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The Midnight Release

Chase, Austin, & Friends

A nostalgic, late-night rewind through the golden age of gaming, pop culture, and friendship. Join Chase and Austin every week as they relive GameStop midnight launches, classic console wars, and the games and nostalgia that shaped us.

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Episodes

62 episodes

  1. Episode 53 - The Legend Never Ends | Nintendo's Next Chapter 1:26:44
  2. Midnight Reflections - The Sixth Sense | The Music That Makes Us Feel 29:51
  3. Episode 52 - One Year Later | A Midnight Release Retrospective 1:30:45
  4. Episode 51 - The Death of the Shopping Trip | The Stores We Grew Up In 1:29:43
  5. Episode 50 - Anime Unlocked | When Anime Took Over 1:48:59
  6. Episode 49 - Action Packed | What the Hell is an Action Game? 1:31:46
  7. Episode 48 - A Whole New World | The Disney Classics That Shaped a Generation 1:23:09
  8. Episode 47 - Console Wars Reloaded | The Battle Continues 1:39:17
  9. Episode 46 - When Weekends Hit Different | Before the Notifications 1:31:37
  10. Episode 45 - Dragon Ball That Started it All | From Toonami to the Spirit Bomb 1:31:27
  11. Episode 44 - Summer Blockbusters | When the Movies Became the Event 1:25:59
  12. Episode 43 - The Disney Download | Everything Announced at D23 2026 1:29:20
  13. Midnight Reflections - It's Okay to Say it Hurts | On Pain, Resilience & Letting People In 34:33
  14. Episode 42 - The Backlog Never Sleeps | When Your Wishlist Attacks 1:24:29
  15. Episode 41 - Legendary Childhood Debates | The Arguments That Never Really Ended 1:20:48
  16. Midnight Reflections - Collect Memories, Not Things? | Why Collectibles, Physical Media, and Nostalgia Matter More Than Ever 32:45
  17. Episode 40 - Peak Cinematic Throwbacks | The Movies We Grew Up With 1:24:04
  18. Episode 39 - Cheat Codes & Urban Legends | The Secrets We Swore Were Real 1:13:33
  19. Episode 38 - The Hall of Fame Argument | Settling the GOAT Debates 2:19:41
  20. Episode 37 - Three Perfect Chapters | The Art of the Movie Trilogy 1:40:14
  21. Episode 36 - One More Quarter...or Swipe | From Arcades to Barcades 1:06:42
  22. Midnight Reflections - When a Number Becomes a Story | The Meaning We Give to Coincidence 29:59
  23. Episode 35 - Previously On... | The Shows we Planned Our Week Around 1:03:18
  24. Episode 34 - You Had to Be There | General 90s & 00s Nostalgia 1:16:55
  25. Midnight Reflections - Paternal Passions | Finding What We Love and Passing It On 29:34
  26. Episode 33 - I Think We're Back | Sony State of Play, Summer Game Fest, Xbox Showcase, Nintendo Direct 1:50:48
  27. Episode 32 - Press Start to Watch | The Evolution of Video Game Movies 1:15:26
  28. Midnight Reflections - 1998 Changed Everything 27:17
  29. Episode 31 - Page 72 for Nostalgia 1:16:52
  30. Episode 30 - Roll for Nostalgia 1:20:33
  31. Episode 29 - Remembering the Burns and Skips 1:17:16
  32. Episode 28 - Audio Memory Unlocked 1:14:20
  33. Episode 27 - Heroes in the Shadows 1:26:24
  34. Episode 26 - In Our Hands 1:15:32
  35. Episode 25 - Before it Was Cool 1:02:14
  36. Episode 24 - Licensed to Play 1:09:32
  37. Episode 23 - Lag is Not an Excuse 1:19:31
  38. Episode 22 - Low Hype, High Impact 1:15:27
  39. Episode 21 - When Heroes Ruled the Box Office 1:28:58
  40. Episode 20 - Crowded but Worth It 1:16:01
  41. Episode 19 - From Midnight Lines to Empty Stores 1:10:12
  42. Episode 18 - Evolution Complete 1:16:34
  43. Episode 17 - Please Insert Disc Two 1:10:42
  44. Episode 16 - Icons Never Fade 1:23:54
  45. Episode 15 - From Power Levels to Life Lessons 1:17:56
  46. Episode 14 - Trading Cards and Terrible Regrets 1:01:19
  47. Episode 2.5 - The Console Wars: Player Two 54:18
  48. Episode 13 - The Lost Art of Browsing 1:04:55
  49. Episode 12 - Retro Resurrections 1:09:17
  50. Episode 1.5 - Midnight at Gamestop: Second Shift 57:56