Brothers vs Backlog

What's even better than a new Legend of Zelda game? How about a Legend of Zelda Lego set!? Ok, it's not better, but it's still pretty cool. And we've got Tears of the Kingdom coming soon too.

Is it insanity to spend lots of time planning out how to paint all your Gran Turismo cars? Of course not. Completely normal! Everything should be blue.

The Mario movie is coming, and it's going to be ...

The latest Nintendo Direct gave us dates for all sorts of things and had a very surprising recurring theme along with a depressing one - detective games and expansion passes. But let's talk about what is most important: Pikmin 4 has a Pikmin puppy! That's a must buy if we've ever heard one.

GameBoy and GameBoy Advance games are finally coming to Nintendo Switch Online after months of speculation. Is there an...

After a short hiatus from a variety of weather, work, and child-related interruptions, Jackson and Bill return with great backlog clearing news. And then promptly find more things to replace those cleared games. What did we finish? What did we add? Listen in and find out.

Is checking out at a CVS the most challenging task in everyday life? For some people, it just may be.  CVS Checkout Simulator! A puzzle game for all ages...

Stop me if you've heard this one before: Skull & Bones is getting delayed. No longer slated for March, Ubisoft's pirate game is now slated for a much more vague "fiscal 2023," so maybe we'll see it by the end of March 2024. But we aren't holding our breath.

Forspoken got a big cinematic story trailer, and the response has been... predictable. With less than 2 weeks until release, it might ...

While the multiplayer Last of Us game, Factions, was already expected for this year, now there's rumblings that a 3rd game in the series might be coming much later. Will the jerks at Naughty Dog kill off more horses this time? Almost certainly yes, if they are in the game. Otherwise it will be whatever other animal you care about.

Square-Enix and Konami don't have announcements, but they have announcements coming...

Much like 2021, we say so long to another year of gaming with a list of what we've played in the last 12 months and what we're hoping to play in the next 12. Could anything dethrone Triangle Strategy as our GOTY??

Nintendo capped off 2022 with a little Indie Celebration. Was there anything in there that seems promising, or does Bill relegate it all to the dumpster? The answer might surprise you.

There ar...

Matt is back for this penultimate 2022 episode, and he's just in time for discussing the Pixel Remasters finally getting announced for consoles. Will he be diving back in, or was once through enough?

Tis the season for Home Alone, so we do a deep dive on Uncle Frank. Or a shallow dive. What's his deal, anyway?

Also, with Matt here, we get to talk about movies. Why do so many quality MCU villains get offe...

Our second annual Gameys-focused episode! Was this year's show as horror-focused as last year? Did Jackson figure out how to differentiate between ads and trailers? Was there anything for Bill to throw in the dumpster? All this and more!

Is it time to bring back the Thurl Ravenscroft mustache? We have the answer, and it may not surprise you.

What are your thoughts on coriander as a beer flavor? We have strong...

Not Dead Space 4 (aka The Callisto Protocol) has been out for a week and the results have been... not great. Same for the console release of The Outbound Ghost. Are we forever doomed to live in this age of companies bombarding us with unfinished and poorly optimized offerings? Yes. Yes we are.

Official Elden Ring PvP is here. Are we excited? Probably not, based on our dislike of PvP and a somewhat offensive incident involv...

The Embracer Group has announced that they have 234 games coming between now and March '26. Is this too many games? Minor spoilers: yeah, that's just way too many.

Bill has gotten some good playtime with Tactics Ogre: Reborn and shares his thoughts while Jackson slowly meanders his way through Chicory: A Colorful Tale while being heavily criticized by a 6 year old for his decisions. 

We also talk about s...

As we head into the final weeks of the year, we're starting to get a better idea of what's coming NEXT year. Because you know what's more exciting than the games you already have? The games you might have later.

Square-Enix dropped some knowledge bombs on us, with information about Octopath Traveler II, Final Fantasy XVI, and Forspoken. And they of course had to do a patented Square-Enix announcement about a...

Kirby plushies are coming showcasing the Forgotten Land, but something important is missing. We discuss what that is and try to remain optimistic.

Both of us played a lot of stuff this week. Did Jackson keep up his 3 games a week pace? And did Bill get in an hour of Arise? You'll have to listen to find out.

Square-Enix, Embracer, and EA are all up to some wild shenanigans, and we have thoughts on them. 
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Against all odds, Jackson has wrapped up another game this week. What kind of madness is this? Four games inside of a month? Scholars maintain that this kind of breakneck pace can not possibly continue.

Bill is still in favor of fishing in games, but he is not in favor of The Who or Age of Empires PvP. Find out why.

Sonic Frontiers is coming very soon, and The Callisto Protocol a few weeks after that. Will we be p...

With the first half of The Legend of Heroes Crossbell duology, Trails from Zero, launching last month, fans were wondering when the second half would come west. Well wonder no more, as we not only have a date for Trails to Azure but also a window for the next game after that, Trails into Reverie. Will Bill have enough time??

Lots of Square Enix stuff this week, with information about Front Mission 2, Stranger of Paradise D...

Cuphead's physical edition is finally coming! And the collector's edition comes with something unexpected in addition to all the normal things you'd expect: your very own Cuphead marionette, which probably won't come to life and try to kill you. Maybe.

We have a shallow dive into Pitfall this week, and a deep dive into the joys of cheap wine and booze. Oh yeah, and we talk about some games too.  Is Pape...

Radiant quests... why are they so horrible? Jackson goes off, and Bill learns what they are and then decides that yes, they are horrible. Let's get them out of games.

Skyrim is on pretty much every electrically powered device you can find. Does it run better on a Switch or a dishwasher? We discuss.

Jackson has finished another game, 2 in 2 weeks! What is this madness?!? Bill also got some playtime in.

Bill couldn't record this week, but was that going to stop us? Well, almost, but we've called in our secret weapon! We've got even more brothers!

Skull & Bones has gone from going head to head with God of War to going to 2023. What are the crazy people at Ubisoft up to anyway? You know, besides selling out hard to the CCP.

We did not get a trailer for the upcoming Super Mario movie, but we did g...

Do you want to recruit triple digits of potential squad members in your RPGs? Then this past week has got the information you're going to want. Between a new trailer for Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes and the announcement of a combined remaster of Suikoden I & II, there will be more heroes than you can shake a stick at. Probably. They might not like you out there shaking sticks willy-nilly. 

Beyond that, there&...

As we head into fall, everybody is coming in hot to showcase their wares. With shows from Ubisoft, Disney & Marvel, Nintendo and Sony this last week, we've got a lot of games to discuss in this larger than usual episode. Who stood out among their peers? The answer might surprise you (but probably won't).

In addition, there's absolutely shocking news about Babylon's Fall from Square-Enix. No, wait, n...