MHG Podcast

It’s all about Lucha Libre, crampons, dogs serving breakfast & cyberpunk funk this week. We got Tailside: Cozy Cafe Sim https://shorturl.at/a19DZ, Into the Grid https://shorturl.at/FBxz6& Cairn https://shorturl.at/JWhuD for ya.
SHOWNOTES:00:10 - Intro04:30 - Tailside: Cozy Cafe Sim https://shorturl.at/a19DZ08:25 - Into the Grid https://shorturl.at/FBxz612:58 - MHG Chat: Retro escapes18:01 - Cairn https://shorturl.at/JWhuD

Always committed to opposing fascism. Stay strong, Minnesotans. This week we check out Abra-Cooking-Dabra https://shorturl.at/bMVP6, Bladesong @bladesonggame.bsky.social, Death + Lead https://kai-magazine-software.fwscart.com/ & TR-49 https://www.inklestudios.com/
SHOWNOTES00:10 - Intro00:28 - MHG Chat: f*ck ICE06:02 - Abra-Cooking-Dabra https://shorturl.at/bMVP609:45 - Bladesong @bladesonggame.bsky.social14:16 - Death + Lead https://kai-magazine-software.fwscart.com/35:42 - TR-49 https://www.inklestudios.com/46:31 - Outro

Does Brad want to be the last ninja (https://shorturl.at/GvX9x), or the last caretaker (@wearechannel37.bsky.social)? Well, why not both?? That’s the beauty of video games. Also, Stu fills some Dead Space (2008)
SHOWNOTES:00:10 - Intro03:35 - The Last Ninja Collection https://shorturl.at/GvX9x 17:33 - Dead Space (2008) https://shorturl.at/v9U1e 28:50 - The Last Caretaker @wearechannel37.bsky.social 40:48 - Outro

Just when you thought you were safe to go back to the calendar… It’s the best of the rest from 2025 that didn’t quite make top 10, including Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders, Arken Age, Routine, Atomfall, Ball X Pit, Powerwash Sim 2 & dozens more!
SHOWNOTES:00:10 - Index02:30 - Spilled!04:43 - Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders07:46 - Lost Records: Bloom & Rage09:37 - Arken Age11:40 - March: Expelled, Atomfall, Two Point Museum etc.13:57 - Gradius Origins17:07 - April: TETRIS® THE GRAND MASTER, Promise Mascot Agency, Tempest Rising, Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3, Skin Deep22:15 - Routine24:27: May: Despolote, RoadCraft, City Tales, Duck Detective: The Secret Salami, Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure, Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo28:53 - Ruffy and the Riverside, Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game, No, I’m not Human, City Tales: Medieval Era, Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, Strange Antiquities, Consume Me, 29:48 - Ball X Pit, SOPA - Tale of the Stolen Potato33:14 - Cronos: The New Dawn36:11 - Powerwash Simulator 2, Skate Story38:18 - The Séance of Blake Manor41:42 - R-Type Delta HD Boosted42:23 - MHG Chat: The Mass Effect Trilogy45:00 - Outro

Here it is, the GOTYs! The GOATs of 2025, including the likes of [redacted], the amazing [redacted] and the controversial - perhaps even shocking - [redacted]. Enjoy!

Screw positivity; let’s get angry! Prior to our GOTY chat, we look back on the garbagey stuff that ‘25 threw at us. It’s cathartic to share a good moan, so let’s cathart… hard! P.S. this is an important watch: https://shorturl.at/cJu3j
SHOWNOTES:00:10 - Intro01:48 - Rant #1, Nintendo13:06 - Positive intermission: Mass Effect16:26 - Rant #2, Microsoft27:04 - Rant #3, AI38:34 - Wrap up of 202539:28 - Outro

We’ve all fallen to Whamageddon by now & elves are roasting on an open fire. So we bid you a Merry Xmas & happy hols with the likes of Keep the Heroes Out https://shorturl.at/i673C, Death Howl @11bitstudios.bsky.social, UNBEATABLE @playstack.com & Thrasher @puddlestudio.bsky.social 
SHOWNOTES00:10 - Intro00:31 - MHG Chat: Rob Reiner02:50 - Super Farming Boy https://shorturl.at/kzNnL 04:57 - Keep the Heroes Out https://shorturl.at/i673C 08:50 - Winter Burrow @pinecreekgames.com 11:54 - Death Howl @11bitstudios.bsky.social 16:45 - Dialoop Roguelite Puzzle https://shorturl.at/zyc5m 25:03 - UNBEATABLE @playstack.com28:34 - Thrasher @puddlestudio.bsky.social34:21 - Pragmata Sketchbook29:31 - Outro

OK, so we didn’t get any ‘3’ news at TGA, but there’s loads of T spilled regardless. On top of that: Sacred 2 Remaster https://shorturl.at/fRvBW, Routine @rawfury.bsky.social, Bonaparte - A Mechanized Revolution @studioimugi.bsky.social
SHOWNOTES:00:10 - Intro00:57 - MHG Chat: The Game Awards 202513:50 - Sacred 2 Remaster (https://shorturl.at/fRvBW)21:06 - Routine @rawfury.bsky.social36:08 - Bonaparte - A Mechanized Revolution @studioimugi.bsky.social49:46 - Outro

This week we navigate from the asphalt (NASCAR 25 https://shorturl.at/iQJtC, Project Motor Racing https://shorturl.at/QN1wn) to outer space (MARVEL Cosmic Invasion @dotemu.bsky.social) to home-based horror (No, I'm not a Human @trioskaz.bsky.social) to the snowy slopes (Ski Jumping World Cup https://shorturl.at/jzXhg).
SHOWNOTES:00:00 - Intro00:43 - MHG Chat: Dino Crisis collection03:35 - NASCAR 25 https://shorturl.at/iQJtC 07:35 - Project Motor Racing https://shorturl.at/QN1wn 11:21 - MARVEL Cosmic Invasion @dotemu.bsky.social30:07 - No, I'm not a Human @trioskaz.bsky.social36:19 - Ski Jumping World Cup https://shorturl.at/jzXhg41:36 - MHG Chat: GOTY deliberation43:35 - Outro

After a review of SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide, Brad & Stu celebrate the 300th podcast anniversary with a retrospective of one of our favourite game devs of all time: the mighty CAPCOM!
SHOWNOTES:00:00 - Intro02:36 - SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide https://shorturl.at/SXpM008:48 - Capcom Special!09:16 - Mid 80s - 1942, Ghouls ‘n’ Ghosts12:28 - Late 80s - Forgotten Worlds, Final Fight, Strider17:02 - Early 90s - The SNES & Mega Man, Final Fight series, UN Squadron, Super Ghouls ‘n’ Ghosts, Street Fighter 224:51 - Early/Mid 90s - Cadillacs & Dinosaurs, The Punisher, Captain Commando, Alien vs. Predator28:31 - Mid 90s - Resident Evil39:49 - Lates90s/Early 2000s - Cannon Spike, Capcom vs. SNK, Dino Crisis43:13 - Early 2000s - PS2 era - Onimusha, Devil May Cry, Maximo, Chaos Legion, God Hand, Auto Modellista48:23 - Mid/Late 2000s - Lost Planet, Ace Attorney, Street Fighter 455:43 - late 2000s & 2010s - P.N.03, Okami, Ghost Trick, Resident Evil 7, Monster Hunter, Resi 2 & 3 remakes01:00:29 - Present day and future - Resident Evil 9: Requiem, Pragmata (plus general retrospective)01:15:49 - Outro