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Listeners of Boop that love the show mention: scott and brian,SPECIAL: A conversation with Chris Metzen: I really think you'll all enjoy this interview. A lot has happened since we last had this opportunity, and we talk about it all. And yes, even the Blizzard stuff you have questions about. Enjoy!
Today, it's all about a monkey named Donkey, and a little guy named Jump Man, and how the biggest shift in character-based gaming was about take a HUGE leap right under our noses. Enjoy!
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium is a role-playing video game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. It was released in Japan in 1993 and Europe and North America in 1995. It is the fourth and final game in the original Phantasy Star series, concluding the story of the Algol Star System. And we are here for it!
The first episode is here! And there's a lot in here, including a deep loving look at Joust, and why it might be the greatest arcade game of all time. We also talk about playing retro games in VR, how Scott grew up with arcades in his basement, Guess Our Game remains, and MORE!
Halo and drugs are quite the combo. What is Ridley Scott thinking? This week's release news! Scott reviews Cyber Shadow. Brian reviews Undungeon. Guess My Game, emails and more!
Lots of stuff to talk about today, including getting into driving games again, and playing Stranger Things puzzle games. Scott reviews Dungeons of Edera. Brian reviews Recipe for Disaster. Guess My Game, emails and more!
We look at this week's releases, plus a few more indie stories! Scott reviewed Unpacking. Brian reviewed Despot's Game. Guess Our Game, emails and more!
Quick stuff about the state of Rogue Legacy 2, and Brian trying to find the real Bucky O'Hare. This week's new games include Unpacking, To The Rescue, and Giant's Uprising. Scott reviews Let's Make a Zoo, and Brian reviews They Always Run. Guess My Game, new emails and more!
Lots of stuff today! New games this week and next! Scott reviews Inscryption. Brian reviews Into The Pit. Guess My Game, and your emails too!
Games coming this week: Lumione, Into The Pit, and They Always Run. Today Scott reviewed Big Farm Story. Brian reviewed The Riftbreaker. Guess My Game, emails and more!
Dusting off the Saints and Imagine Earth. Messing with the Vanias. New games this week. Scott played Mind Scanners. Brian played Arcade Tycoon. Guess My Game, emails and more!
Hey! It's October and time to talk about the scary games we wanna play. Not only that, but we go through new releases and upcoming indies! Also, Scott reviews Aragami 2, while Brian reviews Potion Craft! Emails, Guess My Game, and more!
Streaming when you don't wanna. PS Now for Brian? New releases and upcoming games! Gas Station Sim is Scott's game. Brian plays Flynn: Son of Crimson. Guess My Game. Emails and more!
Back to Spiritfarer! And was Path of Neo actually good? The weeks new and upcoming releases! Scott reviews Car Mechanic Simulator. Brian played Lake. We stump each other with Guess my Game, and do your emails and more!
What to do with all your minis. Also, the games hitting right now and this week! Plus Scott reviews Song of Iron, while Brian reviews Greak: Memories of Azur. Guess My Game, and your emails and more!
Mobile games that take your day over. 12 Minutes and it's weird endings. Lots of new games out this week and next. Scott played Banners of Ruin. Brian played Dreamscaper. Guess My Game! Your emails and lots more!
Being a Dwarf again! Halo don't play like that! Lots of new and upcoming indie releases to talk about today. This week's games: Scott played Rustler. Brian played Atrio: The Dark Wild. Guess My Game, your emails and more!
Today Scott and Brian kick it off with some discussion around controller matching. Then we dive into the latest indie releases. And THEN Scott goes hard on Lawn Mowing Simulator. Brian is all in on Death Trash. We play Guess Our Game, and finish things out with some emaily things.
Scott got a Backbone, and Brian got a HOTAS. We also played The Last Campfire and The Ascent. Guess My Game, emails and more!
Why some weird MMO's actually work. How many He-Man games were there? Upcoming releases and news. Scott played Death's Door. Brian played Imagine Earth. Guess My Game! Emails! And loads more!
Does Scott actually like cooking sims? Does brian like Bears? Some news of new games, and then Scott played Crash Drive 3, while Brian played Black Skylands. Guess Our Games, and your emails and more!
What you play on the road to see family. Cleaning up your codes! Doki Doki, Fermi, and Wonder Boy in news. This week we review, Wildermyth and Hellpoint. Guess My Game, emails and more!
Want more metroidvanias in your life? Good news! Teardown makes things easier. Alex Kidd is back and on your TV. THIS WEEK'S REVIEWS: Traveller's Rest and Hello Puppets: Midnight Show. Guess Our Game, emails and more!
Lots more indys at E3 this week, and we talk about em. Also, Tunic is still real! LOADS of xbox demos now up. Disney loosens up a little for indy devs. Scott played and reviewed Rising Hell. Brian played and reviewed Until We Die. Guess Our Game, your emails and lots more!
We look at the big stuff that came out of the Guerrilla Collective Showcase. Plus, our games this week: Tainted Grail, For The Warp, and Insurmountable! Plus Guess My Game, and lots more!
EA Dodgeball, Days Gone, Netflix is getting into games? Wanna get new Silent Hill games? King of Seas too. Scott played Voxel Tychoon. Brian played The Wild At Heart, and LOTS more!
All the Golf. Waiting for that Xcloud invite. MS giving a better cut to devs. Legend of Keepers is OUT of EA. Turnips are really popular on Steam right now. Hot deals! Skeletal Avenger. We Are The Caretakers. Guess My Game. Your emails. A new contest and more!
We get into it this week right away, with the Evercade VS, Mona, and Instruments of Destruction! Scott played and loved Orbital Bullet. Brian played and loved Rain on Your Parade. We have a great music discussion and more!
Scott has his head in ESO hard, and Dun away did NOT get his Xcloud invite. Also, we hit some breaking indie news, and then got to some sweet games this week. Scott played American Fugitive on Switch, and Brian played The Slormancer on Steam! Guess My Game, emails and more!
Put in the Italian Sub! Also, Cozy Grove is rad. Wildfire is also rad. Your emails are rad. Our Guess My Game competition is pretty rad. And loads more! Including what game we wanna see resurrected.
Rock Runners is going strong! Still can't stop with these life sims. Bite the Bullet provides twitch fun. Scott played Dorf Romantik, and Brian played Narita Boy. Guess My Game, emails and MORE!
Scott decided that everyone should give Mankind Divided another shot because the game is rad and will fill your Cyberpunk void. Brian thinks the way to go is some dark fantasy turn-based business with King Arthur: Knight's Tale. Plus some Guess my Game, emails and more!
Scott and Chris have a sit-down and chat up up about his new big project, plus lots of great insights into development of this kind of project vs something like a major game release at Blizzard. Here’s a bit more about the project. Auroboros: Coils of the Serpent is a 5E campaign setting by Chris Metzen and Warchief Gaming. The first release in this universe, Worldbook: Lawbrand, is based on the roleplaying campaign that Chris ran with his childhood friends in the eighties and nineties, before heading to Blizzard to work on worlds such as Warcraft, StarCraft, and more. Enjoy Scott Johnson chatting with Chris Metzen about his awesome new project!
Scott has a town building problem today. Brian got an early birthday present. We talk at length about Nebuchadnezzar, while Brian goes in deep on Rogue Heroes, Guess Our Games, emails and more!
We go from monitor buying options, too much time in Valheim, and then, this week's games! Loop Hero for Scott, and the final release for Curse of The Dead Gods for Brian. Guess Our Games, emails and more!
Waiting for Shipbreaker patches. System Shock demo play9ing. The Touryst is really fun and on Gamepass. Ultimate Adom: Caverns of Chaos is out. Guess my Game, your emails and more!
We get down to business this week with a little more about Scott's stream play of Little Nightmares II, and how Arcanium got a nice update! His game this week is Blasphemous! Brian's is Valheim, and we both played a load of that. Guess My Game, emails and more! Oh, and what happened to Game Genies and Game Sharks!
Scott plays Legend of Keepers, and brian plays Little Nightmares II, and we also play Guess my Game, and we also read and answer emails. What else could you ask for?