We’ve got a LOT of ground to cover this week on The Stage Select, with closing thoughts on Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth and Astro Bot, meeting our new intern, aardvark facts, and also that PS5 Pro announcement. Enjoy!

00:00 Things you can buy at a farmer’s market, the next game selected for The Suffer Select

05:36 Justin’s closing thoughts on Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

09:36 Yars Rising, changing of gaming nostalgia

31:08 Street Fighter comic book lore

53:16 Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection

01:09:40 Learning new things is fun!

01:21:29 Astro Bot

01:51:07 Julian realizes he tends to hyperfixate, trying to explain ENigmatic Recollection to Justin

02:19:08 About that PS5 Pro…

Curious about Hololive ENigmatic Recollection? Check out the

video Julian mentioned here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIbQ-tcNWDw

Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com

Logo and artwork by John Gholson

Announcer: John Gholson

Join our Discord, learn about how you can support the show,

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Theme song lyrics:

What could this possibly be?

Seems a lot like a podcast…

Wonder what specifically?

Talkin’ bout video games,

With your hosts, you’re in good hands.

Not more of the same!

Now we’ll jump right in,

So expect the unexpected and more.

Now we’ll get groovin,’

Never know who’s gonna walk through the door!

There just might be some treasure in this chest,

Having fun with our special guests,

Time for Stage Select!

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Well hello there! This week on The Stage Select we have a couple

of the biggest game releases of the month, take a trip to space, check in with

Sherwin Williams, and more. Enjoy!

00:00 Introduction, remembering Mason Diddy

09:52 Brief check in on Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth and Persona 3 Reload

28:33 My Little Riding Champion, Star Wars Outlaws

01:01:35 Space

01:31:10 AstroBot (well, first the death of Concord, THEN AstroBot)

01:47:10 The heck is going on over at Sony?!

02:09:35 Ask Sherwin Williams

Listen to Julian on Games My Mom Found: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-cnn2b-16be90a

Check out A Gamer Looks At 40: https://agamerlooksatforty.buzzsprout.com/

Join RetroFits on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RetroFits/posts

Season 2 of Perfect Storm Gaming airing now: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePerfectStormGaming

Gamelogica is back: https://www.youtube.com/@GamelogicaYT

If Soundtracker gets taken off of Apple Podcasts, follow

them on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/soundtracker/posts

Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com

Logo and artwork by John Gholson

Announcer: John Gholson

Join our Discord, learn about how you can support the show,

and more: https://linktr.ee/TheStageSelect

Email: thestageselectpod@gmail.com

Theme song lyrics:

What could this possibly be?

Seems a lot like a podcast…

Wonder what specifically?

Talkin’ bout video games,

With your hosts, you’re in good hands.

Not more of the same!

Now we’ll jump right in,

So expect the unexpected and more.

Now we’ll get groovin,’

Never know who’s gonna walk through the door!

There just might be some treasure in this chest,

Having fun with our special guests,

Time for Stage Select!

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The Phantom of the Stage Select strikes again, but he will

not deter us from talking about…*checks notes*…two games for a total of two

hours? I guess that’s what we did!

00:00 Introduction, We still know that you know what

we did two summers ago

10:52 Justin’s week, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

(spoilers for Lost Judgment from 01:07:08-01:09:03)

01:14:17 Ranking Chinese dating sims, figuring out

Justin’s Hololive oshi

01:28:52 Julian’s Dream Journal

01:36:26 A quick Persona 3 check in, SaGa Emerald Beyond

02:07:51 Questions, Comments, Concerns

Purchase Curse of the Cob Man by Rob Ottone: https://www.amazon.com/Curse-Cob-Man-Robert-Ottone/dp/1957121610

Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com

Logo and artwork by John Gholson

Announcer: John Gholson

Join our Discord, learn about how you can support the show,

and more: https://linktr.ee/TheStageSelect

Email: thestageselectpod@gmail.com

Theme song lyrics:

What could this possibly be?

Seems a lot like a podcast…

Wonder what specifically?

Talkin’ bout video games,

With your hosts, you’re in good hands.

Not more of the same!

Now we’ll jump right in,

So expect the unexpected and more.

Now we’ll get groovin,’

Never know who’s gonna walk through the door!

There just might be some treasure in this chest,

Having fun with our special guests,

Time for Stage Select!

Copyright 2024 Space Monkey Mafia Productions

Welcome back! We cover a lot of ground this week on The

Stage Select, with an eclectic mix of games, more football talk than you’d

expect, and we close with some Gamescom stuff. We hope you enjoy it!

00:00 Introduction, announcements

11:45 Final thoughts on Darksiders

26:20 Crime Scene Cleaner

49:38 EA Sports Madden 25™

01:11:15 Project Tower, Inzoi

01:50:28 Doom I + II

02:04:11 Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess

02:13:54 Dustborn, Thank Goodness You’re Here

02:38:30 Gamescom/Opening Night Live highlights

Check out Bill Tucker on the Still Loading Podcast’s Final

Fantasy Draft: https://stillloading.libsyn.com/still-loading-322-final-fantasy-fantasy-draft-2024

Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com

Logo and artwork by John Gholson

Announcer: John Gholson

Join our Discord, learn about how you can support the show,

and more: https://linktr.ee/TheStageSelect

Email: thestageselectpod@gmail.com

Theme song lyrics:

What could this possibly be?

Seems a lot like a podcast…

Wonder what specifically?

Talkin’ bout video games,

With your hosts, you’re in good hands.

Not more of the same!

Now we’ll jump right in,

So expect the unexpected and more.

Now we’ll get groovin,’

Never know who’s gonna walk through the door!

There just might be some treasure in this chest,

Having fun with our special guests,

Time for Stage Select!

Copyright 2024 Space Monkey Mafia Productions

Well hello there! Not to brag, but I think this may be the

best episode of The Stage Select so far. Plenty of fun, free-form discussions

that flow into one another so well it was a little difficult to slot the music

breaks in. We’ve got quite a few games, get mind broken by a Chinese dating

sim, meet sexy Martin van Buren, and oh-so much more!

00:00 Introduction, life stuff

14:56 Julian’s final thoughts on Until Then and This

Bed We Made

26:24 Justin’s final thoughts on Minds Beneath Us,

planning our next game pickups

58:23 Superscout

01:25:33 Julian’s Dream Journal, introducing Martin

van Buren

01:48:09 Borderlands (the movie)

02:17:11 Darksiders, Visions of Mana

02:38:01 Mom Hid My Game

02:50:30 Questions, Comments, Concerns

Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com

Logo and artwork by John Gholson

Announcer: John Gholson

Join our Discord, learn about how you can support the show,

and more: https://linktr.ee/TheStageSelect

Email: thestageselectpod@gmail.com

Theme song lyrics:

What could this possibly be?

Seems a lot like a podcast…

Wonder what specifically?

Talkin’ bout video games,

With your hosts, you’re in good hands.

Not more of the same!

Now we’ll jump right in,

So expect the unexpected and more.

Now we’ll get groovin,’

Never know who’s gonna walk through the door!

There just might be some treasure in this chest,

Having fun with our special guests,

Time for Stage Select!

Copyright 2024 Space Monkey Mafia Productions

It’’s a trim episode of The Stage Select this week. We have a couple new games, a couple old games, and check in with some characters, old and new. Enjoy!

00:00 Introduction, we need to talk to Abramo

14:35 The Sims 4, The Minds Beneath Us

46:46 The Olympics are lame, Shadowgate, This Bed We Made

1:10:28 Introducing Colt Mangum

1:28:12 The Birthday Robot

1:33:54 Questions, Comments, Concerns

Sifl and Olly game reviews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNC4qXwzhzg&list=PLhvXlsle52RfDMEMMDBcyfHXGlBERZS27&index=47

Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com

Logo and artwork by John Gholson

Announcer: John Gholson

Join our Discord, learn about how you can support the show, and more: https://linktr.ee/TheStageSelect

Email: thestageselectpod@gmail.com

Theme song lyrics:

What could this possibly be?

Seems a lot like a podcast…

Wonder what specifically?

Talkin’ bout video games,

With your hosts, you’re in good hands.

Not more of the same!

Now we’ll jump right in,

So expect the unexpected and more.

Now we’ll get groovin,’

Never know who’s gonna walk through the door!

There just might be some treasure in this chest,

Having fun with our special guests,

Time for Stage Select!

It’s a looser, more personal episode of The Stage Select this

week. 2023 is a weird year, right? We have just a few games to talk about this

week, but we also spend some time discussing the closing of Game Informer and

the death of video game magazines. Enjoy!

00:00 Introduction, Julian wants to know…

28:41 Until Then, 8-Bit Adventure Anthology Volume 1

53:40 Our strange apathy towards a banner year for video

games, upcoming releases

01:14:47 Superscout, The Sims 4

01:46:19 Game Informer shuts down after 33 years

02:08:49 Ask Sherwin Williams, Questions, Comments,

Concerns

Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com

Logo and artwork by John Gholson

Announcer: John Gholson

Consider supporting The Stage Select by sharing the show or

donating: https://linktr.ee/TheStageSelect

Email: thestageselectpod@gmail.com

Theme song lyrics:

What could this possibly be?

Seems a lot like a podcast…

Wonder what specifically?

Talkin’ bout video games,

With your hosts, you’re in good hands.

Not more of the same!

Now we’ll jump right in,

So expect the unexpected and more.

Now we’ll get groovin,’

Never know who’s gonna walk through the door!

There just might be some treasure in this chest,

Having fun with our special guests,

Time for Stage Select!

Copyright 2024 Space Monkey Mafia Productions

Well, Justin has invoked his contractual clause that gives

him a show off each season, but thankfully we’re joined by friend of the show

and super supporter Xavier Kreiger, as well as a secret replacement that Justin

booked super last minute. This episode sure is something. Never let it be said

that The Stage Select is not fully committed to the bit!

00:00 Introduction, announcements

16:07 Foretales, Flintlock: Siege of Dawn

59:03 Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, DuckTales

Remastered

01:16:39 Until Then (Julian’s playthrough)

01:30:29 X-COM 2: War of the Chosen, I Am Part-time

Worker!!, Persona 3 Reload

02:00:36 A non-spoiler discussion of Deadpool &

Wolverine

02:24:00 Questions, comments, concerns

Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com

Logo and artwork by John Gholson

Announcer: John Gholson

Consider supporting The Stage Select by sharing the show or

donating: https://linktr.ee/TheStageSelect

Email: thestageselectpod@gmail.com

Theme song lyrics:

What could this possibly be?

Seems a lot like a podcast…

Wonder what specifically?

Talkin’ bout video games,

With your hosts, you’re in good hands.

Not more of the same!

Now we’ll jump right in,

So expect the unexpected and more.

Now we’ll get groovin,’

Never know who’s gonna walk through the door!

There just might be some treasure in this chest,

Having fun with our special guests,

Time for Stage Select!

Copyright 2024 Space Monkey Mafia Productions