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Critical Role

Critical Role

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Welcome to Critical Role, home of a bunch of nerdy-ass voice actors playing tabletop roleplaying games! Enter a world of glorious imagination and improvisation with a group of the finest collaborative storytellers around. Here you’ll find our TTRPG and adjacent shows, including Critical Role, Exandria Unlimited, 4-Sided Dive, and a growing selection of one-shots.
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All the twists and turns of an episode of Critical Role in half the time! In Critical Role Abridged, the rich tapestry of a Critical Role campaign is lovingly distilled to its most pivotal, hilarious, and poignant moments in about 60-90 minutes per episode. We start with Campaign 3: Bells Hells.
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CRITICAL!

CRITICAL!

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CRITICAL! originally started as a podcast covering the history of pro wrestling video games. While wrestling games and wrestling is our bread and butter, we also cover our other interests such as video games expanding different genres and eras, movies, comic books and comic book related media, action figures and so much more!
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In this monthly podcast, Jon and Marcus discuss everything you need to know about Fantasy Critic. They breakdown the year's releases, discuss the news and predict review scores - all through a Fantasy Critic lens. Blue Sky: @hypefactor.bsky.social Intro/Outro Music by Zapsplat (www.zapsplat.com)
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DodoBorne is a comedy Daggerheart actual play podcast where four friends dive into the brand-new tabletop roleplaying game from Darrington Press. Join Kapi, Crank, and Pistachio as they navigate a rich world of mystery, magic, and malfeasance! Humor, heart, and nonsense guaranteed. Some assembly required.
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In My Perfect Console, Simon Parkin, award-winning author video game critic for The Observer invites well-known guests from the worlds of gaming, film and television, music, comedy and more to pick the five video games they would like to immortalise on a fictional games machine. They discuss those five games in chronological order of release, interspersed with biographical chat about the guest’s life and career –– a lens that often leads to new and unexpected insights. "Thoroughly modern and ...
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Welcome to Game Mechanics, where we kick the tires and run diagnostics on tabletop experiences! Hosts Logan Jenkins and Greg Leatherman talk about everything tabletop; from board games, to roleplaying games, and even some video games that evoke the tabletop experience. Greg and Logan have been playing games for decades and have designed several games themselves.
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Critical Lit

Amelia Som, Dan Dillon, Sal Tamarkin, I-Hsien Sherwood

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Critical Lit is a podcast where we revisit and retool (and lambast and lampoon) classic tabletop RPG adventures. Part book review, part heckling commentary, all in good fun. Hosted by industry veterans Dan Dillon (Legends of Avantris, formerly WotC), I-Hsien Sherwood (Total Party Thrill), Amelia Som (Unprepared Casters), and Sal Tamarkin (Cloud Curio).
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The Critics Club by Ranting Media

Ranting Media, Geoff Stevens, David Feldman, Jim Keel

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Friends come and meet once a month at the Critics Club to discuss their favorite movies, tv shows, video games and much more. Some are more right than others, but that’s half the fun. Join Jim, David and Geoff as they duke it out over their latest opinions.
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Critics Play Games

Critics Play Games

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Critics Play Games all started from the IDEA that we FILM CRITICS needed a place to talk about VIDEO GAMES. On this channel, you will have a wide panel of VIDEO GAME DISCUSSIONS in which we review, revisit, and play all sorts of games! Watch the video version at Youtube.com/CriticsPlayGames
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Critical Clix — A Heroclix Podcast

Critical Clix, Scott Cramton, Lucas Van Holland

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Welcome to Critical Clix: An Adult Podcast for the Competitive Heroclix Player, hosted by Scott “CramCompany” Cramton and PJ "The Kilted Clixman" Bolin. Critical Clix is a polished podcast that helps players break the meta every week. This show mixes Tier 1 player interviews with intense, high level, competitive Heroclix analysis and dick jokes. Strategies are not withheld, punches are not pulled, the hosts are made fun of repeatedly, and this happens every week with one goal in mind—to help ...
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Bad End

Bad End Crew

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BAD END is a videogame podcast brought to you by videogame critics and videogame makers. Each episode we talk about what we've been playing, and then dive in on a specific game, new or old.
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Respect The Crit

Respect The Crit

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An inclusive actual play, ttrpg podcast about exploring new worlds, characters, and game systems through campaign, improvised story telling. Current campaign: "Endless Equinox" in Call of Cthulhu 7th Ed. by Chaosium Inc. Whatever the system, whether it's a miss or a hit, you always gotta respect the crit!
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The Fate of Isen is a fun and loose Dungeons & Dragons actual-play podcast from Aotearoa New Zealand. Join the quest as incredibly unlikely heroes (played by kiwi comedians) fumble their way through saving the world of Isen. There are empires, gods, demons, giant kiwi, and so much more! Book 1 was DM'd by Brad Zimmerman. Book 2 is DM'd by Julz Burgisser. Join the resistance! Become a supporter on Patreon to access bonus episodes and other sweet Fate of Isen perks. Ranked as one of the top D& ...
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H.A.M. Radio Podcast

The HP Video Game Podcast Network

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The H.A.M Radio Podcast is a weekly gaming show honing in on the biggest news hosted by YouTuber & Game Critic, MrMattyPlays. Joining him is Karak of ACG who is one of YouTube's largest game reviewers and executive producer of Last Stand Media, Dustin Furman. Together, this trio reviews the latest game launches, breaks down the news, and answers listener submitted questions. To receive early access for the show, support us over at patreon.com/mrmattyplays and for advertising opportunities, p ...
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The Die As Cast

Kevin Cork, Diego Stredel, Emma Brager, Madeline Hunter Smith & Griffin Cork

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Welcome to a brand new Dungeons & Dragons 5e actual-play Podcast. Join Diego Stredel, Emma Brager, Madeline Hunter Smith and Griffin Cork as they are led through the post-apocalyptic Wasted West, found in Midgard from Kobold Press. Missing parents, kissing wizards, and hissing vampires - our cast of characters dive into DM Kevin Cork's twisted mind as he tries to pretend like one of the player characters isn't his son.
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PauseCast

Jessica Alouette & Mark Hanna

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PauseCast is a weekly show about video games, and why we play them. Join us each week, as we discuss the games we're playing, what we love, and where we go from here. Hosted by Jessica Alouette and Mark Hanna!
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Of Lore & Legend

Christian Influence

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Of Lore & Legend is the Christian Influence "actual play" D&D (Dungeons & Dragons) podcast. Eight players, one DM and an endless number of fun memories. A group of friends who have been playing together for years and absolutely love fun and meaningful stories, reunite again for a full length campaign! Listen to a clean, fun and hilarious group of Christians whose focus is pleasing God with their entertainment as they take on the world of Valhumgard as fantastical heroes.
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Critical Strike

Critical Strike

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Critical Strike is formed by Josh, Kyle and Billy who fortnightly get together and basically talk about video games or celebrate one of our favorite things, video game music.
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Films & Stuff

Ethan Hunt & Pete Mitchell

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We're Ethan and Pete, two huge entertainment buffs who love discussing our views on movies, television series, and other fun stuff about which we go off on tangents. Join us for our views on what we are currently watching, what we want to see, and anything else that seems like it would be interesting to talk about!
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On each episode of Critically Speaking, your host, Dr. Therese Markow, interviews foremost experts in a range of fields. We discuss, in everyday language that we all can understand, fundamental issues that impact our health, our society, and our planet. Join our weekly journey where we separate fact from fantasy for topics both current and controversial.
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Origin Story

Phillip Russell, Ben Thorp

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Origin Story is a conversational podcast that interviews creators about their lives, their work, and what's fueling their creations. Hosted by Phillip Russell and Ben Thorp.
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A chill video games podcast about interesting and creative games, from indie to AAA. Your host: Iceland-based games critic John Rogers. Follow the show on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Twitch to stay in touch and keep up with new episodes - find links at http://gaminginthewild.com. Gaming In The Wild is a listener-supported. You can support the show at http://patreon.com/gaminginthewild to join the listener community, and get bonus episodes and other fun perks.
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Greg is on the scene at PAX Unplugged! Come listen in as he walks the floor and finds fun folks to interview about their games. What will their favorite game mechanics be? Find Logan's stuff at LoganJenkins.com. Find Greg's stuff at Leatherman.Games. Email us at [email protected]. Join our Discord! Game Mechanics is hosted and supported b…
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This week the clubhouse is filled with emotions. Lydia was frustrated that she did not recapture the magic of her first escape room game, Stephen was frustrated that finding his critical eye makes for a different movie watching experience, and Mark was frustrated by the acoustics at a football stadium. In other news, it's time to make your GDC Plan…
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#Predator #PredatorBadlands #Aliens #AvP The Predator franchise has always been consistently entertaining(Barring the 2018 Predator movie which fell short despite some moments). At any rate coming off of Prey, Killer of Killers and even Alien: Romulus & Alien: Earth, it seems like we're heading down the road towards a legit Alien vs Predator movie.…
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Go to http://sundaysfordogs.com/kindafunny to get 50% off your first order. Exclusive $35 off Carver Mat at https://on.auraframes.com/KINDAFUNNY. Promo Code KINDAFUNNYThank you for the support! Run of Show - - Start - First Question & Housekeeping - Kinda Feudy Round 1 - Round 2 - Ads - Round 3 - Round 4 - Round 5 Learn more about your ad choices. …
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Go to http://sundaysfordogs.com/kindafunny to get 50% off your first order. Exclusive $35 off Carver Mat at https://on.auraframes.com/KINDAFUNNY. Promo Code KINDAFUNNY Thank you for the support! Run of Show - - Start - Housekeeping - Nintendo’s 2025 - The Switch 2 Review….6 Months Later - Ads - Tim’s Review of the Nintendo Switch 2, 6 Months Later …
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Mongo is flying solo today as I continue to battle this viral infection. He takes a look at Jikkyou Power Pro-Wrestling '96 Max Voltage, a unique title for the Super Famicom that features electrified barbed wire matches and commentary by NJPW's Yoshinari Tsuji. He also talks comic book and figure news and checked out Fantastic Four: First Steps and…
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In this installment of Critical Hit, a Major Spoilers TTRPG Podcast, Rodrigo returns to the head of the table and sends the players into space with Moon Generation, a Lancer space saga, which introduces the characters and their mechs. Patrons Mentioned In This Episode: Ingrid Lind-Jahn and Red Iron. Character sheets and battle map images for this e…
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This week's podcast is a GOTY roundup with Brad Gallaway from the excellent So Videogames podcast. Brad brings a mixture of big hitters and hidden gems, including at least four games I hadn't even heard of before, so open your wishlists, and enjoy his picks! You can find the So Videogames podcast here: https://gamecritics.com/podcasts/ Hop into Pat…
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Go to http://sundaysfordogs.com/kindafunny to get 50% off your first order. Exclusive $35 off Carver Mat at https://on.auraframes.com/KINDAFUNNY. Promo Code KINDAFUNNY Thank you for the support! Run of Show - - Start - Housekeeping - Topic of the Show: Every Game Coming Out in December 2025 - Marvel Cosmic Invasion - Horses - Kingdom of Night - Red…
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Lots of thinking about thinking in this episode as the Nice Hosts attempt to define some core concepts to gameplay. What even is a game? Interactivity? Play? A failstate?! Buckle in for an intellectual conversation, and remember to go to nicegames.com/feedback to tell Stephen exactly why he's wrong about any of it. Word Play - Steam This Is Minneso…
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Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE is out now! Head on over to Steam to begin Sung Jinwoo’s epic journey: https://ntiny.link/kfgoverdrive Go to http://sundaysfordogs.com/kindafunny to get 50% off your first order. Exclusive $35 off Carver Mat at https://on.auraframes.com/KINDAFUNNY. Promo Code KINDAFUNNY Thank you for the support! Run of Show - - Start…
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As we wrap up Chapter 5, all is not well in Vallaki! Never mind the devil cult hobbyists or the rampaging tiger. The coffin maker has six secrets buried in the attic, and they're waiting for a chance to feast. In this episode: The second half of Chapter 5 (Wachterhaus, Arasek Stockyard, Rictavio, Coffin Maker's Shop, Blinsky Toys, Town Square, Vist…
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Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE is out now! Head on over to Steam to begin Sung Jinwoo’s epic journey: https://ntiny.link/kfgoverdrive Go to http://sundaysfordogs.com/kindafunny to get 50% off your first order. Exclusive $35 off Carver Mat at https://on.auraframes.com/KINDAFUNNY. Promo Code KINDAFUNNY Thank you for the support! Run of Show - - Start…
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Part 2 The Soldiers arrive in the Kingdom of Timmony, where local customs are bending against the religious influence of the Candescent Creed... New Episodes Release Weekly on Thursdays. Learn more about Campaign 4 at https://critrole.com/campaign4/ GET MORE CAMPAIGN 4 WITH BEACON We're excited to bring you even MORE Campaign 4 with a Beacon member…
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Win an NPC cameo on Doboborne and a Daggerheart Core Set! We've partnered with Heart of Daggers to give your NPC the chance to join Pistachio, Crank, and Kapi in the world of Dodoborne – and you’ll snag a Daggerheart Core Set. Enter Here: https://heartofdaggers.com/giveaway Send us an original Daggerheart NPC idea. After entries close, the DodoBorn…
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In this episode, Therese Markow and Dr. Kevin Spencer discuss the innovative use of magic tricks as therapy for children with autism. Kevin found that teaching magic helped children with autism improve social skills, communication, and self-esteem. He developed the Hocus Focus program for schools and the Magic Therapy program for hospitals, both us…
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Mark Cerny is an American programmer, and game designer whose career has shaped not only how we play, but the systems we play on. A San Francisco native, he dropped out of UC Berkeley at 17 after receiving an invitation to join Atari. At 18 he designed the arcade hit Marble Madness. He then moved to Japan to work with Sega, for whom he founded the …
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Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE is out now! Head on over to Steam to begin Sung Jinwoo’s epic journey:⁠https://ntiny.link/kfgoverdrive⁠ Go to ⁠http://sundaysfordogs.com/kindafunny⁠ to get 50% off your first order. Exclusive $35 off Carver Mat at ⁠https://on.auraframes.com/KINDAFUNNY⁠. Promo Code KINDAFUNNY Thank you for the support! Run of Show - - …
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Win an NPC cameo on Doboborne and a Daggerheart Core Set! We've partnered with Heart of Daggers to give your NPC the chance to join Pistachio, Crank, and Kapi in the world of Dodoborne – and you’ll snag a Daggerheart Core Set. Enter Here: https://heartofdaggers.com/giveaway Send us an original Daggerheart NPC idea. After entries close, the DodoBorn…
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Part 2 Join us for an unforgettable evening of love and peril at the legendary Radio City Music Hall in New York City, as two of our Mighty Nein lovebirds, Jester and Fjord, embark on their greatest adventure yet: marriage! Captured live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City on October 7, 2025 CREDITS Set design by Shaun Ellis Set fabricated …
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Part 1 The Soldiers arrive in the Kingdom of Timmony, where local customs are bending against the religious influence of the Candescent Creed... New Episodes Release Weekly on Thursdays. Learn more about Campaign 4 at https://critrole.com/campaign4/ GET MORE CAMPAIGN 4 WITH BEACON We're excited to bring you even MORE Campaign 4 with a Beacon member…
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Mark DeLoura's decades-long career in games includes roles ranging from Nintendo engineer to White House senior advisor. A longtime and passionate developer advocate, this year he's been tapped to help reinvent the industry's largest annual gathering, GDC. DeLoura outlines the changes coming to this year's conference, defines what "festival" means …
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Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE is out now! Head on over to Steam to begin Sung Jinwoo’s epic journey: https://ntiny.link/kfgoverdrive Exclusive $45-off Carver Mat at https://on.auraframes.com/KINDAFUNNY. Promo Code KINDAFUNNY Thank you for the support! Run of Show - - Start - Housekeeping - 10 Games that Define KINDA FUNNY - Ads - Cutting Games Lea…
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Taryn and Dexter part ways with Wen of the Forgotten at the museum before continuing their investigation of Sky. A refreshed Granny Sabinka heads off on her own adventure that culminates in a "sexy" encounter at a barn. A weird barn. With weird stuff. Featuring: Erika Jayne as Taryn Grim Severin Gourley as Dexter Clementine Kasia Wayfinder as Grann…
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Part 2 Tyranny struggles with her crueler instincts as the Soldiers discover a safe haven for fairies that may hold clues about Cyd's whereabouts... New Episodes Release Weekly on Thursdays. Learn more about Campaign 4 at https://critrole.com/campaign4/ GET MORE CAMPAIGN 4 WITH BEACON We're excited to bring you even MORE Campaign 4 with a Beacon me…
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Part 1 Join us for an unforgettable evening of love and peril at the legendary Radio City Music Hall in New York City, as two of our Mighty Nein lovebirds, Jester and Fjord, embark on their greatest adventure yet: marriage! Captured live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City on October 7, 2025 CREDITS Set design by Shaun Ellis Set fabricated …
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