Critical Diversions

We're back. Better than we ever were. Sleepily recapping the past few weeks of Bit Harmony, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Playstation State of Play, and going off on dumb tangents. Check out Bit Harmony: A Video Game Music Podcast! Bit Harmony on Apple Bit Harmony on Spotify Critical Diversions on Twitter - ⁠ @crit_diversions ⁠ Matt Murray on Twitter - ⁠ @shyguycity⁠ Matt Murray on Blue...

This week on the show, Matt is sick but so are the vibes, baby. We're talking all kinds of stuff today like Animal Well, Corponation: The Sorting Process, and Eiyuden Chronicle: 100 Heroes. Also a bunch of fun Nintendo news and a bunch of horrible Xbox news! Matt and Natascha play the first hour of Animal Well here! Check out Bit Harmony: A Video Game Music Podcast! Bit Harmony on Apple Bit Ha...

Check out Bit Harmony: A Video Game Music Podcast! Bit Harmony on Apple Bit Harmony on Spotify Critical Diversions on Twitter - ⁠ @crit_diversions⁠ Matt Murray on Twitter - ⁠ @shyguycity⁠ Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murray on Twitter - ⁠@couchmochi⁠ Natascha Murray on Blue Sky - @couchmochi.bsky.social The various Critical Diversions th...

On this week's show, Matt's covering the recent Nintendo Indie World Presentation and surprise of the show, Sticky Business, along with hot current gaming discourse topic Metroid Dread. Also, we've got a buncha Bit Harmony talk going on. Check out Bit Harmony, a podcast about video game music Apple Link Spotify Link Get your Bit Harmony merchandise over at AllN.Media ! Critical Diversi...

A very tired Matt is ready to not only talk about games this week such as Undermine 2 and more Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, but also reveal the next project he's been working on. Critical Diversions on Twitter - ⁠ @crit_diversions⁠ Matt Murray on Twitter - ⁠ @shyguycity⁠ Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murray on Twitter - ⁠ @couchmochi⁠ N...

Matt's solo again, so we're mixing it up, talking about some dumb stuff that doesn't matter before we get into the stuff that does, like the end of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Pepper Grinder, and.....South Park? I guess? Critical Diversions on Twitter - ⁠@crit_diversions⁠ Matt Murray on Twitter - ⁠ @shyguycity⁠ Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murr...

This week on the show, Matt somehow convinced his wife, Natascha, to cohost again. Listen to them wax philosophical on the state of humanity on the internet, and maybe talk some games if there's time. If you want to rent either of our pawns in Dragon's Dogma 2 (just don't forget to thumbs up, scumbag): Natascha's Pawn ID: 9XYKHI2LU7ZE Matt's Pawn ID: 8UG8ZMWN1BD9 Critical Diver...

We're back. It's only been two weeks, but Matt and his wife are now the specific kinda dorks that are real into Dragon's Dogma. Let's talk about it. Also this week: updates on Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and some belated Mario day stuff. Critical Diversions on Twitter - ⁠@crit_diversions⁠ Matt Murray on Twitter - ⁠ @shyguycity⁠ Matt Murray on Blue Sky...

On this very sleepy Weekly Diversion, Matt's talking about Queen's Blood, Berserk Boy, Queen's Blood, WB games being a complete shitshow, Queen's Blood, and Queen's Blood. Plus lots of other stuff. Critical Diversions on Twitter - ⁠ @crit_diversions⁠ Matt Murray on Twitter - ⁠@shyguycity⁠ Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @ mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha...

On this week's episode: Matt's 10 hours into Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth! He was briefly on top of most of the leaderboards of Runner 2 on Switch! His doorbell is disturbingly loud! Also we're talking some Dungeons and Dragons books for a bit too. Critical Diversions on Twitter - ⁠ @crit_diversions⁠ Matt Murray on Twitter - ⁠ @shyguycity⁠ Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @ mattmurray.bsky.social...

Splatoon 3 Side Order is out! The Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth demo was updated! There was a Nintendo Direct! ELDEN RING! Critical Diversions on Twitter - ⁠ @crit_diversions⁠ Matt Murray on Twitter - ⁠@shyguycity⁠ Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murray on Twitter - ⁠ @couchmochi⁠ Natascha Murray on Blue Sky - @couchmochi.bsky.social The various...

Yeehaw. Matt's got a weird batch of games this week, including Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Saints Row 4, and Monster Hunter World, as well as the standard news roundup. Turns out the world didn't end this week and weird Xbox fans all over can come out of their self-imposed isolation. Critical Diversions on Twitter - ⁠ @crit_diversions⁠ Matt Murray on Twitter - ⁠ @shyguycity⁠ Matt...

This week on the show: Matt has to offer his first formal apology as a podcast host for gross misrepresentation. Afterwards, we're talking about Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Pepper Grinder, and a bunch of large corporations worthy of our scorn ire. Critical Diversions on Twitter - ⁠ @crit_diversions⁠ Matt Murray on Twitter - ⁠ @shyguycity ⁠ Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast...

It's our first episode post release of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, and Matt's here to exhaustively tell you all about it. We're also talking about Gravity Circuit, Paper Mario, the Playstation State of Play, and Ufouria: The Saga 2 on this week's diversion. Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurr...

Matt and his wife finished Baldur's Gate 3! And found out some hard truths about each other. We're also talking about Hidden Through Time 2: Myths & Magic, Metroid Prime 4, and richest company in the world Microsoft laying off 2,000 people. Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Check out...

Wilk, Seth, and Matt give their thoughts on both Yakuza: Like a Dragon, the first turn-based entry in the long-running handsome crime man simulator series, as well as Yakuza as a whole. Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Seth Sturgill on Twitter - @twodollarhero Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Nata...

It's the first normal one of these in weeks, so let's talk about stuff like Cobalt Core, Baldur's Gate 3, and The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest like normal humans. Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murray on Twitter - @couchmochi Natasch...

Seth, Boogs, Wilkins, and Matt get together to reveal and talk about their feelings on the community's top 10 games of 2023, as well as about half of all games that came out in 2023 seemingly, by the end of this three hour long double stuffed episode. Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Seth on Twitter - @twodollarhero All N on Twitter - @allnpodcast Checkout Seth's video ess...

On the first episode of the new year, Matt's joined by his wife, Natascha, to talk about a whole bunch of stuff, including the new movie from Studio Ghibli, "The Boy and the Heron", an extensive breakdown on Coral Island, and why Baldur's Gate 3 is a cozy game, before giving a roundup of the games they're most excited for in 2024. Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_divers...

It's the between Christmas and New Year's episode, so there's not much to talk about this week. Naturally, Matt still talked for over an hour about games like Octopath Traveler 2, Baldur's Gate 3, and Raccoo Venture, before going off on rants about Pokemon and Monster Hunter. Check out Matt's written review of Raccoo Venture , and check out the What's Wrong with Wolfie Podc...

It's a goof off week at Critical Diversions; not much new to talk about in the gaming sphere, so let's go over German Christmas Markets and Pornhub's 2023 video game porn search roundup. And of course some Baldur's Gate 3 talk on the side. Critical Diversions on Twitter: @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter: @shyguycity Matt Murray on Blue Sky: @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast ar...

Confused by the rebranding of the weekly podcast from Critical Diversions? Don't be, it's the same dumb stuff, only now with a lot more Ed Sheeran than usual. Also some Octopath Traveler 2, Potion Craft, and Lego Fortnite talk, as well as the reveal of the Tekken 2 t-shirt Matt will be buried in. It's all here, right now, in this Weekly Diversion. Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit...

Wanna hear Matt's take on the endless game announcements from this week, like Visions of Mana, Kind Words 2: Lo-Fi City Pop, and Duck Detective: The Secret Salami? Then you've come to the right place, brother. Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murra...

It's our special episode celebrating 1 year of Critical Diversions! Words give it no justice, just come on in; it's time to take a dive (WARNING: for big dawgs only).

This week Matt's talking about games such as Octopath Traveler 2, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, and (of course) Baldur's Gate 3, but this week's also bursting at the seams with news, ranging from world premieres to Shadow the Hedgehog's feet. Let's get to it. Critical Diversions on Twitter: @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter: @shyguycity Matt Murray on Blue Sky: @mattmurray.bsky....