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Call the ambulance, there's been an emergency: Off the Deep End played a beloved, critically and commercially successful video game for once! That's right, Braden, Chris, and Adam all come together to discuss cellular biology, horrific mutant monsters, and ATB meter combat in Squaresoft's Parasite Eve. The mitochondria might be the powerhouse of the cell, but can it evolve its way into their hearts?

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In the fifth episode of Amateur Hour Adam "Borgmaster" -REDACTED-, Tyler "Grav" -REDACTED-, and Gino discuss how their NFL playoff predictions fared before making another round of ill-fated predictions for The Big Game!

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In this episode Gino and Pete are joined by Jess "VoidBurger" O'Brien to discuss Mouthwashing! We cover the non-linear story, the small bursts of stealth, and just how bad some of these dudes are! Mix a packet of The Shining with a pouch of Alien and you get some delicious Mouthwashing! Spoilers abound so listen at your own peril!

You can find Jess's work at https://www.youtube.com/voidburger, https://www.patreon.com/Voidburger, and https://www.twitch.tv/voidburger

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In this episode Gino, Chris "ZombiePie" -REDACTED-, and Jeff Rud discuss Final Fantasy IV! We cover the game from Tellah's death to the end of the game! We then put FFIV in our definitive Ranking of Fantasies!

Check out the current Ranking of Fantasies here: bit.ly/deepfinal

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In this episode Gino, Pete, and Em discuss Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc! We discuss the game's sparse, yet annoying, mechanics before uloading on all of the murder mysteries and anime tropes. How much of this game holds up? Not the parts where you play it!

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After roughly two months of dragging their feet, the Off the Deep End crew (featuring Special Guest Jeff Rud) return to the God, Robots and Existentialism of Xenosaga, but this time it's disappointing! They cover the game's messy development, discuss the underwhelming gameplay and aesthetic changes, and try their best to decipher the plot! Little boy men with guns and robot ladies with bigger guns are featured, as is an abundance of anime insanity.

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In the Fourth episode of Amateur Hour Adam "Borgmaster" -REDACTED-, Tyler "Grav" -REDACTED-, and Gino discuss the upcoming NFL playoffs! We discuss the various matchups and make our predictions all the way up to The Big Game!

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In this episode Gino, Pete, and Em discuss Unpacking! We cover the game's simple puzzles, elegant storytelling, and how much of an jerk that boyfriend is. We wrap up by discussing what the game's story made us feel. Spoilers, it made us feel a lot!

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In this episode Gino, Pete, Em, Chris "ZombiePie" -REDACTED-, and Braden "ArbitraryWater" -REDACTED- debate the games we played this year for our annual Trenchies! The categories this year are: Game of the Year 2023, Best Comedy, Best Horror, Best Drama, Best Action, Best Adventure, Best Puzzler, Best Character, Worst Character, Best Soundtrack, Prettiest Game, Best Performance/Voice Acting, Best Mechanic, Biggest Disrespect of the Player's Time, Best Twist, Worst Game of Our Year 2021, Worst Story or Written Dialog, Biggest Indictment of Capitalism, Most Replayable Classic, Best Non-Game, John Paul Sartre Memorial Award for Game That Best Expresses the Ultimate Futility of the Human Condition, Gino's Platypus Award for Game That Should Not Be, ZP's "Help I'm Trapped in Sysiphean Torment" Award, Em's Sheeple Award: Most Wildly Overstated/Overrated, Braden "ArbitraryWater" REDACTED presents the Dubious Championship League, and Game of Our Year.

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HO HO HO, It's time for the second half of Deep Listens' Mass Effect Patreon Special, a very exciting time of year! Gino, Em, Pete, Braden, and Chris all reconvene to discuss the back half of Mass Effect Andromeda, the video game equivalent of a lump of coal. They discuss how they felt about the game after finishing it, including the combat, loyalty missions, romance options (everyone picked Peebee????), and disastrous main story. Just remember: We Got This.

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