Region Free Gamers: The Podcast Fluent in Gaming!

It's all about the Nintendo Switch today as Masa, Arnie, Ozzy and Paul start off the first of a two part Switchstravaganza by first talking about the many ways the Wii-U failed (02:00), before discussing the similarities between Nintendo and child actors (19:00). The guys speculate on how Nintendo embracing the hipster helped their dominance of the handheld video game market (41:30), and finish up by answering the question: would the Switch have succeeded if not for one of the all-time greatest video games - Zelda: Breath Of The Wild (1:08:30).

Bonus drinking game: take a sip every time Ozzy mentions his disgust with the Wii-U!

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Paul, Arnie and Ozzy are joined by Brandon, otherwise known as @supersparkster, to discuss the original Mega Man videogame series on the Nintendo Entertainment System. The crew discusses the series at large (42:04), dives into the origins of the first Mega Man (1:08:53), debate whether Mega Man 2 and 3 is the better videogame (1:40:30), and round out the episode with a discussion of less beloved Mega Man 4, 5 and 6 entries. So make sure you have your E-Tanks filled up and strap yourself in for a thrilling episode.

The Region Free Gamers go full hardcore gamer, as they dive into the history of the Contra series. The crew starts off with a recap of the Week of Controllers, then explore the beginnings of Contra and the NES game including reminiscing about cakes, guns and first love (21:03), explore why Paul never played Super C and vehemently disagree about the top down levels in Contra 3 (53:23), dig into the multiple universes of Contra Hard Corps and trudge through the PS1 years (1:18:11), and then round out the discussion with the latter day Contras (1:48:16). So punch in the Konami code and gather your spread guns for another action packed episode.

Arnaldo, Masa, Ozzy, and Paul start the show with the video games they've been playing lately, including Octopath Traveler, Danganronpa, and some playtesting of Fist of the North Star by Masa before he realized.. he was already dead. The guys resume the videogame controller discussion (1:00:30) starting with the Phillips CDi and our preferred method of playing Wand of Gamelon, the CDi spoon controller. The guys then poop on the Jaguar controller (1:05:00) before moving on to the 32 and 64-bit controllers. Seaman hits on our wives after the Dreamcast discussion (1:24:40) and after talking about the modern controllers the guys make their picks for best and worst (1:48:00).

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Arnaldo, Masa, and Paul get the ball rolling with the video games they've been playing lately, including Owlboy, Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright and Metal Gear Solid 2, the best game Paul has fallen asleep during. Then Arnie lays the ground rules for the videogame controller discussion (41:00) and immediately gets off topic (43:30) with drunken DK Bongos and Dark Souls with the Guitar Hero controller. The guys finish up with the Atari generation of controllers (54:30) and the 8-bit to 16-bit era controllers (1:17:30).

Ozzy, Arnaldo, and Paul start off the show talking about what video games they've been playing lately, including Parasite Eve, Metal Gear Solid 2 and Need For Speed. Then they move on to the king of third party videogame developers, Squaresoft, and their rise through the 16-bit era, followed by a shocking and baffling defence of Tommy Tallarico by Arnaldo (44:00) The guys then talk about Final Fantasy VII (59:30), Tobal and Xenogears (1:06:00), Final Fantasy Tactics and Einhander (1:33:30) and Squaresoft's remaining 32-bit video game offerings including the remaining Final Fantasy games and Vagrant Story, among others (1:50:00).

Ozzy, Arnaldo, and Paul start off the show talking about what video games they've been playing lately, including Parasite Eve, Metal Gear Solid 2 and Need For Speed. Then they move on to the king of third party videogame developers, Squaresoft, and their rise through the 16-bit era, followed by a shocking and baffling defence of Tommy Tallarico by Arnaldo (44:00) The guys then talk about Final Fantasy VII (59:30), Tobal and Xenogears (1:06:00), Final Fantasy Tactics and Einhander (1:33:30) and Squaresoft's remaining 32-bit video game offerings including the remaining Final Fantasy games and Vagrant Story, among others (1:50:00).

Masa, Arnaldo, Paul, and newcomer and British sensation, Geoff, discuss all the video games at E3 they loved, and some of the video games they didn't, starting with Nintendo's E3 offerings, followed by Sony (55:00). The discussion is rounded up with Microsoft's E3 (1:25:00) and everything else (1:47:00).

The Region Free Gamers take on the Donkey Kong Country series. Join them as Masa supernaturally restrains himself from talking about Yakuza for longer than 10 minutes, the crew talks about the circumstances that gave rise to Nintendo entrusting Shigeru Miyamoto's first baby to a British studio (36:41), rail against the blatantly wrong opinion that Donkey Kong Country is a mediocre game (55:46), gushes about Dixie Kong and the music of Donkey Kong Country 2 (1:24:40), and wonder whether Donkey Kong Country 3 deserves its status as the worst game in the trilogy (1:41:25). So make sure to guard your banana hoard while you hear the crew talk about their favorite simians.

Masa, Arnaldo, and Paul start off the show discussing what video games they've been playing lately, including fetch quest juggernaut Ni No Kuni 2, Yakuza Kiwami, and Masa finally finishing Yakuza 6 after 1000 hours. The guys then discuss the humble origins and design philosphy of fabled JRPG developer Nihon Falcom (38:00). The video games themselves come next with the Ys series (1:07:00) followed by The Legend of Heroes featuring Trails of Cold Steel (1:36:30).

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