Fine Time

Andre and Vin tackle the new Namco compilation, Pac-Man Museum+. The good, the bad, the ugly, and the weird all get their due! How do these games hold up today? Keep up with the show on Twitter at @FineTimePodcast Andre: @pizzadinosaur Vin: @lucentai

We all played Boyfriend Dungeon and spilled the tea about our boyfriends, and Mario Strikers: Battle League. Then we get into the multitude of game presentations over the past few weeks, including State of Play, Limited Run Games, Sonic Central, Summer Game Fest, Devolver Digital, Capcom, and the Xbox & Bethesda Showcase. Keep up with the show on Twitter at @FineTimePodcast Andre: @pizzadinosaur S...

Mega Tokyo just isn't safe anymore, not even the Hot Legs bar! Steve and Andre talk about themselves as anime watchers and how they got into the artform before they take on one of the biggest anime classics of all time, Bubblegum Crisis. Follow the show on Twitter at @FineTimePodcast Andre: @pizzadinosaur Steve: @monotonegent

The Taito Egret II Mini party continues! Andre and Vin pick up their discussion by talking about the impact of the Zuntata sound team, the early 90's high-art shmup trilogy of RayForce, Metal Black and Darius Gaiden, briefly cover other assorted shmups like Scramble Formation and Gun Frontier, tackle the insanity of Bubble Symphony and Bubble Memories, rounding up the paddle and trackball games of...

The guys discuss their current playtime with Blaster Master, Mega Man X6, Rhythm Heaven Megamix, VA-11 HALL-A, and Horizon: Zero Dawn. Then they tackle Bethesda delaying Redfall and Starfield, the all-new PlayStation Plus, video game violence as a political weapon, an arousing round of JAV Titles: Real or Fake?, PS3 Virtual Memory Cards, console generation graphical wow factor, and our personal ai...

Andre and Vin join each other for the event of the century: the Taito Egret II Mini is here and it's fantastic! They go into the hardware and its peripherals, the early post-Space Invaders catalog such as Pirate Pete, Lunar Rescue, and Lupin the 3rd, late 80s gems like Raimais, Cadash, and with Violence Fight they use the term "gem" loosely. They also talk about their first-time experiences with V...

Steve plays Horizon: Zero Dawn for the first time, Andre revisits old Ys games, Kevin tries The Stanley Parable, and everyone plays the forgotten 2014 edition of Strider and discuss why it's so underrated. Then they get into the new Indie World presetation, Yuki Naka's beef with Square Enix, Square Enix divorcing Eidos and other western companies, the non-E3 landscape of summer announcement shows,...

We talk Gravity Rush, Hollow Knight, Tales of Berseria, the hilarious Sonic Origins chart, rumored Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio reboots, catch up on Amico schadenfreude, and a fresh round of Unpopular Gaming Opinions. Follow the show at @FineTimePodcast Andre: @pizzadinosaur Steve: @monotonegent Kevin: @KevinFlevin89

Steve and Andre have a nice chat about every man's favorite activity, passed down from father to son: watching stylish action movies with a high body count. They talk about their favorite scenes, lore, characters and kills of the John Wick trilogy up to this point, and where it can go from here. Rated R for graphic bloody violence throughout, and pervasive strong language.

This time we talk Ghostwire: Tokyo, Steve's PS5 adventures, Inside, Phoenix Wright, House of the Dead Remake, Taito's home console ports via City Connection, Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium, figureheads and spokesmen past and present for game companies, and a Horizon: Forbidden West discussion at the very end for easy skipping if you want to avoid spoilers. Enjoy!

Our topics today include Kirby and the Forgotten Land, early impressions of Ghostwire Tokyo, old Tony Hawk's Pro Skaters, the end of Dragalia Lost, the new PlayStation Plus tiers, Gran Turismo 7 review bombing, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC, house rules, video game opinions we were wrong about, preachy music, and a Xenoblade: Future Connected spoiler discussion which is at the very end if you want to sk...

What happens when two guys who know nothing about Kingdom Hearts decide to play Kingdom Hearts 3 as their first one? An absolute disaster, that's what! In this wild experiment for the ages, Iisten to Andre and Vin yell, cry, scream, cuss and laugh at the menagerie of sight of sound that was somehow called a video game. Was this a podcast, or a therapy session? You decide!

The guys talk about Gran Turismo 7, Demon's Crest, Beyond Oasis, Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl, StarFox, Sony's excellent State of Play last week, Perfect Dark remake's development troubles, a game of 'Capcom, Taito, Or Sega?', predict future announcements with some friendly betting, games that blew us way when we first saw them, and even more! Enjoy!

Kevin is joined by Stockton as they take a trip down memory lane about their formative years of playing educational games on PCs at school, the early days of using the internet, gaming at home with the late 90s and early 2000s classics, cereal box software, graphics cards and peripherals, internet Flash games, and other fun stuff in this All-Canadian bonus content.

The boys discuss Horizon Forbidden West, Babylon's Fall, Megaman X5, the online beta test for Nintendo Switch Sports, Capcom Fighting Collection, Call of Duty taking a year off, the ongoing Intellivision Amico saga, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, what game preservation is and isn't, JAV Titles: Real or Fake, and Unpopular Gaming Opinions makes a return!

Whips! Mummies! Skeleton Athletes! Belmont BDE! The dynamic duo of Dre & Trey get deep into their love for Castlevania by exploring last fall's compilation, Castlevania Advance Collection. 

We talk Breath of Fire, Ziggurat 2, Steve wades through the dredges of the Switch eShop, the Cyberpunk 2077 update for current gen, many hot takes on last week's Nintendo Direct, PlatinumGames' puzzling interview, the Wii U/3DS eShop closure and the intersection of preservation, emulation, and piracy, Kevin on The Righteous Gemstones, and we cap it off with a Pokemon Legends: Arceus spoiler discus...

Andre and longtime friend Evan get together for a exploratory conversation about the role of protest music in the 21st century. They also have a round of Overrated, Underrated, Or Properly Rated featuring popular hits from decades past.

Some bearded guys with glasses talk about Ys 9: Monstrum Nox, Windjammers 2, Pokemon Legends: Arceus, Sony's buyout of Bungie, M2's latest Toaplan Game Garage, the true impact of Final Fantasy 7, pizza vs. burgers, drooling over Gran Turismo 7, personal perception of music changing or changing with it, and other stuff too. Maybe.

The mystic heroes of an ancient past come to the big screen, but the eternal question remains: Is it good? By God, it is! Steve and Andre share their enthusiastic thoughts on the movie adaptation of Dynasty Warriors.

The boys talk about Tales of Berseria, The Last of Us, Untitled Goose Game, Microsoft's big buyout of Activision-Blizzard, our favorite final round of a game show, public perception of Days Gone, a rousing game of Video Game Rorschach, a round of Unpopular Gaming Opinions, and lots more!

Our first show is here! Kick back as we talk Clockwork Aquario, Deadly Premonition 2, Halo Infinite, Skyward Sword HD, Shin Megami Tensei V, hopes for Sonic Frontiers, the strangeness of Nintendo Switch Online, when the next Nintendo Direct might be, game development and release expectations under COVID-19, a rousing game of 'Pokemon, Or Name I Just Made Up?', and much more!