We're back closing it out with chapter 5 of Life is Strange True Colors! This was recorded right after episode 4 so we just get right into it! Talking points include: Choice propaganda, Life is Strange power rankings, and the strongest opening

Ep. 136 - Life is Strange True Colors: Chapter 4

Oct 29th, 2021 45m 50s

We're back chatting about chapter 4 of Life is Strange True Colors! This is our shortest episode yet because chapter 5 took us like 2 hours so we didn't want to combine them! Talking points include: Giving stolen evidence to cops, lackluster ro

Ep. 135 - Life is Strange True Colors: Chapter 3

Oct 15th, 2021 1h 24m

We're back chatting about chapter 3 of Life is Strange True Colors! Talking points include: LARPing, importance of emotions, a kid who understands my desire to have nothing focused on me, flirty flirts, and some witchy facts. Check in with us n

Ep. 135 - Life is Strange True Colors: Chapter 2

Oct 13th, 2021 1h 23m

We're back chatting about chapter 2 of Life is Strange True Colors! This episode was recorded immediately after we recorded episode 1 so it has an energy. Talking points include playing Foosball, great NPC reactions, the literally funniest stor

Ep. 134 - Life is Strange True Colors: Chapter 1

Oct 1st, 2021 1h 15m

Right on time for our 5-year anniversary we're back with another deep dive into Life is Strange! This time we're looking at the first chapter of True Colors, the new entry to Deck Nine. Join us as we rapidly remember we have so much to say abou

Ep. 133 - Twelve Minutes

Sep 10th, 2021 1h 10m

Hey everyone! After a long break we're happy to be back with Twelve Minutes! A star studded cast with fascinating time loop mechanics wrapped around a murder mystery. Come listen to our break down and thoughts of the story, polarizing ending, a

Ep. 132 - Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139: Part 2

Jul 15th, 2021 1h 36m

This week we're discussing the second half of Nier Replicant, we're joined by our special guests Josh and The Unstumpable Michael to see how ending A wraps up. If you want to catch up on the story we're breaking it down into chunks and discuss

Ep.131 - Heaven Will Be Mine

Jun 20th, 2021 1h 27m

This week we played Heaven Will Be Mine, a visual novel about three female mech pilots tearing through space, battling, flirting, making out, and fighting for what they believe in. The game contains Poetic and dense writing about themes surroun

Ep. 130 - No Controller Necessary: Old Games

Jun 2nd, 2021 1h 11m

Take your hands right off that controller and join us this week as we dive on in to talk about some older games we've been playing both on stream and off. Talking points include: Game design updates, streaming older games for the first time, th

Ep. 129 - Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139: Part 1

May 21st, 2021 2h

The remaster of Nier Replicant is here and boy we really picked apart this first act! We're joined by our special guests Josh and The Unstumpable Michael to see what's really going on in this one. If you want to catch up on the story we're bre

Ep. 128 - Emily is Away

Apr 23rd, 2021 1h 18m

Heyyy it's Alex and Duncan =]. We recorded another AWESOME episode of TFP1!!! This week we talked about Kyle Seeley's Emily is Away

Ep. 127 - Maquette

Apr 9th, 2021 1h 8m

This week we finally talk about a game that Alex has had his eyes on for a while now, Maquette. We also take some time to say farewell to season 6(?) as Plant Facts from Michael goes on hiatus for a bit and a new season closer starts taking sha

Ep. 126 - No Controller Necessary: Games of our Lives (right now)

Mar 26th, 2021 1h 37m

This week we just took it easy! Hey can you blame us? We work so incredibly hard. This episode we discussed some games we've been playing that don't really need a full spot on the podcast. Alex also brings an interesting topic to the table ab

Ep. 125 - Echo

Mar 5th, 2021 1h 16m

We're back this week and delving deep into the sci-fi stealth action in Echo by Ultra Ultra, a game we both desperately wanted to love. Talking points include: Limited story context, great ideas vs execution, and like 15 minutes on Detective Pi

Ep. 124 DANGANRONPA: TRIGGER HAPPY HAVOC

Feb 19th, 2021 1h 30m

From stream to Podcast we're talking all things DANGANRONPA V1! We wanted to take some time to finalize our thoughts on this game and put it out to our podcast folks. Talking points include: predictions, additive fun through riffing with a fri

Ep. 123 - Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice ft. "Nick"

Feb 5th, 2021 1h 21m

Shadows may only die twice, but Nick joins our podcast thrice to discuss Fromsoft's latest title Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. This time featuring an actual story and characters to discuss! Alex and Nick talk about: Using background worldbuildling

Ep. 122 - Dark Souls 1& 3 Still ft. "Nick"

Feb 1st, 2021 1h 18m

This week Duncan calls in sick so Alex and Nick pick up the mantle by continue talking at length about Fromsoft games, this time covering Dark Souls 1 and 3. Talking points include: player impact on the world, a great deal of slander on the gar

Ep. 121 Bloodborne Again ft. "Nick"

Jan 14th, 2021 1h 47m

Woah! It's 2021 and to kick that off we have started the month of Fromsoft! Starting off with the Gothic hack n' cry hit Bloodborne. We're joined by Alex's brother Nick who will be a regular for the month of From. Check it out to hear our opi

Ep. 120 - The 2020 Episode (ft. Playstation2 Carey)

Dec 27th, 2020 1h 22m

This episode we started off with a game show about Metacritic scores. We also went into what games we enjoyed this 2020 and how we play games now up against other years. Come listen in and play along at home! Twitter: https://twitter.com/thoug

Ep. 119 - THE HEX - A Thanks Gaming Special

Nov 28th, 2020 1h 14m

This week we took a look at The Hex, a fourth wall breaking game where you help five game characters from separate franchises solve a murder! (There's a bit more too it). We also took some time for Games Giving to be thankful for some of the g

Ep. 118 - Divinity Original Sin 2

Nov 13th, 2020 1h 46m

We've got a slightly different episode for you this time around. Duncan is out, so resident plant fact expert Michael is taking up the reins to talk at length with Alex about Divinity Original Sin 2, a game they played over 400 combined co-op h

Ep. 117 Fran Bow

Oct 31st, 2020 1h 57m

Join us for another of our "world famous" Halloween episodes as we discuss Fran Bow, the 2015 adventure game by KillMonday Games. Talking points include: Skeletons with top hats, childhood traumas, standard horror tropes, and wild guesses at wh

Ep. 116 Hades

Oct 16th, 2020 1h 23m

This week we talked about the latest and greatest from Super Giant Games. Hades is a unique take on both rogue-likes and Greek mythology that swept us away with it's massive array of well voice acted dialogue snappy fun action, and so much cha

Ep. 115 Tell Me Why: Chapter 3 - Inheritance

Oct 2nd, 2020 1h 44m

This week we dive back in for the final chapter of the Tell Me Why trilogy by DONTNOD. Talking points include: poorly timed achievement popups, gamifying emotional distress, a lot of impressions of Sam, realistic drinking animations, and not wh

Ep. 114 Tell Me Why: Chapter 2 - Family Secrets

Sep 24th, 2020 1h 33m

This week we get into part two of DONTNOD's new title Tell Me Why. Talking points include: distribution of content, killer openings, unhelpful memories, unbearably tense document scenes, and Call of Duty Stuffed Men! This episode had some inte