Pen and Vorp discuss their favorite games of the past decade! They also have a brief chat about Pen's customer support tribulations, and Vorp gives a eulogy for a beloved Kirby fansite.

Timecards:

2:43 - R.I.P. Kirby's Rainbow Resort

9:35 - Best Games of the Decade

46:41 - #1 Picks + Honorable Mentions

If you have any ideas for future topics, or general feedback for the podcast, feel free to contact us at [email protected]!

If you like listening to these dweebs, consider donating to Penken's patreon! (Heads up, some of what he draws is decidedly not work-safe)

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Vorp doesn't have a patreon, but you can follow him on Twitter. (Likewise, some of what he posts is very much not work-safe.)

https://twitter.com/VVorp

Music Used in this Episode:

Balloon-O-Rama Levels 81-90 (Rhett Mathis)

Mickey Hollandaise (George "The Fat Man" Sanger and Joe McDermott)

Forest Theme (Kirby: Candy Cane Frenzy)

Lock Six (KWRPG Sound +)

Batman Arkham City – Main Theme (Nick Arundel)

Like a dream come true (Shoji Meguro, Atsushi Kitajoh, & Ryuta Kozuka)

Blood and Rust (Stephen Barton)

Zephyr – Reignited Ver. (Stewart Copeland)

Gogeta Theme (Toshiyuki Kishi, Hiromi Mizutani, & Kenji Katoh Reno)

Tetris 99 – Main Theme (Teruo Taniguchi)

Jimmy the Bard Boss Battle (Jamie Dunlap)

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Manami Kiyota & Yuji Masubichi)

Super Mario Maker Title Screen (Koji Kondo, Naoto Kubo, & Asuka Hayazaki)

Steam Gardens (Naoto Kubo, Shiho Fujii, & Koji Kondo)

Cheekybeak Peak (Joel Steudler)

Press Garden Zone, Act 1 (Tee Lopes)

Urizen Boss Battle (Kota Suzuki)

Kid Icarus: Uprising – Menu Theme (Matoi Sakuraba, Yuzo Koshiro, Masafumi Takada, et al.)

At DOOM's Gate (Mick Gordon)

The Last of Us – Menu Theme (Gustavo Santaolalla)

Hello, Happy Kingdom – Fortune Street Ver. (Koichi Sugiyama)

Beneath the Mask -instrumental version- (Shoji Meguro)

Jim Milton Rides Again (Woody Jackson)

Shooting Star Summit (Yuka Tsyjiyoko & Taishi Senda)

City of Sound (Hirokazu Ando & Jun Ishikawa)

Pen and Vorp chat some more about Disney's live action remakes, then discuss their conflicted feelings about Disney Plus.

Timecards:

1:12 - Live Action Disney Follow-Up

25:40 - Disney Plus Discussion

If you have any ideas for future topics, or general feedback for the podcast, feel free to contact us at [email protected]!

If you like listening to these dweebs, consider donating to Penken's patreon! (Heads up, some of what he draws is decidedly not work-safe)

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Vorp doesn't have a patreon, but you can follow him on Twitter. (Likewise, some of what he posts is very much not work-safe.)

https://twitter.com/VVorp

Music Used in this Episode:

Balloon-O-Rama Levels 81-90 (Rhett Mathis)

Mickey Hollandaise (George "The Fat Man" Sanger and Joe McDermott)

Streets of Agrabah (Yuki Iwa, Yuko Takehara, & Setsuo Yamamoto)

Aladdin - Genesis Ver. (Donald Griffin and Tommy Tallarico)

Ketchup Logic (Marc Baril, Jeff Tymoschuk, & Allan Levy)

Construction Yard (Andy Blythe and Marten Joustra)

It's time for another commentary track! This time, the boys watch John Kricfalusi's infamously underwhelming Kickstarter project: Cans Without Labels.

If you'd like to watch along with us, the short has been uploaded to YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSZqX5Io6AY

Timecards:

1:12 - Commentary Begins

11:25 - Post-Viewing Discussion

If you have any ideas for future topics, or general feedback for the podcast, feel free to contact us at [email protected]!

If you like listening to these dweebs, consider donating to Penken's patreon! (Heads up, some of what he draws is decidedly not work-safe)

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Vorp and Letter don't have patreons, but you can follow them on Twitter. (Likewise, some of what they post is very much not work-safe.)

https://twitter.com/VVorp

https://twitter.com/letterabcd

Music Used in this Episode:

Balloon-O-Rama Levels 81-90 (Rhett Mathis)

Ren & Stimpy: Fire Dogs (Argonaut Games)

Mickey Hollandaise (George "The Fat Man" Sanger and Joe McDermott)

The lads share horror stories from Kickstarters and Indiegogos they've backed. They also share some positive examples. I mean, not all Kickstarters are bad. Undertale was a Kickstarter. That was a pretty nifty game. They put Sam Undertown in Smash, after all. It's Sakurai-approved.

They also talk about the trend of microtransactions in full price video games, and Vorp gets real real mad about Crash Team Racing.

Timecards:

13:21 - Cans Without Labels

41:26 - Microtransactions

If you have any ideas for future topics, or general feedback for the podcast, feel free to contact us at [email protected]!

If you like listening to these dweebs, consider donating to Penken's patreon! (Heads up, some of what he draws is decidedly not work-safe)

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Vorp and Letter don't have patreons, but you can follow them on Twitter. (Likewise, some of what they post is very much not work-safe.)

https://twitter.com/VVorp

https://twitter.com/letterabcd

Music Used in this Episode:

Balloon-O-Rama Levels 81-90 (Rhett Mathis)

Mickey Hollandaise (George "The Fat Man" Sanger and Joe McDermott)

Stinkoman 20X6 – Level 1 (The Brothers Chaps)

Ren & Stimpy: Fire Dogs (Argonaut Games)

Slash Club (Dean Evans and Keith Tinman)

Writers Waltz (Rémi Gazel)

Working Man (Osamu Murata)

Synth Rock (Landon Podbielski)

Darling Kanaya (Toby Fox)

CTR: Crash Team Racing (Josh Mancell and Mutato Muzika)

The lads are joined by LarryInc64, a frequent collaborator of SiIvaGunner!

They discuss high quality rips, the Mario Super Show, and the strange history of Waluigi's Taco Stand.

Timecards:

10:17 - The Super Mario Bros. Super Show

29:41 - Waluigi's Taco Stand

35:06 - SiIvaGunner Talk

If you have any ideas for future topics, or general feedback for the podcast, feel free to contact us at [email protected]!

Glorious MS Paint thumbnail provided by LarryInc64. You can follow Larry over on YouTube! He does real gud music.

https://www.youtube.com/user/larryinc64

If you like listening to these dweebs, consider donating to Penken's patreon! (Heads up, some of what he draws is decidedly not work-safe)

https://www.patreon.com/Penken

Vorp doesn't have a patreon, but you can follow him on Twitter. (Likewise, some of what he posts is very much not work-safe.)

https://twitter.com/VVorp

Music Used in this Episode:

Balloon-O-Rama Levels 81-90 (Rhett Mathis)

Love Me Do - Super Mario RPG Style (LarryInc64)

Joe Cool's Footrace (Hirokazu Tanaka and Minako Hamano)

Buy Somethin' Will Ya! - PAL Version (LarryInc64)

Hotel Mario Main Theme - Super Mario RPG Style (LarryInc64)

Stand By Me - Super Mario 64 Style (LarryInc64)

Super Mario Bros. Super Show

Mega Move – Instrumental Version (DiC Entertainment)

Roll Over Beethoven - Earthbound Style (LarryInc64)

The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy - Title Theme (Yasuko Yamada and Naoto Yagishita)

We Are Number One - Kirby Super Star Style (LarryInc64)

Twist and Shout - Mega Man 2 Style (LarryInc64)

Mickey Hollandaise (George "The Fat Man" Sanger and Joe McDermott)

The lads give their (extremely delayed) thoughts on the E3 conferences! This was relevant when we recorded the episode, I swear.

Timecards:

1:34 - Microsoft Conference

19:45 - Bethesda Conference

33:30 - Devolver Digital Conference

36:49 - Limited Run Games Conference

41:01 - Ubisoft Conference

50:47 - Square-Enix Conference

* 1:02:11 - Nintendo Conference

If you have any ideas for future topics, or general feedback for the podcast, feel free to contact us at [email protected]!

If you like listening to these dweebs, consider donating to their respective patreons! (Heads up, some of what they draw is decidedly not work-safe)

https://www.patreon.com/Penken

https://www.patreon.com/kaijusundae

https://www.patreon.com/Rupie

Vorp and Letter aren't on patreon, but you can follow them on Twitter. (Likewise, some of what they post is very much not work-safe.)

https://twitter.com/VVorp

https://twitter.com/letterabcd

Music Used in this Episode:

Balloon-O-Rama Levels 81-90 (Rhett Mathis)

Mickey Hollandaise (George "The Fat Man" Sanger and Joe McDermott)

Battletoads - Genesis Ver. (David Wise)

The Mambo Snake Gonna Eat You, Boy! (Bobby Prince)

Robo Red Rock (Bobby Prince)

Nintendo eShop Music (Toru Minegishi)

Wii Shop Channel (Kazumi Totaka)

Mii Channel (Kazumi Totaka)

Gex: Enter the Gecko (Ted Allen, John Baker, & Jim Hedges)

Secret Mine (Chad York, Darren Radtke, & Mike Peacock)

Secret Fanfare 1 (Grant Kirkhope)

Neo Green Hill Zone – Olympic Ver. (Kenichi Tokoi, Tadashi Kinukawa, Jun Sunoue, et al.)

Breath of the Wild Main Theme – Ultimate Ver. (Yoshino Aoki)

Moonhead Stage (Shinichiro Sato and Noritada Hiraki)

White Treehollow (Hitomi Sato)

The lads give their pre-E3 thoughts. They also talk about Detective Pikachu some more, and discuss the upcoming Earthworm Jim stuff.

Timecards:

1:37 - Detective Pikachu Review

26:24 - Earthworm Jim

38:13 - Pre-E3 Talk

If you have any ideas for future topics, or general feedback for the podcast, feel free to contact us at [email protected]!

If you like listening to these dweebs, consider donating to Penken's patreon. You can also now follow him on Newgrounds! (Heads up, some of what he draws is decidedly not work-safe.)

https://www.patreon.com/Penken

https://penken.newgrounds.com/

Vorp doesn't have a patreon, but if you wanna check out his art, give him a look-see on Twitter. (Likewise, some of his art is very much not work-safe.)

https://twitter.com/VVorp

Music Used in this Episode:

Balloon-O-Rama Levels 81-90 (Rhett Mathis)

Mickey Hollandaise (George "The Fat Man" Sanger and Joe McDermott)

Detective Pikachu (Takuto Kitsuda)

Earthworm Jim 2 (Tommy Tallarico)

Click Clock Woods - Spring (Grant Kirkhope)

At Doom's Gate (Robert Prince)

Metal Wolf Chaos – Main Theme (Kota Hoshino and Shouhei Tsuchiya)

Woods of Light (Eric Chevalier)

Fourside – Ultimate Ver. (Motoi Sakuraba)

In Drag Net (Ted Allen, John Baker, & Jim Hedges)

The boys talk about the influx of bland, uninspired Disney remakes, and the trend of Hollywood studios trying to look woke.

It's... not as pessimistic as it sounds, I promise.

Well okay, it's a little pessimistic.

If you have any ideas for future topics, or general feedback for the podcast, feel free to contact us at [email protected]!

If you like listening to these dweebs, consider donating to Penken's patreon. You can also now follow him on Newgrounds! (Heads up, some of what he draws is decidedly not work-safe.)

https://www.patreon.com/Penken

https://penken.newgrounds.com/

Vorp doesn't have a patreon, but if you wanna check out his art, give him a look-see on Twitter. (Likewise, some of his art is very much not work-safe.)

https://twitter.com/VVorp

Music Used in this Episode:

Balloon-O-Rama Levels 81-90 (Rhett Mathis)

Mickey Hollandaise (George "The Fat Man" Sanger and Joe McDermott)

Genie's Lamp (Yuki Iwa, Yuko Takehara, & Setsuo Yamamoto)

Mojo Mansion (Michael Giacchino and Patrick J. Collins)

New Mexico Speedway (Ben Cullum)

Airport Infiltration (Andy Blythe and Marten Joustra)

The Lion King Stage 4 – Genesis Ver. (Matt Furniss)

In this brief bonus episode, The boys talk about their experience at MAGFest!

Timecards:

1:57 - Uber Nonsense

8:33 - Day One

13:51 - Days Two & Three

19:22 - Wrap-up

If you have any ideas for future topics, or general feedback for the podcast, feel free to contact us at [email protected]!

If you like listening to these dweebs, consider donating to Penken's patreon. You can also now follow him on Newgrounds! (Heads up, some of what he draws is decidedly not work-safe.)

https://www.patreon.com/Penken

https://penken.newgrounds.com/

Vorp doesn't have a patreon, but if you wanna check out his art, give him a look-see on Twitter. (Likewise, some of his art is very much not work-safe.)

https://twitter.com/VVorp

Music Used in this Episode:

Balloon-O-Rama Levels 81-90 (Rhett Mathis)

Mickey Hollandaise (George "The Fat Man" Sanger and Joe McDermott)

The Engine Room (Stuart Ross)

Snakey Chantey (Kumi Tanioka)

Nutty Acres (Grant Kirkhope)

Klaymen's Theme – Super Mario World SNES Style (LarryInc64)

The boys talk about their favorite (and least favorite) games of 2018. Then they discuss their plans for MAGFest!

Timecards:

1:45 - Best Games of 2018

40:10 - Worst Games of 2018

49:14 - Pre-MAGFest Chat

If you're interested in TSIOQUE, the indie point-and-click Vorp mentioned, you can purchase it on Steam here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/393190/TSIOQUE/

If you have any ideas for future topics, or general feedback for the podcast, feel free to contact us at [email protected]!

If you like listening to these dweebs, consider donating to Penken's patreon. You can also now follow him on Newgrounds! (Heads up, some of what he draws is decidedly not work-safe.)

https://www.patreon.com/Penken

https://penken.newgrounds.com/

Vorp doesn't have a patreon, but if you wanna check out his art, give him a look-see on Twitter. (Likewise, some of his art is very much not work-safe.)

https://twitter.com/VVorp

Music Used in this Episode:

Balloon-O-Rama Levels 81-90 (Rhett Mathis)

Mickey Hollandaise (George "The Fat Man" Sanger and Joe McDermott)

Battle of E Platoon (Hitoshi Sakimoto)

Wellworn Grove (Joel Steudler)

Spider-Man Title Screen (John Paesano)

Adeleine & Ribbon Boss Theme (Hirokazu Ando, Jun Ishikawa, & Yuuta Ogasawara)

Kamek's Tantalizing Tower (Toshiki Aida, Satoshi Okubo, & Naruki Kadosaka)

TSIOQUE Title Screen (Ed Harrison and Elle Khariton)

Red Dead Redemption 2 Prologue (Woody Jackson)

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Menu Theme (Hideki Sakamoto and Junichi Nakatsuru)

Spyro: Reignited Trilogy Main Theme (Stewart Copeland)

Just Cause 4 Menu Theme (Zach Abramson)

The Docks (Diana June)

Corneria (Hajime Hirasawa)