Smashing Game Time

This week, Nick sat down with Pat Naoum, the solo indie developer of The Master’s Pupil to talk about the game’s release, it’s seven year development, and going viral ahead of release. The Master’s Pupil is a hand-drawn puzzle-adventure game where players explore the eye and life of master artist, Claude Monet. Players complete puzzles based upon physics, space, and color and assist one of the fat...

This episode is so full of games, the bros don’t even have time for an end segment. Josh leads off with some achievement hunting in Blasphemous and Nick laments that it might be harder than he initially though. Josh finally digs into Forspoken and continues to work his way through Final Fantasy 16. Nick sets some time aside to talk about the No Body Demo, his frustration with Steam and Moonleap, a...

Josh is back and the bros get into 2021 Q1 with Bowser’s Fury, Loop Hero, and Marvel’s Avengers. After that they get into a personal food update and then finish up with a game of would you rather. If you want to have a question read in a future episode, email the bros at SmashingGameTime@gmail.com We have merch! Shop here https://the-trident-network.myspreadshop.com/sgt Thank you to Alex Marvin Cl...

Josh is away, so Nick and Jake decide to go through the emails and clear out the backlog. The bros talk about console generations and their legacies, their favorite trips, and some of their favorite bad movies and TV shows. Jake’s playing Rust and getting mistaken for YouTubers. Nick is playing Spyro and sipping that Nostalgia kool-aid. If you want to have a question read in a future episode, emai...

The bros finish out 2020 with Q4, discussing the Mario Battle Royale, Mario 35, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and the truest turd, Cyberpunk: 2077. We’ve also got another round of Game Award categories in the news. Finally, we return to the mailbag for some listener questions. We have merch! Shop here https://the-trident-network.myspreadshop.com/sgt Thank you to Alex Marvin Clark for our opening them...

The boys are back in town! Q3 2020 is here and the bros talk Ghost of Tsushima, Genshin Impact, and the greatest game of all time, Iron Harvest. The boys also go through a bummer of a news segment and then talk about how they want to finish up the summer. We have merch! Shop here https://the-trident-network.myspreadshop.com/sgt Thank you to Alex Marvin Clark for our opening theme Hunt Him Down. Mo...

Nick interviews German film maker, Uwe Boll, about his current projects, the state of streamers and distribution, and video game adaptations. They also get into things Uwe learned from his early projects, a series he’d love to adapt, and the future of video game adaptations moving forward.   Video Game adaptations have made their mark in the last year, with hits like HBO’s The Last of Us series an...

Why wait to recap everything in December? July is the new time to debate the best, the worst, and the weird that made up the first half of 2023! Across multiple episodes, the bros discuss some of their favorite games so far among numerous categories, with it all leading up to the top 10 games of the year…so far. GOTYSO! WARNING – THERE WILL BE SPOILERS – TREAD LIGHTLY Intro - 0:00 Recap - 1:23 GAM...

Why wait to recap everything in December? July is the new time to debate the best, the worst, and the weird that made up the first half of 2023! Across multiple episodes, the bros discuss some of their favorite games so far among numerous categories, with it all leading up to the top 10 games of the year…so far. GOTYSO! Day 4: WARNING – THERE WILL BE SPOILERS – TREAD LIGHTLY Intro - 0:00 Biggest D...

Why wait to recap everything in December? July is the new time to debate the best, the worst, and the weird that made up the first half of 2023! Across multiple episodes, the bros discuss some of their favorite games so far among numerous categories, with it all leading up to the top 10 games of the year…so far. GOTYSO! Day 3: WARNING – THERE WILL BE SPOILERS – TREAD LIGHTLY Intro - 0:00 Biggest S...

Why wait to recap everything in December? July is the new time to debate the best, the worst, and the weird that made up the first half of 2023! Across multiple episodes, the bros discuss some of their favorite games so far among numerous categories, with it all leading up to the top 10 games of the year…so far. GOTYSO! Day 2: WARNING – THERE WILL BE SPOILERS – TREAD LIGHTLY Intro - 0:00 Best Box...

Why wait to recap everything in December? July is the new time to debate the best, the worst, and the weird that made up the first half of 2023! Across multiple episodes, the bros discuss some of their favorite games so far among numerous categories, with it all leading up to the top 10 games of the year…so far. GOTYSO! Day 1: WARNING – THERE WILL BE SPOILERS – TREAD LIGHTLY Intro - 0:00 Best Cont...

Q2 2020 is here and the bros get into major spoiler territory for big games like Final Fantasy VII Remake, The Last of Us Part II, and Resident Evil 3 Remake (you’ve been warned). Nick also breaks down some Steam Next Fest highlights like Ugly, Crime O’ Clock, and Surmount. Go check out some demos you crazy fools! We have merch! Shop here https://the-trident-network.myspreadshop.com/sgt Thank you...

Jake is out sick this week. In the meantime, Nick and Josh reflect on 2020 with the capitalistic demons in Animal Crossing: New Horizon and the actual demons in Doom Eternal. The bros also discuss their yayas and nays from Summer Game Fest 2023. Get Well soon Jake. We have merch! Shop here https://the-trident-network.myspreadshop.com/sgt Thank you to Alex Marvin Clark for our opening theme Hunt Hi...

The boys do their best to clear out 2019 Q4 with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, The Outer Worlds (not Wilds), and Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding. After, Nick, Jake, and Josh jump into all the games covered in the first night of Summer Games Fest. They talk Mortal Kombat 1, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Prince of Persia The Lost Crown, and Sand Land (AKA Dragon Ball DUNE). We have merch! Shop here http...

Jake and Josh have the week off, so Nick took the opportunity to interview variety streamer and independent developer, Blackshinobi956. Nick and Shinobi touch on early gaming memories, the woes of variety streaming, Shinobi’s recent trip to Japan, and what he’s been working on while away from his streams. Keep up with Shinobi’s development endeavors YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@blackshinobi95...

2019 Q3 is here with hits like Hunt: Showdown, Fire Emblem: The Three Houses, and Untitled Goose Game. The bros also look at the latest Sony Showcase and titles like Metal Gear Delta: Snake Eater, Spider-Man 2, and Marathon. We have merch! Shop here https://the-trident-network.myspreadshop.com/sgt Thank you to Alex Marvin Clark for our opening theme Hunt Him Down. More of Alex’s work can be found...

The bros crack into 2019 Q2 with Days Gone (yet another Zombie game), Castlevania Anniversary Collection (yet another collection release), and Layers of Fear 2 (yet another layer) . Nick also shares his first impressions of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and finally says goodbye to 9 Years of Shadows. Finally, the bros finish off with a “Name that Dev” quiz, which comes with dire conseq...

Josh is back and the brothers are ready to get into 2019! They talk Resident Evil 2 and how it changed remakes, how disappointing Kingdom Hearts III was, and why Anthem was the greatest game of all time. We have merch! Shop here https://the-trident-network.myspreadshop.com/sgt Thank you to Alex Marvin Clark for our opening theme Hunt Him Down. More of Alex’s work can be found here https://soundclo...

Josh is away, so Nick and Jake took the opportunity to make a list of Top 10 Zelda boss fights, in celebration of Tears of the Kingdom coming out later this week. We have merch! Shop here https://the-trident-network.myspreadshop.com/sgt Thank you to Alex Marvin Clark for our opening theme Hunt Him Down. More of Alex’s work can be found here https://soundcloud.com/lizardbeach?ut ... Like, Follow, a...

Look, a lot of feelings are going to be hurt. Be it the Battlefield manly men, or the Super Smash Brothers fans. No soul is spared. The bros send 2018 out the best way they know how. By trying to humiliate each other. We have merch! Shop here https://the-trident-network.myspreadshop.com/sgt Thank you to Alex Marvin Clark for our opening theme Hunt Him Down. More of Alex’s work can be found here ht...

The bros took to Twitch for 2018 Q3 to talk Marvel’s Spider-Man, how confusing Mega Man X Legacy Collection is for those who know nothing about the series, and the spread Raid: Shadow Legends.  The bros also react to the newest trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and take a guess of where it will land on Metacritic.   We have merch! Shop here https://the-trident-network.myspreads...

The bros tackle 2018 Q2 in the wee hours of the night. The bro’s discuss God of War (2018) and its mythos switch, the cursed Nintendo Labo, and talk themselves into checking out Detroit: Become Human. Jake also updates everyone on his recent trip to San Diego for Dreamhack. Finally, Josh has created individual quizzes for Nick and Jake, with end results creating unsurvivable circumstances for the...

2018 is officially here with Q1. The bros talk about Subnautica and its popularity on Twitch, Vegeta’s unbeaten record against Goku with Dragon Ball FighterZ, and just how sad it is that Josh wants to play Metal Gear Survive. The bros also say goodbye to E3, talk the latest on RE4 Remake, and spill the tea on finding your own new games. We have merch! Shop here https://the-trident-network.myspread...

Say goodbye to 2017 with the bros this week. Q4 had some lowest of the lows with Star Wars Battlefront 2 loot crates, Forza Motorsport 7 (a game you can’t even buy anymore), and the mobile grossness of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. The bros also discuss the end of E3, Multiversus going bye-bye, and the Resident Evil 4 Remake.   Finally, Josh completes the latest Speedcap with Horizon Zero Dawn. Ba...