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Joined by two special guests Poot and Sean we set out to accomplish a tall task: ranking the 2D Mario games! Will Super Mario Land somehow snag the top spot? Which hosts love Super Mario Bros. 2? Did anyone adore Super Mario Run? Listen to find out!

For this episode we had super Conker fan Addi take the reigns, and guide us through one of the strangest and most unique games ever made.

This month we had an explosion of things starting with the letter B! Baldur's Gate 3 , took over the month for Connor and Strawhat. Barbie, was seen by both Parrott and Strawhat, and finally a battle took place regarding Chaos;Head Noah.

We also did our first group topic, so let us know what you think!

For our platformer of the month game club we decided to revisit two very special Nintendo platformers that are near and dear to our hearts. Join our usual hosts along with a couple special guests as we discuss our origins with each game, our favorite worlds, songs, and much more!

The results of the 2023 Mass Effect Companions Poll are in! There are some suprises and some very-not-surprises, but all around some good nostalgia looking back on such a pivotal trilogy for the RPG genre. This time we have Brandon joining us for the discussion, as well as a few... special messages towards the very end that we hope you'll stick around for.

Today we're dropping the v1.1 update of the show, now featuring a more streamlined format for greater ergonomics with brainrot delivery.

Strawhat solved some spoopy point-and-click mysteries with Ghost Trick, got a fix of late SNES-era JRPG goodness with Chained Echoes, and caught up on the plight of two washed out cartoon heroes with Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (2022).

Parrott's librarian hand delivered him a copy of the venerable Resident Evil 4 Remake and Addi hand delivered him a copy of the vaunted rouguelike Dead Cells. Oh, and he might have started Pikmin 4.

Connor had another go with Grim Dawn to see if he could work past old traumas, picked up a new trauma in the mobile game Arknights, and watched the intrigue-filled Classroom of the Elite and its often very traumatized characters.

Feel free to leave any feedback on the changes in the forums, our engineers will be happy to be in there telling you about how you're just using it wrong.

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This year (and several months ago at this point) Strawhat began his evolution into a shooter game player with the all-time classic BioShock. Eager to huff that sweet, sweet Art Deco nostalgia Connor joined him with a replay of his own and then grabbed fellow BioShock simp, Addiholic, for a good long chat.

Strawhat and Parrott got together to do our very first console library top 10, the Nintendo Game Boy Advance! Join us as we each go through our favorite games, along with lots of nostalgic memories and tons of audience submissions. Don't worry: there is some e-Reader talk as well!

This month, the crew pretends they made a dent in their lists as the Steam Summer Sale looms right around the corner:

Strawhat's Nintendo loving self of course dug into Tears of the Kingdom, alongside the atmospheric Blasphemous, and the all-time classic Porky Pig's Haunted Holiday. Also there's some baking show reality TV in there somewhere.

Parrott got another hit of adorable-robot-jumping games with Haiku the Robot, finished out the Trilogy of All-Time Spark the Electric Jester, indulged in the boomer-shooter Dusk, and — of course — watched more Survivor.

Connor experienced the LSD trip that is PS5 debut title Bugsnax (winner of the first Community Justice roulette wheel), burned days of time playing through Xenoblade Chronicles, then went all in on Final Fantasy XVI on day one. No reality TV was watched.

Hope you enjoy!

Mokey and Arcitee join Strawhat to discuss the legendary game Earthbound. One of the SNES' best games and still holds up today. Listen for some of our favorite parts and bosses