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

#204: Furukawa Here, It's the Dads After Dark Show!

·2 hr 36 min

John opens with a filthy pickle-factory joke and then immediately admits the intro was botched. The hosts reset the tape and note that the episode was recorded on Sunday, May 19, 2024. After three weeks off, the return feels rusty in a very deliberate way. The first stretch is mostly catch-up and table-setting, with the hosts talking through what they've been playing and easing back into the groove. Once the conversation settles, they move into Nintendo talk. They cover Nintendo's recent announcements, the numbers, the Switch 2, and the latest Direct. The whole exchange stays loose and off-the-cuff. A big chunk of the episode goes to a new open-world puzzle game from the Sayonara Wild Hearts team. John says Jesse is likely to love it because it has an escape-room feel: you start near a car with almost no explanation, figure out the world as you go, and find a manual in the glove box that teaches the rules. The hotel puzzles are everywhere, and unsolved problems get logged so you can keep moving instead of getting stuck. John says he has not finished the game yet and hits a wall near the end of the segment. Hints would be hard to look up because many of the puzzles could be optional or easy to miss, so the episode closes on that feeling of being close, uncertain, and still poking at the edges before the show wraps with Patreon, Twitch, Substack, merch, and theme-music plugs.

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A loose return that hits its stride once the puzzle game discussion takes over.

Episode 204 opens with the easy, slightly rough feel of two hosts easing back into the mic after three weeks away. John and Drew settle into Nintendo news and what they have been playing, and once the conversation finds its pace, it feels like more than just warm-up chatter.

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Why you'd press play

For when you want rusty dad-chat, Switch 2 chatter, and one very weird puzzle game.

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