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351: Luck be a Landlord

351: Luck be a Landlord

Episode 1 · · 01:07:46

Luck be a Landlord is a roguelike deckbuilder (hello Nate!) about using a slot machine to earn rent money and defeat capitalism. This strange but compelling game recently emerged fro...

350: UnderDungeon

350: UnderDungeon

Episode 1 · · 47:07

This week Nate and Raygan are talking about UnderDungeon, a game with awesome 1-bit pixel art that somehow seemed like less than the sum of its parts. Not, ultimately, a recommendati...

349: Afterplace

349: Afterplace

Episode 1 · · 01:02:23

Afterplace is the first mobile game that has really grabbed me beginning to end in a long time. The game, from solo developer Evan Kice, is a whole-assed open world indie action adve...

Short Game Classic – 99: Pocket Card Jockey

Short Game Classic – 99: Pocket Card Jockey

Episode 1 · · 01:03:54

Pocket Card Jockey is a weird footnote. A lesser known but beloved 3DS side-project by Game Freak, the creators of Pokémon. It‘s a brilliant and hilarious mash up horse racing and so...

348: Isle of Arrows

348: Isle of Arrows

Episode 1 · · 56:33

We haven’t covered a mobile game, or a tower defense game, in quite a while! Isle of Arrows comes from Gridpop, aka Daniel Lutz, best known as the creative director of Hitman GO and ...

347: Tinykin

347: Tinykin

Episode 1 · · 55:44

We absolutely love stuff where little guys go around, the littler the better. Tinykin upended our expectations around 3D platformers, and manages to out-Pikmen Pikmen. It’s about ...

346: Game of the Year 2022

346: Game of the Year 2022

Episode 1 · · 52:00

It’s been a great year, and we played some great games. It’s our Game of the Year special for 2022!  In addition to our Game of the Year, we’re handing out lots of honors and supe...

345: Chop Goblins

345: Chop Goblins

Episode 1 · · 50:47

BANG! BANG! CHOP! CHOP! In this single-sitting first-person shooter, you gotta chop some goblins before they chop you. Other times you gotta shoot, stake, shotgun, or impale them. Be...

Short Game Classic — 10: Portal

Short Game Classic — 10: Portal

Episode 1 · · 01:10:40

This week, we’re revisiting an episode for a game that many of you have probably played: Portal. On December 11, Nvidia released a remastered version called “Portal RTX” with upgrade...

344: Pentiment

344: Pentiment

Episode 1 · · 01:18:27

Fans of medieval manuscripts, murder mysteries and marginalia, rejoice! Pentiment is here to fill your Northern Renaissance needs. Raygan and Laura discuss this rich tale of abbeys, ...

343: Thanksgaming

343: Thanksgaming

Episode 1 · · 58:08

This week’s episode is a little early and lightly edited, since we are all busy with Thanksgiving. Just a quick, fun conversation about things we were thankful for in gaming in 2022!...

342: The Entropy Centre

342: The Entropy Centre

Episode 1 · · 58:56

Now we’re thinking with time reversals! The Entropy Centre is a first-person puzzler set in a collapsing space station on the brink of the end of the world. But it’s not all doom and...

341: Card Cowboy

341: Card Cowboy

Episode 1 · · 01:01:16

Mosey on over to this here podcast fer some of the worst accents this side of the Mississippi — it’s time to cover Card Cowboy, yeehaw! Saddle up to take revenge on the Gunman who ki...

340: IFComp 2022 Part 2

340: IFComp 2022 Part 2

Episode 1 · · 01:20:29

This week, we pick back up our coverage of IFComp 2022 with seven more games: Into The Sun by Dark StarThe Absence of Miriam Lane by Abigail CorfmanAdmiration Point by Rachel Help...

339: Multitasking & Games

339: Multitasking & Games

Episode 1 · · 01:18:32

We love a game that respects our time. But what if you don’t have *any* time? Do two things at once, of course! To celebrate Raygan’s return amidst new baby mode, we praise games ...

Short Game Classic — 117: Night in the Woods

Short Game Classic — 117: Night in the Woods

Episode 1 · · 01:25:06

The leaves are turning, the air is brisk, and we are feeling our seasonal feelings by re-releasing our episode on Night in the Woods. This game’s not only giving us autumnal vibes, i...

338: IFComp 2022 Part 1

338: IFComp 2022 Part 1

Episode 1 · · 53:35

Happy 28th birthday to IFComp! We’re thrilled to start our seventh year of competition coverage with discussions of seven brand-new interactive fiction games. Nate and Laura open wit...

337: Slice & Dice

337: Slice & Dice

Episode 1 · · 58:58

It’s all there in the title — there’s both slicing and dicing in this turn-based roguelite! Nate, Laura, and Shane take on liches, witches and other classic monsters across Slice & D...

336: Kirby and the Forgotten Land

336: Kirby and the Forgotten Land

Episode 1 · · 01:10:40

In Case Of Impending Baby, Break Glass and Discuss Kirby. Raygan is preparing for the birth of his third child this week so Shane and Raygan are discussing Nintendo’s best 2022 r...

335: Tunic

335: Tunic

Episode 1 · · 01:20:56

Laura played Tunic when it launched earlier this year, and has been encouraging us to play it for the show ever since, but it’s a bit long (up to 20 hours for completionists) and the...