Pokémon rankings, anime what-ifs and blunt fan verdicts.
Geeks Crossing is a fan-to-fan pop culture podcast, and Pokémon is the franchise Eric keeps coming back to, with side trips into Dragon Ball, Kingdom Hearts and the Fallout TV series. Episodes include game rankings, playthrough recaps, anime what-ifs and a group conversation with Matt, Keith and Nick, and the verdicts are blunt.
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Geeks Crossing is a pop culture podcast where fandom comes with a scorecard. Eric has been coming back to Pokémon for years, and his 30th anniversary episode says so outright. He presents it as a remake of the episode he made for the 25th, and this time he ranks every mainline game from least favorite to favorite. The list pulls no punches. The Hoenn games earn praise for abilities, double battles and contests, and for giving players a real father figure in Norman, but they still miss his top ten. Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon come in at twelve, even as he insists they are not bad games. The what-if is a format Eric has used before. After rewatching the stretch of the Black and White series where Charizard returns to Ash, one of the few parts of that series he has any fondness for, he imagines Charizard staying with Ash into the next series. Then he replays the finals battle by battle. He even reshuffles the opponent's team, adding Malamar and Braviary, and has Weavile freeze Goodra's legs with Ice Beam. His playthrough recaps go into the same detail. FireRed and LeafGreen came to Switch and Switch 2 shortly before Pokémon Day, and Eric walks through his run, including teaching Snorlax the Psychic TM so its Immunity ability protects it from Koga's poison types. He is open about what comes next as well, and admits he is excited but cautious about Gen 10 after Scarlet and Violet. Outside Pokémon, the range gets wider. Eric calls himself a Dragon Ball fanboy through and through, and he lists what he liked about Dragon Ball Daima: Goku mangling a character's name again and again, Goku and Vegeta squabbling over whose turn it is to fight, Bulma's threat to Vegeta, and the fight choreography. He calls his Kingdom Hearts episode years in the making. It ranks the summons from the three numbered games, puts Chicken Little last for struggling against bosses, and explains where to find the Feather Charm that summons Peter Pan. Then the format changes completely. In a talk about the second season of the Fallout series, Matt, Keith and Nick first try to remember when the three of them last recorded together. After that come the finale, the pre-war flashbacks and a look at Vegas in its prime, plus a comparison with the games, where characters who give quests cannot be killed. The tone throughout is casual, jokey and sometimes salty. Eric's sign-offs can borrow from the franchise in question, ending a Dragon Ball episode with a granted wish and a Kingdom Hearts one with a guiding key. For a starting point, 'Eric RANKS The MAINLINE Pokémon Games SO FAR?!!! - Pokémon's 30th Anniversary' shows the solo Pokémon side, and 'What WENT WRONG With Fallout Season 2?!!' shows the group side.
Made for: Suits a listener who enjoys arguing over which Pokémon games deserve a top-ten spot, likes hearing a fan rebuild anime battles move by move, and does not mind casual, sometimes salty talk. It also fits Dragon Ball, Kingdom Hearts and Fallout fans who want opinions rather than news.
What sets it apart: The detail gets very specific, down to TM choices, where to find summons and rewritten battle orders, and Eric's sign-offs borrow lines from whichever franchise is being discussed. Solo fan episodes run alongside a looser group conversation about the Fallout series.
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Ash keeps Charizard, and your inner league strategist gets the rest of the anime to rearrange.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A Charizard what-if turns Ash's later Pokemon journey into a chain of tactical rewrites.
Geeks Crossing frames a familiar Pokemon fan question as a continuity problem: what if Ash Ketchum kept Charizard after Unova and brought it through X and Y, Sun and Moon, and Journeys?
A detailed FireRed replay built around team choices, gym battles, and Eric's easygoing commentary.
Geeks Crossing uses the $20 re-release of Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen on Switch and Switch 2 as a reason to settle into a full FireRed run, not just a quick performance check.
A mainline Pokemon ranking shaped by changed opinions, franchise history, and enduring loyalty to Emerald.
Geeks Crossing uses Pokemon's 30 years as a reason to revisit and reorder the 22 mainline games, with Eric measuring old favorites against changed opinions.
A game-lore-focused Fallout Season 2 debate lands best when it digs into Hank, Mr. House, and the Mysterious Stranger.
Geeks Crossing returns to Fallout Season 2 with Matt, Keith, and Nick weighing the show's ending against the games' own logic and lore. The talk moves through spoiler-heavy season reactions, pre-war flashbacks, Vegas in its prime, Hank's reasons for nuking Shady Sands, and the…
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Geeks Crossing's Eric builds a full Pokemon what-if around Ash Ketchum keeping Charizard after the Black and White series.
["Eric from Geeks Crossing says Game Freak re-released Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen on Switch and Switch 2, with faster saves, near-future Pokemon Home support, and postgame catches such as Ho-Oh, Lugia, and Deoxys.", "He runs a full Kanto playthrough as Red, names his rival Charles, and leans on Charmander, Mankey, Pikachu, Oddish, Drowzee, Eevee-to-Vaporeon, Hypno, Snorlax, Charizard, Raichu, and Vileplume.", "The route covers Brock, Misty, Surge, Erika, Koga, Sabrina, Blaine, Giovanni, the Sevii Islands, and the Elite Four, with specific wins coming from Mankey's Low Kick, Oddish's Bullet Seed, Snorlax's Body Slam, and Vaporeon's Surf.", "The later stretch moves from the Elite Four into the postgame legend hunt, where he catches Suicune, Deoxys, Lugia, and Ho-Oh."]
Eric shares his thoughts on Dragon Ball Daima after watching all 20 episodes, comparing it to Dragon Ball GT and discussing its canonicity.
["Eric from Geeks Crossing uses Pok\u00e9mon's 30th anniversary in 2026 to rank all 22 mainline games, with Emerald ending up at #1.", "He puts Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee at #22 because Pok\u00e9mon Go-style catching replaces normal battle balance and replay value.", "Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, Diamond and Pearl, Yellow, Sun and Moon, Scarlet and Violet, and Red and Blue all fall for specific reasons like missing Sinnoh Pok\u00e9mon, slow pacing, endless cutscenes, glitches, and first-generation bugs.", "The top tier centers on Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver, Legends Arceus, and Emerald, with the Hoenn Battle Frontier, Distortion World, and PokeWalker shaping the final judgment."]
["Geeks Crossing opens with Matt, Keith, and Nick reviewing Fallout Season 2 after watching the finale and warning about spoilers for the show and its lore.", "They praise the set design, prop design, costume design, sound design, and music, but say the writing slips enough that their ratings land around 4.6 to 5 out of 10.", "Their main criticism is that Norm, Lucy, Maximus, Hank, the ghoul, Mr.
A Kingdom Hearts fan ranks and discusses the summons from the three main numbered games, focusing on their usefulness and canonicity.
The hosts discuss their mixed feelings about Pokémon Legends ZA, criticizing its lack of effort and high price while acknowledging some enjoyable mechanics.