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Bonfireside Chat Appendix: Darkroot Garden and The Depths

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about your experiences in Darkroot Garden and the Depths. Also, errata, and deleted scenes featuring Russ Frushtick.

Links of Note:

• Forest Gump Soundtrack

• 2013-03-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Watch Out for Fireballs! Extrasode: Final Fantasy Tactics (Part 1)

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about death, backlogs, how to say an interrogative, and a little bit about the first half of Final Fantasy Tactics.

LINKS OF NOTE:

• Meteor videos: www.youtube.com/watch?v=90Omh7_I8vI
2013-02-28 00:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post

The Pitch 15: Hour House

Roommates are easy to come by, right, if you tap your National Socialist connections, but hey, when you wanna bring a lady home, that isn't going to work! Enter Hour House (enter our house). Special thanks to venture capitalist Rob Olsen!

Those Damn Ross Kids 106: The Dim Candle of Your Remaining Life

Kris and Kole talk about being out of touch, gender politics, and classic art.

Suggested Talking Points:

Effort? Eating chips wrong. Missing out on Rubio. Melon baller. Out of touch. Dildo sharpener. 3D Printers: Real? I'm not man enough to be a woman. Our fatwa against Steven Tyler continues. Quantum physics is...

Dead Idea Valhalla 21. Hitting Me is Like Climbing a Mountain

Only real dumb dumbs punch, kids. 

Lots to like here! I love this pair of episodes, I like this weird direction for the show. First off, the season 2 theme music, which I really enjoy.

The music episode I mention is the first episode of Talk About Music, a side show I did that I'll probably put on my own pers...

The Level 13: Going to Have Been Knowing This

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about out-of-date PlayStation 4 predictions, more Kentucky Route Zero, and we ask you which games are more fun to watch than play.

The Brief

• PS4 Rumors.
• "Destiny" announced.
• Marathon gaming record broken.
• Hotline: Miami coming to PS3 and Vita.
2013-02-22 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Bonus Level 2: We Are the Walking Dead

Kole and Ben talk about The Walking Dead (the Telltale adventure game) in its entirety. Please be warned that this episode is made up entirely of spoilers from one of the best games of the past decade. Listen at your own risk.

Bonfireside Chat 4: Darkroot Garden and The Depths

Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Russ Frushtick talk about the Darkroot Garden and the Depths.

If you're playing along, we cover everything from the Titanite Demon up through the Gaping Dragon.

The next episode will cover all of Blightown, including the trip back to Firelink through the Valley of the Drakes.

Watch Out for Fireballs! 40: Final Fantasy Tactics (Part 1)

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross calculate the best way to make a podcast about the first half of Final Fantasy Tactics.

A bitter war of succession, flowery prose, and grid-based combat. In what might be our most technical and considered podcast ever, we dive into the particulars of this storied title to find out exactly ...

Episode 4: Mike Tyson's Intergalactic Power Punch

While just blog-checkin' on Tyson, we found this amazingly awful and weird game. Things take a turn for the serious as we talk about the ethics of professional sports, and how they relate to Space Jam. Is Noted Rapist Mike Tyson able to punch out the alien threat? We should find out. This podcast is dedicated to our collectiv...

The Pitch 14: The Dry Thigh Pocketing System

Inventions! But for what? How about for romance, warmth and drinking?

Those Damn Ross Kids 105: A Yeti With a Log

Kris and Kole talk about paradoxes, grooming, and animal control.

SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS:

Kris is sick. Chancre. The nug paradox. Regarding meteors. Sodastream protips. Waiting for the third seven. Let it bee. Pube Island. Straight people have different rules. 2 gallons of pop. Hooked on coffee, but not like y...

Dead Idea Valhalla 20. Book Boy Rides Again (Season Finale!)

Please visit my website. 

Just listen to that throat clear! It was so perfect I had to use it!

Why do I always want to organize things in seasons? I talk about it a little bit here but it doesn't make much sense. Still, this contains my masterful Danny Elfman impression (recently referenced on Watch Out For F...

The Level 12: Solar Boy's Adventures in Moon Town

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the rumored new Arkham game, Spaceteam, and how to make time for games.

The Brief

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Korean propaganda.
• New Batman Arkham game coming this year?
• Kentucky Route Zero gets a demo.
• DICE Awards.

The Grind: 2013-02-15 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Bonfireside Chat Appendix: Undead Parish and Lower Undead Burg

Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Tyler Crumrine talk about your experiences in the Undead Parish and Lower Undead Burg. Also, we introduce the new Errata segment, and share some deleted scenes.

Links of Note:

• It has to be your...

  2013-02-15 00:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Watch Out for Fireballs! Extrasode: Video Game Music and Sound

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross continue their discussion of video game music and sound, get your raves and faves, then they go on for a while about Kevin Spacey, Tim Burton, comics, and R.E.M.

LINKS OF NOTE:

• Dishonored ending song: 2013-02-14 00:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post

The Pitch 13: The Pleasure Throat

Love month continues! A relationship accelorator/burp masking system approaches via the geniuses behind The Throat-o-Scope!

Dead Idea Valhalla 19. Benie Mac's All Seeing Eyes

Like a doll's eyes....

Listen to that sad sackery in the beginning! Also, get your lips away from that microphone, past me! Ugh!

A little bit about the separation of art and artist, name checking both Lovecraft and Scott Adams!

Fairly terrible song in the middle, from a scary song compilation that never went...

The Level 11: General Puzzles

Kole, Ben, and David talk about further game industry financial woes, The Cave, and we answer some of your questions.

The Brief:

• Bioshock Infinite is a thing.
• Zynga posts a $209.4 million loss for 2012.
• Hellgate: Resurrection announced.
• Call of Duty fake soda.

The Grind:...

2013-02-08 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Bonfireside Chat 3: Undead Parish and Lower Undead Burg

Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Tyler Crumrine talk about the Undead Parish and the Lower Undead Burg.

If you're playing along, we cover everything from the rats in the bridge up til the goat demon with the dogs.

The next episode will cover the Darkroot Garden through the Depths. If you hit the area with all the ...

Watch Out for Fireballs! 39: Video Game Music and Sound

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross make some noise about video game music and sound.

We talk about it a lot: music and sound can make or break the game. In this unusual episode of the show, we do a deep dive into the history and particulars of why sound is important.

NOTE: At no point do we talk about Parappa the Rapp...

The Pitch 12: Pizza Panties

I don't know about you but we at The Pitch love multitasking and shape associations. Bringing those two things together: Pizza Panties!

Abject Suffering 3: Captain Novolin

It's a dark night for the world... Mandatory Municipal Pepsi has rendered the entire population diabetic, and only one man, Captain Novolin can save us. Eat the good aliens, and avoid the bad, and hope to Christ that you have enough blood.

Those Damn Ross Kids 104: All John Hughes, All the Time

Kris and Kole talk about policy, compromise, and attention spans.

Suggested Talking Points:

Party groping. The Ferris Bueller Theory. Five Guys, alone. You should be ashamed of being sick. Good luck getting Clarence Thomas to speak. No-murder week. Be sad, get pizza. Oprah's foreskin controversy. Cataclysmic cos...

Dead Idea Valhalla 18. How Can I Concentrate on these Mashed Potatoes!?

A handy distraction to stop you from constantly beating off!

Good god! The mouth noises!

A lot of these observations about college hold up in light of my recent experiences with that institution. Hell is other people and a lot of the time, I'm in a constant state of barely supressed rage!

The middle song is ...

The Level 10: Three Hams Will Kill Him

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the aftermath of the THQ liquidation, the Binding of Isaac, and ask you why we continue to play games we don't like.

The Brief:

• The uncertainty principle is debunked.
• THQ liquidation.
• Crystal Dynamics passes up the Wii U for Tomb Raider.

T...

2013-02-02 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Bonfireside Chat Appendix: The Undead Burg

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your thoughts on the Undead Burg. Also, deleted scenes from the main episode.

Links of Note:

• Chute for Supplicants

• 2013-02-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Watch Out for Fireballs! Extrasode: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about illicit deals, John Leguizamo, motion sickness, and a little bit about Yoshi’s Island.

LINKS OF NOTE:

• Deviantart Poochy: browse.deviantart.com/?q=poochy
• Witches: www.youtube.com...
  2013-01-31 00:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post

The Pitch 11: The 104th Annual Behehenddrehndenehdehenen Municipal Crab Grab

A vacation spot that might seem familiar. Also, I get a small cut of the profits of any sale of 50 Shades of Gary!

Those Damn Ross Kids 103: Was the Baby Okay?

Kris and Kole talk about tragedies, mistakes, and snowmen.

Suggested Talking Points:

Installed anxiety. Ghost poops and your window to the world. SOUND WORLD. Making fun of a couple hundred people dying. Lock-ins. Death by eggs. Community for ladies in a school. Back off my snowman. A lot about Bob Newhart. You'...