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This week GP returns with a pep in his step, and a hankering to run down the virtues of game speed running. From the might of Brazil, to blind running Battle Toads the crew banter about a challenging spin on playing retro classics. Press B To Cancel now on Youtube! For updates and more episodes please visit our website www.pressbtocancel.com, or find us on Twitter @pressbtocancel and Instagram @pressbtocancel. Special thanks to The Last Ancient on SoundCloud for our podcast theme.

This week we revisit Capcom's undisputable NES classic Ducktales (woo hoo!), as well as 2013's remaster done by Wayforward. Steller music, tight controls, incredibly difficult gameplay; Ducktales is one of the best on the console. Wholesome family fun you'd expect from Disney; just like that one windmill short with the crushing gears, The Black Cauldron, chest bursting aliens, Freddy Kruger ... we may have gone off on a tangent this episode. Press B To Cancel now on Youtube! For updates and more episodes please visit our website www.pressbtocancel.com, or find us on Twitter @pressbtocancel and Instagram @pressbtocancel. Special thanks to The Last Ancient on SoundCloud for our podcast theme.

Cyberpunk 2077, Last of Us, Jedi Survivor, Redfall; why is PC gaming a flaming dumpster fire in 2023? Why does 1080p 60fps gaming feel like unobtainable goal? While many declare PC gaming king of platforms over consoles, lately the Playstation and Xbox are looking more attractive. This week Press B gives it's thoughts on the state of PC gaming and it's woes. Press B To Cancel now on Youtube! For updates and more episodes please visit our website www.pressbtocancel.com, or find us on Twitter @pressbtocancel and Instagram @pressbtocancel. Special thanks to The Last Ancient on SoundCloud for our podcast theme.

Get ready for a demon slaying adventure with Gal Guardians: Demon Purge, formerly known as Grim Guardians. Developed by the renowned studio Inti Creates, the creators behind hit titles such as Bloodstained and Blaster Master Zero, this action-packed platformer promises a thrilling experience with its multi-stage levels, challenging bosses, and a gameplay style that takes inspiration from the classic Castlevania games. Press B To Cancel now on Youtube! For updates and more episodes please visit our website www.pressbtocancel.com, or find us on Twitter @pressbtocancel and Instagram @pressbtocancel. Special thanks to The Last Ancient on SoundCloud for our podcast theme.

Are you a die-hard Mario fan who's been eagerly waiting for the release of Illumination's new Super Mario Bros. movie? Well, buckle up because in this week's episode we're diving deep into the world of Mario movies! We journey through time, exploring the similarities and differences between the newly released Super Mario Bros. movie by Illumination and the original 1993 movie cheese fest. Press B To Cancel now on Youtube! For updates and more episodes please visit our website www.pressbtocancel.com, or find us on Twitter @pressbtocancel and Instagram @pressbtocancel. Special thanks to The Last Ancient on SoundCloud for our podcast theme.

In this episode of Press B, we dive into the latest DLC for the critically acclaimed indie game, Dead Cells, which pays homage to the classic Castlevania series. We discuss the new weapons, enemies, and levels that come with the DLC, as well as the overall experience of playing in this legendary franchise crossover. Press B To Cancel now on Youtube! For updates and more episodes please visit our website www.pressbtocancel.com, or find us on Twitter @pressbtocancel and Instagram @pressbtocancel. Special thanks to The Last Ancient on SoundCloud for our podcast theme.

Here's the story of a man named Arthur, who was father to... wait, this is something else. This is the story of a world that is becoming tougher on crime, but easy on the eyes! Grab your chaps, and your gun belt, it's time to talk about Red Dead Redemption 2 Press B To Cancel now on Youtube! For updates and more episodes please visit our website www.pressbtocancel.com, or find us on Twitter @pressbtocancel and Instagram @pressbtocancel. Special thanks to The Last Ancient on SoundCloud for our podcast theme.

Join us for the thrilling conclusion to Press B's March Radness 2023! Throughout this past month, we've been celebrating salt and tears with a bracket-style tournament each week. And now, in our final episode, we're bringing you the ultimate showdown: Best Console. Get ready for a mic-drop moment as we pit some of the most iconic, groundbreaking, and legendary retro consoles against each other to determine the ultimate winner. It's a battle of the titans, tune in now to find out which console will come out on top! Press B To Cancel now on Youtube! For updates and more episodes please visit our website www.pressbtocancel.com, or find us on Twitter @pressbtocancel and Instagram @pressbtocancel. Special thanks to The Last Ancient on SoundCloud for our podcast theme.

It's time for Press B's March Radness! A month long celebration of salt and tears as each week in March we do bracket tournment style episodes. In this milestone episode, the Press B team takes on a tournament to determine the worst ice levels in video games. From slippery slopes to frustrating puzzles, they'll be discussing the most infuriating levels across various genres and consoles. Who will come out on top as the ultimate loser? Join the conversation and let us know your picks in the comments below! Press B To Cancel now on YouTube! For updates and more episodes please visit our website www.pressbtocancel.com, or find us on Twitter @pressbtocancel and Instagram @pressbtocancel. Special thanks to The Last Ancient on SoundCloud for our podcast theme.

It's time for Press B's March Radness! A month long celebration of salt and tears as each week in March we do bracket tournment style episodes. On this week's episode of Press B, join our hosts as they dive into the world of video game villains and battle it out to crown the ultimate bad guy! We've assembled (scientifically and randomized) brackets of 12 of the most iconic and memorable video game villains, from Bowser to Sephiroth to GLaDOS. Listen in as they debate and discuss each villain's strengths, weaknesses, and overall impact on their respective game's story and gameplay. Who will come out on top and be crowned the ultimate video game villain? Tune in to find out! Press B To Cancel now on Youtube! For updates and more episodes please visit our website www.pressbtocancel.com, or find us on Twitter @pressbtocancel and Instagram @pressbtocancel. Special thanks to The Last Ancient on SoundCloud for our podcast theme. Transcript: Chard (A): If he dies, he dies. Greatest video game vitillins today on. Wulff (B): Um. Chard (A): Welcome, everybody, back to another actual, live bless you episode of Presbyter cancel tonight. I am the blessed host of this evening's episode. But I'm not alone. As Jake say. No, I'm not alone. I'm with four of the greatest villains I know running amongst us here. Jake, how are you, sir? Jake (C): I'm doing good. Thanks for being having me back. Chard (A): Thanks for being having back. Thanks for being having back, too. You hit me. I'm just werewolf. Jake (C): I'm distracted setting shit up and oh, crap. Chard (A): How are you set up if we're running? Jake (C): I always set stuff up. Sins (D): The intro. Chard (A): No, even every mad scientist has an evil contraption werewolf. How are you, sir? No. Wulff (B): Is the audio long? Sins (D): There we go. Chard (A): There it is. Wulff (B): Okay, so I unmuted after the sneeze. Cool. Chard (A): It works. Wulff (B): Just muted after the sneeze. Great. Chard (A): Your reverse machines work great. Wulff (B): I apologize for that sneeze. Sins (D): Hey, I caught a light sneeze. Chard (A): Of the evening. I guess I also made my own pretty hate machine. Citistar, how are you? Sins (D): I am Valaneous tonight. Chard (A): There's a pill for that GP. How are you? No whimsical, friend. GP (E): Speaking of Charlie, speaking of whatever those erection pills were that you sent me, they are nuts if we can keep this episode under 2 hours, because at the end of about an hour and a half from now, I will need to go to the Er. Two and a half hours ago, my. Chard (A): Wife accidentally washed those pills, and now I cannot get my pants to fold. Guys, just as bad as that joke are these people that are on our list today. You like that, Segue? Jake (C): That's pretty damn smooth. GP (E): We go hard. Chard (A): We do in the paint, as a matter of fact. Sports reference. Sports ball. Sins (D): Sports ball. Chard (A): Guys, it is march. Radness. We continue fourth on our continuation of brackets bracketeering the brack on tears. Isn't that a Jack White band? No, we're talking music, and we're definitely talking music and sports today. And unfortunately, these guys have come along. We're going to break these guys down. We have several selected villains that we are going to do in our own scientifically, whimsical, Canadian lies way of discussing who tyrannically. Sorry, tyrannically is what I meant to say. Jake (C): I have whimsical back. I'd rather be whimsical. But, you know, out of our no. Chard (A): There'S no Whimsical out of our list of these people. Now, we know there's other villains out there. We dug very deep on the surface of these to try and figure out which one of these villains would be good. Some you'll know, some we won't know. It'll happen, trust me. And some you will probably rant rave that these were poor choices, but guess what? We're the host, so we pick what we want, because that's how things work around here. Sins (D): If it's not on our list, call out in the comments or come yell at us in discord there you go. Chard (A): Yeah, that 100% of us have full time jobs. It's very difficult to find a list when you're having people yelling at you all day. Well, okay. Sorry. 90% of us. Wow. Sins (D): Jeff throwing down early. Chard (A): Time job. Wulff (B): You take care of it. Chard (A): That's not easy. That beautiful background behind you. That's beautiful. That's hard work. Wulff (B): I don't get to see it as. Sins (D): Much as I used to in Chat. Jeff's throwing down early. GP (E): Let's ease up on the spoilers. Chard (A): What do you think? Jake (C): Kafka may not even be there. Sins (D): Kefa didn't make our list. Jake (C): Yeah, he's a small time you guys. Chard (A): Are using the Kafka didn't make our list. Chard Monk didn't make the stream. Wulff (B): All right. Chard (A): It's kind of a one, and it's like, if there's one thing that comes with me everywhere, that's not my wife, it's Kefca. Let's just be honest, all right? I do. I'm trying to get a Kefca tattoo, as a matter of fact. That's not a joke. That's true. Let's go ahead and fire things off. We're going to start with our first two villain matchup back to back here. Our first selection is Joker Mark Hamill. Sins (D): Mark, joker. GP (E): Need to specify that. Chard (A): And Bowser from Mario from the Mario Brothers series. Jake (C): The Marios. Yeah. Sins (D): We're specifically talking video game versions of these villains. So Joker, Mark Hamill, I know that there's similarities, but it is the video game arkham series and not the cartoon series, where he's the Joker. Jake (C): Right. He's great in both, but specifically the video game in this case. Yes. GP (E): Also, when we're talking about let's read. Chard (A): Everything'S about video games here. Right. GP (E): But also, is the metric or the rubric that we are saying for best villain, meaning, like, most iconic, most likable, most successful. What's the metric here? Jake (C): I think we have to be well rounded with this. Right. We have to look at their impact in the game, their successes, their character. I think it's a well rounded we should look at all angles when we're talking about these villains. GP (E): Yeah, agreed. Wulff (B): Yeah. Chard (A): We got to think about some longevity issues that are in here too, because Bowser has been an iconic villain for a long time, while the Joker has been an iconic villain, but not in video game tropes for as long as Bowser. Jake (C): Okay. Sins (D): And if we do look at backstory, then Joker actually comes all the way in from whatever 1930s or 40s or whatever it was, right? If we're talking backstory. Chard (A): Right. Not joaquin. Phoenix's. Joker, by the way. Sins (D): No. Chard (A): Still a great movie. Jake (C): No. GP (E): I could do an entire podcast episode on why that movie upset me. Chard (A): All right, who wants to go round robin on this first? I'll go. I'll tell you what, I'm going to just announce this right now. I know Sinister said he would go last, but I'll tell you what, as the host, I will be the tiebreaker of going last. I will make that decision. Sins (D): This is how Kefco wins call me a tyrant. This is how Kefko wins. Chard (A): I'm trying to ease everybody's mind on here. Although I do like it when GP says, all right, Char, well, you and I, our opinions don't matter. So what do you pick? GP (E): I'm going to go and call it Chard. You and I, our opinions don't matter. Chard (A): So who wants to go first in this round? Jake (C): I'll go for this one. Yeah. The randomized brackets are really cruel here because this is a tough matchup. I mean, Bowser is one of the longest standing video game villains. It was randomized. We discussed this off this, off the stream. It's randomized, scientifically, accurately, through the AI. Anyway, bowser has been a longtime villain, but Mark Hamill, forget the animated series, forget everything else in his career. Just the arkham joker, like Arkham city and Arkham Asylum. He is so good. His voice acting is just iconic as this villain. He's chilling. He's just scary. He's such a great villain and such a great performance in the Arkan games. I mean, Bowser is great and all, and he's a big part of the Mario franchise. But I mean, come on. Joker, I think, is the villain. I think he's like, such an iconic villain. I like Bowser, but I think especially the more recent Mario games where they had the opportunity for things like me voice acting or a story, they don't really do that right. Like, even in Mario Odyssey, the story was Bowser's kidnapping Peach to get married. It makes no sense, and it's barely even a damn plot. So even though he's like, iconic looking, he's not really impactful in the storylines to Mario. Not that there is one to begin with. I mean, he's memorable, I guess, because of nostalgia. But I think Mark Campbell's performance as the joker in Arkham is so damn good. Sins (D): All right, I want to go next. That's why I was holding up my finger there. Chard (A): Because I was getting my bingo card out? Sins (D): No, because I was going to make the argument, you already did this, but I guess I'm going to probably drive it home a little bit. Bowser, while being a long term video game villain, he hasn't actively tried to murder at mass levels. His whole goal is to marry Peach and rule the mushroom kingdom. Right? And then here's the Joker who has literally tried to kill everyone through infection or some other whatever, and he does it with almost a lack of reasoning or care. We've done this trope before, but some people just want to watch, so well. Ben right. GP (E): Specifically, your Mark Hamill impression is horrible. Sins (D): It is. Chard (A): I thought that was Bowser. GP (E): I should have said that. Jake (C): Jack black. Sins (D): But one thing I want to point out, and this happened, I think this was in Arkham Asylum. The first of kind of the video games that we're talking about at the end, he actually has destroyed the cure and he is infected and he knows that Batman is going to save him. And so he goes into this just balls to the wall. Because he knows that no matter how bad of a villain he is, his hero is going to save him because he knows Batman is that g

It's time for Press B's March Radness! A month long celebration of salt and tears as each week in March we do bracket tournament style episodes. On this episode of Press B, we dive into the world of video games based on movies and explore some of the most disappointing and frustrating adaptations ever made. From poorly executed gameplay mechanics to shoddy graphics, we discuss why these games failed to live up to the hype of their source material. Join us as we relive some of the most cringe-worthy moments in gaming history. Press B To Cancel now on Youtube! For updates and more episodes please visit our website www.pressbtocancel.com, or find us on Twitter @pressbtocancel and Instagram @pressbtocancel. Special thanks to The Last Ancient on SoundCloud for our podcast theme. Transcript: GP (A): Alright, everybody. Hello and welcome back to our podcast. Press B to cancel. Jake (B): You had to do the opening line. GP (A): Can I say hi first or you want the because I was going to lead into it. Chard (C): All right. GP (A): I have this. Okay. Jake (B): You're right. GP (A): If it please Your Highness, I will. Jake (B): Okay. GP (A): All right. Sins (D): Okay, everybody start over. Wulff (E): I thought we'd do a poldo, but in Dead. Hellos. Chard (C): This is our first podcast. We've never done this before. GP (A): You can host if you want to host. Jake (B): No, it's okay. I'm good. It's all right. GP (A): Since you copy did you not? Okay. No. So this episode is a little bit different, which is my fault, but I want to touch on that. And then I'll do the opening line and then we'll do our introductions. But I want to say this, everybody. It's march. Radness. I'm thrilled this is going to be a particularly fun episode because we're all in a hateful mood, if you weren't already picking up on that. This is one of those rare gems, a hidden gem, if you will, of an episode where we all get to just trash on things. And I think we all enjoy that. Except for Jake. Jake (B): My second favorite hobby, no gangster things people like. GP (A): So without further ado, I don't have an opening line. I have an opening bit. We'll say it that way. And this is, I think, kind of explaining the logic of what this episode is going to be. So let me paint you a picture with my imagination brush. Okay. The process I'll wait. The process begins when a video game developer says, wait a minute, I have a thought. I'm going to have a thought. Yes, it's gone. The process of original thought stalls. And secondhand, creativity is the order of the day. Let's just loosely adapt a popular movie into a video game, says one of the drone workers. I love it, says the suits. One voice speaks up from the darkened into the room. If we do that, you got to ask yourself one question do I feel lucky? Chill out, dickwad. We'll make money off of this. The process is rushed at best, and the day comes to present the new trash to the old money. This is garbage. A trash heaps the size of the moon. But it'll sell. That's no moon. You should give him his dignity. This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen, says the one voice from the darkened in the room. Yeah, it sucks, but we spent too much money to abandon it. When can we release? How about Friday the 13th? Wasn't that bad luck? Look, Friday the 13th is better than Monday the whatever. So the day comes and it's available to the masses. The reviews suck, but your allowance has to go somewhere. You close your eyes, praying so hard that the game will be at least a little bit fun. I'll be as good as you want me to be. Forever. God, just please don't let this suck. You hear the voice of God respond. Just wear the most excellent promise you can make. You go home, you open the box, the cartridge stares at you as if to say, I'm not really bad. I'm just drawn that way. Every evening I died, and every evening I was born again. Resurrected. You play and you play and you lose life after life. And that was my childhood. This game was as terrible as the developers knew it would be. A house of condiments and nothing more. The game was so bad, it ruined lives, ended marriages for the world. It was released on a Friday, but to me, it was a Tuesday. But that was life. And life finds a way decades later. We no longer have cartridges. We have subscription services. Multi pass. I met you guys. The podcast was if a hand reaching out to me saying, come with me if you want to live. Guys, we're going to need a bigger podcast. Jake, I am your father. Today on actually holy fucking okay. But well, in a good way, right? Sins (D): Oh, fucking epic. Don't talk over the intro. Jake (B): Over the extended intro. GP (A): It's extended the extended intro. That's all the time we have today. Sins (D): Yeah. GP (A): Welcome back into Press be to cancel. So if you pick up on what we were talking about today, video games that were poorly translated no, let me re hit that. Movies poorly translated into video games. And in continuing with the spirit of March Radnus, we are doing this bracket stylize. And I'm over the moon excited. But before we get into that, I want to go through today's deus. We've got the full crew here today. Let's start off with Mr. Werewolf. Say hello. How are you doing today? Wulff (E): I'm doing all right. I'm doing all right. It's going to be a lot worse from here, I'll tell you that. GP (A): I love the optimism is what I like. This is all uphill. It's going to be great. My man. Chardmuck. How are you, sir? Welcome in. Chard (C): Now, that's one big pile of shit. GP (A): Oh, man. I love it. I love it. Sinister. Welcome in. How are you, sir? Sins (D): I'm doing well. And I have one question for you. GP (A): Okay. Sins (D): Have you seen this boy? GP (A): Why is Wayne's World not on our list anyway? And then, of course, sick Jake. How are you, my friend? Jake (B): I'm doing good. I'm looking to an episode full of us agreeing and coming together in harmony and peaceful debate. GP (A): I don't see that happening at all. But it is so good to have you. And I want you all to know there are no other groups of four people I would rather argue this with than you all. So let's jump right into it. These bracket episodes tend to go long, and I don't think this will be the exception, because if there's one thing we all enjoy doing, it is bashing the things I do want to point out a couple of things for anybody who's going to be upset that the list is not longer. We could do this all day. We're very Captain America that way. When we started the list of, hey, what should be on here? It was tough. Something to remember. There's more games out there than what's on this list. That just suck. But today we are voting for the shittiest adaptation of a movie into a video game. When you hear me vote for the worst possible thing, just please remember I'm. Sins (D): Supposed to real quick. GP (A): Yeah. Sins (D): If you think we didn't put a movie to video game adaptation on the list that we should have put in the comments or come to our discord and blast the fuck out of us. GP (A): Yes. Let us know where we messed up so that we can discuss it. Jake (B): Seriously every week. Chard (C): Also, I need to point out that not only did GP go with Wayne's World after have you seen this boy? That's where my fucking head went to. And I think I have a problem up top. GP (A): Yeah, absolutely. Okay, so let's jump right in the first bracket as determined by a random, I guess, program. Is that right? Jake (B): Completely random. GP (A): I came from the Super Nintendo called Superstar Wars. I believe sinister. That was one of your entries. Why don't you start us off by talking about Superstar Wars courage? Sins (D): It was not my entry, but I'm happy to talk about it because I played it today and I made it through the first level. And I question how this is a Star Wars game simply for the fact that well, okay, no, that's not true. I don't question how this is a Star Wars game. I question how this is actually tied to A New Hope, because you are Luke Skywalker at the beginning, running through the desert like he was doing, obviously, in A New Hope tattooing run. GP (A): Thank you. Sins (D): Running into scorpions that shoot things from their tails. Chard (C): Listen, we don't know much about the flora and fauna of Tatooines. Let's not. Wulff (E): I'm sure we all remember the beginning of the movie, how he just forced his way into the jawa. Chard (C): I specifically recall the scene of him absolutely annihilating this jaw sandroller. Wulff (E): Right. Sins (D): Hold on, folks. Because we took care of Return of the Jedi at the beginning of this game because you fight the Sarlac in the Sarlac pit as the first boss. Chard (C): This was him coming home to his aunt and uncle before everybody, before they showed up. We didn't know what he was doing beforehand. He wasn't in his room fucking watching hollow grams and doing unquestionable things to himself. No, he was running around in sand, biting the local Sarlac pit and having a run in with the jaws. GP (A): Off the hip straight in his face. I have to point this out because this is my favorite thing about the game. When you shoot a bad guy, they don't explode. They don't fall over. They go flying off the side of the thing. And it is the greatest thing in this video. Chard (C): We all know gravity on Tatooine is much weaker than it is in most atmospheres. Sins (D): But I will say this. I was waiting for when I had to negotiate with the Jawas for Droids, and it never happened. GP (A): You negotiate with your blaster. Yeah, I'm sorry. Off. That's what it is. Wulff (E): And they do. GP (A): You shoot them in their face, and they fuck right off. Jake (B): Oh, boy. Chard (C): Got a handful of cold fusion with your name on it. You're lucky jawa. GP (A): Guys. Somebody get that scorpion. Jake (B): This is on the list. Sins (D): This is Jake's game, but I played it today, so I figured I could talk about it. Jake (B): So there's three of these games, one for each of the movies, and the reason why I want this one to be there the first one, and I know it's kind of from the movies, but it's a Star Wars game, and you don't have a lightsaber for I feel like a good chunk of thi

It's time for Press B's March Radness! A month long celebration of salt and tears as each week in March we do bracket tournament style episodes. This week, we're pitting the best ninja video games against each other in a winner-takes-all battle. From classic 8-bit adventures to modern retro inspired titles, we've got a bracket full of games that will test your ninja skills. Join us as we discuss the matchups, share our thoughts, and ultimately crown a champion! Press B To Cancel now on Youtube! For updates and more episodes please visit our website www.pressbtocancel.com, or find us on Twitter @pressbtocancel and Instagram @pressbtocancel. Special thanks to The Last Ancient on SoundCloud for our podcast theme. Transcript: Jake (A): In the immortal words of the Iceman, go, Ninja. Go, ninja, go. Best ninjas games today on don't you start with that face. Welcome to another episode of Press Be. To cancel actually a very special episode. Why? Because March radness. I almost said madness, but no, it's March. Chard (B): Ball. Wulff (C): Yeah, there it is. Jake (A): We're going to patent this son of a bitch is what we're going to do. March radness. So this is an idea that Walt came up with earlier this year I believe we are going to do because we love doing these. Was it last year? Well, either way, we're going to do the entire month of March. Every episode of Press B will be a bracket tournament episode where we decide through team driven, scientific proven methods, the best or the worst of something by this week. This week it's Ninjas, the best ninja game. And I'm going to tell you right now, this was hard to come up with a list. It wasn't. There's a lot of ninja games. And I'm not talking about games that have a ninja like Merle Combat or Bashida Blade. No games that focus on ninjas. There's a lot of them. But we picked twelve and we're going to go through them and the only way we know how, bracket style. But I can't do this alone. There's no in team. So I got a crew with me to help me. As always, GP, how are you doing this week? GP (D): Oh, so we're part of your crew. Okay. I'm good. It's good to be here. Jake (A): We have even five minutes in and you're already trash talking to me. This has been a great episode. Chart, how are you doing? Chard (B): You ruined our cake sing along earlier today. So go dogs, bow down. We're talking. Jake (A): How are you doing? Chard (B): PB two dart. Jake (A): How are you doing? Sins (E): I'm doing well. How are you? Jake (A): I wish I had a mute button. That's what I wish. All right, we need to get right into this for everybody. I'm going to put the spider in charge. I'm just going to throw it up. Chard (B): We tried to make plans for this month and you said no. We all had to be here. And you're in Loud Voice before you complain about us all being here, you asked us all to fucking be here. GP (D): Could we do March redness in, like, April 1? Wulff (C): Who requested we were all here? Chard (B): All no. You don't say that. Don't say that. This was all Jake's idea. GP (D): Well, if you will never do anything wrong, ever. Wulff (C): I'm convincing my wife of that. Sins (E): Jake these two are mean. Jake (A): Jake they are. Citizen, thank you for being in my corner. Chard (B): Does it smell in your room? Jake (A): Citizen? Sins (E): Until Circus Charlie comes up. What was that chart? Chard (B): Is it smell in your room? You got a little something right there. Ground jake, we like you. Jake (A): No, fuck you guys. First game is Tmnt the arcade game. Oh, hidden Turtles, the Arcade Game. Yeah. It's hidden gem. Nobody's heard of this one. GP (D): Preempt that one right fucking now versus. Jake (A): The mystical ninja on the Nintendo 64. That is our matchup. So before collect your thoughts. Collect your thoughts. I don't normally do this, but I'm going to for this one. Hold on. I got buttons to this, right? I do. Sins (E): This is a genuinely hard decision. Jake (A): Yes. It's not showing up. Wulff (C): How do you try to pull us gooey doo ending down there? What's happening? Chard (B): John kelly my todd. GP (D): I have a good ranking system on this piece of paper in front of me that I have worked on. I was not prepared to compare these two games right away because I would have liked to see these go much, much further. And I just look at that. Jake (A): But I am sure I want to start off with something very important. Just I want you to watch this. I want you to watch just the. Wulff (C): Tell me it's spoiler alert. Jake (A): This is one of the greatest songs ever done on Nintendo 64. Chard (B): News team assembled. Sins (E): Wait, wait. Are you comparing it to the Donkey Kong on and 64 song? Jake (A): Forget the DK rap. Donkey beats everything on that system. Wulff (C): You don't understand. Jake (A): You have to see this. GP (D): The burning sun. Wulff (C): The first time I played through this game with a friend of mine was this summer. It came out like the year it came out, and we were dying laughing at this cutscene the first time it happened. And then the song keeps going once you start playing the level where you're in this giant robot skating along the countryside in what, feudal Japan? Jake (A): Yeah, it's ancient Japan, actually. The game is wild. Sins (E): I was in your corner until you disparaged the Donkey Kong Rap. Jake (A): Okay? Nobody likes the Tk rap. Nobody likes that game, but it's not on this list. Let's focus on the ninja games because otherwise we'll be here for 3 hours. Which legend of the mystical ninja on. GP (D): The if there are any samurai games listed today, they're out. It's over. Jake (A): Yeah, totally. GP (D): There are no samurai ninjas. Sins (E): Yeah, we are a ninja specific today. Chard (B): Let's talk about last jamari of the game in the movie. Sins (E): All right, who's going first on this one? Jake (A): I think Jimmy needs to leave this one because he probably played this more than any of us, so go ahead. Wulff (C): Okay, so as a kid, I loved Ninja Turtles, the arcade game. I will say I got a lot of time with that. But this is a game that I absolutely love, and I went out of my way to find it when I didn't even have an N 64. I was like, I got to go get this game. So that way, if ever I do have an N 64 and years later, I did get one so I could play this damn game. I love this game so much. It's so easy, and it's like, great zelda. Like, that really throws a lot of Silliness at you, too. The way I like to describe this game to people who are unfamiliar with it, it's The Legend of Zelda with the goofiness from Japanese TV that we've all experienced at some point or another on YouTube. GP (D): Right? Wulff (C): That's what this game is, and I love it. It's so much fun. It's actually challenging. It's legitimately hard at points, but not stupid hard. You just have to think about the encounter to overcome it. It's a really well designed game. There's lots of secrets to find, a huge island to explore because it's all over Japan and your characters get tons of upgrades, and there's lots of silly jokes where in the middle of the dialogue boxes, you just hear laugh tracks go off. Sins (E): Now, again, I was going to say this game has a laugh track, and I didn't remember that until I watched the video today. Wulff (C): Yeah, it's got plasma medasuma. GP (D): I got to say, the sky backgrounds are just an entire vibe from that opening. Mech giant fight. I love that. I think they filmed that the same day they filmed the opening for Supercontra or Supersea because the skies and the cloud formation is just exact same thing. Chard (B): Same set down the other side of the mountain. GP (D): Yeah. Wulff (C): I love how off the wall this game is. That robot. That giant robot is Dash, who looks just like Goyman, but he's his own person. He's got his own personality and his own career, and he got summoned from the United States because of his I think he has a Hollywood career in the United States, and he got summoned by going robot. He got summoned to Japan to come and help him with what they're dealing with. Silliness for dealing with this in this game. GP (D): I love it if two phenotypically identical people with different personalities sorry. Blows your mind. Wait until you hear about twin giant robot dude modeled after Goymond who doesn't love giant robots. I get it. It's great. Sins (E): Everyone loves giant robots. GP (D): Yes, it is a staple in every young child's entertainment consumption diet. Jake (A): Yeah, like Jimmy said or Wolf said. When I rented this as a kid or as a teenager, I guess I didn't know what to expect. I wasn't sure if this was like a marriage 64 platformer or was this Legend of Zelda. It's a mix of both with more platform than Zelda ever had. It's got that sense of humor that just throughout the entire game. It's hilarious. This is a game I rented and I later bought, and I almost never did that as a kid. But there was just so much in this game and so much fun in this. And again in 1064. I feel like there wasn't that many great games to that system as a kid. What there was was very expensive. I got this one fairly cheap. I don't want to call it Hidden Gem, but it might be because I didn't know many other kids who had this game like I did. GP (D): It's a fluid concept, so nobody really knows. Sins (E): So wait a minute. Wait a minute. Jimmy, what's your vote? Really quick, what's your vote? Wulff (C): Oh, this hands down. Chard (B): Be pretty funny if you went on and on about this game. Jake (A): And it goes it's trash. Sins (E): Sorry, Jake. I didn't have clarity either, so I. Jake (A): Just want to talk more and miss Linga. This is a franchise that has been in Japan long before North America. This is the first my exposure to the character. I didn't play the superintendent versions of this game until much later, but I still go back to this one. This is the graphics. The music is hilarious. Just everything about this game is fantastic. Now, on the flip side, and I'll let you guys talk in a minute about Ninja Turtles, but TMT the arcade game, we knew that we needed to have at least one or two tmnt games on this list. It was hard to pick. I figured we would go with the original arc

In this episode of the Press B Podcast, we discuss four hidden gem games that may have flown under the radar. From early arcade to modern releases, we delve into some overlooked and underappreciated games that deserve more love. Join us as we unearth some gaming treasures that you might have missed! Press B To Cancel now on Youtube! For updates and more episodes please visit our website www.pressbtocancel.com, or find us on Twitter @pressbtocancel and Instagram @pressbtocancel. Special thanks to The Last Ancient on SoundCloud for our podcast theme. Transcript: Jake (A): Digging through a pile of dirt for those hidden gems. And no, not circus. Charlie, today on, um welcome, everybody. Another episode of press B to cancel your favorite podcast for the next five minutes, if I can believe the YouTube algorithm and SEO. Yeah. Five minutes. Yeah. So today is another episode we got planned for you guys, and we're going to be talking about hidden gems. Now, I know that we did that in the past before, back when we did audio only episodes, but there's plenty of games out there, both new and some old, that are just games that don't get enough love or attention. Games that we think you may not even have heard of. I know my pick was surprising to myself. So we're going to go through some hidden games this week. And not by myself. No, never alone. I'm joined by three good friends. GP, how are you doing this week? GP (B): I'm doing good, thank you. It's good to be here. Thank you for having me back. Jake (A): And we checked those audio levels for nothing. Sins (C): I also am doing well. Thank you for asking. Jake (A): I hate you guys. And Werewolf, how are you doing this week? Wulff (D): I am doing better than I expected I'd be, seeing as I've been feeling like garbage all week. Jake (A): Well, I'll tell you what's not garbage our four picks this week. All right, so we're going to get right into it. Wulff (D): That would be debatable if Chard were here. Jake (A): Oh, boy. If he was here, he would just pick his hidden gem would be Elden Ring, and we'd argue that for 45 minutes. So we're better off without not what he had in this week. Sins (C): No. His hidden gem. His hidden gem is the story inside of Eldon Ring. Jake (A): So buried Circus Charlie might have more plot than Elder ring, but anyway, I think so. All right, Citistar, how about you kick us off first? What game do you want to bring to the table? Talk about as your choice of hidden gem. Sins (C): Sure. So I looked at the quantity of reviews for this game on Steam. It's a modern game, and I don't know that it's hidden gem, but everybody I've spoken to has not heard of this game. But it has, like, something like 70 or 90,000 positive reviews. Anyway, I'm bringing to the table gunfire reborn. Jake (A): Have you played this one before? Sins (C): Okay, yeah, I've played quite a few hours of it, actually. I play this. I've done this. I have a family game night on Wednesdays, and it is a co op, first person shooter, rogue light, and it's great. Jake (A): Okay. Sins (C): Yeah. GP (B): Looks like spyro, like the animation type. Sins (C): Looks like spiral. Yeah, it very much does. Yeah. So basically the simplest concept is you go basically from area room to room. You have to defeat all of the enemies in each room to progress. You earn new weapons or you earn these things called elite scrolls, which modify portions of the game you beat a boss and then you progress to the next area and eventually you make it. I think there's four areas and then the end boss, if I remember right, don't quote me on that, but I should remember. I've played hours and hours and hours of this, but I don't know if this is truly hidden, but it was hidden to me. I found it looking for a co op game to play with my family, and it was buried down in the list of Steam co op games. Jake (A): I've never heard of this one before, actually. I mean, I played roguelike first person shooters. I played Cigarette quite a bit, but that's not co op. This looks pretty rad. Sins (C): Yeah. Jake (A): Why are you a cat? Is that a class? Sins (C): Yeah. So it's characters, I guess it's a class, but they're characters by name. And each player can be any of the characters. It's not like one that's picked makes it so another person can't play that character. Because when you start the game, I think you literally have one, like one choice. GP (B): Is it a pro techer? Sins (C): It is absolutely. Jake (A): In Europe. Sins (C): Yeah. Contradictory to protector. It's not. And then as you earn, you earn unlocks in the game. You earn unlocks as you level. And then you can also purchase unlocks via earned in game talent. They call them talent points. And that's where TPS. Yeah, exactly. It's TP for sure. That's where the rogue light function comes in. There are much like vampire survivors. You purchase unlocks that enhance every character. But then each character also has their own. It's just a straight skill tree. It's step 12345, I guess. It's not a tree, it's a skill line. But the rest of the enhance, everything is a skill tree. Jake (A): What's the variety of enemies and bosses like? Is it pretty samey or is there a good variety? Sins (C): There's a good variety. You get people, you get grenadiers, you get spear people that come up and try to stab you. You get big, big boss. Well, I guess I kind of look at them as kind of a mini boss that have giant shields that deflect most of your damage until you can either get around them or defeat their shield, or some sort of enhancement will do additional damage. And then certain enhancements will make it so that when a character explodes I'm looking at it right now, they will actually turn into a little beetle as they die and they come at you. That's a modifier in the game that happens depending on the area you're in. And then there are elites. Yeah, then there are elites that obviously are large and have some sort of modifier. Some of them will be stealth where you can't see them. Some will be just extreme hit points. Some will have large weapons, et cetera, et cetera. And then there are boss types that are hard. They're genuinely hard. And then, of course, much like every rogue light. You select your difficulty all the way up through Nightmare or whatever. The craziest levels are nice. Wulff (D): This is actually a game I've looked at a few times as something to move on to with my buddy when we're done playing Ship of Fools because we finish a game and we move on to a new one. And this is one I was looking at, but I'm on the fence about it because he gets motion sickness with. Sins (C): And this is fairly depending on what causes the motion sickness, I think you can turn off things like motion sway or whatever you call it. Wulff (D): Yeah, head bobbing and motion sway are. Sins (C): Really bad for him, but it also is pretty frenetic. And so if making fast turns and stuff will make him ill as well, it's probably ill advised, but it's a blast. Absolutely a blast. GP (B): Yeah. Jake (A): Sorry, I just had to pull it off. Well, seriously? GP (B): You murder a spider? Jake (A): That's what this was terrifying we did today. No, I just grabbed the string and. GP (B): Just kind of prayed his way. Wulff (D): You just moved him away. He's okay. Jake (A): My heart's not okay. Spider is okay. Don't worry. That will haunt me tonight. Sins (C): Yeah. GP (B): Did anybody else see this spider? I mean, how big was this guy? Or gal? Jake (A): He's a good size. Wulff (D): They grow big up here. Jake (A): They eat other bugs. I mean, we don't have any, but if we do, then I know that they would get eaten by this sucker. I don't kill spiders. The one bugs I don't mind. They freak me out, but I don't mind. Sins (C): I'm sorry. I would take off a nuke from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. Wulff (D): Yeah, I mean, I'm not that bad. I used to be the one who would catch them and take them outside, but wife Wolf is so terrified of spiders that I can't do that anymore. I just have to smash them. GP (B): Okay. Can I implement or at least posit a new rule or regulation for the channel? And maybe we can have chat where people in discord vote on this for us. From now on, if ever there's a spider on one of our cameras and we need to get rid of them, you can't do one of these. You can't be gentle. I'm not advocating murdering the spider, but if you're going to at least do some sort of, like, power move from wrestling, throw down some elbows, the only way to do away with it is give it one of those. That way, when we see it, it's not this. It's an action shot. Jake (A): Excuse me while I tube stone this bug. Just give me a few minutes. GP (B): Yeah, right. Jake (A): It's a diamond cutter. Sins (C): Oh, boy. GP (B): I mean, if you can smell what. Sins (C): The jake to getting back to gunfire so the unlocked tree is great. The weapons are fantastic. You start out with just basically your standard p shooter. It's just a little machine gun. You always have it. And the nice thing is that one always has unlimited ammo, but it's just a P shooter. So you can then carry two other weapons. And as you progress through the game, you unlock other weapons. There are some weapons that one of my favorites is you've all seen Fifth Element, right? Jake (A): Oh, yeah. Sins (C): There's the part where what's his name is showing his crates of weapons and he shoots the thing, and then he turns around and shoots, and all the bullets fly back to the thing and he says, My favorite, or whatever. Right? You have that gun. You have that gun in the game. That is an unlock. You have mealy weapons, you have sniper weapons. And these are all unlocks. And then some of the weapons are clever. There are some that are, like there's a little lizard that you squeeze and it belches. Rapid fireballs. The animations are great. It's colorful. One of the things that drives me nuts about Call of Duty is everything's gray and brown, right? In Call of Duty. Wulff (D): More brown and more bloom. Sins (C): Yeah. And this is colorful. And the bosses are epic. And some of the bosses are epically. Frustrating. Jake (A): Yeah. Watching the gameplay footage, this looks really colorful, really cartoonish,

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There are few kids from 80's that haven't memorized the immortal Konami code for that sweet sweet crutch of 30 lives in Contra. Originally an Arcade game, ported to darn well every system imaginable. Shirtless heroes full of alien shootin purpose, Contra is a pillar franchise of retro gaming. This week we dive into this NES classic and touch on a few of our favorite sequels. Press B To Cancel now on Youtube! For updates and more episodes please visit our website www.pressbtocancel.com, or find us on Twitter @pressbtocancel and Instagram @pressbtocancel. Special thanks to The Last Ancient on SoundCloud for our podcast theme.

In this episode, we take a deep dive into the recent Dead Space remake and compare it to the classic original. From graphics to gameplay mechanics, we'll explore what's changed and what's stayed the same in this updated version of the iconic survival horror game. Whether you're a die-hard fan of the original or a newcomer to the Dead Space universe, this episode is for you, so join us as we revisit one of the greatest horror games of all time! Press B To Cancel now on Youtube! For updates and more episodes please visit our website www.pressbtocancel.com, or find us on Twitter @pressbtocancel and Instagram @pressbtocancel. Special thanks to The Last Ancient on SoundCloud for our podcast theme.

This week Press B visit several popular video game franchises and their current standing with fans. Should Final Fantasy have finally ended? Has Sonic ever been good in 3d? Why isn't Nintendo printing money after Metroid Dread? All this and incredible production values as our spokescandified hosts pull no punches. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride as the hosts determine if these franchises are ruined or redeemed. Press B To Cancel now on Youtube! For updates and more episodes please visit our website www.pressbtocancel.com, or find us on Twitter @pressbtocancel and Instagram @pressbtocancel. Special thanks to The Last Ancient on SoundCloud for our podcast theme.

Join us as we journey back in time to the wild and dangerous world of Turok: The Dinosaur Hunter for the Nintendo 64. In this episode, we'll be talking our memories of the game, it's unique features, and why it's a must-play for any N64 fan. Also why do you hunt more men than dinosaurs? Why can't you ride raptors? What the heck is with the blue portals? Grab your weapons, and let's hunt some dinos but vastly more humans! Press B To Cancel now on Youtube! For updates and more episodes please visit our website www.pressbtocancel.com, or find us on Twitter @pressbtocancel and Instagram @pressbtocancel. Special thanks to The Last Ancient on SoundCloud for our podcast theme.

Join us as we discuss the recent controversy surrounding Dungeons & Dragons and their leaked changes to the Open Gaming License (OGL). We'll explore an alternative tabletop RPG for you to try and take a look at RPG inspired board games Hero Quest and Gloomhaven. Whether you're a long-time D&D fan or new to the world of tabletop gaming wanting to take something positive from this OGL leak, this episode has something for you. Press B To Cancel now on Youtube! For updates and more episodes please visit our website www.pressbtocancel.com, or find us on Twitter @pressbtocancel and Instagram @pressbtocancel. Special thanks to The Last Ancient on SoundCloud for our podcast theme.

Join us as we kick off the new year with a new gaming tradition! We'll be revisiting games we should have beaten in 2023 and sharing our progress, triumphs, and struggles from the previous year. To make it abit spicy we're also adding in THE WHEEL OF PAIN! Also, why is everyone sipping HOT Dr Pepper. Don't miss out on the fun as we reflect and set our gaming goals for the year ahead. Press B To Cancel now on Youtube! For updates and more episodes please visit our website www.pressbtocancel.com, or find us on Twitter @pressbtocancel and Instagram @pressbtocancel. Special thanks to The Last Ancient on SoundCloud for our podcast theme.