I’ll wake you up in the course of the night time.
That is the final one in all these I’ll write this 12 months.
Because the summer time, I’ve turned the podcast article into a private canvas the place I paint a story, constructing to a transition, that I spring on an unwitting viewers. They merely want to know of what we spoke, however I weave them a narrative.
On this time I’ve coated matters starting from Diddy’s (no, not that one) impending mortality to how Sony’s makes an attempt to make Betamax extra vibrant result in the horror slop we see on Tubi. Generally, I sit all the way down to compose this text and the trail is already specified by my head. Different occasions, the map is clean and I’m pressured to discover a approach ahead.
This as soon as resulted in me writing a passage the place I found out what sort of regional pizza Mira would have adopted.
I take pleasure in this as a inventive writing train, however I additionally assume it’s a little bit of a stress valve. It feels just like the commentariat in gaming has turn out to be so “takes” oriented, that they are unable to take a look at themselves and ask in the event that they’re the issue. Generally it is simply enjoyable to power folks to find out about Mesopotamian arithmetic or write a weirdly self-referential article designed to check if I might write the article earlier than the episode existed. Sure, should you’re curious.
And typically I inform a bit of story in regards to the historical past of bizarre stuff and by chance predict the long run.
I hope somebody out there was having fun with these as a lot as I take pleasure in writing them. They seem to be a enjoyable, weekly, writing problem that makes me assume. I do not know if I will maintain at it; it takes some time, however I plan to.
Anyway, this week we spent an enormous chunk of time on Listener Mail. Main off, we solid Gaming’s A Christmas Carol. We additionally had somebody write in to inform us about their time with Ty the Tasmanian Tiger, and we discover our Ty.
After a break, now we have our final New Enterprise of 2025. Gui completed up Absolum. We additionally discuss a bit extra about NSO-release Wario World. Lastly we provide an replace on Metroid Prime 4. There’s additionally time to replace the world on Xbox Fridge Watch.
As all the time, thanks all for listening and emailing in 2025. See you subsequent 12 months!
(00:04:06) Listener Mail – A Youtube Grifter’s Christmas Carol.(00:34:27) The Outfoxies, Arcade Archives have a good time 500 titles.(00:41:16) Indiana Jones is my Ty the Tasmania Tiger.(01:25:18) New Enterprise – Absolum.(01:34:25) Wario World as a shock NSO launch.(01:37:49) Metroid Prime 4: Past.(01:43:22) The Xbox fridge has been changed.

