Podcast Episodes

8-4 Play 5/2/2025: GOLDEN OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 84

Golden Week? This year it's more of a Golden Weekend, sadly, but that hasn't stopped us from putting our vacations on pause to share impressions of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Mario Kart World, and …

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

8-4 Play 4/18/2025: ROYAL BLUE

Grab your journal and get ready to scribble extensive notes on Blue Prince, the new Vampire Survivors DLC, the latest Switch 2 news, and Gabe’s turf burns in this very special pre-Golden Week Tight 5…

Published on 5 months ago

8-4 Play 4/4/2025: JUNE THE FIFTH

SMAAAAAAASH that C-Button and join our chat all about (what else) Switch 2. Mario Kart! Donkey Kong! The Duskbloods! Pricing! Region-locking! Jorts!

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

8-4 Play 3/28/2025: DIRECT MISS

Sure, we may have recorded before yesterday's Nintendo Direct, but that just means we had more time to talk Xenoblade Chronicles X: DE, read up on the latest Monster Hunter Wilds news, and get a 10-m…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

8-4 Play 3/14/2025: PUMP 'N' DUMP

Pull up a slab of cheese nan and dig in to a full episode of (what else?) Monster Hunter Wilds, as the team Gears-of-War-slow-walks you through our first few days with the game.

Time — Topic Discus…

Published on 6 months ago

8-4 Play 2/28/2025: THE STUFF OF NIRGENDS

Enjoy the final pod before we go Wild on the new Monster Hunter with…well, MHW review talk! Also solid chatter on some older and / or semi-obscure Japanese gems because, hey, it’s us.

Time — Topic Di…

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

8-4 Play 2/14/2025: STATE OF YAY

The gang runs down PlayStation’s latest State of Play showcase, including Housemarque’s Saros, Monster Hunter Wilds, Shinobi, Sonic Racing, and (dramatic music)…Digimon?

Time — Topic Discussed

Published on 7 months ago

8-4 Play 1/31/2025: IS MONSTER HUNTER OUT YET?

You'll jump outta yo seat for the Dynasty Warriors: Origins impressions and Ninja Gaiden 2 Black / 4 news, but sit back down and buckle the f up for live - that's right, LIVE - (and alread…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

8-4 Play 1/17/2025: SWITCH, TOO

We did it

We finally outsmarted Nintendo

And all it cost us was…everything

Time — Topic Discussed

02:20 – Switch 2!!

Published on 8 months ago

8-4 Play 1/3/2025: NEW YEAR'S ROCKIN' Q&A SPECIAL

We've barely recovered from our New Year's hangovers, but we're already back and hard at work for you, dear listener, with a brand new ep, recorded live and in person in the year of our lord 202—what…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago