It’s Almost The Weekend

76: AnOmAlY DeTeCtEd - Armored Core 6

We originally came here to talk about a topic... but what's that? Oh GOD a giant robot came crashing through our respective houses at precisely the same time!? That's right. We're talking about AC6 this week. NO, not Assassins Creed 6, the other AC.
There's the usual news and jolly good chats, so hop in the big robot, 621, it's time for your listening mission. 
Episode Music by ViDEOGOMEZ @videogomez 
The track is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMbili2tqDk
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75: Game Club Spotlight: Iron Lung

Sometimes a game comes along and asks you "what if you were doing something else, instead of playing this game?" 
Sometimes a game asks you "if there were an ideal control scheme for movement in this game, what would the opposite of that look like?Sometimes the good things you've heard of an experience don't stack up against the way it feels for you. And that can be dissapointing, but it can also be juicy podcast discussions!! And that's where you come in.
Go ahead, see why think Iron Lung isn't a great game. I dare you. Get the sub, seal the door, and dive deep (like those billionaires) into an ocean dedicated to seeing you fail.
Episode Music by ViDEOGOMEZ @videogomez 
The track is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMbili2tqDk
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74: Replay Value

We thank you for replaying this podcast, over and over.
Why would you feel compelled to do such a thing? Well, perhaps the answers to that kind of question can be gleaned from listening to this very episode?Perhaps you'll be stuck in a loop of listening to it over, and over... Perhaps not. We suggest you try that though, and find out what happens.
 
Episode Music by ViDEOGOMEZ @videogomez 
The track is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMbili2tqDk
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73: Cosmic Horror

The topic everyone says they love. But do they? Why are there so few cosmic horror video games? What even IS cosmic horror? Why are we drawn to it... what IF we kissed under the big eye in the sky? I dunno... but what if?
 
Episode Music by ViDEOGOMEZ @videogomez 
The track is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMbili2tqDk
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72: Recontextualisation

You ever got to the end of something, only for the way you think about it and feel about it to completely flippity floppity all over your eggs and bacon!? You ever peeped through the view finder or some other somewhat different point of view than your own and realized you're a giant baby in a big world of larger babies? You ever? WELL!?
That's what we're up to this week on the pod! That's right, we're using all the letters on the scrabble board with the topic this week... We're covering: Recontextualisation
 
Episode Music by ViDEOGOMEZ @videogomez 
The track is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMbili2tqDk
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71: Game Club Spotlight: Tiny Kin

The raw potential of a video game can be measured, science like, beaker-ishly, and with great accuracy simply by reading the title. TINY KIN. 
The battle ground of ideas that rises from the depths of our minds as such a title is uttered can only be tempered in the cool waters of the term "cozy", which we have discussed at (not at all) great lengths in previous episodes.
Tiny Kin leaps haphazardly, shoelessly, wordlessly, and maybe even stupidly into the ocean of experiences and media encapsulated summoned by it's mere title. It fights against the waves in that ocean, and whether it sinks or swims is exactly what we discuss on this very podcast. Enjoy 
 
Episode Music by ViDEOGOMEZ @videogomez 
The track is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMbili2tqDk
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70: The (Sort Of) History Of Twitch

The streaming platform that seems to take as much as it gives. Twitch dot com
It feels like it's been around forever, but has it? What happened before Twitch...? What wild and weird events may have transpired that led to the world and the internet at large being ready for such a thing. Well, that's what this eppy is all about. 
 
Video used as research and heavily quoted during the podcast is
https://youtu.be/_pdpRq17oa4?si=0W6hIJqNq4wiL2N1
 
Check out Darian's streams over at https://www.twitch.tv/borlap
Read the latest Borlap review at https://www.borlap.net/
 
Episode Music by ViDEOGOMEZ @videogomez 
The track is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMbili2tqDk
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Thanks to John Coogan and his video "Twitch's Weird History"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pdpRq17oa4

69: Interactive Fiction feat. Monday Sandwich

A VERY special episode. We have a wonderful guest (and the audio isn't cooked). This time we have the very talented, very wonderful Monday Sandwich joining us to talk about Interactive Fiction. 
Little known fact, Monday is my oldest friend!! Been good pals for going on what... nearly 20 years. Mind bending. 
This info is cursed, and has crippled me into puddle of slush. 
 
 
You can find their work over at https://mondaysandwich.itch.io/vespertines ! 
Episode Music by ViDEOGOMEZ @videogomez 
The track is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMbili2tqDk
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