Critical Diversions

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

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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!

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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!

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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.

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

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

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

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

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!

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

Our break music this week was Motion Gravure Series: Megumi - BGM 14, composed by unknown.

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

Our break music this week was Lady Blue, composed by Barry 'Epoch' Topping, from the Paradise Killer soundtrack

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

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

Our break music this week was Moltobene Theme (Tutto Finisce a Tarallucci e Vino) by Tee Lopes from the Penny's Big Breakaway soundtrack