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In this episode Gino, Pete, and Em discuss Disco Elysium and CRPGs. We cover how Disco Elysium fits into the genre, how so many of the game's characters are the worst possible advocates for their worldviews, and how much the game loves to go down literary rabbit holes. We also answer an important reader question: Have you ever thought about how your bones are wet?

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In this episode Gino and Chris "ZombiePie" -REDACTED- discuss their Extra Life FFVIII speed run race, how much the community support meant to them, and the FFVIII remaster. Our feelings on the game are... mixed.

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In this episode Gino and Magic Master Kyle Moran discuss the recent Standard ban and how that failed to fix a broken format and the announcement of Pioneer. We cover some of the archetypes we expect to perform in Pioneer and some of the cards we think could make a big impact in the format.

In this episode Gino, Pete, Em, and special guest 2Mello, @mellomakes on twitter, discuss Fatal Frame! We discuss the game's unique ghost-busting mechanics, it's unique situation in the mid 00s wave of J-horror, and the game's depiction of female sexuality and agency. We wrap up by asking Mello for an expert opinion on the game's audio design.

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In this episode Gino, Pete, and Chris "ZombiePie" -REDACTED- discuss the coming 2019 NBA season and make predictions for the playoffs and end-of-year awards! Come for the terrible predictions and stay for Gino believing in the Kings more than ZP!

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In this episode Gino, Em, and Pete discuss Unravel 2, the smooth brains of Koalas, and environmental storytelling.

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In this episode Gino,  Chris "ZombiePie" -REDACTED- an Jeff Rud discuss Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. We discuss how this movie ruined Square for a decade, prompted it's merger with Enix, and caused the departure of Hironobu Sakaguchi. We also cover how the movie is TOTALLY FINE. It's honestly not terrible! It's not good. But it's not terrible. We wrap up by ranking this movie against a bunch of games and slot machine programs with Final Fantasy branding. The Ranking of Fantasies are getting weird.

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In this episode Gino and Magic Master Kyle Moran discuss Throne of Eldraine limited, Standard standouts, and Modern monsters! We make our calls for the best cards of the set, the most underrated cards, and the cards that we're certain will see play.

In this episode Gino, Pete, and Em discuss Baba is You! We discuss the game's novel text-based rules system, linguistics, the philosophy of language, and whether any of that is fun. Gino also tests out a new gimmick and we explain why we changed our game of the week.

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In this episode Gino, Chris "ZombiePie" -REDACTED-, and Jeff Rudd discuss the back half of Final Fantasy II. We open with a review of bad drinks, some user feedback, and some spleen venting about FFII's systems. We then count the number of hell rooms in FFII, cover some legitimately good story turns, and talk about some broken mechanics. Do we have a new worst FF game of all time? Listen to find out!

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