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Anime experts Dan Ryckert and Jeff Gerstmann embark on a quest to watch every episode of Dragon Ball Z Kai.
Video games from all the platforms are the center of attention for hosts Garnett Lee and Jeff Cannata. Each Friday on their audio podcast they cover the best of what they've played, top news stories, comments from the Shacknews community, opinion, and welcome industry guests.
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8-4 Play 7/23/2021: QUALITY ASSURED
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Rainy season is out, Skyward Sword HD is in, Gabe is...all over the place, and it's a four-day weekend in Japan?! Join the holiday celebration as we answer listener questions and talk about Zelda, Steam Deck, crazy auctions, and more! Time – Topic Discussed: 01:01 – Nicknames 15:45 – The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword 31:51 – News: The Steam Deck, …
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8-4 Play 7/9/2021: MR. HOE'S WILD RIDE
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Ex game-journo and noted theme park connoisseur Michael Donahoe joins us for a deep dive into what he considers the best park on the planet (!): Super Nintendo World. Time – Topic Discussed: 01:09 – Nicknames 23:34 – Streets of Rage 4 34:22 – Chicory 45:01 – Super Nintendo World Report 01:15:59 – News: The Nintendo Switch OLED, Sony’s Acquisitions,…
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8-4 Play 6/25/2021: SUMMER OF PARADISE
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The hype train has left with a resounding choo-choo! In its wake, we unpack this year's E3 news and share thoughts on Stranger of Paradise, FF7R Intergrade, 25 years of N64, and more! Time – Topic Discussed: 01:40 – Nicknames 11:17 – Apex Legends 19:47 – Stranger in Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin 35:20 – Final Fantasy VII Remake: Intergrade 52:07 -…
E3 is (sorta) back, which means it's time to buckle up for another round of baseless speculation, ridiculous predictions, and general mayhem as we once again board the #E3HYPETRAIN! Time – Topic Discussed: 25:30 – News: Nintendo, Uncharted 4 on PC, E3’s Award show, and more! 34:17 – Nintendo E3 Speculation 57:14 – More News: The EGRETII mini, Yuji …
Dragon Quest may be getting 'darker' and 'more adult', but we here at 8-4 Play pledge to remain as cute and carefree as ever. Join us for talk of all the recent DQ-related announcements, the latest Switch rumors, a little RE: Village and New Pokémon Snap, and more! Time – Topic Discussed: 00:50 – Nicknames 13:22 – News: Dragon Quest Announcements, …
No news is good news when the only news is Alex "cvxfreak" Aniel joining us for nearly two hours of impressions of two of the past month's biggest releases: Returnal and Resident Evil Village! Check out Alex's book Itchy, Tasty: An Unofficial History of Resident Evil (Thanks to Peter Jonca for the Resident Evil font used in our image!) Time – Topic…
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8-4 Play 4/30/2021: G IS FOR GOLDEN
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It's Golden Week in Japan! Join us for pre-holiday impressions of SaGa Frontier Remastered and NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139, plus the latest news from the worlds of video games and fast food (spoiler: MacDonald is out this week, but McDonald's is -in-). Time – Topic Discussed: 01:25 – Nicknames 13:05 – SaGa Frontier Remastered 33:29 – NieR Repl…
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8-4 Play 4/16/2021: TENDER IS THE FUR
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Impressed with the dioramas in Fantasian, we work together to construct a faithful replica of the 8-4 office. We spare no detail, including our fridge in the state-of-the-art podcast wing filled with tiny Chu-hi! Time – Topic Discussed: 01:31 – Nicknames 14:21 – Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers 24:26 – Monster Hunter Rise 27:04 – The Legend of Zel…
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8-4 Play 4/2/2021: MY FAIR GAIJIN HUNTER
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Joined by special guest Adam "Gaijin Hunter" Evanko, we celebrate the latest pointy, bitey addition to the Monster Hunter franchise! 00:53 – Nicknames 05:52 – Monster Hunter Rise 1:04:48 – News: DLSS on the Next Switch, Sony’s Sunset Plans PS3/PSP/PSVita stores, and more!
This week we bravely default to talking about Japan, games, and Japanese games! Plus a bit of reminiscing about boy bands, print gaming media, and some classic puzzle platformers. Time – Topic Discussed: 00:58 – Nicknames 27:19 – Bravely Default II 38:40 – Don’t Starve Together 44:45 – Little Nightmare 2, Inside, & Limbo (***Limbo Spoilers***) 51:2…
17-Bit’s Jake Kazdal returns to talk about his newly-announced VR title “Song in the Smoke,” Japan Studio’s closure, a bigger-screen Switch, PS5 VR, banana controllers, being Seth Rogen’s stunt double, and more! Time – Topic Discussed: 00:58 – Nicknames 10:59 – Song in the Smoke 44:49 – News: PlayStation VR News, Japan Studio’s fate, New Switch rum…
We gorge on Nintendo news along with 17-Bit's Jake Kazdal, topping it off with lots (and lots) of thoughts on Bowser's Fury and very, very little FFXIV updates. And the long-awaited reveal of exactly what time Gabe secured his PS5 order. Time – Topic Discussed: 00:51 – Nicknames 15:10 – Devil May Cry 5 18:50 – Nintendo Direct News 1:07:35 – Super M…
What do the RE8 and Balan demos, Cyber Shadow, Evangelion, Xbox Live Pricing, Switch LTD Sales and Sega politics all have in common? We talk about them on this podcast. Duh. This is always a list of the stuff we talk about. It was a rhetorical question. Time – Topic Discussed: 00:46 – Nicknames 04:58 – Cyber Shadow 11:01 – Some Evangelion chat 19:3…
This week we give our expert (read: somewhat experienced) opinions of the Monster Hunter Rise demo. Then it's a mixed bag of games both new and old, with a side helping of anime and Sheila-E. Time – Topic Discussed: 01:06 - Nicknames 03:05 - Mario Kart 8 05:46 - Monster Hunter Rise Demo 26:35 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night 30:28 - Slime Bunker…
Ben gets hit in the head with a golf ball and wakes up in bed with Suzanne Pleshette on tonight's very special Giant Bombshow Afterparty!By Giant Bomb
First episode of 2021! This week we talk about our experiences in radio, the lifestyle that is Sasuke, the life of Saruman, and maybe some video games. Time – Topic Discussed: 02:31 - Nicknames 20:10 - The Lord of the Rings movie & book talk (***CONTAINS SPOILERS***) 28:04 - Mario Kart 8: Deluxe 32:30 - Breath of Fire 3 36:49 - Read Dead Online 37:…
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8-4 Play 12/25/2020: THE SANTA KLAUSE 3: BASEMENT FANTASY
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Cozy up by the fire and join us for our annual holiday send-off, filled with tales of Christmas past, plans for winter break, and plenty more. Thanks as always for listening, and see you in 2021! Time – Topic Discussed: 00:36 - Nicknames 12:41 - Sega Astro City Mini 23:01 - Return of the Obra Dinn (there are no spoilers) 32:09 - Jet Force Gemini 40…
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Ep200: Jizzing Over Robots in the Rain
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The full quote from Fraser reads thusly: “ …and all this jizzing over robots or whatever, in the rain and shit.” Which happens to be Fish’s favorite track off the Blade Runner Soundtrack. it’s Episode 200, folks… we news, we quiz, we talk PS 5, and we even get a surprise visit… • Subscribe on iTunes • Most of our professional intro bumpers are perf…
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8-4 Play 12/11/2020: IT’S GREAT! LISTEN TO IT!
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This week we record before both The Game Awards AND the release of Cyberpunk 2077. But that doesn't stop us from ad-libbing some game award moments and re-visiting our Netflix corner.
Thanksgiving might be a little different this year, but like Olaf famously put it in Frozen II "8-4 Play is always there for you." Brighten up your Black Friday with bawdy tales of Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, and Japanese housing regulations. Hack the planet!
Redrix’s Backhand GamePunchers Ep199 It’s Ep199 time and, between not getting a PS5 and being absolutely MOLESTED by Bungie’s sunsetting of certain weapons, this episode is truly an airing of grievances. • Subscribe on iTunes • Most of our professional intro bumpers are performed by the amazingly talented voice artist Kathryn Haywood. She can be fo…
Filipino-American History Month may be in October but Jan and Michael Higham from GameSpot are BACK to continue celebrating FAHM (on Filipino time)! This round we're joined by Lizzie Killian of FIFTYcc, Belinda Garcia of Ubisoft, Jem from Private DivisionBy Giant Bomb
This week we trace some rays and flop some...teras? Anyway, next-gen is finally here!
Jan Ochoa and the homie Michael Higham from GameSpot have put together a short series of podcasts to celebrate Filipino-American History Month! Today we collected folks in GAMES MEDIA to talk about and share our experiences as Fil-Ams in games and in lifeBy Giant Bomb
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8-4 Play 10/30/2020: NO! GO TO SHIBUYA!
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Halloween is nearly here, but there'll be no Shibuya parties for us. Instead, we'll settle for the excitement of next-gen!
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Ep198: Of Spooky Trees and the Bullshoteneers (fixed RSS feed edition)
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Don’t go into the woods. Young lad like yourself’ll get eaten alive, so you will. It’s spooky season all round, so grab thy long noses and disembark thy flying brooms, for tis the season for podcasts about video games. Some games are discussed here, as is the next generation of consoles. Then something wonderful happens… but we won’t go into that h…
Games of the Generation 2020 (part 2) Rope-Man Edition PART 2 of 2 Like Cicada Brood X, the GamePunchers Games of the Generation show has once again emerged from the soil of its 7-year slumber, crawled up a tree, and screamed for two weeks before fallen off dying. SEVEN. Seven actual years. This one’s a fat boy, weighing it at just over 3 hours. Jo…
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Ep197: Games of the Generation 2020 - Pt. 1
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Games of the Generation 2020 (part 1) Enlarged Prostate Edition PART 1 of 2 Like Cicada Brood X, the GamePunchers Games of the Generation show has once again emerged from the soil of its 7-year slumber, crawled up a tree, and screamed for two weeks before fallen off dying. SEVEN. Seven actual years. This one’s a fat boy, weighing it at just over 3 …
This week we get a little emotional about Paper Mario. Then we get MAD! About BUTTONS! Then we bring it all home with our hot takes on the Monster Hunter movie trailer.
