Ultra 64

25/10/2023

Which one of you did this?

Somewhere out there a warehouse has one less dust-covered Nintendo cardboard box

03/06/2023

As a special bonus, please enjoy the first episode of my new show, PUPPET MASTERS / CASTLE FREAKS! This is a deep dive into the Full Moon universe of B-movie horror, where my co-host Jarrod Hornbeck and I will be watching and reviewing every movie in this prolific and wild catalog! In this first epi...

12/05/2023

As a free bonus, here's the debut episode of my new show CINEMARCADE, with my co-hosts Jennifer Bannister and Justin Wilhelm! If you want to hear more, subscribe to CinemArcade on Spotify, Podbean, or wherever you get your podcasts!

05/05/2023

Just dropping in real quick to announce a few exciting new projects coming very soon!

31/12/2022

We’ve officially reached the end, but we’re going out with a bang! Our final episode is in your main feed now, and it’s a 4-hour behemoth in which we look back over the entire show, combine our lists into the definitive ranking of Wii U games, and generally just get sloppy. It’s truly been an incredible journey and I want to sincerely thank our listeners once again for coming along with us these last 5 years. We’ll see you down the line!

31/12/2022

Our five-year journey has come to an end! This week, we're looking back at Wii Universe with an epic-length retrospective of the series. We're giving our definitive final ranking of all Wii U games, sharing some stats and stories from throughout the show, and generally just trying to fight back the....

24/12/2022

We’ve made it, gang! Through all the highs and lows, we’ve now played every single game on the Wii U! It’s all been building to this, our final game, so we’ve called in some ringers to help us do it justice. Mikel Reparaz, Matthew Allen, and Chris Antista from Vidjagame Apocalypse join us to talk about LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD, a true game-changer!

24/12/2022

This is it! After dozens of games and hundreds of hours of gameplay, we've arrived at the VERY LAST GAME in the Wii U catalog! To celebrate this momentous event, we had to bring in some of our favorite guests for one of the most influential games of the last decade! The entire Vidjagame Apocalypse c...

17/12/2022

Out now! We played two ASSASSIN’S CREED games for the Wii U! We’re talking AC III and AC IV: BLACK FLAG, with all the high-jumping, ship-sailing, back-stabbing action they contain!

17/12/2022

This week, we're taking a leap of faith with one of the biggest franchises of the last 20 years! Ubisoft's ASSASSIN'S CREED series became a cultural phenomenon when it debuted in 2007, with each subsequent game only getting bigger. We're looking at the two Wii U entries this week: first, we're trave...

10/12/2022

Out now in the main feed! We’re checking back in with the thinnest hero in the Nintendo canon, Paper Mario! The series has drifted a bit from its RPG roots, but does this game’s unique approach to combat and exploration merit a visit?

10/12/2022

The PAPER MARIO series made it's big debut back in the N64 games, and it was one of our highest-rated titles on that entire system. But over the years, the series has lost some of it's luster as it drifted a bit from it's RPG mechanics. PAPER MARIO: COLOR SPLASH may be almost unrecognizable as an RP...

03/12/2022

Out now! We’re playing ZOMBIU, Ubisoft’s intense survival horror game that features some of the cleverest uses for the GamePad to date!

03/12/2022

Crank up your flashlights and keep your cricket bats at the ready, because this week we're travelling to foggy London to take on the zombie apocalypse with Ubisoft's ZOMBIU! This launch game set out to be Ubi's Wii U killer app, and uses the GamePad in some of the most creative ways we've seen so fa...

26/11/2022

Out now! is back to help us handle a sheer surplus of adorableness with three of Nintendo’s cutest characters! It’s CAPTAIN TOAD: TREASURE TRACKER, KIRBY AND THE RAINBOW CURSE, and YOSHI’S WOOLLY WORLD!

26/11/2022

This week, we've got three of Nintendo's cutest characters in perhaps the most adorable forms they've ever been in! I mean, come on, Kirby is made of clay! Yoshi is made of wool! Toad has a little pith helmet! What more do you need? Lynsey Pennington returns to help us tackle the simple yet charming...

23/11/2022

We've reached the very last episode of Bonus 64, and we're closing it out by playing an unheralded Nintendo series with one of our favorite friends and supporters! Elliot Jay O'Neill is back to discuss the KID ICARUS series! From it's origins as one of the earliest NES games to it's long-delayed rev...

19/11/2022

Available now! We play TOKYO MIRAGE SESSIONS with Vidjagame Apocalypse host Mikel Reparaz! The game blends two of my favorite JRPG franchises, FIRE EMBLEM and PERSONA, but changes the setting to the modern-day Tokyo entertainment scene.

19/11/2022

FIRE EMBLEM. SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI. Two great tastes that taste great together? That's what we're finding out this week as we play the JRPG mash-up TOKYO MIRAGE SESSIONS ! This week, we're joined by one of our faves, Vidjagame Apocalypse host Mikel Reparaz, who helps us talk through this ambitious c...

12/11/2022

It's time to hack and slash our way through endless hordes with some historically-sourced heroes, because this week we're playing two games in the WARRIORS series! Koei's action series helped the company graduate from stodgy strategy RPGs to epic action, and the franchise has gone from Three Kingdom...

05/11/2022

The cheapie movie-tie in genre thrived on the Wii U, but today we're playing our last batch of low-effort platformers based on cartoons! Obviously, our crappy game correspondent Ailish Collins had to return to help us do justice to games based on SMURFS 2, PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR, and SNOOPY'S BIG AD...

29/10/2022

Pac is Bac, in cartoon form! We're playing PAC-MAN AND THE GHOSTLY ADVENTURES 1 and 2, two games based on the popular Disney XD show that briefly brought Pac-Man to a whole new generation. We're contrasting and comparing both games, plus looking at Pac-Man's brief but lucrative history as a platform...

22/10/2022

Available now! It’s the end of the world as we know it, but we feel fine, because we’ve got some big-ass swords! We’re playing DARKSIDERS and DARKSIDERS II over in the main feed! This is basically the dark and violent ZELDA series fans have been wanting, but how do these games fare?

22/10/2022

For those who want a little apocalyptic mythology and head-slicing thrown in with their ZELDA, the DARKSIDERS series is here to answer the call! We're playing both Wii U entries in THQ's slick adventure game series, playing as different Horsemen of the Apocalypse as we carve through hordes of demons...

15/10/2022

Hop into the King of Red Lions and hoist your sails, because this week we're playing one of the most beloved games in one of the most beloved series of all time! LEGEND OF ZELDA: WIND WAKER HD is a completely remastered edition of the 2003 GameCube game, featuring a gorgeous native 1080p transition....

08/10/2022

We've played a few games featuring Sonic in supporting roles, but this week, the Blue Blur is taking the spotlight with two games that showcase multiple sides of his gaming persona! First, we're playing SONIC LOST WORLD, a 2D/3D throwback to the heyday of the character when the only rule was, "Gotta...

05/10/2022

We're joined once again by one of our top-tier Patreon supporters to bring you a special bonus episode! Scott Burger returns to discuss WHAT REMAINS OF EDITH FINCH, a beautiful and unique game from Giant Sparrow that attempts to tackle issues you rarely see explored in video games. This is a game ab...

01/10/2022

Out now in the main feed! It’s the action series that kicks ass and makes you feel a little pervy at the same time! That’s right, it’s time for BAYONETTA! One of the unlikeliest Nintendo-exclusive franchises is on the verge of a comeback later this month, so it’s a perfect time to look at the two games that make that such an exciting prospect. Check it out now!

01/10/2022

It's time to strap some guns to your feet and get real sexy, because this week we're playing the wildly over-the-top action epic BAYONETTA series! From the creators of DEVIL MAY CRY, BAYONETTA features a hypersexual heroine, a gleefully nonsensical plot, and some of the best action gameplay around.....