Critical Error
Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek talk about the things that they cannot possibly ignore.
Episodes
This week on Critical Error, we put gaming's greatest (and stupidest) names on trial.
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00:00 Don't Judge a Game by Its Title
00:31 William Shakespeare Is a Hack
04:06 Donkey Kong Bananarama
08:35 Lizard's Religion
12:57 Disney's Bug-Man 2
15:32 Extremely Violent Siblings
19:13 Space Lady: Anxiety
22:26 The Universe Stops at Your House
26:03 Symbolism: Fantasy Again
30:39 Nietzsche: Washing Machine
34:12 Space Wizards:...
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.
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0:00 Cold Open
2:11 How do gamers relate to time?
1:00:12 PATREON THANK YOU
1:04:05 Jake's Written Piece
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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 Open 0:30 Did Reviews Make Us Dumb? 57:33 PATREON THANK YOU 1:00:05 Jake's Written Piece -- Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/c/criticalerror/membership Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGK...
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 ▸...
Do you ever get the sense people are just following a script?
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0:00 Cold Open
0:40 Intro Sequence
0:59 Podcast
47:50 THANK YOU PATREON
51:06 Jake's Pre-Written Piece (Long one this week)
1:07:36 End Screen
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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
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SINGLE PLAYER GAMES OR MULTIPLAYER GAMES - WHICH IS SUPERIOR?!
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An outlier review is a FAST way to get clicks and attention, right?! Don't worry, we'll generate the discourse FOR YOU. #gta6 #gaming #marvel
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Which of these 10 games will be the BEST REVIEWED game of the year? Which will be the worst? Are we wrong about Marvel's Wolverine? Are we right about Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave? Man, we just don't know.
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From the ALL-DIGITAL FUTURE to Xbox Layoffs we're hitting every discourse, baby!
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We're Afraid of the PS6 and Steam Machine Because We Love Video Games Too Much
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DESCRIPTION
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Is it us..?
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If these weapons don't degrade I am gonna be so mad!
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Hey, listen!
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When is the next Nintendo Direct? Please, won't you tell me?
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If you don't, you will explode.
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