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ROCK THE DRAGON!

It's the last Daydreamcast of this year, and Bro & Murph have assembled the dragonballs to wish for a banger to end on. David Punch returns to talk about his year of reliving Dragonball across the manga and anime, and also to talk about Budokai 2. A title often overshadowed by it's sequel, and sequel series, Budokai 2 has a unique place in the annals of Dragonball history as the first game to do a campaign of Radditz to Buu, as well as unique What-If characters not seen anywhere else.

Also in dragon news, Murph gives a farewell to the Yakuza Minute as he gives thoughts on Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth.

0:31 - David's Back (to talk about Dragonball)!

9:31 - Dragonball Z: Sparking Zero! (2024)

22:52 - Mouthwashing (2024) (Spoiler-Free Discussion)

32:50 - Clocktower: Rewound (2024)

37:37 - Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door Remake (2024)

46:45 - Metal Slug Tactics (2024)

54:23 - Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (2024)

Variety Minute

1:28:19 - Dragonball Games

Game of the Week

1:56:36 - Dragonball Z: Budokai 2

2:29:07 - Plugs and Farewells

Fulfilling a promise set in stone eons ago (it was last year in the Crimson Butterflies episode) Thomas Wilde and Will Borger return to talk about Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem. This cult hit on the gamecube was the sophmore follow-up from the team that created Blood Omen (ignore that half the switched studios to make Soul Reaver), Eternal Darkness was the first M-Rated game published directly by Nintendo. It's a mind-bending, globe-trotting, time-bending tale of eldritch horror never since attempted. Is there a reason such horrors were left buried?

Also this episode might as well be considered a double-feature about Silent Hill 2.

00:32 - The Scream Team Reunites

Watcha Playin'

02:04 - Golden Wiiklies October League

08:03 - Fear the Spotlight (2024)

18:23 - Straftat (2024)

23:16 - The Bridge Curse 2: Extraction (2024)

30:18 - Signalis (2022)

Variety Minute

40:14 - The Great Silent Hill 2 Debate

Game of the Week

1:18:35 - Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (2002)

2:04:40 - Plugs and Farewells

In our cosmic journey in the space between spaces we've came across a luminous being. It's David Punch from the Twin Geeks network! We all missed him, and now it's time to catch up on all the games he's played. Mainly, Balatro and Boktai.

Murph and Bro talk Animal Well, while Bro talks Crow Country. Murph carries a gunbrella, ella, ella, ey, ey, ey.

The variety minute is physical gimmicks or mechanics in gaming, a lot of it is about controllers or add ons but there's some pretty interesting gems in there.

Whatcha-Playin

2:20 - Balatro

17:00 - Gunbrella

23:25 - Crow Country

36:00 - Animal Well

Variety Minute

45:30 - Real life gimmicks and mechanics in gaming

Game of the Week

1:14:00 - Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand!

Bro joins Murph and Abram (from Backlog Banter and Lost in Cult) in the space between spaces, in our first ever head to head episode! Two games enter the game of the week, one game leaves.

We are talking Sker Ritual, Devil May Cry 3, Buckshot Roulette,Murph FINALLY plays the next Yakuza game: Judgment. We go over the Itch.io Palestinian Relief Bundle because we support Palestine's right to exist, and we put two of the best games ever made head to head: Tetris Effect and Pac-Man Championship Edition Deluxe! It's a hell of an episode, a must listen!

Oh, and Abram finally brings a positive voice to the Dragon's Dogma 2 discourse!

Whatcha Playin'

5:00 Devil May Cry 1 and 3

11:00 Buckshot Roulette

15:35 Sker Ritual

18:50 Judgment

31:15 Dragon's Dogma 2

Variety Minute

50:30 Itch.io Palestinian Relief Bundle

Games of the Week

1:12:00 Tetris Effect vs. Pac-Man Championship Edition

Bro seems to have awaken in a bind. He has amnesia and doesn't remember that he hosts a podcast with his suspicious co-host Murph.

In this episode, they talk about a whole bunch of stuff, like playing poker and playing Lily. Also, Murph plays Dragon's Dogma 2 and isn't sure how to feel about it.

Our game of the week is Harvester, a controversial point and click adventure that Murph loves. Check out this wild ride with us.

whatcha playin

1:30 - Balatro (2024)

9:00 - Tekken 8 (2024)

15:00 - Crypt Stalker (2020)

20:30 - Dragon's Dogma 2 (2024)

Variety Minute

36:00 - Controversial Video Games

Game of the Week

1:01:00 - Harvester (1996)

Tucker from the Backlog Banter has joined us for another podcast brawl! This time we talk about Dragon's Dogma 2, that Princess Peach game, Bro plays Pizza Tower again and Boltgun!

Most importantly, we cover Mario in his most paperrific form. Paper Mario 64! It's one Bro's favorite games and Tucker and Murph weigh in with their opinions. Does it match the fabled Thousand Year Door? What about Super Mario RPG? There's only one way to find out.

Whatcha Playin

2:15 Dragon's Dogma 2 (2024)

10:45 Boltgun (2024)

15:30 Five Nights at Freddy's (2014)

24:30 Guilty Gear Strive ABA and Pizza Tower Noise updates

32:25 Princess Peach: Showtime! (2024)

Variety Minute

43:15 Mario Spin-Off Titles

Game of the Week

1:07:25 Paper Mario (2000)

NOW WE ARE MOTIVATED! Bro misses Murph as Murph has disappeared. Bro finds a Laugh/Timo Reinecke, wandering the wastes as a Ronin.

We talk about Star Wars Dark Forces, Metal Gear Solid Collection, Mario vs Donkey Kong, Slave Zero X, Akira Toriyama's contribution to culture and primarily gaming, and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (again).

The game of the week is Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening. It's a sick experience full of stylish combos and deep delicious analysis.

Time Stamps:

0:00 Intro with Laugh (and some visual novel recommendations)

4:00 Metal Gear Solid Collection (2023)

9:30 Mario vs. Donkey Kong (2024 remake)

16:45 Star Wars: Dark Forces (2024 rerelease)

22:00 Slave Zero X (2024)

25:30 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (2024)

Variety Minute

33:00 A small look at Akira Toriyama's contribution to gaming and his work

Game of the Week

47:45 Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening (2005)

WHAT AN EPISODE! Brendan Hesse from the Crawl, a series regular, returns to talk a whole bunch of stuff with Murph and Bro.

We talk about Shiren 6, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Arzette, Void Stranger, and Lysfanga! Then we ask ourselves the essential question: what was the first sin of gaming? The answer may surprise you!

After that we talk about a game Bro always loves to yap on about, Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin. The real question is, does Murph like the game?

Time stamps

0:30 Brendan is back!!!!

1:50 Shiren 6 (2024)

15:00 Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore (2024)

20:30 Yeah! You Want "Those Games," Right? So Here You Go! Now, Let's See You Clear Them! (2023)

26:30 Ed in Street Fighter 6

31:00 Lysfanga (2024)

36:00 Void Stranger (2023)

42:10 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (2024)

Variety Minute

1:13:40 The Original Sin of Gaming

Game of the Week

1:35:30 Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin (2015)

You are already read,

just kidding this is the new season of the Daydreamcast. Bro and Murph catch up with a LOT of games. It's completely action packed!

Timestamps:

Whatcha Playin

2:20 - Astalon Tears of the Earth

6:30 - Desperados 3

14:00 - The Finals

19:45 - Sephonie

26:30 - Persona 3 Reload

36:00 - Tekken 8

Variety Minute

47:00 - Steam Next Fest Demos

Game of the Week

1:31:30 - Fist of the North Star Lost Paradise (2018)

Pavlos is back! Murph and Bro team up with the OG Daydreamcast host to cover all things DUCK. We talk about Pavlos's reformation, and a bunch of other games such as Rainworld and Lies of P

Timestamps:

Whatcha Playin'

8:00 Octopath Traveller (2021)

15:00 Rainworld (2017)

27:35 Dead By Daylight (2015) Chucky's DLC

33:00 Great Ace Attorney 2 (2018)

49:30 Lies of P (2023)

Variety Minute

1:14:00 Disney Games (Mostly Donald Games)

Game of the Week

1:31:00 Quackshot (1991Z)