Console Crusade

I WANT SPIDER-MAN (0:03:24) - Super Mario Wonder impressions (0:24:27) - Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 spoiler review

ONE WEEK REMAINING (0:03:51) - Best Buy exiting the physical media market (0:21:14) - Cinema Crusade Podcast (0:27:13) - Analogue 3D - N64 FPGA (0:36:11) - Games Nick and Chris have been playing (1:01:28) - EJ’s game haul (1:10:08) - Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 beta (1:14:23) - Weekend plans (1:21:02) - Minor FantasyCritic league update and Spider-Man 2 reviews

A veritable bevy.  (0:00:21) - Raimi’s Spider-Man 2 preamble (0:06:53) - Chris’s harrowing cat journey (0:13:35) - BOB (0:18:46) - Wii top 100 honorable mentions (0:44:56) - PS5 Slim news (0:55:26) - PS5 Pro speculation (1:01:10) - The Lord of Ring: Gollum apology (1:02:09) - Whammy League update (1:03:22) - Epic layoffs: an anti-capitalist rant (1:22:16) - A brief moment of self reflection (1:34:...

League updates and an acrimonious game show---a Console Crusade classic! (0:03:40) - FantasyCritic Q3 update (0:33:42) - Best Buy sale shenanigans (0:38:12) - Analogue Pocket pre-order disaster (0:48:38) - Critical Hits #3 

(0:02:29) - Chris beats Spider-Man: Miles Morales (0:06:57) - Nick plays games too (0:15:50) - EJ’s last day in Warzone + killing pro players on stream (0:27:57) - Critical Hits: Console Crusade’s quiz game (1:19:54) - Warzone with Bob, Ben and Brennan (2:32:56) - EJ’s solo Warzone rant

(0:04:11) - Nintendo’s September Direct  (0:48:19) - Unity’s greed (1:02:17) - Nintendo Switch 2…again? (1:05:47) - Games we’ve been playing including Spider-Man Miles Morales (1:26:31) - Final Fantasy Rebirth

(0:01:10) - Starfield preamble (0:05:34) - Intro-ish + 19 inches of Venom (0:08:16) - Sports for some reason (0:16:13) - Nintendo Switch 2 Gamescom rumors (0:26:47) - Sony subscription price increases (0:33:21) - Marvel’s Spider-Man 2018 (1:38:03) - Nick and EJ go shopping (1:42:41) - Nerd culture, acceptance, and sharing our hobbies with other people

(0:05:34) - Sony’s Playstation Portal (0:20:09) - FantasyCritic League Update (0:31:12) - Starfield Leaks (0:37:50) - EJ’s Red Dead Redemption rant + inconsistency from game reviewers (0:55:16) - Charles Martinet ‘retires’ and becomes Nintendo’s ‘Mario Ambassador’ (1:06:15) - Chris & Nick chat Luigi’s Mansion + Unsighted

To hell with the SEO! We recorded on Nick's birthday (double sweet 16 baby!) and felt it appropriate to share some memories in honor of our friend. He also spends some time talking about his pesonal top 5 games ever. La Croix Boixs for life!

The guys give their final thoughts on The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom now that Chris has 98.43% completion---stay tuned to the end of the episode to get his real time reaction to the final boss encounter!

(0:03:29) Barbenheimer  (0:07:22) EJ’s theater rant (0:15:15) Chris hitchhikes + another Zelda update (0:27:11) EJ’s retro vacation (0:37:23) Childhood memories and Pokemon trading (0:44:18) Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision-Blizzard and the FTC trial (1:09:14) Spider-Man 2 story trailer musings (1:17:42) Tales from the garage sales (1:20:37) CRT sickness (1:31:54) Chris’s Alaskan exfil

Games we’ve been playing, news including the Microsoft FTC drama and their agreement with Sony to keep Call of Duty on their platform, Fandom’s UI issues, Pokemon rumors and more!

Fantasy Critic weekend showdown (0:02:48) What we’ve been playing, plus retro games on modern hardware (0:38:14) EJ’s retro game shop mishaps (1:21:09) Nintendo’s next console and TSA leaks (1:34:49)

Console Crusade's second FantasyCritic quarterly update. It's been a weird year!

Nick, Chris and EJ are joined by longtime bud Brandon Gustaveson to chat Final Fantasy XVI, Zelda, Gamecube honorable mentions, and break down Nintendo's latest direct featuring Mario Wonder, Super Mario RPG remake and more!

The guys are joined by Chris’s buddy Nate to chat what they’ve been playing lately (Mega Man, Diablo, Zelda, and more!) plus chat their N64 top 100 honorable mentions. News this week includes Grimace’s Birthday, game preservation sadness, Final Fantasy voice acting and Nintendo movie rumors. Recorded before the announcement of today’s Nintendo Direct, the gang also give their (now outdated) predic...

Prince of Persia (0:02:18) Graphics in modern gaming (0:06:32) Mortal Kombat 1 (0:11:39) Smash Bros (0:20:05) Dead by Daylight (0:22:43) Spider-Man 2 (0:25:30) Lies of P (0:28:43) Sandland (0:31:02) Alan Wake 2 (0:31:59) Final Fantasy VII (0:35:48) Palworld (0:48:40) Sonic (0:49:40) Fable (0:54:53) South of Midnight (0:59:10) Star Wars Outlaws (1:01:10) Avowed (1:10:12) Sea of Thieves (1:13:44) Mi...

Intro, housekeeping, Dragon Ball Z? (0:00:00) SNES - Top 100 Honorable Mentions (0:06:41) EJ’s backslide into collecting and foray into reselling (0:30:59) Sony handheld (0:52:30) BREAKING NEWS - Nintendo Online update (0:57:14) Spider-Man nontroversy (1:02:19) Sony showcase musings, general industry chat (1:03:45) Aspyr/KOTOR II drama (1:15:21) Tiffany’s Nintendo console tier list objections and...

Console Crusade has been playing The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom NON-STOP---please enjoy a spoiler filled discussion about one of the best games of 2023.

Everyone is busy playing the new Zelda game, so this is a little pre-ToTK filler---please enjoy Console Crusade's ranking of every Nintendo console!

A light week in anticipation of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom! New segment discussion (0:01:05) EJ’s Metroid Prime Remastered update (0:07:42) NES game highlight (0:16:13) Megaman X musings (0:36:26) Nintendo fiscal report (kinda) and Switch 2 speculation…again (0:39:13) Zelda: Skyward Sword discussion (0:56:27)

Catching up on some gaming news! Redfall (0:01:31) Should game reviews focus on performance? (0:08:00) Kotaku's Luke Plunkett tweets + Chris's RAGE (0:19:24) PointCrow / Zelda DMCA controversy + Nintendo being out of touch with the community (0:35:27) Tears of the Kingdom leaks (0:45:36) Zelda price hike and potential Switch 2 launch games + Metroid slander (0:49:05) Microsoft's curren...

A review? A retrospective? JUST RANTS? There's a little bit of everything here as Chris, Nick and EJ discuss their time with Nintendo's recent Metroid Prime Remastered.

Nick and Chris chat video game NEWS, including that ripper of a Zelda trailer! EJ was too lazy to generate timestamps for this episode, so this week's topics are a surprise. Enjoy!

THE GANG IS BACK TOGETHER AGAIN BABY. The guys chat the Mario Bros Movie, games they've been playing at the beach together, and then finally share their takes on God of War Ragnarok.