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Talking to My Boy about Videogames – 29 – The Legend of Cats: Aura of Dumpling
A new Zelda game might be a chance for Jonathan and Ryan to bond, if it didn’t have so many dang words to read. Ryan is more interested in cats and spiders on this one, but Jonathan tries several times to keep things moving along. Can he do it? Along the way, we get some thoughts about Wild Blue Skies,…
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Maximum Utcast – 34 – Living Up to Expectations
Expectations are a tricky thing. Sometimes you meet them, sometimes you exceed them, and other times, you get them set so high they’re impossible to achieve. This week on the Utcast, we’re talking about offensive poetry, managing expectations, and the end of videogames. We learn about an update to World of Horror, get Jonathan’s thoughts on Wild Blue Skies, and…
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Currently Playing – 29 – Return of the Obra Dinn with Euan
Returning guest Euan from the Spin-Off Doctors Spin-Off Podcast stops by Currently Playing this month to talk about the games Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire and Return of the Obra Dinn. While we briefly touch on the isometric role playing game Pillars of Eternity, the bulk of the show is spent with the Obra Dinn and it’s monochromatic mystery. Later…
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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…
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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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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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Maximum Utcast – 31 – She Chibi-in’ on My Robo til I O-carina
It’s two weeks of back to back Utcasts as we mix things up to go goofy-mode on your asses. We’re talking about the Ocarina of Time Remake, Torneko’s Mystery Dungeon, Chibi Robo, Mega Man, and more. Later, CurtDogg stops by to reminisce about old times with Destructoid live events plus tell us a bit about his own live events and…
