Best Describing The Skybox Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 3 - An Adult Baby - Slitterhead 1:03:26

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Listen to this podcast. I’ll show you what this mouth can do.Happy Halloween oooooooooooooooh! and welcome back to the podcast. Today, we’re going to be talking about Slitterhead, an action horror title, and the first game from developer Bokeh Game Studio, founded by one of the creators of Silent Hill. In Slitterhead, you play as a kind of spirit e…

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Episode 2 - The Powerhouse of the Cell - Parasite Eve 1:10:53

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Even if you don’t understand, your mitochondria will.Welcome back to the podcast! For our second game for the Halloween season, we’re talking about Parasite Eve, a survival horror action RPG from PlayStation era. And for being from that era, Parasite Eve honestly looks incredible and is, for me, the biggest draw. Mechanically, the game is a little …

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Episode 1 - Train of Donkeys - Mouthwashing 1:10:53

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I can podcast it. I’ll take responsibility.Welcome to the very first episode of Describing the Skybox and the first horror game episode for October! Today, we’re talking about Mouthwashing, a narrative adventure game set on a freighter in space. There isn’t too much in the way of interaction in this game, a few light puzzles and traversal challenge…

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Episode 200 - Cultural Osmosis - Minecraft 1:25:57

2M ago1:25:57

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Did you know you can hold a podcast in your off hand?Welcome to the 200th and (kind of) final episode of NOCLIP! With it being both the 200th episode and our tenth anniversary, we figured now would be as good a time as any to finally play Minecraft, one of the most popular and the best selling game of all time, which neither of us had actually play…

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Episode 199 - Screams of Wimmenfolk - Bloodborne 1:48:40

2M ago1:48:40

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It won’t end nicely. Not this time.Welcome back to the podcast! Today, on a special epilogue episode, we’re going to be taking another look at Bloodborne. This is a FromSoftware action RPG, tragically confined to the Sony ecosystem, but still containing a lot of the genre trappings of the games related to Dark Souls. However, the combat has ben ret…

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Episode 198 - Two Moon Knight - Life is Strange: Double Exposure 1:31:34

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Caked up podcast, goated with the sauce.Welcome back to the podcast! Today, we’re going to be looking at the most recent Life is Strange title, Double Exposure. This picks up roughly ten years after the first game in the series and returns to the point of view of Max Caulfield who has not been using her powers. The game largely follows the same tra…

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Episode 197 - All Day I Dream About Sony - Astro Bot 1:08:21

3M ago1:08:21

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Live in your world, podcast in ours.Welcome back to the podcast! Today, we’re going to be talking about Astro Bot, a 3D platformer and a PS5 exclusive. When it comes to console exclusivity, I would usually argue against it, as it restricts people’s access to games and tend to only benefit established developers and publishers who already have a lot…

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Episode 196 - You Mentioned Pants - Balatro 57:07

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I’m literally a podcast, what’s your excuse?Welcome back to the podcast! Today, we’re going to be talking about Balatro, the hit poker roguelike from last year. Balatro is, in my opinion, the best kind of roguelike, with very synergy focused modifiers in the form of Jokers and card enhancements, as well as very permissive deck building options. You…

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Episode 195 - You Can Lead a Horse to Fanta - Uma Musume: Pretty Derby 1:24:05

4M ago1:24:05

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NOCLIP finishes the URA Finale and stands above all other podcasts.Welcome back to the podcast! Today, we’re going to be talking about… a currently popular gacha game about horse racing anime girls. Uma Musume (or Umamusume depending on who you ask) is a sort of sports management roguelike game where you build stats on characters and then, in combi…

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Episode 194 - Bioshock Ruined Society - The Talos Principle 2 1:16:32

4M ago1:16:32

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There is only you, and the spark of the podcast that is your mind.Welcome back to NOCLIP! Today, we’re going to be looking at The Talos Principle 2, a first person puzzle game developed by Croteam. The game builds on, and stays pretty close to, the mechanics of the first game, using connecting lasers with various tools as the primary method of puzz…

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Episode 193 - Super Death - Spiritfarer 1:01:04

5M ago1:01:04

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Do you know why we’re here? It’s because I have a small podcast.Welcome back to NOCLIP! Today, we’re going to be talking about Spiritfarer, an incremental, management sim, narrative game. Which is a lot of ways to describe what is really a pretty simple game. The core of Spiritfarer is in its characters, spirits who you pick up from various islands…

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Episode 192 - Life Isn't Worth Living - To the Moon 1:04:30

5M ago1:04:30

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Don’t tell anyone, but I always thought they were podcasts.Welcome back to NOCLIP! Today, we’re going to be talking about To the Moon, a narrative game focused around learning about characters through one’s memory. I imagine this description will be quite short, because there isn’t a lot I can cover without spoiling the plot. While technically a sc…

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Episode 191 - That Might Be A Pokémon - Half-Life 1:16:18

6M ago1:16:18

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Forget about Freeman, we’re abandoning the podcast.Welcome back to the podcast! We may be into June, but we’re in the ides of Mystery May right now, and the fates have deigned we play Half-Life, and I am not one to argue with the fates. Half-Life is one of the most influential FPS games of all time, and part of that comes down to the way the game b…

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Episode 190 - Goth Mommies - The Wolf Among Us 1:19:53

6M ago1:19:53

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No, I’m Pod. He’s Cast.Welcome back to the podcast! Today, for the second episode of Mystery May, we’re going to be talking about The Wolf Among Us, a narrative adventure game from Telltale. Telltale’s style of design really exploded with the Walking Dead, and has since led to a number of choice-based adventure games that would cite it as inspirati…

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Episode 189 - For Your Daddy - Monster Hunter Wilds 1:31:56

7M ago1:31:56

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The guild authorizes you to hunt this podcast.Welcome back to NOCLIP! Today, we’re going to be talking about Monster Hunter Wilds, the latest mainline entry in the series and the game that turned many peoples’ computers into puddles of acid. Wilds is a follow up to Monster Hunter World both in that it was made by the same team and that it mechanica…

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Episode 188 - Pretty Cute - Immortality 1:02:52

7M ago1:02:52

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Artists create, podcast, and destroy.Welcome back to the podcast where today we’re going to be talking about Immortality. Immortality is a game from Sam Barlow, creator of Her Story and Telling Lies and it follows in the same tradition as those games. Largely player-directed, the game involves watching clips of three films and footage associated wi…

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Episode 187 - Only Rock and Paper - Wanted: Dead 1:07:46

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Episode 186 - Where Sailors Hang Out - Shenmue 1:08:27

8M ago1:08:27

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You like the podcast that much? Let me invite you to hell.Welcome back to the podcast! Today, we’re doing another community requested episode (calling it Fanbruary at this point seems a bit silly) on Shenmue. An absolute classic action/adventure game that happened to be a blind spot for both of us. Shenmue centers on Ryo Hazuki, whose father is kil…

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Episode 185 - Roast Beef, Some Chicken, A Pizza - Castlevania 64 1:15:40

9M ago1:15:40

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This is not the anger of a vampire killer. This is the podcast of all humanity!Welcome back to Fanbruary! Today, we’re going to be talking about Castlevania 64, an oft maligned entry in the Castlevania series and the first to be in 3D. In classic Castlevania fashion, your goal is to infiltrate a castle and kill Dracula to restore peace to the world…

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Episode 184 - Bring Me the Cellos - Darkest Dungeon 1:23:58

9M ago1:23:58

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In time, you will know the tragic extent of my podcast,Welcome to Fanbruary! For our first listener suggested title this year, we’re talking about Darkest Dungeon, an RPG with Lovecraftian themes and light roguelike elements. Darkest Dungeon is known to be a difficult game, and it sticks to this design ethos with a commendable level of commitment. …

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Episode 183 - Drive-By Nap - The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom 1:15:21

10M ago1:15:21

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So this is the podcast energy. I’m overflowing with power!Welcome back to the podcast and to the first full episode this year! We’re back from our now-traditional January break and talking about The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. This is the first full game in the series where you play as Zelda herself since the CD-i, which really did need to h…

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The NOCLIP Awards 2024 - Public Intellectuals 1:10:39

11M ago1:10:39

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The Smashiest balls were the friends we made along the way.The NOCLIP Awards are back again this year with all their usual prestige. I know you are all waiting with baited breath to see what games are getting the nod, while knowing full well that the games that released this year are of no object when you compare them to the games that we chose to …

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Episode 182 - Starring Adam Sandler - Slay the Princess 1:03:14

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I need to see how handsome I am.Welcome back to the podcast! Today, we’re talking about Slay the Princess, a narrative focused “collect the endings” game that has a truly impressive amount of writing to account for all of a player’s possible choices. The numerous endings, scenes and dialogue choices within those scenes, all voice acted by two peopl…

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Episode 181 - It's Jar Jarring - Star Wars Episode 1 Racer 1:07:46

11M ago1:07:46

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Do goola podcast sa bantha poodoo.Welcome back to the podcast! As we near the end of the year, we like to look back on a game or two that are more nostalgic for us, and Racer somehow got overlooked until now. Racer is maybe the first of our nostalgia picks that really holds up, at least in our opinion. This is a very straightforward video game, all…

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Episode 180 - Your Murderous Urges - Loretta 53:19

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I won’t reach the truth with podcasts. They can’t give it shape.Welcome back to the podcast, and as we finally finish the theme (and catch up on episodes in general after a hectic October) of Games Titled After Women’s Names That Begin With “L.” Loretta is an adventure game in the technical sense; it leans heavily on narrative and player choice, wi…

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Episode 179 - A Rusty Crux - Amnesia: The Bunker 1:06:42

12M ago1:06:42

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I’m on the podcast tonight? C’est la vie.Welcome back to the podcast! We’re finally finishing our Halloween games this week with Amnesia: The Bunker. This is the fourth game in the Amnesia series and introduce some light combat elements as well as reframes the series’ physics system to create an immersive sim type experience with several options to…

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Episode 178 - A Bunch of Band-Aids - Cryptmaster 1:03:38

1y ago1:03:38

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What did you say? Podcast? We’re not going to drop everything and do that.Welcome back to the podcast. We’re still playing a bit of catchup this month, and to continue with our Halloween picks, we’re talking about Cryptmaster! This is a dungeon crawler in the typing game subgenre, where you solve puzzles and fight enemies using abilities you type o…

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Episode 177 - Respect Water - Omori 1:34:51

1y ago1:34:51

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Welcome to cast space.Welcome back (finally!) to the podcast. Today, we’re going to be talking about Omori, a turn-based RPG with a unique art style and dark themes. Though, as we discuss in the episode, don’t think too much of Omori based on its genre, because it’s really putting its worst foot forward. Omori has rich characters, relatable themes …

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Episode 176 - Dissolve Those Bones - Crow Country 1:00:20

1y ago1:00:20

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We’re old enough.Welcome back to NOCLIP, and beware, for it is Halloween! To kick off October, we’re talking about Crow Country, a throwback survival horror game that does a lot to stand out in its field. The game is set in an amusement park and has a unique polygonal graphic style that gives an oddly whimsical aesthetic. It makes good use of this …

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Nine Years of NOCLIP - Baja Throat Blast 14:09

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Happy NOCLIP day, everyone, and welcome to our celebration of nine years of doing the podcast! Nine years is such a long time to do anything, but I feel like it gets overshadowed sometimes with ten years looming around the corner. Which makes sense, so rather than argue you should be celebrating an odd numbered year like this, I’m going to reframe …

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Episode 175 - Thoughtpocalypse - Lorelei and the Laser Eyes 1:27:31

1y ago1:27:31

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I would recommend podcasters to rob banks instead because gambling is immoral.Welcome back to the podcast and to our very important series on games titled after women’s names that begin with the letter L. Today, we’re talking about Lorelei and the Laser Eyes a puzzle game from Simogo, developer of games like Year Walk and Sayonara Wild Hearts. Taki…

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Episode 174 - Gaming Erogenous Zones - Who's Lila? 1:07:18

1y ago1:07:18

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What’s the definition of imaginary? A Podcast that only exists in your mind.Welcome back to the podcast! Our second game titled after a woman’s name that begins with the letter L is Who’s Lila, a pretty bizarre adventure game in which you control your character’s face. The object of the game, at the outset, is to sell your responses in conversation…

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Episode 173 - Serial Prankster - Lorelai 1:09:41

1y ago1:09:41

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The Queen of Podcasts is weak to fire.Welcome back to the podcast, and to the very special “games titled after women's names that start with the letter L” theme! To start us off, we’re going to be talking about Lorelai, a 2D side-scrolling adventure game. Lorelai is the third game in a series that began with Downfall and the Cat Lady, the latter of…

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Episode 172 - I Blinked Weird - Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye 1:27:21

1y ago1:27:21

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Please consider supporting our planned podcast expansion.Welcome back to NOCLIP! Today, in our last episode of our DLC theme, we’re talking about Echoes of the Eye, Outer Wild’s expansion that adds a new explorable area into the base game. Describing it like that, you can maybe see why we had originally planned this for Pocket, but this is Outer Wi…

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Episode 171 - Every Time They Do, It Makes Me Laugh - Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed 1:43:37

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I’m feeling full of beans.Welcome back to the podcast! Today, we’re talking about the DLC for Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Future Redeemed. This is an expansion type DLC which gives you a full new party of characters, starts you at level one and makes subtle but meaningful changes to the mechanics and has you set out on an entirely new story set in the …

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NOCLIP Pocket E100 - It Does, in Fact, Please the Lord - Super Mario Land 40:31

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Oh, podcast.Welcome back to NOCLIP Pocket…for the last time! We’re interrupting our DLC theme because of the episode 100 milestone, and we’re talking about Super Mario Land. If you’ve been following for a while, you know that we started Pocket with an episode on Super Mario Land 2, so we felt it was appropriate to end it with the original Super Mar…

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Episode 170 - Gaius, the Lion, the Witch or the Wardrobe - Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree 2:22:59

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I'm weak as a kitten and thick as two planks. I've always been this way. I'm proficient in podcasts. Sorry.Welcome back to the podcast! As our second episode in our run of DLCs, we’re talking about The Shadow of the Erdtree DLC for Elden Ring. And yeah, this is the release that inspired the theme in the first place. Shadow of the Erdtree released o…

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NOCLIP Pocket E99 - A Juicy Double Chip - Splatoon 3: Side Order 1:05:13

1+ y ago1:05:13

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You want me to do some podcasting?Welcome back! Today, for episode 99 of pocket and for our first episode in our DLC theme, we’re going to be talking about the Rogue-lite addition to Splatoon 3, Side Order. Adding roguelike gameplay to Splatoon’s third person shooter mechanics works pretty well, giving you bonuses upon choosing rooms that are mostl…

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Episode 169 - Myst Boys and Myst Men - Obduction 1:37:30

1+ y ago1:37:30

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Karffin’ Mofang podcast.Welcome back to the podcast! Today, as the last episode of Mystery May this year, we’re going to be talking about Obduction. This is a game in the style of Myst by Cyan, the developers of Myst, and boy did they ace the assignment. Obduction is more accessible than the originals, yes, but it does get into that same headspace …

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NOCLIP Pocket E98 - Pay the Fun Tax - Ecco the Dolphin 44:02

1+ y ago44:02

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Podcast to the shelled ones.Welcome back to the podcast! Today we’re talking about Ecco the Dolphin, a side scrolling adventure game and a real classic of the Genesis era. Ecco is a weird game in a lot of ways, the most obvious of which is the fact that it’s a game in which you play as a dolphin and all the surprisingly fluid movement that comes wi…

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Episode 168 - Should the Chip Face North? - Infinifactory 1:14:29

1+ y ago1:14:29

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There is surprisingly little use for the podcast block.Welcome back to the podcast! Today, the dice have ordained we talk about Infinifactory. This is a game that has been on our list for many years at this point and the main reason we ended up putting it on the (now comical misnomer) Mystery May table was mostly out of fear. Fear of exposing our d…

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NOCLIP Pocket E97 - Future Retroism - Quadrilateral Cowboy 46:10

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Podcast.Mystery(1); wait(31)Welcome back to the podcast, and to, shamefully, our first episode of Mystery May! Quadrilateral Cowboy is a part heist, part desktop simulation game in which you use a portable “deck” to hack into security systems and use gadgets to get into locations in a cyberpunk dystopia. And the thing that really sets this game apa…

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Episode 167 - Narrative Nancy - Pentiment 1:35:39

1+ y ago1:35:39

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Pod bless you, Andreas.Welcome back to the podcast and somehow, despite it being the middle of the month, not our first game of Mystery May! Today, we’re going to be talking about Pentiment, an adventure game in which you play as an artist as he is thrust into the middle of murder mysteries, however unlikely that might be. In each act you collect e…

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NOCLIP Pocket E96 - Dice on the Desk - Pseudoregalia 51:22

1+ y ago51:22

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I can’t just hide here forever and podcast.Welcome back to the podcast where this week we’re going to be talking about Pseudoregalia! This is a metroidvania platformer that was originally developed as part of a game jam. The game is set in a castle and tasks you with navigating around to discover new abilities and, eventually, keys to end the game.…

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Episode 166 - Doctor, I Am Pagliacci - Lies of P 2:07:31

1+ y ago2:07:31

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Grand Covenant’s Fourth Law: A podcast cannot lie.Welcome back to the podcast! Lies of P is definitely a game that turned some heads when it was announced, given that it’s based around Pinnochio. Set in a city overrun by automatons, stylized as puppets, who have broken their safeguards and begun attacking people, Lies of P takes its themes and idea…

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Episode 165 - Sex Henderson and the Boys - Lunacid 1:53:17

1+ y ago1:53:17

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Banished into the depths of the Great Podcast.Welcome back to the podcast! Today, we’re talking about Lunacid, a game that is in its own words, inspired by old FROMSOFTWARE titles like King’s Field and Shadow Tower. And while you can definitely feel the influence, the game does enough to stand out on its own that it’s definitely worth playing. You …

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NOCLIP Pocket E95 - Become a Slammurai - Mario Hoops 3 on 3 39:12

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Hold down and swipe up to podcast.Welcome back to the podcast! For our last episode in Fanbruary, well into March at this point, we’re going to be talking about Mario Hoops 3 on 3. MHTOT (lol) is a bit of an anomaly in the Mario sports game pantheon, as it is a DS game that makes heavy use of the touch screen in its control scheme. This seemed like…

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Episode 164 - Vietnam Pro Skater - Valheim 1:18:56

1+ y ago1:18:56

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You could pod another cast.Welcome back to the podcast! Today, for our second bite at the Fanbruary apple on the main cast, we’re going to be talking about Valheim. Valheim is a survival game that largely captured the audience for this type of game when it released in early access with it’s Norse theming, boss laddering and robust base building mec…

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NOCLIP Pocket E94 - I Don't Mean the KY - Wet 54:09

1+ y ago54:09

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We are not enemies, but we are a podcast.Welcome back to Fanbruary! For our second game of the month (don’t look at the calendar, please), we’re going to be talking about Wet, a third person shooter that iterates on the mechanical innovations of games like Prince of Persia and Max Payne, and takes its title both from a shortened version of the term…

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Episode 163 - I'll Stop Killing Humans - Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1:22:05

2y ago1:22:05

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You did not survive the podcast, Raziel.Welcome to Fanbruary! As we have for the last three years, this month we’re going to be looking at games suggested by members of our community and we’re starting today with Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver! This is an action/adventure Metroidvania title from 1999 and, especially considering the era in which this r…