Recorded immediately after Paul’s emergency dental surgery, the boys wonder about medkits and health in games. What do they really represent? Can massive injury be modeled in a way that doesn’t slow gameplay to a crawl? Plus: the glug and splash of Resident Evil 7‘s topical-use-only health sauce.

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Kris and Paul consider the merits of streaming, and whether or not it can be detrimental to some games! Plus, Portal Knights, Resident Evil 7, Super Mario Odyssey, and how Mario builds up enough pressure to travel through a standard PVC pipe.

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Content warning: politicsssss. Paul and Kris delve into our favorite gaming bad guys, what makes a compelling bad guy, why we might be seeing the rise of a certain mindset, and if they’re related. Plus! Paul asks IGN’s Alanah Pearce about her villain pull list.

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Kris and Paul answer your questions from Facebook, including arcade cabinet memories, our preferred controllers for PC, and facial hair absorbency. PLUS: Pac-Man as allegory play.

 

We talk about free-to-play games like the new Bloodborne-esque Let It Die, and explore a dinosaur-feces-filled world in ARK! Also: the biggest mistake of the Assassin’s Creed movie, and an all-flesh version of Titanfall.

Happy new year! Enjoy your last 2017, everyone! Kris talks about the indie horror quickie Tattletail, Paul gushes about Jalopy, and we delve deeply into the Home Alone/Saw connection.

Thanks for being with us, and here’s to another year of this lovely podcast! We appreciate your kind words, reviews and ratings on iTunes!

‘Twas the one before Christmas,

And as our podcast played

Not a hard drive was whirring

Not even a RAID

We talk about Astroneer now in alpha on Steam, Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, and how to wink properly.

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It’s our 2016 Games of the Year episode! The boys talk about what games stuck with them this year, Kris offers a heartwarming tale of interstellar redemption AND a review of the Steam controller, and Paul reveals the true story of Anakin Skywalker’s penis.

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Paul and Kris have trouble starting the show before Kris turns in his homework assignment: Orwell. Also on the block: No Man’s Sky foundation update, getting along with other (better) players in multiplayer, what constitutes a game of the year, and Paul tags along with many a handsome boy in Final Fantasy 15.

There’s quite a few boys in this episode, so if you’re boy crazy, see if you can find all the boys! The last boy might surprise you!

Switch off your ambient occlusion! In this San Francisc0 treat of an episode, Paul searches for the Tanner household in Watch Dogs 2, while Kris launches the topic of playing catch-up with Paul’s insane game completion rate. PLUS: describing Paul’s handsome dad, ruined phone DLC, and multiplayer content that leaks into always-online single-player games.

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