Episodes 1-100
9/17/2010 0001 TOKYO GAME SHOW PANIC!
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "O'Pootertoot"
Garnett Lee "Kabukicho Threeway" (Guest)
John Ricciardi "Babakonga"
Closer: Garnett Lee, "Ghost"
9/23/2010 0002 ASCENSION OF THE POKETRON
Mark MacDonald "And, uh" (Host)
John Ricciardi "Fucking"
Hiroko Minamoto "Goddess Hand"
Justin Epperson "Meerhog"
Ryan Payton "No Nickname" (Guest)
Shane Bettenhausen "Urban Champion" (Guest)
Closer: Shane Bettenhausen, "What would Ashura say?"
9/30/2010 0003 WAIT FOR SPACEWORLD
Mark MacDonald "Hideo Kojima's" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Aqua Blue"
John Ricciardi "Cosmos Black"
Hiroko Minamoto "Princess Minanoke"
Closer: Justin Epperson, "Screw you guys. "
10/7/2010 0004 GRUMBLE, GRUMBLE
Justin Epperson "Earth Defense Force Defense Force"
Hiroko Minamoto "Red Dead"
John Ricciardi "Warp Zone"
Jake Kazdal "The Hurricane" (Guest)
Mark MacDonald "N/A" (Host)
Closer: Justin Epperson, "Thanks for listening, but our podcast is in another castle."
10/14/2010 0005 WAY OF THE WARRIOR
Mark MacDonald "Bishop Killer" (Host)
John Ricciardi "Che Flop"
Justin Epperson "L Trigger"
Hiroko Minamoto "Lady Mama"
Arne Meyer "Cubic Mouth Dale" (Guest)
Closer: Arne Meyer, "What is a man, but a miserable pile of podcasts?"
10/28/2010 0006 SUPER GAME MASTERS
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Kevin Gifford "TSR" (Guest)
Justin Epperson "Bad Dude"
John Ricciardi "Cream Blast"
Closer: Kevin Gifford, "Congratulations! You have rescued Ki, and the game is over. Programmed by Evezoo End. Music by Zunko Odawa."
11/12/2010 0007 JACK IT TO HARD
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "God Hard"
John Ricciardi "Sucker"
Hiroko Minamoto "Sekuhara"
Alex Aniel "Jungle Fire" (Guest)
Closer: Alex Aniel, "This podcast was brought to you by the master of podcasting."
11/26/2010 0008 MERRY THANKSGIVING GET!
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Power Rangey"
John Ricciardi "McFlurry"
Hiroko Minamoto "Ms Pacman"
David Abrams "Green Giant" (Guest)
Closer: David Abrams, "Cheap Ass Gamer for life, bitches!"
12/10/2010 0009 JUMP THE SHARQ
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
John Ricciardi "Generic Fucking Super Rabbit"
Justin Epperson "Ling Ling"
Hiroko Minamoto "I Feel Asleep"
Alex Aniel "Fuck You Sony" (Guest)
Closer: Alex Aniel, "I'm going to imitate one of the monsters: <Roar>"
1/6/2011 0010 SURRENDER! OR I WILL CONQUER YOU!!
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Benno"
John Ricciardi "Van Kaiser"
Hiroko Minamoto "Ozoni"
Che Chou "THACO" (Guest)
Closer: Che Chou, "Much love to NeoGaf. And seriously, it's not trolling if you don't fucking admit it, so fuck y'all."
1/13/2011 0011 NOT FOR CHILDREN UNDER 6
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Bobby Roma"
Hiroko Minamoto "Iwata Asks Iwata"
John Ricciardi "Gaming Judas"
Alex Aniel "Sonic the Hedgehog Fucking Sucks Shit" (Guest)
Closer: Alex Aniel, "Hai!"
1/28/2011 0012 BY THE POWER OF THE PSP2
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Shane Bettenhausen "Fuck NeoGaf"
Matt Leone "N/A" (Guest)
Philip Kollar "TNG" (Guest)
Justin Epperson "N/A"
John Ricciardi "N/A"
Closer: Philip Kollar, "I love you."
2/18/2011 0013 SGT. PEPPY’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
John Ricciardi "Butt-Head"
Justin Epperson "Seargent Peppy's Lonely Hearts Club"
Hiroko Minamoto "Yoshi's Club Remix"
Closer: Justin Epperson, "Goodbye."
2/26/2011 0014 NINTENDO 3DS LAUNCH SPECIAL
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Brad Douglas "NGP Loco" (Guest)
Christian Istel "Wintern" (Guest)
John Ricciardi "Funnest Shit"
Justin Epperson "Wipes His Ass with Killzone"
Alex Aniel "Pre-order" (Guest)
Che Chou "Che Flop" (Guest)
Hiroko Minamoto "Layton Made Me Do It"
Brendan Pritchard "P Stacks" (Guest)
Closer: Christian Istel, "Go Nuggets."
3/25/2011 0015 AFTER THE QUAKE
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Pearl Habor"
John Ricciardi "Ridge Racer"
Hiroko Minamoto "White Day"
Brendan Pritchard "Tales of Pritchard"
Closer: Brendan Pritchard, "The earth can shake, the sky can fall, but 8-4 will keep on going."
4/8/2011 0016 POWER TO THE PEOPLE
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
John Ricciardi "Blackout"
Justin Epperson "Verve Pipe"
Hiroko Minamoto "Auntie Ann"
Brendan Pritchard "The Janitor"
John Davis "N/A" (Guest)
Brad Douglas "N/A" (Guest)
Omi Gibson "N/A" (Guest)
Closer: John Ricciardi, "You cannot escape, you will be the one escaping."
4/22/2011 0017 PROJECT CAFÉ OLÉ
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "OP JP"
John Ricciardi "Cherry Blossom"
Hiroko Minamoto "Teach Me How To Snuggy"
Brendan Pritchard "Sir Brendan of Britchard"
Richard Honeywood "Mark" (Guest)
Closer: Justin Epperson, "May the Maker speed your steps, sir."
5/6/2011 0018 WII 2, PSN 0
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Shane Bettenhausen "Purple Peep Dust" (Guest)
Christian Istel "Thug Mansion" (Guest)
Evan Shamoon "No Plug" (Guest)
Hiroko Minamoto "Cheese Cake"
John Ricciardi "That Guy"
Justin Epperson "Larry"
Closer: Shane Bettenhausen, "It's all good, yo."
5/23/2011 0019 PRE-PRE-E3 SPECIAL
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
John Ricciardi "Happy Seaver"
Justin Epperson "Nu Thang"
Brendan Pritchard "Shaved Armpit"
Hiroko Minamoto "Whatcha Doin' Baby"
Closer: Justin Epperson, "Oh yeah, next week we are gonna have a E3 show, and all the little monster maniacs are gonna come out, we are going to go out and we are gonna make a podcast, and it's gonna be good, oh yeah!"
6/3/2011 0020 E3 COMETH
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Alex Aniel "Itchy Tasty" (Guest)
Hiroko Minamoto "Beta"
Justin Epperson "Sparkle Heel"
Brendan Pritchard "Claymation Satan"
John Ricciardi "Viva La Vita"
Closer: Alex Aniel, "Jill, take my radio."
6/17/2011 0021 CHILD OF MIZUGUCHI
David Abrams "Cheapy D" (Host) (Guest)
John Ricciardi "N/A"
Hiroko Minamoto "N/A"
James Mielke "Milkman" (Guest)
Justin Epperson "N/A"
Tetsuya Mizuguchi "N/A" (Guest)
Closer: James Mielke, "So we're just going to get out of here, but I've threatened John that I'll come back on the show, and next time I come back on the show, I'll have something to announce. "
7/1/2011 0022 TOO HOT FOR TV
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
John Ricciardi "Hot Boner"
Hiroko Minamoto "MEX"
Brendan Pritchard "White Flag"
Justin Epperson "Bubbles"
Closer: John Ricciardi, "It's a secret to everybody."
7/15/2011 0023 ¡QUE MAGNIFICO!
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Brian Gray "Puta Claus" (Guest)
Justin Epperson "Fourth, Fifth, Turkey"
Hiroko Minamoto "Mmmm, Mmmm, Mmmm"
John Ricciardi "Meat Sauce"
Brendan Pritchard "BP B Money/Trooper/Milano/Gingerbread Man"
Akira Yamaoka "Fucking" (Guest)
John Davis "N/A" (Guest)
Closer: Brian Gray, "What the shit! Johnson, the end of this podcast is blocked by these demon pubes."
7/29/2011 0024 $169.99
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
David Abrams "CAGcast Video Games" (Guest)
Hiroko Minamoto "Jigglypuff"
Justin Epperson "Have It Your Way"
John Ricciardi "Skeleton"
Closer: David Abrams, <Blows a rasberry>
8/12/2011 0025 ALL NEWS IS GOOD NEWS
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Hiroko Minamoto "Pair Look"
Justin Epperson "Hamgasm"
Brendan Pritchard "Comike"
Closer: Brendan Pritchard, <Japanese from Xenoblade>
8/26/2011 0026 MAY CONTAIN SCENES OF EXPLICIT VIOLENCE AND GORE
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Flying Get"
John Ricciardi "Lucky Hit"
Hiroko Minamoto "Cookie Monster"
Alex Aniel "Hex Crank" (Guest)
Closer: Alex Aniel, "S.T.A.R.S."
9/9/2011 0027 FRANKENSTICK MEETS THE SLIME KNIGHT
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
John Ricciardi "Soul Bladder"
Justin Epperson "Care Bear MMO"
Hiroko Minamoto "Choco Cro"
Ryan Payton "Camouflaj" (Guest)
Closer: Ryan Payton, "Tokyo Game Show 2011, my sweaty body is ready."
9/14/2011 0028 3DS vs. VITA: FIGHT!
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
John Ricciardi "No Time for a Nickname"
Justin Epperson "Quatro"
Shane Bettenhausen "Mangod"
Closer: Shane Bettenhausen, "They sleep, we grind."
9/16/2011 0029 TOKYO GAME SHOW 2011
Mark MacDonald "N/A" (Host)
Shane Bettenhausen "N/A"
Ryan Payton "Phone Eater"
Justin Epperson "Sore Loser"
John Ricciardi "Dr. Frankestick"
Brendan Pritchard "Shiny Nipples"
Billy Berghammer "Street Pass"
Closer: Billy Berghammer, "Game dancing your heart."
9/30/2011 0030 MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHIN’
Justin Epperson "Ass Capacity" (Host)
Hiroko Minamoto "Porn Tip"
John Ricciardi "All The Single Ladies"
Brendan Pritchard "The Conquerer"
Closer: Hiroko Minamoto, "Mark, we need you. Hurry back home."
10/14/2011 0031 GAPING DRAGONS AND GREEN GLOWING BREASTS
Justin Epperson "Gaming JJ" (Host)
John Ricciardi "Dark Souls Fever Dream"
Hiroko Minamoto "Baby Swap"
Brendan Pritchard "My Stalker Buddy"
Closer: Justin Epperson, "Sha na na naaa."
10/28/2011 0032 NEWSALANCHE
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Hiroko Minamoto "Chatty Cathy"
Justin Epperson "Can You Guy's Please Be Quiet"
John Ricciardi "Get Off The Fucking Horse You Cock"
Brendan Pritchard "Let's Play"
Closer: Justin Epperson, "You defeated."
11/10/2011 0033 HOOKED ON THE BROTHERS
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Elf Quest"
John Ricciardi "Mare-io"
Brendan Pritchard "Rooty Tooty Fresh 'N Fruity"
Hiroko Minamoto "Jammin' On The Wand"
Closer: Hiroko Minamoto, <Japanese>
11/24/2011 0034 SKYRIM-WARDLOFT SWORD…ERS
Mark MacDonald "N/A" (Host)
John Ricciardi "Spoiler Warning"
Justin Epperson "Battered Wife"
Johnny Linnert "The Appologist" (Guest)
Hiroko Minamoto "Midamodo"
Brendan Pritchard "Starffin"
Closer: Justin Epperson, "Why don't you just shout? I mean, I think you're Dragonborn, but just try it. I want to hear it. You can't? Okay, well, if you could just shout out really loud, and maybe scare sombody, it would be really cool. Okay, well maybe later. Okay, bye bye."
12/9/2011 0035 S***LOAD OF HATS
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
John Ricciardi "Mad Hatter"
Justin Epperson "Uncarted"
Brendan Pritchard "My Son Is Dead"
Christian Istel "No But Maybe"
Hiroko Minamoto "King Fisher"
Closer: Brendan Pritchard, "My son! My son is dead!"
12/17/2011 0036 PLAYSTATION VITA LAUNCH / MONSTER HUNTER 3G HOLIDAY SPECIAL
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
David Abrams "Voice Artist" (Guest)
Johnny Linnert "Weezy" (Guest)
Christian Istel "Winston Wintern Ternsington"
John Johanas "Platinum" (Guest)
Brad Douglas "Factory Reset" (Guest)
John Ricciardi "Heavy UMD"
Hiroko Minamoto "Hemp Breath"
Brendan Pritchard "Not Here #2"
Justin Epperson "Not Here #1"
Closer: Christian Istel, "One time I was on an escalator in front of Mark, and he thought he was staring at a hot girl's ass. But instead it was my ass, because I was wearing UGG's. End of story."
12/30/2011 0037 HAPPY NEWS YEAR SPECIAL
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Johnny Linnert "Wesker"
John Ricciardi "Kringle"
Hiroko Minamoto "Expiration Date"
Closer: Johnny Linnert, "It was, a very good year."
1/13/2012 0038 ALL THAT J*ZZ
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Box Office Poison"
Brendan Pritchard "King of All Cosmos"
Hiroko Minamoto "Rainbrow Brite"
John Ricciardi "Animatrix"
Closer: Brendan Pritchard, "Royal rainbow!"
1/27/2012 0039 INDUSTRY SOURCES
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Alex Aniel "Itchy Tasty" (Guest)
Justin Epperson "Compound W"
Hiroko Minamoto "No Dai Bo Ken"
Brendan Pritchard "Eagle Scout"
John Ricciardi "Pretty Polly Dress-up"
Closer: John Ricciardi, "Resident Evil Revalaitons"
2/10/2012 0040 ROCK, PAPER, VITA
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Eleven Pandas Seems Excessive"
Hiroko Minamoto "Twin Tails"
Brendan Pritchard "Star of Destiny"
John Ricciardi "Fair Weather Fan"
Closer: Justin Epperson while Mark MacDonald provides Mega Man music backup, "I am Junk Man, here I go! Yes. I am Junk Man, watch me roar! Yes. I am Junk Man, you see! I am a bunch of junk. I am really stinky. Here I go now. Running as fast as I can. Shit falling off me whereever I go. I am Junk Man, I am a piece of shit."
2/24/2012 0041 BLOCK DROPPIN’ BEATS
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Brendan Pritchard "Snow Bunny"
Justin Epperson "Boyardee"
Hiroko Minamoto "Quasi"
John Ricciardi "Shatterhand"
James Mielke "Jimmy Platinum Trophy" (Guest)
Closer: Mark MacDonald, "Take it away Coolio!"
3/9/2012 0042 JOURNEY TO VITA HEAVEN
Justin Epperson "JJ the JJ McJJ" (Host)
John Ricciardi "Cap'n Crunch"
Brendan Pritchard "The Diseased"
David Abrams "Gaming Moses" (Guest)
Closer: Justin Epperson and John Ricciardi, <Hum the Knight Rider Theme>
3/23/2012 0043 SICK R US
Justin Epperson "N/A" (Host)
Brendan Pritchard "Captain"
John Ricciardi "Gaming Joey"
Hiroko Minamoto "Midamodo"
Closer: Justin Epperson, "Bye bye."
4/6/2012 0044 KICKSTART MY HEART
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Chicken Little"
Brendan Pritchard "Skim Milk"
John Ricciardi "Chocoballs"
Hiroko Minamoto "Frodo"
Closer: Justin Epperson, "Goodbye.” <In Muppets Swedish Chef voice>
4/20/2012 0045 S2E01
Mark MacDonald "N/A" (Host)
Justin Epperson "JJ"
Brendan Pritchard "N/A"
Hiroko Minamoto "N/A"
John Ricciardi "N/A"
Closer: Mark MacDonald, "Go."
5/3/2012 0046 SWEET 17
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Jake Kazdal "17 Bit" (Guest)
Justin Epperson "Granny Panties"
John Ricciardi "Pig Pen"
Closer: Jake Kazdal, "Pornstar!"
5/18/2012 0047 CLICK CLICK CLICK
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "P90"
John Ricciardi "Zoo be zoo be zoo"
Brendan Pritchard "Mr. Microphone"
Ryan Payton "8-4 Bump"
Closer: Justin Epperson, "America still needs your help! Thank you Wonderman. You cannot escape. You will be the one escaping."
6/1/2012 0048 C’MON N’ RIDE IT
Mark MacDonald "N/A" (Host)
Ben Judd "Sir" (Guest)
Justin Epperson "Dildo One"
Brendan Pritchard "P-Wing"
Closer: Mark MacDonald, "Michelle, Tamika, and Tanya wanna ride that train, ride out now."
6/15/2012 0049 EVERYTHING’S JUST F’ING PEACHY!
Mark MacDonald "N/A" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Comfort Food"
Brad Douglas "Darb Salguod" (Guest)
John Ricciardi "Ricciardi 'Ey (In stereotypical Italian accent)"
Brendan Pritchard "Zebra Print Sligshot Bikini Briefs"
Closer: Justin Epperson, <Mimics Dubstep>
6/29/2012 0050 “IT’S JUST TALKING?!”
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Lava Lamp"
Hiroko Minamoto "Minging Butters"
John Ricciardi "Cockroach Fart"
Brendan Pritchard "Power Down"
Craig Adams "Greg Super Bros" (Guest)
Kris Piotrowski "Poo Poo Chi Chi" (Guest)
Closer: Hiroko Minamoto, <Japanese> at 01:40:00
7/13/2012 0051 OHHH YEAHHHHH
Justin Epperson "Gaming JJ" (Host)
Alex Aniel "Al Ex Resident Evil Fan" (Guest)
John Ricciardi "Mother Lover"
Hiroko Minamoto "Yoga Fire"
Brendan Pritchard "I'm a Wuss Because I Take an Umbrella When There's One Drop of Rain"
Robert Fox II "Go Go Gadget" (Guest)
Closer: Robert Fox II, "Lookout world!"
7/27/2012 0052 1 + 1 = …?
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "My Waifu"
Hiroko Minamoto "Mononoke"
Brendan Pritchard "Geta Boys"
David Abrams "Cheapy D" (Guest)
Closer: David Abrams, "Oops, I've shit my pants."
8/10/2012 0053 A PODCAST DRAWS NEAR. COMMAND?
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
John Ricciardi "PC Gamer"
Justin Epperson "Depth Charge"
Hiroko Minamoto "Issen Man"
Andrew Church "King Slime" (Guest)
Kyle McLain "John" (Guest)
Brendan Pritchard "Leather Loyd"
Graeme Howard "Geese"
Closer: Graeme Howard, "I got paid!"
8/24/2012 0054 BICKO-BACKO
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Everybody's A Goddamn DJ"
Brendan Pritchard "Leather Loyd"
Hiroko Minamoto "George Hamilton"
John Ricciardi "Fishy"
Kevin Gifford "Magweasel, Video Thankee, TSR, Midnight Cowboy, Wino, K Giff 96 FM" (Guest)
Closer: Kevin Gifford, <Japanese>
8/31/2012 0055 SPECIAL METAL GEAR MINI-CAST
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Shotgun Spider"
Hiroko Minamoto "Shotgun Maggot"
John Ricciardi "Shotgun Crocodile"
Closer: Justin Epperson, "Snake? Snake. SNAKE!"
9/7/2012 0056 PLAY IT LOUD!
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Dumps Like a Truck"
Hiroko Minamoto "Minahobo"
John Ricciardi "Skrillex"
Brendan Pritchard "Hanoi Jane"
Kevin Gifford "Super Scope 6" (Guest)
Closer: Justin Epperson in Notch voice, " The master baiter in our fishing team was very rude, so I had him take jerk off the team. Thank you, I will be here all night, try the veal."
9/14/2012 0057 PLAY U NEXT WILL HOW?
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
John Ricciardi "F5"
Justin Epperson "One Set of Footprints"
Brendan Pritchard "Brendonetta 2"
Kevin Gifford "K Giff 96 FM" (Guest)
Closer: John Ricciardi, "Oh, you know what? We didn't talk about iPhone at all."
9/21/2012 0058 TOKYO GAME SHOW 2012
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Russ Frushtick "Tanz the Tasmanian Devil" (Guest)
Justin Epperson "Baby Rape"
Brendan Pritchard "Morbid Curiosity"
John Ricciardi "Usain Bolt"
Jeremy Parish "Geranamo, uhh." (Guest)
Hiroko Minamoto "Okamoto's Waifu"
Michael McWhertor "Please Hammer, Don't McWhert Her"
Closer: Russ Frushtick, "This fall Nintendo and Mario will be bringing your favorite friends to the Wii U console. Fans of Nintendo know, we know where the fun is when it comes to playing Nintendo games. Reggie, what are you talking about?"
10/5/2012 0059 THE HORROR…THE HORROR…
Mark MacDonald "N/A" (Host)
Alex Aniel "cvxfreak" (Guest)
Justin Epperson "You been workn' out?"
John Ricciardi "Smooth Criminal"
Hiroko Minamoto "Boob Squeeze"
Brendan Pritchard "Bareback"
Closer: Alex Aniel, "Captain!"
10/19/2012 0060 STRAIGHT UP DAWG TIME
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Tiny Balls"
Hiroko Minamoto "Blip"
Brendan Pritchard "The Juice is Loose"
John Ricciardi "Body Cream"
Alan Averill "Dumbass" (Guest)
Closer: Alan Averill, <Japanese>
11/2/2012 0061 EPISODE LXI: A NEW HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Pullmo"
Hiroko Minamoto "Tum Tum"
John Ricciardi "Puff Puff Girl"
Brendan Pritchard "Snow White"
Closer: Justin Epperson, "Darth Vader, I am your father."
11/16/2012 0062 8-4 DIRECT
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "D Alliance"
Brendan Pritchard "Whooo! Oh yeah!"
John Ricciardi "Choco Banana"
Closer: Justin Epperson, <J.J. Slider singing Powerman 5000 and Sax Man>
11/30/2012 0063 WII LOVE U?
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Two Tickets to Paradise"
Hiroko Minamoto "Masu Okaku"
Brendan Pritchard "Ham Slam"
John Ricciardi "Professor X"
Closer: Justin Epperson, "Our game fuel, who art in supermarkets, delicious be thy taste. Thy review scores bought, thy will be done on IGN, as it is in Kotaku. Give us this day our daily 10/10, and forgive us our inbiased reviews. As we forgive those who review alongside us, may your free PS3s lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from honest reviews. For thine kingdom is EA, the Activision, and the Ubisoft. Forever and ever, videogame journalism, amen."
12/14/2012 0064 PODCAST OF THE DECADE
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Chim Chim"
Brendan Pritchard "The Golden"
John Ricciardi "Rucy Rawress"
Closer: Justin Epperson in Swedish Chef accent, "Do you like it?"
12/28/2012 0065 BOX OF CHOCOLATES
Mark MacDonald "N/A" (Host)
Anthony Loiseleur "T Zone"
Brendan Pritchard "Mama's Boy"
Hiroko Minamoto "HEATTECH"
John Ricciardi "Hype"
Gregg Tavares "Greggman" (Guest)
Closer: Gregg Tavares, "Stay a while, stay forever."
1/11/2013 0066 PRO-GEAR SPEC
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Monster Hunteroos"
Adam Evanko "O.G." (Guest)
John Ricciardi "Mega Shock"
Hiroko Minamoto "Miyamoto"
Brendan Pritchard "Shang Tsu"
Closer: Justin Epperson, "I wanna hold you, play you, make you my console."
1/25/2013 0067 WEDNESDAY NIGHT FEVER
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Scroll Lock"
John Ricciardi "Sheep Eggs"
Hiroko Minamoto "Placenta Smooth"
Brendan Pritchard "Mean Bean Machine"
Closer: Brendan Pritchard, "Ride the dolls."
2/8/2013 0068 I WANT IT / I WAANT IT / I WAAANT IT…
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Macho Man"
Brendan Pritchard "You Defeated"
John Ricciardi "Nato Breath"
Jake Kazdal "N/A" (Guest)
Closer: Jake Kazdal, <Belch noise>
2/22/2013 0069 ANDREW HOUSE PARTY
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Eppsicle"
Brendan Pritchard "Cold Face"
John Ricciardi "Big British Castle"
Thomas Staniforth "N/A"
Hiroko Minamoto "In-N-Out"
Closer: Hiroko Minamoto, "Rest in peace."
3/8/2013 0070 GOOD NIGHT SWEET PRITCHARD
Brendan Pritchard "Free To Play"
Justin Epperson "The Parrot"
Hiroko Minamoto "Eternally 20"
John Ricciardi "The Official Podcast Expeditor"
Mark MacDonald "Call A Search Party" (Host)
Thomas Staniforth "N/A (Brief appearance)"
Closer: Brendan Pritchard, "It's been absolutely a blast being on the podcast. It's been great getting everyone's feedback on Twitter. I actually do peruse NeoGaf, though I don't have an account so I've been reading you guys. I'm a lurker. It's been wonderful. Thanks a lot, and see you around."
3/22/2013 0071 COOL AS ICE
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Stream Monster"
Anthony Loiseleur "Lemon Fresh"
Thomas Staniforth "Always Bet On Black"
Hiroko Minamoto "21 Years Young"
Daniel Schroeder "N/A"
Closer: Anthony Loiseleur, "Panis are a class of demons in the Rigveda, you know, the Indian Sanscrit hymns."
4/5/2013 0072 TERN THIS MUTHA OUT
Justin Epperson "Gaming JJ" (Host)
Anthony Loiseleur "Precious Scalp"
John Ricciardi "The Iceman"
Thomas Staniforth "N/A"
Daniel Schroeder "The Cookie Monster"
Hiroko Minamoto "The Ringleader"
Closer: Daniel Schroeder, "Hey boyos, I'm from New York!"
4/19/2013 0073 TOUGH LOVE
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Avalanche"
John Ricciardi "Sensey"
Hiroko Minamoto "STFU"
Chris Kohler "Vaporware" (Guest)
Ryan Payton "Russian Vampire" (Guest)
Closer: N/A, <Vocaloid Japanese>
5/3/2013 0074 HOLD ON TO THE NIGHT
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Gaming JJ"
Anthony Loiseleur "I Don't Have A Problem"
John Ricciardi "Golden Child"
Christopher Reed "Regression Line"
Closer: Christopher Reed, "Always, wanna be with you, and make believe with you, and be harmony, harmony, oh love!"
5/17/2013 0075 ZAPPA YOW YOW BOYS
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "The Streak"
Hiroko Minamoto "H Dog!"
John Ricciardi "Thirty Seconds of Fame"
Daniel Schroeder "Count Chocula"
Thomas Staniforth "Dante's Inferno"
Anthony Loiseleur "Aloha"
Kris Knigge "Kringle"
Closer: Kris Knigge, "Thank you for listening to 8-4 Play. Thank you, we hope you have a lovely day. Stop listening to your iPod now."
5/24/2013 0076 FOUR ON ONE
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
John Ricciardi "Infinite Power of the Cloud"
Justin Epperson "Time of Flight Technology"
David Abrams "Cheapy D" (Guest)
Ray Barnholt "Everybody Love Raymond" (Guest)
Closer: John Ricciardi, "See you on the hype train."
6/7/2013 0077 E3 2013: ALL ABOARD
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Crash Override"
John Ricciardi "Unibro"
Kris Knigge "Kringle"
Hiroko Minamoto "Five Kilos To Go"
Thomas Staniforth "Ultimate Warrior"
Closer: Justin Epperson, "Last year I said that there was going to be Star Fox RPG, and I've said that it is cancelled. But, there will be a Star Fox game. It's going to be a fighting game, but not just any fighting, a dog fighting game."
6/21/2013 0078 E3 2013: THERE AND BACK AGAIN
Mark MacDonald "Ricciardi Regulator" (Host)
Jake Kazdal "Technically Challenged" (Guest)
Billy Berghammer "Soaked Into the Wood" (Guest)
Ryan Payton "Mr. Bellevuedere" (Guest)
Justin Epperson "Gaming JJ" (Host)
Hiroko Minamoto "I Ain't Got Time For That"
Anthony Loiseleur "Give Me A Job"
Brendan Pritchard "The Bravest Lalafell" (Guest)
Kris Knigge "Real Talk"
Thomas Staniforth "Good Ol' Boy"
Closer: Anthony Loiseleur, "Thank you all, it's been the realest."
7/5/2013 0079 THIS IS YOUR NEXT PODCAST
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Jepperson Starship"
Hiroko Minamoto "She Bangs"
John Ricciardi "7-Eleven"
Daniel Schroeder "Shuwa Shuwa"
Closer: Daniel Schroeder, "The alpaca has become bipedal. His front legs have developed and now can be used freely as arms. His main attacks are using his hands and his free time. He smokes cigarettes just because he can. Alpaca evolution."
7/19/2013 0080 WHERE ALL THE WHITE PIKMIN AT?
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "TJ Combo"
Hiroko Minamoto "Junk in the Trunk"
John Ricciardi "Jealous Bitch"
Daniel Schroeder "Choco Banana"
Thomas Staniforth "Staniforth"
Closer: Mark MacDonald, <Ryan Davis clips in memoriam>
8/2/2013 0081 #REGGIEFORSMASHBROS
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Chaka Khan"
Hiroko Minamoto "Pie Chan"
Nozomi Aida "Eh!" (Guest)
John Ricciardi "Low Stakes"
Thomas Staniforth "Gherkin"
Closer: Thomas Staniforth, "Congratulations, this podcast is happy end. Thank you."
8/16/2013 0082 SUMMER GAMES
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Kevin Larrabee "Framemeister" (Guest)
Justin Epperson "Sexy Commando"
John Ricciardi "White Shirt"
Adrian Morris "Go Go Gadget"
Hiroko Minamoto "N/A"
Mehdi Debbabi-Zourgani "Essaunce"
Closer: Mehdi Debbabi-Zourgani as Kazooie, “Bye!"
8/30/2013 0083 CLICK IT BABY
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Click It Right"
John Ricciardi "Rathalos Roll"
Hiroko Minamoto "N/A"
Closer: Justin Epperson, "We're gonna, click it baby, we'll click it right, we'll click baby, we'll click all night. Click it baby."
9/13/2013 0084 PRE-TGS HYPE BULLET TRAIN!
John Ricciardi "Moon"
Justin Epperson "Fudge Packer"
Hiroko Minamoto "Megane Shocho"
Mark MacDonald "Cold Finger" (Host)
Daniel Schroeder "Daisy Dukes"
Kris Knigge "Fan Art"
Closer: Justin Epperson, "TGS Hype Bullet Train!"
9/20/2013 0085 MIGHTY 2013 TOKYO GAME SHOW…ER, SHOW!
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Ga Gotoku"
John Ricciardi "Warrior's Way"
Brian Silva "Sony Claus" (Guest)
Shane Bettenhausen "Mangod" (Guest)
Jake Kazdal "Konya wa Hurricane" (Guest)
Michael McWhertor "Death Mountain" (Guest)
Griffin McElroy "Chuhai Virgin" (Guest)
Matt Leone "Wild Man" (Guest)
Jeremy Parish "Toasty Frog" (Guest)
Hiroko Minamoto "N/A"
Closer: Justin Epperson, <Poor attempt at whistling "The Winds of Change">
10/4/2013 0086 PRETTY MUCH NO GTA V TALK
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Scary"
Daniel Schroeder "Chyna"
John Ricciardi "Peter Butter Jelly Time"
Hiroko Minamoto "Swan Song"
Closer: Daniel Schroeder, "You think that you're better? You think that you can tell me what to do? Well, you better get ready, to bow down to the masters."
10/18/2013 0087 DINNER FOR 11,500
Justin Epperson "Gaming JJ" (Host)
Daniel Schroeder "$120 Bust A Groove Machine"
John Ricciardi "Ten DS"
Hiroko Minamoto "The Godmother"
Closer: Daniel Schroeder, "Well excuse me princess."
11/1/2013 0088 WITH SO MUCH DRAMA IN THE VGC
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Agent from Shield"
John Ricciardi "The North American White"
David Abrams "Cheapy D" (Guest)
Closer: David Abrams, "Bababooie."
11/15/2013 0089 STILL AWAITING GREATNESS
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
David Abrams "Cheapy D" (Guest)
Scott Popular "King of Atlantokyo" (Guest)
Closer: Scott Popular, "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire. Jack Frost nipping at your nose. If you would like to hear more, follow me on Twitter, boy. Merry whatevers to you!"
11/29/2013 0090 A LINK BETWEEN 3D WORLDS
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Erdrick"
John Ricciardi "Eject Button"
Graeme Howard "Cracker Geese"
Closer: Justin Epperson in Geese Howard voice, “You can't escape, long death. Double Reppuken! Raging Storm! Ja'ei Ken! Predictable."
12/13/2013 0091 TAKE IT TO THE FRIDGE
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Breadwinner"
John Ricciardi "Wanna See My Toy Collection?"
Roy Blakely "Techno-Viper"
Closer: Justin Epperson in German accent while everyone else beatbox EDM, "What is loss? What is loss?"
12/28/2013 0092 BECAUSE THE ESHOP
Justin Epperson "The Host" (Host)
John Ricciardi "N/A"
Roy Blakely "N/A"
Andrew Church "Play-Way-Too-Much-Zelda" (Guest)
Brendan Pritchard "N/A"
Closer: Brendan Pritchard, "Oooh, yeah."
1/10/2014 0093 HOLIDAY HANGOVER
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Jingle Svei"
Roy Blakely "<EDM beatbox>"
Hiroko Minamoto "N/A"
Closer: Roy Blakely, <Kamen Rider belt noise>
1/24/2014 0094 CANDY has a CRUSH on SAGAt
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Rippin' Crotch"
John Ricciardi "Deep Hurting"
Roy Blakely "Zubas"
Alexander O. Smith "Spoony Bard" (Guest)
Closer: Alexander O. Smith in Russian accent, “I'm invincible!"
2/7/2014 0095 CLICK HERE TO RATE US 5 STARS
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "Estus Flask"
Johnny Linnert "Dick Dick Dick Dick Dick Dick Dick" (Guest)
Jean Snow "The Bastard" (Guest)
Roy Blakely "Hide and Seek"
Closer: Jean Snow, "Winter is coming. You know nothing John Snow."
2/21/2014 0096 I CHOOSE YOU, AAJST(????
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Roy Blakely "Metal Slime"
John Ricciardi "Hoʻoponopono"
Hiroko Minamoto "Sexual Chocolate"
Jeremy Blaustein "Miserable Little Pile of Secrets" (Guest)
Ethan Einhorn "Segagaga" (Guest)
Closer: Jeremy Blaustein, "Well, I'd like to take you out by answering that eternal question: Can love in fact bloom on a battlefield? Well, the answer of course is, no."
3/7/2014 0097 CEASELESS DISCHARGE
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "N/A"
Johnny Linnert "N/A"
John Ricciardi "N/A"
Closer: Justin Epperson, "Thank you."
3/21/2014 0098 VR TROOPERS
Justin Epperson "JJ" (Host)
Johnny Linnert "The Aposlte of Souls"
Jean Snow "Worst Ending to a Podcast Ever"
Closer: Jean Snow, "The soul still burns with the apostle of soul."
4/4/2014 0099 EPISODE 99
Justin Epperson "N/A" (Host)
John Ricciardi "Daddy's Home"
Thomas Staniforth "N/A"
Alex Aniel "Brave Wave" (Guest)
Christopher Reed "Superman" (Guest)
Hiroko Minamoto "GDC Queen"
Closer: Christopher Reed, "And we out. Peace!"
4/18/2014 0100 ONCE, TWICE, 100 TIMES A PODCAST
Mark MacDonald "Gaming Jesus" (Host)
Justin Epperson "It's Not Disney"
Jake Kazdal "ADD" (Guest)
John Ricciardi "Head Drop"
Rajeev Joshi "Fireball" (Guest)
Paul Levering "N/A" (Guest)
Asif Siddiky "N/A" (Guest)
Hiroko Minamoto "Say You, Say Me"
Closer: Rajeev Joshi, "I just called to say, Tomodachi."