WTFamicom: A Gaming Podcast

Statler - "What has dead eyes, no spine and someone always puppeteering them?"
Waldorf - "I didn't know we were talking politics!"DOH-HO-HO-HO
On today's episode we chat about Jim Henson's The Muppets and all the times they ended up in a video game. Did you know they had a PS1 kart racer? Would it shock you to know Miss Piggy almost had a video game dedicated to her non-consensual wedding to Kermit? We cover every pixel and polygon appearance they've made so far but not without some help from a special guest that even Jim Henson wouldn't want to give a voice to.

Fear has no form. Fear has no name. But now, fear has an address. Actually it has numerous addresses because how the hell else am I getting candy on Halloween? And I don't give a f*ck if your lights are off, I'm still knocking. So while my neighbors cower in fear from my angry knocking, it got me thinking - what video games take place on this night? And I'm not talking about your Resident Evils or Silent Hills. I mean video games that ACTUALLY take place on October 31st. What we found might scare you more than the slutty Shrek costume you saw someone wear to a party...but sexually confuse you less. Beware, for tonight you enter HALLOWEENVANIA!

The 1999 film "The Blair Witch Project" was responsible for the popularity of numerous trends - found footage movies, viral marketing, fart corners. But did you also know that everyone's favorite goth girl conjured herself not one but three video games before 9/11? I peed my pants just thinking about it! While we wait for them to dry, it got me thinking about other witches. Banjo-Kazooie has one. Bayonetta IS one. And Wario...is Mario with witch powers? Looks like my pants won't be dry anytime soon now and neither will yours after we chat all about other witches (and warlocks) in video games. So grab a broom and be prepared for the most frightenting things a gamer can experience outside of the words deodorant or job!

He's hairy, he drools, he goes to the bathroom every 5 minutes and wherever he wants. No, we aren't talking about my step-dad. But we are talking about cinema's favorite Golden Retriever "Buddy", aka the illegal basketball player AIR BUD! Can and should a dog be allowed to play sports? What about in video games? How many games accept this disgusting behavior? The answer may actually suprise you. On today's episode we see what video games dribble AND drool with animals playing sports. So get ready to sit, stay, shoot and score! But whatever you do, DO NOT PUT A JERSEY ON THAT DOG!

OUTATIME! I know it as what my therapist says when my credit card gets declined mid-session. But you may know it more commonly as the license plate belonging to Doc Brown and his time traveling DeLorean! That iconic car sure has been through a lot of time periods. And weirdly, so have tons of video games! So why should Marty McFly have all the fun? Taking inspiration from "Back to the Future", we go forward, backward and beyond into the world of time travel in gaming. What games use it correctly? What games shouldn't have it? What games have it happen technically only in the manual and no where else? Grab you hover boards folks, because where we're taking you, we don't need roads. But you will need controllers! But also please don't kiss your own mom.

What do guys caught on "To Catch a Predator", the creature in PREDATOR and gaming companies all have in common? If you guessed they go days without showers that's probably true. But the real answer is they are usually always on an abhorrent hunt to trick you. How many times have you bought a video game because it promised something beyond what it can and should deliver. Like the chats Chris Hansen shows up with, we got receipts to prove that ever since the 90s, developers have over promised a lot in their advertising just to get our attention. So take a seat over there and tell us why you're here. Because on today's episode we are catching pre-order predators!

GUNS N' ROSES! In the 80s, they were known as the most dangerous band in the world and the epitome of sex, drugs and rock n' roll. So what's the antithesis of all that? Gaming of course! It repels sex, is more expensive than drugs and the only roll involved is the Totino's Pizza Rolls I'm microwaving. But did you know these two have a lot in common? Did you also know we already did this episode before?? To celebrate our 7 year anniversary we decided to redo our very first episode. Join us as we chat Mega Man, Axl Rose, Guitar Hero, Slash, Angry Birds, Buckethead, GTA San Andreas and more - welcome to the gaming jungle, baby!

We're creating a venn diagram with three circles. One for the oldest surviving work of literature, one for a PlayStation game where a guy has his mouth sewed shut and one for a movie where Jon Berenthal doesn't say "Let me tell you something" but he says it in the trailer. Have you figured out what the common denominator is? On today's episode we chat about the PS1 classic "Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee" and Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey. We also impersonate some of Abe's gamespeak, decide if farts are woke now and advocate for podcast episodes to be included in movie box office charts.

STAY HUNGRY! If you're into fitness you know that's the 1976 Arnold Schwarzenegger film where he plays (of course) a bodybuilder. If you're into video games, that is just your lifestyle from Cheetos, Hot Pockets and Mountain Dew Code Red. But what happens when the two worlds collide? Do they make perfect swolemates? Today we do numerous reps in the musclebound world of exercise and gyms in gaming to find out. From the Intellivison all the way to the Xbox Kinect; we work muscles we barely knew we had while chatting about Just Dance, Pokémon, Final Fantasy, and more! Fun Fact - did you know "exergaming" is a real word recognized by the Dictionary? Actually makes me sick.

This year the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary! What better way to commemorate this occasion than to discuss the one time a cat took over the Oval Office. And no I'm not talking about James A. Garfield. Btw did you know he was the last President born in a log cabin? That's both funny and truly pathetic. Anyway, we are talking about the most famous political cat ever and his one video game. Yup, Bill Clinton's cat "Socks" starred in his very own Super Nintendo video game that got cancelled. Or did it? Join us as we take a trip to Washington, D.C. to find out why cats make better presidents but worse gaming mascots.