GamingStooges Podcast

For our Spookfest episode this year, we're talking about the action horror series, Resident Evil. A series that has swung all along the spectrum of hammy goofy horror to serious atmospheric horror, Cloud mediates this discussion where Landon and Jack provide their Resident Evil experiences and what makes the series great. Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio; 80s Synthwave Retrowave - Dangerous,...

D-K! Donkey Kong is here! On the podcast! The Stooges played a good amount of platformers starring Nintendo's leading ape, and we're here to sit down and get into all sorts of monkey business! Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio; 80s Synthwave Retrowave - Dangerous; Chill Synth / Synthwave / Chillwave Mix - Neon Paradise Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GamingStooges Join us in our Discord serve...

Today we're talking about your favorite Resident Evil-in', Mega Man-in', Street Fightin' company, Capcom! Their history of weird collaborations and storied franchises discussed here with your favorite trio of gaming idiots. Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio; 80s Synthwave Retrowave - Dangerous; Dystopian Synthwave Playlist - Ephemeral Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GamingStooges Join us in o...

We've got a lot to talk about tonight! On this episode, we're discussing the third party company Bandai Namco and their history in the gaming industry, while making a lot of mistakes while we do because third party publishing is a mess! And later, we're going to quickly go through the 2 recent Directs from Nintendo, being the Zelda Direct on September 8th and the general Nintendo Direct on Septemb...

After talking a lot about a number of game consoles and their games, it's time to talk abot some of the major third parties that have helped make those consoles special. First up, the company that holds our favorite spiky blue hero, Sega. Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio; 80s Synthwave Retrowave - Dangerous, 4.5 Hour Synthwave Mix - Algorithm Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GamingStooges Joi...

The Stooges have returned to the world of Pokemon! We're here this time to talk about the second generation on the 3DS that bled into the beginning of the Nintendo Switch with Generation of Pokemon, featuring the games Sun and Moon, their Ultra counterparts, and the Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee games. Hear how the Stooges feel about the Alola region and the HD revisit to the Kanto region in...

The Stooges discuss the scrappy rival to the Super Nintendo, the Sega Genesis! Hear about all the console's lasting legacy, its iconic library of everlasting games, and more. Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio; 80s Synthwave Retrowave - Dangerous; Chill Synth / Synthwave / Chillwave Mix - Neon Paradise Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GamingStooges Join us in our Discord server: https://discord...

The Stooges go back into the vault of classic gaming consoles to discuss another intriguing piece of hardware from the madmen at Nintendo. This time, the Nintendo 64, the third major home console from Nintendo and the first to introduce full 3D games. Was it truly a bad console when pitted against the PlayStation, or did it put up a decent fight against the certified juggernaut? Hear what the Stoo...

The Super Nintendo is heralded as one of the best game consoles of all time. With a deep library of beloved games, which tend to hold up really well even 30+ years later, the Stooges reminisce on their experiences with the Super Nintendo and its games. Later, the Stooges discuss Sony's big announcement to end physical game production for PlayStation in January 2028, which affects all PlayStation g...

The Nintendo Switch 2 recently passed its first year! As Nintendo fans, we're obligated to talk about it! Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio; 80s Synthwave Retrowave - Dangerous, 4.5 Hour Synthwave Mix - Algorithm Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GamingStooges Join us in our Discord server: https://discord.gg/5TCSnuN​ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/gamingstooges Podcast Feed: https://rss.com/pod...

Another June, another massive time for gaming news! As is our yearly tradition, the Stooges sit down to talk about the games they're looking forward to from the 2026 Summer Game Fest period. Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio; 80s Synthwave Retrowave - Dangerous, 4 Hour Cyberpunk Darksynth Mix - Plasma Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GamingStooges Join us in our Discord server: https://discord...

On this episode the Stooges discuss the larger than life PlayStation 2. Reminisce about the early-to-mid 2000s and some of the great offerings gaming had for us through the lens of this quintessential game console. Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio; 80s Synthwave Retrowave - Dangerous; Dystopian Synthwave Playlist - Ephemeral Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GamingStooges Join us in our Discor...

We're opening up a long discussion on another prominent Nintendo franchise, and this time, we're taking on the adventures of the badass bounty hunter Samus Aran. In this episode, we discuss the "mainline" Metroid games, consisting of the 2D Metroid games as well as the controversial, experimental game that is Other M. Hear our thoughts! Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio; 80s Synthwave Retrowav...

We're going back to the past yet again to talk about another crazy year in gaming. This time, we revisit the year 2003, a year packed to the brim with quality games during the 6th generation of gaming consoles, with games of all kinds hitting PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, and Game Boy Advance. Whether it's Pokemon, Dragon Ball Z, Yu-Gi-Oh, The Simpsons, or something else, your favorites have qual...

We've talked about the mainline Legend of Zelda series all the great games it has to offer, but what about the spin-offs? Well, there's an interesting array of titles here, some people enjoy, and others that are downright infamous. Let's talk about them. Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio; 80s Synthwave Retrowave - Dangerous, 4.5 Hour Synthwave Mix - Algorithm Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/G...

To kick off season 4, it's time for a bread-and-butter of GamingStooges: Year-in-Gaming Retrospectives! This episode, we take it back to the last year of the Mayan calendar, 2012. A year when the world was supposed to end, but at least gaming sure didn't. Find out how stacked this year really is! Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio; 80s Synthwave Retrowave - Dangerous, 4 Hour Cyberpunk Darksynth...

Another season of the Talks Podcast has concluded! As is tradition, the GamingStooges reflect on the past year's episodes and give some additional thoughts on how the season went as a whole. Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio; 80s Synthwave Retrowave - Dangerous; Chill Synth / Synthwave / Chillwave Mix - Neon Paradise Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GamingStooges Join us in our Discord server:...

The NES is one of the most important video game consoles of all time. Sometimes it's overstated, sometimes it really needs to be said just how pivotal it really was. The Stooges will spend some time discussing the legacy of Nintendo's first dedicated hardware in the video game space, and then later, share some brief thoughts on the recent gaming announcements from Nintendo and Sony! Music by Karl...

The Stooges talk about everyone's favorite breakout success, Sony's original PlayStation. A console with a deep library, paving the way for gaming going forward. Hear their thoughts here. Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio; 80s Synthwave Retrowave - Dangerous; Dystopian Synthwave Playlist - Ephemeral Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GamingStooges Join us in our Discord server: https://discord.g...

It's that time again! 2025 was a mind-boggling year for gaming, with many notable releases, new gaming hardware with the Switch 2 and even Asus partnering with Xbox with the ROG Xbox Ally handhelds. As we come fashionably late to the party, let's spend a couple hours going over all the games we found worth noting that came out in 2025 and share our thoughts! Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio;...

We polled about a dozen and a half people in our tiny Discord server (as well as a few close friends of the podcast hosts) for their favorite video game systems. It might be a small sample size, but it's our sample size, and we're here to share the results! See how they weighed the best video game systems against your personal tastes in this fun episode of the Talks Podcast that kicks off 2026. Mu...

For our final podcast episode of 2025, we're looking back fondly on everyone's favorite cube-shaped console released by Nintendo in November 2001. We're going to discuss all the nuts and bolts; the hardware, third and first party support, and more! And later, we do our due diligence and run through the new games revealed at The Game Awards earlier this month. Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio;...

1997 was a pretty crazy year, for being so far back. Lots of strong releases on the various systems out around this time. Even if we don't have exact dates for some of these due to the nature of tracking that information from so long ago, we're going to give it our best shot and talk about a bunch of cool and not-so-cool video games released in the year 1997. Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio;...

The Game Boy Advance was an unstoppable juggernaut of a handheld system during its short time as the main handheld system offered by Nintendo. With a massive catalog of great games spanning both new titles and ports or remakes of older classics, and strange peripherals and other functionality like Game Boy Advance Video and GameCube connectivity, the GBA really was one hell of a system. Let's talk...

It's time for another retrospective look at gaming in a bygone year. This time, the Stooges discuss the legendary year of 2001, a year when there were briefly 4 major consoles on the market, support for the previous generation of gaming was still booming, and we lived in simpler times. Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio; 80s Synthwave Retrowave - Dangerous; Dystopian Synthwave Playlist - Epheme...