1Upsmanship

Michael and Adam talk with Charlie Cleveland, Founder and Director of Unknown Worlds and Director of Subnautica. You can catch up on our analysis of Subnautica here, or just dive in and get to know the game through the eyes and gills of the man who created it!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1Ups superpal Vanessa Gritton returns to help Adam and Michael tackle one of the biggest gaming franchises in history. You know, the one that's all the other gaming franchises smashing against one another for your humiliation and/or amusement, depending on your skill level. Jiggly puff puff pass, my Incineroars! Snake's about to get Solid up in this Kirby!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Indie game enthusiast Maggie Mae Fish joins the hosts to explore the underwater game Subnautica. They discuss strategies, exploring and gathering resources, score and sound design, comparing to No Man's Sky, building bases, choices in the game, and the potential impact of Subnautica. They also mention podcast advertisements and personal insight for success.

Molto bene! Mike and Adam discuss taking up the role of Desmond Miles, then Ezio Auditore, then forgetting about Desmond Miles because Ezio can climb and jump and stuff. It's Assassin's Creed 2. Arguably the most foundational of the AC games, and a good one to fight over regardless.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are giants about, and it's our job to kill them, for some mysterious reason. Join Adam and Michael as they dissect a cult classic full of emptiness and ennui. Zout Alours!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trigger warning: the word "crotch" is said about 38 minutes in. Also, OH SHIT ZOMBIES!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Adam and Michael continue their survival/horror binge with a tour of Raccoon City's Police Station that's also a museum, orphanage, crypt and government lab for some reason. Imbibe the herb of your choice and join us!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 1Upsmanship boys Adam and Michael tackle indie meditation on death and fate Edith Finch, talk predetermination versus free will and how to handle grim topics in storytelling.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In space...no one can hear you cut the limbs off of an alien zombie cultist. Tom Reimann of Gamefully Unemployed joins Adam and Mike to break down the initial installment of sci-fi/zombie/survival/horror game Dead Space.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Facility. Slappers only. No Oddjob. If these words mean anything to you, it's time to buckle in for a Goldeneye dive so deep we may as well have leapt from the top of a Russian dam. Featuring the glorious return of the n00b himself, Mr. Gregory Burke.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.