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In between Wii Fit U sessions this past week our boys have been playing several new games and a heck of a lot more Smash Bros, which coincides with the 50 Smash Knowledge Extravaganza Deluxe Direct that happened last week. They'll break it down to the most important talking points from that video, while also bringing you up to speed on the Twitch.tv rule changes and a new Xbone bundle that has J.D. hopping with antici--

Finally deciding to get themselves into a semblance of shape, J.D. and Jeff have picked up the Wii Fit U to test out. Only a year late, you can get their impressions in this episode, as well as their reactions to some of the more surprising news of the week: a new playable character in Payday 2, a game creator kicked off of Steam, and, of course, incoming Smash Bros Wii U announcements.

During a lull in news and new reviews, Jeff and J.D. take a moment to look back on any games that may have been lost in the Smash Bros fever that has gripped them for the past few weeks, like the Last of Us Remastered, Darksiders 2, and the new demo for Bayonetta 2. With that out of the way there really isn't that much to talk about: announcements regarding the new Assassin's Creed Rogue, perhaps, or a very interesting interview with Michael Ironside himself.

Jeff and J.D. have now spent an intimate amount of time with the new Smash Bros game, freshly released from Japan last weekend, and are ready to tell you about every aspect of the game. Plus, of course, how they feel about it, good along with the bad. After that's over, time for discussion on the importance of reduced framerates and resolutions, announcements on game release delays, plus, not joking, some Pooh Bear.

It's been two weeks to be filled with game news and reviews since our last podcast, and you'd think there'd be a lot, but it appears everyone is too busy trying to play through every game releasing this fall to make news-worthy things happen. Luckily Jeff and J.D. are here to tell you all about the new, definitely-non-canon Hyrule Warrios, and their many opinions on the demo for Smash 4 that's sprinkled to 3DS. Along with that are Destiny DLC leaks, an update to the Wii U, and we're really stretching for news here, aren't we?

With the arrival of Destiny, and the PS4 it came with, Jeff has had a chance to see what the hubbub about Bungie's new MMO-like is, and reports back that all is not as bad as everyone is making it out to be. In fact, all is pretty good. What is not good is the teaser for Kojima and del Toro's Silent Hills, which actually is bad. Very bad. Then stay tuned for Smash Bros news (STILL), discussion on Microsoft's newest acquisition, and more.

Well, Jeff caved this weekend and picked up a particular game, meaning he gets a chance to review it right around when everyone else is, for once. Then he and J.D. give as unbiased (but really just kind of complainy) summary about the whole GamerGate thing and what it may or may not be trying to accomplish, followed by a taster sampler of a bunch of the news from the past week. You know, the stuff about video games.

We seriously have three Xenoblade-related things to talk about in this podcast, kind of tying together all of our sections. First, Jeff and J.D. go back over the game as succinctly as possible, now that Jeff has finally beaten it. Then the special announcement about a new Smash Bros. character, followed by an announcement of the first game exclusive to the new 3DS model. Then there's a bunch of release dates to announce, for DLC and games et all, reviews to speculate on, and pricing. Always pricing.

If the internet were a boat, and Super Smash Bros information were the hull, specifically, then we would all be sinking downward at a rapid rate. Jeff and J.D. are here to go over as much information as can be cleared up by the Smash 4 leaks that have been popping up in the past week. Additionally, J.D. has at last beaten Dark Souls (and has a lot to say on the matter), while Jeff has been experiencing every Mass Effect spin-off known to man.

If the internet has calmed down enough about a certain game dev and her possible connections, Jeff and J.D. are here to calm you with a summation of the fairly slow week. We had EA announce things to make gamers mad, of course. Kojima and Sakurai announce things completely unexpected in surprising ways, why not. And we had Jeff and J.D. play a few multiplayer games in what is probably their favorite Halo game, just for kicks.

The news has slowed to a trickle as is customary in August, leaving the time ripe for Jeff and J.D. to spend much more time than usual talking about their shared love: video game music. That's right, the third annual Music Extravaganza is upon us! This year, the full music list is available on our website, pressstarttostart.com, for your listening pleasure.

Now that the betas for both Destiny and the Crew have ended, Jeff and J.D. have quite a bit to go over in terms of features they love and dreams for the future. Then a mini-comparison of Super Smash Bros fan creations, plus news regarding this cooky new service EA has dreamed up.

It's the day of MMOs as both Jeff and J.D. have tales to tell of their experiences over the weekend traversing alien worlds with online communities. In J.D.'s case we have Vindictus, the Korean MMO recently added to Steam, and in Jeff's the hotly anticipated Destiny. After that and a squirt of news there's a healthy discussion of video games modelled after movies, and their (slightly) greater success than their counterparts.

Jeff and J.D. had an interesting even this weekend that gave them a good opportunity to look back over the entire series of one of their favorite games. Beyond that... there isn't much to talk about, other than Smash Bros 4 announcements. So they've invented their own news! Stay tuned after the usual stuff for a lightning-fast look back at almost every video game movie released, and some shouts about what's to come.

With only a few things to talk about this week, Jeff and J.D. are here to tangent the heat away. First with Jeff's thoughts on Child of Light (now being played), then with some reminiscing about how SWAT is the beat game mode ever. News-wise we have the reveal as to what Cliffy B is actually up to, some Kickstarter stretch goals gone wild, and a sale or two that you may even be interested in.

Jeff and J.D. have a bunch of good things to share with you this week, a regular litany of actual, discussable news. First, though, Jeff reviews at least three things he picked up in the latest Steam sale, while J.D. laments a console game that doesn't run very well at all. Then it's on to discussion of a trailer for a brand new Dead Island game, the reveal of Platinum Game's Legend of Korra, results from the annual Nintendo stakeholder's meeting, and, as usual, a lot more (including Elijah Wood).

Something extremely important completely failed to cross Jeff and J.D.'s collective mind last week, and it is of the utmost importance: STEAM SALES. While Jeff has been emptying his wallet over the past week while beating up Batman villains, and J.D. laughed at all of the money he hadn't spent while exploring fantasy worlds, we've finally received words on the state of Nintendo's president, got update news on Titanfall, and have some bizarre DLC to talk about while deciding how we all feel about it.

Phew! After last week's ridiculously long summary and roundup of all things electronic and entertainment, this week Jeff and J.D. kicked back with a lot of game-playing (and not a small amount of news-soaking). Check out long-awaited reviews on Watch_Dogs and Fez, partial discussions on Ni no Kuni and Dark Souls, and a throwback to Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles. Then the two chatterboxes explain why you're overreacting about Ubisoft and Mojang, while rounding off with a couple of non-E3 announcements and yet more stuff Nintendo had up its sleeve.

E3 is almost over and all of the big five conferences are complete, which means Jeff and J.D. are almost literally buried under announcements, news, and yet more speculation. Join them on this extra-long episode as they go over everything of note that has happened over the past three days at the annual expo, with their favorite moments and events particularly picked apart, laughed at, or mocked.

Jeff and J.D. have been anxiously awaiting a chance to share something big, and what better time than their hundredth podcast? Unfortunately, there's not much absolutely ground-shaking that has happened in the past week: reveals for the latest Smash Bros, lots of information about Hyrule Warriors (and a release date), reactions to the release of Watch_Dogs and Transistor, and that is about it! Two weeks to go until E3 and our non-sequitur duo are ready to spill every bean they have, even if they lost theirs a few weeks back.