Critical Error

We know exactly what's going to happen in 2026. Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ criticalerrorpod@gmail.com | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

Thanks for listening this year, we'll see you in 2026. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Start 4:00 Barrett Courtney's GOTY 40:46 Patron GOTYs 46:32 Autumn Wright's GOTY 1:33:01 More Patron GOTYs 1:43:09 Joshua Rivera's GOTY 2:21:43 Wrap Up Follow Barrett Courtney: https://bsky.app/profile/barrettcourtney.bsky.social Follow Autumn Wright: https://bsky.app/profile/theautumnwright.bsky.social Follow Joshua Rivera: h...

Are the most important games of the year the ones that make everyone argue with each other? Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ criticalerrorpod@gmail.com | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created...

How do we even define what a "good year" is? Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ criticalerrorpod@gmail.com | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

Does GOTY mean anything? Or are we just going through the motions? Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ criticalerrorpod@gmail.com | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Pe...

It's worth restating: these are not real Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ criticalerrorpod@gmail.com | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

One more thing. Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ criticalerrorpod@gmail.com | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

Why are you booing him, he's right? Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ criticalerrorpod@gmail.com | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek Arc Raiders re...

You don't need to like a series to review the latest entry, but you should, at the very least, write a good review. Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ criticalerrorpod@gmail.com | Use Subject "Hey Jake and P...

What are the ten games to get to know you?? Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ criticalerrorpod@gmail.com | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

Thanks for hearing us out. Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ criticalerrorpod@gmail.com | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

We put over 60 hours into this podcast before embargo. Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ criticalerrorpod@gmail.com | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szp...

Does a review need to address the majority opinion? What does saying "it's not for me" add? Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ criticalerrorpod@gmail.com | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created...

Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ criticalerrorpod@gmail.com | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

Something is wrong with video game reviews and what we expect from them in 2025. Am I going crazy? Are all these things the same? Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ criticalerrorpod@gmail.com | Use Subject "...

Pokemon Legends: Z-A is getting more expensive every day, but isn't that how all games are? Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ criticalerrorpod@gmail.com | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created...

The games industry is very interested in myth-making, but ALSO on pushing back against myth-making. Who is the author of a video game? Does it matter how many people made a game? Why don't we talk like this about other media?   Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.c...

What dead games would you revive? Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ criticalerrorpod@gmail.com | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

There won't be any Hollow Knight Silksong reviews, but is that a bad thing? What do reviews even mean anymore? Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Write To Us ▸ criticalerrorpod@gmail.com | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

The Kirby Air Riders direct showcased a problem with the way fans treat legendary creators. Kirby Air Riders looks like fun! But why are we acting this way?? Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Write To Us ▸ criticalerrorpod@gmail.com | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

The Battlefield 6 reveal event makes us feel like crazy people. Who's an influencer? Who's PR? Who's a journalist? Who even cares anymore? It all feels bad, man! Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Write To Us ▸ criticalerrorpod@gmail.com | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

Today's Nintendo Partner Direct seemed to disappoint everyone, but maybe there's more to a Nintendo Direct than what we all make up in our heads.   Write To Us ▸ criticalerrorpod@gmail.com | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/c/criticalerror/membership   Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

Pokemon Presents are always fun, but the Pokemon community knows exactly how to take the wind out of our sails.   Jake mentions this piece at the end of the show: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2024/06/11/pokemon-is-all-about-reading/   Write To Us ▸ criticalerrorpod@gmail.com | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/c/criticalerror/membership   Hosted and created...

I'm starting to think that Donkey Kong Bananza isn't Super Mario Odyssey.   Write To Us ▸ criticalerrorpod@gmail.com | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/c/criticalerror/membership   Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek