Welcome to our first annual Smash Bros. tournament! This competition comes with a twist: all the characters are provided by our listeners! And none of them are in official games! Who will win? Will it be Bonk? Bayou Billy? Superstar professional golfer Lee Trevino? LET'S FIND OUT!

We're not here to poke fun at anyone's names, let alone our own heroic digital-avatars. That's why we're here to salute those great characters such as Ash Ketchum, who likes to catch'em all. And Boomer Kuwanger, who likes to boomer. And kuwanger. Maybe both.

Rob and Pernell take a back seat this week and let the fine folks at WVGM step in with some smooth jams! WVGM's number 1 radio personality, Arm Chair, plays his favorite smooth jams from the past year of Rhythm and Pixels! Load this up in your car, put the top down, and get ready for the smoothest tunes and some positive vibes.

Inspired by a week of dangerous storms, Rob and Pernell create a tornado of fantastic music! We talk about classic LCD handheld gaming, and Rob chats about his favorite SimCity strategies! Spoiler, he's terrible at the game and you shouldn't take his advice.

Rob and Pernell turn the tables on the podcast and listen to random suggestions from their listeners! There's some great rock music alongside some soothing new-age sounds from some surprising games. Early in the episode we play our own game: Occupational Hazards! Name the job of the video game character! Let us know how well you did in the comments

This week's totally planned and not made-up-on the spot episode contains music without any topic structure! That's right, WE'RE WILDCARD'N! We read an amazing email from a listener and create corporate employee empowerment videos! Super fun!

Did you ever need music to get you out of bed? Or those beats to run an extra mile? Rob and Pernell bring to you the best video game tracks for getting PUMPED!

This week on the show Rob and Pernell talk about their favorite video games! Specifically the games they would like to see revived and remastered. But then Pernell reminds Rob of the American Darkstalkers cartoon and his brain cracks open like an egg. AN EGG!

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We're back at it again with the wacky game topics! And don't think for a second that Pernell isn't going to rap like MC Hammer at some point during the show! When all your pixels are hammers, every game looks like a nail! Or something like that.

It's getting hot outside, so stay indoors with your favorite video games! Rob and Pernell curated the perfect playlist of summer-jams from a huge selection of listener-suggestions! Also on this episode we play the perfect Summertime game: "Are these lyrics from a Sonic game or class R&B hit?" Enjoy the show!