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Trevor and Ben are joined this week by videogame curator Jim Fishwick to explore the history of a much overlooked genre: the 2nd Person Shooter. Together they jump all the way back to the experimental games of the early 90s all the way to the big budget 2PS games of the modern day. Jim's Twitter: https://twitter.com/fimjishwick Jim's podcast, I Get That A Lot: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/i-...

Ben and Trev delve deep into more games this week including such themes as: Fairies with machine guns Clones Magical wizards and their familiars Extremely dangerous water Stage plays in the apocalypse

Diving deep into some high concept ideas this week, Ben and Trevor explore some improvised game worlds, such as: a futuristic dystopia where repo men come for your organs in tactical FPS shootouts; the day to day life of Death as they reap souls and discover what holds some spirits from the afterlife; the story of the inventor of teleportation, brought back 200 years after an accident; and more!

Ben and Trev cobble together more adventure game designs this week including. A mystery set inside of a human body A family drama with many mystery hooks A hidden map unveils a time travel adventure Life of Pi: The Adventure Game An anthology adventure series with a pawn shop wrapper.

Continuing with some improvised point and click adventure games this week, Ben and Trevor come up with game designs such as: A fairy given responsibility for a green house; Finding your way off a doomed spaceship as it plummets through the atmosphere; Managing the customer service desk at a fancy hotel; Being the work experience kid on a homicide scene; and more!

With the recent news of a new Monkey Island sequel from the original creator, Ron Gilbert, Ben and Trevor delve into the world of adventure games for every game this week. Escape from an alien zoo, with the help of your trusty Hills Hoist crank Drive passengers to their destinations and learn a little about their lives. A modern retro game set in an 80's mall, built around an alien spaceship.

Reviews galore this week as Ben and Trevor reflect on some new games they've played this week, including: Revenge of the Spatula; Grimy Mountain Climber Wars; Scooby Doo and the Burger From Hell; College Karate Chronicles; and more!

Ben and Trev continue in their series of game reviews with more undiscovered gems such as: Excruciating Pinball Underground Mupppet Dungeon: Limited Edition Pixelated Driving Siege Geriatric Shock

Review, reviews, reviews! Trevor and Ben drawl the dark web and dive into Steam's dumpster to find some obscure games to review for you, including: Orbital Mummy Patrol, Everybody Loves the Blood Munchers, Cloud Impact, Rescue of Heroes, and more!

Ben and Trev continue to dive deep into reviews of little known games, such as Intense Bungee World Jedi Funk Academy Spirit Command Psycho Guitar and many more

It's a review episode! Ben and Trevor take a break from game design to discuss some of the real world games they've been playing lately, such as: the cooking/survival hybrid game Underwater Kitchen Battle; the 'modern retro' spiritual successor to Superman 64, Depressing Underwear 64; the mobile fad of the month, Mech With Friends; the massively popular entry in a series everyone is talking about,...

Ben and Trev return to the classic formula of Ramped Up Click Pitch, discussing game ideas such as: Hunting kaiju across the seven seas; Racing against fellow mad scientists in crazy contraptions; Cultivate new crops on the back of a giant creature, while exploring strange new lands; and many more.

Ben and Trevor riff on some randomly generated prompts to come up with game designs - this week the ideas tended towards relationships and small narrative segments, with games like: a cross between X-Com and The Sims where your soldiers relationships are tied deeply into the combat mechanics a simulated road house with extensible stories that play out night after night a Satisfactory style automat...

Continuing our classic prompts from last week, Ben and Trevor make random game designs from https://what3words.com/ and random movies. Games such as: A platforming game with Gameshark/Gamegenie mechanics; Cats playing tennis with beatem up mechanics; Escape from your AI controlled house; Alien bounty hunting in a Narnia/Last Starfighter inspired mashup. and more!

Jumping back into some old games this week, Ben and Trevor make random game designs from https://what3words.com/ and random movies. Games such as: rival chocolate worshipping churches; a sequel set after Dorothy has left the Land of Oz, and the political machinations she left behind; exploring a mysterious maze with a bunch of survivors; discovering the real world outside the Metaverse; and more!

On the heels of the 2022 Global Game Jam, Ben and Trevor look at 20 games made by other teams, including a few highlights such as: Small Time Tennis Tale, Cantankerous Spelling Blaster, Queen of the Prison in Space, Armored Virus, Sleepy Gopher: The Resistence, and tons more!

With the Global Game Jam theme for 2022 releasing early this year, Ben and Trev utilise the theme in all their game designs for this episode. Protecting a space station with the power of tennis A 2d Character investigating the "erasure" of objects in their world Yet another surprise Batman game Bowling, but in two dimensions at the same time.

Ben and Trevor continue to come up with new improvised game designs, such as: An adventure game investigating STEMM A game that delves into what happens when two rainbows touch An adventure exploring dreams and deleting memories A surprise Batman game out of nowhere

Trevor and Ben head back into Click Pitch territory this week, improvising game designs from random words, while also throwing in some reviews of games they've been playing lately, such as: Jackie Chan's Motocross Hunt; 3D Fire Runner; Mickey's Chicken Operation; Gothic Puppy 3rd Strike; and more!

In a break from the typical game news and reviews, Ben and Trevor give their top 10 games from 2021, as well as the honourable mentions. **There will definitely be some spoiler discussions for some of the games, but, as per usual, they give plenty of warning.

In this holiday spooktacular, Ben and Trevor deck the halls with holiday themes as they invent new improvised game designs, such as: a Sea of Thieves inspired game where you compete against sleighs of elves to deliver the most gifts each night; experiencing a laid back Australian summer Christmas in the bush (in VR!); a space opera where you play a researcher trying to understand the strange jolly...

In this weeks Click Pitch Garage, Ben and Trevor delve into the world of stream integration. A collectathon starring young aardvark working for the Sloth mafia with powerups selected by viewers. Escape from the dome using monsters made from viewer selected material. A piratey adventure where the directions are selected by the viewers. A platformer where the viewers can change the physics and rules...

Continuing the Click Pitch Garage series, Ben and Trevor add combo meters into all their pitches this week, resulting in game designs such as: a portable toilet management simulator; a reporter for a National Inquirer style tabloid searches for stories; a man tries to give back for his past sins against the environment; a non-violent fighter all about deflection and blocking; and more!

Ben and Trevor continue with their new segment Click Pitch Garage, this week focusing on Tech Trees. Game ideas include; Santa vs Krampus: the epic battle between the mortal foes Try to relieve stress while landscaping and building the perfect shed The secret behind milk and where it actually comes from A horror game involving the first TV sets

Introducing a new game this week, Click Pitch Garage, Ben and Trevor explore a variety of game ideas all sharing the same mechanic: the humble grappling hook. From this they invent games such as: a horrifying VR descent into an unexplored cave; the camera operator for a foreign correspondent exploring a sunken city; a child stolen from Earth and raised to play a grapple based zero-gee sport; and m...