Total Pebble Knockdown

A knock at the door. A hedge maze. A friendship quiz. The horrors of Killer Frequency never cease.

Forrest is having a difficult night on his late-night radio show, as The Whistling Man stalks his audience and they call in for advice on how to survive. Nathan and Alex step into his shoes at KFAM to play Killer Frequency. Is it a puzzle game? Is it a horror game? Is it a narrative game? Maybe it's all of those!

Survival crafting is a popular genre and we here at TPK are more than familiar with it. On this episode, we are going to discuss the basics of how survival crafting games work while also playing one, i.e. Minecraft. How do these games start? How do these games progress? Also, when do these games start to lose momentum or continue being interesting in the late game?

We finish our tour through LIDAR Exploration Program, uncover fantastical creatures and quote Britney Spears lyrics. Also, Nathan talks about The Menu, Morels 2 and cosmic horror imagery.

What does LIDAR even mean? We'll find out in this episode as we play LIDAR Exploration Program. A million points of light shall guide our way. Also, we start talking about The Unfinished Swan and Cyberpunk 2077 for some reason.

Following a 12-part series where Nathan played Voices of the Void, we do a bit of a debrief to discuss his crisis of faith following the events that unfolded. Where do we go from here? What does the future hold with VOTV?In addition, we follow Alex playing a newer version of the game and showing Nathan some of the changes he would enjoy.

In this episode we have a deep-ish dive into the psychology and implementation of achievements and trophies in video games.

Catbot gets into trouble. Mannequins are out touching grass. An object over the base. Bad doggie.

All my wooden friends are gone and there is something at the door.

Our new cat robot friend (kerfur) is very clingy. Still worth it.

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.