This week the Castle Couch Quartet discuss the finer points of popular culture and its impact on our youth. This riveting discussion about popular singers is interlaced with tales of caffeinated cats and the ramblings of our sad and mundane lives. We also get around to talking about some pretty recent and bizarre video game releases before delving into our new segment about the Golden Oldies we've pledge to beating in the "Bucket List".

00:00 - Topical Intro Feat. Kim Kardashian / Katy Perry
07:30 - Saints Row IV
08:20 - Cat Cafe
16:35 - Life Is Strange
27:35 - Tales From The Borderlands
32:30 - Grow Home
38:30 - Gravity Ghost
42:45 - Apotheon
48:20 - Bucket List: Final Fantasy IX
53:45 - Bucket List: A Link to the Past
61:45 - Bucket List: Grim Fandango

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Another group podcast this week -- can't you feel the love? This week we get to hear about Olivier's birthday, and spend some time setting up our plans for 2015.

00:00 - Final Fantasy Minigames

06:35 - Olivier's Birthday Recap

11:40 - The Hobbit part III

14:35 - Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn

16:45 - Saint's Row: Gat Out of Hell

22:20 - Gravity Ghost

25:55 - Apotheon

31:40 - #IDARB

34:50 - Bucket List Introduction

46:55 - Final Fantasy IX

52:50 - Demon Souls

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A bout of sickness roams the corridors of Castle Couch leaving Raph and Olivier alone to fend for themselves.  Which --of course-- means we get some movie talk, and some reminiscing about teenage passions.

- Intro: Illness and The Grand Budapest Hotel (00:01)

- The Last of Us: Left Behind and Uncharted 2 (7:00)

- Grim Fandango Remaster (17:25)

- Wii Times: Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Rythme Heaven Fever (26:40)

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Many thanks to our friends The JEM for letting us use their music in the show. More info on The JEM can be found on their website: http://www.thejemband.com

This week's episode is truncated due to technical difficulties (psst... the mic crapped out -- sorry!!) We do get a brief chance to talk about Mario Galaxy 2, old fashion game secrets, and TellTale's The Walking Dead.

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See you next week!

In true Castle Couch form this podcast is going up late, but it does dually our most festive and offensive -- so thank Andrew for that one! 

04:50 - GOTY Deliberation Recap/Apologies

10:00 - Ubisoft

11:10 - Bioware

17:05 - TellTale

26:00 - The Game Awards

37:25 - Super Smash Bros Wii U

40:30 - Captain Toad Treasure Tracker

42:35 - Anna's Top 10 Discussion

With ten games chosen, we set out ordering our list of the year's ten best games. 

Enjoy!

The day after:

Note: (raph): Andrew has been taking diligent timestamps and notes, I goofed and totally forgot, if anyone wants to jot some stuff down including quotes or highlights, I'd be glad to throw it into the post. 

In the spirit of our sausage-style Game of the Year deliberations, we do a run-through the year naming all the games that we played each month, and which ones we think could be Game of the Year contenders. No tears until part 5. Get ready for hours and hours of podcast with our Q4 discussion.

October

02:35 - Super Smash Bros 3DS
03:55 - Chariot
06:15 - Borderlands: The preSequel
09:05 - The Evil Within
10:05 - Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved
10:45 - Legend of Korra
11:45 - Fantasy Life
13:50 - Singstar
16:55 - Sunset Overdrive

November

20:20 - Assassin's Creed Unity
22:00 - This War Of Mine
23:00 - Never Alone
23:30 - Super Smash Bros WiiU
23:45 - Geometry Wars 3
26:05 - Kingdom Rush Origins

December

28:35 - Telltale Games' A Game of Thrones

Many thanks to our friends The JEM for letting us use their music in the show. More info on The JEM can be found through their facebook page, Twitter account, or Band Camp site.

In the spirit of our sausage-style Game of the Year deliberations, we do a run-through the year naming all the games that we played each month, and which ones we think could be Game of the Year contenders. No tears until part 5. Get ready for hours and hours of podcast with our Q3 discussion.

July

N/A

August

02:00 - CounterSpy
03:50 - Hohokum

September

08:25 - Roundabout
12:10 - Hack and Slash
13:20 - Hyrule Warriors
15:00 - Sherlock HolmesL Crimes and Punishment
16:50 - Neverending Nightmare
18:40 - Gauntlet
20:35 - Endless Legend
22:45 - Velocity 2X
24:05 - The Sims 4

Many thanks to our friends The JEM for letting us use their music in the show. More info on The JEM can be found through their facebook page, Twitter account, or Band Camp site.