God Of War: Sons Of Sparta Review And Spending $99 On Virtual Boy

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🗓️ 21 February 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of our weekly gaming podcast, Game Informer's Kyle Hilliard reviews God of War: Sons of Sparta, a new 2D metroidvania that Mega Cat Studios and Sony Santa Monica released during last week's PlayStation State of Play. Unfortunately, it's an underwhelming title. Kyle then explains why he spent $99 USD on Nintendo's Virtual Boy rerelease and what it's like experiencing the headset's strange catalog of games on the Switch 2.

Later in the show, Eric Van Allen dives into Paranormasight: The Mermaid's Curse, a mystery adventure about a cursed Japanese seaside town that has impressed him. Finally, Alex Van Aken shares his thoughts on the rock-climbing simulator Cairn and how it's an excellent example of how games can uniquely tell stories.

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Jump ahead using these timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
03:31 - God of War: Sons of Sparta Review
17:44 - Nintendo Virtual Boy on Switch 2
30:22 - Paranormasight: The Mermaid's Curse
44:59 - Cairn is Excellent

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome back, everyone to the Game Informer Show, a weekly podcast covering the video game
0:11.5	industry.
0:12.4	Join us every Friday for a discussion about the latest gaming news, reviews, and
0:16.3	exclusive reveals alongside Game Informer staff and special guests from around the industry.
0:21.6	I'm one of your hosts today, Alex Van Aiken, and today I'm joined by Kyle Hilliard.
0:26.3	How you doing, Kyle?
0:27.4	Hey, sleepy.
0:29.2	It's snowing again.
0:30.0	We had a day of warmth, and now it's snowing again.
0:32.9	Yeah, yeah.
0:34.1	You know, we had our first false winter, which one Eric Van Allen will come to learn that we have multiple of those before spring.
0:42.3	What are y'all doing up here?
0:43.9	What are y'all?
0:44.9	This is crazy.
0:46.0	This is wild.
0:47.3	This is.
0:47.7	I think last year I counted three false springs last year before we finally hit real spring.
0:53.8	It's a false spring like like for a moment
0:56.3	the weather's like oh yeah taste you get like a little tease you like sun well back to darkness
1:02.5	you like going outside without a jacket on well too bad you almost thought i'll take it with
1:08.0	vitamin d gummies and now right back to them. Yeah, you know,
1:12.6	it's a respite. So I'll take it. Yes, exactly. Yeah. You just embrace it. That's what you do.
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