Talking to My Boy About Videogames - 23 - Helicopter Parents

Talking to My Boy About Videogames (and Sometimes Movies) is back with a review of the hottest new kids movie of the summer, Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu. Following that, Jonathan gets us back on track with a bit of chat about the newest game in the Yoshi series, Yoshi and the Mysterious Book that takes players back to Yoshi's Island. This episode has minor spoilers for the Mandalorian and Grogu as well as hint-style spoilers for Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. And by the end of the show, will we ever learn what is and is not cute?

0:00:00 - Scanning Your Brain

0:03:10 - The Rise of Skywalker is the Wii U of Star Wars Movies

0:05:00 - The Mandalorian and Grogu Review

0:09:42 - Spoilers for the Mandalorian and Grogu

0:12:25 - Spoilers "End" Here

0:14:53 - Yoshi is a Dinosaur Frog

0:17:14 - Ryan's Podcast Takeover

0:20:14 - How Much Do You Like Yoshi and the Mysterious Book?

0:26:31 - Ribbit

0:29:14 - Nintendo Didn't Have Much Faith in Panel De Pon

0:31:04 - The Continuing Legacy of "Talking to My Boy..."

0:31:40 - The Cute Manipulation

0:35:12 - Podcast Recap/Analysis of the Hutts

0:39:08 - Anyway, Bye Now!

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