This week Caleb searches for an image of a gator staring down a cop car, and we all take a look at how the good people of our respective hometowns have adjusted (or not adjusted) to daily life in a pandemic. Also, China and India might have don

Uncharted, But With a Rat

Jun 12th, 2020 1h 58m

Episode 53: We crank out a jam-packed episode as we move deep into the cool zone - Caleb is out protesting and joins us at the halfway mark. Before that we reflect on rapid changes, from cancelling cops to cancelling COPS, and the cool and good

A Completely New Game

Jun 4th, 2020 1h 41m

Episode 52:Patch Notes 20.6.1Changes to survival mode "Martial Law"Peaceful citizens now considered enemiesRemoved the NPC label “press” that protected media, andReverted a change from update 1.1 protecting the freedom of speechAdd

A Real Bummer of an Episode

May 29th, 2020 1h 4m

Episode 51: If you scream on a roller coaster, do your germs just shoot backwards to whoever's behind you? Did elderly man and inexplicable presidential candidate Joe Biden fart on camera, and does that mean he's not racist? And where in Middle

It's All About The Masks

May 22nd, 2020 1h 14m

Episode 50: Cloth masks, animatronic rat masks, Bionicle masks, it's mask shit only this week. You ever just post a video of yourself getting owned for not wearing a mask? We love this, and hope to see more videos like the Costco one because se

The Dumb Guys

May 15th, 2020 1h 57m

Episode 49: We define the word apotheosis to tell you about a real gamer moment, a true series of events that couldn't have written better by any accomplished author, something so mindbogglingly stupid we had to dedicate our entire Patch Notes

Archive: Race in The Elder Scrolls / Climate Change

May 8th, 2020 1h 50m

Episode 48: No new episode this week as we have become inundated with tasks, but for your listening enjoyment we have retrieved some classic Hitpoint Pals conversations for you. A rebroadcast of our conversation on Race in The Elder Scrolls fro

Memento Mori

May 1st, 2020 1h 30m

Episode 47: We reflect on owning a small business tyrant so hard he deleted his account, and that one time the state of Hawaii was told they were about to be nuked off the face of the planet. Cam reminds us how much the government hates poor pe

The Mayor of New Vegas

Apr 24th, 2020 1h 3m

Episode 46: Deranged folks gather in the streets, spreading disease and screaming about how their state governors are nazis. We examine these developments in our respective cities, from Eastern Washington and Portland, to Las Vegas, where the m

The Empire of Long Chile

Apr 17th, 2020 1h 21m

Episode 45: Somebody used After Effects to animate a fancy timeline for Donald Trump's weird Prezi-like video, a Balkanized United States conjures visions of the Long Chilean Empire, and who the fuck knows how to feel about November??? Travis c

Sanders Nerfed, Biden Buffed

Apr 10th, 2020 1h 10m

Episode 44: A balance change in the Democratic Primaries sees the number of presidential candidates reduced from two to one, with Biden now positioned as the nominee. This brings us to a conversation about a lack of distinction between the DNC

Gamestop Bags Now Equipable Gloves

Apr 3rd, 2020 1h 20m

Episode 43: With the GameStop curbside pickup experience, an employee who may or may not be wearing bags on their hands makes a fateful rendezvous with their customer outside the store. Joel gives us the details on his Persona 5 The Royal picku

Lore Moments: Dark Souls (Part 2)

Apr 1st, 2020 1h 56m

Many months later, we return to Lore Moments to finish what we started. In part 2 of Lore Moments: Dark Souls we travel to Anor Londo to talk about the Lordvessel and the great souls the Chosen Undead must fill it with, the fallen city of New L

Lore Moments: Dark Souls (Part 1)

Apr 1st, 2020 1h 32m

The 2011 game Dark Souls drops the player into a fantasy world on its last legs, a dying realm where the inhabitants are withering away and powerful demons run rampant. As the Chosen Undead, you're tasked with saving the world... maybe? But wha

Corporate Death Cults

Mar 27th, 2020 1h 28m

Episode 42: We look at the way corporations are somehow exploiting workers even worse during the crisis, and read company communications from a coffee chain, where employees are asked to keep working and to push "massive traffic" with a special

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Mar 20th, 2020 1h 35m

Episode 41: We brought the show back because what else are we to do while on lockdown? We introduce a new show format and a new segment called Patch Notes where we talk about how cool it is to ride a hoverboard around campus, and a long overdue

Resolutions and Intentions

Jan 4th, 2020 1h 7m

Episode 40: Join us for our season finale as we reflect on the year of podcasts we did. Will has a big announcement, and some tough questions, like, "What if you went home to encounter a four foot version of yourself?" We also share our new yea

Gamer Moment of the Decade

Dec 13th, 2019 1h 28m

Episode 39: On our penultimate episode of the year, Travis and Will have a game shoutout for AI Dungeon 2, an experimental text-based adventure that uses a database of choose your own adventure stories to respond to anything you say or do. Then

A Full Circle of Faith

Dec 6th, 2019 1h 9m

Episode 38: Life is Strange 2 spoilers from 25:25 - 37:10. We begin with a declaration from Will that he is a born again Christian and things only get less pious from there. But first Travis and Will recap their experience watching the Playstat

What it's Like to End a Two Year Long D&D Campaign

Nov 22nd, 2019 1h 11m

Episode 37: The crew speaks with members of Rebekah and Cam's D&D group on the finale of their campaign, and their takeaways from a story that lasted two years. Then we talk about a few games we've been playing, including Star Wars Jedi: Fallen

What's Your Kojima Name?

Nov 15th, 2019 1h 27m

Episode 36: Travis has been enjoying the satisfaction of positive feedback and repetitive tasks in Death Stranding, which we only discuss in vague terms since Will is eagerly awaiting the 2020 PC release, and doesn't want the game spoiled. But

Kojima and Auteur Theory

Nov 8th, 2019 1h 30m

Episode 35: The divisive auteur theory changed the way we critique films, and could go on to impact the way we talk about video games as well. There are many figures known for their collective works as video game directors and producers, but is

Half a Bear in the Road (and Other Spooky Stories)

Oct 25th, 2019 1h 38m

Episode 34: What do you do when your service corgi gets swept down a storm drain and into the creepy tunnels beneath the city? Will fills us in on that journey in the lo-fi horror game Lost in Vivo, which he enjoyed a lot. We then try to determ

Will the Next Generation of Consoles be Underwhelming?

Oct 18th, 2019 1h 25m

Episode 33: Sony's Playstation 5 is a year away, and we just... aren't very excited about it. We get into the evolution of games hardware and the shrinking gap in technology leaps between major console generations. With the PS5 expected to be

We Live in a Society

Oct 11th, 2019 1h 22m

Episode 32: Will reads us a Steam review critical solely of gameplay time, and presents us with an open-ended question. How do we value games in relation to money spent and "content" time received? And how dependent are our opinions on an econ