It’s our favorite time of year: Tokyo Game Show! A cavalcade of special guests pop through to talk about everything we saw at day 1 of the show, including Marvel Tokon, Onimusha, RE9, Yakuza Kiwami 3, Age of Imprisonment, Ghost of Yotei, Dragon Quest 1&2, and lots more! 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Get your canned beverage of choice and your ticket for the green car -- it's time to board the bullet train for TGS! For the ride over, we've got a Tight 60 filled with Silksong impressions and a breakdown of all the big news out of last week's mega-sized Nintendo Direct. 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Turn down the Silksong BGM and turn UP the talk about Metal Gear Solid Delta, the Lumines Arise demo, Exit 8 and Platform 8, and a whole buncha news. 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

UFO 50 (buy it!), Mina the Hollower demo (try it!), Neorude (look it up!), Phantasy Star IV (dust it off!), Off (turn it on!), and a whole messa news (listen to it!) 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Oops, all games! The Adventures of Elliot, Rematch, Mario Paint, Lunar 2, Earthion, Shin-Chan Summer Vacation, Shinobi, Ninja Gaiden, Dyson Sphere Program (the game, not the vacuum), and news! 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Happy World International 8-4 Day from Tokyo 🎉 Ultra busy wrapping up a dream project over here so no time to play stuff for “fun” at the moment but if you’ve got the time and the inclination, why not play some video games today? ❤️

Roy joins to peel back Donkey Kong Bananza, go crazy on Monster Hunter Wilds DLC, and...talk about...Death Stranding 2; also Zelda movie casting, Xbox retreating from $80 games, Switch 2 sales and more! 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Mark returns to hawk Lumines Arise and talk about ‘Jima’s latest, Death Stranding 2; also, Blue Prince bingo speed runs, all that :gestures: Xbox stuff, and obscure Famicom and PC Engine games (because JP). 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Summer is the time for love, Takarazuka, and Death Stranding 2 early access. Plus the latest Switch 2 impressions, Japan life updates, and thoughts on the DK Direct. 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

One week and three and a half million units later, tune in to hear the crew's first hands-on impressions of Switch 2 and all the excitement surrounding the launch in Japan, plus the latest news out of Summer Game Fest, State of Play, the Xbox Games Showcase, and more! 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

With The Second Coming upon us, Digital Foundry’s John Linneman joins us for an exhaustive chat through the tech driving Nintendo’s new hardware, including a few key lingering questions… 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Tide yourself over this dry spell before the Summer Game Fest feast with (still tasty!) leftovers of Clair Obscur and Blue Prince, plus morsels on gaming media woes and EVO Japan bits in news. 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Golden Week? This year it's more of a Golden Weekend, sadly, but that hasn't stopped us from putting our vacations on pause to share impressions of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Mario Kart World, and our Switch 2 preorder experiences. Plus news! 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Grab your journal and get ready to scribble extensive notes on Blue Prince, the new Vampire Survivors DLC, the latest Switch 2 news, and Gabe’s turf burns in this very special pre-Golden Week Tight 55™︎ episode! 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

SMAAAAAAASH that C-Button and join our chat all about (what else) Switch 2. Mario Kart! Donkey Kong! The Duskbloods! Pricing! Region-locking! Jorts! 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Sure, we may have recorded before yesterday's Nintendo Direct, but that just means we had more time to talk Xenoblade Chronicles X: DE, read up on the latest Monster Hunter Wilds news, and get a 10-minute two-minute history lesson on the origins of the Metal Max franchise. 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Pull up a slab of cheese nan and dig in to a full episode of (what else?) Monster Hunter Wilds, as the team Gears-of-War-slow-walks you through our first few days with the game. 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Enjoy the final pod before we go Wild on the new Monster Hunter with…well, MHW review talk! Also solid chatter on some older and / or semi-obscure Japanese gems because, hey, it’s us. 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

The gang runs down PlayStation’s latest State of Play showcase, including Housemarque’s Saros, Monster Hunter Wilds, Shinobi, Sonic Racing, and (dramatic music)…Digimon? 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

You’ll jump outta yo seat for the Dynasty Warriors: Origins impressions and Ninja Gaiden 2 Black / 4 news, but sit back down and buckle the f up for live – that’s right, LIVE – (and already outdated) Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket pack openings. 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

We did it We finally outsmarted Nintendo And all it cost us was…everything 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

We've barely recovered from our New Year's hangovers, but we're already back and hard at work for you, dear listener, with a brand new ep, recorded live and in person in the year of our lord 202—what’s that? We're out of space? Uh...special Q&A ep—enjoy! 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

We've barely recovered from our New Year's hangovers, but we're already back and hard at work for you, dear listener, with a brand new ep, recorded live and in person in the year of our lord 202—what’s that? We're out of space? Uh...special Q&A ep—enjoy! 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

'Tis the season for a loosey-goosey-boozy run-down of all the announcements and winners and everything from The Game Awards, including the-one-with-the-guy-who-climbs-on-the-robot-then-the-head-flies-off. Happy holidays!! 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Ho ho ho, favored listeners: next week we will pre-record our final show of the year, the annual 8-4 Play holiday spectacular—which may or may not be any diff from a normal ep apart from the inclusion of A) a sprinkling of holiday cheer, and B) YOUR QUESTIONS! So fire away! 🎅🏻📥

Lunar 2: Eternal Blue (localization CONTROVERSY!), PC Engine obscurities (the BEST game you NEVER HEARD OF!!), and checking in on Dragon Quest III HD-2D (Gabe's take will SHOCK you!!!) #smashlike #subscribe #hitthebell 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Join us as we journey to Aliahan (DQ3 HD-2D Remake), the Soviet Union (Tetris Forever), Hokkaido (To the North), Geoff Keighley’s basement (Game Awards Nominations), and deep Kyoto for more tales from the Nintendo Museum! 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

All killa no filla: Metaphor, Monster Hunter Wilds, Nintendo Music app, Vampire Survivors' Castlevania DLC, Pokémon TCG Pocket, Switch 2 news and more! 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Rise and shine, kids—Halloween’s on the way, but not before we dabble in first impressions of Silent Hill 2, last (?) impressions of Echoes of Wisdom, and the start of our ongoing coverage of Nintendo’s hot new hardware! (Alarmo, duh.) 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

The TGS dust has settled and it's back to normal—as in, Nintendo announcing stuff hours after we record. We'll have to hit snooze on the alarm clock chatter, but we can try and keep you awake with thoughts on the new Zelda, Until Dawn, Metaphor, and more! 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Tokyo Game Show! State of Play! Monster Hunter Wilds! Pirates in Hawaii! Metal Gear Delta! Tons of special guests! Exclamation Points! 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

You take the old (Dragon Slayer, Aria of Sorrow), you take the new (Astro Bot, UFO 50), you speculate and talk some news (PS5 Pro, Palworld litigation, new Switch rumors, etc.)--the podcast life. (repeat) The podcast life~ ♪ 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Castlevanias! Eldens Rings! Some random Dragon Ball game! Nintendo stuff, oh yes! Concord stoppage, oh no! Hey! Listen!! 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

A news-heavy episode on all the happenings out of Gamescom (ok mostly just Monster Hunter Wilds, 'cause hey, it's us) and extended thoughts on the Nintendo Museum (again, what did you expect?). 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Pour a tall glass of lemonade and join us on the porch for lazy summer ramblings re: Monster Hunter Wilds, the new season of Apex Legends, and various other bits of "trash talk." 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

A bit of BitSummit, more Erdtree gab, Power Pros baseball banter, Nintendo World Championships chat, and (most importantly!) Garigari-kun and other tips on how to beat the Tokyo summer heat. 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

More of our (mostly spoiler-free) ongoing Elden Ring DLC discussion, including difficulty (or lack thereof?), vertically-challenged maps, and messaging etiquette — served up with a side of news. 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

How do you pronounce “Scadutree”? Where the hell is your horse?! Wait, they fixed the map button?!? Enjoy the first of (no doubt) many Shadow of the Erdtree discussions, spoiler-free-ish. Plus: Nintendo Direct thoughts in News. 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Sure, we'll talk about the heaps of new games shown at SoP, SGF, XGS, and DotD - but first let us ruminate on SotN, RoB, more PC-FX stuff you've never heard of, and AW2's new Night Springs DLC. What is a man, you ask? Tune in to find out! 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Party up like it's 1981 as the crew delves deep into the new Wizardry remake, then straps on their Varia suits to briefly revisit Super Metroid before wrapping up with Hellblade 2 thoughts, Square Enix news, Summer Game Fest predictions, and more. 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

In this house, we talk about video games: Animal Well, Another Crab’s Treasure, and Stellar Blade, to name a few, as well as the latest Switch 2 rumors and more in news. 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

With the gang trapped in the old hotel meat locker, they have no choice but to answer listener questions until a kindly old psychic lets them out. Oh wait, am I... I might be thinking of The Shining. 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Friends: Golden Week is almost here, which means...it's time for some listener Q&A! Hit us with some Q's for us to A and help us disguise the fact that we'll be recording early and may not have any current news topics to discuss~

17-Bit buddy Jake Kazdal joins us for his umpteenth 8-4 Play appearance to talk Dragon's Dogma 2 and update us on his Tears of the Kingdom journey, while Gabe dives deep into the wild and wonderful life of robot beavers. 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

We dragged Roy away from Dragon's Dogma 2 just long enough to get the rest of us psyched about making pawns of our own someday...once we finish FF7 Rebirth, Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road, and Dermot's deathly planking drills, that is. Plus news! 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Sakura buds yet / Play shy, and yet here the games / Blossom for us all / Mars After Midnight / PC-FX Weebo shit / Sand Land / Rando news / You can stop counting syllables 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Four out of five 8-4 Play podcasters agree—to disagree, that is, about the early hours of FF7 Rebirth. Park yourself at the nearest Chocobo Stop and tune in for a Tight 56 of first impressions as well as all the news that’s fit to…fit in the last 15 minutes or so. 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

The future waits for no one, including Nintendo Directs and shit-hot Elden Ring DLC trailers, so join us as we kick off with thoughts on both of the above before winding back one night to talk about (older) news, games we've been playin', and plenty more! 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...