Dads After Dark Show - A Nintendo Podcast · Drew and John

#184: Spooky Season Returns!

October 10, 2023·2 hr 32 min

Episode 184 opens with spooky season and a vampire joke. Drew and John spend the first stretch in that loose, wandering zone of banter, moving from the joke to Liquid Death, a new Convicted Melon flavor, and the surprise that the water line and the tea line do not land the same way. The carbonated sip turns into its own bit because the reaction is immediate and the confusion is part of the fun. From there, the tone stays autumnal. They talk about how good it feels to have scary season back, and the episode settles into the show's usual rhythm of life updates first, game talk second, and the bigger points landing as they go. Warfrew 2 gets the main game spotlight. They have been waiting a long time for it, so the discussion keeps circling around whether the sequel really lives up to the hype instead of pretending the hype was not there. Baldur's Gate 3 comes up next. John talks like someone who knows the game is excellent but also knows it asks for patience, especially when the systems are still clicking into place. Monster Hunter World follows the same path. He has rolled credits, finished the side quests, and reached the point where every remaining check mark is just another reason to stare at Iceborne and hesitate. A different lane opens when he brings up PlayStation Daily. He introduces Picks and Skips, a new feature where four free PS Plus Extra downloads get a short trial and he decides whether each one should stay installed. The back half also handles the housekeeping. Apple review winners are announced, contact paths are read out, Discord and Patreon get their reminders, and Family Jewels gets the music shout out on the way out. The whole thing feels like a seasonal check in from two friends who are happy to let the chat wander until the good parts show up.

As heard by us

Halloween banter leads into game talk, with a slow start that settles into an easygoing listen.

Spooky season kicks things off, and the early banter carries the episode into the main topics without much fuss. The stretch from the vampire joke to Liquid Death's Convicted Melon flavor, then on through fall talk, Warfrew 2, and the Apple review winners, keeps the pace easy…

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Why you'd press play

For when spooky-season banter should still end in game opinions.

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