Deep Listens

In this episode Gino, Pete, and Em discuss episodes one and two of Kentucky Route Zero, Kobe Bryant, and take user emails. We start the show with our real-time reactions to the news of Kobe's passing before taking a user email about predicting the future using asparagus. We then transition to talking about Kentucky Route Zreo, magical realism, slow violence, and Late Capitalism. This episode is a real adventure folks.

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In this episode Gino and Pro-Tour regular Kyle Moran discuss Theros: Beyond Death, their standout cards from the set, and the state of the game in general. We start out by discussing Theros limited. We then transition to standout cards. We finish up by discussing the latest round of bans and whether frequent bans are the new normal.

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In this episode Gino, Pete, and Em discuss Slay the Spire and deck building games. We take some listener questions on games we enjoy playing, but not looking at. We then discuss our favorite mechanics and builds of Slay the Spire. We wrap by comparing the game with other deck building games we've played to see how it holds up.

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In this episode Gino, Pete, and Chris "ZombiePie" -REDACTED- discuss how terribly their predictions have turned out, the mediocre Sacramento Kings, and the rapidly solidifying top-tier of the NBA.

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In this episode Gino, Pete, and Em discuss Still There. We cover the game's intentionally monotonous puzzles, exploration of isolation, and utilization of sci-fi tropes. We also take a listener email and get into some games we didn't discuss on the podcast from last year.

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In this episode Gino, Chris "ZombiePie" -REDACTED- and Jeff Rudd discuss Final Fantasy V from the beginning of the game to the Fire Crystal! We discuss all of the jobs we've seen, the game's quirks, and the best jobs in the game.

In this episode Gino, Pete, Em, and Chris "ZombiePie" -REDACTED- debate the games we played this year for our annual Trenchies! The categories this year are: Game of the Year 2019, Best Comedy, Best Horror, Best Drama, Best Action, Best Adventure, 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 2019, Worst Story or Written Dialog, Biggest Indictment of Capitalism, Most Replayable Classic, 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, and Game of Our Year

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In this episode Gino, Pete, and Em discuss Katana Zero, Orientalism, and the Devolver Digital house brand. We also check in on the Discord report and Gino shares his latest obsession: Booksmart! 

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In this episode Gino and Em discuss Pokemon Sword/Shield and how it has come to consume their lives. We start off by catching up with Em's take on Megaman Battle Network 3 and the things we missed in our MMBN3 episode. We then pivot to discussing what makes Sword/Shield the best mainline Pokemon game yet and why the game hooked us after long hiatuses from the franchise. We wrap up by getting into the nitty-gritty of Pokemon breeding, EVs, and curry.

In this episode Gino and Pete discuss Megaman Battle Network 3, it's timely take on the internet of things, and how raw it is. Happy Thanksgiving!

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