We were light on games this week, mainly because Justin’s been busy and Julian hasn’t been able to put Expedition 33 down. BUT THAT’S OKAY. We had the new GTA VI trailer, the seemingly end of Polygon and Giant Bomb, and a lot of listener questions to help us along!

00:00 Introduction, people who text a lot

11:58 Julian has a plan

17:23 More Expedition 33, even though Julian has more problems with it the deeper he gets, Justin’s video game ennui

45:28 Metal Eden, Nintendo being a dick

55:21 That new GTA VI trailer looks HOT

01:07:35 Julian has another plan

01:28:13 The news about Polygon and Giant Bomb

02:03:45 CQC (Comments, Questions, Concerns)

Check out Julian on the Street Fighter Alpha (series)

episode of Games My Mom Found: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-r6knk-189c769

Also listen to Julian talk about the Thunderbolts movie on

episode 635 of The Comic Conspiracy podcast: https://comicconspiracypodcast.com/

If you’re in New York around June you can check out John Gholson

in the horror film Man Finds Tape: https://www.tribecafilm.com/films/man-finds-tape-2025

Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com

Logo and artwork by John Gholson

Announcer: John Gholson

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