Fine Time

Steve and Vin tackle Pokémon's extensive spinoff titles! From well-known games like Pokémon Snap, Pokémon Go, or Pokémon Mystery Dungeon to relative obscurities like Pokémon Channel, Pokémon Trozei, or Pokémon Conquest, they cover over two decades of history. Catch the good, the bad, and the odds and ends as they look back on their experiences and exchange plenty of laughs.

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Steve: @monotonegent

Vin: @lucentai

We all played Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, Steve played Final Fantasy 15, and Andre played Jak and Daxter. Then we talk about Nintendo's rumored 1-2 Switch sequel, Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium, Overwatch 2, Final Fantasy 7 25th Anniversary Celebration, the scattershot Final Fantasy 16 info dump, and the highlights of the Nintendo Drect Mini. We also chat about those games we really wanted to like but we just couldn't, plus a few mobile games recommendations.

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Andre: @pizzadinosaur

Steve: @monotonegent

Kevin: @KevinFlevin89

Andre and Vin tackle the new Namco compilation, Pac-Man Museum+. The good, the bad, the ugly, and the weird all get their due! How do these games hold up today?

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Andre: @pizzadinosaur

Vin: @lucentai

We all played Boyfriend Dungeon and spilled the tea about our boyfriends, and Mario Strikers: Battle League. Then we get into the multitude of game presentations over the past few weeks, including State of Play, Limited Run Games, Sonic Central, Summer Game Fest, Devolver Digital, Capcom, and the Xbox & Bethesda Showcase.

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Andre: @pizzadinosaur

Steve: @monotonegent

Kevin: @KevinFlevin89

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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Andre: @pizzadinosaur

Steve: @monotonegent

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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Andre: @pizzadinosaur Vin: @lucentai

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.

Keep up with the show on Twitter at @FineTimePodcast

Andre: @pizzadinosaur

Steve: @monotonegent

Kevin: @KevinFlevin89

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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Andre: @pizzadinosaur Vin: @lucentai

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.

Play along with Pokemon: Real or Fake? with this link: https://imgur.com/a/iqtKSH9

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Andre: @pizzadinosaur

Steve: @monotonegent

Kevin: @KevinFlevin89

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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Andre: @pizzadinosaur

Steve: @monotonegent

Kevin: @KevinFlevin89