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The Worst Game Jam 4 Roundtable (Feat. Jackie and Louis)22 Jan 202600:48:43

This week we're talking to Jackie and Louis all about their experiences with this year's Worst Game Jam!

Play Jackie's submission, I warned you about the stars, bro!

Play Louis's submission, Reboot: Lost Stars

Play TK's submission, Lost Stars

Play Bluzo's submission, Lost Stars

Play the rest of the submissions here!

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (01:49) - Channel Highlight: Games Events > The Worst Game Jam 4
  • (02:09) - Game jam discussion
  • (02:28) - What engines are we working with?
  • (06:17) - Did you do any coding before making games?
  • (08:36) - What was your initial reaction to the theme?
  • (13:01) - What are some new challenges from this jam?
  • (15:48) - What is a game you've wanted to make, but haven't?
  • (20:18) - What inspired you to get into game development?
  • (27:22) - What would you pick as the next jam theme?
  • (29:34) - How was managing time for the jam?
  • (33:17) - How did TC map out the space in Ghost & Found?
  • (36:14) - How could the jams be different?
  • (39:49) - You can make a game!
  • (46:56) - Outro
Let it be known that I have a strong arm as well15 Jan 202601:21:58

This week, Jared is joined by Katie for the biggest Tierlist of 2007: Gilmore Girls characters!

Recommendations:

  • Kaite: Get yourself some lamps! And change the lampshades!
  • Jared: Take the joycons off of your switch!

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (02:21) - Community Updates!
  • (05:46) - Channel highlight: TV? Do we even have a TV channel?
  • (06:04) - There is! Television-General in the Film and TV forum in It's Media!
  • (06:57) - Let's set the scene
  • (07:53) - To the List!
  • (08:08) - The Tone Setters
  • (09:18) - Dean
  • (13:44) - Jess
  • (17:57) - Logan
  • (21:06) - Rory
  • (25:07) - Lorelai
  • (28:23) - Emily
  • (32:56) - Richard
  • (35:58) - Luke
  • (41:00) - Sookie
  • (44:24) - Jackson
  • (46:03) - Lane
  • (48:51) - Mrs. Kim
  • (50:25) - Michel
  • (51:32) - Kirk
  • (54:00) - Taylor
  • (55:46) - Miss Patty and Babette
  • (58:56) - Christopher
  • (01:03:00) - Paris
  • (01:06:11) - Zach
  • (01:07:26) - A New Challenger Appears!
  • (01:12:41) - That was so fun!
  • (01:14:32) - Recommendations
  • (01:14:48) - Katie: Get yourself some lamps!
  • (01:17:07) - Jared: Taking the joycons off of your Switch
  • (01:19:31) - Outro


No one Knows What Gravy Fed Baby Looks Like (Feat. Chase, Jordan and Tony)06 Nov 202501:35:56

This week, Jared is joined by guests Chase, Jordan, and Tony to talk about being parents while trying to maintain the video game hobby!

Please get in touch with us! You can browse the website, use our Contact form, or send us messages or DMs on Discord!

Games Mentioned:

  • Fire Emblem Three Houses
  • Pokemon Legends ZA
  • The Legends of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
  • Kirby’s Return to Dreamland
  • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
  • Pokemon X Version
  • Pokemon Black & White Version
  • Paw Patrol: On a Roll
  • Paw Patrol: Save Adventure Bay
  • Paw Patrol: World
  • Untitled Goose Game
  • Metaphor: ReFantazio
  • Super Mario Wonder
  • Paw Patrol Racing
  • Sonic X Shadow Generations
  • Untitled Goose Game
  • The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
  • Hollow Knight: Silksong
  • Absolum
  • UFO 50
  • Root
  • Riichi Mahjong
  • Pokemon All-In
  • Pokemon TCG Pocket
  • Cribbage
  • Trash
  • Palace
  • Monster Train 2
  • Ball X Pit
  • Final Fantasy XIII-2
  • Shin Megami Tensei IV
  • Pumpkin Jack
  • Hades II
  • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
  • Super Mario 64
  • Super Mario World

Recommendations:
Jordan

  • Use your local library! I’ve used it way more now as a parent
    • Check for parenting groups, “cultural passes”, and lending/tool library, libraries often stock much more than just books)

Tony

  • You get much more traction when you’re playing what the kids themselves are into! I was shocked to see how much more persistent my oldest was at learning mechanics when she got to play as characters/in a world she was already interested in.
  • GameTheory’s “How To Teach Video Games To A Non-Gamer

Chase

  • Writing things down

Jared

TK: Sign up for the Game Jam!

  • (02:36) - Intro
  • (07:59) - Community Updates
  • (08:54) - Channel Highlight: Good Things > Parent Zone
  • (10:33) - Since becoming a parent, how has your relationship with games changed?
  • (33:44) - How do you introduce your kids to your hobby?
  • (45:44) - Good games to share with kids
  • (49:14) - Pick something they like
  • (51:31) - Lego games
  • (53:25) - Mail from Doog
  • (01:13:17) - What have we been playing?
  • (01:13:21) - Jared: Fire Emblem Three Houses & Spindle
  • (01:17:34) - Chase: Pokemon Legends Z-A
  • (01:24:42) - Jordan: Pokemon All In & Hollow Knight Silksong
  • (01:31:24) - Tony: Shin Megami Tensei IV, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Final Fantasi XIII-2 & Pumpkin Jack
  • (01:34:14) - Outro
I'm Sorry, He's a Chandler (Feat. KitWitch)30 Oct 202501:23:45

This week Jared.Boo and The Killer have KitWitch on to talk horror games for our Halloween Spooktacular!
Games Mentioned:

  • How Fish is Made
  • Mouthwashing
  • Alan Wake
  • Alan Wake's American Nightmare
  • Alan Wake II
  • Control
  • Inscryption

Recommendations:

  • Kit: Read (or write) a spooky short story!
  • Jared: The Analog Den on YouTube (Don't worry, the channel changed its name between recording and release)
  • TK: The Ooh Directory

Chapters:

  • (01:32) - Introducing the Threat
  • (04:31) - Channel HELLight: Genre Platform Chat - Horror Games
  • (06:31) - Booommunity Update
  • (08:55) - Interactive Frights!
  • (09:26) - Kit: Mouthwashing
  • (10:03) - Wrong Organ. Even the name of the studio is scary
  • (15:42) - Back to Mouthwashing
  • (32:31) - Jared wants to get off Mr. Bones' Wild Ride
  • (32:46) - A Note-sveratu About Mouthwashing's Availability
  • (33:49) - Jared: Inscryption
  • (46:57) - We all fail to recognize Daniel Mullens and Ed McMullen
  • (49:41) - The Killer: Alan Wake II
  • (51:05) - The true horror: WE'RE OLD
  • (51:27) - Alan Wake's Continuous Timewarp
  • (52:34) - More Aboot Alan Wake II
  • (01:02:04) - Alan Wake II is Octopath Traveler II Coded
  • (01:09:32) - Spookendations
  • (01:09:39) - Kit: Read or Write Short Horror Stories
  • (01:11:32) - Jared: The Analog Den on YouTube
  • (01:13:01) - TK: Ooh.Directory
  • (01:17:18) - We Try to End the Podcast
Sexual Maturity Combined With Superhuman Strength Makes Mike a Sub23 Oct 202502:42:16

This week, TK and Wubble are talking Twin Peaks!

CONTENT WARNING: Twin Peaks is a mature show/movie and contains the following:

  • Murder
  • Domestic Violence
  • Assault
  • Sexual Assault
  • Rape
  • Sex Work (stripping, prostitution)
  • Consentual Drug Use
  • Non-Consentual Drug Use
  • Underage Alcohol Use
  • Infidelity
  • Relationships between high school students and adults, including sexual relationships

Recommendations:

Plugs:

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (01:37) - Community Updates
  • (02:20) - Channel Highlight: The Red Room
  • (02:59) - Structure and Content Warnings
  • (05:02) - Wubble's history with Twin Peaks
  • (07:55) - TK's background with Twin Peaks
  • (11:46) - What made us want to pick it up again?
  • (20:46) - Our Spoiler Free impressions of Fire Walk With Me
  • (24:13) - There's a fish in the percolator
  • (25:20) - Fire Walk With Me discussion (Spoiler Free)
  • (29:42) - Spoiler free discussion of Seasons 1&2
  • (30:27) - The Characters
  • (40:16) - Spoilers start here
  • (45:04) - A Tangent about The Crazy Chicken Man
  • (02:18:28) - Predictions for The Return
  • (02:21:28) - Lynch as a Director and a Writer
  • (02:35:43) - Recommendations
  • (02:35:51) - Wubble: Puuung1 on Instagram
  • (02:37:11) - TK: Symfonium on Android
  • (02:38:34) - Outro
Takumi-kun needs to pay for his sins a little bit (Feat. Rob, Lex, and Matt)16 Oct 202504:40:30

This week is our big bad Hundred Line spoilercast! Join us as we talk about a game that has it all. By all, we mean 100 endings!

Read Lex's write-up of her Tarot pairings here!

Read Heiro de Lima's write-up for Unwinnable on the Romance Route here!

Recommendations:

  • Bluzo: The Shortbox Comics Fair
  • Rob: Fantastic Four (comic runs by Mark Waid and Jonathan Hickman)
  • Matt: Angela: Asgard's Assassin and Angela: Queen of Hel by Gillen, Bennett, Hans, Jimenez, and Jacinto
  • Lex: Live Theater

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (02:39) - Community Updates
  • (06:09) - Spoiler Free Overview
  • (23:54) - Route 0 - Prologue
  • (54:16) - The Routes
  • (55:13) - Second Scenario
  • (01:15:10) - Free Time A: Rinoa
  • (01:16:47) - Box of Blessings
  • (01:17:13) - Killing Game
  • (01:31:40) - Slasher
  • (01:41:33) - Romance
  • (01:45:24) - Free Time B: Stephen
  • (01:51:34) - Casual
  • (01:52:05) - Box of Calamity
  • (01:59:50) - Coming of Age
  • (02:04:37) - Fee Time C: Clover
  • (02:05:44) - Rebellion
  • (02:10:04) - Multiple Eitos
  • (02:16:43) - Free Time D: Miyabi82
  • (02:31:48) - Eva Route
  • (02:34:24) - Mystery
  • (02:41:53) - Free Time E: Lex: The Hundred Taylor
  • (02:55:48) - V'exness Route
  • (03:04:45) - Reset
  • (03:13:07) - Free Time F: DLC!
  • (03:24:49) - Cult of Takumi
  • (03:36:50) - Conspiracy
  • (03:37:31) - Serial Battles
  • (03:45:04) - Retsnom
  • (03:56:14) - Goodbye Eito
  • (04:05:12) - Free Time G: Where it all Started
  • (04:10:00) - Steady Fundamental
  • (04:29:45) - Closing Thoughts
  • (04:32:27) - Bluzo: The Shortbox Comics Fair
  • (04:33:07) - Matt: Angela: Asgard's Assassin and Angela: Queen of Hel by Gillen, Bennett, Hans, Jimenez, and Jacinto
  • (04:34:16) - Rob: Fantastic Four by Waid and Hickman
  • (04:37:20) - Lex: Live Theater
  • (04:38:13) - Outro
The Princess is This Cloistered, Magical Wizard (Feat. Amet and Zeno)09 Oct 202501:26:04

This week we're talking the Shortbox Comics Fair with Zeno and Amet!

Comics Discussed


Recommendations:

  • (00:00) - Housekeeping
  • (00:35) - Intro
  • (02:06) - Community Updates
  • (03:49) - Channel Highlight: Manga and Anime, Comics, and In Sequence
  • (04:50) - An Intro to the Shortbox Comics Fair
  • (12:11) - Ladies of the Living Princess (No Spoilers)
  • (19:55) - Spoilers: Ladies of the Living Princess
  • (32:42) - Girl Yaoi (No Spoilers)
  • (36:22) - Laura (No Spoilers)
  • (42:27) - Leftovers (No Spoilers)
  • (47:49) - Spoilers: Leftovers
  • (52:01) - Lisa and Cerise (No Spoilers)
  • (55:29) - Injest (No Spoilers)
  • (58:02) - Dead Horses (No Spoilers)
  • (01:06:48) - Syringe (No Spoilers)
  • (01:16:54) - Recommendations!
  • (01:17:34) - Zeno:When I Arrived at the Castle
  • (01:18:26) - Amet:Shortbox Red Carpet
  • (01:20:52) - Bluzo: Avarice is My Darling's Vice
Assassin’s Creed: Barnyard (Feat. Rinoa)02 Oct 202501:06:20

This week we're challenging you to complete one of these tiny platformers while we yap!

The Platformers:

  • Toree Saturn
  • Super Kiwi 64
  • Twig's Adventure
  • Gwen The Hen 64

Recommendations:

Games Mentioned

  • Banjo Tooie
  • Refunct
  • Toree Saturn
  • Gwen The Hen
  • Pilfer the Guardian of Light
  • Twig’s Adventure
  • Super Kiwi 64
  • Trails in the Sky FC
  • Hollow Knight Silksong
  • Super Mario 64
  • Banjo Kazooie
  • Yooka-Laylee
  • Super Mario Odyssey
  • Mario Sunshine
  • Mario Sunshine Sunburn
  • Assassin’s Creed
  • Bloodthief
  • Fire Emblem Three Houses
  • Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:48) - Community Updates
  • (02:14) - Channel Highlight: Platformers
  • (06:04) - Tiny 3D Platformers with Rinoa
  • (06:14) - Why look into tiny games like these?
  • (11:53) - Our History with 3D Platformers
  • (17:05) - Super Kiwi 64
  • (24:27) - Toree Saturn
  • (31:54) - KuriGameDev
  • (43:09) - Wrapping up Platformer Talk
  • (48:03) - Recommendations
  • (48:16) - Rinoa: Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE
  • (53:02) - Bluzo: Bowl of Lentils's YouTube video history of Chunsoft Sound Novels
  • (54:30) - Jared: Felix Fire Emblem Three Houses
  • (57:34) - TK: Bloodthief
  • (01:00:03) - Outro
We're on Autumn Break!25 Sep 202500:03:57

I mean you probably got it from the title, right? This week we're on break since it's been a very busy autumn for all of us.

Please tune in next week for Tiny 3D Platformers with Rinoa and the following week for the oft-threatened Hundred Line spoilercast the following week!

The LeBron of Shipwrecks (Feat. Rob and Notrock)18 Sep 202501:04:35

This week is all about Ys, the Action RPG series developed by Falcom!

Games Mentioned:

  • Atelier Ryza 2
  • Disco Elysium
  • Final Fantasy X
  • Octopath Traveller
  • Scarlet Hollow
  • Thank Goodness You're Here
  • Triangle Strategy
  • Va-11-Hall-A
  • Ys Origin
  • Ys 1
  • Ys 2
  • Ys The Oath in Felghana
  • Ys Memories of Celceta
  • Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim
  • Ys Seven
  • Ys Origin
  • Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana
  • Ys IX: Monstrum Nox
  • Ys X: Nordics

Recommendations:

  • Notrock: Stories from Sol: The Gundog
  • Rob: Draw Steel!
  • Jared: Grow Vegetables and Share them with Neighbors.
  • TK: Moondrop Chu II

Music in this episode:

  • Genesis Beyond the Beginning - Ys Origin
  • Sunshine Coastline - Ys VIII Lacrimosa of Dana
  • The Boy's Got Wings - Ys The Oath in Felghana
  • The Boy's Got Wings - Ys III: Wanderers from Ys
  • Windslash Steps - Ys Vi: The Ark of Napishtim
  • Innocent Primeval Breaker (Game Version) - Ys Seven

Chapters

  • (01:11) - Genesis Beyond the Beginning - Ys Origin
  • (01:35) - Intro
  • (02:10) - Community Updates
  • (03:20) - Jared's Apology Corner
  • (04:28) - Sunshine Coastline - Ys VIII Lacrimosa of Dana
  • (04:30) - An Introduction to Ys
  • (12:48) - The Frame Story
  • (17:31) - Original Podcast Do Not Steal
  • (18:49) - Short Burst Gameplay and Varied Difficulty
  • (23:08) - Listen to the Music
  • (24:43) - The Boy's Got Wings - Ys: The Oath in Felghana
  • (24:54) - The Boy's Got Wings - Ys III: Wanderers from Ys
  • (25:49) - Retaining Employees is a Priority at Falcom
  • (33:41) - Depth of mechanics in Boss Fights
  • (39:54) - Where to start?
  • (50:57) - Windslash Steps - Ys VI The Ark of Nepishtim
  • (51:00) - Recommendations
  • (51:04) - Notrock: Stories from Sol: The Gundog
  • (52:24) - Rob: Draw Steel!
  • (57:27) - Jared: Grow Vegetables and Share with Neighbors
  • (59:18) - TK: Moondrop Chu II
  • (01:01:17) - Pro Union, Pro Right To Repair
  • (01:03:50) - Outro: Innocent Primeval Breaker (Game Verson) - Ys SEVEN
Honk At Me, Babe (Feat. Kitty)11 Sep 202501:20:32

This week we're talking about the Summer Games Challenge introduced to us by Matt Horton!

Games Mentioned:

Summer Game Challenge:

Matt's Games: 

  • Despalote
  • Yakuza 0 Director's Cut
  • The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe
  • Home Safety Hotline
  • Fretless: The Wrath of Riffson

Kitty's Challenge List:

  • Metal Gear Solid
  • Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
  • Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
  • Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
  • Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain
  • Blue Prince
  • The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
  • Resident Evil 4
  • The Outer Wilds

Kitty's Completed List

  • Opus: The Day We Found Earth
  • Opus: Rocket of Whispers
  • Rocket of Whispers: Prologue
  • Control
  • Monument Valley
  • Monument Valley 2
  • Monument Valley 3
  • Celeste
  • Before Your Eyes
  • Abzu
  • Sword of the Sea
  • Road Trip to the End of the World

Bluzo's Summer Challenge List:

  • Stories from Sol
  • The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy
  • Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
  • 25th Ward: Silver Case
  • Under a Star Called Sun
  • Demonschool
  • Bayonetta
  • Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky FC
  • Heaven Will Be Mine
  • Sorekara

What Bluzo Played:

  • The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy
  • Undertale
  • Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
  • Of the Devil
  • Planetarian HD
  • Connect the Dots
  • Fairy Unfortunate
  • Ten Metre Tide

Jared's Summer Games Roundup:

  • Dragon Ruins II
  • Blue Prince
  • Planetarian HD
  • Pokemon Sinking Sapphire
  • Fire Emblem: Three Houses
  • Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
  • Final Fantasy VII
  • Hollow Knight Silksong

TK's Summer Games Update:

  • Ridge Racer
  • Ridge Racer 2
  • Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity
  • Me & My Katamari
  • Loco Roco
  • Loco Roco 2
  • Strange Jigsaws
  • Blue Prince
  • Loco Motive
  • Toree
  • Toree 2
  • Toree Saturn
  • Toree's Panic Pack
  • Hollow Knight Silksong

Recommendations:

  • Kitty: Join a Union!
  • Bluzo: Gundam Wing
  • Jared: Dungeon Crawler Carl
  • TK: Play Games on Original Hardware (Sometimes)

Follow us on Backloggd

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (01:02) - Community Updates
  • (06:25) - Channel Highlight: Games of 2025, Gaming No/Low Buy 2025
  • (08:08) - Main Segment: Summer Games Challenge
  • (09:32) - A Message from Matt Horton
  • (11:40) - Kitty's Summer
  • (30:11) - Bluzo's Summer
  • (35:07) - How Jared Manages his Backlog
  • (40:04) - TK's Backlog
  • (43:42) - It's Tough Being a Part of a Hobbyist Space
  • (52:30) - Jared's Stand-Out Experiences
  • (55:41) - Kit's Stand-Out Experiences
  • (58:31) - TK's Stand-Out Experiences
  • (01:02:38) - Bluzo Has Been Playing More Than Hundred Line, Actually!
  • (01:05:05) - What Jared is Looking Forward To
  • (01:06:54) - What Kitty is Looking Forward To
  • (01:09:34) - What TK Is Looking Forward To
  • (01:10:27) - What Blue is Looking Forward To
  • (01:11:32) - Recommendations
  • (01:11:43) - Kitty: Labor Organization
  • (01:14:18) - Bluzo: Gundam Wing
  • (01:14:49) - Jared: Dungeon Crawler Carl
  • (01:16:15) - TK: Play Games on Original Hardware (Sometimes)
  • (01:18:03) - Outro
Convening the Yuri Corner (Feat. Zeno & Amet)04 Sep 202501:35:33

Women lovers and Monster lovers shake hands in this episode as we discuss some very excellent Monster Yuri manga!

Manga discussed:

Other manga mentioned

Recommendations:

Zeno:Liar Satsuki Can See Death

Amet:

Emily: The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window

Chapters

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (01:19) - Community Updates
  • (02:51) - Channel Highlight: Manga and Anime
  • (05:28) - Monster Yuri Manga
  • (06:25) - Alcohol and Ogre-Girls (Vol. 1, Ch 1-6)
  • (17:06) - Wait, what is yuri again?
  • (25:21) - A sidebar on hyperfixations
  • (31:06) - We all love women here.
  • (39:43) - I See You, Aizawa-san! (Vol 1, Ch 1-6)
  • (55:46) - This Monster Wants to Eat Me (Vol 1)
  • (01:18:25) - A side-story about The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy At All
  • (01:25:05) - Recommendations
  • (01:25:13) - Zeno:Liar Satsuki Can See Death
  • (01:26:50) - Amet: A bunch of Manga (read the show notes)
  • (01:29:43) - Emily: The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window
  • (01:33:28) - Outro
You have to activate the Evil system to do tactics (Feat. Rob)08 Jan 202601:27:28

This week we're Just Communicating about Mobile Suit Gundam Wing with Rob!

Recommendations:

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:53) - Community Updates
  • (01:19) - Peer Pressure
  • (01:34) - Sneaki Peeki
  • (03:23) - Channel Highlight: It's Media! > Anime and Manga
  • (04:26) - Gundam Wing: Non-spoilers
  • (04:44) - What is Gundam, anyway?
  • (10:00) - Our experiences with Gundam, starting with Bluzo
  • (11:06) - Rob's Gundam History
  • (14:27) - TK's Dark History
  • (16:48) - Gundam Wing Impressions
  • (19:02) - Gundam Wing hits different
  • (19:26) - Super robot show vs real robot show
  • (23:14) - SPOILERS AHEAD!
  • (23:42) - s Counterattack spoilers!
  • (25:58) - There's going to be nuts in this
  • (27:07) - An attempt to lay out the plot of Gundam Wing
  • (30:27) - Lady Une appreciation hour
  • (32:31) - Dorothy appreciation hour
  • (33:02) - Dorothy and Relena
  • (34:24) - Messy motivations
  • (37:56) - Favorite characters
  • (38:08) - Rob: Dorothy and Quatre
  • (43:42) - Psychics?!
  • (47:03) - Holding out for a Heero
  • (48:25) - Duo Maxwelll appreciation hour
  • (51:03) - Trowa literally joins a circus
  • (51:35) - Quatre is somehow the most level headed
  • (54:48) - Heero's conclusion
  • (57:38) - The ol' "bring back the first OP" trick
  • (59:07) - They don't make them like this anymore
  • (01:01:59) - Bluzo's joke
  • (01:03:48) - The very long road to the Gundam Team
  • (01:05:45) - Favorite mobile suits
  • (01:09:53) - Frozen Teardrop?
  • (01:11:29) - One last thing
  • (01:13:56) - Turn A when?
  • (01:14:45) - Wait wait wait. Treize gang!
  • (01:17:56) - Recommendations
  • (01:18:06) - Rob: Digimon Story: Time Stranger
  • (01:22:50) - Bluzo: The Doll and Kigu Jam
  • (01:23:39) - TK: Pico-8
  • (01:25:35) - Outro
Get the Beefy Thor (Feat. Lex and Rinoa)28 Aug 202501:05:47

This week, we're chatting with Lex and Rinoa about what we've been up to, the Best Hemisphere [Citation Needed], tinkering, and even some video games!

Games Mentioned:

  • Jet Lancer
  • Pacific Drive
  • Guilty Gear STRIVE
  • Hollow Knight Silksong
  • Legend of Heroes Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter Remake Demo
  • Toree Saturn
  • April Grove
  • 20 Small Mazes
  • Strange Jigsaws
  • Curse Crackers: For Whom the Belle Tolls
  • Super Kiwi 64
  • Pru the Pidgeon
  • Gwen the Hen 64
  • Oblivion
  • Configuring Oblivion mods
  • Customizing Linux
  • Running a home server
  • Butter by Asako Yuzuki (a Book)
  • Oliver VII by Antal Szerb (a Book)
  • Japanese Role-Playing Games: Genre, Representation, and Liminality in the JRPG by by Fanny Barnabé, Nökkvi Jarl Bjarnason, Joleen Blom, Andrew Campana, William Huber (a Book)

Recommendations:

  • Lex: Japanese Role Playing Games - Genre, Representation, and Liminality in the JRPG
  • Rinoa: Go South For the Summer
  • Jared: The City of Copenhagen
  • TK: The Amelia Project Podcast

Chapters:

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (01:21) - Community Updates
  • (02:36) - Channel Highlight: Games Events
  • (08:26) - The Main Segment
  • (08:38) - Lex: Trails in the Sky 1st Demo
  • (21:07) - Rinoa: Butter
  • (21:42) - Just Kidding, it's Hundred Line time.
  • (23:02) - Configuration Hell in Home Server Land
  • (24:09) - Toree Saturn
  • (29:03) - TK: 20 Small Mazes
  • (31:39) - Oliver VII
  • (33:16) - Racing Inspired Custom Enhancement
  • (37:47) - Jared: Monster Hunter Freedom Unite & 4 Ultimate
  • (50:53) - April Grove
  • (55:02) - Recommendations
  • (55:09) - Lex: Japanese Role Playing Games - Genre, Representation, and Liminality in the JRPG
  • (57:03) - Rinoa: Go South For the Summer
  • (57:51) - Jared: The City of Copenhagen
  • (01:00:53) - TK: The Amelia Project Podcast
  • (01:03:05) - Outro
Oh No I'm The Old Man Again (Feat. Cassie, Joel, and Cameron)21 Aug 202501:24:55

This week we're joined by Cassie, Joel and Cameron to talk about blogging, the indie web, and SpaceJam.com?

Please check out Cassie, Joel, and Cameron's blogs! (and maybe TK's too)

Games Mentioned:

  • Super 10-Pin
  • Rocket Bowling
  • Thrillville
  • Rollercoaster Tycoon
  • Jet Lancer
  • Abiotic Factor
  • Fields of Mistria
  • Stardew Valley
  • Persona 5 Royal: Rose & Violet

Tools & Resources

Recommendations:

Cassie:

Joel:

Cameron:

  • Abiotic Factor
  • AEW
  • Homemade Biscuits
  • Dexter Resurrection

TK:

Chapters:

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (01:46) - Community Updates
  • (02:47) - Channel Highlight: Self-Promo
  • (04:06) - Blogging!
  • (04:18) - Cassie's Blog History
  • (07:11) - The Origin of JoelChrono.xyz
  • (09:40) - Cameron Swingle's Videogame Thingle: A History
  • (14:58) - Taming Knots: The Komplete History
  • (18:05) - HuGoing to Static Site Generators
  • (20:38) - Cameron's Quest for Hypnospace
  • (23:41) - SpaceJam.com is Icky Now
  • (24:14) - Starting From MySpace and FreeWebs
  • (26:27) - The Early 00's and Friction-Full Web Services
  • (29:30) - Cameron's Inciting Event
  • (31:02) - The Importance of Owning Your Labor
  • (34:31) - Starting Blogging in the Current Era With Joel
  • (35:50) - The Writer's Itch
  • (39:15) - Good Stuff Deserves to be Saved
  • (42:37) - TK Fearmongering About Discord Enshittification (Again)
  • (43:53) - Beefin' With Social Media
  • (46:24) - The Worst ActivityPub Anyone?
  • (46:46) - Into The Forums, Perhaps?
  • (47:41) - Trying to do Our Best
  • (49:51) - Writing Setups
  • (50:14) - Joel: Laptops & Phones, Vim & Markor
  • (51:46) - Cameron: Phone & Desktop/Laptop
  • (54:07) - Cassie: Obsidian and Obsidian Git/GitSync
  • (56:42) - TK: Phone & PC, Obsidian, Remotely Save, CopyParty, MarkText
  • (57:22) - Beefin' With Nextclooud
  • (01:01:41) - <3 Markdown
  • (01:02:57) - Friction is a Great Teacher
  • (01:05:45) - We're a Right to Repair Podcast Now
  • (01:06:56) - A Move Toward A Smaller Web
  • (01:13:04) - Recommendations: Cassie: Fields of Mistria & I Love My Computer by ninajirachi
  • (01:16:03) - Joel: Blaughust Challenge, Wolf 359 & Jet Lancer
  • (01:17:57) - Cameron: Abiotic Factor, AEW, Homemade Biscuits & Dexter Ressurrection
  • (01:21:37) - TK: 70% Complete & Persona 5 Royal Rose and Violet
  • (01:23:46) - Outro
Ep. 259: But Now, I Like It10 Aug 202500:51:22

Hey Podtimists,

This week Jared asks an innocent question and gets dragged into Monster Hunter while TK is playing a new version of Persona 5 Royal.


We also took a deeper look into the GBA game, Gekido Advance. This was suggested to us by The Worst ROM Set. Thank you for your suggestion!

Games mentioned:

  • Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
  • Noita
  • Persona 5 Royal: Rose & Violet
  • Gekido Advance

Chapters:

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:55) - New show on the network
  • (03:19) - What Jared has been playing
  • (03:23) - Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
  • (09:26) - What TK has been playing
  • (09:35) - Noita
  • (14:24) - Noita spoilers
  • (16:51) - TK's Podtimistic thing of the week
  • (17:11) - Rose & Violet
  • (32:14) - Good Games! Featuring Gekido Advance
  • (50:07) - Gaming Wisdom
The Sisterhood of the Travelling 3DS07 Aug 202501:23:30

This week we've held our ghouls close, rescued a yellow hat, and had dental surgery just for you!

Games Mentioned:

Here's the Jam Submissions!

Keep putting pressure on payment processors!

Check out Toxic Yuri games! WIlla Rowe has some recommendations!

Check out Wavelengths 2.0

Check out In Sequence!

Chapters:

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (01:00) - Community Updates
  • (02:27) - Channel Highlight: Game Development
  • (07:06) - Please come on the show!
  • (08:14) - Breaking News!
  • (10:28) - The Worst Game Jam Submissions
  • (11:10) - Along an Extremity by Amet and Emily
  • (17:55) - Keep Your Ghouls by puningtilde
  • (21:20) - Hold Your Ghouls Close by Rob
  • (25:27) - Ghoul Digger by Mariken
  • (27:53) - Ghoulish Farming by Mars
  • (30:14) - Ghost & Found by TubbyCustard
  • (35:41) - I Just Want My Cat Back by Unicycles
  • (39:04) - Impromptu Production Meeting
  • (40:59) - What We've Been Up To
  • (41:12) - Emily: Toxic Yuri VNs Connect The Dots & Ten Metre Tide
  • (48:28) - TK: Loco Motive
  • (51:47) - Jared Realizes Something
  • (55:40) - Jason: Half Minute Hero & Hot Shots Golf Open Tee 2
  • (01:03:22) - More Breaking News
  • (01:14:53) - Recommendations
  • (01:15:00) - Emily: Yuzu Sorbet
  • (01:16:30) - Jared: Roasted Tofu
  • (01:17:50) - TK: Anbernic RG35XXSP (and other retro handhelds)
  • (01:21:43) - Outro
Why don’t you come to the podcastarium? (Feat. Rinoa)01 Aug 202501:40:41

Why don’t you come to the podcastarium?
     The beautiful sound of eternity that will never fade, no matter what.
          All the bits in the sky are waiting for you.


This week we're joined by Rinoa to talk about where visual novels came from, which ones are good for starters, annd... which one can do a kickflip? It's a ride.


Games Mentioned:

Visual Novel History: 

  • Portopia
  • Kamaitachi No Yoru (PSX recommend, Banshee's last cry on iOS no longer supported)
  • Yu-No A Girl who chants love at the bound of this world (R18 originally but the new releases are all ages)
  • Shizuku (R18)
  • Kannon (R18, steam release all ages)
  • Tsukihime (R18, remake all ages)
  • Ace Attorney 
  • Nine Hours Nine Doors Nine Persons (Zero Escape)
  • Hatoful Boyfriend
  • Date Everything!
  • Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos
  • Clannad
  • Zero Escape
  • Loopers (other game by Key)

Other games mentioned:

  • Monkey Island
  • The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy
  • Kenka Bancho Otome
  • Pizza Game
  • Love Sushi Rangers
  • Raging Loop
  • Steins Gate Elite
  • Return to Shironagasu Island

Recommendations:

  • Rinoa: Crazy Quilt Solitaire
  • Emily: The Toxic Yuri Game Jam
  • Jared: Pokemon Sunken Sapphire
  • TK: Koi Koi, Hanafuda Koi Koi Dojo


Chapters:

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (01:01) - Community Updates
  • (04:24) - Visual Novels With Rinoa
  • (31:10) - Planetarian Discussion
  • (58:11) - Planetarian Spoilers
  • (01:02:41) - Questions
  • (01:02:51) - Mack: Which VN can Kickflip?
  • (01:03:49) - Mack: Which Visual Novel Has the Best Pizza?
  • (01:08:35) - Mack: Do You Play VNs in Languages Other than English?
  • (01:11:15) - Emily (Mrs. TK): What is Your Recommendation for Baby's First VN?
  • (01:15:37) - TubbyCusstard: What is the Minimum Amount of Gameplay for a Visual Novel
  • (01:18:56) - TubbyCustard: If You Were To Demake a 3D Game Into a VN, What Game Would it be?
  • (01:29:34) - Recommendations
  • (01:29:43) - Rinoa: Crazy Quilt Solitaire
  • (01:31:08) - Emily: The Toxic Yuri Game Jam
  • (01:33:41) - Jared: Pokemon Sunken Sapphire RomHack
  • (01:35:03) - TK: Learn Koi Koi and get Some Hanafuda Cards
  • (01:37:38) - Outro
The Code isn't Good Enough (Feat. Paul, Vinny, and Amet!)25 Jul 202501:11:37

This week we're talking to some Game Jammers about their experiences making games for The Worst Game Jam 3.

Due to the current situation with payment processors exerting illegal limitations of free speech on platforms such as Itch.io and Steam, we are encouraging you to call and email Visa and Mastercard to tell them what a harmful move this is. If you're unfamiliar with the situation, Robin from Girl Mode has written a piece about the current situation with itch.io. When this was happening to Steam, she wrote a piece about that too.

yellat.money is a great resource for telling payment processors that this is a terrible idea and is very harmful. There's also an ACLU petition. If you have a 401(k) or other investment account, you have a pretty direct method to lodge complaints. One of the best things you can do to take back control of content and ensure safe spaces continue to exist online is to build your own website. Here are some resources from Emily. TK also wants you to make a website. Static Site Generators are fun, easy, and portable. You can host for free and take your site with you if you want to change platforms because you own all your own data.

Recommendations:

Chapters:

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (01:22) - Community Updates
  • (03:28) - Channel Highlight: Game Development
  • (05:21) - Breaking News!
  • (10:42) - Chapter 5
  • (55:23) - Recommendations
  • (55:31) - Amet: Final V3 podcast on YouTube
  • (56:50) - Vinny: Read books
  • (58:32) - Emily: Participate in and organize community events
  • (01:01:05) - Paul:Pattyproof on YouTube
  • (01:01:53) - Paul: Right Now with John Goblikon
  • (01:02:38) - Paul: Over the Garden Wall
  • (01:02:57) - TK: Dr. Robotnik's Ring Racers
  • (01:08:18) - Outro
A quick update24 Jul 202500:01:33

A quick update about this week's episode

Hold Your Ghouls Close (Feat. Rob K.)17 Jul 202500:47:01

This week we're recording our entry in The Worst Game Jam 3 with special guest Rob K!

Games Mentioned:

  • Uma Musume: Pretty Derby
  • The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy
  • Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Recommendations:

  • Rob: Nature Valley Wafer Bars
  • Emily: Physical media, especially comics
  • Jared: Ask for Fire Emblem advice in Discord
  • TK: Fancy sparkling lemonades, like Fever Tree's Sicilian lemonade or Sanpelegrino's Limonata

Chapters:

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:51) - Community Updates
  • (02:36) - Channel Highlight: ????????????
  • (04:31) - Horse Girls Can Do Anything
  • (07:16) - Hold Your Ghouls Close
  • (29:29) - We Make Some Guesses
  • (30:16) - Recommendations
  • (30:24) - Rob: Nature Valley Wafer Bars
  • (31:44) - Emily: Physical Media, Especially Comics
  • (34:16) - Jared: Ask the Fire Emblem Fans for Advice in Discord
  • (39:04) - TK: Fancy Sparking Lemonade (Fever Tree, Sanpelegrino)
  • (40:32) - Outro
  • (43:52) - Breaking News!
I live under the Chicago Bean and have never eaten food (Feat. Listeners like you)10 Jul 202501:05:53

This week we are opening the mailbag to see what's in there. Video games? Without a doubt. Aspirations? Quite possibly. Beans? Uh, sure I guess?

Games Mentioned

Chapters:

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:58) - Community Updates
  • (01:36) - Channel Highlight: Games of 2025
  • (04:21) - Mack
  • (04:30) - Favorite local wildlife or plant?
  • (08:11) - What's your favorite Summer drink?
  • (10:43) - Can you kickflip?
  • (12:36) - What's the best bean?
  • (13:53) - Best pizza topping?
  • (15:06) - TK
  • (15:12) - Thin or thick pizza crust?
  • (17:02) - Rinoa
  • (17:04) - Have you ever played a game that is not in a language you know?
  • (20:41) - What is the biggest gap you've felt between a game's reception and your feelings?
  • (24:31) - Lex
  • (24:34) - Do either of you have gaming goals for 2025?
  • (26:51) - Notrock
  • (26:56) - What is your unusual comfort game?
  • (30:43) - What we've been up to
  • (30:59) - Jared: Dragon Ruins II
  • (43:25) - TK: Soul Hackers 2
  • (56:47) - Recommendations
  • (56:54) - Jared: DAP DryDex Spackle
  • (59:39) - TK: Learn to mix drinks
  • (01:04:19) - Outro
Women Can Do Anything (Feat. Zeno)02 Jul 202502:12:33

Today we're talking with Zeno about the Spring and Summer anime seasons!

CW: Brief discussion of a robot having the ability to commit suicide (During Apocalypse Hotel Spoilers)

Anime Discussed

Games Mentioned

  • Mushroom Musume
  • Soul Hackers 2

Recommendations:

  • Zeno: Hakumei & Mikochi
  • Emily: Noble comics circle (noblecomix on Twitter)
  • TK: Yokohama Shopping Trip Log


Special thanks to Amet for our episode art this week!

Chapters:

  • (00:00) - 'Intro'
  • (01:04) - 'Community Updates'
  • (03:15) - 'BREAKING NEWS'
  • (04:09) - 'The Spring Season'
  • (07:10) - 'Apocalypse Hotel (Spoiler free)'
  • (17:55) - 'Apocalypse Hotel Spoilers'
  • (37:29) - 'A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof'
  • (50:18) - 'Mobile Suit Gundam GQUuuuuuX'
  • (59:17) - 'Maebashi Witches'
  • (01:06:54) - 'Ongoing Anime Wrapup'
  • (01:07:25) - 'Summer Season'
  • (01:09:04) - 'City The Animation'
  • (01:14:26) - 'DanDaDan Season 2'
  • (01:17:57) - 'The Summer Hikaru Died'
  • (01:28:30) - 'Ruri Rocks'
  • (01:33:29) - 'Lets Go Karaoke!'
  • (01:40:37) - 'What Weve Been Up To'
  • (01:40:41) - 'Zeno: Mushroom Musume'
  • (01:44:24) - 'Emily: Alien Stage'
  • (01:51:27) - 'TK: Soul Hackers 2'
  • (01:58:02) - 'Recommendations'
  • (01:58:14) - 'Zeno: Hakumei and Mikochi'
  • (02:00:29) - 'Emily: Noble Comics Circle'
  • (02:03:34) - 'TK: Yokohama Shopping Trip Log'
  • (02:09:07) - 'Outro'
The year that was and the year that will be01 Jan 202600:30:50

We know you''re drowning in GOTY content from last week and this week, so we've got a short and sweet episode for you this week looking back on 2025 and forward to 2026!

Recommendations:

  • Bluzo: Innioasis Y1 MP3 Player
  • Jared: Q-Up! Workout
  • TK: Download and learn tools early for the game jam!


Dope me up so I can save Japan (Feat. AJ)26 Jun 202501:25:47

We're excited to have AJ on this week to talk with us about getting into games as an adult and more!


Games Mentioned:

  • Super Mario World
  • Yoshi's Island
  • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
  • Stardew Valley
  • Elden Ring
  • Undertale
  • Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
  • Unbeatable Demo
  • The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy
  • Shutdown
  • Super Mario Maker 2
  • Backyard Baseball 97
  • Blue Prince
  • Final Profit


Recommendations:

  • AJ: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Emily: Kalechips on Itch and Bluesky
  • Jared: Trader Joe's Gluten Free Toaster Waffles
  • TK: Naps


Chapters:

  • (00:00) - 'Intro'
  • (01:34) - 'Community Updates'
  • (02:39) - 'Channel Highlight: Podcast General'
  • (03:22) - 'Gaming as an Adult with AJ'
  • (36:37) - 'What we've been up to'
  • (36:40) - 'Emily: The Hundred Line: The Saga Continues'
  • (40:42) - 'Emily & Jared: Undertale'
  • (49:32) - 'Jared: Backyard Baseball 98'
  • (53:21) - 'TK: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance'
  • (54:52) - 'TK: Unbeatable Demo'
  • (58:50) - 'AJ: Super Mario Maker 2: Story Mode'
  • (01:05:11) - 'AJ: Final Profit'
  • (01:10:15) - 'Recommendations'
  • (01:10:20) - 'AJ: The Disposessed by Ursula K. Le Guin'
  • (01:14:10) - 'Emily: Visual Novels by Kalechips'
  • (01:17:36) - 'TK: Turn A Gundam'
  • (01:17:50) - 'Jared: Gluten Free toaster waffles at Trader Joes'
  • (01:19:11) - 'TK: Take a nap'
  • (01:20:08) - 'Get in touch!'
  • (01:21:04) - 'AJ wants to come back'
  • (01:21:37) - 'We want you on the show!'
  • (01:22:14) - 'Participate in the show!'
  • (01:23:19) - 'Don't make me beg'
  • (01:24:25) - 'Outro'
  • (01:25:21) - 'Oh, you wanted another joke? What am I? a clown?'
Philosopher Dog?!19 Jun 202500:53:36

Today we explore Steam Next Fest!

Games Mentioned

  • The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy
  • Cast n Chill
  • Ball X Pit
  • Mina The Hollower
  • Bloodrush: Undying Wish
  • Bloodthief
  • Heaven Will Be Mine
  • Pokemon Odyssey
  • Baldur's Gate 3


Recommendations:

  • Emily: Mango flavored food and drink
  • Jared: Nvidia GeForce Now, now on Steam Deck
  • TK: The Pinecil soldering iron

Chapters:

  • (00:00) - 'Intro'
  • (00:48) - 'Community Updates'
  • (02:23) - 'Channel Highlight: #books-general'
  • (03:17) - 'Steam Next Fest'
  • (08:18) - 'Cast n Chill'
  • (10:59) - 'Ball X Pit'
  • (14:59) - 'Mina The Hollower'
  • (20:45) - 'Bloodrush: Undying Wish'
  • (22:48) - 'Bloodthief'
  • (25:53) - 'Heaven Will be Mine and the 2025 Backlog Project'
  • (33:13) - 'Metal GEar Rising: Revengeance'
  • (36:39) - 'Pokemon Odyssey'
  • (44:52) - 'Thanks for listening!'
  • (45:58) - 'Recommendations'
  • (46:02) - 'Emily: Mango flavored things'
  • (47:47) - 'Jared: nVidia GeForce Now'
  • (50:16) - 'TK: The Pinecil'
  • (52:31) - 'Thanks for Listening Part 2'
Imagine a Beautiful Pen12 Jun 202500:43:42

Games mentioned this episode:

  • Baldur's Gate 3
  • Haste: Broken Worlds
  • The Hundred Line - Last Defense Academy


This Week's Recommendations:


Have a question, segment idea or want to appear as a guest on the show? Email us at worstcommunityreport@gmail.com!

Chapters:

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (01:36) - Episode 1
  • (06:15) - Community Updates
  • (10:04) - No Context Update
  • (10:40) - An Introduction
  • (12:43) - Who is Emily?
  • (17:45) - Who is Jared?
  • (21:24) - Who is TK?
  • (29:11) - The Second Segment
  • (29:35) - Emily: Apocalypse Hotel
  • (32:19) - Jared: Fixing up the house and grounds
  • (33:40) - TK: Reaper, Lily58, and Haste: Broken Worlds
  • (36:29) - Emily is still playing Hundred Line
  • (38:11) - Recommendations
  • (38:15) - Emily: Get a hand fan
  • (39:48) - Jared: Fifteen Animals by Sandra Boynton
  • (40:05) - Video Game History Foundation NES Rom Dumping Stream
  • (41:03) - Thanks for listening!
The Bit Became Real (Feat. Lex)04 Jun 202501:24:24

When we said commit to the bit, we didn't realize it would go this far.

Games discussed this episode:

  • Atelier Marie
  • Atelier Ayesha
  • The Hundred Line - Last Defense Academy
  • Metaphor Re:Fantazio
  • Pru the Pidgeon
  • Gwen the Hen 64
  • Twig's Adventure 64
  • A Robot's Tiny Adventure

This Week's Recommendations:

Lex: Legend of Podcast: Trails Through Trails

Emily: Yuri EVN Webring

Jared: Mechanism Gaming Pillow

TK: Do hobbies, ask for help, read TK-web.top

Chapters:

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:38) - Community Updates
  • (07:01) - Atelier with Lex
  • (28:17) - A Special Report
  • (29:26) - Gundam with Emily
  • (41:18) - The Hundred Line Last Defense Academy with Emily
  • (48:39) - Metaphor with Jared
  • (57:33) - Kurigamedev 3D platformers with TK
  • (01:06:00) - Recommendations
  • (01:06:38) - Lex: Trails Through Trails
  • (01:08:13) - Emily: Huge Lex Fan
  • (01:09:03) - Emily: Yuri EVN Webring
  • (01:14:27) - TK: Hobbies
  • (01:22:11) - Outro
Game of the Year Spectacular (Feat. Listeners Like You!)24 Dec 202503:07:38

Thank you so much for joining us for a wonderful 2025. We appreciate each and every one of you.

Guest appearances by:

  • Goose
  • GJ
  • Phil
  • Zeno
  • Rob
  • Jordan
  • Tubbycustard
  • Matt
  • Scout
  • Mike
  • Rinoa
  • Kit
  • AJ
  • Zetto
  • Katie
  • Chase
  • Amet
  • Brendon

Our Top 15 Games:
Bluzo:

Jared:

TK

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (07:10) - GJ: Top 5 Actual Play Podcasts
  • (09:47) - Phil Bothun: Top 5 Things in 2025
  • (13:41) - Goose: Top 5 Media experiences of 2025
  • (17:09) - Zeno: Top 5 Birds of 2025
  • (21:33) - Bluzo's 5th Game of the Year
  • (26:34) - Jared's 5th Game of the Year
  • (33:24) - TK's Doom Mod of the Year
  • (38:09) - Rob K: 100 Line Spoilers: Top 5 games that do it better
  • (40:11) - Jmackerl: Top 5 Playdate games of 2025
  • (45:48) - TubbyCustard: Social gaming experiences of 2025
  • (49:38) - Matt: Top 5 Discord Bits
  • (50:43) - Bluzo's 4th Game of the Year
  • (59:23) - Jared's 4th Game of the Year
  • (01:02:43) - TK's Kei Truck of the Year
  • (01:06:02) - Scout's Top 5 of 2025
  • (01:10:34) - Mike's Fridge Magnets of the Year
  • (01:14:01) - Rinoa: Top 5 Whims of the Year
  • (01:18:16) - Kit's Top 5 Games of 2025
  • (01:21:55) - Bluzo's 3rd Game of the Year
  • (01:26:12) - Jare's 3rd Game of the Year
  • (01:31:55) - TK's Over-Animation of the Year
  • (01:37:02) - Zetto: Top 5 Akira Kurosawa Films
  • (01:42:00) - Katie: Top 5 Things Grown in the Garden
  • (01:43:37) - AJ's Top 5 Things That are Normally Cut Out of Recordings
  • (01:45:37) - Bluzo's 2nd Game of the Year
  • (01:51:32) - Jared's 2nd Game of the Year
  • (01:58:51) - TK's Best Musical Moment of the Year
  • (02:05:24) - Amet: Top 5 books
  • (02:07:35) - Chase: Top 5 Manga
  • (02:13:55) - Brendon's Top 5 Recipes of 2025
  • (02:16:01) - Bluzo's Honorable Mentions
  • (02:18:21) - Bluzo's Game of the Year
  • (02:35:22) - Jared's Game of the Year
  • (02:46:20) - TK's Game of the Year
  • (02:52:44) - Bluzo's Top 5 Comics of 2025
  • (02:55:44) - Jared's Top 5 Books to Read to His Kid
  • (02:59:35) - TK's Top 5 Dale Coopers
  • (03:02:30) - Outro
A Little Eurobeat Will Do Wonders (Feat. Ashley and Bibulous)11 Dec 202501:11:01

This week is all about developing games! We are joined by Ashley, who is making a cool JRPG Roguelike called Last Gasp and Bibulous who is making his third Sky Ballet game. You can play His first two on Itch! Of course you can play Bluzo's first games as well, Along an Extremity and Hana's Light which were made with collaborators. The full credits for each are on the itch pages. Also keep an eye out for her work with Broken Rotten!

Please make sure you get your Top 5 for the year in! You can email us at hi@twcr-radio.online or DM it to us in Discord!

Recommendations:

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:47) - Community Updates
  • (01:12) - Get us your Top 5s!
  • (02:14) - Developing Games!
  • (02:26) - *Record Scratch* Channel Highlight actually! Game Development in Genre-Platform-Chat
  • (04:22) - Ashley's Game: Last Gasp
  • (09:04) - Working in RPG Maker MV
  • (09:54) - Ashley's history and experience developing Last Gasp
  • (11:33) - How has it felt being in the Game Development Channel?
  • (12:55) - Bibulous Making Shmups
  • (14:46) - Getting assets/Making art
  • (15:46) - AI sucks. Don't use it, even as placeholder
  • (18:39) - Sound is really important!
  • (20:58) - Are you interested in collaborating?
  • (22:28) - Bibulous's history and games
  • (26:01) - Get your game in front of the right audience
  • (27:44) - Start shorter
  • (30:32) - Last Gasp Coming Early 2026
  • (31:48) - Iterating with Bibulous
  • (35:15) - Be honest with yourself about your strengths
  • (38:30) - Broadn your horizons
  • (39:49) - Other inspirations?
  • (42:14) - Bluzo's experience collaborating
  • (52:06) - How do you approach a JRPG?
  • (55:01) - Remeber what PaRappa told you.
  • (58:22) - It's cool to make things!
  • (58:59) - Participate in the Game Jam 4!
  • (59:31) - All hail The Kommisar of the Winter Jam!
  • (01:00:07) - Are pancakes a game? Sure why not. THE KOMMISAR HAS SPOKEN
  • (01:00:46) - Having a creative outlet is good for you!
  • (01:01:50) - You have a right to have fun.
  • (01:03:48) - Recommendations
  • (01:03:53) - Ashley: GDC Talk: Failing to Fail the Spiderweb Software Way
  • (01:04:16) - Ashley: Octopath Traveler 0
  • (01:04:37) - Bibulous: PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Sega Saturn Game
  • (01:09:33) - Send us your Top 5!
Get Me Out of This Sausage (Feat. GJ and Mike)04 Dec 202501:07:20

PLEASE send us your Top 5 for 2025! This can be stuff released in 2025 or things that are new to you this year. Send us audio files to hi@twcr-radio.online or via Discord DM and make sure to include your name!

This week we have GJ and Mike on to talk Actual Play podcasts! Listen to Mike's podcast, Cthulhu Con!

Recommendations:

Jared:

  • The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

GJ:

  • Follow a cast member from an Actual Play you like.
  • Worlds Beyond Number: A County Affair
  • American Vandal and Players

Mike:

TK:

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:50) - Community Updates
  • (01:22) - Please Send Us Your Top 5!
  • (03:19) - Channel Highlight: Podcast General and Tabletop Roundtable
  • (04:49) - Actual Play Podcasts!
  • (04:53) - What the hell is Actual Play Anyway?
  • (06:29) - How GJ got into Actual Play
  • (07:16) - TK fucks up a name again
  • (07:51) - There you go buddy. Gold star
  • (08:14) - Levels of Actual Play Production
  • (09:38) - How did Mike get into Actual Play?
  • (12:34) - TK's Actual Play History
  • (14:24) - What Are You Looking For Anyway?
  • (14:51) - GJ: High Production, Minimal Combat
  • (15:21) - Mike's Here For That.
  • (16:36) - Jared's History: Humor is Key! Mechanics are a Boon
  • (19:12) - TK: D&D Makes for a Bad Show?
  • (20:10) - GJ: D&D is Great for a Show!
  • (21:02) - Mike: The Books are a Guideline, not Hard and Fast Rules.
  • (24:17) - Speaking of Systems: Cthulhu Con?
  • (24:34) - Trail of Cthulhu
  • (28:24) - Foreshadowing
  • (28:32) - Dice: The Secret Extra Writer
  • (28:52) - GJ: Chaos is Good! Improv is Fun!
  • (31:13) - How Much Tabletop Experience Do We Have?
  • (31:22) - Jared and TK are Drift Compatible
  • (31:31) - GJ: Not Much
  • (32:07) - If You Don't Want Mechanics, Why Actual Play?
  • (34:56) - It's Okay to Say No, Sometimes.
  • (37:09) - Actual Play is the Idealized Tabletop Group
  • (38:26) - Jared's Played a Little Bit
  • (40:06) - Actual Play Inspires Actual Play. Woah
  • (43:25) - Jared's Sibling Theory
  • (45:46) - TK: Late to Tabletop
  • (46:25) - Listen to Cthulhu Con!
  • (46:41) - More Coming from Skull & Scones
  • (49:27) - The Oldest Actual Play: Record of Lodoss War
  • (51:09) - Recommendations
  • (51:15) - JAred: The Tainted Cup
  • (54:31) - GJ: Pick One Performer and Follow Them!
  • (55:05) - GJ: American Vandal and Players
  • (56:18) - Mike: Dungeons & Daddies
  • (57:25) - Mike: Gumshoes & Dragons
  • (58:23) - Mike: Enshittification by Cory Doctrow
  • (59:07) - Media Production Chat
  • (01:00:03) - TK: Cho Ren Sha 68k
  • (01:01:01) - TK: Pretending to Be People
  • (01:01:54) - GJ Bonus! Worlds Beyond Number: A County Affair
  • (01:04:13) - Outro
  • (01:06:00) - Show and Tell
It's Fun to Lose (Feat. Zetto and Bibulous)27 Nov 202501:15:45

This week is a special episode all about Sky Ballet games!

Games Mentioned: Just check out the wonderful TWG Shmup Google Doc

Recommendations:
Bluzo: Watch Gundam, Any Gundam
TK: Use your PSP as a media player
Bibulous: Miles in Transit on YouTube
Zetto: TouHou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival Part III, Dispatch, The Filmography of Akira Kurosawa

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (01:13) - Community Updates
  • (03:43) - Channel Highlihgt: Genre Platform Chat - Sky Ballet
  • (04:26) - Main Segment: Sky Ballet!
  • (04:32) - Sky Ballet has always been there for us
  • (05:21) - Bluzo Revolver: Double Shmup
  • (07:25) - Bike Bibulouz: The Beginning
  • (09:15) - Vocabulary Term: 1CC - One Credit Clear
  • (10:27) - The Fighter Who Wanted to Become... ZettoRanger
  • (12:50) - Vocabulary Term: Euro-Shmup (Derogatory)
  • (14:28) - Is ZeroRanger a good place to start?
  • (16:46) - Vocabulary term: Credit Feed - Pump credits into a game with no limit to complete it.
  • (18:04) - Shmups: The hardest genre that wants you to get better
  • (20:53) - Great Bullet Hells Steal
  • (21:33) - Favorite Shmups
  • (21:45) - Bibulous: ZeroRanger
  • (22:02) - Bibulous: Cho Ren Sha 68k
  • (22:57) - Are Freeware Shmups common?
  • (25:22) - Zetto's Favorite: ZeroRanger
  • (25:48) - Oh you didn't catch that?
  • (25:55) - TouHou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival Part II
  • (28:13) - Traditioooooooooon Tradition
  • (30:29) - Moving on to Birdcage
  • (32:42) - TirdKage? Is this anything?
  • (33:19) - Vocabulary Term: Bullet Hell: The entire screen is death
  • (34:31) - History Lesson: Batsugan
  • (35:34) - TK has it backwards
  • (36:20) - Back to the Cage
  • (43:56) - Birdcage influences: Radiant Silvergun
  • (45:11) - A tangent about Ikaruga
  • (46:31) - Talkin' 'bout difficulty
  • (49:05) - Are there good stories in shmups?
  • (49:28) - Drainus
  • (50:10) - Touhou (Danmaku specifically)
  • (50:40) - Games by CAVE
  • (52:51) - One Hell of a Google Doc
  • (56:29) - It's Fun to Lose
  • (57:14) - There are many ways to play. Don't be intimidated
  • (01:00:14) - Recommendations
  • (01:00:21) - Bluzo: Watch Gundam, Any Gundam
  • (01:02:03) - TK: The PSP is a good video player, actually
  • (01:03:56) - Bibulous: Miles in Transit on YouTube
  • (01:05:51) - Zetto: TouHou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival Part III
  • (01:07:29) - Zetto: Dispatch
  • (01:08:23) - Zetto: The Filmography of Akira Kurusawa
  • (01:13:28) - Outro
It Always Goes Back to Gundam20 Nov 202501:03:56

This week we're just chilling and talking games! Bluzo has visual novels, Jared's been hunting monsters with Thor, and TK has been punching people back to health in between high stakes slot car races!

Games Mentioned:

  • The Hundred Line Last Defense Academy
  • Drive Home
  • Carimara
  • Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
  • Yakuza Kiwami
  • Yakuza 0
  • Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals TIme


Recommendations:

  • (00:23) - Intro
  • (01:14) - Update: No More News
  • (01:21) - Come on the Show!
  • (02:19) - Call in with GOTY picks!
  • (02:47) - The Hundred Line is Edutainment
  • (03:13) - Hundred Line: GOTY by volume?
  • (04:12) - The Main Segment
  • (04:16) - Aren't we missing something?
  • (04:27) - Channel Highight: Games News
  • (04:35) - This PC Runs on Coal and Water
  • (08:47) - Is this the hardware corner? Yes.
  • (11:01) - Back to Channel Highlight
  • (12:01) - Jared: AYN Thor & Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
  • (18:49) - Bluzo: Ride Home
  • (20:45) - You're not a little bitch, Jared!
  • (21:09) - Back to Drive Home
  • (22:22) - Bluzo: Carimara
  • (28:37) - TK: Yakuza Kiwami
  • (37:00) - It Always Goes Back to Gundam
  • (37:49) - Kiwami Comes Back
  • (53:48) - Recommendations
  • (53:50) - Bluzo: IGDB.com
  • (57:56) - Jared:Try New Things!
  • (59:45) - TK: 70% Complete Extra Life stream
  • (01:01:29) - Outro
  • (01:02:26) - Maybe we should do a Gundam episode?
I Am a Robots Person13 Nov 202501:08:04

This week is a week of catching up and revisiting old topics. Bluzo brings in Hundred Line, Butterfly Aeffect and Gundam Wing, while TK checks back in with Alan Wake II, Twin Peaks the Return, and House of Leaves!

Have a segment or show idea? Want to come on and chat with us about something? Shoot us a DM or message on Discord or send us an email from our contact page at https://twcr-radio.online/contact

Games Mentioned:

  • Hundred Line Last Defense Academy
  • Fire Emblem Three Houses
  • Alan Wake II
  • Control

Recommendations:

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (01:20) - Community Updates
  • (02:33) - Channel Highlight: Tech Chat > Media Production Chat | Bluzo Goes to Javascript School
  • (03:41) - The Main Segment
  • (03:54) - Bluzo: Hundred Line!
  • (11:50) - TK: Alan Wake II
  • (20:32) - Bluzo: Butterfly Aeffect
  • (27:13) - TK: Twin Peaks The Return
  • (27:40) - TK is bad at dates for a second
  • (28:38) - Returning to the Return
  • (33:02) - Bluzo: Gundam Wing
  • (40:41) - CW: Suicide (incomplete)
  • (41:58) - CW Over, back to Gundam
  • (50:10) - House of Leaves
  • (58:54) - Recommendations!
  • (58:59) - Bluzo
  • (01:02:21) - TK: Mike's Reaper Guides
  • (01:03:54) - Discord Tutorial: How to find Threads
  • (01:05:30) - Outro
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