The Cartridge Club is an amazing community of gamers, collectors, and video game enthusiasts of all ages. You'll find our flagship podcast, where hosts and fellow community members come together each and every month to play a game. From those nostalgic favorites of your childhood to the hottest modern titles that everyone’s talking about – this show, along with members of the community, covers it all!
Episodes
Monday Mar 04, 2019
Monday Mar 04, 2019
@itsRocketSauce aka Ryan soars into action alongside Curtiss to discuss Kid Icarus: Uprising for the Nintendo 3DS!
Does it really have the worst control scheme ever? What do Pit and Curtiss have in common? And was Ryan serious when he said THIS GAME is his favorite 3DS game???
Thumbnail by: Josh (@FranticSociety)
Tuesday Feb 05, 2019
Tuesday Feb 05, 2019
Don't let the gloomy winter weather get you down! The Cartridge Club is back for January with Shantae: Half-Genie Hero as our game of the month.
Join hosts Ryan (@ItsRocketSauce) and Musty (@MustyHobbit) as we invite on Josh (@Creep1337) and series mega-fan Church (@The_GameGrinder) to discuss everything we can possibly think of about our favorite hip-shaking city guardian.
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Monday Feb 04, 2019
Monday Feb 04, 2019
James aka @RetroPixil and Curtiss play the most expensive CCPortable game to date! Is Shantae worth the price of admission? Why was it such a failure upon its initial release? And does it deserve a place in YOUR collection?
Monday Jan 28, 2019
Monday Jan 07, 2019
Monday Jan 07, 2019
For the month of December, The Cartridge Club is taking a foray back to the era of afternoon cartoons with an NES classic from Capcom - DuckTales (Woo Hoo)! Players control Scrooge McDuck as he travels around the world and outer space in search of five treasures to further increase his fortune.
Hosts @MustyHobbit and @ItsRocketsauce invite on Chris @cwr2 and JDubious @DubiousGaming to discuss the NES classic platformer.
Thumbnail - Josh Leslie @FranticSociety
Thursday Jan 03, 2019
Thursday Jan 03, 2019
@xmattbandyx joins Curtiss this month to remix the Capcom Classics Collection Remixed! They break down all 20 games and put them in the Pro column or the Con column. Will there be more Pros than Cons? Is Black Tiger the worst game ever made? And have you ever played Quiz & Dragons???
Thumbnail by Josh Leslie (@FranticSociety)
Wednesday Dec 12, 2018
Wednesday Dec 12, 2018
For the month of November, the Cartridge Club is taking a trip back to 1899 America, with Red Dead Redemption 2.
After a robbery goes badly wrong in the western town of Blackwater, Arthur Morgan and the Van der Lind gang are forced to flee. With federal agents and the best bounty hunters in the nation massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal and fight their way across the rugged heartland of America in order to survive. As deepening internal divisions threaten to tear the gang apart, Arthur must make a choice between his own ideals and loyalty to the gang who raised him.
Hosts
Ryan - @ItsRocketSauce
Musty - @MustyHobbit
Panel
Josh - @FranticSociety
Jake - @TheMcAxl
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Friday Nov 30, 2018
Friday Nov 30, 2018
Musty Hobbit busts out the BLADES OF ATHENA this month to help Curtiss slay GOD OF WAR: GHOST OF SPARTA for the PSP! How does this game compare to the main series console entries? Does Kratos make full use of the game's "M" rating? (Answer: Yes) And find out who makes a surprise cameo on this month's show!!!
Curtiss
Twitter: @CCPortableUnite
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Twitter: @MustyHobbit
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/SecondBreakfastYT
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Thursday Nov 01, 2018
Thursday Nov 01, 2018
Spooky Season is here, and for October, we're playing Resident Evil 2!
Join hosts MustyHobbit and ItsRocketSauce and a panel of community members as the reminisce and discuss all things RE2!
Hosts
Ryan @ItsRocketSauce
Musty @MustyHobbit
Panel
Chris @OARGamer
Joe @ACDecepticon
Cartridge Club Intro/Outro Music
Ser Flash Twitter: @Serraxor
Cartridge Club Logo
Will Pruitt Twitter: @willopruitt
Thumbnails:
Josh Leslie Twitter: @franticsociety
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Monday Oct 29, 2018
Monday Oct 29, 2018
Monday Oct 08, 2018
Monday Oct 08, 2018
Spider-Man, Spider-Man. The Cartridge Club talks about the PS4 exclusive Spider-Man. This is a spoiler cast breaking down the 2018 release Marvel’s Spider-Man. Have you played this game yet? Give it a listen.
Wednesday Oct 03, 2018
Wednesday Oct 03, 2018
In the Season 6 Premiere, new show hosts ItsRocketSauce and MustyHobbit invite on a couple of panel veterans to play the id Software first person shooter, Doom. Is it a reboot? Is it a sequel? Listen along as we Rip and Tear through this modern masterpiece.
Available on the PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC.
Panel
Pam
Twitter: @Jasyla_
Kevin
Twitter: @Buried_on_Mars
Cartridge Club Intro/Outro Music
Ser Flash
Twitter: @Serraxor
Cartridge Club Logo
Will Pruitt
Twitter: @willopruitt
Thumbnail
Josh Leslie
Twitter: @FranticSociety
Tuesday Oct 02, 2018
Tuesday Oct 02, 2018
Curtiss is joined by Chris R to discuss Gargoyle's Quest for the original Game Boy! Find out why the overworld sucks, how to get past the DREADED spike shaft, and Chris R's top three Game Boy games!
Tuesday Sep 11, 2018
Tuesday Sep 11, 2018
You like video games, right? You like learning about video games, right? On today’s Cartridge Club Extra author and YouTuber Caleb J. Ross interviews Patrick Hickey Jr., the author of the wonderful book The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult and Classic Video Game Developers.
Visit Patrick Hickey Jr. online: http://patrickhickeyjr.com
Mentioned:
- The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult and Classic Video Game Developers (Studies in Gaming)
by Patrick Hickey Jr. - The 100 Greatest Console Video Games: 1977-1987 by Brett Weiss
- Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made by Jason Schreier
- Phoenix: The Fall and Rise of Video Games by Leonard Herman
Monday Sep 03, 2018
Monday Sep 03, 2018
In the Season 5 finale, we turn to our patrons to nominate and select our game of the month, and they selected the game that took the CC100 #1 spot, and many people's favorite 2D Mario title, Super Mario World. Join hosts MustyHobbit and ItsRocketSauce as we dive into Dinosaur Land with Mario, Luigi, and their new buddy, Yoshi, to see what sort of nefarious things Bowser and his Koopa Kids are up to.
Panel
Sean ‘Player 1”
Twitter: @CartridgeBros
Mark ‘Player 2’
Twitter: @CartridgeBrosP2
Fitgnat
Twitter: @Fitgnat
Cartridge Club Intro/Outro Music
Ser Flash
Twitter: @Serraxor
Cartridge Club Logo
Will Pruitt
Twitter: @willopruitt
Thumbnail
Josh Leslie
Twitter: @FranticSociety
Saturday Sep 01, 2018
Saturday Sep 01, 2018
HEEEAAALP! @5GameSuicide (aka Marmul) and Curtiss answer the call this month to talk all things ELITE BEAT AGENTS for the Nintendo DS! Is Marmul actually British or American? Does the Cartridge Club feel bad for Luigi? And should Elite Beat Agents belong in YOUR collection? Find out all this and more! CARTRIDGE CLUB PORTABLE ARE... GO!!
Friday Aug 10, 2018
Friday Aug 10, 2018
Billy from the Game Chasers joins Curtiss this month to talk all things Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Back From the Sewers! Find out if this game is just a carbon copy of Fall of the Foot Clan, why Canada ruined the Ernest film franchise, and the biggest flaw in the movie TMNT 2: Secret of the Ooze. It's a shell of a time! Go ninja, go ninja, go!
Sunday Aug 05, 2018
Sunday Aug 05, 2018
The Cartridge Club ventures into uncharted territory by selecting a fighting game as our Game of the Month. Hosts ItsRocketSauce and Musty Hobbit guide a panel of hyper informed club members through a discussion of the arcade and 16 bit classic, Street Fighter 2.
The Cartridge Club is an online community of gamers, collectors, and video game enthusiasts of all ages, who come together each month to play a game, along the lines of a book club for games. Select members of the community, with the occasional special guest, come together at the end of the month to discuss that game.
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Hosts
ItsRocketSauce (Twitter: @itsrocketsauce)
Musty Hobbit (Twitter: @mustyhobbit)
Panel
Chris (Twitter: @bassguy654)
Tim (Twitter: @Haru0kay)
Ryho (Twitter: @RyhoMagnifico)
Cartridge Club Intro/Outro Music
Ser Flash (Twitter: @Serraxor)
Cartridge Club Logo
Will Pruitt (Twitter: @willopruitt)
Thumbnails:
Josh Leslie (Twitter: @franticsociety)
Wednesday Jul 18, 2018
Wednesday Jul 18, 2018
Welcome to a special MightyQBros podcast celebrating another 'Rick V. Day' anniversary! On July 18, 1997, Eric "MightyQDawg" and his brothers received a very special package in the mail containing a huge lot of SMS games. It was a very exciting day for us, and one that stuck with us for the last two decades. In this podcast, Eric and his brother, Gavin, discuss some notable games that were included in the Rick V. Day bundle! Enjoy the podcast!
Wednesday Jul 04, 2018
Wednesday Jul 04, 2018
Episode #58 - Axiom Verge
Axiom Verge is a 2D retro-syled metroidvania action-adventure game inspired by such classics as Rygar, Contra, Castlevania, Bionic Commando, Blaster Master, and Metroid. It was created, developed, stylized and composed by Tom Happ. He worked during the day as a developer for Petroglyph Games but worked on his own game during his off hours.
Introductions
Panel
Buried on Mars
Twitter: @Buried_On_Mars
Ram Vox
Twitter: @TheRamVox
Dean
Twitter: @Round_2_Gaming
Cartridge Club Intro/Outro Music
Ser Flash
Twitter: @Serraxor
Cartridge Club Logo
Will Pruitt
Twitter: @willopruitt
Thumbnail
Josh Leslie
Twitter: @FranticSociety
Level 1
P2(Mark) gives a quick overview of Kingdom Hearts and panel discusses their memories of the game and first impressions.
- Developer: Tom Happ
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- Publisher: Tom Happ
- Director: Tom Happ
- Platform(s):
- PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, Wii u, Xbox 1, Switch
- Release Date:
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- March 31, 2015
Genre: Metroidvania
Level 2
Discuss story of the game:
A failed scientist is crippled in an accident, only to awaken in a mysterious, alien world. Where is he? How did he get here? And why do the fundamental laws of reality appear broken? Life. Afterlife. Real. Virtual. Dream. Nightmare. It's a thin line.
Characters
- Trace
- Athetos
- Elsenova
- Ophilia
- Veruska
Discuss gameplay mechanics:
- Exploration
- Favourite weapons
- Glitch mechanic
- Difficulty
- Tribute to Metroid
Discuss sound:
- Music
- Sound effects
Discuss graphics:
- Beautiful graphics
- H.R. Giger inspired
Level 3
Lasting Impressions, overall rating and final thoughts. Did this make you want to play it again and if not, what would need to be changed? Would you suggest it to friends?
Level 4
3 Word Review #CC3WR from Twitter first followed by panel
Level 5
Outro (thank panel and plug)
Announce the game for next month (Street Fighter 2)
Sunday Jul 01, 2018
Sunday Jul 01, 2018
It's dangerous to go alone! Take NESComplex with you! That's exactly what Curtiss does this month as the two break down Link's first adventure on the original Game Boy! No Zelda? No Hyrule? No problem! Or... maybe lots of problems. Only one way to find out!
Monday Jun 04, 2018
Monday Jun 04, 2018
Halo: Combat Evolved is a military science fiction first-person shooter created by Bungie and now, a former subsidiary of Microsoft Studios. The series centers on an interstellar war between humanity and a theocratic alliance of aliens known as the Covenant.
Hosts:
@ItsRocketSauce
@MustyHobbit
Panel
Brasel the Gamer
Twitter: @BraseltheGamer
Shelby
Twitter: @BBShelbo
Matt
Twitter: @ADDefense
Cartridge Club Intro/Outro Music
Ser Flash
Twitter: @Serraxor
Cartridge Club Logo
Will Pruitt
Twitter: @willopruitt
Friday Jun 01, 2018
Friday Jun 01, 2018
Sunday May 06, 2018
Sunday May 06, 2018
Kingdom Hearts is the first game in the Kingdom Hearts series. Revolving around a fourteen-year old boy named Sora, it details his adventures after his homeworld is destroyed by sinister creatures known as the Heartless, and his attempts to restore his world and reunite with his friends. In the process, he meets many characters from classic Disney films and a handful from the Final Fantasy video game series.
Introductions
Panel
Rusty Lewis
Twitter: @relewis2011
Rob
Twitter: @BonusBarrel
Josh
Twitter: @FranticSociety
Cartridge Club Intro/Outro Music
Ser Flash
Twitter: @Serraxor
Cartridge Club Logo
Will Pruitt
Twitter: @willopruitt
Level 1
P2(Mark) gives a quick overview of Kingdom Hearts and panel discusses their memories of the game and first impressions.
- Developer: Square Enix
- Publisher: Square Enix
- Director: Tetsuya Nomura
- Platform(s):
- PS2
- PS3
- PS4
- Release Date:
- Genre: Action Role Playing
Level 2
Discuss story of the game: The heartless are attacking and destroying worlds. Sora and his friends are caught up in the mess and Sora, using the keyblade goes on an adventure to find his friends and save the “worlds” from the heartless.
Characters
- Sora
- Riku
- Kairi
- Final Fantasy Characters
- Disney Characters
Discuss gameplay mechanics:
- Controls too floaty?
- Camera not great
- Magic versus physical
- Mash the X?
- Swapping party members
Discuss sound:
- Voice acting decent
- Favourite tracks
Discuss graphics:
- Fun art style
- Redesign of FF characters
Level 3
Lasting Impressions, overall rating and final thoughts. Did this make you want to play it again and if not, what would need to be changed? Would you suggest it to friends?
Level 4
3 Word Review #CC3WR from Twitter first followed by panel
Level 5
Outro (thank panel and plug)
Announce the game for next month (Halo)
Sunday Apr 29, 2018
Sunday Apr 29, 2018
Curtiss is joined by Mighty Q Dawg to talk all about the blue blur in the palm of your hands. Listen to this one fast before it’s gone!
Wednesday Apr 11, 2018
Wednesday Apr 11, 2018
The Last of Us is an action-adventure survival horror video game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Players control Joel, a smuggler tasked with escorting a teenage girl named Ellie across a post-apocalyptic United States.
Introductions
Panel
Mighty Q Dawg
Twitter: @MightyQDawg
Kathryn
Twitter: @k_song
Ryan
Twitter: @itsrocketsauce
Cartridge Club Intro/Outro Music
Ser Flash
Twitter: @Serraxor
Cartridge Club Logo
Will Pruitt
Twitter: @willopruitt
Level 1
P2(Mark) gives a quick overview of The Last of Us and panel discusses their memories of the game and first impressions.
- Developer: Naughty Dog
- Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
- Director: Neil Druckmann, Bruce Straley
- Platform(s):
- PlayStation 4
- Release Date:
- June 14, 2013
- Genre: Third Person Shooter
Level 2
Discuss story of the game: Set in the post-apocalyptic United States, the game tells the story of survivors Joel and Ellie as they work together to survive their westward journey across what remains of the country to find a possible cure for the modern fungal plague that has nearly decimated the entire human race.
Characters:
- Joel (Troy Baker) - The protagonist of the game. Joel is a survivor of the Cordyceps Brain Infection outbreak, taking residence in the Boston Quarantine Zone. Embittered and hardened by the death of his young daughter Sarah, Joel operates as a black market smuggler, dealing in contraband, taking numerous de-humanizing jobs over the years to survive in this new post-pandemic world. He has only few moral boundaries left to cross. Unfortunately for him, he is thrust into the middle of the nightmare that the world has become, when he is asked by the leader of the Fireflies, Marlene, to look after Ellie. Throughout the game, Joel slowly develops an unbreakable bond with Ellie and a desire to once again open up his emotions that he had suppressed for so many years.
- Ellie (Ashley Johnson) - The deuteragonist of the game. Ellie is a brave 14-year-old girl that has grown up in this harsh world and it is all she has ever known. Ellie is immune to the Cordyceps strain and because of this, the Fireflies, an anti-government organization, seek to reverse engineer a vaccine through her. She and Joel travel across the post-pandemic United States to reach the Fireflies. She helps the player through the game in many ways, lending a hand in combat and assisting through areas of the game that would otherwise be inaccessible. She frequently expresses curiosity about the remnants of a world that no longer exists.
- Tess (Annie Wersching) - Tess is Joel's 'partner-in-crime'. They operate in the black market of a city under martial law and have earned a reputation for their ruthless behavior. She and Joel have a trust that runs deeply between them. Tess goes with Joel to drop off Ellie to the Fireflies at the Capitol building in Boston, in exchange for getting back the guns that were stolen from them. Against all odds, the trio make it to the Capitol Building only to find that the Fireflies are dead, and Tess reveals that she was bitten by a Runner an hour before. She holds off some soldiers after she makes Joel promise to bring Ellie to Tommy, Joel's little brother.
- Bill (W. Earl Brown) - Bill is a paranoid survivor who appears early in the game and helps Joel and Ellie. Bill takes refuge in a town that he has completely booby trapped. He seems to be a bit eccentric, perhaps deranged, but offers to aid Joel and Ellie in finding a car. He is excessively bitter towards Ellie due to the fact that she was hostile towards him from the start. Bill possesses gay pornography, and showed heavy emotion for his friend Frank's death, implying that he was romantically involved with Frank.
- Marlene (Merle Dandridge) - The leader of the Fireflies and Ellie's surrogate parent. In exchange for their guns back, Marlene tells Tess and Joel to take Ellie to the Fireflies at the Capitol building in Boston. To Marlene, every unethical action she takes can be justified because of her pursuit to save humanity from the infection. She is absent for most of the game and only appears at the end, where she becomes the final antagonist.
- Tommy (Jeffrey Pierce) - Joel's brother and a former Firefly. The game starts with Tommy helping Joel and Sarah maneuver through the chaotic crowds of both civilians and infected during the initial outbreak. Tommy and Joel reunite later within the game and he reluctantly agrees to help his brother, establishing one of Joel and Ellie's reasons for coming to the University of Eastern Colorado. He is married to Maria.
- David (Nolan North) - A middle-age survivor and leader of a Cannibals group who appears later in the game and asks for help from Ellie. David is a very manipulative person, seeking to win people over with his superficial mild-mannered appearance, and attempts to convince Ellie to join him. Ellie doesn't buy his attitude and eventually breaks his finger. He finally reveals his true nature to Ellie and even attempts to kill her outright, sending a group of his men to capture her several times throughout the winter section of the game. To David, everything that has happened was for a reason; he believes faith brought him and Ellie to together, and that their encounter was meant to be. He has a very profound effect on Ellie throughout the rest of the game.
- Henry (Brandon Scott) - An adept survivor, who, with his brother Sam, helps Joel and Ellie in Pittsburgh. He and Joel are initially hostile towards each other, but in the end begin to warm up to each other. However, he commits suicide after having to kill his infected brother.
- Sam (Nadji Jeter) - Henry's younger brother. Upon meeting, he and Ellie get along almost instantly and continue their easy going relationship throughout the chapter. After he is bitten by an Infected, Ellie is the last person Sam talks to before he turns. He is killed by Henry, who immediately commits suicide out of grief.
- Sarah (Hana Hayes) - Joel's daughter. She is killed in the prologue when a soldier was instructed to open fire on both her and Joel. Her death causes Joel to become cold, cynical, and brutal over the years.
Discuss gameplay mechanics:
- Combat (look at all these shoulder height walls)
- Stealth (but not really it’s just quiet combat)
- Crafting (favourite items and least favourite)
- AI (Where did all the promises from E3 2013 go?)
Discuss sound:
- BGM - thematic and atmospheric or forgettable?
- Voice acting - Does it get better than this? (Needs more Matt Mercer)
Discuss graphics:
- Beautiful scenery
- Character design
- The zombies
Level 3
Lasting Impressions, overall rating and final thoughts. Did this make you want to play it again and if not, what would need to be changed? Would you suggest it to friends?
Level 4
3 Word Review #CC3WR from Twitter first followed by panel
Level 5
Outro (thank panel and plug)
Announce the game for next month (Kingdom Hearts)
Sunday Apr 08, 2018
Sunday Apr 08, 2018
With an impending deployment P1 can no longer carry on with CCWeekly and after 5 years of podcasting P2 is ready for a break. Thus marks the last episode of CCWeekly with the Bros and it's yours now! Worry not friends, the CC Prime game of the Month will carry on with a new pair of hosts in the form of Musty Hobbit and Its Rocket Sauce and they're ready and able to breathe fresh life into the community.
Saturday Mar 31, 2018
Saturday Mar 31, 2018
Curtiss joins forces with his California cohort Chris Roberts to take on March Madness! They discuss everything Nintendo DS/3DS including: the ridiculous amount of system variations, all the games YOU played this month and reviewed on the forums, your MOST DISAPPOINTING games for the DS, and what ever happened to the MEAN GIRLS game??? All this and more in the most jam packed episode yet!
Monday Mar 26, 2018
Monday Mar 26, 2018
This week Mark and I discuss our Top 5 games that never received a sequel. Then dive into Sea of Thieves launch day woes and discuss if the game will have the legs to go the distance.
Saturday Mar 17, 2018
Saturday Mar 17, 2018
This week Mark couldn’t make it but thankfully my lovely wife Colleen stepped in to fill his shoes. Last of Us and March Madness lead the way for the Prime and Portable games of the month. We talk about Grey’s Anatomy, Jumanji and Kirby’s Star Allies
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Sunday Mar 11, 2018
Sunday Mar 11, 2018
Odin Sphere is an action role-playing game developed by Vanillaware for the PlayStation 2. It was published by Atlus (Japan and North America) in 2007, and by Square Enix (Europe) in 2008. A remake titled Odin Sphere Leifthrasir was released on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in 2016. The story follows five characters on the fantasy continent of Erion during a war between the nations of Ragnanival and Ringford over a weapon called the Crystalization Cauldron, and their roles in the Armageddon, a catastrophe which will destroy Erion.
Introductions
Panel
Agent Poyo
Twitter: @poyopotpie
Scott
Twitter: @VGCollectaholic
Minotaur Zombie
Twitter: @MinotaurZombie
Cartridge Club Intro/Outro Music
Ser Flash
Twitter: @Serraxor
Cartridge Club Logo
Will Pruitt
Twitter: @willopruitt
Level 1
P2(Mark) gives a quick overview of Odin Sphere and panel discusses their memories of the game and first impressions.
- Developer: Vanillaware
- NIS America (Leifthrasir)
- Director: George Kamitani
- Platform(s):
- Release Date:
- May 22, 2007
- June 7, 2016
- Genre: Action Role Playing
Level 2
Discuss story of the game:
Odin Sphere is set on the fictional continent of Erion, which is divided into multiple nations scattered across the land. The two main nations are the warrior land of Ragnanival, and the forest-bound Fairy Kingdom of Ringford, separated by a wasteland that was once the kingdom of Valentine. At the game's opening, Ragnanival is ruled by the Demon Lord Odin, and Ringford is ruled by the Fairy Queen Elfaria with help from her nephew Melvin. The other nations include the neutral land of Titania; the volcano-bound Fire Kingdom ruled by the one male resident King Onyx; and the Netherworld, the land of the dead where natural crystals grow, ruled by the undead Queen Odette. The plot is driven by the tale of Armageddon, a foretold catastrophe in which Erion is destroyed and the survivors reign the new world.
Characters:
Gwyndolyn
Oswald
Cornelius
Mercedes
Velvet
NPC:
Odin
Odette
Onyx
Melvin
Elfaria
Brom
King Gallon
Valentine
Ingway
Brigan
The Wise Ones
Dragons:
Belial
Wagner
Hindel
Leventhan
The Pooka Curse
Multiple endings
Love story
Discuss gameplay mechanics:
Fighting Mechanics
Favourite Character to use
Food
Phozons
Alchemy
POW
PP
Discuss sound:
BGM - memorable or forgettable
Sound Effects
Voice Acting
Discuss graphics:
Holy shit this game is gorgeous
Favourite designs of enemies/characters
Favourite Environments
Level 3
Lasting Impressions, overall rating and final thoughts. Did this make you want to play it again and if not, what would need to be changed? Would you suggest it to friends?
Level 4
3 Word Review #CC3WR from Twitter first followed by panel
Level 5
Outro (thank panel and plug)
Announce the game for next month (The Last of Us)
Sunday Mar 11, 2018
Sunday Mar 11, 2018
We talk game OST’s to open the show this week and narrowing it down to our top 5 is way too hard. P2 is frustrated about someone backing into their driveway on a snowy night and the window is open!
We tackle the Nintendo Direct and how it has one of us extremely hyped. Lastly the show rolls into some answers and we realize that our miss had been janked up the whole show, sorry about that.
Top 5: 3:58
Announcements: 17:38
What We’ve Been Up To: 26:57
Nintendo Direct: 28:45
CCAnswers: 1:01:50
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Sunday Mar 04, 2018
Sunday Mar 04, 2018
We list our top 5 Square JRPG’s to start the show and P2 is surprised by one of the games on P1’s list. Jay snubs P1 at work and sends in his own fantastic top 5 list. The Bros announce the future plan for Cartridge Club Prime and it’s new hosts.
P2 gets credits in a Switch heavy hitter but he isn’t done with it yet. Then we talk I Am Setsuna and we go into spoilers.
Top 5: 2:33
Announcements: 11:40
What We’ve Been Up To: 24:46
I Am Setsuna Spoilers Start: 52:50
I Am Setsuna Spoilers End: 1:03:29
CCAnswers: 1:04:40
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Thursday Mar 01, 2018
Sunday Feb 25, 2018
Sunday Feb 25, 2018
New set but the same old bros this week. Mark is finally in the closet with his PS2 and diving into Odin Sphere. P1 gets pumped about Rusty’s latest review on Boy and his Blob and receives a delivery from Girl Scouts of America. Rooms are available for the Chi-Cartridge-Con event in Chicago this July.
P2 talks isolation horror and we list off some of our favourites. Does combat alone carry an RPG or is it the story that really drives it? P1 makes a plea to Media Mavens to become an Overwatch only podcast (or at least tell him one that exists already that is as good as they are). Lastly we might get the final SEGA Top 50 video this week!
Announcements: 4:07
What We’ve Been Up To: 15:07
CCAnswers: 39:27
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Sunday Feb 18, 2018
Sunday Feb 18, 2018
The bros are back to the dismay of many. Odin Sphere is getting some play in the closet while Metroid Fusion is a fun blast from the past. Kevin’s stream in tribute of his father is a big hit and P1 spends the week in combats playing soldier.
Announcements: 3:08
What We’ve Been Up To: 13:30
CCAnswers: 47:55
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Thursday Feb 15, 2018
Thursday Feb 15, 2018
Dark Cloud is an action role-playing video game developed by Level-5 and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. Originally intended as a launch title for the PlayStation 2, the game was released in Japan in December 2000, in North America in May 2001, and in Europe in September 2001. Combining action role-playing with elements of city-building games, the game tells the story of a group of adventurers who band together to fight against the evil Dark Genie, who has attacked and destroyed many villages. The protagonist is Toan, a boy who is given a magical stone called the "Atlamillia" by Simba, the Fairy King, which has the power to rebuild the destroyed lands.
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Level 1
P2(Mark) gives a quick overview of Dark Cloud and panel discusses their memories of the game and first impressions.
- Developer: Level-5
- Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
- Director: Akihiro Hino
- Platform(s):
- Release Date:
- Genre: Action Role Playing
Level 2
Discuss story of the game: When a corrupt general unleashes a mystical genie that destroys a planet, a magical fairy scatters its spheres across the world to preserve its elements from the chaos. In the aftermath, a young boy must retrieve the spheres. During the course of the game, Toan meets new characters who can be chosen to explore and battle in dungeons. The player must accomplish in-game events for new characters to join. The available characters include: Xiao, a slingshot-wielding 'catgirl'; Goro, a hunter from Matataki Village who uses large hammers; Ruby, a magic-ring-using genie from Queens; Ungaga, a Muska Lacka warrior using staves; and Osmond, leader of the Moon People, equipped with a variety of guns and blasters
Discuss gameplay mechanics:
- City Building
- Weapons upgrading/breaking
- Combat
- Character upgrading (health, thirst, defence)
- Camera controls
- Fast travel
- Random dungeon levels
- Backfloor levels
Discuss sound:
- Favourite BGM
- Sound effects
Discuss graphics:
- Character/creature design
- Aged well
Level 3
Lasting Impressions, overall rating and final thoughts. Did this make you want to play it again and if not, what would need to be changed? Would you suggest it to friends? Dark Cloud 2
Level 4
3 Word Review #CC3WR from Twitter first followed by panel
Level 5
Outro (thank panel and plug)
Announce the game for next month (Odin Sphere)
Monday Feb 12, 2018
Monday Feb 12, 2018
This week we take a look at the wilder side of Weekly with a couple of special guest hosts
Wednesday Feb 07, 2018
Wednesday Feb 07, 2018
The enigmatic Curtiss is joined this month by our Queen of the 1 console, the incomparable Mrs. Q Dawg. Together they sit down and rattle the paddles on Metroid Prime Pinball
Saturday Feb 03, 2018
Saturday Feb 03, 2018
A new month means a new game and this February we’re playing Odin Sphere! As well in the month of love CC Portable is tackling Metroid Fusion on the GBA. The Club has a Discord set up with some topic specific channels and the bros are trying to be less bad at using it.
Announcements: 1:39
What We’ve Been Up To: 8:42
CCAnswers: 32:44
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Sunday Jan 28, 2018
Sunday Jan 28, 2018
The month is rounding down and that means we’re nearing the end of Dark Cloud and Metroid Prime Pinball. We’ve had fun but we are looking forward to February and the games it brings. Then we announce the remainder of the lineup for Season 5 of Cartridge Club Prime. P1 has been playing Breath of the Wild with his wife and we discuss how to pronounce Setsuna.
Announcements: 3:25
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Saturday Jan 20, 2018
Saturday Jan 20, 2018
Dark Cloud woes, Metroid Prime Pinball high scores are spinning up and the Cartridge Club tackles the SNES. P2 talks about getting a portable raspberry pi and P1 can’t remember a simple website. Hellweek begins which means time is limited for the elder bro but that didn’t stop him from getting in a couple podcasts and videos. All of this and more in the show recorded one day before the best day of the year!
Announcements: 2:49
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Saturday Jan 13, 2018
Saturday Jan 13, 2018
We ♥ Katamari is a video game developed and published by Namco for the PlayStation 2. It was released in Japan on July 6, 2005, in North America on September 20, 2005, and in Europe on February 2, 2006. It is the sequel to the previous year’s sleeper hit, Katamari Damacy. This is the last game in the series that had involvement with the series creator Keita Takahashi.
Introductions 1:16
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Myles
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Level 1 6:20
P2(Mark) gives a quick overview of We Love Katamari and panel discusses their memories of the game and first impressions.
- Developer: Namco
- Publisher: Namco
- Director: Keita Takahashi
- Platform(s): PlayStation 2
- Release Date:
- Genre: What the fuck!?!?!
Level 2 18:15
Discuss story of the game:
We Love Katamari tells two stories: a self-referential story of how the King of All Cosmos is reacting to the unexpected success of Katamari Damacy, and an origin story of how the King of All Cosmos became the King of All Cosmos, met his wife, and had his son.
Discuss gameplay mechanics: 33:35
- Roll Stuff
- Scale changes very cool
- Easy to pick up and play
- Levels not difficult
- Forcing replay of stages to extend gameplay isn’t good design
Discuss sound: 1:05:53
- Music is fun
- Favourite tracks
Discuss graphics: 1:11:59
- Aged well
- Scale is impressive
Level 3 1:19:20
Lasting Impressions, overall rating and final thoughts. Did this make you want to play it again and if not, what would need to be changed? Would you suggest it to friends?
Level 4 1:28:17
3 Word Review #CC3WR from Twitter first followed by panel
Level 5
Outro (thank panel and plug)
Announce the game for next month (Dark Cloud)
Saturday Jan 13, 2018
Saturday Jan 13, 2018
In a surprise to no one Matt Bandy is back on top of the Beat My Score challenge. Club founder Buried on Mars is running a charity event to raise money for the Heart Research Institute. The CC Video Game Awards show and CCABC round out our announcements.
Nintendo stirs the pot with a couple of tweets and a rumour. Do social media managers hold an important position among the game industry? If you sold your WiiU things are looking good for you as Nintendo brings over all the hits! P1 clearly has no idea what is considered a spoiler and what isn’t as he talks about Get Out.
Announcements: 4:05
What We’ve Been Up To: 11:40
CCAnswers: 37:50
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Sunday Jan 07, 2018
Sunday Jan 07, 2018
New year, new format same old bros! We’re playing Dark Cloud and Metroid Prime in the games of the month and the 2018 CCABC rules are up on the forums from the benevolent Donovan Viper. Nintendo Norway drops a bomb on the internet before the revelation that Nintendo Norway doesn’t exist. The Switch is selling like hotcakes and there is light at the end of the tunnel for Bright.
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News: 7:52
CCAnswers: 26:50
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Sunday Dec 31, 2017
Sunday Dec 31, 2017
It’s the week of Christmas and we have very little news to discuss but that’s ok because you likely don’t have time to listen anyway! We talk about some Club shows before diving into our gaming resolutions for 2018! Hope you enjoy the last Weekly of the year.
News: 1:18
Update: 5:11
CCAnswers: 36:30
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Saturday Dec 30, 2017
Saturday Dec 30, 2017
Curtiss is joined by Nintendo fan and YouTube rising star Luke from the hit show Retro Nonsense! This episode won't put anyone to sleep because they are talking all about Kriby's Dreamland
Sunday Dec 24, 2017
Sunday Dec 24, 2017
Some weak news leads off this live Christmas episode of Cartridge Club Weekly. Luckily we follow that up with a strong Update segment were we cover a ton of podcasts from the community and possibly a Nintendo VR announcement? Merry Christmas everyone, don’t read the chat!
News: 1:56
Update: 21:06
CCAnswers: 1:08:30
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Sunday Dec 17, 2017
Sunday Dec 17, 2017
The VGA’s and PSX dominate the news this week as we discuss winners, losers and everyone in between. Batman gets animated and that’s no kabuki! In Update we talk about the Club raising over 3 times our goal in a 50 hour live stream. This was our first year participating in Extra Life 4 Kids and it was a wonderful event for the community.
News: 1:46
Update: 21:00
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Wednesday Dec 13, 2017
Wednesday Dec 13, 2017
Curtiss and P1 sit down to talk about the PSP rhythm, rpg, action adventure, strategy game PATAPON!