In which we discuss:   
 
PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE LOST CROWN,

News: 

Unity tries to mount its redemption arc,

Nintendo v. PALWORLD,

Majima goes sailing,

and Maxis says the quiet part out loud,

Also:  

STEAMWORLD: BUILD,

CASTLEVANIA ADVANCE COLLECTION,

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Bluesky

In which we discuss:   
 
GALAXY BURGER,  

News: 

RIP CONCORD,  

Also:  
WORLD OF WARCRAFT: THE WAR WITHIN, 
CASTLEVANIA DOMINUS COLLECTION, 
Bob's Burgers, 
and regional Midwest burgers toppings

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Bluesky

In which we discuss:

V RISING

News:
A new Assassin's Creed steps out of the Shadows, 
another challenger steps to The Sims throne, 
and Creative Assembly may have found their next license. 

Also:
VAMPIRE SURVIVORS: OPERATION GUNS 
And whither Patreon?

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Bluesky

In which we discuss:

HYLICS

News:
Microsoft joins in the studio killing spree,
and Kaizen Game Works announces their next game

Also:
PROJECT ZOMBOID,
HADES II,
MINECRAFT,
and horse hockey

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In which we discuss:

INDIANA JONES GREATEST ADVENTURES

News:
ESCAPE FROM TARKOV tries to ESCAPE FROM contractual obligation
and HELLDIVERS 2? more like HELL-Steam-review-score-DIVERS 2 

Quiz:
Where in the world is PSN?

Also:
PROJECT ZOMBOID
Unfrosted
and whither Early Access?

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In which we discuss:

THE SABOTEUR (2009)

News:
Steam codifies "Advanced Access"
7 DAYS TO DIE, but 7 years in early access

Also:
HAROLD HALIBUT
Chicken nuggets
Tijuana bibles
and Ace Ventura: Ace Attorney

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In which we discuss:

UMURANGI GENERATION,

News:

The Embracer Group becomes the Triforce of intellectual property,
CITIES: SKYLINES II begins its redemption arc,

Also:
FALLOUT 76,
STELLAR BLADE,
and SPIRIT CITIES: LOFI SESSIONS

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In which we discuss:

BATTLEZONE 98 REDUX,

News:

Blizzard and NetEase "piña colada song" themselves,
and Sega is a bad dad,

Quiz:
The licensed games of the PS2,

Also:
CRYING SUNS
FALLOUT: FALLEN LONDON
and does Harry Potter believe in evolution?

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Featuring:

What do you eat in Perfect 24?
Where are the hangs in war-torn France?
Who is FINAL FANTASY X-2 for?

Also:
More HELLDIVERS 2,
More RESIDENT EVIL 7,
and some mild cannibalism

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In which we discuss:

OWLBOY,

News:

The Embracer Group takes a 900 million dollar bath

Also:
DRAGON'S DOGMA 2
CITIES: SKYLINES 2
and an ode to the Waffle House

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In which we discuss:

STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR

News:

Stig Asmussen's Giant Skull

Quiz:

Finnish hockey player or Star Wars character?

Also:

Stories from the front: HELLDIVERS 2,

DISNEY'S DREAMLIGHT VALLEY,

and little Michael needs to fly

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In which we discuss:

SUMMONER (2000),

News:

RIP Akira Toriyama
More old EA stuff on Steam

Quiz:
Hand-held spin-offs

Also:
ALONE IN THE DARK
REIGNS
and COOKIE CLICKER addiction

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In which we discuss:  
 
THANK GOODNESS YOU'RE HERE 

News:

Gamescom 2024

Also: 
TACTICAL BREACH WIZARDS, 
BLACK MYTH: WUNKONG, 
PROJECT HOSPITAL, 
and some obigatory Star Wars ranting.

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In which we discuss:

METROID DREAD

News:

Warner Bros. continues to make poor life choices,

Also:

STAR WARS: DARK FORCES REMASTER,

CRUSADER KINGS III: LEGENDS OF THE DEAD,

and the fake plants of our youths.

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In which we discuss:

HYPNOSPACE OUTLAW

News:

SUICIDE SQUAD is performing poorly,

and even more industry layoffs.

Quiz:

Pokémon remakes,

Also:

Millennial nostalgia,

PACIFIC DRIVE,

and the COOKIE CLICKER zeitgeist.

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In which we discuss:

RETURN OF THE OBRA DINN,

News:

RIP PS5?

Also:

The DICE Awards,

SKULL & BONES disappointment,

and the HELLDIVERS 2 poetry corner

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In which we discuss:

MEDAL OF HONOR: UNDERGROUND,

News:

Disney has too much money.

Also:

SUICIDE SQUAD: KILL THE JUSTICE LEAGUE,

HELLDIVERS 2,

HITMAN 3,

The Palworld phenomenon,

and the bird shit phenomenon.

References images:

https://imgur.com/a/auGAQX9

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In which we discuss:

BEETLEJUICE (NES),

News:

Everyone is fired.

Also:

PALWORLD,

Modding ANNO 1800,

and lots of poop (both literal and figurative).

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In which we discuss:

EASTWARD,

News:

EASTWARD: OCTOPIA, 

and INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE,

Also:

AGDQ 2024,

PALWORLD,

and lots of misc. grumbling.

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In which we discuss:

YAKUZA: LIKE A DRAGON,

News:

More VAMPIRE SURVIVORS, 

More "AI" guff,

and "The Claw"

Quiz:

The Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award for Best Video Game 2010-2019,

Also:

More STARDEW VALLEY,

and less DWARF FORTRESS.

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In which we discuss:

UNPACKING,

News:

Suspect Steam Awards of 2023,

Quiz:

The Steam Awards of yesteryear,

Also:

STARDEW VALLEY,

GALAXY PASS STATION,

and underwear storage.

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In which we discuss:

The finale of the first year of the podcast!

Quiz:

Extremely self-indulgent

Also:

Cookie shaming,

How big is Morrowind?,

and did BoTW ruin video games?

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In which we discuss:

YAKUZA 6

Yakuz-mas continues!

Featuring:

GODUS is not Dead, Oh Wait, Yes It Is: The Fall of Peter Molyneux

News:

Epic wants your adult games, but only if they're scams,

and Steam lets you close the door to your room so you can just get some studying done and Mom please don't come in, I've got a test tomorrow and I really need to study right now, okay?

Also:

Sex,

Violence,

Dog urine,

and cheese.

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In which we discuss:  
 
STACKING 

Also: 
BALATRO, 
DUNGEONS OF HINTERBURG,
PINBALL FX, 
Fluid milk, 
and deep ham lore
 

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In which we discuss:

YAKUZA 5

Also:

THE DAY BEFORE,

"Scammergy",

Jet lag and 'vid brain,

DISNEY DREAMLIGHT VALLEY,

GOD OF WAR: RAGNAROK,

and more WORLD OF WARCRAFT

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In which we discuss:

COOKIE CLICKER

QUIZ:

Independent? or just indie

FEATURE:

Our desert island games

Also:

Chewing noises

Clicking sounds

Old man grunts

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In Which We Discuss: ORPHEN: SCION OF SORCERY

Quiz:

Left 4 Dead Kennedys 2

News:

What is and is not an indie game

Also:

Bunraku

DEATH MUST DIE

Thanksgving talk and Xmas trees

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In Which We Discuss: ARCADE PARADISE

Quiz:

The Games of ARCADE PARADISE

News:

The Game Awards nominees

Also:

ALAN WAKE 2,

ASSASSIN'S CREED: MIRAGE,

WORLD OF WARCRAFT: DRAGONFLIGHT,

A brief Jack Black filmography,

Misc. grumbling and rambling

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In Which We Discuss: CHANTS OF SENNAAR

Quiz:

Constructed languages of video games,

News:

Contentious takeways from Blizzcon,

Also:

Arguing about our ages,

Complaining about young people,

Bickering about what is or is not an isekai

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In which we discuss:

ALDO'S ADVENTURE

The 5th Marquess Angelsey

THE KARATE KID (NES)

The Tandy VIS

ELFLAND

The Halloween costumes of our youth

and the Last Ride of The Piss-Jeep

NEWS:
Our very outdated BlizzCon predictions

BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT gets the Savestate bump

Insomniac expands their corner of the Marvel universe

QUIZ:
arcade clones for home computers

and the inauguration of the SaveState reading list

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In which we discuss ETERNAL DARKNESS: SANITY'S REQUIEM.

and Marcus is back!

This week's quiz: Lovecraft, Warcraft, or Eternal Darkness... craft.

Topics also included:

That time Sam Neill was Merlin

SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER

CITIES SKYLINES II

and Mike follows up on the cursed projector

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In which we discuss BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT.

This week's quiz: The mascots of Japanese baseball

News of the week:

Cities: Skylines II issues a warning about Cities: Skylines II, 

more Vampire Survivors,

and SSDs are really cheap right now y'all

Topics also included:

Tales from the estate sale

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In which we discuss YAKUZA 4.

News of the week: Some sordid details from Daedalic's last days

Topics also included:

Old Swedish movie titles,

Elvis impersonators,

and the latest in the Jeep saga.

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In which we discuss GEX: ENTER THE GECKO.

With special guest: Marcus!

News of the week: Epic gives up on playing the good guy.

This week's hastily prepared quiz: Left 4 Dead Kennedys

Topics also included: 

The Son's Tale,

The Chef's Tale,

and the PARAPPA THE RAPPER.

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In which we discuss: 

MY SUMMER CAR

Also:
Toilet stall hiding protocol
BABBDI
GALACTICARE
and SPEEDAL GEAR SOLID

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In which we discuss VOID STRANGER.

News of the week: Microsoft's eyes are bigger than their stomach, and Unity pulls a heel-turn.

This week's hastily prepared quiz: Unreal or Unity?

Topics also included: 

Lies of Pi,

Chants of Sennaar,

Two Point Campus. 

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In which we discuss STRAY GODS: THE ROLEPLAYING MUSICAL.

This week's hastily prepared quiz: the literary sources of popular musicals. 

Topics also included: 

20 years of Steam,

WWE 2K23,

and more STARFIELD. 

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In which we discuss BOOK OF HOURS.

Rumour of the week: Nintendo's new console? 

Topics also included: 

The best Yakuza playing order,

The best Horus Heresy reading order,

The YouTube channel's name,

Moustaches,

and more STARFIELD. 

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In which we discuss STRANGE HORTICULTURE (ostensibly).

News of the week: RIP Volition, 

and the Bethesda graces us with a new Imagine Dragons song.

Quiz: Where are They Now? (AKA: In Memorium)

Topics also included: 

STARFIELD,

ARMORED CORE 6,

STARFIELD,

HYPNOSPACE OUTLAW,

and STARFIELD 

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In which we discuss SCORN.

News of the week: Activision throws Ubisoft a bone, and TUROK 3 Remastered is announced.

Quiz: Pet the Dog (Part 2?)

Topics also included: 

The hellscape that is PC DRM launchers,

PATH OF THE EXILE,

and CRUSADER KINGS III: WARDS & WARDENS 

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In which we discuss YAKUZA 3.

News of the week: VAMPIRE SURVIVORS on Switch, and OVERWATCH 2 moves to Steam.

Topics also included: 

The state of the MMO in 2023,

The folly of exclusivity,

PHANTOM ABYSS,

and AIRBORNE KINGDOM

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In which we discuss AGE OF MYTHOLOGY.

This week's hastily assembled quiz: Video games based in the Forgotten Realms, and the editions of Dungeons and Dragons that they are based on.

News of the week: No news is good news.

Topics also included: 

"AI"

BALDUR'S GATE III,

and FALLOUT 4: SIM SETTLEMENTS 2: CHAPTER 3

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In which we discuss BLOODSTAINED: RITUAL OF THE NIGHT. (Minor Spoilers)

This week's quiz: A hastily assembled one.

News of the week: BALDUR'S GATE III is out.

Topics also included: 

Aliens?

More SEA OF THIEVES,

and FALLOUT 4: SIM SETTLEMENTS: CHAPTER 3

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In which we discuss PYRE. (Minor Spoilers)

This week's quiz: Games with Flushable Toilets

News of the week: Blatant hearsay about Activision-Blizzard,

and a whole new reason to play Vampire Survivors.

Topics also included: 

Cryptids,

More VIEWFINDER,

MY FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD,

and FINAL FANTASY VIII REMASTERED

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In which we are our joined by a special guest, and we discuss ANACHRONOX.

This week's quiz: Video Game Adaptations of Movies

News of the week: Whither Dolphin emulator?

and ConcernedApe is too good to us.

Topics also included: 

MEDIEVAL DYNASTY,

VIEWFINDER,

and SUPER MARIO RPG.

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In which we discuss: 

ABERRATION ANALYST 

Also:
Homestar Runner
Frog games
WORKERS AND RESOURCES: SOVIET REPUBLIC
The TCEU (Tom Clancy Extended Universe)

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In which we discuss CITIZEN SLEEPER. (Spoilers)

This week's quiz: deep breath The Best Selling Games of Several Consoles That Were Not Pack-In Titles (International, By Units Sold)

News of the week: Rat neurons are better at Doom than you,

and Limited Run games makes some questionable choices.

Topics also included: 

ARCADE PARADISE,

THE BIG CON,

and ANNO 1800.

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In which we discuss YAKUZA KIWAMI 2. (Minor Spoilers)

This week's quiz: Fishing mini-games.

Topics also included: 

SEA OF THIEVES again,

DIABLO 4 again,

and CITY OF GANGSTERS.

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In which we discuss SID MEIER'S PIRATES! (2004). Also, a special surprise quiz.

Topics also included: 

AMNESIA: THE BUNKER,

THE BOOKWALKER: THIEF OF TALES,

CYBERPUNK 2077,

and Gilbert & Sullivan deep lore.

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In which we discuss SHOVEL KNIGHT: SHOVEL OF HOPE.

Topics also included: 

Amnesia: The Bunker,

Final Fantasy VII: Remake

FOR SALE BY OWNER

1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee, complete with experiment driver ejection system. Call on Mike in Muskegon, MI

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