This is it. This is goodbye to ICB, and hello to Infinite Cities. We're officially dropping the Blaseball, and moving on to our future of "good games, and better friends." It's bittersweet, wrapping up everything we've been doing these past thr

How Do I Explain That Something Very Important To Me Has Ended?

Jun 16th, 2023 34m 49s

Blaseball will not be returning. In a lot of ways, this isn't different than a month ago - we didn't have Blaseball then, and we still don't have Blaseball now. Our last regular season episode was thirty-nine. But in more meaningful ways, the w

ICB Plays Tears of the Kingdom - Why Wasn't This Game More Gay?

Jun 7th, 2023 2h 14m

Despite everything that's gotten in the way for the past few weeks, Will, Karp, and Gary have been devoting their time to being the Hero of Hyrule. in this episode: will has played the least of us, our formative zelda years, rediscovering 3D

ICB Plays Disco Elysium (Part 2): Can We Talk About The Hole?

May 31st, 2023 2h 41m

Disco Elysium is somehow (still) so much more than we could have anticipated, but we're finally wrapping up our conversation from last week with the endgame! Feather's still doing too many drugs, Gary has thoughts about the hole, Will's complai

ICB Plays Disco Elysium (Part 1): Are We All Sorry Cops?

May 24th, 2023 1h 46m

Wow, Disco Elysium is a lot. It feels a bit late to be getting to this game, but we're finally in the dark (metaphorically and physically), dank (same) city of Revachol! Gary found books to read, Feather's trying to solve being sad through chem

Isn't Kool-Aid Man A Villain?

May 17th, 2023 1h 46m

Taco D3 Mayo might be behind us, but it still looms large in our heads - and T4co De Mayo is just around the corner! To settle our minds, friend of the show Deejay burst into our podcast and sat us down for an interview. How did TDM go? Who was

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Join us for the third annual Taco De Mayo!

May 5th, 2023 14m 33s

This Friday, May 5th (actually Cinco De Mayo this time!) we're kicking off our annual 24-hour charity marathon livestream extravaganza! If you like ICB, or if you hate ICB and enjoy seeing us suffer, tune in from 3:30 pm Pacific, May 5, through

What Do We Even Have Left?

May 3rd, 2023 2h 5m

This week, we're continuing our playthough of One and Ninety-Eight! The Erie Sunfish continue to struggle to find a foothold in the Major Leagues, despite everyone's best efforts to improve themselves. our characters: Double-O Forever: Hot

ICB Plays Titanfall 2: Is BT A Gundam?

Apr 26th, 2023 1h 23m

Titanfall 2 might not have a lot to say, but we certainly do! From our favorite titans (Scorch is da best, ignore the rest of those losers on this show) to a confused rundown of the plot, we had such a good time talking about a good time that m

What Do You Hope For?

Apr 19th, 2023 1h 53m

Another week has come and gone and we are still without blaseball to discuss, so we're playing another ttrpg! Feather has been designing games for a while now, and this is our first time playing the first game she'd published, One and Ninety-Ei

ICB Plays Night in the Woods: Am I Too Old For Coming of Age Stories?

Apr 12th, 2023 2h 14m

Night in the Woods is a dense game, with a lot to say. It should be no surprise that we have a ton to say about it also! In this monster episode we try to come to terms with possibly the most literary work we've played thus far - so literary, i

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ICB plays Pedro Pascal: Where Will You Be In Five Years?

Apr 11th, 2023 1h 22m

Feather and I are just vibing tonight so, congrats. in this episode: nonsense, pedro pascal, idle games, layoffs, transitioning, coming out, other stuff ~shoutouts zone~ Pedro Pascal's Triangle of Prestige Nic Cage Filmography ~~~ Our

How Much Does It Cost For A Big Bucket?

Apr 5th, 2023 1h 25m

We're really struggling to come up with content during the non-video game book club weeks, but that's not gonna stop us! This week, we're talking about our ideas for a Blaseball LARP! What's this game look like? How do we play it? Does wearing

ICB Plays A Short Hike: Did You Do The Boat Race?

Mar 29th, 2023 1h 50m

Last Video Game Book Club pick was way, way too long to play in a week (Gary is still playing CrossCode!) so this week we've picked something shorter: titularly shorter, in fact. A Short Hike is a tiny, perfectly cut gem of a game, and we're to

How Good Is Your Team at Tacos?

Mar 22nd, 2023 1h 17m

There's been plenty of team rankings running around, but as a crew of mostly-tacos, we needed to settle everyone's relative standings on the most important of axes: if your team was a taco, how good would it be? The answer is this good: https:/

ICB Plays CrossCode: Are Sidecords Just Guilds?

Mar 15th, 2023 1h 28m

For our second entry in our Video Game Book Club, we played CrossCode, a wonderful love letter to they heyday of MMORPGs! And what better way to pay our own homage to this era than by trying to play a 40 hour game in two weeks? Maybe this was a

What If Blaseball Was Just A Set of Patch Notes We Talked About On A Podcast?

Mar 8th, 2023 1h 19m

blaseball is sleepy and so is icb, but don't worry, we'll never stop podcasting. we dont know how! in this episode: we're not doing blaseball this week, ping role, the most sickos shitposters of the taco stand, the definitely real one hundre

Are We Doing Blaseball Today?

Mar 7th, 2023 1m 30s

The siesta is still ongoing, and frankly ICB isn't sure what we have to talk about. Video Game Book Club will continue next week with CrossCode. in this episode: blaseball? ~shoutouts zone~ Blaseball CrossCode Our theme music comes from the w

ICB Plays Rain World: If A Slugcat Plummets To Its Death For Eternity Is It Art?

Mar 1st, 2023 1h 31m

The first game in our "Video Game Book Club" is here! We get the crew together to play Rain World: an atmospheric survival exploration platformer, first released in 2017. Is it painfully beautiful, or beautifully painful? Or just pain? We weren

Is Shrek 2 Better Than Shrek 1?

Feb 22nd, 2023 1h 22m

Blaseball is back, but it's Shrek themed again? Didn't we do this already? Can we like, stop doing this? (Actually no, please keep being weird Blaseball, we love you) in this episode: hero characters return, dvd extras, we need to talk about

Isn't Armored Core Also On Siesta?

Feb 15th, 2023 1h 21m

ICB has come down bad with a case of giant robot fever! But honestly, now's a pretty good time to be obsessed with anything besides Blaseball. It all comes down to the question - what are we going to do in yet another siesta? In this episode: B

We're All Just Holding Hands

Feb 8th, 2023 1h 57m

you're still here? really? after all this time? what's wrong with you? go home. enjoy blaseball. tell the other podcasts how much better than us they are. we'll still be the longest running blaseball pod whether you listen or not (affectionate

How's The Weather?

Feb 1st, 2023 1h 29m

we're back, and a shitty wizard has fucked up our nonsense, and now we've got 4 whole solar eclipses to deal with. do we know what this means? no. do we know what to do about it? also no. but we're here to complain anyway. and also beg y'all to

How Many Pokemon Have You Wasted Listening to ICB?

Jan 25th, 2023 1h 11m

The first off-season of the Coronation Era is behind us, and we find ourselves in a strange limbo. The book: tantalizing, but mostly useless. We've analyzed mysterious press releases before, but not like this! Join us as we get distracted from

What If You Went Back In Time And Gave A Medieval Podcast One Hot Cheeto?

Jan 18th, 2023 1h 20m

we're back! blaseball is back! elections are back! it's back! ahhhhhh!!! in this episode: blaseball's back babyyy, rule 5 violations, bring on the umps, blaseball avatar, knight shifts, escher's western, the shoe thieves heel arc, the return