Mario's Minute

Hosted by MrMario2011

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Oct 2026

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MrMario2011 talks about life, the universe, and anything else on his mind in Mario's Minute. Occasionally with friends. Join us.

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October 28, 2026Episode 1071 hr 8 min

Mario's Minute 106 - XBOX LABS Joins in the Decomp & Recomp Craze

Just a couple of topics for this month's Mario's Minute episode, but here we discuss the theater as well as XBOX's latest creative announcement being XBOX LABS! We talk about the un-unreleased film Coyote vs. ACME hitting theaters and my experience with it. Additionally, with all of the craze surrounding decomplications and recompilations of games, a surprise announcement came out from Team XBOX in the form of XBOX LABS. I share my thoughts on XBOX LABS opening up, as well as my opinions on the current landscape of decomps and recomps we're seeing.

September 30, 2026Episode 1061 hr 10 min

Mario's Minute 105 - Wiping Old Drives and XBOX's Disc to Digital Program

Old drives with sensitive data get poked at! A fan gets met in the wild! Switch 2 gets VRR in docked mode! OG Xbox games get officially emulated on PC and XBOX discs are frisbee shaped license activators now! Read all about it! Or, well, listen to it here on this month's episode of Mario's Minute! That's it for the description news blast. Enjoy a game store story at the end as well.

August 26, 2026Episode 1051 hr 15 min

Mario's Minute 104 - Doomscroll Free Days and Happily, Healthily Gaming

In a world full of scrolling, I'm stopping! Well, at least taking a day here and there to stop doing so. In this episode I talk about planned "Scroll Free Days" I've recently been exercising, and with that has come some pleasantly surprising health related bonuses tied to gaming! The thing that was destined to ruin our brains has been better to me than the information overload algorithm machines. Enjoy some chatter about anti-scrolling measures, more gaming, modding rants, and some new jailbreaking experiences! Please step over the DVDs on the floor, thank you.

July 29, 2026Episode 1041 hr 16 min

Mario's Minute 103 - Sony Hoped We Would Have Stopped Talking About PlayStation Discs by Now

You know? I'm going to be honest, I knew Sony already knew going in that announcing PlayStation disc production ending wouldn't go over well, but I don't think they expected people would STILL be talking about this in droves even a month later. So why not join back into the conversation? I've still got stuff to say, and new examples! You will own nothing and like it! Oh, also, while I've got you here... Would you happen to know where my friend's house is? My phone died.

June 24, 2026Episode 1031 hr 14 min

Mario's Minute 102 - Cloud Versions in Gaming are a Thunderstorm of Failure

In this episode of "You Will Own Nothing and Like It" I discuss my thoughts around the Kingdom Hearts games releasing natively on Switch 2! Oh, but what about those Cloud Versions of Kingdom Hearts that released on Switch? Gone, gone, just gone, but the paid testers get 50% off the Switch 2 releases! I also discuss the observations I've seen with more people going physical with the Switch 2 and why that might be. Keep listening for a game store story and more!

May 27, 2026Episode 10255 min

Mario's Minute 101 - Mixtape is as Good as Forza Horizon 6?

Mostly a single topic episode here, talking about reactions as well as my thoughts to the recently released game Mixtape. This indie game dropped to incredibly high accolades, with the most notable one being IGN's 10/10 review of it. The same month as Forza Horizon 6 releasing, which also got 10/10 ratings across the board, including from IGN! Is the game that good? Is the review system broken? Well... I guess we have a lot to discuss here about it!

April 29, 2026Episode 1011 hr 10 min

Mario's Minute 100 - We made it to 100 episodes! Let's talk about this podcast's origins.

We're going meta for this episode of Mario's Minute! No, not Meta, I mean meta. I didn't ever think we'd get to 100 episodes, not even anywhere close, but here we are! That alone is worth talking about, so that's a large chunk of this episode. This also features a baby squirrel, performative gaming, an alcohol infused game store story, and lots of Grand Theft Auto III.

March 25, 2026Episode 1001 hr 18 min

Mario's Minute 099 - Discussing the Easiest Consoles to Mod

A bit of a soloish topic episode for a solo episode of Mario's Minute, with a vast majority of this one being my thoughts over the easiest and most accessible systems to mod. If you've wondered where my rankings might be, why I consider them in what order, or might be looking for some recommendations then this might be the discussion to tune-in for! Oh yeah, we also had to get a bit of a dramatic game store story in here as well.

February 25, 2026Episode 9956 min

Mario's Minute 098 - Bluepoint Games Closure & Bad Decisions from Bad Data

Game developer studios closing, everything is an Xbox, good decisions from bad data turning into bad decisions, fake expert posturing, and some game store stories all on this month's episode of Mario's Minute! Hang out, tune in, and have some fun.

January 28, 2026Episode 981 hr 7 min

Mario's Minute 097 - MacBook Repair Pains & Rediscovering My Love for Horror Games

New year, new episode of Mario's Minute to kick off 2026! I talk a bit about my misadventures in MacBook repair, a questionable trend I'm seeing in people forgetting to provide required information with troubleshooting, and a whole lot of spooky video game talk. Oh, and get ready for some Modern Warfare 2 (2009) game shop stories.