8-4 Play 1/2/2026: BALL DROPPIN' NEW YEAR'S FREE-FOR-ALL
8-4 Play
8-4, Ltd.
4.6 • 745 Ratings
🗓️ 2 January 2026
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Friend of the show and former EGM editor Che Chou joins us to ring in 2026 with another freeform Q&A ep fueled by bourbon and filled with New Year's resolutions, holiday memories, GOTY talk, and Cybermorph. HNY!
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11:40 – Listener Questions
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| 0:00.0 | Goalwool-Wa-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-4 play podcast, your first only place for talk about Japan and games and Japanese games. |
| 0:43.7 | That's right. |
| 0:44.3 | This episode recorded definitely in 2026 and not banked. |
| 0:49.3 | It's a great year. |
| 0:50.0 | Feel that new year. |
| 0:50.9 | Not banked pre-Christmas 2025. |
| 0:53.3 | Absolutely. |
| 1:11.1 | All the crazy stuff that's happened the last two weeks since we recorded that last podcast. Oh my gosh. Maybe we'll get into some of that later. But before that, New Year's resolutions, everyone. Mine is no more nicknames. What? Gabe Dalyone. |
| 1:29.1 | It's a new day. It's a new year. Oh, my goodness. What is your New Year's resolution? My New Year's resolution. Put nicknames back. I was going to say play Claire obscure and actually see if I ended. Didn't you do that over the break last week? Yeah, I thought that's what you were going to focus on. No, instead I got lost in an analog 3D hole. |
| 1:29.9 | Oh. |
| 1:30.4 | Oh. |
| 1:31.1 | What were you playing? |
| 1:29.1 | Uh, Didn't you do that over the break last week? Yeah, I thought that's what you were going to focus on. No, instead I got lost in an analog 3D hole. |
| 1:29.9 | Oh. |
| 1:43.6 | Oh. What were you playing? Goemond, too, I think, is the... I forget what the full title name is. Yeah, we know what you mean. Oh, yeah. That's deep cut. Yeah. It's a good game. Battle for Naboo. Jet Force Gemini or this is called Star Twins |
| 1:45.4 | here in Japan. |
| 1:47.1 | Ooh, la la. |
| 1:47.7 | Ooh. game? Battle for Nabu. Oh. Jet Force Gemini or this is called Star Twins here in Japan. |
| 1:47.1 | Ooh, la la. |
| 1:48.4 | That thing's great. |
| 1:49.8 | I'm glad I impulse bought it at 1 a.m. |
| 1:53.0 | Tina Carter, your New Year's resolutions. |
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