The fellas go through and select their favorites for the many nominees at The Game Awards 2025.

Nick and Chris are joined by the brothers Forrer to review Hollow Knight: Silksong!

A belated review of Hazelight's newest co-op adventure, Split Fiction. Andy Bickerton makes his triumphant return!

Slow and steady wins the race!

Timely as ever.

Better late than never!

THERE'S TOO MANY OF THEM

An hour of absolutely nothing

Pokemon Presents impressions, Balatro stuff, and a review of Sea of Stars. Bon apetit!

CRT's, Xenogears, Fantasy Critic, Sony State of Play and more!

(0:02:08) - Nintendo Switch 2 trailer (0:1:02:09) - Silksong (0:1:09:18) - Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection (0:1:20:19) - Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - The Sith Lords

(0:04:38) - CRT sickness (0:15:53) - Gameboy kinda? (0:19:28) - Mario and Luigi Brothership (0:1:04:23) - Balatro

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, LET THE GAMES BEGIN

We continue to suffer

LOG IT

The guys are joined by Tiffany Gilly-Forrer to look back on a Console Crusade Top 100 game!

GOOBRICKED UP

Time sure flies, huh?

The boys talk Playstation's State of Play and then review the 1993 Super Mario Bros movie. WAHOO

Is Astro Bot GOTY material? Let's talk about that.

THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE

We suffer in your stead.

Chris is joined by special guests Will DeBiccari and Andy Bickerton to deep dive on GOTY contender Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Meandering as usual. (0:14:52) - What we’ve been playing (0:19:06) - Sea of Stars (0:39:10) - Infini (0:47:24) - How Right, How Wrong, How Long?

Hello and goodbye. 0:03:45) - Fire Emblem Three Houses 5 year anniversary (0:54:31) - Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdree (1:11:15) - A classic Console Crusade tangent

WHAT'S IN THE BOX?? (0:00:00) - Nintendo Direct reactions (finally!) (0:56:18 - Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree impressions (1:02:35) - Assassin’s Creed Origins (1:28:05 - Pikmin 3 (1:37:20) - Metal Gear Solid

The crew reviews Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door with special guests Tiffany Gilly-Forrer and Nathaniel Andalis. Wahoo!

(0:05:51) - Paper Mario impressions (0:23:19) - Sea of Thieves (0:28:13) - PSN trophies on PC (0:34:18) - Sports games (0:50:19) - Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (1:00:51) - Sony State of Play (1:09:42) - Fantasy Critic

(0:00:00) - Vacation catch up (0:08:18) - Animal Well (0:24:09) - EJ attempts Hollow Knight (0:43:12) - 1000 X Resist impressions (0:50:18) - Star Wars: Knight of the Old Republic (1:01:39) - Ghost of Tsushima (1:13:19) - Sea of Thieves (1:20:31) - Megaman X speedrun

Changes were made. (0:01:25) - Fantasy Critic update (0:18:05) - Chris breaks a bone (0:25:04) - Limited Run Games CD-R drama (0:35:17) - Helldivers II PSN requirements (0:41:35) - #freestellarblade (0:54:36) - Third party studios we’d most want to make a Nintendo game

Take a journey with us. (0:05:12) - More Dark Souls (0:15:31) - EJ’s Skyrim playthrough (0:31:33) - Nintendo Switch Demo Derby

Nick and Chris spend 2 hours waxing about games they've been playing lately, but mostly Dark Souls.

The year is flying by and MAN has there been some action! The boys Bren and Brandon join us this week to chat the first quarter of a very busy Fantasy Critic season.

Join us as we further refine our list of top 100 video games ever---now twice as unimpeachable! Solo.to/consolecrusade

A supersized edition of the Console Crusade podcast where we go over three distinct top ten lists: Chris’s top ten games of all time, Nick’s top ten most important games ever, and EJ’s top ten favorite games since 2016. The criteria is loose and the boys are juiced! LET’S GO Top 100 Honorable Mentions (Switch) (0:02:09) Top Ten Intro (0:25:00) The …

This week we're joined by Steve Fallon, software developer and creator of fantasycritic.games, for a peek behind the curtain of one of our favorite pastimes! (0:02:50) - What we’ve been playing (Elden Ring, Celeste, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth) (0:48:20) - A Fantasy Critic deep dive with site creator and developer Steve Fallon (2:00:37) - Critical Hi…

The poopsmith has taken a vow of silence... (0:08:26) - Top 100 Honorable Mentions (Nintendo 3DS) (0:30:59) - Industry layoffs (0:37:26) - Developers and publishers going independent (0:43:00) - Nintendo sues Yuzu (0:54:09) - Pokemon Presents reaction (1:16:59) - Final Fantasy VII Remake thoughts (1:35:39) - Chris beats Resident Evil IV Remake (1:4…

Hollywood video forever. (0:00:00) - Candy tier list rant (0:11:05) - Intro (0:12:36) - Top 100 honorable mentions (Nintendo DS) (0:36:41) - Chris directs a a stage show (1:06:30) - Nick’s been playing games (1:58:11) - Chris plays Resident Evil 4 (2:09:59) - Nintendo’s Partner Direct + Xbox going multi-plat…

MARIO IS MISSING (0:02:39) - Final Fantasy VII (0:17:48) - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Demo (0:36:44) - Warzone Ranked (0:41:41) - Top 100 Honorable Mentions (Gameboy Advance) (1:14:00) - Pokemon musings

Brandon’s not the only one who’s lost his crown. (0:06:06) - Sony State of Play reaction (0:39:25) - Fantasy Critic Week 4 (1:09:40) - Top 100 Honorable Mentions - Gameboy Edition (1:32:44) - Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown review

This one's for the boys back home. (0:00:38) - Nick looks back on 2023 (0:17:05) - Chris’s 2023 (0:34:46) - Bee Simulator review (0:48:51) - 2023 from EJ’s eyes (0:58:46) - Looking ahead to 2024

It's only week 4?? (0:08:09) - Fantasy Critic trade drama (1:20:32) - What we’ve been playing (Prince of Persia, Atelier, Palworld) (1:37:12) - AI art in video games

A little catch up, a little trivia, a little Fantasy Critic. (0:00:00) - Holiday catch up + what we’ve been playing (0:48:05) - Fantasy Critic update (1:09:40) - Critical Hits: Whammy Week

The fellas look forward to year 4 in their Fantasy Critic league, drafting a total of 30 games to kick off the competition.

CROWN THE CHAMPION

(0:02:05) - Breaking down the awards at The Game Awards (0:30:56) - The Game Awards announcements (1:10:37) - What we’ve been playing (1:25:06) - WE’RE BACK - A Warzone Story

Backstreet’s back baby (0:09:54) - What we’ve been playing (including a Pokemon rant) (1:00:51) - CC Top 100 honorable mentions - Wii U (1:16:54) - Ranking (almost) every video game controller ever made

The boys are joined by friends of the pod Brandon and Tiffany to discuss a remake of their childhood favorite Super Mario RPG!

UH OH (0:06:42) - The Legend of Zelda movie + fan-casting (0:53:43) - Super Mario Wonder review

The boys make some predictions about The Game Awards 2023. We're on to you, Keighley!