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Jon's Genre Smash: Bad Games from Good Developers

February 16, 2026 • Michael Underscore, ShadoSpartan, Nickell, and Jon Powell • Season 4 • Episode 22

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Time Pals co-host Jon Powell spun the roulette wheel and chose chaos.

This week, the Time Pals present “Jon’s Genre Smash: Bad Games from Good Developers.”

For every legendary studio with wall-to-wall hits… there’s that one game. The one that makes you stare at the screen and whisper, “How?”

From a roulette wheel with 30 possible game developers, the Time Pals gambled their sanity on absolute disasters. We’re talking buggy launches, broken mechanics, rage-inducing design, and the kind of choices that make you question everything.

We’re looking at the worst games from studios that should have known better — because sometimes even the GOATs drop a steaming pile.

The episode is available everywhere you get your podcasts.

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