8-4 Play 1/2/2026: BALL DROPPIN’ NEW YEAR’S FREE-FOR-ALL
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Friend of the show and former EGM editor Che Chou joins us to ring in 2026 with another freeform Q&A ep fueled by bourbon and filled with New Year's resolutions, holiday memories, GOTY talk, and Cybermorph. HNY! Time — Topic Discussed 11:40 – Listener Questions
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8-4 Play 12/19/2025: PRIME MINISTRY
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Ring in the holidays with extended Metroid Prime 4 thoughts and an audio tour of the Nintendo Museum’s new art exhibit, plus Game Awards recap / reax in news! Time — Topic Discussed 01:06 – Nicknames 25:00 – Metroid Prime 4: Beyond 51:25 – News: The Game Awards, SEGA Channel games preserved, and more!
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8-4 Play 12/5/2025: VIEWPOINT 1998
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With Metroid Prime 4 dropping mere hours before we recorded, we went for the next best thing: a bunch of games from the late 90s! Tune in for talk of Analogue 3D, Radiant Silvergun, Viewpoint 2064, 2D gaming on the PS1, and more—plus some current-century stuff like Ball x Pit and Lumines Arise. Time — Topic Discussed 01:00 – Nicknames 05:42 – Radiant Silvergun 13:15 – Viewpoint 2064 21:30 – Analogue 3D 39:48 – Nicknames 42:44 – Ball x Pit 48:50 – Lumines Arise 51:22 – News: Game Awards Statue, Dead Rising rumors, and more!
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8-4 Play 11/21/2025: ALL STEAMED UP
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Lumines (loo-meh-nez) Arise, new Hyrule Warriors, Game Awards noms, Metroid Prime 4 hopes and fears, new Steam hardware (x3) and more! 00:45 – Nicknames 13:20 – Lumines: Arise 20:32 – Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment 33:11 – News: The Game Awards, Super Mario Galaxy movie, and more!
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8-4 Play 11/7/2025: RTX-5090 Z-A HD-2D TURBO
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Hear all about (deep breath) Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake (exhale) and the A-Z of Pokémon Legends: Z-A, with a side of Nintendo news and Halloween in Japan. Time — Topic Discussed 00:47 – Nicknames 17:30 – DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake 25:31 – Pokémon Legends: Z-A 35:00 – News: Nintendo Switch 2 sales, Animal Crossing updates, Halo on PlayStation, and more!
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8-4 Play 10/24/2025: ONE-UPPED
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1UP Show memories, Hollow Knight 2, Little Nightmares 3, Ninja Gaiden 4, FIIIIIVE GOLD-EN! RINGS!! Plus more FFT, RIP Itagaki-san, and a buncha news. Time — Topic Discussed 00:00 – Nicknames 09:32 – Hollow Knight: Silksong 17:21 – Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles 20:59 – Little Nightmares 3 26:25 – Ninja Gaiden 4 30:00 – News: Remembering Itagaki-san, The 1UP Show's 20th anniversary, and more!
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8-4 Play 10/10/2025: THE SILENT HILLVALICE CHRONICLES
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Clutch your digiballs and sharpen your sickles as we dive into Silent Hill f, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, Digimon Story Time Stranger, Mario Galaxy 1&2, a bunch of obscure Alfa System games, the latest news, and more! Time — Topic Discussed 00:37 – Nicknames 08:49 – Silent Hill f 33:38 – Oreshika & Gunparade March 44:55 – Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles 1:05:12 – Digimon Story Time Stranger 1:13:56 – Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2 1:18:52 – News: EA, Microsoft, and more!
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8-4 Play 9/26/2025: TOKYO GAME SHOW 2025
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It's our favorite time of year: Tokyo Game Show! A cavalcade of special guests pop through to talk about everything we saw at and around day 1 of the show, including Marvel Tokon, Onimusha, RE9, Yakuza Kiwami 3, Age of Imprisonment, Nioh 3, Ghost of Yotei, Dragon Quest 1&2, and lots more! Time — Topic Discussed 04:48 – TGS Vibes & Merch 08:42 – CAPCOM (Pragmata, Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Resident Evil Requiem) 20:38 – Indies (Demonschool, Dreams of Another, I Saw a Flying Saucer, Sobakistan: The Land of Dogs) 27:32 – SEGA (Yakuza Kiwami 3) 33:53 – Dragon Quest I & II...
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8-4 Play 9/19/2025: SILK STRONG
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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 breakdown of all the big news out of last week's mega-sized Nintendo Direct. Time — Topic Discussed 00:48 – Nicknames 07:37 – Hollow Knight: Silksong 24:43 – Earthion 27:23 – News: Nintendo Direct, TGS leaks, and more!
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8-4 Play 9/5/2025: WHAT A THRILL
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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 — Exit 8 and Platform 8 19:50 — Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater 30:50 — Lumines Arise demo 45:16 — News: Nintendo Direct rumors, PS6 rumors, and more!
info_outlineParty up like it's 1981 as the crew delves deep into the new Wizardry remake, then straps on their Varia Suits to briefly revisit Super Metroid before wrapping up with Hellblade 2 thoughts, Square Enix news, Summer Game Fest predictions, and more.
00:37 — Nicknames
19:43 — Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
41:04 — Super Metroid
55:28 — Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
1:01:41 — News: Dragon Quest 3 remake, Square Enix sales expectations, Summer Game Fest, and more!