This episode, we head up the Jagged Peak in order to do the last of the optional content in Shadow of the Erdtree. We’ve heard tell of a tyrant atop of the volcano, Bayle the Dread, a draconic betrayer so hated by Placidusax that the practice of Dragon Communion was created to bring him down.
2025-02-02 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Deaclan's here! Guys, Deaclan? He's finally here. We've been waiting.
We would like to thank Gwen Static for composing our theme song, and Trent Peters for creating our great podcast art.
2025-02-01 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Kole, Ben, Jala, and Moxie talk about Butcher’s Creek, If on a Winter’s Night, Four Travelers, Digseum, and much more!
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The Multiplayer:
Questions. Questions for ever. Don't y'all ever stop asking questions?
2025-01-30 16:44:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Boss Fights! Who needs them? Not us. But the video game industrial complex sure seems addicted to them.
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2025-01-30 16:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks! I'll be hosting the first Jackbox night for 2025 tomorrow night, January 30th, at 8pm Eastern over on the Duckfeed Twitch channel.
We'll be playing several Jackbox games for about two hours, and patrons get first crack at participation codes in the #duckbox-partyquack channel in our Slack.
If you're new, always assume that the last Thursday of every month will be Jackbox Night unless informed otherwise....
2025-01-29 16:29:03 +0000 UTC View Post
One monster, sort of!
2025-01-28 07:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Honestly, how did we go so long without talking about this? The Cat in the Hat is an infamously bad movie, and stories about its botched production are how we learned that Mike Myers is a real dick. Which is a shame, given the Wayne’s World of it all. The biggest surprise here is that the game, a 2.5D platformer, isn’t terrible.
2025-01-27 21:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This week’s Roundtable Roundtable features an interview with Phobia, a YouTuber who documents glitches in games in an accessible and entertaining way. We talk about his process and how looking for glitches changes the way he plays FromSoft games. Then we read your responses to the northeastern part of the map and the Abyssal Woods.
2025-01-26 17:28:17 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode we get invited into Cazador’s Lair.
Other Segments:
Legends and Lore: Cazador
Character Round Up: Astarion
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about X-COM 2: The Long War, My Summer Car, Dying Light 2, and much more!
The Grind:
The Multiplayer:
The End Boss:
Genre defining, boundary pushing, console selling; Super Mario 64 had it all. One of the defining games of the Nintendo 64 and of the early 3D era left a huge legacy behind, but we can only really talk about it in full if we go back to where it all began. There's a letter, a girl, and a promise of cake. This is definitely not a trap.c
2025-01-23 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Despite being the sixth movie in the Omen franchise, this is actually the First one. This 2024 prequel is the path that leads to Damien, the child antichrist. What does it take to actually get an Antichrist made? Let’s investigate together, shall we?
2025-01-22 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
WE DID IT, ZERO MONSTERS DISCUSSED
2025-01-21 07:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
A patron demanded that we talk about a kinda good game, played incorrectly. Virtua Cop was genuinely impressive not because of its 3D graphics, but because for the first time enemies would animate and move and not just be pop up animated gif targets. Honestly, that’s probably enough, though you really want to play this in the arcade.
2025-01-20 17:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode we join a hag victim support group and do the worst quest in the game
Other Segments:
Legends and Lore: The BG3 prequel you forgot about
Up on a Soapbox: Baldur's Bummers
Fiend Folio: Poltergeists
Though the Abyssal Woods and Midra’s Manse aren’t huge areas gameplay-wise, we adore their lore and story so much that we had to camp out for some extra time. So this episode concludes our discussion of Midra’s Manse, including the boss fight, and a long talk about what Midra and Nanaya’s deals were.
2025-01-19 17:40:17 +0000 UTC View Post
In this final premium episode of Abject Suffering, we talk about the legendary kusoge “Death Crimson”, a barely-functional light gun shooter that qualifies as genuine outsider art. We also get kind of wistful about urban exploration and talking to our past selves.
2025-01-19 03:26:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Gary loves Conner O'Malley's Stand Up Solutions, Gwen watches pointless, popular movies, Kole enjoys The People's Joker.
2025-01-19 03:21:13 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time to rob a train.
We would like to thank Gwen Static for composing our theme song, and Trent Peters for creating our great podcast art.
2025-01-18 16:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about My Summer Car, Sorry We’re Closed, Dice Kingdoms, and much more!
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Hey folks, K here.
We've gotten a lot of emails recently from new patrons saying that our audio hosting service provider, Fireside, isn't recognizing the email address they're inputting to get their individual show feeds. If it's happening to you, you're not alone.
I do not know what is causing the issue, I have no control over how frequently it refreshes its database of authorized emails, I cannot manually authorize you to get a per-episode feed, and the Fireside developers don't...
2025-01-16 23:16:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Do Wizards make good cops? Well, "good" cops. How about, would Wizards be efficient cops? That's the question XCOM-inspired Tactical Breach Wizards aims to answer. They can arrest people with magic! Too bad the criminals have magic too.
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2025-01-16 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostHellllllllooooooooooooo! The purpose of this post is to call for your questions and prompts for WOFF! Dispatch. Please respond by Monday, January 20th by leaving a comment on this post.
We're looking for two kinds of things:
Suggestions for our long-form discussion prompt.
Q&A about the shows, behind the scenes details, and miscellaneous (including off-the-wall and off-topic questions). Ask us about games or other media,...
2025-01-16 01:59:29 +0000 UTC View Post
One monster, NSFW
2025-01-14 07:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Rocky Rodent is a dine-and-dashing menace, and one of the most unsavory-looking characters we’ve discussed on this show. Everything about this IREM Sonic clone is off, in the way SNES slop tends to be. We also talk about ringmaster and bellhop uniforms, for some reason.
2025-01-13 20:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode we get greasy and do mummy stuff.
Other Segments:
Legends and Lore: Characters from Baldur's Gate 1 and 2
The Complete Wizard's Handbook: Achieving Immortality
Fiend Folio: Mummy Lords
Though the Abyssal Woods and Midra’s Manse aren’t huge areas gameplay-wise, we adore their lore and story so much that we had to camp out for some extra time. So this episode concludes our discussion of Midra’s Manse, and a long talk about what Midra and Nanaya’s deals were. Next episode we hit the big man himself and talk about the rules of Frenzy in The Lands Between.
2025-01-12 17:50:34 +0000 UTC View PostHey tarnished! It's time to write in with your responses on any Finger Stuff or Abyssal Woods/Midra's Manse in Elden Ring. Submit your response as a comment on this post! As always, keep some guidelines in mind.
Keep your responses and stories specific to Finger Stuff, Abyssal Woods or Midra's Manse
Please keep your responses brief. Think two short paragraphs, or around 200 words.
Specificity i...
2025-01-12 17:29:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Kole, Dennis, Jala, and Moxie talk about Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Dying Light 2, Along the Edge, and much more!
The Grind:
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The End Boss: 2025-01-10 21:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post