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We are back after taking a week off for an imaginary holiday that only one of the 49 states celebrates. Lucio returns, having spent his non-holiday time playing some games that actually came out within the last calendar year. Jared meanwhile finally clears out some of his old backlog and actually gets around to taking care of the lovable (and enraging) animal in The Last Guardian.

Longtime (or likely even short time) listeners will know that as much as we love video games, so too do we love food. Today the two are married in holy matrimony in our podcast as we debate the top ten iconic video game foods of all time.

You can view our list below but really you should just listen to the podcast so you can experience all the drama and excitement for yourself.

10  Cannibal Shrimp

Honorable Mention: Kingdom Hearts Gummi Ship

We’re now here in the bleak midst of summer where little to not games are releasing and we find ourselves choked for discussion topics. This week we make a last minute discussion to talk about canceled projects. Everything from the notoriously bad Fable Legends to the notoriously sexy Thrill Kill is covered in this thriller of a podcast. Oh also we talk about The Matrix. Remember The Matrix? Man…that was really something.

Happy Birthday America! On this week’s podcast we celebrate by systematically choosing the ten most patriotic games of all time! I’ve included the list here for archiving’s sake but I’d also encourage you to skip it and just listen to the podcast. Also for some reason that still remains murky Michael shows up and explains the entire plot to Destiny, so hey you gonna like that.

Our top ten patriotic games are as follows:

10.  Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts

Honorable Mention: Wolfenstein

On this week’s podcast, after we casually create the ultimate action movie crossover series we move on to a retelling of how we spent seven hours together sailing through the ocean on a patriotic raft. Jay finally gets to be the octopus of his dreams while Michael and Jared move into the enterprising world of RPG shopkeeping. Finally Jay and Jared compare some (mostly) spoiler free notes on their playthroughs of Detroit: Become Human.

Another year brings us another E3. Despite it feeling like most of the show’s heaviest hitters won’t be landing until next year (or even later) we spend this week wading through what got our blood pumping and also what made us wish we were dead. Are we all super hyped for Fallout 76? You can probably guess the answer to that.

On this week’s podcast Lucio lets his children roam the streets fighting, Jared’s sheer curiosity gets the best of him and he winds up buying yet another David Cage game, and the whole gang builds a mess of tree houses and ziplines in The Forest.

Since returning from Japan we’ve talked several times about doing a podcast focused around travel. Well the current games schedule is slow enough that this felt like the right week to do just that. We’re not completely disconnected from games, Michael has some great titles for our deeply desired Gex reboot for example. But now as an added bonus you get to hear what he thinks of Southern Illinois as well.

On this week’s podcast Jared details his hypothetical and definitely not real Nintendo Labo and Amiibo collection torture basement. Michael lives on what might be an island with some cannibals, and somehow gets both Jared and Jay to agree to join him. Finally Jared lives his age-old dream of forcing children to become doctors in Frostpunk.