As the foremost player of Kaizo hacks in the Scrollies Sqadnado realm, the boys sit down for another chance to talk with CodeSynth on a brief history of the genre, its allure, and about the overall direction of game difficulty in the culture today. Check him out on his Twitch stream to see the man in action!

Games with Survival Modes provide almost as many good stories as they do quick deaths. SqatCobblr and Ratnado talk about their history playing Minecraft and the other survival-based games over the years. They examine some examples of sorta-survival based adventure games and discuss whether those would fall under the same umbrella.

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And Check out Ratnado and McButcher's botched mutiny on Captain Cobblr and Teodoffa's sole Twitch clip as of this episode's release.

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Hello again $crollie$ $qad!!! As you are our wealthiest listeners we have yet another daily-released exclusive episode here for you. This one continues off Episode 18 where Sqat and Ratnado covered free-to-play games. Now they discuss that other type of content you have to pay for despite this time already buying the game. 

DLC has changed a lot from its early days of expansion packs and bonus campaigns. The cosmetics and pre-order bonuses of today didn't come out of nowhere, but rather crept into the mainstream after public outcries turned to complacency. Sqat and Ratnado recount their early experiences paying for DLC in the later years of the 7th generation of consoles. They also share how in more recent years the amount and type of content offered has changed.

Ratnado and SqatCobblr discovered a mutual interest! The wide range of topics from ghosts to cryptids to scary local lore, the Scrollies Sqadnado is doing this special offshoot from Scrollies to delve into the depths of listener stories, personal experiences, and to share their favorite creepy stories and legends from around the world.

SqatCobblr and Ratnado own hundreds of games and dozens of consoles between them. But what happens when that just isn't enough? Whether due to age or convenience, older game systems are being ushered to the retirement home leaving their games in a limbo of unplayability. Are there other methods one can use to enjoy these experiences? Perhaps so if you're a piratecat.gif.

Both SqatCobblr and Ratnado have some experience here and share some of those as well as some recommendations for ones that run like a well-oiled machine.

For those government officials listening: both of these upstanding citizens are good boys and have never visited bad websites in their entire lives.

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Ratnado and SqatCobblr are console gamers by trade and controllers are their tool of choice (except for keyboard and mouse sometimes). But controllers are versatile and can be used for basically any game with a little remapping, right?? Mayhaps so. Nonetheless these two have their preferences. They highlight some controllers they consider underrated and even overrated, as well as their most favorite to use on the regular.

Check out our Instagram to see all the controllers that Ratnado (and Sqat eventually) owns.

Kingdom Hearts is a long-running franchise that is notorious for its lore complexity. SqatCobblr has picked up much about the series through osmosis from being around people who love the series while Rat sits just outside the franchise doors catching peaks of Final Fantasy characters. Friend of the podcast, Shraxa, as a seasoned veteran of the series stops by the Scrollies studio to give the Squad KH boot camp, followed up by a quiz on KH lore!

Twitch streamer, artist, Bug and Morty's owner: AbbyArtFox wears many a hat. She stops by the Scrollies studios to talk about her first experiences with seeing video games on Playstation 1 and her love for many of the modern games that use beautiful art direction, colors, and styles. Sqat and Rat talk about some of the wow moments they've had with video games. As a true artist, AbbyArtFox shares her love of all things sentimental and heartfelt in video games. Make sure to check her out on her Twitch stream and also check out her Etsy!

Ratnado gets a birthday greeting from none other than Solid Snake himself!! Ratnado & Sqat proceed to never acknowledge this happening and instead talk about two legendary video game music composers: David Wise and Nobuo Uematsu!

Ratnado & SqatCobblr often find themselves listening to video game music in their daily lives. Predictably among their most listened a couple names show up often. David Wise and Nobuo Uematsu of Donkey Kong Country and Final Fantasy fame respectively. 

What differentiated these two men from their contemporaries. Where did they draw their inspirations from? Can one game be considered their magnum opus? Do Ratnado and SqatCobblr have favorite tracks of theirs? That last one can be answered with two Spotify playlists! 

Check out Ratnado's Experience of Uematsu & SqatCobblr's Monke Music.

TeamRatnado and SqatCobblr plays lots of video games from the retro days. As time has moved on, the original creators of popular franchises like Metroid and Mega Man may have moved on from their creations and companies but still long to create something in the same vein for creative purposes or to please an existing fanbase. But what differentiates a spiritual successor from a ripoff? Sqat and Rat tackle this question in this episode.