SUPERJUMP Podcast

Midjump: Spoop Zone

When the beasties come out, when dark magic turns the hands of nature's clock, when you feel someone watching you but can't tell why, when, frankly, you'd rather be focused on Super Mario Odyssey than Halloween, you know you've entered... THE SPOOP ZONE!!

In this special episode of the Midjump, Mitchell reads scary stories of three Super Jump Podcast listeners from when they were most frightened playing video games. Join him as he explores some of the spoopiest moments in gaming if you dare!

Episode 7: Walking (Simulators) on Sunshine

Walking simulators. Mitchell quite enjoys them, James is hesitant about them. Are they even games? Is that question even worth asking? Will walking simulators influence the design of other games? Have we already seen them influence other games? Mitchell and James thread the needle between and actually answering those questions and not talking about them in this week's Super Jump Podcast.

Midjump 1: Review of the Pokémon Champions Pitch

Let's have a midjump! Ever think to yourself that you LOVE the Super Jump Podcast, but you DON'T love how infrequently it comes out? Well, what if I told you that you can HAVE more of it?! Yes, now Mitchell will be producing little "Midjumps" between main episodes of the Super Jump Podcast. This time, Mitchell talks with general good person, Jeff Onan, about Mitchell's article, A Mitch Pitch for Switch: Pokémon Champions, and how the two worked together to develop a pitch for a new, fully-featured Pokémon game. Take a listen as two adult men awkwardly compliment each other for a full hour!

Episode 6: James' Odyssey to Nintendo Australia

Odyssalia? Austrodyssey? Look man, these little blurbs are tough. You think I can come up with new material every week?! Here's the deal: James went to Nintendo Australia to enjoy an extended Super Mario Odyssey play session. What was it like? How does Nintendo Australia differ from its Japanese and American headquarters? Do their toilets flush the opposite way? All of these answers and more (except that last one) in this half-month's Super Jump Podcast.

Episode 5: With Hyle Russell (DK Vine)

Mitchell and James got a big lonely, so they asked for some help for this episode. Hyle Russell from off of DK Vine joins the Brothers Jump for their first interview episode to discuss what it's like to run a video game fansite in 2017, how it feels to work on something for almost two decades, and possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russian hackers. Nothing but the best for listeners of the Super Jump Podcast.

Episode 4: Reinvention and Rejuvenation

Mickey and Jimmy are back at it again with the Mega Bounce Talk Show. This week, we're all talking all about reinventing. What happens when a franchise takes an about-face and recontextualizes everything you thought you knew about it? When is it a bad thing to do and when is it good? All this and more, right here on the Super Jump Podcast.

Episode 3: By the Mania, For the Mania

We have a fever - a Sonic... Mania. That would be better if it was called Sonic Fever, huh? Listen to our deceptively polite argument over whether we think Sonic Mania is the best Sonic game of all time or just another average game to add to the pile. There's heroes on both sides of this episode of the Super Jump Podcast.

Episode 2: Remakes, Remasters, and Ports

There are a lot of remakes in the world of games. Because of the sharp incline in power of games consoles over the last three decades or so, games are much more prone to be remade than other forms of intertainment. Is this good? Bad? Does it matter? How should a remake be and how can it be done well? All of these questions and more are answered in this second(ish) episode of The Super Jump Podcast.

Episode 1: A Year in Mid-Review

In this inaugural episode of The Super Jump Podcast, Mitchell Wolfe and James Burns discuss some of our favorite news to come out of this year’s E3, we try to decide whether this year is one of the greatest years for gaming ever or just “pretty good,” and we accidentally spend about ten minutes talking about the Sonic the Hedgehog universe. You know, typical video game podcast things.