Critical Diversions

By Matt Murray

A games club podcast with a rotating cast that gets together semi-regularly to hang out and talk about games... more

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The podcast currently has 91 episodes available.

Critical Diversions episodes:

May 23, 2025 Weekly Diversion 05/23/2025: I Can't Believe Darth Vader Was Racist
We're back from a brief hiatus! Matt's catching yuns up on games he's been playing for the past few weeks, though in his heart, Fantasy Life i is the only one that matters. In the news, Randy Pitchford is dumb and Darth Vader is.....evil??? As well as talk about an Alex Garland directed Elden Ring movie.

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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 Mars

Our interstitial this episode was Blue Resort from Bomberman 64, composed by Akifumi Tada
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1h 28min
May 02, 2025 Weekly Diversion 05/02/2025: Super Sonic Podcasting
Matt's in a race against the clock to finish ranting on a podcast before his wife gets home. Will he make it? Tune in to find out, dear listener.

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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 Mars
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1h 15min
April 25, 2025 Weekly Diversion 04/25/2025: Sacred Stones
Matt's back after a week off, and we're continuing the Batman Arkham City piss talk, as well as some early glazing for the Lunar Remastered Collection. In the news, we're continuing to feed the bottomless Switch 2 discourse beast, as well as talk about The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion remaster and some Fire Emblem Sacred Stones.

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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 Mars

Our break interstitial this episode was The Grody Boy from Tobal 2, composed by Takayuki Nakamura.
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1h 18min
April 11, 2025 Weekly Diversion 04/11/2025: You're Either Eswat Or You're Not
On this extra tired edition of the Weekly Diversion, Matt finally gets to talk about Promise Mascot Agency after having played it to completion weeks ago. Turns out: it's pretty good. We're also talking more Monster Hunter Wilds, the Switch version of Batman Arkham City for some reason, and more Switch 2 stuff in general.

Matt's review of Promise Mascot Agency

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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 Mars
Our break music this week was Phat Tony's Casino from No One Can Stop Mr. Domino, composed by Shingo Murakami & Ryuji Nishida
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1h 13min
April 04, 2025 Weekly Diversion 04/04/2025: Infinity Natascha
On this special post-Switch 2 Direct edition of the Weekly Diversion, Matt's wife, Natascha, is joining him to break it all down, as well as also being the expert on call for games like Infinity Nikki and Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition.

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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 Mars
Our break music this week was X-BT 1, and our outro was Wir Fliegen, both from Xenoblade Chronicles X, composed by Hiroyuki Sawano
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1h 52min
March 28, 2025 Weekly Diversion 03/28/2025: God is Dead and She Took Planet Robobot With Her
On this week's dramatic episode, witness true heartbreak and despair as a big dumb Kirby fan doesn't get what he wants out of a 35 minute commercial for Nintendo games. Also we're talking more about Monster Hunter Wilds, Ender Magnolia, Xenoblade Chronicles X, and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Matt's written review of Star of Providence
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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 Mars
Our interstitial music this week was Hospital from Earthbound, composed by Akio Ohmori, Ritsuo Kamimura, Keiichi Suzuku, & Hirokazu Tanaka
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1h 26min
March 21, 2025 Weekly Diversion 03/21/2025: Long Momo
They made Infinity Nikki's Momo long now? They made Infinity Nikki's Momo long now. This, and other exciting updates on Star of Providence, Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, and Xenoblade Chronicles X Definitive Edition await you in this episode of the Weekly Diversion. Plus more? Plus more.

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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 music this week was Moonlight Capital from Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, composed by Shogo Sakai & Megumi Ohara
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1h 11min
March 15, 2025 Weekly Diversion 03/15/2025: The Diversion That Almost Wasn't
Against all the odds, we're still here, and back once again to talk about games. This week in particular, it's just more Star of Providence, Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, and Monster Hunter Wilds, as well as some Chrono Trigger 30th anniversary non-game projects and a pervert clicking GameCube analog sticks into a microphone

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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 Mars
Our break music this week was "The Glasshouse with Butterfly" from Machinarium, composed by Tomas Dvorak
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1h 11min
March 08, 2025 Weekly Diversion 03/08/2025: This One's For All The Big Boys
On this week's show, Matt's putting on his big boy apology pants and kissing Capcom's ring, at last swearing loyalty to Monster Hunter once again. In other games, Star of Providence continues to be one of the best games ever made, Spelunky 2 got a native PS5 version, and Matt's playing dumb amounts of Mario's Picross on GameBoy.

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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 Mars

Our break music this week was "Metro City (Japan, Day)" from Astro Boy on PS2. Astro Boy was composed by:
Takashi Yoshimatsu
Yutaka Minobe
Naofumi Hataya
Mariko Nanba
Teruhiko Nakagawa
Fumie Kumatani
Hideaki Kobayashi
Norihiko Machida

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1h 17min
March 01, 2025 Weekly Diversion 03/01/2025: Like a Passing Breeze
On this week's episode, Matt opens up the glaze factory for Star of Providence, boldly declaring it to be one of the best roguelites he's ever played. He's also doing the opposite of glazing for Pokémon Legends Z-A, the latest disappointment that Nintendo dorks will endlessly bemoan when it comes out later this year. Also, Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii continues, and find out the status of his wife and Monster Hunter Wilds.

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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 Mars

Our break music this week was Passing Breeze (Lounge Suite) by Remorse
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1h 28min

FAQs about Critical Diversions:

How many episodes does Critical Diversions have?

The podcast currently has 91 episodes available.