Show Notes This time in A Theater Near You, Paul, Sean, and Kris watch Sean’s favorite movie of all time, Big Trouble in Little China. Has this cult classic stood the test of time, or is there indeed big trouble on the horizon? Let’s find out.
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The spooky season is still upon us, and to celebrate, Dan and Kris have kompleted their attempt at ranking every Mortal Kombat Kharacter! This time around, they’re starting with Mortal Kombat 4 and working their way back to the original arcade release, and this is where things get really interesting because this is where the truly iconic characters begin. Does Raiden have a cooler hat than Kung Lao? Is Scorpion’s catchphrase cooler than Sub-Zero’s iconic fatality? Just how many points does Quan Chi’s leg rip earn him? Let’s find out!
At the top of the show, Dan and Kris finish off their Sea of Stars spoiler talks by discussing the true ending and post-game content in detail. There’s also some talk about the current status of video game discourse, with some folks out there getting unnecessarily nasty about some changes happening, particularly in the world of Mario. Plus, Intellivision Amico games release without the all-important Intellivision Amico, Super Mario Wonder demo impressions, the overwhelming delight of The Making of Karateka, Dan’s father in law comes to town, Kris gets sucked into his Virtual Boy, and more!
Read the Super Size Coloring Activity Book along with us: https://imgur.com/a/ssrQq2e
The spooky season is upon us, and to celebrate, Dan and Kris have kompiled a list of every Mortal Kombat kharacter! Why? To rank them, of course! In part 1 of this 2-part ranking extravaganza, they’ll be dissecting every playable fighter working backwards from Mortal Kombat 11 back to Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance. And boy, are there some stinkers on the rosters of these games. But how exactly does one rank a joke character like Mokap? How will the Game Boy Advance-exclusive Sareena fare? IS there any character dumber than Kobra? Let’s find out.
At the top of the show, Dan and Kris finally dive into Sea of Stars spoiler territory, discussing all the things they love about the game, and all the things they don’t. There be major spoilers ahead, so have that fast forward button handy if you want to avoid learning about what happens in the game. Dan also tells a harrowing story about his recent trip to the Department of Motor Vehicles that’s so completely insane it has to be heard to be believed. Enjoy!
We are reviewing Uncle Buck, the John Hughes classic with John Candy as highly competent screw up who is very into teenage torture. Also a film that shows what would happen when leaving Macaulay Culkin at home without supervision....
Dan and Kris bring you the Nintendo Wii U Starter Kit! If you had $100 to start a physical Wii U collection, which games should you get? The Wii U is an interesting system because while some of its games have become fairly expensive already, many of its best titles are still shockingly affordable. But with many of those games also existing on Switch, often times in even better form, are they still worth playing on Wii U? Will Dan actually put a Mario platformer on his list? Will Kris manage to get his favorite game of all time in the budget? Let’s find out!
At the top of the show, Dan and Kris go over some preliminary non-spoilery Sea of Stars talk. Dan has completed the game, but Kris isn’t quite there yet. Expect a spoilercast next week! After that though, they get into a rather in-depth discussion about a couple of nasty things happening in the world of video games. Specifically how Atooi has been handling their Chicken Wiggle/Hatch Tales Kickstarter campaign, and their differing opinions on what the company should be doing for their investors/backers. Buckle up, this is a long one!
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As has become tradition around here at the WaveBack podcast, every October Matt and Kris focus on the music of a different Castlevania game in chronological order. This time they’re cracking their whips at an often overlooked entry in Konami’s classic vampire killing franchise, and one that didn’t find its way to North America until well after its initial release overseas. Watch out for trees being struck by lightning because tonight they listen to the music of Akumajo Dracula for the Sharp X68000.
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2 Kronoforms Commercials, including 1 rap commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiwcOVGPpOw
Kronoform: https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kronoform
Time Warrior: https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Time_Warrior_(G1)#Toys
This week, Dan and Kris bring you the September 10 20 30 40, where they break down notable game releases from 10, 20, 30, and 40 years ago. This month was all over the map. Despite Metacritic changing their site and making it nigh unusable for the purposes of finding games by release date, they managed to find the info they needed! Some big games came out for Wii U, PlayStation 2, and more, but the big winners this month went to the 16-bit hardware, especially the Sega Genesis with what was easily the most popular home port of the original Mortal Kombat on top of another bunch of great titles. At the top of the show, Kris looks back on a recent concert-going experience where he got to see Jenny Lewis from the movie The Wizard on stage, which was a pleasant surprise all around! Dan caught us all up on his Sea of Stars progress and surprisingly didn’t mention PAD or Marvel Snap the entire time. Clearly something has gone terribly wrong and we should be concerned. And speaking of concerns, Kris laments the nigh-unplayable state of Horizon Chase 2 on Switch, and his hopes for its eventual patching. But wait, there’s more! What more? You’ll have to listen to find out because honestly, we’ve forgotten.
On this week’s episode of This Week’s Episode, Kris leads the gang on a trip to the sports desk with Sports Night. Angie fights the devil while heading down Firefly Lane, Karen gets Olyphant-ed, Evan watches the car wreck that is Scientology and Kris gushes over Ahsoka. All this and so much more!