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As we anticipate Episode 100 where we talk in-depth about our favorite games of all time, we thought it would be fun to have a cautionary discussion about some of the games on the opposite end of that list - our Most Disappointing Games we’ve ever played!

Games discussed: #1000xRESIST #ChronoTrigger #Destiny #DevilMayCry2 #DirgeOfCerberus #EpicMickey #F3AR #Farcry2 #GhostOfYotei #Halo4 #MarvelsAvengers #Neva #Portal #PUBG #ResidentEvil6 #WatchDogs

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Daniel’s: Daniel recommends the album “Death in the Business of Whaling” by the artist Searows

Mike’s: Believe it or not…but Mike unironically recommends Super Mario Bros: The Movie from 1993!

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Daniel and Mike compete in our third annual Dorkiest Fantasy Draft - thanks to FantasyCritic.games

Find out who will build the ultimate team of the best critically reviewed games of this year and what the “punishments” will be for the co-host with the lowest score!

Follow our League on FantasyCritic.games - The Dorkiest Podcast - 2026 Better Co-Host Contest - Fantasy Critic

Games discussed: #Absolum #CallOfTheSea #Celeste #GhostOfYotei #LostRecordsBloomAndRage #MetaphorRefantazio #PipistrelloAndTheCursedYoyo

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Daniel’s: Daniel recommends We Were Liars on Amazon Prime

Mike’s: Mike recommends The best runs from Awesome Games Done Quick 2026

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Erika returns with Mike to review all the films they've seen so far in this second half of the year. These are movies released from July to December 2025 which include...

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, After the Hunt, American Sweatshop, Americana, Anaconda, Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League, Black Phone 2, Bring Her Back, Bugonia, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle, Die, My Love, Eddington, Eden, Eleanor the Great, Elio, Eternity, Fackham Hall, Five Nights at Freddy's 2, Frankenstein, Freakier Friday, Friendship, Good Boy, Good Fortune, Hell of a Summer, HIM, Honey Don't!, Jurassic World Rebirth, Keeper, KPop Demon Hunters, KPop Demon Hunters, Love Me, Magazine Dreams, Oh, Hi!, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, One Battle After Another, Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer, Regretting You, Rental Family, Roofman, Sinners, Snow White, Sorry, Baby, Splitsville, Superman, The Assessment, The Ballad of Wallis Island, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, The Housemaid, The Long Walk, The Luckiest Man in America, The Naked Gun, The Roses, The Running Man, The Smashing Machine, The Threesome, The Ugly Stepsister, Together, Wake Up Dead Man, Weapons, Wicked: For Good, and Zootopia 2.

We hope that you enjoyed hearing us talk about these movies and that it encouraged you to see more films in the new year. They'll be back to share their recommendations for the first half of 2026 later in the summer!

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Erika and Mike talk about their favorite games 2025. Stay tuned for the next episode in which they'll discuss all of the movies they've seen in the second half of the year and countdown their favorites.

Happy New Years and we hope this coming year is filled with joy and peace for you all!

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Kicking off our end of the year discussions, Daniel shares his Top 5 Favorite Games he played this past year!

Daniel’s Other Favorites of the Year:

• Favorite books - Part 1, Part 2

• ⁠⁠Favorite album⁠⁠

Games and media discussed - #BaldursGate3 #Dishonored2 #Doom #FinalFantasyVII #Greedfall #HadesII #HellbladeSenuasSacrifice #Kona #LifeIsStrangeDoubleExposure #LifeIsStrageTrueColors #MetaphorRefantazio #RedDeadRedemption2 #SOMA #SplitFiction #TheWitcher3

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Daniel’s: Daniel recommends The Legend of Vox Machina

Mike’s: Mike recommends Rental Family starring Brendan Fraser

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Mike shares his vast knowledge and history of the Metal Gear Solid franchise to an intrigued and curious Daniel - someone who's only ever heard of the games through gaming osmosis. Also, thoughts on some of the nominees and categories for the upcoming Game Awards 2025.

Games and media discussed: #BaldursGate3 #HadesII #LegoHobbit #LifeIsStrangeTrueColors #RedDeadRedemption2 #SOMA #SplitFiction #StellarBlade #Venba

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Daniel’s: Hazbin Hotel Season 2 Soundtrack - “Gravity”, “Vox Populi”, “Vox Dei”, and “Losing Streak”

Mike’s: Steam Personal Calendar

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Has the gaming industry gotten too big to sustain itself? Daniel and Mike seem to think so. On this episode, we have a spirited discussion about all of the internal and external issues that are plaguing the industry as whole. From corporate greed, to trend chasing, and even players turning their attention to other non-gaming things, it seems like there are so many factors in place leading the industry to an inevitable crash. But could there be hope on the horizon? Join us as we unpack the State of the Gaming Industry in 2025.

Games and media discussed: #GhostOfTsushima #HadesII #LegoHobbit #RedDeadRedemption2 #StellarBlade 

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Daniel’s: Daniel recommends “sweater-core” albums that he’s been checking out lately.‘Cape Elizabeth EP’ by Noah Kahan, ‘last night you said you missed me’ by Hazlett, and ‘The Weatherman’ by Gregory Alan Isakov

Mike’s: The Skinny with Mike and Adam Episode 500! + Mike makes an announcement…

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One thing the games industry is terrible at is letting things go. Sometimes, franchises LONG outstay their welcome and that almost always means that players are worse off for it. On today’s episode, we talk about franchises that should either hibernate or go away - possibly forever.

Games and media discussed: #AssassinsCreed #Battlefield #BeforeYourEyes #GearsOfWar #GhostOfTsushima #HalfLife #Halo #HollowKnight #KingdomHearts #MetalGearSolid #RedDeadRedemption2 #Silksong

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Mike’s: Alive with Steve Burns Podcast

Daniel’s: The LIcanius Trilogy Series by James Islington

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This is a special cross-over episode with Mike's other podcast, The Skinny with Mike and Adam. Consider checking it out if you're a fan of emo, post-hardcore, the music scene, and beyond!

On the road to 500, we've invited a very special guest; someone who's been such a big part of this podcast for many years with his comments, letters, feedback, interactions, and suggestions, friend of the show - and joining us from The Dorkiest Podcast - Daniel, is back to share his TOP 100 ALBUMS!

We hope you enjoy having another massive list of albums to check out for yourselves from someone other than Mike or Adam! Daniel's lived experience differs quite a bit from the co-hosts, so hearing all of his stories of why these 100 albums are special to him was a treat and we hope you get just as much out of it too!

After you listen to the episode, check out the full list of albums that were discussed to go back and put them on your own playlists

⁠https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cMmLFS2S3gwZ46lMpmySaCMphW8E1cqo_nffEQRG__c/edit?usp=sharing⁠

#Alesana #ALotLikeBirds #AsCitiesBurn #AttackAttack! #Beartooth #BeingAsAnOcean #BrandNew #DanCampbell #DanceGavinDance #TheDearHunter #Jaime’sElsewhere #JulienBaker #Letlive. #Mewithoutyou #Mewithoutyou #Mewithoutyou #OfMice&Men #Saosin #Underoath #TheWonderYears

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The games industry is all over the place right now. With layoffs, bloated budgets, and high-profile cancellations, are there any publishers out there doing it right?! On this episode, Daniel and Mike take a look at the past year’s output from the big three first party publishers, as well as what they’ve got planed a year from now, and give them a letter grade based on their performance and presentation.

Games and media discussed: #BaldursGate3 #Dishonored2 #Nintendo #RedDeadRedemption2 #ShadowOfTheColossus #SIE #Uncharted #Xbox

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Mike’s: Shohei Ohtani lines into a TRIPLE PLAY against his former team!

Daniel’s: Daniel reviews “Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You” by Ethel Cain

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