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September 12, 2024Games Club: Best Games of 2024 (So Far) For the first time in over six months, the Critical Diversions games club has assembled, this time to talk about our favorite games so far of 2024. Join Matt, Hunter, Jim, Wilk, Seth, and the voice of God (Boogs) as they talk about Balatro, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Hades 2, Crypt Custodian, Elden Ring: Shadows of the Erdtree, Astro Bot, Gimmick! 2, 1000xResist, Vividlope, Arco, Before the Green Moon, and many, many more games to crown the winner of the prestigious Group Think's Glazing Award of the Year.
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Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity
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Podcast art by Natascha Murray
Natascha Murray on Twitter - @couchmochi
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The various Critical Diversions theme songs were made by Mic Fox. Check out all of his cool stuff over at
Fort Famly & The Greenhouse on MarsOur break songs this episode were:
Chocobo Racing from Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, composed by Mitsuto Suzuki and Masashi Hamauzu
Tite Mites from Astro Bot, composed by Kenneth M C Young
Tadpole Temple from Gimmick! 2, composed by David Wise
Vividvastness from Vividlope, composed by Baycun
...more September 07, 2024Weekly Diversion 09/07/2024: What's a Guy Gotta Do Around Here to Get Some amiibos On this week's thrilling episode of the show, Matt's recounting the trials and tribulations of a man and woman trying to purchase amiibo in 2024. We're also talking newer releases like Peglin, Gimmick! 2, and the new Risk of Rain 2 update, as well as news like what's happening with that Concord game everyone's talking about. Join us, why don't you?
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Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions
Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity
Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social
Podcast art by Natascha Murray
Natascha Murray on Twitter - @couchmochi
Natascha Murray on Blue Sky - @couchmochi.bsky.social
The various Critical Diversions theme songs were made by Mic Fox. Check out all of his cool stuff over at
Fort Famly & The Greenhouse on MarsOur break music this week was Tadpole Temple by David Wise from the Gimmick! 2 soundtrack.
...more August 31, 2024Weekly Diversion 08/31/2024: How to Pirate Via IRC Tutorial On today's episode, Matt's going on the Kirby rant that he wasn't afforded the time or space for last week before rewatching the entire 40 minute Nintendo Direct(s) from earlier this week and commenting on it......for YOU.
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Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions
Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity
Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social
Podcast art by Natascha Murray
Natascha Murray on Twitter - @couchmochi
Natascha Murray on Blue Sky - @couchmochi.bsky.social
The various Critical Diversions theme songs were made by Mic Fox. Check out all of his cool stuff over at
Fort Famly & The Greenhouse on MarsOur break music this week was Premonition of a Passing Breeze, composed by ZUNTATA for Puzzle Bobble Wii.
...more August 24, 2024Weekly Diversion 08/24/2024: Yeehaw We're back but in a rush to record, export, and upload this week's episode in record time. Yeehaw. This time, Matt's telling you to buy Arco (yeehaw), a new strategy game that's going overlooked in the indie space, and then going over some Gamescom news tangentially related to Indiana Jones (yeehaw) and Peter Molyneux (yee.....haw?)
Check out Bit Harmony: A Video Game Music Podcast!
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Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions
Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity
Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social
Podcast art by Natascha Murray
Natascha Murray on Twitter - @couchmochi
Natascha Murray on Blue Sky - @couchmochi.bsky.social
The various Critical Diversions theme songs were made by Mic Fox. Check out all of his cool stuff over at
Fort Famly & The Greenhouse on MarsOur break music this week was Sweden, composed by Daniel "C418" Rosenfeld for Minecraft.
...more August 14, 2024Weekly Diversion 08/14/2024: The Elden Ring Spoilercast After years of threatening it, Matt finally brought his wife, Natascha, on the show to talk about Elden Ring and its recently released expansion, Shadow of the Erdtree. Naturally there also had to be a lot of Animal Crossing and Monster Hunter talk as well.
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Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions
Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity
Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social
Podcast art by Natascha Murray
Natascha Murray on Twitter - @couchmochi
Natascha Murray on Blue Sky - @couchmochi.bsky.social
The various Critical Diversions theme songs were made by Mic Fox. Check out all of his cool stuff over at
Fort Famly & The Greenhouse on MarsOur break music this episode was Frontier Base - Seliana Theme composed by Akihiko Narita from Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
Our closing theme this episode was Godskin Apostle composed by Tai Tomisawa from Elden Ring
...more August 03, 2024Weekly Diversion 08/03/2024: Supporting Our People It's the Weekly Diversion time again, and this week Matt's ranting about the final boss of Shadows of the Erdtree and raving about Vividlope, perhaps the best arcadey puzzler of all-time. News-wise, we've got some more layoff stories. Yeehaw.
Check out Bit Harmony: A Video Game Music Podcast!
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Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions
Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity
Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social
Podcast art by Natascha Murray
Natascha Murray on Twitter - @couchmochi
Natascha Murray on Blue Sky - @couchmochi.bsky.social
The various Critical Diversions theme songs were made by Mic Fox. Check out all of his cool stuff over at
Fort Famly & The Greenhouse on MarsOur breaksong this episode was Vividvista from the game Vividlope, composed by ViRiX Dreamcore (not Baycun as stated in the episode). The entire OST is available on Bandcamp here
...more July 27, 2024Weekly Diversion 07/27/2024: Much Deliberation and Careful Thought On today's episode of the Weekly Diversion, we're talking way too long about Elden Ring lore, Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate. And in the news, even more layoffs! Stop on by!
Check out the All N crew playing TMNT: Splintered Fate together here
Check out Bit Harmony: A Video Game Music Podcast!
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Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions
Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity
Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social
Podcast art by Natascha Murray
Natascha Murray on Twitter - @couchmochi
Natascha Murray on Blue Sky - @couchmochi.bsky.social
The various Critical Diversions theme songs were made by Mic Fox. Check out all of his cool stuff over at
Fort Famly & The Greenhouse on MarsOur break music this week was Mackerel Mile by Louie Zong off of the album Aquarium City
...more July 19, 2024Weekly Diversion 07/19/2024: Fishing Hole We're back after a stressful couple weeks to bring you the best weekly show starring one American man in Germany talking about video games at 6 in the morning in the universe. This week, we're (finally) talking about Elden Ring: Shadows of the Erdtree, Wild Guns, and cringe gimmick marketing controllers.
Check out Bit Harmony: A Video Game Music Podcast!
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Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions
Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity
Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social
Podcast art by Natascha Murray
Natascha Murray on Twitter - @couchmochi
Natascha Murray on Blue Sky - @couchmochi.bsky.social
The various Critical Diversions theme songs were made by Mic Fox. Check out all of his cool stuff over at
Fort Famly & The Greenhouse on MarsOur break music this week was Fishing Hole from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, composed by Toru Minegishi, Asuka Ohta, Koji Kondo, and Mahito Yokota
...more July 04, 2024Weekly Diversion 07/04/2024: Got His Lean On On the Fourth of July We're back after an unexpected hiatus to talk about everyone being sad, sick, and playing RPGs and Metroid games.
Check out Bit Harmony: A Video Game Music Podcast!
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Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions
Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity
Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social
Podcast art by Natascha Murray
Natascha Murray on Twitter - @couchmochi
Natascha Murray on Blue Sky - @couchmochi.bsky.social
The various Critical Diversions theme songs were made by Mic Fox. Check out all of his cool stuff over at
Fort Famly & The Greenhouse on MarsOur break music this week was Torvus Bog from the Metroid Prime 2: Echoes soundtrack by Kenji Yamamoto and Kouichi Kyuma
...more June 21, 2024Weekly Diversion 06/21/2024: Brothership Whoopsie doopsie, it's another needlessly long one. Join Matt as he talks about Eiyuden Chronicle: One Hundred Heroes, The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords online, Moonstone Island, an extremely thorough breakdown of this week's Nintendo Direct.
Check out Bit Harmony: A Video Game Music Podcast!
Bit Harmony on Apple
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Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions
Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity
Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social
Podcast art by Natascha Murray
Natascha Murray on Twitter - @couchmochi
Natascha Murray on Blue Sky - @couchmochi.bsky.social
The various Critical Diversions theme songs were made by Mic Fox. Check out all of his cool stuff over at
Fort Famly & The Greenhouse on MarsOur break music this week was "Tutorial" from the game Elebits, composed by Naoyuki Sato.
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