All My Best Friends Are Digital

Cartoonish projectile hurling is the order of the day, as we play Yoshi's Island and the newest Gears of War.

What We're Playing

00:53 Caitlin: Final Fantasy X (Square Product Development Division 1, 2001)

10:35 Mark: Valor Mortis (One More Level, 2026)

25:10 GOOF: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES, Nintendo EAD, 1995)

SHOUT

1:06:48 Caitlin: Final Fantasy Resonance (Square Enix)

1:07:55 Mark: Dead as Disco (Brain Jar Games)

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No, not that Mario Golf, the other Mario Golf--the Game Boy Color one. It's as confusing as the interface for Sovereign Tower!

What We're Playing

01:08 Mark: Midnight Fight Express (Jakub Dzwivel, 2022)

13:42 Caitlin: Wyldheart (Wayfinder Studios)

19:45 GOOF: Mario Golf (GBC, Camelot Software Planning, 1999)

37:56 Feature Game: Sovereign Tower (Wild Wits Games, 2026)

SHOUT

1:06:03 Mark: Astral Ascent: For Those Who Come After (Hibernian Workshop, 2026)

1:08:09 Caitlin: Wyldheart (Wayfinder Studios)

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Spriggan Mark 2: Re Terraform Project goes super hard so inKONBINI can go super soft.

What We're Playing

01:10 Caitlin: Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave (Intelligent Systems, 2026)

04:03 Caitlin: Valheim (Iron Gate AB, 2026)

08:01 Mark: Mad King Redemption (Secret Mission Games)

18:16 GOOF: Spriggan Mark 2: Re-Terraform Project (TG-16 CD, Compile, 1992)

33:25 Feature Game: inKONBINI (Nagai Industries, 2026)

SHOUT

53:18 Caitlin: Hellcard II (Thing Trunk)

55:13 Mark: Omega Phenex Commenced Project Six (Surume Koukon)

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Is the real irony that Power Stone has better magical girl transformations than Kernel Hearts?

What We're Playing

09:03 Mark: Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (Intelligent Systems, 2005)

02:40 Mark: HARDCORE MECHA (Rocket Punch Games, 2019)

13:27 Caitlin: Wilmot's Warehouse (Hollow Ponds & Richard Hogg, 2019)

19:43 GOOF: Power Stone (DC, Capcom, 1999)

37:05 Feature Game: Kernel Hearts (Ephemera, 2026)

SHOUT

1:01:25 Mark: Knuckle Paradise (Flying Oak Games)

1:02:24 Caitlin: Ravenswatch DLC: Kintaro (Passtech Games)

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Why don't more people talk about Metal Warriors? And why does everyone talk about Dishonored? We are confused.

What We're Playing

00:47 Caitlin: Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave (Intelligent Systems, 2026)

09:03 Mark: Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (Intelligent Systems, 2005)

10:59 Mark: Infinity: Hexadome Tactics (BlindSpot Games, 2026)

21:30 GOOF: Metal Warriors (SNES, LucasArts, 1995)

33:04 Feature Game: Dishonored (Arkane, 2012)

SHOUT

52:16 Caitlin: The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time Remake (Nintendo)

57:38 Mark: The Witcher 3 Remastered (CD Projekt RED)

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We go from Temu Superhero starring in F-Zero Climax to a possibly novel take on one of the OG superheroes in Batman: The Telltale Series.

What We're Playing

02:40 Mark: Shinobi: Art of Vengeance (Lizardcube, 2025)

10:48 Caitlin: Capy Castaway (Kitten Cup Studio, 2026)

23:16 GOOF: F-Zero Climax (GBA, Suzak, 2004)

35:35 Feature Game: Batman: The Telltale Series (Telltale, 2016)

SHOUT

55:12 Mark: Ghostless (Coffeenauts)

56:48 Caitlin: World of Warcraft Forever (Blizzard)

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It's all dogs and blood this week, as Lyca and Blood Dungeon form the synthesis of Laika: Aged Through Blood. Also, mediocre Fire Emblem is still a great time.

What We're Playing

01:04 Caitlin: Lyca (Syphono4, 2025)

11:31 Mark: Blood Dungeon (Messhof, 2026)

22:53 GOOF: Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (GC, Intelligent Systems, 2005)

How to tell apart all 596 Fire Emblem characters | Unraveled: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMVjPDqrkyg

41:04 Feature Game: Laika: Aged Through Blood (Brainwash Gang, 2023)

SHOUT

1:01:40 Caitlin: Valheim 1.0 (Iron Gate AB)

1:02:26 Mark: Infinity: Hexadome tactics (Blindspot Games)

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Not a whole lot of story going on in these games--Shadow Dancer is basically Ninja Magic and Dog, where Sektori is endless shapes.

What We're Playing

01:02 Mark: Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes (Alt Shift, 2026)

13:23 Caitlin: Everything is Crab (Odd Dreams Digital, 2026)

21:10 GOOF: Shadow Dancer (Genesis, Sega, 1989)

39:06 Feature Game: Sektori (Kimmo Lahtinen, 2025)

SHOUT

56:11 Mark: NOIR BLOOM (HONKI Games)

57:19 Caitlin: The Legend of California (Kintsugiyama)

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All animals all the time! Super Monkey Ball 2 makes about as much sense as Beast of Reincarnation, which is kind of terrifying.

What We're Playing

01:06 Mark: The Messenger (Sabotage Studio, 2018)

10:08 Caitlin: Big Walk (House House, 2026)

17:48 GOOF: Super Monkey Ball 2 (GC, Amusement Vision, 2002)

32:35 Feature Game: Beast of Reincarnation (Game Freak, 2026)

SHOUT

54:04 Mark: Precinct IX (ZataForge Studio)

55:57 Bronwyn: Cat Me If You Can (Cosmic Stag Games)

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A generic space shooter called Blazing Lazers and a unique historical RPG called The Thaumaturge briefly interrupt Caitlin's catching of them all.

What We're Playing

01:05 Caitlin: Pokémon Pokopia Expansion Pass Part One: Bubbly Basin (Game Freak, 2026)

08:04 Mark: LUNARK (Canari Games, 2025)

19:34 GOOF: Blazing Lazers (TG-16, Compile, 1989)

32:35 Feature Game: The Thaumaturge (Fool's Theory, 2024)

SHOUT

56:24 Caitlin: Forever Ago (Third Shift)

57:38 Mark: The Scramble Vice (Studio PICO & ESQUADRA)

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