Ben Slinger and Trevor Scott
Bit Storm
A comedy game design podcast by two guys who know nothing about comedy nor game design. Join Trevor Scott and Ben Slinger as they take prompts from random word generators, movies, game titles and more and turn them into occasionally hilarious but always interesting game designs.
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Ben Slinger and Trevor Scott
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Jun 21, 2026
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Episodes
343: Sheep Pattern Baldness 06.08.2023 35:37
Ben and Trevor kick on with some more classic Click Pitch, riffing on game ideas such as: Trevor Scott waking up as a literal sheep; kids holding a civil lawsuit over custody of a bunny; a build-a-cosplay simulation; playing as a flight attendant on an interplanetary flight; and more!
342: Thinkeasy 30.07.2023 34:23
Ben and Trevor discuss yet more games before Ben leaves on his 10 week trip. Utilising the latest in random word technology, they retrieve those random words and come up with game designs, such as. Manage a thinkeasy, a place where people can reminisce in peace. Solving the mystery of everyone's 3d printer all printing automatically Bring down the world of Fantasy Gloria Jeans from the inside.
341: No Cracks Allowed 23.07.2023 37:59
Ben and Trev continue with last weeks revolutionary idea of returning to Click Pitch to come up with their game ideas. Actual gamified games discussed include A digital card game where each player builds a wall An episodic game set on a fictional tv show called Band Wagon An action adventure where the player character follows a wool trail and ravels it into a ball.
340: Seed Sand 16.07.2023 31:27
Ben and Trev return to the classic Click Pitch game this week and discover the freedom that comes with less words. Games discussed include: A management style game where the secrets of the Sandman are revealed Another management game where the Gym's you manage have more difficult clientele the longer you play A Paper's Please / Not Tonight inspired medical game.
339: More Than Just A Limbo Contest 09.07.2023 33:11
Ben and Trevor review some of the best Dark Web game they've been playing recently, including: Cantankerous Booty of Love Super Sexy Business Simulator Tropical Limbo Universe Rocket Powered Stick: World Tour and more!
338: Dirty Sexy Santa 02.07.2023 30:34
Ben and Trev delve into some random movies in this episode and discuss the following game ideas. A gory, Bully inspired, monsters university game Stuart Little gets a job A mall santa is the only one who can stop the apocalypse
337: Upwords: Prophecy Edition 25.06.2023 33:13
Ramped Up Click Pitch results in some banger game ideas this week, as Ben and Trevor riff on games such as: a Dredge inspired game where you play a mail delivery person in a dark fantasy world; an adventure/puzzle game where you can change the words of prophecies to affect the outcome of events; a game where you are designing and managing a cruise ship liner that is powered by zombie labour; and m...
336: Smlessgies 18.06.2023 34:14
Ben and Trev continue their mad rush to record episodes before Ben leaves for Canada. This time they play What 3 Words and come up with a bunch of fun game ideas. A snowy adventure with a teen vibe and an appearance from a Bit Storm classic character Investigate a Zombie outbreak at a very popular food chain A VR adventure through portals and into the characters very psyche.
335: Toothful the Great and Pointy 11.06.2023 29:40
Ben and Trevor turn random movie selections into game ideas this week, including: a Sam Fisher-esque assassin who also happens to be a giant Megalodon; a world with domesticated dragons that discovers a great beast; what a Fast & Furious game should really look like; and more!
334: Better Yelp 04.06.2023 35:41
Ben and Trev are starting to cram as many episodes they can in to one recording session, so these next 10 episodes or so may get a little loopy. However this time they discuss the following games while playing their classic Ramped Up Click Pitch game. Discover why Ken and Ryu have similar moves in Street Fighter 2 onwards An adventure set on a steampunk space ship A point and click adventure where...
333: Nasty Man Bee Killer 28.05.2023 34:34
Jumping into a game of What 3 Words, Ben and Trevor create some fun video game ideas such as: playing as a Telecom Justice, in a world where wireless communication has been banned; booby trapping a verandah during a neighbourly dispute; fighting back against giant space bees emerging from the centre of the Earth; and more!
332: Spider Juice 21.05.2023 30:26
Ben and Trev jump into creating games based off of random movies this week. Some of the games include. A vengeful spider chasing after the 1% after years of being juiced. The humble high 5 is discovered to be a way to travel to a new dimension An adventure set in Australia during Banjo Patterson's time.
331: The Devil's Drums 14.05.2023 35:19
Click Pitch is played, and games are improvised! Ben and Trevor come up with games such as: A wacky race across the world; A heavy metal band faces the apocalypse; Forces of heaven and hell vie for the possession of God's fiddle; and more!
330: Crisp Intelligence Agency 07.05.2023 31:12
This episode Ben and Trevor are mixing things up by playing What 3 Words to get their random prompts. They discuss weird games including: A Papers Please inspired legal game involving the bad guys from video games suing the heroes A Romeo and Juliet-esque romance game set in a submarine where 2 star crossed Deep Water Polo players fall in love A point and click / 2d side scroller beat em up mash u...
329: Carcheology 30.04.2023 31:58
Playing some Ramped Up Click Pitch, Ben and Trevor invent some video games from whole cloth, such as: a character who finds their autobiography from the future, and must decide how best to use it; a far future society re-discovering the technology of our present day; waking up with Elvis's signature tattooed in a sensitive place; and more!
328: Everybody Loves the Jetpack 23.04.2023 37:15
Taking a break from the standard video game design shenanigans this week, Ben and Trev review some of their favourite dark web games this week. The games include Night-time Ballet Choreographer Bionic Devil Voyage Violent Hamster Paratroopers Go Go Gnome Saga Everybody Loves the Jetpack Galactic Shaving on the Oregon Trail
327: George 4: The Revenge 16.04.2023 33:58
Improvised game designs from random movies, go! This week: An old captain is haunted by the ghost of the shark he once fought; A Tiktok trend results in a horrifying night for some babysitters; Two himbos find themselves stuck on a ghost ship; and more!
326: The Family Jewels 09.04.2023 37:58
Ben and Trev return to the random movie pile to gain inspiration for game ideas. They discussed the following games, that unfortunately (or fortunately) don't exist. An intergalactic story of Candace and her robot R.O.C.K.Y. 5 A heist within a law enforcement compound A murder mystery set in the 1970's, where a secret war is boiling between two gangs.
325: The Holy Raptor 02.04.2023 33:03
Ben and Trevor accidentally do a horror themed episode based on random movie prompts, such as: Freddy vs Jason (but they're just twin brothers); A social deduction game where you try to determine who is an angel; A horror roguelike where you have the power to see who the killer will attack next; and more!
324: The Floor is Water 26.03.2023 38:13
Multiplayer games are in vogue right now, because Epic Games have just released Unreal Engine for Fortnite (UEFN). Ben and Trev discuss a bunch of multiplayer focused games that might be possible in UEFN, but probably not. Games discussed include A 4v4 team battleship game in first person A 4 player competitve co-op treasure hunting game A 1v1 game where players take on the role of either an assas...
323: Toothikinesis 19.03.2023 34:45
Ben and Trevor dig into the roots of their villainous dentist trope, with just two game designs this week: super hero doctors vs the dentist villain, and a deep dive into a horror anthology game with meta gameplay and a creepy antagonist.
322: Beetman and Radish 12.03.2023 40:04
Ben and Trev return to the standard formula of Ramped Up Click Pitch, and discuss a couple of game ideas before they return to the world of Starch Wars for yet another game. A theme park ride owner tries to unsuccesfully sabotage his rival Slip through a speaker cabinet into the metal world and bring music back to the forefront Beetman and Radish fight their way through hordes of cloned fruit to d...
321: Flippin' Off: Continuing the Big Flip Saga 05.03.2023 1:02:45
A mysterious stranger has slipped Ben and Trevor a new episode of the Big Flip documentary series, chronicling the studio's game development saga. This episode shows their brain storming session of the failure of Cross Stitch Hero and the loss of important employees.
320: Anti Best Friends 26.02.2023 49:53
Ben and Trev go extra long in this episode, in which they talk about games that don't exist, but should. The game they discuss this week include. A precognitive AI that determines crimes that will potentially be committed. A Scrubs inspired doctor game, with CSI style mechanics for diagnosing the patients A roguelike game set on an ocean planet, where you control a ship hunting enormous sea beasts...
319: Spit Or Die 19.02.2023 36:57
Join Ben and Trevor for another week of improvised game design! This week's games include: A semi-procedural superhero management game where the costumes you create define the heroes or villains of the world; A post-singularity world where the AI running the joint didn't quite get things right; A wacky underwater survival game with archery; and more!
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