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PODCAST

Maximum Utcast

Zoey, Jonathan and Daniel

The official podcast of Maximum Utmost, the video game website that does it like no other! Hosted by Zoey Handley and Jonathan Holmes, with bonus shows starring Jonathan"s son, the show"s producer Daniel, and countless guests. Updated every week! https://maxutmost.com/

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All Episodes

01:10:35

Maximum Utcast - 05 - Modern Love

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2025/09/26

Love is in the air on this episode of the Maximum Utcast. We find out what criteria would be needed to smooch everyone on the show before Zoey whisks us away to the magical realm of Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde...who just is trying to get to the dang church on time! Later, Jonathan chats with his pal Elsa about Clair Obscure: Expedition 33, Final Fantasy, and Donkey Kong...plus she has an exciting announcement!0:00:00 - Learning How to Kiss in Chulip0:07:47 - Feet0:08:40 - Kusoge: Dr. Jekyl and Mr

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00:34:03

Talking to My Boy About Videogames - 14 - Are Toys...

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2025/09/17

Jonathan and Ryan react to the latest Nintendo Direct which had a lot of Pokemon news, a lot of Amiibo news, and strangely enough, a lot of Virtual Boy news. Despite the newness of the news though, Jonathan seems to think it was mostly old stuff that's not new or exciting, but still kinda cool. Jonathan is also incapable of saying the names of the games Pokopia and Popucom, which are tricky and sound too similar to each other. There's a bit of analysis about Ryan's fear of dying in video

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01:27:54

Maximum Utcast - 04 - Flat Butts, Borderlands Struts,...

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2025/09/10

If you're tired of magazines, you might be suffering from debilitating Mix-a-Lot-ism, a newly discovered illness affecting adults aged 18-65 all across the world! And this Maximum Utcast might be the thing to cure what ails you. Zoey and Jonathan are haunted by a few ghosts on this episode as they discuss American Gladiators on the NES before getting to the bottom of swinging mechanics in video games...are they really gone for good? Later, Daniel chats with Allen Ortega from Mob Entertainment

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01:17:27

Currently Playing - 14 - The Warriors with Beith

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2025/09/04

Currently Playing returns with guest Beith talking about the classic PS2-era game The Warriors from Rockstar, a videogame retelling of the classic 1979 film and 1965 book of the same name. Beith goes deep on his research, finding it to be a missing link between Rockstar's GTA series and their next big game, Bully. There is a lot of spoiler filled discussion of the film and how it contrasts with the game, so if you'd like to see the movie be sure to track that down on the streaming platform

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01:40:37

Maximum Utcast - 03 - Crazy Artificial Dreams of...

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2025/08/26

We pre-taped this episode so Daniel could skip town for a few days which meant we did one entirely without Jonathan--but fear not! We have an overstuffed episode with representatives from all parts of the animal kingdom, from the mighty Crazy Frog to the lowly Solid Snake as well as the tricky Donkey Kong and the strange Earthworm Jim. We maybe get to the bottom of who killed the Noid, and also talk a little bit about Rugrats. A Shy Fox stops by to give his thoughts on few recent game demos

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00:32:35

Talking to My Boy About Videogames - 13 - Bubsy is...

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2025/08/20

On this energetic episode, Jonathan and Ryan watched the Kirby Air Riders Direct and the trailers from Gamescom and broke things down to their respective mans: Batman, He-Man, Kirby Man, or Bubsy Man, and decided which one is best...or did they? Will we ever know for sure? Only time can tell, but Ryan's favorite is clearly Rufus the cat. This episode contains spoilers for Donkey Kong Bananza (roughly in the 3:46-4:50 mark, but they could also appear through out).0:00:00 - The Big 1-00:01:20 -

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01:26:41

Maximum Utcast - 02 - Slamming Summer with the...

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2025/08/12

On a jam-packed episode of Maximum Utcast, we're talking all about wrestling, from the passing of Hulk Hogan to his star making role in the TV show Thunder in Paradise (that coincidentally was adapted into a kusoge, Thunder in Paradise Interactive). Later, Jonathan talks to Sarah Carapace about her time spent heavily customizing the game WWE 2K19 to make it a full of ladies and extremely lesbian-centric. Rounding out the show, Zoey talks about her time customizing characters in wrestling games,

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00:37:44

Currently Playing - 13 - Christine from Outside of...

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2025/08/05

We're talking about all the robots that are fit for combat on this month's Currently Playing where Daniel is joined by Christine of Outside of the Box to talk about how she's playing Two Point Museum (and Two Point Campus). It's a game series that scratches the itch of hyperfixation while providing a cozy take on resource management and might even teach you a bit about financial literacy. From there we have a brief stop off to talk about Power Washing Simulator before moving on to

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01:04:24

Maximum Utcast - 01 - Stranded on Censorship Island

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2025/07/29

It's the bombastic first episode of the Maximum Utcast! Starring Zoey Handley and Jonathan Holmes with a special appearance by Coco Hendershott! Getting into the hottest news of the day about 2 different kinds of censorship, one of which involves Lollipop Chainsaw, and the other involves basically every indie game on the entire internet. Which one is real? Listen and find out! Later, the gang gets into kusoge discussions about Escape from Bug Island and then Jonathan chats with Coco about Death

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00:41:08

Talking to My Boy About Videogames - 12 - Is Donkey...

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2025/07/22

Jonathan and Ryan dig deep on Donkey Kong Bananza to uncover what's great and what's maybe not so great about it, getting into some interesting theories about characters and contrasting DK with CK (Clark Kent, AKA Superman). Has Nintendo basically been making "good" Minecraft over and over with all their games from the last few years? Do people Ryan's age care about the Switch 2 or GTA6? Jonathan is excited for Mina the Hollower and Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment, but can he

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00:59:12

TTWAV Ep 111 - Talking to the Maximum Women About the...

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2025/07/14

On the eleventy first and final episode of Talking to Women about Videogames (main show! the feed lives on!) Jonathan and Tanya lament the state of the videogames world while looking forward to new horizons. Jonathan interviews Zoey Handley of Maximum Utmost, a once and future collaborator where they talk about "kusoge" or "crap games" and lament about how the enthusiast press mistreated them both. But they're back, in Maximum Utmost form!And the announcement that we've

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01:13:36

Currently Playing - 12 - Dad Mode (Lollipop Chainsaw,...

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2025/07/04

We're talking with one of the hosts of Talking to Women about Videogames on this episode of Currently Playing, Jonathan Holmes, writer for Nintendo Force Magazine, MTV reality star, illustrator, video producer, musician, and all-around Rennaisance man. Due to the unique nature of his personal and work life, he's currently playing a little bit of everything and a whole lot of nothing. We get impressions about Mario Kart World, mini Tetris, Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP, Shadows of the Damned Hella

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00:34:34

Yeah! - 12 - Usher - Yeah!

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2025/06/26

In the finale (for now?!?!) of Yeah! our Yeah-nalyists finally dance with the one who brung them in the form of digging deep on Usher's "Yeah!" We touch on the connections to Jonathan's alter ego Freaky Constantina, dissect Usher's status as a sex symbol, get into a case of Crunk Juice, and try to put a button on the ubiquity of "Yeah!" as a lyric. While the show may be put on ice for a while, feel free to dig into the old episodes right here on this podcast feed and

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00:36:39

Talking to My Boy About Videogames - 11 - The Game...

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2025/06/20

It's the Sweaty Summer Edition of Talking to My Boy about Videogames where Jonathan and Ryan hit all the highlights (Space Balls, Donkey Kong Bananza, Looney Toons) and we get updates on the latest wheeling and dealing of kids, the dangers of gacha mechanics in video games, the longevity of interest in Mario Kart World, and so much more. Does Ryan even like videogames any more? And what's going on with anatomy?!?!0:00:00 - It's Sweaty Summer0:00:28 - Spaceballs Review0:02:13 - Tongue

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01:04:55

Currently Playing - 11 - Cozy Games (Palia, Fields of...

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2025/06/12

Currently Playing is back with an old friend in the form of Kai, a frequent main show guest who's been busy with her school work but is happy to drop by and talk her recent faves in the cozy games space. She's been playing the farming MMORPG Palia, the fantasy farming sim Fields of Mistria, and the bug catching card battler Kabuto Park. Daniel mistakenly calls these "Animal Crossing-likes" but Kai sets him straight. Later they get into a bit of their thoughts about the Switch 2

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00:53:36

TTWAV 110 - Switch 2 and Romeo is a Dead Man...

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2025/06/06

We're talking about the Switch 2 and the trailer for the latest game from Suda51, "Romeo is a Dead Man" shown off on this week's Sony State of Play on this white hot, electric episode of Talking to Women about Videogames. Or is it a "Talking to My Boy about Videogames" stealth episode? You'll have to listen to find out! Even baby Charles makes a guest appearance so you never know who will show up next!0:00:00 - It's All Happening0:01:30 - Worlds Collide0:02:21 -

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00:38:47

Yeah! - 11 - Black Sabbath - Fairies Wear Boots

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2025/05/28

Did "Yeah!" just become a metal podcast? Did this song even appear in a videogame? What the heck is even going on? Who knows?!?! But on this episode we learn that Fairies Wear Boots, Ozzy wants to go to the doctor, Toni Iommi is missing some body parts, and Jonathan loved listening to this song as a kid with his brother. Later we learned that Black Sabbath was one of Daniel's first concerts and Tanya...doesn't really care for them too much.0:00:00 - Howlin' Charles0:01:47 -

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00:32:12

Talking to My Boy About Videogames - 10 - Donkey...

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2025/05/21

After an exciting visit to PAX, Jonathan and Ryan talk about some of the cool stuff they saw and people they met before switching things up to discuss some of Ryan's game ideas. We learn about Kaiju Big Battel, Pac-Man Museum, "Kirby and the Robot", and Hershey chocolate.0:00:00 - An Existential Crisis0:03:56 - Ryan Crashed PAX0:06:27 - A Better Life for Nico0:08:02 - Snubbed at the Playground0:08:41 - Donkey Kong's Dirty Bananas0:17:03 - Ryan's Review of Lankybox0:18:41 -

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01:04:06

Currently Playing - 10 - Metaphor: ReFantazio with...

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2025/05/14

We're talking about Metaphor: ReFantazio on this month's Currently Playing with guest Shy Fox of the Fix Your Heart or Die Podcast. Fox has been exploring connections between the work of David Lynch and other media for the last few months on his podcast and while Metaphor doesn't really fit that mold, we're happy to chat about it here. Daniel is completely unfamiliar with the Persona/SMT format of this game so we get into the details of how these games work for complete newbies and

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01:01:29

TTWAV Ep 109 - The PAX/Gex 2 For 1 Power Episode

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2025/05/10

Reporting (almost) LIVE! from the PAX show floor, Jonathan and Tanya recap Tanya's first PAX experience before jumping over to an interview with the #1 fan of Gex, the Gecco from the 90s, Izzy Kestrel. They dig deep into forgotten and abandoned Gex games and we learn a lot about Dana Gould. Talking to Women about Videogames is the Cure for what ails ya!0:00:00 - The Pressure's On0:02:03 - The PAX/Gex 2 for 1 Power Episode0:03:20 - Tanya's First PAX0:12:56 - The Secret of Gex Posting with

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