New Polykill! Trav and Steve review the past year in gaming, preview the 2026 Polykill Challenge and top 5 games beaten in 2025. www.buzzsprout.com/1351234/epis...

Hey @polykillpodcast.bsky.social I #justbeatit Drill Bird! Another banger hidden gem where you literally drill for hidden gems! It's a mixture of Steam World Dig and... Kirby I guess? Drill Bird is short and really cheap and comes highly recommended by me. Awesome, chill tunes too!

Hey @polykillpodcast.bsky.social , I #JustBeatIt Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution. Another Shantae game completed. These games are always good, always surprisingly funny, always charming, and always packed with a great soundtrack. What can I say? Shantae is great.

285) Camouflage This one was a pretty good puzzle game. It has a pretty unique premise where you play as a chameleon and blend into the floor you walk on to hide from enemies. It’s too long and the puzzles aren’t too hard which is good. #justbeatit @polykillpodcast.bsky.social

2025 Finished Game 86 - Monopoly (Game Boy) Show your holiday spirit by bankrupting your loved ones. A surprisingly competent version of the home consoles on the go. Playing against computer players moves fast. 4/5⭐️ @polykillpodcast.bsky.social #justbeatit

New Polykill! The boys talk bellybuttons, polymedia discord voices and top 5 games we're looking forward to in 2026. www.buzzsprout.com/1351234/epis...

On a brand new episode of IndieQuest we're still playing catch up for the year... We chat about game reveals from the past week and bring some brand new 2025 games to our list of #indiegame recommendations, The Quest Log! Available on your podcast app of choice! www.buzzsprout.com/1425403/epis...

New Polykill! Trav talks about the joys of owning a Philips CD-i. Steve shares his thoughts on Metroid Prime 4. Top 5 games that start with N. www.buzzsprout.com/1351234/epis...

#justbeatit Mr Platformer (from @terrycavanaghgames.com other games). Cool Lo-fi platformer which is simple but gets more complicated (and weird) along the way if you go for the “good ending”. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social

Amazon Music 2025 wrap up number 1 under podcast just happened to be the best gaming podcast going! Not surprised at all. Huge shoutout to Polykill! If you haven't given Trav and Blink a listen, you are missing out! #amazonmusicwrap2025 @polykillpodcast.bsky.social

2025 Finished Game 77 - Lee Trevino’s Fighting Golf (NES) My dad loved this game. I still think this is the best golf game on the NES. Controls are timeless & responsive. Large colorful sprites with chill music. Needs more tournament options. 4.5/5⭐️ @polykillpodcast.bsky.social #justbeatit

My podcast recap 2025. I'm sure to see @gaminginthewild.bsky.social and @grogpod.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy within my top 5 next year also. Love goes out to the podcast gods from @indiequestpod.com and @polykillpodcast.bsky.social and the new stars in the scene @trashstationpod.bsky.social

#justbeatit This is a rebeat of Astro Bot to complete a square and give me 6 lines of Bingo earning me Fanboy status on @polykillpodcast.bsky.social ‘s 2025 Challenge. A great way to wrap up the year

272) The Last Blade 2 I’ve never heard about this SNK series until now but it ended up being pretty good. The combat is similar to Samurai Shodown with this emphasis of sword fighting and it has some great looking stages. #justbeatit @polykillpodcast.bsky.social

#JustBeatIt @polykillpodcast.bsky.social No.248 Monster Maulers (ARC). This fighter is amazing. It’s got tight controls, great sprite work, and over-the-top action. Add in a fantastic soundtrack (including some cheesy vocal tracks), and you’ve got a clear winner. Konami goodness at its finest!

Salamander 3 steps it up in intensity from the previous game. I found it very fun and difficult on easy 😅. It first came out a few months ago on the Gradius Origins collection. #justbeatit @polykillpodcast.bsky.social

265) Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos Visually, this is one of the best NES games I’ve ever seen with some stunning cutscenes for its time. But this sequel carries the same frustrations of the last game, specifically the annoying respawning enemies. #justbeatit @polykillpodcast.bsky.social

#JustBeatIt @polykillpodcast.bsky.social No.243 Chuck Rock 2: Son of Chuck (Mega CD). The platforming is serviceable and the visuals are solid, but nothing truly stands out. The funny intro video is the highlight, adding charm the gameplay doesn’t fully match. Decent, but far from essential.

ATV Offroad Fury 2 was a throwback. From the nostalgic gameplay to the ost, everything was super fun to go back to. The rubberbanding was also a challenge to compete against. I grew up with this and 3 in my teenage years and it never gets old. 4.5/5 #justbeatit @polykillpodcast.bsky.social

#JustBeatIt @polykillpodcast.bsky.social No.240 Bomber Boy (GB). Bomberman's first portable outing. The stages all have (sometimes very annoying) gimmicks and you can select your items beforehand. It can get repetitive, but it's bomberman; what you see is what you get. But as always: pretty fun!

#justbeatbeatit Ghost of Yotei fine tunes the open-world experience by immersing you in a world in which every side distraction feels worthwhile and as important as the main story. Plenty of variety in attacks and gear, solid story, fantastic soundtrack @polykillpodcast.bsky.social

I had a good time playing Salamander 2. Great gameplay and visuals and a fantastic soundtrack. I was able to beat the Japanese easy version with 3 credits via the Gradius Origins collection. #justbeatit @polykillpodcast.bsky.social

I #justbeatit Persona 5 Royal. What an experience! I felt a real emotional connection to the characters. It took much of the play through to feel ok with all the systems, locations, mini games. I see the draw to play again; to relive the world. Master storytelling. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social

#justbeatit BALL X PIT. I stayed up past my bedtime many nights for an additional run or to upgrade parts of my town. I still have a few blueprints to unlock and there seems to be more to do, but I may use this beat to go cold turkey on this gaming addiction @polykillpodcast.bsky.social

Only though judicious rewinding could I ever #JustBeatIt Super R-type, even on easy, so that's what I did. The near constant slowdown is a blessing; normal speed returning unpredictably is what'll get you. Mostly a remix of concepts from the earlier, better games.Skip it @polykillpodcast.bsky.social

Hi @polykillpodcast.bsky.social community. If anyone is having trouble filling in the “If everyone else jumped off a cliff“ bingo square I decided to do what at @vayar.bsky.social did last year and post what I’m currently playing so that we can to beat this square together. Now playing:

@polykillpodcast.bsky.social #JustBeatIt Dead Land 2 (PSVR2) doesn't have any of the janky charme of the first game. The game has so many bugs that you can get stuck in the tutorial 30 seconds in. Or the flamethrower may run out of ammo until reinstalling the game. Avoid, even for cheap. Plat#168

Also #justbeatit Cattle Crisis! Fantastic little PICO-8 bullet hell schmup with a fun to learn scoring mechanic. Go play it for free krystman.itch.io/cattle-crisis or throw him a few bucks for the installer. I of course can’t beat the scores of the big guys. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social

251) A Way Out A friend from work had recommended this co-op game for me so I decided to try it out with my younger brother. The game ended up being really fun. The splitscreen was pretty cool as it made it look like two different games were going on at once #justbeatit @polykillpodcast.bsky.social

It really seemed like Alan Wake 2 would not end, and after about 50 hours it finally did. I feel like How long to beat is way off on this one. Also knocked out the 2 DLC’s. Way harder than I remember the 1st game being, and featuring some very obtuse puzzles. @polykillpodcast.bsky.social #justbeatit

#JustBeatIt @polykillpodcast.bsky.social No.233 Aerofighters (ARC). A buddy of mine grabbed a new arcade cab, so we fired up one of my favorite shmups. His kids jumped in and loved it. We ended up beating the game together. Always happy to pass on some retro-arcade love!

#justbeatit, Chase H.Q. 2. Dare I say a hidden gem on the Sega Genesis? Nah, still a fun game, an easy 20 minute beat. Check it out if you can! @polykillpodcast.bsky.social

Finally tortured myself and beat Shaq Fu (Snes). It is painful with poor controls and frames. I resorted to doing enough damage and letting the timer run out because after the first 2 fights, it became painful. 1.5/5 Now onto the genesis version. #justbeatit @polykillpodcast.bsky.social

Hey @polykillpodcast.bsky.social I #JustBeatIt Ghost of Yotei. This series continues to be the best open world games in the business. See a thing, go towards that thing, get distracted by other things on the way to that first thing. I don't Platinum many games, but I did this one.

257) Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble (PSP) I decided to go with the PSP version since it has a few exclusive characters. While I love the huge roster and the combat is good, the story mode for me felt muddled with annoying cpu and tedious mission objectives. #justbeatit @polykillpodcast.bsky.social

Didn't hear your Skeet on the show proper? Maybe check the bonus beats for more beat coverage! @vayar.bsky.social returns for an extra long PK Extra. Join to enjoy! www.patreon.com/posts/pk-ext...

#justbeatit Silent Hill f is a solid spooker. Managing health, stamina, special attacks, weapon durability, and items to replenish each, eventually gets repetitive once enemy types stop evolving. Game is short so I overall liked the creepy settings with neat puzzles @polykillpodcast.bsky.social

232) Mortal Kombat 3 (Genesis) To avoid sounding like a broken record I’ll just say that for this port aside from few obvious technical differences it pretty much plays the same as the SNES port. #justbeatit @polykillpodcast.bsky.social

2025 Finished Game 71 - Warpath: Jurassic Park (PS1) Who can resist a Dino fighting game? Sure the controls are sluggish, muddy graphics, and it’s way too dark. Still, I had a smile on my face the whole time. 3.25/5⭐️ @polykillpodcast.bsky.social #justbeatit

Sword of the Sea is stunning, it is awe inspiring. The art direction, the music, the gameplay... I loved it. #justbeatit @polykillpodcast.bsky.social

241) Bubsy 2 (Genesis) This one ended up being worse than the SNES version. Mainly due to the fact that for some reason they made the high jump it’s own separate button so if you go into the game blind you won’t know why your can’t reach the higher platforms #justbeatit @polykillpodcast.bsky.social

#justbeatit Zombies Ate My Neighbors—on PS4 with a save feature—for my first bingo on the @polykillpodcast.bsky.social board. This may be the game I put the most time into as a kid without ever beating; a friend and I rented it over and over and always lost by level 30. It was always fun, even so.

Hey @polykillpodcast.bsky.social I #justbeatit Halloween Google Pac-Man. It is 8 stages of Pac-Man that can be played via Google for a limited time. A fun time waster while I was waiting for work programs to run. Happy Halloween!

216) Mortal Kombat Trilogy This was a great entry in the series as well a great culmination of the original Mortal Kombat. The fact that you can play as the original boss characters is worth the price of admission alone. #justbeatit @polykillpodcast.bsky.social

Beat Echo Night (ps1 via emulator) tonight from FromSoft. Game is super cryptic & some areas were pure bs at times. Overall great horror game. Kept me on the edge of my seat and wish Fromsoft would revisit the horror genre again. Excited for the sequel. 4/5 #justbeatit @polykillpodcast.bsky.social

We are 50! Ok not really, but @pamd.bsky.social and I have hit our 50th episode! What a milestone. To celebrate we get super spooky with our games and movies (Except for final fantasy tactics). Happy Halloween! youtu.be/m0eDW73BL8k?...

#JustBeatIt @polykillpodcast.bsky.social No.223 Beast Busters (ARC). A chaotic, fast-paced arcade shooter that mixes zombie horror with military action. Visuals and sound show their age, but belasting zombies and monsters is always fun. A gritty relic of coin-op excess.

One step greater in complexity is Star Battle. Same rules but TWO stars, which is a surprisingly different experience. Same outcome, #JustBeatIt 's Med & Difficult puzzles too. "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, must be the truth." @polykillpodcast.bsky.social

2025 Finished Game 69 - Raging Bytes (NSW) Another game played along with the legend @kwrgon.bsky.social The story has some cliche moments, dialogue can be corny, and combat can get repetitive. Yet this Kemco RPG is fun and doesn’t overstay its welcome. 4/5⭐️ @polykillpodcast.bsky.social #justbeatit

#justbeatit R-Type (game boy) Stage 4 has been the bane since I was a child. It was almost literally a wall. But thanks to save states I could learn to beat it. The rest of the game was a cakewalk, even the surprising 2nd loop! Impressive game for the time. Classic! @polykillpodcast.bsky.social