Critical Error

This week on Critical Error, we put gaming's greatest (and stupidest) names on trial.--00:00 Don't Judge a Game by Its Title00:31 William Shakespeare Is a Hack04:06 Donkey Kong Bananarama08:35 Lizard's Religion12:57 Disney's Bug-Man 215:32 Extremely Violent Siblings19:13 Space Lady: Anxiety22:26 The Universe Stops at Your House26:03 Symbolism: Fantasy Again30:39 Nietzsche: Washing Machine34:12 Space Wizards: Unfortunate Situation38:12 Pocket Monsters: Big Sky Objects41:57 Pokémon: Alphabet Backwards44:50 Blood-Related Adjectives47:15 Dang It Grandpa: Gun Fun49:28 Azure Aristocrat52:50 Disney's 179 Days Per Person58:46 Critical Error Nation and Patreon01:02:11 Microfiction01:04:17 Closing Discussion--Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/c/criticalerror/membershipSpotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969--Follow Jake on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jakenoseitSubscribe to Peter on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCoitk5TUppjIS1huKsraU_Q --Write To Us ▸ criticalerrorpod@gmail.com | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter"--Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

How long do you have to play a game before you’re allowed to have an opinion about it? We talk Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave, 100-hour games, the dreaded “it gets good after 40 hours,” and why gaming culture mistakes endurance for acuity.--0:00 Cold Open2:11 How do gamers relate to time? 1:00:12 PATREON THANK YOU1:04:05 Jake's Written Piece--Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/c/criticalerror/membershipSpotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969--Follow Jake on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jakenoseitSubscribe to Peter on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCoitk5TUppjIS1huKsraU_Q --Write To Us ▸ criticalerrorpod@gmail.com | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter"--Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

Videogame reviews have become overview trailers combined with thumbs-up-or-down referendums on personal taste. We talk about what happened to interpretation, and whether criticism has taught us to stop reading games deeply.--0:00 Cold Open0:30 Did Reviews Make Us Dumb?57:33 PATREON THANK YOU1:00:05 Jake's Written Piece--Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/c/criticalerror/membershipSpotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969--Follow Jake on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jakenoseitSubscribe to Peter on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCoitk5TUppjIS1huKsraU_Q --Write To Us ▸ criticalerrorpod@gmail.com  | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter"--Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

Have you ever seen so many 8 out of 10 scores in your life?
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1:20 Why so many 8s?!
52:39 PATREON THANK YOU
55:58 Peter's Written Piece
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We spend months getting hyped about video games, but then only a week really talking about them? That can't be right.
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Is "negativity" really the problem? -- Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/c/criticalerror/membership Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 -- Follow Jake on YouTube:  @JakeSteinberg  Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jakenoseit Subscribe to Peter on YouTube:  @peterspittech  -- Write To Us ▸ criticalerrorpod@gmail.com | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" -- Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek --

Do you ever get the sense people are just following a script?--0:00 Cold Open0:40 Intro Sequence0:59 Podcast47:50 THANK YOU PATREON51:06 Jake's Pre-Written Piece (Long one this week)1:07:36 End Screen--Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/c/criticalerror/membershipSpotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969--Follow Jake on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jakenoseitSubscribe to Peter on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCoitk5TUppjIS1huKsraU_Q --Write To Us ▸ criticalerrorpod@gmail.com | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter"--Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

ONE NINTENDO SHILL MEETS ONE NINTENDO FANBOY AND THEY FALL IN LOVE
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ONE NINTENDO SHILL MEETS ONE NINTENDO FANBOY AND THEY FALL IN LOVE--Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/c/criticalerror/membershipSpotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969--Follow Jake on YouTube: @JakeSteinberg Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jakenoseitSubscribe to Peter on YouTube: @peterspittech --Write To Us ▸ criticalerrorpod@gmail.com | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter"--Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek--

SINGLE PLAYER GAMES OR MULTIPLAYER GAMES - WHICH IS SUPERIOR?!--Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/c/criticalerror/membershipSpotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969--Follow Jake on YouTube: @JakeSteinberg Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jakenoseitSubscribe to Peter on YouTube: @peterspittech --Write To Us ▸ criticalerrorpod@gmail.com | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter"--Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek--