Press any Button: A Video Game Podcast

In this week's episode Nicky and Eric go through boot camp to join the army ... the army of CHAOS!!! General Chaos is a 1993 satirical arcade/strategy game developed by Game Refuge and published by Electronic Arts for the Sega Genesis. The game has both single-player and multiplayer campaigns which consists of a series of battles fought over a dynamic map between "General Chaos" and...

In this week's episode, Eric and Nicky build their new simulated lives in Disney Dreamlight Valley.   Disney Dreamlight Valley is a life simulation/adventure game developed by Gameloft Montreal and published by Gameloft. The game has players tend to a magical valley populated by various Disney and Pixar characters who previously underwent a curse that caused them to lose their memories of the...

Eric, Nicky, and special guest Karen Cardinal mini-game it up with Mario Party Superstars and cover the dark controversy surrounding the series.   Mario Party is a series of party games in which up to four local players or computer controlled players compete in a board game interspersed with minigames.  Players collect coins in order to buy stars which are randomly scattered through each...

Nicky and Eric shuffle the deck in an episode all about Slay the Spire. Slay the Spire is a roguelike deck-building video game developed by MegaCrit and published by Humble Bundle. The game was first released in early access for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux in late 2017, with an official release in January 2019. It would later be released for PS4, Switch, and Xbox One that same year. An iOS...

In this week's episode, Nicky and Eric discuss the best way to photograph a 2.5 dimensional cartoon in TOEM. TOEM is a photography/puzzle game developed and published by Swedish independent game studio Something We Made. It was released in September 2021 for Windows, Switch, and PS5. You play as a young photographer who must ascend a mountain to witness a phenomenon known as TOEM.  In order t...

In this week's episode, Nicky and Eric huddle up to give a rundown on the history of NFL Blitz.  NFL Blitz is an American football video game developed and published by Midway Games for the arcade in 1997, the first game in the NFL Blitz series. The game diverges from traditional rules of football in that there are no penalties, no substitutions, and players can perform illegal attacks on eac...

Eric, Nicky, and special guest Doug Harmes talk about Mortal Kombat in a fatalistic episode of Press Any Button.  Mortal Kombat is the first game in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series by Midway. It was released in arcades in 1992 and was on most consoles by 1994. It centers on the 10th Mortal Kombat tournament and the ultimate defeat of the evil Shang Tsung by the shaolin monk Liu Kang. A...

Eric, Nicky, and special guest D.j. Jimenez sort out the complicated history and story of the original Final Fantasy 7.  Final Fantasy VII is a 1997 RPG developed by Square for PlayStation. The game's story follows Cloud Strife, a mercenary who joins an eco-terrorist organization to stop the world-controlling megacorporation, Shinra from using the planet's life essence as an energy source. Ev...

Eric and Nicky are little ladies in this week's episode as they play through Little Misfortune.  Little Misfortune is a 2019 adventure game developed and published by the independent Swedish studio Killmonday Games. The game revolves around the titular character Misfortune, who, guided by a voice in her head, seeks the prize of eternal happiness for her mother.   About us: Press Any Butt...

In this week's episode, Eric and Nicky go balls to the wall as they rampage their way through Brutal Doom.  Brutal Doom is a game mod for the 1993 first-person shooter Doom created by the Brazilian developer Marcos Abenante also known as Sergeant Mark IV. The mod overhauls the gameplay making it much more violent and bloody, adding significant gameplay and graphics changes.  Just for cla...

Nicky and Eric jump into Stray in this week's episode as we gently nudge it from a high shelf.  Stray is a 2022 adventure video game developed by BlueTwelve Studio and published by Annapurna Interactive. The story follows a stray cat who falls into a walled city populated by robots, machines, and mutant bacteria, and sets out to return to the surface with the help of a drone companion called...

Eric and Nicky host a party for two in this week's episode all about Jackbox Party Pack games.  The Jackbox Party Pack is a series of party video games developed by Jackbox Games for many different platforms on a near-annual release schedule since 2014. Each installation contains five games that are designed to be played in large groups, including in conjunction with streaming services like T...

Eric, Nicky, and special guest Kate Stetson discuss our dark fan theories of Frogger's Adventures: Temple of the Frog in this week's episode.  Frogger's Adventures: Temple of the Frog is a puzzle platformer developed by Konami and released in 2001 for Gameboy Advance.  Firefly Swamp is dying, and the frogs from the Elder Council have asked Frogger to save it!  Frogger must undertake...

Eric and Nicky discuss the ins-and-outs of being a god and killing other gods in this week's episode about God of War.  God of War is an action-adventure game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It was released in April 2018 for the PlayStation 4, with a Microsoft Windows version released in January 2022. This installment is loosely inspired by No...

Press any Button is here to cheer you on as you work your way through a hopeless situation as we talk about Elite Beat Agents in this week's episode.  Elite Beat Agents is a music video game developed by iNiS and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS.  The player taps and drags on indicated locations on the touch screen of the DS in time to the rhythm of the music to score points, wh...

In this week's episode, we hit the old dusty Oregon Trail in a danger-filled trip to the west coast.  The Oregon Trail is an edutainment strategy game developed and published by Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC). It was first released in 1985 for the Apple II, with later ports to DOS in 1990, Mac OS in 1991, and Microsoft Windows in 1993.  The game was designed to teach s...

On this week's episode Eric, Nicky and special guest Ibanez take a warp through the horror mind that is The Evil Within.  The Evil Within is a survival horror game developed by Tango Gameworks and published by Bethesda. Played in a third-person perspective, you play as detective Sebastian Castellanos as he is pulled through a distorted world full of nightmarish creatures.  You progress t...

On this week's episode we explore the masterpiece that is Super Mario 64.  Super Mario 64 is a 1996 3d platforming game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64.  It is the first Super Mario game to feature 3D gameplay, combining traditional Super Mario gameplay, visual style, and characters in a large open world. About us: Press Any Button hosts Nicky (a new gamer) and Er...

On this week's episode we take a Quantic dive into the game Detroit: Become Human.  Detroit: Become Human is a 2018 adventure video game developed by Quantic Dream and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The plot follows three androids: Kara, who escapes her owner to protect a young girl; Connor, whose job is to investigate and hunt down sentient androids; and Markus, who devotes him...

This week we reveal all the dark secrets of the infamous game, Shaq Fu.  Shaq Fu is a 2D fighting game released for the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo in 1994 and ported to Game Gear, Game Boy, and Commodore Amiga in 1995. The game was developed by Delphine Software International and published by Electronic Arts. It features former professional basketball player Shaquille O'Neal as a playabl...

This week we're talking about Phantasmagoria with our good friend Michael Cardinal.  Phantasmagoria is a point-and-click adventure horror game designed by Roberta Williams for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows and released by Sierra On-Line on August 24, 1995. It tells the story of a writer who moves into a remote mansion and finds herself terrorized by supernatural forces.  It was made at th...

This week is all about Overcooked! 2: Overcooked 2 is a cooperative cooking simulation video game developed by Team17 alongside Ghost Town Games.  Teams of up to four players cooperatively prepare and cook orders in absurd restaurants.  Players gather, chop, and cook ingredients, combine them on plates, serve dishes, and wash dishes. About us: Press Any Button hosts Nicky (a new gamer) a...

Eric and Nicky talk about Cave Story on this week's episode!  Cave Story is a 2004 2d Metroidvania style platform-adventure game developed by Studio Pixel.  You play as quote, a robot with no memory, who awakens in the caves of a floating island.  You gain access to new areas as you power up weapons by collecting triangular experience crystals and solve various platforming puzzles....

Eric and Nicky discuss Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Happy Home Paradise by Nintendo in a bonus DLC episode of Press any Button. Follow us on  Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/pressanybutton_podcast/ Credits: Nicky Smith Eric Luedtke Music by Eric Stetson

This week Eric, Nicky, and special guest Shelby Harmes discuss the past, present, and future of Animal Crossing: New Horizons by Nintendo in a Plucky Aficionado episode of Press any Button. Animal Crossing New Horizons is a real time social simulation game developed and published by Nintendo for the Switch.  You control a character who moves to a deserted island after purchasing a getaway pac...