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November 14, 2024Weekly Diversion 11/14/2024: IHOP and Xbox Proudly Present: Berry'd Treasure Your sorta normally scheduled weekly diversion returns this week to talk about Beastieball, more Stardew Valley 1.6, and the marketing synergy deal of a lifetime.
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Fort Famly & The Greenhouse on MarsOur break music this week is Leaves of Mythwood, composed by Lena Raine for Beastieball.
...more November 07, 2024Weekly Diversion 11/07/2024: The Post-Election Episode That episode title is no joke; we're talking about the election and a whole lot of other non-game related stuff for a good while on this one. But afterwards, Matt still found the time to talk about Stardew Valley 1.6 and Switch 2 backwards compatibility.
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Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions
Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social
Podcast art by Natascha Murray
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 The Rain Formerly Known as Purple from Risk of Rain 2, composed by Chris Christodoulou
...more November 02, 2024Weekly Diversion 11/02/2024: We Be Monster Hunter Wilds-ing This week: the Castlevania arc of the show is finally complete.........or is it....? Also: Matt has played Monster Hunter Wilds and unsurprisingly has things to say about it. We're also talking about the Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket and Nintendo Music apps, as well as Yakuza Kiwami, Vampire Survivors, Slay the Princess, and more.
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Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions
Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social
Podcast art by Natascha Murray
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 Thrashard in the Cave by Sota Fujimori, from Castlevania Chronicle
...more October 26, 2024Weekly Diversion 10/26/2024: The Castlevania Power Hour and 20 Minutes On this week's special program, we're talking Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, and Castlevania: Haunted Castle Revisited, all a part of the Castlevania Dominus Collection. And in the news we're talking about the Ode to Castlevania DLC coming to Vampire Survivors, as well as pondering what a modern Castlevania game might look like. Castlevania!
Oh also we're talking about Crow Country and the upcoming Monster Hunter Wilds beta too. And other stuff too maybe. Castlevania!
Check out Bit Harmony: A Video Game Music Podcast!
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Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions
Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social
Podcast art by Natascha Murray
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 Jaws of a Scorched Earth from Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, composed by Michiru Yamane and Yasuhiro Ichihashi
...more October 19, 2024Weekly Diversion 10/19/2024: Some Problemos On this week's show, Matt's yammering on about even more Castlevania, somehow. We're also talking Hatch Tales, Core Keeper, and Yokai Watch 2 before getting into the news with Banjo-Tooie, expulsion rooms, and Spider-Man Tooie coming to PC.
Check out Bit Harmony: A Video Game Music Podcast!
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Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions
Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social
Podcast art by Natascha Murray
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 Jail of Jewels composed by Michiru Yamane from the Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin soundtrack
...more October 12, 2024Weekly Diversion 10/12/2024: Notes on a Revelation While Eating a Burrito Bowl Matt's here this week with a report after attending the Polaris convention in Hamburg. We're also talking about more Castlevania, Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, and Nintendo Alarmo to round the episode out.
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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 Level 0 by Jim Andron from the Tetris CDi soundtrack
...more October 04, 2024Weekly Diversion 10/04/2024: Grilled Cheese....for Breakfast???? A lighter show this week, but not a lighter breakfast; we're talking more about Bloomtown: Another Story, Zelda Echoes of Wisdom, and some various Castlevania games before getting into the news about a big budget Avatar: The Last Airbender game and Nintendo ruining the lives of many different groups of nerds in the same week.
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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 Breeze in Monochrome Night by Akira Yamaoka from the Silent Hill 3 soundtrack.
...more September 28, 2024Weekly Diversion 9/28/2024: To the World's Children This week on the show, we're talking first impressions Bloomtown: Another Story, Pizza Tower, and I guess this little game called Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. After that, we're breaking down the recent Level 5 Vision, Playstation State of Play, and Xbox Tokyo Game Show presentation. Take a break for your weekly diversion, because we'll never be as young as we are now.
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 Swaying in the Dark from Bloomtown: Another Story. Unfortunately, I'm not sure who the composer is!
...more September 21, 2024Weekly Diversion 09/21/2024: Swirling Mutants All the Way Down We're back with a normal weekly show. On this episode, we're talking about more Peglin, Elden Ring, Gimmick! 2, and new 30XX dlc, as well as some pirate yakuzas in Hawaii.
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 Liquid the Blue by Kemmei Adachi
...more 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.
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 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
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