Episode 11! Special Birthday Episode!

Bargain Bin:

One of two chances to be an old man this week in the bargain bin. (Old Man’s Journey).

Jay’s Picks:
Golf Club Wasteland – $2.99 (70% off $9.99)
Arise: A Simple Story – $9.99 (50% off $19.99)
Tiny Metal – $7.49 (50% off $14.99)

Em’s Picks:
Wingspan – $11.79 (41% off of $19.99)
My Time At Portia – $7.49 (75% off $29.99 – matches previous low)
Old Man’s Journey – $1.99 (80% off $9.99)

What we’re playing this week:

Jay:
Stardew Valley
Garden Story
Uncharted 2

Stalk squirrels (and other things) in Nuts.

Em:
Kentucky Route Zero
Nuts: A Surveillance Mystery
Negative Nancy

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Say “No” or nothing as Nancy in Negative Nancy. Cathartic.
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Hang out with a dog in a hat and get your Lynch fix in Kentucky Route Zero.

Reality TV Picks of the Week:
Old Enough! (Netflix)
Baggage (GSN)
You Live in What? (HGTV)

You Live in What?
😦 (Baggage)

Episode 11! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Games that reward you for playing on your birthday:

It’s nice to feel loved and respected by your friends and neighbors.

Games that reward you for playing on your birthday: Animal Crossing, Pokemon (X&Y and beyond), Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons, The Legendary Starfy

Starfy and co. on your birthday in The Legendary Starfy.

Other games that acknowledge your birthday: Metal Gear Solid, Death Stranding, Tomodachi Life, Kirby: Squeak Squad, Wii Fit, Final Fantasy, Fire Emblem, FIFA, Gran Turismo 5, Genshin Impact.

Overcooked has a birthday party skin, and there is a sandbox game called Happy Birthdays!

Delicious birthday curry (Sword/Shield)


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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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