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Randy goes looking for trouble (but, more importantly, spare batteries) in ARC Raiders. Meanwhile, D.J. jumps back into the wild world of the Party Finder in Final Fantasy XIV's latest raid tier. Also: Playing Dragon Quest VII, yet again. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (7:00) - Final Fantasy XIV (26:15) - ARC Raiders (48:06) - Dragon Quest VII Reimagined (1:14:16) - Outro

Take a listen to some of our favorite game music tracks from 2025!

We take a look back at our favorite games of 2025 and wonder just what we were thinking. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (3:26) - Monster Hunter Wilds (12:38) - Mario Kart World (21:03) - Death Stranding 2 (28:04) - Donkey Kong Bananza (35:54) - Promise Mascot Agency (42:54) - Strange Antiquities (50:17) - Herdling (55:52) - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (1:07:00) - Silent Hill f (1:15:20) - CloverPit (1:29:11) - Outro

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D.J. reemerges after being trapped in virtual reality for a year to warn people about the dangers of Gran Turismo. Meanwhile, Randy plays 5,273,319,386,471,438 Boggle roguelites. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Online multiplayer (16:55) - Stream announcement: Peak (19:49) - Drunktacular hype (22:34) - PlayStation VR2 (30:40) - Gran Turismo 7 (43:12) - Arken Age (52:04) - No Man's Sky (1:05:48) - Beyond Words (1:09:36) - Word Play/Birdigo (1:20:13) - Outro

Important disclaimer: There is actually nothing cool about cigarettes. We made it through another Extra Life marathon! Hear all about the games we played, including Keeper, Easy Delivery Co., Save Room, Chilla's Art: The Bathhouse, and more! Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Extra Life recap (12:05) - Drunktacular 2025 hype (18:11) - Slay the Spire (24:02) - Cloverpit (34:01) - YEAH! YOU WANT "THOSE GAMES" 2 (42:21) - Keeper (48:25) - Easy Delivery Co. (1:01:41) - Save Room (1:09:32) - Chilla's Art: The Bathhouse (1:17:42) - Outro/Game Night: Mario Kart World

D.J. takes a spooky trip to, confusingly, somewhere besides Silent Hill in Silent Hill f. Meanwhile, Randy shoots lasers in every direction in Ball x Pit. Also: Walking down the most interesting hallway in the world in The Exit 8. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (2:17) - Stream announcement: The Past Within (5:01) - Extra Life hype (12:55) - Silent Hill f (43:24) - Ball x Pit (1:05:16) - The Exit 8 (1:17:16) - Outro

Randy locks himself in a cell with the latest Balatrolike, CloverPit. Meanwhile, D.J. takes a spooky trip back to a more polygonal time in Heartworm. Also: Covering up crimes underwater (and occasionally being eaten) in Murky Divers. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro (5:54) - Stream announcement/Extra Life hype (12:06) - Murky Divers (29:24) - CloverPit (52:15) - Heartworm (1:04:56) - Outro

Randy and D.J. adjust to their new, somewhat blockier existence in LEGO Voyagers. Randy finds himself in charge of another mysterious shop in Strange Antiquities. D.J. logs into the fake MMO Fellowship after finally paving over the rest of Australia. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Arctic Awakening (2:31) - Stream announcement: Murky Divers (6:55) - Extra Life 2025 (13:23) - Death Stranding 2 (29:04) - LEGO Voyagers (43:58) - Strange Antiquities (58:13) - Fellowship (1:15:46) - Outro

Randy finds himself on another disastrous plane flight in Arctic Awakening, but eventually escapes to the shifting pages of The Plucky Squire. Meanwhile, D.J. heads into the desert with his sword-surfboard thing in Sword of the Sea. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/We did not play Silksong (3:39) - Stream announcement: LEGO Voyagers (9:34) - We did not play Borderlands 4 (16:11) - Arctic Awakening (31:17) - Sword of the Sea (50:07) - The Plucky Squire (1:07:19) - Outro

The Backlog Attack concludes (mostly) with Randy carrying out his directives in Robocop: Rogue City and D.J. reaping what he sowed in Bioware's beloved Anthem. Also: Return of the bug people. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Silksong (13:49) - Stream announcement: Mario Kart World (18:08) - Backlog Attack update (25:40) - Anthem (47:08) - Robocop: Rogue City (1:15:26) - Outro

Randy and D.J. step outside their respective gaming comfort zones with Hades's roguelike arena action and Banjo-Kazooie's jiggy/mumbo/wiggy/wobbly/wooper-collecting. Also: When Mario Kart becomes work. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Mario Kart World (15:18) - Stream announcement: Anthem (20:47) - Banjo-Kazooie (51:03) - Hades (1:12:03) - Outro

This summer's Backlog Attack kicks off with some breezy dogfighting in Air Combat 22, followed by putting Super Mario Sunshine on trial for its various crimes. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Stream announcement (5:24) - Backlog Attack! (23:42) - Air Combat 22 (43:06) - Super Mario Sunshine (1:09:03) - Outro

Randy searches for buried treasure (actually is banana) in Donkey Kong Bananza, D.J. continues to ignore whatever's going on in Death Stranding 2. Also: Falling off a mountain in Peak, and a mysterious new way to play solitaire in Occlude. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Stream announcement (4:40) - Peak (29:37) - Death Stranding 2 (40:38) - Donkey Kong Bananza (1:05:51) - Occlude (1:18:30) - Outro

D.J. takes his delivery business to a whole other country in Death Stranding 2. Meanwhile, Randy rearranges the landscape in Ruffy and the Riverside. Also: The latest scandals from the world of Mario Kart. Episode Timeline (0:00) - Intro/Mario Kart World (14:51) - Stream announcement: Peak (17:34) - GameCube wishlist (27:43) - Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (59:56) - Ruffy and the Riverside (1:14:04) - Outro