The dynamic duo are back to talk all things videogames (and a few movies). We learn what Jonathan really thinks about Supergiant Games and what Ryan thinks of the latest pretender to their throne, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate. Along the way Ryan gives us his two cents on Anaconda (2025) and Jaws, plus makes up impromptu lyrics to a song about Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. The pair of heroes also give us thoughts on Pokemon Champions, Drawquarium, Bubsy 4D, Splatoon Raiders, and a whole lot more.

0:00:00 - Do You Need Me to Scratch Your Back?
0:00:51 - The Plane Taking Off Episode
0:03:45 - TMNT Splintered Fate Opening Thoughts
0:04:58 - Uneven Power Dynamics
0:06:47 - TMNT Splintered Fate More Thoughts
0:08:56 - Anaconda (2025) and Jaws Reviews
0:11:27 - TMNT Splintered Fate Score
0:12:23 - Surprise Yoshi Song
0:14:21 - Pokemon Champions - Doing Work to Help You Do Work
0:15:22 - Drawquarium...A Parody on Office Culture?
0:17:12 - Quick Takes: Plants vs. Zombies, Mini Motorways, Bubsy 4D
0:18:15 - Who is Bubsy?
0:19:24 - A Terrible YouTuber Inspired Us to Play N64
0:22:49 - Bubsy 4D...Who is it For?
0:25:09 - Spreading Misinformation about Splatoon Raiders
0:26:40 - What's Going On in the News?
0:28:40 - Analyzing Trump's Brain via Roblox
0:29:40 - More Splatoon Raiders Thoughts
0:31:29 - Full of Zingers
0:32:30 - Class Dismissed

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It's the longest episode of Maximum Utcast ever! Zoey regales us with tales of spooky video games that enrapture dogs before we talk about Mewgenics. Then one of the developers of Mewgenics, Edmund McMillen, stops by to catch up with his pal Jonathan about his career in the games industry working on games like Super Meat Boy, the Binding of Isaac, the End is Nigh, and more recently Mewgenics. Following that, our hosts get into a discussion about how ethical consumption can be a minefield to navigate. By the end of the show, Jonathan discusses his green slime secretions.
0:00:00 - Practicing Ghouls N Ghosts
0:09:22 - The Benevolent Queen and the Smelly Freak
0:11:17 - Have You Played That Mewgenics?
0:15:07 - Accepting Our Weird Genes in Mewgenics with Edmund McMillen
1:45:30 - The Meows Are Not Endorsements
1:53:45 - Plenty of Twenty
1:57:59 - Leaks, It's What I Live By
2:01:07 - Wrap Up/Plugs/Thanks Patrons!
2:08:45 - Eat Ass
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Currently Playing is back with the first ever returning guest, Dr. Glen Hood (environmental biologist, professional bug counter) who has been living with Daniel for the last 4 months. It's another rare in-person chat where we get into why Glen hasn't been playing very many video games lately. The bulk of the episode is devoted to discussing the Super Mario Galaxy Movie, a film neither Glen nor Daniel have seen.
0:00:00 - Welcome Back to the Show, Glen!
0:01:57 - What Are You Playing? Not Too Much
0:09:08 - Two Old Men Talk About a Movie They Haven't Seen
0:45:04 - Top 3 Mexican Restaurants in Central Texas
0:48:58 - Wrap Up/PlugsFollow Daniel on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/douibyorthst.bsky.social
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On this thrilling! (is it love?) episode of the Maximum Utcast, Zoey performs a cunning stunt in the form of a live videogame unboxing before Jonathan regales us with tales of being bombarded with requests for pics despite no one understanding his cosplay. We go deep on Street Fighter lore because something's up with Alex. Later, Jonathan chats with Cherrybombrs and Bbbbbbeatle about their experiences with Romeo is a Dead Man (also available as a video on our YouTube channel). Finally, we round out the chat in the usual way by having a freewheeling discussion of videogames past, present, and future (Super Meat Boy 3D, Moves of the Diamond Hand, Pokemon, Cadash, and more).
0:00:00 - The One Hundred Dollar Cold Open
0:08:48 - A Big Fart Machine
0:11:19 - Objectifying Jonathan Holmes' Bald Be-speckled Visage at PAX
0:14:55 - Mixing Up My Tecmos and My Taitos
0:18:39 - Do You Care About Alex in Street Fighter 6?
0:28:33 - Somehow Sagat Returned
0:30:58 - Is "Romeo is a Dead Man" Suda51's MCU? w/ Cherrybombrs and Bbbbbbeatle
1:05:38 - What is It About the D-Ness in Super Meat Boy 3D?
1:07:36 - Zoey's Gaming Queue
1:11:31 - What's the Longest Arcade Game?
1:15:00 - We Worry About Everyone
1:18:49 - We Forgot to Do the Homework
1:20:27 - Teaching the Pokemon Professors
1:23:28 - Wrap Up/Plugs/Thanks Patrons!
1:30:19 - That D-Ness
1:31:56 - Gesundheit
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Jonathan and Ryan return from PAX East 2026 with mostly positive opinions about the show. They talk about some of the games they demoed, the merch they got, the people they met, and the cosplay they saw (and participated in!). Later, they talk a bit about Tomodachi Life, Pokopia, cats, and Food Related Entertainment Intelligent Non-Dorky Super good guys.
0:00:00 - Ryan and Jonathan Returning from PAX!
0:01:18 - Another Episode of "Fidgety Ryan"
0:02:01 - The Least Videogame-y PAX Ever
0:03:09 - The Best PAX I've Ever Had
0:04:06 - PAX Gamera (Gamer Peace)
0:05:43 - Why Would There Be Jerks at PAX?
0:07:52 - Aniimo: Fake Pokemon
0:09:13 - Actually Important Part: Pokemon Champions
0:13:16 - Not Much to Say About PAX
0:14:17 - An Ugly Tomodachi Life with Adodo
0:15:10 - Grinding: The Greatest Thing Ever
0:17:09 - Cat Morphology Report
0:19:15 - Digital F.R.I.E.N.D.S.
0:22:45 - We Live in a Society, The Game
0:25:37 - Double Crackers, Double Crappers
0:26:53 - Pokopia: Becoming Friends with Your Computer Generated Videogame Consoles
0:30:02 - Jonathan and Tanya's Rhythm Heaven Cosplay Experience
0:32:51 - Ryan's Cosplay Idea for Next Year
0:33:49 - Final Scores
0:35:00 - Wrap Up/Plugs

The Maximum Utcast is back with the hottest Vectorman and Shinobi news available! In a show that's too hot for Canada, we learn about a pushy sommelier, Jonathan's thoughts on Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, and what the heck is going on with AI upscaling filters. Later, our old pal Tanya stops by to tell us about her new favorite game Mini Motorways and there's a tiny bit of Resident Evil 9 discussion. All that and some anal beads?!?!
0:00:00 - The Wine Guy of New York
0:06:04 - Dead Bat
0:07:13 - Censored in Canada
0:12:19 - Vectorman Report
0:23:12 - Supplemental Information about Weather Factory
0:27:50 - Planning for Traffic in Mini Motorways with Tanya
0:59:01 - A Disturbance in Chateau Holmes
1:00:53 - AI Filters, Who Needs 'Em?
1:06:59 - Next Time on Maximum Utcast?!?
1:09:14 - Wrap Up...
1:10:03 - Shinobi's On First
1:13:45 - Wrap Up/Plugs/Thanks Patrons!
1:21:11 - Anal Beads
1:23:04 - Storing Up Trauma
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Currently, Currently Playing is joined by Matt who's been playing games from Weather Factory, notably in the form of Cultist Simulator and Book of Hours, both of which are incomprehensible to Daniel. Matt tries his best to explain rule discovery puzzle crafting card games with their emergent and dynamic gameplay. You simply must see the game in action to get a grasp of what is going on, so check out the YouTube video below the timecodes for a good primer on this game.
0:00:00 - Welcome to the Show, Matt!
0:03:45 - What Are You Playing? Weather Factory Games (Cultist Simulator and Book of Hours)
0:27:10 - Top 3 Non-Weather Factory Games
0:34:14 - Wrap Up/Plugs
Fantastic Worlds Playthrough of Cultist Simulator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYdrCoV3Ld4&list=PL_qgdz3rdfah8ikJubdMCSCG6vte2ZUix
Cultist Simulator Guide (shorter explainer): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0ixDdITIyI
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On this jam packed episode of Maximum Utcast we're digging into the kusoge Ganso Saiyūki: Super Monkey Daibōken, a Famicom game based on the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West that is sometimes known as the ultimate crappy game. Along the way we discover secret vaginas and penises that have infiltrated games for dozens of years. Later, Jonathan talks with Matt Kap (Castle in the Darkness 2, Astalon: Tears of the Earth), developer of Lovish about his love of little blue knights. We get a little extra information about Jonathan's experiences with Love Eternal (SPOILER WARNING!) and in the post-show, Daniel practices some vocal warmups.
0:00:00 - Air Bud Returns
0:09:24 - The Clairvoyance of Rutherford B. Hayes
0:10:45 - Kusoge - Ganso Saiyūki: Super Monkey Daibōken
0:25:17 - Vagina Today, Vagina Tomorrow
0:29:14 - All is Full of Lovish with Matt Kap
1:01:30 - Special Thanks, Jonathan Holmes
1:08:04 - A Quick Love Eternal Update
1:11:10 - Wrap Up/Plugs/Thanks Patrons!
1:19:23 - Vagina
1:21:04 - Vocal Warmup

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Jonathan and Ryan recount the highlights of the recent Pokemon Presents which marked the 30th anniversary of the series, including the announcement of the newest mainline games, Pokemon Winds and Pokemon Waves. Are they about how the wind makes the waves, or is there more to them? Only time will tell! Elsewhere, Jonathan gives his thoughts on Resident Evil 9 and indie games Lovish and Love Eternal, before the pair try to solve the riddle of a family having to share one video game console.

0:00:00 - Tag Team, Back Again
0:01:12 - The Introduction is Continuing
0:02:02 - The Rotom Report
0:04:53 - Pokemon Turned 30
0:06:16 - That's What Dads Are For
0:07:38 - The New Pokemon Starters
0:08:54 - Resident Evil 9: Familiar Yet Fresh
0:16:34 - Hungry For McPixel 3
0:19:50 - The Two Loves
0:22:39 - Competing Over the Switch 2
0:26:22 - Wrap Up/Plugs/Last Second Virtual Boy Review

The Utcast Gang gets serious about the business of love on today's episode where we learn to stop worrying and love eternally. There's some shake ups happening at Microsoft, we re-discover the Wii U through the lens of NapNok Games, and revisit our old pals Bimmy and Jimmy Lee. Later, Jonathan talks with Toby Alden of brlka about their new game Love Eternal and the indie games that inspired it. Was there a secret connection to No One Can Stop Mr. Domino! in there? And will Jonathan ever find out what love is? Perhaps we'll finally learn that Love conquers us all.
0:00:00 - Blood Work
0:05:47 - Greasy Brown Chicken Slab
0:07:43 - Videogames, What's Happenin'?
0:15:36 - A Deep Dive into NapNok Games
0:22:24 - What is Love? with Toby Alden of Love Eternal
1:06:57 - Entering Our Bimmy Era
1:11:43 - Love Eternal Impressions
1:22:27 - Lovin' Lovish
1:29:24 - Wrap Up/Plugs/Thanks Patrons!
1:37:39 - Bumpie's Sex Party
1:39:41 - Donkey Kong of VomitingFollow Toby Alden of brlka: https://bsky.app/profile/brlka.com
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