Dads After Dark Show - A Nintendo Podcast

John & Drew talk Halloween movies, gaming addiction, the Witcher recasting Henry Cavill, Aaron Carter, Nintendo's upcoming Pokemon Scarlet & Violet, decorating for Christmas time, and YOUR questions including what kind of pie would you romance? PLUS the games we played including Ubisoft's Mario & Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Divinity Original Sin II, Playstation's God of War, Atlus's Person...

John & Drew are enjoying spooky season by sharing the movies they've been watching such as Fear Street and also reveal their Top 10 Spooky Games ever! John also dips in to the revelations that Bayonetta isn't IN Bayonetta and they answer your questions...all while where Halloween costumes! Including the games we've played: Mario & Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Bloodstained, Savage Halloween, Dic...

John's back with a Top List, this time for narrative games! There are so many different types and styles from developers like Don't Nod and Supermassive Games and more! Not into narrative games but looking to try a couple? Get a lead on one that may be best for you for any console!

John & Drew revel over the Super Mario Bros. Movie trailer reveal, discuss Killer Queen Black ending its online services just 3 years after launch, answer listener questions about fleshlights and cap this big show off with our favorite game on every Nintendo console from the NES all the way up to the Switch! Including the games we've played: Resident Evil 4, Disney Dreamlight Valley, Horizon Z...

John & Drew discuss the Nintendo Direct that was only 4 months late, LEGO Mighty Bowser is days away from release (are you getting it?) and answer your most personal questions! Fire Emblem, Pikmin 4 and Octopath Traveler II are coming!! Including the games we've played: Shovel Knight Dig, Splatoon 3, The Quarry, Immortality, Tinykin and more!

Nintendo Dads Discord member @cwagmire (giggity) asked the Dads, in no uncertain terms, are there too many games? It's a question John's wrestled with, too. So, on this special episode, we go about answering exactly that. Or, at least we try to answer it. Well, it may not be THE answer but it's A answer. So there's that. And now we ask you all...are there too many games? Let us know on Twitter @ND...

Splatoon 3 is here, maybe a Direct, a whole slew of Disney games are revealed and Drew shares his day of fun with Hambone & The Cooz! It's another episode of The Dads After Dark Show! Including the games we've played: The Walking Dead: A New Frontier (Season 3), Lego Brawls, Fairune Collection, Disney Dreamlight Valley, The Last of Us: Part 1, Infernax and Splatoon 3.

There's no baseball tonight, so John sat down to discuss his Top 10 favorite roguelikes. A faaaairly new, favorite genre of his, he has OPINIONS on what makes a good roguelike (or roguelite), which are his favorite and which, well, NOT so much. You'll hear about Spelunky, Hades, Binding of Isaac, Don't Starve and many more...but where do they stand in his rankings...if at all?! Almost all of these...

Drew is back from vacation, has all the COVID, they had a bounty claimed WHILE THEY WERE RECORDING and John & Drew talk dirty movies, Sony PS5's price bump and they give a final take on Xenoblade Chronicles 3! Also, more on the other games they've been playing including Cursed to Golf, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy and Don't Nod's Gerda: A Flame In Winter. Got a question?

John played Grindstone and knew right away this was a "Johnny Game," but what was it that made him feel that way? In this SPECIAL Dads After Dark Show episode, John talks about the features that make a game great to him annnnnd the things that are huge red flags. Examples such as Tomb Raider, Breath of the Wild, Uncharted and many more come up in this episode! What's your list of likes and not-so-...

After being flooded by all manner of Directs, John & Drew give their opinions on what we've seen of Splatoon 3, Fall Guys Sonic Edition, Kirby's Dream Buffet...and Hogwarts Legacy! Plus, the games we've been playing including Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and Mario Party Superstars! Got a question?

John & Drew enjoy each other's company, so what better way to spend a Monday evening than to chit chat about Nintendo games! They talk Mario Strikers, Switch Sports, Monster Hunter, Cursed to Golf, Super Punch Out, Splatoon 3, Xenoblade 3--look, they talked about a lot of games! Sit back, relax and enjoy some chatter!

John is back from Disneyland just in time to join Drew & Cooz to talk Nintendo updates including Switch Sports and Mario Strikers, a critique about our Stray spoilercast, questions from the listeners and Xenoblade Chronicles 3! Plus, the games we've been playing including Kirby & The Forgotten Land, Grindstone and Fall Guys!

John, Hambone Jonny and Tim from Nintendo Dads get together to talk about Stray, the PC/Playstation exclusive adventure where you, an adorable kitty, must save a city that has been sealed from the Outside world! They review the story, gameplay, trophies and give their final reviews...and spoiler alert: they all loved the game!

So we didn't get a Nintendo Direct, but hey...we got a whole buffet! Following on the Partner Direct, Nintendo's dropped news on a new Splatoon OLED Model, Kirby's Dream Buffet and John's brain exploded upon finally seeing a full Bayonetta 3 trailer and release date! Also, Drew broke a toe and plays "Golf or Porn," because what else would you expect? Plus, the games we've been playing including In...

John surprises Drew with a Nintendo trivia contest! Can he get more right than wrong? Some of the questions are based on his favorite games, too! Play along with us and let us know how many questions YOU got right!

Happy 4th of July! On this week's show, John & Drew catch up on not one, but TWO, Nintendo Directs including more news on Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and 3rd party games coming out later this year! Did Drew go on vacation and stay in a castle? When's the last time John threw up? We've got THREE new bounties and hear about our newest Monthly Mayhem! Plus, the games we've been playing including Monst...

For the second week in a row, Nintendo has delivered a Direct! This time, it's a Nintendo Direct Mini Partner Showcase. We saw a couple dozen games, some we knew about, some we didn't. Persona is coming to Switch as well as Neir: Automata! We also got new game announcements such as Blanc, Harvestella and Super Bomberman R2! Which were your favorites? What did you think of the show? John breaks dow...

Summer is approaching and that means it's time for summer game announcements. Summer Game Fest brought us tons of presentations from Xbox, Bethesda, CAPCOM, Digital Devolver and so many more! We go through all the highlights and decide, when Nintendo is ready, what Direct would really blow us away. We're going to be DROWNING in games in a couple weeks! Plus, the games we've been playing including...

John & Drew cannot wait for Mario Strikers: Battle League and it's just a few days away now! They celebrate Strikers week by discussing the Demo that Nintendo released over the weekend, review the game mechanics and then discuss the "Dads After Dark" club that's forming for the game's launch! JOIN THEM and rule the soccerrrrrr-footballing world! Plus, it's time for TV Dads and they discuss sho...

Drew continues to do nothing as John, and special guests Hambone Jonny and Eston, cheat like crazy and talk Sony Playstation 5 once again! This time, it's all about Sony's Faux-E3 2022 State of Play announcements: Resident Evil IV, Final Fantasy XVI, Stray, Street Fighter VI & so much more! Plus, what they've been playing! Got a question?

It's EPISODE 100 and John & Drew are joined by (who else?!) Hambone & Coozie! They reminisce about the show and everything that took it to 100 episodes including a trivia contest, callback to episode 15, a special ad read and a SURPRISE Gauntlet! They discuss Nintendo's concerns with how to build a successor to the Switch and celebrate the announcement that Fall Guys is finally coming to N...

Indie World is always polarizing, but maybe none more so than this one. John loved it and Drew...haaaated it. What games were worthy of our attention and why wasn't there just one more thing? John & Drew discuss Nintendo's Indie landscape, review Drew's terrible week and talk about what games they've been playing this week including Dungeon of Dreadrock and Persona 5! Got a question?

Switch Sports is here and Drew & John are left wondering...where's the rest of it? A lack of special modes, limited availability of bonus items and more absences leave them perplexed. PLUS, find out the numerous ways you can win eShop cash with multiple unclaimed bounties, hear our reviews of Nobody Saves the World and Disco Elysium (among other games) and how would YOU take advantage of 2-hou...

Help talk John down from the ledge as he watches how the most hyped up year for Nintendo in a DECADE has become a sad trombone 4 months in. No Breath of the Wild 2, no Mario Movie, no Advance Wars and not even the Fire Emblem that we really wanted! Why have things gone sideways for Nintendo and how can they improve? John’s here to tell the Big N how to save the year! (Hopefully.) Got a question?