Purely Academic #25 - Metroid Prime 4, Super Robot Wars, Netflix/WB Merger, and Improving Christmas

Fair warning: this month’s episode starts out as a major bummer, what with news of the Netflix/WB merger and the pricing madness around RAM spelling doom for both Hollywood and the gaming industry, topics we dive deep on to make ourselves extremely sad. But once you get past all that, we start having some fun, as Jonathan reviews the flawed but extremely fun Metroid Prime 4: Beyond on Nintendo Switch and Sean talks at length about falling down the Super Robot Wars rabbit hole, which is an absolutely amazing segment. Then we finish things off with a very misanthropic – but very funny – Monthly Ten segment in which Jonathan lists 10 ways to improve Christmas in 2025, most of which involve taking aim at traditions people love. Pa rum pa pum pum. 

Enjoy! 

TIME CHART:

Intro: 0:00:00 – 0:08:50

Netflix/WB Merger: 0:08:50 – 0:26:50

Star Wars News: 0:26:50 – 0:35:45

Steam Machines: 0:35:45 – 0:51:42

RAM Madness: 0:51:42 – 1:14:38

Call of Duty and Game Award News: 1:14:38 – 1:54:35

Metroid Prime 4: 1:54:35 – 2:38:02

Ultraman Cosmos: 2:38:02 – 2:55:00

Super Robot Wars: 2:55:00 – 3:24:04

Monthly Ten: 3:24:04 – 3:52:10

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