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Paul is sick of games doing story at him. Nick discovers hidden depths in a ocean diving game and also discovers hidden eggs in a cave diving game. While Blake doesn’t finish another game

Nick and Blake are a couple of cyberpunks, hacking and slashing their way throughout the city. While Paul is back to talk about the real life mega corps hacking and slashing jobs throughout the games industry.

Fabian has stayed with us to talk about review bombing and terrible DRM. Blake plays a new early access game where half the systems don’t work but is still the best village management game he’s ever seen

Paul’s away but we’re joined by Fabian Seager, an Environment Artist on Path of Exile. Fabian preaches the glory of Managed Democracy, while Nick and Blake scratch out a living in an alien wasteland

Paul has abandoned everything to play more and more Super Poker. Nick finds an ugly as sin game with no win conditions, janky UI, unintuitive systems, and asks why Blake isn't already playing it.

Paul is annoyed that Final Fantasy doesn't remember his progress. Nick tries to explain how to have fun in Solitareica, and Blake is ransacking people's houses in Dragon's Dogma II

Paul gives Final Fantasy 7 another try and is suprised how much story is there is. Blake hates when games give him FOMO and threaten to change the world. And we all wonder how AI can change NPC interactions.

Nick goes nuclear on Elden Ring again. But has a good time with God of War. Paul is hooked on dopamine from Deep Rock Galactic Survivor. While Blake felt surprisingly emotional seeing Earth in a X4

Blake realizes he prefers lemons. Nick is horrified over how little Paul cares about storytelling. Nick then spends 30 hours in a tutorial at a Japanese school. And Blake has gone mad on survival games.

We're back for 2024 and joined by GGG Lead Composer & Music Director Kamil Orman-Janowski. Kamil talks about his process of creating the amazing music for Path of Exile, and also why Nick is wrong about Dark Souls

Paul recounts his adventures in WoW Classic, and we all end up on a nostalgia trip to 20 years ago. Blake thinks having an army in BG3 is a good idea and Nick thinks that will just ruin the game.

Nick has played so much Elden Ring and has so much to say about it. Not all of it is bad.... but most of it is. Meanwhile, Blake starts playing GalCiv IV but ends up in a Stellaris DLC price rant.

Blizcon happened and a new mobile game came out that has both Nick and Paul hooked. We reminisce about our days in early World of Warcraft and complain about how difficult the game was back then

After seven years, Nick might finally be interested in playing No Man Sky. Paul has been hunting monsters in a new mobile game and Blake has been cracking a binary code.

Starfield is 1000 planets, so why does Baldur's Gate feel bigger. What makes an open world interesting. What's Paul's build for the new PoE League. Why is Blake not playing Starfield or Baldur's Gate.

After the craziness of Exilecon, we are back to talk about meeting awesome fans, conquering the galaxy but getting bored with victory, breaking into crypts and murdering so many goblins.

This week we are joined by Grinding Gear Games Level Designer Josiah to talk about an unnecessarily frustrating space sim that has both Blake and Paul hooked. We're talking X4:Foundations.

The day has come. The day Nick has been waiting for. Finally Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is out. Nick is on 4 hours sleep but that does not stop us from talking about Zelda for an entire hour.

Paul goes fishing for Cthulhu. Nick stacks bags within bags within bags and Blake cowers in the dark. We're talking Age of Darkness, Dredge, Tap Wizard, and Nick slips in some Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Paul and Blake have been playing the Diablo 4 Beta and Nick has a lot of questions. Paul has also started a business empire that’s taking over the City. While Nick becomes Prey and loves the endless options.

Blake is glad to find some Batman in his wizard game. Nick contacts a dev, and gives actual feedback on an Early Access game. While Paul doesn’t like throwing away his rocks and sticks.

Paul finally gets to talk about Disco Elysium and the neck tie the gives him advice. Hell must of frozen over because Nick bought an Early Access game. And Blake is playing lot, and very little, of Hogwarts Legacy

We’re finally back from holiday break. Nick’s been eating his way around the south pacific. Paul’s been drinking his way into new games. And Blake’s been devoting a lifetime to pressing a button.

Nick plays Red Dead 2 and cannot stop comparing it to Zelda. Paul recounts his devastating loss at a rouge-like board game. While Nick recounts his many victories as a Banner Lord

Nick is snapping his way through Marvel characters, and having a great time. Blake is slicing his way through human beings, and questioning his morality. Paul is trying to enjoy a game but keeps suffering PTSD