Infinite Cities

Gris has all the beauty of a masterpiece watercolor, and all of the depth. But gosh, it it beautiful. In this episode: this game is beautiful, internal landscapes, grease, opposites, gris does not fuck, watercolors, enjoying something for the first time after a while, feminine grief, how lovely it is to see pink, it really is pretty though. ~shoutouts zone~ stingrays wheeee the ooze from fern gull...

It's a Gary and Will week, which means we decided to play a narrative heavy game. Is it good? Not exactly. Is it fun? Maybe not that either. But I still think we had a pretty good conversation regardless! in this episode: just enough of an offbeat personality, who our protagonists are, robot personhood, motor city, robot jesus, lack of subtlety, bad games by bad people, waiting for death, choices...

We've taken a suggestion from the people, and we're finally playing Heaven's Vault. It's a point and click adventure that's masquerading as a translation game, but it's very important that this really isn't doing the same thing any of our previous translation games have done. It's much more interested in the history of what came before in this Nebula than it is in the actual text on the screen, an...

No matter what, press on beat seven. Except for all the times you shouldn't. In this episode: ite: macarons, fan levels, frost beats, a severe spoiler wall, game of the year, when it does that thing, cheap hospital settings, residency, this game has now drawn blood. ~shoutouts zone~ BIRDBRAIN (w / OK Glass) shoutouts to teto like in general you go girl give us nothing

Feather is gone, which means we're on our own! In an ep where we barely talk about the actual gameplay, we masquerade as a dog so we can go clubbing. Sure, maybe we stole a ring to give to a wily dealer to get a shady dog mask. And yeah, perhaps we got into a gun duel with a child. But things are fine here, we got this, okay?   in this episode: audible guffaw, smash cut into heaven, something omin...

Sanabi meets Super Meat Boy and Hotline Miami in this breakneck sidescrolling beat em up. With both slowdown and rewind mechanics, this game manages to keep pace while having little to say. We get into the weeds in a plot that probably doesn't matter when the gameplay itself remains superb, but at the end of the day I think we all agreed that this game was good!   in this episode: katana route zer...

We did it. We found the best game. Podcast's over. Jokes aside, this one's most likely ending up on a couple GOTY-lists for us. It might go on yours, too. Just give it a try. It's only mostly obnoxious and people incapable of spelling anything correctly. In this episode: Crazy Frog, name every RPG, the most depressed sad boy of all time, BBB vs Slayers X, TVtropes is good sometimes, Airplane! is t...

Hello. Papers please. What do you mean, "what papers"? Your big walk papers. You know, completion certificate, although if you have a signed BW-92 "tried big walk for a few hours but didn't like it" form, I'm legally required to accept that at well. We just need to know you aren't ruining this for yourself. What's that? You haven't finished big walk? You do know you are trying to listen to this ep...

Look, I admit, Robert's pretty cute, even if he is basically a perfectly generic genshin impact ass background character. And he probably is a good person, what with all that mecha man stuff he had going on! But mang, two baddies? I can believe in giant robots and flying people but this is really straining my disbelief here. Anyway you shouldn't date your coworkers. In this episode: telltalealikes...

Warning - this is not a fair or balanced episode. Maybe if Karp or Gary had been available, we could have got someone to get the hose and spray us down with cold water - but they aren't here, so nothing is going to stop Will and Feather from gushing about a very special game for an hour. And since Feather is writing this intro, it means I get to say: Kerbal Space Program deserves it. This silly li...

This week we played one of Karp's longtime favorites, DUSK. Probably because he gave us all free keys. We dive into the Genredome to define the Boomer Shooter. Dusk is a successor to "technical" classics like Doom, Quake, and Redneck Rampage. Will Gary and Feather finally enjoy a Boomer Shooter?  ITE: Hup Hup Hup, Deep Voices, Potion Sellers, D Pad Aiming, the last 50 players of Quake Arena, 4 par...

Happy 150 episodes! This week we tackle the important, pressing questions: are we alone in the universe? If life is out there, what is it like? And most importantly, if Johnny has 512 apples, but gives away 489 of them, how many does he have left? In this episode: hidden undertale jokes, precision targeted games, linguistics, onion science, theoretical plot holes, I do love me some math homework,...

We needed to mix things up a bit, and what better way than to plunge into the infinite games firehose that is itch.io? We're continuously amazed by both the quality and originality available on itch - often entirely for free! - although not all of our games were the most original and or quality-ful. Still! They're labors of love by beautiful people! You have to get a little bit romantic. Featuring...

This is a podcast about Stanley. He is a video game character who you play as in The Stanley Parable. If I say anything else, I'll spoil the game, and that wouldn't be very fun, would it? In this episode: 40 hour playtime, the nightmare, Super Go Outside, Stanley Parable 11, interrogation of choice, silly bird device.

Lost in a New England ass procedurally generated city, our hosts are lost taking on random jobs as a slimy(?) private investigator doing their best. It's grimy and frustrating, with too many turrets and not enough wiggle room. And yet, I think we all had a good time? It's Shadows of Doubt! in this episode: nothing names, looking crunchy, investigations, hiding under beds, no autosaves, impossible...

Signalis was always going to be a stretch. We're not horror experts or even enjoyers, mostly. It expects something from you, and we're honestly all kind of doofuses a lot of the time. Still, we all tried to experience it in our own ways, and even if it didn't land for all of us - or possibly even any of us - at least now we can finally understand why that gosh dang woman is so tall in all the art....

Will is away, looking at crabs so we chose a short but oh so satisfying little puzzle game for this week. You might want to play it yourself but don't worry, we don't spoil the entire game. Just some Game Mechanics. Which is the entire game. Hm. In this episode: the trailer spoils the game, ooh, Toki Tori, horseshoe crabs, bomberpillar, non-gridbased movement, Spy Party, persistent bombs. ~~~ Our...

It's been a long week full of gadgets and pagentry, and the three of us have decided to go undercover and showcase our stealthy tricks as Games Bond, the video game secret agent. in this episode: games bond, training montage, the blond bellhop, rock climbing, quicktime events, the tie in watch ~shoutout zone~ The Watch ~~~ Our theme music is Glass Half Full by the incredible Cliff, you can find hi...

Signalis is stylish and unique, with a story that's picking up steam and pulling us deeper into the possible depths of Serpinski. Also pulling us deeper into the depths of Serpinski: literal actual cyborg zombies. Stop it, cyborg zombies, I just want to see my wife. In this episode: feather (who is editing this one) is too sleepy to do editing bits so please imagine them yourself, GRY, Resident Ev...

We're back from our vacation, and ready to explore every twist and turn of this beautiful Italian seaside town! And dang - that's a lot of twists and turns. This one's a long one! We didn't expect the unassuming On Your Tail to inspire this much discussion but here we are, three weeks and three hours later.  In this episode: living the game, prickly pears, loading screens, emptiness, main story qu...

There's something about small Italian coastal towns, y'know? The sunny beaches, the colourful houses, the friendly people, the tasty food... the furries? No? What do you you mean, "I haven't seen them"? They're right there. I bet you didn't even look for them. I'll give you another chance though. I've got this game here, Y'see, it's all about those things I just mentioned. You should give it a try...

Super Mario 64 is one of the most important games of all time. It set the standard for 3D platformers and 3D games in general, and brought Mario and nintendo into the future while many of his platforming contemporaries failed to make the jump and died in a bottomless pit. Yet, despite being so foundational, there still isn't much exactly like it. Maybe it's nostalgia, or maybe it just predates so...

Did you ever wish that Tony Hawk's Pro Skater had guns? Well then this might be the game for you! This frenetic bloodsport is a third person shooter... on rollerskates! in this episode: always be dodging, dont play this with mouse and keyboard, the tricktionary, super reflex, a 90% game, big tricks are fun tho, the story, max payne's pro skater ~shoutouts zone~ Super Mario 64 the Roguelike Deck-Bu...

In what might be our most surreal entry into the entire podcast feed, we're here to talk about ENA, an animation project only familiar to half of the team and perhaps only enjoyed by half the team as well. Stay tuned! in this episode: angry and grindset, a lot of areas, a peruvian avant-garde animated comedy series, bless you for your business, fanstuck, everyday ena, the purge event, feather went...

There's something special about an open-world game developed by a small team with grand ambitions. You shouldn't expect AAA graphics or full voice acting, or even comprehensive menus, but there's innovation to be found.  If you search long enough. Sorry, that's a bit mean. Outward is a good game with some annoying design decisions that makes the game difficult to get into. We'll tell you about it....