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This week on The Free Cheese, we have obtained the metatron ore.
It's time we take on the role of Leo Stenbuck and climb into Jehuty. If that makes any sense to you, you already know how much fun we had this week. If not, come learn about Zone of the Enders with us. We discuss our time with the first game in the series, how it's connected to other Konami properties, and rank it on The List.
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This week on The Free Cheese, I’m yours forever.
We’re revisiting our Game of the Game of the Year, only this time we’re together. Our fourth and final Wii Sports Killer for Season 12 enters the conversation as we discuss the new additions to Tetris Effect Connected, breakdown its individual modes, and reminisce on other games that made us feel something.
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This week on The Free Cheese, the road is rainbow.
We play Super Mario Kart in this episode and discuss how it started not only the kart racing genre but also opened the world up to crossovers. We compare the first entry to our favorites and talk about where it sits in the history of SNES games.
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This week on The Free Cheese, is he on fire?
Our first baseball game makes The List with MLB Slugfest 20-04. Just in time for the start of the season, we check out how the alternative to modern simulation baseball games holds up.
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This week on The Free Cheese, you can't hack this boss.
We finally check in with a game we've talked about for years to see how Starbreeze's Syndicate reimagines the classic strategy game. Can Brian Cox and Rosario Dawson save the story? Does Detective Vision™ enhance every game? Let's find out and rank Syndicate on The List!
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This week on The Free Cheese, did you think that the book was better?
We point and click our way through Harlan Ellison's I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, exploring each of the game's characters and stumbling our way into different endings. We discuss the central themes in the game, some of the surprises we found, and explore how the game feels to play for the first time in 2024.
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This week on The Free Cheese, you have to get more of them.
Our two panel members play through Pokémon Gold Version and Pokémon Silver Version. We visit Johto in this episode and discuss our third of four Wii Sports Killers. While only the second in the core series, the pair of games were originally intended to be the final games in the series and brought a significant number of additions to the gameplay.
We highlight the 100 new Pokémon, how the day and night cycle game impacts your adventure, and what it means to be friends with a Pokémon. This episode covers our individual journeys through the end of Johto and victory over the Elite Four.
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This week on The Free Cheese, time is a key to creation and a vessel for destruction!
What happens when Atlus translates its Megami Tensei series into something to compete with other monster collecting RPGs on Game Boy Advance? The DemiKids are born! We take a look at the first and only DemiKids games to release in North America. We explore where they differ from other Megami Tensei games, how they compare to Pokémon, and what separates them from themselves.
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This week on The Free Cheese, play some games, dork!
We join the WarioWare corporation five seconds at a time, punching, mashing, picking, and jumping all the way to the top. In this episode, we break down the essence of what makes WarioWare so intriguing and easy to learn. We look at how the game is able to satisfy each element of playing a video game and see where it ranks against other Nintendo titles.
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This week on The Free Cheese, everything is upside down.
We revisit what we consider the title synonymous with Sony's original vision for the PlayStation Vita just in time for the platform's twelfth anniversary. While Gravity Rush would later receive a port to PlayStation 4 and a sequel on the platform, its beginnings on Vita are definitive. We discuss the game's unique gameplay, its influences, and rank it on The List.
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This week on The Free Cheese, three sentences in three languages!
Our second Wii Sports Killer™ is introduced this week in Super Mario Galaxy 2 for Nintendo Wii. We discuss its role as one of the Wii's best titles in the library, some of our favorite levels in the game, and how Yoshi adds to 3D Mario.
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This week on The Free Cheese, who will rule the world?
First, we do some homework. Then, we try to take over the globe. Civilization VI marks our first 4X entry on The List and gives us the opportunity to learn from our mistakes as we play. We share our tips for getting started in a Civilization game and stories about some of the victories and losses we endured.
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This week on The Free Cheese, are your thighs sore?
Nintendo continued its series of fitness video games with Ring Fit Adventure, creating a full role-playing game that happens to use your body as the controller. In this episode, we set goals for 2024 with Ring Fit Adventure, discuss the broad gameplay and scope of the game, and share the impact that the game has had on us so far.
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This week on The Free Cheese, we are back in Greek mythology!
Our first MSX game joins The List with Konami's Knightmare. We take control of the hero Popolon and battle through 8 stages, one line at a time. Knightmare transforms a traditional arcade shooter into an epic adventure but where does it lie within Konami's legacy?
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This week on The Free Cheese, infinite spiders!
We add our first game to The List for Season 12, another of Compile's catalogue. The Guardian Legend combines top-down shooting with top-down exploration. We discuss how the blend of genres works to create something new and where this game ultimately falls in the history of the NES' library.
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This week on The Free Cheese, how do I become the demon?
We begin our journey through Season 12 and toward potentially dethroning Wii Sports from its high perch above The List. Bungie's Halo: Combat Evolved takes the spotlight as our first of four games chosen to become the new number one. We cover the campaign, our favorite moments and weapons, and talk a bit about the sound and enemies within Halo: Combat Evolved.
In this episode we focus heavily on how well Halo was realized from the start and the impact that a single game can have at the launch of a console.
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This week on The Free Cheese, this ball is crystal clear
We begin Season 12 with our annual predictions show. After reviewing last year's predictions and spending one final moment reflecting on 2023, we look forward to 2024 and cast our predictions for the year. We also introduce our first annual round of group questions.
We highlight a bit of what to expect in Season 12 and then close out the episode with our exciting plans for continuing the Console Ranking series.
0:00 - Intro
9:02 - 2023 Personal Theme Recap
15:54 - 2023 Predictions Results
26:10 - 2024 Group Predictions
41:12 - 2024 Personal Theme
50:21 - 2024 Predictions
01:06:46 - 2024 Most Anticipated
01:12:55 - Season 12 Announcements
01:21:26 - Console Ranking Aftermath
01:44:40 - Outro
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This week on The Free Cheese, it’s the end of Season 11 - Part Two.
As we conclude Season 11 and bring 2023 to its end, we each share our favorite games from the year. We discuss the games we liked the most from the new additions made to The List and close out with a small tease of what to expect in Season 12.
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This week on The Free Cheese, it’s the end of Season 11 - Part One.
In the first part of our two-episode finale, we’ll be revisiting The List with new math and a brand new way to rank each game that you can try at home! We’ll also discuss some of the trends in 2023 that we found ourselves noticing and aligning with.
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This week on The Free Cheese, but it's got two screens.
We're closing our three-part console ranking series with ten final additions to the list of consoles.
At the beginning of this episode's recording, our ranked list of Consoles was:
PlayStation 2 Nintendo 3DS PlayStation Xbox 360 Game Boy Advance Sega Dreamcast Xbox Super Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo Wii PlayStation Portable PlayStation 3 Game Boy Color PlayStation Vita Sega Game Gear Sega Master System Game Boy WonderSwan Game & Watch Xbox One Virtual BoyTimestamps for this episode's consoles are as follows:
11:19 - Sega Saturn
20:50 - PlayStation 4
37:47 - TurboGrafx-16
47:49 - Nintendo 64
01:01:27 - NEO-GEO
01:07:09 - Nintendo DS
01:20:21 - Wii U
01:31:18 - GameCube
01:40:26 - Sega Genesis
01:49:57 - Nintendo Entertainment System
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