Chris Johnston

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655: The Crank Is Solely For Gameplay Purposes

This week! Sonic movie delays, Panic’s Playdate handheld, more about A Plague Tale: Innocence, Crackdown 3, Realm Royale, Everybody’s Golf VR, Angry Birds VR, the Castlevania Anniversary Collection and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: * Sonic Movie delayed to February * Sonic the Hedgehog

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654: I Hate The Phrase Best Intentions

This week! Indie game developer Benjamin Rivers joins us to chat games and news, including: Microsoft and Sony team up, new Mario Maker 2 details, Genesis Mini lineup additions, Epic Games Store’s growing pains, Mortal Kombat 11, A Plague Tale: Innocence, Beetle Adventure Racing, and much, much more. Join

Generation 16

WELCO METOT HENEX TLEVEL - RDF: Global Conflict

Developer: Absolute Entertainment Publisher: Absolute Entertainment Release: 1994 There aren’t a lot of American Sega CD games I haven’t played much of, but I somehow completely overlooked RDF. The copy I have in my collection is actually a pre-release burn from the EGM vault, and not a retail

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653: What Do You Get For 95th Place?

This week! Loot box legislation comes to the U.S., EA Access coming to PS4, the video game cartoons that never were, a Predator game uncloaks, we get another tease of that Final Fantasy VII remake, plus Shakedown Hawaii, Ninja Gaiden, Manhunter: New York and much, much more. Join us,

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652: React to the Reaction

This week! Things not liked on the internet must be changed. Plus: New Earthworm Jim, Phil buys the Kunio-kun collection, Greg finishes some retro games, and CJ continues his pirate life in Sea of Thieves. You know, the usual stuff. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: * Intellivision announces

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651: Popeye (He’s A Magic Man)

This week! Japan trips, crunch time, Box-Boy + Box-Girl, Dig Dog, Picross S3, Marvel Cinematic Universe (no spoilers), and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: * Seeing Stars at the Detective Pikachu Premiere * PS4 approaches 100 million sales * Next-gen PlayStation at least a year away * Nintendo not

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650: Two Or Three Balance Patches From Being Good

This week! Details on the PlayStation 5 emerge, Microsoft makes the All-Digital Xbox One a reality, Nintendo makes transferring saves between Switches a thing, plus Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Adrift, Steamworld Dig 2, Dreams Early Access and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: * Sony tells

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649: Turns Out You’ve Gotta Build It Yourself

This week! CJ’s out so Greg and Phil get Ben Rivers and Rich Grisham to guest and talk Star Wars, PSN ID changes, Final Fantasy XIII, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, MLB The Show 19, LABO VR, Yakuza 6 and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of

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648: Help Filling Your Stud Meter

This week! Anthem exposé, Mario/Zelda in VR, Xbox service bundles, Yoshi’s Crafted World, Donkey Kong 3, and vomit in the pool. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: * Here’s How BioWare’s Anthem Went Wrong * Bioware Blog Post: Anthem Game Development * Mario Odyssey and Zelda: BotW

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647: Spike Chunsoft Is What I’m Naming My Next Kid

This week! So. Much. News. Apple Arcade, State of Play, ID@Xbox Game Pass, new Nintendo Switch models (TWO?), a Sega Genesis Mini, more Sega Ages games, plus we played some video games too. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: * Cadence of Hyrule * Yacht Club games publishing Cyber

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646: Stays Fresh Forever

This week! CJ went to GDC, Nintendo highlighted more Nindies, Google dropped announced Stadia, we played a whole bunch of video games, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: * Dirty Money: The Maple Syrup Heist * Jason Rohrer * One Hour One Life * Nintendo Indies presentation * Lucas

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645: Vicariously in the HypeZone

This week! Judgement halted(?), Castlevania collection incoming, Master Chief Collection on PC, Project Stream, clear game pads, Jade Raymond joins Google as VP, Zelda II, Devil May Cry 5, CJ still playing Sea of Thieves a year later and much, much more. Join us, won’t you?

Generation 16

WELCO METOT HENEX TLEVEL - Radical Rex

Developer: Beam Software Publisher: Activision Released: 1994 It’s so interesting to look back at the nineties and realize just how important a friendly mascot character was to absolutely every video game publisher. Everyone needed their version of Mario or Sonic. Bubsy. Sparkster. Aero the AcroBat. Now, in 2018, only

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644: Paging Dr. Kintobor

This week! Captain Marvel talk (no spoilers), the Sonic movie leak, all-digital consoles, LABO VR, PS4 Remote Play, Ape Out, a long Star Trek digression (if your podcast client supports chapters you can skip it!), devs reaction to social media, choosing what to play and much, much more. Join us,

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643: Just Call It Ape Escape

This week! New games, PR disasters, TJ&E gets back in the groove of things, Ape Out, Crackdown 3, Greg and CJ’s adventures with Star Trek Bridge Crew, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: * Ben Rivers’ new game Worse Than Death * Horror

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642: Anything Could Happen

This week! Reggie’s retiring, we’ve got a whole bunch of Xbox rumors, Crackdown 3 is still awesome, CJ starts a replay of Breath of the Wild, Greg goes back even further in Zeldas past and starts Zelda II, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links

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641: Not In It For The Likes

This week! We talk a lot about Crackdown 3, and spoiler alert—we really like it. Plus! Activision-Blizzard lay-offs, record-breaking Mario auctions, a Nintendo Direct, Greg’s distaste for battle royale, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links Awakening: * Activision Blizzard Lays Off Hundreds Of Employees * The

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640: The Story of Two Guys Who Fell Out of a Plane

This week! We welcome Kevin Larrabee of Back in My Play and Logun Keller of the Keelhauled Podcast to talk Apex Legends, NES games on Switch, OutRun 2006, Yakuza Kiwami 2, The Division 2 beta and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: * Keelhauled: A Sea

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639: The One With The Sunglasses

This week! CJ is sick so Greg takes over hosting and we talk about Dr. Mario World, Inside Xbox, Apple’s rumored subscription gaming service, Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown VR, Dragon Marked for Death, Wargroove and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: * Dr. Mario

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638: Gotta Work On Your Ball Control

This week! Mike Phillips joins us to talk Wii Shop closure, Anthem demo troubles, Nomura reconsidering worldwide releases, Metroid Prime 4 rebooting development, the amount of “Stuf” in Oreo cookies, the things in CJ’s office, what games our kids are playing and much, much more. Join us, won’t

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637: Play As The Arrivals

This week! CJ shares some news and the tale of his gaming PC, EA cancels more Star Wars, possible SNES games on Switch, Ace Combat 7, Horizon Chase Turbo, Onimusha: Warlords, Maniac Mansion, and so much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: * EA Cancels Open-World Star Wars

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636: Cloudy With A Chance Of Magical Sound Showers

This week! Listener Matthew Hall who contributed to Extra Life, please message Greg. Also: Bungie splits with Activision, Ubi brings games to Epic’s store, Sony sells a lot of Spidey, and there’s some salacious goings-on in Gearbox-land. Also: Smash Bros., the RE2 1-Shot Demo, Out Run, Ninja Gaiden,

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635: Take the Left Wing Off the Ship

This week! We talk new year’s eve, boy bands, spin-offs of boy bands, boy band brothers, Earth Defense Force 5, Starlink, Quantum Break, Smash Bros., and a lot of other stuff too. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: * New Kids on the Block * New Years Rockin Eve

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634: Favorites of 2018

This week! We take a look at our favorite games of 2018. These are not the games that sold the most, nor had the most hype, nor garnered widespread critical acclaim (though there are some of those in there too). These are merely our favorite games that we played this

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633: The Taste of 40-Year-Old Cereal

This week! Christmas cheer, Xbox stats, Raimi suits, Fallout gifts, Donkey Kong Jrs., Monster Boys, Seas of Thieves, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: * Fallout Classic gifted to 76 players * Raimi suit arrives in Spider-Man * Check your Xbox 2018 stats * Donkey Kong Jr. * Puzzle