Critical Error

Is it ever going to end? -- 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 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jakenoseit Subscribe to Peter on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCoitk5TUppjIS1huKsraU_Q -- Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" -- Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

What's going on with these trailers? -- 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 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jakenoseit Subscribe to Peter on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCoitk5TUppjIS1huKsraU_Q -- Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" -- Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

What is the line between games journalist and gaming influencer? -- 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 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jakenoseit Subscribe to Peter on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCoitk5TUppjIS1huKsraU_Q -- Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" -- Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

Video games are too expensive! And that sucks!! But not for the reason you think. -- 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 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jakenoseit Subscribe to Peter on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCoitk5TUppjIS1huKsraU_Q -- Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" -- Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

Listen, I get cinema, it's the reviewers that don't get Mario, right? ...right? -- 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 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jakenoseit Subscribe to Peter on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCoitk5TUppjIS1huKsraU_Q -- Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" -- Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

Gotta fight back on all those crooked games journalists, they've had it good for too long, you know, working for dirt wages and having to deal with weirdos online. -- 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 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jakenoseit Subscribe to Peter on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCoitk5TUppjIS1huKsraU_Q -- Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" -- Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

"This is a video game-ass video game." -- 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 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jakenoseit Subscribe to Peter on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCoitk5TUppjIS1huKsraU_Q -- Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" -- Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

Why do we treat Nintnedo like That™? -- 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 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jakenoseit Subscribe to Peter on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCoitk5TUppjIS1huKsraU_Q -- Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" -- Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

All aboard the video game remake train. -- 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 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jakenoseit Subscribe to Peter on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCoitk5TUppjIS1huKsraU_Q -- Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" -- Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

For real though, is Xbox my friend? Is Pokemon real money? Does MTG exist? -- 0:00:00 START 0:00:32 Xbox Regime Change 0:21:37 Pokemon Price Panic 0:36:21 Game Key Cards on Switch 2 0:43:05 Live Service Games VS Preservation 0:48:33 Cursed Topic 0:52:10 Patreon Dot Com Slash Critical Error 0:54:18 Pre-written piece -- 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 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jakenoseit Subscribe to Peter on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCoitk5TUppjIS1huKsraU_Q -- Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" -- Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

What part of a game are you supposed to review? What is content? 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 Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

Is there a difference between a review and...a review? 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 Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

Is doing a podcast considered "friendslop"? 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 Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

Is "let people enjoy things" the least helpful phrase of all time? 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 Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

What's up with the way everyone is talking about Highguard? Do the fans know better than the developers of Life Is Strange? Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

*at being books. Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

We know exactly what's going to happen in 2026. Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

Thanks for listening this year, we'll see you in 2026. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Start 4:00 Barrett Courtney's GOTY 40:46 Patron GOTYs 46:32 Autumn Wright's GOTY 1:33:01 More Patron GOTYs 1:43:09 Joshua Rivera's GOTY 2:21:43 Wrap Up Follow Barrett Courtney: https://bsky.app/profile/barrettcourtney.bsky.social Follow Autumn Wright: https://bsky.app/profile/theautumnwright.bsky.social Follow Joshua Rivera: https://bsky.app/profile/jmrivera.bsky.social Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

Are the most important games of the year the ones that make everyone argue with each other? Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

How do we even define what a "good year" is? Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

Does GOTY mean anything? Or are we just going through the motions? Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

It's worth restating: these are not real Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

One more thing. Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

Why are you booing him, he's right? Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek Arc Raiders review - a smartly designed extraction shooter marred by one inexcusable decision: https://www.eurogamer.net/arc-raiders-review

You don't need to like a series to review the latest entry, but you should, at the very least, write a good review. Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

What are the ten games to get to know you?? Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

Thanks for hearing us out. Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

We put over 60 hours into this podcast before embargo. Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

Does a review need to address the majority opinion? What does saying "it's not for me" add? Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

Something is wrong with video game reviews and what we expect from them in 2025. Am I going crazy? Are all these things the same? Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

Pokemon Legends: Z-A is getting more expensive every day, but isn't that how all games are? Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

The games industry is very interested in myth-making, but ALSO on pushing back against myth-making. Who is the author of a video game? Does it matter how many people made a game? Why don't we talk like this about other media?   Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969   Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter"   Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

What dead games would you revive? Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Spotify ▸ https://open.spotify.com/show/2vBGKwB2eZu6yXEEDUYvbM?si=8c082eae408f41f4 Apple Podcasts ▸ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-error/id1831034969 Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

There won't be any Hollow Knight Silksong reviews, but is that a bad thing? What do reviews even mean anymore? Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

The Kirby Air Riders direct showcased a problem with the way fans treat legendary creators. Kirby Air Riders looks like fun! But why are we acting this way?? Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

The Battlefield 6 reveal event makes us feel like crazy people. Who's an influencer? Who's PR? Who's a journalist? Who even cares anymore? It all feels bad, man! Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/CriticalError Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

Today's Nintendo Partner Direct seemed to disappoint everyone, but maybe there's more to a Nintendo Direct than what we all make up in our heads.   Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/c/criticalerror/membership   Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

Pokemon Presents are always fun, but the Pokemon community knows exactly how to take the wind out of our sails.   Jake mentions this piece at the end of the show: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2024/06/11/pokemon-is-all-about-reading/   Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/c/criticalerror/membership   Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek

I'm starting to think that Donkey Kong Bananza isn't Super Mario Odyssey.   Write To Us ▸ [email protected] | Use Subject "Hey Jake and Peter" Patreon ▸ https://www.patreon.com/c/criticalerror/membership   Hosted and created by Jake Steinberg and Peter Hunt Szpytek