John Vanderhoef (@johnvanderhoef) joins us to talk about his game Sundays with Absalon.

Outside of games, John has been enjoying the MCU. Bela saw Guardians of the Galaxy, so we mostly talk about that. Ben also reveals a dirty secret about himself and those films, given that he’s sometimes a film critic.

This personal RPG Maker exploration leads to us talking about where the game comes from, relationships to mothers and motherhood in games, Anna Anthropy’s Rise of the Videogame Zinesters, where creative license comes into play, how systems can haunt games, and more.