Outrun the Bear

It's our seventh List of Something episode where we review the top 10 games that we played (not released) in 2025! As usual you will need to listen to find out what they are. Maybe you'll agree or maybe you'll be screaming with anger at our choices. It's a long one so strap in!

Our last record before our List of Something episode. Jacob gets sick and reverts back to some comfort gaming, Jacob and Adam try some new friend slop (Adam insists on this name), and Adam rediscovers his love for Picross.

Games Discussed:

• Arc Raiders
• RV There Yet
• Cheese Rolling
• Halo
• Mass Effect: Andromeda
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
• Lego Horizon Adventures
• Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged
• Abiotic Factor
• Keeper
• Hollow Knight
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Ball x Pit
• Pictopix
• Absolum
• Morsels
• iRacing

Remember when we said we would release these every 3 weeks? Neither do we. Join as we review our recent games, Jacob gives an update on the state of Xbox and Adam gives us a review of his time playing demos from the Steam's Next Fest.

Games Discussed:

• Silksong
• iRacing
• Ball X Pit
• Cuphead

Next Fest:

• CiniCross
• ARC Raiders
• Slots & Daggers
• Dice a Million
• Desktop Defender
• Tavern Keeper
• Tears of Metal
• Monsters are coming!
• CloverPit
• iRacing Arcade

Games Continued:

• Abiotic Factor
• Lightyear Frontier
• Blue Prince
• Keeper

Catching up on posting some older recordings here. Jacob has a a decent list of games that he's gone through, a review of both our experiences with Silk Song and then we'll wrap it all up with review the Nintendo Direct from September.

Games Discussed:

• Donkey Kong Bonanza
• Sea of Stars: Throes of the Watchmaker
• Herdling
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: The Order of the Giants
• Mass Effect: Andromeda
• The Plucky Squire
• Mage Arena
• Boomerang Fu
• Fortnite (Daft Punk)
• iRacing
• Hollow Knight: Silksong

Nintendo Direct September 12th

• Metroid 4
• Hades 2
• Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2
• Super Mario Wonder Switch 2 Upgrade
• Pokemon Legends Z-A DLC
• Mario Tennis Fever
• Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
• Virtual Boy
• Donkey Kong Bonanza DLC
• Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade
• Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave

Another delayed release of an episode that kicks off with Jacob embarrassing himself, a review of our time with Donkey Bonanza, a triumphant tale of recovery, a review of the latest games we've played and some details on the Kirby Air Riders direct.

Games Discussed:

• Donkey Kong Bonanza
• Doom
• iRacing
• Circuit Superstars
• Karting Superstars
• iRacing Arcade
• Antimatter Dimensions
• Shark Incremental
• Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo
• Master Key
• PEAK
• Another Crab’s Treasure
• Crypt Custodian
• Blanc
• Metaphor: ReFantazio
• Sea of Thieves
• Symphonia
• Hollow Knight
• Wheel World
• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
• Kirby Air Riders

We're back again with an episode filled with games we've been playing. Jacob made an effort to tackle some of those games in his backlog from his 2025 list and Adam completed a game to 100%.

Games Discussed:

• Mario Kart World
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
• Donkey Kong Bananza
• PEAK
• The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
• To a T
• No Case Should Remain Unsolved
• Crypt Custodian
• Minami Lane
• Costume Quest
• Tron Identity
• Split Fiction
• Hercule Poirot: The London Case
• Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express
• Syberia Remastered
• Old Skies
• Unavowed

• Blanc
• Metaphor: ReFrantazio
• Cauldron
• Deadly Days Roadtrip
• Pizza Possum
• iRacing
• Death Stranding

A pretty packed episode this time. We review the games we've been playing, Jacob has a story of a lost game, some games Adam has checked out from Next Fest, our experience with Nintendo's new console and some of our highlights from the Xbox Games Showcase.

Games Discussed:

• It Takes Two
• Blanc
• Dredge
• Sea of Stars
• To a T
• The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
• Methaphor: ReFantazio
• Crypt Custodian
• Symphonia
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
• Blue Prince
• Dispatch
• Formula Legends
• Mario Kart World
• Switch 2 Welcome Tour
• 007 First Light
• Hitman: Le Chiffre DLC
• The Outer Worlds 2
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: The Order of Giants
• Clockwork Revolution
• High on Life 2
• Keeper
• Persona 4 Revival
• Aphelion
• Planet of Lana II
• There are no Ghosts at the Grand

Starting this episode with more energy than warranted but we're still here to talk about video games and wherever our conversations take us. After some discussion around the state of video games today we do eventually get into what we've been playing.

Games Discussed:

• Doom
• Blue Prince
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
• Enter the Gungeon
• The Tower
• Balatro
• Outside the Blocks
• No Rest for the Wicked
• Riff Riff
• Arc Raiders
• Citizen Sleeper
• Persona 4
• It Takes Two
• Majora's Mask HD 3DS
• Dredge
• Battlefield V
• Sea of Stars

On this episode we discuss our attempts at pre-ordering the Switch 2, wild Nintendo pricing and what we've been playing recently, including a new handheld.

Games Discussed:

• R.E.P.O.
• Blue Prince
• Paper Mario The Thousand-Year Door
• Mario Kart 8
• Enter the Gungeon
• Exit the Gungeon
• The Tower
• Balatro
• Trimui Brick

• Baldur’s Gate 3
• Assassin's Creed Shadows
• Star Wars Outlaws
• Persona 4
• It Takes Two
• South of Midnight
• Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remake
• Blue Prince
• Majora's Mask HD 3DS
• Sea of Solitude

The Switch 2 was revealed in full (kind of) and we're here to discuss it. Join the soothing sounds of your hosts as they delight you with their adventures in video gaming and their take on the latest Nintendo console.

Games discussed:

• Doom
• South of Midnight
• Avowed
• It Takes Two
• Repo
• PGA 2K25
• Citizen Sleeper
• Paper Mario: Thousand-Year Door
• Binding of Isaac
• Gnomes
• Cataclismo
• dotAGE
• Escape Space
• Stonks-9800: Stock Market Simulator
• The Chef’s Shift
• Kiwi Clicker
• Journey to Incrementalia
• Sea of Stars
• Walkabout Mini Golf
• Pistol Whip