Press Any Button hosts Nicky (a new gamer) and Eric (a lifetime gamer) are a married couple who both love video games. For every video game they will discuss its past (history of the game, developers story, and fun facts), present (game play, game review and strategy), and future (will there be a sequel? A movie?) Every game also comes with a challenge presented by the host that chose the game. If the challenge is not completed then whoever failed has to do a video game rap! So if you want t ...
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The Podcast Mostly About Video Games, and Sometimes Not About Video Games! iTunes Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/press-any-button/id1138210160?mt=2 Google Play Music Link: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Isgdline6up2trf3xmneblx5iie Co-hosted by Nick Jenkins and Jack Naze, this podcast discusses video games, movies, TV, and general pop-culture. With the form of biting commentary and the shape of witty comebacks, these two cousins cover all that is relevant to gaming and be ...
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Nicky, Eric, and special guest: Erin McGehee dive into the history of match three games in a gracile episode of Press any Button about Royal Match. Royal Match is a casual free-to-play tile-matching video game launched on February 25, 2021. In it, players follow a king in restoring his castle. It was developed and published by the Turkish company D…
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Nicky and Eric explore Possum Springs and uncover an unsettling mystery in an episode about Night in the Woods. Night in the Woods is a 2017 single-player adventure video game developed by Infinite Fall and published by Finji. The story follows a young woman named Mae Borowski, who drops out of college and returns to her hometown to find unexpected…
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Nicky and Eric try to keep the wings of their Arwings intact as they fight off waves of Andross' fighters in an episode all about Star Fox 64. Star Fox 64, known as Lylat Wars in the PAL regions, is a 1997 3D rail shooter developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It is the second installment in the Star Fox series and a reboot of the…
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Our battle-hardened hosts Nicky and Eric must rescue captives from the berserk Gain Ground simulation in the distant future of 2348! Gain Ground is an action/strategy arcade game developed and published by Sega in 1988. It was later ported to the Master System, Genesis, and TurboGrafx-CD in 1991. Press Any Button hosts Nicky (a new gamer) and Eric …
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Nicky and Eric are all washed up in a polarizing episode about PowerWash Simulator. PowerWash Simulator is a simulation game developed by FuturLab and published by Square Enix Collective. Players take control of a power washing business and complete various jobs to earn money. Gameplay primarily revolves around using a power washer to clean dirt of…
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Nicky and Eric are both Batman as they celebrate their favorite extra super hero in an episode all about Batman: Arkham Asylum. Arkham Asylum is a 2009 action-adventure game developed by Rocksteady Studios and published by Eidos Interactive for Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and Windows. A Mac OS X version was released later in 2011. In the game's main s…
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This week's episode is full of hidden surprises and wonders as we talk about the new Mario game, Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Super Mario Bros. Wonder is a 2023 platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is the first traditional side-scrolling Super Mario game since New Super Mario Bros. U in 2012. The player control…
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Episode 71: Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
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Nicky and Eric unpack their emotions and fail at mundane tasks in an episode about Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures. Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures is a 1994 side-scrolling point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Namco. The game was released in 1994 for the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis, but was only released for the Sega Genesis ex…
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War. War never changes. And neither does Press any Button in an episode all about Fallout. Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game is a role-playing game developed and published by Interplay Productions for DOS, Windows, and MacOS in 1997. In a post-apocalyptic and retro-futuristic world, decades after a global nuclear war between the United Stat…
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Nicky and Eric make strides to improve their pivoting skills in an episode all about Moving Out. Moving Out is a 2020 cooperative moving simulation game developed by Swedish studio DevM Games and Australian developer SMG Studio. In a local cooperative experience, players move objects from houses into a moving van while coping with exaggerated physi…
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In this week's episode of Press any Button, Nicky and Eric learn the importance of stockpiling bone spears in an episode all about A Dark Room. A Dark Room is an open-source text-based role-playing game. It was originally published for web browsers by Canadian indie studio Doublespeak Games on June 10, 2013. Later that year, it was released in the …
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In this week's episode of Press any Button, Nicky and Eric embrace peggle-ing in an episode all about Peggle 2. Peggle 2 is a casual puzzle game developed by PopCap Games and published by Electronic Arts. The goal of Peggle 2 is to clear all 25 orange pegs from the board with 10 balls to shoot from with a cannon at the top of the screen. Press Any …
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Nicky, Eric, and special guest Brittany Keenan get cozy and deliver the latest 'goss' to forest animals in the game, Mail Time. Mail Time is a cottagecore adventure game developed by Appelmoes Games, published by Freedom Games, and released in 2023 for Windows, Mac, PS4, PS5, and Nintendo Switch. You’re a fresh-on-the-job Mail Scout on track to com…
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Get your ear-holes ready as we go on a journey back to 198X and explore the history of Mega Man 2 with special guest, Michael Cardinal. Mega Man 2 is an action/platformer game developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was released in Japan in 1988 and in North America and PAL regions the following years. Mega Man 2…
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Get ready to get fabulous in this makeover edition of Press any Button. We talk all about the fascinating fashion-forward game that is Project Runway that even Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum wouldn't approve of. Project Runway was developed by Tornado Studios and Published by Atari in 2010 for Wii and PC. It is a fashion simulation game based on the TV sh…
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Eric and Nicky are forced to play a card game in a cabin in the woods with a mysterious gamemaster. Will they get out alive or will their death cards be sorted into the deck for the rest of time? Listen to find out what happens in a Press any Button episode all about, Inscryption! Inscryption is a roguelike deck-building game developed by Daniel Mu…
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Spooky season is here! What better way to celebrate than with a horrifyingly scary video game? Nicky and Eric get their brains waves pulled into the world of the Evil Within 2 in this spooktacular episode of Press any Button! The Evil Within 2 is a survival horror game developed by Tango Gameworks and published by Bethesda Softworks for PlayStation…
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Press any Button is back for season 5! Eric, Nicky, and special guest Andrew Dowell rock out with the PS1 classic, Twisted Metal 2. Twisted Metal 2 is a vehicular combat game that was released in 1996 for both PlayStation and PC by the game studio SingleTrac. Players choose a vehicle and engage in battle with opposing drivers incorporating areas fr…
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Nicky and Eric do their best impression of Magikarp and uselessly flop around while special guest, Jennifer Luedtke, does all the heavy lifting in an episode all about Pokemon Go. Pokémon Go is a 2016 mobile game developed and published by Niantic in collaboration with Nintendo and The Pokémon Company for iOS and Android devices. It uses mobile dev…
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In this week's episode, Nicky and Eric enter a dream state where they have to figure their way through perspective based puzzles in the game Superliminal. Superliminal is a 2019 surreal puzzle video game released by Pillow Castle Games. The game, played from a first-person perspective, incorporates gameplay elements around optical illusions and for…
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In this week's episode, Eric and Nicky decide their own fate as they go berserk for the new God of War game. God of War Ragnarök is an action-adventure game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It was released worldwide on November 9, 2022, for both the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. It is the ninth in…
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This week, Nicky and Eric play the infamous Superman 64. Find out if it lives up to the hype of being one of the worst games of all time in a heroically misguided episode of Press any Button. Superman: The New Superman Adventures, commonly referred to as Superman 64, is an action-adventure game developed and published by Titus Interactive for the N…
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Episode 56: Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 DMZ
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In this week's episode, Nicky, Eric, and special guest Seth Eltz, learn how to make DIY gas masks from tooth paste and a lighter in a conspiracy filled episode of Press any Button. What we played and are reviewing for this episode is specifically the DMZ mode in Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0. Warzone 2.0 is the free to play mode in Call of Duty: Modern…
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Episode 55: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
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Nicky and Eric play our first Zelda game in this week's episode of Press any Button! The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is a 1993 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy. It is the first installment in The Legend of Zelda series for a handheld game console. the protagonist, Link, begins the game stranded on Koh…
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Episode 54: The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Jinkies! Sonic has been murdered and Eric and Nicky need to figure out which one of his friends was behind the dastardly deed in this week's episode of Press any Button. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog is a point-and-click visual novel developed by Sega Social Team and published by Sega for macOS and Windows. In the game, you investigate Sonic's a…
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On this week's episode, Eric, Nicky, and special guest Bug McBride (owner of the Blue Ghost Arcade in Woodstock, GA) are flying high over every single stage in Super Mario World. Super Mario World is a 2d platformer developed and published by Nintendo for the SNES. It was released in Japan in 1990, North America in 1991 and Europe and Australia in …
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On this week's episode, Nicky and Eric dish out the punishment Naughty Bear deserves. Naughty Bear is an action-adventure game released in 2010 for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and iOS. Players control a disgruntled teddybear who must vandalize, scare, and murder other teddy bears in order to earn "Naughty Points". Each mission has specified object…
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In this week's episode Nicky and Eric go through boot camp to join the army ... the army of CHAOS!!! General Chaos is a 1993 satirical arcade/strategy game developed by Game Refuge and published by Electronic Arts for the Sega Genesis. The game has both single-player and multiplayer campaigns which consists of a series of battles fought over a dyna…
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Episode 50: Disney Dreamlight Valley
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In this week's episode, Eric and Nicky build their new simulated lives in Disney Dreamlight Valley. Disney Dreamlight Valley is a life simulation/adventure game developed by Gameloft Montreal and published by Gameloft. The game has players tend to a magical valley populated by various Disney and Pixar characters who previously underwent a curse tha…
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Eric, Nicky, and special guest Karen Cardinal mini-game it up with Mario Party Superstars and cover the dark controversy surrounding the series. Mario Party is a series of party games in which up to four local players or computer controlled players compete in a board game interspersed with minigames. Players collect coins in order to buy stars whic…
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Nicky and Eric shuffle the deck in an episode all about Slay the Spire. Slay the Spire is a roguelike deck-building video game developed by MegaCrit and published by Humble Bundle. The game was first released in early access for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux in late 2017, with an official release in January 2019. It would later be released fo…
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In this week's episode, Nicky and Eric discuss the best way to photograph a 2.5 dimensional cartoon in TOEM. TOEM is a photography/puzzle game developed and published by Swedish independent game studio Something We Made. It was released in September 2021 for Windows, Switch, and PS5. You play as a young photographer who must ascend a mountain to wi…
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In this week's episode, Nicky and Eric huddle up to give a rundown on the history of NFL Blitz. NFL Blitz is an American football video game developed and published by Midway Games for the arcade in 1997, the first game in the NFL Blitz series. The game diverges from traditional rules of football in that there are no penalties, no substitutions, an…
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Eric, Nicky, and special guest Doug Harmes talk about Mortal Kombat in a fatalistic episode of Press Any Button. Mortal Kombat is the first game in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series by Midway. It was released in arcades in 1992 and was on most consoles by 1994. It centers on the 10th Mortal Kombat tournament and the ultimate defeat of the evil…
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Eric, Nicky, and special guest D.j. Jimenez sort out the complicated history and story of the original Final Fantasy 7. Final Fantasy VII is a 1997 RPG developed by Square for PlayStation. The game's story follows Cloud Strife, a mercenary who joins an eco-terrorist organization to stop the world-controlling megacorporation, Shinra from using the p…
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Eric and Nicky are little ladies in this week's episode as they play through Little Misfortune. Little Misfortune is a 2019 adventure game developed and published by the independent Swedish studio Killmonday Games. The game revolves around the titular character Misfortune, who, guided by a voice in her head, seeks the prize of eternal happiness for…
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In this week's episode, Eric and Nicky go balls to the wall as they rampage their way through Brutal Doom. Brutal Doom is a game mod for the 1993 first-person shooter Doom created by the Brazilian developer Marcos Abenante also known as Sergeant Mark IV. The mod overhauls the gameplay making it much more violent and bloody, adding significant gamep…
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Nicky and Eric jump into Stray in this week's episode as we gently nudge it from a high shelf. Stray is a 2022 adventure video game developed by BlueTwelve Studio and published by Annapurna Interactive. The story follows a stray cat who falls into a walled city populated by robots, machines, and mutant bacteria, and sets out to return to the surfac…
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Eric and Nicky host a party for two in this week's episode all about Jackbox Party Pack games. The Jackbox Party Pack is a series of party video games developed by Jackbox Games for many different platforms on a near-annual release schedule since 2014. Each installation contains five games that are designed to be played in large groups, including i…
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Episode 39: Frogger's Adventures: Temple of the Frog
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Eric, Nicky, and special guest Kate Stetson discuss our dark fan theories of Frogger's Adventures: Temple of the Frog in this week's episode. Frogger's Adventures: Temple of the Frog is a puzzle platformer developed by Konami and released in 2001 for Gameboy Advance. Firefly Swamp is dying, and the frogs from the Elder Council have asked Frogger to…
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Eric and Nicky discuss the ins-and-outs of being a god and killing other gods in this week's episode about God of War. God of War is an action-adventure game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It was released in April 2018 for the PlayStation 4, with a Microsoft Windows version released in January 2022…
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Press any Button is here to cheer you on as you work your way through a hopeless situation as we talk about Elite Beat Agents in this week's episode. Elite Beat Agents is a music video game developed by iNiS and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. The player taps and drags on indicated locations on the touch screen of the DS in time to the r…
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In this week's episode, we hit the old dusty Oregon Trail in a danger-filled trip to the west coast. The Oregon Trail is an edutainment strategy game developed and published by Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC). It was first released in 1985 for the Apple II, with later ports to DOS in 1990, Mac OS in 1991, and Microsoft Windows in …
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On this week's episode Eric, Nicky and special guest Ibanez take a warp through the horror mind that is The Evil Within. The Evil Within is a survival horror game developed by Tango Gameworks and published by Bethesda. Played in a third-person perspective, you play as detective Sebastian Castellanos as he is pulled through a distorted world full of…
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On this week's episode we explore the masterpiece that is Super Mario 64. Super Mario 64 is a 1996 3d platforming game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It is the first Super Mario game to feature 3D gameplay, combining traditional Super Mario gameplay, visual style, and characters in a large open world. About us: Press Any B…
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On this week's episode we take a Quantic dive into the game Detroit: Become Human. Detroit: Become Human is a 2018 adventure video game developed by Quantic Dream and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The plot follows three androids: Kara, who escapes her owner to protect a young girl; Connor, whose job is to investigate and hunt down se…
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This week we reveal all the dark secrets of the infamous game, Shaq Fu. Shaq Fu is a 2D fighting game released for the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo in 1994 and ported to Game Gear, Game Boy, and Commodore Amiga in 1995. The game was developed by Delphine Software International and published by Electronic Arts. It features former professional bas…
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This week we're talking about Phantasmagoria with our good friend Michael Cardinal. Phantasmagoria is a point-and-click adventure horror game designed by Roberta Williams for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows and released by Sierra On-Line on August 24, 1995. It tells the story of a writer who moves into a remote mansion and finds herself terrorized by …
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This week is all about Overcooked! 2: Overcooked 2 is a cooperative cooking simulation video game developed by Team17 alongside Ghost Town Games. Teams of up to four players cooperatively prepare and cook orders in absurd restaurants. Players gather, chop, and cook ingredients, combine them on plates, serve dishes, and wash dishes. About us: Press …
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Eric and Nicky talk about Cave Story on this week's episode! Cave Story is a 2004 2d Metroidvania style platform-adventure game developed by Studio Pixel. You play as quote, a robot with no memory, who awakens in the caves of a floating island. You gain access to new areas as you power up weapons by collecting triangular experience crystals and sol…
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