On Second Thought with Mike & Matt

On Second Thought with Mike & Matt

On Second Thought: a variable cornucopia of laughs about video games, sports, our struggles, and more. Featuring former hosts of such past shows as Bad Fodder Figures, Gamers In Beta, and The40 Cast.

Episodes

July 2, 2025 93 mins

Topics:

  • It’s been HOT
  • Advocate for yourself
  • Mike’s been getting out and about
  • Matt purchased a ROG Ally X

Gaming News:

  • Microsoft lays off approximately 9100 employees Question from RetroRentsAL:
  • At what point does Phil Spencer go? His latest id...
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Topics:

  • Almost summer, where did Spring go?
  • Weeds
  • Windows
  • Some Switch 2 thoughts (3.5m units sold worldwide), Best Buy, Stock, experience
  • Next year is 25th anniversary of Xbox

Gaming News:

  • The Xbox Games Showcase: let’s talk about the ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X https://news.x...
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Topics:

  • Switch 2 is upon us and feeling very low key about it Weak launch lineup, limited press, and not a generational leap, if anything a sideways step
  • You can now put SteamOS on your other non-Steam deck handhelds.  Benefits: improved battery life, potentially smoother performance in some games, console like appearance and access to the Steam library with its feature...
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Topics:

  • Giant Bomb
  • Tush push
  • Make Basketball Great Again!
  • Pete Rose
  • Norm

Gaming News:

10 year anniversary of The Witcher 3 - any memories/thoughts on that iconic game? MS adds 50 retro games to GamePass https://www.theverge.com/news/672037/microsoft-xbox-game-pass-activision-re...

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Gaming News:

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Topics:

  • Mike’s vacation
  • Switch 2 US Pre-Orders
  • Best time of year for sports? NBA/NHL playoffs, NFL draft, MLB reg season
  • Matt's computer issues

Gaming News:

Bethesda shadow dropped a remaster of Oblivion last week https://www.theverge.com/news/649795/the-elder-scrolls-iv-oblivion-remastered-release-date

Cl...

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Topics:

  • Torpedo Bats
  • Doctors and Smoking
  • Blue Prince hysteria
  • Mike & Matt's next co-op game: Ikuma: The Frozen Compass

Gaming News:

Switch 2 thoughts

Does The Last of Us Complete Edition mean there won’t be a 3rd entry in the series? https://blog.playstation.com/2025/04/10/the-last-of-us-complete-hits-...

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Topics:

  • Paul Skenes BB card SOLD
  • Do you tinker with your stuff?
  • How do you decide what game to play next?
  • We finished Split Fiction, Mike finished Avowed

Gaming News:

Switch 2 Pre-Orders go live next week? https://www.eurogamer.net/switch-2-pre-order-date-leaks-ahead-of-direct

Nintendo announces Virtual game cards https://www.nintendo....

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Topics:

  • Paul Skenes BB card update
  • AI discussion
  • Some other assorted bullshitting (just for Los)

Gaming News:

3rd Party Xbox handheld due out later this year? https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-project-kennan-gaming-handheld-everything-we-know-so-far

 

Space Marine 3 already in the works https://www.eurogamer.net/warhammer-40k-space-marine-3-is-alread...

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Topics:

  • How’s winter treating ya now?
  • Is Xbox finally hitting it’s stride with GamePass

Gaming News:

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Topics:

  • Will GTAVI release at $100?
  • Discussion around spending habits in gaming.

Gaming News:

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Topics:

  • Snowy conditions - still think my 48” snow pusher shovel was the best purchase recently
  • Health recommendation from a listener
  • Mike tried YouTube TV, again.
  • What if Blizzard made a 20-30hr spinoff Diablo game. With either 3rd person or 1st person visuals, like the Witcher or Red Dead? Do yo...
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Topics:

  • How were the holidays?
  • What do you hope gaming has in store for us in 2025?
  • Diablo IV Discussion

Gaming News:

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Topics:

  • Thanksgiving re-cap
  • Did you watch Bengals/Simpsons broadcast?
  • Xbox 360 Red Ring sweatshirt
  • Pornhub Gamer stats

Gaming News:

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Topics:

  • Matt steps outside in sweatpants (joggers) for the first time?
  • New shitter?
  • Black Friday - anything you’re looking for?

Gaming News:

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Topics:

  • Mike’s new gadgets: Hair trimmer and Kindle 
  • World Series was surprising
  • The NFL product is so bad these days; 15 teams with losing records, annually 10-12 teams have losing records. Wonder why I watch it weekly.
  • Games: Fo76, RDR, Fortnite, Stellar Blade, Astro Bot, Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred, Ratchet &am...
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Topics:

  • End of October means Mikes birthday 
  • World Series, Dodgers and Yankees 
  • Fall weather winter coming looking for wood
  • Outhouse update

Gaming News:

Black Ops 6 Has a Premium Sound Option  https://www.gamespot.com/articles/black-ops-6-has-an-option-to-pay-for-better-audio/1100-6527328/

 

Xbox Cloud Gamin...

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Topics:

  • Farm/Outhouse
  • Mike and the Horses
  • Letters from Cincinnati
  • Sports

Gaming News:

Nintendo is making an alarm clock https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/9/24265984/nintendo-alarmo-alarm-clock-date-price

Red Dead Redemption and Undead DLC headed to PC https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/o3314a19ko...

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