We are kicking off 2026 with a giant episode! Joining me are friends of the show Chris Coplien from the Retro Hangover Podcast and Mick Arcade from Nerd's Cant to help me rank game console controllers. The inspiration for this episode came from Bitmap Books, who was kind enough to send all of us a review copy of their recently released book Trigger Happy. Trigger Happy is a visual compendium of game controllers so we figured what better way to celebrate videogame controllers than to do a big ranking episode.

We ranked 19 controllers from the NES up to the PS4/XB One/Switch. If the episode already wasn't about 3 hours long we may have considered ranking more. Anyway. Which controller is the highest ranked? Who has the hottest controller take? Listen to the episode and then share your thoughts on our rankings or share your own with us on our socials!

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Shout-out Song: Seaside Artist: Hyper Potions Original Composer: N/A Album: N/A https://chompochompo.bandcamp.com/track/seaside

End Song: Snowball Fight Artist: Hyper Potions Original Composer: N/A Album: N/A https://hyperpotions.bandcamp.com/track/snowball-fight

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We have come to the end of 2025 and it is time to look back on all the good and bad of the year. And let's be honest, at least here in the US, it was a lot of bad. But the podcast was still a lot of fun so all of that was good! Joining me to look at it all is my brother from the Great White Nort, TJ Hodder of the Hodder Show and Tapes of Trepidation.

We list our most popular episodes, talk about our favorite experiences, share which countries listened to our shows the most and much more!

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Shout-out Song: Moon Garage Artist: halc Original Composer: Asuka Sakai Album: Ridge Racer Arrange https://gamechops.com/ridge-racer-arrange/

End Song: Road Trip Artist: Joshua Morse Original Composer: Asuka Sakai Album: Ridge Racer Arrange https://gamechops.com/ridge-racer-arrange/

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HAVE YOU PLAYED ATARI TODAY!?

Well I sure did. This episode was recorded LIVE at Atari Party 2025! I sat down and chatted with a bunch of cool people and asked them about their Atari memories, Atari Christmas memories, what they love about Atari Party and of course I ask them if they had played Atari today.

I got to chat with so many cool people so please go give them a follow and check out their stuff below!

Ryan Kern -paaperclips(at)gmail.com

Pete Fletcher -Bluesky -Mastadon

Atari Spot Rob -atarispot(at)gmail.com

Kevin Bunch -Bluesky -YouTube -Buy Kevin's book Here! -Website

Nathaniel Lockhart -Bluesky -Instagram -Memory Machine Podcast

Ferg -Bluesky -Facebook -2600 Game by Game Podcast

Shout-out Song: Miranda's Last Dream Artist: Ultrasyd Album: Chipsters EP Remastered https://ultrasyd.bandcamp.com/album/chipsters-ep-remastered

End Song (and Interstitial song): :) Artist: UltrasydAlbum: Who Cares https://ultrasyd.bandcamp.com/album/who-cares

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What happens when Mario goes to space? And what happens when he has to dump his emergency pasta rations!? In this mini episode Dexter Morrill and I talk about all of this and Koopa's "meteoric balls". This was probably one of the wildest episodes of the Super Show we have seen yet. It goes so many places. Between bad Crocodile Dundee impressions, bizarre space travel and confusing magnetic physics, this episode has it all.

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Shout-out Song: Steam Gardens Artist: Helynt Original Composer: Naoto Kubo, Shiho Fujii, and Koji Kondo Album: Mario & Chill https://gamechops.com/mario-and-chill/

End Song: New Donk City Artist: Nelward Original Composer: Naoto Kubo, Shiho Fujii, and Koji Kondo Album: N/A https://gamechops.com/nelward-new-donk-city/

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The Super Famicom, known as the Super Nintendo (SNES) here in North America, came out in Japan 35 years ago this year. It was Nintendo's successor to the dominant NES and it marked a real turning point for the games industry at the time. Not just in the evolution of game design but also in the market itself. With the SNES and rival Sega Genesis (Mega Drive outside of North America) fighting for market dominance, it sparked a console war that is still talked about today.

Helping me break this down and more are friends of the show Nadia Oxford and Dan Greenberg! Nadia, Dan and I talk about the world in which the SNES was born into, how it competed with Sega, what games we love on the system and much more!

Now you're playing with POWER.

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Shout-out Song: Continue Artist: Helynt Original Composer: Koji Kondo Album: Super Lofi World 2 https://gamechops.com/super-lofi-world-2/

End Song: Secret of the Forest Artist: Joshua Morse Original Composer: Yasunori MitsudaAlbum: Chip Funk https://gamechops.com/chip-funk/

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Every now and then I have an topic that's not necessarily related to games but I am justing DYING to talk about on a podcast. Sometimes I get lucky and can find a loophole to shoehorn that topic onto the show with a loose connection to video games. This episode is on a topic exactly like that.

Joining me for this one, returning guest to the show, is Matt Storm. Matt joins me to talk about Dropout TV, an internet streaming service that just so happens also to have a few browser games that are connected to their shows. Matt and I have a ton of fun talking about why we love Dropout TV, what makes it so special as a streaming service and why the games are... Ok they aren't great, but they are games dammit.

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Shout-out Song: Game Changer Theme Song Artist: ? Album: N/A https://youtu.be/RI9mpQGpGgE?si=d0wqpgTALsGX5U3K

End Song: Welcome to Mountport's Opening Song Artist: Jess McKenna, Zach Reino, Zeke Nicholson, Scott PassarellaAlbum: N/A https://youtube.com/shorts/8Zjbz4uljjw?si=etckvN_XxJufHBgY

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We are sending Diablo back to hell.... again...

Shane Selterre of the Retro Hangover Podcast returns to help me save Sanctuary again as we discuss Diablo 2. Diablo 2 is a very personal game for me. It was one of my earliest PC LAN party gaming experiences and it served as major game for me and a lot of my friends growing up. But what makes Diablo 2 special outside of my personal nostalgia for it? Shane and I discuss all of that in this episode. We look at what changed between the original Diablo and this one. We look at how this game is basically became the template for ARPG games for years. We talk about so much and yet only scratch the surface. Who knows, maybe Shane will be back for us to dive further beyond the surface, further into the depths of Hell.

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Diablo 2 Post Mortem https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/postmortem-blizzard-s-i-diablo-ii-i-

Shout-out Song: Children of Zakarum Artist: Platonist Original Composer: Andrea Pessino, Glenn Stafford, Jason Hayes, Matt Uelmen Album: N/A https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03794

End Song: Wet Grass Inspired Artist: AmIEvil Original Composer: Glenn Stafford, Matt UelmenAlbum: N/A https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00129

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Just because it's November doesn't mean we still can't enjoy the summer. In this episode of Still Loading I am joined by Ray Barnholt from the No More Whoppers podcast (and occasionally Retronauts) and Andrew Kinsey from The EXP Point to talk about the summer of 1975, specifically the summer as seen in the game Boku no Natsuyasumi 2: Umi no Bouken-hen also known as My Summer Vacation 2.

Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 is a game unlike anything else that I've played. I had heard about the game a few years back on Retronauts (which Ray was on and is the one who spoke about it) and was curious about what it was like. But the main problem is that the game was never localized in english, at least officially. And then earlier this year I found out about a fan translation from a Hilltop Works that came out in November of 2023 so I figured it was finally time to dive in.

Ray, Andrew and I break down whats great about this game, why it makes us all feel so nostalgic and overall what we got out of our experiences. Which summer are you nostalgic for?

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Shout-out Song: BGM #22 (Radio Calisthenics) Artist: Akiko Ukai Album: Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 Soundtrack https://www.zophar.net/music/playstation2-psf2/boku-no-natsuyasumi-2-umi-no-bouken-hen

End Song Song: BGM #24 (A Rainy Day in December) Artist: Akiko Ukai Album: Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 Soundtrack https://www.zophar.net/music/playstation2-psf2/boku-no-natsuyasumi-2-umi-no-bouken-hen

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Sometimes you're the stinger, sometimes you get stung. In this episode of the Legend of Zelda cartoon, Link gets both! Dexter Morrill returns as my co-host with the mo-host and we dive into the 9th episode of the Legend of Zelda cartoon, Stinging a Stinger.

In this episode we meet a strange man named Sleezenose who is definitely not a bad guy, we continue to learn new ways Link sucks and we also speak to Grandma Mario.

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Shout-out Song: Wisdom Artist: Ephixa Ft. Will & Tim Album: N/A https://gamechops.com/wisdom/

End Song: BOSS (Power) Artist: Dj Cutman ft. TEAM BANZAI Album: Link to the Future https://gamechops.com/link-to-the-future/

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We gon' huntin' gators! In this episode of Still Loading we trek through the bayous of Louisiana to play The Adventures of Bayou Billy. I am joined by host of the Imperial Scrolls of Honor Podcast, Josh Folan, to rescue our beloved Annabelle from the clutches of Godfather Gordon.

We discuss the game's localization, why its so damn hard, where Billy may live and question our sanity at the addition of jiggle physics in an NES game.

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Shout-out Song: Trippin' on Alligators Artist: Mazedude Original Composer(s): Hidenori Maezawa, Kyouhei Sada, Tsutomu Ogura https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00808

End Song: El Lagarto Artist: Evil Horde Original Composer(s): Hidenori Maezawa, Kyouhei Sada, Tsutomu Ogura https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01793

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The mitochondria do all the talking this week on Still Loading. To wrap up Backlog Month I am joined by friend of the show Michael Berger from the Bits of Time podcast to talk about Squaresoft's foray into horror, Parasite Eve.

Based off a book on the same name, Parasite Eve is a horror JRPG that came out in 1998 and has become a bit of a cult hit from that time. Michael and I had a ton of fun discussing the ins and outs of the game along with all the wild turns the story takes.

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Shout-out Song: Charred and Cauterized Artist: Hemophiliac, Siolfor the Jackal Original Composer: Yoko Shimomura https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04603

End Song: PMS Artist: ktriton Original Composer: Yoko Shimomura https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01543

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