This would usually be a skip week, but the world is still being a jerk, so we made you a bonus, entirely unedited, and almost entirely off-topic episode. This time, our producer Matthew Hunter subbed in for Jay and he and Miles talked about the video games they grew up on!

Topics, roughly:

Crystalis

Power Blade

Fighting robots (in general)

Super Mario World

F-Zero

Final Fantasy II (which is to say IV)

Street Fighter II

Rockin' Kats

Shatter Hand

Battletoads

Lemmings

The Incredible Machine

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Turtles in Time

Mario Paint

Doom

Secret of Mana

Mega Man X

Disney adaptations

Final Fantasy III (which is to say VI)

Donkey Kong Country

Super Punch Out

Illusion of Gaia

BioForge

DWANGO (Dial-up Wide-Area Network Game Operation)

Full Throttle, Quest For Glory, Gabriel Knight...

Wild ARMs

Wipeout

Stun Runner

Resident Evil

Final Fantasy VII

Fallout

Parasite Eve

Xenogears

Baldur's Gate

Tetris DX

Pokémon (Blue)

LUNAR

Silent Hill

You can find Matt on Twitter and his music on Bandcamp!