Games and Junk Podcast

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

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