of the Rank and Vile podcast and we discuss Mortal Kombat's recent trend of including horror icons in their casts. We talk a little psychology, a little game design, and generally push our glasses waaaay up our noses to talk horror!

This month, the effervescent Spin joins me to discuss Soul Calibur II, one of the hands-down best games of the 2000s! We talk about the mechanics, presentation, and all the other factors that keep this game in contention among the all-time greats!

This month, I sat down with Lukas as we reminisced about a game that kept both of us from doing homeowrk back in college! We talk about what makes Smash unique, the way it seems tailor made for inside jokes, and I briefly get kind of Lovecraftian about the game mechanics!

the pit must be fed

This time, I'm joined by Dr. Duncan Funkin for a talk about the competetive side of fighting games! We talk how pro players learn their craft, why you might want to get into the scene, and how you can put yourself on that path!

 

Show notes: 

The books that Duncan mentions can be found here.

We bring up "Twitch" a few times, but we forgot to mention what it is! It's a streaming site, most popular for live shows of video games. It can be found at Twitch.tv and if you've got Amazon Prime, you get some bonuses for signing up!

And we're live with the first real episode! This month, Player 2 is the glamorous Jetta Rae, who can connect to Pocket Fighter not only as a player, but as a former game dev! A light, wacky game like this gives rise to a light, wacky discussion, so strap in for talk about Hot Pockets, improv comedy, Dreamcast shovelware, and Street Fighter IV being kind of frustrating!

 

Also, we talk about Pocket Fighter some.

Announcing 2 Player Versus: a fighting game show with a rich caramel center of discussion! Even this much description is probably redundant, so I'm gonna stop! Come on, it's like six minutes.