HBO’s The Last of Us is not only the first big show of 2023, but also the biggest video game adaptation for TV of all time. Did it live up to the hype? Jake and Sam break down the 85-minute premiere, how it adapts the game’s opening hours, and what they expect from the next eight episodes.

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00:00:00 - Intro/Housekeeping

00:06:06 - News Story #1: Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’s Battle Pass Leaks

00:15:13 - News Story #2: Microsoft Layoffs Affect Bethesda Game Studios and 343 Industries

00:24:09 - News Story #3: NPD Best-Selling Games for December and 2022

00:35:24 - Main Topic: HBO’s The Last of Us Premiere Review

00:46:35 - Main Topic: HBO’s The Last of Us Premiere Review [SPOILERS]

1:05:59 - Rotating Segment: PS Please (January 2011)

1:10:07 - Draft Day Starring Kevin Costner (Fire Emblem Engage)

1:12:40 - Game, Watch, Listen (Sonic Frontiers, Babylon, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Fabelmans)

Shoutout to Mizuki Kuroiwa for the incredible podcast artwork and to Thomniverse Remix for the music.

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The 2023 Fantasy Critic season has begun. The boys draft their first 12 games and realize just how great this year is going to be. Let the competition begin!

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00:00:00 - Intro/Housekeeping

00:04:43 - News Story #1: Ubisoft Is in Trouble

00:19:25 - News Story #2: Xbox “Developer_Direct” Showcase Announced

00:28:44 - Main Topic: 2023 FantasyCritic Draft

1:26:03 - Rotating Segment: Mad Mags: Fury Read (Game Informer, Issue 12)

1:32:07 - Game, Watch, Listen (Sonic Frontiers, God of War: Ragnarok, Alice in Borderland, Abbott Elementary, Fleishman is in Trouble, The Menu, Belle, M3GAN)

Shoutout to Mizuki Kuroiwa for the incredible podcast artwork and to Thomniverse Remix for the music.

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New year, new predictions, new resolutions! The boys predict the biggest announcements, surprises, successes, and disappointments of the year to come. They also discuss their 2023 gaming resolutions, the latest Switch Pro rumors, and The Last of Us franchise’s big year to come!

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00:00:00 - Intro/Housekeeping (Avatar: The Way of Water Box Office Update)

00:08:35 - News Story #1: Switch Pro Canceled in Favor of New Nintendo Console

00:15:52 - News Story #2: The Last of Us TV Show and Factions News Coming Soon, Part 3 Teased

00:28:51 - Main Topic: 2023 Gaming Predictions

1:20:54 - Main Topic: 2023 Gaming Resolutions

1:24:41 - Rotating Segment: Handheld Highlight (Arms)

1:25:20 - Game, Watch, Listen (Nintendo Switch Sports, Mario Golf, Hit the Road, Crimes of the Future, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Magic Mike XXL, The White Lotus S2)

Shoutout to Mizuki Kuroiwa for the incredible podcast artwork and to Thomniverse Remix for the music.

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2022 has come to an end. Jake and Sam spend one last episode recapping the very-difficult to-say year, discussing our “Year In Reviews,” the GOTY across the web, the biggest story of the year, and how our 2022 predictions and fantasy league competitions concluded!

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00:00:00 - Intro/Housekeeping (Games We Got for Christmas)

00:08:50 - Our Gaming Years in Review

00:25:25 - GOTY Across the Web

00:43:25 - The Biggest Story of the Year

00:45:35 - 2022 Prediction Results

00:59:50 - 2022 New Year’s Resolutions Results

1:03:35 - Draft Day Starring Kevin Costner (JAKE WINS!)

1:06:30 - Rotating Segment: Yoshi’s Topsy-Turvy Trivia (Y2K GameCube Trivia by Sam Kingma)

1:12:18 - Game, Watch, Listen (Christmas Movies)

Shoutout to Mizuki Kuroiwa for the incredible podcast artwork and to Thomniverse Remix for the music.

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Feliz Naʼvidad! As a Christmas gift to themselves (and the listeners), the boys forgo video games this week to review their most-anticipated movie of the year, Avatar: The Way of Water. They discuss whether the sequel was worth the 13-year wait, the visual effects, how it compares to the original, and more.

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00:00:00 - Intro/Housekeeping

00:03:09 - Cancel, Delay, Release

00:06:57 - Main Topic: Avatar: The Way of Water Review

00:39:59 - Avatar 1 vs. Avatar: The Way of Water

00:46:37 - What do we want from Avatar 3 (The Seed Bearer)?

00:49:00 - What do we want from The Way of Water in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora?

00:52:27 - Theater Formats (3D, IMAX, High Frame Rate)

Shoutout to Mizuki Kuroiwa for the incredible podcast artwork and to Thomniverse Remix for the music.

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Sam attended The Game Awards 2022, and Jake made his girlfriend watch it with him, so they’re ready to break down gaming’s big night. In an episode slightly longer than Christopher Judge’s speech, they discuss this year’s show, their favorite announcements, how their predictions performed, and more.

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00:00:00 - Intro/Housekeeping

00:04:43 - News Story #1: Microsoft Pledges 10 Years of Call of Duty on Nintendo Platforms

00:07:12 - News Story #2: FTC Sues to Block Microsoft’s Activision Acquisition

00:15:53 - News Story #3: Microsoft Offered Call of Duty on PlayStation Plus to Sony

00:23:33 - Main Topic: Sam’s In-Person Rundown of The Game Awards 2022

00:37:01 - Main Topic: The Game Awards 2022 Winners and Prediction Results

00:50:53 - Main Topic: The Game Awards 2022 Announcements Recap

1:28:11 - Main Topic: Our Favorite TGA 2022 Announcements

1:30:16 - Rotating Segment: Rental Roundup (Ghostbusters: The Video Game)

1:32:52 - Draft Day Starring Kevin Costner (World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, High on Life)

1:33:54 - Game, Watch, Listen (Vampire Survivors, Mario Strikers: Battle League, Alice in Borderland, Slow Horses, SZA, Little Simz)

Shoutout to Mizuki Kuroiwa for the incredible podcast artwork and to Thomniverse Remix for the music.

Send any questions, comments, or concerns to [email protected] and follow us @SuperMosherBros on Twitter. Thanks for listening!

Jake reviews 2022’s indie darling, Stray. Should it have been nominated for Game of the Year? What makes Stray so special? He gets into all of that and more while Sam is out for The Game Awards.

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00:00:00 - Housekeeping

00:04:06 - Stray Review

Shoutout to Mizuki Kuroiwa for the incredible podcast artwork and to Thomniverse Remix for the music.

Send any questions, comments, or concerns to [email protected] and follow us @SuperMosherBros on Twitter. Thanks for listening!

Awards season never ends, and neither do our bracket episodes! This week, the boys decide the best year of The Game Awards so far - awards and announcements included.

Timecodes:

00:00:00 - Intro/Housekeeping/Programming

00:07:58 - News Story #1: Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Sales

00:15:22 - News Story #2: God of War Ragnarök Sales

00:22:43 - News Story #3: December Review Round-up and NPD Sales Predictions

00:30:14 - Main Topic: The Best Game Awards Bracket

1:16:49 - Rotating Segment: PS Please (December 2010)

1:18:37 - Draft Day Starring Kevin Costner (BIG Score Update)

1:20:33 - Game, Watch, Listen (Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Kirby & the Forgotten Land, The Fabelmans, Sunshine, Bones and All, Glass Onion, Andor)

Shoutout to Mizuki Kuroiwa for the incredible podcast artwork and to Thomniverse Remix for the music.

Send any questions, comments, or concerns to [email protected] and follow us @SuperMosherBros on Twitter. Thanks for listening!

The Game Awards revealed its 2022 nominations, and as to be expected, this year is the battle between Elden Ring and God of War Ragnarök… and Stray? The boys discuss this year’s picks and predict the show’s big winners (and announcements)!

Timecodes:

00:00:00 - Intro/Housekeeping/Holiday Hype

00:06:26 - Moshi Moshi Video Game Club Update

00:09:56 - News Story #1: Volition Becomes Part of Gearbox Under Embracer Group

00:16:10 - News Story #2: Warner Bros Discovery Hints at Connected DC Games Universe

00:22:52 - News Story #3: The Game Awards 2022 Nominations

00:37:12 - Main Topic: The Game Awards 2022 Predictions

1:19:16 - Rotating Segment: Yoshi’s Topsy-Turvy Trivia (Obscure Gaming Consoles)

1:23:57 - Draft Day Starring Kevin Costner (Pokémon Scarlet/Violet, Pentiment, The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me)

1:24:45 - Game, Watch, Listen (OlliOlli World, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, The White Lotus, Nas, Brockhampton, Weyes Blood)

Shoutout to Mizuki Kuroiwa for the incredible podcast artwork and to Thomniverse Remix for the music.

Send any questions, comments, or concerns to [email protected] and follow us @SuperMosherBros on Twitter. Thanks for listening!

Sometimes video games are just okay. And sometimes those okay games are actually great. This week, Sam and Jake are here to tell you about those secretly great games! The brothers talk about their favorite “7 out of 10” video games, from Assassin’s Creed 3 to Spider-Man: Web of Shadows.

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00:00:00 - Intro/Housekeeping

00:02:30 - News Story #1: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Sets Sales Record

00:13:15 - News Story #2: Sonic Frontiers Review Round-up

00:23:58 - Soccer Game Update

00:25:30 - News Story #3: Nintendo Indie World Showcase November 2022

00:34:08 - Main Topic: Our Favorite “7 out of 10” Games

1:17:48 - Rotating Segment: Rental Roundup (Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars)

1:20:54 - Draft Day Starring Kevin Costner (God of War Ragnarök)

1:21:27 - Game, Watch, Listen (A Plague Tale: Innocence, Smino, Banshees of Inisherin, Irma Vep, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Natalia Lafourcade)

Shoutout to Mizuki Kuroiwa for the incredible podcast artwork and to Thomniverse Remix for the music.

Send any questions, comments, or concerns to [email protected] and follow us @SuperMosherBros on Twitter. Thanks for listening!