Ep 158: The Lu Bu of American History

This week the gang is talking The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood, a fantastic visual novel game that dares to ask the player "Hey, you gonna eat that witch?"

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Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, Mike Parker
Music by David Beebe

This week, we're hanging down low with our favourite FF7 characters. Dave also gives us the latest from Faerun, Mike's still managing democracy, Jack is cheating at roguelike poker, and Norris' brain demons is making him do something stupid again.

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Hosts: Chris Norris,Jack Shirai, Mike Parker, David Beebe
Music by David Beebe

This week we're in on the highs and lows of online penny-ante poker, warhammer 40k lore sickos, and Hell Divers 2.

Norris also tries to explain why being creeped out by FMV hostesses in Like a Dragon Gaiden doesn't make him a prude, and we all turn into US Civil War nerds.

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Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe
Music by David Beebe

Samsara gets a bad rap, honestly. Personally I'm okay being a hungry ghost or some form of woodland creature.

This week the gang contemplates converting to buddhism, hot poker topics, and the 2015 Remedy game Quantum Break.

There's some other video game stuff too, like GOTY 2023 Baldur's Gate 3, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, and Wolfenstein: The New Order. We may be a bit all over the place.

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Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Mike Parker
Music by David Beebe

It's that Game of the Month time, friends! This week we're talking on Strange Scaffold's El Paso Elsewhere, an indie game that dares to ask
"What if your ex-girlfriend was a vampire?"

We also get back to Matt's Movie Corner, where we discuss how both 'The Zone of Interest' and 'Society of the Snow' are great movies, but also what you could call "A Tough Hang."

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Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery
Music by David Beebe

As all good gaming podcasts do, this week we take stock of the NHL during its midseason break, and lament the two teams going to the Superbowl.

We also talk a bit on some 2024 games we're excited for, and Norris tries to convince Mike and Steph to get into Like A Dragon.

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Hosts: Chris Norris, Steph Fan, Mike Parker
Music by David Beebe

This week we got all the hot action as we discuss Our 2024 Locks for your video game drafts!

Also it's the triumphant return of Matt's Movie Corner, as he gives us the dirt on this year's Oscars.

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Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, Jack Shirai
Music by David Beebe

This is it, the pod where we decide, empirically, the best game of 2023! Here the full deliberations, recriminations, childish name-calling, that goes into us deciding such an important honour!

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Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, Jack Shirai
Music by David Beebe

It's that time of year again! Where we discuss the things that helped us get through another cold dark year: rum punch and video games!

This first episode is the gang going through our individual top ten lists. Be sure to tune in next week as we bring out the knives and determine our overall game of the year!

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Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Steph Fan, Mike Parker, Jack Shirai
Music by David Beebe

This is also our game of the month episode for Chants of Sennaar, but sometimes you just get a good title and have to use it.

We're out here translating languages like some real smart folks this week, as we try to figure just what the fuck everyone's trying to say in Chants of Sennaar!

Spoilers, it's a great game!

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Hosts: Chris Norris, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Mike Parker, Jack Shirai
Music by David Beebe