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?)

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The various Critical Diversions theme songs were made by Mic Fox. Check out all of his cool stuff over at

Our break music this week was Sweden, composed by Daniel "C418" Rosenfeld for Minecraft.

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

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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

Our 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

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.

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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

Our 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

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!

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

Our break music this week was Mackerel Mile by Louie Zong off of the album Aquarium City

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!

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

Our 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

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!

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

Our break music this week was Torvus Bog from the Metroid Prime 2: Echoes soundtrack by Kenji Yamamoto and Kouichi Kyuma

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

Our break music this week was "Tutorial" from the game Elebits, composed by Naoyuki Sato.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Our break music this week was Volcano Mines (Forgotten World) by ConcernedApe from the Stardew Valley soundtrack.

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.

Check out Bit Harmony: A Video Game Music Podcast!

Bit Harmony on Apple

Bit Harmony on Spotify

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