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Those Damn Ross Kids 167: Artisanal Carnies

Kris and Kole talk about lies, collective nouns, and the benefits of sleeping better.

ALSO: The Needy Tennant. Snoop Dogg and Reaganomics. Artisanal Carnies. Belgian blackface. Scarecrow town. Better sleep, better sex. Why we shake hands. Montana street fight. Christian Grey Jr. Gator mating season starts early.

Abject Suffering 82: Shadow of the Beast

Cloudy with a chance of eye storms.

Bonfireside Chat 61: Bloodborne First Impressions

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross share their first impressions of Bloodborne. Don't worry, no spoilers.

LINKS OF NOTE:

• Odyssey of the Mind
• 2015-03-29 16:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Watch Out for Fireballs! Extrasode: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to... well, some weird stuff, because nobody wrote in about Call of Duty 4 on time.

LINKS OF NOTE:

• [Jan and Dean](www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Qr6Ky1Lbg)
• [The Fabled Lan...
  2015-03-26 21:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Reminder: Duckfeed Live for March 2014 is Tonight

Hey all,Just a quick reminder that we're doing this month's Duckfeed Live tonight at 10pm EST, along with Dennis Furia from The Level.We still need lots of questions, though. Even if you aren't going to watch live, you can still ask a question and hear the response on the video archive page at 2015-03-26 14:18:56 +0000 UTC View Post

Those Damn Ross Kids 166: Klairidy

Kris and Kole talk about customer service, new marketing opportunities, and restraint.

ALSO: Boat School. Tabs and rabbit sounds. Sheik Tweets. Iran Contra. "Do you work here?" syndrome. Starbucks and race. Customer service. Alzheimer's drug shows startling promise. Klairidy. The Bottle Wall. Tell your doctor to wash th...

Abject Suffering 81: Onesimus: The Quest for Freedom

And lo, the Lord sayeth, render a game unto my people based upon Z-List Bible characters. And it was not good.

Announcement: Duckfeed Live for March 2015

This Thursday at 10pm, we're taking a brief time out from our Bloodborne binge to answer questions and prompts with special guest Dennis Furia from the Level!We go live Thursday night at 10pm Eastern, 7pm Pacific.We really need your questions, prompts, and other nudgings. They don't even have to be video game related. To submit ...

Bonfireside Chat 60: Scholar of the First Sin (Patch)

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about the content from the Scholar of the First Sin patch edition.

This episode includes discussion of the new NPC, dialogue, boss fight, and item descriptions. Keep an ear out for further discussion of the updated next-gen rerelease with new item and enemy placement. That episode wil...

Check It Out, Comrade! 34: Hotline Miami 2 / Darkest Dungeon

Nick and Gary take a shot at Hotline Miami 2 (it's actually good, fuck the haters) and get dank up in Dankest Dungeon.

The Level 98: A Last Syllable Decision

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Nintendo's bizarre mobile announcement, Saint's Row 4: Gat out of Hell, and we ask you about stealth in games.

The Brief:

• Nintendo is breaking into mobile.
• New Nintendo console codenamed "The NX" announced.
• New Walking Dead game by Starbreeze announced...
  2015-03-20 22:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Help Martin Page Get to the House of Stone and Light

We talk about this in an upcoming Abject Suffering, but I thought you might appreciate an early taste of one of my first games.

Watch Out for Fireballs! 96: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross noscope with Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

Call of Duty has become emblematic of AAA bloat. Podcasts like ours tend to dismiss it out of hand as the poster child for a kind of game that hasn't just run out of ideas, but refuses to be reflective about the ideas it does have. It c...

Teenage Dirtbags 6: "Original Wrapper" by Lou Reed

Less than ten thousand people have watched this video. Join them. It's another patented Teenage Dirtbags FLASHBACK with Lou Reed and The Original Wrapper. A song that you guys don't know exist and will bum you out/blow your mind.

Those Damn Ross Kids 165: Long Live the New Fleshlight

Kris and Kole talk about sickness, inhalants, and food marketing fads.

ALSO: The black lung. Huffing markers. Institutional synesthesia. Throat confusion. Whole Foods pooping and kale-fed chicken. Bushiness. Being sick. Male enhancement. Sex Selfie Stick. Love rag. Zorkzax Was Here. Bacon and kale are on the way out. Do...

Abject Suffering 80: Mickey Mousecapade

Countdown to when Iron Man bursts through my apartment wall to issue a cease and desist. Then the Goof Troop will haul me off to the big mouse.

Backer Blog: Regularity

Why it's important to release when you say you will.

Bonfireside Chat Appendix: Lords of the Fallen

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read listener responses about Lords of the Fallen.

LINKS OF NOTE:

• Plague Knight DLC
• ZombiU
• ...
  2015-03-15 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post

The Level 97: The Mad Scientists Must Be Crazy

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about Hotline Miami 2, the changes they made to the DmC Remastered edition, and we ask you which games need to be played all the way to the end.

The Brief:

• Texas incentivizes game development.
• This War of Mine charity DLC.
• Uncomfortable line dropped from DmC ...
  2015-03-13 20:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Reminder: Survival Horror Poll Closes Tonight

It's your favorite broken record here with a reminder that you have until 11:59pm EST tonight to cast your vote for the WOFF! Spring Survival Horror game. Your choices are:* Amnesia: The Dark Descent* Fatal Frame 2* Resident Evil 4* Silent Hill 3This is the last blast you'll get from me re: the poll. Thanks so much to everyone w...

Watch Out for Fireballs! Extrasode: Game Books

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to game book and Choose Your Own Adventures.

LINKS OF NOTE:

• [Choose Your Own Autobiography](www.amazon.com/Neil-Patrick-Harr…phy/dp/0385346999)
<...
2015-03-12 20:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Hey, where are my postcards?

They're on the way! Sorry so much for the delay. They're Pitch branded and Brayton filled each and every one out personally. Then I moved and was promptly busy with that. You guys have moved before, right? Anyway, I thank you for your patience and endeavor to get them out tomorrow or wednesday. -GB

Abject Suffering 79: The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy

On this occasion, Abject Suffering finally comes into its own, transforming into what we always knew it would be: The Egg Cast. Thank you for ushering in this apotheosis, Dizzy.

Reminder: Survival Horror Poll Closes Friday

Hey everyone, this is a friendly reminder that you have until midnight Friday March 13th to complete the Spring Survival Horror poll. I'm not exaggerating when I say that this is the closest the poll has ever been. It's still anyone's game, and I want to make sure as many people as possible participate.It's simple and it takes a...

Bonfireside Chat 59: Lords of the Fallen (Part 3)

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross discuss the last leg of Lords of the Fallen, from the return to the Rhogar Temple up through the ending of the game. Also, stick around for our final thoughts on the game and how it stacks up.

LINKS OF NOTE:

• 2015-03-08 17:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Backer Blog: Criticism!

Last minute, ripped from the headlines Backerblog! http://duckfeed.tv/backerblog/criticism

The Level 96: Swoopcast Engage

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Valve's GDC announcements, a whole bevy of older games, and we ask you which lost or ignored gaming gems you wish would come back.

The Brief

• Steam Link and Steam Controller dated, priced.
• Vive Headset details emerge.
• Source 2 engine announced.
• ...
  2015-03-06 18:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Watch Out for Fireballs! 95: Game Books

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross venture forth to discuss game books, choose your own adventures, and Steve Jackson's Sorcery!

What is game? It's any interactive experience that has both failure states and a success state. By that reasoning, game books are games. Also, it's in the name. This special episode is all about n...

Teenage Dirtbags 5: "Shine" by Collective Soul

Bow dowwa dun dun duh dowa dow WATCH. Bow dowwa dun dun duh dowa dow Brayton. And Bow dowwa dun dun duh dowa dow Gary examine Bow dowwa dun dun duh dowa dow Shine by Bow dowwa dun dun duh dowa dow Collective Soul.