Ep. 817 – Sonic Blast, Man

Sonic Blast, Man! That’s what we said we were going to cover this week. It’s not out fault if you didn’t pick up on that comma. And we were indeed talking about the slushy ice creamy treat featured at Sonic Drive-Ins across America – the Sonic Blast! Sooooooo, yeah. There may be a bit of a pivot in this episode where we do some blind ranked guessing of fast food desserts and fast food restaurants then, you know, that’s it. But there is still plenty here! We just had a make different preparations because of life. So this turned into a relaxed fit episode that we had a lot of fun with. So please, just sit awhile and listen! Sonic Blast, Man!

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Ep. 816 – The Shadow

The Shadow knows! He knows that this movie was such a flop (was it though?) that the game 99% completed yet they decided to scrap it? Only a few review copies went out to the ROM exists online for all to play. So we played it! We also just had to watch the movie along with it. So won’t you come sit awhile and listen to Jake and Tyler try the newest Final Boss Sour, celebrate Brainy Jr’s college graduation, review Drop in Ian’s Horror Hole, visit Dave’s Den of Gaming with Knave and Shadow Dark, pine over Dark Man, and celebrate seeing Mearth. Will you? The Shadow knows you want to hang out with Jake and Tyler at TADPOG!

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Ep. 814 – Rise of the Phoenix

Rise of the Phoenix just ups, and Koei’s all over our day. That’s right. It’s another one of those Koei PC ports that are very crunchy, and this one is from its “Historical Simulation Series”! So, please, come listen to talk about everything else first before we have to dive into this game – we rate and review all the fast food macaroni and cheese options in Paducah, try some sauces from St. Elmo’s Steakhouse, talk about the latest offerings in Overwatch, discuss a Chuck Norris movie, visit Ian’s Horror Hole, debate some FF XIV jobs, and more. Then we discuss this game at a decent length. Won’t do us a favor and listen to Rise of the Phoenix?

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Ep. 811 – The Jetsons: Invasion of the Planet Pirates

The Jetsons: Invasion of the Planet Pirates, ever heard it? A true gift from the Randomizer since none of us had ever heard of it or seen it. So in celebration we do a retro futurism draft, discuss some Dungeon Crawler Carl, we get an update on Dave’s gaming mouse woes, discuss what we’ve been playing then jump right into some good old Jetson’s content. This may be a bit of a surprising one, so won’t you come sit awhile and listen?

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Ep. 809 – The Return of What the Kids Say

The Return of What the Kids Say! The original we did many years ago with Brainy Jr. schooled us in 2019 on the slang of her day. Now in the year of our Yu Yevon 2025, Chocochica comes on to give us the latest Gen Z slang for our elder Millenial/Gen X brains. We had a great time the first go round and this time was just the same. So come let join us trying our first Level 4 Final Boss Sour, Ian recounts his weekend trip to the Louisville Arcade Expo, Chocochica loves tornados, Tyler has his heart broken by Suikoden mid-stream, Dave wants to play Monster Hunter Wilds but his heart belong to Final Fantasy XIV. So come get educated on all the newest words, please, come sit awhile and listen!

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Ep. 807 – Troddlers

Troddlers…troddles it’s way to TADPOG shores? If they want to make Troddlers a noun then I can turn it into a verb. Hey, what do toddlers and probably troddlers both love? Chicken nuggets. We do a blind taste test of local fast food nuggets (ChocoChica, maybe now ChickenChica joins us!), Ian gets into a beta test, Dave becomes a Master Viper, and Tyler fights about his Dark Urge. We also talk a lot about this game none of us had ever seen or heard about in our lives. So please, come sit awhile and listen to us troddle on about Troddlers!

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Ep. 801 – The Untouchables

The Untouchables somehow was missed in our movie games line-up (we eventually figure out why) so we agitate that gravel back to old haunts (a one week break) to the old movie and game plan! Before we talk about this Oscar award winning movie we discuss some Overwatch 2, a little Marvel Rivals, some Final Fantasy XIV expansions, a bit of the old Baldur’s Gate 3, and draft some fictional gangsters. Then we talk quite a bit about the movie and do a deeper dive into this game than any review magazine ever did. Our new Zine Lord has the stats to prove it. So won’t you come sit awhile and listen to this episode on The Untouchables?

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Ep. 800 – Looney Tunes B-Ball

Looney Tunes B-Ball has more dunks than a donut shop all over TADPOG studios! This week we take a brief respite from movie games to fit in what we all heard was a hidden gem. Is it? We’ll get there. But first we talk about Police Story, Final Fantasy XIV, Cunk, and Sonic 3. Tyler has a bad night. What movie star has the most SNES game appearances? The results may surprise you. Then do a deep dive in Looney Tunes B-Ball and bring on, of NBA James fame, Captain Gun Nerd John Turley. So please, come sit awhile and listen!

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