Critical Diversions

We've heard the complaints: it's 2023 and there's not nearly enough talk around town about Bloodborne. Matt's here to remedy that situation this week. He's also talking about stuff like a David Lynch…

The boys discuss the hardships and discrimination that one must face as Adult Mario Fans. Why can't Yoshi be by everyone? Where is the worldbuilding? If god's real, then why isn't the bubble power us…

Halloween may be over, but Matt's got plenty of spooky things to talk about, such as more unnecessary video game industry layoffs, Inscryption, and identity theft!

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Matt's getting sick, but we've still got some games and some news to monologue about, including Suika Game, Mario Wonder, Spider-Man 2, and Risk of Rain Returns

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We've got it all this week, baby. A state of the games club update, a bunch of of games to talk about that aren't Baldur's Gate 3 (most notably Mario Wonder and Spider-Man 2), and the video game indu…

Cozymeg, Cali, Boogs, Wilkins, and Matt post up to weather the storm together and hang out to talk about Firewatch for a while. We get to hear the female perspective on a lot of things, learn that Ma…

Matt's got a state of the games club update, some games to talk about (including Dave the Diver and Ooblets), and some news to get into. Most importantly, Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs

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Seth, Wilkins, and Matt shelter together for a while to talk about their experiences with Gunbrella, the seemingly overlooked neo-noir action platformer from Doinksoft that released earlier this year…

Today on games and news, Matt's got a little bit of games, a tiny bit of news, and a lot of Final Fantasy 7 stuff at the request of Jim (I'm so sorry)

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Matt's doing another one of these. This time, he gives an update on the state of the games club, talks about The Messenger, Kirby and the Amazing Mirror, and some games that are much better than thos…

Cali, Wilkins, Boogs, Jim, Seth, and Matt cover What Remains of Edith Finch in this episode. Besides the game itself, they also talk about family histories, stories, and tall tales, what it's like to…

Seth Sturgill, Andrew Wilkins, and Matt Murray air some grievances over the recently released turn-based RPG, Sea of Stars. But don't fret, there's some positivity sprinkled in there somewhere, we sw…

Matt Murray's doing a solo podcast, talking about video games, both ones he's played and ones he's seen in the news, and gulping water uncomfortably loud. This go around we're talking about goodies l…

Collin Williams, Seth Sturgill, Jim Masi, Andrew Wilkins, and Matt Murray link up (sans passcodes) to talk about the Zelda Oracle games for the GameBoy Color, recently re-released on Switch. Along th…

Jim Masi, Andrew Wilkins, Seth Sturgill, and Matt Murray meetup to talk about the latest game in the Pikmin franchise, its evolution towards a cozy game, the state of Nintendo's output over the last …

Andrew Wilkins, Seth Sturgill, Hunter, and Matt Murray link up to talk about Sephonie, the latest game from Analgesic Productions. The conversation gets as heady and in the weeds as you'd expect from…

Seth Sturgill, Andrew Wilkins, and Matt Murray enter the Critical Diversions branded cage to fight about Alan Wake. Turns out, there wasn't as much to fight about as we thought. The combat ain't grea…

Collin Williams, Andrew Wilkins, Hunter, Ian, Seth Sturgill, and Matt Murray throw the format of the show out the window on only the third episode to talk about their favorite games of 2023 so far, a…

Seth Sturgill, Hunter, Andrew Wilkins, and Matt Murray get together to talk about the WarioWare series in its entirety, from its humble beginnings as the minigame "Sound Blaster" within a Mario Paint…

For the very first episode of Critical Diversions, Andrew Wilkins, Seth Sturgill, Collin Williams, and Matt Murray get together to talk about Tears of the Kingdom. It's nearly three hours of largely …