Gretchen looks at you with knowing eyes, and you can sense something within her literally dogged frame is desperate to say more than the small, breathy "woof" that escapes her mouth. You tell Stella that her dog speaks with the cadence of a southern belle. You'll be gone in a week anyway, why not shake the town up a bit and make them believe you can talk to animals before you go?
Discussed: The worst bit of all time, GOTY prep, Consume Me, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, Stephen’s Backloggd activity, LEGO Party, gauging Mario Party as a series, the potential future for a variety of series, Scarlet Hollow, choice-driven narratives, games on the horizon, Suezo on the ranch
Matt and Lex's Consume Me video essay
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Season 8 cover art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/
Theme song by Will LaPorte: https://ghostdown.online/
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Timecodes:
(00:00) - Intro
(00:28) - Brendon commits a crime against humanity
(01:57) - Consume Me | Please God, free us from the space billionaires
(11:33) - First Chapter Spoilers!!! | Consume Me
(12:13) - Consume Me
(25:22) - A break, mercifully
(25:25) - Watch the Flow State video on Consume Me!
(26:02) - Sonic Racing Crossworlds | A conceptual segment
(28:58) - Lego Party | A conceptual segment
(54:01) - Break
(54:02) - Scream to the AHHH!!ther
(55:01) - Scarlet Hollow | Fear the Aether
(01:21:59) - Some game updates
(01:25:26) - Wrapping up
Lauren Hilger
2025-10-15 10:12:29 +0000 UTC