Console Crusade

(0:03:29) Barbenheimer  (0:07:22) EJ’s theater rant (0:15:15) Chris hitchhikes + another Zelda update (0:27:11) EJ’s retro vacation (0:37:23) Childhood memories and Pokemon trading (0:44:18) Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision-Blizzard and the FTC trial (1:09:14) Spider-Man 2 story trailer musings (1:17:42) Tales from the garage sales (1:20:37) CRT sickness (1:31:54) Chris’s Alaskan exfil

Games we’ve been playing, news including the Microsoft FTC drama and their agreement with Sony to keep Call of Duty on their platform, Fandom’s UI issues, Pokemon rumors and more!

Fantasy Critic weekend showdown (0:02:48) What we’ve been playing, plus retro games on modern hardware (0:38:14) EJ’s retro game shop mishaps (1:21:09) Nintendo’s next console and TSA leaks (1:34:49)

Console Crusade's second FantasyCritic quarterly update. It's been a weird year!

Nick, Chris and EJ are joined by longtime bud Brandon Gustaveson to chat Final Fantasy XVI, Zelda, Gamecube honorable mentions, and break down Nintendo's latest direct featuring Mario Wonder, Super Mario RPG remake and more!

The guys are joined by Chris’s buddy Nate to chat what they’ve been playing lately (Mega Man, Diablo, Zelda, and more!) plus chat their N64 top 100 honorable mentions. News this week includes Grimace’s Birthday, game preservation sadness, Final Fantasy voice acting and Nintendo movie rumors. Recorded before the announcement of today’s Nintendo Direct, the gang also give their (now outdated) predictions for a few things we may see (or saw!) at the showcase.

Prince of Persia (0:02:18) Graphics in modern gaming (0:06:32) Mortal Kombat 1 (0:11:39) Smash Bros (0:20:05) Dead by Daylight (0:22:43) Spider-Man 2 (0:25:30) Lies of P (0:28:43) Sandland (0:31:02) Alan Wake 2 (0:31:59) Final Fantasy VII (0:35:48) Palworld (0:48:40) Sonic (0:49:40) Fable (0:54:53) South of Midnight (0:59:10) Star Wars Outlaws (1:01:10) Avowed (1:10:12) Sea of Thieves (1:13:44) Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 (1:15:01) Like A Dragon (1:18:36) Atlas Rock Block (1:22:35) Starfield (1:31:01)

Intro, housekeeping, Dragon Ball Z? (0:00:00) SNES - Top 100 Honorable Mentions (0:06:41) EJ’s backslide into collecting and foray into reselling (0:30:59) Sony handheld (0:52:30) BREAKING NEWS - Nintendo Online update (0:57:14) Spider-Man nontroversy (1:02:19) Sony showcase musings, general industry chat (1:03:45) Aspyr/KOTOR II drama (1:15:21) Tiffany’s Nintendo console tier list objections and why the N64 is actually bad (1:20:45) Console Crusade ranks every Nintendo franchise (1:26:42) The real Nintendo franchise tier list (2:26:31)

Console Crusade has been playing The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom NON-STOP---please enjoy a spoiler filled discussion about one of the best games of 2023.

Everyone is busy playing the new Zelda game, so this is a little pre-ToTK filler---please enjoy Console Crusade's ranking of every Nintendo console!

A light week in anticipation of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom! New segment discussion (0:01:05) EJ’s Metroid Prime Remastered update (0:07:42) NES game highlight (0:16:13) Megaman X musings (0:36:26) Nintendo fiscal report (kinda) and Switch 2 speculation…again (0:39:13) Zelda: Skyward Sword discussion (0:56:27)

Catching up on some gaming news! Redfall (0:01:31) Should game reviews focus on performance? (0:08:00) Kotaku's Luke Plunkett tweets + Chris's RAGE (0:19:24) PointCrow / Zelda DMCA controversy + Nintendo being out of touch with the community (0:35:27) Tears of the Kingdom leaks (0:45:36) Zelda price hike and potential Switch 2 launch games + Metroid slander (0:49:05) Microsoft's current plight (1:00:08) Fantasy Critic league musings (1:14:02)

A review? A retrospective? JUST RANTS? There's a little bit of everything here as Chris, Nick and EJ discuss their time with Nintendo's recent Metroid Prime Remastered.

Nick and Chris chat video game NEWS, including that ripper of a Zelda trailer! EJ was too lazy to generate timestamps for this episode, so this week's topics are a surprise. Enjoy!

THE GANG IS BACK TOGETHER AGAIN BABY. The guys chat the Mario Bros Movie, games they've been playing at the beach together, and then finally share their takes on God of War Ragnarok.

Nick, Chris and EJ catch up about what they've been playing the last few weeks. Beware of Robot.

Nintendo eShop Drama (0:00:33) Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Gameplay Reaction (0:40:19) E3 Abandoned? (1:13:17) PS5 Pro Rumors (1:25:50) RIP Lance Reddick (1:39:59)

Chris and Nick sit down with their partners to discuss episode nine of HBO's The Last of Us while EJ attempts to be on his best behavior for more than 12 minutes at a time! 

EJ, Nick and Chris are joined by Brennan Allen to check in at the three month mark of their Fantasy Critic league, as well as recap episode 8 of The Last of Us. 

WE'RE SO TIRED