024: The Geocache Killer

Listen now (34 min) | After leaving PAX East on planet royale, our heroes must carefully navigate an asteroid field made up of geocaching, augmented reality, and location-based games. Read the transcript.

Games discussed on this episode:

  • 02:18 Sea of Thieves
  • 02:49 Letterboxing
  • 11:36 Ready Player One
  • 13:30 Rabbids
  • 16:29 Pokemon Go
  • 18:09 Ingress Prime
  • 19:32 Harry Potter Wizards Unite
  • 20:48 World of Warcraft
  • 24:06 Pikmin Bloom
  • 27:29 Minecraft
  • 31:13 Horizon Forbidden West

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009: Grinding the Rewards

Listen now (35 min) | Leaving the stream behind, our heroes make a discovery about experience grinding and reward mechanics, which will help them on their quest to find the most usable game. Read the transcript.

Games discussed on this episode:

  • 2:02 World of Warcraft
  • 2:59 Dark Souls
  • 5:16 Mass Effect
  • 7:12 Bloodborne
  • 8:27 Cuphead
  • 15:26 Hellblade
  • 19:59 Monster Hunter
  • 26:51 Spider-Man
  • 34:16 Sea of Thieves

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