If you listen closely you can hear the exact moment where McCoy's "2" beers hit and he becomes not sober. Then we deliberate about whether or not we should go to bed and then we go to bed.

Episode 2

From ben via email:

• Ever been tempted by a Half Life/ Orange Box week?
• Which one of you, if any, has a beautiful luxurious beard? Or is it, as I suspect, that there is a communal beard that you share in rotation every week. 

From James via email:

• What is the game that has most impacted you to date (that you still reflect on)?
• What game would you like to memory wipe and play again?
• How would the podcast change if you suddenly got corporate sponsorships, etc.?
• How has your choice in game to play been affected by the podcast?

From Curtis via email:

• James, did you have time to finish Disco Elysium? Any final thoughts?
• What are some of the all-time favorites and/or most formative games for everyone?

From Mercedes via email:

• Obviously you guys love video games, but what other hobbies do you guys enjoy?
• What are some of your favourite books/ tv shows/ movies?
• Any plans to release more group playthroughs?

For the very astute among us, you may notice a couple things right away:

1) This is a Part 1. We have been known to take our time with our responses to things. And that is on display here.

2) We did not get to every question. Contrary to Zoe's declaration. Even on the upcoming Part 2. So be on the lookout for a follow up, to the follow up. When will this be? That sounds like a scheduling nightmare I wouldn't count on that being right away.

Episode 1

From Scott via email:

• (Based on Still Wakes the Deep episode) If you were able to give your ideal game pitch, what would the game be and to who would you make the pitch, seeing that they would be the best to carry out your idea (e.g. Naughty Dog, The Chinese Room, Giant Sparrow, or maybe try to get a one on one with Lucas Pope?)?
• (Based on Neva): Stars in the night sky sometimes seem to get brighter, sometimes dimmer, or sometimes fade out entirely: here in 2024, is there a game that stands out that you think you would either raise or lower its ranking from when you reviewed it?
• Is there a game that you think would be worth a second shot, either one that fizzled out (Starfield) or one that you rated low that might be worth another look, like seeing if you actually hated a book from school for the book or because high school said you had to read it?
• Is there anything on the horizon that has your interest gaming-wise, either one that would end up on the podcast or one that you’d play for yourself? (Full disclosure: asking this as I am still watching the trailer for Dispatch which hits a ton of buttons for me)

From Ben via email:

• As the darlings of indie darlings what do you think AI is going to do to the current AAA/indie funding models/ the industry in general? How do you think the balance between creation and curation is going to be affected?
• What music do you play to when you aren’t listening to in-game music (if such a thing happens)? I mean obviously one would never be so disrespectful to Darren Korb but you know, other games maybe
• What do you think of Bungie’s possible demise (again)?

Editor's Note: So it turns out that our titles must be 5 characters long and Neva is 4... I thought about "Neva!" but I'm gunna instead try to pull off "Neva " so if that messes things up I'm deeply sorry.

Edit on Edit: That didn't work. Oh no. I'm consulting people. Wait how did I do it for Gris? This is not fair! Wow the discourse is popping off here. James nailed some shit and we got there boys. Check the title.

We love you all.

Also, it's a fun opportunity for us to actually dive further into the game now that we've had our initial impressions out of the way in Ep. 1!

Oh and submit your Qs for Q&A to support James and his finals week!

Seriously though! Write a question!

tyrannyofthumbs@gmail.com

Take care of yourselves out there, we appreciate you.

It's more Golden Idol people. H.Y.P.E.

This week we talk about:

• James: Balatro, The Bazaar
• Zoe: Grim Fandango
• McCoy & Elena: Ghosts of Tsushima
• Gabe: COD 6, Space Marine II, Vermintide II

Next week: Rise of the Golden Idol

Somehow we convinced ourselves that this game was totally gunna be like Dear Esther. And well... you prolly know how this is about to go. Luckily we had each other's company to help guide us through.

Spooky Games Month:

• Indika
• Felvidek
• Still Wakes the Deep

(Also we open this week with some Keenan story telling beef for the hardcore)

Spooky Games Month:

• Indika
• Felvidek
• Still Wakes the Deep

If you don't know what this game is, the trailer will help you be correctly confused (but intrigued) as to what this game is.

Many tracks are really interesting on the soundtrack but here is one McCoy's been Jamming on. It's like Dark Trap music. Here is one Zoe linked and said it's just odd this is part of the game.

Spooky Games Month:

• Indika
• Felvidek
• Still Wakes the Deep

Also check out the Game List for October aka Spooky Games Month:

• Indika
• Felvidek
• Still Wakes the Deep

Editor McCoy's Note on the Release Schedule:

Ok, so listen we started recording on Tuesday so I edit on Wednesday and release on Thursday. Does this work for you? If you need me to make a release on Wednesday morning we can talk about it. It's just like, more work and more turn around and like, listen... aren't you just happy there is an episode this week at all? It's a low bar but we cleared it.

And also, we back baby.

And also, what a game.

- McCoy, 2024

Could such words be real? Tune in for an extremely worn-down set of travelers who are finally ready to put their foolish ambitions to rest.

We also talk a bit about the community reaction, which while it started off incredibly positive has fallen to "mixed" in the one week since launch.

What podcast to Re-Release this week between Control and Dear Esther?

Starting off you get a reflective contemplative editor McCoy trying to solve that problem live on air. He comes in a little "I got this" and ends "Ok, I got a bit humbled and I totally didn't have this". It's a nice journey that ends up delivering some presence, some value, some stories, and overall just proves Editor McCoy deserves his own podcast.

Also, forgive the audio quality, you have no idea the production setup required to make this episode work back in the day, and also... I was young and didn't know what I was doing back then. I still don't know what I'm doing now, but I'm not young anymore.

Also, editor McCoy, who essentially barely existed before the re-release era, is now sad as he looks ahead and realizes there isn't as much space for him as there once was.

Also, just a kind note to those playing or planning to play Senua's Saga II. The opening to that game is intense so be sure to give yourself time before bed. I know I wasn't sleeping after that. Yikes.

"All is not as it seems"

- Shivers

--

Be sure to check out Instagram because Elena only knows one type of content and that's pure🔥!  (Also she gives more real-time updates on how much we are throwing the schedule)

Tentative Schedule:

We got a plan from helpful folks over at the Disco Elysium subreddit... and it's gone. That's to say, we've had to make small adjustments for life reasons but we are marching forward... 

Week 1: Play days 1

Week 2: Play until you get into the next landmass and meet some characters. A nice taster.

Week 3: Some went off into sidequests, some yolo'ed the main story. But one thing is for sure, the divergence is real in this section.

Week 4: It's time to dive into the story if you have been avoiding it. It's time.

Week 5: We close it out, boys. The sun is setting and it's scary out here in the night.

General tips that the community wanted to share as we dive in:

• Always keep one skill point on hand to unlock white checks at all times, otherwise you can softlock yourself accidentally.

• Make sure you're able to pay for your room on Day 2 with 20 réal or you will be softlocked.

• Don't look up spoilers and embrace failed checks!

--

Be sure to check out Instagram because Elena only knows one type of content and that's pure🔥!  (Also she gives more real-time updates on how much we are throwing the schedule)

Tentative Schedule:

We got a plan from helpful folks over at the Disco Elysium subreddit... and it's gone. That's to say, we've had to make small adjustments for life reasons but we are marching forward... 

Week 1: Play days 1

Week 2: Play until you get into the next landmass and meet some characters. A nice taster.

Week 3: Some went off into sidequests, some yolo'ed the main story. But one thing is for sure, the divergence is real in this section.

Week 4: It's time to dive into the story if you have been avoiding it. It's time.

Week 5: We close it out, boys. The sun is setting and it's scary out here in the night.

General tips that the community wanted to share as we dive in:

• Always keep one skill point on hand to unlock white checks at all times, otherwise you can softlock yourself accidentally.

• Make sure you're able to pay for your room on Day 2 with 20 réal or you will be softlocked.

• Don't look up spoilers and embrace failed checks!

I'll leave you with a quote that's been resonating with me from Disco Elysium this week as we've been digging into the main story more...

But you would still prefer if we didn't take her away?

That's right, if we didn't take care of the people who end up here, this place would just be a couple of ruins and some cargo containers

-Titus Hardie

--

Be sure to check out Instagram because Elena only knows one type of content and that's pure🔥!  (Also she gives more real-time updates on how much we are throwing the schedule)

Tentative Schedule:

We got a plan from helpful folks over at the Disco Elysium subreddit... and it's gone. That's to say, we've had to make small adjustments for life reasons but we are marching forward... 

Week 1: Play days 1

Week 2: Play until you get into the next landmass and meet some characters. A nice taster.

Week 3: Some went off into sidequests, some yolo'ed the main story. But one thing is for sure, the divergence is real in this section.

Week 4: It's time to dive into the story if you have been avoiding it. It's time.

Week 5: ????

General tips that the community wanted to share as we dive in:

• Always keep one skill point on hand to unlock white checks at all times, otherwise you can softlock yourself accidentally.

• Make sure you're able to pay for your room on Day 2 with 20 réal or you will be softlocked.

• Don't look up spoilers and embrace failed checks!

We'll be back for more Disco Elysium next week and with more exciting news on those Insulindian Phasmids

--

Be sure to check out Instagram because Elena only knows one type of content and that's pure🔥!  (Also she gives more real-time updates on how much we are throwing the schedule)

Tentative Schedule:

We got a plan from helpful folks over at the Disco Elysium subreddit... and it's gone. That's to say, we've had to make small adjustments for life reasons but we are marching forward... 

Week 1: Play days 1

Week 2: Play until you get into the next landmass and meet some characters. A nice taster.

Week 3: ??

Week 4: ?? (I mean this could keep going)

General tips that the community wanted to share as we dive in:

• Always keep one skill point on hand to unlock white checks at all times, otherwise you can softlock yourself accidentally.

• Make sure you're able to pay for your room on Day 2 with 20 réal or you will be softlocked.

• Don't look up spoilers and embrace failed checks!

We finally caved and decided to play Disco Elysium (Thanks... James). Oh boy, it's a great game everyone, buckle up. I also say buckle up because like... it's gonna take us a minute. Kindness sensors activate!

Be sure to check out Instagram because Elena only knows one type of content and that's pure🔥!  (Also she gives more real-time updates on how much we are throwing the schedule)

Tentative Schedule:

We got a plan from helpful folks over at the Disco Elysium subreddit... and it's gone. That's to say, we've had to make small adjustments for life reasons but we are marching forward... 

Week 1: Play days 1

Week 2: Play until you get into the next landmass and meet some characters. A nice taster.

Week 3: ??

Week 4: ?? (I mean this could keep going)

General tips that the community wanted to share as we dive in:

• Always keep one skill point on hand to unlock white checks at all times, otherwise you can softlock yourself accidentally.

• Make sure you're able to pay for your room on Day 2 with 20 réal or you will be softlocked.

• Don't look up spoilers and embrace failed checks!

This is a game that has been bubbling behind the surface for a lot of us and it's time to finally put it out and give it its praise.

(Also I tried to edit this week with Craig files in hopes it would capture the accidental Ba-Dum-Tis that got fired off in Discord, but alas, it wasn't captured. So you just get Craig audio and since the audio wave forms didn't give away culprit, they are very much still at large)

At the beginning of the episode, there is a spoiler-free zone where we try to explain why you might play this game that has received so much buzz but also no one wants to spoil it for you.

We'll come back next week for the full send spoilers and all-game talk after completing the game. See you then.

But also like... for the bingo card:

• Did we release this one on time? That can't be right
• Quick, who do you think has a technical issue this time?
• Do you think James liked this Good/Bad game or did he have an overwhelming desire to call the police the entire time?

- Zoe

This week we answer your questions! What a wild world we live in. Thank you all so much for submitting questions and for the kind words.

(Also thanks for tolerating some tech issues that really got at our mentals this week. Your patience and kindness is always appreciated.)

• Submit your questions
• Games
  • Deadly Premonition
  • Tunic
  • Lies of P
  • ____ something else, I just can't remember what.
• Take Care of Yourself

Personal Award: McCoy’s personal award & top episodes

Shoutouts from 2022

• Sherlock Holmes Chapter One
• Dishonored
• Everspace
• Control
• Elden Ring
• A Bird Story
• Finding Paradise
• Imposter Factory
• Spiritfarer
• Astroneer
• Don’t Starve
• Green Hell
• Subnautica
• Citizen Sleeper
• Mutazione
• Cult of the Lamb
• War Tales

Best Game (Top 5)

• Burnhouse Lane
• Dead Space
• Adios
• Atomic Heart
• Castle Crashers
• The Case of the Golden Idol + DLCs
• Stray
• Dead Cells
• Darkest Dungeon II
• Elden Ring Seamless Co-op
• Fallout 3
• Starfield
• CyberPunk 2077 (2.0 + Phantom Liberty)
• The Pale Beyond
• Soma
• Dredge

Personal Award: Zoe’s personal award & top episodes

Best Visuals: Games we couldn’t help but marvel at

• Burnhouse Lane
• Dead Space
• Adios
• Atomic Heart
• Castle Crashers
• The Case of the Golden Idol + DLCs
• Stray
• Dead Cells
• Darkest Dungeon II
• Elden Ring Seamless Co-op
• Fallout 3
• Starfield
• CyberPunk 2077 (2.0 + Phantom Liberty)
• The Pale Beyond
• Soma
• Dredge

Best Atmosphere: Games that give off good (or not so good) “feels”

• Burnhouse Lane
• Dead Space
• Adios
• Atomic Heart
• Castle Crashers
• The Case of the Golden Idol + DLCs
• Stray
• Dead Cells
• Darkest Dungeon II
• Elden Ring Seamless Co-op
• Fallout 3
• Starfield
• CyberPunk 2077 (2.0 + Phantom Liberty)
• The Pale Beyond
• Soma
• Dredge

Personal Award: Elena’s personal award & top episodes

Biggest Surprise: Games that exceeded or subverted our expectations

• Burnhouse Lane
• Dead Space
• Adios
• Atomic Heart
• Castle Crashers
• The Case of the Golden Idol + DLCs
• Stray
• Dead Cells
• Darkest Dungeon II
• Elden Ring Seamless Co-op
• Fallout 3
• Starfield
• CyberPunk 2077 (2.0 + Phantom Liberty)
• The Pale Beyond
• Soma
• Dredge

Biggest Disappointment: Games that missed the mark despite the hype

• Burnhouse Lane
• Dead Space
• Adios
• Atomic Heart
• Castle Crashers
• The Case of the Golden Idol + DLCs
• Stray
• Dead Cells
• Darkest Dungeon II
• Elden Ring Seamless Co-op
• Fallout 3
• Starfield
• CyberPunk 2077 (2.0 + Phantom Liberty)
• The Pale Beyond
• Soma
• Dredge

Best Narrative: Games that tell a great story

• Burnhouse Lane
• Dead Space
• Adios
• Atomic Heart
• Castle Crashers
• The Case of the Golden Idol + DLCs
• Stray
• Dead Cells
• Darkest Dungeon II
• Elden Ring Seamless Co-op
• Fallout 3
• Starfield
• CyberPunk 2077 (2.0 + Phantom Liberty)
• The Pale Beyond
• Soma
• Dredge

Personal Award: James’ personal award & top episodes

Best Collective & Multiplayer Experience: The best of the ToT Group Playthroughs

• Burnhouse Lane
• Dead Space
• Castle Crashers
• Elden Ring Seamless Co-op
• Soma

Best Game We’re Still Playing: The games that got us into the Discord

• Elden Ring Seamless Co-op
• TFT
• Halo Infinite
• Plate Up
• Among Us
• Call of Duty

.... DIVER

Starting the new year off strong! Thank you everyone for being so kind. May you start the New Year as strong as we hope to.

For the next couple weeks we are going to be releasing GOTY in place of normal podcasts to give us some breathing room to finish Deadly Premonition.

We. Out. Here.

Happy Holidays everyone. Thank you all so much.

Also, hey, Gabe shared with us this FIRE mashup... So, I gotchu dog:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feJ7PWlVms8

"The existential dread of being human, that’s the real horror." - Gabe

A Story Analysis of Soma (By YouTuber Gingy)

We are very light on spoilers but more so we talk vibes and the "Safe" mode.

Chill Beats to Freeze To - The Pale Beyond Ambient Mix

We returned from a trek on the ice with James... Still no sign of Gabe though. Last time we saw him he was drunk in a bathroom just muttering to himself that "he was the captain now" and laughing to himself.

Chill Beats to Freeze To - The Pale Beyond Ambient Mix

This week it's time for a long slow exhale as we embark on the journey into the pale beyond.

Also this week we lost like at least 2 crew members so it's down to a cozy Elena, Zoe and McCoy.

Look I know we were late this week, but did we not deliver in the end??

In this episode, we cover jumping back in to Cyberpunk after all these years of development as we reacquaint ourselves with the game systems in preparation for a deeper dive into Phantom Liberty.

We really don't cover the DLC but mostly just how Cyberpunk has changed. Warning though, spoilers for the main game are sprinkled in this episode as we talk about resuming back into this game world where we left off.

Spoilers but, what a delight that game has been!

- Gabe

Maybe.

Actually though, kind of interesting to see how letting a game ruminate on the mind can lead to a more in-depth discussion. I liked it.

For James and McCoy, what is that game up to these days? And for Zoe and Elena, let's play this for the first time on the switch... on an airplane, or perhaps in the morning tucked into bed.

Is Atomic Heart the greatest game of all time? Find out, by clicking on and listening to our podcast. You know, like all clickbait.

(spoilers: we don't seem to think so)

Here are the Episode Breakpoints if you want to follow along. Forgive us for not really having this sorted, the game was new when we started, we swear.

• Episode 1: Play until the end of the Vavilov Complex (AKA collect the tubes)
• Episode 2:
  • Play through Forester Village and fight Hedgie.
  • Complete the labs and progress through the Museum.
• Episode 3: Beat the game lul

Here are the Episode Breakpoints if you want to follow along. Forgive us for not really having this sorted, the game was new when we started, we swear.

• Episode 1: Play until the end of the Vavilov Complex (AKA collect the tubes)
• Episode 2:
  • Play through Forester Village and fight Hedgie.
  • Complete the labs and progress through the Museum.
  • Episode 3: Beat the game lul. Or something IDK

Here are the Episode Breakpoints if you want to follow along. Forgive us for not really having this sorted, the game was new when we started, we swear.

• Episode 1: Play until the end of the Vavilov Complex (AKA collect the tubes)
• Episode 2: Play through Forester Village and fight Hedgie.
• Episode 3: IDK bro. We haven't gotten there yet.

This week we are joined by Claire (Zoe's sister or Mama Steam's other daughter) to talk about an incredibly strange short artsy storytelling walking simulator called Adios. Also, there's an interesting conversation about habits we've developed playing games over the years and not wanting to blatantly mess them up for choosing the wrong option.

Hope you are well,

ToT

Also, James Bond is relevant in this episode. Don't believe me?

TRIGGER WARNING:

You know we don't do this sort of thing often, so heed our warning, this game is disturbing and we discuss that.

Wartales on Steam

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Would you believe it? We've elevated our Instagram to something we actually use!!! Check it out for updates on our latest podcast and some silly screenshots (maybe sorta sometimes at least). We might even use it for other purposes too. How cool is that?

If you have a question or just want to talk some smack about how poorly we did this week you can hit us up on our email:

tyrannyofthumbs@gmail.com

Oh! And IF YOU LIKED THE SHOW BUT UNDER NO OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES feel free to drop us a 5 star rating on iTunes (or wherever your local podcasts are sold)

So how is your day going?

Hannah Nicklin's GDC talk "Multiple Middles & Mutazione" referenced during this episode: https://youtu.be/OUlwwBNESpU

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Would you believe it? We've elevated our Instagram to something we actually use!!! Check it out for updates on our latest podcast and some silly screenshots (maybe sorta sometimes at least). We might even use it for other purposes too. How cool is that?

If you have a question or just want to talk some smack about how poorly we did this week you can hit us up on our email:

tyrannyofthumbs@gmail.com

Oh! And IF YOU LIKED THE SHOW BUT UNDER NO OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES feel free to drop us a 5 star rating on iTunes (or wherever your local podcasts are sold)

________________________________________________________________________

Would you believe it? We've elevated our Instagram to something we actually use!!! Check it out for updates on our latest podcast and some silly screenshots (maybe sorta sometimes at least). We might even use it for other purposes too. How cool is that?

If you have a question or just want to talk some smack about how poorly we did this week you can hit us up on our email:

tyrannyofthumbs@gmail.com

Oh! And IF YOU LIKED THE SHOW BUT UNDER NO OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES feel free to drop us a 5 star rating on iTunes (or wherever your local podcasts are sold)

“Let's dive in...”

• Astroneer
• Don't Starve/Don't Starve: Together
• Green Hell
• Subnautica

There was some Elden Ring in this episode... Just at the end and no one else liked it!

• Astroneer
• Don't Starve/Don't Starve: Together
• Green Hell
• Subnautica

There was some Elden Ring in this episode... Just at the beginning!

• Astroneer
• Don't Starve/Don't Starve: Together
• Green Hell
• Subnautica

There was some Elden Ring in this episode... Just at the end!

• Astroneer
• Don't Starve/Don't Starve: Together
• Green Hell
• Subnautica

While there might actually be no Elden Ring in this episode... there are references to Among Us in... say unsavory ways...

• Astroneer
• Don't Starve
• Don't Starve: Together
• Green Hell
• Subnautica

Oh, and TRUST ME there is no Elden Ring in this episode...

Time to take it home boys.

Join us for this "Chill Vibes" episode of Spiritfarer... except an edging joke was made pre-recording and it was essentially too strong for us to ignore.

Join us for this "Chill Vibes" episode of Spiritfarer.

We/McCoy decided to split this recording up into two episodes so that way the fans can get to what they want. This time. Like I'm not doing work like this again. Don't get used to it.

We/McCoy decided to split this recording up into two episodes so that way the fans can get to what they want. This time. Like I'm not doing work like this again. Don't get used to it.

Perhaps it's time to loosen some of the gameplay spoilers around this game and start to share mechanics and strats. It's a tough world out there and we are all out there on our own journey to defeat this game.

Do we need all the help we can get? Maybe, it's hard to say... McCoy keeps home-ruling things as "not allowed" (like summons or coop or even jumping heavy attacks) so maybe he's just on his own journey?

• McCoy: A Dark Souls (and From Software) veteran
• Zoe: Recently trained on and defeated Dark Souls 1 (and a large bit of 2)
• Rafael: I'm not exactly sure, I should ask him. But certainly played a lot of these games before.
• Elena: Has watched like a bunch of souls game dog. Like 2, 3, Bloodborne, Sekiro. That's a lot.
• James: Absolutely brand new to the series but desperately wants to hear what all the fuss is about.

As you can see, we are literally all over the spectrum of Elden Ring skill. But one thing is for sure, no one knows what to think yet but we are actively trying to figure it out. Oh boy, it's here.

Shoutout to James for his block. Now it's time for something a little different FROM control...

We commit to getting this playthrough out within the next calendar year.

- Tyranny of Thumbs

• Best Game: The Official ToT Game of the Year (Top 5) 
  • Call of Duty: Zombies
  • Cyberpunk 2077
  • Eastshade
  • Hearthstone
  • Magic: the Gathering Arena
  • Ring of Pain
  • The Outer Wilds
  • Loop Hero
  • Bastion
  • Transistor
  • Pyre
  • Valorant
  • Life is Strange: Before the Storm
  • Journey
  • Unravel
  • Abzu
  • The Messenger
  • Iris.Fall
  • The Unfinished Swan
  • Florence
  • Superliminal
  • Contradiction
  • Pokemon Unite
  • Slime Rancher
  • Deep Rock Galactic 
  • Blacksad: Under the Skin
  • Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye
  • Prey
  • Inscryption
  • A Plague Tale: Innocence
  • Halo: Infinite
  • Boyfriend Dungeon

GOTY Breakdown:

• Episode 1
  • Best Narrative Experience: Games that tell a great story
• Episode 2
  • Personal Award: James’ personal award; James top episodes you should listen to
  • Best Collective Experience: The best of the ToT group playthroughs
  • Best Multiplayer Game: The games that made quarantine less lonely
  • Best Game We’re Still Playing: Games with continuous experience that we keep on playing
• Episode 3
  • Personal Award: Zoe’s personal award; Zoe top episodes
  • Personal Award: Brandon’s personal award
  • Best Visuals: Games we couldn’t help but marvel at
  • Best Actually Recent Game (2020-2021)
• Episode 4
  • Personal Award: Rafael’s personal award; Top podcast episodes
  • Biggest Surprise: Games that exceeded or subverted our expectations
  • Biggest Disappointment
• Episode 5
  • Personal Award: McCoy’s personal award; Top podcast episodes
  • Presentation of Podcast Trophies
  • Best Game: The Official ToT Game of the Year (Top 5) 
• Episode 6
  • Best Game (Part 2)

• Best Game: The Official ToT Game of the Year (Top 5) 
  • Call of Duty: Zombies
  • Cyberpunk 2077
  • Eastshade
  • Hearthstone
  • Magic: the Gathering Arena
  • Ring of Pain
  • The Outer Wilds
  • Loop Hero
  • Bastion
  • Transistor
  • Pyre
  • Valorant
  • Life is Strange: Before the Storm
  • Journey
  • Unravel
  • Abzu
  • The Messenger
  • Iris.Fall
  • The Unfinished Swan
  • Florence
  • Superliminal
  • Contradiction
  • Pokemon Unite
  • Slime Rancher
  • Deep Rock Galactic 
  • Blacksad: Under the Skin
  • Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye
  • Prey
  • Inscryption
  • A Plague Tale: Innocence
  • Halo: Infinite
  • Boyfriend Dungeon

GOTY Breakdown:

• Episode 1
  • Best Narrative Experience: Games that tell a great story
• Episode 2
  • Personal Award: James’ personal award; James top episodes you should listen to
  • Best Collective Experience: The best of the ToT group playthroughs
  • Best Multiplayer Game: The games that made quarantine less lonely
  • Best Game We’re Still Playing: Games with continuous experience that we keep on playing
• Episode 3
  • Personal Award: Zoe’s personal award; Zoe top episodes
  • Personal Award: Brandon’s personal award
  • Best Visuals: Games we couldn’t help but marvel at
  • Best Actually Recent Game (2020-2021)
• Episode 4
  • Personal Award: Rafael’s personal award; Top podcast episodes
  • Biggest Surprise: Games that exceeded or subverted our expectations
  • Biggest Disappointment
• Episode 5
  • Personal Award: McCoy’s personal award; Top podcast episodes
  • Presentation of Podcast Trophies
  • Best Game: The Official ToT Game of the Year (Top 5) 
• Episode 6
  • Best Game (Part 2)

• Biggest Surprise: Games that exceeded or subverted our expectations
  • The Outer Wilds
  • Pyre
  • The Messenger
  • Contradiction
  • Inscryption
  • Blacksad: Under the Skin
  • Halo Infinite
  • The Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye
  • The Unfinished Swan
• Biggest Disappointment
  • Cyberpunk 2077
  • Eastshade
  • Life is Strange: Before the Storm
  • Iris.Fall
  • Blacksad: Under the Skin
  • Prey
  • Journey
  • Unravel
  • Call of Duty: Zombies
  • Inscryption

GOTY Breakdown:

• Episode 1
  • Best Narrative Experience: Games that tell a great story
• Episode 2
  • Personal Award: James’ personal award; James top episodes you should listen to
  • Best Collective Experience: The best of the ToT group playthroughs
  • Best Multiplayer Game: The games that made quarantine less lonely
  • Best Game We’re Still Playing: Games with continuous experience that we keep on playing
• Episode 3
  • Personal Award: Zoe’s personal award; Zoe top episodes
  • Personal Award: Brandon’s personal award
  • Best Visuals: Games we couldn’t help but marvel at
  • Best Actually Recent Game (2020-2021)
• Episode 4
  • Personal Award: Rafael’s personal award; Top podcast episodes
  • Biggest Surprise: Games that exceeded or subverted our expectations
  • Biggest Disappointment
• Episode 5
  • Personal Award: McCoy’s personal award; Top podcast episodes
  • Presentation of Podcast Trophies
  • Best Game: The Official ToT Game of the Year (Top 5) 
• Episode 6
  • Best Game (Part 2)

• Best Visuals: Games we couldn’t help but marvel at
  • Cyberpunk 2077
  • Eastshade
  • The Outer Wilds
  • Bastion
  • Transistor
  • Pyre
  • Life is Strange: Before the Storm
  • Journey
  • Unravel
  • Abzu
  • The Messenger
  • Iris Fall
  • The Unfinished Swan
  • Florence
  • Superliminal
  • Slime Rancher
  • Blacksad: Under the Skin
  • Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye
  • Prey
  • Inscryption
  • A Plague Tale: Innocence 
  • Boyfriend Dungeon
• Best Actually Recent Game (2020-2021)
  • Call of Duty: Zombies
  • Cyberpunk 2077
  • Ring of Pain
  • Loop Hero
  • Pokemon Unite
  • The Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye
  • Inscryption
  • Halo Infinite
  • Boyfriend Dungeon

GOTY Breakdown:

• Episode 1
  • Best Narrative Experience: Games that tell a great story
• Episode 2
  • Personal Award: James’ personal award; James top episodes you should listen to
  • Best Collective Experience: The best of the ToT group playthroughs
  • Best Multiplayer Game: The games that made quarantine less lonely
  • Best Game We’re Still Playing: Games with continuous experience that we keep on playing
• Episode 3
  • Personal Award: Zoe’s personal award; Zoe top episodes
  • Personal Award: Brandon’s personal award
  • Best Visuals: Games we couldn’t help but marvel at
  • Best Actually Recent Game (2020-2021)
• Episode 4
  • Personal Award: Rafael’s personal award; Top podcast episodes
  • Biggest Surprise: Games that exceeded or subverted our expectations
  • Biggest Disappointment
• Episode 5
  • Personal Award: McCoy’s personal award; Top podcast episodes
  • Presentation of Podcast Trophies
  • Best Game: The Official ToT Game of the Year (Top 5) 
• Episode 6
  • Best Game (Part 2)

• Best Collective Experience: The best of the ToT group playthroughs
  • Life is Strange: Before the Storm
  • Contradiction
  • Blacksad: Under the Skin
  • Valorant Champions: Semi-finals and Finals viewing
• Best Multiplayer Game: The games that made quarantine less lonely
  • Call of Duty: Zombies
  • Valorant
  • Pokemon Unite
  • Deep Rock Galactic
  • Halo: Infinite
• Best Game We’re Still Playing: Games with continuous experience that we keep on playing
  • Call of Duty: Zombies
  • Hearthstone
  • Magic: The Gathering Arena
  • Ring of Pain
  • Loop Hero
  • Valorant
  • Pokemon Unite
  • Deep Rock Galactic 
  • Halo Infinite

GOTY Breakdown:

• Episode 1
  • Best Narrative Experience: Games that tell a great story
• Episode 2
  • Personal Award: James’ personal award; James top episodes you should listen to
  • Best Collective Experience: The best of the ToT group playthroughs
  • Best Multiplayer Game: The games that made quarantine less lonely
  • Best Game We’re Still Playing: Games with continuous experience that we keep on playing
• Episode 3
  • Personal Award: Zoe’s personal award; Zoe top episodes
  • Personal Award: Brandon’s personal award
  • Best Visuals: Games we couldn’t help but marvel at
  • Best Actually Recent Game (2020-2021)
• Episode 4
  • Personal Award: Rafael’s personal award; Top podcast episodes
  • Biggest Surprise: Games that exceeded or subverted our expectations
  • Biggest Disappointment
• Episode 5
  • Personal Award: McCoy’s personal award; Top podcast episodes
  • Presentation of Podcast Trophies
  • Best Game: The Official ToT Game of the Year (Top 5) 
• Episode 6
  • Best Game (Part 2)

• Best Narrative Experience: Games that tell a great story
  • Cyberpunk 2077
  • Eastshade
  • The Outer Wilds
  • Loop Hero
  • Bastion
  • Transistor
  • Pyre
  • Life is Strange: Before the Storm
  • Journey
  • Unravel
  • Abzu
  • The Messenger
  • Iris.Fall
  • The Unfinished Swan
  • Florence
  • Contradiction
  • Slime Rancher
  • Blacksad: Under the Skin
  • Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye
  • Prey
  • Inscryption
  • A Plague Tale: Innocence 
  • Boyfriend Dungeon

GOTY Breakdown:

• Episode 1
  • Best Narrative Experience: Games that tell a great story
• Episode 2
  • Personal Award: James’ personal award; James top episodes you should listen to
  • Best Collective Experience: The best of the ToT group playthroughs
  • Best Multiplayer Game: The games that made quarantine less lonely
  • Best Game We’re Still Playing: Games with continuous experience that we keep on playing
• Episode 3
  • Personal Award: Zoe’s personal award; Zoe top episodes
  • Personal Award: Brandon’s personal award
  • Best Visuals: Games we couldn’t help but marvel at
  • Best Actually Recent Game (2020-2021)
• Episode 4
  • Personal Award: Rafael’s personal award; Top podcast episodes
  • Biggest Surprise: Games that exceeded or subverted our expectations
  • Biggest Disappointment
• Episode 5
  • Personal Award: McCoy’s personal award; Top podcast episodes
  • Presentation of Podcast Trophies
  • Best Game: The Official ToT Game of the Year (Top 5) 
• Episode 6
  • Best Game (Part 2)

For this game, we brought in our resident dating sim expert Cameron to help guide the way through this "adventure". 

Do you think we should have Cameron back on? Do you think we should do a dating sim block? Let us know... or don't? I guess it is your life.

Also, shout out to Keyd Stars who get a lot of name drops despite never being in this tournament. Oh wait, are these teams the same? Look this is out of my pay grade... ok?

Please remember that there are spoilers in this podcast! Not only in literally every episode, but like, especially so in the second of two parts... of a story game...

The question we are all wondering is:

"Does this game throw so hard it catches its own throw?"

For this week's episode, Brandon has returned from his game scouting mission with a bounty of Plague's Tale: Innocence. Join us this week as Zoë, James, Rafael, McCoy, and special guests Brandon and Elena as we all admit how long it took us to place the French accents... and like game analysis and stuff too. Maybe a joke? Idk... probably at least one.

Future McCoy says:

Thanks for putting down the notes...

Also, I mixed and edited this episode at 3 am. I can't tell if it's genius or awful. You know, at the time it felt expressive and real. But now I don't know anymore.

I definitely just sat there listening to it... so that's a bad sign for productivity today.

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• The podcast finally commits to Rafael
• We consider which of the 7 dwarves archetypes got left out by this 4 dwarf game
• We discuss Deep Rock Galactic
• McCoy gets a package delivered
• We commit to finding out if Blacksad is a furry game

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What a pleasant surprise.

Also, if you are a fan of the show stay tuned to the end because we slap our preshow onto the end of this bad boy (~1:57) because why not.

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Look, if you want to know the answer to these things, listen to this episode.

Also, we talk about Superliminal. It's trippy, man.

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This week we play Iris.Fall. Join James, McCoy Zoë, Rafael, and Brandon for the eerie puzzle game and perhaps an even eerie-er podcast where we slowly come the realization that people don't LOVE this game as much as they wanted to. 

Also in this episode, if you listen carefully, you can spot a moment where McCoy, not knowing that Rafael is paged and AFK, throws to Rafael and everyone else swoops in for the save.

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I'm self-aware... just like The Messenger...

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I'm self-aware... just like The Messenger...

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1. We talk about Horizon Forbidden West's Gameplay Trailer
2. McCoy attacks those who wear watches with lots of dials (*UNPROVOKED*)
3. We talk about ABZU...
4. #Verizon5GZeroDawn

Also, in case you were wondering. Apparently, there is a 5 character minimum in podcast titles so I added the "~"... it's kinda like a fish. Think about it.

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Delightful.

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For those who care, I refuse to spell the game VALORANT in caps. I just do.

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"Holy crap this blew my mind" - Rafael

• Pyre - Game Audio Review - The Sound Architect

"What does Freedom mean to you, reader?"

"Freedom is living without Fear. To be able to indulge one's curiosities and passions, at least the ones that cause no harm to others, without the constant threat of judgment and reprisal. Freedom means not being made a criminal for what you know, or whom you love, or what you choose to think, or not to think." - Volfred

Pyre Episodes:

1. Up till 3 Loops
2. 3 Loops to End

Supergiant Games Block:

• Bastion
• Transistor
• Pyre

(We already did Hades... like twice!)

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"What does Freedom mean to you, reader?"

"Freedom is living without Fear. To be able to indulge one's curiosities and passions, at least the ones that cause no harm to others, without the constant threat of judgment and reprisal. Freedom means not being made a criminal for what you know, or whom you love, or what you choose to think, or not to think." - Volfred

Pyre Episodes:

1. Up till 3 Loops
2. 3 Loops to End

Supergiant Games Block:

• Bastion
• Transistor
• Pyre

(We already did Hades... like twice!)

Spoiler Warning for Last of Us: Part II

1:21:44 -> 1:23:50

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"Look, whatever you're thinking, do me a favor; don't let go."

• Bastion
• Transistor
• Pyre

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Spoiler Warning for Last of Us: Part II

1:21:44 -> 1:23:50

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"I dig my hole, you build a wall"

• Bastion
• Transistor
• Pyre

(We already did Hades... like twice!)

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Join us for a first impressions episode (if you are McCoy), an I got a decent sense of this episode (if you are Zoë), an I played a lot of this game episode (if you are James) and an I played 30 hours already episode (if you are Rafael) on Loop Hero!

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Also, we try to start the podcast with a spoiler-free section where we talk about the game without robbing anyone of any mystery. 

33:30 Spoilers Start Here

Of course, after this point, there is no return. Proceed at your own risk.

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• Valhiem
• Stardew Valley
• COD (Warzone and Zombies)
• Dying Light 2
• Animal Crossing
• MTG Arena
• Path of Exile
• Valorant

Link to Game Awards Orchestral Nominee Performance (AKA the shit that makes Zoë cry)

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I know we prefaced this in the show but like... we are NOT professional magic players we are, in fact, a generalist gaming podcast. We have essentially no idea what we are doing and should be considered wrong at all times before ever being considered right. You have been warned.

Enjoy our: "Magic from the perspective of complete outsiders... (and James) the podcast"

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As this game wraps up, you'll be amazed to hear just how many people had their final impressions changed by the ending. In both directions.

Also, our resident game completionist Zoë reports back on what it means to do all the side quests and all the gigs. Tune in to the end for the final verdict in her official Diamonds to Rough ratio report.

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Also fun fact, punctuation for this episode title will likely be the hardest thing I'll think about today.

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Guest Award: Elena

-- Presentation of Podcast Trophies --

Best Game: The Official ToT Game of the Year (Top 5) 

• Firewatch
• Return of the Obra Dinn
• Undertale
• Stardew Valley
• The Council
• Gorogoa
• Detroit: Become Human
• Hades
• World War Z
• Gears 5 Horde Mode
• Downfall
• Year Walk
• Valorant
• Call of Duty: Warzone
• Mass Effect 1
• Mass Effect 2
• Mass Effect 3
• Golf With Your Friends
• Ori and the Blind Forest
• Lorelai
• Into the Breach
• Faster than Light
• Darkest Dungeon
• Slay the Spire
• COD: Modern Warfare Campaign
• What Remains of Edith Finch
• The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
• Phasmophobia
• Observation
• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
• Among Us
• Mirror’s Edge
• Life is Strange
• SUPERHOT
• Cyberpunk 2077 (??)

Side Quests / Other Games

• Animal Crossing
• Last of Us
• Last of Us: Part II
• Dark Souls

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Guest Award: Matt

Biggest Surprise: Games that exceeded or subverted our expectations 

• Return of the Obra Dinn
• The Council
• Hades
• Mass Effect: The Series
• Among Us
• Ori and the Blind Forest
• What Remains of Edith Finch
• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Slay the Spire
• Phasmophobia
• Firewatch
• Year Walk
• Valorant
• Dark Souls
• Lorelai
• Darkest Dungeon
• SUPERHOT
• The Last of Us
• The Last of Us part II

Biggest Disappointment

• World War Z
• The Council
• Mirror’s Edge
• Lorelai
• The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
• Life is Strange
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Golf with Your Friends
• Phasmophobia
• Undertale
• Mass Effect 3
• Gears 5 Horde Mode
• COD: Modern Warfare Campaign

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Guest Award: Claire

Best Visuals: Games we couldn’t help but marvel at

• Firewatch
• Return of the Obra Dinn
• Gorogoa
• Year Walk
• Ori and the Blind Forest
• The Council
• Detroit: Become Human
• Hades
• Lorelai
• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
• What Remains of Edith Finch
• The Vanishing of Ethan carter
• Observation
• Mirror’s Edge
• Life is Strange
• SUPERHOT
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Stardew Valley
• Mass Effect 3
• Darkest Dungeon
• Slay the Spire
• COD: Modern Warfare
• Among Us
• Last of Us part II
• Dark Souls (JUST Anor Londo)

Best Actually Recent Game (2019-2020)

• Hades*
• Gears 5 Horde Mode
• Lorelai
• Into the Breach
• Among Us*
• COD: Modern Warfare
• Phasmophobia
• Last of Us part II
• Valorant
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons
• Slay the Spire*
• World War Z
• Observation
• Cyberpunk 2077

*Released prior to 2019

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Guest Award: Rafael 

Best Collective Experience: The best of the ToT group playthroughs

• The Council
• Detroit: Become Human
• Downfall
• Lorelai
• COD: Modern Warfare Campaign
• Observation
• Life is Strange
• Dark Souls (?!)

Best Multiplayer Game: The games that made quarantine less lonely

• Stardew Valley
• World War Z
• Gears 5 Horde Mode
• Golf With Your Friends
• Phasmophobia
• Among Us
• Valorant
• Call of Duty: Warzone

Best Game We’re Still Playing: Games with continuous experience that we keep on playing

• Hades
• Stardew Valley
• Gears 5 Horde Mode
• World War Z
• Valorant
• Call of Duty: Warzone
• Golf with your Friends
• Into the Breach
• Faster Than Light
• Darkest Dungeon
• Slay the Spire
• Phasmophobia
• Among Us
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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• Firewatch
• The Council
• Detroit: Become Human
• Undertale
• Mass Effect 1
• Mass Effect 2
• Mass Effect 3
• Return of the Obra Dinn
• Hades
• Downfall
• Year Walk
• Ori and the Blind Forest
• Lorelai
• COD: Modern Warfare Campaign
• What Remains of Edith Finch
• The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
• Observation
• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
• Mirror’s Edge
• Life is Strange
• Cyberpunk 2077
• SUPERHOT
• Gorogoa
• Darkest Dungeon
• The Last of Us
• The Last of Us Part II

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Official Side Quest List (Updated the list in order of importance, IMO)

1. Both Sides Now
2. Sinnerman (two-parter)
3. Any romantic pathway that you have taken on???
4. The Hunt (must complete I Fought The Law prior)
5. Dream On
6. Don't Lose Your Mind (must complete all Epistrophy quests)
7. Violence - (two-parter)

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In terms of spoilers, we mostly don't talk story in this episode and when we do, we talk only up to the end of Act 1 or "The Heist" mission.

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"SUPERHOT is the most innovative shooter I've played in years!"

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Did we hammer the point home hard enough that we have a playthrough on YouTube for Life is Strange?

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As the rest of life speeds by with an almost staggering pace, Zoë's been silently honing her combat skills and what we've got for you here is the proof to show for it. This is a podcast from the top of the mountain. Join McCoy and Zoë as they (drunk on victory wine) discuss this iconic game and Zoë's first foray into a "Souls-Like".

Oh and stay till the end of this podcast if you want to hear Zoë's updated boss tier list (warning there might be some trash takes in there because everyone is totally drunk at this point.)

It was a long hard fought journey, but at the end of the day, nothing could stand in our way:

Zoë Learns Dark Souls (YouTube Playthrough)

Victory Achieved

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Huge shoutout to Cameron, Rafael, and Matt for being the experienced players who helped guide the rest of us into this wonderful experience without making anyone feel out of place or noobish.

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Feels like even worth noting that this description could be spoilers for the game. If you are really worried about spoilers, consider beating the game then coming back to these podcasts!

SECTIONS:

Ep. 1 - Start -> End of Seattle: Day 3

Ep. 2 - End of Seattle: Day 3 -> The convergence of the narrative

Ep. 3 - The convergence of the narrative -> The End

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SECTIONS:

Ep. 1 - Start -> End of Seattle: Day 3

Ep. 2 - End of Seattle: Day 3 -> The convergence of the narrative

Ep. 3 - The convergence of the narrative -> The End

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SECTIONS:

Ep. 1 - Start -> End of Seattle: Day 3

Ep. 2 - End of Seattle: Day 3 -> The convergence of the narrative

Ep. 3 - The convergence of the narrative -> The End

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I swear they have been flying around for a full week before release... What is this? Stop. No spoilers for Part II here! We have all successfully hidden from the rest of the world so we can finish up our discussion of Last of Us (and the Left Behind DLC) and give our no-spoilers thoughts on what might just be to come on release day. Boy... the excitement is palpable.

Ep. 1 - Start -> End of The Suburbs (or the start of the Tommy's Dam)

Ep. 2 - Finish the game, then Left Behind DLC

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Join Zoë, McCoy, Elena, James, and special guest Claire (Zoë's sister and our resident Last of Us expert) as we sit down and talk about the original Last of Us. Does it hold up? I would say let's find out but...

... it does. Sorry.

Ep. 1 - Start -> End of The Suburbs (or the start of the Tommy's Dam)

Ep. 2 - Finish the game, then Left Behind DLC

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Act 2 (Ep. 2)

Assemble a Team Part 2 up to the Omega 4 Relay (DLC: Arrival, Lair of the Shadow Broker) Your team will have to be strong, their resolve unquestionable. Strengthen your crew by tracking down the remaining dossiers.

(Warning: Completing the Reaper IFF mission will start a mission countdown and if you delay after this point there will be consequences. Before heading off to Mnemosyne will be a good time to do your side quests and DLC missions. If not, DLC can still be done after the final mission.)

Act 3 (Ep. 3)

Pass through the Omega 4 Relay Take the fight to the Collectors in person and kick them right in the daddy bags. You'll have to give everything, even if that means your lives.

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Prologue through Horizon (DLC: Overlord, Firewalker, Normandy Crash Site) We're at war. No one wants to admit it but yumanity is under attack. Surround yourself with the brightest, the toughest, the deadliest allies you can find. It's not a plan. . . but it's a perfect plan. You'll get dossiers on the best of them. Assemble your team of Archangel, the Convict, the Professor and the Warlord, in any order. The Master Thief and the Veteran are available if you have their DLC.

Act 2 (Ep. 2)

Assemble a Team Part 2 up to the Omega 4 Relay (DLC: Arrival, Lair of the Shadow Broker) Your team will have to be strong, their resolve unquestionable. Strengthen your crew by tracking down the remaining dossiers.

(Warning: Completing the Reaper IFF mission will start a mission countdown and if you delay after this point there will be consequences. Before heading off to Mnemosyne will be a good time to do your side quests and DLC missions. If not, DLC can still be done after the final mission.)

Act 3 (Ep. 3)

Pass through the Omega 4 Relay Take the fight to the Collectors in person and kick them right in the daddy bags. You'll have to give everything, even if that means your lives.

Would you believe it? We've elevated our Instagram to something we actually use!!! Check it out for updates on our latest podcast and some silly screenshots (maybe sorta sometimes at least). We might even use it for other purposes too. How cool is that?

If you have a question or just want to talk some smack about how poorly we did this week you can hit us up on our email:

tyrannyofthumbs@gmail.com

Also, I'm contractually obligated to mention we "technically" have a Twitter... But we don't use it... yet!

Oh! And IF YOU LIKED THE SHOW BUT UNDER NO OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES feel free to drop us a 5 star rating on iTunes (or wherever your local podcasts are sold)

Act 2 (Ep. 2)

Assemble a Team Part 2 up to the Omega 4 Relay (DLC: Arrival, Lair of the Shadow Broker) Your team will have to be strong, their resolve unquestionable. Strengthen your crew by tracking down the remaining dossiers.

(Warning: Completing the Reaper IFF mission will start a mission countdown and if you delay after this point there will be consequences. Before heading off to Mnemosyne will be a good time to do your side quests and DLC missions. If not, DLC can still be done after the final mission.)

Act 3 (Ep. 3)

Pass through the Omega 4 Relay Take the fight to the Collectors in person and kick them right in the daddy bags. You'll have to give everything, even if that means your lives.

Would you believe it? We've elevated our Instagram to something we actually use!!! Check it out for updates on our latest podcast and some silly screenshots (maybe sorta sometimes at least). We might even use it for other purposes too. How cool is that?

If you have a question or just want to talk some smack about how poorly we did this week you can hit us up on our email:

tyrannyofthumbs@gmail.com

Also, I'm contractually obligated to mention we "technically" have a Twitter... But we don't use it... yet!

Oh! And IF YOU LIKED THE SHOW BUT UNDER NO OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES feel free to drop us a 5 star rating on iTunes (or wherever your local podcasts are sold)