Check It Out, Comrade!

Nick and Brayton, joined by Gary, talk about Bithell's newest adventure game and the western goof'em'up by Asymmetric. Stay tuned to the end for a special announcement!

Nick and Brayton battle some cats and heist some steamed worlds in this crackerjack episode.

Nick and Braybraybray take a look at Turmoil and Domina, a pair of steamtown dumplins.

Nick and Braybray check out the app where kingdoms meet to fuck, as well as discover the mystery of the unknown player.

Nick and Brayton take on two charming darlins. A real coupla Stumptown Dumplins, these.

Nick and Brayton look at a mobile roguelite and a multiplayer jam. Look for Crawl on the couch at Duckstream 2017!

Nick and Brayton blast off with FTL and get mysterious with Able Black.

Nick and Brayton check out Ring Runner and Solitarica! Join us all in welcoming brand new host Brayton Cameron! Hooray!

Nick and Gary take a look at The Flame and Flood and HEARtREAD. A not entirely successful survival game and a almost entirely unsuccessful indie game with a good gimmick. Also, stay tuned to the end for a special announcement.

Nick and Gary do our 3rd Duckstream request game (the low fi horror game Lone Survivor) and check out our buddy Pete's mobile breakout/breakfast game.

Nick and Gary are joined by Evan Naugle (of Megaten Marathon (http://www.megatenmarathon.com/) ) to talk about Brigador, as well as Anatomy.

Nick and Gary do our first Duckstream request (Invisible Inc), an ambitious, elegant game that proved to be too tough for us, and the beautiful little charmer Refunct.

Nick and Gary get to the bottom of Obsidian's newest masterpiece.

Nick and Gary talk about the future of their favorite game (collectively, at least), with the last bit of official content, and a sign that the fans will take care of the rest.

Nick and Gary look back on another year of Check it Out, Comrade! What were we disappointed with? What surprised us? What'd we love? What are we looking forward to? Check it out here! We'll be back in a month or so, with episodes on Afterbirth+ and Tyranny. Join us, comrades!

Nick and Gary check out a linear story game about social media and technology and a well above average Castlevania homage.

Nick and Gary come to grips with Oxenfree's centrifuge-like qualities and then bleed the ever living shit out of some pixels.

Check out this LIVE episode of Check it Out, Comrade! where Nick and Gary talk about Gang Beasts and Journey! Also, look for supplemental video coming soon!

Here it is! Our Halloween special. What could be more spooky than regency? How about a Buffy sim? In this episode, Nick and Gary talk about Reigns and Slayer Shock.

Two games provided by our buddy Brett that explore different strengths and weaknesses of super small indie games.

This week, the Comrades explore two extremes: Factorio, which is a crunch crafting, optimization, and survival game... and Abzu, which is a serene exploration game with ThatGameCompany DNA.

If Watch Out For Fireballs! can cover Dishonored, Check It Out Comrade! can cover The Witcher 3, god damn it. Actually, this very remarkable game carries a bit of indie spirit along with a successful take on the giant grocery list genre of RPG. One of the best games we've played this year, on the show or otherwise.

In this episode, Nick and Gary check out a couple of games from Blendo Games, neither of which really did it for us. Wait, come back! We'll tell you why!

The Comrades talk a bit about the limits and pitfalls of irony before tackling a delightful open world nugget.

Oh, it's just one of the best games we've done on the show. Oh, and Ichi. Ichi is also here.

Nick and Gary take a look at a pair of mobile ports, one lackluster, one transcendent.

The most potato of potato games joins an exceptionally stylish and worthy stealth game. Brief admin note: no episode in 2 weeks to accommodate for travel. We'll be back in a month!

Nick and Gary check out another in the line of Nick's Picks, Human Resources Machine, as well as the conclusion to the stellar Last Door series.

You should totally play both of these games. Nick and Gary wax ecstatic about Race the Sun and Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight.

Pfft, more like Enter the Gushing. Nick and Gary really like this game. Listen to us explain why!

Every time we can round up a couple of games, we're going to do a Lovecraft special. In this episode, Nick and Gary talk about Euclidean and The Consuming Shadow. It's a shorter episode but we're back in 2 weeks with a whole episode on Enter the Gungeon.

A quick vacation to the year 20XX before vacationing again on Pony Island. Then a quick vacation in Ranttown.

Nick and Gary look at the most innovative shooter they've played in years and a worthy successor to Portal.

Disappointment goes around and around in this episode of Check It Out, Comrade! as Nick and Gary discuss a Dark Souls clone and a highly anticipated walking sim.

Nick and Gary dig into another attempt to make a 3D FPS Isaac and touch base with a game that's about a few too many things.

Nick and Gary are back, baby. Is it ok if I call you baby? You are a baby reading this, right? We also discuss Underrail and Downwell. We're happy to be back!

Gary and Nick take a look back at 50 episodes of indie game coverage, and talk about what's in store for the next season.

It's time to go in-depth on Frictional's followup to Amnesia... Does it live up to Gary and Nick's expectations?

Is it great when two solo projects somehow give insight on the original collaboration? That's what we have here as The Stanley Parable is split into Head and Heart versus HaHa.

Edmund doesn't fuck around with new content. Each time he's decided to update this game, it's been delightful and voluminous. Listen to Nick and Gary explain what the expansion brings, why it's neat and why you should Check It Out!

Nick Glauber and Gary Butterfield, "Get off my dick about Undertale."

Nick and Gary hack into Shadowrun: Hong Kong. It's slightly worse than Dragonfall but that's like saying 9 dollars is slightly worse than 10 dollars. You should definitely play this one. As a quick admin note, we're going on a brief hiatus while Gary deals with some blood curdling real life shit. We'll be back for Rebirth (at the latest!).

Super Time Force is right up our alley. But this episode is about new directions for the show as we tackle an unreleased Sonic game.

Nick and Gary get Fingered, then take on Rocket League. Two games marked by their simplicity but so different in terms of depth.

A narrative heavy game with a very original interface and a deck building roguelike hybrid this week. Big ups to both! Note: the devs for Guild of Dungeoneering gave us review copies.

Couch co-op is not dead so put away your thinkpiece! Nick and Gary and Brayton play some Towerfall and Duck Game. Check out www.youtube.com/watchoutforfireballs for video!

It's a triple feature! Nick was kind enough not to make me play TIS-100. So, it's filthy casual game chat for a while before Nick talks about the newest entry in his niche of niches.

The years of golden CRPG gaming continue with this amazing Kickstarter offering. Nick and Gary finally weigh in on Pillars of Eternity and, fuck yes, is it special.

It's a discussion of that special thing that makes a game click as Nick and Gary discuss Axiom Verge and Year Walk.

Nick and Gary get mutated with Nuclear Throne and throw our brains against Infinifactory. These two games are neither A) Dark or B) Despised! Hooray! Nick and Gary take a crack at Infinifactory and Nuclear Throne.

Nick and Gary examine some games from yesteryear, literally. It's a break from our grimdark leanings and crankiness from last episode, though not without some crank.