We reflect on the whimsical world of gaming in 2024 with guests Matthew Bliss, and Alyxa. We share hilarious anecdotes about our most questionable in-game actions, from wild NPC interactions to bizarre character fixations. And our discussion touches on the impact of player agency in multiplayer experiences and highlights the memorable chaos that arises from emergent gameplay.

• Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
• Half-Life
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
• The Outer Worlds
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Prolific streamer Zunderscore joined the Jay and Squidge to talk about everything from red fedoras to Vincent Adultman, Muppetman, and three Squidges in a trenchcoat; with a healthy dose of video games, Thunder Plains, controller opinions, thoughts on being a content creator, and silliness.

• Never Grave: The Witch and The Curse
• Dead Cells
• Hollow Knight
• Turnip Boy Robs a Bank
• Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion

Can you believe that it’s been 25 years since Final Fantasy VIII first came out? We couldn’t either, so we asked Lulu to come back on the show to discuss what some people call the "weird, middle child" in Square’s PlayStation Final Fantasy trilogy. Rest assured, we think FF VIII is the bomb.

• Final Fantasy VIII
• Final Fantasy XIV
• Final Fantasy VII
• Resident Evil 2
• Baldur's Gate 3

We wanted to ask CJ about comfort games: games you like to play when we’re just comfy and we’re vegging and we just want to shut out the outside world and just go get a load of snacks. So get your snacks, get comfy, and curl up whilst we talk about those games we played.

• Vampire Survivors
• Fortnite
• Minecraft
• Mario Kart Tour
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

The 30th anniversary of Sonic 2day - the worldwide release of Sonic 2 on the Genesis/Mega Drive - is upon us this month, and we asked G to the Next Level, Franny, Alyxa, MVG, and JonnyG to choose their favourite and least favourite Sonic 2 music, whether it was their first Sonic game, singed furry animals and how Sonic’s eco-warrior vibe was dropped, multiple endings, and PS3 era game design.

• Sonic the Hedgehog 2
• Knuckles' Chaotix
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3
• Sonic the Hedgehog
• After Burner

From mocap to Resident Evil, and from the passing of a family member to a financial loss of $105 million. This week we talk about the commercial failure (and reason why Square-Enix games where Playstation 2 exclusives for a long time) Final Fantasy: The Sprits Within

• Tekken (series)
• Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring
• Final Fantasy VII
• Final Fantasy VIII
• Final Fantasy IX

This episode sees Anthony of the Capes on the Couch podcast join us. We talk about his show (which you should definitely listen to), ‘previously on’ mode, RPGs and forgetting what to do, the recent TMNT releases, reaching level 99 too soon, airborne controllers, and profanity generators.

• Super Mario Odyssey
• Super Mario 3D World
• Super Mario Party
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection

Squidge invited Jay to make his first appearance on the Cupboard of Shame, and he brought along a white whale of sorts. What do Arnie, Sly Stallone, and trashy 80s cyberpunk movies have in common? And why is Jay recommending running, head first, into walls? This CoS will answer those questions and more.

• Power Blade 2
• Power Blade
• Power Blazer
• Mega Man (series)
• Punch Out!

In an episode which is not very family friendly at all, Squidge and JonnyG discuss a title which is really not meant for little ones and whether it should be cast into the Cupboard of Shame. They also discuss the mystery of Sylvester, Henry Cavil almost not being Superman, Twin Peaks, and accents in audio books.

• Deadly Premonition
• Elden Ring
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• Final Fantasy VII
• Silent Hill

Laughter, nonsense, and absurdity abounds in episode 130 of the podcast. We were joined by Lord Nerdy Cephalopod (aka Brian) to talk about the games we’ve been playing, what he would take with him to the Thunder Plains, and the game series that we love to come back to.

• Call of Duty (series)
• Splitgate
• Portal
• Halo
• Psychonauts

What’s with all this ash? What’s her name again? Why is Boromir Sharpe in this movie? Do Miranda Rights not exist? Did they just meow at each other!? For Spooptober 2021, Lulu joined us to discuss the 2006 horror movie Silent Hill. Is it a good video game movie? Find out in this episode.

• Silent Hill
• Metal Gear Solid
• Resident Evil
• Heavy Rain
• Final Fantasy VIII

Jon doyle, the big boss of Lost in Cult, joined us to talk about [Lock-On] and the many different projects that Lost in Cult are part of. We also have some exclusives about Volumes 002 and 003

• Fall Guys
• Fortnite
• Call of Duty (series)
• Katamari Damacy
• Silent Hill

Jason Maddison (Technical Director at Lost in Cult) joined us to talk about the [lock-on] journal, his piece for volume 001 (titled I Have Lived) and how it rang true to our childhoods, and about how the technobabble used in discussing video games and consoles is utter nonsense. All this with a lot of pro-wrestling terms thrown in for good measure

• Final Fantasy X
• Resident Evil (series)
• Shenmue
• Shenmue 2
• Goldeneye 007

We’ve reached 100 episodes! Can you believe it? For this very special occasion, we reached out to Internet comedian, podcaster, corn maze enthusiast, and occasional bee impersonator Asterios Kokkinos for comment. ANd his comment was, "I WANT IN ON YOUR SHOW!" So this is our special episode with a special guest.

• Cyberpunk 2077
• Pokémon (series)
• Cyberpunk 2013
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• Hyrule Warriors

Part two of our discussion with Lulu about the Final Fantasy VII Remake was all about that Moogle slide (yes it returns), relationships, expanded character backstories and interactions, and what we are hoping for the remaining parts in the series. Also, Jay still hasn’t played it

• Final Fantasy VII (2020)
• Final Fantasy VI
• Final Fantasy VII
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• Final Fantasy XV

Episode 70 of the podcast has Squidge and Jay discuss the PlayStation Classic, and decide on their dream line up for the little console that couldn’t - seriously, the hardware design was obviously phoned in.

• Sonic The Hedgehog
• Battle Arena Toshinden
• Soul Edge
• Cool Boarders 2
• Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2

Squidge introduces JZ into a brand new segment (one which needs a little improv.) with hilarious results, and I use it as an excuse to use an epic pun; and JZ introduces us to the idea of fried chicken subs, and we talk about the benefits of being a zombie.

• Ring Fit Adventure
• Outer Worlds
• Fallout 4
• Forza (series)
• Dance Dance Revolution

Jay was looking to buy a Switch and turned to Squidge (and the community) for suggestions for games to check out. This is their discussion on those suggestions.
What did everyone suggest? You’ll have to listen to find out.

• Final Fantasy VIII
• Doom (series)
• Tecmo Bowl
• Pro Wrestling
• Super Mario Bros. (series)

Our first episode back since our break (and my recent vacation to Japan). It marks the start of season 2, we talk about what we’ve been playing, and I drop some Japan knowledge.

• Bloodborne
• Borderlands (series)
• Command & Conquer (series)
• Dark Souls
• Dead Souls

As a way of rounding down out recent conversations on Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts, Lulu brings some questions that her friends from discord have for us. And not all of them are related to Final Fantasy, too

• Dragon Age: Origins (series)
• Final Fantasy IX
• Final Fantasy Legends (series)
• Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
• Final Fantasy VI

We (Squidgey, Lulu, Chief, and myself) talk Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts

• Dark Souls (series)
• FIFA (series)
• Final Fantasy IX
• Final Fantasy VII
• Final Fantasy VII (2020)

We sat with Lulu and Chief Problems to discuss books, the games we’ve been playing, and how just how you can get pregante.

• Ace Combat 7
• Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia
• Donkey Konga
• Fallout (series)
• Final Fantasy VIII

Lulu’s debut episode is here! She is our, rather reluctant, Final Fantasy expert. As you hear in part three, she really is quite the expert.
In part one of her debut we talk about the games we’ve been playing and start discussing what our Desert Island Games (which Squidgy renames Thunder Plain Games)

• Command & Conquer: Red Alert
• Dark Chronicle
• Dark Cloud
• Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia
• Final Fantasy X

Part three of our discussion with Chief has Squidgey describing his 5 best (and one honourable mention) Sega Saturn Games; a discussion on CD audio on Saturn, Playstation and Dreamcast games

• Virtua Fighter 2
• Nights into Dreams
• Blazing Dragons
• Terry Pratchett's Discworld
• Secret of Monkey Island

In part two of our conversation with Chief, we talk about some of the games that we’ve been playing, some of our ideas for video games, and Squidgey having accidentally unlocked an extremely rare drop on Diablo III

• Final Fantasy
• Alien 3 (SNES)
• Super Mario Bros.
• Final Fantasy VII
• Final Fantasy VIII

In this episode, we brought back White Mage and Red Mage. This time we talked about our favourite games ever, suggesting a lot of games along the way, but finally settling on three each (they weren’t easy decisions at all, though). to find out which games, you’ll have to listen to the episode

• Pokémon Yellow
• Streets of Rage (series)
• The World Ends With You
• Final Fantasy
• Sonic the Hedgehog (series)

Our first (well, 0th) podcast episode is now live. Come check it out and let us know what you think

• Resident Evil Revelations
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
• Metro Redux
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles