EXP Podcast #769: South of Midnight and other Spring Break Gaming
Release Date: 04/21/2025
EXP Podcast #783: Hallow Knight: Silksong Debrief
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Well, it's finally here: Silksong! This week we take a break from scrambling after beads and trying to understand just what type of creature Hornet is in order to share our thoughts on the game. I'd like to say that by the time you listen to this we'll likely have seen credits, but let's be honest: we'll be in the middle of a dastardly run-back to a boss that has a third form we have yet to see. What can you do though? That's just a bug's life.
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EXP Podcast #782 - State of Live Games & More
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Wallets are getting thinner, and there are only so many services I can maintain. Are live service games one of them, in this economy? This week on the podcast, we discuss the state of always-on (and always paying) live service games, some hardware rumors, and movie news! Show Notes: - Music by Brad Sucks
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EXP Podcast #781: Wheel Good Games
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With the summer is wrapping up, it's time to talk about a great crop of games we're squeezing in prior to the fall rush. We're still on our journey to spread the chiral network of course, but we've picked up genealogy and bike racing as well. We've also dusted off some old classics, although it seems that we still don't know what sort of animal Klonoa is after all these years. Maybe some fall semester zoology classes are in order.
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EXP Podcast #780: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Debrief
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This week on the podcast we visit the beautiful city of Lumiere, eat (and wield) a baguette, take a boat ride on a weirdly large creature, and analyze a painting. Join us on a full debrief of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - including a deep spoiler section on the divisive ending! Show notes: - Music from the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Soundtrack
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EXP Podcast #779: Gen Con 2025 Debrief
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This week we get a report from the field about Gen Con 2025. Despite a microscopic demonic onslaught, Jorge was able to see some of the newest table top games. What have we discovered? Well, the Souls-like genre seems to be transcending the boundaries of video games. Prepare to sit across the table from your old friend, Patches.
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EXP Podcast #778: The Death of Mechanics & The Birth of Cinema
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Fumito Ueda, the creator of Shadow of the Colossus, has called it folks. The age of game mechanics is over! Pack it up folks, we're all out of ideas. This week on the podcast, we chat about philosophy, the creation of art, and some video game movie news that has us both excited and miserable! Show notes: - VideoGamesChronicle - Music from Brad Sucks
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EXP Podcast #777: Microsoft Woes and Stop Killing Games Momentum
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It's hard to argue that times have been tough in the video game industry as of late. Since we last talked Microsoft has laid of thousands and shuttered entire studios. This comes at a time when the Stop Killing Games movement is gaining greater visibility due to the increasingly ephemeral nature of so many releases. After taking stock of some of the Microsoft aftermath, we we take a look at Video Games Europe's response to the petition and what it could mean as an alternative way to think about how games can survive games in a long term way.
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EXP Podcast #776: Ender Magnolia, To a T, and Death Stranding 2
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Beaches, Homunculi, and strange birth stories - it's an eclectic group of games this week as we debrief Ender Magnolia, To a T, and venture briefly back into the Kojima's world of Death Stranding 2! Show Notes: - Music from the To a T reveal & announce trailers
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EXP Podcast #775: Summer Game Fest 2025 debrief
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Forget weather patterns and school schedules; the real mark of summer is a shotgun blast of game announcements. This week we pick up the pieces of Summer Game Fest as well as some of the adjacent company-focused announcements. A slew of Souls-likes, combative muppets, and a very cool looking Big Walk are all on the horizon.
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EXP Podcast #774: James Bond, Silent Hill F, and More State of Play
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This week on the EXP Podcast, we discuss the announcements out of Sony's State of Play - recording just a day before Summer Games Fest, so there's a bounty coming! Today it's why James Bond lacks character, what's so unsettling about Silent Hill F, and much more!
info_outlineWe're back from spring break and ready to talk about some of the games we've played over the past couple weeks. Our stops include new destinations like the swamps of South of Midnight, the shifting rooms of Blue Prince, and fungus fields of Avowed. There's even a return to Hollow Knight's creepy-crawly caverns as we look to wrap up the year's early months.