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May is apparently chock full of goodness as we discuss three titles that totally impressed us:

• Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
• Forza Horizon 6
• 007 First Light

Seriously, this might be our most positive episode ever. It's almost as if we actually like to play video games and get some kind of enjoyment from the hobby...despite what our previous 89 episodes would have you believe.

Granted, the whole calendar seems to fall off the face of the earth around the currently scheduled GTA launch in November (third delay is the charm?), but at least we have these May flowers.

Plus, maybe the rest of the year will fill in after Sony shows whatever it's planning at that big State of Play that will also be in select theaters for reasons yet unknown (the unrealistic part of me is hoping they decide to unveil a handheld console. Things were better in general when handheld consoles existed).

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We go on a real rambler this episode. I mean some all time tangents.

But Porter, who always has his finger on the pulse (I really had to resist making that into a stupid joke) saw not only went to the theater and saw that new Mortal Kombat film, the one with the guy from The Boys, but also has played Mixtape and declares it a premature GOTY.

Buzz played a game about evolving an animal that is decidedly not just a crab.

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We're talking about Saros, that action shooter rogue-light developed for the PS5 by Housemarque and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment (and who says "the PlayStation has no games"?) We really dig the combat and the zippy pace of the gameplay loop, but hotdog are those some rough looking facial animations.

So, overall It's pretty good, but perhaps only the appetizer, the amuse-bouche if you will, for even more exciting things to come out this month.

"It's gotta be a strange twist of fate
Telling me that Heaven can wait
Telling me to get it right this time
Life doesn't mean a thing
Without the love you bring
Love is what we've found
The second time around"

(And I ain't referencing the Olivia Newton-John version...Not because she's not great or anything, but if you know who covers this and you listened to the first 15 minutes of this episode... well, then you know too much!)

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I think that episode title says it all.

But, we don't stop with just one great indie game, because we also chat about Titanium Court, which is pretty, pretty, pretty good.

And then for some inexplicable reason, Buzz went and played the Enhanced Edition of Baldur's Gate, as in the first one, and talks about the weirdness of going back after living out whole lifetimes within BG3.

"I guess it would be that we just don't know how to make a bad game." - The Poncle team if they were ever hypothetically asked about their one weakness (This is not a real quote, I am just gassing them up).

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We cover a lot of ground in this episode, as we finally reconvene to talk about that really good Star Fox movie hidden inside a kind of mediocre sugar rush of a Mario sequel film.

Buzz has also been living a cozy experience on a low stakes island with a cast of colorful characters. Sound familiar? Well it shouldn't, because it's not Animal Crossing or Pokopia, it's Tomodachi Life™: Living the Dream for Nintendo Switch. It's kind of like watching TV, except you have to generate the cast and give them a lot of direction, but at least they have literally zero filters.

But the real one to write home about has been a wholly new IP from Capcom: Pragmata. It's not a sad dad game, but you do have to contend with the robots from that awful Will Smith movie (which one am I right?). Bonus points for the child android not being horribly annoying.

By the way, here's that Star Fox animated series we were talking about:

https://www.youtube.com/c/AFoxinSpace

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We at one point compare it to the adult entertainment industry, and it makes a lot of sense in context, and for that I am feeling really proud.

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It's a real potpourri of topics since it's that quiet period between big monthly releases, but at least we'll always have Mahjong.

We also get a bit topical and talk about the mass layoff at Epic, the Sony console price hikes, and the upcoming (and by now screening in theaters) "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie" which I feel the need to quote because anytime the literal word movie is in the title it just feels wrong grammatically.

Under no circumstances should you copy a Mahjong card.

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That was a lie. As it turns out, he was not having a blast.

Also, in before even more drama with Pearl Abyss surfaces around things like undisclosed AI inclusion, the rancid control scheme (RIP M&K players), and the ongoing conga line of bugs and crashes. You just know there's more to come.

Oh, and pour one out for anyone on an base PS5 or Xbox Series S, you definitely deserved better.