Hold onto your apricorns, because this week we’re talking about everyone’s favorite monsters: Banjo and Kazooie! No, just kidding. There’s a new Pokémon game, or so we hear, plus news, an FF14 check-in, Gabe’s mad dash through the Souls series, and more! (Btw folks who regularly listen via Spotify — we don’t feel good about…

Mostly news, and okay, yes, we do talk about Microsoft buying Activision, but only in the sense of who we plan to main in the inevitable upcoming Super Smash Dude Bros. IP crossover franchise. Otherwise: PSVR 2, AGDQ, and the Nintendo hotel. Running Time: 01:33:52  Direct Download (53.80 MB)  Subscribe to 8-4 Play via iTunes…

Fan favorite Shane Bettenhausen stops by to chat classic games / shoot-them-ups, Steam Deck, and TV Asahi’s top 100 game list, with a hat tip to 2021 faves and what we’re excited about in 2022. Running Time: 02:04:23  Direct Download (71.27 MB)  Subscribe to 8-4 Play via iTunes  Subscribe to 8-4 Play via RSS Feed…

Can’t travel home this year? Let us be your slightly drunk and very opinionated family as we blather on about old Sega games, The Game Awards, and those g-d politicians who are RUINING THIS COUNTRY! Running Time: 01:40:47  Direct Download (57.77 MB)  Subscribe to 8-4 Play via iTunes  Subscribe to 8-4 Play via RSS Feed…

17-Bit jefe Jake Kazdal rejoins the party to discuss his new VR title Song In The Smoke, as well hot new releases like Dark Souls and Rez. Content warning: contains Final Fantasy XIV talk. Add Song in the Smoke to your Steam wishlist today! Running Time: 1:54:04  Direct Download (65.36 MB)  Subscribe to 8-4 Play…

The action picks up moments after last season’s cliffhanger ending. Gabe is still on the run from the fuzz — will he ever be able to show his face in our Zoom window again? Ponder this and more as we talk Nintendo remakes, convenience store sandwiches, VGA categories, and more! Running Time: 1:42:07  Direct Download…

We know, we don’t look a day over #247! Pull up a chair and listen to these ol’ timers recount (and forget) tales from our past, checking in on Shin Megami Tensei V, Pikmin Bloom, and the new Animal Crossing update along the way. Running Time: 2:23:00  Direct Download (87.07 MB)  Subscribe to 8-4 Play…

We dive deep on RE4 in VR for the Quest with the help of our resident, evil Resident-Evil expert Alex Aniel, and chat Dungeon Encounters, more Super Nintendo World, and some news. Running Time: 1:42:40  Direct Download (58.84 MB)  Subscribe to 8-4 Play via iTunes  Subscribe to 8-4 Play via RSS Feed  Follow 8-4 Play…

This week, we all curl up into very tight balls and barge into Jerry’s apartment to talk about nothing. Just kidding! We actually talk about Metroid Dread and big TVs. Running Time: 1:17:36  Direct Download (44.5 MB)  Subscribe to 8-4 Play via iTunes  Subscribe to 8-4 Play via RSS Feed  Follow 8-4 Play on Twitter…

Autumn is in the air, even if a classic Tokyo Game Show episode is not. Join us as we talk last judgments on Lost Judgment, get cute with Kena: Bridge of Spirits, and review the latest Nintendo Direct. Hey, how bout that Mario movie? Running Time: 1:37:34  Direct Download (55.92 MB)  Subscribe to 8-4 Play…