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Sloppy boys, sloppily drawn.

Follow us through these dark tunnels, where we learn of betrayals both past and present.

This week, Kole Ross is joined by Brayton Cameron, Bryan May, and Stephen Veilleux to talk about the fourth chapter of The Gunslinger, where Roland and Jake follow the Man in Black into the tunnels beneath the mountains. What waits for them is weeks of darkness, rusted remnants of the world that was, and a railroad push-car that just won't shut up. Oh, also a look into Roland's past, and the climax of this very book.

Links:

• Amazon.com: charlie the choo choo
• The Fantastical Imaginationdom of Bryan May
• Megaten Marathon - A Shin Megami Tensei and Persona Podcast
• The Platformers by The Platformers on iTunes
• Brayton Cameron (@BraytonJC) | Twitter
• Stephen Veilleux (@fromsoftjunkie) | Twitter

It's a ghastly group of gnarly gnomes.

Discussion of a bland D&D game for Genesis gives way to talk about sports, then a little bit about politics. Sorry, we're only human!

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about the final moments of Dark Souls III, and offer up some concluding thoughts on the game as a whole.

• Skink
• Dr. Strange
• Swiss Army Man
• Bioshock boss

Nick and Gary look back on another year of Check it Out, Comrade! What were we disappointed with? What surprised us? What'd we love? What are we looking forward to? Check it out here! We'll be back in a month or so, with episodes on Afterbirth+ and Tyranny. Join us, comrades!

Kole, Ben, Jala, and David talk about the Title of the Year 2016 results, Super Mario Run, and we ask you what games you would use to introduce novices to games.

• Arkham Origins team is making a new Batman Game.

• Steam Awards are all wonky.

• Title of the Year 2016

• Assassin’s Creed movie gets panned.

• What game would you use to introduce people to games?

• Jala: Ghost Trick.

• David: Sunless Sea. Darkest Dungeon.

• Ben: Darkest Dungeon.

• Kole: Dishonored: Knives of Dunwall. Super Mario Run.

• SKYRIM eps 1 - YouTube

• New Batman Game Coming from Arkham: Origins Dev, as Suicide Squad Title Is Canceled - Report - GameSpot

• 2016 Steam Awards finalists go all the way back to 2006 - Polygon — 5

Suffering a horrible accident doesn't immediately make you a cryptid, you insensitive monster.

Links:

• Gnome (Monstrous Manual)

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross devour the first half of Mask of the Betrayer, the first expansion pack for Neverwinter Nights 2.

Guess what... it's the Fireworks Factory! We laid out our case about Neverwinter Nights 2, painting it as a mechanically troubled game that occasionally rose above standard Forgotten Realms fare for some inspired story beats. However, the Mask of the Betrayer expansion pack is all killer, no filler. This episode covers up until midway through Chapter 2.

• Torment Episodes
• Baba Yaga
• Wayne the Skeleton King
• Lobos Jr
• Okami

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Links:

• Gnoll (Monstrous Manual)