Inferior Gaming

Caitlin and Alan get into some mini games! Some Mini Games are so complete that they have become their own game. But for us, we feel that a Mini Game needs to be separate from the core mechanics of a game. But we also want some rewards!

Final Fantasy Resonance

Persona 5

Assassin’s Creed 2

Wylde Flowers

Gwent in Witcher 3

Playable Games in Loading Screens

Triple Triad

Final Fantasy 7 Mini Games

Final Fantasy 9 Hot and Cold

Gestral Beaches Games

Queen’s Blood

Street Fighter Bonus Stages

Target Smash!

Kingdom Hearts 1 100 Acre Woods

Puzzle Mode Kingdom Hearts 2

Rival Schools Home Run Derby

Blitzball

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Caitlin and Alan aren’t angry they are just disappointed. Some games not only fail to live up to expectations but they throw us completely out of the experience. Sometimes that is because they are a lazy cash grab but more often the gameplay is beyond us!

Final Fantasy Resonance

Kingdom Hearts 2

Resonance A Plagues Tale Legacy

The Blood of the Dawn Walker

Dragon Age The Veilguard

Mass Effect Andromeda

Tell Tale Games

Parasite Eve

Harry Potter Quidditch World Cup EA (2003)

Resonance of Fate

Star Wars BattlePod

Star Wars : Millennium Falcon Smuggler’s Run

Fae Farm

Marvel’s Avengers

Final Fantasy 12

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Caitlin and Alan ride around in our favorite video game vehicles. Fast travel is out and vehicles are in. Especially airships in the Final Fantasy series. But horses, chocobos, and tanks have a place in our hearts too!

Kingdom Hearts 2

Resonance A Plague’s Tale Legacy

Blue Prince

Final Fantasy 1 airship

Final Fantasy 9 Hilda Guard

Final Fantasy 10-2 Celsius

Chrono Trigger Epoch

The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild horses

Fields of Mistria horses

Final Fantasy Chocobos

HALO Scorpion Tank

Persona train systems

Titanfall Titans

Kingdom Hearts Gummi Ship

Elden Ring Torrent

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Caitlin and Alan get into what it means for a character to be a video game protagonist. Does a Silent Protagonist just lift up the villain as cool? A main character who is relatable can have a stale personality, but anything else might turn people off. Is there a balance?

Kingdom Hearts 1

Kingdom Hearts 2

Fields of Mistria

Chrono Trigger

Kingdom Hearts 4

Marvel TOKON: Fighting Souls

Persona 5

Halo: Campaign Evolved

Metaphor Refantazio

Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?

Avowed

Hades

GTA 6

Squall Leonhart

Final Fantasy Series

Mass Effect Series

L.A. Noire

Red Dead Redemption 2

Expedition 33

Wylde Flowers

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Caitlin and Alan discuss Kingdom Hearts 1. We both bought this game when it launched on PS2 in 2002. The magic of the game seems too big to fit into an elevator pitch, but the lore claims that is where it all started. Pretend and play are central to what makes the universe of Kingdom Hearts work, but so is design. This is the masterpiece that launched the franchise that continues to keep pulling in fans.

Moonlight Peaks

Kingdom Hearts

Persona 5

Screamer

HALO: Campaign Evolved

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Caitlin and Alan talk about the end of the PlayStation physical discs for games. Things have been leading to this point for a while- however… that doesn’t mean that we are happy about it. And that things might be more unsafe for consumers and preservation of the Art. No to mention the AI of it all.

Persona 5

Marvel TOKON Fighting Souls

Moonlight Peaks

Assassin’s Creed 2

Mortal Kombat 2

Sony PlayStation announced the end of physical disc production starting 2028.

P. T. horror game demo

Google Stadia

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Caitlin and Alan talk about controllers. Is it best if you never think about the controller, or if the controller is the main draw? When games give us so many ways to customize do we lose the simplicity of controls? Custom controllers were all the rage in the early 2000s but Nintendo has never stopped trying to find new configurations.

Adventures of Elliot

Nier Automata

Denshattack!

Mixtape

Zone of Enders

Marvel Spider-Man

The Witcher 3

Kingdom Hearts 2

Minecraft

Steel Batallion

Lifeline

Manhunt

Rock Band

Dance Dance Revolution

The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword

R.O.B. Nintendo Robot

Duck Hunt

Hogan’s Alley

Time Crisis

Roll and Rocker Controller

Switch 2 Pro Controller

HORI Fighting Commander Octa Pro Controller

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Caitlin and Alan talk about listening to audiobooks and podcast while you play video games. The problem with hobbies is the need for human hands. You can only hold so many things. But in an Open World game you can hold the space to listen to an audiobook and play the game.

Persona 5

Scott Pilgrim EX

Adventures of Elliot

Dungeon Crawler Carl

Logitech NetPlay Controller (Model G-X2B6)

The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild

Elden Ring

The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt

ICO

Shadow of the Colossus

Animal Crossing

Final Fantasy 11

Coral Island

Stardew Valley

Hot Shots Golf

Deus Ex Human Revolution

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Caitlin and Alan get philosophical about if games always have conflict. To be a game there needs to be a failure-state. Maybe a win. Maybe an ending. Maybe even a story. Does the tension of avoiding failure create a conflict that drives us to play? What about causing problems? As, say… a goose?

Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales

Persona 5

Dark Souls Remastered

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Caitlin and Alan get to the end of all things. What makes for a great video game ending? Tying together the gameplay and the story is a great place to start. No loose ends- and don’t let the sequel undo it!

Persona 5

Kingdom Hearts

The Adventures of Elliot

Kingdom Hearts 2

Simple and Clean Podcast

The Legend of Zelda

Final Fantasy X

Final Fantasy 6

Clair Obscure: Expedition 33

Street Fighter 5

Mass Effect 3

Brothers A Tale of Two Sons

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

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Music by moodmode Retro Game Music