John & Drew are here on a very special Episode 69 (hah!) with a SPOOKY Top 8 countdown talking about Halloween movies, Halloween candies and our Halloween Mayhem!8) Our favorite Halloween classic candies!7) Far Cry 6 players who didn't finish the game are being taunted via email...what?!6) The scariest movies we've ever seen5) Nintendo has published a Metroid Dread demo 3 weeks after its release...cause for concern?4) The Nightmare on Elm St. franchise3) Save scumming using the Cloud in Returnal2) Questions from you listeners!1) Halloween Mayhem judging and our winners are...

John flies solo and reviews Nintendo's published library for 2021. What were the highlights and lowlights? How does 2021 rank in the Switch's lifetime and what is 2022 shaping up to be? Let's get into it!

John & Drew are together again and are here with another Top 8 countdown talking about Horizon Zero Dawn, Halloween games, Sora making it into Smash and...Drew made contact with a bat!8) Sora is the final addition to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate7) Will a fantastic Animal Crossing Direct be enough to get us back into the game?6) Drew's "Nature Preserve"5) Is Metroid Dread worth $60?4) What've we been streaming on TV?3) Our Top 3 favorite old school PC games!2) Halloween Mayhem!1) Expansion Pack prices announced for Nintendo Switch Online and...hold on a second!

John is joined by special guests Hambone Jonny and James Musik to discuss OLED Christmas! With OLED finally in our hands, what did we think? What did YOU think? Let's talk about that and how frigging good Metroid Dread is!

John & Drew, with returning special guest Kevin, are here with another Top 8 countdown talking about game decisions, Metroid Dread and the OLED Switch is almost here!8) A new Donkey Kong expansion coming to Super Nintendo World Japan!7) Updated thoughts on the most recent Nintendo Direct6) What's up with the new Switch Online tier and how much will it cost?5) In-game decisions...is it a responsibility worth having and will you ever replay it anyway?4) Was the WarioWare Monthly Mayhem title stolen?!3) Questions for the show (and a couple that were meant for other shows, too)2) Who's playing Metroid Dread?1) All OLED's Eve!

John is joined by his Overcooked 2 gaming gang Dylan, Ryan and our first MOM AFTER DARK, Michele, to discuss everything in today's Nintendo Direct! Dylan offers his expert opinion on a trilogy of games including Monster Hunter, Kirby and Splatoon and Michele gives her grade on a Direct that will soon deliver on the promise of new Animal Crossing content!Oh, and...BAYONETTA 3 OMG WTF WAFFLEMAYO!Announced:Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak (Summer 2022) Mario Party Superstars: New Details (October 29)Voice of Cards (October 28, Demo Today)Smash Bros. Final Reveal (October 5)Disco Elysium: The Final Cut (October 12 Digitally, Early 2022 Physically) Hyrule Warriors: Expansion Pass Wave 2 (October 29)Chocobo GP (2022)Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Spring 2022) Animal Crossing Direct Reveal (October Direct, November)Mario Golf: Super Rush Koopa Troopa, 2 Courses (TODAY)Disney Magical World 2: Enchanted Edition (Holiday)KOTOR (November 11)Dying Light: Platinum Edition (October 19)Dying Light 2: Stay Human - Cloud Edition (February 4, 2022)Triangle Strategy (March 4) Metroid Dread Trailer (October 8)Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack - N64 + Genesis (Late October)Castlevania GBA Collection (TODAY)Actraiser HD Remaster (TODAY)Deltarune: Chapter 2 (TODAY)Mario Movie Announcement + Casting (December 21, 2022) Splatoon 3: Return of the Mammalians (2022)Bayonetta 3 (2022)

John & Drew are here with another Top 8 countdown talking about roguelikes, sex toys, snake bites and our favorite GameCube games of all time! What we've been playing (11:58)8) And now the R-rated portion of Drew's console romance story! (58:46)7) It's time to build a LEGO Question Block (1:04:00)6) Bluetooth Audio finally comes to the Nintendo Switch (1:11:02)5) When is a roguelike too long? (1:16:07)4) Can your kid play a video game without walking around the house? (1:22:25)3) How much should sequels be the same as the original...and different? (1:28:55)2) Questions from our listeners! (1:37:48)1) GameCube celebrates its 20th Anniversary! What are our Top 5 favorite games? (1:54:52)

Happy Anniversary to the Super Nintendo! To celebrate its 30 years of existence, and the fact that we're still playing its games even today, John breaks down his Top 10 favorite games on the console. There's a few surprises on his list! Did your favorites make it on?

John & Drew show off a new Top 8 countdown talking about the pressures of justifying your Game Pass subscription, an all-new Monthly Mayhem and, of course, the big rumors of Gameboy games coming to Nintendo Switch Online! What we've been playing (13:13)8) A new Big Brain Academy entry announced for December, is it a perfect family play-together game? (36:36)7) Mario Golf Cannoli Cup results! (41:06)6) A new Monthly Mayhem starts this week! (51:56)5) Is pooping for 20 minutes with a stadium of fans waiting the ultimate in pressure? (59:25)4) We'll take those: the Dads After Dark take on the questions for the Dads (1:06:50)3) Does your Game Pass subscription pressure you to have to always be using it? (1:17:05)2) We finally played Spelunky, so what did we think? (1:22:24)1) Are Gameboy and Gameboy Color games really coming to the Switch...soon?! (1:32:31)Let's talk gaming!

This week on a new Betwixt, Nick Metzger of Game Pass News joins John to discuss our shared 3-day bender playing 12 Minutes! This story-based game, by Annapurna Interactive, takes you through time loops of 12 REALTIME minutes until you figure out the mystery surrounding your wife's father's death.Is it a 2021 Game of the Year contender? Yes! Find out all there is to know right here on another Dads After Dark Show spoilercast!