This week we're checking in on Battlefield 6, Justin (not) playing Genshin Impact's new Roblox mode, and Nicco playing Outer Wilds without spoiling it. Also, RIP Limp Bizkit guy?
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This is the band Nicco mentions at the end:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Callous_Daoboys
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CHAPTERS
00:00 How's Battlefield 6 been?
19:10 A very quick Pokemon Legends Z-A check-in
21:19 Justin's played Genshin, but not the new content
26:43 And a quick anime check-in
29:15 Nicco talks about his first Outer Wilds playthrough, no spoilers just vibes
36:07 "So I started listening to the entire Limp Bizkit discography..."
With the impending release of...Ananta...it propelled our gacha experts to wonder...how many of these games can there really be? Surely there can only be so many gigantic, free-to-play gacha games vying for player's time and awareness, right? Also, thoughts on why Justin stays with Genshin years later, and a quick update on the Bengal's great year from their biggest fan.
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Here is the gameplay trailer for Ananta. We're not sure that it's real.
https://youtu.be/BMzzXYQ8zoQ
Also, don't worry, Justin corrects Chris on Genshin being "around for a decade". The humming in his audio halfway through is from the demon in your heart.
Here is Sean in Zenless Zone Zero:
https://zenless-zone-zero.fandom.com/wiki/Von_Lycaon
And here is Sean in Zenless Zone Zero:
https://zenless-zone-zero.fandom.com/wiki/Komano_Manato
...and...here is "Seed" in Zenless Zone Zero:
https://zenless-zone-zero.fandom.com/wiki/Seed
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Got your nose...
02:23 We decide that we should define "gacha"
06:24 Sean discovers what he's been missing in ZZZ
07:11 On pull rates
09:20 Explaining "pity" (it's not what you think)
14:44 Into The Mihoyoverse
20:56 What lets a gacha game survive?
29:18 We finally ask, why DOES Justin stick to Genshin Impact?
37:23 Justin does not financially support Genshin, rest easy
43:45 We find out where his money REALLY goes, also...the Bengals?
50:32 What would our Final Smashes be? (Urkman1's question)
We've played a LOT of Pokémon Legends Z-A already, so we wanted to check in and give our thoughts. What's working, what it's left us wanting, and...trying to remember what the hell happened in X and Y....
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Check out the first 5 episodes of Podcastémon here!
https://www.patreon.com/collection/387580
Ash's First Pokémon League, 25 Years Later - A Retrospective
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bamb2ZUcZD0
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Kevin hates us. So, he devised this gaming "trivia" quiz, where our seasoned gaming veterans must listen carefully and pedantically point to the incorrect part of each "fact". It is excruciating. Back to the Future is in here, too. And Sean Combs. yeah
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Shoutout to Um, Actually, who does kind of what we did here:
https://watch.dropout.tv/um-actually
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CHAPTERS
00:18 Welcome to the hell that Kevin has prepared for us
02:24 Something incorrect about Pokemon X/Y
07:54 Two incorrect things about Sonic the Hedgehog (technically)
14:03 The most important thing
15:46 Who is Doc Brown's dog?!
18:27 CONCORD MENTIONED!!!!
21:56 From Concord...to Halo (same thing) (real)
23:20 Sean Combs mentioned!!!1
25:46 Point recap and most pedantic Borderlands trivia ever
28:37 Nicco sends us to hell (Doom)
32:45 Fort knight.
35:49 Honkai Star Rail, aka torture
40:53 Smash Ultimate's character count is for the birds
45:03 THE FINAL ROUND!!! (Final Fantasy X spoiler warning)
58:24 Come here to skip the spoilers
Our sexy crubbers talk about games they've been playing lately, from Yooka-Replaylee to Clair Obscur, to Silksong and Borderlands 4. We even mention Concord twice. Also, the Minecraft movie had...how many writers...?
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Kevin's been playing Yooka-Replaylee
05:35 If this came out initially would people have liked it more?
13:45 Sean is our only Clair Obscur player
20:07 Wasn't gonna timestamp Concord talk but it came up for a second time
22:40 Quick circleback to talk about Yooka-Replaylee 100% length
24:33 Brody is ALMOST done with Silksong (almost)
29:05 Detour on the Lies of P final boss, heads up
32:44 Return to Silksong talk, on movesets and more
37:22 We also allow Brody to talk about Borderlands 4
As seen in Fortnite
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SHOW NOTES
Heavy spoilers for Peacemaker (both seasons), lighter spoilers for both Superman and Creature Commandos
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CHAPTERS
0:00 All of it
Happy 125 episodes. To celebrate, we aren't talking games, we're talking anime. Not just talking anime but getting mad at each other over each other's takes on anime. Except Brody. He got off scotfree, somehow.
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Be warned, we are going to talk random spoilers about the anime series we bring up. Warning!
Here are our lists:
https://myanimelist.net/profile/Jtart9
https://myanimelist.net/profile/Wolfkaosaun
https://myanimelist.net/profile/RACROX
And he wasn't here, but he is taking recommendations:
https://myanimelist.net/profile/MykonosFan
While we're plugging, Justin and Chris went through pretty much all of Makoto Shinkai's works on our Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/collection/320851?view=expanded
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Don't tell Scrum that he sounds like Narduar
04:40 The opening salvo begins against Justin and Sword Art Online
09:52 Justin DARED to only give Gurren Lagann an 8. An eight!!!
18:10 Sean takes aim at Justin's other 10/10
24:41 Wolfkaosaun explains and defends Wolf's Rain (tumblrcore)
29:52 Sean has seen FMA but not FMA Brotherhood...and Jojo dissection
37:56 Echoes of Justin's Sin
44:04 Brody HATES modern anime fans!!! (not real, clickbait)
51:45 "Brody is a lot more liberal" - Justin (with his 10/10s)
53:30 Is Death Note actually a good intro to anime?
1:06:30 Would our most recent game be easier or harder if Sonic was the main character?
This was recorded in a world before Silksong, so please excuse Chris' dunks on the Silksong community. He has since played 8 hours of it and thinks it's good. However, for years before it's release every gaming show would have the same meme. Where's Silksong? We've seen this with other games over time as well. Where's Half-Life 3? Where's Shenmue 3? What's Randy Pitchford doing on that bathroom floor? Sometimes we have to wonder, are we excited about the actual games, or are we just excited about being excited about games? Also in this episode, Moriarty tells us what PAX was like this year.
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SHOW NOTES
Here's the Pax Autocratica game that Moriarty mentions around 25:45 in:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1067360/Pax_Autocratica/
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CHAPTERS
00:00 We've kept you waiting...
04:17 We may actually be close to Half-Life 3?
16:31 Do we value hype cycles more than the games themselves?
27:39 Moriarty wreaks havoc at Gearbox PAX booth (not clickbait)
30:42 Gamers, we've gotta do better...hygiene it up!
37:41 Overinvesting to play a game before it comes out soon after..
39:58 You don't miss E3. By the way, colonoscopies.
50:33 Shouting out our favorite obscure YouTubers/content trends from ages ago (real)
There are easy games, and games that are notoriously difficult to "get good" at. However, Moriarty raised this question to us...what is the hardest game (or genre) to become simply "okay" at? Also, how much can a trailer spoil before it's simply objectively spoiling too much?
SHOW NOTES
The cicadas outside Chris' home make a cameo at around 15 minutes in. If you hear it, that's what's up.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Spoilers, Sean likes milk. Twice.
05:22 Sean maybe answers it in one shot: Rust.
08:37 Also? Fighting games.
14:47 Getting into a MOBA is basically signing up for university
26:10 MMOs, too. Acronym games in general actually
29:24 FBC Firebreak mentioned, don't google it, we'll tell you what it is
40:33 If we bought you a statue of a goat,
45:40 RTS games too. That's right. More acronyms. And Soulslikes!
51:21 Do trailers show too much? Can this problem be solved?
Fortnite's newest season is here, and it has...Power Rangers and Halo People. Have we reached a point of diminishing returns with Fortnite collabs? Has the underlying cynicism of it all finally shone through the cracks? And, more importantly, which dead and buried 90's franchises are most likely to get the Fortnite glow-up next? Chris predicts Jared Leto.
SHOW NOTES
If you don't know the video Moriarty references at 13:15, you do now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51beOlNC0qo
And yes, Street Sharks is real:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Sharks
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro, we want to be added to Fortnite too
04:49 Who the heck is the new Halo they added
08:44 The battle pass does at least still feel fair
13:15 What Moriarty wants in Fortnite most, and he talks DBZ.........
19:36 Moriarty tries to not preorder Borderlands 4 (this aged well)
23:06 Moriarty's Skin Predictions
26:31 Sean changes the entire game with one question
32:37 Chris' collab prediction that seems very obvious as he says it (cursed)
37:00 Moriarty's sugar rush, and Chris' BIGGEST ISSUE with Fortnite skins
43:01 What would it take to get sales numbers on Fortnite skins?
53:03 We become the first podcast to mention "Spellbreak" in 2025
58:49 The Pink Sauce Debacle
1:03:08 Chef Kilo questions how we could violence school children
Nicco's audio had consistent crackling throughout this episode. We think we made it listenable. We apologize if we didn't. On the bright side, you can pretend that we stuck him in a microwave for this episode, much like Clank, Bentley, and the actual human child from Persona 4.
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37 minutes-ish, this is Sean's "himbo OC" from Zenless Zone Zero:
https://zenless-zone-zero.fandom.com/wiki/Komano_Manato
Tell Justin why he's Joseph Gribble canonically in the comments. Nicco said it, we don't really get it, but he might be right?
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CHAPTERS
00:00 We aren't googling "sporkle" either, don't worry
07:40 Moogle hate crime
15:40 Fat Princess mentioned for first time in 2025
23:17 Nicco wants turtle soup
30:23 What does ink do in a microwave...? (Another child is microwaved)
40:49 Just putting another human being in called "Ghost"
43:21 We begin to tally the results (yes, there can be a "winner")
47:14 The top 10 begins
58:19 How well do you replace the protag in the last game you played? (Urkman1)
We put out a call for YOUR hot takes on Souls and Soulslikes, and you delivered! We brought them to share with the class, as well as to give some of our own as well. Should FromSoftware give in and let us pause? Are the games TOO gloomy? Are these games secretly rhythm games...?
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Finally, someone has talked about Souls games
03:13 Positives on the atmosphere of the games
13:22 Hot takes on said atmosphere
20:45 Opening this can of worms: the difficulty
34:13 Getting into the actual mechanics of the games (rhythm...?)
43:30 Giving attention to replayability (positive)
52:29 The Bosses
1:00:03 Just Let Us Pause, and audience questions
That new Superman came out, so we wanted to get the world's biggest Superman fan's take on it. Thankfully, Nicco was available. So, he was joined by far smaller Superman fans Moriarty and Trav to discuss the new James Gunn Superman film. Obviously, spoilers ahead.
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Today, three grown men try to explain "locking in". One, with words, one, with brevity, and one...by referring to the One Piece powerscaling subreddit. Hawk Eyed guy is still the best swordsman in the series, though. Later, Chris expresses his disappointment with the continued SEGA & Roblox partnership and how his favorite thing is kind of uncool now. Also, Brody breaks our brains. Again.
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SHOW NOTES
Two great videos from People Make Games on the issues with Roblox:
'Investigation: How Roblox Is Exploiting Young Game Developers'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gXlauRB1EQ
'Roblox Pressured Us to Delete Our Video. So We Dug Deeper.'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTMF6xEiAaY
'Multiple Former Employees Cite Poor Pay Practices, Crunch Culture, and Lack of Transparency at Sonic Speed Simulator Studio Gamefam'
https://www.sonicstadium.org/articles/sonic/multiple-former-employees-cite-poor-pay-practices-crunch-culture-and-lack-of-transparency-at-sonic-speed-simulator-studio-gamefam-r1208/
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Please block Brody.
05:19 How Minecraft and Blue Prince ruined Nicco and Brody's lives
12:41 Chris does therapy and holds everyone captive
19:45 The Contrarian's Lifestyle (Contrarymaxxing)
27:10 RARE TOPIC CHANGE - TIMES OUR GOATS WERE WASHED (Yakuza)
32:50 Chris tells Nicco what Grow A Garden is
43:55 Brody washes and then unwashes a goat
47:39 Nicco knows what the One Piece is (spoilers)
51:36 What would Brody's video game enemy gimmick be? (TK_Hubworld)
Chris and Kevin are joined by Wayneisboss for THE Donkey Kong Bananza spoilercast. We give some general thoughts up front, and then give a few tiers of spoiler warning as we delve further in. To be safe though, it'd be best to listen to this if you've already beaten the game or just don't mind hearing some of the places it goes.
SHOW NOTES
Go show Wayne some love, and tell him we sent you (please, we're desperate):
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His YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@Wayneisboss
DKC: Return to Krocodile Isle - Animated Short:
https://youtu.be/1eggzBAzCZg
Episode of Wayne's podcast with Kevin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urXG947JyOM
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On today's episode we wanted to talk about what's going on with Visa, Mastercard, Itch.io, and potentially more and more storefronts in all mediums in the near future. We get into some sensitive topics, particularly with the discussion around the game called 'No Mercy'. There are chapter marks to skip that section, but there are a few mentions of traumatic subjects outside of that portion to help provide context for discussion's sake with what has been removed. We do have some goofy talk with the question of the week at that timestamp, if you just want some of our usual fare.
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For reading on what we're talking about:
https://www.ign.com/articles/itchio-suddenly-pulls-nsfw-adult-content-from-browse-and-search-pages-after-critical-pressure-from-payment-partners
Correction: Itch.io games are still accessible, per Itch.io Anyone who had access removed was urged to reach out to Itch, assuming the creator wasn't the one who removed the files themselves:
https://itch.io/updates/update-on-nsfw-content
Correction: 'Consume Me' was not deindexed as a part of this:
https://bsky.app/profile/leafo.itch.io/post/3lv2pk2viz22q
Further reading on 'No Mercy' (content warning):
https://safeline.org.uk/news/no-mercy-pulled-from-steam-after-global-backlash/
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Genuine warning, we discuss many sensitive subjects this episode
08:21 Where this begins to go even more awry
14:27 No Mercy talk, content warning if you want to skip
20:05 End of the No Mercy discussion
26:26 All that said, Visa and Mastercard shouldn't get to decide
36:33 Are you okay with something you don't like existing?
45:49 A lighter swerve, a Crubscriber question of the week
There is a notorious IGN top 100 list from the year 2010, going over the top video game villains. Some of it is expected. The aliens from Space Invaders. Bowser. Ganondorf. Some of it is weird, but acceptable. King Hippo, for example. However, some of this bends the known understanding of "video game villain". Number six may shock you.
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Here is the list that we are looking at today:
https://web.archive.org/web/20120215000000*/http://www.ign.com/videogame-villains/index.html
Captain N:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_N:_The_Game_Master
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Our top 5 video game villains, as a foundation
09:18 Some random examples to help convey this list's power
19:31 We begin at #25 on the list
32:30 Take a shot if you know #17
42:25 I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society.
51:35 Number six may shock you
In light of the...everything...going on with Microsoft, we wanted to take a more positive spin from it since the negatives have been thoroughly covered by those suited to do so. That said, a link to the layoff news is below as a starting point, if you missed what's been going on. So if Microsoft is going to lay off every person they hired while still keeping Xbox going...who should they contract and pay to work on their games? Heck, who should PlayStation and Nintendo do this with as well? Look, when they lay off 9000 people during the 4th layoff in 2 years, we don't have much to work with in terms of "positive"...
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Kevin's audio was weird this episode. Please do not bully him about it.
Article on layoffs at Microsoft, Xbox:
https://www.theverge.com/news/693535/microsoft-layoffs-july-2025-xbox
Article on Halo Studio's low morale, just to back that up:
https://www.trueachievements.com/news/halo-devs-reportedly-unhappy-with-the-quality-next-game
The "this guy" referred to at 29:00 is the Pale Man from Pan's Labyryinth, just so you know as an audio listener.
Check out CRANKIN OUR HOGS here: https://www.patreon.com/c/crub/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=crankin+our+hogs
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Hit new single, "Ow, my schmingus!" coming soon
06:23 Brody kinda wants an IO Interactive Dishonored game
12:49 If Toys For Bob ISN'T doing Spyro 4...
22:04 You are not prepared for Nicco's galaxy brain
31:07 The team that should bring us Sly 5 is...
41:09 Successors that don't have a studio in the wings
52:32 Funkin With PaRappa (Explicit)
59:14 What have we learned today?
This week we decided to be more like a normal gaming podcast and talk about different topics. EA sure is releasing just mostly sports games and Sims packs lately, huh? Plus, Moriarty's burning hot Kojima takes that left Sean smoldering in the ashes. As punishment, Sean...he...look. You'll listen and then you'll understand our pain. We're sorry.
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SHOW NOTES
An article on "Project Rene", which is NOT Sims 5, just to remind you that not even EA knows what is going on with it:
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/the-sims/there-wont-actually-be-a-sims-5-because-ea-is-going-to-disrupt-the-sequel-model-by-shoving-the-sims-4-project-rene-and-two-other-games-into-one-massive-sims-platform/
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CHAPTERS
00:00 We're already unsure if we should air this episode
01:00 What is up with EA...?
05:05 What's the biggest issue with Madden?
12:14 The last 2 years of EA releases are...
20:37 MORIARTY'S KOJIMA HOT TAKES!
29:53 It's not art!!! (He says, not us, don't flame please)
32:39 His second hot take
39:37 We rank "furry versus monsterbanger". We aren't timestamping these.
54:17 OK just kidding, 90's cartoon Donkey Kong gets one
1:02:22 Which character would you want to do your housework? (Atraske)
How do you make an in-game economy "just right"? How do you balance it to fit the needs of the most players possible? How do you tune a game to prepare for "a Nicco"? Could the crub crew take a gorilla...?
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At around 26:40 Kevin invokes Nicco's Resident Evil Take. If you aren't aware, become aware:
https://youtu.be/3Ii5Q2uBR1M
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CHAPTERS
00:00 This Zelda shit sounds suspicious
08:04 HOLD ON, Nicco. (Doom Eternal x Balatro)
12:11 Optimizing fun out of the experience, the gamer's way
20:29 Nicco's extreme thoughts on what an in-game economy should be
28:13 Chris mentions Bioshock Infinite in 2025
35:23 Insane Pokemon, and plight of the common gamer
47:11 *taps headband* infinite ammo
54:16 Could the crub crew beat one gorilla? (Chef Kilo)
