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Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Brayton Cameron explore, expand, expound, and express their love of Master of Orion II: The Battle at Antares. Continuing our Winter of Strategy, we now turn our attention to the 4X genre by tackling the king of the genre. Brayton requested MoO2 for the show, and it quickly became clear why. Despite the fact that it came out 18 years ago, it’s completely and utterl...

Kris and Kole talk about creationism, bronyism, and spiritual happenings. Suggested Talking Points: I don't know what to do about that. A poll about Kole. Camels don't exist. A frank and serious conversation about Creationism. Lean Pocket, defined. When I hit 500 coins, I'll squirt. She's proud that he wouldn't buy a prostitute. He danced everywhere. A frank and serious conversation about bronies....

How does a person feel when they stare into the smoldering, waiting eyes of their creation? When it clambers for your attention... wanting love, wanting validation... wanthing to feel something, ANYTHING. That's how God feels about you ever day. God loves you. To death. Special Guest: Brayton Cameron.

Gary and Nick talk about Boring Man and Paranautical Activity. Want to get ahold of Boring Man? Sure you do. Click here.

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about the first stretch of King's Field IV: The Ancient City. Continuing our Origins Suite, we now turn our attention to King's Field, which is the other big fantasy series that From Software is known for. We opted for King's Field IV because it's a standalone story, and also because it's the most accessible. Take a listen to hear more, as we talk about everythi...

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the Flappy Bird fiasco, Jazz Punk, and we do a free-play multiplayer segment. The Brief: Flappy Fiasco. An extended and frank discussion about F2P models. Goat Simulator. Murasaki Baby confirmed for America. The Grind: Ben: X-COM: Enemy Within. Dennis: Papers Please. David: Fallen London. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. Kole: Jazz Punk. Multiplayer: Free-play.

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your thoughts on both Star Fox and Pokemon Snap. LINKS OF NOTE: Stella: www.stellacomedy.com/ Keepin’ The Beat! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi4iGjiYgD8 Song of the Year: www.rhcp2014.com/ Rockband Lawsuit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_Hero…_the_80s#Lawsuit Gripitandripit: jondalyisjohndaly.com/ Thunderbirds: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDX5Mlz46Vg Starfox Cover: ocremix...

Well, this is it. Until we get that itch again.

Kris and Kole talk about John Ratzinger, priopriety, and sleeper agents. Suggested Talking Points: I watched COPS instead. John Ratzinger is a national treasure. Hybrid Vigor. Little Wayne and literary devices. Smell Yo Dick. Swearing in the American workplace. Chinese spreadsheet sex dragon. Ghost White Baby. The Manchurian Gun and the Shit IV. Just grab a bite. No legs, no problems.

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about Berserk in other media, and then wrap up with our thoughts on the Dark Souls Deisgn Works book. LINKS OF NOTE: Berserk Anime Childish Gambino Understanding Comics Reinventing Comics Zot Tell Me Why Tell Me Why Sword of the Berserk: Guts's's' Rage Dragon Riders: Chronicles of Pern Record of Lodoss War Berserk: Millennium Falcon Hen Seima Senki no Shō Balder...

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about an announcement that will ruin the podcast forever, Octodad, and we ask you about your favorite unique control schemes. The Brief: Nintendo's buyback woes. The Last of Us DLC is a thing. Duke Nukem Mass Destruction is a thing. AlpacaLlama Furia The Grind: Ben: X-COM: Enemy Within. Dennis: Spelunky. Tearaway. Kole: Octodad: The Dadliest Catch. David: Kingdom...

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross offer some pointed praise for Star Fox and Pokémon Snap. In another one of our split EP episdes, we explore a foundational on-rails shooter, and an experimental on-rails shooter. Star Fox for the SNES will alway stick out in people’s minds as the game that introduced them to the term “polygons”. Pokémon Snap will always stick out in people’s minds as that really shor...

Just a couple of bros just bro'ing out.

Kris and Kole talk about the cosmic secrets we gun down, new apps, and predation. Suggested Talking Points: We made a tactical error. God has doves, Satan has crows. Mucus tasting mass. It's not racial, it's a distance knife. Don't ask me why I set myself on fire. Explaining Snap Chat. I'm a student of speech. Sneaky sharks. Miller Genuine Drone. Let's starve people for science.

Not everyone knows the creation myth for anime. One day in a peaceful village in Japan, a truck carrying a surplus of decimal places from the war overturned, spilling extra zeroes and permanently altering the population. What was once 20 was soon 20,000. And so on, and so on, in kind. That's why everything in anime is predicated on shouting ridiculously high numbers... because the creators had no...

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about the Conviction Arc of the Berserk manga. With the Golden Age covered, we are now venturing out beyond where any anime or movie has adapted the Berserk story. The Conviction Arc has a great structure: it's part Monster-of-the-Week and part "let's fulfill the promise of this horribly broken world". But, most of all, it gave us Serpico. Long live Serpico! Thi...

We've broken our pairing due to a technical glitch and instead, we're playing two games that couldn't be more different. Or could they? They couldn't. Or is that true? In this episode we talk about Dust, an Elysian Tale and Nidhogg.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the Angry Birds NSA controversy, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, and we ask you about your favorite video game music. The Brief: NSA is spying on Angry Birds. Sly Cooper movie is a thing. Forced Perspective Tech Demo. Vikings issue C&D against King. The Grind: Ben: X-COM: Enemy Within. Kole: Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. David: DmC. Dennis: DmC. Suits and...

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross are joined by Levi, Nick, Ben, and Courtney for a very special live play session of Dungeons & Dragons. We've been talking about it for a while, and here it finally is. Thanks to your Kickstarter donations, it was possible for us to record a live play session of Pathfinder, a Dungeons & Dragons style tabletop roleplaying game. The audio quality on this will s...

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about the first two arcs of the Berserk manga. Why the hell are we talking about manga on a Dark Souls podcast? All you have to do is open a Berserk volume to any random page to see that From Software drew a LOT of inspiration from this decades-long (and still running!) series. In this episode, we cover generalities, along with the first two major arcs of the se...

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about whether or not we want to change our name to Candy Level Saga, Risk of Rain, and we ask what you wish you could play but can't. The Brief: Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition. OpenEmu.org is a great emulator. The Last of Us fan t-shirt design. Candy(tm) Crush Saga(tm) developer trademarks "Candy" and "Saga". The Grind: Ben: X-COM: Enemy Within. Kole: Risk of Rai...

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross put pen to paper (in an audio sense) to talk about Dungeons & Dragons and its legacy in this very special episode. If you’ve ever played a game where a number was assigned to a character, you have D&D to thank for that. This is a very special episode made possible by our wonderful Kickstarter backers. For the first half, we talk about the history of Dungeons...

A final call for responses and a very foundational episode of the Dinopitch. Apologies for the sound quality.

Stones are pretty neat. They have things to say about the world around us. Like Andy Dufresne once said, "All it takes is pressure and time." Natural forces shape the elements of our world into beautiful crystalline forms that dazzle and delight. What stones can't do is support an entire multimedia blitz with bad puns related to (ugh) rock and roll.