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This month the boys talk about their kids going back to school and all the drama and shenanigans that come with it. But before that, they must catch-up on some geekery and have some sterling recommendations: Ryan is all in on the new DC show Lanterns while Crofton lavishes praise on the adventure game The Drifter and the animated movie Forgotten Island. Crofton shares his thoughts on Dungeon Crawler Carl while Ryan introduces a new escape room themed board game. All of this, and an epic feud is rekindled. Come listen! Discussion 00:00:00 - Crofton Side of CORE 00:15:37 - Dungeons 01:23:13 - Back to School 01:50:40 - Listener Feedback It’s Extra Life season again, and the AvenDaDs are raising money for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. If you’d like to donate, please head on over to tiny.cc/donateavendads. We appreciate all the support from our Dungeons & Diapers listeners! Have a question or comment for the show? Email the show at [email protected]! Intro and Outro Music Credit "Take a Chance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Time has flown, and kids now want phones - How will Ryan and Crofton cope? They discuss phones for kids in what will surely be a topic that gets revisited. In the Dungeons, Ryan returns to Paradise by playing Star Wars: Zero Company while Crofton gets his anime fix with Danganronpa 2 while starting a third playthrough of Breath of the Wild. Come listen! Discussion 00:00:00 - Intro 00:17:36 - Dungeons 01:34:24 - Phones It’s Extra Life season again, and the AvenDaDs are raising money for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. If you’d like to donate, please head on over to tiny.cc/donateavendads. We appreciate all the support from our Dungeons & Diapers listeners! Have a question or comment for the show? Email the show at [email protected]! Intro and Outro Music Credit "Take a Chance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ryan and Crofton return from vacation to exchange notes in this supersized episode. Crofton documents the latest reality tv sensation, the Traitors Canada, while Ryan catches up on comics and Xbox Game Pass. Then it is time for the first ever preview of all the geeky goodness coming this fall. All this, and Crofton goes to see wrestling! Come listen! Discussion 00:00:00 - Intro 00:10:33 - Dungeons 01:30:30 - Fall Preview 2026 It’s Extra Life season again, and the AvenDaDs are raising money for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. If you’d like to donate, please head on over to tiny.cc/donateavendads. We appreciate all the support from our Dungeons & Diapers listeners! Have a question or comment for the show? Email the show at [email protected]! Intro and Outro Music Credit "Take a Chance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Dungeons and Diapers, Ryan and Crofton's spider-senses are tingling as they discuss the new movie Spider-Man: Brand New Day. No spoilers here, just a great chat. But, before that, Ryan gets his whole family to play Minecraft, Crofton solves a mystery with The Sheep Detectives, and there is "less talk and more Denshattack!". All this and Ryan tries to say the word ampersand as he finishes Y: The Last Man! Come listen! Discussion 00:00:00 - Intro 00:08:36 - Dungeons 01:16:37 - Spider-Man: Brand New Day It’s Extra Life season again, and the AvenDaDs are raising money for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. If you’d like to donate, please head on over to tiny.cc/donateavendads. We appreciate all the support from our Dungeons & Diapers listeners! Have a question or comment for the show? Email the show at [email protected]! Intro and Outro Music Credit "Take a Chance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week is all about about the summer gaming goodness at DaD! Ryan talks the remade Assassin's Creed Black Flag - did they nail it? Meanwhile Crofton and his daughter visit a magical school in Hogwarts Legacy. But there is a lot of time given to looking at the State of Gaming today, following previous past episodes. Unfortunately things are not as sunny - from corporate resets to lack of consumer choice - but let's talk about it! Come listen! Discussion 00:00:00 - YouTube (and ads) Invade Streaming 00:15:42 - Dungeons 01:13:21 - State of Gaming 2026 It’s Extra Life season again, and the AvenDaDs are raising money for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. If you’d like to donate, please head on over to tiny.cc/donateavendads. We appreciate all the support from our Dungeons & Diapers listeners! Have a question or comment for the show? Email the show at [email protected]! Intro and Outro Music Credit "Take a Chance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ryan and Crofton feel the need for speed as they ride all the roller coasters of the theme parks they visit… so long as they are in the kid's section! From spending cash to photos with mascots, theme parks are the order of the day. Meanwhile in the Dungeons, Crofton rolls credits on his comfort game The Witcher 3 and shares his thoughts on new WWE champ Sami Zayn, while Ryan reads a bunch more graphic novels including Y: The Last Man before engaging in his comfort food - anime! - with Witch Hat Atelier. All this and Playstation goes disc-less! Come listen! Discussion 00:00:00 - Light Intro Banter 00:24:23 - Dungeons 01:22:18 - Theme Parks It’s Extra Life season again, and the AvenDaDs are raising money for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. If you’d like to donate, please head on over to tiny.cc/donateavendads. We appreciate all the support from our Dungeons & Diapers listeners! Have a question or comment for the show? Email the show at [email protected]! Intro and Outro Music Credit "Take a Chance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Crofton and Ryan take a holiday from parenting topics with a look at more of the games that made them, including multiplayer madness and JRPG goodness. What will be on their lists? You gotta listen to find out. Meanwhile, it is a jam-packed dungeons full of action adventure movies, like The Mandolorian and Grogu, Harry Potter, and Ready Player One. Crofton and Clara return to the world of Hello Neighbor in its sequel, while Ryan learns all about Canadian icon Martin Short. All this and much more - come listen! Discussion 00:00:00 - Intro 00:06:28 - Dungeons 01:08:18 - The Games That Made Us - Part 3 It’s Extra Life season again, and the AvenDaDs are raising money for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. If you’d like to donate, please head on over to tiny.cc/donateavendads. We appreciate all the support from our Dungeons & Diapers listeners! Have a question or comment for the show? Email the show at [email protected]! Intro and Outro Music Credit "Take a Chance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As we get older as parents, so too do our parents and, in a way, we become DOUBLE PARENTS. The boys talk about what is a busy time in their lives but how they still find time for fun. Crofton finds it in the new game Mina the Hollower or playing adventure games with his daughter. Ryan finds it the latest Benoit Blanc mystery or by a rewarding visit to checks notes the Canadian Canoe Museum. All of this and Ultimate Frisbee too! Come listen! Discussion 00:00:00 - Dungeons 01:27:32 - Aging Parents and Grandparents It’s Extra Life season again, and the AvenDaDs are raising money for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. If you’d like to donate, please head on over to tiny.cc/donateavendads. We appreciate all the support from our Dungeons & Diapers listeners! Have a question or comment for the show? Email the show at [email protected]! Intro and Outro Music Credit "Take a Chance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The world is a mess and luckily the news is there to report it. But how much do we share with our kids - if any at all? The boys discuss on this episode but not before Ryan goes to the movies with Apex and Project Hail Mary, and Crofton helps his daughter terrorize the creepy guy next door in Hello Neighbor. All that, Ryan continues down the comics rabbit hole, and Crofton bids farewell to the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Come listen! Discussion 00:00:00 - Intro 00:15:41 - Dungeons 01:41:41 - The News It’s Extra Life season again, and the AvenDaDs are raising money for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. If you’d like to donate, please head on over to tiny.cc/donateavendads. We appreciate all the support from our Dungeons & Diapers listeners! Have a question or comment for the show? Email the show at [email protected]! Intro and Outro Music Credit "Take a Chance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Work, we got to do it. But how do you do it and raise a family AT THE SAME TIME? It seems impossible. Ryan and Crofton exchange tips, tricks, and complaints! But before that, Ryan returns to the comic book store between runs of Saros, while Crofton continues his run through adventure games with Loco Motive. All that, Netflix' Swapped, Kubo and the Two Strings, and more! Come listen. Discussion 00:00:00 - Intro 00:04:57 - Dungeons 01:33:17 - Work It’s Extra Life season again, and the AvenDaDs are raising money for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. If you’d like to donate, please head on over to tiny.cc/donateavendads. We appreciate all the support from our Dungeons & Diapers listeners! Have a question or comment for the show? Email the show at [email protected]! Intro and Outro Music Credit "Take a Chance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hey - you think I got a bad attitude? No, YOU have a bad attitude! We apologize but today the boys are dealing with 'tude from their kids and how they manage it. Are they hangry? Hormony? Something in between? Before that they go deep into the Dungeons with a spotlight on recent TV shows (like the Pitt and Shrinking) to old adventure games (like Monkey Island). All of this, updates on the MCU Rewatch and The Witcher 3, Ryan REPLACED his PC, and Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer too. Come listen! Discussion 00:00:00 - MCU Rewatch and Witcher 3 Check-in 00:19:20 - Dungeons 01:39:30 - Attitude It’s Extra Life season again, and the AvenDaDs are raising money for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. If you’d like to donate, please head on over to tiny.cc/donateavendads. We appreciate all the support from our Dungeons & Diapers listeners! Have a question or comment for the show? Email the show at [email protected]! Intro and Outro Music Credit "Take a Chance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The boys have been away so now it is time that they return and play! It is two times the Dungeons on this episode as Ryan and Crofton explore everything from a Prince of Persia to a Witcher of Rivia, and much more in between. Hear about the new adventure game banger Foolish Mortals, Ryan's latest anime-in-progress, or how the boys finally summited PEAK. All that and so much more, come listen! Discussion 00:00:00 - Intro 00:08:34 - Kayden and Portal 00:16:37 - Dungeons It’s Extra Life season again, and the AvenDaDs are raising money for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. If you’d like to donate, please head on over to tiny.cc/donateavendads. We appreciate all the support from our Dungeons & Diapers listeners! Have a question or comment for the show? Email the show at [email protected]! Intro and Outro Music Credit "Take a Chance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pick your nose or smell your toes - watch out because your children know! Today the boys break down some bad habits and the impact they have on the little eyes that watch them. But first, Ryan and Kayden watch the Avengers while Crofton and family watch Hoppers - the new Pixar movie. Ryan gets spooky with Resident Evil Requiem and Crofton shuffles the deck with Slay the Spire 2. All that and an appearance from Metroid and much more - come listen! Discussion 00:00:00 - Dungeons 01:07:32 - Bad Habits It’s Extra Life season again, and the AvenDaDs are raising money for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. If you’d like to donate, please head on over to tiny.cc/donateavendads. We appreciate all the support from our Dungeons & Diapers listeners! Have a question or comment for the show? Email the show at [email protected]! Intro and Outro Music Credit "Take a Chance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It is cold and snowy and we have to shovel but we do not despair, for - from skating to sledding - there are numerous winter activities to keep us occupied. Ryan and Crofton go through some of their favourites which may or may not include watching the Olympics. Beyond that, the Dungeons includes games about escapism - Shadow Complex and Coral Island - and books about old men - Richard Osman and John Scalzi are back. All of this plus Ryan and Kayden keep watching Marvel movies and Crofton finally gets a new PC. Come listen! Discussion 00:00:00 - Winter Olympics 00:08:50 - Dungeons 01:01:27 - Winter Activities It’s Extra Life season again, and the AvenDaDs are raising money for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. If you’d like to donate, please head on over to tiny.cc/donateavendads. We appreciate all the support from our Dungeons & Diapers listeners! Have a question or comment for the show? Email the show at [email protected]! Intro and Outro Music Credit "Take a Chance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After weeks of exchanging notes on the world famous Dungeons and Diapers podcast, Ryan and Crofton have "rolled credits", as the kids say, on the second part of the Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy. They spend over two hours dissecting Rebirth from its best in class combat and music to its… not so great bits. Beware, spoilers abound for the original FF7, Remake, and Rebirth - use caution when listening! Also, come listen! Discussion 00:00:00 - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth No Spoilers 00:30:52 - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Spoilers It’s Extra Life season again, and the AvenDaDs are raising money for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. If you’d like to donate, please head on over to tiny.cc/donateavendads. We appreciate all the support from our Dungeons & Diapers listeners! Have a question or comment for the show? Email the show at [email protected]! Intro and Outro Music Credit "Take a Chance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.