GamingStooges Podcast

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...

For the spooky time of year, we're discussing some spooky ideas about gaming! In this episode, hear what the group has to say about unpopular opinions they have, and also hear a lot of rebuttals to those opinions. Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio; 80s Synthwave Retrowave - Dangerous, 80s Horror Synth / Darksynth Mix - Nightmare Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GamingStooges Join us in our Dis...

As we continue our podcast series talking about individual generations of main series Pokemon games, Generation VI is upon us, the generation of the Kalos region, Mega Evolution, character customization and more. But it's not so wonderous; hear our thoughts on it here. Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio; 80s Synthwave Retrowave - Dangerous, 4.5 Hour Synthwave Mix - Algorithm Patreon: https://ww...

We've talked about what it means to be a Remaker, a Remaster, or a Port, but what if we spent an entire episode talking about games that did this WRONG? In this episode we talk about games which missed the mark on being a new or better version of another game. Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio; 80s Synthwave Retrowave - Dangerous; Chill Synth / Synthwave / Chillwave Mix - Neon Paradise Patreon...

After discussing all of Mario's 2D adventures, the Stooges are revisiting the franchise to discuss Mario's 3D platforming adventures! And Captain Toad is here too. Enjoy this deep dive discussion on all of the current 3D Mario Platformers. Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio; 80s Synthwave Retrowave - Dangerous; Dystopian Dark Synthwave Mix - Alone Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GamingStooges...

We covered dedicated home consoles last episode, so now it's time for the handhelds! We're going back in time from the Nintendo Switch 2 all the way to the Game Boy and seeing what these handhelds brought to the table when they first came out! Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio; 80s Synthwave Retrowave - Dangerous, 4 Hour Cyberpunk Darksynth Mix - Plasma Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GamingS...

So many gaming consoles, so many launches, so many fun launch lineups and other stuff to talk about! From the PlayStation 5 all the way back to the Atari 2600/VCS, let's talk about the launches for all the major home consoles and see how they measure up! Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 will be included in the handheld lineup in the next episode, if you're curious. Music by Karl Casey @ White...

The underdog of the 7th gen video game consoles, the PS3 had a rocky start, But once it got going, it didn't stop. Hear our thoughts on the roller coaster journey of PlayStation 3. 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.gg/5TCSn...

It's time to go back to the past again! In this retrospective, we're going back in time to the year 2010 and looking back on all the interesting games we found that came out in North America across that year .Strap in, because 2010? It's stacked! Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio; 80s Synthwave Retrowave - Dangerous, 4.5 Hour Synthwave Mix - Algorithm Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GamingSto...