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Do you still possess whimsy and joy? Andy, Flask, John, and Vito can help you get rid of whatever you have left by talking about Ghost Trick, Escape Simulator, Resident Evil, Valheim, Small World, Skate Story, Marty Supreme, Dispatch, Tabletop Simulator 2.0, Highguard('s lack of promotion), the question of who gets to vanquish mods from this earth, and more! 0:00 - Intro 2:33 - Vito (Roundtable) 4:16 - THE FINALS (vs. ARC Raiders) 7:16 - Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective 14:07 - Escape Simulator 24:11 - Andy (Roundtable) 24:17 - Resident Evil 2 Remake 26:19 - Resident Evil 7 26:36-43:32 - Spoilers 43:55 - Resident Evil 7 VR Mod 50:30 - Andy (Roundtable cont.) 50:51 - Resident Evil Village 52:11 - John (Roundtable) 51:30 - Valheim (cont.) 1:06:14 - Small World 1:08:08 - Skate Story 1:12:21 - Marty Supreme 1:15:23 - BREAK The Smashing Machine/WINTER 1:19:55 - Flask (Roundtable) 1:20:14 - Viewfinder 1:25:25 - Dispatch 1:40:17 - NEWS 1:40:32 - Deus Ex owners are "psychopaths", says Elias Toufexis 1:42:43 - Tabletop Simulator 2.0 roadmap 1:53:31 - Highguard is one week away… 1:58:08 - The Witcher 3 new DLC 2:02:37 - Cyberpunk 2077 mod taken down after strike 2:10:07 - Red Dead Redemption 2 spiderweb mystery 2:20:28 - Outro Find out more at https://broken-campfire.pinecast.co

In a year with too many titles to mention and too few subtitles to distinguish them, Andy, Flask, Greg, John, and Vito namedrop things like Pluribus, Project Zomboid, multiple PlayStation 2 games, Avatar: Fire and Ash, Cronos: The New Dawn, Dark Hours, ROUTINE, Jurassic World Evolution 3, Baby Steps, Valheim, Song Sung Blue, South of Midnight, and more. And as if those weren't enough names, so too do they drop 5 recommendations and 1 un-recommendation from 2025, in the annual 5 Up 1 Down tradition. Would it be a little awkward if multiple people dropped the same titles?… Find out more at https://broken-campfire.pinecast.co

In this entirely A.I.-prompted podcast episode, Andy, Erik, and Flask give pat auto-takes on Predator, The Running Man, Frankenstein and more movies, Darkenstein 3D, Little Locked Rooms, ARC Raiders, Valheim, Haha, You Clowns, Old School Runescape, Project Zomboid B42, Fallout, the announced Silksong expansion, numerous news stories about A.I. in the gaming sphere recently, and more. 0:00 - Intro 2:59 - Flask (Roundtable) 3:27 - Movies 3:56 - Predator: Badlands 10:24 - Indiana Jones 14:14 - The Running Man 17:14 - Frankenstein 22:09 - Black Phone 2 23:46 - Wake Up Dead Man 27:41 - Strange Antiquities 33:59 - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered 42:56 - Darkenstein 3D 47:23 - Little Locked Rooms 53:09 - Andy (Roundtable) 53:21 - ARC Raiders 54:36 - Helldivers 2 56:50 - Valheim 58:18 - Hades II 1:00:16 - Haha, You Clowns 1:02:22 - Smiling Friends S03 1:02:28 - Bugonia 1:04:24 - BREAK Steam Winter Sale 1:06:22 - Erik (Roundtable) 1:06:56 - Old School Runescape 1:09:08 - Hardcore World of Warcraft 1:10:03 - Project Zomboid B42 1:23:35 - Terminator 2D: No Fate 1:36:05 - Fallout S02 1:26:56 - NEWS 1:27:16 - Silksong: Sea of Sorrow expansion 1:29:08 - Larian CEO comments on Generative A.I. 1:29:47 - Clair Obscur A.I. texture controversy resurfaces 1:30:13 - ARC Raiders was in the news for text-to-speech 1:30:39 - Dan Houser doesn't think A.I. is that useful 1:41:12 - Metroid Prime 4 datamining uncovers a lot more NPC dialogue 1:44:40 - Where Winds Meet 1:50:54 - Outro Find out more at https://broken-campfire.pinecast.co

Raiding your podcast feed for upgrade materials, Andy, Flask, John, and Vito proximity chat about ARC Raiders, Strange Antiquities, Hades II, Predator: Badlands, Megabonk, The Chair Company, Peak, Restaurats, Primitive War, BALL x PIT, Bye Sweet Carole, Hypogea, Keeper, the new Steam hardware, and more! 0:00 - Intro 2:13 - Vito (Roundtable) 3:12 - ARC Raiders 14:41 - Strange Antiquities 22:26 - Split Fiction/A Way Out 23:09 - Hades II 26:43 - Predator: Badlands 30:42 - Andy (Roundtable) 31:27 - ARC Raiders 1:02:22 - Hollow Knight: Silksong 1:03:06 - Megabonk 1:13:00 - The Chair Company Spoilers - 1:18:53-1:28:15 1:30:13 - BREAK 1:30:18 - Scream-off 1:31:25 - John (Roundtable) 1:31:49 - Peak 1:39:34 - Restaurats 1:42:10 - Fallout 4 update 1:51:18 - Flask (Roundtable) 1:51:37 - Primitive War 1:53:53 - BALL x PIT 1:58:40 - Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 2:07:59 - Bye Sweet Carole 2:10:54 - Hypogea 2:14:18 - Keeper 2:24:36 - Steam Machine/Steam Frame/Steam Controller 2:35:08 - Outro Find out more at https://broken-campfire.pinecast.co

Here in the podslop equivalent of friendslop, Andy, Flask, Greg, John, and Vito can't stop slopping about the Steam Next Fest, RV There Yet?, The Chair Company, Age of Wonders 4, The Long Walk, Dead Reset, BALL x PIT, Hades 2, Strange Antiquities, One Battle After Another, Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines 2, Steam games that didn't make back their investment, some industry retirements, and more. 0:00 - Intro 2:01 - Andy (Roundtable) 2:07 - Steam Next Fest 2:50 - YAPYAP 7:05 - Upstairs 8:56 - Tears of Metal 10:50 - Storebound 12:33 - Species Unknown 15:09 - Star Trek Voyager: Across the Unknown 20:25 - SPLASH - Paintball 27:55 - Mainland 32:40 - Final Sentence 34:07 - Car Service Together 35:43 - Restaurats 40:51 - ARC Raiders 42:01 - RV There Yet? 46:21 - The Chair Company 49:40 - Friendslop Fall 52:58 - Futurama: Hit & Run 53:01 - Greg (Roundtable) 53:08 - Misery 58:30 - World of Warcraft - Legion Remix 59:14 - Age of Wonders 4 1:05:36 - BREAK A.I. videos 1:22:10 - Flask (Roundtable) 1:07:27 - Moon Mission Recordings 1:10:58 - Scared Shitless 1:13:40 - The Long Walk 1:20:30 - Dead Reset 1:23:11 - BALL x PIT 1:31:07 - Vito (Roundtable) 1:31:47 - The Finals 1:31:56 - A Way Out/Split Fiction 1:36:18 - Hades 2 1:37:12 - Strange Antiquities 1:41:40 - John (Roundtable) 1:41:45 - One Battle After Another 1:45:47 - Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines 2 2:02:55 - NEWS 2:03:02 - GOG hires private investigators to hunt down rights holders 2:04:25 - Over 5,000 games released on Steam this year did not make back their $100 2:06:34 - Gregg Mayles leaves Rare after 36 years 2:08:06 - Doug Bowser retires as NOA President/COO 2:09:57 - Outro Find out more at https://broken-campfire.pinecast.co

Scant months before the podcast is cancelled online for accidentally still playing an EA game even after their buyout, Andy, Flask, and John get heated about Hollow Knight: Silksong, Arena Breakout: Infinite, A Way Out, Shift At Midnight, TerrorBytes, The Knightling, Silent Hill f, the Game Pass price hike, ARC Raiders, skate.'s skin issues, and more. 0:00 - Intro 3:35 - Andy (Roundtable) 3:39 - Hollow Knight: Silksong 24:38 - Cosmic Encounters: Cosmic Odyssey 32:30 - On Cinema at the Cinema season 16 33:46 - Arena Breakout: Infinite 39:54 - John (Roundtable) 40:07 - A Way Out 43:39 - Shift At Midnight 46:41 - Waxworks 49:06 - Superman/Fantastic Four 56:31 - BREAK Waxworks confirmation and Supes/FF rating 58:37 - Flask (Roundtable) 59:04 - October Brew on Healing Flask 59:29 - Megabonk 1:01:11 - MandaloreGaming's SOMA review 1:01:51 - Alice in Borderland season 3 1:03:38 - TerrorBytes 1:08:34 - The Knightling 1:17:59 - Silent Hill f 1:37:56 - NEWS 1:38:02 - Xbox price hike for Game Pass and Call of Duty sales 1:44:46 - "ARC Raiders" censored in BLOPS 7, but not "Battlefield 6" 1:45:47 - ARC Raiders was "not fun" after its reveal trailer 1:47:39 - Pico Park accidentally made permanently free on Steam 1:50:10 - skate. charging $40 for cardboard Dead Space skin 1:52:25 - Nintendo issues denial about governmental generative A.I. claim 1:53:58 - EA buyout 1:56:17 - Outro Find out more at https://broken-campfire.pinecast.co

You! Yes, you! Remember video games? Well FORGET 'em. This episode is all about the AUDIO games, played here in episode 201 of the podcast to celebrate the previous 200. You will enjoy such puzzling contests as 'Lore Lie and the Lazy Guys', 'My Friends Are in Jeopardy', and 'Retro Review Recognizer'. That's it, actually. There were only enough points in the bank account for those three games. And actually, you should probably remember those video games again real quick, because the audio games are all about video games. 0:00 - Intro 3:03 - Lore Lie and the Lazy Guys setup 7:44 - Lore Lie and the Lazy Guys game start 7:52 - Flask Question 1 9:02 - Answer 10:30 -  Flask Question 2 12:44 - Answer 16:52 - Flask Question 3 18:28 - Answer 19:25 - Flask Question 4 20:53 - Answer 23:33 - Answer Rundown 27:34 - Andy Question 1 30:17 - Andy Question 2 31:56 - Andy Question 3 35:22 - My Friends Are in Jeopardy! (Andy Edition) 1:10:31 - Retro Review Recognizer 1:12:16 - Excerpt 1 1:13:35 - Answer 1:14:53 - Excerpt 2 1:17:10 - Answer 1:18:28 - Excerpt 3 1:21:26 - Answer 1:23:10 - Excerpt 4 1:26:20 - Answer 1:28:02 - Excerpt 5 1:30:17 - Answer 1:31:40 - Excerpt 6 1:33:08 - Answer 1:35:58 - Bonus review 1:38:02 - Conclusion Find out more at https://broken-campfire.pinecast.co

THIS EPISODE CONTAINS A MARKED SPOILER SECTION!   Andy, Flask, and John discuss early impressions of the game Hollow Knight: Silksong (2025), by Team Cherry. 0:00 - Intro 1:35 - Hollow Knight: Silksong 35:58-57:55 - Spoilers 57:56 - Hollow Knight: Silksong (cont.) 1:25:15 - Outro Find out more at https://broken-campfire.pinecast.co

In this, the only podcast that refuses to be delayed by Silksong's release, Andy, Flask, and Greg talk important issues like Risk of Rain 2, 1000 Players Simulate Civilization, Dead by Daylight, Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater, Herdling, tall trails, Wheel World, Nintendo withholding Switch 2 devkits, the cowardly indie games pushed aside by Silksong, Black Ops 7's skins, and more. Find out more at https://broken-campfire.pinecast.co

In another all-timer episode on account of featuring only the two best voices, Flask and John discuss Weapons, Alien: Earth, Strange Jigsaws, The Alters, Whisper Mountain Outbreak, Gamescom ONL, Future Games Show, and more. 0:00 - Intro 2:03 - Flask (Roundtable) 2:07 - PaperKlay 3:50 - Weapons 10:21 - Alien: Earth 28:26 - Strange Jigsaws 32:50 - John (Roundtable) 33:03 - The Alters 36:10 - Baldur's Gate 3 modded run 42:36 - Whisper Mountain Outbreak 48:33 - NEWS 49:28 - Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 51:21 - Gamescom ONL 55:13 - Flask died, leaving John alone 57:40 - Gamescom ONL (cont.) 1:16:26 - Future Games Show 1:33:51 - Silksong (Team Cherry) RANT (cRaZy) 1:57:12 - Outro Find out more at https://broken-campfire.pinecast.co

In this podcast made of unfreezable sound molecules, Andy, Flask, Greg, John, and Vito make listenable noise about Blue Prince, Blood on the Clock Tower, King of the Hill, Abiotic Factor, Grounded 2, Fantastic Four: First Steps, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4. PaperKlay, Nintendo's mishandling of speedrunning, MasterCard's mishandling of NSFW games, Bungie's mishandling of being a company, the varied workshop skins of Castle Crashers' DLC, and more. 0:00 - Intro 1:29 - Vito (Roundtable) 1:53 - BC Pay 3:40 - Blue Prince 10:47 - We hung out 12:48 - Andy (Roundtable) 12:52 - Blood on the Clock Tower 40:20 - King of the Hill S14 48:58 - Unboxing the Cryptic Killer 51:16 - Greg (Roundtable) 51:28 - Abiotic Factor 54:46 - Grounded 2 1:07:13 - Dragon Ball: The Breakers 1:10:10 - BREAK Eating molecules 1:13:05 - Flask (Roundtable) 1:14:11 - Tower Dungeon 1:18:50 - Fantastic Four: First Steps 1:28:52 - Surfer trauma 1:30:33 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 1:36:20 - PaperKlay 1:38:58 - Steam Deck games 1:39:53 - God of Weapons 1:41:00 - Rack and Slay 1:42:46 - Hellbreach: Vegas 1:43:25 - Asterogues 1:45:37 - NEWS 1:45:46 - Japan's biggest speedrunning event excludes Nintendo titles after being told they needed permission 1:48:59 - Mastercard vs. Valve 1:50:40 - Battlefield 6 buzz 1:52:50 - Bungie may be losing independence after mass layoffs 1:55:31 - Sekiro anime? 1:59:06 - Castle Crashers: Painter Boss Paradise DLC 2:01:05 - Outro Find out more at https://broken-campfire.pinecast.co

In advance of all entertainment becoming short-form, listen to this long-form discussion from Andy, Flask, and Greg about Fallout 76, Hitman, Grounded, R.E.P.O., The Past Within, Rimworld - Odyssey, Taskmaster, Superman (2025), Lost in Random: The Eternal Die, THPS 3+4, Overwatch 2's story(?), Subnautica 2, and more. 0:00 - Intro 2:16 - Greg (Roundtable) 2:28 - Fallout 76 4:02 - Hitman: World of Assassination 9:32 - Red Dead Redemption 2 16:55 - Grounded 29:06 - Andy (Roundtable) 29:15 - Lies of P 29:44 - Sketchy's Contract 29:56 - R.E.P.O. 34:58 - Peak 35:49 - The Past Within 44:15 - Unboxing the Cryptic Killer 45:35 - Rimworld - Odyssey 52:31 - BREAK Attenuation correction 53:37 - Flask (Roundtable) 54:32 - Taskmaster series 19 1:02:52 - Superman 1:18:53 - Lost in Random: The Eternal Die 1:23:50 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 1:27:03 - NEWS 1:27:14 - Blizzard wants to get back to story content for Overwatch 2 1:32:30 - Credit card providers force Steam to crack down on incest games 1:35:38 - Subnautica 2 is coming in 2026 1:36:31 - Unknown Worlds claim Krafton forced the game to be delayed 1:37:38 - Krafton response 1:40:15 - Unknown Worlds co-founders file lawsuit 1:45:28 - Killing Floor 3 coming soon 1:48:40 - Outro Find out more at https://broken-campfire.pinecast.co

Beneath the fading firework's ringing in your ears, you can hear dully the cheering and grousing of Andy, Flask, John, and Vito as they talk about Peak, Still Wakes the Deep: Siren's Rest, FBC: Firebreak, Blue Prince, Grounded, Dreamsettler's cancellation, RE: Requiem's early concept, the Xbox mass layoffs, and more. 0:00 - Intro 2:34 - Flask (Roundtable) 2:44 - Elden Ring: Nightreign 2:26 - Peak 28:40 - Murderbot (Apple TV+) 29:57 - Steam Demo videos 30:50 - Still Wakes the Deep: Siren's Rest 36:57 - Andy (Roundtable) 37:06 - Lies of P 37:27 - Taskmaster 38:51 - Vito (Roundtable) 39:25 - Siege X 40:31 - Robocop: Rogue City 42:55 - FBC: Firebreak 1:04:12 - Blue Prince 1:14:12 - BREAK FBC: Firebreak is a ripoff?! 1:14:38 - John (Roundtable) 1:14:53 - John's first topic! 1:15:24 - Dune: Awakening 1:16:33 - Grounded 1:22:03 - NEWS 1:22:16 - Dreamsettler has been cancelled 1:26:13 - RE: Requiem early concept was online/open-world 1:29:13 - Xbox going through a series of layoffs 1:37:18 - Helldivers 2 is coming to Xbox 1:38:22 - Outro Find out more at https://broken-campfire.pinecast.co

Let the summer begin! Andy, Flask, Greg, and John dive into a pool of topics, such as Dune: Awakening, Peak, Skin Deep, Rainbow Six Siege, Fallout 76, FORTNITE, Blue Prince, to a T, Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island, Bloober Team's Silent Hill 1 remake, Summer Games Fest, Xbox Games Showcase, and more! Find out more at https://broken-campfire.pinecast.co