This Podcast Cannot Continue
A podcast about video games by two friends. Ben and Colin explore topics they don't warn each other about in advance and talk about their ever-growing backlogs.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 102 minutes
- Episodes
- 52
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2023
Episode 12: SGDQ 2021 and Franchise Changes
Summer Games Done Quick 2021's games list is discussed, along with how changes (or lack thereof) in a series over time can hurt (or improve) the core gameplay. Backlog land gets visits from a familia…
Episode 11: Licensed Games and RPG Jailbreaks
Ben and Colin ponder the prevalence of the jailbreak sequence trope in RPGs and take a look at the often looked-down-upon licensed game. Backlog features some childhood classics.
Episode 10: TPCC GAMECUBE TOP 10
In this very special milestone episode, Ben and Colin duke it out over which GameCube games are the best! There'll be thrills! Chills! Seething rage that your favourite game and/or series gets sideli…
Episode 9: Service Games and Toxicity
Games as a service: good or bad? Ben and Colin discuss this business model while also looking at toxic behavior online. Backlog land features a critical success and an indie gem.
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Episode 8: Boomer Shooters and Entry JRPGs
The revival of the 90s FPS is discussed, along with a look at JRPGs that could serve as entry points to the genre. In Backlog Land, Ben and Colin add to the RPG pile.
Episode 7: Hardware Preservation and Letdowns
The guys ponder what happens when all our DS consoles and N64 controllers finally break, while also thinking about games they tried real hard to like despite...not liking them that much. JRPGs once a…
Episode 6: Fail States and Indies
Ben and Colin talk about failure and indie games. JRPGs take center stage in the backlog discussion.
Episode 5: Adaptations and Remakes
Adaptations (all kinds) and remakes (all kinds) are discussed. Colin grapples with his Souls-Borne anxiety and Ben revisits a classic in backlog land.
Episode 4: Respecting Time and Spin-Offs
Ben and Colin grapple with the evergreen question of how to find time for the games you want to play, in addition to discussing spin-off titles that transcended their parent series and became somethi…
Episode 3: Game Preservation
In this episode Ben and Colin discover they both wanted to talk about the same thing and proceed to do that for awhile. As usual, backlog discussion follows, this time with a theme song!
Episode 2: Zelda 35, Creepy Nostalgia, and Cyberpunk 2077
Ben and Colin try to stick to the formula while chatting about 2021's Zelda-versary, icebergs of creepy, Cyberpunk 2077, and their ever growing pile of neglected backlog titles.
Episode 1: Speedrun Cheats and Cloud Gaming
First ever episode of This Podcast Cannot Continue! Ben and Colin talk speedrun controversy, cloud gaming, and delve into some backlog games collecting dust on their respective shelves.