RFN won’t ever prevent coining words that are meant to by no means be coined.
This episode took some time to file as a result of we spent a a very long time making plans the rest of our paintings for this 12 months.
In spite of the rampant unprofessionalism, this display is figure.
- We spend about 3 hours recording the display, beginning at kind of 9:00 Jap and wrapping up early the next day to come.
- I will be able to’t discuss for a way lengthy it takes Guillaume to edit a display, but if I do it, each hour of the general runtime takes about two hours to edit. I do suspect I am very sluggish.
- It takes me about an hour to jot down the item – in particular when I determined to position extra idea into the workout.
- The picture takes between half-hour to an hour and a part. There are the atypical moments the place I’m going totally overboard and spend two and even 3 hours on it. Remaining week used to be an instance of an strange effort, however that used to be an outlier.
This provides as much as an funding of between 18 and 20 guy hours consistent with episode.
I point out this, as a result of that point funding turns into harder as other folks have plans tied to the vacation season. We trip to look friends and family, have occasions, and from time to time simply wish to unwind.
It’s the one time of 12 months I, as host and alleged manufacturer, need to if truth be told plan for the display – relatively than depending on nearly twenty years of momentum – to make it occur.
And now, I’m going to proportion that plan with you!
We’re recording two episodes between Dec. 18 and Dec. 22. I think they will be shorter, and most probably recorded in one (very lengthy) consultation. The primary (Episode 957) will likely be a “customary” episode – with Top 4 having been out a pair weeks at that time we will most probably be speaking finish sport content material. The opposite (Episode 958) will likely be our subsequent RetroActive.
957 will drop the next Sunday, Dec. 21, similar to all the time.
958 will drop two weeks afterward Jan 5.
We wont drop an episode at the week of New Years. Traditionally, that is considered one of our lowest listened to weeks – other folks pay attention to the week of Christmas travelling or completing up paintings earlier than the vacation. Folks pay attention to the week after New Years, returning to paintings.
And albeit, we simply wont be round to file, edit, and submit.
On a non-public observe, I’m going to even be lacking 959, to be recorded the week of Jan 6. I’m going to be leaving you to the smooth mercies of your host Jon Lindemann. In spite of me writing it right here, he wont pay attention to this reality. Greg, please remind him whilst you file it.
However this week, we’re right here. We begin the display with Guillaume disliking some other fan-favorite sport: Ball X Pit. Past Ball and Pitting, he is been taking part in Arcade Archives Cadash – a 2D Platformer with RPG components and a few attributes extra standard of a brawler. In any case, he completed Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which is a fan favourite that he DOES like. Jon is bummed with the Black Friday choices in 2025. He is proper, they had been considerably lesser in comparison to fresh years, and light when in comparison to the technology of riots within the Very best Purchase. Greg were given Sakurai’s newest “by no means inquire from me for anything else once more” “the entirety is right here” mission Kirby Air Riders. He has some relatively early impressions of the sport’s abundance of modes. He additionally has a temporary replace on Age of Calamity, which James provides to now that he has cleared it. Finally, James opinions the second one Donkey Kong Bananza DLC problem. He has, unfortunately, unlocked Lanky Kong’s statue.
After a smash, we expose our subsequent RetroActive sport. As discussed above, we had to file this quicky – this means that it must be to be had and now not in particular lengthy. The sport we picked to fulfill those standards: Hyperlink’s adventures in Soulcalibur II for the Gamecube. It is to be had at the NSO provider. Get to paintings.
James anticipated this disclose to take so much longer. All at once, we had been faced with the horror that may be a 5 minute 2nd section. Into the breach marched a 2nd spherical of Jon Lindemann trivialities.
At one level Jon had a unfavorable ranking.
You’ll ship your trivialities right here.
- (00:01:34) New Trade – Ball x Pit. Cadash.
- (00:16:33) Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
- (00:27:09) Disappointing Black Friday offers.
- (00:31:01) Kirby Air Riders.
- (00:53:03) Hyrule Warriors – Age of Calamity.
- (01:07:23) Gameshare. Donkey Kong Bananza DLC demanding situations.
- (01:17:39) The following Retroactive.
- (01:27:46) Any other Jon Lindemann quiz.














