Join us as we dive into the surprise release of Ninja Gaiden 2 Black. We explore how this remaster stacks up against its predecessors and whether its combat still holds up against today's action games. The crew speculates about the future of the series and what a potential Ninja Gaiden 4 might bring. Plus, Orrin shares his thoughts on Sniper Elite: Resistance. Finally, some news about the podcast in 2025.

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The Jumpies, our 2024 games of the year.

Time Stamps:

0:40 - A Tribute to David Lynch

5:00 - Kicking off the Awards

8:00 - First Category: Best Character

14:50 - Best Style and Art Direction

23:35 - Best Level Design

29:15 - Best DLC

32:30 - Best Music

40:50 - Best Weapon (Unofficially sponsored by B.J. Blazkowicz)

46:10 - Best Non-gaming thing

48:10 - Best Puzzles

53:30 - Biggest Surprise

1:00:30 - Best Game Feel

1:07:50 - Games we wish we had more time with

1:11:30 - Our favorite games of the year from another year

1:14:15 - Recapping all the category winners!

1:16:50 - Guessing each other’s top three games of 2024

1:25:35 - Revealing our Personal Top 10s

1:43:00 - Recapping our Personal Top 10s

1:45:28 - Making the final top ten list

2:04:50 - Revealing our game of the year and the final top ten

2:10:40 - The Final List

2:11:27 - Revisiting our top three guesses

2:15:00 - Predictions for 2025

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Madeline Stanley (@madexposure on X) joins Aaron and Orrin to dive into their favorite films of 2024! Tune in for our yearly wrap-up as we share the movies that wowed us, surprised us, and left a lasting impression this year. We each share our top five movies of the year, including some honorable mentions.

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Aaron, Kevin, Orrin, and Mike attended the Game Awards, and we’re here to share our thoughts! We dive into what excited us most, the awards we felt were truly well-deserved, and why we’re absolutely hyped for the new Ninja Gaiden game. Plus, we had the chance to meet some amazing people in the industry, including the game director from Baldur's Gate 3, the storytellers behind Diablo IV, journalists from GameSpot, and even the legendary Video Game Dunkey

Nic Grasso (@nickygra97) joins us to talk Silent Hill 2, Alan Wake 2 DLC, and remake fatigue.

0:00 - Intro

7:30 - Silent Hill 2 Remake non-spoiler review

48:30 - Alan Wake 2 Lake House DLC review

57:00 - Kevin gives his quick thoughts on the Vampire Survivors Castlevania dlc, Clock Tower Rewind, and Red Dead 1 on PC

1:10:45 - Aaron is watching Twin Peaks: The Return and gives his initial thoughts

1:28:45 - Topic of The Show: Do we all have “Remake Fatigue” in 2024?

1:55:00 - Orrin went to a film festival, Nick watched some new movies, and more film recs from Kevin and Aaron

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1:00- Silent Hill 2 Remake impressions

15:30- Our video game industry report card

18:30- Sony report card

53:00- Xbox report card

1:17:00- Nintendo report card

1:34:00- PC Report Card

1:50:30- Video Game industry general report card

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This week Sida (@Sida6666) joins us and we decide once and for all what are the best games of the first half of the 2020's. There can be only one (or 10).

4:00 - we reveal our personal top tens

1:59:20 - we summarize our personal top tens

2:02:00 - debating the top ten games of the decade so far

2:40:30 - revealing the top ten games of the decade so far

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This week Zack stops by and we cover the games we might have missed this summer.

6:30 - Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess review

18:00 - Discussing the new Doom remasters

35:30 - Anger Foot review

43:30 - Fallen Aces impressions

46:30 - Felvidek review

52:40 - Selaco review update

1:07:30 - LXD Red Honey review

1:11:30 - Dread: Delusion discussion

1:18:00 - We rant about the dire state of streaming

1:24:30 - Personal Recs (including a stealth review of Furiosa)

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This week Nic Grasso stops by and we talk about our favorite games of the year so far, along with other favorite non-gaming things.

7:20 - Our favorite games of 2024 so far

1:04:00 - Our favorite non-gaming things of 2024

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This week Mike joins the gang as we go all in on the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC. A lengthy spoiler-free review, followed by a spoiler section at the end.

7:00- Shadow of the Erdtree non-spoiler review

46:30- Shadow of the Erdtree SPOILER discussion

1:21:00- quick reviews of I Saw the TV Glow, Indika, and more!

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