Mega Tokyo just isn't safe anymore, not even the Hot Legs bar! Steve and Andre talk about themselves as anime watchers and how they got into the artform before they take on one of the biggest anime classics of all time, Bubblegum Crisis.

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The Taito Egret II Mini party continues! Andre and Vin pick up their discussion by talking about the impact of the Zuntata sound team, the early 90's high-art shmup trilogy of RayForce, Metal Black and Darius Gaiden, briefly cover other assorted shmups like Scramble Formation and Gun Frontier, tackle the insanity of Bubble Symphony and Bubble Memories, rounding up the paddle and trackball games of Syvallion, Cameltry, Puchi Carat and the Arkanoid trilogy, beat-'em-ups The Ninja Kids and Runark, and a smattering of overarching questions at the end. Thanks for joining us!

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The guys discuss their current playtime with Blaster Master, Mega Man X6, Rhythm Heaven Megamix, VA-11 HALL-A, and Horizon: Zero Dawn. Then they tackle Bethesda delaying Redfall and Starfield, the all-new PlayStation Plus, video game violence as a political weapon, an arousing round of JAV Titles: Real or Fake?, PS3 Virtual Memory Cards, console generation graphical wow factor, and our personal aims for podcasting.

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Andre and Vin join each other for the event of the century: the Taito Egret II Mini is here and it's fantastic! They go into the hardware and its peripherals, the early post-Space Invaders catalog such as Pirate Pete, Lunar Rescue, and Lupin the 3rd, late 80s gems like Raimais, Cadash, and with Violence Fight they use the term "gem" loosely. They also talk about their first-time experiences with Volfied, Elevator Action Returns, and Kaiser Knuckle / Dan-Ku-Ga. Part 2 coming in a couple weeks!

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Steve plays Horizon: Zero Dawn for the first time, Andre revisits old Ys games, Kevin tries The Stanley Parable, and everyone plays the forgotten 2014 edition of Strider and discuss why it's so underrated. Then they get into the new Indie World presetation, Yuki Naka's beef with Square Enix, Square Enix divorcing Eidos and other western companies, the non-E3 landscape of summer announcement shows, Pokemon: Real or Fake (with visuals!), and our favorite fourth-wall breaking video game moments.

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We talk Gravity Rush, Hollow Knight, Tales of Berseria, the hilarious Sonic Origins chart, rumored Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio reboots, catch up on Amico schadenfreude, and a fresh round of Unpopular Gaming Opinions.

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Steve and Andre have a nice chat about every man’s favorite activity, passed down from father to son: watching stylish action movies with a high body count. They talk about their favorite scenes, lore, characters and kills of the John Wick trilogy up to this point, and where it can go from here. Rated R for graphic bloody violence throughout, and pervasive strong language.

This time we talk Ghostwire: Tokyo, Steve's PS5 adventures, Inside, Phoenix Wright, House of the Dead Remake, Taito's home console ports via City Connection, Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium, figureheads and spokesmen past and present for game companies, and a Horizon: Forbidden West discussion at the very end for easy skipping if you want to avoid spoilers. Enjoy!

Our topics today include Kirby and the Forgotten Land, early impressions of Ghostwire Tokyo, old Tony Hawk's Pro Skaters, the end of Dragalia Lost, the new PlayStation Plus tiers, Gran Turismo 7 review bombing, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC, house rules, video game opinions we were wrong about, preachy music, and a Xenoblade: Future Connected spoiler discussion which is at the very end if you want to skip. Enjoy!

What happens when two guys who know nothing about Kingdom Hearts decide to play Kingdom Hearts 3 as their first one? An absolute disaster, that's what! In this wild experiment for the ages, Iisten to Andre and Vin yell, cry, scream, cuss and laugh at the menagerie of sight of sound that was somehow called a video game. Was this a podcast, or a therapy session? You decide!