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The boys take a trip to a place that is definitely not Spain at all to talk about one of the most lauded games of all time: 4 Resident Evil!

Leon S. Kennedy is back, a newly minted agent of the United States Secret Service. His mission: rescue the president's daughter who has been kidnapped by a backwoods cult. His method: kicking. And because this is a Resident Evil game, there's monsters and mutants and even a mine cart!

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AKA Red Dead Robot-tion

We continue trying to unravel the onion that is Xenogears. Our search for answers has led us to...Catholic cowboys? In this episode, we meed the best side character in the game, shoot up a ghost ship, uncover a centuries old conspiracy and discover a lost city of wonders. All while the main character is in a coma! This game is pretty wild, gang.

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A lot of stuff happened last year. But also a bunch of video games came out! We take our annual look back at the highs and lows we had in the past 12 months. In gaming, anyway. Only gaming. We talk about good tunes, dastardly mysteries and big, big boys!

Also, Jared tries to make a joke about current events but reveals he only reads like half a headline and assumes he got the gist.

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aka Stier Automata

Our Xenogears saga continues! In jail! Fei Fong Wong wakes up after the battle for Aveh to a mix of good and bad news. Good news: he's alive. Bad news: he's a prisoner of the Kislev Empire. Luckily, the Nortune prison runs on a fighting tournament based economy, so Fei has an edge.

Meeting Rico Banderas, who definitely does not infringe on any copyrights whatsoever, Fei gets caught up in the investigation of a string of brutal killings. Can he solve the case AND become king of the ring? Why is Citan there? Who is that Wiseman guy anyway? And hey, what's the Purge thing those Geblers keep talking about?

All these mysteries and more in Xenogears Act 2!

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At long last, we embark on a saga. A saga of kung fu, robots, and divinity. A saga known as Xenogears.

In this first part of our journey through the 1998 cult classic, we meet our hero Fei Fong Wong. He has a problem: robot violence. Also amnesia, but the robot violence is the main thing. Caught up in the middle of a centuries long war, Fei suffers from the loss of his home and crushing guilt at his role in its destruction. But whatever because Bart the Pirate King has a corrupt regime to topple, so Fei has more robo-battling ahead of him.

Through it all, we are confronted by the ultimate question: Dost thou desire The Power?

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The most requested game we've ever had, it is finally time to face the legendary Sonic '06!

In this reboot(?), Sonic intervenes in Eggman's evil schemes yet again and rescues the Princess of the bizarre nation of Soleanna. While he pursues whatever his dark designs are, Sonic is pursued by a mysterious time traveler seeking to save a blighted future. Meanwhile, Shadow the Hedgehog has no time for all this nonsense and nearly resolves the narrative all by himself in his desperate scramble to get out of this game. And poor old Eggman falls off the wagon.

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Listener Requests continue to deliver great games as we take a look at the now legendary Metal Gear Solid 2!

Two years after the Shadow Moses Incident, Solid Snake and Otacon have dedicated themselves to freeing the world from the increased proliferation of the bipedal mechanical weapons known as Metal Gear. Infiltrating a covert Marines vessel, Snake finds himself facing off against a new threat and familiar old foes when

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In this jumbo sized first entry in this year's Listener Request Summer, the boys take a pilgrimage to the temple of sports in Final Fantasy X!

Tidus Jechtson has it all: a promising sports career, a luxury house boat, loving fans and a dead father. But his cushy life gets turned upside down when his wacky uncle Auron sends him on a trip of a lifetime. Oh, and also an eldritch monstrosity destroys civilization, sending Tidus hurtling one thousand years into the future. But Tidus is about to find out that no matter when or where you are, there's only one thing that's ever truly important:

Blitzball. Wait, I mean love. I guess this game is about love. Blitzball, though...

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Due to popular(?) demand, this bonus version of our episode on Hopkins FBI is a little different.

Please note that overexposure to "I Can't Control Myself" by the Troggs is potentially hazardous. The science is not yet in, but the FDA advises extreme caution. HBGC does not accept responsibility for any mental or physical damages caused by prolonged bopping. Listen at your own risk.

In this episode, the boys tackle the infamous cult classic adventure game Hopkins FBI!

In a world made entirely of edgelords, one man stands for justice. I don't know who that man is, because it is not Agent Hopkins. Hopkins is a highly decorated FBI agent who squares off against the worst of the worst and occasionally wins. He "foils" a bank robbery only to have his life turned upside down by the return of his arch-nemesis, Bernie Berkson. Hopkins will wade through a sea of dead women on his quest to save his girlfriend and the world.

One thing he will not do, however, is react to anything like a human being would.

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