Game Time With Manny

We return after a month long hiatus to regale you with loosely researched news and what I have been playing. Matt and I discuss and make fun of Bethesda commenting on negative Steam reviews as well! The Super Mario RPG remake is good and so is Baldur's Gate 3! I also mention my time with Astral Ascent (Dope) and Knuckle Sandwich (Decent).

We go over some brief news before moving over to the metric buttload of games we played. This might actually be the most games I've ever completed in a 2 week period. I got the platinum in Spider-man 2, and Alan Wake. Then I moved on to beat A Space for the Unbound, Pizza Tower, and WarioWare: Move It! Matt played a strange amount of NHL 24, finished Spider-Man 2 and hit up some Forza. To finish w...

I for sure introduce this as episode 236, but it's 237! We fly through the news because there isn't that much. I played the Alan Wake Remaster to get ready for Alan Wake 2, and Matt played some Forza Motorsport. We both played Mario Wonder, which we both like so far and we also both played Spider-Man 2 which is incredible and we gush about it for like a half hour!

Turns out that despite this being one of the best years of video game releases in history the industry is crumbling from the inside. Our news this week is almost entirely about lay-offs! Matt played several games like a bit of Assassin's Creed Mirage and Final Fantasy 16 while I focused on Cyberpunk 2077 and its DLC exclusively.

So much news happened the past two weeks it was crazy. TGS is ongoing, but there was also the Unity Fiasco, a Nintendo Direct, a State of Play and a ton of general announcements. We talk about it all, and then talk about all of the games. Matt played Dave the Diver, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Final Fantasy 16. While on the other hand I went wild with Mortal Kombat 1, Sea of Stars, the Pokemon DL...

Have you ever wondered what video games were like just a month after 9/11? If so then boy do we have the podcast episode for you right here! However, before Matt regales is with a magazine from the past we talk about various studio closures and layoffs before moving on to a lot of talk about how we don't really like Starfield!

Gamescom has been popping off, but not giving us a lot of news that Matt and I personally care about. Geoff showed a lot of assets though. We mostly talk about what we've been playing this episode. Matt has been hooked on Dave the Diver. while I got almost 100% in Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, dabbled into Armor Core VI, and continued Baldur's Gate 3!

Even with all the stuff in my new recording room it still echoes! I'll have to do something to figure out if I can mitigate that. However, in the meantime Noukeo joins us to talk about Evo, Overwatch 2, and Trails into Reverie. Matt got into Dave the Diver and I have been on a big Baldur's Gate 3 tear. To finish off Matt has to dip out early to make it to dinner on time so Noukeo and I chat about...

I am now a homeowner and have moved all my stuff into the house. I am here on the podcast in spirit, but my body is rebelling! Thankfully I make it long enough to talk to Matt about how dope Jedi Survivor is and also some Pikmin 4. The news is pretty light, but with EVO coming up there's still some to talk about!

Two weeks have gone by and we have returned to talk about the Microsoft vs. FTC case, and some other miscellaneous news. Most of this weeks episode is taken up by us talking about the tons of games we've been playing. Diablo 4, and Dave the Diver take up a majority of the discussion.

Nintendo did a surprise direct, which introduced such wild bombs as a Super Mario RPG remake, and Elephant Mario. Matt has been playing all kinds of shit like Far Cry 3, Diablo 4, and Resident Evil 4. I on the other hand went wild with Tears of the Kingdom, Street Fighter 6, and Final Fantasy 16. Will Matt replay RE4 Remake for the 5th time? How do I feel about FFXVI? Tune in to find out the shock...

We went back to Craig the Discord Bot and boy was it not the right move. I left the beginning where we synced up in so you know it was at least correct at first. It drifts over time, but not quite as bad as last time. We will definitely be doing something new for next time. The Summer Games Fest 2023 happened and we talk about all the hottest news before getting into the tons of stuff we've been p...

Matt followed through on the potential of getting a PS5, so now the whole podcast has one. We discuss the PlayStation showcase and then move on to what we've been playing, which happens to be a lot. The Horizon Forbidden West DLC, Oli Oli World, Street Fighter 6, Tears of the Kingdom and We Love Katamari Reroll!

It finally happened. After 225 episodes I went to put this one together and it had wild audio drift. The new extremely shaky recording method we were using recorded this with variable audio drift so that I couldn't even fix it. It seemed to change at various points. So as a fair warning this is almost entirely unlistenable because we talk at roughly the same times. It does get better towards the h...

We return after two weeks to once again regale you with tales of video games, except this time one of us has a rash! Tune in o find out what's up! Not much was newsworthy except the UK blocking the Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard, and Nintendo hilariously announced a Zelda stream is happening 2 hours and 15 minutes before it releases. As for gaming we did, Matt is back with a vengeanc...

We return for another fun week of news such as Lil' Wayne hosting a Street Fighter 6 stream and much more (not really that much more). I played the Battle Network collection and that's really all the gaming between the two of us! To finish the podcast out we rate our top ten favorite courses in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. This is obviously the definitive list so you won't want to miss it!

We have a new podcast recording solution, which seems to work out okay. I might have to mess with some things, but for the most part it's not too bad. We go over news from what feels like an eternity ago with the Tears of the Kingdom gameplay video, E3's newest death, and some new upcoming Vampire Survivors DLC. To finish it off we talk about the games we've been playing which include the Resident...

Not much newsworthy stuff happened so we talk a bit about how skeezy industry events can be, and what's going on with Suicide Squad. In the games department I finished Midnight Suns and we both started to play the Resident Evil 4 Remake. It's very good.

We return to you on our first Sunday recording where we talk about the bizarre return of Level-5 and the even more bizarre return of Pokémon Sleep. Matt transitioned to a new position at work so he hasn't had much gaming time, so I regale him with my tales of hanging out with Blade in Marvel's Midnight Suns. To finish we rank all the Assassin's Creed games, except it's mostly Matt because I have l...

The EVO games were announced so we get hype about that before being marginally sad about how lame the Sony State of Play was. For what we've been playing I talk about Final Bar Line and Hogwarts Legacy while Matt lets us know how sick he thinks the Dead Space remake is! To finish I recount my overall feelings on the Psychodyssey Documentary that 2-Player Productions did about the production of Psy...

Is this episode almost two weeks late and missing the theme song? You bet it is, but I got super sick and threw up a bunch so cut me some slack alright!? Anyways, the Nintendo Direct happened and at this point maybe you forgot all about it and need a refresher on all the absolute banger announcements from it. In terms of games I go bananas for Hi-Fi Rush, while Matt finally beats the Molly Hatchet...

Video game news is happening, but sadly so are a lot of industry layoffs. Microsoft had a developer direct, and a few other studios had some things to show. Matt and I really spend a lot of time playing games these past few weeks. He continued on with Rock Band, but also put some time into Resistance 3, Assassin's Creed Black Flag, and The Quarry. I spent time in some new releases with One Piece O...

Matt and I come back for the new year and return to our original every other week schedule. There's barely any news, so we mostly talk about the tons of stuff we've been playing like Citizen Sleeper. Omori, Dante's Inferno and Castlevania Lord of Shadows. To finish we check out a list of games that are coming out in 2023 and choose which ones we're most excited about.

Game of the Year is back again for another round! As usual we count down out top games of the year from ten to one. Matt and I had a lot more similarities than we have in previous years!

2022 is coming to a close, so that mean it's GOTY season. To start off we do our annual categories podcast. We have ten categories and rank our top 3 games in each (except for the ones where Matt does a top 1 and a top 10). Enjoy this week and come back for the actual Game of the Year podcast NEXT WEEK!