Dadpod GamesCast Podcast

Welcome to the seventeenth episode of the Dadpod Gamescast!

We’re doing something quite a bit different this time. We’re discussing Mark Z Danielewski’s monumental postmodern horror novel House of Leaves. In this episode we discuss chapters IX-XIII.

Here we tackle the meat of the novel and delve deep into the labyrinth.

Below are some images from these pages to help illustrate what we’re talking about.

Music by Damage Trax.

Artwork by Jake at Scott Creative.

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Email your questions to the show at dadpod.blankcast at gmail.com.

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Welcome to the seventeenth episode of the Dadpod Gamescast!

We’re doing something quite a bit different this time. We’re discussing Mark Z Danielewski’s monumental postmodern horror novel House of Leaves. In this episode we discuss chapters I-VIII.

This is our biggest episode yet and, in our humble opinion, one of the best.

More on that soon.

Music by Damage Trax.

Artwork by Jake at Scott Creative.

Find eddy at his newsletter and Joe at twitter.

Email your questions to the show at dadpod.blankcast at gmail.com.

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Welcome to the sixteenth episode of the Dadpod Gamescast!

It’s Dungeons and Dragons and Dads, oh my! The low-hanging fruit writes itself here, folks. This week on the DPGC, Joe is hosting solo, venturing forth into the theater of the mind that is dungeons and dragons! It would be dangerous to go completely alone, however, so he brought friend of the show (and his best friend since 3rd grade), Ryan O’Callaghan, along for the adventure! 

They talk about finally getting into D&D much later than most fans, getting their kids into D&D, their favorite monsters and modules, and much more! Towards the end, plans even begin evolving for a brand new campaign, one perhaps set in the universe of Dark Souls (and even perhaps featuring a thief played by one Edward Rathke! Oh, the foreshadowing! 

Music by Damage Trax.

Artwork by Jake at Scott Creative.

Find Joe at twitter.

Email your questions to the show at dadpod.blankcast at gmail.com.

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Welcome to the fifteenth episode of the Dadpod Gamescast!

Today, we’re talking our favorite games of the year, more commonly referred to as GOTY!

Rik had to hop out early and Joe was the only one who kept his list to 2023 while eddy had none from 2023, but that’s just how life goes as a dad.

We also mention a plan for the upcoming year, which will involve some episodes about books and possibly a whole new, sister podcast!

More on that soon.

Music by Damage Trax.

Artwork by Jake at Scott Creative.

Find eddy at his newsletter and Joe at twitter and Rik at his retro youtube channel.

Email your questions to the show at dadpod.blankcast at gmail.com.

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Welcome to the fourteenth episode of the Dadpod Gamescast!

Today, we’re talking To the Moon! The little indie RPGMaker game that could, exploding into the public consciousness and apparently in the works to become an animated series.

Along the way, we discuss games as art, whether or not this had to be a game, what is gained by the decision to tell this story through the medium of a game, and stretching boundaries.

Music by Damage Trax.

Artwork by Jake at Scott Creative.

Find eddy at his newsletter and Joe at twitter and Rik at his retro youtube channel.

Email your questions to the show at dadpod.blankcast at gmail.com.

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Welcome to the thirteenth episode of the Dadpod Gamescast!

Today, Joe and Rik are talking superhero games!

We go from the NES up to the current generation, touching on Batman, TMNT, X-Men, Superman, Spider-Man, and so much more. What games got it right and which ones feel more like a miss opportunity.

Sadly, no one mentioned Superman 64, which was the funniest game eddy ever played.

Music by Damage Trax.

Artwork by Jake at Scott Creative.

Find Joe at twitter and Rik at his retro youtube channel.

Email your questions to the show at dadpod.blankcast at gmail.com.

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Welcome to the twelfth episode of the Dadpod Gamescast!

Today, we’re talking about a bunch of short games!

In general, we’re categorizing a short game as around 10 hours or less.

Joe’s List:

* A Short Hike

* Ape Out

* Doki Doki Literature Club

* Gato Robato

* Grapple Dog

* Huntdown

* Infernax

* Limbo

* Inside

eddy’s List:

* Into the Breach

* Thomas Was Alone

* Unfinished Swan

* Journey

* Abzu

* Gris

* Gorogoa

* The Stanley Parable

* Limbo

* Inside

* To the Moon

Music by Damage Trax.

Artwork by Jake at Scott Creative.

Find eddy at his newsletter and Joe at twitter.

Email your questions to the show at dadpod.blankcast at gmail.com.

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Welcome to the eleventh episode of the Dadpod Gamescast!

Today, we’re talking Doki Doki Literature Club!

This is the first visual novel eddy’s played, though Joe has more experience with the genre. We discuss the genre, Takashi Miike’s Audition, and House of Leaves to tackle Doki Doki Literature Club’s style, structure, and texture.

Music by Damage Trax.

Artwork by Jake at Scott Creative.

Find eddy at his newsletter and Joe at twitter.

Email your questions to the show at dadpod.blankcast at gmail.com.

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Welcome to the tenth episode of the Dadpod Gamescast!

Today, we’re talking Symphony of the Night with our sometimes third cohost Rik Johansson!

Symphony of the Night is one of the all time greatest games and we just blow past our usual time limit talking about it. We talk about some of the other Castlevania games, the music, the way the series changed in feel and fairness, and how this specific games caused thousands of indie Metroidvanias to come to life.

Music by Damage Trax.

Artwork by Jake at Scott Creative.

Find eddy at his newsletter and Joe at twitter and Rik at his retro youtube channel.

Email your questions to the show at dadpod.blankcast at gmail.com.

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Welcome to the nineth episode of the Dadpod Gamescast!

Today, we’re talking Metroid with our sometimes third cohost Rik Johansson! We discuss the non-gameplay elements that create and develop this world. Including the importance of getting lost, exploring, and its difficulty. Of course, any discussion of Metroid spills into metroidvania as a concept and genre, and eddy’s radical opinion on the genre!

Joe comes up with the genius idea for a Mega Man Maker game, which would sell wildly. Capcom, give us a call.

As always, videogames intersect with our lives in surprising ways, like how the Nintendo help hotline in Sweden was full of dang fools!

Music by Damage Trax.

Artwork by Jake at Scott Creative.

Find eddy at his newsletter and Joe at twitter and Rik at his retro youtube channel.

Email your questions to the show at dadpod.blankcast at gmail.com.

Dadpod GamesCast is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.