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 92 episodes available.

Critical Diversions episodes:

July 04, 2024 Weekly 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.

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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 Mars

Our break music this week was Torvus Bog from the Metroid Prime 2: Echoes soundtrack by Kenji Yamamoto and Kouichi Kyuma
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1h 11min
June 21, 2024 Weekly 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.

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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 Mars
Our break music this week was "Tutorial" from the game Elebits, composed by Naoyuki Sato.
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2h 13min
June 14, 2024 Weekly Diversion 06/14/2024: The Candace of It All
On this week's Diversion: Matt's finally, truly, maybe(?) out of things to say about the Paper Mario series...for now. And then we spend like 40 minutes going line by line down the Xbox Summer Game Fest Showcase before declaring Visions of Mana the best looking game trailer from this past week anyway. Let's get to it.

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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 Mars

Our break music this week was Wonderful World of Wool 2, composed by Tomoya Tomita and Misaki Asada for the Yoshi's Woolly World soundtrack.
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1h 52min
June 08, 2024 Weekly Diversion 06/08/2024: Summer Game Fest Stuff
This week on the show: Paper Mario never dies as Matt somehow has even more to say about The Thousand-Year Door and series as a whole. We might even have enough time to talk about other stuff, like Elden Ring DLC previews, a Yakuza miniseries, and general Summer Game Fest things.

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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 Mars
Our break music this week was Volcano Mines (Forgotten World) by ConcernedApe from the Stardew Valley soundtrack.
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1h 42min
June 01, 2024 Weekly Diversion 06/01/2024: Too Sleepy for a Title/This World
We're back. Better than we ever were. Sleepily recapping the past few weeks of Bit Harmony, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Playstation State of Play, and going off on dumb tangents.

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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 Mars
Our break music this week was Forecast Channel Daytime by Kazumi Totaka
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1h 31min
May 11, 2024 Weekly Diversion 05/11/2024: Down with the Sickness
This week on the show, Matt is sick but so are the vibes, baby. We're talking all kinds of stuff today like Animal Well, Corponation: The Sorting Process, and Eiyuden Chronicle: 100 Heroes. Also a bunch of fun Nintendo news and a bunch of horrible Xbox news!

Matt and Natascha play the first hour of Animal Well here!

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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 Mars

Our break music this week was Motion Gravure Series: Megumi - BGM 14, composed by unknown.
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1h 40min
May 03, 2024 Weekly Diversion 05/03/2024: This Podcast Was Never Given a Title
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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 Mars
Our break music this week was Lady Blue, composed by Barry 'Epoch' Topping, from the Paradise Killer soundtrack
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1h 24min
April 26, 2024 Weekly Diversion 04/26/2024: The Ocarina of Time of Episodes
We've got an extremely sleepy and disjointed one for you this week. Matt's got rants and reviews galore on this one, including but not limited to: Penny's Big Breakaway, emulators on the iOS App Store, and weirdos on the internet.

Matt's review for Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake
Matt's review for Penny's Big Breakaway

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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 Mars

Our break music this week was Moltobene Theme (Tutto Finisce a Tarallucci e Vino) by Tee Lopes from the Penny's Big Breakaway soundtrack
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1h 27min
April 20, 2024 Weekly Diversion 04/20/2024: Stinky Business
On this week's show, Matt's covering the recent Nintendo Indie World Presentation and surprise of the show, Sticky Business, along with hot current gaming discourse topic Metroid Dread. Also, we've got a buncha Bit Harmony talk going on.

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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 Mars
Our break music this week was Sticky Business Main Theme by Marie Havemann, from the game Sticky Business
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1h 16min
April 13, 2024 Weekly Diversion 04/13/2024: Bit-O-Harmony
A very tired Matt is ready to not only talk about games this week such as Undermine 2 and more Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, but also reveal the next project he's been working on.

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 Mars

Our break music this week was Irida's Theme from Pokémon Legends: Arceus, composed by Hiromitsu Maeba, Hitomi Sato & Go Ichinose
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1h 24min

FAQs about Critical Diversions:

How many episodes does Critical Diversions have?

The podcast currently has 92 episodes available.