What would you do if you were a little digital guy, running around in a Tron or Reboot style game world? Would you solve puzzles and investigate the myserious of the mansion-that-would-be-your-inheritence? Would you stalk the bogs of Britain, evading authoritarian robots and hunting for giant batteries? Or perhaps you would commit yourself to the noblest of goals, God's One True Task: Repeatedly raising and lowering all four windows of your Hyundai IONIQ 5, one at a time, while repeatedly taking selfies...

Games Discussed this episode: Blue Prince, InZOI, Closer the Distance, Orwell, Atomfall

show notes

Inzoi's 'Smart Zoi' AI system sounds great on paper but seeing it in a live demo didn't exactly wow me by Christopher Livingston

BDS Calls for a Boycott of Xbox Due to Microsoft’s Partnership with Israel

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Featuring Austin Walker, Janine Hawkins, and Jack de Quidt

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Cover Art by A Liang Chan 

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Around these parts, it isn't April Fools Day, it's April Truths Day, and today's big truth: Friends at the Table has a new podcast for you. It's about games and the stories they make us tell. It's that simple. It's hosted by Austin, with guests from the rest of the main show's cast.  It's going to come out every two weeks, probably on Mondays. Today was an exception. Because of the holiday. 

Oh, and for $10 Patrons, it means the beginning of an exclusive Let's Play, the first episode of which is available right now (and hey, we'll put this one out for free). 

Wanna know a little more? Check out this post on our Patreon page for a little more into the creation of Side Story!

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Valnet Blues: How Online Porn Pioneer Hassan Youssef Built a Digital Media ‘Sweatshop’

CWA games union

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Cover art by A Liang Chan

Soul Frame Preludes 9 notes

explosions update repo

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Featuring Austin Walker, Janine Hawkins, and Jack de Quidt

Produced by Austin Walker

Cover Art by A Liang Chan 

Music by Jack de Quidt