SAG Episode 555: The Same Root Vegetables at the Same Time

Show Notes On this week’s podcast, Dan and Kris bring you the February 10 20 30 40 for 2025, and it’s a doozie. Some truly barren release schedules are saved by some fun mispronunciations on Kris’s part, as well as some genuinely great months for some handhelds, and the end days of the 16-bit console wars. Just how bad did things get during the US video game crash? Let’s find out! In Week Old News, Switch games prove to be more fireproof than anyone expected, more industry layoffs make everyone sad, but then Devolver Digital released a trailer for a game called Shotgun Cop Man, and smiles returned. Also, Nintendo sued the crap out of a company for ripping off Pokemon, so that was fun. Finally, Dan got himself a new car, we read some excellent listener mail, define the term “guilty pleasures,” discuss the ending of Stray, and a whole lot more. Enjoy! What’s New at Stone Age Gamer Vengeance Hunters Sinden Lightgun with Recoil Sinden Lightgun Useful Links Support us on Patreon StoneAgeGamer.com The Gratuitous Rainbow Spectrum Safe at Home Rescue Shoot the Moon Stitches Art of Angela Dean’s Substack SAG’s theme Song “Squared Roots” by Banjo Guy Ollie Social Stuff Join us on Discord! Stone Age Gamer YouTube Twitch Geekade Facebook Stone Age Gamer Facebook Geekade Twitter Stone Age Gamer Twitter Geekade Instagram Stone Age Gamer Instagram YouTube Geekade Contact Us Break Music Fantasy Zone - Opa-Opa We Didn’t Start the Fire - DJSpace Retrotunes Pokemon Red & Blue - To Bill’s Bit.trip RUNNER - Impetus