Games and Junk Game Club

18/08/2023

Hey friends! Just a heads up for the sake of our sanity, we have decided to consolidate our podcasts' social media accounts at our main page, GAJ: Games and Junk !

Please follow us there and spread the word! In the meantime, this account will be dormant for the foreseeable future.

26/01/2022

John Lucero, Vanessa Cahill, and Jason Arriola give up on capitalism and head down to the farm as we play indie mega-hit, Stardew Valley. https://tinyurl.com/ybrb86zl

19/12/2021

John Lucero and Vanessa Cahill are joined by Jim Cahill to discuss the latest entry in the series, . Listen in as the crew delve deep into it and see how it compares with the other Metroid game we covered last year, ! https://tinyurl.com/y278yh7g

30/10/2021

John Lucero, Vanessa Cahill, and Jason Arriola are joined by Laura Hunt and Thomas M​​öhring, who make up Dead Idle Games, to talk about their recently released . It’s a delightful point-and-click adventure game that’s also perfect for this time of year as it definitely delves into the realm of horror as well! https://tinyurl.com/yzx5zry5

You can get If On A Winter’s Night, Four Travelers for free on both Steam and itch.io. You can also check out Laura’s other two games on itch.io and Thomas’ art on his site.

05/10/2021

John Lucero, Vanessa Cahill, and Jason Arriola are preparing for titanfall! This month, we’re checking out the game that should be seminal, Titanfall 2. https://tinyurl.com/yh2yp3x2

Also, thanks for the fan input!! We love hearing from various perspectives!

01/10/2021

In honor of its fast approaching 5th anniversary, this month's Game Club is ! If you have any personal anecdotes or questions for the crew in regards to one of the greatest FPS games ever made, please leave them down below.

31/07/2021

John Lucero, Vanessa Cahill, and Jason Arriola are joined by Nadia and David Oxford to talk about the SNES classic, Mega Man X! Not only is it the best Mega Man game, but it’s easily one of the best action games ever made. Listen in as we tackle the game from the perspectives of both seasoned veterans and newcomers! Check it at this link: https://tinyurl.com/yeg6ents

David and Nadia wrote Mega Man X: Maverick Hunter’s Field Guide, which is due out August 17, 2021. You can preorder it over on Amazon (I already did, you should too). They also wrote Mega Man: Robot Master Field Guide, and you can pick that up from Udon Entertainment or Amazon.
Nadia is part of the RPG podcast, Axe of the Blood God. You can support them on Patreon and get a whole bunch of bonus content!
David writes for Poison Mushroom, Nintendo Force, and Mega Visions as well as runs The Mega Man Network!
And you can watch the two of them ruin video games in their weekly stream over on Twitch!

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04/07/2021

John Lucero, Vanessa Cahill, and Jason Arriola are putting on their creepy, steampunk skull masks and getting revenge on anyone and everyone in . https://tinyurl.com/ye5zlf2h

31/05/2021

John Lucero, Vanessa Cahill, and Jason Arriola are joined by Nadia Oxford from the Axe of the Blood God podcast to talk about New Pokémon Snap. We’re all coming at from different perspectives, so do we feel this sequel, more than 20 years in the making, delivered? https://tinyurl.com/yh2up8bv

30/04/2021

John Lucero, Vanessa Cahill, and Jason Arriola sit down and talk about the sometimes sublime, occasionally frustrating experience of playing . Something that we all agree on: it is a very pretty game! We also incorporated some of the feedback we received a couple of days ago so be sure to tune in!

GAJ Game Club – Firewatch By Jason Arriola | April 30, 2021 http://gamesandjunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/FirewatchGCpost.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSS John Lucero, Vanessa Cahill, and Jason Arriola sit down and talk about the sometimes sublime, occasiona...

27/04/2021

Hey GAJ Game Club followers! Have you played Firewatch? Do you want to provide some insight into this week's episode on Firewatch? Now's your chance! Please comment below or direct message with your experiences and/or anecdotes! Maybe you'll get a shout out 😉

14/04/2021

John Lucero and Vanessa Cahill are joined by Luke Maxwell (with a quick appearance by Jason Arriola) to talk about the 2002 remake of Resident Evil. Originally on the GameCube, it would eventually come to consoles that more than 40 people own with a HD remaster.

GAJ Game Club – Resident Evil (2002) By Jason Arriola | April 14, 2021 http://gamesandjunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/REMakeGCpost.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSS John Lucero and Vanessa Cahill are joined by Luke Maxwell (with a quick appearance by Jason Arrio...

22/02/2021

Tune in later this week for our Game Club on The Legend of Zelda!

To celebrate its 35th birthday, here’s some of my favorite remixes (along with most of the game’s actual soundtrack) from the original The Legend of Zelda!

http://gamesandjunk.net/rock-out-with-your-cart-out-55-the-legend-of-zelda-famicom-disk-system-and-remixes/