As Americans prepare to stuff their faces this Thursday, your trusty hosts turn their attention to the world of cooking and crafting in video games! We hope you brought your appetite, because our Thanksgiving dinner features Sonic blue curry, haunted pickles, the world’s worst mac and cheese, and of course, wall chicken in lieu of the traditional turkey! Need to tune out your drunken uncle? Listen to our (only slightly more coherent) ramblings instead!

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Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro), Abatage (incidental), call me lethargy. (incidental)

Graphic design – M4thew and Matt

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:17 - Beaten

00:45:25 - Retired

00:46:20 - Playing

01:36:24 - Discussion

02:21:18 - Guess the Game

02:28:53 - Goodbye!

Games Mentioned:

Diallo: to a T (PC), Once Upon a Katamari (PC), Pokémon Legends: Z-A (Switch 2), Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Switch 2)

Lia: Arrows (Mobile), EnigmBox (Mobile), Logic Puzzles (Mobile), Quetzal (Mobile), Wordle and Wordle Clones (Wordle, Moxle, Heardle, Beadle, 1D Heardle) (Browser), Murdle (Browser), Travel Frog (Mobile), Tori Note (Mobile)

Matt: Whispering Willows (PC), Hatsune Miku VR (PC), COVID-19 by Hot Slice (PC), Moorhuhn VR Blast (PC), Sonic Adventure 2 (PC), Dino Crisis (PC), Shady Lewd Kart (PC), Phasmophobia (PC), Magic The Gathering Arena (PC), Rubik's Connected (Mobile)

Roy: Wordle (PC), League of Legends (PC), MLB 11: The Show (PS2), Tabletop Simulator (PC)

Get ready for another edition of everyone's favorite podcast! This time we're discussing ROM Hacks and Fan Games and finding out which freakish fan hacks have a special place in our hearts.

Stream along as Lia becomes a billionaire, Matt chases Justin Bieber, Roy plays multiple Pokemon and experience the return of Diallo, with the shiniest of nightmares and newest of consoles.

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Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro), Abatage (incidental), call me lethargy. (incidental)

Graphic design – M4thew and Matt

00:00:06 - Intro

00:03:03 - Beaten

00:21:04 - Retired

00:49:38 - Playing

01:53:57 - Discussion

02:38:32 - Guess the Game

02:48:52 - Goodbye!

Games Mentioned:

Lia: You Are Jeff Bezos (Browser), Magarena (PC), GUNDAM CARD GAME Teaching App (Mobile), Magic the Gathering Arena (Mac/PC), Magic: The Gathering Online (PC), Magic: The Gathering (Browser), Disney Lorcana (Browser), Mahjong Soul (Mobile), Marvel Snap (Mobile), Tricky Bridge (Mobile), Tabletop Simulator (PC/Mac), Disney’s Dreamlight Valley (Switch), Quetzal (Mobile), The Crew 2 (PC), Red Dead Online (PC), Magic: The Gathering Arena (Mobile)

Matt: Gnat Attack Redux (PC), The Original Moorhuhn Hunt (PC), multiple “Scary Maze Games” (Original by Jeremy Winterrowd, Justin Bieber version, Maze Game DX by Razoric, Dreader by Donitz…), Monster Energy Supercross - The Official Videogame 3 (PC), Red Alarm (VB), Vox Populi: Germany 2025 (PC), Dino Crisis (PC), Magic the Gathering Arena (PC/Mobile), Jack Bros. (VB)

Diallo: Hollow Knight: Silksong (PC), Pokemon Legends: Z-A (Switch 2), to a T (PC)

Roy: Wordle (PC), Pokemon Orange (GBC), Pokemon Stadium 1 (N64/Switch), Pokemon Gold 97 Reforged (GBC), Tabletop Simulator (PC), Civilization IV (PC)

As it is Spooky Season™️, Lia, Matt and Roy follow their content creator obligation to talk about fitting things like games that actually managed to scare them and, of course, the best Halloween candy!

Between the usual yapping about video games and another round of "Guess the Game", you will also witness a rare return of the soap box segment!

Expect further escapades into different trading card games, a shoutout to Candy Crush players, a yearning for vocaloid games, and reports of mild enjoyment of German politics simulation.

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Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro), Abatage (incidental), call me lethargy. (incidental)

Graphic design – M4thew and Matt

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:05 - Beaten

00:10:57 - Retired

00:30:48 - Playing

01:18:36 - Soap Box

01:24:29 - Halloween Candy & Scary Games

02:02:47 - Guess the Game

02:06:45 - Goodbye!

Games Mentioned:

Lia: Quetzal (Mobile), Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel (Mobile), Magic the Gathering Arena (PC), Warhammer Warpforge (Mobile), Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links (Mobile), Marvel Snap (Mobile), Disney Lorcana (Browser), Mahjong Soul (Mobile), Tricky Bridge (Mobile), Magarena (PC), Magic the Gathering Arena (Mac/Mobile), Tabletop Simulator (PC/Mac)

Matt: Silent Hill 2 [2001] (PC), Kind Words 2 (PC), Pokémon Ultra Moon (3DS), Dino Crisis (PC), Magic the Gathering Arena (PC/Mobile), Vox Populi: Germany 2025 (PC)

Roy: Wordle (PC), Pokemon Stadium (Switch), Tabletop Simulator (PC), Sid Meier’s Civilization IV (PC), Hatsune Miku Bomb Squad (GBC/PC)

It's time for another descent into gaming madness, wherein we brave hosts discuss all things video games and what presence sports games have on our backlogs and completed. Who has the most sports games in their catalog?

Join in as Roy gets destroyed by collegiate football simulations, Matt pulls back on emulations, and digital trading card games become Lia's new recreation.

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Discord – ⁠https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk⁠

Email - ⁠[email protected]⁠

Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro), Abatage (incidental), call me lethargy. (incidental)

Graphic design – M4thew and Matt

00:00:09 - Intro

00:01:03 - Beaten

00:09:23 - Retired

00:30:59 - Playing

01:19:03 - Sports Games

02:10:38 - Guess the Game

02:16:48 - Goodbye!

Games Mentioned:

Lia: Assassin’s Creed III Remastered (PS5), Pokemon TCG Live (Mobile), Max Payne (PC), Red Dead Online (PC), Nier Automata (PS4), Hairdresser Simulator (PC), Magic: The Gathering Arena (PC/Mobile), Disney Lorcana (Browser), Star Wars Unlimited (Browser), One Piece TCG (Browser), Tabletop Simulator (PC), Marvel Snap (Mobile), Wordle (Discord)

Matt: Time Flies (PC), Hatsune Miku Bomb Squad! (GBC/Browser), Backgammon + Checkers + Mills (PC), Murky Divers (PC), Wakeboarding Unleashed featuring Shaun Murray (PS2), Magic: The Gathering Arena (PC), Vox Populi: Germany 2025 (PC), Wordle (PC)

Roy: Wordle (PC), NCAA Football 10, Tabletop Simulator, Madden NFL 10

Welcome, fellow web surfer, to another episode of the How Long To Beat podcast!

Today Lia, Matt and Roy chat about how the proliferation of information through modern technology has impacted the gaming space, as well as the games that they’ve been spending time with recently and playing another round of “Guess the Game”!

Expect a yearning for Big Head Mode, criticisms towards videogame representations of New York City, news about pigeon DLC, and tragic tales of IRL Magic: The Gathering experiences!

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Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro), Abatage (incidental), call me lethargy. (incidental)

Graphic design – M4thew and Matt

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:09 - Beaten

00:27:59 - Retired

00:34:14 - Playing

01:30:25 - The Proliferation of Information and its Impact on Games

02:26:30 - Guess the Game

02:36:40 - Goodbye!

Games Mentioned:

Lia: GTA: San Andreas Definitive Edition (PS4/5), He F*cked The Girl Out Of Me (PC), Death Rally (Classic) (PC), Death Rally (PC), Hitman 3 World of Assassination (PC), Spirit City: Lo-Fi Sessions (PC), Power Wash Simulator (PC), Max Payne (PC), Marvel Rivals (PC), Red Dead Online (PC), Nier Automata (PS4)

Matt: Need for Speed: ProStreet (PC), Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound (PC), Align It (Mobile), Magic: The Gathering - Arena (PC/Mobile), Wakeboarding Unleashed featuring Shaun Murray (PS2), Wordle (PC)

Roy: Wordle (PC), Arknights (PC), Madden NFL 10 (PS2), Tabletop Simulator (PC), Touhou 6 - Embodiment of Scarlet Devil (PC)

The whittled down hosting trio are back for another round of video game chat, this time with slightly more Lia than required! Listen in as they discuss which seasons go with which games and why, and who is the freak who decided this topic was a good one? Follow for discussions on great franchise deals, the issue of meta overtaking storylines, which gacha is good, and whether or not they're all still doing Wordle.

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Discord – https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk

Email - [email protected]

Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro), Abatage (incidental), call me lethargy. (incidental)

Graphic design – M4thew and Matt

00:00:12 - Intro

00:01:33 - Beaten

00:31:24 - Retired

00:39:15 - Playing

01:11:11 - Seasonal Gaming

01:37:09 - Guess the Game

02:07:24 - Goodbye!

Games mentioned:

Lia: A Plague Tale: Requiem (PS4/5), A Plague Tale: Innocence (PS4/5), Infinity Nikki (PS5), Alan Wake 2 (PS5), we should talk (PC), GTA: Vice City Definitive Edition (PS4/5), Spider-Man 2 (PS5), nour (PC), The Pathless (PS5), Supermarket Simulator: Prologue (PC), Genshin Impact, Wuthering Waves, Zenless Zone Zero, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order/Survivor (PS5), Tower of Fantasy (PS5), GTA: San Andreas Definitive Edition (PS4/5)

Matt: How Do You Do It? (PC), Backgammon + Checkers + Mills (PC), Murky Divers (PC), Magic: The Gathering - Arena (PC/Mobile), Kind Words 2 (PC)

Roy: Wordle (PC), Tabletop Simulator (PC), Balatro (PC), Arknights (Mobile)

The birds are angry these days!

But that doesn't stop us from blabbering on about videogames that we are playing. Or lack thereof, as we'll also be discussing gaming droughts, what might cause them, what might get us out of them, and what else we do when we're not spending our precious free-time with games.

Join us as we chat about rodents, complain about popping wheelies, and experience becoming one with the Wordle.

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Discord – https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk

Email - [email protected]

Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro), Abatage (incidental), call me lethargy. (incidental)Graphic design – M4thew and Matt

00:00:00 - Intro

00:28:44 - Beaten

00:49:44 - Retired

00:29:46 - Playing

01:36:29 - Gaming Droughts

02:01:30 - Guess the Game

02:07:24 - Goodbye!

Games Mentioned:

Lia: It Takes Two (PS4/5), Broforce (Switch), Jumanji Wild Adventure (Switch), Tetris 99 (Switch), A Plague Tale Requiem (PS4/5), Power Wash Simulator Wallace & Gromit DLC (PC), Game Demos (Holy Gosh Darn, Squeakross, Until Then, Fix This House)

Matt: The House of the Dead: Remake (PC), Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 (PC), Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater (PS1), Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2010 (PC), Backgammon + Checkers + Mills (PC), Murky Divers (PC), Align It (Mobile), Ninja Gaiden Ragebound (PC), Need for Speed: ProStreet (PC), Pokémon Ultra Moon (3DS), Kind Words 2 (PC)

Roy: City Connection (NES/Switch), Mimi’s Delivery Dash (PC), Tabletop Simulator (PC), Wordle (PC)

It's time for another round of chatting about video games! This month we are without Diallo but the remaining hosts gather to discuss the community event Itchmas in July and other stuff that's holding their fancies this month.

Including but not limited to: the pros and cons of gamepass and cooking sims, pinball tables real and virtual, racing games real and imagined, and all things historical and current in the world of rats.

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Discord – https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk

Email - [email protected]

Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro), Abatage (incidental), call me lethargy. (incidental)

Graphic design – M4thew and Matt

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:02 - Beaten

00:41:39 - Retired

1:02:49 - Playing

1:54:57 - Itchmas in July

3:00:14 - Guess the Game

3:05:24 - Goodbye!

Games Mentioned:

Lia: We Should Talk., Pizza Maker, A Plague Tale: Requiem (PS5), Cook For Love (Switch)

Matt: Ultimate Mill (Mobile), The Birdcage (Mobile), The Birdcage 2 (Mobile), Face Racers: Photo Finish (3DS), Worms Pinball (PC), Daytona Championship USA (Arcade), Mills of Morris (PC), Counter-Strike 1.6 (PC), Varooom 3D (GBA/Arcade), Pokémon Ultra Moon (3DS), Backgammon + Checkers + Mills (PC), Murky Divers (PC), Stern Pinball Arcade (PC), Ragnaröck (PC VR), Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 (PC)

Roy: Pinball (NES/Switch), Battleship (NES), Hypnospace Outlaw (PC), Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (PC), Sewer Tales (Itch/PC), The Dark Queen of Mortholme (Itch/PC), Desierto (Itch/PC), Sparvagn (Itch/PC), Need For Speed Most Wanted 2012 (PC), Wordle (PC), Vampire Survivors (PC), Duelists of Eden (PC), Tabletop Simulator (PC)

Itchmas in July 2025: Sewer Tales, The Fall of Lazarus, Desierto, Divorce Chatroom, SPÅRVAGN, Packing Up The Rest of Your Stuff on the Last Day at Your Old Apartment, Formless Star, one night, hot springs, individualism in the dead-internet age: an anti-big tech asset flip shovelware r̶a̶n̶t̶ manifesto, The Dark Queen of Mortholme

Join us on a sidequest through the recent videogame showcases, including the big Summer Game Fest schedule as well as a couple individual events outside of that.

We talk about how we engage with showcases in general and reveal our most anticipated new games discoveries through these recent live events!

Be ready for disingenuous eco games, tangents on horse-breeding games, doing backflips in games, a teardown of wholesomeness, and the state of bodily fluids in gaming.

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Discord – https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk

Email - [email protected]

Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro), Abatage (incidental), call me lethargy. (incidental)

Graphic design – M4thew and Matt

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:53 - General Thoughts on Game Showcases

00:10:39 - SGF: State of Unreal

00:12:23 - SGF: State of Play (Sony)

00:21:39 - SGF: Main Show

00:36:33 - SGF: Day of the Devs

00:44:38 - SGF: Ball x Pit (Devolver Digital)

00:49:18 - SGF: IOI Showcase

00:50:20 - SGF: Wholesome Direct

00:58:21 - SGF: Women-led Games

01:06:39 - SGF: Latin American Games

01:11:58 - SGF: Southeast Asian Games

01:21:22 - SGF: Green Games

01:30:54 - SGF: Frosty Games Fest

01:34:52 - SGF: Xbox Showcase

01:41:30 - SGF: PC Gaming Show

01:42:13 - SGF: Death Stranding 2 Premiere

01:43:21 - SGF: Black Voices In Gaming

01:48:35 - Donkey Kong Bananza Nintendo Direct

01:55:45 - Arc System Works Showcase

01:57:07 - Capcom Spotlight

01:57:26 - Bandai Namco Summer Showcase

01:57:36 - The Horror Games Awards

02:01:15 - Our Most Anticipated New Discoveries

02:40:05 - Outro

On this episode, the hosts take a trip down memory lane: They revisit the very first video games they ever played, and then they take a look at "gateway games" that exposed them to new genres or concepts. Tune in as they talk about shiny poop, recount their childhood medical history, and review the rules of alphabetizing!

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Discord – https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk

Email - [email protected]

Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro), Abatage (incidental), call me lethargy. (incidental)

Graphic design – M4thew and Matt

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:00 - Beaten

01:01:24 - Retired

01:21:03 - Playing

01:57:40 - Our First Video Game + Gateway Games

02:51:44 - Guess the Game

02:59:25 - Goodbye!

Games Mentioned:

Diallo: Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals TimeLia: Ghost of Tsushima (PS5), Forspoken (PS5), Fashion League (Mobile), Influencer Story (Mobile), A Plague Tale: Requiem (PS5), Helldivers 2 (PC), Infinity Nikki (PS5), GTA: Chinatown Wars (Mobile), Harvest Moon (NSO, SNES), Assassin’s Creed III Remastered (PS5), Kind Words 2 (PC), The Pathless (PS5)Matt: Aquadelic GT (PC), Frog Legs (PC), Purple (Mobile), Pinball of the Dead (GBA), Pinball (NES), HEADACHE (PC), The Amazing Spider-Man (GB), The Little Mermaid 2: Pinball Frenzy (GBC), Need for Speed: ProStreet (PC), Backgammon + Checkers + Mills (PC), Murky Divers (PC)Roy: one night, hot springs (PC), Persona 3 Reload (PC), Citizen Sleeper (PC), Drake of the 99 Dragons (PC), Mona and the Witch’s Hat Deluxe (GBC), Mona and the Witch’s Hat (GB), Mario Party 3 (Switch/N64), StarVaders (PC), Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (PC)