Nick and Trevor regale Jonathan with the simple joys of zombie dismemberment in Dead Island 2, a worthy successor, if a bit delayed.저자 Octopus Park

Jonathan and Nick recount purging lots of heretics in Inquisitor: Martyr, a great action game with a few rough edges, but absolutely lives up to the standards of the Warhammer 40K franchise lore. If you're new to lore, don't miss Luetin's channel.https://www.youtube.com/@Luetin09저자 Octopus Park

Nick regales Jonathan with his experience of Forespoken, a decent enough action game, but the aspirations of open world and story evaporating in the sunlight.저자 Octopus Park

Jonathan and Nick revisit the free new major content drop for Valheim "Mistlands". New weapons, new enemies, new materials, lots of new geography, and magic!저자 Octopus Park

Sethatos returns to talk about Dwarf Fortress, now on Steam, thanks to KitFox games. Still the best home for all of your war-rhinocerous needs.저자 Octopus Park

Jonathan describes the inventory-optimizing Roge-Like "BackPack Hero". Lots of fun if you're a huge nerd. :)저자 Octopus Park

Jonathan describes the wonders of the new Rogelike deckbuilder "Inscryption". It's wonderfully atmospheric, and a remarkable blend of mechanics and narrative.저자 Octopus Park

Jonathan expounds on the state of the podcast, Sundered: Eldritch Edition comes to the Nintendo Switch, and Elden Ring final thoughts.저자 Octopus Park

Jonathan and Nick discuss Diablo Immortal, and dopamine machines generally, if they can be good, and the future of the industry.저자 Octopus Park

Jonathan recounts the delightful and relaxing tile countryside builder 'DorfRomantik', on Steam now.저자 Octopus Park

Jonathan and Nick discuss the pitch perfect vampire action/base-crafting game 'V Rising'. The name may be ridiculous, but the game is fun and flawlessly themed, aimed squarely at those seeking to wet their fangs playing a classic vampire.저자 Octopus Park

Jonathan gushes about the inclusive and delightful dating-action romp, Boyfriend Dungeon.저자 Octopus Park

Jonathan and Nick talk about Tiny Tina's Winderland, a goofy, first-person, looter-shooter: the first good successor to Borderlands 2 in quite some time.저자 Octopus Park

Jonathan recounts the joy of Kingdom: Two Crowns, a wonderful follow-up and enhancement to the original work. A pleasant and fruitful continuation of the series.저자 Octopus Park

Nick regails Jonathan of the joys and tribulations of Horizon: Forbidden west, highs lows, and lots of bows.저자 Octopus Park

Jonathan expounds on comfort food games and electronic self-care.저자 Octopus Park

Nick regales Jonathan with the latest Rune Factory, and the strange and surprising choices within this entry in the series.저자 Octopus Park

Jonathan recounts the tiny twinkling gem of Vampire Survivors, fun for anyone with a few bucks and a love for a CastleVania-feeling rogue-lite.저자 Octopus Park

Jonathan and Nick discuss Humankind, the era-spanning, turn-based, empire-building game to truly rival the Civilization franchise. This one is legitimately good, and you should get it.저자 Octopus Park

Jonathan recounts the wonderful experience of the wide-ranging techno-fantasy romp "Phoenotopia Awakening". It's a deep, well-written, and overall incredibly fun game for a very agreeable price.저자 Octopus Park

Jonathan and Nick discuss the late game of Elden Ring: hard learned lessons, giant birds, our troubles, and our joys.Wondrous lore: https://www.youtube.com/c/VaatiVidyaA great Elden Ring Wiki: https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Elden+Ring+Wiki저자 Octopus Park

Jonathan expounds on the action sidescroller rogue-light "Dead Cells": lots of fun, especially as a snowman!저자 Octopus Park

Jonathan and Nick froth and gibber about the new and amazing Elden Ring, open world successor to the Dark Souls, and an absolute triumph. Not perfect, but absolutely worth it, even if you haven't ever played any of them before. Get it. Do it now.저자 Octopus Park

Jonathan discusses Mega Man X 4 and 5, fresh from the Mega Man X legacy collections on the switch, preserving fond memories and playing experiences of classic platformers: loyal to the franchise with more content and minor tweaks.저자 Octopus Park

Jonathan recounts the joy of pummeling a hundred evildoers to Nick in the new game Sifu, a mechanical masterpiece that is 100% loyal to the kung-fu theme.저자 Octopus Park

Nick recounts his experiences with Crusader Kings 3, the Royal Court expansion, a bubbling pot of organic experiences in feudal mostly-Europe. Bring on the parade of wars, disinheritance, and assassin-nuns.저자 Octopus Park

The Literate Gamer book club finishes the last book in the Dune series written by Frank Herbert, ChapterHouse Dune. A lot of weird ideas, strangely assembled; who can say they're surprised?저자 Octopus Park

Nick and Jonathan discuss Icarus, a novel take on survival crafting, introducing a mission system, with pleasing results, though a bit of balance at the top is needed. Quite fun, and content updates are forthcoming.저자 Octopus Park

Jonathan recounts the magnificence of Metroid Dread for the Nintendo Switch, a glorious sequel to Metroid Fusion: everything you want from a Metroid game, completely loyal to the franchise and gobs of fun to play!저자 Octopus Park

The gang discusses Heretics of Dune, a welcome source of politics and action after God-Emperor, if unfocused, and full of more of the novel weirdness we've all come to expect from Frank Herbert.저자 Octopus Park

Jonathan and Nick discuss League of Legends and Wild Rift, the incredibly successful MOBA properties of Riot Games, and the wonders and flaws therein.저자 Octopus Park

The gang discusses God Emperor of Dune, the philosophical conclusion to Frank Herbert's political thesis, though not the series. Meaning comes to the patient, or at least orgasms.저자 Octopus Park

Nick regales Jonathan with the bizarre Arkane Studios shooter 'DeathLoop', and its novel narrative and mechanical devices.저자 Octopus Park

In this week's Dune book club, we discuss Children of Dune, a good book, though our sourness at what flaws do exist reach epic proportions, and once again Jonathan misses the orgy.저자 Octopus Park

Nick recounts his experience to Jonathan of Elden Ring, the new FromSoft open world vehicle, and whether it's loyal to the franchise(s), and above all, if it's good.저자 Octopus Park

Jonathan recounts the delicious ridiculous Warhammer 40K gem of Real-Time-Strategy 'Dawn of War'.That intro video gives me chills every time!https://store.steampowered.com/app/4570/Warhammer_40000_Dawn_of_War__Game_of_the_Year_Edition/Dawn of War with all DLC: https://store.steampowered.com/sub/30560/…

Jonathan and Nick discuss Kena: Bridge of Spirits, a fun 3rd-person action puzzler with incredible art and some adorable little buddies.저자 Octopus Park

The Book Club gang discuss the 2021 Dune movie by Denis Villeneuve, a smashing success by all metrics, other than one wailing woman.저자 Octopus Park

Jonathan and Nick discuss Asymmetric Multiplayer, a blooming young game type, often involving predators, aliens, zombies, and a wide assortment of famous murderers.저자 Octopus Park

The book club discusses part 3 of Dune, containing the political climax, with lots of bizarre innovations: some breathtaking, others disappointing, but still a great and fantastic book, and once again Jonathan misses the orgies. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_9DDewKiZhpkrlXv2yGRbEKEI_Ma1JvH https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzH…

Literate Gamer revisits where it all began: Demon's Souls, specifically the Blue Point remake for the PS5. It is a faithful and beautiful recreation, loyal, with little extra in just the right places.저자 Octopus Park

The Dune book club continues in part 2, where Paul and Jessica enter the desert, he has a family (theoretically?), and somehow Jonathan misses an orgy.저자 Octopus Park

Nick regales Jonathan with the third-person multiplayer shooter Aliens FireTeam Elite, a fun game and faithful use of the IP.저자 Octopus Park

The gang discusses the first part of the classic sci-fi novel Dune, the original text, how it was, how it is: ahead of its time, but also a product of it.저자 Octopus Park

Jonathan and Nick speak with Justin from TheTallGuyGamer about Returnal, a haunting experience of platforming, bullet-hell, and don't forget despair, desperation, and madness. This game is a masterpiece, and incredibly strong early entry for the PS5. Check out more of Justin's good works on YouTube, or his featured post on Destructoid:https://www.y…

Jonathan recounts the serene-yet-intense side-scrolling tower defense game Kingdom: New Lands, a delightful diversion for a few hours per run, at an extremely affordable price.저자 Octopus Park

Jonathan and Nick speak with El Whitcomb, Community Manager for Ox-Eye Media, which includes DeepWater Games, and their fantastically fun and accessible games, named FloorPlan and Welcome to your Perfect Home. Also Hot new games coming soon!DeepWaterGaming.com@DeepWaterGames저자 Octopus Park

Jonathan recounts and wonderful gameplay experience of Rogue Legacy: charming, fun, and a great rogue-lite all around.저자 Octopus Park

Nick and Jonathan speak with Matt Forbeck, a truly phenomenal font of creativity, writer of dozens of books, contributor to scads of games, including BioMutant and the upcoming tabletop Marvel role-playing game, and of course his own Shotguns and Sorcery.Check out everything at Forbeck.com.저자 Octopus Park

Jonathan recounts the joy of Castle Crashers, a fun, brilliantly-animated beat-em-up, great for couch co-op, or as a solo experience.저자 Octopus Park