WTFamicom with Dan and Nick

Did you know that we have a lot in common with The Beatles? We have accents and definitely have compared ourselves to Jesus at least once. But besides that, we also like tours of the magical mystery variety. Except this time instead of a tour it's a tier as in "tier ranking". That's right - we finally decided to rank video games the way people rank Beatles members' hair (Ringo is S tier). So what...

What do James Bond, George Lucas, and Max Payne all have in common besides resting b*tch face? Give up? They all in some way contributed to some of the most famous developer cameos in video game history. Remember the "TOASTY!" guy from Mortal Kombat? He worked on the actual game! But what made some successful and others forgettable? Does having a cameo count as "jumping the shark"? On today's bonu...

ROCKY BALBOA. Is there a more iconic name in film history? He's the very definition of an underdog and on top of that, his movies are some of the most beloved and respected of all time. Unfortunately, the same can't be said about his career in gaming. After being around for so long you'd think that goomba would have at least one great video game to go with all those belts and that permanent slur....

Ever since the 90s, VR has tried to blur the line between being a gamer in your mom's basement to floating around in a fantastical world unlike any other...but still in your mom's basement. Early virtual reality graphics were an ugly sight to behold and unfortunately they looked even worse in movies. Was it worth the hype? Did these film become better or worse with VR? Does Russell Crowe really lo...

Let's be honest - all the greats have taken a hiatus: Jesus, Al Pacino, the McRib, just to name a few. We all need to recharge our batteries at some point and come back when the time is right. And we figured it was our time to do the same. So what have we been doing these past 5 months? Are we up to date with who's been cancelled? Do we even like video games anymore? Don't fret - we an...

Can you believe 2024 is over already? It feels like just yesterday we were forcing ourselves to eat hot wings, watching zelda cartoons, listening to a bunch of Creed songs and reliving bad video game memories from the year 2000. And doing it all in the name of podcasting! We really went all out this year and to prove it we made a clip show of some of our favorite 2024 moments. So if you're unsure...

It's finally December and you know what that means, right? It's time for Jesus and Santa to take a long walk off a short pier! We're taking over the season with our annual HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE! If you're new here, every December we put together a list of the best and most exclusive items to buy for anyone in your life. Friends, family, dead relatives, relatives you want dead; we got gifts for all of...

Life twenty-five years ago was so much different. Boy bands were huge, phones were huge and even video games were huge - some even needed 2 discs to run! But is every video game we are nostalgic for ACTUALLY any good now? On today's bonus episode we talk underrated and overrated video games that released on PS1, N64 and even PC in the post-Y2K and pre-9/11 utopia known as the year 2000!

Mustaches. Every guy has grown one at some point in their life thinking they look cool when really it's the nastiest thing ever. And that doubly applies to video games. Hell, one famous mascot has never even washed his since 1983, and we're supposed to be ok with that? Who else is guilty of this hairy crime? On today's bonus episode in honor of Movember we decided to check out some famous and famo...

What do Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees have in common besides terrible skin and the inability to find success past the 1980's? They also both had insanely difficult Nintendo games based off their movies. So in the spirit of Halloween we decided to do the scariest thing we can think of - we played them! Join us as we explore the retro hellscape of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1990) and "Friday t...

Ever since the dawn of Atari, Hollywood has refused to acknowledge the gaming industry and welcome them to any lavish ceremonies. Take Mario for example: every year since 1983 he gives an Oscar-worthy performance pretending he's still a plumber and for what? We think it's a crime that video games get snubbed during award season so of course we took it upon ourselves to create an award show for the...

Where were you when you first heard Creed's 'Higher'? No one wants to admit it but that is pretty much the millennial version of "where were you on 9/11?" except cooler and with a tank top. In 1999, Creed was the biggest band on the planet then slowly people just stopped caring. In 2007 another creed took the world by storm but within a few years also had people scratching th...

The Beatles were arguably one of the greatest bands of all time. The Nintendo 64, was arguably...uh, not a great console. So what do these two have in common? Nothing besides the fact that there is a Beatles song from 1967 called "When I'm Sixty-Four" and honestly that's good enough. Join us as we go over N64 games that have the actual number "64" in the title! Super Mario, Wave Race, StarFox, Duk...

After being away for 3 months we are finally back and we have SO much to talk about! Jk, we haven't done sh*t. But we do think this is the perfect moment to reintroduce ourselves for new or old fans. But after that the episode is up for grabs! What video games have we been playing all summer? Did we see Deadpool & Wolverine? When did we get in trouble for talking about Mortal Kombat "...

So we have good news and bad news for you. The good news is you're about to listen to a new episode that includes original songs so hot that your phone will probably explode. The bad news is this will be the last episode before we go on a break - our first break since 2020! This year we vibed like it was 1984, made a bracket for march madness, forced ourselves to watch a bad cartoon and burned our...

HOT ONES is a show where celebrities are interviewed over a platter of increasingly spicey chicken wings while being asked questions that probably make them nervous. Sounds like fun! On today's spicey bonus episode, we take a page out of Sean Evans' book and try out some chili-induced liquid while trying not to seem uncomfortable. We didn't have any famous people, but we did find a list of the hot...

What does pop idol Taylor Swift and the famously fun TMNT arcade game have in common? If you said they were both unleashed on the world in 1989, you'd be right! Unfortunately that's where the similarities end. Aside from collecting dust in a nerd's basement, arcade machines hit a dead end while Taylor, well, you get the idea. So what actually killed the arcade industry? Can owning an emulation of...

In 1989, The Legend of Zelda was already one of the greatest video games of all time. That same year, the cartoon bearing its name unfortunately wasn't so lucky. Whose idea was it to make Link so annoying? Was Ganon always a boar who said one-liners? Is everyone in the voice cast dead? On today's bonus episode we do a live commentary of an episode of the Nintendo-disapproved cartoon. Join in and w...

007! You know what those numbers mean and who they belong to. And if you were a kid in 1997, you definitely knew because it meant begging your parents to buy you a video game based on a two year old James Bond movie. Since we can't pay our parents back (I refuse to), we figured the next best thing was to talk about everyone's favorite Pierce Brosnan simulator - GOLDENEYE for the Nintendo 64! In to...

Fact - 1999 was THE best year for video games. This is not up for debate. With hard hitters like Final Fantasy VIII, Donkey Kong 64, Resident Evil 3 and even Shenmue, we as a species had peaked in creating playable perfection. But what other games came out that year? Was it more failures than franchises? On today's bonus episode, we chat about the gaming class of 1999 and other nonsense released b...

It's March Madness, so of course we made a bracket! But if you think we made it using college basketball teams, you're not going to like this episode. What's better than betting on sports teams? Betting on video games, of course! On today's slam dunk episode, we make video games battle it out and pick a winner based on reasons we don't actually remember. Does Halo make it to the Final Four? Will R...

WARNING - severe weather has been reported in the area. Please advise if you are Mega Man or any other gaming character, stay indoors. Do not try to speedrun! For the past 30 years, harsh weather and natural disasters have played an integral part in gaming but whether they make sense even being there is another story - just ask Chris Redfield about that volcano he visited. On today's bonus episode...

Doppelgangers suck! There's always some mirror character in a video game that wants to kill you and it really doesn't matter why. Maybe your name is Mario and someone you bullied gained weight and wants to destroy you in golf or tennis. Or maybe your name is Solid Snake and a clone of yours dressed like your dad's friend just to reveal he hates you. I mean, these things happen. On today's episode...

War! What is it good for? Absolutely, nothin! Jk, it's good for mowing down monsters with a chainsaw gun while chugging Mountain Dew and yelling slurs. If that sounds familiar it's because we just described every gamer that played 2006's GEARS OF WAR, the Xbox exclusive that kickstarted a new era in gaming. Who is Marcus Fenix? What is the Locust Horde? Why haven't they thrown on shorts and challe...

There are many moments that defined the 1980's; Ernest starring in his own movie, Alf crashing on earth, Bob Dyan singing "We Are the World" just to name a few. But it was the debut of a tv show that changed everything forever. Cool had a new name and it was MIAMI VICE. Even video games copied the vibe of the police drama, most famously Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. But that is just the tip of the...