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We've played a LOT of Pokémon Legends Z-A already, so we wanted to check in and give our thoughts. What's working, what it's left us wanting, and...trying to remember what the hell happened in X and Y....

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SHOW NOTES
Check out the first 5 episodes of Podcastémon here!
https://www.patreon.com/collection/387580

Ash's First Pokémon League, 25 Years Later - A Retrospective
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bamb2ZUcZD0

TODAY'S CRUBCAST HOSTS
Chris: https://www.youtube.com/@MykonosFan
Justin: https://www.youtube.com/@WorldFamousJtart9
Kevin: https://www.youtube.com/@TheGoldenBolt

Kevin hates us. So, he devised this gaming "trivia" quiz, where our seasoned gaming veterans must listen carefully and pedantically point to the incorrect part of each "fact". It is excruciating. Back to the Future is in here, too. And Sean Combs. yeah

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SHOW NOTES
Shoutout to Um, Actually, who does kind of what we did here:
https://watch.dropout.tv/um-actually

TODAY'S CRUBCAST HOSTS
Chris: https://www.youtube.com/@MykonosFan
Kevin: https://www.youtube.com/@TheGoldenBolt
Nicco: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl56kbl3tb-KiGEHT7MUGUg
Moriarty: https://www.youtube.com/@reallycool

CHAPTERS
00:18 Welcome to the hell that Kevin has prepared for us
02:24 Something incorrect about Pokemon X/Y
07:54 Two incorrect things about Sonic the Hedgehog (technically)
14:03 The most important thing
15:46 Who is Doc Brown's dog?!
18:27 CONCORD MENTIONED!!!! 
21:56 From Concord...to Halo (same thing) (real)
23:20 Sean Combs mentioned!!!1
25:46 Point recap and most pedantic Borderlands trivia ever
28:37 Nicco sends us to hell (Doom)
32:45 Fort knight.
35:49 Honkai Star Rail, aka torture
40:53 Smash Ultimate's character count is for the birds
45:03 THE FINAL ROUND!!! (Final Fantasy X spoiler warning)
58:24 Come here to skip the spoilers

Our sexy crubbers talk about games they've been playing lately, from Yooka-Replaylee to Clair Obscur, to Silksong and Borderlands 4. We even mention Concord twice. Also, the Minecraft movie had...how many writers...?

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Brody: https://www.youtube.com/@RACROX
Kevin: https://www.youtube.com/@TheGoldenBolt
Sean: https://www.youtube.com/@Wolfkaosaun

CHAPTERS
00:00 Kevin's been playing Yooka-Replaylee
05:35 If this came out initially would people have liked it more?
13:45 Sean is our only Clair Obscur player
20:07 Wasn't gonna timestamp Concord talk but it came up for a second time
22:40 Quick circleback to talk about Yooka-Replaylee 100% length
24:33 Brody is ALMOST done with Silksong (almost)
29:05 Detour on the Lies of P final boss, heads up
32:44 Return to Silksong talk, on movesets and more
37:22 We also allow Brody to talk about Borderlands 4

As seen in Fortnite

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SHOW NOTES
Heavy spoilers for Peacemaker (both seasons), lighter spoilers for both Superman and Creature Commandos

TODAY'S CRUBCAST HOSTS
Kevin: https://www.youtube.com/@TheGoldenBolt
Trav: https://www.youtube.com/@ThatTravGuy
Nicco: https://www.youtube.com/@allhailbuckets

CHAPTERS
0:00 All of it

Happy 125 episodes. To celebrate, we aren't talking games, we're talking anime. Not just talking anime but getting mad at each other over each other's takes on anime. Except Brody. He got off scotfree, somehow.

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SHOW NOTES
Be warned, we are going to talk random spoilers about the anime series we bring up. Warning!

Here are our lists:
https://myanimelist.net/profile/Jtart9
https://myanimelist.net/profile/Wolfkaosaun
https://myanimelist.net/profile/RACROX

And he wasn't here, but he is taking recommendations:
https://myanimelist.net/profile/MykonosFan

While we're plugging, Justin and Chris went through pretty much all of Makoto Shinkai's works on our Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/collection/320851?view=expanded

TODAY'S CRUBCAST HOSTS
Brody: https://www.youtube.com/@RACROX
Justin: https://www.youtube.com/@WorldFamousJtart9
Sean: https://www.youtube.com/@Wolfkaosaun

CHAPTERS
00:00 Don't tell Scrum that he sounds like Narduar
04:40 The opening salvo begins against Justin and Sword Art Online
09:52 Justin DARED to only give Gurren Lagann an 8. An eight!!!
18:10 Sean takes aim at Justin's other 10/10
24:41 Wolfkaosaun explains and defends Wolf's Rain (tumblrcore)
29:52 Sean has seen FMA but not FMA Brotherhood...and Jojo dissection
37:56 Echoes of Justin's Sin
44:04 Brody HATES modern anime fans!!! (not real, clickbait)
51:45 "Brody is a lot more liberal" - Justin (with his 10/10s)
53:30 Is Death Note actually a good intro to anime?
1:06:30 Would our most recent game be easier or harder if Sonic was the main character?

This was recorded in a world before Silksong, so please excuse Chris' dunks on the Silksong community. He has since played 8 hours of it and thinks it's good. However, for years before it's release every gaming show would have the same meme. Where's Silksong? We've seen this with other games over time as well. Where's Half-Life 3? Where's Shenmue 3? What's Randy Pitchford doing on that bathroom floor? Sometimes we have to wonder, are we excited about the actual games, or are we just excited about being excited about games? Also in this episode, Moriarty tells us what PAX was like this year. 

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SHOW NOTES
Here's the Pax Autocratica game that Moriarty mentions around 25:45 in:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1067360/Pax_Autocratica/

TODAY'S CRUBCAST HOSTS
Chris: https://www.youtube.com/@MykonosFan
Moriarty: https://www.youtube.com/@reallycool
Trav: https://www.youtube.com/@ThatTravGuy

CHAPTERS
00:00 We've kept you waiting...
04:17 We may actually be close to Half-Life 3?
16:31 Do we value hype cycles more than the games themselves?
27:39 Moriarty wreaks havoc at Gearbox PAX booth (not clickbait)
30:42 Gamers, we've gotta do better...hygiene it up!
37:41 Overinvesting to play a game before it comes out soon after..
39:58 You don't miss E3. By the way, colonoscopies.
50:33 Shouting out our favorite obscure YouTubers/content trends from ages ago (real)

There are easy games, and games that are notoriously difficult to "get good" at. However, Moriarty raised this question to us...what is the hardest game (or genre) to become simply "okay" at? Also, how much can a trailer spoil before it's simply objectively spoiling too much?

SHOW NOTES
The cicadas outside Chris' home make a cameo at around 15 minutes in. If you hear it, that's what's up.

TODAY'S CRUBCAST HOSTS
Chris: https://www.youtube.com/@MykonosFan
Moriarty: https://www.youtube.com/@reallycool
Sean: https://www.youtube.com/@Wolfkaosaun
Trav: https://www.youtube.com/@ThatTravGuy

CHAPTERS
00:00 Spoilers, Sean likes milk. Twice.
05:22 Sean maybe answers it in one shot: Rust.
08:37 Also? Fighting games.
14:47 Getting into a MOBA is basically signing up for university
26:10 MMOs, too. Acronym games in general actually
29:24 FBC Firebreak mentioned, don't google it, we'll tell you what it is
40:33 If we bought you a statue of a goat,
45:40 RTS games too. That's right. More acronyms. And Soulslikes!
51:21 Do trailers show too much? Can this problem be solved?

Fortnite's newest season is here, and it has...Power Rangers and Halo People. Have we reached a point of diminishing returns with Fortnite collabs? Has the underlying cynicism of it all finally shone through the cracks? And, more importantly, which dead and buried 90's franchises are most likely to get the Fortnite glow-up next? Chris predicts Jared Leto.

SHOW NOTES
If you don't know the video Moriarty references at 13:15, you do now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51beOlNC0qo

And yes, Street Sharks is real:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Sharks

TODAY'S CRUBCAST HOSTS
Chris: https://www.youtube.com/@MykonosFan
Moriarty: https://www.youtube.com/@reallycool
Sean: https://www.youtube.com/@Wolfkaosaun

CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro, we want to be added to Fortnite too
04:49 Who the heck is the new Halo they added
08:44 The battle pass does at least still feel fair
13:15 What Moriarty wants in Fortnite most, and he talks DBZ.........
19:36 Moriarty tries to not preorder Borderlands 4 (this aged well)
23:06 Moriarty's Skin Predictions
26:31 Sean changes the entire game with one question
32:37 Chris' collab prediction that seems very obvious as he says it (cursed)
37:00 Moriarty's sugar rush, and Chris' BIGGEST ISSUE with Fortnite skins
43:01 What would it take to get sales numbers on Fortnite skins?
53:03 We become the first podcast to mention "Spellbreak" in 2025
58:49 The Pink Sauce Debacle
1:03:08 Chef Kilo questions how we could violence school children

Nicco's audio had consistent crackling throughout this episode. We think we made it listenable. We apologize if we didn't. On the bright side, you can pretend that we stuck him in a microwave for this episode, much like Clank, Bentley, and the actual human child from Persona 4. 

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SHOW NOTES
37 minutes-ish, this is Sean's "himbo OC" from Zenless Zone Zero:
https://zenless-zone-zero.fandom.com/wiki/Komano_Manato

Tell Justin why he's Joseph Gribble canonically in the comments. Nicco said it, we don't really get it, but he might be right?

TODAY'S CRUBCAST HOSTS
Brody: https://www.youtube.com/@RACROX
Justin: https://www.youtube.com/@WorldFamousJtart9
Nicco: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl56kbl3tb-KiGEHT7MUGUg
Sean: https://www.youtube.com/@Wolfkaosaun

CHAPTERS
00:00 We aren't googling "sporkle" either, don't worry
07:40 Moogle hate crime
15:40 Fat Princess mentioned for first time in 2025
23:17 Nicco wants turtle soup
30:23 What does ink do in a microwave...? (Another child is microwaved)
40:49 Just putting another human being in called "Ghost"
43:21 We begin to tally the results (yes, there can be a "winner")
47:14 The top 10 begins
58:19 How well do you replace the protag in the last game you played? (Urkman1)

We put out a call for YOUR hot takes on Souls and Soulslikes, and you delivered! We brought them to share with the class, as well as to give some of our own as well. Should FromSoftware give in and let us pause? Are the games TOO gloomy? Are these games secretly rhythm games...?

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Brody: https://www.youtube.com/@RACROX
Nicco: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl56kbl3tb-KiGEHT7MUGUg
Sean: https://www.youtube.com/@Wolfkaosaun

CHAPTERS
00:00 Finally, someone has talked about Souls games
03:13 Positives on the atmosphere of the games
13:22 Hot takes on said atmosphere
20:45 Opening this can of worms: the difficulty
34:13 Getting into the actual mechanics of the games (rhythm...?)
43:30 Giving attention to replayability (positive)
52:29 The Bosses
1:00:03 Just Let Us Pause, and audience questions