Podcast Episodes

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 4 months, 1 week 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 4 months, 3 weeks 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 5 months, 1 week 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 5 months, 3 weeks ago

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 6 months 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 6 months, 2 weeks 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 7 months 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 7 months, 1 week 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.

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Published on 7 months, 3 weeks 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.

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Published on 8 months, 1 week ago