We're pulled into Spira and begin our pilgrimage on today's episode of Geeks & Grounds! Joined by Dave (Tales From The Backlog), we discuss Tidus, Yuna, the rest of the guardians, and the initial stops on the journey to defeat Sin.

00:00 Welcome to Geeks & Grounds

02:14 The Pastry Case: 2026 Game Voting Begins!

08:10 The Pastry Case: GOTY Backlog

25:29 The Pastry Case: What We're Excited About

46:52 Final Fantasy X Discussion (Part 01)

03:41:08 See you on Dec 2nd for our GOTY discussion!

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In today's first episode of November, we're diving into the indie game releases we're most excited about AND kicking off our journey in Zanarkand with a little bit of a retrospective: what has the impact of the game been in the industry? And what's it's personal significance to each of us? Also, welcome to Dave -- of Tales From The Backlog -- as our official discussion guest for the next two months!

04:12 Meet Dave of Tales from the Backlog

18:14 2026 Nominations for Geeks & Grounds Titles

22:06 What We're Getting Into

51:58 Indiescovery: Our November Indie Game Release Highlights

01:08:06 This Month's Brew: Introducing Final Fantasy X

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We're stuck on the doomed ship Tulpar for the month of October, along with Anya, Swansea, Daisuke, Jimmy, and Curly. Fortunately, Milady Confetti is also here to chat about the game with us, bringing her medical AND media knowledge to the table to really dig into the game's themes! What did we think? It definitely hurt (complimentary).

***Edit: Had to remove the intro/outro music due to platform restrictions, so apologies for the silence on the start and end of this one!

00:00 Welcome To Geeks & Grounds

2:15 The Pastry Case: Meet Confetti, Steam NextFest, and more!

47:08 This Month's Brew: Mouthwashing

2:38:18 Community Discussion Questions

2:57:50 See you in November for Final Fantasy X (Part 01)

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This month we spent our time translating languages to try and connect communities! How did we do? Kate and Emily (No Small Games) return to deep dive the game of the month: Chants of Sennaar!

We also chat about recent game news, like the Six One Indie Showcase, Hades 2 coming soon, and other media we're excited about.

00:00 Welcome to Geeks & Grounds

02:48 The Pastry Case: Six One Indie Showcase, Hades 2, and What We're Excited About!

38:19 This Month's Brew: Chants of Sennaar (Non-Spoilers)

01:13:34 This Month's Brew: Chants of Sennaar (Spoilers)

2:29:17 Where to Find No Small Games (Kate + Emily)

02:32:29 October 2025 Brew: Mouthwashing

02:33:33 See you next time!

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On today's menu, we have Kate and Emily from No Small Games joining the conversation. We'll get to know them and their podcast, talk through some of the latest indie game releases for September, and begin our initial discussion for September's brew: Chants of Sennaar.

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What is it like to be part of a brand new colony on an unknown planet? We dive into how life worked out in each of our playthroughs of I Was A Teenage Exocolonist, sharing our highlights and critiques of this ambitious narrative RPG!

#indiegame #IWasATeenageExocolonist #gamingpodcast #podcast

00:00 Welcome to Geeks & Grounds

03:35 Stuff We're Enjoying

21:31 I Was A Teenage Exocolonist - Non-Spoiler

41:32 I Was A Teenage Exocolonist - Spoiler

01:47:30 Housekeeping + September's Brew: Chants of Sennaar!

✅Share Your Thoughts! Want to share your thoughts on the game we're playing this month? Be sure to email [email protected] OR leave a voicemail at https://telbee.io/channel/eowez0wm6ydpa4gf0amj5a/

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Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.

Time to test out our new(ish) format where we spend a bit more time talking about upcoming indie games for the month of August, and introducing this month's selection: I Was A Teenage Exocolonist (celebrating it's third anniversary at the end of the month!) #indiegame #IWasATeenageExocolonist #gamingpodcast #podcast 00:00 Welcome to Geeks & Grounds04:00 Q&A w/ Joel26:31 This Week's News: Payment processing problems!38:13 Stuff We're Enjoying56:00 Indiescovery: August 202501:06:50 Introducing I Was A Teenage Exocolonist1:30:00 Housekeeping & See you next time!✅Share Your Thoughts! Want to share your thoughts on the game we're playing this month? Be sure to email [email protected] OR leave a voicemail at https://telbee.io/channel/eowez0wm6ydpa4gf0amj5a/---------------------------------------------------------------✅Visit Geeks & Grounds' website for our newsletter sign-up, list of games for 2025, Bluesky link, and more: https://www.geeksandgrounds.com ---------------------------------------------------------------✅Play I Was A Teenage Exocolonist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1148760/I_Was_a_Teenage_Exocolonist/Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.

In the deepest dive we've done (4 hours?!?) Josh returns to the Geeks & Grounds discussion to dig into Deltarune's Chapter 4! Buckle up folks: there's a LOT to chat about!

1:44 - The Pastry Case: LONESTAR, Open Mike Eagle, Curiosmos, and more!

20:32 - This Month’s Brew: DELTARUNE

24:11 - High Level Thoughts on Chapter 4

35:50 - Deeeeeeep dive on Chapter 4

03:55:41 - Schedule change announcement + See you August 5 to kick off "I Was A Teenage Exocolonist"!---------------------------------------------------------------✅Visit Geeks & Grounds' website for our newsletter sign-up, list of games for 2025, Bluesky link, and more: https://www.geeksandgrounds.com ✅Play DELTARUNE on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1671210/DELTARUNE/Dive into the parallel story to UNDERTALE! Fight or spare your way through action-packed battles as you explore a mysterious world alongside an endearing cast of new and familiar characters. Chapters 1-4 will be available on launch, with more planned as free updates!

It's TV Tiiiiiiiiiiiiime! We being the discussion around Deltarune: Chapter 3 -- an episode filled with TV nostalgia, escapism...and more suspicious Ralsei moments? Dive back into this dark world with us!

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Dive into the parallel story to UNDERTALE! Fight or spare your way through action-packed battles as you explore a mysterious world alongside an endearing cast of new and familiar characters. Chapters 1-4 will be available on launch, with more planned as free updates!

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We close out the month with a short and sweet game that was absolutely delightful to play: Serre, A visual novel about a girl and an alien drinking tea and falling in love.See you on July 15th after the break with Deltarune: Chapter 3! WAHOO!---------------------------------------------------------------✅Visit Geeks & Grounds' website for our newsletter sign-up, list of games for 2025, Bluesky link, and more: https://www.geeksandgrounds.com ✅Play SERRE on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/35...A visual novel about a girl and an alien drinking tea and falling in love!