Podcast Episodes

8-4 Play 9/19/2025: SILK STRONG

Get your canned beverage of choice and your ticket for the green car -- it's time to board the bullet train for TGS! For the ride over, we've got a Tight 60 filled with Silksong impressions and a bre…

Published on 8 hours ago

8-4 Play 9/5/2025: WHAT A THRILL

Turn down the Silksong BGM and turn UP the talk about Metal Gear Solid Delta, the Lumines Arise demo, Exit 8 and Platform 8, and a whole buncha news.

Time — Topic Discussed

00:52 — Nicknames
03:32 — …

Published on 2 weeks ago

8-4 Play 8/22/2025: NEODUDES

UFO 50 (buy it!), Mina the Hollower demo (try it!), Neorude (look it up!), Phantasy Star IV (dust it off!), Off (turn it on!), and a whole messa news (listen to it!)

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01:14 – …

Published on 4 weeks ago

8-4 Play 8/8/2025: MOUSIN' AROUND

Oops, all games! The Adventures of Elliot, Rematch, Mario Paint, Lunar 2, Earthion, Shin-Chan Summer Vacation, Shinobi, Ninja Gaiden, Dyson Sphere Program (the game, not the vacuum), and news! 

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Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

8-4 Play 7/25/2025: BANANZA REPUBLIC

Roy joins to peel back Donkey Kong Bananza, go crazy on Monster Hunter Wilds DLC, and...talk about...Death Stranding 2; also Zelda movie casting, Xbox retreating from $80 games, Switch 2 sales and mo…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

8-4 Play 7/11/2025: SWEET HOME AUSTRALIA

Mark returns to hawk Lumines Arise and talk about 'Jima's latest, Death Stranding 2; also, Blue Prince bingo speed runs, all that :gestures: Xbox stuff, and obscure Famicom and PC Engine games (becau…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

8-4 Play 6/27/2025: SUMMER REVUE

Summer is the time for love, Takarazuka, and Death Stranding 2 early access. Plus the latest Switch 2 impressions, Japan life updates, and thoughts on the DK Direct.

00:58 – Nicknames
12:36 – Death S…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

8-4 Play 6/13/2025: ROCKET START

One week and three and a half million units later, tune in to hear the crew's first hands-on impressions of Switch 2 and all the excitement surrounding the launch in Japan, plus the latest news out o…

Published on 3 months ago

8-4 Play 5/30/2025: SWITCH 2 COMETH

With The Second Coming upon us, Digital Foundry’s John Linneman joins us for an exhaustive chat through the tech driving Nintendo’s new hardware, including a few key lingering questions…

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Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

8-4 Play 5/16/2025: MEET ME IN THE RUMPUS ROOM

Tide yourself over this dry spell before the Summer Game Fest feast with (still tasty!) leftovers of Clair Obscur and Blue Prince, plus morsels on gaming media woes and EVO Japan bits in news.

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Published on 4 months ago