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Ashley and Jed had so much fun talking about boss fights last time around, they figured why not do it again? But this time, they're coming at it from the other side: the worst boss fights. Damage sponges, disappointments, pushovers, unreasonable difficulty, it's all here. Ashley and Jed are going Stone Cold Steve Austin on these bad bosses, and the only way to find out which crappy bosses get the smackdown is to listen!

What makes a fictional character scary? It's hard to say. Dracula is often portrayed as intelligent, sophisticated, even sexy, while Frankenstein's monster is hulking and brutish, but Dracula is somehow scarier. The AI-driven robot version of Chucky from 2019's Child's Play remake isn't scary, but when that doll is possessed by a desperate serial killer stalking a six year old, that's scary. It's hard to pin down what makes one character scary and the other laughable, but you know it when you see it. On this episode of First Gen Gamers, Jed and special guest-host Stephen White of Super Mega Crash Beyond will be celebrating the spooky season with a look at the scariest characters in gaming history. From the unimaginable monsters to regular human beings and more, find out who made the cut.

February means Valentine's Day, the season of love. Gaming is full of love stories and romance, whether it's dating sims or Commander Shepard sleeping his way through half the galaxy in Mass Effect. But it's way too easy to list off good couples. How about BAD ones? That's right, Mike and Jed are celebrating Valentine's Day the opposite way, by going through gaming history and digging up the worst relationships video games have to offer. Gaslighting, manipulation, power imbalances ... and that's not even close to the worst of it!

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It's been said there's no such thing as bad publicity. But what about if the publicity is more like notoriety, and it's undeserved? We're talking about controversy. Video games and controversy are no strangers. They've been stuck with each other practically since the beginning. Sometimes, a game's controversy makes sense. But sometimes, the actual content of the game doesn't really rise to the level of outrage. Sometimes, a controversial game earns a notoriety it didn't deserve. That's what this episode is all about: Mike and Jed discussing games that were considered controversial, and really shouldn't have been. Violence, sexual content, lawsuits, gamer outrage, even manufactured by the developer ... all sorts of so-called controversies that were overblown, puffed-up, and otherwise ridiculous, one by one through the generations What are the best examples they could find? Only one way to find out -- listen!

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Yeah, we know, the holidays were weeks ago. Listen, we got kids, which means we get sick. But we're here now, looking at the best games that remind us of or celebrate the holiday season! Leaves falling, snow on the ground, family dinners, and all that, but in game form. Yes, you really can find this in video games, and Jed and Mike are going generation by generation, picking the games that give them the warm, holiday fuzzies!