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Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about qomp, the most recent No Man’s Sky update, and we ask you to invent game-themed drinks. The Grind: David: No Man’s Sky. Ben: qomp. Bioshock Infinite. Dennis: Valheim. VR Boxing. Beatsaber. Kole: Demon’s Souls Remaster. Pathologic. The Multiplayer: Invent a game-themed drink! The End Boss: Gord looks like a fun survival city builder. Nintendo hits porn artist with DMCA over Bowser’s junk. Luwdwig Ahgren breaks Twitch subscriber record. Daybreak is a board game about global warming, by the creator of Pandemic.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about Magic: The Gathering Arena, Hades, and we ask you which game villain lair you would most want to live in. The Grind: Jala: The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay. The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena. Ben: Loop Hero. Magic: The Gathering Arena Cube Draft. Dennis: Valheim. Hades. Kole: Pathologic Classic HD. The Multiplayer: What game villain lair would you most want to live in? The End Boss: Researchers develop games that make people hear sounds that aren’t there. The House in Fata Morgana gets Switch release… now! Trials of Fire is a deck building X-COM-like. Space Jam website sidelined.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Outriders, Pummel Party, and we ask you to pitch game characters pitching things. The Grind: Ben: Loop Hero. What the Golf? Carto. Infra. Pummel Party. David: Outriders. d20 Modern tabletop gaming. Dennis: Enter the Survival Horror. Hollow Knight. Hades. The Multiplayer: Pitch game characters pitching things. The End Boss: “Largest cheating ring” busted in China. Sony confirms PSN Store closure for legacy systems., Rocket League Season 4 details announced.

Jala and Kole continue their informal visual novel discussion series with a classic in the genre. The format of this episode mirrors a WOFF! episode, as we talk about the generalities of mechanics first, and then get into spoiler territory. Phoenix Wright is an upstart attorney who always believes in his clients, no matter what. This first entry in the series establishes a lot of conventions for how to mix visual novel story presentation with adventure game puzzles, and we couldn't have a series like Danganronpa without it.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Loop Hero, Magic: Legends, and we do a Free Play Multiplayer. The Grind: Kole: Lost in Vivo. Stardew Valley. Ben: Dyson Sphere Program. Loop Hero. David: Loop Hero. Monster Hunter: Movies. Dennis: Horizon: Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds. Magic: Legends. Multiplayer: FREE PLAY The End Boss: XCOM history book funded. Rumor: Sony to close down PS3, PSP, and PS Vita digital stores. Someone made a Pokemon game in a font. Microsoft rumored to buy Discord.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Valheim, Gnosia, and we ask you about easy games that are still fun. The Grind: David: The Forest. SUPERHOT: Mind Control Delete. Remnant: From the Ashes. Kole: Stardew Valley. Gnosia. Ben: Among Us mods. Dyson Sphere Project. Dennis: Valheim. Trackmania. The Multiplayer: What games are easy and fun? The End Boss: The original XCOM was almost canceled. More drama in the Sinking City saga. They’re making a live action Dynasty Warriors movie.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about Perception, Among Us mods, and we ask you to pitch some video game restaurants. The Grind: Jala: Pokemon Sword. Perception. Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay. Dennis: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Satisfactory. Trackmania. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Ben: Valheim. Super Mario 3D World: Bowser’s Fury. Astroneer. Among Us… With Mods. Kole: Stardew Valley. Multiplayer: Pitch a video game themed restaurant! The End Boss: Pokemon Diamond and Pearl are getting remakes for the Switch. Pokemon Legends: Arceus is coming out in 2022. We might get a Rule of Rose Epic buys Fall Guys dev.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Bowser’s Fury, FUSER, and we ask you to pitch some game mashups. The Grind: Dennis: Doom (2016). Concrete Genie. Paper Mario: The Origami King. David: The Forest. Vigil: The Longest Night. Ben: Dyson Sphere Project. Chess. Super Mario 3D World / Bowser’s Fury. Kole: The Shore. FUSER. Multiplayer: Game mashups! The End Boss: Sony renews Play At Home program with free Ratchet and Clank. Stardew Valley has a board game now. Dark Souls: Nightfall is a fan-made sequel to the original game. Playing games is positive correlated with wellbeing.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Dyson Sphere Program, Concrete Genie, and we ask you what microtransactions you feel good about. The Grind: Kole: Hitman 3. The Nameless Game. Dennis: Concrete Genie. Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds. Ben: Dyson Sphere Program. David: NOTHING. The Multiplayer: What microtransactions do you feel good about buying? The End Boss: Wizards create “restored” versions of Super Mario World music. HyperRogue is a non-Euclidean roguelike. Rust gets “softcore” server options. Gaming world rocked as Stadia version of Terraria is canceled.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Ori and the Will of the Wisp, Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds, and we ask you which games you like the idea of, but don’t like actually playing. The Grind: David: Fallout 76: Wastelanders. Kole: Saw: The Video Game. Ben: Satisfactory. Ori and the Will of the Wisp. Dennis: Trackmania 2020. Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds. The Multiplayer: What game do you like the idea of more than you like the game itself? The End Boss: We have an official height on the tall lady. Ninja Theory cancels Bleeding Edge. Paimon has a TikTok. Mass Effect remastered trilogy gets release date in May.