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It’s that time again! Look at us! Three podcast in one week, this time no special guests. Just boring old Alex and myself. This week we tackle Licensed Games, Silent Hill, Out There Somewhere, Stealth Bastard, games that bring Alex shame, Tony Hawk and a whole bunch more than I cannot for the life of me remember, this week on Griefed! Recorded on March 28th 2012 and featuring the shitty song Talking to People Scares the Shit out of Me by yours truly.

Masochistic platformers have been some of the best indie games in the last couple years. Pwnee Games is bringing us one of the most promising we’ve seen in a long time. Cloudberry Kingdom is fully randomized and has carnage for up to four players. They boast more possible levels than particles in the universe thanks to the algorithm created by Jordan Fisher. Tigs and I got the chance to play it a little while ago and it was a lot of fun. We got the chance to talk with Jordan and business and marketing head honcho at Pwnee Michael Suswal and hear about how this project came to be and some exciting places it’s going.

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Things are getting pretty real. Today, on a very special mini episode of Griefed!, Against the Wall creator, programmer, designer, and all around good dude Michael Consoli (that’s @MichaelPConsoli on twitter) chats with us for a little while about his game, others he’s been playing, music he’s been listening to while programming, alien panthers, his Kickstarter,  GDC, the upcoming PAX, the subtly differences between human hermaphrodites (if they can be called that, listen to find out why!) and hermaphrodites of other species, along with a whole bunch more! Recorded on March 26th 2012 and featuring the song Kioko by Modern Major Generals. Apologies about the poor sound quality at times.

If you haven’t seen Against the Wall yet you should really check it out. There is currently an alpha build of the game on the website http://www.againstthewallgame.com/, which is where you can preorder the game from as well. It’s a very cool, mesmerizing, and almost hypnotic at times puzzle game about an infinite wall that you climb up by activating the blocks that construct it. Definitely check it out at: http://www.againstthewallgame.com/ and check out the video below.

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Cats are an integral part of our shared internet heritage. One developer here in New York City has been doing their darndest to make some of the craziest cat related games that you can imagine. 21st Street Games’ first foray into felines was Techno Kitten Adventure. Like Robot Unicorn Attack there are addictive techno songs that make you giggle as much as tap your foot. It’s single touch and relies more on navigating through a maze of stars, hearts, submarines and just about anything else you can imagine. Oh and also the screen will pulse, flash, flip, reverse and occasionally shoot a rainbow or two just to mess with you. Nyan Cat Adventure which is coming to iOS today after being a bestseller on Xbox Live Indie Games is a deeper side scrolling platformer. It does however share the simular trapping of Techno Kitten being deceptively simple and then finding a way to grief you. From there Nyan  I got to sit down and touch with Creative Director Brian Ferrara and the Head of Marketing Melissa Fassetta. That got to give me the inside scoop on what it was like making a game for one internet’s favorite cats. I also get a very special exclusive that some other internet cat is going to having a game from them very soon. Hmmm now who could that be? Enjoy the interview and be sure to check on Nyan Cat Adventure on iOS the lite is free the whole game only sets you back .99 cents. Techno Kitten also has a new expansion that for iOS users is .99 cents (feat. pop artist Ron English). I

The transcript and entire audio version can also be found down below after the jump.

Alex Koveos: You guys have an exciting new game coming out tomorrow Nyan Cat Adventure

Brian Ferrara: I’ll let Melissa give the …(pitch for it)

Melissa Fassetta: We do. Nyan Cat Adventure has been out for Xbox Live Indie Game since December its been top selling everyday since release and we are finally bringing it to iOS. Its going to be universal on ipod, ipad and iphone there a lite version and the full version and you get the full version for .99 cents which has new Nyans(exclusive to the iOS version) from the creator of Nyan Cat Chris Torres the PR Guitar Man.

BF: there will be more exclusive Nyans Its like tied in being a non bootleg Nyan App we get the actual creator of Nyan Cat and get access to new Nyans

AK: That’s great and you guys have had an interesting history with the creator of the Nyan Cat.

MF: Our first game under 21st St Techno Kitten Adventure launched in June 2011 and we released an update with a popular internet meme that we were unaware had any issues or any copyrights on

BF: It was totally fan requested we put out the game and everybody was like “put in Nyan Cat, put in Nyan Cat”

AK: While you did have to change that one you guys must have hit it off in some way

BF: The whole thing was we didn’t do anything on purpose just naively being “here more cats.” This one shoots rainbows out of it’s butt that’s great

and we flipped it around into a relationship where it was like well we like this stuff and fans want more of this stuff so why we make a new game with it.

MF: At the time there were a bunch of bootleg Nyan apps there were other people who were actually trying to steal it from Chris legally and copyright it under their own thing. So at first when we had this thing his manager contacted us and was like take it out or whatever the business thing was. When we got to talking and complied obviously we respect artists, we’re all artists.

BF: But there didn’t come at us in a negative way its all I understand their point of view they’re protecting their trademark and they have to do that and...

What’s up everyone! We’re back for another edition of the Griefed! Podcast! This week Alex and I discuss first person shooters, the state of Maryland, 21st Street Games, Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City and much much more! Recorded on March 21st 2012 and featuring the song Blow Up by Lightning Crabs.

Just when you thought it was safe to surf the internet, spotted close to shore is a new Griefed! Clear the digital beaches! This week Alex and I talk about the explosion of iOS games and the casual gamer as a viable share of the marketplace, dog sitting, four year olds and there harsh criticisms, Silent Hill: Downpour, Mass Effect, and a whole lot more on this episode of Griefed! Recorded on March 14th 2012 and featuring the song Champagne Taste by Modern Major Generals.

Wow it’s been almost 2 months and Alex hasn’t left for a different podcast yet! We must be doing something right! Join us for a discussion about co-op in games, me doing terribly at game trivia, Tony Hawk, pirates and much more on this episode of Griefed! Recorded on March 7th, 2012 and featuring the song Badwy by Lightning Crabs.

It’s that time again! Alex and Tigs are back for a discussion about Survival Horror in games, Tony Hawk, SSX, Asura’s Wrath, the PS Vita and all things Johnny Depp on this episode of Griefed! Recorded on February 29th, 2012 and features the song How It’s Supposed To Be by Modern Major Generals.

It’s that time again! The latest episode of Griefed! is hot out of the over and ready for your consumption. Join Alex and Tigs, along with special guests Zack Broussard, Andrew Dunn and Peter Smith, as they discuss DLC in games, Harvey Danger, game boy screen magnifiers, the hypnotic activity of mining and a whole lot more on this episode of Griefed! Recorded on February 22nd 2012 and featuring the song Gasoline by Lightning Crabs.

Our 4th podcast! Even though we kept refering to it as our 5th. I hope non of that made it to the audio, oh well. Join us for a discussion about RPGs, Kanye West, LFO and listen to Alex’s pirate impression. Recorded on February 15th 2012 and featuring the song Kioko by Modern Major Generals.