The SML Podcast

News and reviews are coming up and nothing on the show has to do with my MYEOW image, but it was funny and I wanted to use it, so deal with it. Psimon thanks you. The show kicks off with Jacob Garner, Bri Galgano, Grant “Stemage” Henry, and Aki all on hand to chat about the latest and craziest in the Foolish Day that was April 1st. Funny stuff, weird stuff, and a bunch of news including the PS price increases and the PS Plus Monthly game lineup for April! We also cover NBA 2K joining Game Pass and some titles leaving the service, Crimson Desert selling more copies, and plenty of Movie Watch news! Plus reviews! 0:00 – Intro/News 42:42 – Screamer – Milestone (Grant) 54:25 – Dragonkin: The Banished – EKO Software, Nacon (Aki) 1:05:53 – Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection – CAPCOM (Jacob) 1:14:41 – NubiaPhobia – Tonguç Bodur, Sometimes You (Bri) 1:20:51 – Arcade Archives 2 FINAL LAP – HAMSTER Corporation (Jacob) 1:27:16 – PREVIEW: Cat Me If You Can – Cosmic Stag Games (Bri) 1:33:16 – PREVIEW: Escape the Baby Alarm – Julie Normann Bjørnskov (Bri) 1:37:24 – SML AFTER DARK – Timestamps: Unconditional Love & Timestamps: Lost Love – Motkeyz Games (Aki) The show ends with Aki’s favorite version of the Chocobo theme from Nobuo moflippin Uematsu! 1:54:05 – Nobuo Uematsu & Shootie HG – Crazy Chocobo REBIRTH (Final Fantasy VII Rebirth) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1wGrthJ_Ao https://milestone.it/ http://www.ekosystem.com/ https://www.nacongaming.com/ https://www.capcom.com/ https://tongucbodur.com/ https://www.sometimesyou.com/ https://www.hamster.co.jp/ https://cosmicstag.com/ https://xn--juliebjrnskov-hnb.dk/ https://motkeyzgames.com/ https://teamuematsu.github.io/ https://piped.video/@uematsu_nobuo_tv https://ocremix.org/ https://www.dwellingofduels.net/ https://baddudes.bandcamp.com/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer

Andrew Smith of Spilt Milk Studios joins this episode to chat about Trash Goblin, so let’s get going! The show kicks off with Aki on hand to welcome Andrew Smith, CEO and Creative Director at Spilt Milk Studios, the developers of the cozy trash picking and selling sim Trash Goblin! We chat about the origins of the game, the characters in the game, development processes, and more! Bri Galgano hops in halfway through (time changes. long story.) and we ride this out for a full hour of awesome chat about a really fun, chill game that I should be playing right now! Plus a reviews segment with Pernell Vaughan, Tim Ekkebus, and Horror Acolyte joining alongside Aki! 0:00 – Intro/Trash Goblin 1:02:07 – Intermission/Banter 1:11:01 – Super Meat Boy 3D – Sluggerfly, Team Meat, Headup (Tim & Pernell) 1:26:44 – Darwin’s Paradox – ZDT Studio, KONAMI (Aki) 1:37:21 – Ariana and the Elder Codex – Idea Factory, Compile Heart, Hyde, IFI (Pernell) 1:48:52 – NO-SKIN – NoEye-Soft, Feardemic (Horror Acolyte) 2:01:33 – Ink Inside – Blackfield Entertainment, Entalto Publishing (Pernell) 2:14:11 – Hozy – Come On Studio, tinyBuild (Aki) 2:19:23 – Living Dead House – Deprecated Games, Flynns Arcade (Pernell) 2:24:07 – PREVIEW: Descent of Lunaris – Unison Games (Pernell) The show ends with some Ghosts n’ Goblins goodness from Viking Guitar Live! 2:32:22 – Viking Guitar Live – Surfside Graveyard (Ghosts ‘n Goblins) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcxlpzG3ITU https://www.spiltmilkstudios.com/ https://www.trashgoblingame.com/ https://www.supermeatboy.com/ https://www.sluggerfly.com/ https://www.headupgames.com/ https://zedrimetim.com/ https://www.konami.com/ https://www.ideaf.co.jp/ https://www.compileheart.com/ https://www.hyde.co.jp/ https://ifi.games/ https://noeye-soft.itch.io/ https://www.feardemic-games.com/ https://www.blackfieldentertainment.com/ https://entaltostudios.com/ https://bsky.app/profile/hozygame.bsky.social https://www.tinybuild.com/ https://deprecatedgames.itch.io/ http://flynnsarcades.com/ https://www.unison-games.com/ https://vikingguitar.bandcamp.com/ https://ocremix.org/ https://www.dwellingofduels.net/ https://baddudes.bandcamp.com/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer

Back to the grind as we tackle the latest Xbox Partner Preview and more, so let’s go! The show kicks off with Bri Galgano and Aki on hand to chat about the Partner Preview event since Jacob Garner is sick and won’t be around until the second half of the show. We cover all the new reveals like Hunter The Reckoning -Deathwish- and Artificial Detective to a bunch of long awaited Xbox ports like HADES II, Dispatch, and Wuthering Waves, with a bunch more in between. We also chat Epic layoffs, an AC Unity fix, and in the second half of the show when Jacob shows up, we mention the latest PS5 price increases! EVERYTHING IS MORE EXPENSIVE! YAY! Plus reviews! 0:00 – Intro/News 38:02 – Homura Hime – Crimson Dusk, PLAYISM (Aki) 45:34 – Trash Goblin – Spilt Milk Studios (Aki & Bri) 52:28 – Realpolitiks II – Jujubee, Ultimate Games (Bri) 1:00:58 – Bonnie Bear Saves Frogtime – Bonte Avond, offbrand games (Aki) 1:09:32 – File Destined – Metavision Studio, Dolores Entertainment (Bri) 1:15:42 – Salvage Shop Simulator – GameFormatic, PlayWay (Aki) 1:23:45 – Jacob Swaps In 1:34:11 – Thomas & Friends: Wonders of Sodor – Dovetail Games (Jacob) 1:46:55 – Arcade Archives 2 DEVASTATORS – HAMSTER Corporation (Jacob) 1:53:49 – Royal Revolt Survivors – Team Warriors, Headup (Jacob) 1:58:50 – Devil Jam – Rogueside (Jacob) 2:04:53 – First Time in Rome Collector’s Edition – BoomZAP, Ocean Media (Jacob) The show ends with a request from Jacob since we covered a Thomas the Tank game. Good call. 2:14:20 – “JMD” – Thomas the Tank vs. Notorious B.I.G. DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVsSrHiKBtY https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063788542277 https://playism.com/ https://www.spiltmilkstudios.com/ https://jujubee.pl/ https://ultimate-games.com/ https://www.bonte-avond.com/ https://offbrand.gg/ https://doloresentertainment.com/ https://gameformatic.com/ https://playway.com/ https://dovetailgames.com/ https://www.hamster.co.jp/ https://www.team-warriors.com/ https://headupgames.com/ https://rogueside.com/ https://boomzap.com/ https://oceanmedia.hr/ https://ocremix.org/ https://www.dwellingofduels.net/ https://baddudes.bandcamp.com/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer

I am officially now 45 years old and we celebrate by having a few friends on to hang out! The show kicks off with Bri Galgano and Aki on hand to welcome a plethora of guests to the show tonight including Big Adam Chase, Ian “Doc Havok” Griffin, and Pernell Vaughan pops in when he learns that our very special guest for the night was none other than Brooke Poole making her long awaited return to SML to hang out and chat! It’s a bunch of hanging out and news talk including Game Pass additions, NVIDIA DLSS 5 controversy, Ball Squad news, sales numbers, and Starfield shocking the world with a super secret Starfield PS5 announcement nobody would have ever guessed was coming. Plus reviews including a Disney heavy Jacob Garner segment! 0:00 – Intro/Hangout Time 35:55 – News 1:08:40 – iRacing Arcade – Original Fire Games, iRacing (Adam) 1:21:53 – John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando – Saber Interactive, Focus Entertainment (Aki) 1:37:15 – Adventurous Slime – lightUP, Ratalaika Games (Bri) 1:42:17 – Speed Dates – Icarus Interactive Entertainment, Dolores Entertainment 1:48:29 – Jacob Segment 2:03:07 – RollCats – Hoglet Interactive (Jacob) 2:12:03 – Grind Survivors – Pushka Studios, Assemble Entertainment (Jacob) 2:19:08 – A Winding Path – Three Eyed Games, Flynn’s Arcade (Jacob) 2:24:19 – Lots of Things Collector’s Edition – AVI Games, Ocean Media (Jacob) 2:28:30 – Motorhome: Traveling America Collector’s Edition – AVI Games, Ocean Media (Jacob) 2:34:50 – Manairons – JanduSoft, 3Cat (Jacob) 2:40:33 – BOULDER DASH 40th Anniversary – BBG Entertainment (Jacob) The show ends with The Legendary Theme from Gitaroo Man as performed by The OneUps! This was the first dance at my wedding, ya know. March 16th marked 18 years with my wife. Happy anniversary baby! 2:48:00 – The OneUps – The Legendary Theme (Gitaroo Man) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGvuI4Ub9r0 https://www.originalfiregames.com/ https://www.iracing.com/ https://saber.games/ https://www.focus-entmt.com/ http://www.youtube.com/@julianoferreiradelima https://www.ratalaikagames.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@IcarusInteractiveEntertainment https://doloresentertainment.com/ https://www.hoglet.eu https://www.pushkastudios.com/ https://www.assembleteam.com https://three-eyed-games.itch.io/ https://www.flynnsarcades.com/ https://www.avigames.org/ https://oceanmedia.hr/ https://www.jandusoft.com/ https://bbg-entertainment.com/ https://theoneups.com/ https://ocremix.org/ https://www.dwellingofduels.net/ https://baddudes.bandcamp.com/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer

The wonderful David Ventura of Ichigoichie joins the show once again to chat about his newest project Tactichord! The show kicks off with a wonderful birthday intro from George Nowik before we get into things (eventually) with Pernell Vaughan and Aki welcoming David Ventura of Ichigoichie back to the show, with a Chris Taylor joining a little bit in! We chat about David’s newest project Tactichord: Glam Strategy, differences between this more tactical game compared to Backbeat’s more puzzle like approach, the music inspirations and performers involved, and tons more! Always a pleasure when David joins the show and you can get in the Tactichord playtest for a few more days right now! Plus reviews! 0:00 – Various Intros 3:05 – Actual Show Start 1:01:39 – Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly REMAKE – KOEI TECMO GAMES (Aki) 1:17:22 – Calamity Angels: Special Delivery – Idea Factory, Compile Heart, IFI (Pernell) 1:30:39 – Fortuna Magus – WorldWideSoftware, KEMCO (Chris) 1:41:41 – Assassin’s Creed Unity 60FPS Update – UBISOFT (Aki) 1:46:58 – Chickenauts – SneakyBox, Kautki Cave, Untold Tales (Pernell) The show ends with a track from The OneUps covering Paperboy since Pernell talked about packages so much tonight. 1:56:09 – The OneUps – Paperboy DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDArGFxdwjQ https://bsky.app/profile/gamedeventura.bsky.social https://ichigoichie.games/en/ https://tactichord.com/ https://www.koeitecmoamerica.com/ https://www.ideaf.co.jp/ https://www.compileheart.com/ https://ifi.games/ https://www.kemco-games.com/ https://www.ubisoft.com/ https://kautkicave.com/ https://sneakybox.biz/ https://untoldtales.games/ https://theoneups.com/ https://ocremix.org/ https://www.dwellingofduels.net/ https://baddudes.bandcamp.com/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer

News and a patch of reviews are on the docket for this episode, so let’s get this baby rolling! The show kicks off with Bri Galgano and Aki on hand to chat about how thangs are going and where Jacob Garner is because he’s going to be like 20 minutes late again. Then we cover tons of news like the Project Helix talk from GDC, rumors of some form of backward compatibility program returning but in ways we don’t know of, the PS Plus Game Catalog update for March, Ball Squad news, and tons more! Plus Jacob shows up to repeat half of what we said before diving into reviews! 0:00 – Intro/News 34:31 – GreedFall: The Dying World – Spiders, Nacon (Aki) 49:09 – City Hunter – SUNSOFT, Red Art Games, Clouded Leopard Entertainment (Jacob) 54:32 – Mirage 7 – Drakkar Dev, Blowfish Studios (Jacob) 1:00:43 – Unsealed: The Mare – Gamhalla, Perp Games (Bri) 1:07:04 – Arcade Archives 2 RAVE RACER – HAMSTER (Jacob) 1:11:47 – Arcade Archives 2 PLUMP POP – HAMSTER (Jacob) 1:18:22 – Order 13 – Cybernetic Walrus, JanduSoft (Bri) 1:26:21 – Vampire Therapist – Little Bat Games, Ultimate Games (Jacob & Bri) 1:33:39 – Hidden Cats in Spooky Village – Nukearts Studio, Silesia Games (Bri) 1:38:08 – Teeny Tiny Town – Short Circuit Studio, Ocean Media (Bri & Jacob) 1:42:50 – Chronicles of Albian 3: The Vanishing Village – Suricate Software, Ocean Media (Jacob & Bri) The show ends with a track from the always lovely Grant “Stemage” Henry! 1:51:43 – Stemage – Phendrana Drifts (Metroid Prime) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsVYbU8ryKQ https://www.spiders-games.com/ https://www.nacongaming.com/ https://www.sun-denshi.co.jp/soft/en/ https://www.redartgames.com/ https://www.cloudedleopardent.com/ https://www.drakkardev.com/ https://www.blowfishstudios.com/ https://www.gamhalla.com/ https://perpgames.com/ https://www.hamster.co.jp/ https://www.cyberneticwalrus.com/ https://www.jandusoft.com/ https://littlebat.games/ https://ultimate-games.com/ https://nukearts.com.br/ https://silesiagames.com/ https://www.shortcircuitstudio.com/ http://www.suricate-software.com/ https://www.stemagemusic.com/ https://ocremix.org/ https://www.dwellingofduels.net/ https://baddudes.bandcamp.com/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer

This episode we welcome Ryan Chodera, creator of the independent XboxGamePreservation.com backward compatibility fan vote site. The show kicks off with Aki on hand to welcome Ryan Chodera to the show to chat all about his XGP website! We chat about what led to the creation of the site, whether we believe Microsoft’s claims that they “exhausted the limits of what they could do” in the program (I don’t and never will), the comments and feedback he’s gotten on the site, if he’s heard from anybody at Xbox about the program, and tons more. Plus Pernell Vaughan pops on for a pack of reviews! 0:00 – Intro/Xbox Game Preservation 1:12:56 – Gear.Club Unlimited 3 – Eden Games, Nacon (Pernell) 1:22:08 – The Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered – Crystal Dynamics, PlayEveryWare (Aki) 1:31:39 – Demon Tides – Fabraz (Pernell) 1:41:45 – Manairons – JanduSoft, 3Cat (Aki) 1:50:51 – Insider Trading – Naiive (Pernell) The show ends with a Halo 5 remix from DusK off of OCRemix! 2:00:27 – DusK – The Eye of Osiris (Halo 5) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQw1TT13g98 https://www.xboxgamepreservation.com/ https://www.edengames.com/ https://www.nacongaming.com/ https://www.crystaldynamics.com/ https://www.playeveryware.com/ https://www.fabraz.com/ https://www.jandusoft.com/ https://www.3cat.cat/ https://www.naiivegames.com/ https://ocremix.org/artist/11774/dusk https://www.dustinbmusic.com/ https://ocremix.org/ https://www.dwellingofduels.net/ https://baddudes.bandcamp.com/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer

I have the flu, skipped the Tuesday show, was GOING to skip this one, decided to do a quickie. Turns out when I’m sick we do normal sized shows… The show kicks off with Bri Galgano and Aki on hand to celebrate the fact that Ashley gave me the flu and I feel like trash. So let’s get to news. Xbox’s new console Codename Helix was officially announced as happening, new additions and departures to Xbox Game Pass, Pokémon news, NSO updates, and the glorious flameout that was HighGuard. Plus reviews! 0:00 – Intro/News 17:38 – Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties – RGG Studio, SEGA (Aki) 27:32 – No Sleep for Kaname Date (From AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES) – Spike Chunsoft (Aki) 33:43 – Planet of Lana II – Wishfully, Thunderful (Bri & Aki) 43:46 – Corner Kitchen Fast Food Simulator – Purple Head Games, Ultimate Games (Aki) 52:00 – Sumerian Six – Artificer, Crunching Koalas, Devolver Digital (Aki) The show ends with a track from Joshua Morse from the Bound Together project about going to the hospital! 1:01:26 – Joshua Morse – Medical Insurance (EarthBound) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNItoEwn3bs https://rggstudio.sega.com/ https://www.sega.com/ https://www.spike-chunsoft.com/ https://www.planetoflana.com/ https://thunderfulgames.com/ https://ultimate-games.com/ https://www.artificer.com/ https://crunchingkoalas.com/ https://www.devolverdigital.com/ https://jmflava.com/ https://joecam.net/boundtogether/ https://ocremix.org/ https://www.dwellingofduels.net/ https://baddudes.bandcamp.com/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer

We’ve got two of the team behind Rightfully, Beary Arms from Daylight Basement Studio joining the show, so let’s start! The show kicks off with Jacob Garner & Bri Galgano on hand to welcome Christopher Bischke and Garrett Rose of Daylight Basement Studio to the show to chat all about their game Rightfully, Beary Arms a bullet hell, space roguelite with an adorable bear named Beary. We discuss the crew behind the game, future plans for the game and the studio, that graphical filter, Petunia stinking up my room, and whether we’ll see Beary on more platforms in the future! After Chris and Garrett head out, it’s news of the week with Bri and Aki jumping in while Jacob jumps out (yay recording schedule shakeups!). We discuss the latest PlayStation Plus monthly games for March, Wolverine getting a release date while KONAMI teams with MARVEL for a new arcade and retro compilation, Pokémon Leaf Green and Fire Red getting re-released, Red Octane’s first look at Stage Tour, and the impending closures of King of Meat and Warface Clutch. Plus reviews and a second news segment with Jacob where he discusses Disney Dreamlight news! 0:00 – Intro/Beary Good Interview 1:10:05 – News 1:36:22 – Hunt the Night – Moonlight Games, DANGEN Entertainment (Bri) 1:46:24 – Sands of Aura – Chashu Entertainment, indie.io (Aki) 1:56:00 – Captain Puff MacFly – MVCAO Studios (Bri) 2:04:22 – One Button Games 5-in-1 Vol. 4 – ABA Games, Xitilon (Bri & Aki) 2:13:15 – Jacob Segment 2:18:54 – Arcade Archives 2 Adventure Canoe – HAMSTER Corporation (Jacob) 2:25:55 – NBA Bounce GOAT: The Movie DLC – Unfinished Pixel, Outright Games (Jacob) The show ends with some NBA Jam music from the wonderful Kunal Majmudar featuring Mustin & Steve Lella off of the Bad Dudes project Jingle All the Way! 2:35:23 – Kunal Majmudar – From Downtown (feat. Mustin & Steve Lella) (NBA Jam) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nvCnXvJTaY https://daylightbasementstudio.com/ https://www.garrettrose.com/ https://huntthenight.com/ https://dangenentertainment.com/ http://www.chashuentertainment.com/ https://www.indie.io/ https://mvcaostudios.com/ https://xitilonic.art/ https://www.hamster.co.jp/ https://www.unfinishedpixel.com/ https://outrightgames.com/ https://www.pixeltonemusic.com/ https://baddudes.bandcamp.com/ https://ocremix.org/ https://www.dwellingofduels.net/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer

No interview this episode (next one) but we’ve got a bunch of friends swinging by to chime in on some games, so let’s go! The show kicks off with Aki, Bri Galgano, Tim Ekkebus, and Andy Sperry on hand to hang out and chat about a wide variety of topics including once again covering the latest shakeups in the leadership at Xbox. We give more of our highly qualified and meant-to-be-taken-seriously opinions regarding the subject including how much I REALLY want to see them bring the damn Backwards Compatibility program back. Come on. We know some of those Activision games can go up! Plus reviews including Pernell Vaughan and Horror Acolyte both popping in through the night! 0:00 – Intro/Banter 39:04 – NIOH 3 – KOEI TECMO GAMES (Andy) 56:35 – Rayman: 30th Anniversary Edition – Digital Eclipse, UBISOFT (Tim) 1:10:08 – Styx: Blades of Greed – Cyanide Studio, Nacon (Aki) 1:29:05 – High on Life 2 – Squanch Games (Aki/Bri/Pernell) 1:44:57 – Aquamarine: Explorer’s Edition – Moebial Studios, Dolores Entertainment (Bri) 1:53:13 – ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard – Pixel Maniacs, PM Studios (Aki) 2:00:29 – Under the Island – Slime King Games, Top Hat Studios (Pernell) 2:14:16 – Mortanis Prisoners – Honor Games, Axyos Games (Aki) The show ends with a track from Blaster Master from Dan “Prozax” Orosz by request of Pernell! 2:25:32 – Prozax – Rocket (Blaster Master) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4dFn03dQXE https://www.koeitecmoamerica.com/ https://www.digitaleclipse.com/ https://www.ubisoft.com/ https://cyanide-studio.com/ https://www.nacongaming.com/ https://squanchgames.com/ https://linktr.ee/aquamarinegame https://doloresentertainment.com/ https://pixel-maniacs.com/ https://www.pm-studios.com/ https://slimekinggames.com/ https://tophat.studio/ https://honor.games/ https://axyosgames.com/en/ https://ocremix.org/artist/4429/prozax https://ocremix.org/ https://www.dwellingofduels.net/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer

What started as a simple Mazedude interview episode evolved into a Monstrous news packed episode of weirdness. Let’s go! The show kicks off with Bri Galgano, Aki, and a Grant “Stemage” Henry substituting for Jacob Garner as we welcome Christopher “Mazedude” Getman to the show to chat about his brand musical project Words and Verses: Foundation! We chat about the origins and inspirations behind the project, how he feels being in a world where religion and faith are hot button issues, and best of all, George “norg” Nowik showed up to surprise us all so there were some super in depth musical discussions between him, Mazedude, and Grant! After a while, it’s time to tackle the news of the week as Mazedude slides back into a listener position for the majority of the rest of the show. We cover the huge news about Sony shutting down Bluepoint Studios, the latest Xbox Game Pass and PS Plus Game Catalog updates, and tons more before we dive into some reviews! Then it gets weird as we come back with Jacob Garner’s review segment with some shocking surprise breaking news: Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond have departed Xbox. What an insane few days of news and we didn’t even mention Pokémon’s releases next week… Then more reviews! Hooray for timestamps! 0:00 – Intro/Mazedude Interview 1:04:04 – News 1:50:00 – Pinball FX: Bethesda Pinball – Zen Studios (Grant & Bri) 2:08:02 – Sovereign Syndicate – Crimson Herring Studios, Zugalu North (Bri) 2:20:38 – CiniCross – Hydrobates (Grant & Aki) 2:33:17 – The Stairwell – Hidden Palace, Take IT Studio! (Aki & Bri) 2:42:24 – Jacob Joins/Xbox News Segment 2:53:44 – Soulslinger: Envoy of Death – Elder Games, Headup (Jacob) 2:59:26 – Clue: Murder By Death – Cocodrolo Games, Dolores Entertainment (Jacob) 3:06:34 – PopSlinger Vol. 2: Loveless – Funky Can Creative, Ocean Media (Jacob) 3:13:04 – Enchantment 2 Sun’s Tear – Seven Sails, Ocean Media (Jacob & Bri) 3:18:37 – New Yankee: Through the History Mirror – Seven Sails, Ocean Media (Jacob & Aki) 3:21:40 – Queen’s Garden: French Splendor – Seven Sails, Ocean Media (Jacob & Bri) 3:27:51 – Arcade Archives 2 TOP SPEED – HAMSTER Corp. (Jacob) 3:32:51 – Arcade Archives 2 MEGA ZONE – HAMSTER Corp. (Jacob) The show ends with a track from Christopher “Mazedude” Getman’s Words and Verses project! Grab it on bandcamp! 3:37:08 – Mazedude – Deuteronomy 28:2 (9-bit mix) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW1FqO4SoQc https://www.mazedude.com/ https://wordsandversesproject.com/ https://zenstudios.com/ https://www.crimsonherring.com/ https://zugalu.com/ https://bsky.app/profile/altego.itch.io https://hiddenpalace.net/ https://takeitstudio.com/ https://discord.com/invite/ubA6qGDbs4 https://www.headupgames.com/ https://www.cocodrologames.com/ https://doloresentertainment.com/ https://funkycancreative.carrd.co/ https://oceanmedia.hr/ https://www.sevensails.com.br/ https://www.hamster.co.jp/ https://mazedude.bandcamp.com/ https://www.stemagemusic.com/ https://georgenowik.com/ https://ocremix.org/ https://www.dwellingofduels.net/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer

We’ve got JRod Gingerich of Fresh Brewed Games on the show this week to chat about the physical games business, so let’s go! The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan and Aki on hand to welcome JRod Gingerich of Fresh Brewed Games to the show to chat about what it’s like being a startup boutique physical publisher in the industry these days. Between dealing with artwork and production materials to the ease of use and headache-free dealings with the ESRB to make everything a smooth and frictionless process. Oh wait, it’s not? Huh. Probably a more fun listen this way. Go check out their site for physicals of Speedollama and Project Tower on PS5! Plus a batch of reviews! 0:00 – Intro/Fresh Brewed Games 50:30 – Post Interview Banter While Pernell Does Laundry – 1:03:27 – BlazBlue Entropy Effect X – 91Act, Astrolabe Games (Pernell) 1:14:35 – Dead Pets: A Punk Rock Slice of Life Sim – Triple Topping, Akupara Games (Aki & Pernell) 1:23:00 – Front Mission 3: Remake – MegaPixel Studio, Forever Entertainment (Pernell) 1:34:45 – Crisol: Theater of Idols – Vermila Studios, Blumhouse Games (Aki) 1:45:32 – The Prisoning: Fletcher’s Quest – Elden Pixels, Acclaim (Pernell) 1:54:06 – SML AFTER DARK: Fetish Locator: S&M Studio – ViNovella Games (Aki) The show ends with some Gitaroo Man music since the ESRB tainted JRod’s work with re-ratings! 2:04:39 – Gitaroo Man – Tainted Lovers DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eud2VO0ssFU https://www.freshbrewedgames.store/ https://91act.com/ https://www.astrolabe-games.ca/ https://tripletopping.carrd.co/ https://www.akuparagames.com/ https://forever-entertainment.com/ https://vermila.com/ https://www.blumhouse.com/games https://eldenpixels.com/ https://playacclaim.com/ http://www.vinovella.com/ https://ocremix.org/ https://www.dwellingofduels.net/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer

Acclaimed musician, playwright, and developer Brent “brentalfloss” Black is back, so let’s use some words! The show kicks off with Jacob Garner, Bri Galgano, and Aki on hand to welcome Brent “brentalfloss” Black to the show to chat about his new game Use Your Words 2 alongside another friend and party game enthusiast Glenn “Glenn Case” Case! We chat about the history behind Use Your Words 2, the path to bringing it to console, how funny is made in the video game, plus Glenn asks some great questions about development! A super fun hour long chat! After Brent and Glenn head out, Lloyd Berry jumps in as time for news of the week including the latest PlayStation State of Play event! We’ve got a brand new KENA game from Ember Labs, the returns of Legacy of Kain and Dead or Alive, Rayman’s 30th Anniversary celebration, Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 2 being a real thing with Metal Gear Solid 4, and KONAMI going all out with new Castlevania and Silent Hill games as well as a brand new stylish RPG! Plus news from the others that I didn’t write down or remember and a few reviews!r23f4eywdhqt g 0:00 – Intro/BrentalGlenn 1:13:00 – News 1:57:26 – Super Bomberman Collection – RED ART GAMES, KONAMI (Jacob) 2:05:00 – Fighting Fantasy Classics Vol. 1 – Tin Man Games (Bri) 2:14:02 – Heart of the Forest – Trapped Predator, Wales Interactive (Bri & Jacob) 2:24:14 – Locked in My Darkness 2: The Room – Blusagi Team, indie.io (Aki) 2:29:40 – Speed Dates – Icarus Interactive Entertainment, Dolores Entertainment (Bri & Jacob) 2:37:19 – Centipede Gun – Mateusk2m, QUByte Interactive (Jacob) The show ends with a glorious ode to everybody’s favorite Cheeto painted anus by brentalfloss! 2:44:10 – brentalfloss – DT’s D DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG9l27nOdBY https://brentalfloss.com/ https://useyourwords.lol/ https://glenncase.bandcamp.com/ https://www.redartgames.com/ https://www.konami.com/ https://tinmangames.com.au/ https://www.trapped-predator.com/ https://www.walesinteractive.com/ https://bsky.app/profile/blusagiteam.bsky.social https://www.indie.io/ https://www.youtube.com/@IcarusInteractiveEntertainment https://doloresentertainment.com/ https://mateusk2m.itch.io/ https://www.qubyteinteractive.com/site/ https://brentalfloss.bandcamp.com/ https://ocremix.org/ https://www.dwellingofduels.net/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer

Eleven eleven! Wow we have a ton of episodes… Let’s go! The show kicks off with Bri Galgano, Grant Henry, and Aki all on hand to chat! Pernell isn’t here yet since he has board game night, so the rest of us just putz around and banter before going into a batch of reviews! That’s right, I’m already mentioning reviews. I’m not typing anything else here, just listen to the show! 0:00 – Intro/Banter 28:05 – Carmageddon: Rogue Shift – 34BigThings (Grant, Bri, Aki) 44:36 – PREVIEW: Black Zen White – 24m² Studio (Aki & Bri) 56:53 – Lovish – Matt Kap, LABS Works, DANGEN Entertainment (Pernell) 1:03:26 – RELOOTED – Nyamakop (Aki) 1:12:36 – Our Adventurer Guild – GreenGuy, Ultimate Games (Pernell) 1:26:28 – Chumini: Tiny Army – Guilloteam, Abiding Bridge (Pernell) The show ends with some heavy metal car music from The OneUps taking on Bowser’s Castle! 1:38:18 – The OneUps – Bowser’s Castle (Super Mario Kart) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9TAdk_W1sw https://playcarmageddon.com/ https://34bigthings.com/ https://bsky.app/profile/24m2studio.bsky.social http://www.mattkap.net/labs/ https://dangenentertainment.com/ https://nyamakop.co.za/ https://www.youtube.com/@greenguy3648 https://ultimate-games.com/ https://guilloteam.itch.io/ https://abidingbridge.com/ https://theoneups.com/ https://www.stemagemusic.com/ https://ocremix.org/ https://www.dwellingofduels.net/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer

The new year of SML kicks off strong with a Carmageddon interview alongside some friends! The show kicks off with Jacob Garner, Bri Galgano, Grant Henry, and Aki all on hand to welcome Guiseppe Franchi, co-founder of 34BigThings and lead designer of Carmageddon: Rogue Shift, to the show to chat all about the new entry in the long running Carmageddon franchise! We chat about the origins of the project, how they got the IP to do this project, lessons learned from previous games coming into this one, potential future plans for the game, and…pasta talk? Yeah, it’s not SML without some weirdness, right? After a quick break, Ryan Niemiller tags in for Grant and we move on with news of the week including the latest Nintendo Partner Direct and all the games that are releasing on all platforms except Xbox. Looking at you HAMSTER and Limited Run. We also cover the latest additions for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, two new Game Boy games hitting Nintendo Switch Online, and the fun news that Forza Horizon 6 will feature cross-save across all platforms! Plus reviews! 0:00 – Intro/Carmageddon Interview 1:03:35 – News 1:48:57 – Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass – Starseed Games, Electric Airship (Bri & Ryan) 2:06:22 – No Rest for the Wicked – Moon Studios (Aki) 2:10:15 – Tomb of the Bloodletter – Ethan’s Secretions, indie.io (Aki) 2:19:22 – Running Fable Petite Party – Seashell Studio (Jacob) 2:25:33 – Rightfully, Beary Arms – Daylight Basement Studio (Jacob) 2:29:44 – Arcade Archives 2 QUESTER – HAMSTER Corp. (Jacob) 2:35:57 – Hidden Cats in Christmas – Nukearts Studio, Silesia Games (Bri & Jacob) The show ends with more Stemage since he was on! It’s kind of what we do. 2:45:37 – Stemage – TerrorVision (feat. Claire Henry) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rG0_75Pv8s https://playcarmageddon.com/ https://34bigthings.com/ https://starseedgames.com/ https://electricairship.com/ https://moongamestudios.com/ https://bsky.app/profile/ethangoldreyer.bsky.social https://www.indie.io/ https://www.seashellstudio.mx/ https://daylightbasementstudio.com/ https://www.hamster.co.jp/ https://nukearts.com.br/ https://silesiagames.com/ https://www.cripplethreat.com/ https://www.stemagemusic.com/ https://ocremix.org/ https://www.dwellingofduels.net/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer

You only turn 13 once, and this is the episode where The SML Podcast hits 13 years old. My god what have I done with my life. After a brand new special theme song from The Arkadian, the show kicks off with Chris Taylor, Bri Galgano, Jacob Garner, Aki, Andy Sperry, and Ryan Niemiller all joining with Pernell Vaughan also jumping in a little bit later on! We chat about some of our favorite memories on the show, Ryan and Jacob flirt a lot, we discuss some of the worst reviews and experiences we had to go through, and maybe a little bit more. I spent the first 25 minutes trying to figure out why my audio was weird, so I was half paying attention to my own anniversary! Plus reviews! 0:00 – Intro/Anniversary Banter 56:21 – I Hate This Place – Rock Square Thunder, Broken Mirror Games, Feardemic (Pernell & Aki) 1:08:37 – Dragon Spira – EXE-CREATE, KEMCO (Chris) 1:28:35 – Look Mum No Computer – The Bitfather, Headup (Pernell) 1:36:09 – The Perfect Pencil – Studio Cima, Doyoyo Games (Aki) 1:46:15 – Tropicalia – Paulo Henrique Franqueira, Ratalaika Games (Pernell) 1:53:30 – Tearscape – NERDS TAKE OVER (Pernell) 2:00:20 – SML AFTER DARK: Lust Theory Season 3 – Inceton Games (Aki) The show ends with a favorite from The OneUps from Chrono Trigger! 2:08:51 – The OneUps – Schala’s Theme (Chrono Trigger) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w7W5Eq1ScI https://www.rocksquarethunder.com/ https://www.brokenmirrorgames.com/ https://www.feardemic-games.com/ https://www.exe-create.co.jp/ https://www.kemco-games.com/ http://www.thebitfather.com/ https://www.headupgames.com/ https://www.studiocimagames.com/ http://doyoyogames.com/ https://linktr.ee/tropicaliagame https://www.ratalaikagames.com/ https://tearscape.com/ https://linktr.ee/inceton https://theoneups.com/ https://ocremix.org/ https://www.dwellingofduels.net/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer

Another MAGFest has come and gone and it’s time to revisit our favorite moments and memories with a ton of friends! The show kicks off with Aki on hand with me to welcome a whole bunch of friends who drop by through the evening! Grant “Stemage” Henry talked about the bands he played with and organizing his shows. Jon “The Arkadian” O’neal talked about being a main stage performer and enjoying his second MAGFest. Doug “sgtrama” Arley talked about how insane the music lineup was this year compared to a few previous years. Tony “PuD” Dickinson discussed the difference between playing for Trans Siberian Orchestra and organizing his own Ace Combat Rock Opera. Scott Wells of Moiré Effect talked about various events and roasts that caught his attention. Finally, Ian “Doc Havok” Griffin discussed having a room full wrassling nerds taking over on a Wednesday. After over 90 minutes of MAG discussion, it’s news of the week with everybody but Aki heading out, while Jacob Garner & Bri Galgano tag in for the rest of the show! We chat about the latest GTA VI release strategy rumors, the newest PlayStation Plus monthly games, the lineup of titles coming to the Virtual Boy’s Nintendo Switch Online lineup, a Dynasty Warrior delay, and tons more! Plus a batch of reviews! 0:00 – Intro/MAG Discussion 1:37:37 – Banter & News 2:06:50 – Pathologic 3 – Ice-Pick Lodge, HypeTrain Digital (Bri) 2:15:51 – EBOLA VILLAGE – Indie Games Studio, Axyos Games (Jacob) 2:22:55 – Escape From Ever After – Sleepy Castle Studio, Wing-It! Creative, HypeTrain Digital (Bri & Aki) 2:39:02 – Arcade Archives 2 LABYRINTH RUNNER – HAMSTER Corp. (Jacob) 2:45:56 – The Monty Mole Collection – Imagine Software, Pixel Games (Jacob) 2:51:38 – Lara Returns to the Castle – YUME GAME STUDIO (Bri) 2:55:26 – A Dream About Parking Lots – Take IT Studio! (Jacob) 3:00:30 – Daggerheart Duality Dice Set: Fate of the Mortal Realms Sharp Edged Edition – Sirius Dice (Aki) The show ends with a new chill DuckTales track from Sonic Skillz where we journey to….the moon! 3:13:39 – Sonic Skillz – The Moon (DuckTales) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N34P5_oH_A4 https://www.magfest.org/ https://ice-pick.com/ https://www.hypetraindigital.com/ https://indigame.ru/ https://axyosgames.com/ https://www.sleepycastlestudio.com/ https://store.steampowered.com/developer/wingitcreative/ https://www.hamster.co.jp/ https://imaginesoftware.uk/ https://www.yumegamestudio.com.br/ https://takeitstudio.com/ https://siriusdice.com/ https://sonicskillz.bandcamp.com/ https://ocremix.org/ https://www.dwellingofduels.net/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer

Hey everybody, let’s take a Tuesday off since we don’t have much to do. Good? Set? Alright. Wait. Surprise interview? D’OH! The show kicks off with me welcoming the one and only Matthew “Maffew” Gregg to the show, creator of the long running internet video series mixing wrestling “botches” and video game music, BOTCHAMANIA! We chat about our recent time spent together hanging out at MAGFest, some of the acts he got to see, the room parties, and tons more. We also dabble a bit with what Botchamania is, thoughts on current wrestling, and why it’s a great idea to do a podcast while coming down from shrooms! Plus a small batch of reviews with Bri Galgano & Aki! 0:00 – Intro/Maffew Interview 56:56 – The Tiberian Sons – Paragon is an A**hole (part 2) (FOX Sports) 1:02:46 – Winnie’s Hole – Twice Different (Aki) 1:11:13 – Decollate Decoration – KANEKODO, KEMCO (Aki) 1:17:00 – Tavern Manager Simulator – One More Time, Ultimate Games (Bri) 1:26:14 – Mosaica: Arboreal – RymPow (Aki) The show features tunes from The Tiberian Sons since Maffew loved them at MAGFest. FOX Sports in the middle, Final Fantasy here at the end! Enjoy! 1:40:05 – The Tiberian Sons – Prancing Dad (FFVI/FFVII) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk0g8oZCi8k https://bsky.app/profile/maffewgregg.bsky.social https://www.twitch.tv/maffewbotch https://www.youtube.com/@botchamaniaagain7613 https://winnieshole.com/ https://bsky.app/profile/kanekodo.bsky.social https://www.kemco-games.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@OMTGames https://ultimate-games.com/ https://rympow.com/ https://www.thetiberiansons.com/ https://ocremix.org/ https://www.dwellingofduels.net/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer

We’ve got a massive show with a month of news, reviews, and a Super Farming Boy interview, so let’s get started! The show kicks off with Bri Galgano and Aki on hand to welcome Nando Sarmiento from LemonChili Games to the show to chat about the recent Xbox release of Super Farming Boy, a super addictive blend of farming and puzzle combo action! We chat about the origins of the game as well as the inspirations behind it, challenges devs face when it comes to reviews and the sea of game releases, and tons more! After a quick break, the show continues with a surprise Grant Henry joining as Jacob Garner only for Jacob Garner to show up as Grant Henry as well. Everybody talks about the past month of news including the Xbox Developer Direct’s Forza Horizon 6 gorgeousness. We also cover Ubisoft’s “major reset”, Game Pass and PS Plus game lineups, Meta shutdowns, Forza PS5 sales info, Ball Squad news, Movie Watch, and all the other sound effects we can burn through. Plus reviews! 0:00 – Intro/Super Farming Boy 1:03:20 – News & Banter 2:01:00 – CASSETTE BOY – Wonderland Kazakiri, Forever Entertainment (Jacob & Joe) 2:07:36 – Disco Simulator – Games Incubator, Ultimate Games (Bri) 2:15:47 – Arcade Archives 2 BOMB JACK TWIN – HAMSTER Corp. (Jacob) 2:18:40 – The Last Case of John Morley – Indigo Studios, JanduSoft (Bri) 2:25:54 – TATARI – Hidden Tower Studios, TheGamesFortress (Aki) 2:30:37 – Loan Shark – Studio Ortica, Dark Product (Bri & Jacob) 2:37:16 – Metal Shoot – Head Bear Games (Jacob) 2:39:41 – Space Frontier – Head Bear Games (Jacob) 2:41:42 – Tiny Archer – Head Bear Games (Jacob) 2:45:09 – One Button Games 5-in-1 Vol. 3 – ABA Games, Xitilon (Bri, Aki, Jacob) 2:53:20 – Cats Around Us: Giant Cat – Noobzilla, Silesia Games (Bri) The show ends with a track from SSX Blur by JunkieXL because Nando worked with JunkieXL and that’s as good of an excuse as I ever needed to play them on SML. 3:01:19 – JunkieXL – Blackcomb (SSX Blur) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXigTVW_2fc https://www.superfarmingboy.com/ https://www.lemonchiligames.com/ https://wl-kz.com/ https://forever-entertainment.com/ https://games-i.com/ https://ultimate-games.com/ https://www.hamster.co.jp/ https://indigostudios.one/en/ https://www.jandusoft.com/ https://hiddentowerstudios.com/ https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/TheGamesFortress/ https://linktr.ee/studioortica https://www.darkproduct.com/ https://head-bear-games.itch.io/ https://xitilonic.art/ https://www.noobzilla.games/ https://silesiagames.com/ https://tomholkenborg.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@junkiexlofficial https://ocremix.org/ https://www.dwellingofduels.net/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer

Is it mid to late January already? Crud. Guess we’re back to this! Cue up the special intros, stay a while, and listen… The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, Jacob Garner, and Aki all on hand to chat about the past month of our lives. Aki built gunplay, Jacob played Disney Dreamlight, Chris streamed and worked, and Pernell bought board games. That literally wraps everything up. That’s it. That’s our lives. Shout out to George “norg” Nowik & David “Dave” Autovino for the intros! REVIEWS! 0:00 – Intro/Banter 17:53 – Away From Home – SquishY (Pernell) 27:33 – Hero Seekers – VANGUARD, KEMCO (Chris) 41:07 – Arcade Archives 2 TOUCHDOWN FEVER – HAMSTER Corp. (Jacob) 46:14 – Arcade Archives 2 SPACE INVADERS – HAMSTER Corp. (Jacob) 48:54 – Arcade Archives 2 SPACE INVADERS PART II – HAMSTER Corp (Jacob) 52:14 – Mel the Space Cat – Ember Box Studio (Jacob & Aki) 59:47 – DuneCrawl – Alientrap (Pernell) 1:06:41 – Super Farming Boy – LemonChili Games, Renxo Europe Limited (Aki & Joe) 1:16:35 – Milo’s Dream – lightUP, Ratalaika Games (Aki) 1:21:38 – CorgiSpace – Adam Saltsman, Finji (Pernell) 1:27:33 – Shroomageddon & SlimeFlip – Synnergy Circle Games (Aki) 1:35:37 – SML AFTER DARK: B.E.S.T. – Dolyla (Aki) The show ends with some music from The Tiberian Sons welcoming us (to Goosebumps)! 1:45:07 – The Tiberian Sons – Welcome To Your Nightmare (Goosebumps) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIz8J5kLewQ https://www.awayfromhomegame.biz/ https://www.kemco-games.com/ https://www.hamster.co.jp/ https://emberboxstudio.com/ https://www.alientrap.com/ https://www.lemonchiligames.com/ https://www.renxo.eu/ https://www.ratalaikagames.com/ https://corgispace.com/ https://adamatomic.com/ https://finji.co/ https://www.synnergycirclegames.com/ https://dolyla.itch.io/ https://www.thetiberiansons.com/ https://ocremix.org/ https://www.dwellingofduels.net/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer

This is it! The end of The SML Podcast for 2025. One last chance to banter and cover some games, so let’s go! The show kicks off with Chris Taylor, Bri Galgano, Jacob Garner, Aki, and Horror Acolyte on hand to chat one more time about some of our highlights for the year in gaming 2025. We also discuss how The SML Podcast proudly runs without any intentional advertising, although we can’t help when Twitch and YouTube force them, so if you’re hearing or seeing them, they aren’t ours. Unless they’re about Joe Cam’s House of Pancakes in Milwaukee. We also discuss the origins of “The Shot” in the vgmix/OneUp Studios scene, our “Hospital Episode” from way back when, and what we plan to play over break, plus one last batch of reviews! 0:00 – Intro/Blatant Advertising 25:27 – Avatar Frontiers of Pandora: From the Ashes – UBISOFT (Aki) 38:53 – Fort Solis – Fallen Leaf, Feardemic (Bri & Aki) 50:43 – The Rogue Prince of Persia – Evil Empire, UBISOFT (Chris) 1:08:31 – The Axis Unseen – Just Purkey Games, Dark Product (Aki & Bri) 1:21:16 – Arcade Archives 2 THE OUTFOXIES – HAMSTER Corp. (Jacob) 1:31:34 – Explodera – Synnergy Circle Games (Bri) 1:36:26 – Sugarbound 2 – Synnergy Circle Games (Bri) 1:42:30 – SML AFTER DARK: Family Crush – Wet n’ Juicy Games (Aki) The show ends with one more festive holiday track, this time from Vince DiCola & Friends tackling the Angry Bird Transformers medley WITH SLEIGH BELLS! 1:52:45 – Vince DiCola & Friends – Angry Birds Xmasformers (Festive Mix) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXwf2iU3EFw https://www.ubisoft.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@fallenleafsa https://www.feardemic-games.com/ https://evilempirestudio.com/ https://www.justpurkeygames.com/ https://www.darkproduct.com/ https://www.hamster.co.jp/ https://www.synnergycirclegames.com/ https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44108611 https://www.youtube.com/@haphazard1957 https://ocremix.org/ https://www.dwellingofduels.net/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer #UBISOFTPartner

We’ve got ourselves two of the team members behind the transformation of Super Animal Royale to Super Animal World, so let’s find out what’s going down! The show kicks off with Bri Galgano, Jacob Garner, Aki, and Lloyd Berry all on hand to welcome Pixile Studios co-founder Michael Silverwood, as well as Ruben Grijalva, story and lore master of Super Animal Royale, to the show to chat all about Super Animal Royale and the recent life sim addition of Super Animal World! We talk about shifting from a battle royale to adding RPG elements, bug catching, fishing, and hamsterball racing to the game world with hundreds of quests & NPCs. It’s a pretty game altering update to celebrate the 7th anniversary of the release and it was great having the Pixile team here to chat! After a quick break, we handle a very small amount of news bits for the week including UBISOFT’s acquisition of an Amazon MOBA, Dispatch hitting Nintendo platforms, and a few other things before going into discussing Bri, Jacob, and Lloyd’s gaming highlights for the year. We retread a few games we talked about on the last episode, but there’s plenty of new games mentioned that were great highlights of the year, and Jacob somehow doesn’t go on for 40 minutes about Disney Dreamlight! Plus reviews! 0:00 – Intro/Pixile Studios interview 55:27 – Post Interview/Pre-News Banter leading to News 1:17:29 – GODBREAKERS – To The Sky, Thunderful Publishing (Lloyd & Bri) 1:29:22 – Sophia’s Animal Clinic: Mission Wildlife Park – Caipirinha Games, Joindots (Jacob) 1:36:46 – Ultimate Sheep Raccoon – Clever Endeavour Games (Bri) 1:45:58 – Arcade Archives 2 ROC’N ROPE – HAMSTER Corp. (Jacob) 1:50:56 – Big Adventure: Trip to Europe – AVI Games, Ocean Media (Jacob & Bri) 2:00:00 – Dino Land – Edia, Ratalaika Games (Bri) 2:07:47 – Santa’s World – EntwicklerX (Jacob) 2:11:58 – Too Many Santas – On, a Rock! Studio, Penguin Pop Games (Bri & Jacob) 2:18:41 – Hidden Cats in Istanbul – Nukearts, Silesia Games (Bri) 2:22:40 – Cakey’s Twisted Bakery – TinyMindz, Ultimate Games (Aki & Bri) 2:32:32 – Security Booth: Director’s Cut – Kyle Horwood, Cloud Colony Games (Jacob) The show ends with a brand new SML holiday track where Kris Huber’s Gitaroo Man Title Theme cover has sleigh bells thrown onto it. Why? Because we can. Merry Holimas! 2:38:25 – Kris Huber – Gitaroo Man Title Theme (Bells Remix 2025) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r26KbB91ufE https://animalroyale.com/ https://pixilestudios.com/ https://www.godbreakers.com/ https://thunderfulgames.com/ https://www.caipirinhagames.de/ https://www.joindots.de/ https://www.cleverendeavourgames.com/ https://www.hamster.co.jp/ https://www.avigames.org/ https://oceanmedia.hr/ https://ratalaikagames.com/ https://entwickler-x.de/ http://www.oharock.com/ https://www.penguinpop.com/ https://nukearts.com.br/ https://silesiagames.com/ https://www.tinymindz.com/ https://ultimate-games.com/ https://linktr.ee/kylehorwood https://www.cloudcolonygames.com/ https://krothmusic.bandcamp.com/ https://ocremix.org/ https://www.dwellingofduels.net/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer #UBISOFTPartner

One last PartyCast for the year goes down as we reflect on the past dozen months and review a dozen games! The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, Aki, Grant Henry, Tim Ekkebus, and Adam Stark all on hand to hang out and chat about some of our gaming highlights over the past year. From the heavy hitters like Clair Obscur: Expedition 233 and Donkey Kong Bananza, we nail some of the biggest bright spots video games over 2025. We cover smaller games like Clover Pit and BallxPit and we also give away a few copies of She’s Leaving courtesy Perp Games! All that plus another batch of reviews including the Switch 2 version of UBISOFT’s Assassin’s Creed Shadows, some clips from Andy Sperry, and a Horror Acolyte appearance! 0:00 – Intro/Banter 40:12 – Assassin’s Creed Shadows – UBISOFT (Tim) 54:32 – Dispatch – AdHoc Studio (Adam) 1:08:17 – Blood: Refreshed Supply – Nightdive Studios, Monolith Productions, WB Games, Atari (Horror) 1:25:01 – Romancing SaGa ~Minstrel Song~ Remastered International – Square Enix, Red Art Games (Chris) 1:40:40 – Cloudheim – Noodle Cat Games (Aki, Pernell, Andy) 1:54:08 – Drywall Eating Simulator – Peripheral Playbox (Grant) 2:03:44 – Netherworld Covenant – MadGoat Game Studio, Infini Fun, Critical Leap (Pernell) 2:13:37 – DunJungle – Bruno Bombardi, Astrolabe Games (Andy) 2:18:30 – Trouble Witches FINAL! Episode 01 Daughters of Amalgam – Rocket-Engine Co., ININ Games (Chris) 2:33:38 – Death Howl – The Outer Zone, 11 bit studios (Pernell) 2:41:24 – Angeline Era – Analgesic Productions (Aki & Pernell) 2:53:28 – Ways of Alchemy – RocketBrush Games, Gamersky Games (Pernell) The show ends with another SML holiday favorite from our old co-host and drummer extraordinaire, Kris Huber! 3:06:14 – Kris Huber – The Night Santa Went Crazy (Weird Al) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkEKKZ3MdBY https://www.ubisoft.com/ https://www.adhocla.com/ https://nightdivestudios.com/ https://warnerbrosgames.com/ https://atari.com/ https://www.square-enix.com/ https://www.redartgames.com/ https://noodlecatgames.com/ https://peripheralplaybox.com/ https://www.madgoat-studio.com/ https://www.infinifunstudios.com/ https://linktr.ee/criticalleap https://patapez.com/ https://www.astrolabe-games.ca/ http://rocket-engine.co.jp/ https://iningames.com/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2825880/ https://11bitstudios.com/ https://www.analgesic.productions/ https://rocketbrush.com/ https://publisher.gamersky.com/ https://krothmusic.bandcamp.com/ https://ocremix.org/ https://www.dwellingofduels.net/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW uflchWkBnxZHSKgPBTbx #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer #UBISOFTPartner

It’s The Game Awards and we kept the show under three hours? Must not have been a crazy year… The show kicks off with Bri Galgano and Aki on hand to chat a little bit and dive into The Game Awards discussion, where Jacob Garner pops up mid-Pre Show and proceeds to not pay attention to literally every trailer I ask him about. From Divinity to Orbitals to LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, we discuss, and Jacob somehow ignores, them all! We also tackle the latest PlayStation Plus Game Catalog additions, three new games hitting Nintendo Switch Online including Wario World on GameCube, and Aspyr delaying Deus Ex among more news! Plus a massive batch of reviews including our thoughts on Avatar’s third person update thanks to UBISOFT! 0:00 – Intro/The Game Awards 43:50 – Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora 3rd Person update – MASSIVE ENTERTAINMENT, UBISOFT (Aki, Jacob, Bri) 53:23 – Thank Goodness You’re Here – Coal Supper, Panic (Bri) 1:00:27 – Arcade Archives 2 BERMUDA TRIANGLE – HAMSTER Corp. (Jacob) 1:03:45 – Milano’s Odd Job Collection – Marvelous USA, XSEED Games (Bri) 1:11:27 – Tiny Bunny – Saikono, Sokar, Serenity Forge (Aki) 1:17:43 – Night Swarm – Fubu Games, NAISU (Jacob) 1:21:52 – She’s Leaving – Blue Hat Studio (Aki) 1:30:19 – Sacrifice for Sale – Daniel Klautsch, Sometimes You (Jacob) 1:35:18 – Malachite: Temple of the Sun – BoomZAP, Ocean Media (Bri & Jacob) 1:40:07 – Octo Curse – Ajvar Studio, Ocean Media (Bri & Jacob) 1:44:23 – DON’T SCREAM TOGETHER – Digital Cybercherries (Aki & Bri) 1:55:40 – Teeny Tiny Trains – Short Circuit Studio, Silesia Games (Aki & Bri) 1:59:57 – Speed Factor – lightUP, Ratalaika Games (Jacob) 2:02:13 – Sintropia Fruits Together – Acangaiba Estúdio, Bad Minions, Little Giant (Bri) 2:04:48 – Winterlight: Where silence says it all – SMV Games, eastasiasoft (Jacob, Bri, Aki) 2:10:04 – Piczle World of Puzzles – Score Studios (Aki) The show ends with more holiday cheer, this time from The Tiberian Sons with a jingleriffic version of Hell March! 2:21:20 – The Tiberian Sons – Hell March Freezes Over (Command & Conquer: Red Alert II) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dOuy1Ax9Xc https://www.massive.se/ https://www.ubisoft.com/ https://www.coalsupper.com/ https://www.panic.com/ https://www.hamster.co.jp/ https://marvelous-usa.com/ https://saikono.itch.io/ https://serenityforge.com/ https://fubugames.com/ https://www.naisugames.com/ https://www.bluehatstudio.co.uk/ https://klautsch.lu/ https://www.sometimesyou.com/ https://boomzap.com/ https://www.ajvarstudio.com/ https://oceanmedia.hr/ https://digitalcybercherries.com/ https://www.shortcircuitstudio.com/ https://silesiagames.com/ https://julianoferreiradelima.itch.io/ https://ratalaikagames.com/ https://acangaiba-estudio.itch.io/ https://badminions.com.br/ https://littlegiantdev.com/ http://games.smv.com.ar/ https://www.eastasiasoft.com/ https://score-studios.jp/ https://www.piczle.club/ https://www.thetiberiansons.com/ https://ocremix.org/ https://www.dwellingofduels.net/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer #UBISOFTPartner

It’s our 100th Episode, after our 1000th Episode! Sounds better than 1100th Episode? We have a skater on the show! The show kicks off with Chris Taylor and Aki on hand to welcome our dear friend and world famous non-figure skater Adam Rippon to the show to chat all about what he’s been up to in the past few years! From his work on No More Heroes III and Street Fighter 30th Anniversary, we spend mere seconds on his game history before we talk about the fact that he ported Final Fantasy I to Game Boy Color to spite a guy online. Plus Analogue 64 and Pocket chat, Adam’s history with Gunpei Yokoi, and if Dragon Fantasy will ever come to Xbox (never). All that plus Pernell Vaughan pops in and we talk reviews! 0:00 – Intro/Adam Rippon 1:10:28 – MARVEL Cosmic Invasion – Tribute Games, Dotemu (Pernell) 1:22:50 – ROUTINE – Lunar Software, Raw Fury (Aki) 1:33:00 – Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked – Resolution Games (Pernell) 1:45:11 – Star Ores Inc. – BlackBeak Games, Three River Games (Aki) 1:52:17 – Scrabdackle – jakefriend, Fellow Traveller (Pernell) 2:00:25 – SML AFTER DARK: Monster College/Monster City – Monster Eye Games (Aki) The show ends with a special live track from Vince DiCola & Friends from 2018 that finally saw the light of day! 2:16:50 – Vince DiCola & Friends – Angry Birds Transformers Medley (Live) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmYfv0yG0IM https://bsky.app/profile/theadamrippon.bsky.social https://tributegames.com/ https://www.dotemu.com/ https://lunar-software.squarespace.com/ https://rawfury.com/ https://www.resolutiongames.com/ https://itch.io/profile/blackbeak-games https://3rg.eu/ https://www.youtube.com/@scrabdackle https://www.fellowtraveller.games/ https://www.youtube.com/@MonsterEyeGames https://www.facebook.com/dicolaofficial/ https://www.youtube.com/@haphazard1957 https://ocremix.org/ https://www.dwellingofduels.net/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer

Did you fill out your 1099 yet? If not, hoo boy are you in trouble. That was months ago, dude… Schildmaid MX interview time, let’s do this! The show kicks off with Bri Galgano, Jacob Garner, and Aki on hand to chat about the news of the week including the Xbox Game Pass additions and departures, the latest beta for Helldivers II which sees a massive improvement in file size, Avowed’s fall update getting delayed, a rumored Hollywood based Dead Rising return, Three Fields Entertainment being in trouble after Wreckfest’s launch, and a ton more! Plus reviews! After reviews we have Michiel Kroder of HitP Studios joining the show alongside Bri to chat all about Schildmaid MX, the bullet absorbing shmup that just launched on consoles through eastasiasoft! We chat about the history of the game, Michiel’s previous stint on our show, another podcast that he does that’s likely better than this one, future plans for the Studio, leaderboard discussion, and plenty more topics! 0:00 – Intro/News 35:30 – Samurai Academy: Paws of Fury – ZEROlife Games, Fishing Cactus, Maximum Entertainment (Jacob) 43:55 – ReSetna – Today’s Games, Ocean Media (Aki, Jacob, Bri) 55:25 – El Coco – Recotechnology (Jacob) 1:06:07 – Dave the Diver – MINTROCKET (Aki & Jacob) 1:14:43 – Terrifier: The ARTcade Game – Relevo, Selecta Play (Jacob) 1:22:25 – Street Racer Collection – QUByte Interactive, bleem.net (Jacob) 1:27:41 – Crime Simulator – CookieDev, Ultimate Games (Aki & Bri) 1:43:38 – Bus World – KishMish Games, Ultimate Games (Jacob) 1:51:03 – Puzzle Parasite – Wrenfall (Aki) 1:58:11 – Finding America: The Heartland CE – BoomZAP, Ocean Media (Jacob) 2:03:09 – Dungeons and Ducklings – Bear Belly Games, Silesia Games (Bri) 2:08:32 – Ah, Love! Season 4 – Lovixsama, Xitilon (Bri) 2:12:06 – RoboHero – Lovixsama, Xitilon (Jacob, Aki, Bri) 2:18:04 – Schildmaid MX Interview w/ Michiel Kroder The show ends with a track from Mudprints Music off of the Schildmaid MX Ultra Arrange+ album! 3:27:12 – Mudprints Music – Critical Hazards (Schildmaid – Stage 2 Arrange 1) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3UFe0UBNoI https://linktr.ee/hitpstudio https://www.eastasiasoft.com/ https://caneandrinse.com/ https://www.zerolife.studio/ http://www.fishingcactus.com/ https://maximument.com/ https://tgdevs.com/ https://oceanmedia.hr/ https://recotech.es/ https://www.mintrock.et/ https://www.relevovideogames.com/ https://selecta-play.com/ https://www.qubyteinteractive.com/ https://www.bleem.net/ https://store.steampowered.com/developer/cookiedev/ https://ultimate-games.com/ https://en.kishmish-games.com/ https://www.wrenfall.com/ https://boomzap.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@bearbellygames https://silesiagames.com/ https://store.steampowered.com/developer/Lovixsama https://xitilonic.art/ https://mudprintsmusic.bandcamp.com/ https://ocremix.org/ https://www.dwellingofduels.net/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer

December is here and we’re getting ready to close up for a few weeks, but we still have some shows to go, so let’s start! The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, Aki, Andy Sperry, and Horror Acolyte on hand to hang out and chat about our Thanksgivings and Black Fridays. Eating turkey, watching football, playing video games, and buying crap we don’t need, the true spirit of America all the way. Plus did you know our show does interviews sometimes? We got one coming up. Listen for details! Or just tune in next episode I guess. Or all of them, really. Please? Plus reviews! 0:00 – Intro/Banter 16:33 – Moonlighter 2 – Digital Sun, 11 bit studios (Andy) 36:42 – Schildmaid MX – HitP Studios, eastasiasoft (Chris) 49:10 – Constance – Blue Backpack, ByteRockers’ Games, PARCO GAMES (Pernell) 58:27 – Mystery Case Files: The House That Love Built CE – GrandMA Studios, Big Fish Games (Aki) 1:06:38 – Kingdom of Night – Friends of Safety, DANGEN Entertainment, Game Source Entertainment (Pernell) 1:19:00 – Dragon Ruins II – Graverobber Foundation, KEMCO (Chris) 1:32:51 – The Last Case of John Morley – Indigo Studios, JanduSoft (Horror) 1:42:30 – Garten of Banban VIII: Anti-Devil – Euphoric Brothers, Feardemic (Aki) 1:53:37 – Kiosk – Vivi, Feardemic (Horror) 2:01:34 – PREVIEW: There Are No Ghosts at the Grand – Friday Sundae (Aki) The show ends with a track from our vast SML Christmas library of songs with sleigh bells added for jolly effect! 2:14:17 – LONELYROLLINGSTARS – Hogger of Bells (Sonic Adventure 2) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksYZ0ko5tGU https://digitalsungames.com/ https://11bitstudios.com/ https://linktr.ee/hitpstudio https://www.eastasiasoft.com/ https://bluebackpackgames.com/ https://www.byterockers.games/ https://games.parco.jp/ https://grandmastudios.com/ https://www.bigfishgames.com/ https://kingdomofnight.dangenentertainment.com/ https://asia.gamesource-ent.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@GraverobberFoundation https://www.kemco-games.com/ https://indigostudios.one/ https://www.jandusoft.com/ https://www.euphoricbrothers.com/ https://vividev.itch.io/ https://www.feardemic-games.com/ https://www.fridaysundae.com/ https://lonelyrollingstars.bandcamp.com/ https://ocremix.org/ https://www.dwellingofduels.net/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer

It’s Black Friday on recording night and we’ve bad backs and turkey hangovers, so let’s get through this. The show kicks off with Bri Galgano and Aki on hand to chat about the news and how Thanksgiving went for us. News topics this go around include the latest massive and awesome Monthly Game lineup for PlayStation Plus with Sony giving out FIVE games for the month of December. We also talk new NSO additions and Nintendo’s new studios, Yakuza Remaster upgrade pricing, and Ubisoft somewhat giving up on Assassin’s Creed Shadows already?? Plus reviews with Jacob Garner showing up too including our look at the highly anticipated Xbox release of Silent Hill 2! Thanks Konami! 0:00 – Intro/News 33:28 – Silent Hill 2 – Bloober Team, KONAMI (Aki) 47:27 – Outlaws + Handful of Missions: Remastered – LucasArts, Nightdive Studios, Atari, Disney (Jacob) 58:43 – Bee Simulator: The Hive – VARSAV Game Studio, Untold Tales (Bri) 1:08:28 – The Berlin Apartment – Blue Backpack, ByteRockers’ Games, PARCO Games (Jacob) 1:14:38 – TOTAL CHAOS – Trigger Happy Interactive, Apogee Entertainment, Atari, Infrogrames (Bri & Aki) 1:27:50 – Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 – Strange Scaffold (Jacob & Aki) 1:35:00 – CloverPit – Panik Arcade, Future Friend Games (Jacob & Me) 1:42:32 – Arcade Archives 2 BOMB BEE – HAMSTER Corp. 1:46:22 – Viewfinder – Sad Owl Studios, Thunderful (Bri) 1:52:03 – Torii – Moswig, Silesia Games (Aki) 1:58:47 – Saborus – High Room Studio, QUByte Interactive (Bri) 2:07:56 – Poko’s Arctic Quest – LayerWire, Little Giant Games The show ends with track from The OneUps bringing the Silent Hill energy to wrap things up! 2:14:33 – The OneUps – Dance Off at Silent Hill (Silent Hill) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGi46uG7N5M https://www.blooberteam.com/ https://www.konami.com/ https://nightdivestudios.com/ https://www.lucasfilm.com/ https://www.disney.com/ https://atari.com/ https://varsav.com/ https://untoldtales.games/ https://bluebackpackgames.com/ https://www.byterockers.games/ https://games.parco.jp/ http://www.totalchaosgame.com https://www.apogeeent.com/ https://www.strangescaffold.com/ https://www.panikarcade.games/ https://futurefriends.lol/ https://www.hamster.co.jp/ https://www.sos.games/ https://thunderfulgames.com/ https://linktr.ee/Moswig https://silesiagames.com/ https://www.qubyteinteractive.com/ https://littlegiantdev.com/ https://theoneups.com/ https://ocremix.org/ https://www.dwellingofduels.net/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer

After I had to skip last Tuesdays’ recording, it’s catch up time this week with a big ol’ PartyCast! The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, Aki, and Horror Acolyte on hand to oh hey wait Andy Sperry just joined too. Great timing! Anyway, we chat about Pernell going to PAX U and buying a ton of board games and talking about how heavy they are, we discuss Monopoly and UNO, Chris talks about his Analogue3D console which is basically a high def N64 that is NOT emulation, and I talk about how my back has been super messed up for a few days and how much pain I am in. Speaking of pain, we got reviews! 0:00 – Intro/Banter 21:58 – Demonschool – Necrosoft Games, Ysbryd Games (Pernell) 34:52 – Sacred 2 Remaster – Jumpgate, THQ Nordic (Aki) 50:15 – Neon Inferno – Zenovia Interactive, Retroware (Andy & Pernell) 1:07:12 – A.I.L.A. – Pulsatrix Studios, Fireshine Games, The Iterative Collective (Aki) 1:15:24 – Million Depth – Cyber Space Biotope, PLAYISM (Pernell) 1:25:45 – R-Type Delta: HD Boosted – CITY CONNECTION, TAKEx0FF, Clear River Games (Chris) 1:42:56 – GIGASWORD – Studio Hybrid, Akupara Games (Pernell, Andy, Horror) 2:02:15 – Save Room: The Merchant – Fractal Projects, Ratalaika Games (Aki) 2:09:54 – Morsels – Furcula, Annapurna Interactive (Horror) 2:26:42 – Into the Grid – Flatline Studios (Pernell) 2:39:38 – Dollmare – Almost Done Games, Feardemic (Horror) 2:46:52 – SML AFTER DARK: The Sunwave Hotel – Gladius Writing, TinyHat Studios (Aki) The show ends with some Kid Icarus mixed with Metroid from prozax! I miss that guy… 2:56:20 – prozax – Kid Samus (Kid Icarus x Metroid) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EAjBBXORjA https://necrosoftgames.com/ https://campsite.bio/ysbrydgames https://jumpgategames.se/ https://thqnordic.com/ https://www.neoninferno.com/ https://zenovia.io/ https://retroware.com/ https://www.pulsatrixstudios.com/ https://fireshinegames.co.uk/ https://www.theiterative.co/ https://www.youtube.com/@pop3604 https://playism.com/ https://city-connection.co.jp/ https://www.clearrivergames.com/ https://hybridgamesofficial.com/ https://www.akuparagames.com/ https://store.steampowered.com/curator/39634651 https://www.ratalaikagames.com/ https://furcula.ca/ https://www.annapurnainteractive.com/ https://www.flatline.games/ https://almostdone.games/ https://www.feardemic-games.com/ https://bsky.app/profile/tinyhat-studios.bsky.social https://vgmdb.net/artist/5363 https://ocremix.org/ https://www.dwellingofduels.net/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer

It’s another packed show with news, reviews, and chat with the team behind The Lonesome Guild, so let’s go! The show kicks off with Bri Galgano and Aki on hand to welcome Simone Pellegrini and Luca Cafasso of Tiny Bull Studios to the show to chat about their newest release, The Lonesome Guild! We chat about the origins and inspirations for the game, the diverse cast of characters you meet throughout the game, battle mechanics, story, artwork, working with DON’T NOD, and tons more! Aki also asks about their preview work, such as their VR title Blind, as we chat for well over an hour about with Simone & Luca! After the Tiny Bull crew heads out and a quick break, Jacob Garner jumps in to chat the news of the week including the Xbox Partner Preview! From the trio Dave the Diver, Clover Pit, and Total Chaos stealth launching, to some future titles like Zoopunk, Echo Generation 2, and Tides of Annihilation, we cover it all. Even Eminem. Yeah. There’s also Xbox Game Pass additions & departures, games under fire for AI usage, Tales of Berseria getting a remaster, and tons more! Plus reviews! 0:00 – Intro/Lonesome Guild Interview 1:15:05 – News 2:04:58 – Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 – Literally Everybody at Activision (Jacob) 2:21:19 – NASCAR 25 – iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations (Bri) 2:28:24 – NODE: The Last Favor of the Antarii – Lapsus Games, Beep Japan (Aki) 2:34:49 – Rue Valley – Emotion Spark Studio, Owlcat Games (Bri) 2:41:40 – Winter Burrow – Pine Creek Games, Noodlecake (Bri & Aki) 2:50:09 – Sektori – Kimmo Factor (Jacob) 2:55:38 – Pigeon Simulator – tinyBuild (Bri) 3:01:36 – Trivia Knowledge Trainer: The Quiz Game – the binary family (Jacob & Bri) 3:10:14 – VIDEOVERSE – Kinmoku, Ratalaika Games (Jacob) 3:16:36 – I Love Finding Cats – BoomZAP, Ocean Media (Bri, Jacob, Aki) 3:22:40 – Arcade Archives 2 GALACTIC WARRIORS – HAMSTER Corp. (Jacob) 3:27:51 – P-1 Anchor Light – Deadbolt Interactive, Perp Games (Bri) 3:35:07 – Hollowgrace – Synnergy Circle Games (Aki & Jacob) 3:41:01 – Slide Stories: Neko and Friends – Remix Games, Silesia Games (Bri) The show features music from bLiNd because Aki asked Tiny Bull about their game Blind and I am easily entertained. 3:46:37 – bLiNd – SnowBound (EarthBound) DOWNLOAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdA4Bs9_wK4 https://tinybullstudios.com/ https://dont-nod.com/ https://www.activision.com/ https://www.iracing.com/ https://lapsusgames.com/ https://beep-company.com/ https://www.emotionspark.com/ https://owlcat.games/ https://www.pinecreekgames.com/ https://noodlecake.com/ https://www.gimblll.com/ https://www.tinybuild.com/ https://thebinaryfamily.com/ https://www.kinmoku.games/ https://www.ratalaikagames.com/ https://boomzap.com/ https://oceanmedia.hr/ https://www.hamster.co.jp/ https://steamcommunity.com/id/DeadboltInteractive/ https://perpgames.com/ https://www.synnergycirclegames.com/ https://www.remixgames.net/ https://silesiagames.com/ https://www.blindedm.com/ https://joecam.net/boundtogether/ https://ocremix.org/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW #PS5 #Xbox #Switch2 #ad #Sponsored #keymailer