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BC #214 – Offending 1,000 Review-Bombing Gex Fans

Before you tank this episode's ratings with "feedback", just take a minute and listen to Andy, Flask, Greg, and Vito offer up Death Stranding 2, Pragmata, Gecko Gods, Windrose, Valheim, review bombing culture, Crimson Desert, a Bloodborne movie adaptation, whatever Wilds Lands was going to be, whether they're re-subscribing to Game Pass, Nintendo's plans for Star Fox and Zelda, and more.

0:00 - Intro

1:43 - Andy (Roundtable)

<pre>• 1:46 - Slay the Spire 2 • 14:44 - Barotrauma • 22:07 - Death Stranding 2 </pre>

30:47 - Flask (Roundtable)

<pre>• 30:50 - Pragmata • 38:37 - Gecko Gods </pre>

44:32 - Vito (Roundtable)

<pre>• 44:59 - Windrose • 49:44 - Valheim • 56:00 - Slay the Spire 2/Plate Up • 56:15 - The Finals/review bombing culture </pre>

1:18:30 - BREAK

<pre>• Cinematic cologne </pre>

1:27:39 - Greg (Roundtable)

<pre>• 1:27:44 - World of Warcraft • 1:34:16 - Crimson Desert </pre>

1:44:59 - NEWS

<pre>• 1:45:09 - Bloodborne movie adaptation • 1:47:07 - Eidos Montreal cancels Wild Lands • 1:50:32 - &amp;quot;Any update is a bonus, not a right&amp;quot; • 1:51:44 - GTA Online earns $1 million per day • 1:53:54 - RE9 completion rate • 1:55:32 - Xbox Game Pass price change • 1:59:16 - Troy Baker wants to make his own game • 2:01:35 - Nintendo may be planning Star Fox and Zelda remake • 2:07:06 - Marvel comics announces Predator vs. Planet of the Apes </pre>

2:10:40 - Outro

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BC #213 – It Did A Tentacle Thing Once, But That Was It

Have you ever been injured or killed in an escalator accident? You may to entitled to listen to this episode, in which Andy, Flask, and Greg discuss Death Stranding 2, Slay the Spire 2, Project Hail Mary, Crimson Desert, Skyrim RP, Wonder Man, Pixels to Pages, PlayStation OFF PC, State of Decay 3's fake teaser, and more!

0:00 - Intro

1:30 - Death Stranding 2

  • 2:01-41:46 - Spoilers

41:49 - Andy (Roundtable)

  • 41:53 - Slay the Spire 2
  • 47:19 - Project Hail Mary
  • 47:45-54:17 - Spoilers
  • 54:35 - Tip to Tip

58:45 - BREAK

  • Michael Reeves

1:01:09 - Greg (Roundtable)

  • 1:01:16 - Crimson Desert
  • 1:08:37 - World of Warcraft
  • 1:09:28 - Skyrim RP (Keizaal Online)
  • 1:15:02 - Dino Crisis 2
  • 1:15:23 - Resident Evil 1/2/3

1:18:04 - Flask (Roundtable)

  • 1:18:32 - Artemis II
  • 1:21:41 - Books
  • 1:27:09 - Wonder Man
  • 1:35:55 - Phones in theaters/Trailers
  • 1:41:32 - Wonder Man (cont.)
  • 1:42:26 - Witch Hat Atelier
  • 1:47:14 - Pixels to Pages

1:51:08 - NEWS

  • 1:51:29 - PlayStation Studios removes PC references from site
  • 1:58:31 - Steam could show estimated FPS/collecting data
  • 2:04:21 - State of Decay 3 only existed in a Word document when its trailer was shown

2:12:11 - Outro

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BC #212 – Focus On Metaphysical Death And Not On Politics

If you've been laid off from a video game development studio, you may be entitled to listen to this podcast where Andy, Flask, and John talk about Slay the Spire 2, Teardown multiplayer, Death Stranding 2, Project Hail Mary, A.I. assets in games, DLSS 5, and more. In fact, you may be required to listen.

0:00 - Intro

3:09 - Andy (Roundtable)

<pre>• 3:20 - Blood West • 11:44 - Teardown multiplayer • 18:52 - Slay the Spire 2 • 22:57 - Death Stranding 2 ○ 24:20-46:24 - Spoilers </pre>

47:01 - Flask (Roundtable)

<pre>• 47:07 - Resident Evil Requiem • 48:36 - Hearing bad, been reading • 50:46 - Project Hail Mary ○ 52:01-1:13:21 - Spoilers • 1:14:21 - Cold Storage • 1:17:37 - Good Luck, Have Fun, Don&amp;#x27;t Die </pre>

1:21:11 - John (Roundtable)

1:21:29 - NEWS (sort of)

<pre>• 1:21:49 - Games caught using A.I. assets • 1:25:30 - Nvidia DLSS 5 • 1:27:54 - Tip To Tip • 1:30:09 - News sucks right now </pre>

1:30:52 - Outro

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BC #211 – "Resident Evil Requiem (2026)" Discussion (SPOILERS!)

THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS!

Andy, Flask, Greg, and Vito discuss and dissect the game Resident Evil Requiem (2026), by Capcom.

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BC #210 – Want A Hat? Follow That Oven Rat!

Pay attention to any non-progress phrases that sound like rewarding secret paths as Andy, Flask, John, and Vito discuss REANIMAL, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Another Crab's Treasure, Akimbot, Steam Next Fest, Armored Core VI, Metal Garden, KLETKA, Mewgenics, Star Citizen, Highguard, Saints Row, Smiling Friends, and more!

0:00 - Intro

0:58 - BC YouTube update

2:09 - Flask (Roundtable)

  • 2:20 - Silent Hill revelations
  • 14:11 - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight
  • 25:05 - Another Crab's Treasure
  • 33:38 - Akimbot
  • 43:19 - REANIMAL

43:59 - Vito (Roundtable)

  • 44:03 - REANIMAL (cont.)

1:07:24 - BREAK

  • 1:07:29 - REANIMAL replays, hats, endings

1:11:35 - Andy (Roundtable)

  • 1:11:50 - Steam Next Fest
  • 1:12:06 - Slap your homies
  • 1:13:15 - Pratfall
  • 1:14:06 - Goblin Company
  • 1:17:15 - Airframe Ultra
  • 1:19:26 - Sledding Game
  • 1:22:57 - John Carpenter's Toxic Commando
  • 1:33:15 - Armored Core VI
  • 1:43:32 - Blood West

1:44:06 - John (Roundtable)

  • 1:44:23 - Metal Garden
  • 1:46:17 - KLETKA
  • 1:56:53 - Mewgenics
  • 2:01:09 - Star Citizen

2:18:22 - NEWS

  • 2:18:38 - Highguard development history
  • 2:27:31 - 1/3 of U.S. video game workers laid off in the last 2 years
  • 2:29:29 - Microsoft leadership shake-up
  • 2:35:00 - Saints Row design director thinks the franchise is dead
  • 2:38:44 - The Finals e-sports controversy
  • 2:54:54 - Smiling Friends cancelled abruptly

2:58:19 - Outro

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BC #209 – Evil Gnome's Old Man Revenge Agenda

From the banished realm come the final choking gasps of Andy, Flask, Greg, John, and Vito , barely discernable as regarding Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4, Vampires: Bloodlord Rising, Bogos Binted, Nioh 3, Resident Evil Village, YAPYAP, Armored Core 6, Burglin' Gnomes, Begraved, Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game, Fallout season 2, Return to Silent Hill, Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream, Escape Simulator 2, the latest PlayStation State of Play announcements, and more.

0:00 - Intro

1:47 - Greg (Roundtable)

<pre>• 1:55 - World of Warcraft • 3:28 - Kingdom Come: Deliverance II • 6:18 - One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 • 11:12 - slop • 12:13 - Vampires: Bloodlord Rising • 16:00 - Bogos Binted • 18:21 - &amp;quot;Lying at a table&amp;quot; subgenre • 20:31 - Bogos binted meme origin • 24:12 - Nioh 3 </pre>

26:20 - Andy (Roundtable)

<pre>• 26:37 - Resident Evil Village • 31:06 - YAPYAP • 36:11 - Armored Core 6 </pre>

38:47 - John (Roundtable)

<pre>• 39:17 - Helldivers 2 • 41:37 - Burglin&amp;#x27; Gnomes • 48:16 - Begraved • 50:01 - Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game • 57:18 - Mewgenics </pre>

58:44 - BREAK

<pre>• Dino Crisis 1 &amp;amp; 2 on Steam </pre>

1:01:07 - Flask (Roundtable)

<pre>• 1:01:22 - Fallout S02 ○ 1:08:19-1:14:40 - Spoilers • 1:17:22 - Return to Silent Hill ○ 1:21:14-1:26:29 - Spoilers • 1:26:42 - BALL x PIT: The Regal update • 1:27:50 - Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream </pre>

1:32:42 - Vito (Roundtable)

<pre>• 1:33:52 - Cyberpunk 2077 • 1:34:10 - Kingdom Come: Deliverance II • 1:34:54 - Silent Hill 2 Remake/Mewgenics • 1:35:04 - Escape Simulator 2 • 1:37:44 - Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective </pre>

1:43:39 - NEWS

<pre>• Sony PlayStation - State of Play ○ 1:44:22 - Kena: Scars of Kosmora ○ 1:45:42 - Ghost of Yotei Legends ○ 1:46:41 - Death Stranding 2 PC release date ○ 1:47:32 - 4:LOOP ○ 1:49:15 - Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered ○ 1:50:46 - Control Resonant gameplay ○ 1:52:44 - Crimson Moon ○ 1:53:51 - Neva: Prologue ○ 1:54:15 - Yakoh Shinobi Ops ○ 1:55:00 - Project Windless ○ 1:56:52 - Star Wars: Galactic Racer gameplay ○ 1:57:59 - Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 2 ○ 2:03:23 - Castlevania: Belmont&amp;#x27;s Curse ○ 2:05:04 - Silent Hill: Townfall ○ 2:09:51 - Untitled John Wick Game ○ 2:10:56 - God of War Trilogy Remake ○ 2:15:07 - God of War Sons of Sparta ○ 2:16:45 - Resident Evil Requiem </pre>

2:18:30 - Outro

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BC #208 – The Manufactured, Corporate Color Of 8-Year-Old Spider Webs

Do you still possess whimsy and joy? Andy, Flask, John, and Vito can help you get rid of whatever you have left by talking about Ghost Trick, Escape Simulator, Resident Evil, Valheim, Small World, Skate Story, Marty Supreme, Dispatch, Tabletop Simulator 2.0, Highguard('s lack of promotion), the question of who gets to vanquish mods from this earth, and more!

0:00 - Intro

2:33 - Vito (Roundtable)

  • 4:16 - THE FINALS (vs. ARC Raiders)
  • 7:16 - Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
  • 14:07 - Escape Simulator

24:11 - Andy (Roundtable)

  • 24:17 - Resident Evil 2 Remake

  • 26:19 - Resident Evil 7

  • 26:36-43:32 - Spoilers

43:55 - Resident Evil 7 VR Mod

50:30 - Andy (Roundtable cont.)

  • 50:51 - Resident Evil Village

52:11 - John (Roundtable)

  • 51:30 - Valheim (cont.)
  • 1:06:14 - Small World
  • 1:08:08 - Skate Story
  • 1:12:21 - Marty Supreme

1:15:23 - BREAK

  • The Smashing Machine/WINTER

1:19:55 - Flask (Roundtable)

  • 1:20:14 - Viewfinder
  • 1:25:25 - Dispatch

1:40:17 - NEWS

  • 1:40:32 - Deus Ex owners are "psychopaths", says Elias Toufexis
  • 1:42:43 - Tabletop Simulator 2.0 roadmap
  • 1:53:31 - Highguard is one week away…
  • 1:58:08 - The Witcher 3 new DLC
  • 2:02:37 - Cyberpunk 2077 mod taken down after strike
  • 2:10:07 - Red Dead Redemption 2 spiderweb mystery

2:20:28 - Outro

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BC #207 – What?! Did Shadows Die Once Already? (5U1D)

In a year with too many titles to mention and too few subtitles to distinguish them, Andy, Flask, Greg, John, and Vito namedrop things like Pluribus, Project Zomboid, multiple PlayStation 2 games, Avatar: Fire and Ash, Cronos: The New Dawn, Dark Hours, ROUTINE, Jurassic World Evolution 3, Baby Steps, Valheim, Song Sung Blue, South of Midnight, and more. And as if those weren't enough names, so too do they drop 5 recommendations and 1 un-recommendation from 2025, in the annual 5 Up 1 Down tradition. Would it be a little awkward if multiple people dropped the same titles?…

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BC #206 – Convincing The Generative A.I. NPC That His Wife Never Died

In this entirely A.I.-prompted podcast episode, Andy, Erik, and Flask give pat auto-takes on Predator, The Running Man, Frankenstein and more movies, Darkenstein 3D, Little Locked Rooms, ARC Raiders, Valheim, Haha, You Clowns, Old School Runescape, Project Zomboid B42, Fallout, the announced Silksong expansion, numerous news stories about A.I. in the gaming sphere recently, and more.

0:00 - Intro

2:59 - Flask (Roundtable)

  • 3:27 - Movies
  • 3:56 - Predator: Badlands
  • 10:24 - Indiana Jones
  • 14:14 - The Running Man
  • 17:14 - Frankenstein
  • 22:09 - Black Phone 2
  • 23:46 - Wake Up Dead Man
  • 27:41 - Strange Antiquities
  • 33:59 - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
  • 42:56 - Darkenstein 3D
  • 47:23 - Little Locked Rooms

53:09 - Andy (Roundtable)

  • 53:21 - ARC Raiders
  • 54:36 - Helldivers 2
  • 56:50 - Valheim
  • 58:18 - Hades II
  • 1:00:16 - Haha, You Clowns
  • 1:02:22 - Smiling Friends S03
  • 1:02:28 - Bugonia

1:04:24 - BREAK

  • Steam Winter Sale

1:06:22 - Erik (Roundtable)

  • 1:06:56 - Old School Runescape
  • 1:09:08 - Hardcore World of Warcraft
  • 1:10:03 - Project Zomboid B42
  • 1:23:35 - Terminator 2D: No Fate
  • 1:36:05 - Fallout S02

1:26:56 - NEWS

  • 1:27:16 - Silksong: Sea of Sorrow expansion
  • 1:29:08 - Larian CEO comments on Generative A.I.
  • 1:29:47 - Clair Obscur A.I. texture controversy resurfaces
  • 1:30:13 - ARC Raiders was in the news for text-to-speech
  • 1:30:39 - Dan Houser doesn't think A.I. is that useful
  • 1:41:12 - Metroid Prime 4 datamining uncovers a lot more NPC dialogue

1:44:40 - Where Winds Meet

1:50:54 - Outro

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BC #205 – "The Game Awards" 2025 - Predictions & Discussion

Episode Notes

Notes go here

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BC #204 – Friendly Player Interactions REALLY Make Me Sick

Raiding your podcast feed for upgrade materials, Andy, Flask, John, and Vito proximity chat about ARC Raiders, Strange Antiquities, Hades II, Predator: Badlands, Megabonk, The Chair Company, Peak, Restaurats, Primitive War, BALL x PIT, Bye Sweet Carole, Hypogea, Keeper, the new Steam hardware, and more!

0:00 - Intro

2:13 - Vito (Roundtable)

  • 3:12 - ARC Raiders
  • 14:41 - Strange Antiquities
  • 22:26 - Split Fiction/A Way Out
  • 23:09 - Hades II
  • 26:43 - Predator: Badlands

30:42 - Andy (Roundtable)

  • 31:27 - ARC Raiders

  • 1:02:22 - Hollow Knight: Silksong

  • 1:03:06 - Megabonk

  • 1:13:00 - The Chair Company

  • Spoilers - 1:18:53-1:28:15

1:30:13 - BREAK

  • 1:30:18 - Scream-off

1:31:25 - John (Roundtable)

  • 1:31:49 - Peak
  • 1:39:34 - Restaurats
  • 1:42:10 - Fallout 4 update

1:51:18 - Flask (Roundtable)

  • 1:51:37 - Primitive War
  • 1:53:53 - BALL x PIT
  • 1:58:40 - Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2
  • 2:07:59 - Bye Sweet Carole
  • 2:10:54 - Hypogea
  • 2:14:18 - Keeper

2:24:36 - Steam Machine/Steam Frame/Steam Controller

2:35:08 - Outro

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