Daydreamcast The Twin Geeks

Murph returns from the lands to the north (Seattle) with tales of a wonderous gallery of games and developers (PAX West 2023). There he ran into some other like-minded friends. Brendan from The Crawl and Tucker & Abram from THE Backlog Banter. Together these 4 gamers with opinions share tales from the showfloor and impressions on the various demos they were exposed to.
(If you want additional PAX coverage from Murph, you can read his article here)

The unthinkable has happened: Bro has been able to make a dark souls episode. Largely in part to Cal just having played the game, we get a fresh perspective on the Fromsoft classic. We also go through other kinds of dungeons in the meantime, we talk about Quake 2 and Doom's 2016 rebootquel. Bro also finds the time to talk about Bombrush Cyberfunk, which is a jammin' good time.

Timestamps:
Whatcha Playin
1:00 Doom (2016)
9:30 Bramble (2023)
13:45 Resident Evil 2 and 3 remakes (2019) (2020)
20:30 Bombrush Cyberfunk (2023)
26:30 Quake 2 (1997)
Variety Minute
33:00 Fromsoftware Games
Game of the Week
45:10 Dark Souls (2011)

We got a craaaazy episode for you today. Murph and Bro team up to cover all sorts of smaller titles and company buyouts. Murph complains about Zelda, Bro talks about System Shock, everything is aligned for engaging systems and fun titles.
Oh and Murph goes Pikmin CRAZY.
Time Stamps
Whatcha Playin'
1:10 - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (2023)
19:00 - System Shock Remake (2023)
26:30 - Pokemon: Infinite Fusions (2023)
35:20 - Slipstream: Blue Hour Update (2023 for the update)
39:45 - Pikmin 4 (2023)
Variety Minute
54:25 Video Game Company Buyouts and Acquisitions
Game of the Week
1:21:00 Dark Messiah: Might and Magic

The time has come, and so have we. In one of the tightest episodes, we hit a platonic ideal of an episode at almost a flat hour. Murph and Bro tackle some indie sleepers and hits, and then tackle the Wii classic No More Heroes. Will we fall in love with the game or be frustrated? Is it possible to be both?

Time stamps:
Whatcha Playin'
1:30 Dreamwild (2022)
5:00 Raji: An Ancient Epic (2020)
8:30 Inscryption (2021)
13:00 Re:CALL (2023)
19:00 Street Fighter 6 (2023)
Variety Minute
26:20 Jerk Protagonists in Gaming
Game of the Week
42:00 No More Heroes (2008)

Taking a break from long video games and playing a little short horror title, Murph and Bro explore the complex worlds of rabbit fighting, street fighting, and cthulu dungeon exploring. First we talk Eldritch, then Overgrowth, then Street Fighter 6.
Murph reminisces over horror RPG maker games he used to watch Markiplier play, and then we talk about Ao Oni.
Time Stamps:
Whatcha Playin'
Eldritch (2013) 1:45
Overgrowth (2017) 6:00
Street Fighter 6 (2023) 11:00
Variety Minute
RPG Maker Games 29:00
Game of the Week
Ao Oni (2008) 43:00

ROCK AND ROLL! Brendan discusses visions of the future, Murph talks about the best Yakuza game yet, and Brogan schpiels about Tears of the Kingdom with the others for like an hour.
Then, we cover famous licensed needledrops in games, then we cover our game of the week: Brutal Legend. Double Fine, Tim Schafer, Jack Black. The list goes on, but this is one epic tour. Be sure to tear down that shitty merch booth on your way out.