This week we're Just Communicating about Mobile Suit Gundam Wing with Rob!

Recommendations:

• Rob: Digimon Story: Time Stranger
• Bluzo: The Doll and Kigu Jam
• TK: Pico-8

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:53) - Community Updates
• (01:19) - Peer Pressure
• (01:34) - Sneaki Peeki
• (03:23) - Channel Highlight: It's Media! > Anime and Manga
• (04:26) - Gundam Wing: Non-spoilers
• (04:44) - What is Gundam, anyway?
• (10:00) - Our experiences with Gundam, starting with Bluzo
• (11:06) - Rob's Gundam History
• (14:27) - TK's Dark History
• (16:48) - Gundam Wing Impressions
• (19:02) - Gundam Wing hits different
• (19:26) - Super robot show vs real robot show
• (23:14) - SPOILERS AHEAD!
• (23:42) - s Counterattack spoilers!
• (25:58) - There's going to be nuts in this
• (27:07) - An attempt to lay out the plot of Gundam Wing
• (30:27) - Lady Une appreciation hour
• (32:31) - Dorothy appreciation hour
• (33:02) - Dorothy and Relena
• (34:24) - Messy motivations
• (37:56) - Favorite characters
• (38:08) - Rob: Dorothy and Quatre
• (43:42) - Psychics?!
• (47:03) - Holding out for a Heero
• (48:25) - Duo Maxwelll appreciation hour
• (51:03) - Trowa literally joins a circus
• (51:35) - Quatre is somehow the most level headed
• (54:48) - Heero's conclusion
• (57:38) - The ol' "bring back the first OP" trick
• (59:07) - They don't make them like this anymore
• (01:01:59) - Bluzo's joke
• (01:03:48) - The very long road to the Gundam Team
• (01:05:45) - Favorite mobile suits
• (01:09:53) - Frozen Teardrop?
• (01:11:29) - One last thing
• (01:13:56) - Turn A when?
• (01:14:45) - Wait wait wait. Treize gang!
• (01:17:56) - Recommendations
• (01:18:06) - Rob: Digimon Story: Time Stranger
• (01:22:50) - Bluzo: The Doll and Kigu Jam
• (01:23:39) - TK: Pico-8
• (01:25:35) - Outro

We know you''re drowning in GOTY content from last week and this week, so we've got a short and sweet episode for you this week looking back on 2025 and forward to 2026!

Recommendations:

• Bluzo: Innioasis Y1 MP3 Player
• Jared: Q-Up! Workout
• TK: Download and learn tools early for the game jam!

Thank you so much for joining us for a wonderful 2025. We appreciate each and every one of you.

Guest appearances by:

• Goose
• GJ
• Phil
• Zeno
• Rob
• Jordan
• Tubbycustard
• Matt
• Scout
• Mike
• Rinoa
• Kit
• AJ
• Zetto
• Katie
• Chase
• Amet
• Brendon

Our Top 15 Games:
Bluzo:

• Game 5
• Game 4
• Game 3
• Game 2
• Game of the Year

Jared:

• Game 5
• Game 4
• Game 3
• Game 2
• Game of the Year

TK

• Doom Mod of the Year
• Kei Truck of the Year
• Overanimation of the Year
• Musical Moment of the Year
• Game of the Year

• (00:00) - Intro
• (07:10) - GJ: Top 5 Actual Play Podcasts
• (09:47) - Phil Bothun: Top 5 Things in 2025
• (13:41) - Goose: Top 5 Media experiences of 2025
• (17:09) - Zeno: Top 5 Birds of 2025
• (21:33) - Bluzo's 5th Game of the Year
• (26:34) - Jared's 5th Game of the Year
• (33:24) - TK's Doom Mod of the Year
• (38:09) - Rob K: 100 Line Spoilers: Top 5 games that do it better
• (40:11) - Jmackerl: Top 5 Playdate games of 2025
• (45:48) - TubbyCustard: Social gaming experiences of 2025
• (49:38) - Matt: Top 5 Discord Bits
• (50:43) - Bluzo's 4th Game of the Year
• (59:23) - Jared's 4th Game of the Year
• (01:02:43) - TK's Kei Truck of the Year
• (01:06:02) - Scout's Top 5 of 2025
• (01:10:34) - Mike's Fridge Magnets of the Year
• (01:14:01) - Rinoa: Top 5 Whims of the Year
• (01:18:16) - Kit's Top 5 Games of 2025
• (01:21:55) - Bluzo's 3rd Game of the Year
• (01:26:12) - Jare's 3rd Game of the Year
• (01:31:55) - TK's Over-Animation of the Year
• (01:37:02) - Zetto: Top 5 Akira Kurosawa Films
• (01:42:00) - Katie: Top 5 Things Grown in the Garden
• (01:43:37) - AJ's Top 5 Things That are Normally Cut Out of Recordings
• (01:45:37) - Bluzo's 2nd Game of the Year
• (01:51:32) - Jared's 2nd Game of the Year
• (01:58:51) - TK's Best Musical Moment of the Year
• (02:05:24) - Amet: Top 5 books
• (02:07:35) - Chase: Top 5 Manga
• (02:13:55) - Brendon's Top 5 Recipes of 2025
• (02:16:01) - Bluzo's Honorable Mentions
• (02:18:21) - Bluzo's Game of the Year
• (02:35:22) - Jared's Game of the Year
• (02:46:20) - TK's Game of the Year
• (02:52:44) - Bluzo's Top 5 Comics of 2025
• (02:55:44) - Jared's Top 5 Books to Read to His Kid
• (02:59:35) - TK's Top 5 Dale Coopers
• (03:02:30) - Outro