It's National Hot Dog Day, and boooooyyy do we have a food crime. Also: Halo 2 and Halo 3 chat about the Master Chief Collection, Andy leads the charge into Final Fantasy 12, Comic Con @ Home, and the "disappointing" Nintendo Direct (and the art of getting yourself too excited).

We delve into episodes 6-8 of Season 2, Star Trek: Discovery. And, what a gamut they run…

It’s time to be too hot, bitten to death by mosquitoes, and get some food cooked outside on that BBQ… Or is it a grill? Or a grate? After too much time on definitions, we also talk about: Halo 2, Trackmania, Gundams in China, and the Witcher.

There’s more than one fraud in this pod - actual fraud and food crimes combine for a ….spicy… opening this week. Lots of Baba is You. And, should a game with micro-transactions cost $70?

Kit joins us to discuss Fallen Order's connections to Star Wars. Star Wars: Squadrons discussions. Hasbro's new toys, especially the new Carbon freezing chamber. Much more.

JJ and Michael are here to put in the work: Cold Steel 3, the Steam Sale, Steam points (good for nothing), Ring Fit Adventure, Baba is You and more!

The email bucket overflows with Food Crimes - with lots of feedback on the recent peanut butter scandals. Also, for games: Mixer implodes; Andy over-commits to Civ 6, Persona 4 Golden, State of Decay update, Crash Bandicoot 4, and The Last of Us.

Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 Episodes 3-5. Things have pretty much gone off the rails...

Who is Empanada-Man? What could his powers be? Food crimes is now a staple in this podcast kitchen. More adulting; this time it's making more network problems than you fix. Andy got sucked deeper into the quicksand of Civilization VI. Andy and JJ struggle to play Halo. JJ fawns (deservedly) over the surprise release of Persona 4 Golden for PC. And, we walk through all the non-E3 game announcements that are coming, as well as the PS5.

Malt liquor and waffles? The food debates rage on. Andy quiets his keystrokes in order to play Civ VI more. Command and Conquer Remastered is out, so we take a trip down memory lane. We all loathe the Game Gear Mini (micro). JJ waxes about the Dark Souls series in response to our Star Wars pod.