Maximum Utcast

On this unhinged episode of Talking to My Boy about Videogames, Ryan accuses Jonathan of being famous and therefore knowing how to get good graphics in video games, AI is mocked at the Wendy's drivethrough, and as always, cats abound. The Boys talk about Dead Cells, Hello Neighbor, Kirby Air Riders, Megaman, and Terminator 2: No Fate, along with a few brief stops at Minecraft and Animal Crossing. Plus we get a bit of movie reviews for Spongebob, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Anaconda.
0:00:00 - What Do You Like More: Cats or Presents?
0:01:37 - I've Really Been Liking Dead Cells
0:04:27 - Dead Cells Difficulty Options
0:06:37 - Movie Review Corner
0:09:28 - Hardcore Ryan
0:10:08 - What Are Dead Cells and Hello Neighbor?
0:13:31 - Fancy Graphics Are Only Possible for Famous People
0:15:17 - Jonathan and Ryan's Entries into the Megaman Robot Master Contest
0:23:24 - Ryan Hates AI
0:25:15 - Terminator 2: No Fate Thoughts
0:25:52 - The Friends We Made Along the Way
0:28:20 - What a Videogame Podcast This Has Been
0:29:09 - Past 2 Weeks Recap
0:35:12 - Thanks for Listening!
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Happy New Year! And what better way to celebrate the dawn of a new future by opening up the floodgates to time that could have been? We've got a deep dive into the lost entry in the Duke Nukem franchise, Duke Nukem: D-Day, the canceled game that nearly was and never will be. Zoey becomes an interactive Duke-ipedia of information as we dig deep into the connective tissue of the games industry, bouncing like a pinball between Rockstar, Atari, Gearbox, 3D Realms, id Software and more. Later, Jonathan talks with game developer Lyn about her game Miskatonic before gushing about the latest Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave news and the ending of Hades 2 and what it means for the characters.

0:00:00 - The Cold Clamed Curry Meat of Silent Hill
0:06:43 - Suckin' That Soup
0:08:04 - The Duke Nukem Report - Duke Nukem: D-Day
0:19:30 - Divert to Castle Wolfenstein
0:23:06 - Hungry for Masculinity
0:26:22 - Reclaiming Duke Nukem By Any Means Necessary
0:36:12 - Dabbling in Torment with Lyn
1:12:06 - Did They Make Fire Emblem For Everyone?
1:17:56 - Wrap Up/Plugs/Thanks Patrons!
1:23:35 - Jonathan's Audio Drama
1:24:33 - Organic Breast Milk

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Declan joins us to talk about gaming with ADHD and how that can impact their hobby in unique and interesting ways. While they aren't maintaining their video gaming profile all that much, they have discovered Sektori and Logic Bombs which both work overtime to keep Declan's attention in two completely different ways. Later, we say farewell to the Backlog section by hearing Daniel's thoughts on Axiom Verge, then Declan challenges Daniel to a hypothetical round, and we introduce a new segment called Top 3.

0:00:00 - Welcome to the Show, Declan!
0:09:32 - What Are You Playing? Sektori
0:16:28 - What Else Are You Playing? Logic Bombs
0:24:10 - Backlog Recap - Axiom Verge
0:29:08 - Backlog Challenge, Hypothetical Round - Solar 2
0:30:45 - Top 3 - Games from Daniel's Backlog
0:36:31 - Wrap Up/Plugs

Listen to Declan and Daniel talk about spin-off properties of video games on the Spin-Off Doctors Spin-Off: https://open.spotify.com/show/51LqP4LfRIzhet54Ehbpwq?si=76b729dde505461f
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On a freewheeling episode of the Maximum Utcast we're talking about The Game Awards! The Industry! Puberty! Sexy Tingle! And so much more! Abram Buehner of Lost In Cult hangs out with Jonathan to talk about the role of physical media in an increasingly digital world, plus we get plenty of stray thoughts about Batman, Metroid Prime 4, Spy Hunter, Bradley the Badger, and a ton more stuff as we begin to put a bow on the present that is 2025.
0:00:00 - Videogame Themed Holiday Party
0:10:01 - Building This Show Out of Ashes
0:13:50 - How About This Industry?
0:18:58 - The Game Awards....ehhhhhh
0:27:17 - Jonathan's Worried About Suda 51
0:30:21 - Getting Physical in a Digital World w/ Lost In Cult Sr. Editor Abram Buehner
1:01:06 - Zoey's Wild Spy Hunter Review
1:05:51 - Wrap Up/Plugs/Thanks Patrons!
1:16:30 - Too Dang Sexy
You can watch the interview with Abram Buehner on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/14AK8CBYAoE
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Do you want more of the same or things to be vastly different? It's the question central to today's episode of Talking to My Boy About Videogames where Jonathan and Ryan look at Metroid Prime 4: Beyond and Blippo+, two games set on alien worlds that introduce the audience to their setting through exploration and perception. Elsewhere in the episode, Ryan gives us his monthly Minecraft Report and there's a little bit of talk about Nobi Nobi Boy, plus evil doppelgangers seem to be everywhere you look. Boys will become men on this thrilling episode!

0:00:00 - Time to Get Rekt!
0:01:33 - Dad and Boy
0:02:55 - Metroid Prime Review
0:08:03 - Evil Doppelgangers
0:09:21 - The Minecraft Report
0:12:33 - More Metroid Prime 4 Thoughts
0:15:34 - Do You Know About Crank Puzzles?
0:16:25 - Doppelganger Ryan Holmes
0:18:16 - Blippo+ Thoughts
0:21:35 - Metroid Prime 4...Is It Just More of the Same?
0:26:41 - What Kind of Monster Has Jonathan Become?
0:28:59 - In Summation...
0:30:00 - "Newbie Newbie" Boy
0:31:17 - Should We Host a Contest?
0:31:54 - Ending Memes
0:33:07 - Boy Becomes Man
0:34:53 - Plugs/Even More Metroid Prime 4 Thoughts

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We're stepping into an alternate reality on this episode of the Maximum Utcast where Jonathan Holmes talks to John-Charles Holmes about the game Blippo+ where you watch TV from another dimension. But before that, Zoey tells us about finally beating the professional beetles in Beetle Adventure Racing. Then we debut our new permanent segment on the show, The Duke Nukem Report. Later in the show we talk about novelty fatigue and how perhaps you can only be weird once. Very late in the episode we get extremely off topic by talking about some Star Trek The Next Generation fever dreams.
0:00:00 - On Fire and Doing Terribly
0:04:41 - H&H
0:06:19 - The Duke Nukem Report
0:23:21 - Channel Surfing with Intentionality in Blippo+ with John-Charles Holmes
0:55:57 - You Can Only Be Weird Once
1:00:54 - Wrap Up/Plugs/Thanks Patrons! (bonus chat about Red Alarm on the Virtual Boy)
1:09:55 - Everyone's Poopin', Everyone's Wild
1:11:56 - These Bits Don't Fit
Watch the video version of John-Charles Holmes and Jonathan Holmes talking at: https://youtu.be/pP_UCa2iQ_M
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Currently Playing returns with Aisling (pronounced Ash-lyn) to talk about her time spent rivaling in the Marvel-verse in Marvel Rivals. We go deep on the roster of this hero shooter and learn about the thigh physics keeping this game afloat. Plus: what's the deal with Wolverine? How many sisters does Thor have? And what happens to Gambit's package? We also get to hear Daniel's thoughts on Hotline Miami 2 before Aisling challenges Daniel to...perhaps the final Backlog challenge (??) in the form of Axiom Verge.
0:00:00 - Welcome to the Show, Aisling!
0:07:33 - What Are You Playing? Marvel Rivals
0:28:08 - Backlog Recap - Hotline Miami 2
0:32:18 - Backlog Challenge - Axiom Verge
0:37:22 - Wrap Up/Plugs (special ending credits music by Bonesolvent!)
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On this Mega episode of the Maximum Utcast, we're talking all things Mega Man with our resident Mega Man expert, Tony Ponce. But first, a quick stop off to the world of Katamari for Once Upon a Katamari in our new segment "Good Feels." We also learn a bit of behind the scenes drama with regards to the official Destructoid Top Megaman Games list, and we hear Jonathan's idea for a new Bonk video game, which will apparently be very easy to make!
0:00:00 - Pros and Cons to Getting Audio
0:00:35 - The Best Podcast
0:02:49 - Top Megaman Games?
0:09:09 - Good Feels: Once Upon a Katamari
0:18:51 - The Legacy of Megaman with Tony Ponce
1:03:41 - Bonk to the Future
1:07:41 - Wrap Up/Plugs/Thanks Patrons!
1:12:00 - Mega Man Nut
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On a relatively focused episode of Talking to My Boy about Videogames, Jonathan and Ryan discuss Kirby Air Riders and the accompanying wave of Amiibo toys. We get an update on Ryan's thoughts of the latest chapters of Poppy Playtime, learn about games like Stray Children and Kero Blaster, and Ryan outlines his concept of the universe.
0:00:00 - Wet Fish
0:01:14 - Kirby's Washing Machine Riders
0:09:24 - Shout Out to Paul
0:11:04 - Thoughts On Kirby Air Rider Amiibos
0:12:42 - A Dad That is a Nerd
0:14:46 - Stray Thoughts on "Stray Children"
0:16:35 - Stopping and Thinking in "Kero Blaster"
0:18:39 - Leveling Up Your Skills in Videogames
0:19:17 - Poppy Playtime Chapter 3 and 4 Update
0:25:48 - Do You Love My Knuckles Question Mark
0:26:33 - Replaying Pokemon Quest
0:26:59 - Amiibo Alert!
0:27:31 - Will Kirby Air Riders Be a Big Hit?
0:29:02 - MrBeast Baby Food
0:32:57 - Ryan's New Religion
0:35:35 - Speaking of Galactus...Katamari?
0:36:46 - He's Gone
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This week we're talking about the bad boys and girls of videogames with Grand Theft Auto 6, a game that's too big to fail, or so says our guest Rose. But first we get into a forgotten corner of the Duke Nukem universe on PS1 when Duke tried to be Lara Croft? Are the pig cops supposed to be cops or aliens? Who knows?!? Later, Jonathan and Zoey try to find out why they play videogames and maybe we learn a bit too much about Jonathan's private life.
0:00:00 - Richter and the Peptonics
0:02:17 - Helping Those Burgers
0:04:07 - Kusoge: Duke Nukem: Time to Kill
0:26:50 - How Grand Theft Auto 6 Might Change the World w/ Rose
0:54:46 - Why Do You Play Videogames?
0:56:59 - Wrap Up/Plugs/Thanks Patrons!
1:01:48 - This is My Life Now
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Listen to Rose's new supernatural podcast Project Reality: Case Files: https://open.spotify.com/show/3XJmLKkwnPJ2a1q1o3rPaJ?si=2e323a3768534204
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