Chris Dupuis of Codename Entertainment joins this episode of the show to chat about Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms!

The show kicks off with Chris joining to chat all things about Idle Champions, from the origins of the game, partnering for the Dungeons & Dragons license, formation strategy, and tons more! We also go off the rails with talk of the weather, Canadian delicacies like pickle chips and Kraft Dinner, what Chris is playing, and tons more!

Once Chris heads out it’s the news of the week including the Xbox Games with Gold lineup for January, new Xbox Game Pass additions, news on the NES and SNES Classic, various Nintendo sales figures, and the Kingdom Hearts III leak! Plus a healthy batch of reviews!

Atari Flashback Classics Vol. 3 brings 50 classic Atari and arcade classics to your home from Code Mystics & Atari. DarkMika writes in a review of Asdivine Hearts II, the sequel to the retro JRPG to save the world of Archelio from EXE Create & KEMCO. Kingmaker: Rise to the Throne is the latest hidden objects puzzler from Cordelia Games & Artifex Mundi.

Tim Ekkebus joins the show to chat about Earth Defense Force 5, the long running camp classic series gets a new bug blasting PS4 release from Sandlot & D3 Publisher. Tim also takes a second look at The Gardens Between, a surreal time twisting puzzle adventure from The Voxel Agents.

Hellfront: Honeymoon is an intense twin-stick action strategy game from SkyGoblin & Thunderful. DarkMika writes in a review of The Council – Episode 5: Checkmate, the conclusion of the adventure from Big Bad Wolf & Focus Home Interactive. Final Star is a unique blend of horizontal shmup and RPG elements from Dynamic Voltage Games.

The show ends with three festive SML Christmas songs freshly hand-jingled by the one and only norg!

norg & Mega Beardo – Can’t Avoid the Jingling (Cybernoid)
LONELYROLLINGSTARS – SOLSTICE BELLS (Solstice)
norg – Up in Snow

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