Games and Junk Podcast

Don’t get too excited, we’re not bringing this thing back. 2018 was a more solid year for games than we thought, so Jason and John decided give the nod to some honorable mentions before we run down our five favorite games of the year.

On This Episode

– Jason Arriola

– John Lucero

This Week’s Music

Intro – Games and Junk theme music by Visager

Outro 1 – Prisoner’s Awakening – Dead Cells – Yoann Laulan

Outro 2 – Battle! (Gym Leader Battle) – Pokémon Let’s Go – GAME FREAK, Jun’ichi Masuda, and Shota Kageyama

Well, we finally made it to episode 100! To help celebrate (?), Jason Arriola and Vanessa Cahill talk about the site and podcast’s past and present. Then, we’re joined by John Lucero to talk about his history with us. As a bit of a weird way to celebrate, we’ve decided to retire this iteration of the podcast. We’ve got something else that’s more easy to keep up with on our end, so listen in and see what the future holds! And, like all the greats, we’re leaving the retirement a bit open, so if there’s anything we feel we want to talk about that won’t fit in our other podcasts, this will be the place for it!

Hey, did you this, along with all of our other podcasts, have their own feed? Well, you do now! And you can subscribe to that feed on Apple Podcasts if that’s your thing. Why not leave a review while you’re there?

And on a more serious note, I want to thank everyone that’s ever worked on this particular podcast in its many iterations with me. So, thanks to Graig Garman, Ariel Apodaca, Vanessa Cahill, Scott Romero, Franky Ordaz, Executive Producer Anthony Gore, Ashley Sanchez, Luke Maxwell, Anthony Villanueva, Ben Alston, Conor Mahood, Brittany Beshel, John Lucero, Richard Balmer, Tyler Mire, Josie “Visager” Brechner, and JoeStar. It’s been a long road getting here, but none of this would have been possible if it wasn’t for them taking time to talk with me about these damn video games we all love so dearly. And, most importantly, thank you for listening! I’m amazed at how many of you actually listen to this thing no matter how sporadic the releases have been. I hope you’ll stick with us and check out the other podcasts we’ve got lined up for you. I’m excited about them, and I think you will be as well (please clap).

On This Episode

– Jason Arriola

– Vanessa Cahill

– John Lucero

This Week’s Music

Intro – Games and Junk theme music by Visager

Outro – Charming Castle Town (9st Edo) – Ganbare Goemon: Sarawareta Ebisumaru – Shinji Tasaka, Yoshiyuki Hagiwara, Akihiro Juichiya

We ingested quite a bit of Roger Rabbit for this podcast. While the Roger Rabbit movie is perfectly okay, the games are another story. It goes beyond the infamous NES one, as there were a total of four Roger Rabbit games. Yeah, that was news to me as well.

A big thanks to the Tardy to the Party podcast for not only inspiring this one, but also being able to get Bill Mudron’s insight on animation was a huge help!

On This Episode

– Jason Arriola

– John Lucero

– JoeStar

This Week’s Music

Intro – Games and Junk theme music by Visager

Break – Los Angeles Sidewalk View – Who Framed Roger Rabbit (NES) – David Wise

Outro – Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! – Who Framed Roger Rabbit – Frank Marsales and Abe Lyman

We leaned pretty heavy on the “and Junk” part of our name this. We barely talked about video games for the first hour and instead decided talking about cartoons from the early 90’s and a bunch of other stuff I can barely remember. We also decided we’re going to watch Who Framed Roger Rabbit for our next episode. Have any thoughts about it or anything else you’d like to share? Email us at [email protected]

We also sort of talked about E3 for like an hour because we know you come here for the hard-hitting news from a month ago.

On This Episode

– Jason Arriola

– John Lucero

– JoeStar

Games We Talk About

– Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection

– Yakuza 6

– Dark Souls Remastered

This Week’s Music

Intro – Games and Junk theme music by Visager

Break – Who’ll Be Your Double (Character Select Theme) – Street Fighter Alpha 3 – Takayuki Iwai, Yuki Iwai, Isao Abe, Hideki Okugawa, Tetsuya Shibata

Outro – Brave or Grave – Street Fighter Alpha 3 – Takayuki Iwai, Yuki Iwai, Isao Abe, Hideki Okugawa, Tetsuya Shibata

(I couldn’t figure out who composed the two Alpha 3 tracks, so I just listed everyone who worked on its soundtrack. Better than not crediting them at all!)

Jason and John follow up on the Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII talk by giving the Battlefield V reveal its due. Jason played a Western game that John hasn’t and has been digging into something aimed right at his Castlevania III heartstrings. John’s worked his way out of Lordran to find himself in Detroit and it doesn’t sound like he’s better off for it.

Games We Talk About

– Call of Juarez: Gunslinger

– Dark Souls Remastered

– Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon

– Detroit: Become Human

This Week’s Music

Intro – Games and Junk theme music by Visager

Outro – Spiral of Erebos – The Legend of Heroes: Sen No Kiseki III  –  Falcom Sound Team jdk

The Merry Band of Dipshits talk about Nintendo’s online service…thing, Walmart’s E3 leaks, and other bits of news. John puts the wraps on God of War and gets back into Destiny 2. Jason really enjoyed the mobile game, SIMULACRA, and is head over heels for State of Decay 2 (surprise).

Games We Talk About

–Simulacra

–God of War

–State of Decay 2

–Destiny 2: Warmind

This Week’s Music

Intro – Games and Junk theme music by Visager

Break – The Key to Singing the Praises of Victory – Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume – Motoi Sakuraba

Outro – Schala’s Theme – “To Far Away Times: Chrono Trigger & Chrono Cross Arrangement Album” –  Laura Shigihara

We’ve got more than a few games to talk about this episode as Conor joins Jason and John to talk about them.

Games We Talk About

–Watch Dogs 2

–Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag

–Assassin’s Creed: Origins

–Uncharted 4

–Sleeping Dogs

–Stranglehold

–Yakuza 0

–Yakuza 6

–God of War (2018)

–Ninja Five-0

And here’s the music we used for this week’s show!

Intro – Games and Junk theme music by Visager

Outro – Termination – Perfect Collection Ys 1 & 2: Complete Works of Ryo Yonemitsu –  Falcom Sound Team jdk

This week, Jason Arriola, John Lucero, and Franky Ordaz decide Mario might be an asshole, Far Cry 5 is a far cry from great, and Attack on Titan might not have the strongest story, characters, or writing, but it’s still fun.

SPOILER ALERT! John spoils the hell out of the end of Far Cry 5, so if you don’t want the ending spoiled, check out at 42:05 and come back at 49:35.

Games We Talk About

–Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle

–Far Cry 5

–Attack on Titan 2

And here’s the music we used for this week’s show!

Intro – Games and Junk theme music by Visager

Break 1 – Battlefield – Rival Arrival – 7th Dragon 2020 – Yuzo Koshiro

Break 2 – Fight! – SaGa 3 Jikuu no Hasha Shadow or Light – Ryuji Sasai and Tsuyoshi Sekito

Outro – Friendship – Lost Sphear –  Tomoki Miyoshi

Jason Arriola, John Lucero, and JoeStar run down what they’ve been playing lately before going headlong into the discussion about the latest Nintendo Direct and if Kirby is actually something to be feared.

And here’s the music we used for this week’s show!

Intro – Games and Junk theme music by Visager

Break 1 – “Perfect Kiss” – Tecmo Arcade Game Chronicle – Tsukasa Masuko

Break 2 – Blue Team Offense – Tecmo Bowl – Mikio Saito

Outro – Calm Before the Storm – Secret of Mana (2018) –  sasakure.UK

We’re taking a look back at the little Nintendo console that just couldn’t. In the first segment, Jason Arriola is joined by Vanessa Cahill and Franky Ordaz to talk about the development history of the Wii U, some of our favorite things about it, and some of the things we wish it did better (or at all). Then in the second segment, Jason is joined by JoeStar  to get his thoughts on the Wii U.

In a surprising turn of events, we all come to the conclusion that the Wii U wasn’t actually a bad system at all! So much so that Vanessa started a list of games to buy for it and try out as soon as we wrapped up!

And here’s the music we used for this week’s show!

Intro – Games and Junk theme music by Visager

Break – Main Theme – Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – Naoto Kubo and Mahito Yokota

Outro – Reincarnation  – Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE –  Yoshino Nanjo