Much like how everything is crab, everything in games seems to increasingly be 'Pick 3'...well, not EVERYTHING, but it sure is becoming prevalent. You level up, 3 options appear, you pick 1, and then play for another minute until you have to pick 3 again. When it's great, it's fantastic, but as it becomes more pervasive will the charm wear off?

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Here's a free post on our Patreon of us checking out The Spell Brigade, an online co-op Survivors game:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/checking-out-157909409

Some of the games mentioned...

The Pick 3 Slop Website:
https://pick3slop.com/

Gambonanza (they sent us a code, but just linking this because it's a weird name to blind-Google):
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3509230/Gambonanza/

Dungeon Clawler (also sent us a code, for disclosure):
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2356780/Dungeon_Clawler/

HUNTERxHUNTER NEWxSURVIVOR:
https://hunterhunter-ns.bushimo.jp/en/

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Discord Nitro 3 month is pick 3
05:19 The morphing of the roguelite genre
14:27 Slay the Spire 2, too much game, not enough card
22:01 "Throw it against the wall and hope it sticks" design
29:14 Chris realizes that this entire subgenre is all just Hades
35:13 The synergies absolve all 
47:34 Should there be a "try all the cool stuff" room?
55:46 Favorite scene from a bad piece of media? (Urkman1)