Send us a text Even though he still hasn't watched the Kirby Air Riders Direct, David Radd kills his darlings in Alan Wake: The Writer And descends into post-modern nihilism in Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days. Meanwhile, Tuesday has the blandest game experience of the year in Gun Gun Pixies and glazes Devolver while seeing how many times they can say 'balls' describing Ball x Pit. In the news, 1,200 games journalists have left the media in the last two years, Circana reports the Bor...

Send us a text Well wondering what game that Black Tusk could have made before they became The Coalition, David Radd Watch stuntmen in garbage bags fall into a bunch of traps in Night Trap: 25th Anniversary and finds out how little resolves in Alan Wake: The Signal. Meanwhile Tuesday asks, 'Should Legos talk?' in Lego Batman 2 And determined that Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights is an explorative platformer and not a Soulslike. In the news, EA confirms that it will be acquired...

Send us a text While thinking that Randy Pitchford needs to get offline, David Radd played Streets of Rage 4's survival mode in the Mr. X Nightmare DLC and found out how many references a game can make to David Lynch and Stephen King in Alan Wake: Remastered. Meanwhile, Tuesday likes the game but hates the hates vehicles in Lego Batman and endures Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (emphasis on the walking). In the news, Metaphor: ReFantazio is crowned best game at Japan Game Awar...

Send us a text It's the big one folks, and we walk away... whelmed? While David would not quite label himself a "maniac" while playing Sonic Mania - Encore, he did learn the power of Donkey Kong's stand in Donkey Kong: Bananza. Meanwhile, Tuesday finally got to play a good Gears of War game again, in Gears of War: Reloaded, and helped crash the Nintendo E-Shop when they bought Everybody's Golf: Hot Shots on launch day. For the news this week, we discuss layoffs at Firaxis, the closure of T-Mi...

Send us a text While wondering if Microsoft secretly wants to ditch console hardware and focus their efforts on Game Pass in the cloud, David Radd finally talks about the impressive Streets of Rage 4 and goes back to the start of Nathan Drake's adventures in Uncharted: Drakes Fortune Remastered. Meanwhile, Tuesday played Angry Birds Bounce where Rovio made Breakout bad somehow and continues the Lizardcube love, with Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap where mankind doesn’t need a savior...

Send us a text While hoping itch.io and Steam can restore their content after blowback by payment processors, David Radd dealt with constant campers in the Battlefield 6 Beta and was impressed by what the Shinobi: Art of Vengence demo offered. Meanwhile, Tuesday encountered the Chaos Hero and Law Hero in Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth and played some Octogeddon, which is like Vampire Survivors before Vampire Survivors. In the news, Nintendo Switch 2 sells nearly 6 million units whil...

Send us a text While looking forward to a future where Magic: The Gathering become the Fortnite of CCGs, David Radd tried to produce all the value in Balatro and encountered some of the grossest pixel art ever in Mother Russia Bleeds. Meanwhile, Tuesday had to put shoes on Pauline’s feet in Donkey Kong Bananza and played Digimon Cyber Sleuth, where the police and internet are figments of our imaginations. In the news, itch.io and Steam remove adult content after objections ...

Send us a text While wondering if Microsoft is planning on replacing half their workers with AI in the coming years, David Radd wished every level in Sonic Mania was as good as Studiopolis Zone and manage to shoot the Fuhrer in the foot in Sniper Elite V2 Operations mode. Meanwhile, Tuesday is finding that Rogue-lite Peglin is becoming their new Binding of Issac and that Timespinner's "Za Warudo" time stopping power is less key than you would think. In the news, Circana reports t...

Send us a text While wondering if all future Xbox hardware releases are just going to be white-label products, David Radd beat all of Tuesday's times in My First Gran Turismo and played the final Bayonetta game, perhaps ever, in Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon. Meanwhile, Tuesday discovered that Pac-Man Championship Edition 2+ is not like Pac-Man for GameBoy and finally played The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom at a good framerate on their Switch 2. In the news...

Send us a text While wondering what shape Marathon will be in when it finally releases, David Radd remarked at everything that's been removed and put into Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber and waits for Trico to do what he needs to do in The Last Guardian. In the news, Switch 2 sells over 3.5 million units in the first week, SAG AFTRA moves to end the strike, Microsoft announces it is working with AMD on its next Xbox devices and Sony confirms PS5 surpasses PS4 in active us...

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Send us a text While happy that Giant Bomb achieved its independence, David Radd explores a psychedelic cult in Mafia III's Sign of the Times DLC and discovers that love can bloom between a pig man and spider lady in Black Myth: Wukong. Meanwhile, Tuesday encounters Santa in 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors though not old Saint Nick and plays DOOM 3 as Warcrime McGee, blowing people’s heads off. In the news, Circana reports that Oblivion Remastered was April 2025’s best s...

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Send us a text While going solo in this episode, David Radd talks about playing a good aligned Dukes of Hazard in the Mafia III DLC Faster, Baby! while realizing the limits of the appeal of Super Mario Maker 2 to him. In news, Devolver reveals their most successful IP and outlines future plans while cutting staff and Xbox streaming comes to certain LG Smart TVs and all Game Pass Ultimate members, while Phil Spencer confirms Microsoft support of Switch 2. Circana reports that...

Send us a text While wondering at the overconfidence of certain fanboys, David Radd appreciated the lack of mandatory waggle in Donkey Kong Country Returns HD and endured a hail of racial epithets in Mafia III. Meanwhile, Tuesday went inside of SHODAN in the System Shock remake and copes with more Inti Creates writing in Card en Ciel. In the news, the Zenimax Union votes to strike, Microsoft's Quake II AI experiment draws criticism and Astro Bot wins big at the BAFTA Games Awards. ...

Send us a text All the news from the big Direct detailing many of the Switch 2's features and several big game reveals like The Duskbloods, Donkey Kong Bananza, and Mario Kart World. If you enjoy the podcast, visit us at Patreon.com/SNGP!

Send us a text While hoping the SAG-AFTRA strike resolves soon, David Radd finished Dragon Age: Inquisition with the Trespasser DLC and kept resetting over and over to get the right mithril weapons in Shining Force II. Meanwhile, Tuesday played a Roguelite starting with BAL that isn't Balatro, it's Ballionaire and put some time into Burnout Paradise, the thematic opposite of My First Gran Turismo. In the news, Monster Hunter Wilds led U.S. sales in February 2025 according to...

Send us a text While fully realizing that Trip Hawkins was an early tech bro, David Radd took at journey to the Deep Roads in Dragon Age: Inquisition - The Descent and played the heavily Dreamcast coded Penny's Big Breakaway. Meanwhile, Tuesday drove like Gwupter Twiblorf in My First Gran Turismo and fought as a chef and soccer referee in Warriors: Abyss. In the news, Hideki Kamiya muses on Scalebound and says Clovers won't just be about sequels, the subject of tariffs affec...

Send us a text While celebrating Mouthwashing coming to PS5 and Switch, David Radd played the first Dragon Age: Inquisition DLC in Jaws of Hakkon and played one of the greatest Indy games of all time in Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. Meanwhile, Tuesday played the oddly titled Bloons TD 6 and a chance encounter in an arcade game led them to playing Gauntlet Slayers Edition. In news, Microsoft talks up gen AI for game development, while NetEase pulls support for Western stu...

Send us a text While hoping we get more Capcom Fighting Collections, David Radd tried out the charity DLC Ida's Dream for Monument Valley and fought loads of monsters for his irradiated frog in Blaster Master. Meanwhile, Tuesday played Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night for the third time instead of tackling their backlog and enjoyed the "brain turns off, Nazi heads go pop" gameplay of Sniper Elite V2. In the news, BioWare reportedly halves in size as questions linger about the stu...