Episode 13! We’re on Vacation!!!

Ahhhh, vacation. (Castaway Paradise)

Bargain Bin:

Jay’s Picks:
Lego Worlds – $5.99 (80% off 29.99 – matches previous low)
Rollercoaster Tycoon 3: Complete Edition – $10.49 (65% off 29.99 – matches previous low)

Oops. My bad. As a tycoon, I hope I have insurance and lawyers.

Em’s Picks:
Castaway Paradise – $2.99 (85% off 19.99 – lowest price ever)
Speed Dating for Ghosts – $2.09 (70% off 6.99 – matches previous low)

Only the best for my dates (Speed Dating for Ghosts)

What we’re playing this week:

Be a little fox in The First Tree.

Jay:
The First Tree
Chicory: A Colorful Tale

Em:
Pokemon GO!
Lumbearjack
Lake

(sigh) I want to be a mailman in the PNW in 1984, too. (Lake)


Reality TV of the week:

Married at First Sight (premiered July 6th/Lifetime): SEASON 15?!
The Floor is Lava (2 seasons/Netflix)

I want to sink to the bottom (of this off-putting orange game show lava) with you.

Explore.org Katmai Bear Cams (Brooks Falls – Alaska)
The Brown Bear Cams (and don’t worry, you can watch highlights!)
The Wiki

🏖Vacation Gaming Guide by Em and Jay:

Just over here trying to play outside with my Gameboy.

🕹👾Video games:
Jackbox (Drawful, Quiplash, Trivia Murder Party, Blather Round, Devils and the Details, Push the Button, Joke Boat, Split the Room, Fibbage)
Family Feud
Tetris on the Gameboy
Nintendo64 bolted to a wall
Pokemon on the Gameboy

🎲♟Board and Card:
Monikers
BANG!
Telestrations
Play 9
Business Walrus
Carcassonne

The Business Walrus is a demanding creature.

Miscellaneous:
Dance Dance Revolution

✉️ MAILBAG:
Pete from NY wrote to us about his love for his Ice Blue Gameboy, Pokemon Red, and disdain for being fooled into buying a Rollercoaster Tycoon knock-off for the PC on vacation. Thank you for being far out, Pete!

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Episode 8! Games with no chill (hard pass) ft. Dougie

Bargain Bin:

Like Em and Jay. Pictured: The Last Campfire, also a false sense of cozy security before we talk about some very un-chill games.

Jay’s Picks:
Hades (not cozy)- $16.24 (35% off $24.99 – matches previous low)
Alien: Isolation (NOT cozy)- $17.49 (50% off $34.99 – matches previous low)
The Last Campfire (cozy) – $5.99 (60% off $14.99 – not far from previous low)

Em’s Picks (all cozy, all the time):
Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles – $16.79 (44% off of $29.99)
Dadish/Dadish 2 – $1.99 each (80% off $9.99)
Teddy the Wanderer: Mountain Hike/Kayaking – $1.99 each (80% off $9.99)

What we’re playing this week:

Jay:
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Semantle
Tetris 99 (anxiety tetris)

Semantle: or guessing random words and maybe you’ll get close. Or go insane.

Em:
Stardew Valley
Semantle (also)

Dougie:
Elden Ring
Wordle

Em and Dougie’s Reality TV Picks of the Week:
Married at First Sight (Suggested reading: Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find – And Keep – Love by Amir Levine and Rachel S. F. Heller)
Old Enough!

This poor kid dropping his fish for the 17th time on Old Enough!

Games with No Chill:

Jay and Dougie’s Picks:

Bloodborne
Hades
Doom Eternal
Alien Isolation
Silent Hill
Resident Evil
Also: Subnautica (not mentioned)

Em’s Picks:

You can and absolutely should pet that dog in Fable II

Fable II
Fallout 3
Dragon Quest Builders
Skyrim

Roses are red, picking up items is fun…
Secret ending to Silent Hill. See also: how this podcast is run.


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