Geeks & Grounds

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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✅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!

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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!

Fight facism in Extreme Meatpunks Forever! Today we discuss our third one-shot for the month (Extreme Meatpunks Forever) and discuss demos from Steam NextFest.---------------------------------------------------------------✅Visit Geeks & Grounds' website for our newsletter sign-up, list of games for 2025, Bluesky link, and more: https://www.geeksandgrounds.com ✅Play Extreme Meatpunks Forever on Itch.io: https://hthr.itch.io/extreme-meatpunks-foreverA serial visual novel/mech brawler about four gay disasters beating up neonazis in giant robots made of meat. Get ready for the worst road trip of all time.

Our second week of June one-shots for Pride, and we are in total rom-com mode! Butterfly Soup 2 does NOT disappoint, and we can't wait to share why ~

00:00 Welcome to Geeks & Grounds!

03:46 The Pastry Case: SGF standouts, Xbox handheld thoughts, and Switch 2 FOMO?

39:31 This Week's Brew: Butterfly Soup 2 (Non-Spoiler)

46:00 This Week's Brew: Butterfly Soup 2 (Deep Dive)

01:22:13 See you next week with Extreme Meatpunks Forever!

---------------------------------------------------------------✅Visit Geeks & Grounds' website for our newsletter sign-up, list of games for 2025, Bluesky link, and more: https://www.geeksandgrounds.com ✅Play Butterfly Soup 2 on itch.io: https://brianna-lei.itch.io/butterfly-soup-2

If you want to be a butterfly, you need to be butterfly soup first! We're kicking off our June of one-shots with Butterfly Soup, and what a DELIGHT this game is to talk about!

00:00 Welcome to Geeks & Grounds

3:55 The Pastry Case: Reiterating the Summer Showcases, Consume Me, Dropout Live Show, and more!

32:36 This Week's Brew: Butterfly Soup (Non-Spoiler Overview)

41:40 Diya

01:27:42 Noelle

01:33:16 Akarsha

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Our final foray around the Obra Dinn reveals the answers to MANY questions we have about what really happened all those years ago. Time to discuss the finale of this mystery, and figure out just what's behind that locked lazarette door...00:00 Welcome to Geeks & Grounds 04:00 The Pastry Case: SGF showcase news, Steam Next Fest approaches, Expedition 33 (we're still obsessed), and more!38:34 The Monthly Brew: Our current thoughts and today's chapters43:10 Chapter 2: A Bitter Cold47:28 Chapter 5: Unholy Captives53:05 Chapter 4: The Calling01:03:28 Chapter 1: Loose Cargo01:08:03 Delivering the Book / Chapter 8: Bargain01:18:31 Overall thoughts on Obra Dinn01:22:55 Let's organize the timeline: our retelling of the Obra Dinn's journey01:27: 19 June's Brews ~ What games are we're percolating over? 01:29:34 Thanks for listening / Housekeeping / See you next time!Leave a voicemail to share your thoughts on the game, and get featured in a future episode!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 Return of the Obra Dinn on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/653530/Return_of_the_Obra_Dinn/In 1802, the merchant ship Obra Dinn set out from London for the Orient with over 200 tons of trade goods. Six months later it hadn't met its rendezvous point at the Cape of Good Hope and was declared lost at sea.Early this morning of October 14th, 1807, the Obra Dinn drifted into port at Falmouth with damaged sails and no visible crew. As insurance investigator for the East India Company's London Office, dispatch immediately to Falmouth, find means to board the ship, and prepare an assessment of damages.Return of the Obra Dinn is a first-person mystery adventure based on exploration and logical deduction.

The work of an insurance collector is never done! Today's episode covers Chapters IX (Escape), III (Murder), and VI (Soldiers of the Sea), three of the most intense scenes I think we'll be encountering in this game! You also get a listen at my attempt at pirate accents...I apologize in advance 😆

00:00 Welcome to Geeks & Grounds

03:38 The Pastry Case: Expedition 33 (more! more!), Lazarus, The Antidote, and more.

19:18 The Monthly Brew: Our current thoughts, today's chapters, and some of the community's discussion

38:13 Chapter 9: Escape

54:00 Chapter 3: Murder

01:08:29 Chapter 6: Soldiers of the Sea01:21:34 Thanks for listening / Housekeeping / See you next time!

Leave a voicemail to share your thoughts on the game, and get featured in a future episode!

https://telbee.io/channel/eowez0wm6ydpa4gf0amj5a/

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✅Visit Geeks & Grounds' website for our newsletter sign-up, list of games for 2025, Bluesky link, and more: https://www.geeksandgrounds.com

✅Play Return of the Obra Dinn on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/653530/Return_of_the_Obra_Dinn/

In 1802, the merchant ship Obra Dinn set out from London for the Orient with over 200 tons of trade goods. Six months later it hadn't met its rendezvous point at the Cape of Good Hope and was declared lost at sea.---------------------------------------------------------------

The good ship Obra Dinn has returned...with no surviving passengers. This May, we'll be discussing what happened on this fateful journey in Return of the Obra Dinn!Today's podcast delves into the initial impressions of the game: the first two chapters we got to experience (Chapters 10 and 7), the mechanics, the visuals...and the ways this inspired us to don pirate accents and sing sea shanties!

00:00 Welcome to Geeks & Grounds

04:16 The Pastry Case: PAX East, Joel's first DDR experience, Love on the Spectrum, and more!

30:40 The Monthly Brew: Obra Dinn Initial Impressions / Prologue / Non-Spoiler Discussion

01:05:05 Chapter 10: The End

01:20:01 Chapter 7: The Doom

01:26:46 Housekeeping / Thanks for listening!---------------------------------------------------------------✅Visit Geeks & Grounds' website for our newsletter sign-up, list of games for 2025, Bluesky link, and more: https://www.geeksandgrounds.com ✅Play Return of the Obra Dinn on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/653530/Return_of_the_Obra_Dinn/

In 1802, the merchant ship Obra Dinn set out from London for the Orient with over 200 tons of trade goods. Six months later it hadn't met its rendezvous point at the Cape of Good Hope and was declared lost at sea.

Early this morning of October 14th, 1807, the Obra Dinn drifted into port at Falmouth with damaged sails and no visible crew. As insurance investigator for the East India Company's London Office, dispatch immediately to Falmouth, find means to board the ship, and prepare an assessment of damages.

Return of the Obra Dinn is a first-person mystery adventure based on exploration and logical deduction.---------------------------------------------------------------

Are you ready to open the mysterious package? The fateful moment has arrived, and Joel and I have FEELINGS. We deep dive the final part of Lost Records: Bloom & Rage as well as discuss the Polygon layoffs, Clair Obscur, and 1000xRESIST Peabody hype!#geeksandgrounds #gamediscussion #lostrecordsbloomandrage #indiegame #gamepodcast ---------------------------------------------------------------✅Visit Geeks & Grounds' website for our newsletter sign-up, list of games for 2025, Bluesky link, and more: https://www.geeksandgrounds.com ✅Play Lost Records: Bloom & Rage on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1902960/Lost_Records_Bloom__Rage/Embark on a new narrative journey by the creators of Life is Strange. Film your summer of 1995 and create memories of a lifetime with your new friends. 27 years later, confront the dark secrets that made you all promise to never speak again after that fateful summer.

We're back after a BIG reveal and discussing where the girls go from here, as well as our own feelings about the pacing of the game.

00:00 Welcome to Geeks & Grounds

03:17 The Pastry Case: Expedition 33, Sinners, and more!

27:26 Tape 01 Recap

31:03 Rage (Part 01): Discussing Tape 2 (until sneaking through the ranch)

01:35:38 Our question to you + see you next week!

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✅Visit Geeks & Grounds' website for our newsletter sign-up, list of games for 2025, Bluesky link, and more: https://www.geeksandgrounds.com

✅Play Lost Records: Bloom & Rage on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1902960/Lost_Records_Bloom__Rage/

Embark on a new narrative journey by the creators of Life is Strange. Film your summer of 1995 and create memories of a lifetime with your new friends. 27 years later, confront the dark secrets that made you all promise to never speak again after that fateful summer.