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410: Doom (1993)

410: Doom (1993)

Episode 1 · · 01:09:20

Can this podcast run Doom?

409: Cobalt Core

409: Cobalt Core

Episode 1 · · 47:04

It’s a Nate Game this week, as we’re talking about Cobalt Core, a card-based roguelike deckbuilder about a space ship full of furries stuck in a time loop.

408: Animal Well

408: Animal Well

Episode 1 · · 01:09:28

I’ve finally pushed my co-hosts down the Animal Well. This uneasy, mysterious, combat free take on the Metroidvania genre asks you to live in a hole and be terrified of kangaroos. ...

407: Duck Detective: The Secret Salami

407: Duck Detective: The Secret Salami

Episode 1 · · 45:07

Sure, this game about a duck detective solving an office lunch theft is cute, but did you know it’s also an introduction to Cold-war era Berlin for children? Duck Detective is a d...

406: Children of the Sun

406: Children of the Sun

Episode 1 · · 01:00:21

A single bullet to kill a whole bunch of cultists. Children of the Sun is a puzzle sniping game, where THE GIRL is out to kill THE LEADER of THE CULT. Telekinetically redirect your s...

405: INDIKA

405: INDIKA

Episode 1 · · 01:50:50

Indika is a young nun in 19th century Russia, suffering from a crisis of faith, delusions, and puzzles. It’s one of the most cinematically interesting games we’ve played in a long ti...

404: El Paso, Elsewhere

404: El Paso, Elsewhere

Episode 1 · · 01:10:08

Your ex-girlfriend, queen of the vampires, has holed up in an El Paso motel to perform a ritual that will bring about the end of the world. As John Savage, veteran monster hunter and...

403: Gaming Slumps

403: Gaming Slumps

Episode 1 · · 56:47

Slumps. Ruts. Dulldrums. Whatever you want to call them, most of us have likely experienced times when you couldn’t play or enjoy games in the way you might want for one reason or an...

402: Terra Nil

402: Terra Nil

Episode 1 · · 01:04:28

It’s the ultimate video game power fantasy: the power to clean up after ourselves. Terra Nil is a unique “city builder” in the lineage of Sim City, but with tasks you with revitalizi...

401: Open Roads

401: Open Roads

Episode 1 · · 01:16:34

After an incredibly troubled development, we finally have the latest game from the team that brought you Gone Home and Tacoma… Sort of. Open Roads, from publisher Annapurna and the d...

400: Episode 400 Trivia Spectacular!

400: Episode 400 Trivia Spectacular!

Episode 1 · · 01:13:46

400 episodes. Nearly 10 years. I absolutely can not believe it. To celebrate, Laura put together an incredibly well produced trivia night game for us to play! Who knows the most abou...

A Quick Word on Slice & Dice 3.0

A Quick Word on Slice & Dice 3.0

Episode 1 · · 26:35

Slice & Dice is a game that just keeps giving, and we don’t just mean incredible dice-rolling gameplay. Since we last covered Slice & Dice, it has received two major updates. As ...

398: Home Safety Hotline

398: Home Safety Hotline

Episode 1 · · 55:18

As we close in on Episode 400 (where did the time go?) Shane and Raygan are talking about weird-horror phone bank simulator Home Safety Hotline. Is that caller suffering from bedbugs...

398: Grab Bag! Mario and More

398: Grab Bag! Mario and More

Episode 1 · · 49:27

This week we go rogue and chat about a whole bunch of games — Super Mario Wonder (short to mid-length), Helldivers 2 (long!), and an assortment of “daily games” (seconds to minutes!).

397: Balatro

397: Balatro

Episode 1 · · 01:09:56

A card based roguelike that is arguably related to Poker has been blowing up recently, so naturally we gave it a shot. Turns out, yeah, it’s good!

396: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

396: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Episode 1 · · 01:07:21

Debatably a short game, but indisputably a classic. Raygan has played SotN many times but the rest of the crew is experiencing it for the first time. What will they make of this revo...

395: Subpar Pool

395: Subpar Pool

Episode 1 · · 01:11:35

Golf + pool + the developer behind holedown? Be still our hearts. Subpar Pool brings polish and charm to the (pool) table, with tons of variations and challenges to keep it fresh — w...

394: The Forever Labyrinth

394: The Forever Labyrinth

Episode 1 · · 01:16:34

When inkle drops a surprise release, we dive in — and this time, we dove into a maze of art from museums around the world. The Forever Labyrinth is a totally free, browser-based “rep...

393: Gravity Circuit

393: Gravity Circuit

Episode 1 · · 01:11:14

Turns out all of us skipped the tutorial and (whaddayaknow!?) had a really hard time with the early hours of this retro action platformer. Don’t be like us! In the end though we all ...

392: Playdate Update

392: Playdate Update

Episode 1 · · 01:11:16

I can’t believe it’s been almost two years since we last talked about the Playdate, the cute little console with a crank. We start with an update on if/how we’re still playing out Pl...