Christian reconnects with his lake roots in his first Strand-type vacation. Bobby fixes his tech issues and ponders on the end game of Hell Divers 2, and Taylor says get lost to Lost in Random: The Eternal Die.

Warning - Orange Cat Slander

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Helldivers 2, Lost in Random: The Eternal Die, Death Stranding

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What Remains of Edith Finch, Stray, Death Stranding 2: On The Beach

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Amanda discovers Kingdom Two Crowns, a 4x city builder that's been smushed down to 2D, and Bobby is also enjoying the lack of a 3rd dimension with Awesomenauts, the 2D MOBA that Atari is trying to revive.

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RoboCop might be Bobby's favorite movie, but can the video game live up to his expectations? Taylor crafts, survives, manages and clones himself in The Alters this week, and we get on a tangent about voice acting.

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The Alters, RoboCop: Rogue City

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Lost in Random: The Eternal Die, Awesomenauts,

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Amanda is still playing Dune Awakening with the DL gaming crew. There's 12 slots left in our guild, so get on Discord and join the fun! Meanwhile, back at the slime ranch, Bobby is wrangling slime and collecting plort.

Slime Rancher, Dune Awakening

Jump Ship, The Alters, PEAK

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Bobby is deep into Monster Train 2, and Christian breaks 9 Kings. Are deckbuilding roguelikes just glorified slot machines, cleverly hiding addictive mechanics behind gameplay? And what would Rocket League look like with people instead of cars?

Monster Train 2, 9 Kings

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Pacific Drive, REMATCH

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Funcom's highly anticipated crafting survival game, Dune: Awakening, is out! Can Christian and Amanda convince Bobby to join the sietch? We take a look at the history of the crafting survival genre, and all the ways they've improved over the years.

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Dune: Awakening

EDIT: A prior version of this podcast had the pre-show accidentally included! That's probably a bit confusing, so I've replaced it with the normal audio. The pre-show is something we include for Patrons of our show!

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It's been showcase after showcase of game announcements recently. Which games stand out, and which ones will be forgotten in a week? Let's sort through all the ambiguous, cinematic trailers and find out!

Summer Games Fest 2025

The outro music was wrongly attributed by Christian (it'sa me, whoops!) It's actually performed by friends of Ahoy, El Pony Pisador.

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It's been ten years since Blizzard released Heroes of the Storm, their unique take on the MOBA genre. Bobby has a long history with this game, and Amanda just played it for the first time. After ten years, is it ready for a comeback? Were Blizzard's game design choices too bold? Is the MOBA genre even viable anymore? We break it all down in this special episode.

Check out an episode from 2014 where Bobby talks about Heroes of the Storm for the first time (around 52 minutes).

And another episode from 2015 when Bobby is completely addicted to the game (around 22 minutes).

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Bobby plays through Jedi: Fallen Order for the second time, Emilio blasts his way through hell in Shotgun Copy Man and Taylor checks out the recently released rogue-like card battler, Monster Train 2.

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OTHER TOPICSFANTASY LIFE I: The Girl Who Steals Time, Bloodshed, Bygone Dreams

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How does DOOM: The Dark Ages measure up? And what does compiling shaders mean, anyways? Drop Duchy combines the city builder genre with Tetris and deckbuilding, and we find out if the Halo games hold up.

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Halo: Reach, DOOM: The Dark Ages, Drop Duchy

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Marathon, HUNGER, 9 Kings, ‘Helldivers 2’ Studio’s Next Game Will Be Free From PlayStation Partnership

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