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The boys are back with a look into an alternate history.

C&C Red Alert 3 is a story about a world war that never was. When the Soviet Union is on the verge of defeat, a colonel played by Tim Curry uses a secret time machine to go back and murder the source of the Allies's super tech: Albert Einstein. When he returns, he finds the Soviets are now winning, but a new threat has been born from his temporal tampering. The global war is now worse than ever in this final entry in the Red Alert series.

It's Soviet Premier Tim Curry vs US President J.K. Simmons vs Emperor of Japan George Takei in a battle of giant robots, spider tanks and laser dolphins!

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Kazuma Kiryu is a man on a mission. And that mission is to be the world's most powerful dad.

Kiryu takes the fall for his best friend's murder beef. When he gets out, things have changed. His childhood love is missing, his best friend is looking to kill him, and someone stole 10 billion yen from the Yakuza. In the middle of all this, Kiryu meets Haruka, a ten year old girl being hunted by every crook in Tokyo for unknown reasons. Lucky for her, Kiryu knows the perfect solution for her problems:

Punching dudes.

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It's Rough Boy January, and we are revisiting an old friend with the original Dead to Rights, Namco's hyperactive tribute to action schlock!

Jack Slate is a loose-cannon cop on the edge, driven to violent revenge after his father is murdered. But he's also very gullible, so quickly becomes the fall guy for a surprisingly complex criminal conspiracy. With nothing left to lose, Jack has to bust out of death row to clear his name and bring the true villains to extremely fatal justice!

Also, he has a dog.

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The boys take a look back on this past year and chat about their favorite games. Capcom, bafflingly, continues to be good! The indie scene is booming! Massive multiplayer shooters from triple AAA publishers are not so good!

And we even crack into the big question: What was the best video game of the past decade? Hear it from us, the experts here at the only video game podcast in the world! Weird that no one else has thought of doing one of these...

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It's the holiday season, which means its time for KILLER CYBORGS! Snatcher is one of the earliest games written and directed Hideo Kojima, the mad man behind Metal Gear and Death Stranding. It's also, kind of, Blade Runner/Terminator fan fiction.

Gillian Seed is man with amnesia and a mysterious past. He's also just been assigned to Neo Kobe City's new JUNKER task force. His mission: to hunt down the latest in cyberpunk terror, the deadly Snatchers. Snatchers are murderous androids that kill people and assume their identities to further their unknown but sinister goals. But when the only other surviving JUNKER is murdered, Gillian is thrown into the deep end of a deadly conspiracy.

Also, there's pizza!

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WE LIVE...AGAIN! The Rowdy Boys are back and we are finally finishing our long summer with the PS1 cult classic, Legend of Legaia!

A grim mist covers the land, transforming people and animal alike into monsters. The few remaining refuges are under attack by a diabolical wizard and his pet kaiju. Vahn, a young man in an isolated village, knows the only way to stop it: Karate! Vahn sets out on a punch-adventure to save the world because it's a video game, baby!

And yes, there's time travel. How does this keep happening to us?

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If there's one thing our listeners love to request, it's JRPGs. And we have a bit of a cult classic this time around! Arc The Lad was originally released in 1995 in Japan and did not get a western release until 2002! Was it worth the wait?

When a young priestess is tricked into messing up an ancient seal, monsters are unleashed onto the land. To make things worse, the world powers have gone so hard on imperialism that the planet is dying.

Enter Arc, the absolute mad lad and prophesied hero. With the stern demeanor of a plank of wood, Arc sets out on a quest to gather the blessings of the elemental guardians and find the Ark, which will hopefully save the world. And he'll do it the only way an RPG hero knows how: gathering a group of weirdos and swinging a sword around.

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OOOOOH YEAH BAAAABY! Summer never ends and that means more Listener Requests! This episode we take a look at what just might be the best handheld game ever released.

Ghost Trick is the story of one amnesiac ghost's journey to solve his own murder and learn his true identity. Sissel is a simple man: he's dead and he wants to know why. Using his ghostly gifts, he follows a detective named Lynne in the hopes that her investigation will lead to answers for both of them. The duo contend with dire threats at every turn: hitmen, death traps, explosives and romance novelists all threaten to bring a premature end to the night. But don't worry, they have a four-legged ally waiting to guide them into the light of a new day.

Also, Time Streaming?

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The hectic summer has delayed the boys' valiant effort to see through their listener requests once again, but have no fear! We have retrieved an episode long thought lost in our hosting switch-over. Well, by "lost" we mean "Jared put it in the wrong folder" but still.

SuperGiant Games may be an indie juggernaut today, but for most of us, Bastion was our first exposure to the team. And what a first impression! We recorded this episode ages ago, but our opinions on the game haven't really changed. It's great.

It's those dog days of summer and that means it's time for some Listener Requests! First up, the legendary Blue Stinger!

This amazing tale takes place in the far off future of 2018, when Elliot Ballard is enjoying a vacation near Dinosaur Island. Dinosaur Island is not populated by Yoshis, but is owned by a shady megacorp like more video game islands. When a strange glowing meteor strikes the island, Elliot finds himself stranded in the techno-metropolis on the island itself. And, naturally, a mysterious virus is also mutating the people on the island.

There's aliens, too, but most importantly, it's Christmas Eve! Can Elliot save the day before that jolly old elf has to add the human race to his DEAD list? Probably!

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