Dad Needs To Talk

Dad Needs To Talk

Hosted by Robert, a Father, Husband and IT Professional for weekly discussions about Fatherhood, Manga, Anime/TV Shows and Gaming. Get a healthy mix of life and nerd talk as I share my adventures of what I'm reading, watching, playing and doing with my family. https://dadneedstotalk.com/ Intro and Outro music from https://www.youtube.com/c/RiftiBeats/videos

Episodes

July 30, 2025 • 50 mins

Life has been very chaotic lately and I honestly just need to talk into this podcast void. Early part of the show is talking through the chaos and some things that have helped me to keep going. Later in the show I dive into the Fantastic 4 movie and some new manga like Almark, Tree of Life and other things.

Timestamps

(00:00) Life Talk

(21:55) Donkey Kong Bananza

(25:45) Smoke Apple TV Show

(28:08) Fantastic 4 First Steps

(33:00) Almark ...

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Hero Organization is a series I have enjoyed over this past year. It recently hit 31 chapters and I caught up. So I figured this was a great time to highlight this hidden gem.

Series is on mangaplus app

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(01:00) What is Hero Organization

(03:55) Plot discussion

(06:25) Supporting cast

(08:40) Cool mechs and factions

(11:20) Story building______________________________Follow meMy website: https://dadneedstotalk.com/B...

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July 18, 2025 • 28 mins

After 5 years Kaiju No 8 manga has come to an end. With 129 chapters across 16 volumes it has been a up and down journey. I wanted to talk through my thoughts on the series as a whole from start to the final chapter. Obviously SPOILERS so enjoy.______________________________Follow meMy website: https://dadneedstotalk.com/Blue Sky: dadneedstotalk2.bsky.socialTwitter: https://twitter.com/DadNeedsToTalkInstagram: https://www.instagram...

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July 14, 2025 • 53 mins

It has been a very strange last 7 days. Recent losses, close calls in other situations have taken its toll on me mentally. I start the show talking through some things. Then I use some recent movies I saw to help shape a conversation about us as a person at our core. I hope you can take something from this episode.

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro and Life Talk

(07:15) Community thanks Omar and Lisa

(12:12) I started Death Stranding

Main Topic

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July 14, 2025 • 15 mins

Tower Dungeon is finally out in English print this week. Lets see what this series is about.

Published by Kodansha

Story and Art by Tsutomu Nihei

I read this via DRC from Netgalley and the Kmanga App______________________________Follow meMy website: https://dadneedstotalk.com/Blue Sky: dadneedstotalk2.bsky.socialTwitter: https://twitter.com/DadNeedsToTalkInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dadneedstotalkpodcast/

Mark as Played
July 1, 2025 • 67 mins

Welcome back! This episode I briefly vent about a situation with my daughters basketball team. Then I dive into my review of the game Antro which is a rythm runner from a Barcelona studio. The back half of the show is a deep dive into whats coming for the Summer Anime season.

The game code was provided by Gatera studio for review purposes.

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro & Life Talk

Game Talk

(11:00) Antro game review

(22:25) Random shows a...

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June 25, 2025 • 14 mins

Check out my thoughts on this fun and creative puzzle platformer named Ruffy And The Riverside. I reviewed the game on PlayStation 5. Please check out the video version on my YouTube channel for a great look at gameplay.Developer: Zockrates Laboatories UGPlatforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox, Switch and PCPrice: $19.99Release Date: June 26thDeveloper interviewhttps://www.nettosgameroom.com/2025/06/interview-with-zockrates-laboratories.htm...

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June 23, 2025 • 33 mins

Im back to dive into a few cool things I have watched, read and more.

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro and Life Talk

Game Talk

(03:00) What Im playing and news

Movies & TV

(06:45) Ballerina

(10:15) The Expanse

(14:20) KPop Demon Hunters

(17:35) The Brilliant Healers New Life in the Shadows

Manga

(21:05) Spy x Family ch 112-118

(24:37) Akane Banashi ch 148-163

(32:42) Outro______________________________Follow meMy website: https://dadneedstotalk.com...

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June 10, 2025 • 60 mins

Im back with another episode, this week is primarily gaming focused. After catching up on family stuff, I dive into Switch 2 launch, Xbox Showcase, Playstation State of Play and all the other surrounding game reveals.


For the timestamps it will be for overall things that caught my attention but smaller things might get discussed in between.

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro and Life Talk

Game Talk

(06:10) Somerville

(09:52) Switch 2

(19:00) Pl...

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I wanted to do a quick little recommendation episode talking about Centuria and The Bugle Call. This is a general talk about both series, I mainly just discuss the start of the series otherwise its light on spoilers.


Both series got picked up by Viz for English physical release.

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro and discussing both

(05:30) Centuria

(11:35) The Bugle Call

(17:30) Final thoughts on both

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June 2, 2025 • 59 mins

This episode of Dad Needs To Talk, I dive into the joys of being a gamer dad and making those memories with my kids. I also talk about Andor, a new anime movie called Lost in Twilight and more.

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro and Life Talk

Game Talk

(04:50) Being a gamer dad

(17:50) The Alters

(20:25) Expedition 33

(26:00) Warhammer 40K Boltgun

TV & Anime

(28:33) King of the Hill returns

(30:30) Andor S2 and Rouge One

(36:05) Netflix show news

(3...

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May 30, 2025 • 16 mins

This episode I discuss a new manga called Roar: A Star in the Abyss that is published by Kodansha.

Thanks to Netgalley for the DRC

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This episode I dive into first impressions of volume 1 for both Cosmos and Rai Rai Rai. I knew little about both going in and was surprised they both dealt with Sci-Fi and Alien themes but in very different situations.

Timestamps(00:00) Intro(03:45) Cosmos Volume 1(09:35) Rai Rai Rai Volume 1(15:00) Final Thoughts______________________________Follow meMy website: https://dadneedstotalk.com/Blue Sky: dadneedstotalk2.bsky.socialTwitte...

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May 19, 2025 • 55 mins

Im back! This episode I catch up on life and entertainment from the last couple of weeks. My trip to San Antonio and heading towards the final week of school for the kids. Then I catch up on games news and Expedition 33. Then we dive into the Spring Anime that has been keeping my attention this season.

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro and Life Talk

Game Talk

(08:50) Game News

(10:30) Expedition 33

Manga Talk

(14:00) new manga

Anime Talk

(18:45) Spr...

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May 15, 2025 • 9 mins

I discuss early thoughts on the manga War of the Adults after reading the current 6 chapters of the series. It is available on the Manga Plus app/site.______________________________Follow meMy website: https://dadneedstotalk.com/Blue Sky: dadneedstotalk2.bsky.socialTwitter: https://twitter.com/DadNeedsToTalkInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dadneedstotalkpodcast/If you enjoy what I do and want to supportKofi: https://ko-fi.com/d...

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Lots of exciting things to talk about today. Ive been deep into playing Expedition 33 and loving that experience. I also got to watch Thunderbolts movie last night and want to share quick thoughts on Daredevil Born Again.

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro and life talk

(02:20) Quick news highlights

Game Talk

(09:30) Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

TV and Movies

(26:15) Daredevil Born Again

(29:45) Thunderbolts Marvel movie(37:00) SPOILERS Thunderbolts ...

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April 24, 2025 • 63 mins

Lots to dive into this week! My wife and I saw Sinners as our date night adventure for her birthday last week. I discuss how this movie and South of Midnight coming out close to each other spoke to my core. Later in the show I discuss the return of Oblivion and other games, then talk about Beef and Last of Us S2.


Timestamps

(00:00) Intro and Life Talk

Main Topic

(14:45) Sinners and South of Midnight synergy

(29:20) Sinners spoilers

G...

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Its been a couple of weeks so its time to catch up. As usual we start with life and family updates, I got to see my great niece in person finally and my kids have kept me busy in multiple ways. Then I dive into thoughts on the Switch 2 reveal mess and my time playing South of Midnight. I also talk about watching The Amateur movie, last of us season 2 and more.

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro and Life Talk

(02:25) The babies love uncle Robert

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March 28, 2025 • 88 mins

Im back! I start this episode with a conversation about disconnecting from feeling the need to be part of the current conversation of all the ongoing shows, games and manga. Then I discuss my thoughts after playing several hours of Assassins Creed Shadows and touch on the Nintendo Direct. I also dive into thoughts on Severance, Invincible and a couple of manga like Akane Banashi and Maison and the Man Eating Apartment.Go check out ...

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We are at another milestone, 4 years of podcasting! It is so wild for me to think back on doing this for that long. Alot of time and life has happened since this all began, so lets talk about it. I also talk about some new game demoes I tried today and some new things I watched.

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(01:00) Podcast Anniversary

(09:55) Life talk

Game Talk

(13:52) Antro Demo Impressions

(15:50) Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo Demo Impre...

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