What do Veronica Mars, aliens and OCD have in common? They all appeared in some way, shape or form on this episode of Bit Storm. Ben and Trev discuss these ideas and throw them away when they aren't able to come up with anything more to talk about.

• Investigate the recent occurances of non consentual hugging as a primary school student.
• Managing a retail shop in first person
• Spin bad news into good news as you release press statements to the media.

Listen along this week as Ben and Trevor riff on some incredible new game designs based on random words, such as:

A licensed Firefly game with procedurally generated storylets and a Sea of Thieves-esque multiplayer;

A management and hacking sim where an orthodontist must fight back against Big Teeth;

A rustpunk VR golf game where you use your putting skills to beat enemies;

and more!

Ben and Trev got together after a 2 week break and discussed some games. These are their stories.

• On a world where UV will kill, diamonds are used to fuel vehicles
• Twister - The Movie - The Game
• Liquid and pressure based Portal

On this week's episode, Ben and Trevor play some video game wall tennis as they come up with improvised game ideas, such as:

A throwback sidescroller where you play the son of Bill Gates;

A shadow puppetry game played in the context of a rickety stagecoach;

A Daniel Mullins inspired experience where you move up the ranks of angelic tech support;

and more!

Ben and Trev forgot to do a Halloween episode earlier, so here is a very last minute version of one. They almost spend the entire episode talking about one game. The games they talked about were:

• An airbnb set horror game, where the protagonist lives in the front portion of an airbnb and scary things start happening when someone rents the back room.
• An adventure FMV game set in a weird alternate universe where everything grows on trees.

Ben and Trevor play some classic Click Pitch, inventing games such as:

A dating app/game where you must climb a mountain to marry your spouse;

A new sporting sensation where you must feed your goalies perfectly cooked burgers;

A marching band simulator;

and more!

Originally planned for release as episode 351, Ben and Trevor finally get this episode released as it was stuck on Trev's new PC that went in for repairs. In this pre PAX episode, they discuss game ideas centered around the Vampire Survivors / Horde Shooter genre.

• A horde shooter where all your weapons are powered from extension cords.
• A VR horde shooter based around hand poses and ring slots for weapons.
• A paintball horde shooter based on the TV series Community.

This week on Bit Storm, Ben and Trevor play some good old Click Pitch, taking random words and turning them into games such as:

a PS1 inspired escape room game with a raunchy intro;

a game where you voyage to cross the edges of a flat Earth;

a deck builder where you are taking your carnival from town to town;

and more!

Ben and Trev are joined by the always wonderful Ryan Betson. They all sat above the theatre entrances at PAX 2023 and had a chat about some video games that don't exist. The games they discussed include:

• Two rival editions of a media empire game, one starring a Goose and one starring a Swan.
• A boss has to visit all the parties in a high rise building while dodging a touchy workmate.
• A rogue like burglary game.

Trevor and Ben riff on some Ramped Up Click Pitch, taking random phrases and turning them into games such as:

An on-sea adventure set around the hairy island nations of B'athtuub;

A world where you need to get high to get high;

Join the crew that lives in and maintains city-sized golems made from rusted metal;

and more!