The Stone Age Gamer Podcast

Show Notes On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris bring you the 2026 Year in Preview! There are a lot of new games coming out, but will they be any good? Are they worth being hyped for? Will there be any surprises? What wild predictions do our hosts have in mind? Let’s find out! Then, in Week Old News, AI continues to be a scourge, even when it’s hard to tell if it was even used in the first place,...

Show Notes On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris bring you the 2025 Golden Caveman Awards! They've crunched the numbers, checked the lists, accepted the bribes, and are ready to announce their winners of the 11th Annual Golden Caveman Awards! Which games came out on top? Whose cuisine reigns supreme? Let’s find out! Then, in Week Old News, it was another rather light week. But the president of Atar...

Show Notes On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris bring you the 2025 Year in Review. What interesting stuff came out this year? What were the big news stories? Was any of it interesting? Was this, in fact, an incredibly poorly thought out segment that was super boring? Let us know! Then, in Week Old News, there really wasn’t much, because it’s Christmas Break and nobody is doing anything. But there...

Show Notes On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris bring you the final 10 20 30 40 of 2025! Was it finally a big month for the Jaguar and 3DO? Did Sega have anything to answer Nintendo’s Donkey Kong Country 2? Was 1985 still a complete wash? Let’s find out! Then, in Week Old News, AI continues to be everywhere, making everything it touches demonstrably worse, Nintendo finally wins a really old lawsui...

Show Notes On this week’s podcast, it’s the grand return of Trivia Time! Dan competed against Matt Mutch of the Papercuts Podcast, and Matt Raimo from Turning Tracks. Who came out on top? Who was drunk? Let’s find out! Enjoy! Useful Links Support us on Patreon StoneAgeGamer.com The Gratuitous Rainbow Spectrum Safe at Home Rescue Shoot the Moon Stitches Art of Angela Dean’s Substack SAG’s theme Son...

Show Notes On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris bring you a very special holiday episode of the Alphabet Soup-er Series! They cover Christmas NiGHTS Into Dreams for Sega Saturn, and get themselves all up in that holiday spirit. How does this weird demo hold up? Let’s find out! Then, in Week Old News, Nintendo buys a little bit of Namco, Shovel Knight’s devs may be in some trouble, AI continues to...

Show Notes On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris board the SAG Cartoon Express for a trip to GASP an actually good cartoon? Earthworm Jim is on the docket, and it’s legitimately good?!? Who knew this was even possible? Then, in Week Old News, Microsoft continues to be the worst…again, Metroid Prime 4 gets the streaming treatment, the EverDrive 64 gets an Analogue update, and the switch NES and Game...

Show Notes On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris run through another 10 20 30 40 with the PS2 absolutely dominating, but there were still some positive showings from the likes of the Saturn, Xbox, and even the Virtual Boy! Then, in Week Old News, Microsoft continues to be the worst, except when it comes to Zork, there’s some more Picross coming our way, Vampire Survivors gets a wacky spinoff, and B...

Show Notes On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris bring you their 2025 holiday gift guides. What great gift ideas do they have for the loved ones in your life? What great gift ideas do they have for one another? Let’s find out! Then, in Week Old News, Valve is making a console… sort of, Nintendo is getting in on the game key card bandwagon, Metroid Prime 4 gets an unhealthy dose of comedy (according...

Show Notes On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris finish off this round of the Alphabet Soup-er Series with 8-Eyes for NES. How does this weird, Castlevania-inspired adventure perform? Does the addition of a bird make it great? Let’s find out! Then, in Week Old News, a Splatterhouse RPG resurfaces, Microsoft continues to just be the worst, a bunch of games got delayed, and Nintendo looks to buy some...

Show Notes On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris board the SAG Cartoon Express to discuss an episode of the Dragon’s Lair cartoon. With a game this creative and colorful as its source material, surely it must be at least okay, right? RIGHT? Then, in Week Old News, James Pond is back! AGAIN! Limited Run’s LRG3 brings some unexpected revivals our way, Final Fantasy’s history is all but gone, and the...

Show Notes On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris fire up this year’s Halloween Special! What’s so special about it? They didn’t prepare anything, so they just made it up on the fly. They talked a lot about scalpers though. And what’s more terrifying than that?    Then, in Week Old News, Blizzard unionizes some more, an old Resident Evil phone game has been saved, Mario goes to Macy’s, and Microsoft...

Show Notes On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris bring you a fully loaded 10 20 30 40, featuring another killer month for the PS2, some Virtual Boy goodness, another bland 10, and the debut of the NES. So many great games!    Then, in Week Old News, Avatar gets a new fighting game (the good one, not the blue one), Sony’s working on the PlayStation 6 for some reason, Atari makes an Intellivision bef...

Show Notes On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris crack open the SAG BAG once again to answer your burning questions. What manner of inappropriate questions will be sent their way? How will the guys tackle the very serious topics like the quality of Disney remakes, best ICEE flavors, Donkey Kong Country 1 vs. 2, and more. Then, in Week Old News, Audacity Games has something new on the way, Pokemon g...

Show Notes On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris tackle the letter Z for this month’s entry in the Alphabet Soup-er Series. It was Dan’s pick, and he went with the classic text adventure Zork. Does this legendary title stand the test of time? The guys have some differing opinions. Then, in Week Old News, Electronic Arts goes even further to the dark side, AI is freaking everywhere, Rock Band 4 is f...

Show Notes On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris board the SAG Cartoon Express for Battletoads. How in the heck did this one go so wrong? The Battletoads are actually awful children? The Dark Queen is incredibly stupid? There’s a giant pink phallus? This cartoon is weird. Next, in Week Old News, there’s a whole heck of a lot going on, including a new State of Play with the first bloody footage of W...

Show Notes On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris bring you the September 10 20 30 40, and what a good time it was! Some absolutely killer games came out this month in decades past, like Mega Man 7, Metal Gear Solid V, Burnout Revenge, and the launch of the original PlayStation and the Jaguar CD! And the Game Boy micro! WOW! Next, in Week Old News, the Amiga brand is back, and it comes with a hefty...

Show Notes On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris dive back into the Alphabet Soup-er Seires for Yo Noid! for NES. Did Capcom keep their winning streak alive with this one, or did this pizza tie-in not live up to their standards? Let’s discuss! But really, this episode was all about Week Old News. They talked about some weird headlines, the acclaim showcase, and the big Nintendo Direct that was… unh...

Show Notes On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris were forced to postpone the Soup-er Series for various dumb reasons, so instead they just talked for an extra long time about Week Old News and The Checkpoint. Speaking of which… In Week Old News, Hollow Knight: Silksong is finally here, and it’s off to one heck of a solid start! Plus, Jaleco is apparently still around and kicking, there’s a new Supe...

Show Notes On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris board the SAG Cartoon Express for another “classic” episode of ThePower Team. This time, it’s an episode called Train Game, where there’s a train full of kids under threat of explosion from Mr. Big from NARC, and the only hope of saving the day lies in the hands of Acclaim NES game D-listers. Fun! In Week Old News, the new Mortal Kombat movie gets a...

Show Notes On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris bring you the August 10 20 30 40, and while it may not have gotten off to a fantastic start, boy did it pick up steam! We’re talking some seriously heavy hitters like Killer Instinct for SNES, Advance Wars: Dual Strike for Nintendo DS, and FLIP-OUT! FOR ATARI JAGUAR! (Also available on PC for some reason).  In Week Old News, the analogue 3D got delay...

Show Notes On this week’s podcast, Kris had a heck of a week, so they skipped the feature topic this week. Sorry! In Week Old News, the Super Mario Bros. speedrunning record got smashed, Mega Man comes to BluRay, Bubsy’s Purrfect Collection looks a little more perfect, and more! Finally, in The Checkpoint, Kris spent some time with DK Bananza, Dan still loves Death Stranding, and the Ninja Turtles...

Show Notes On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris try to come up with some new game ideas for food mascots. Who’s that wizard after those Lucky Charms? Is Charlie the Tuna and James Pond a match made in heaven? Let’s find out! Then, In Week Old News, Nintendo hits us with a surprise Indie Showcase Mr. Beast really does seem to be a pretty bad guy, Pilotwings music makes a comeback, and more! Finally...

Show Notes On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris tackle the next entry in the Alphabet Soup-er Series, Xexyz for NES. Does this bizarre game about space fish, bad advice, and bubble baths stand the test of time? We’ll find out!     Then, In Week Old News, Nintendo’s Partner Showcase leaves everyone wanting, the Mortal Kombat Kollection gets even better, James Pond has a run-in with AI, and more!   ...

Show Notes On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris board the SAG Cartoon Express to talk aboutWing Commander Academy. Wait, there was an actual good cartoon based on a video game property from the 90s? Seriously? And its got a crazy voice cast, a plot that makes sense and everything? Who knew? Then, In Week Old News, Atari and Namco team up to bring the worst version of Pac-Man back to the masses, Mi...