The night is long, and so are we. Wait, what? Steve and Andre continue their journey of watching Bubblegum Crisis-adjacent anime series, this time landing on Parasite Dolls, a three-episode OAV from 2002. Can it stand up to other side stories like AD Police and Bubblegum Crash? Piece of cookie!

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Thanks for joining us for another fun chat on Fine Time! Any feedback is much appreciated. Here's the rundown for this week's Big Deal:

[00:00] Intro

[02:26] Kevin explores Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration

[13:20] Andre expereinces Doki Doki Literature Club

[19:16] Andre plays Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

[23:13] Steve tries Crossing Souls

[29:07] Steve gives The Red Strings Club a go

[32:25] Break #1

[34:39] Original Meta Quest discontinued and no longer supported

[40:37] The Wild Week of Ubisoft

[01:01:37] Steve and Kevin guess the top downloaded Playstation 5 games of 2022

[01:05:18] Break #2

[01:06:36] Hogwarts Legacy and the idea of consuming art ethically

[01:36:00] Have you ever leveled a JRPG character to Lv. 99?

[01:37:29] Outro

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This week Kevin sits down with friend of the show and Twitch streamer Adan to talk about the ins and outs of what it takes to spearhead an online community, the emotional impacts of streaming, the benefits and downfalls of pre-online gaming, eating spicy nuts, and more! 

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A new show for the new year! Stay warm, stay safe. Here's the rundown for this Big Deal:

[00:00] Intro

[04:31] Andre played through Resident Evil 2 (2019)

[19:00] Andre played some Chorus

[22:53] Kevin has quick impressions on High On Life

[28:13] Steve played Cthulhu Saves Christmas

[34:25] Break #1

[37:00] Details on Ys X: Nordics from Famitsu

[47:03] Game Awards bullet points

[54:38] Forspoken demo

[01:02:44] Microsoft brokers a deal with Nintendo for Call of Duty

[01:05:45] The woeful state of Sports Story

[01:12:48] Bandai Namco lists jobs for making a Nintendo action game

[01:15:43] Nintendo Direct when?

[01:17:17] Break #2

[01:21:23] Hey, remember Yoshi's Crafted World?

[01:26:12] HBO Max delists Looney Tunes

[01:29:58] Place Your Bets!

[01:41:24] What's the worst game you've ever played?

[01:54:43] Outro

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The curmudgeons are back with a new set of recommendations for the people! If you've ever looked over the Neo Geo offerings from the Arcade Archives library and had no idea what to buy, thos podcast aims to solve that for you with twenty ACA Neo Geo game reccomendations over many genres.

Our Recommendations

World Heroes Perfect

Real Bout Fatal Fury 2

Last Blade 2

Kizuna Encounter

Cyber Lip

Spinmaster

Ninja Combat

Magician Lord

Shock Troopers

Mutation Nation

Puzzle Bobble 2

Money Puzzle Exchanger

Overtop

Big Tournament Golf (formerly Neo Turf Masters)

Aero Fighters 3

Zed Blade

Pulstar

Blazing Star

Crossed Swords

Sengoku

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Steve and Andre played the latest and greatest from PlatinumGames! But was it really the greatest? Nope! Listen to the guys thoughts on Bayonetta 3 in this new edition of Postgame Show. WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD

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Steve plays Pokemon Scarlet, Kevin plays Pokemon Ruby (???) and checks out the Forza Horizon 5 Hot Wheels DLC, and Andre trudges through Death Stranding. Then they discuss the new Super Mario Bros. Movie trailer, if future Pokemon sales figures might be hurt by the reception to Scarlet and Violet, a Sony Santa Monica director being interested in doing a Castlevania, Blizzard pulling their online services out of China, Yuji Naka getting arrested, and Kotaku putting Retromags on blast. They finish up with talking about franchises they never want to see make a comeback, personal GOTYs, and the one game they're looking forward to most in 2023.

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An HD-2D remake of a never-seen-in-the-west Squaresoft RPG for the SNES? What could possibly go wrong?! For Andre, quite a bit, but for Steve, maybe not as much. Hear their differing opinions on the 2022 remake of Live A Live in this new post-game discussion. Be warned though, full spoilers ahead!

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At long last, Andre goes deep on Sonic Frontiers! Kevin and Steve jointly tackle the beginning moments of God of War Ragnarok before Kevin talks a little Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Steve played some Harvestella. Then they cover the brief highlights of Nintendo's latest Indie World presentation, Naoki Yoshida's comments on racial diversity in Final Fantasy XVI, Nintendo software sales figures, and the Doom Eternal soundtrack dispute. Then they finish up with Kevin's thoughts on the debut record from Alien Weaponry, and a fresh Twitter Mailbag!

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The Mega Man & Bass defenders have logged on! Andre and Vin take a look at why the reputation of a game they love has been besmirched over time, dive into the reasons why they love it, and then a spirited breakdown of the complains people levy towards it.

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