"Time sinks". That’s what we're talking about this week. Games that eat up your precious minutes and hours and days. Nate says Civilization V is the worst contender. Alice B points a cannibalistic finger at Graveyard Keeper. And Graham turns the whole show into a sports podcast by talking about Football Manager.

Links: The Yule Lads are terrifying: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_Christmas_folklore#The_Yule_Lads

Graveyard Keeper is like Stardew Valley but in a cemetery: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/08/15/graveyard-keeper-farming-sim-out-now/

Football Manager is best played when you take it too seriously: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/04/02/the-joy-of-taking-football-manager-far-too-seriously/

Sunderland ‘Til I Die trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLU7aNFp65M

Forager review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/04/26/forager-review/

Spaceplan is the funny potato clicker game: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/08/11/spaceplan-is-cookie-clicker-launched-into-orbit/

The gang in Space Engineers are... Wastes of Space: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/05/01/space-engineers-diary-part-one-wolves/

Close to the Sun is basically BioShock with Tesla even if they say it isn’t: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/02/22/close-to-the-sun-is-a-horror-game-thats-definitely-not-bioshock-with-tesla/

Success is in your blood in Rise of Industry: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/02/27/rise-of-industry-early-access-review/

Open TTD is a free version of Transport Tycoon Deluxe: https://www.openttd.org/

The Empire is a LARP that Nate likes: https://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/empire?2

The OA is about a missing blind girl who reappears with her sight restored: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvHJtez2IlY

The Song of Achilles is a book about Greek shagging: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11250317-the-song-of-achilles

Circe is about a nice witch who turns men into pigs: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35959740-circe

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