After stepping inside Samus’s visor for the first time in years, Ben and Polygon's Giovanni Colantonio compare notes on the much-anticipated ‘Metroid Prime 4: Beyond,’ a great game grafted onto parts of other, less-good games. In their spoiler-lite chat, they puzzle over the game’s discordant elements, praise its strengths, and analyze how it fits into the franchise’s lineage before assessing the Switch 2's launch-window lineup now that Nintendo has released its last title of 2025. Then Jessica Clemons joins Ben to discuss their impressions of a new beat-'em-up brawler, ‘Marvel Cosmic Invasion,’ and a new video game movie that’s been beaten up by critics, ‘Five Nights at Freddy's 2.’

Intro (0:00)
‘Metroid Prime 4’ Overview (3:00)
'Marvel Cosmic Invasion' Review (1:06:34)
Reactions to ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ (1:39:49)
Outro (1:56:47)

Host: Ben Lindbergh
Guests: Giovanni Colantonio and Jess Clemons
Producer: Devon Renaldo
Additional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopowell 

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