

Call Me By Your Game
Conner McCabe
a nostalgic video game podcast
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Jan 6, 2023 • 31min
Preview: co-op Ep.30 - God of War: Ragnarok
Enjoy this 30 minute preview of our recent thorough discussion about God of War: Rangarok for co-op Episode 30. If you'd like to hear the rest of this episode and all 29 other panel episodes you can support us at the $10 DJ Toad Tier at our Patreon HERE. Thanks for listening!
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Ragnarok is here and boy is it far more cozy than we expected! Today marks the 30th deep dive co-op episode from Call Me By Your Game as we follow up last December's episode on God of War (2018) to discuss the sequel to that masterpiece, God of War: Ragnarok (2022). All of your favorite characters from both the 2018 game and co-op Episode 18 return as your host Conner McCabe is joined by Matt Apodaca of Get Played, Mike Christian of being a sweetie, and Nick Costanza from Reactivaders. Enjoy this deep dive on one of the best games from 2022 and in recent memory.
Show Notes
Matt Apodaca - Get Played podcast - Instagram - Twitter
Mike Christian - Dinosaur Portals series - Twitter
Nick Costanza - Reactivaders podcast - Twitter
Conner McCabe – Twitter – twitch.tv/conziscool69
Produced by Jeremy Schmidt – Video Games: a Comedy Show - Twitter
Call Me By Your Game – Instagram – Twitter – YouTube
Super NPC Radio – Patreon – Twitter – Instagram – Twitch

Jan 4, 2023 • 1h 12min
Ep.145 - Final Fantasy X with Lily Du
Blitzball baby. Sometimes what brings you back to a game is the weird sports tactics game inside of said massive JRPG. Today the host of Dirty Laundry on Dropout.tv Lily Du joins Conner to discuss her time with Final Fantasy X (2001). On this one Lily recalls tumbling grade goals set by her parents, remembers obsessing over a text based MMORPG, and tells the tales of Blitzball glory.
Show Notes
Lily Du - Dirty Laundry on Dropout.tv - Twitter
Conner McCabe – Twitter – twitch.tv/conziscool69
Produced by Jeremy Schmidt – Video Games: a Comedy Show - Twitter
Call Me By Your Game – Instagram – Twitter – YouTube
Super NPC Radio – Patreon – Twitter – Instagram – Twitch

Dec 28, 2022 • 1h 41min
Ep.144 - The Last of Us with Jon Mackey
Warning: do not play this game alone in the dark unless you want to be super emotional and have your eyes opened by the power of storytelling! Today Conner is joined by 1/4 of comedy team Big Grande and director extraordinaire Jon Mackey to chat about his time with The Last of Us (2013). Jon talks with Conner about a very Sega Christmas from his childhood, remembers seeing Conner's former residence and how shocking it was, and reminisces about going into The Last of Us knowing very little lead to a great surprise.
Show Notes
Jon Mackey - Big Grande - Twitter - Twitch - Instagram
Conner McCabe – Twitter – twitch.tv/conziscool69
Produced by Jeremy Schmidt – Video Games: a Comedy Show - Twitter
Call Me By Your Game – Instagram – Twitter – YouTube
Super NPC Radio – Patreon – Twitter – Instagram – Twitch

Dec 21, 2022 • 1h 6min
Ep.143 - Banjo Kazooie with Shaan Baig
Younger siblings who had to wait years to even touch a controller, your time is now! Today Conner is joined by hilarious comedian by day and dentist by night Shaan Baig to hear about his time with Rare's legendary mascot platformer Banjo Kazooie (1998). Shaan talks about playing games in his room during family gatherings, having an older brother to usher in pop culture, and shares an all-time great story on this podcast.
Show Notes
Shaan Baig - Instagram - Twitter - TikTok - The Bollywood Boys podcast - UCB Maude Night
Conner McCabe – Twitter – twitch.tv/conziscool69
Produced by Jeremy Schmidt – Video Games: a Comedy Show - Twitter
Call Me By Your Game – Instagram – Twitter – YouTube
Super NPC Radio – Patreon – Twitter – Instagram – Twitch

Dec 14, 2022 • 1h 29min
Ep.142 - Fable II with Derek Mari
Modestans unite! Today Conner is joined by writer/director/comedian/sweetie pie Derek Mari to discuss his time with Fable II (2008). On this episode Derek discusses a sick gaming chair, roaming around the opening area of Kingdom Hearts, and finding a game and diving into it in a deep way.
Show Notes
Derek Mari - Vimeo - The Agenda show - Instagram - Twitter
Conner McCabe – Twitter – twitch.tv/conziscool69
Produced by Jeremy Schmidt – Video Games: a Comedy Show - Twitter
Call Me By Your Game – Instagram – Twitter – YouTube
Super NPC Radio – Patreon – Twitter – Instagram – Twitch

Dec 7, 2022 • 1h 27min
Ep.141 - The Sims (2000) with Nicole Villela
Woohoo, keep an eye on the oven of this episode, we don't want to burn the house down! Today comedian and social media wizard Nicole Villela stops by to discuss her time with the first in the iconic The Sims (2000) franchise. On this one Nicole discusses finding old Kablam toys from McDonalds, reminisces bringing CD-Rom games to play at her dad's work as a kid, and sharing the experience of The Sims alongside her sister.
Show Notes
Nicole Villela - Tiktok - Instagram
Conner McCabe – Twitter – twitch.tv/conziscool69
Produced by Jeremy Schmidt – Video Games: a Comedy Show - Twitter
Call Me By Your Game – Instagram – Twitter – YouTube
Super NPC Radio – Patreon – Twitter – Instagram – Twitch

Nov 30, 2022 • 1h 33min
co-op Ep.29 - The Last Guardian with Jacob Geller and Courtney Vineys
Animal lovers (and people with souls) beware, this game will touch your heart. On the 29th co-op edition of Call Me By Your Game we discuss The Last Guardian, the 3rd and most recent game from creator Fumito Ueda (Ico, Shadow of the Colossus) following a boy who befriends a giant bird/dog/cat mammal creature. Conner is joined by voice actor of Dusa and Aphrodite from Hades in Courtney Vineys and video essayist and contributor to the MinnMax podcast, Jacob Geller.
The co-op editions of the podcast are normally monthly exclusive episodes available on our Patreon. If you enjoyed what you heard on this one please consider supporting us at the $10 DJ Toad Tier to get this sort of thing monthly plus a ton of additional bonus podcasts frequently.
Show Notes
Jacob Geller - YouTube - Twitter - The MinnMax podcast
Courtney Vineys - Twitch - Twitter
Conner McCabe – Twitter – twitch.tv/conziscool69
Produced by Jeremy Schmidt – Video Games: a Comedy Show - Twitter
Call Me By Your Game – Instagram – Twitter – YouTube
Super NPC Radio – Patreon – Twitter – Instagram – Twitch

Nov 23, 2022 • 1h 26min
Ep.140 - Oblivion: The Elder Scrolls IV with Will Evans
Did you hear about this podcast because of Toonami? Well, join the club! Today on the podcast Conner is joined by filmmaker and former Arizonan Will Evans to discuss his relationship with The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006). On this one Will reminisces about his first job at a movie theater to buy an Xbox 360 to play Oblivion, the depth and character of the game, and talks about a recent revelation regarding a summer film camp and former guest of Call Me By Your Game.
Show Notes
Will Evans - Instagram - Twitter - Website
Conner McCabe – Twitter – twitch.tv/conziscool69
Produced by Jeremy Schmidt – Video Games: a Comedy Show - Twitter
Call Me By Your Game – Instagram – Twitter – YouTube
Super NPC Radio – Patreon – Twitter – Instagram – Twitch

Nov 16, 2022 • 1h 24min
Ep.139 - Top Ten Favorite Games Of All Time
We have a banger for you today folks. Conner McCabe celebrates his birthday as we discuss our top ten games of all time.
For more information about us, please check out our Patreon: patreon.com/supernpcradio
Conner McCabe: @conner_mccabe
Jeremy Schmidt: @ocarinaofcrime
July Diaz: @julydiaz
Tao Yang: @tyang209

Nov 9, 2022 • 1h 25min
Ep.138 - Anachronox with Nick Park
If Blade Runner was funny and had an active time battle system then it would certainly be the game of focus for today's episode, Anachronox (2001) that contemporary lovely gent Nick Park brought on to discuss. On this one Nick talks with Conner about transforming a crawl space into a cool basement, building PCs before it was cool, and secret rooms revealed via faux bookshelves.
Show Notes
Nick Park - Instagram - Twitter
Conner McCabe – Twitter – twitch.tv/conziscool69
Produced by Jeremy Schmidt – Video Games: a Comedy Show - Twitter
Call Me By Your Game – Instagram – Twitter – YouTube
Super NPC Radio – Patreon – Twitter – Instagram – Twitch


