It’s the big two-oh-oh! This week, we look back at the first episode we recorded and talk about where games were then and how far they — and our own feelings about them — have evolved. We also read through some early episode descriptions to see which games we were talking about in 2017 and which ones have stuck around all this time later.

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Hosts:

Susan Arendt (@susanarendt.bsky.social)

Anthony John Agnello (@ajohnagnello.bsky.social)

David Roberts (@davidrobots.bsky.social)

Produced by Bill Segroves (@tarrydiggs.bsky.social)

Intro music by Andy P. Scott: https://soundcloud.com/epic1beatz

This week, we start with a quick discussion of some of our favorite games of the year, then dive into our first holiday season movie commentary: Krampus! Join us as we watch Christmas magic happen… the bad, demonic kind of magic, not the happy snowflake kind.

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Hosts:

Susan Arendt (@susanarendt.bsky.social)

Anthony John Agnello (@ajohnagnello.bsky.social)

David Roberts (@davidrobots.bsky.social)

Produced by Bill Segroves (@tarrydiggs.bsky.social)

Intro music by Andy P. Scott: https://soundcloud.com/epic1beatz

This week, Anthony and Susan discuss how Hades II keeps pulling them back in despite its flaws, and David talks about whether Metroid Prime 4: Beyond was worth the wait.

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Hosts:

Susan Arendt (@susanarendt.bsky.social)

Anthony John Agnello (@ajohnagnello.bsky.social)

David Roberts (@davidrobots.bsky.social)

Produced by Bill Segroves (@tarrydiggs.bsky.social)

Intro music by Andy P. Scott: https://soundcloud.com/epic1beatz

This week, Susan talks about the ways Outer Worlds 2’s game design lies to you, Anthony discusses the instant pleasures of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, and David goes over Valve’s recent Steam hardware announcements and what they could mean for the future of this constantly evolving platform.

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Hosts:

Susan Arendt (@susanarendt.bsky.social)

Anthony John Agnello (@ajohnagnello.bsky.social)

David Roberts (@davidrobots.bsky.social)

Produced by Bill Segroves (@tarrydiggs.bsky.social)

Intro music by Andy P. Scott: https://soundcloud.com/epic1beatz

This week, Susan digs into the upcoming Simogo Legacy Collection and discusses its place in mobile gaming culture and how it holds up on a modern console; Anthony lightning-rounds through a bunch of new games in storied franchises, like Double Dragon Revive and Once Upon a Katamari; and David wishes Pokemon Legends Z-A’s Lumiose City was a more exciting place to explore.

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Hosts:

Susan Arendt (@susanarendt.bsky.social)

Anthony John Agnello (@ajohnagnello.bsky.social)

David Roberts (@davidrobots.bsky.social)

Produced by Bill Segroves (@tarrydiggs.bsky.social)

Intro music by Andy P. Scott: https://soundcloud.com/epic1beatz

It’s the spookems-est time of the year! We decided to take a slightly different tack for the commentary track this time, and picked 2005’s action-packed schlockfest video game adaptation Doom. Why is everything so blue? Which actor does the best job suppressing their native accent? Why don’t more movies have words like ‘nanowall’? Find the answers to these questions and more in this week’s episode! Rip and tear along with us – but make sure you’re watching the extended unrated version of the movie. I think that’s the only one currently available on home video, but that’s the one we ended up watching.

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Susan Arendt (@susanarendt.bsky.social)

Anthony John Agnello (@ajohnagnello.bsky.social)

David Roberts (@davidrobots.bsky.social)

Produced by Bill Segroves (@tarrydiggs.bsky.social)

Intro music by Andy P. Scott: https://soundcloud.com/epic1beatz

This week, David talks about Bennet Foddy’s latest finger-twisting traversal game Baby Steps, Susan discusses being generally whelmed by Hades II, and Anthony digs into Silent Hill f as a return to series form.

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Hosts:

Susan Arendt (@susanarendt.bsky.social)

Anthony John Agnello (@ajohnagnello.bsky.social)

David Roberts (@davidrobots.bsky.social)

Produced by Bill Segroves (@tarrydiggs.bsky.social)

Intro music by Andy P. Scott: https://soundcloud.com/epic1beatz

This week, Anthony tries to split the difference between two new games built from the Hot Shots Golf mold, Susan explores her conflicted feelings regarding indie horror game Oxide Room 104, and David digs into the wonderful, community-led effort to bring achievements into retro games.

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Hosts:

Susan Arendt (@susanarendt.bsky.social)

Anthony John Agnello (@ajohnagnello.bsky.social)

David Roberts (@davidrobots.bsky.social)

Produced by Bill Segroves (@tarrydiggs.bsky.social)

Intro music by Andy P. Scott: https://soundcloud.com/epic1beatz

This week, Anthony discusses his hesitancy around picking up Hollow Knight: Silksong, Susan talks about the delightfully twisty world of commerce in Discounty, and David tries to figure out the point behind Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater.

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Hosts:

Susan Arendt (@susanarendt.bsky.social)

Anthony John Agnello (@ajohnagnello.bsky.social)

David Roberts (@davidrobots.bsky.social)

Produced by Bill Segroves (@tarrydiggs.bsky.social)

Intro music by Andy P. Scott: https://soundcloud.com/epic1beatz

This week, Anthony talks about how he bounced off of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle’s triple-A-ness, Susan discusses the journalistic pleasures of digging into The Roottrees Are Dead, and David questions the need for the vast sea of remakes and remasters. 

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Hosts:

Susan Arendt (@susanarendt.bsky.social)

Anthony John Agnello (@ajohnagnello.bsky.social)

David Roberts (@davidrobots.bsky.social)

Produced by Bill Segroves (@tarrydiggs.bsky.social)

Intro music by Andy P. Scott: https://soundcloud.com/epic1beatz