You Should Play This Game

Allison champions this decades-old series of fun, cute, and surprisingly underrated action platformers. Follow us on twitter! @ysptg_pod Music is "Fork and Spoon" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

quack quack (Translated: James discusses a party game with a distinct personality and a lot of hats.) Follow us on twitter! @ysptg_pod Music is "Fork and Spoon" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Happy Halloween! Allison honors this spooky day with a top-down survival horror game that promises to scare you the right way.  Here are some of the links that Allison mentioned during this episode:  imgur.com/gallery/WZRqu3P   imgur.com/gallery/xVhDz   reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/14m0wg0/we_are_acid_wizard_studio_we_made_a_hit_game/   Follow us on twitter! @ysptg_pod &nbsp...

James channels some kind of little gremlin creature while describing this freeform pen-and-paper game. Find the game on twitter! And while you're on twitter, check us out! @ysptg_pod Ready to shop better hydration? Use our special link zen.ai/xn1VmIf9HAUwePLEd6dF-0PZIw5OpVY2w96XnGk-elg to save 20% off anything you order. Music is "Fork and Spoon" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under C...

Allison's brewing up a mystical, potent episode about a magic potion-making and selling video game. Follow us on twitter! @ysptg_pod Ready to shop better hydration? Use our special link zen.ai/xn1VmIf9HAUwePLEd6dF-0PZIw5OpVY2w96XnGk-elg to save 20% off anything you order. Music is "Fork and Spoon" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http:/...

James presents the demo of a cutesy hermit crab-themed soulslike. It may be just a sample of the full game, but it's got several crabs in it, so it's already perfect.  Go follow Aggro Crab on twitter! @AggroCrabGames   While you're there, you can follow us too, if you want. @ysptg_pod   Ready to shop better hydration? Use our special link zen.ai/xn1VmIf9HAUwePLEd6dF-0PZIw5OpVY2w96Xn...

Allison's game of the week is a beautiful RPG inspired by the classics, and home to a minigame that could be a standout title all on its own. Follow us on twitter! @ysptg_pod Ready to shop better hydration? Use our special link zen.ai/xn1VmIf9HAUwePLEd6dF-0PZIw5OpVY2w96XnGk-elg to save 20% off anything you order. Music is "Fork and Spoon" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative...

If the phrase "Skyrim in space" doesn't get you excited, we don't know what will. Follow us on twitter! @ysptg_pod Ready to shop better hydration? Use our special link zen.ai/xn1VmIf9HAUwePLEd6dF-0PZIw5OpVY2w96XnGk-elg to save 20% off anything you order. Music is "Fork and Spoon" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.o...

ARE YOU READY TO ROCK?! We sure hope so, because Allison is about to show you a whole new evolution in the Guitar Hero formula. Follow us on twitter! @ysptg_pod Ready to shop better hydration? Use our special link zen.ai/xn1VmIf9HAUwePLEd6dF-0PZIw5OpVY2w96XnGk-elg to save 20% off anything you order. Music is "Fork and Spoon" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By At...

Listen, we know you don't need to be convinced that big fighting robot vehicles are cool. We are still going to talk about it for 44 minutes. Follow us on twitter! @ysptg_pod Ready to shop better hydration? Use our special link zen.ai/xn1VmIf9HAUwePLEd6dF-0PZIw5OpVY2w96XnGk-elg to save 20% off anything you order. Also, the video Allison referenced about the rhythm of Dark Souls? That's an old Game...

James talks about a TTRPG that's so good he already foreshadowed it twice.  Follow us on twitter! @ysptg_pod   Ready to shop better hydration? Use our special link zen.ai/xn1VmIf9HAUwePLEd6dF-0PZIw5OpVY2w96XnGk-elg to save 20% off anything you order.  Music is "Fork and Spoon" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creat...

Allison brings a beloved casual MMO to the show, along with a surprisingly solid trumpet impression. Follow us on twitter! @ysptg_pod Ready to shop better hydration? Use our special link zen.ai/xn1VmIf9HAUwePLEd6dF-0PZIw5OpVY2w96XnGk-elg to save 20% off anything you order. Music is "Fork and Spoon" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http:...

James gushes about a recent indie platformer that isn't just like Mega Man, it's like Mega Man with a grappling hook.  Follow us on twitter! @ysptg_pod Ready to shop better hydration? Use our special link zen.ai/xn1VmIf9HAUwePLEd6dF-0PZIw5OpVY2w96XnGk-elg to save 20% off anything you order. Music is "Fork and Spoon" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attrib...

Rise and shine, listeners. Allison presents one of the most classic FPS computer games of all time. Follow us on twitter! @ysptg_pod Ready to shop better hydration? Use our special link zen.ai/xn1VmIf9HAUwePLEd6dF-0PZIw5OpVY2w96XnGk-elg to save 20% off anything you order. Music is "Fork and Spoon" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http:/...

James takes us on a field trip to a spooky, gothic, magic castle with a guy whose name is very cool and is not dumb. Alucard is a great and creative name. Follow us on twitter! @ysptg_pod Ready to shop better hydration, use our special link zen.ai/youshouldplaythisgame2 to save 20% off anything you order. Music is "Fork and Spoon" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons:...

Allison traps us in a terrifying hotel full of ghosts, lore, and expertly spliced full-motion video.  Follow us on twitter! @ysptg_pod Ready to shop better hydration, use our special link zen.ai/youshouldplaythisgame2 to save 20% off anything you order. Music is "Fork and Spoon" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommo...

For this special episode, Allison and James just talk for half an hour about the Zelda game they both played and both love. Sure, it's unorthodox, but it's a top shelf game.  Music is "Fork and Spoon" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Special guest and sibling Tom Grant brings us a series of retro-inspired, fast-paced platformers!  Ready to shop better hydration, use our special link zen.ai/youshouldplaythisgame2 to save 20% off anything you order.  Check out Tom's Etsy shop at etsy.com/shop/SaltysAmiiboShelves .  Music is "Fork and Spoon" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Att...

It's quick! It's easy! It's not Yahtzee! James brings a family dice game that fits all of those sentences, and more. Music is "Fork and Spoon" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Allison brings us the Pokémon card game of childhood playground fame. Wait, are kids still trading Pokémon cards? Back in my day all the cool kids were swapping these colorful squares. Oh, those were the days.  Music is "Fork and Spoon" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

James presents a board game full of political intrigue, generational conflict, and stickers. Lots of stickers. Music is "Fork and Spoon" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Allison brings us another genre mashup where vampires hack and slash while moonlighting as architects. Music is "Fork and Spoon" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

James is back at it with more mechs, this time wrapped up in a fun first-person shooter. Music is "Fork and Spoon" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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James describes a tabletop role-playing game with cowboys AND ghosts?? What else could you possibly ask for? Also, the comic that James mentioned but couldn't remember the name? It's called Preacher, and it's worth a read if you're interested in supernatural Americana like this game.  Music is "Fork and Spoon" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution...