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Time Pals co-host Jon Powell spun the roulette wheel and chose chaos.

This week, the Time Pals present “Jon’s Genre Smash: Bad Games from Good Developers.”

For every legendary studio with wall-to-wall hits… there’s that one game. The one that makes you stare at the screen and whisper, “How?”

From a roulette wheel with 30 possible game developers, the Time Pals gambled their sanity on absolute disasters. We’re talking buggy launches, broken mechanics, rage-inducing design, and the kind of choices that make you question everything.

We’re looking at the worst games from studios that should have known better — because sometimes even the GOATs drop a steaming pile.

The episode is available everywhere you get your podcasts.

#BadGames #GameFails #RogueWarrior #Redfall #MDK2 #ApocalypsePS1 #DragonBallEvolution #IkariWarriors #Bethesda #BioWare #Namco #Obsidian #ArkaneStudios #MidwayGames #Neversoft #MaydayMediaNetwork #TimePals #TimePalsPodcast #DadCast #GeekCast

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Ever wonder how a $400 million game can flop harder than a broken joystick? This week, Underscore, Jon Powell, and ShadoSpartan dive headfirst into the most infamous, unhinged, and spectacularly bad video game marketing campaigns of all time.

From Romero’s legendary Daikatana trash talk to Mercenaries gas riots, Dante’s Inferno’s deadly sins, and Acclaim’s completely feral “Extreme Era,” your Time Pals revisit a greatest-hits collection of corporate overconfidence—including failed hype machines and just how much money can be set on fire by a major company in a handful of years (BOOMSHAKALA!).

Listen now and cringe with us everywhere you get your podcasts.

#TimePalsPodcast #Gaming #VideoGames #GamingHistory #MarketingFails
#Concord #Daikatana #DeadSpace #DeadSpace2 #Mercenaries2 #DantesInferno #Injustice2 #ResidentEvil6 #DyingLight #Turok #Burnout2 #Homefront
#Sony #ElectronicArts #EA #Capcom #WarnerBrosGames #Acclaim #THQ #NetherRealm #GeekCast #DadCast #MaydayMediaNetwork

Take your earholes back to the era of Hammerpants, backwards overalls, grunge, and New Jack Swing! A 90's Music Podcast. Press rewind as we chat with the hitmakers, bringing you closer to the musicians you love.

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This week, co-host Nickell attempts to get the Time Pals into the holiday spirit—launching them on a nostalgic, chaotic, music-filled sleigh ride.

From quitting a job for Cake, discovering their inner power-punk with Green Day, feeling like they’re fearlessly marching into certain doom with Sabaton, getting blasted by the holiday-magic lasers of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and reminding everyone that Limp Bizkit’s “Nookie” is actually a poetic breakup song—this episode dives into the albums and bands that shaped the Pals, inspired them, and still hit just as hard today. 💿🔥

#TimePalsPodcast #MusicMemories #PodcastLife #HolidayVibes #LimpBizkit #Cake #GreenDay #Sabaton #TransSiberianOrchestra #AlbumImpact #NostalgiaTrip #MaydayMediaNetwork #ShadoSpartan #Dadcast #Geekcast

Take your earholes back to the era of Hammerpants, backwards overalls, grunge, and New Jack Swing! A 90's Music Podcast. Press rewind as we chat with the hitmakers, bringing you closer to the musicians you love.

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