172: Hot Swappable Mice
Pride and Accomplishment
Blizzard used the power of a free weekend to get us to play some WoW before the launch of Midnight. Chris has a new piece of hardware, and Jason's been playing a new (old) game. In the post-show, we try and fail to use a Windows 11 feature.
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171: Too Much for My Sensibilities
Pride and Accomplishment
Jason has a new 3D printer and hasn't stopped printing for two weeks. Chris is sick and playing Deep Rock Galactic Survivor. We discuss the Xbox Developer Direct, debate Forza Horizon 6 pricing strategies, and get hyped for WoW Midnight coming in March. In the post-show, we realize both of us desperately need more shelves in our lives.
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170: An Investment Era
Pride and Accomplishment
For the SIXTH time, we have calculated our game spending over the last year and we are discussing the numbers. Last year we set some records. Well, hold on because we're about to do it again. Previous spending episodes:
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169: Tangenting on the Tangent
Pride and Accomplishment
It's time for us to take a look back at 2025 and a look forward to 2026 to see what games we're most excited for. Farewell, Jason 2025 WoW Season 2 () Honorable Mentions Chris 2025 Honorable Mentions Hades II Split Fiction Jason 2026 Factorio 2.1 Honorable Mentions Chris 2026 Honorable Mentions
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168: Adventures Have Puzzles
Pride and Accomplishment
The Game Awards 2025 have come and gone, and the results are not too surprising. We did hear about a few interesting games at the show, though. Tune in to find out what caught our eye! Game Announcements
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167: Pizza Slicer of Death
Pride and Accomplishment
Happy Capitalism Season! Jason and Chris kick off the episode talking Black Friday hauls - Jason's obsessed with a powered cardboard cutter, and he's still on the hunt for the ultimate charging station for all his handhelds. Chris broke the two-hour rule for The Witcher 3 at $10 and grabbed the new Risk of Rain 2 DLC. Also, The Game Awards predictions! We go through a couple of categories making picks and arguing about who deserves to win. Jason goes full fanboy over Warframe's massive update dropping December 10th AND their Game Awards announcement.
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166: Over the Actual Internet
Pride and Accomplishment
Do you shut down your PC every night? Find out our answer to this listener-submitted question. Also, Jason has played all of Dispatch, and Valve introduced new hardware for next year, but didn’t give us any prices. Steam Hardware
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165: Not Right Now, We're Recording a Podcast
Pride and Accomplishment
What do you think of Discord changing its sounds for holidays? Chris has thoughts. Aside from that, there’s some big WoW news to discuss. We’ve also been playing some games: Jason’s been playing Dispatch, and Chris has been playing Ball x Pit. Finally, the holiday talk continues with a discussion of the appropriate time to start playing Christmas music.
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164: The Mario Party of Trivia Games
Pride and Accomplishment
The moment we’ve all been waiting for is finally here! The Asus ROG Xbox Ally X reviews are out, and they are… interesting. Before that, we’re talking about Super Mario Galaxy, Warhammer Space Marine II, and demos from Steam Next Fest. Join us in the post-show for a brief survey of the insane number of games coming out in October.
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163: Waggle Detection
Pride and Accomplishment
Chris and Jason talk Nintendo Direct, as promised!
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