Game Time With Manny

Kept you waiting huh!? It's the 300th episode of the podcast! We had to wait a bit longer than usual due to Matt's internet sucking butt and some personal stuff, but we show up refreshed and ready to give you the definitive list of the best 150 games of all time. It's undisputable!

We start off with me telling the world about my most avid hater. They were posting on my decade old Babysitting Mama video for MULTIPLE DAYS in a row. The video game industry continues to crumble so we talk about the shutting down of highguard. To finish off I gush about Pokopia and Slay the Spire 2, and Matt continues on with Diablo 3.

The video game industry is crumbling around us, so I get a little upset and rant about how dumb Riot and Sony are while also talking about how Microsoft is having the roughest time of all. At least the State of Play was pretty good HUH? I continue to live on my own personal JRPG hell while Matt played Diablo 3 and watched the Olympics.

I don't even know what I'm naming these anymore. Anyways, there was a Nintendo Partner Direct and it was probably cool if you play the Switch 2 as a portable or haven't played games in the past 5-10 years. So we talk about that! I have become a citizen of Zumeria because I beat Trails Through Daybreak II and am now a decent ways into Trails Beyond the Horizon despite the fact that I said I wouldn't do them back to back. Big mistake!

It seems like we talk about how we don't understand what the hell is going on with major video game publishers ever week now and we repeat that here. Weird marketing by Nintendo. whatever the hell Xbox has going on, and Ubisoft restructuring. It's all weird! I decided playing an insanely long JRPG where nothing happens would be a good idea, and Matt continued his journey through the 7th generation of consoles with some Madden on the Wii!

We return for our first regular episode of 2026! Not much news other than some Xbox speculation and wondering what games are actually going to come out this year. I regale you with tales of Power Wash Simulator 2, and Split Fiction while Matt played tons more games from the 7th generation of consoles which he also ranked! You can find and stay up to date with his list here: https://rankingthe7th.wordpress.com/

It is once again time for the annual Game of the Year Podcast! Matt, Noukeo, and I count down our top ten favorite games from ten to one!

As we do every year Matt and I sit down to do our Game of the Year Category wards! 2025 Editition!

We return for another week of the hottest action in video gaming! The Game Awards happened so we go over that! Then I talk about Rhythm Doctor and Unbeatable! So you can get your rhythm gaming fix. Matt has started to play more games again now that hockey has released its hold on him. Turns out I forgot that Telltale made a CSI adventure game, but Matt sure didn't!

It's a light week, but we make the most of it. I got into Rhythm Doctor while Matt busted out the Order of the Phoenix Game. Word on the street is that it's not great!

It's that time of year where we get upset that genre awards still exist as we talk about how the games in the Game Awards are good, but the categories continue to be absolute dog water and often don't make sense! Then I talk a bunch about Inazuma Eleven Victory Road and dabble a bit in Kingdoms of the Dump!

Not much news has come through again, but we have heard from the front that the console wars are finally over. We go over that and then talk about the hottest new releases like Once Upon a Katamari and Vampire Survivors...

This week we learn about the dangers of playing Ticket to Ride with a 9 year old who doesn't fully grasp the rules and Matt teaches us some about modern hockey. Pretty much nothing happened in the news, so Matt explores the joys of NHL 17 while I go off about Pokemon Legends ZA and Ball x Pit!

We're back again with an off cycle podcast, but it's okay because VIDEO GAMES ARE HAPPENING. There are so many that I can barely keep up. We talk about those, and some insane 360 era games Matt picked up. As for the news Xbox continues to implode as a brand and EA was acquired. Get in now to hear all about it!

Recording on an off day and me forgetting to upload the podcast. Name a more iconic duo! We go over some early TGS news and then talk about how Randy Pitchford should probably just shut up because Borderlands 4 is actually pretty good.

We had to delay almost a week due to life circumstances, but it worked out because Nintendo dropped their largest direct to date right before we recorded. So obviously we talk about that and a bit about some random stuff that happened over the past few weeks. Matt played a bunch of 360 games which he adds to his rankings for us and then I talk all about Hollow Knight Silksong!

We are clowns no more! Gamescom got us a Silksong release date and much more! We talk about that and the 45 minute video of Sakurai playing Kirby Air Riders! I haven't been playing much, but Matt tells us all about the end of the Sabateur!

Original Switch princes increasing, THQ announcing games, and recording on the correct day! It's a banger of a podcast. I started playing Fortnite in the year of our lord 2025, and Matt continued to play the Saboteur!

The schedule has been a bit off due to rescheduled recordings but at least this one is going up on a Sunday! Hopefully next week we can resume the regular schedule. However, that doesn't mean this is a light episode! We chat about some Nintendo news (sadly the day before the partner direct), Supermassive layoffs, and the Steam/Itch.io payment processing situation. Then to finish we talk about our time with the Mario Party Jamboree DLC, Metal Gear Solid Rising Revengence, and Donkey Kong Bananza!

Just like every other time we record on an odd day I forgot to upload this for almost two weeks! If you're still interested you can listen to us react to the insane Microsoft layoffs and then talk a bunch about Viva Pinata!