The Other Castle
The Other Castle is a podcast where hosts Tom and Andrea discuss the plot, lore, and more of video games. We discuss and dissect the best, the worst, the weird and the nonsensical alike. New episodes Wednesdays!
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World of Warcraft
11/23/2024
World of Warcraft
Bonus Episode Tom & Andrea celebrate World of Warcraft's 20th birthday by busting out a Patreon episode we made about it earlier this year. World of Warcraft was a cultural juggernaut. It destroyed long-held philosphies, relationships, lives, and families. Tom played it during its monumental rise from pretty much the beginning. Andrea knows it from South Park. Come on this epic adventure as Tom tells you what it was like to be a player of the largest MMORPG of all time during its monumental rise to the top. Thanks for hanging out with us! Connect with us directly on all the things: Website: Patreon: Discord: Youtube: Instagram: Email: And don't forget - please rate & review us to help grow the show so we can all nerd out together.
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Alan Wake 2
10/16/2024
Alan Wake 2
Season 9 Episode 10 Tom & Andrea return to Cauldron Lake in the sleepy town of Bright Falls, WA for Alan Wake 2. This time, we take control of new protagonist Saga, who has found herself written into Alan Wake's story. It's been a decade since Alan Wake was last seen, and Saga is on the case. Along with the grizzled New York detective Alex Casey. A name any fan of Alan Wake's writing should know. The Dark Place is about to get a whole lot darker. Hope you brought a flash light. Thanks for hanging out with us! Connect with us directly on all the things: Website: Patreon: Discord: Youtube: Instagram: Email: And don't forget - please rate & review us to help grow the show so we can all nerd out together.
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
10/09/2024
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Season 9 Episode 9 Tom & Andrea team up with the iconic Link and Zelda for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Hyrule has been reduced to rubble, 100 years after a calamatous event. Waking up as Link, it's time to set things right and restore the kingdom to its former glory. But first, there's Divine Beasts to restore, and friends to meet. Plus a memory that has been wiped clean, needing to be reset. It's one of the largest franchises in gaming, and it's arguably the best of the bunch. Come find out what made this game stick out in the hearts of gamers worldwide. Thanks for hanging out with us! Connect with us directly on all the things: Website: Patreon: Discord: Youtube: Instagram: Email: And don't forget - please rate & review us to help grow the show so we can all nerd out together.
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Life is Strange: Before the Storm
10/02/2024
Life is Strange: Before the Storm
Tom & Andrea return to Arcadia Bay for the first time again in Life is Strange: Before the Storm. This time we're in control of the rebel without a cause, Chloe Price. Come along as we navigate her through Blackwell Academy, make new friends, lovers, and enemies, as she leaves her mark, literally in most cases, on her small town. Chloe befriends the popular and mysterious Rachel Amber as the two go on a journey of discovery that neither expects or is prepared to deal with on so many different levels. Life has never been stranger. Thanks for hanging out with us! Connect with us directly on all the things: Website: Patreon: Discord: Youtube: Instagram: Email: And don't forget - please rate & review us to help grow the show so we can all nerd out together.
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Fallout: New Vegas
09/25/2024
Fallout: New Vegas
Season 9 Episode 7 Tom & Andrea stay home for once, as they go for a hike in the Mojave Desert in Fallout: New Vegas. The world ended about 200 years ago, but Sin City is still alive and unwell. Waking up with a pounding headache as The Courier, this game has us running up and down the Strip trying to piece together why we were buried alive. In order to piece it together, we have to interact with ghouls, robots, mutants, Elvis impersonators, boomers, groomers, and doomers. No, it's not The Hangover, it's Fallout: New Vegas. Thanks for hanging out with us! Connect with us directly on all the things: Website: Patreon: Discord: Youtube: Instagram: Email: And don't forget - please rate & review us to help grow the show so we can all nerd out together.
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Wolfenstein: The New Order
09/18/2024
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Season 9 Episode 6 Tom & Andrea head into an alternate reality where the bad guys won World War 2 with Wolfenstein: The New Order. In this love letter to first person shooters, B.J. Blazkowicz wakes from a coma to find himself in a world overrun with third reich scum. Unhappy with the results of WW2, he makes it his mission to end every last one of them in one of the most shockingly impactful stories ever commited to pixels. Thanks for hanging out with us! Connect with us directly on all the things: Website: Patreon: Discord: Youtube: Instagram: Email: And don't forget - please rate & review us to help grow the show so we can all nerd out together.
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South Park: The Fractured But Whole
09/11/2024
South Park: The Fractured But Whole
Season 9 Episode 5 Trigger Warning It's South Park. Tom & Andrea return to Colorado for another raunchy adventure as The New Kid in South Park: The Fractured But Whole. In this outing, we don our superhero personas and take on a crime syndicate that is quickly taking over South Park. Bounce between the factions of Coon and Friends or The Freedom Pals as you hunt down missing cats, attack bootay-licious enemies, and choke down some member berries. Thanks for hanging out with us! Connect with us directly on all the things: Website: Patreon: Discord: Youtube: Instagram: Email: And don't forget - please rate & review us to help grow the show so we can all nerd out together.
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Dead Space 2
09/04/2024
Dead Space 2
Season 9 Episode 4 Trigger Warnings This episode contains graphic descriptions of extreme body mutilation and gore. Tom & Andrea are back with Isaac Clark and more Necromorphs in Dead Space 2! After the events of the first game, Isaac wakes up on the moon Titan, where he is recovering from his injuries. Shortly after waking up, he figures out it's going to be more of the same as his dead girlfriend Nicole is still haunting him, Necromorphs are running rampant, and that necromoroph-worshipping cult from before is still around. It's bigger, bloodier, and scarier this time around, so be sure to listen to this one in a well-lit room. Thanks for hanging out with us! Connect with us directly on all the things: Website: Patreon: Discord: Youtube: Instagram: Email: And don't forget - please rate & review us to help grow the show so we can all nerd out together.
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Kingdom Hearts 2
08/28/2024
Kingdom Hearts 2
Season 9 Epiode 3 Tom & Andrea are ready to once again tackle the most complicated franchise in gaming with Kingdom Hearts 2! Come along with us as we meet Roxas, a mysterious new character with deep ties to Sora and his friends. As well as the morally ambiguous group known as Organization XIII. We also get to hear about Tom's favorite moment in all of gaming. Come find out why this game is still considered one of the greatest games ever made. Thanks for hanging out with us! Connect with us directly on all the things: Website: Patreon: Discord: Youtube: Instagram: Email: And don't forget - please rate & review us to help grow the show so we can all nerd out together.
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A Plague Tale: Innocence
08/21/2024
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Season 9 Episode 2 Tom & Andrea hope you don't have an aversion to rats as we take on A Plague Tale: Innocence. Listen in as we tour around Europe as Amicia De Rune and her little brother Hugo during the terrifying Bubonic Plague. But rats aren't the only problem, as there are people who want to take Hugo away from Amicia for good! What mysteries does Hugo hold? For a five year old, a whole lot. Thanks for hanging out with us! Connect with us directly on all the things: Website: Patreon: Discord: Youtube: Instagram: Email: And don't forget - please rate & review us to help grow the show so we can all nerd out together.
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Death Stranding
08/14/2024
Death Stranding
Season 9 Episode 1 Tom & Andrea strap on their BBs and go for a Ride with Norman Reedus in The Other Castle Season 9 premiere: Death Stranding. Gaming living-legend Hideo Kojima brings us Sam Porter Bridges, a delivery boy in a post-apocalyptic United States. Along with his trusty companion, a fetus in a glass jar named Lou, he must trek across the barren wasteland of the once active US, connecting people both in the game, and in the real world. This is Hideo Kojima when nobody can interfere with his vision, and he chose to deliver the feel-good game of 2019. Come find out how he did it, and let us know in the comments if he pulled it off. Death Stranding has an outstanding soundtrack that brings this game to life. Here is a link to a playlist featuring the music from this game: Thanks for hanging out with us! Connect with us directly on all the things: Website: Patreon: Discord: Youtube: Instagram: Email: And don't forget - please comment, rate & review us to help grow the show so we can all nerd out together.
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Little Misfortune
06/13/2024
Little Misfortune
Bonus Episode Tom & Andrea embark on a journey with an eight year old girl named Little Misfortune. This little lady's name is very appropriate, as this game is full of trigger warnings that may be upsetting for some. In this episode we will discuss child, alcohol, and substance abuse. It also contains characters who end their own lives. Somehow, this tiny indy studio still manged to pack an unsettling amount of humor into this otherwise dark story. Come along on this highly requested episode, if you dare. Thanks for hanging out with us! Connect with us directly on all the things: Website: Patreon: Discord: Youtube: Instagram: Email: Also be sure to check out Andrea's guest appearance on the What's Your Ness? Podcast: https://youtu.be/HTyjK_ffS_U?si=4NAd6RlNPZN8Ga4- Don't forget - please rate & review us to help grow the show so we can all nerd out together.
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God of War
04/24/2024
God of War
Season 8 Episode 10 Tom & Andrea return to the land of mythology in God of War. Kratos has grown old and weary. He's also a father to a young boy. The two are forced to bond and get to know each other when Faye, the boy's mother and Kratos's wife, dies. Come along as we travel with them to the highest peak in the 9 realms to spread her ashes. It's a bonding experience you won't want to miss. Thanks for hanging out with us! Connect with us directly on all the things: Website: Patreon: Discord: Youtube: Instagram: Email: And don't forget - please rate & review us to help grow the show so we can all nerd out together.
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Control
04/17/2024
Control
Season 8 Episode 9 Tom & Andrea fly back into the Remedyverse along with Jesse Fadon in Control. Come explore The Oldest House as we hunt for Jesse's long-lost brother Dylan. Don't mind the tag-along inside your mind. She's cool. Control's name is well deserved as it delivered some of the best combat and movement in gaming to date. Come find out why this game is considered by many to be one of the best ever made (it's obviously because there's a musical number). Thanks for hanging out with us! Connect with us directly on all the things: Website: Patreon: Discord: Youtube: Instagram: Email: And don't forget - please rate & review us to help grow the show so we can all nerd out together.
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Detroit Become Human
04/10/2024
Detroit Become Human
Season 8 Episode 8 Tom & Andrea head to the near future for a robot revolution in Detroit Become Human. Join us as we take control of Markus, Connor, and Kara, three Androids coming to terms with humanity. We're taking the most optimal route possible for this episode, as there are over 900 possible ways this story can go. Come along and find out which we got. Thanks for hanging out with us! Connect with us directly on all the things: Website: Patreon: Discord: Youtube: Instagram: Email: And don't forget - please rate & review us to help grow the show so we can all nerd out together.
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Days Gone
04/03/2024
Days Gone
Season 8 Episode 7 Tom & Andrea add another disasterpiece to their roster with the post apocolyptic Days Gone. Deacon St. John is just a man on his motorcycle, stuck in a zombie apocolypse, searching for his dead wife, with his best friend by his side. Motorcycle club allegiances are tested, and bonds are broken as Deacon roams the Oregon countryside facing down hordes of "Freakers". Thanks for hanging out with us! Connect with us directly on all the things: Website: Patreon: Discord: Youtube: Instagram: Email: And don't forget - please rate & review us to help grow the show so we can all nerd out together.
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Halo 3
03/27/2024
Halo 3
Season 8 Episode 6 Tom & Andrea are teaming back up with Master Chief for the exciting Halo 3! The previous game left us on a major cliffhanger, and we have to find out what happens next! Listen in as we explore the messy development and release of the Xbox 360's crowning achievement. The stakes are higher than ever in the final chapter of the first Halo trilogy. Thanks for hanging out with us! Connect with us directly on all the things: Website: Patreon: Discord: Youtube: Instagram: Email: And don't forget - please rate & review us to help grow the show so we can all nerd out together.
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Donut County
03/20/2024
Donut County
Season 8 Episode 5 Tom & Andrea go back to their roots in Donut County. Come along into the deep, dark, cavernous hole that is Los Angeles. BK is a mischevious little raccoon with an app that is far too powerful. Donut delivery is nothing to mess around with, especially when those donuts can eat an entire city block. Thanks for hanging out with us! Connect with us directly on all the things: Website: Patreon: Discord: Youtube: Instagram: Email: And don't forget - please rate & review us to help grow the show so we can all nerd out together.
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Super Mario RPG
03/13/2024
Super Mario RPG
Season 8 Episode 4 Tom & Andrea take their first trip to the Mushroom Kingdom with Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars! It's Mario's final outing as a silent protagonist and his first step into 3D. A rare collaboration between Nintendo and Squaresoft gave us this grand adventure that took Mario to places he'd never been before. We even talk about out why this system-seller never got a sequel. Thanks for hanging out with us! Connect with us directly on all the things: Website: Patreon: Discord: Youtube: Instagram: Email: And don't forget - please rate & review us to help grow the show so we can all nerd out together.
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Cult of the Lamb
03/06/2024
Cult of the Lamb
Season 8 Episode 3 Tom & Andrea develop followers in an entirely new way with Cult of the Lamb. Become the Lamb, start a cult, and give them a reason to worship you. It's a cozy game with enough dead animals to make a butcher wealthy. Come find out what it would be like to live under the rule of Andrea, if you dare. Thanks for hanging out with us! Connect with us directly on all the things: Website: Patreon: Discord: Youtube: Instagram: Email: And don't forget - please rate & review us to help grow the show so we can all nerd out together.
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Dave the Diver
02/28/2024
Dave the Diver
Season 8 Episode 2 This week The Other Castle dives into the Giant Blue Hole with Dave the Diver. Dave was promised some sushi, and we're going to help him get that sushi! It's a fishing game, a restaurant sim, a pokemon game, a farming sim, a Contra clone, an espionage thriller, and an exploration and treasure hunting adventure all rolled into one. What is Dave the Diver? The answer is "Yes". Come along on one of the wildest stories of the last few years. Thanks for hanging out with us! Connect with us directly on all the things: Website: Patreon: Discord: Youtube: Instagram: Email: And don't forget - please rate & review us to help grow the show so we can all nerd out together.
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Alan Wake
02/21/2024
Alan Wake
Season 8 Episode 1 The Other Castle is back with the bizarre and twisted world of Alan Wake! Join Alan as he explores the dark and eerie town of Bright Falls. His marriage and career are in a shambles. The only way to pull himself out of it, is through a tense psychological thriller that will hopefully revitalize both. Grab your flashlight and some batteries for this one. Thanks for hanging out with us! Connect with us directly on all the things: Website: Patreon: Discord: Youtube: Instagram: Email: And don't forget - please rate & review us to help grow the show so we can all nerd out together.
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Bioshock Infinite
12/27/2023
Bioshock Infinite
Bonus Episode Tom & Andrea coming at you with a surprise Bonus Episode to round out your holiday season and bring you into the New Year with Bioshock Infinite! We tag along with Booker and Elizabeth as they try to escape the flying city of Columbia. It's the final chapter in the Bioshock trilogy (for now), so don't miss out on all the great Bioshots we have in store for you. Thanks for hanging out with us! Connect with us directly on all the things: Website: Patreon: Discord: Twitch: Youtube: Instagram: Email: And don't forget - please rate & review us to help grow the show so we can all nerd out together.
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The Oregon Trail
11/01/2023
The Oregon Trail
Season: 7 Episode: 10 In the Season 7 finale, Tom & Andrea take a journey down The Oregon Trail! The longest-running series in all of gaming is one that American school children for generations have fallen in love with while playing and learning. Starting out as an attempt to be "the cool teacher", The Oregon Trail is a pioneer in and of itself in edutainment. Come find out why this game has stood the test of time to the point they're still re-releasing it 52 years after its creation. Thanks for hanging out with us! Connect with us directly on all the things: We also stream on Twitch every Friday at 8:30pm PST. ! Website: Patreon: Discord: Twitch: Youtube: Instagram: Email: And don't forget - please rate & review us to help grow the show so we can all nerd out together.
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The Callisto Protocol
10/25/2023
The Callisto Protocol
Season: 7 Episode: 9 It's another intergalactic episode as Tom & Andrea travel to a distant moon, where we escape the Black Iron Prison in The Callisto Protocol. Jacob and Dani are sworn enemies and each other's only hope as they uncover the secrets of the horrors hiding within the walls of the prison they have found themselves accidentally calling home. Lots of gore follows. Like, tons. Thanks for hanging out with us! Connect with us directly on all the things: We also stream on Twitch every Friday during the off-season at 8:30pm PST. ! Website: Patreon: Discord: Twitch: Youtube: Instagram: Email: And don't forget - please rate & review us to help grow the show so we can all nerd out together.
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Okami
10/18/2023
Okami
Season: 7 Episode: 8 Tom & Andrea become the sun goddess Amaterasu in the tragically forgotten piece of art, Okami. Listen in as we detail its critical acclaim and financial disaster. Somehow, risen from the ashes, it's given its due with the HD remaster. Find out how Ammy and her sidekick, wandering artist Issun, take on the many evils that inhabit Nippon. Thanks for hanging out with us! Connect with us directly on all the things: We also stream on Twitch every Friday at 8:30pm PST. ! Website: Patreon: Discord: Twitch: Youtube: Instagram: Email: And don't forget - please rate & review us to help grow the show so we can all nerd out together.
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Oxenfree
10/11/2023
Oxenfree
Season: 7 Episode: 7 Tom & Andrea take a boat to Edward's Island for a fun little camping trip that totally won't turn into a ghost story in Oxenfree. Tune in as we go along with Alex as she gets to know a new family member, and hunts some ghosts. It's a genre-blending sleeper hit that will have you coming back again and again and again and again... Thanks for hanging out with us! Connect with us directly on all the things: We also stream on Twitch every Friday at 8:30pm PST. ! Website: Patreon: Discord: Twitch: Youtube: Instagram: Email: And don't forget - please rate & review us to help grow the show so we can all nerd out together.
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Fort Solis
10/04/2023
Fort Solis
Season: 7 Episode: 6 Tom & Andrea are trapped on Mars with no escape in the sci-fi thriller Fort Solis. We go with Jack Leary as he sets out to investigate a distress alarm that has started blaring from the seemingly abandoned Fort Solis. It's a race against time and sanity as we discover the mysteries of Fort Solis. Thanks for hanging out with us! Connect with us directly on all the things: We also stream on Twitch every Friday at 8:30pm PST. ! Website: Patreon: Discord: Twitch: Youtube: Instagram: Email: And don't forget - please rate & review us to help grow the show so we can all nerd out together.
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Gears of War
09/27/2023
Gears of War
Season: 7 Episode: 5 Tom & Andrea take on the Locust Horde along with Marcus Fenix in the Epic Games masterpiece: Gears of War. Listen in as we discuss friendship and brotherhood in this action-packed adventure. We have a whole world to save, and a bunch of bugs to kill along the way. Find out how this first game in the long-running series broke the ground wide open for so many hits to come. Thanks for hanging out with us! Connect with us directly on all the things: We also stream on Twitch every Friday at 8:30pm PST. ! Website: Patreon: Discord: Twitch: Youtube: Instagram: Email: And don't forget - please rate & review us to help grow the show so we can all nerd out together.
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The Quarry
09/20/2023
The Quarry
Season: 7 Episode: 4 Tom & Andrea go on another Supermassive adventure with The Quarry. There's a mysterious threat lurking in Hackett's Quarry. People keep going missing, there's a hag running around, the Hackett family is deranged, and there's some kind of creature stalking an unsuspecting group of camp counselors. It's another horror slayathon with perma-death. You'll have a howling good time while we try to keep everyone alive through the night! Thanks for hanging out with us! Connect with us directly on all the things: We also stream on Twitch every Friday at 8:30pm PST. ! Website: Patreon: Discord: Twitch: Youtube: Instagram: Email: And don't forget - please rate & review us to help grow the show so we can all nerd out together.
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