Breakup Gaming Society

 

I don’t have any friends.

Episode 24: First Transmission from Trinidad

 

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Can the combined psychic might of Peter Pan, Xian and HP get Heltah Skeltah to ever shut the fuck up?

What kind of hip hop mashup will HP play?

Did Xian cheat at Cockroach Poker?

Like stories about dead cats?

Episode 23: Cockups and Mashroach Poker Under the Bodhi Tree

 

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The setting: a nearly deserted downtown Denver, summer 2020.

Xian tries to teach Crux Terminatus how to play Codex and a Hasidic Jew from Brooklyn who was wandering around the lobby somehow lands on our Drink of the Week segment.

I buttered up the check-in staff pretty good, but we partied so long that we didn’t noticed the shift change and the overnight desk team was not amused with our antics.

Tarot readings were done.

Last summer was fucking weird.

Episode 22: Let's Get Drunk and Figure Out What Happened During the Last Blackout

 

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It’s a pop culture meltdown with Hurricane 75.

We drink Angry Balls and play Ghost Stories, a cooperative game where we fuck up and the world gets taken over by Chinese satan.

But we all agree that Earl Sweatshirt is a genius.

Episode 21: Hurricane 75 Makes Landfall With Chinese Demons

 

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Cornelius emerges from…somewhere…and turns in one of the daffiest guest appearances ever.

We drink everything. Say anything. And get in a few rounds of the Euro classic, El Grande, while Xian turns us on to some Milo.

Episode 20: And the Caballeros Pour Out of the Castillo

 

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By far the most idiotic thing we’ve ever committed to a microphone.

Episode 19: The Slaaneshi Supershot That Gave Xian PTSD

 

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Our host’s old nutty buddy shows up in town, so we down a fifth of El Bujo mezcal, play the card game Dominion and talk some pretty funny shit.

Georgia boys are good at that.

Episode 18: The Death Rocket Brings Tales of Dogs and Owls

 

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HP aka The Goat in the Woods teaches us how to play Gloom, a clever little game where you heap misery on your family and hasten them to the grave.

We are astounded by Codigo 1530 Reposado.

Degenerate reptiles appear for a victory lap in Track of the Week.

Episode 17: I Love Card Games Where You Kill Your Family

 

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We got confirmation that Sekigahara: The Unification of Japan was the masterpiece that it felt like during test plays.

Maestro Dobel is consumed.

Jay-Z & Co. come through.

Episode 16: The Most Beautifulest Game We've Played All Year

 

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Can Captain Falcon finally land a punch?

Who will win more quarters at Left Center Right?

And yes, Xian aka He/She Who Thirsts designed their own tarot deck.

Episode 15: BattleCon Redux Plus an Exchange of Laundry Money

 

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