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

Jason Arriola, John Lucero, and Conor Mahood have a discussion about last year’s Blade Runner 2049. We’re far more positive about this than we were about Star Wars: The Last Jedi, but that’s setting the bar fairly low, isn’t it?

If you’re interested in following Conor’s work outside of here, he’s one part of The Movie Express (the other part being podcast regular Luke Maxwell). You should also check out both of his novels, The Hanged Man and Somebody Else’s Dream and give some thought to him the next time you need voiceover work done.

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

Intro – Games and Junk theme music by Visager

Outro – Blade Runner  – Blade Runner 2049 –  Hans Zimmer

Jason Arriola and John Lucero talk about Dragon Ball FighterZ for a bit and then talk about the different viewing options of the Dragon Ball saga. Is there a lot of Dragon Ball related stuff to watch? Holy hell, is there….

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

Intro – Games and Junk theme music by Visager

Outro – Rock the Dragon  – Dragon Ball Z –  Jeremy Sweet

Jason Arriola, John Lucero, and Vanessa Cahill talk about Ness’ adventures in the wonderful world of the Switch, Geralt’s adventures in The Witcher III, and Jason’s love of the combat in Dragon’s Dogma. Mini rundown on the Nintendo Direct Mini! And… Labo is as Nintendo as Nintendo gets.

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

Intro – Games and Junk theme music by Visager

Outro – Sidonia  – Knights of Sidonia –  Angela & Angela

Jason Arriola, John Lucero, and Conor Mahood sit down and have a little chat about Star Wars: The Last Jedi. It gets a little heated, but remains civil because we’re adults talking about a movie. Hopefully needless to say, but SPOILERS AHOY!

If you’re interested in following Conor’s work outside of here, he’s one part of The Movie Express (the other part being podcast regular Luke Maxwell). You should also check out both of his novels, The Hanged Man and Somebody Else’s Dream.

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

Intro – Games and Junk theme music by Visager

Outro – Peace and Purpose  – Star Wars: The Last Jedi –  John Williams

John tests Jason’s ability to guess how the Keighley’s went down this year, we run down the announcements from there and PSX, Capcom is shaping up to have a hell of a 2018, and stuff we’ve been playing this week.

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

Intro – Games and Junk theme music by Visager

Break 1 – Hyrule Castle (Outside) – The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Manaka Kataoka and Yasuaki Iwata

Break 2 – Sigma Stage 1 – Mega Man X – Setsuo Yamamoto

Break 3 – Life Will Change – Persona 5 – composed by Shoji Meguro and performed by Lyn Inaizumi

Outro – Battle! (Trainer) – Pokemon Sun and Moon –  Jun’ichi Masuda, Minako Adachi, Go Ichinose, and GAME FREAK

Jason Arriola and John Lucero talk about a lot of old stuff. Alternate history 1960’s America? Check. Egypt in the final years of the Ptolemaic Dynasty? Check. Umm, that might be the last of the old stuff unless you count movies and TV shows that came out in the last six months old? Sorry, I really flubbed this unifying thread thing.

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

Intro – Games and Junk theme music by Visager

Break – Return of the Medjay – Assassin’s Creed Origins – Sarah Schachner

Outro – Theos-De-Endrogram – Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana –  Falcom Sound Team jdk

Jason Arriola, John Lucero, and Franky Ordaz have been playing some stuff. John with the timely stuff like Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus and Super Mario Odyssey, Jason, with a sort of timely stuff with Wulverblade, and Franky laments not having played Super Mario Odyssey but instead tells us about The Flame in the Flood. Jason tries to take advantage of a pricing error on Shadow of War on air (and fails), we lament (?) Visceral Games closing, and someone may have gotten a little more than bothered about the whole NeoGAF thing.

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

Intro – Games and Junk theme music by Visager

Outro – Wooded Kingdom – Super Mario Odyssey –  Naoto Kubo, Shiho Fuji, and Koji Kondo