Manhunt 2 and Other Games (Ft. Darcy Smith)

Thumb Cramps

Sanspants Radio

Comedy, Video Games, Leisure

4.9 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2026

⏱️ 106 minutes

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This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s 92ne. Hmmmm. 92ne is the month where Thumb Cramps looks at 2000s video games and to help them celebrate such an important moment in gaming they’re joined by 9une co-creator Darcy Smith to look at Manhunt 2 for the Nintendo Wii, Mr. Driller 2 for the Game Boy Advance and Collecting Pokemon Cards for Real Life. Plus actual video game journalism discussing sequel-itis and the relation between an upcoming video game release and the global economy. Thumb Cramps can be anything.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Sans Pants Network.
0:07.0	Like it possibly, you're wrong.
0:08.7	Nineune.
0:09.7	Hmm.
0:10.9	Nightoon.
0:13.1	Hmm.
0:15.0	You're listening to Thumb cramps.
0:18.1	A shishish show for those whose thumbs are cracr cramping.
0:24.4	Hey, everyone, and welcome to this very prestigious episode of Thumb Cramps, a video game review podcast for everyone whose thumbs are cramping.
0:33.2	I'm Joel.
0:33.8	I'm Jackson.
0:34.5	And today, to celebrate 9-un, no.
0:37.7	No, no, no, no, no. No, no.
0:38.0	No, no.
0:38.1	No, no. No, no. They sent your granddaddies's nine un. Nine un, which is 90s video games. Yeah, yeah. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, sir, ba. And that's right, pal. This is nine tune. Nine tune, actually. 2000s video games.
0:55.0	Exactly.
0:55.6	And it kind of works,
0:56.9	you know,
0:57.2	in a double sense.
0:58.0	Yes. This is nine tune. Nine tune, actually. 2000s video games. Exactly. And it kind of works, you know, in a double sense, but it's also the second nine. There's a lot to love here. There is so many things. It's multi-layered. It's basically like, have you ever seen a man spin this many plates? Yeah, I don't think so. And what if that man was a podcast and that podcast was thumb cramps? And the number of plates was two. And obviously, to celebrate Nyn Tune, we had to be joined by the innovator of Nynoon. It's Darcy Smith. Thank you so much for having me back. No, thank you. I think Nynoon and subsequently Nyn tune could have been the best thing I've ever done. I would say, you know, in a way, it's sad for you to have peaked to this earlier. I know. It's sort of like, it kind of casts a shadow over everything I ever have done and will do. Nothing else you come up with. Everybody will say it's great, but I mean, you know. Were you there for 9- un? Exactly. The beautiful relationship I have with my partner, Jess, is now lessened by the... I love her dearly, but she just can't compete. No, well, nothing could. It was Jess and then nine un, and now it's Jess. Or then it became, well, maybe it was 9-Un and then Jess. Now with 9-21.
2:01.7	9-1 on the scene?
2:03.2	And obviously, 2000s video games, that's a lot of years of beautiful gaming.
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