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Review – Odd Town
I’ve said before that I’m a sucker for big open worlds, but I should probably just say that I love all open worlds. Bigger isn’t always better, so something like Chulip’s fragmented small town is fab in my books. Sometimes the setting is a character in itself, and getting intimate with it is gratifying. Odd Town is an impressive little…
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Talking to My Boy About Videogames – 28 – Homemade Creations
Jonathan and Ryan are back talking about Pokemon and Minecraft like usual, but this month they make stops in the Katamari world, Transformers land, and Melon Sandbox dimension. What will Ryan do with the rest of his life? And what happens when you have a heart on your pants? Who is responsible for all of the world’s pollution? All of…
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The X-Files: ‘First Person Shooter’ (with guest Marcy) – Spin-Offs Classic
Incoming X-level data burst… CIA L33T gaming confirmed… the bloodlust is unquenchable. What if you could go into your computer and when you die in your computer, you die for real? What if the X-Files, at the height of their powers, did basically a beat by beat pastiche of the Matrix almost a year after the Matrix had been out?…
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Maximum Utcast – 32 – Loving Castlevania, Loathing Minefields, and Learning About Pinblast Neon
With the new Castlevania game (Belmont’s Curse) right around the corner, what does Jonathan think of the demo? Can he scream about it with his working mouth or will he just politely chat? And how much overlap is there in the interests of our hosts? We go in depth on Castlevania discussions before hopping around to the Legend of Zelda:…
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Computer Chess – The Spin-Off Doctors Spin-Off (with actor Patrick Riester)
In a world where nerds aren’t cool…where computers play chess and their technicians debug them…can this ragtag group of superstar programmers defeat the secret Russian plot to overthrow the world while simultaneously avoid triggering the AI Singularity? Can an algorithm predict which hotel room you’ll sleep in days in the future? What happens if swingers want to fuck? Will a…
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Currently Playing – 28 – BlazBlue Entropy Effect X with Elsa
This month, Elsa Returns. We’re talking hot dogs and anime titties on Currently Playing where Elsa points out some of the absurd character designs and recounts some of the lore of the BlazBlue series where she’s been focusing on the latest spin-off in the franchse, BlazBlue Entropy Effect X. From its humble beginnings as a roguelite action phone game to…
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Review – Germs: Nerawareta Machi
Do you like open-world cities? Do you like big, PS1-era open-world cities? Do you like big, PS1-era open-world cities rendered almost entirely in greyscale? Germs: Nerawareta Machi has your weirdly specific tastes covered.
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Review – Pikmin 4
It's time to gather trash with the help of an invasive species. This time, as efficiently as possible. Also there's also a dog. That's all you need to know. It's Pikmin 4, the newest entry in Nintendo's ecological disaster franchise.
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Talking to My Boy About Videogames – 27 – The Windmills Are Coming For Me
Jonathan and Ryan are professional podcasters on this episode of Talking to My Boy About Videogames where there is a coherent outline of topics and they actually stick to that outline (with a few divergences). Along with hearing about games like Blood Dungeon, Pokemon: Legends Z-A, and Tetris Effect, we hear an idea for a new Pac-Man game from Ryan,…
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Retro-Bit newest re-release is R-Type DX on Game Boy Color
Retro-Bit is dipping back into shoot-'em-ups for their next release. This time it will be R-Type DX, a Game Boy/Game Boy Color port of the landmark arcade title. Alongside it is Vinyl and CD releases of the "Music Encore" soundtracks, if you're into that kind of thing.
