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The August/September 2024 episode of the Gaiden series! This is the show where we discuss the games we played, the news stories we saw, future plans that we have, and answer questions from our listeners! Pyrr brought almost 3 dozen games, but Duke brought Age of Mythology Retold so, ya know, roughly equal importance. Seriously guys, Age of Mythology is so good.

The June/July 2024 episode of the Gaiden series! This is the show where we discuss the games we played, the news stories we saw, future plans that we have, and answer questions from our listeners! Pyrr has sworn off jumping in video games, Duke finally finished Pikmin 4 earning thoughts that surely won't be contentious, and everyone should be excited for AGE OF MYTHOLOGY LETS GOOOOOO!!!!!!

The May/June 2024 episode of the Gaiden series! This is the show where we discuss the games we played, the news stories we saw, future plans that we have, and answer questions from our listeners! Pyrr was sick last time so logically now it's Duke's turn to be on death's door, but we still have a TON of Not E3 announcements to go over. Maybe a few games to!

The April/Most of May 2024 episode of the Gaiden series! This is the show where we discuss the games we played, the news stories we saw, future plans that we have, and answer questions from our listeners! This episode marks Duke breaking his new Early Access rule, Pyrr's exploiting his lost voice to marvelous effect, and overall? Just a good time, I liked this episode!

The March 2024 episode of the Gaiden series! Being uploaded at the end of April because Duke forgot to put it on Spotify! This is the show where we discuss the games we played, the news stories we saw, future plans that we have, and answer questions from our listeners! This episode marks a turning point for both of our channels as we've started exploring streaming games a bit more. Let's talk abou...

Unfortunately our live chat is too nice to point out that "Hey, now Duke is the one who is way louder than Pyrr!" It'll hopefully be fixed by the next one but for now I apologize for the sporadic quality. Anyway, it was Pyrr's birthday, he played 30 games, we mainly just talk about that.

The January 2024 episode of the Gaiden series! This is the show where we discuss the games we played, the news stories we saw, future plans that we have, and answer questions from our listeners! This episode marks... just... a lot of tangents. Mainly about Yakuza, but things go places with this one!

The December 2023 episode of the Gaiden series! A special episode where we take a moment to look back and gush about all the great video game characters of 2023, 15 of them to be precise! Apologies, there were a few uploading hiccups with this one due to a winter storm, so there are 2 or 3 moments where the podcast skips 10 or so seconds. Also it's late because Duke is now in college and he comple...

The November 2023 episode of the Gaiden series! This is the show where we discuss the games we played, the news stories we saw, future plans that we have, and answer questions from our listeners! This episode marks Duke's continued crippling addictions, Pyrr's 3D Platforming shenanigans, and a shared Bonus Stage!

The October 2023 episode of the Gaiden series! This is the show where we discuss the games we played, the news stories we saw, future plans that we have, and answer questions from our listeners! This episode marks the karmic retribution of Pyrr's Mario Party saga, Duke's inability to play any game for more than 3 hours, and the glorious arrival of our lord and savior Ramon!

The September 2023 episode of the Gaiden series! This is the show where we discuss the games we played, the news stories we saw, future plans that we have, and answer questions from our listeners! This episode marks some fascinating showcases of visual novels, an exploration of New vs. Old in terms of the Monster Hunter franchise, and the absolutely unholy luck of Pyrr in Mario Party!

The August 2023 episode of the Gaiden series! This is the show where we discuss the games we played, the news stories we saw, future plans that we have, and answer questions from our listeners! This episode marks EVEN MORE Mario from Pyrr, continued Baldur's Gate 3 gushing from Duke, and not much else cause HOO BOY are we tired!

The July 2023 episode of the Gaiden series! This is the show where we discuss the games we played, the news stories we saw, future plans that we have, and answer questions from our listeners! This episode marks a plethora of Mario experiences, gushing about everything involving EVO, and, at long last, Duke's most anticipated game, Baldur's Gate 3, is here to consume all of his free time for the fo...

The June2023 episode of the Gaiden series, live format is here to stay! This is the show where we discuss the games we played, the news stories we saw, future plans that we have, and answer questions from our listeners! This episode marks the first second half of Summer Games Fest, XCOM gushing, the joys of Mario Wonder and Duke's utter indifference towards Super Mario RPG. Sorry.

A NEW FORMAT ARRIVES! The May 2023 episode of the Gaiden series, the first of which we recorded live on Youtube. There will be a slight dip in quality due to it being one long recording rather than an edited down one, but that also comes with the added benefits of being a fully organic conversation with occasional input from the audience. This is the show where we discuss the games we played, the...

The April 2023 episode of the Gaiden series, where we discuss the games we played, the news stories we saw, future plans that we have, and answer questions from our listeners! This episode marks the first time your cohosts have met in person, and we tell many a tale of the games we played and a certain Mario movie that we went to go see!

The March 2023 episode of the Gaiden series, where we discuss the games we played, the news stories we saw, future plans that we have, and answer questions from our listeners! This is a special episode, as we didn't play many games this week, so we instead went through our top ONE HUNDRED games of all time! Not quite sure how we managed to fit that into a 3 hour time period, but hey, I'm not compl...

The February 2023 episode of the Gaiden series, where we discuss the games we played, the news stories we saw, future plans that we have, and answer questions from our listeners! Highlights include Duke's absurd difficulties with Banjo Kazooie, the finale of God of War Ragnarok, and a surprising amount of required censors!

The January 2023 episode of the Gaiden series, where we discuss the games we played, the news stories we saw, future plans that we have, and answer questions from our listeners! Highlights include the bonus round of God of War vs. Xenoblade, an SNES Puzzle gauntlet, Hi Fi Rush existing and being awesome, and some fake drama, why not!

The November 2022 episode of the Gaiden series, except PSYCH its also a regular episode! We do talk about the news and go over some questions from our listeners, but the main focus today is a big ole classic list! We take 15 of our favorite characters from gaming last year, line em all up, and alternate cutting them out of the running until only one is left standing? Who will come out on top? Will...

The November 2022 episode of the Gaiden series, where we discuss the games we played, the news stories we saw, future plans that we have, and answer questions from our listeners! Highlights include a rapid fire first impression of the Gen 9 Pokemon, gushing over some junk food games both us fell back on, and at long last the finale discussion about Live A Live!

The October 2022 episode of the Gaiden series, where we discuss the games we played, the news stories we saw, future plans that we have, and answer questions from our listeners! Highlights include Pyrr's dive into the Xenoblade franchise, Duke continuing to stan for Age of Empires, and a panic induced, pathetic attempt at improv.

The September 2022 episode of the Gaiden series, where we discuss the games we played, the news stories we saw, future plans that we have, and answer questions from our listeners! Highlights include controversial Donkey Kong opinions, Duke's neverending TFT addiction, and a single burger that will destroy god!

The August 2022 episode of the Gaiden series, where we discuss the games we played, the news stories we saw, future plans that we have, and answer questions from our listeners! This time featuring severe sleep deprivation! Highlights include a deluge of new fighting game characters, the ongoing evolution of DKC3 opinions, and continual gushing over Live-A-Live. Seriously, play it, it's a fantastic...

The July 2022 episode of the Gaiden series, where we discuss the games we played, the news stories we saw, future plans that we have, and answer questions from our listeners! At least, we would, but we're both dead tired from our respective jobs, so this episode wasn't quite as in-depth as the others, but we still had some good discussions! Highlights include harkening No More Heroes to golf, Pyrr...