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Aug 27
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From Batter to Brickman (feat. VOID/BREA...

Stephen Hilger + Brendon Bigley
About this episode

The Batter may be mean and the Brickman may be scary. But Silksong is coming out. And video games...are still good.

"Why Silksong Took Seven Years to Make" by Jason Schreier
Memoria's great video about day-old steam games
"Hollow Knight Is One Of The Best Games You'll Play This Year" by Joshua Rivera
"As the Trails series' ending is in sight, Nihon Falcom prepares to tackle the impossible" by James Galizio
Dunkey's UFO 50 experience

Discussed:  Reading under trees, Silksong announced, the issue of game discoverability, Trails in the Sky FC Demo, what makes Trails and its development special, breaking news regarding Demonschool, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, VOID/BREAKER, Raccoin, Kill the Brickman, Off, the 2000’s era of indie games, Road Trip to the End of the World, and Spawn


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Timecodes:

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (03:28) - Hollow Knight: Silksong | Extremely surreal to be typing this chapter
  • (36:49) - Break
  • (37:32) - Demonschool | BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!!!
  • (40:03) - Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound | A game from 2025?
  • (53:38) - Break
  • (53:40) - Tidings from Lizzy to Joe!
  • (54:22) - Tidings from Ian to Will!
  • (55:13) - THREE roguelikes
  • (55:20) - VOID/BREAKER | Haha yeah baby yeah hell yeah
  • (01:16:38) - Raccoin | Coin pushing roguelike
  • (01:22:17) - Kill the Brickman | Poncle shadowdrop
  • (01:29:03) - Break
  • (01:29:05) - OFF Remake | How's it goin?
  • (01:49:28) - Break
  • (01:49:31) - Roadtrip to the End of the World | HOLD ME NOOOW
  • (01:57:38) - Wrapping up
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