Maximum Utcast

On this energetic episode, Jonathan and Ryan watched the Kirby Air Riders Direct and the trailers from Gamescom and broke things down to their respective mans: Batman, He-Man, Kirby Man, or Bubsy Man, and decided which one is best...or did they? Will we ever know for sure? Only time can tell, but Ryan's favorite is clearly Rufus the cat. This episode contains spoilers for Donkey Kong Bananza (roughly in the 3:46-4:50 mark, but they could also appear through out).
0:00:00 - The Big 1-0
0:01:20 - First Topic: He-Man!
0:02:22 - Gamescom Interest, Rising Like a Phoenix
0:03:46 - Spoilers for Donkey Kong Bananza
0:04:50 - Minecraft Report: It's Not Going Well
0:06:18 - The Ice Cream Deal
0:07:32 - Back to He-Man
0:09:33 - Kirby Air Riders
0:11:04 - What About Rufus?
0:11:37 - Bubsy 4D: Back in the Habit
0:16:18 - Lego Batman Legacy
0:18:44 - What Else We Got?
0:19:10 - Long Gone...Too Scary?
0:21:03 - Trailer Breakdown
0:24:58 - Jedi Vader
0:28:01 - Shout Out to the Weird New Future
0:30:33 - This Conversation's Completely Off the Rails (Thanks Listeners)Read more news, reviews, and opinions on videogames at Maximum Utmost: https://maxutmost.com/Follow Jonathan on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tronknotts.bsky.socialFollow the Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ttwav.bsky.social

On a jam-packed episode of Maximum Utcast, we're talking all about wrestling, from the passing of Hulk Hogan to his star making role in the TV show Thunder in Paradise (that coincidentally was adapted into a kusoge, Thunder in Paradise Interactive). Later, Jonathan talks to Sarah Carapace about her time spent heavily customizing the game WWE 2K19 to make it a full of ladies and extremely lesbian-centric. Rounding out the show, Zoey talks about her time customizing characters in wrestling games, and throughout the episode, watch out for that 24 inch python!
0:00:00 - The Three Issues Affecting the Youth
0:05:49 - Maximum Outkast?
0:07:21 - Kusoge: Thunder in Paradise Interactive
0:33:31 - The Cool, Tough Gals of WWE 2K19
1:11:37 - Fun with Custom Characters
1:22:00 - Wrap Up/Plugs/Thanks Patrons!
1:25:28 - Walkin', Talkin' PenisFollow Sarah Carapace on Bluesky:https://bsky.app/profile/sarahcarapace.bsky.socialFollow Zoey on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/adzuken.bsky.socialFollow Jonathan on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tronknotts.bsky.socialFollow the show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ttwav.bsky.socialVisit Maximum Utmost: https://maxutmost.com/Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ttwav

We're talking about all the robots that are fit for combat on this month's Currently Playing where Daniel is joined by Christine of Outside of the Box to talk about how she's playing Two Point Museum (and Two Point Campus). It's a game series that scratches the itch of hyperfixation while providing a cozy take on resource management and might even teach you a bit about financial literacy. From there we have a brief stop off to talk about Power Washing Simulator before moving on to talking about Daniel's thoughts on Cave Story Plus and then Christine challenges Daniel to play Astro Bot.
0:00:00 - Welcome to the Show, Christine!
0:07:02 - Currently Playing Two Point Museum
0:26:02 - Backlog Recap - Cave Story Plus
0:29:45 - Backlog Challenge - Astro Bot
0:33:58 - Wrap Up/Plugs?
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It's the bombastic first episode of the Maximum Utcast! Starring Zoey Handley and Jonathan Holmes with a special appearance by Coco Hendershott! Getting into the hottest news of the day about 2 different kinds of censorship, one of which involves Lollipop Chainsaw, and the other involves basically every indie game on the entire internet. Which one is real? Listen and find out! Later, the gang gets into kusoge discussions about Escape from Bug Island and then Jonathan chats with Coco about Death Stranding 2 and how it really ups the ante from the first game. Then Jonathan quietly contemplates life to himself.

0:00:00 - Breakfast on Tap
0:02:05 - Every Day a New Boy
0:03:09 - Censorship! Real or Fake?
0:10:29 - Kusoge: Escape From Bug Island
0:24:58 - Building Bridges and Relationships in Death Stranding 2 with Coco
0:51:40 - Hideo Kojima's Exposition
0:55:37 - Wrap Up/Plugs/Thanks Patrons!
1:00:57 - Life is a Mystery
1:02:33 - Ooo, That's Gushin'

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Jonathan and Ryan dig deep on Donkey Kong Bananza to uncover what's great and what's maybe not so great about it, getting into some interesting theories about characters and contrasting DK with CK (Clark Kent, AKA Superman). Has Nintendo basically been making "good" Minecraft over and over with all their games from the last few years? Do people Ryan's age care about the Switch 2 or GTA6? Jonathan is excited for Mina the Hollower and Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment, but can he pry Ryan away from his Minecraft Lego set before Ryan falls asleep? Who knows?!?
0:00:00 - Rick Rock Beleebok
0:01:12 - Donkey Kong Bananza: What if Minecraft Was Good?
0:04:31 - Splatoon is Baby Noises in a Microphone
0:06:05 - What Even is Donkey Kong Bananza?
0:10:01 - Donkey Kong's World is Open For Business
0:15:09 - The Split Pauline Theory
0:17:36 - Mario's Dark Origins?
0:18:03 - Ryan Doesn't Really Care about Superman
0:19:51 - Donkey Kong is Bizarro Superman
0:22:11 - Mina the Hollower Excitement Intensifies
0:25:28 - Do Young People Care About Any New Videogames?
0:27:40 - What are Ryan's Friends Saying about the Switch 2?
0:30:10 - Palpable Apathy, the Silent Podcast by Ryan
0:30:29 - Flipping Around in Geometry Dash
0:32:45 - The Stuff!
0:35:08 - Sleepy Time Reviews
0:39:08 - Wrap Up/B-E-Y!Follow Jonathan

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On the eleventy first and final episode of Talking to Women about Videogames (main show! the feed lives on!) Jonathan and Tanya lament the state of the videogames world while looking forward to new horizons. Jonathan interviews Zoey Handley of Maximum Utmost, a once and future collaborator where they talk about "kusoge" or "crap games" and lament about how the enthusiast press mistreated them both. But they're back, in Maximum Utmost form!
And the announcement that we've been holding onto for a little while is that TTWAV and Maximum Utmost will be merging into a beautiful fusion of writing and talking about videogames. The "Maximum Utcast" will be taking over the slot of Talking to Women about Videogames after the fusion dance is completed, so look forward to that on this same feed. Currently Playing and Talking to My Boy about Videogames will remain on here as well, so look forward to those too.
0:00:00 - People Just Want Blorb
0:03:40 - It's Over
0:04:43 - I Don't Know How You're Doin' It
0:06:37 - Mind Fuck: The Open World Sidescroller
0:09:03 - Hiding in the Bunker with Zoey Handley of Maximum Utmost
0:46:22 - Keepin' Cool in the Summer Time
0:48:19 - Maybe Gonna See Superman
0:49:19 - Now There's a Name
0:49:48 - Machina
0:51:30 - Wrap Up/Plugs/Thanks Patrons!
0:57:27 - Here I Go!Check out Maximum Utmost here!

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We're talking with one of the hosts of Talking to Women about Videogames on this episode of Currently Playing, Jonathan Holmes, writer for Nintendo Force Magazine, MTV reality star, illustrator, video producer, musician, and all-around Rennaisance man. Due to the unique nature of his personal and work life, he's currently playing a little bit of everything and a whole lot of nothing. We get impressions about Mario Kart World, mini Tetris, Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP, Shadows of the Damned Hella Remastered, SNK vs. Capcom SVC Chaos, Street Fighter 6, PuzzMiX, F-Zero GX, and more. We go through a few rounds of talking about The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask before talking about how the Zelda series has been used as a technical showcase for the latest things Nintendo has to offer...for good and for ill. Then Jonathan takes a look at Daniel's backlog and suggests tons of different things before settling on recommending Cave Story+ due to it's nature as a similar feeling game to Majora's Mask, just in a genre Jonathan prefers.
0:00:00 - Welcome to the Show, Jonathan!
0:08:22 - Maintaining a Certain Level of Inadequacy
0:09:39 - The Latest from Mario Kart World
0:16:35 - Dad Mode (Mini Tetris, Shadows of the Damned Hella Remastered, SNK vs. Capcom SVC Chaos, Street Fighter 6, PuzzMiX, F-Zero GX)
0:23:07 - The Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask Preamble
0:28:49 - Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP
0:37:00 - Backlog Recap: The Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask
0:51:57 - Backlog Challenge: Cave Story+
1:06:14 - Wrap Up/Plugs
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In the finale (for now?!?!) of Yeah! our Yeah-nalyists finally dance with the one who brung them in the form of digging deep on Usher's "Yeah!" We touch on the connections to Jonathan's alter ego Freaky Constantina, dissect Usher's status as a sex symbol, get into a case of Crunk Juice, and try to put a button on the ubiquity of "Yeah!" as a lyric. While the show may be put on ice for a while, feel free to dig into the old episodes right here on this podcast feed and also see additional analysis of this song from Jonathan's episode of the Worst Song on Earth (link below)
0:00:00 - The Final Curt-Yeah!-n Call
0:02:01 - The Freaky Factor
0:04:11 - Usher's Yeah! is Old Enough to Drink
0:07:44 - Just Listen to Those Lyrics
0:10:14 - The Eternal Sex Symbol
0:13:10 - The Discordant Yeah!
0:16:49 - Disrobing at the Guitar Store
0:19:14 - Crunk Juice/Four Loko
0:20:25 - The Ubiquity of Yeah!
0:26:16 - Tanya's Bad Time Playing DDR
0:26:59 - Using a Blunt, Abstract Agreement to Fix the World's Problems
0:28:38 - Everyone on Yeah! as a Star Fox Character
0:30:02 - Where is Chris "Ludacris" Bridges?
0:31:22 - A Self-Congratulator Victory Lap for the Best Podcast in the World
Check out additional thoughts from Jonathan on Usher's Yeah on this classic episode of The Worst Song On Earth: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5gPiFVY9LTO0aEvlrcKdpk?si=-jZBGjFfTpO8oC5O72ojOQ
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It's the Sweaty Summer Edition of Talking to My Boy about Videogames where Jonathan and Ryan hit all the highlights (Space Balls, Donkey Kong Bananza, Looney Toons) and we get updates on the latest wheeling and dealing of kids, the dangers of gacha mechanics in video games, the longevity of interest in Mario Kart World, and so much more. Does Ryan even like videogames any more? And what's going on with anatomy?!?!
0:00:00 - It's Sweaty Summer
0:00:28 - Spaceballs Review
0:02:13 - Tongue Juice
0:03:09 - PuzzMiX, the Essence of Pac-Man
0:03:33 - New Topic! Geometry Dash
0:06:01 - The Game Isn't On the Cartridge
0:07:05 - The Riddle of the Sphincter
0:07:58 - The Game Plays You
0:10:10 - Testicles: The Book
0:12:07 - Back to PuzzMiX?
0:12:56 - Do You Even Like Videogames?
0:13:44 - F-Zero GX vs. Mario Kart World
0:14:47 - Box Boy/Box Girl
0:15:47 - Let's Put On Looney Toons
0:21:42 - What If Multiversus Came Back?
0:22:58 - The Gacha Part of a Kid's Brain
0:24:11 - The Kid News
0:25:33 - Do They Care About the Donkey Kong Timeline?
0:28:26 - Pests!
0:29:54 - Would You Play a Tom and Jerry Videogame?
0:30:39 - Death Stranding Trailer Impressions
0:31:31 - Moist Burgers
0:32:22 - The Minecraft Report
0:34:01 - Wrap Up/Plugs

Currently Playing is back with an old friend in the form of Kai, a frequent main show guest who's been busy with her school work but is happy to drop by and talk her recent faves in the cozy games space. She's been playing the farming MMORPG Palia, the fantasy farming sim Fields of Mistria, and the bug catching card battler Kabuto Park. Daniel mistakenly calls these "Animal Crossing-likes" but Kai sets him straight. Later they get into a bit of their thoughts about the Switch 2 before recapping Daniel's thoughts about Sword of Vermilion. Finally, Kai challenges Daniel to finally put in an honest effort at playing Majora's Mask, a game he put down for 17 years.
0:00:00 - Welcome to the Show, Kai!
0:11:12 - What Are You Playing? - Palia/Fields of Mistria/Kabuto Park
0:36:43 - Nintendo Switch/Switch 2 Thoughts
0:47:52 - Backlog Recap - Sword of Vermilion
0:54:17 - Backlog Challenge - The Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask
1:01:28 - Wrap Up/Plugs
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