Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the Far Cry 5 announcement, Hollow Knight, and we ask you if you buy Early Access games.
Live from the Midwest Gaming Classic, Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about Nintendo's little-loved Pilotwings series.
Afterwards, we talk about our experience at the convention.
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2017-05-25 14:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Warner Bros. signed R.E.M. at the height of their popularity as an alternative rock band. Imagine their surprise when the R.E.M. they got sounded nothing like the R.E.M. that released Document just a couple of years earlier. Peter, Mike, Michael, and Bill had decided to swap ins...
2017-05-24 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
(In a full grown man's voice) Daddy, daddy, bring me a boy.
2017-05-24 14:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Kris and Kole talk about the wrong kind of seasonal affective disorder, body farms, and architecture.
ALSO: Whatever it takes. Spring weirdness. Take that, stepdad. Deer shouldn’t eat that. The black dog of depression. Fuck this van, fuck this table. Architecting your life.
2017-05-23 14:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This entry hits the Tark mark.
2017-05-22 17:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Don't leave your music on shuffle during sex if the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers theme song is in your library.
2017-05-22 16:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Let It Die.
2017-05-21 05:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Ok, folks, this is where the episode order gets weird. This week we're covering two episodes: No Mutant Is An Island and Obsession. "But Jeremy! But Gary! No Mutant Is An Island is on the fifth DVD! Why are you covering it now?!" you ask. I hear you friend, but these were intended to be next, but...
2017-05-20 13:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This one goes out to the little guys.
2017-05-19 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about putting your Sonic OCs (do not steal) into games, a smattering of old games, and we ask you what game you spent the most time customizing.
Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Crimson Shroud.
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2017-05-18 14:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Let's ruminate about ruminants.
2017-05-17 14:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Let's Go to, sigh, Daily Motion for some bouncy weirdos, courtesy of Liam McCann! Let's get literal!
2017-05-17 14:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
A brief period of calm gives way to action, insanity, and direction.
This week, I'm joined by Autumn Greer and Evan Jones Thorne to talk about the first chapter of The Waste Lands. After a whole book of sickness and struggles, Roland, Eddie, and Susannah have had a chance to recupe...
2017-05-16 14:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostThings are heating up (at least in the northern hemisphere) and it's time for you to hurt us some more. This poll will determine which game we cover in next month's premium Abject Suffering episode.
The deadline is Friday, May 19 at 11:59 P.M. Eastern time
As usual, here are some videos of t...
2017-05-15 19:48:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm led to believe that an outfit called the "Blood Hound Gang" has conceived of a theorem for determining the behavior of two mammalian entities.
2017-05-15 14:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The League of Extraordinary Hams has united. Will Alan Rickman, Dennis Hopper, and Tim Curry make it across the country to see Robin Williams with their friendship intact?
2017-05-15 14:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Brad Gallaway do a whistle stop tour of Let It Die.
This is the first of a pair of episodes that will take a cursory look at some notable Big Deal Soulslikes. We extend a huge thanks to Brad for letting us borrow some of his expertise.
Links: 2017-05-14 14:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Nick and Brayton check out Ring Runner and Solitarica! Join us all in welcoming brand new host Brayton Cameron! Hooray!
2017-05-13 17:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We finish out lycanthrope fortnight with the big kahuna himself.
2017-05-12 14:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Kole, Ben, David, and Jala talk about the Deadly Premonition card game, Foul Play, and we ask what game you spent the most money on.
Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross chance upon Crimson Shroud.
Yasumi Matsuno is responsible for some amazing games, Final Fantasy Tactics chief among them. One of his lesser-known projects is Crimson Shroud, a JRPG released for the 3DS as a part of a collection of smaller games. While it's soa...
2017-05-11 14:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Kole almost falls into a trap of being super predictable. Then he falls into it.
2017-05-10 14:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Their first platinum record. Their first top ten single. Their first kinda bad album?
It was 1987 and R.E.M. was staring down their last album with IRS. Continuing the trend from Lifes Rich Pageant, they wanted it to be loud and political. That may have been the right move commercially, but...
2017-05-10 14:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Kris and Kole talk about branding, inebriation, and Steven Seagal.
Good talk. The Brands Bracket. The trip. Spot the Drake. Alcohol and painkillers. Bombay Sapphire recall. Extract the truth. Cyrus. The Frork. The Russia-Seagall Connection.
2017-05-09 20:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' bustin' b...
2017-05-08 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Whoever wrote this has some strange ideas about women and race.
2017-05-08 14:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to the Ringed City DLC, and discuss the future of Bonfireside Chat.
2017-05-08 00:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Gary and Jeremy pick up right where they left off: with Banshee screaming into a mic and disrupting their entire audio production. No, wait. They're in the middle of the Phoenix Saga! They finish it off with episodes 6 and 7, including a bunch of Gambit jokes (natch, chere) and some serious off t...
2017-05-06 13:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post