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In this episode we say auf wiedersehen to season 4 by talking about the scant special features and deleted scenes on the DVDs, and we read your responses.

This week we continue our discussion of Ogre Battle 64, a sprawling and mysterious strategy game that eventually sheds the need for using strategy all together. It’s also a story of revolution that stops being about a revolution partway through. This leaves us in the frustrating position of wanting to like it more than we actually do. Thanks again Will for executive producing this! Our highlighted...

I just want to acknowledge that Gary says "Cuck Finn" at one point during this episode and I talked over it and it was very funny.

Portal didn’t invent the story about the banal cruelty of corporate super science, but it sure did it better than Whiplash. You play a weasel who has a rabbit chained to you, hopping and bopping to try to escape from a laboratory. And while it promises sweet grappling hook action, all it delivers is disappointment. We also talk about Gary’s evolving battle with, and respect for, the Tree of Heaven...

This week we begin Dead Man’s Switch, the first of the three Shadowrun Returns games. Our runner is at the end of their rope, penniless and without any leads on jobs. Then they get a pre-recorded phone call from a deceased former colleague, promising a life-changing sum of money if they can solve the murder mystery. So, we suit up and head to SeaTac. Also Discussed: Essence in Shadowrun What it me...

Kaye, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about MECCHA CHAMELEON, Project: Mist, The Horror at Highrook, and much more! The Grind: Dennis: Far Cry 3. Ben: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Promise Mascot Agency. The Horror at Highrook. Kaye: Desktop Explorer. Project: Mist. MECCHA CHAMELEON. Moxie: MECCHA CHAMELEON. Nine Sols. Diablo IV. The Multiplayer: What ten year old game should get a new DLC? The...

Whether or not Jimmy actually misses Chuck, or feels bad about what happened between them, is all up for debate. What’s not up for debate is that Jimmy has to put on a big sad smile and stage the biggest display of grief ever. And speaking of grief: we lose Werner Ziegler too soon.

Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber was a big game that many, including us, missed out on. It’s a followup to a cult classic RTS for the SNES, and it follows Magnus Gallant, a young noble who ends up leading a revolution against his own kingdom. This is a strange game mostly known for its obscure mechanics, but it’s very much in the vein of Final Fantasy Tactics and Tactics Ogre in its story...

On Halloween of 1992, the BBC aired a new broadcast that sent the nation into a panic: real life video evidence of a brutal poltergeist at work. At least, that’s what some people thought, especially children. Ghostwatch was fictional, and they said so, but it was so well-done that it remained controversial. This episode has us diving into a cultural phenomenon that we were completely unaware of, t...

We're back, baby! The chefs in this one are terrible.

We understand why you all voted for Flix and Chill 2: Millennials in our episode poll. Look at that title. Little did you know that it’s also a viciously uninteresting adventure game in the guise of a dating sim. Millennials are strange birds, we are led to believe. Also, Kaye invents a fun new game to play with your friends.

Step it up, chummer, we’ve got a whole new season of Real Lich Hours for ya. That’s right, we’re beginning our coverage of the Shadowrun Returns trilogy of games! But before we get into those, we want to give a little bit of a history an overview of Shadowrun itself, a long-running cyberpunk fantasy tabletop game with amazing lore and obtuse mechanics. If you want to hear our previous podcast cove...

Kaye, Ben, and Jala talk about Palworld, Everything is Crab, Vampire the Masquerade: Redemption, and much more! The Grind: Jala: Dungeons & Dragons: Eye of the Beholder. Vampire the Masquerade: Redemption. Ben: The Incident at Galley House. Palworld. Kaye: Desktop Explorer. The Multiplayer: Tell us some mods you like! The End Boss: Amazon’s Warhammer television series is in production. Platinu...

We hope you’re ready for some really big emotions! Kim and Jimmy’s inability to talk to each other blows up in their faces as Jimmy gets rejected for his BAR reinstatement. Meanwhile, we’ve got Lalos about, poking into Gus’s business, which is a big problem because Werner’s gonna make a break for it.

Gwen can't stop thinking about baseball (sorry) and started playing Super Mega Baseball 4, Gary beat Underrail, Kaye enjoyed Amazing Digital Circus.

We read your responses for Neon White, Grunn, Parodius and Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Upcoming Games: August: Ogre Battle 64 Dispatch (Premium) September: Pacific Drive Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel The Saboteur (Premium)

We spilled these answers everywhere. What a mess. Somebody is going to have to clean this up.

Earnestly shocking what Will says in this episode.

The Powerpuff Girls was a fine cartoon. It hit a lot of people at the right age, and its groovy 90s aesthetic was instantly iconic. So it probably deserved a better game than this, a very sloppy brawler and asset hunt. We also talk about the differing legacies of Nicktoons and Cartoon Network classics, how sometimes a cat is a cartoon in real life, and ways to integrate a Venture Bros.-ass TV phon...

If Jimmy wants to be a lawyer again, he needs Huell to not go to jail for lightly sandwiching a cop. Therefore, we need to commit some mail fraud. Meanwhile Werner Ziegler seals his fate, and Nacho has gone full Party Jesse mode.

Kaye, Ben, Jala, and Moxie talk about The Incident at Galley House, Desktop Explorer, Vampire Therapist, and much more! The Grind: Jala: Chicken Police: Paint It RED! Vampire Therapist. Kaye: Desktop Explorer. Ben: Eventide Matter. The Incident at Galley House. Moxie: Diablo IV. The Multiplayer: What was your first computer OS for playing games and what do you miss about it? The End Boss: Microsof...

But what if Mario were... surreal? Going back to the original design intentions of the Super Mario Bros., Nintendo delivers a game where Mario gets... a little weird. The only downside is that these little shits talk too much.

And the answer is: You'll never know for sure.

Riddick Bowe Boxing, known as “Chavez” in some regions, is actually a very good boxing game for the Super Nintendo. So we return to the old topics of boxing in general, how quick and brutal real fights can be, Kaye’s dwindling number of pockets for pocket sand, and the bizarreness of “free use” pornography.

Kaye, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about the Homestar Runner DLC for Walkabout Mini Golf, tEverQuest Legends, Nodebuster, and much more. The Grind: Ben: Linelith. Stacklands. Nodebuster. Moxie: Diablo IV. Kaye: Walkabout Mini Golf Homestar Runner Content. EverQuest Legends. Dennis: EverQuest Legends. Darkwood. The Multiplayer: Propose a concept album based on a video game. The End Boss: Assassin’s...