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Critical Diversions

A games club podcast with a rotating cast that gets together semi-regularly to hang out and talk about games

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01:30:30

Weekly Diversion 06/01/2024: Too Sleepy for a...

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2024/06/01

We're back. Better than we ever were. Sleepily recapping the past few weeks of Bit Harmony, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Playstation State of Play, and going off on dumb tangents.Check out Bit Harmony: A Video Game Music Podcast! Bit Harmony on Apple Bit Harmony on Spotify Critical Diversions on Twitter - ⁠@crit_diversions⁠ Matt Murray on Twitter - ⁠@shyguycity⁠ Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murray on Twitter -

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01:39:38

Weekly Diversion 05/11/2024: Down with the Sickness

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2024/05/11

This week on the show, Matt is sick but so are the vibes, baby. We're talking all kinds of stuff today like Animal Well, Corponation: The Sorting Process, and Eiyuden Chronicle: 100 Heroes. Also a bunch of fun Nintendo news and a bunch of horrible Xbox news!Matt and Natascha play the first hour of Animal Well here! Check out Bit Harmony: A Video Game Music Podcast! Bit Harmony on Apple Bit Harmony on Spotify Critical Diversions on Twitter - ⁠@crit_diversions⁠ Matt Murray on Twitter -

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01:23:43

Weekly Diversion 05/03/2024: This Podcast Was Never...

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2024/05/03

Check out Bit Harmony: A Video Game Music Podcast!Bit Harmony on Apple Bit Harmony on Spotify Critical Diversions on Twitter - ⁠@crit_diversions⁠ Matt Murray on Twitter - ⁠@shyguycity⁠ Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murray on Twitter - ⁠@couchmochi⁠ Natascha Murray on Blue Sky - @couchmochi.bsky.social The various Critical Diversions theme songs were made by Mic Fox. Check out all of his cool stuff over at Fort Famly & The Greenhouse

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01:26:48

Weekly Diversion 04/26/2024: The Ocarina of Time of...

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2024/04/26

We've got an extremely sleepy and disjointed one for you this week. Matt's got rants and reviews galore on this one, including but not limited to: Penny's Big Breakaway, emulators on the iOS App Store, and weirdos on the internet.Matt's review for Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake Matt's review for Penny's Big Breakaway Check out Bit Harmony: A Video Game Music Podcast! Bit Harmony on Apple Bit Harmony on Spotify Critical Diversions on Twitter - ⁠@crit_diversions⁠ Matt

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01:15:58

Weekly Diversion 04/20/2024: Stinky Business

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2024/04/20

On this week's show, Matt's covering the recent Nintendo Indie World Presentation and surprise of the show, Sticky Business, along with hot current gaming discourse topic Metroid Dread. Also, we've got a buncha Bit Harmony talk going on.Check out Bit Harmony, a podcast about video game music Apple Link Spotify Link Get your Bit Harmony merchandise over at AllN.Media! Critical Diversions on Twitter - ⁠@crit_diversions⁠ Matt Murray on Twitter - ⁠@shyguycity⁠ Matt Murray on Blue Sky -

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01:23:58

Weekly Diversion 04/13/2024: Bit-O-Harmony

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2024/04/13

A very tired Matt is ready to not only talk about games this week such as Undermine 2 and more Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, but also reveal the next project he's been working on.Critical Diversions on Twitter - ⁠@crit_diversions⁠ Matt Murray on Twitter - ⁠@shyguycity⁠ Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murray on Twitter - ⁠@couchmochi⁠ Natascha Murray on Blue Sky - @couchmochi.bsky.social The various Critical Diversions theme songs were

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01:20:52

Weekly Diversion 04/05/2024: Chaos Vortex

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2024/04/05

Matt's solo again, so we're mixing it up, talking about some dumb stuff that doesn't matter before we get into the stuff that does, like the end of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Pepper Grinder, and.....South Park? I guess?Critical Diversions on Twitter - ⁠@crit_diversions⁠ Matt Murray on Twitter - ⁠@shyguycity⁠ Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murray on Twitter - ⁠@couchmochi⁠ Natascha Murray on Blue Sky - @couchmochi.bsky.social The

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01:47:25

Weekly Diversion 03/29/2024: Big Dragon's Dogmas Only

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2024/03/29

This week on the show, Matt somehow convinced his wife, Natascha, to cohost again. Listen to them wax philosophical on the state of humanity on the internet, and maybe talk some games if there's time.If you want to rent either of our pawns in Dragon's Dogma 2 (just don't forget to thumbs up, scumbag): Natascha's Pawn ID: 9XYKHI2LU7ZE Matt's Pawn ID: 8UG8ZMWN1BD9 Critical Diversions on Twitter - ⁠@crit_diversions⁠ Matt Murray on Twitter - ⁠@shyguycity⁠ Matt Murray on Blue Sky -

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01:32:43

Weekly Diversion 03/22/2024: Go All Out Little Matt

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2024/03/22

We're back. It's only been two weeks, but Matt and his wife are now the specific kinda dorks that are real into Dragon's Dogma. Let's talk about it. Also this week: updates on Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and some belated Mario day stuff.Critical Diversions on Twitter - ⁠@crit_diversions⁠ Matt Murray on Twitter - ⁠@shyguycity⁠ Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murray on Twitter -

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01:27:54

Weekly Diversion 03/08/2024: The Queen's Blood Episode

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2024/03/08

On this very sleepy Weekly Diversion, Matt's talking about Queen's Blood, Berserk Boy, Queen's Blood, WB games being a complete shitshow, Queen's Blood, and Queen's Blood. Plus lots of other stuff.Critical Diversions on Twitter - ⁠@crit_diversions⁠ Matt Murray on Twitter - ⁠@shyguycity⁠ Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murray on Twitter - ⁠@couchmochi⁠ Natascha Murray on Blue Sky - @couchmochi.bsky.social The various

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01:32:55

Weekly Diversion 03/01/2024: Final Fantasy 7 Remake...

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2024/03/01

On this week's episode: Matt's 10 hours into Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth! He was briefly on top of most of the leaderboards of Runner 2 on Switch! His doorbell is disturbingly loud! Also we're talking some Dungeons and Dragons books for a bit too. Critical Diversions on Twitter - ⁠@crit_diversions⁠ Matt Murray on Twitter - ⁠@shyguycity⁠ Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murray on Twitter - ⁠@couchmochi⁠ Natascha Murray on Blue Sky -

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01:50:56

Weekly Diversion 02/23/2024: A Side Order of Apologies

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2024/02/23

Splatoon 3 Side Order is out! The Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth demo was updated! There was a Nintendo Direct! ELDEN RING!Critical Diversions on Twitter - ⁠@crit_diversions⁠ Matt Murray on Twitter - ⁠@shyguycity⁠ Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murray on Twitter - ⁠@couchmochi⁠ Natascha Murray on Blue Sky - @couchmochi.bsky.social The various Critical Diversions theme songs were made by Mic Fox. Check out all of his cool stuff over at Fort Famly

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01:13:00

Weekly Diversion 02/16/2024: The Thin Lizzy...

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2024/02/16

Yeehaw. Matt's got a weird batch of games this week, including Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Saints Row 4, and Monster Hunter World, as well as the standard news roundup. Turns out the world didn't end this week and weird Xbox fans all over can come out of their self-imposed isolation. Critical Diversions on Twitter - ⁠@crit_diversions⁠ Matt Murray on Twitter - ⁠@shyguycity⁠ Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murray on Twitter -

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01:48:27

Weekly Diversion 02/09/2024: Apologies & Knuckles

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2024/02/09

This week on the show: Matt has to offer his first formal apology as a podcast host for gross misrepresentation. Afterwards, we're talking about Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Pepper Grinder, and a bunch of large corporations worthy of our scorn ire. Critical Diversions on Twitter - ⁠@crit_diversions⁠ Matt Murray on Twitter - ⁠@shyguycity⁠ Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murray on Twitter - ⁠@couchmochi⁠ Natascha Murray on Blue Sky -

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01:30:29

Weekly Diversion 02/02/2024: Infinite Things to Say...

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2024/02/02

It's our first episode post release of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, and Matt's here to exhaustively tell you all about it. We're also talking about Gravity Circuit, Paper Mario, the Playstation State of Play, and Ufouria: The Saga 2 on this week's diversion. Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murray on Twitter - @couchmochi Natascha Murray

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01:19:20

Weekly Diversion 01/26/2024: My Wife Absconded With...

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2024/01/27

Matt and his wife finished Baldur's Gate 3! And found out some hard truths about each other. We're also talking about Hidden Through Time 2: Myths & Magic, Metroid Prime 4, and richest company in the world Microsoft laying off 2,000 people. Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Check out Matt's review of Hidden Through Time 2: Myths & Magic! Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha

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01:48:09

Games Club 012 - Yakuza: Like a Dragon

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2024/01/25

Wilk, Seth, and Matt give their thoughts on both Yakuza: Like a Dragon, the first turn-based entry in the long-running handsome crime man simulator series, as well as Yakuza as a whole. Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Seth Sturgill on Twitter - @twodollarhero Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murray on Twitter - @couchmochi Natascha Murray on Blue Sky - @couchmochi.bsky.social The

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01:20:51

Weekly Diversion 01/19/2024: We're So Back

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2024/01/19

It's the first normal one of these in weeks, so let's talk about stuff like Cobalt Core, Baldur's Gate 3, and The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest like normal humans. Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Matt Murray on Twitter - @shyguycity Matt Murray on Blue Sky - @mattmurray.bsky.social Podcast art by Natascha Murray Natascha Murray on Twitter - @couchmochi Natascha Murray on Blue Sky - @couchmochi.bsky.social All the various Critical Diversions theme songs were

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03:07:08

Game of the Year 2023

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2024/01/10

Seth, Boogs, Wilkins, and Matt get together to reveal and talk about their feelings on the community's top 10 games of 2023, as well as about half of all games that came out in 2023 seemingly, by the end of this three hour long double stuffed episode. Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Seth on Twitter - @twodollarhero All N on Twitter - @allnpodcast Checkout Seth's video essay on Tears of the Kingdom, as mentioned in the podcast! Garrett Bugay on Twitter -

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01:36:44

Weekly Diversion 01/05/2024: The Chris Pine and Yokai...

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2024/01/05

On the first episode of the new year, Matt's joined by his wife, Natascha, to talk about a whole bunch of stuff, including the new movie from Studio Ghibli, "The Boy and the Heron", an extensive breakdown on Coral Island, and why Baldur's Gate 3 is a cozy game, before giving a roundup of the games they're most excited for in 2024. Critical Diversions on Twitter - @crit_diversions Natascha Murray on Twitter - @couchmochi Natascha Murray on Blue Sky -

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