Kevin
Kevin is the owner of The Golden Bolt channel on YouTube. He's a boul.
Appears in 72 Episodes
#117 THE Donkey Kong Bananza Spoilercast (with Wayneisboss)
Chris and Kevin are joined by Wayneisboss for THE Donkey Kong Bananza spoilercast. We give some general thoughts up front, and then give a few tiers of spoiler warning...
#115 Revisiting IGN's 2010 Top 100 Video Game Villains List
There is a notorious IGN top 100 list from the year 2010, going over the top video game villains. Some of it is expected. The aliens from Space Invaders. Bowser. Ganon...
#114 Who should revive all of these dead franchises?
In light of the...everything...going on with Microsoft, we wanted to take a more positive spin from it since the negatives have been thoroughly covered by those suited...
#111 What grinds our gears about Mario Kart World
Kevin's been putting some time into Mario Kart World and while he's been enjoying himself, he just can't stop asking why this game has 90% of the design decisions it d...
Two Pokévirgins Watch The First Pokémon Movie
BONUS: Since we had two main Crubcast episodes last week we're skipping one this week to keep our backlog up. Still, we didn't want to not release anything for you tod...
#108 How Japanese games are regaining global influence
In the last few years, we've seen Japanese games regain popularity after a fall starting in the 2000's. We talk through what lead to that fall and recent resurgence in...
#107 On console warriors and fans not knowing what they want
We begin this episode by asking ourselves if we were ever console warriors. We totally never were. That question sent us down a path of examining video game fandom in ...
#106 MRIXRT, Trav, and The Golden Bolt discuss their YouTube careers
Trav, Moriarty, and Kevin sit down and interview each other about their content creation journeys, insights, struggles, and the advice they'd give to anyone looking to...
Reacting to YOUR Switch 2 Hot Takes!
We polled you in our Discord and our BlueSky for YOUR hottest Switch 2 takes, then brought them home to discuss. Let us know how wrong or right we are. Just, if we're ...
#103 We need to talk about game genre names
This was recorded before "frog-type game" or else that could have sustained an hour on its ownMORE PLACES TO FIND USCrubscribe ► https://bit.ly/CrubcastGet the show ea...
#102 Why more gamers are flocking to indies lately
Not to hate on AAA, AA, A, or even AAAA games, but sometimes indie games just do it better. In a time where everything wants our time, experiences that convey an actua...
#101 Bad games we can't help but like
Sometimes you just like a game that no one else likes, but you also can't really explain why. Today we're baring all, and bullying Sean for existing. MORE PLACES TO FI...
#100 OUR 100th EPISODE
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#98 Buy a Switch 2 or buy groceries?
The Switch 2, a powerful 120 FPS screen system with HDR, monkeys, and cows driving go karts. 2025 is truly a new era of gaming. But it doesn't have F-Zero GX ReGeared ...
#93 The great Pokemon language quiz from hell
What is a Snorlax called in Germany? What is a Psyduck in France? What is a Pikachu in India? Instead of asking culturally aware people, Kevin got three white guys tog...
#92 What happens if you drink Olaf?
When Olaf melts and reconstitutes, is it the same Olaf? When you drink Olaf and he reforms later, is THAT the same Olaf? Does he remember that experience, or is he bor...
#90 An argument against faithful remakes
As time goes on, more and more we have to ask ourselves...what is the point of a faithful game remake? When a game can either be ported or entirely transformed with mo...
#88 We put Justin on trial for his crimes
Jtart9 has gotten away with too much for too long. He plays gacha games, has rendezvous with Bernie Sanders, and skips court when he's on trial. We need your help to d...
#87 We Predicted the Year 2025 (Scientifically)
Due to leveling up our crubconsciousness, we have peeked into the far-flung future of December 2025 and looked backward. Combined with rigorous pseudoscientific analys...
#85 Scientifically determining GameCube's BEST game (Part 2)
Last week we scientifically whittled down some of the GameCube's not-best games. This week we're back to finish the job. 2 entire hours of science-backed reasoning, fo...