BOY, is Sony having a weird month. Concord gets cancelled less than 2 weeks after release, Astro Bot beats ALL expectations and earns rave reviews, and then Sony announces the PS5 PRO, which nobody liked. I'm joined by Daniel Alba of Good Vibes Gaming, Mary Stowe (formerly from Destructoid), and Josh Jepson from... JoshJepson, to talk about our thoughts on where Sony goes from here. What does Concord's failure mean in light of Astro Bot's success, and just who is the PS5 PRO for?? Let's talk it out!

Geoff Keighley's Summer Games Fest 2024 has come and gone, and we now have a better idea of what to expect for the rest of 2024 and beyond in video games. This month I'm bringing in  @forestminish ,  @jyggy , and for the first time on the show,  @DerrickBitner  of Good Vibes Gaming, to talk about all the latest announcements, what we loved (and hated) in video games in 2024 so far, and what we're looking forward to as the year closes out!

Are video games too hard these days or are they too easy? Am I only a gamer if I play hard video games, or is playing Animal Crossing okay? I'm joined by @BoundaryBreak, @forestminish, and @alecandstuff to talk about game difficulty and what it means to the gamer community as a whole. Are save states considered cheating? What about developer intent? We'll answer those and more tonight!

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Tonight I convinced @forestminish, @UltimaShadowX, and @MissFushi to hang out with me and talk about The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom! We'll talk about what we're looking forward to in the Breath of the Wild sequel, what we liked/disliked about the first game in this duology, and more!

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It's that time of year again! Time to get together with friends, celebrate the new year, and use a numerical ranking system in order to say whether or not the video games we played the last year were good or bad.

I have ProtonJon and Josh Jepson back on the horn, and MasaeAnela returns to go through all the games we played in 2022 while we rank our top 3 picks!

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On this month's episode Rebecca Stone and I talk about the recently released Pokemon Scarlet and Violet games. Did the myriad of bugs bother us? What do we want from DLC or even a Generation 10? Is this podcast back for real?

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Dangaroo, the Nintendo Switch is 5 years old. That's getting up there in console years.

I bring on my good friends Rebecca Stone AKA ForestMinish, and AlecandStuff to talk about what went right with the Switch, what went wrong, and all the rumors and speculations this system has endured over its lifetime! We'll also talk about the games and features we still want from the Switch as it enters the second half of its life-span!

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Remember when we thought that 2021 was gonna be better? Man what a lie we told ourselves, huh? I mean, I guess it was alright if you like playing video games.

That's exactly what we plan to talk about on today's episode! I have ProtonJon and Josh Jepson back, and this time we have Rebecca Stone, AKA ForestMinish to talk about all the games we played in 2021, while ranking our top 3!

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Wow. PS5 is now a whole year old. It’s crazy to think about all the memories I’ve already made with mine and… What? You don’t have one? And neither do you? Or you? Well then who the hell has one anyway???  

*5 hours later...* 

I found AlecandStuff as well as Amanda VanHiel; 2 other people who all claim to have a PS5 and we’re gonna talk about our experiences with the system so far, and our expectations of the console for the future. Come on down!

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I have Barry Carenza on the show today to talk about Premium Edition Games and the launch of their Series 3 catalog of physical releases! We also talk about what it's like to host a podcast, something I'm very familiar with, and we talk on our own experiences collecting games. Check out the links below to find out more information about Premium Edition, and where you can find their latest releases!

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Check out all of Premium Edition Games' release catalog here!

Month of Metroid concludes! Our final episode features Tom Fawkes as we talk about the fourth Metroid game Metroid Fusion. Does Fusion make the player face true fear with SA-X? Is the game too linear to be a Metroid game?

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The Month of Metroid continues! Part three sees the return of Rebecca Stone, AKA ForestMinish, to discuss the third and often touted best game of the Metroid series! Does it maintain its status as best game after all these years? What makes people come back to it more over its older siblings?

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Whew boy, video games, am I right?? 2024 started off with a bang with many development studios laying off several thousand employees in just the first three months alone. Problem is, these publishers are also mentioning record profits... what gives? Then several high profile releases like Suicide Squad underperformed, but WB quickly decided NOT to learn its lesson and committed to produce even more games of its ilk! In light of this, and of an all digital future looming ahead, is there any hope for video games in 2024? I'm bringing on forestminish and Kevin Kenson this month to get to the bottom of this!

DialogBOX is back with the Month of Metroid! Part two has Shesez of Boundary Break fame back on the horn to discuss the second game of the Metroid franchise, including the many remakes it received. Does this game deserve the lack of praise and recognition? Do the remakes allow it some time back in the spotlight? What about committing genocide of an alien species, are we cool with that?

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DialogBOX is back with the Month of Metroid miniseries! Part one has Elias Thompson back on the horn to discuss the first game of the Metroid franchise, including the GBA remake Zero Mission. What made the original so difficult? Do people really like making paper maps and writing down passwords? And what draws us to the Metroid franchise even to this day as we celebrate its 35th anniversary?

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Check out this link to donate in support of Stop AAPI Hate!

Laughingboy is joined by Abra, Hawk, and Jyggy to discuss Trainers Unite, a week-long charity event in support of Stop AAPI Hate! We talk about the inspiration behind Trainers Unite, its relationship with Pokethon and the crew behind it, as well as some questions about running a fundraising business.

The Switch OLED has arrived! People are... reacting to it.

In this episode I've brought NintendoFanGirl, SabIrene, and Shinjanaytor to talk about our thoughts and feelings about the new device, how this fits in to how we play our Switches, and we highlight the oftentimes toxic news cycle of rumors becoming expectations.

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JoshJepson and SecretAgentJacob join Laughingboy in ranking each Ratchet and Clank game ever released on console in order to get ready for Rift Apart! Each one of us share our own lists before we try to make one combined tierlist with a few chaotic caveats.

Just so you know, we talk AT LENGTH about Size Matters...

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Remember when we had that one game that came out during a global pandemic and it took over the entire social narrative for millennials and gen-zers alike, even to the point that it was used as a tool for political campaigns and to sell toilet paper? Donnabellez (https://www.youtube.com/user/donnabellez), ForestMinish (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaGVHFzgrWAkH5z7tkJBuqg), MasaeAnela (https://youtube.com/user/MasaeAnela), and NintendoFanGirl (https://www.youtube.com/user/NintendoFanGirl) join me to recount those magical faraway days in this episode about Animal Crossing New Horizons!   

... Wait, what do you mean, last year??

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Laughingboy is joined by Shinjanator (https://www.youtube.com/user/shinjanaytor), Amanda Vanhiel (https://www.twitch.tv/pandaprincessa), and Yoshiller (https://www.youtube.com/user/Yoshiller2) to talk about Pokemon on its 25th Anniversary!

You'd be forgiven if you forgot about it; sometimes it seems like TPCi did too.

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Episode 1 of our new live format kicks off with guests Elias Thompson (https://www.twitch.tv/eliasthompson), AceFangirl (https://www.twitch.tv/acefangirl), and SerahBear (https://www.twitch.tv/serahbear) joining LaughingboyLP as we all share our experiences growing up on Zelda for this 35th anniversary special! We talk about how we found out about the franchise, some of our favorite games of the series, as well as things we'd like to see in future games, including Breath of the Wild 2!

2024 started with a lot of prolific YouTubers announcing their retirement, citing burnout from an unforgiving algorithm. I've gathered a crack team of full-time creators including streamer ProtonJon, video maker Shesez of Boundary Break, as well as a full-time social media manager and mental health/self care advocate selfcaregamer to talk about what burnout and the algorithm mean to them.

Our annual tradition returns! This time we have forestminish, ProtonJon, and JoshJepson here to talk about the games we all played last year, and ranking them as we always do! Did we manage to all finish Tears of the Kingdom, or did we all collectively burn out... Did Laughingboy finish ANY games that actually released in 2023? What games did we find the most disappointing? All will be revealed in this episode.

Well gamers, 2023 is almost over. What was probably one of the best years of video games was also one of the worst for the people who are tasked with making them. I'm joined by Rebecca Stone once again, AKA forestminish, as well as a newcomer to the podcast, Mike Minotti of GamesBeat, to talk about all the major events and games that came out of this year, along with what we're looking forward to next year!

The Game Awards 2023 is upon us and the nominees are in! For this month's podcast I bring in ⁠Kevin Kenson⁠, ⁠forestminish⁠, and ⁠UltimaShadowX⁠ to discuss which games we think deserve the GOTY nominations, what awards categories will likely be rushed in between World Premieres, and whatever else to expect with this year's festivities.

We're halfway through 2023, so its time for a progress report! I have Rebecca Stone and Kevin Kenson with me this time to talk about what games we've played so far, what games we enjoyed and what games we hated. Plus, a look into the future and our picks for GOTY contenders. Has Tears of the Kingdom stolen our hearts already or are we still waiting on our game of 2023?

Wow, remember E3? The once titan of the gameshow industry has fallen on some really hard times after 2020, but there once was a time where E3 was the "big game" for video games. I'm joined by Rebecca Stone, Proton Jon, and NintendoFanGirl to remember a time gone by.

What were we excited for? Have video games changed much since then? All this, and more, on this episode of DialogBOX!

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. To that end, I invited JoshJepson and Rebecca Stone to tonight's DialogBOX to have a heart to heart about being a creator and the mental health struggles that tend to go with that.

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Our new podcasting adventure finally begins! We're merging the best parts of DialogBOX and Let's Talk to bring you a new show called Good Luck, Have Fun! I'll be bringing in a new content creator every month to talk about how their lives and their love of video games intersect!

This month, I finally sit down and talk to Claire, 10 years after I initially asked her to take part in my original podcast, Let's Talk. We'll discuss her career as a YouTuber from the Something Awful days, up to her current streaming career today, and probably talk about the Nintendo Switch 2, because I couldn't call myself a gaming podcaster if I didn't...

DialogBOX has evolved! Every month I'll be bringing in a new guest to talk about the ins and outs of content creation, as well as our hot takes on the latest gaming news!

This month, I bring Masae back to the podcast to talk about her own rebranding, what she learned about VTubing, and what she's hoping to see during Nintendo's Switch 2 reveal in April!

Well, that's it! The year 2024 is officially over and BOY were there a ton of good games to play... This time we bring back fan favorites ProtonJon and Josh Jepson to talk about all the games we played last year (whether they were actually new in 2024 or not), and we rank our top 3! Plus, we'll talk about our thoughts on what to play in 2025, and what we're looking forward to with the newest announcement of the Nintendo Switch 2!

Our new podcasting adventure finally begins! We're merging the best parts of DialogBOX and Let's Talk to bring you a new show called Good Luck, Have Fun! I'll be bringing in a new content creator every month to talk about how their lives and their love of video games intersect!This month, I bring the creator of Boundary Break, Shesez, on to the show! He's been a frequent guest on DialogBOX before, but this time we'll go 1:1 to discuss his long career as a YouTuber, what its like to be a full-time content creator, and what the future of Boundary Break will look like!

Our new podcasting adventure finally begins! We're merging the best parts of DialogBOX and Let's Talk to bring you a new show called Good Luck, Have Fun! I'll be bringing in a new content creator every month to talk about how their lives and their love of video games intersect!This month, Klinkit joins the podcast for the first time! We'll talk about her work on the most recent Zeldathon, which gained over $100,000 in donations in June 2025, including some of the challenges of owning a small business and taking the reins of such a long running event.

Our new podcasting adventure finally begins! We're merging the best parts of DialogBOX and Let's Talk to bring you a new show called Good Luck, Have Fun! I'll be bringing in a new content creator every month to talk about how their lives and their love of video games intersect!

This month, Josh Jepson joins the podcast to talk about his career, how content creation and mental health intersect, and his hopes for the Nintendo Switch 2, which launches in just a few weeks!