Destroy All Children

Once again, video games are BACK, and I'm here to tell you about The Good Life, Back 4 Blood (again), and Metroid: Dread! George instead wants to talk about Nintendo's garbage online pass or whatever, so I humor him. Then we have a little bit more about Far Cry 6, before it's on to RETRO CORNER: MORE TROIDS! All the Troids are here! Well... Metroid 1, Super Metroid, Zero Mission, and Fusion, actually, that's not all of them. But it's a good chunk! It's the ones that matter. 

Theme song by David Cassel

Outro music: "It's a Good Life" by The Horrors

Video games are BACK!!! We're here to talk about Far Cry 6 and Metroid Dread, though it's mostly Far Cry. I also relay some information about the current state of Switch emulation, which is completely unrelated, by the way. Totally. We also have a quick aside on the 2021 film Malignant, which everyone should watch, and in Retro Corner, it's Lunacy, for, you guessed it, the Sega Saturn! More Sega Saturn games! It's what everyone's been asking for! Well... Actually, one person did ask for this game specifically. Don't know what's wrong with his brain. 

Theme song by David Cassel

Outro music: "Bedrock Anthem" by Weird "Al" Yankovic

This week, we head back into The Gabagool Zone to discuss the Sopranos prequel movie The Many Saints of Newark. Then, it's time for some spooOoOoky sitcoms as we talk about two episodes of Family Matters: Stevil and Stevil 2. Then, in Retro Corner, George played D for the Sega Saturn. What does the D stand for? The answer might surprise you! Eh, probably not, actually.

Theme song by David Cassel

Outro music: "Damn These Vampires" by the Mountain Goats

This week, we learn more about Predators, the Sega Saturn, Nintendo's various failings, bad remakes, ice hockey manga and anime, and George's difficulties in pronouncing Japanese titles. In Retro Corner, the subject is Ninja Gaiden 1-3. The NES ones. 

Theme song by David Cassel

Not a lot going on this week, as I'm still plugging away at Deathloop, and George is still in his insane Sega Saturn phase, but I did watch Predator 2, so... There's that. There's also the promise of NINTENDO NEWS on the horizon, and we unravel the mystery of Goonies 2 for the NES. But that's not Retro Corner. Retro Corner is, in fact, about JACKAL for the NES, and WRATH OF THE BLACK MANTA, which is definitely a video game you can play. Technically. Thanks to @buffaloser on twitter for recommending this, even though George never told me to contact him about being on the show for this. Sorry, Dale. 

Theme song by David Cassel

Outro music: "Old College Try" by The Mountain Goats

This week, I've played a liiiiittle bit of Deathloop (more on it next week) and I've also been deep in the 4 vs 1 mines, playing both Predator: Hunting Grounds and Dead By Daylight. God, I miss Evolve... Anyway, George watched The Phantom and played Albert Odyssey and Final Fantasy Tactics, which shouldn't be surprising to anybody. Also not surprising: more Star Track garbage.

Theme song by David Cassel

Outro music: "Loop De Li" by Bryan Ferry

This week, I talk about Psychonauts 2 and No More Heroes 3, and George is into some REAL psycho shit with regards to the Sega Saturn. Then, in Retro Corner, it's really more of a mental exercise to see how much two old men remember about Kingdom Hearts 2. You'd never guess this, but the answer is: not much! 

Theme song by David Cassel

Outro music: "B's Theme" from the No More Heroes 3 OST

We've reached the end of our journey, and we bid farewell to the DS9 crew by picking our top 5 favorite episodes. The results may surprise you!! Probably not though. Maybe. I don't know. None of the Lwaxana Troi episodes are in here, I can tell you that.

Oh boy. Strap in, folks, because I have to share the absolutely terrible insanity that is Twelve Minutes. Speaking of insanity, George is still on his Souls shit, trying to platinum Dark Souls 2, because he never learns. He's like the rat that keeps trying to eat the electrified cheese over and over. Probably best to just put him down. That's no kind of life. Anyway, in Retro Corner, he also wanted to talk about Final Fantasy 6 and 7. See my point?

Theme song by David Cassel

Outro music: "Making Flippy Floppy" (Live version from Stop Making Sense) by Talking Heads 

After multiple attempts at recording that were thwarted by George's bad internet and other assorted tomfooleries, we had a successful session! Hooray! It was important that we get this episode to you, the loyal listener, so you can hear discussions about Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin and Hades, followed by a Retro Corner featuring X-Men arcade, The Simpsons arcade, and... After Burner II. Alright, whatever. I feel like his theming of Retro Corners has been pretty suspect as of late.

Theme song by David Cassel

Outro music: "The Lyre of Orpheus" by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds