Join Josh with guests Zac and Kade with a K, not a C, as they dive into some hot topics on gaming. Kade and Zac give us their trophy hunting background and goals as they move forward into 2026. Then, the three hosts chime in on the removal of thousands of games from PSN, trophy lists changing across different platforms, boss fights, and what they've been playing. Thank you for tuning in and listening!

Warmest of Welcomes everybody.

Max and Colin have a quick catch up in this bonus episode as a sort of last hurrar before the arrival of his daughter and some time away from the network. We discuss his excitement for the upcoming Resident Evil and how he is going to be making time for it, plans for Platinum 150, what we've been playing and reflective thoughts on the Trophy Talk Network and what the future may hold.

As always, be excellent to eachother.

See you in Feb!

Max

Hey there folks!

Welcome to a special little bonus episode for us here on the Trophy Talk Network. Recently Gary Cooper and I (Colin) happened to be playing through Duke Nukem Forever at roughly the same time. The more we chatted about the game, the more we realized that perhaps this much aligned 2011 game doesn't get the praise it deserves. While the graphics and humor were certainly a bit dated even back when it originally launched, there's something charming about the level design, puzzles, and overall interactivity of the world. So sit back, strap in and join us as we shoot the shit about a sleeper hit from a bygone era. Come get some!

Hello one and all, and welcome back to another episode of Surviving the Horror! In our first episode of 2026, Josh and Colin go all the way back to the distant past of 1995 to talk about Clock Tower: Rewind. While this particular version released in 2024, the original game released in September of 1995 on the Super Famicom in Japan. Clock Tower: Rewind marks the first time that this original game in the franchise has been available in the United States and to a larger audience. As a very retro, point and click style adventure horror game, Clock Tower follows the journey of one Jennifer Simpson, as she and several friends from Granite Orphanage find themselves on the precipice of being adopted by a wealthy but reclusive man named Simon Barrows. Upon arriving at the Barrow's mansion, (also known as Clock Tower due to its most prominent architectural feature), Jennifer is quickly separated from her friends and forced to navigate the mansion to find out just what the hell is going on. Will Jennifer make it out alive? Will she discover the secrets of the Barrow's property? Just how important is this random meat item that she can pick up? All of that is for you dear listener to discover, and for Josh and I (Colin) to elaborate on.

Clock Tower: Rewind is most certainly a retro experience, but it's easy to see the DNA of so many other future horror titles that it would go on to inspire. We hope that you enjoy this look into the past!

Warmest of Welcomes everyone

This month on the Mooglecast myself (Max) and Zac are joined by Trophy Room patron Katieeee to talk about all things 2026 but not without first feeling our bones ache by acknowledging some of the great games that turn 10 years old this year! So happy birthyear Dishonored 2, Dark Souls 3, Overwatch, Final Fantasy XV and Pokemon GO.

For the preshow Katie kicks us off by sharing her experiences and approach to streaming, followed by our usual run of platinum shoutouts and a series spotlight on DOOM, from there we insert a new segment into the show titled Cactuar Vs Tonberry where myself and Zac kick off our friendly comp for the year.

The main Meat & Potatoes of the show are taken up by what we've been playing and of course our main topic discussing our top 5 most anticipated games of 2026.

Enjoy the first show of 2026 and we'll see you next month, but until then... be excellent to each other.

Max

To kick off the new year Brady (FatePrime) joins the show to talk about Somerville, the first game from the indie studio Jumpship. Many on the Jumpship development team come from another indie studio, Playdead, who were famous for making Limbo and Inside, so you might recognize many elements of those famous games here. To start the show Both Kevin and Brady describe what made those early games so special and how they see the DNA of them in Somerville. Then they cover some of the puzzles that either fascinated or frustrated them and some of their favorite story moments in a semi-spoilery fashion. Near the end Brady reveals a theory that helps make sense of all five possible endings and what they mean for the overall story of the game. We wish you a happy new year and hope you enjoy this discussion about just a regular guy trying to survive an alien invasion in Somerville.

Hello one and all, and happy new year!

In this, our first episode of 2026, Josh and Colin gather around the proverbial hearth to discuss our lofty goals and dreams for the year ahead. Will this year finally be the year of the backlog? What game purchases and trophy hunts are must buys for us? What games are we looking forward to the most? We touch on all of these topics (many of which are also touched on from our Patreon write ins), and also give some thoughts on more personal goals for the year regarding parenthood, fitness, and life in general.

Before all of that though, we begin the episode with a look back at our PlayStation Wrap Up for 2025. These statistics are always interesting and provide valuable insight into just how our year went. It's easy to have an opinion about how your trophy hunts went throughout a calendar year but seeing statistics behind it really puts things in perspective. Whether that's Josh's mammoth amount of games played compared to Colin (even though there hours were not so different in total), or coming to an understanding of the average length of our play sessions, this is all good stuff to dig into and dissect.

The episode is rounded out with a great discussion about the various games we've been playing as well as some Plat shout outs pulled directly from our Discord. We hope that you enjoy this first episode of the new year, it's going to be a good one! Happy gaming, and take care all!

Join Colin and Josh as they break down the newest video game in the Alien franchise. In a Surviving the Horror first, Josh and Colin had two very different experiences with the game as Josh played on PSVR2 and Colin played on the newest PS5 flatscreen version. Like most episodes, we go in-depth with our personal histories of the Alien franchise, gameplay mechanics, story beats, lore thoughts and discussion on the ending. While this game was more "action-focused" than we thought it would be, we both agree that it was a solid entry into the world of Alien and it has definitely piqued our interest for Part 2. Join us and let us know your thoughts about Alien.

Warmest of Welcomes everybody and Merry Christmas

The end of the year is a time of relaxation and good company and what better way to celebrate the 2025 christmas break than to have an episode dedicated to just that. Myself (Max) and Zac have given it our all over the first full year of Mooglecast and we thought we'd challenge ourselves to give you guys a full 2hr episode of freestyle, the topic? NO TOPIC! The first of what we hope will be many general chatter! We often start the recording session by having the best conversations before we even hit record and we decided to nip this in the bud and hit record as soon as we got into the call for that extra bit of authenticity!

As far as what subjects are brought up, we talk about our moments of being starstruck, a controversial bass player, holiday plans for 2026 and of course a sprinkle of gaming related crap. In January we will be returning to our usual 3rd sunday slot joinned by newcomer to the Discord - Katieeee, but not before our 2nd xmas gift to you in the form of an extra bonus episode where I will be rejoined by Maurice for part 2 of our Guitar Hero special, but for now we hope you enjoy this special episode!

Be Merry to eachother.

Warmest of Welcomes everybody

This month on the Mooglecast Zac takes the reins in Max’s absence to host the first ever Community Catch Up episode featuring debut voices to the TrophyTalk Network, Emerson and Fate Prime.

In this Informal discussion the lads talk some of their own personal top moments in gaming this year including Blue Prince, Tetris Effect and Trackmania. Whilst the bulk of the show is spent on what the guys have been playing, they also touch on the game awards and some of the trailers shown at the event, we can only assume Max did a backflip with the announcement of 2 Tomb Raider games, to be honest my hype was limited at 3am dare I wake the most vocal dog currently in existence.

I’ve taken the time to make a new audio session for editing the shows, we apologise for the last episode being pretty quiet, hopefully this new template will fix the issue moving forward. But for now please enjoy the last episode of 2025.

Be excellent to each other.