Cassette Tapes, Tacos, Beemers, Baseball, Monster TVs, and 2D Metroid, what year is it?! The Nintendo Direct sent us back to the past for this week.

With Andy out this week, Michael and JJ talk about current events! Currently that means E3! We recorded before Nintendo so we made some predictions, we were probably wrong! But there is tons of discussion of new games coming out from Microsoft (Halo Infinite, Gamepass everything, Starfield), Square Enix (Guardians of the Galaxy, Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters), Ubisoft and others!

Talking about Controllers is just too fun, so here is Part One: Talking about first party and aftermarket controllers, layouts, preferences, light history, and integration. Component Class makes its triumphant return. Also, The WWG crew and families finally had the fated Wing Challenge cook-o-thon get together. Hear all the wonderful flavors... and the not-so-wonderful spicy chip.

Re-loving the Deep Space Nine Season 7 classic "Take Me Out to the Holosuite." Who are the lessons really for?

Emails! (Monitors, Super Switch Pro, VPNs, & Password Managers) Andy drools over a new TV. JJ and Michael have a Trails summit.

JJ washes his car to sit in traffic. Michael braves a variant of the Luther at Knott's. And, Andy tries to uncramp his thumbs. On this riveting We Were Gamers, we give a good amount of time to Horizon Zero Dawn as well.

Andy revisits the darkest corner of the MCU (Hulk) and a very bright one too (Captain Marvel), while JJ reviews the reimagined Four-Hour Justice League. Michael and JJ chat Horizon Zero Dawn after having completed Yakuza 5. We ponder the Mass Effect Legendary Edition. There's a good amount of Trails series updates. And, thanks to a provoking article on Nintendo News, we debate the true meaning of Genres and where we see the "review industry." Maybe games are mostly just good now?

Kit, Ken and Andy sit back for a few hours to discuss The Bad Batch’s overall feel so far in the young new Disney+ show. Also, we commiserate at the sad state of the collector market and if toy collections are even still for the fans.

Comics Expert Ken joins us for an episode solely focused on the shows: Invincible and Falcon & Winter Soldier. Other than our normal tangent shenanigans, that's seriously it. Spoilers.

Some busy weekends of fun and work get us deep into the BBQ prep for summer. And when you're talking BBQ, it's time to talk about Flavor Town, yes, the actual one. JJ gets a brand new set of wheels. Michael explores the Moon Doors. And, Apple and Epic are duking it out "in" court.