Total Pebble Knockdown

Calling it uneventful might have jinxed the whole game. Will Nathan survive all the new ordeals on this one? Find out that and more!

A message from the stars. Lessons from the extreme sports genre. A lost crowbar. The last of the shrimp. A concerning knocking sound...

You can climb things with hooks. Also, we put out an eye. The ATV rolls down a hill. There's a signal in the woods...

The true horror was the friends we made along the way. Voices of the Void continues to create more mysteries than answers. We start settling into the old workplace routine.

It would appear that the ATV is in need of repair. Better work on fixing that, but we'll need some money for a toolbox. Also, we need to figure out the toolbox exists.

Just why people enjoy playing simulation games that mimic real-life jobs, such as Lawn Mower Simulator, Power Washing Simulator, and Car Mechanic Simulator.

Nathan and Alex discuss how frustration can be an intentional and beneficial game mechanic, particularly in Souls-like and roguelike genres. If you're new here, we've been doing out podcast while gently playing the Sunlit Valley mod for Minecraft as something to do while we chat about games.

Things are starting to go horribly wrong. It was really our fault. ATV landed in a lake, slipped on some oil, jumped off a wind turbine, failed at upgrading, can't math anymore, etc. We may never find life beyond the stars due to our own ineptitude. Welcome to part 4 of Voices of the Void.

Back at our satellite array, we start getting serious about our job. Time to do some maintenance on the satellites, transformers and maybe even ourselves. But we also find time for some sick ATV stunts and exploration both above and below...

Now that we have the basics down, it's time to get our first assignment and get the facility up and running. But more importantly, we get an ATV! Time to do some sick tricks!

We begin our journey into Voices of the Void, the indie darling taking gaming by storm. In this series, Nathan will be taking the reins to learn the ropes at his new job managing a satellite array. Alex, who will not tell Nathan about the game, is going to continue trying not to tell him about the game as we go. On this episode, we spend the first day on the job learning what we are supposed to do...

We're getting back to our old podcasting ways a bit - on this episode we discus how the types of games we now play are different than the games we used to play years ago. Is this a good thing, a bad thing, or just something that happens as we get older?

Nathan finds a geode, Alex encounters a very odd golem, a town gets robbed, the dogs have multiplied and we build boats for some unknown reason.

We form an actual team, spend a busy day on the farm and explore separate caves...

It's time to go spelunking as Nathan finally descends into the beeg hole, Alex names his dog, the lychee orchard takes over our lives and we expand out the town.

With renewed spirit and vigor, Nathan and Alex return to Sunlit Valley, armed with increased knowledge and skills. Let's explore some caves, find a pet, kill some deer, build a farmstand and become a lychee tycoon.

Stonehenge, slimes, tree faces, Nathan's pointless McMansion.

There is a house in the sky. Also, a cabin full of treasure. Also a dirt shack. We also raise an ET.

Upgrading tools, upgrading skills, upgrading our rage. Perhaps that's what Minecraft was really about all along.

It's Nathan versus the Travelling Baker, yet more ill-conceived plans and we compare houses.

So, the time has finally come for Alex to sell Nathan on Minecraft. In order to do so, we will need to mod it completely and appeal to his natural inclinations. Therefore, we are playing Sunlit Valley, a conversion to traditional Minecraft that turns it into a farming life sim with elements of Stardew Valley, Slime Rancher, Harvest Moon and more. Will this be the way to make Nathan like Minecraft...

Once more into the fray. We take everything we learned and slowly realize that we have learned very little. What secrets were hidden in plain view? What new rooms will be discovered? Also, how much does the Weight Room suck, right? Red rooms... it's always the red rooms.

It's Day 5 and we are uncovering several new rooms. Secrets will be revealed. Puzzles will be solved. A frustrating lack of keys will be felt. Make a wish as we explore another run through Blue Prince.

Now more informed to the structure of Blue Prince, we attempt running through the game again... and again... and again. What new information do we get? What new mechanics will be discovered? What fun rooms will we unlock? Oooh, an aquarium!!!Blue Prince on Steam - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1569580/?snr=1_5_9__205#letsplay #blueprince #roguelike

Nathan has been interested in playing Blue Prince for a couple months now and finally he got to try it out. We use it as an excuse to look at a different kind of non-linear space. Also, we learn how to do logic and math puzzles. It's a ride. Blue Prince on Steam - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1569580/?snr=1_5_9__205 #letsplay #blueprince #roguelike