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There is a notorious IGN top 100 list from the year 2010, going over the top video game villains. Some of it is expected. The aliens from Space Invaders. Bowser. Ganondorf. Some of it is weird, but acceptable. King Hippo, for example. However, some of this bends the known understanding of "video game villain". Number six may shock you. MORE PLACES TO FIND US Crubscribe ► https://bit.ly/Crubcast Ge...

In light of the...everything...going on with Microsoft, we wanted to take a more positive spin from it since the negatives have been thoroughly covered by those suited to do so. That said, a link to the layoff news is below as a starting point, if you missed what's been going on. So if Microsoft is going to lay off every person they hired while still keeping Xbox going...who should they contract a...

This week we decided to be more like a normal gaming podcast and talk about different topics. EA sure is releasing just mostly sports games and Sims packs lately, huh? Plus, Moriarty's burning hot Kojima takes that left Sean smoldering in the ashes. As punishment, Sean...he...look. You'll listen and then you'll understand our pain. We're sorry. MORE PLACES TO FIND US Crubscribe ► https://bit.ly/Cr...

How do you make an in-game economy "just right"? How do you balance it to fit the needs of the most players possible? How do you tune a game to prepare for "a Nicco"? Could the crub crew take a gorilla...? MORE PLACES TO FIND US Crubscribe ► https://bit.ly/Crubcast Get the show early and get exclusive content at our Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/crub Our Crubcasts are recorded LIVE at https://...

Kevin's been putting some time into Mario Kart World and while he's been enjoying himself, he just can't stop asking why this game has 90% of the design decisions it does. SHOW NOTES Mario Kart World's development length: https://www.polygon.com/news/600439/mario-kart-world-development-nintendo-switch-2 MORE PLACES TO FIND US Crubscribe ► https://bit.ly/Crubcast Get the show early and get exclusiv...

Justin approached us with a devious game. We're all familiar with top 100 lists, but we never focus on the bottom end of them. So what if we tried to guess as close as we can to #100? Dreamcast, PS3, Spotify, passing yards...we...we spent 10 minutes trying to guess ANY song from Spotify... MORE PLACES TO FIND US Crubscribe ► https://bit.ly/Crubcast Get the show early and get exclusive content at o...

BONUS: Since we had two main Crubcast episodes last week we're skipping one this week to keep our backlog up. Still, we didn't want to not release anything for you today, so have this audio version of when M and Nicco first watched the first Pokemon movie! Two of us who are far too familiar with Pokémon sat down two people who are far less familiar with Pokémon and made them watch the first movie....

Hundreds of games were shown off this past weekend at Summer Game Fest. So we brought Geoff Keighley over to introduce our own event, Crubber Games Fest, where we talk about all of his showcases. Was it worth it? Well, Brody thinks so, and Brody is the only one who actually watched them all, so...good job, Geoff! MORE PLACES TO FIND US Crubscribe ► https://bit.ly/Crubcast Get the show early and ge...

In the last few years, we've seen Japanese games regain popularity after a fall starting in the 2000's. We talk through what lead to that fall and recent resurgence in influence and dominance. MORE PLACES TO FIND US Crubscribe ► https://bit.ly/Crubcast Get the show early and get exclusive content at our Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/crub Our Crubcasts are recorded LIVE at https://www.twitch.tv...

We begin this episode by asking ourselves if we were ever console warriors. We totally never were. That question sent us down a path of examining video game fandom in general, from it never knowing what it actually wants to never knowing the reality of what it wants. MORE PLACES TO FIND US Crubscribe ► https://bit.ly/Crubcast Get the show early and get exclusive content at our Patreon ► https://ww...

Trav, Moriarty, and Kevin sit down and interview each other about their content creation journeys, insights, struggles, and the advice they'd give to anyone looking to do what they do. MORE PLACES TO FIND US Crubscribe ► https://bit.ly/Crubcast Get the show early and get exclusive content at our Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/crub Our Crubcasts are recorded LIVE at https://www.twitch.tv/crub_of...

How do you decide when to push through a rough spot in a game versus giving it up entirely? Have you fought The Big Guy in Elden Ring? Have your friends followed you into the woods? If you don't know the answers to these questions, you're in the right place. We do. You're safe here. MORE PLACES TO FIND US Crubscribe ► https://bit.ly/Crubcast Get the show early and get exclusive content at our Patr...

We polled you in our Discord and our BlueSky for YOUR hottest Switch 2 takes, then brought them home to discuss. Let us know how wrong or right we are. Just, if we're wrong, word it in such a way that implies that we're still kind of right though MORE PLACES TO FIND US Crubscribe ► https://bit.ly/Crubcast Get the show early and get exclusive content at our Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/crub Ou...

This is an episode about games we play while focusing on something else, or having something on in the background while we game. Scientifically this is probably our most "zoomer" episode, but putting "zoomer" in scare quotes does bring us back from the brink a bit. MORE PLACES TO FIND US Crubscribe ► https://bit.ly/Crubcast Get the show early and get exclusive content at our Patreon ► https://www....

This was recorded before "frog-type game" or else that could have sustained an hour on its own MORE PLACES TO FIND US Crubscribe ► https://bit.ly/Crubcast Get the show early and get exclusive content at our Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/crub Our Crubcasts are recorded LIVE at https://www.twitch.tv/crub_official every Tuesday at 7pm Eastern, with EXCLUSIVE Pre- and Post-Shows Join our Discord ►...

Not to hate on AAA, AA, A, or even AAAA games, but sometimes indie games just do it better. In a time where everything wants our time, experiences that convey an actual, tangible vision from a creative unit are more valuable than ever.  MORE PLACES TO FIND US Crubscribe ► https://bit.ly/Crubcast Get the show early and get exclusive content at our Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/crub Our Crubcast...

Sometimes you just like a game that no one else likes, but you also can't really explain why. Today we're baring all, and bullying Sean for existing. MORE PLACES TO FIND US Crubscribe ► https://bit.ly/Crubcast Get the show early and get exclusive content at our Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/crub Our Crubcasts are recorded LIVE at https://www.twitch.tv/crub_official every Tuesday at 7pm Eastern...

We made this podcast to bully each other MORE PLACES TO FIND US Crubscribe ► https://bit.ly/Crubcast Get the show early and get exclusive content at our Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/crub Our Crubcasts are recorded LIVE at https://www.twitch.tv/crub_official every Tuesday at 7pm Eastern, with EXCLUSIVE Pre- and Post-Shows Join our Discord ► https://crub.org/join BlueSky ► https://bsky.app/prof...

Our resident New Gamer+ approached some of our resident expert gamers with a simple query...how does one improve at video games? What do good gamers think and examine when looking to improve their skillset at a game? MORE PLACES TO FIND US Crubscribe ► https://bit.ly/Crubcast Get the show early and get exclusive content at our Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/crub Our Crubcasts are recorded LIVE...

The Switch 2, a powerful 120 FPS screen system with HDR, monkeys, and cows driving go karts. 2025 is truly a new era of gaming. But it doesn't have F-Zero GX ReGeared so we may be doomed? MORE PLACES TO FIND US Crubscribe ► https://bit.ly/Crubcast Get the show early and get exclusive content at our Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/crub Our Crubcasts are recorded LIVE at https://www.twitch.tv/crub...

As the PS5 and Xbox Series march on, and with the Switch 2 imminent, we wanted to take a moment to stop and ask...do console exclusives actually matter anymore? Because they seem to be mattering less and less. MORE PLACES TO FIND US Crubscribe ► https://bit.ly/Crubcast Get the show early and get exclusive content at our Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/crub Our Crubcasts are recorded LIVE at http...

With the release of Xenoblade Chronicles X Definitive Edition on Switch this week, every* Wii U game that counts has been ported to another platform. So, we convened to finally lay our favorite video game system ever to rest. And to learn way, way, way more about Taco Bell than anyone ever needed to. Did you know that the fire they cook with is fake...? MORE PLACES TO FIND US Crubscribe ► https://...

So many people feel beholden to their backlogs and continually submit themselves to cycles of self-shaming just for having media they haven't gotten around to yet. We're here to say no more. Cut that out and just let yourself enjoy things!   MORE PLACES TO FIND US Crubscribe ► https://bit.ly/Crubcast Get the show early and get exclusive content at our Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/crub Our Cru...

Arcadey sports games are mostly found in the indie space where it's tough to find them. All of the big name simulation sports games are usually the same experience repackaged each year, with a focus on microtransactions. What happened to all of the sports games that were just...fun? MORE PLACES TO FIND US Crubscribe ► https://bit.ly/Crubcast Get the show early and get exclusive content at our Patr...

What is a Snorlax called in Germany? What is a Psyduck in France? What is a Pikachu in India? Instead of asking culturally aware people, Kevin got three white guys together to torture them with a Pokemon quiz from hell. Play along in the comments and see how well you do! Hopefully better than we did. MORE PLACES TO FIND US Crubscribe ► https://bit.ly/Crubcast Get the show early and get exclusive c...