In our very belated Games of 2022 episode we tell you about the best games of today and yesterday. We tell you about what stayed with us this year, what we went back to appreciate from before, and come up with probably one of the most eclectic GOTY lists of any outlet. From simulators to action games for sickos to sports, we've got it all. 

Games Covered:

RJ's list:

10.Disaster Report 4

9.Densha de Go 

8.Easy Come Easy Golf

7.Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2

6.Nights of Azure 1+2

5.Muse Dash

4.Pac-Man Museum

3.Fate/Extella 1+2

2.Captain Tsubasa Rise

1.YS Flight

Amr's list

10.Sonic Frontiers

9.Cotton Rock n Roll

8.Liblade

7.Gradius: The Interstellar Assault/ Chikyu Kaiho Gun ZAS 

6.Neverawake

5.Gigabuster

4.Assault Spy

3.Mega Man Zero 3

2.Azure Striker Gunvolt 3

1.Spark the Electric Jester 3

Music is from Gradius Perfect Selection. Intermission is the credits sound from Super Darius. 

On our new year's episode we once again get distracted on a long rant about Walkmans and MP3 players, but not before jamming out to the Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation soundtrack, defending some extremely 6/10 (complimentary) hack and slash games, talking about some of our favorite retro game compilations, the games of 2022 we're catching up on, and buying a mahjong table?

Games discussed:

Pac-Man Museum

The surprise return of audiobliss comes out swinging with updates on our life situations, the status of the site, but mostly importantly, our toxic takes on JRPGS. 

Come listen to RJ tell you FF15 is mid and why you should play Nights of Azure instead, and listen to us ramble about iPad games, end of life for digital games, the South American games scene, and the most promising new 3D Sonic game not made by SEGA. 

Topics:

Becoming a salaryman 

iOS gaming and Apple Arcade 

Amazing Bomberman 

Air Twister

Reel Fishing Road Trip

Nights of Azure 

Final Fantasty 15

Harvest Moon Light of Hope 

Ex-Zodiac

Spark the Electric Jester 3

Brazillian and South American games scene

Walkmans

Sony Headphones 

SEGA Saturn 

Music is Nightly 9th Work and Memories from the Aquazone Desktop Life Original Soundtrack.

Apologies for the lateness and editing quality of these episodes. A lot of turbulent life changes in the upcoming months have left me with little time to properly edit. Please bear with us for now- Amr.

Apologies for the lateness and editing quality of these episodes. A lot of turbulent life changes in the upcoming months have left me with little time to properly edit. Please bear with us for now- Amr. 

On today's episode we talk about all kinds of niche hardware, both new and old, as well as advocate for some new survival horror hybrid games--with bodacious goth witches. Oh, and Amr complete fucking loses it and tells you ever damn thing wrong with the Analogue Pocket. 

Topics covered:

Music is My REAL, DAYDREAM, and Milk Coffee on a Rainy Afternoon from the Blue Reflection Tie OST. 

In this very late year end episode, we talk plans for 2022, the benefits of the Sony miniDisc format, and Amr rants for way too long about Gust's magical girl RPG series, Blue Reflection, as well as a cosmic horror investigation game. 

Games talked about:

Music in this episode is "You're not a heroine, it's me", binGe, and OVERDOSE from the Blue Reflection OST. 

On yet another cursed, but educational podcast, we talk about being teachers, spooky and cute indie games, alternative evolutions of Castlevania, and what we'd do if we ever ended up in a remote Japanese village. Oh, and RJ and David shout about Evangelion because the SEO beast likes it. 

Topics Discussed:

-Being a teacher

-Grapple Dog

-Subway Midnight

-Fate/Extella Umbral Star/Link

-Need for Speed Heat

-Idol Master Starlet Season

-GTA San Andreas

-GTA 4

-Castle in the Clouds DX

-Super Zangyura

-Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi

-Death Mark

-Living in a remote Japanese village

-Caligula Effect 2

-Hover Attack

-Halo Infinite

-Youtube lore?

-Do you skip cutscenes on a first playthrough? 

OP and ED are "Queer Like Me" and "Saint Nothing" from Oux's album, Honeymood.

CW: brief discussion of games with sexual content 

On this chaotic return we dive straight into the kusoge corner with the most average of fighting games, get the latest Amazon Games disaster report from David as we roast him, and dive straight into horny trash, horny Castlevania pachinko, and Actual Hentai Castlevania.

From there we give our recommendations on beginnner fighting and simulation games, with some JRPG talk, including a report on Caligula Effect 2, the sequel to a mediocre Persona style JRPG that manages to salvage something from the original's bones. 

We then cap it off by talking about Dot's Home, a game that Amr wrote alongside Evan Narcisse, Gita Jackson and the Rise Home Stories project, which tackles issues of environmental racism, legacy, and what the meaning of home is. 

Mad chaotic energy on this one. 

Games discussed: