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Maximum Utcast – 33 – Spurgles 2: The Spurgles Cum Back

This week the Utcast invents the hottest new IP that will sweep the nation in the summer of 2027, so run, don’t walk, to your nearest theater and demand a ticket to Spurgles 2: The Spurgles Cum Back. Later we talk at length about Castlevania, both with regards to the new one and more broadly about what makes a Castlevania a Castlevania as opposed to a Metroidvania. Then Jonathan is joined by the #1 Travis Touchdown fan artist beatle to talk about Grasshopper Manufacture, No More Heroes, Lollipop Chainsaw, Romeo is a Dead Man and more (you can watch the video of that interview above!) After the guest segment we round out the show with some chatting about the new game Penguin Colony and Jonathan wonders how Zoey can get paid if she ends up working on a fan mod of Morrowind.

0:00:00 – If Munchie Can Do It, So Can We
0:17:24 – Have You Eaten an Apple?
0:18:30 – Castlevania Belmont’s Curse is a Generic Metroidvania
0:22:20 – What is the Essence of Castlevania?
0:30:45 – The Belmonts and the Non-Belmont Whip Guys
0:37:01 – A Totally Normal Conversation with beatle
1:18:08 – Are You Worried About Grasshopper Manufacture?
1:26:58 – Is Penguin Colony Lovecraftian Enough For Ya?
1:31:49 – Tamriel Rebuilt and Jonathan’s Capitalism Compulsion
1:33:31 – Wrap Up/Plugs/Thanks Patrons!/????
1:45:51 – Dick Explosion
1:48:42 – They’re Immaterial!

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Daniel is a podcast producer and musician who spends way too much time in the edit to make audio sound as good as possible. He’s cutting the “umms” and “uhhhs” and replacing them with cartoon sound effects. His taste in video games is often extremely specific, and he’s recently learned that a lot of his opinions about video games are bad and wrong, but that won’t stop him from having them. His music was featured in Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons. He's been producing podcasts since 2021.