Scrollies

In the spirit of Halloween and spoopy season, Rat and Sqat talk about zombies! The favored enemy of too many games to count in the 2010s brought forth a variety of the best games and inspired a decade. 

The Dark Knight exudes gothic Halloween energy, and Batman is just so cool. Rocksteady Studios created an enduring, moody, and most of all fun series of games that inspired SqatCobblr and Ratnado then and they still have a lot to say now. They talk about their experiences with the series, what they liked, and even get into spoilies.

"You shouldn't have done that."

RAT Drowned & SlendrCobblr have jumped fully into this spooky month with a discussion around Horror ARGs (Alternate Reality Games) based on video games. They share the ones that have stuck with them over the years and what makes them unique among the more popular series. Additionally the share their all-time favorite creepypasta of this variety.

Spooky games player, fiancé, catt tamer: Glasses Guy is many things and this week the Scrollies Sqadnado sit down with the man himself to discuss horror games. They discuss some of their experiences with horror games, the current state of the genre, and of course they make definitions and spit hot takes with reckless abandon!

The Scrollies Sqad are networked in to the UltraJohnic AI to discuss the rose-tinted glasses that are gaming nostalgia. Retro titles are often seen as inaccessible to many modern day gamers because of their age and rough edges but to those that grew up with these, they are a window into a simpler time. Along with touching on the modern throwbacks made by devs with their own nostalgia for a bygone era, SqatCobblr, Ratnado, and UltraJohnic reflect on how they view many of their childhood favorites today and what its like to grow up with a game and see it span so many of the commonplace features seen today.

Licensed games have changed from their inception. Originally seen as a way to promote a business or as an ensemble piece in a media advertising push, licensed games have always been questionable for their quality. EggyCarton, an avid player of awful licensed games joins the Sqad to talk about why he enjoys them.

Sqat has a vision of a being. That being is Icy James, the roguish inquisitive that Sqat will bring into James' first game of Dungeons & Dragons 5E. Ratnado tries to shake off the rust and help guide him through the process as he prepares to head to three days of non-stop Dungeons & Dragons at Salt Lake City's convention FanX.

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In an era of unmitigated capitalism, gamers are targeted on all fronts with merchandise. From clothing to figures and more, the boys talk about the different types of merch they've chosen to purchase or have been unable to purchase in the past.

If you like peanut butter and you like chocolate, you'd naturally like a peanut butter and chocolate crossover, right?! Gaming crossovers are nothing new but their increased presence in recent years leads Ratnado and SqatCobblr to talk over what makes them unique in bringing two or more worlds of characters into one.

They talk some of their favorite inclusions in Super Smash Bros as well as Fortnite. They cover game series that only exist due to the fact they combine popular properties together. And they share some cameos of characters in other games and at what point that becomes more than just a mere cameo.