225: Dan Sheehan Goes Guesto Mode Again
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Writer and comedian Dan Sheehan goes guesto mode again! Dan is about to crowdfund Who's A Good Boy: The Game Where Dogs Can Sin, a comedy card game with art by Julia Glassman, and he's here to tell you why it kicks ass and deserves your grubby dollars. Plus, we discuss how we hate the computer and the putrid posts within, and Joe shares all his wisest fatherhood tips as Dan awaits his first child! Check out Who's A Good Boy at dogscansin.com
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224: The Sickos Fix Joe's Brain
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Joe becomes mentally healthy forever as we curate a therapeutic gaming curriculum designed to provide him with the maximum concentration of vital gaming nutrients such as "dig big hole," "upgrade town," "low-stakes grind" and more. Follow this curriculum yourself and you too will develop a perfect brain Featuring discussions of: SteamWorld Dig 2, Digseum, Donkey Kong Bananza, Slime Rancher 2, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Siralim Ultimate, Dungeon Encounters, Animal Well, Blue Prince, Webfishing, Terranigma, Hades 2, and more
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223: The Sickos Present the Unified Theory of Chilling and Hanging
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The most important thing in the universe is to chill and hang and vibe. If humanity is chilling then the utopian society must inevitably follow. But the man hates to see you chilling. We discuss this phenomenon and share our tips to ensure your chilling is at maximum effectiveness. Thanks to Cohen Edenfield for playing Jigsaw in our great intro sketch
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222: The Police Squad Episode
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The Sickos go on and on about the classic 1982 spoof show Police Squad. Its film version, The Naked Gun, is much more successful and well-known, but the TV sitcom original is where this kind of humor shines brightest. As appreciators of comedy, the Sickos really go nuts over the craftsmanship on display. What a show!
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221: Corpse Brain 2 - Corpse World
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How come all this fascism and tariff shit is allowed to happen? Why are so many critical US agencies being deleted? Why isn't anyone stopping this? The Sickos have the answer: We live in Corpse World, a post-function existence where the concept of "doing" has been phased out entirely. Intrigued? Yeah bitch I know it's brilliant. Listen for the full story
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220: Josh Boerman and Dylan Rank Game Mechanics With Us
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We return to our ongoing project to rank all game mechanics, but when it comes to the immersive sim and fighting game genres, we don't have the expertise required to make those decisions. So we had Josh Boerman from the Worst of All Possible Worlds podcast join us to help us with the imsim mechanics and our buddy Dylan (aka Jordi from Sicko Shock 2) do the fighting game ones. What's better than this: homies chilling and yapping about video games baby Check out Josh's podcast here:
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219: Oops! All Goofs 6
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It's another grab bag of bits. We introduce a new segment about the most insanely fatal "non-lethal" attacks from the Yakuza games, find insider knowledge about the grim state of radio, and invent a new coffee sensation: The Americano 2. Check it out! Play our new video game Time Force X: Mission of Lennon here!
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218: Dono from Radio Free Tote Bag Goes Guesto Mode
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Dono from the excellent podcast Radio Free Tote Bag goes guesto mode! We yammer about how getting into synth music is just an excuse to make your room look like where Daft Punk does their taxes, Tom & Joe answer relationship questions with their perfect brains, and Dono joins us in ranking some classic game mechanics. It's fun as hell folks, check this one out. You can listen to Radio Free Tote Bag at rftb.me or just do it the same way you listen to any podcast. Podcasts are all in the same place
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217: The Sickos Continue To Be Unemployed
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The Sickos do a special unemployed version of Cog Talk where they do the unthinkable and wish they had an evil computer that took up half their time with awful job tasks. As bad as it is, just sitting around all day is worse! Plus, Tom yammers and yaps about The Bee Sting, a great novel by Paul Murray.
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216: The Sickos Rank Still More Game Mechanics
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The Sickos continue to fill our their definitive tier list of all game mechanics, this time saying the final word on runs, consumables, joke classes, pressing the thumbstick down, and more. If you skip these episodes you're basically worse than Elon
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avclub.com
pajiba.com
hellgatenyc.com
defector.com
aftermath.site