Them Sweet Game Boys

Ethan and Joe discuss Super Mario World for the SNES,  the mainline Mario entry for the Super Nintendo. We both love this game, and had so much to say about it that we had to split this episode into two parts. In this episode we talk about our personal history with the game, the development history of the game, the aesthetics and music, as well as the general gameplay. We round things off with a discussion on the first world, Yoshi's Island. In the next episode we will talk about the rest of the worlds, as well as final thoughts/discussing which Mario property we will handle next. 

Them Sweet Boys get whacko for THAC0 when they travel to the Sword Coast in this very of its time CRPG. We discuss our relationship with CRPGs, Dungeons and Dragons, and of course this very foundational title from Bioware. While this game didn't grab us like we'd hope it would, it is still an interesting game to talk about. 

Mario goes portable in this launch title for the OG Gameboy! This is a really weird object lesson in what happens when you give a team of engineers their crack at making a "Mario." You get a game that is definitely a condensed Mario adventure that ends up steeping very heavily into the "weird" of Mario with about half the charm and memorability. At least Princess Daisy survived! We have a ton of fun in this episode, so please listen along. 

Joe snagged himself one of the elusive PS5s, so decided to treat ourselves to a game from the new generation...well a remake of a game from two generations ago. The Demon's Souls remake is a trip down memory lane, to when From Software didn't know they were creating a brand new genre of game, and Souls was just a bit clunkier. The atmosphere and the graphical update is quite impressive, and there are some real standout moments in this flawed gem, but there are some troublesome game design decisions that both of us really wish got updated with this remake. So please brave that fog wall, and join us for a really fun episode of this podcast. 

Hello old friends! On this episode of "Here We Go!" We wrap up the 80's NES Mario cameos in what is a very fast and loose episode on a bunch of random games. We also talk about the recent Nintendo Direct, as well as go on some fun tangents. 

The games included in this episode are...

• Tennis
• Golf
• Pinball
• Famicom Grand Prix 1 and 2 
• I am a Teacher: Mario no Sweater
• All Night Nippon: Mario Bros. 
• Punch Ball Mario Bros.
• Punch Out!! 

Joe and Ethan head to "Mushroom World" on Mario's biggest main console adventure yet in Super Mario Bros. 3. It's a game that is many peoples' favorite Mario game and it's hard to argue against: the platforming is welcoming, the secrets are aplenty, and the gameplay is expressive. We spend a breezy couple hours loving on this gem; join us!

Joe and Ethan get into the Mario Madness with Super Mario Bros 2. It's an NES oddball with a fascinating development history. While the gameplay doesn't exactly get translated into later Mario titles, the game introduced key characters to the Mario franchise and added the delightfully odd into the Mushroom Kingdom. 

Joe and Ethan take on a modern classic in Disco Elysium, a CRPG about an alcoholic cop with amnesia, a murder investigation, and a world spiraling into the all-consuming Pale. 

In the second episode of Here We Go!, Ethan and Joe are playing one of the most influential games of all time (no pressure!) with Super Mario Bros. as well as Mario's first foray into Kaizo with Mario's Lost Levels. 

This episode, Joe and Ethan jump into a whole heaping helping of 64 bit nostalgia as we plumb through the depths of childhood memories. We discuss the system in a bit of depth, and then switch over to talking about five specific games. The five we have chosen this episode are...

• Earthworm Jim 3D
• Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
• Vigilante 8
• Quest 64
• Ogre Battle 64: Person of a Lordly Caliber