Video Game Purists

This week Trees struggles with life while Fred has a hybrid day.

• 5:30 - Trees' Week
• 28:45 - Fred's Week
• 1:01:30 - Car Mechanic Simulator 2021
• 1:05:15 - Cyberpunk 2077 (spoilers 1:08:15)
• 1:15:30 - Fortnite Minute
• 1:17:15 - Modern Warfare III Zombies
• 1:22:30 - Stellar Blade
• 1:44:15 - Marvel Snap
• 1:45:30 - Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
• 2:08:30 - Burnout: Revenge (360)
• 2:16:40 - Jurassic World Aftermath Collection (VR)
• 2:18:00 - Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge (VR)

This week the hosts lay low, but get in some good gaming!

• 4:00 - Fred's Week
• 40:00 - Trees' Week
• 1:07:00 - Positive GameStop Story/May The Forth Sale
• 1:29:00 - Jurassic World Aftermath Collection
• 1:40:30 - Evil West
• 1:42:30 - Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
• 1:56:45 - Alone in the Dark (2024)
• 2:04:00 - Fortnite Minute
• 2:09:00 - Cyberpunk 2077
• 2:22:45 - Welcome to Paradize
• 2:36:15 - Red Matter

Trees talks pops while Fred talks about little.

• 6:15 - Trees' Week
• 36:15 - Fred's Week
• 1:04:45 - Modern Warfare III Zombies
• 1:11:30 - Meta Quest 2
• 1:16:00 - Blade and Sorcery
• 1:25:00 - Red Matter
• 1:31:45 - Superhot VR
• 1:39:00 - Moss
• 1:43:15 - Tetris Effect Connected
• 1:44:00 - Jurassic Park Aftermath
• 1:45:45 - VR Animation Studio
• 1:47:45 - Vegas Infinity Casino
• 2:07:30 - Fruit Ninja
• 2:09:15 - Zen Pinball 2 VR
• 2:19:30 - PC Engine CD
• 2:24:30 - Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

This week Fred's falling apart and Trees sees Godzilla x Kong with his son.

• 2:30 - Fred's Week
• 21:00 - Trees' Week
• 1:01:15 - Mass Effect: The Complete Comic TPB
• 1:07:40 - Dragons Dogma 2
• 1:20:30 - Retro Talk
• 1:50:45 - A Little to the Left/Fortnite Minute
• 1:51:15 - Modern Warfare III Zombies
• 1:56:40 - The Invincible
• 1:59:45 - Meta Quest 2

This week Trees gets in new Funkos and Fred has an anniversary party.

• 9:30 - Trees' Week
• 26:00 - Fred's Week
• 50:15 - Cyberpunk 2077
• 59:00 - Fortnite Minute
• 1:04:00 - Marvel Snap
• 1:13:15 - The Invincible
• 1:19:45 - Stellar Blade Demo
• 2:17:00 - Modern Warfare III
• 2:50:30 - Honorable Mentions

This week Fred and Trees talk about their Easter festivities and 200 episodes! Also the show now comes out on Tuesdays at 9:00 am Eastern.

• 4:00 - Fred's Week
• 37:30 - Trees' Week
• 49:45 - Hogwarts Legacy
• 1:01:30 - Dragons Dogma 2
• 1:26:15 - Evil West
• 1:36:30 - Stranded Deep
• 1:45:30 - Fortnite Minute
• 1:51:00 - Modern Warfare III (Zombies)
• 2:05:30 - Cyberpunk 2077

This week Trees gets sick and Fred explores Ali Express.

• 1:30 - Trees' Week
• 25:30 - Fred's Week
• 1:17:00 - Way of the Hunter
• 1:23:45 - Taxi Life/Hotel Simulator
• 1:41:30 - Fortnite Minute
• 1:43:00 - Modern Warfare III - Zombies
• 1:56:45 - Cyberpunk 2077
• 2:21:00 - Wanted: Raccoon
• 2:27:15 - MtG Arena
• 2:43:30 - Hogwarts Legacy

Fred started a movie podcast for you to check out! This is a preview of episode 1, no other episodes will be on this feed. You can find the official site here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/films-with-fred and the RSS here: https://anchor.fm/s/f420c69c/podcast/rss Please share if you enjoy!

Welcome to the new podcast. In this initial episode, I discuss the context for how we discuss film, my movie watching background, my personal background, and wrap up with my first two movies: Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) and Sting (2024).

• 00:00 - What is this Show?
• 15:35 - About Me
• 28:07 - Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
• 48:55 - Sting

This week Trees gets his calling while Fred watches a bunch of movies.

• 18:15 - Fred's Week
• 44:30 - Trees' Week
• 1:14:00 - Plex Server to NAS
• 1:35:15 - Double Dragon Gaiden
• 1:45:30 - Ratchet and Clank (2016)
• 1:52:30 - Hogwart's Legacy
• 2:12:00 - Fortnite Minute
• 2:18:15 - Modern Warfare III (Zombies)
• 2:24:00 - Pacific Drive
• 2:31:15 - Way of the Hunter

This week the boys get some "me" time.

• 1:00 - Trees' Week
• 15:45 - Fred's Week
• 48:00 - Modern Warfare III
• 55:30 - Fortnite Minute
• 1:15:00 - Pacific Drive
• 1:54:30 - Hogwart's Legacy
• 2:00:00 - Pharaonic
• 2:07:45 - Double Dragon Trilogy/Double Dragon Gaiden

This week Fred sees Dune 2 (twice!) and Trees...had a light week.

• 3:30 - Fred's Week
• 28:30 - Trees' Week
• 42:45 - Ratchet & Clank (2002)
• 49:30 - Pharaonic
• 52:00 - Heavy Rain
• 57:30 - Pocket Card Jockey Ride On!
• 1:11:15 - A Little to the Left
• 1:15:00 - Modern Warfare III
• 1:22:00 - Cyberpunk 2077
• 1:40:00 - Madden '24
• 1:50:00 - Flashback 2

This week is about laying low and playing with AI.

• 10:00 - Trees' Week
• 39:00 - Fred's Week
• 1:17:00 - Cyberpunk 2077
• 1:28:00 - Modern Warfare III
• 1:38:30 - A Little to the Left
• 1:44:30 - Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On!
• 2:07:00 - Hogwarts Legacy
• 2:14:45 - Ratchet & Clank (2002)
• 2:29:30 - Pharaonic

This week Fred goes to a concert while Trees goes to a hockey game.

• 1:30 - Fred's Week
• 30:30 - Trees' Week
• 59:45 - Chuwi PCs
• 1:06:00 - MtG Arena - Murders at Karlov Manor
• 1:10:00 - Tomb Raider I-III Remastered
• 1:31:00 - Ratchet & Clank
• 1:34:00 - Hogwart's Legacy
• 1:59:00 - Cyberpunk 2077
• 2:06:30 - House Flipper
• 2:16:00 - Foam Stars

This week is all about Super Bowl LVIII

• 5:30 - Trees' Week
• 26:45 - Fred's Week
• 1:25:00 - Cyberpunk 2077
• 1:46:00 - Survivor: Castaway Island
• 2:05:00 - Monster World IV
• 2:13:00 - Ratchet & Clank
• 2:18:30 - Marvel's Spider-Man 2

This week Fred sees Argylle while Trees calls the fire department.

• 1:30 - Fred's Week
• 28:30 - Trees' Week
• 54:15 - Tengai Makyo Ziria
• 58:45 - Monster World IV
• 1:09:45 - Silent Hill: The Short Message
• 1:30:00 - Marvel's Spider-Man 2
• 1:46:15 - Modern Warfare III
• 2:06:00 - Palworld
• 2:11:00 - Cyberpunk 2077

This week is largely about football...and games!

• 3:00 - Trees' Week
• 25:30 - Fred's Week
• 49:00 - Call of Duty Minute (Modern Warfare III Zombies)
• 1:05:30 - Marvel's Spider-Man 2
• 1:20:30 - Super Bomberman R2
• 1:31:00 - Trine 2
• 1:33:00 - Books (Britney Spears, Power-up, Spider-Man omnibus)
• 1:45:00 - Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

This week Fred says goodbye to an old friend and Trees takes a tumble.

• 4:15 - Fred's Week
• 36:00 - Trees' Week
• 1:01:15 - Trine 2: Complete Edition
• 1:08:45 - Tengai Makyo - Ziria
• 1:11:30 - Spider-Man 2
• 1:27:45 - Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
• 1:44:00 - CMS 2021
• 1:48:30 - Call of Duty Minute (Modern Warfare III Zombies)
• 2:06:00 - Resident Evil 2 Remake

Trees and Fred actually each have a team they care about in the NFL playoffs!

• 4:00 - Trees' Week
• 26:15 - Fred's Week
• 52:15 - Fortnite Minute
• 53:00 - Modern Warfare 3 (Zombies Mode)
• 1:10:45 - 8 Doors: Arums Afterlife Adventure
• 1:18:45 - Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
• 1:37:15 - Saint's Row
• 1:41:00 - Spider-Man 2
• 1:42:00 - Tengai Makyou - Ziria (Far East of Eden)
• 1:45:15 - Bullet Witch/Aliens: Colonial Marines
• 1:56:30 - Trine 2: Complete Edition

This week Fred and Trees enjoy a night out.

• 4:45 - Fred's Week
• 25:45 - Trees' Week
• 45:45 - Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
• 54:00 - Saint's Row (2022)
• 1:11:30 - Modern Warfare 3
• 1:18:30 - Fortnite
• 1:20:15 - Fall Guys
• 1:25:15 - Spider-Man 2

This week Fred and Trees reminisce on the holidays.

• 4:30 - Trees' Week
• 53:00 - Fred's Week
• 1:25:30 - Spider-Man 2
• 1:29:15 - Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3
• 1:50:00 - Super Mario Wonder
• 1:55:15 - Ebenezer and the Invisible World
• 2:00:30 - Saint's Row (2022)
• 2:10:45 - Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD

In this bonus episode, Fred reflects on 2023 in gaming and addresses your questions.

This week both Fred and Trees get into the holiday spirit with some parties.

• 6:30 - Fred's Week
• 31:45 - Trees' Week
• 1:00:00 - Castlevania: Nocturne
• 1:05:00 - Dumb Money
• 1:15:00 - Saint's Row (2022)
• 1:24:45 - Ebenezer and the Invisible World
• 1:29:00 - Skull and Bones Closed Beta
• 1:49:15 - Under My Waves
• 1:50:15 - Fortnite Minute
• 1:51:00 - Modern Warfare III Zombies
• 2:02:15 - While the Iron's Hot

This week we bypass our weekly events to discuss The Game Awards announcements. Then we get to what we've been playing.

• 4:00 - The Game Awards
• 1:10:00 - Windwaker
• 1:17:45 - Spider-Man 2
• 1:18:30 - Goonies (NES)
• 1:23:30 - Saint's Row (2022)
• 1:29:00 - Modern Warfare III
• 1:35:15 - Fortnite Updates and New Game Modes (Festival, Rocket Racing, and Lego)

This week Trees goes to a kid's party while Fred hits up the KC Retro Convention.

• 2:00 - Trees' Week
• 17:00 - Fred's Week
• 1:04:00 - Madden 23
• 1:09:30 - Modern Warfare III
• 1:17:45 - Under the Waves
• 1:21:00 - Anbernic RG35XX
• 1:41:00 - Red Faction II
• 1:44:30 - Windwaker
• 2:14:30 - Spider-Man 2

Note: The podcast Fred references that he was recently on was the Geeks Gone Raw podcast with Crucial Chase and Bluemanrule, specifically episode 7. Check them out!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/27q8lFu3g4xQ4NtN8ZxUX4

This week the holidays are in full swing at both hosts' houses.

• 2:30 - Fred's Week
• 39:30 - Trees' Week
• 1:08:00 - Robocop: Rogue City
• 1:17:00 - Seirei Senshi Spriggan, Renegade (NES), Double Dragon (NES), Contra (NES), Red Faction II
• 1:39:30 - Legend of Zelda: Windwaker
• 1:59:15 - Madden 23
• 2:08:00 - Modern Warfare III
• 2:23:00 - Under the Waves
• 2:39:30 - CMS 2021, New DLC

This week Trees takes it easy while Fred makes a scene.

• 4:15 - Trees' Week
• 24:00 - Fred's Week
• 1:00:30 - Teardown
• 1:15:30 - Modern Warfare III
• 1:40:00 - Alan Wake 2
• 1:55:30 - Ninja Gaiden (NES)
• 2:00:30 - Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil/Lost Episode

This week includes anniversaries, cheerleading, and a hot debate.

• 6:00 - Fred's Week
• 27:45 - Trees' Week
• 46:30 - Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil
• 51:00 - Robocop: Rogue City
• 1:06:30 - Alan Wake II
• 1:21:45 - Fortnite Minute
• 1:22:45 - Armored Core VI
• 1:25:30 - Disco Elisium
• 1:31:30 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III

This week Fred and Trees share their Halloween stories and weekend activities.

• 16:30 - Trees' Week
• 44:00 - Fred's Week
• 1:32:30 - Modern Warfare III
• 1:38:30 - Fortnite Minute
• 1:41:30 - Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
• 2:05:00 - Alan Wake 2
• 2:38:00 - Robocop: Rogue City

This week the guys didn't do much, but there's plenty to talk about.

• 18:00 - Fred's Week
• 36:30 - Trees' Week
• 1:06:45 - Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil
• 1:16:00 - Alan Wake 2
• 2:12:30 - Fortnite Minute
• 2:15:30 - Police Officer Simulator
• 2:26:45 - Call of Duty Warzone

This week Trees gets back into Rebels while Fred attends a local gathering.

• 22:00 - Trees' Week
• 1:01:15 - Fred's Week
• 1:45:00 - Fortnite Minute
• 1:48:30 - Titanfall 2
• 2:05:45 - CMS 2021 - China DLC
• 2:10:30 - Death or Treat
• 2:19:30 - Call of Duty Warzone
• 2:38:15 - Retro Achievements: Splatterhouse 2
• 2:42:30 - Fobia/ReMake 4
• 2:43:00 - PSP/Death Jr.
• 2:48:00 - The Order 1886
• 2:55:00 - Lost in Random

This week Fred is all about the horror movies while Trees is watching a teenager play on a 6-year-old flag football team.

• 3:00 - Fred's Week
• 48:00 - Trees' Week
• 1:34:30 - Rock Band/Guitar Hero
• 1:46:00 - MtG: Arena
• 1:48:30 - Song of Horror
• 1:56:00 - Fobia: St. Dinfna Hotel
• 2:24:30 - Gamestop
• 2:41:00 - Police Simulator
• 2:50:00 - Titanfall 2
• 2:53:00 - Call of Duty Warzone
• 3:06:00 - Marvel Snap! update

• 5:30 - Trees' Week
• 42:15 - Fred's Week
• 1:07:00 - Raiden IV
• 1:19:30 - Marvel Snap
• 1:23:30 - Starfield
• 2:00:30 - Trepang2
• 2:08:00 - Signalis
• 2:14:30 - RetroAchievements - Castlevania & Castlevania III

This week is business as usual with Fred seeing movies and Trees hanging with friends.

• 6:00 - Fred's Week
• 53:00 - Trees' Week
• 1:12:30 - Quake II
• 1:29:30 - MtG Arena
• 1:43:00 - Retro Achievements: Keith Courage in Alpha Zones, Legendary Axe
• 1:56:45 - Starfield
• 2:37:00 - Marvel Snap
• 2:38:30 - Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate

This week we dedicate an entire episode to discussion Starfield...after almost an hour about our personal weeks, of course.

• 3:00 - Trees' Week
• 24:30 - Fred's Week
• 54:00 - Starfield

This week Fred goes to the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) while Trees has a more standard weekend.

• 6:15 - Fred's Week
• 1:46:30 - Trees' Week
• 2:08:00 - Marvels Midnight Suns
• 2:17:00 - Descent/Descent Maximum
• 2:50:30 - Spider-Man: Miles Morales
• 2:58:30 - Call of the Wild: The Angler
• 3:06:15 - Hogwarts Legacy

This week Trees and Fred haven't done a whole lot, but there's still plenty to talk about.

• 11:30 - Trees' Week
• 1:08:00 - Fred's Week
• 1:48:45 - Spider-Man: Miles Morales
• 1:58:00 - Fortnite Minute
• 2:10:00 - Disney Infinity
• 2:24:30 - Retro Achievements
• 2:26:45 - Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
• 2:29:15 - Red Dead Revolver
• 2:38:15 - Marvels Midnight Suns

This week Fred defends his appreciation for Marvel hero Magik while Trees tries to beat the heat.

• 3:00 - Fred's Week
• 43:30 - Trees' Week
• 1:27:00 - Retro Achievements: Jaws, Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!, Adventure Island
• 1:51:30 - Marvel's Midnight Suns
• 2:03:15 - Red Dead Revolver
• 2:18:30 - Guardians of the Galaxy 3
• 2:32:30 - Hard Space Ship Breaker
• 2:39:30 - Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales

This week Trees hits up a surprise party while Fred heads to the Ozarks for vacation.

• 5:15 - Trees' Week
• 25:00 - Fred's Week
• 1:22:30 - Puzzle Quest
• 1:29:00 - Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
• 1:38:30 - Marvel Snap
• 1:49:00 - Marvel's Midnight Suns
• 1:57:30 - Alan Wake's American Nightmare
• 2:07:30 - Metroid Fusion
• 2:16:00 - Spider-Man 2 (PS2)

This week Fred is barely back from vacation so Trees flies solo with a commentary track.

This week Fred goes to Mutant Mayhem while Trees hits up a Jason Aldean concert.

• 1:01 - Fred's Week
• 31:45 - Trees' Week
• 1:18:30 - Retro Achievements (MK/Adventure Island)
• 1:42:00 - Wanted: Dead
• 1:53:00 - The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
• 1:58:00 - Marvel's Midnight Suns
• 1:58:30 - Hogwarts Legacy
• 2:09:00 - Hard Space Ship Breaker
• 2:19:15 - Lego 2K Drive
• 2:37:00 - Marvel Snap

This week Trees adjusts to returning from vacation and Fred sees Barbie.

• 4:15 - Trees' Week
• 34:00 - Fred's Week
• 49:30 - Listener Mail
• 58:00 - Marvel Snap
• 1:12:00 - Hard Space Ship Breaker
• 1:16:30 - Viewfinder
• 1:38:30 - Hogwarts Legacy
• 2:31:30 - Retroachievements/Steam Deck/EmuDeck
• 2:46:00 - Atari 50
• 2:54:30 - Wanted: Dead

This week Fred feels old at a wedding while Trees enjoys his vacation in New Hammy.

• 4:30 - Fred's Week
• 46:00 - Trees' Week
• 1:25:30 - Listener Mail
• 1:52:30 - Video Game Shopping
• 1:59:00 - Earth Defense Force 2017
• 2:08:15 - Marvels Midnight Suns
• 2:11:00 - MtG: Arena
• 2:17:00 - Middle Earth: Shadow of War
• 2:33:30 - Wanted: Dead
• 2:47:15 - Hard Space Ship Breaker/Arcade Paradise
• 2:54:00 - Marvel Snap

This week Fred and Trees are using the magic of audio splicing to make a show from multiple recordings as Trees takes vacation.

• 3:00 - Trees' Week
• 39:15 - Fred's Week
• 1:10:00 - Hard Space Ship Breaker
• 1:18:00 - Arcade Paradise
• 1:25:45 - Marvel Snap
• 1:30:00 - Marvel's Midnight Suns
• 1:39:30 - Layers of Fear (2023)
• 1:45:30 - Middle Earth: Shadow of War
• 1:59:30 - Wet
• 2:10:30 - Q&A with Fred

This week our hosts kick back with some Sunny D and talk about the pre 4th of July weekend.

• 16:00 - Fred's Week
• 49:45 - Trees' Week
• 1:10:00 - Street Fighter 6
• 1:23:30 - MtG Arena
• 1:27:30 - Far Cry 5 DLC
• 1:50:00 - Fortnite Minute
• 1:51:30 - Marvel Snap
• 2:07:00 - Hogwarts Legacy
• 2:20:00 - Hardspace: Shipbreaker

This week Trees embarks on his first Whatnot stream while Fred has his inevitable mid-life crisis.

• 09:15 - Trees' Week
• 56:30 - Fred's Week
• 1:36:00 - Fortnite Minute
• 1:37:30 - Trackmania
• 1:50:30 - Clive 'N' Wrench
• 2:05:00 - Marvel's Midnight Suns
• 2:21:30 - MtG Lord of the Rings
• 2:38:30 - Demos (Lies of P, Laika: Aged Through Blood, The Invincible, Stray Souls, Toxic Crusaders)

This week Fred and Trees discuss Father's Day with a special shoutout to Shawn Freeman!

• 05:00 - Trees' Week
• 57:00 - Fred's Week
• 1:26:30 - Street Fighter 6
• 1:33:30 - Fortnite Minute/Car Mechanic Simulator
• 1:35:00 - Fable III
• 1:53:00 - Ridge Racer 6
• 1:58:30 - Marvel's Midnight Suns
• 2:12:15 - Viewfinder Demo
• 2:21:30 - Final Fantasy XVI Demo

Also if you want to join Trees for some Funko shenanigans, head to https://www.whatnot.com/user/funko_trees and follow him today!

This week Fred goes off to Cleveland while Trees preps for the big show.

• 3:10 - Fred's Week
• 38:00 - Trees' Week
• 52:00 - Listener Mail
• 1:03:30 - Summer Showcases
• 1:25:30 - Marvel's Minight Suns
• 1:34:30 - Metroid: Samus Returns/Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
• 1:40:30 - Fortnite Minute
• 1:46:00 - Viewfinder Demo
• 1:52:45 - Street Fighter 6

Note: Check out Trees' upcoming show this Monday, June 19, at 8:30 PM EDT ( https://www.whatnot.com/user/funko_trees)

This week Trees finally gets "the email" while Fred has awkward social interactions.

• 5:30 - Trees' Week
• 51:00 - Fred's Week
• 1:46:00 - Fortnite Minute
• 1:52:30 - Ratchet & Clank: A Rift Apart
• 2:02:00 - Street Fighter 6
• 2:40:30 - Miles Morales
• 2:42:00 - Ridge Racer 6
• 2:44:00 - The Ritual
• 2:45:00 - The Devil in Me