032: Open Worlds

Listen now (24 min) | Having overcome the collective horde, our heroes are confronted with their greatest challenge: a really big ****ing space fish. Read the transcript.

Games discussed on this episode:

  • 3:05 Elden Ring
  • 4:06 Resident Evil Village
  • 9:00 It Takes Two
  • 12:48 Mad Max
  • 13:18 God Of War
  • 15:27 Stray
  • 17:32 Simon’s Quest
  • 17:51 Dying Light
  • 21:46 Breath of the Wild

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030: Is Stray GOTY?

Listen now (33 min) | Surviving the asteroid field, our heroes pass a nearby planet, and run into a friendly sci-fi feline and his robot companion. Read the transcript.

Games discussed on this episode:

  • 0:53 Stray
  • 5:44 Death Stranding
  • 17:53 Elden Ring
  • 24:24 Horizon Forbidden West
  • 25:41 Splatoons 3
  • 27:09 Tunic
  • 27:36 Evil Dead
  • 27:47 Ghostwire Tokyo
  • 28:06 Bioshock
  • 29:02 Moonlighter
  • 29:15 Cult of the Lamb

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029: Game Mechanics We Love

Listen now (34 min) | After communing with the game designer, our heroes blast through a dense asteroid field made up of simulator, voice chat, collaboration, totaling, karma, and other game mechanic rocks. Read the transcript.

Games discussed on this episode:

  • 1:33 Stray
  • 2:21 Goat Simulator
  • 2:35 Maneater
  • 4:20 Fly Simulator
  • 7:34 Hell Let Lose
  • 9:40 Battlefield 4
  • 10:39 Friday the 13th
  • 13:14 Dead by Daylight
  • 15:48 Spy Vs. Spy
  • 16:28 Oregon Trail Card Game
  • 16:47 Munchkin
  • 17:33 ROBOT RISE!
  • 19:34 Vampire the Masquerade
  • 24:35 Ticket To Ride
  • 25:57 Settlers of Catan
  • 27:32 Lords of Waterdeep
  • 28:05 Call of Cthulu
  • 30:21 Marvel Superheroes RPG

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