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Apr 2024
2h 17m

Episode 309 - Pepper Grinder, Alpha Prot...

Brian Barnett
About this episode

In this episode, Brian, Kris, and Lucas are joined by Thomas Wilde to discuss Pepper Grinder, Balatro, Harold Halibut, and a lot more.

TOPICS & TIMESTAMPS:

  • Pepper Grinder - 1:10 |
  • Controller for Lucas PB Tales - Crush - 17:25 |
  • Harold Halibut - 19:00 |
  • 3, 2, 1, Let's Jam - 28:00 |
  • Balatro - 29:00 |
  • Stellar Blade - 31:30 |
  • Asgard's Wrath II - 45:05 |
  • Lies Beneath - 55:35 |
  • Wintermoore Tactics Club - 1:01:50 |
  • Alpha Protocol - 1:17:00 |
  • Thomas' Indie Game Corner - 1:49:05 |
  • Inkbound - 1:59:35 |

POTENTIAL EPISODE TITLES (EACH "+" IS A HOST VOTE):

  • He's Got A Big Pink Head & He Drills Down |
  • What Flavor Of Crack Would You Like? |
  • I'm Worried It Will Become Financially Beneficial For Me To Get Back Into World Of Warcraft |
  • No, We're Not Gonna Tip Mike Ybarra |
  • Wallace & Grimpet |
  • Cheese, Grommet! |
  • Unfortunately, No One Can Be Told What The Music Is… You Have To See It For Yourself |
  • Friendship Ended With Granblue, Balatro Is My New Best Friend |
  • +Straw Monolith |
  • When We Speak, It's With 1,000 Mouths. When We Play Games, It's With 2,000 Hands |
  • Criticized Based On The Juiciness Of Its Rump |
  • +I Hope One Day Our Children's Games Will Be Judged Not By The Thiccness Of Their Buttcheeks, But The Thiccness Of Their Character |
  • +Brian, It's Me From The Future! In 20 Years, You'll Need A Copy Of Magna Carta To Solve A Debate About Korean Ass Cheeks! |
  • +You Must Gather Your Sandwich Before Venturing Forth |
  • Measuring The Iced Cream |
  • One Degree Of Separation From George W. Bush & Two From Mike Pence |
  • Really Jonesing For ChuChu Rocket! |
  • It Was A Thousand Years If It Was A Day |
  • +Inventing Booty Shorts In 1790 |
  • Assbucket In A Robe |
  • +Succubus Fuck: My Chillwave Scissor Sisters Cover Band |
  • +I Hadn't Thought Of Yeoman Chambers As A Sex Vending Machine Before Now |
  • +Please Put $50 In Quarters Into Your Personal Assistant |
  • The Outside Was Still Raw, But The Inside Was Burnt |
  • Alpha Protocol Was Made By Kay's Kitchen |
  • +My Favorite Part Of Alien Was When The Xenomorph Spent 5 Minutes Humping A Wall |
  • That Wall Had A Family (And Had Even More Afterwards) |
  • YouTubers Who Wouldn't Know A Thing About Critical Theory If It Bit Them On The Taint |
  • With $50 From Me He Can Buy Himself A Fighter Jet |
  • I Think We All Know How Thoroughly Weaponized The Australian Public Is |
  • +Lucas White's Twisted Metal Hot Dog Cart |
  • +Hot Dog Water Oil Slick |
  • Going Out Trying To Save A Book, Pagemaster Style |
  • Can You Date The Inkblot? |
  • +What If You Tried TALKING To The Cyberdemon? |
  • 'Only Show Adult Balatro Mods' |
  • I Was Really Hoping For Fuckable Cards |
  • I've Just Realized How Easy It Is To Get Him To Fuck Up His Search History, And That's More Power Than I Deserve |
  • We Need To Rule 34 This Card Game
  • The Internet Failed You, But It Did It In Defense Of Me (Which I'll Allow) |
  • Balatro Nude Mods |
  • Thoughts And Themes And Popcorn Dreams |
  • Our Hearts Are Not Comprised Of Only Goodness, So Be Nice |
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