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Is the real irony that Power Stone has better magical girl transformations than Kernel Hearts? What We're Playing 09:03 Mark: Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (Intelligent Systems, 2005) 02:40 Mark: HARDCORE MECHA (Rocket Punch Games, 2019) 13:27 Caitlin: Wilmot's Warehouse (Hollow Ponds & Richard Hogg, 2019) 19:43 GOOF: Power Stone (DC, Capcom, 1999) 37:05 Feature Game: Kernel Hearts (Ephemera, 2026) SHOUT 1:01:25 Mark: Knuckle Paradise (Flying Oak Games) 1:02:24 Caitlin: Ravenswatch DLC: Kintaro (Passtech Games) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Why don't more people talk about Metal Warriors? And why does everyone talk about Dishonored? We are confused. What We're Playing 00:47 Caitlin: Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave (Intelligent Systems, 2026) 09:03 Mark: Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (Intelligent Systems, 2005) 10:59 Mark: Infinity: Hexadome Tactics (BlindSpot Games, 2026) 21:30 GOOF: Metal Warriors (SNES, LucasArts, 1995) 33:04 Feature Game: Dishonored (Arkane, 2012) SHOUT 52:16 Caitlin: The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time Remake (Nintendo) 57:38 Mark: The Witcher 3 Remastered (CD Projekt RED) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We go from Temu Superhero starring in F-Zero Climax to a possibly novel take on one of the OG superheroes in Batman: The Telltale Series. What We're Playing 02:40 Mark: Shinobi: Art of Vengeance (Lizardcube, 2025) 10:48 Caitlin: Capy Castaway (Kitten Cup Studio, 2026) 23:16 GOOF: F-Zero Climax (GBA, Suzak, 2004) 35:35 Feature Game: Batman: The Telltale Series (Telltale, 2016) SHOUT 55:12 Mark: Ghostless (Coffeenauts) 56:48 Caitlin: World of Warcraft Forever (Blizzard) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's all dogs and blood this week, as Lyca and Blood Dungeon form the synthesis of Laika: Aged Through Blood. Also, mediocre Fire Emblem is still a great time. What We're Playing 01:04 Caitlin: Lyca (Syphono4, 2025) 11:31 Mark: Blood Dungeon (Messhof, 2026) 22:53 GOOF: Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (GC, Intelligent Systems, 2005) How to tell apart all 596 Fire Emblem characters | Unraveled: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMVjPDqrkyg 41:04 Feature Game: Laika: Aged Through Blood (Brainwash Gang, 2023) SHOUT 1:01:40 Caitlin: Valheim 1.0 (Iron Gate AB) 1:02:26 Mark: Infinity: Hexadome tactics (Blindspot Games) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Not a whole lot of story going on in these games--Shadow Dancer is basically Ninja Magic and Dog, where Sektori is endless shapes. What We're Playing 01:02 Mark: Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes (Alt Shift, 2026) 13:23 Caitlin: Everything is Crab (Odd Dreams Digital, 2026) 21:10 GOOF: Shadow Dancer (Genesis, Sega, 1989) 39:06 Feature Game: Sektori (Kimmo Lahtinen, 2025) SHOUT 56:11 Mark: NOIR BLOOM (HONKI Games) 57:19 Caitlin: The Legend of California (Kintsugiyama) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

All animals all the time! Super Monkey Ball 2 makes about as much sense as Beast of Reincarnation, which is kind of terrifying. What We're Playing 01:06 Mark: The Messenger (Sabotage Studio, 2018) 10:08 Caitlin: Big Walk (House House, 2026) 17:48 GOOF: Super Monkey Ball 2 (GC, Amusement Vision, 2002) 32:35 Feature Game: Beast of Reincarnation (Game Freak, 2026) SHOUT 54:04 Mark: Precinct IX (ZataForge Studio) 55:57 Bronwyn: Cat Me If You Can (Cosmic Stag Games) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A generic space shooter called Blazing Lazers and a unique historical RPG called The Thaumaturge briefly interrupt Caitlin's catching of them all. What We're Playing 01:05 Caitlin: Pokémon Pokopia Expansion Pass Part One: Bubbly Basin (Game Freak, 2026) 08:04 Mark: LUNARK (Canari Games, 2025) 19:34 GOOF: Blazing Lazers (TG-16, Compile, 1989) 32:35 Feature Game: The Thaumaturge (Fool's Theory, 2024) SHOUT 56:24 Caitlin: Forever Ago (Third Shift) 57:38 Mark: The Scramble Vice (Studio PICO & ESQUADRA) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We take a hard turn away from small, cute things (Patapon & Pokémon) to talk about GROSS TEENAGERS in Mixtape. What We're Playing 01:10 Caitlin: Pokémon Legends: ZA (Game Freak, 2025) 13:54 Mark: Screamer (Milestone S.r.l., 2026) 26:26 GOOF: Patapon (PSP, Pyramid, 2007) 37:38 Feature Game: Mixtape (Beethoven & Dinosaur, 2026) SHOUT 1:04:33 Caitlin: Pokopia Expansion Pass (Game Freak) 1:05:58 Mark: Neo Geo AES+ (Plaion & SNK) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tech Romancer passes its charisma check but flubs its dexterity check, and Esoteric Ebb wants you to make some death saves (just in case). What We're Playing 02:05 Mark: Death of a Wish (Melessthanthree, 2024) 13:26 Caitlin: Palworld (Pocketpair, 2026), and being boring 16:29 GOOF: Tech Romancer (DC, Capcom, 1998) 37:25 Feature Game: Cabernet (Party for Introverts, 2025) SHOUT 1:06:16 Mark: Appulse (Le Rado) 1:07:45 Caitlin: Shine On, My Little Sun (Forpixie Studio) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We bring on the stupid this week, with arcade typing game (?!?) The Typing of the Dead and the train trick-based racing/post-apocalyptic tourism game (?!?) Denshattack! What We're Playing 03:44 Caitlin: Scarlet Deer Inn (Attu, 2026) 09:51 Mark: Max Savage (Tim Rachnor, 2026) 24:05 GOOF: The Typing of the Dead (Arcade/Dreamcast, WOW Entertainment, 1999) 36:26 Feature Game: Denshattack! (Undercoders, 2026) SHOUT 53:05 Caitlin: Away Team (Klei Entertainment) 54:37 Mark: Truxton Extreme (Tatsujin) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everyone knows that the only two real genres are mechs and vampires, and we explore both this week with Drill Dozer and Cabernet. What We're Playing 00:56 Mark: Galak-Z: The Dimensional (17bit, 2015) 11:18 Caitln: Palworld (Pocketpair, 2026) 23:03 GOOF: Drill Dozer (GBA, Game Freak, 2005) 38:10 Feature Game: Cabernet (Party for Introverts, 2025) SHOUT 1:01:13 Mark: Fatekeeper (Paraglacial) 1:02:55 Caitlin: Capy Castaway (Kitten Cup Studios) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mark manages to stop talking about Guilty Gear long enough for the pair to discuss Replaced. What We're Playing 01:05 Caitln: Palworld (Pocketpair, 2026) 15:49 Mark: Rogue Flight (Truant Pixel, 2024) 23:03 GOOF: Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus (PS2, Arc System Works, 2009) 42:16 Feature Game: Replaced (Sad Cat Studios, 2026) SHOUT 1:13:27 Caitlin: Every Wednesday (Pixel Chest Storyworks) 1:17:22 Mark: Wild Blue Skies (Chuhei Labs & VITEI BACKROOM) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Flawed genius is the accidental theme of this week, with the delightful gibberish of LocoRoco and the incomprehensible strategy of Star Renegades. What We're Playing 01:00 Mark: Code RAPID (HitBreak) 15:27 Caitlin: The Séance of Blake Manor (Spooky Doorway, 2025) 25:14 GOOF: LocoRoco (PSP, Japan Studio, 2006) 42:16 Feature Game: Star Renegades (Massive Damage, 2020) SHOUT 1:12:52 Mark: Beitong Pangu 1:15:03 Caitlin: Valheim 1.0 (Iron Gate AB) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Note: even though we are discussing "Rise of the Sinistrals" and "Deathloop" we are not entering a goth phase. What We're Playing 01:07 Caitlin: Ravenswatch (Passtech Games, 2023) 05:52 Caitlin: Final Fantasy IX (Square, 2000) 13:58 Mark: Minishoot' Adventures (SoulGame Studio, 2024) 21:59 GOOF: Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistals (SNES, Neverland, 1996) 38:22 Feature Game: Deathloop (Arkane Lyon, 2021) SHOUT 1:01:17 Caitlin: Fields of Mistria (NPC Studio) 1:02:00 Mark: The Takeover 2 (Pelikan13) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WE ARE BACK and thirstier than ever! We debate issues of male beauty across Half-Minute Hero and Final Fantasy XVI--the former showing JRPGs distilled to their essence, the latter showing JRPGs evolved past recognition. What We're Playing 01:28 Mark: Sakura Wars--Saturn (Sega S2 R&D, 1996) 16:45 Caitlin: Abiotic Factor (Deep Field Games, 2025) 28:06 GOOF: Half-Minute Hero (Opus, 2009) 40:47 Feature Game: Artis Impact (Square Enix Creative Business Unit III, 2023) SHOUT 1:03:06 Mark: Virtua Fighter Crossroads (RGG Studio) 1:04:24 Caitlin: God of War Laufey (Santa Monica Studio) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices