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Apr 2022
52m 46s

314: Vampire Survivors

The Short Game
About this episode

Raygan and Nate are a little late to the party with this chat about the virally popular casual bullet hell Vampire Survivors. Plus a lengthy digression about popcorn!

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Your hosts this week were:

  • (00:00) - Vampire Survivors
  • (11:13) - A lengthy digression about popcorn
  • (16:14) - Back to Vampire Survivors
  • (40:40) - What's Making Us Happy This Week?
  • (40:43) - Nate - Palm Springs
  • (44:06) - Raygan - Kirby and the Forgotten Land
  • (51:35) - Outro
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