In this Episode, Ian once again joins the clubhouse as Dale and Mark are off on a nerdy vacation. Lydia wrestles with the term "cozy," and Stephen does some self exploration to determine why so-called cozy games make him more stressed out. Then, he creates a whole topic just to talk about the fast travel system in Dragon’s Dogma 2.

• Stephen pitched Sledgehammer Bride to Melanated Games Kitchen.

• Melanated Game Kitchen
• The clubhouse hosted a Nice Thinking episode about Sledgehammer bride back in episode 240 Nice Thinking: "Sledgehammer Bride"

• Lydia and Ian went to Con of the North

• Con of the North

• Lydia and Ian are playing Blippo+

• Mark was a developer on the PC version of Blippo+ which is a 2026 IGF award finalist.
• Blippo+

0:09:15Cozy Games0:38:26Fast TravelDragon's Dogma 2