BONUS: Beyond Ratcon

Welcome back to our first ever guest CinnaMANToast. In today's episode he joins Ratnado & SqatCobblr in breaking down what second-person gaming is, from a perspective to a social experience its all too real yet difficult to fully grasp. Delving into the childhood playthroughs of friends and family to the modern streaming scene, the second-person accompanyment is alive and well! 

As a special treat, CinnaWOMAN's answers of living with CinnaMAN's gaming antics are shared.

Happy 2 years of Scrollies!! The extended hiatus has ended and SqatCobblr & TeamRatnado are back once more to cover the newly released Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. This game, taking place in the Arkhamverse, is a touchy subject for our hosts. Being fans of the previous Batman: Arkham entries they had high expectations for this new title. Through genre swapping and distasteful narrative choices it is not looking like its here to save the day. Our hosts discuss this and more in their long awaited return episode! 

The Ranter Supreme joins the Scrollies Sqadnado. It's Prokyonlotor! He usually finds himself dealing with nostalgists of retro games. But today he, Sqat, and Rat discuss games they liked for a time only to ultimately turn on them due to decisions made by the developers late in their progression. They cap this off with games they did not expect to enjoy nearly as much as they ended up doing so.

WARNING: IF YOU HEAR YOUR FAVORITE GAME BEING DISCUSSED HERE, WE PROBABLY HATE IT...

For a brief moment in gaming's time, the proliferation of demo discs were the way many people who had previously restricted access to seeing what games were like before buying came to try out and see new games they never would have. Ratnado and SqatCobblr review their favorite types of game demos, how they've received them, and what influence demos have had on them.

Check out SqatCobblr on his streams and check out his Let's Plays and if you're into Final Fantasy XIV Online, check out Ratnado's Twitch stream (where he promises more games are coming, soon™)

TeamRatnado and SqatCobblr combine to form up the Scrollies Sqadnado and chat about their favorite consoles. Listeners will note that they definitely have a running theme through their choices. SqatCobblr objects to one of Ratnado's choices, but they are able to finish out a top five list in only one episode (a small miracle).

Check out TeamRatnado on Twitch where he plays Final Fantasy XIV Online (and sometimes and other games) and SqatCobblr on YouTube for Let's Plays and other DK-inspired fun!

Recorded LIVE at Ratcon 2023!

The Scrollies Sqadnado are joined by many fellow streamers this episode! Together they discuss their experience playing games for the first time while live on their platforms. The benefits of experiencing a game in this manner is shared as well as the unique challenges it presents. Ways in which both the audience and streamer can view the game through this new lens and more are presented.

Be sure to give the guests from this episode a follow!

Samsonite_D

Shraxa

CodeSynth

RelientKFan

Pluviophilian

FruityHelghast419

the_dreaded_dm

dmwife26

crash_and_the_bois

mooncatgab

Consoles having streaming options, the simplicity of phone IRL streaming, and many other factors have made it hassle-free to get into the hobby. While the Scrollies Sqadnado has mainly entered the scene by playing video games on Twitch with bare essentials, there are so many ways to deck out a stream from the hardware you use and the software you use.

In this episode, the duo talk about how to get started easy with a stream setup, some of the pitfalls they've run into, and what they enjoy most about setting up their stream. 

Make sure to check out SqatCobblr and TeamRatnado fore more content on their streams!

In a time before convenient, simple game fronts, gamers may forget or may have missed the time when pre-ordering a video game could mean the different between day one play and having to wait for weeks. However, with the rise of reviewers and downloading games on day of release, it makes much less sense to put money down a game that may launch broken.

Ratnado and SqatCobblr discuss their experiences with some of their pre-orders, some of the blunders they've witnessed, and some of the pre-orders that turned out well for them.

Metroid Dread was a long awaited game for mamy, but SqatCobblr only became a Metroid fan several years before it released and Ratnado was never very interested in the genre until streaming. Now that they have both played this game, Ratnado and Sqat talk its many great additions to the classic formula as well as things they wished the game focused a bit more on. All in all they enjoyed it quite a bit and there are many future playthroughs of Dread to tide them over until the next release.

The meme is dead. RelientKFan is a Breath of the Wild completer.

Joining the Scrollies Sqadnado, he shares his very fresh first impression of the game as well as his overall reaction to it. SqatCobblr and Ratnado discuss their view of the game and how its changed over the years, their desired improvements in a sequel and where it stands within the Zelda series at large. Ultimately these 3 players hope for improvements and new additions in future Zeldas... though in which aspects they may differ.

Watch RelientKFan & SqatCobblr react to the 2021 E3 trailer for Tears of the Kingdom.