Broken Campfire

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

February 28, 2026

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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