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Hang out with Saveun, Blake and Nick as we talk about video games.

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    • May 19, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 14m AVG DURATION
    • 225 EPISODES


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    #195 - The Comfort Room

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 69:44


    How do we justify buying a new game console? Are triple A games too expensive now? Are there cheaper indi alternatives? Why is Blake buying another early access survival game?

    #194 - Have You found…?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 72:49


    We've all been getting our daily steps, opening doors that lead to rooms that lead to doors that lead to rooms. This week we're discussing Blue Prince. There will be spoilers, but we warn you when.

    #193 - How Bazaar

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 59:52


    Another two weeks have passed and Nick and Paul have been busy collecting items and fighting pigmen. We complain about the price of games and consoles and get confused, like old men, by Xbox versions.

    #192 - To Make A Sun

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 93:59


    We're joined by GGG Game Designer Dameo to talk about killing gods, making suns, throwing black holes going to heaven and hell and alternate dimensions and finally just dying in some acid

    #191 - Ball Of Arms And Limbs

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 70:53


    Paul is away this week so Nick and Blake go cave diving by themselves. Nick has an even worse fungal infection that sprounds new arms and hands. While Blake discovers he is a bird person cowboy.

    #190 - Rogue Not Roguelike

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2025 67:15


    Nick has a talkative fungal infection and backpack OCD. Paul is running around shanking people with a heavily armoured warlock. While Blake is neck deep in conveyor belts and trunk logistics.

    #189 - Two Weeks Later

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 72:09


    Nick does not find Satisfactory satisfactory. Blake loses more time in his factory. Paul says we can buy PoE2 now. And we've all been playing the game and have lots to say about it.

    #188 - Stick Power

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024 65:35


    Blake loses a whole day to organising sticks and researching slugs. Nick loses his mind spraying sticky people and tapping tutorial buttons . And Fabian gives advice on how not to play Monster Hunter.

    #187 - Orks Read The Secret

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 76:35


    We're joined by PoE Artist Fabian to talk about Space Marines and Japanese Gangers. We take our best guesses at Warhammer 40k lore. And we wonder if hyper real graphics are worth striving for.

    #186 - Elden Scrolls Online

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024 79:11


    Blake goes in search for that classic MMO vibe and rediscovers Elder Scrolls Online. Nick spends three decades exploring the same city. And we all wish we could play as a middle aged Ash Ketchum.

    #185 - Probably Might Play It

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2024 64:49


    Nick complains about invisible paths and rival Cabaret Clubs. Paul complains about XP boosts while chasing nostalgia. Blake stop complaining about rocks and starts loving puzzles.

    #184 - Rocks are Just Rocks!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2024 65:49


    Blake plays an amazing game but won't shut up about the rocks. Paul drowns under the pressure of the ocean and the pressure of running a business. Nick gets into real-estate and karaoke with the Yakuza

    #183 - Getting the DLC?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024 73:45


    Paul is sick of games doing story at him. Nick discovers hidden depths in a ocean diving game and also discovers hidden eggs in a cave diving game. While Blake doesn't finish another game

    #182 - Big Swingin Moustache

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2024 74:00


    Nick and Blake are a couple of cyberpunks, hacking and slashing their way throughout the city. While Paul is back to talk about the real life mega corps hacking and slashing jobs throughout the games industry.

    #181 – Mittens Mittens

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2024 68:14


    Fabian has stayed with us to talk about review bombing and terrible DRM. Blake plays a new early access game where half the systems don't work but is still the best village management game he's ever seen

    #180 - I Got Nothin

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2024 94:09


    Paul's away but we're joined by Fabian Seager, an Environment Artist on Path of Exile. Fabian preaches the glory of Managed Democracy, while Nick and Blake scratch out a living in an alien wasteland

    #179 - Super Poker

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2024 67:29


    Paul has abandoned everything to play more and more Super Poker. Nick finds an ugly as sin game with no win conditions, janky UI, unintuitive systems, and asks why Blake isn't already playing it.

    #178 - Always a Bad Dragon

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2024 74:32


    Paul is annoyed that Final Fantasy doesn't remember his progress. Nick tries to explain how to have fun in Solitareica, and Blake is ransacking people's houses in Dragon's Dogma II

    #177 - Bleach Sandwiches

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2024 62:26


    Paul gives Final Fantasy 7 another try and is suprised how much story is there is. Blake hates when games give him FOMO and threaten to change the world. And we all wonder how AI can change NPC interactions.

    #176 - Survival Survivor

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2024 66:05


    Nick goes nuclear on Elden Ring again. But has a good time with God of War. Paul is hooked on dopamine from Deep Rock Galactic Survivor. While Blake felt surprisingly emotional seeing Earth in a X4

    #175 - Lemon Design

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2024 79:52


    Blake realizes he prefers lemons. Nick is horrified over how little Paul cares about storytelling. Nick then spends 30 hours in a tutorial at a Japanese school. And Blake has gone mad on survival games.

    #174 - Kamil Orman-Janowski

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2024 77:49


    We're back for 2024 and joined by GGG Lead Composer & Music Director Kamil Orman-Janowski. Kamil talks about his process of creating the amazing music for Path of Exile, and also why Nick is wrong about Dark Souls

    173 - Guessing At Warcraft

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2023 75:32


    Paul recounts his adventures in WoW Classic, and we all end up on a nostalgia trip to 20 years ago. Blake thinks having an army in BG3 is a good idea and Nick thinks that will just ruin the game.

    #172 - Step On Me More!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2023 85:01


    Nick has played so much Elden Ring and has so much to say about it. Not all of it is bad.... but most of it is. Meanwhile, Blake starts playing GalCiv IV but ends up in a Stellaris DLC price rant.

    #171 - Roll The Dice And Lose

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2023 72:46


    Blizcon happened and a new mobile game came out that has both Nick and Paul hooked. We reminisce about our days in early World of Warcraft and complain about how difficult the game was back then

    #170 - GTA Star System

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2023 68:28


    After seven years, Nick might finally be interested in playing No Man Sky. Paul has been hunting monsters in a new mobile game and Blake has been cracking a binary code.

    #169 - It's Not Early Access!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2023 73:25


    Starfield is 1000 planets, so why does Baldur's Gate feel bigger. What makes an open world interesting. What's Paul's build for the new PoE League. Why is Blake not playing Starfield or Baldur's Gate.

    #168 - I Get Pretty Murdery

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2023 65:53


    After the craziness of Exilecon, we are back to talk about meeting awesome fans, conquering the galaxy but getting bored with victory, breaking into crypts and murdering so many goblins.

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    #167 - Inscrutable Space Sim

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2023 83:25


    This week we are joined by Grinding Gear Games Level Designer Josiah to talk about an unnecessarily frustrating space sim that has both Blake and Paul hooked. We're talking X4:Foundations.

    space inscrutable x4 foundations
    #166 – Zelda, Baby!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2023 75:26


    The day has come. The day Nick has been waiting for. Finally Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is out. Nick is on 4 hours sleep but that does not stop us from talking about Zelda for an entire hour.

    165 - Dark In The Darkness

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2023 70:55


    Paul goes fishing for Cthulhu. Nick stacks bags within bags within bags and Blake cowers in the dark. We're talking Age of Darkness, Dredge, Tap Wizard, and Nick slips in some Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

    #164 - Big Ambisound

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2023 69:14


    Paul and Blake have been playing the Diablo 4 Beta and Nick has a lot of questions. Paul has also started a business empire that's taking over the City. While Nick becomes Prey and loves the endless options.

    #163 - I Got Hogwarts

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2023 68:55


    Blake is glad to find some Batman in his wizard game. Nick contacts a dev, and gives actual feedback on an Early Access game. While Paul doesn't like throwing away his rocks and sticks.

    #162 - Talking To The Tie

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2023 72:23


    Paul finally gets to talk about Disco Elysium and the neck tie the gives him advice. Hell must of frozen over because Nick bought an Early Access game. And Blake is playing lot, and very little, of Hogwarts Legacy

    #161 - Reconstruct The Soup

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2023 69:54


    We're finally back from holiday break. Nick's been eating his way around the south pacific. Paul's been drinking his way into new games. And Blake's been devoting a lifetime to pressing a button.

    #160 - Socialist Mercenaries

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2022 67:43


    Nick plays Red Dead 2 and cannot stop comparing it to Zelda. Paul recounts his devastating loss at a rouge-like board game. While Nick recounts his many victories as a Banner Lord

    #159 - Bug Flashbacks

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2022 65:02


    Nick is snapping his way through Marvel characters, and having a great time. Blake is slicing his way through human beings, and questioning his morality. Paul is trying to enjoy a game but keeps suffering PTSD

    #158 - One Shot Head Shot

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2022 64:15


    Nick talks about his frustration with trying to explain a complicated in a very short time at Pax Aus. Blake plays a demo of an Early Access game and Paul prefers playing a mobile game on pc.

    #157- You're Not A Pin

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2022 68:00


    Nick is back with tails of his trip and a new mobile game. Paul has been getting deep into the latest PoE league. We complain again about controllers and UI in both PoE and Alaloth.

    #156 - The Struggle Is The Fun

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2022 92:54


    Today GGG Environment Artist Fabian Seager joins us to talk about his love of phat loot and grinding for the perfect stats. Paul wants to start a harder cult and Blake is watching villagers freeze in the winter

    #155 - Weetbix and Marmite

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2022 91:10


    Nick is away but we are joined by James Hurlock, an Environment Artist at GGG. James tells us about the work he did on the Eldritch Horrors boss arenas, and Lake of Kalandra. While Paul's been leading a cult

    #154 - Yeah I Skipped That

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2022 78:42


    Nick complains about using menus with a controller. Blake complains about tutorial text. While Paul is having a great time slaying slimes in a spire. Also for the first time in a while, we've all played the same game. Game's we talk about: Slay the Spire Alaloth

    #153 - Not Cat Enough

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2022 57:07


    Blake struggles to explain the latest Early Access game he's bought. Paul is playing as a pin in a shell of a game. Nick is still trying to convince everyone to play idle games. Blake want's to know if he should get Stray

    #152 - Boring Alien Gun

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2022 79:04


    Blake competes for Zelda slow-run champion. Paul is trying to stay alive for 20 minutes, and Nick reveals an idle game hes been hiding for months. We also start to wonder how long Diablo Immortal can last

    #151 - Sweep And Blow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2022 67:45


    This week we end up only talking about one game. Blake has no clue what he's doing, Paul is having a great time buying lotto tickets and Nick can't remember a thing about the story.

    #150 - Name Five Dogs!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2022 68:29


    Blake instantly de-rails the podcast with an Early Access game. Nick complains about hidden secrets and Paul keeps falling down a well. This week we have all played The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe.

    #149 - Granddaughter Shotgun

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2022 62:00


    Blake his spreading his dynasty far and wide, while annoying Nick with a new Early Access game. Paul has been battling grief and riding the subway. While Nick has been making an elephant fight a puffer fish.

    #148 - Grim Zelda Is Just Zelda

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2022 77:46


    Paul is forcing his pets to battle. Nick is actively tapping an idle game. Blake breaks his chair and has a realization about management sims. And of course we can't help but bring up GTA and Zelda.

    #147 - Like A Stern Father

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2022 75:33


    Sav is taking a break for a while, so we are joined by GGG Web Dev Paul. Both Blake and Paul try their best to convince Nick to play Elden Ring. Nick cannot stop comparing it to Breath of the Wild

    #146 - Razor Mouse Car

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2022 70:53


    It's 2022 and we are back again. Nick is catching them all, but not looking to closely at them. Blake is looking forward to Elden Ring, but can't explain why and Sav has found his next big car game.

    #145 - Magic Flaming Sword

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2021 88:52


    We are all back from the Lockdown and have a lot to talk about. Saveun plays Halo for the first time since Halo 3. Nick is actually not playing a mobile game and its a MOBA! While Blake hates being the Choice One.

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