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Paul’s away but we’re joined by Fabian Seager, an Environment Artist on Path of Exile. Fabian preaches the glory of Managed Democracy, while Nick and Blake scratch out a living in an alien wasteland

Paul has abandoned everything to play more and more Super Poker. Nick finds an ugly as sin game with no win conditions, janky UI, unintuitive systems, and asks why Blake isn't already playing it.

Paul is annoyed that Final Fantasy doesn't remember his progress. Nick tries to explain how to have fun in Solitareica, and Blake is ransacking people's houses in Dragon's Dogma II

Paul gives Final Fantasy 7 another try and is suprised how much story is there is. Blake hates when games give him FOMO and threaten to change the world. And we all wonder how AI can change NPC interactions.

Nick goes nuclear on Elden Ring again. But has a good time with God of War. Paul is hooked on dopamine from Deep Rock Galactic Survivor. While Blake felt surprisingly emotional seeing Earth in a X4

Blake realizes he prefers lemons. Nick is horrified over how little Paul cares about storytelling. Nick then spends 30 hours in a tutorial at a Japanese school. And Blake has gone mad on survival games.

We're back for 2024 and joined by GGG Lead Composer & Music Director Kamil Orman-Janowski. Kamil talks about his process of creating the amazing music for Path of Exile, and also why Nick is wrong about Dark Souls

Paul recounts his adventures in WoW Classic, and we all end up on a nostalgia trip to 20 years ago. Blake thinks having an army in BG3 is a good idea and Nick thinks that will just ruin the game.

Nick has played so much Elden Ring and has so much to say about it. Not all of it is bad.... but most of it is. Meanwhile, Blake starts playing GalCiv IV but ends up in a Stellaris DLC price rant.

Blizcon happened and a new mobile game came out that has both Nick and Paul hooked. We reminisce about our days in early World of Warcraft and complain about how difficult the game was back then

After seven years, Nick might finally be interested in playing No Man Sky. Paul has been hunting monsters in a new mobile game and Blake has been cracking a binary code.

Starfield is 1000 planets, so why does Baldur's Gate feel bigger. What makes an open world interesting. What's Paul's build for the new PoE League. Why is Blake not playing Starfield or Baldur's Gate.

After the craziness of Exilecon, we are back to talk about meeting awesome fans, conquering the galaxy but getting bored with victory, breaking into crypts and murdering so many goblins.

This week we are joined by Grinding Gear Games Level Designer Josiah to talk about an unnecessarily frustrating space sim that has both Blake and Paul hooked. We're talking X4:Foundations.

The day has come. The day Nick has been waiting for. Finally Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is out. Nick is on 4 hours sleep but that does not stop us from talking about Zelda for an entire hour.

Paul goes fishing for Cthulhu. Nick stacks bags within bags within bags and Blake cowers in the dark. We're talking Age of Darkness, Dredge, Tap Wizard, and Nick slips in some Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Paul and Blake have been playing the Diablo 4 Beta and Nick has a lot of questions. Paul has also started a business empire that’s taking over the City. While Nick becomes Prey and loves the endless options.

Blake is glad to find some Batman in his wizard game. Nick contacts a dev, and gives actual feedback on an Early Access game. While Paul doesn’t like throwing away his rocks and sticks.

Paul finally gets to talk about Disco Elysium and the neck tie the gives him advice. Hell must of frozen over because Nick bought an Early Access game. And Blake is playing lot, and very little, of Hogwarts Legacy

We’re finally back from holiday break. Nick’s been eating his way around the south pacific. Paul’s been drinking his way into new games. And Blake’s been devoting a lifetime to pressing a button.

Nick plays Red Dead 2 and cannot stop comparing it to Zelda. Paul recounts his devastating loss at a rouge-like board game. While Nick recounts his many victories as a Banner Lord

Nick is snapping his way through Marvel characters, and having a great time. Blake is slicing his way through human beings, and questioning his morality. Paul is trying to enjoy a game but keeps suffering PTSD

Nick talks about his frustration with trying to explain a complicated in a very short time at Pax Aus. Blake plays a demo of an Early Access game and Paul prefers playing a mobile game on pc.

Nick is back with tails of his trip and a new mobile game. Paul has been getting deep into the latest PoE league. We complain again about controllers and UI in both PoE and Alaloth.

Today GGG Environment Artist Fabian Seager joins us to talk about his love of phat loot and grinding for the perfect stats. Paul wants to start a harder cult and Blake is watching villagers freeze in the winter

Nick is away but we are joined by James Hurlock, an Environment Artist at GGG. James tells us about the work he did on the Eldritch Horrors boss arenas, and Lake of Kalandra.  While Paul's been leading a cult

Nick complains about using menus with a controller. Blake complains about tutorial text. While Paul is having a great time slaying slimes in a spire. Also for the first time in a while, we’ve all played the same game.

Game's we talk about:

Slay the Spire
Alaloth

Blake struggles to explain the latest Early Access game he's bought. Paul is playing as a pin in a shell of a game. Nick is still trying to convince everyone to play idle games. Blake want's to know if he should get Stray

Blake competes for Zelda slow-run champion. Paul is trying to stay alive for 20 minutes, and Nick reveals an idle game hes been hiding for months. We also start to wonder how long Diablo Immortal can last

This week we end up only talking about one game. Blake has no clue what he's doing, Paul is having a great time buying lotto tickets and Nick can't remember a thing about the story.

Blake instantly de-rails the podcast with an Early Access game. Nick complains about hidden secrets and Paul keeps falling down a well. This week we have all played The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe.

Blake his spreading his dynasty far and wide, while annoying Nick with a new Early Access game. Paul has been battling grief and riding the subway. While Nick has been making an elephant fight a puffer fish.

Paul is forcing his pets to battle. Nick is actively tapping an idle game. Blake breaks his chair and has a realization about management sims. And of course we can’t help but bring up GTA and Zelda.

Sav is taking a break for a while, so we are joined by GGG Web Dev Paul.  Both Blake and Paul try their best to convince Nick to play Elden Ring.  Nick cannot stop comparing it to Breath of the Wild

It’s 2022 and we are back again. Nick is catching them all, but not looking to closely at them. Blake is looking forward to Elden Ring, but can’t explain why and Sav has found his next big car game.

We are all back from the Lockdown and have a lot to talk about. Saveun plays Halo for the first time since Halo 3. Nick is actually not playing a mobile game and its a MOBA! While Blake hates being the Choice One.

Everyone has been playing Action RPGs this week! Blake and Saveun have finally found a good Cyberpunk game. Nick has gone back to a bad Dungeon Crawler and Nick finally convinced someone to play a TCG

Rumors surrounding the GTA5 Remaster, for PS5, sparks a massive argument about Rock Star, Skyrim, Zelda and game remasters in general. Nick is spending hours building decks, while Blake is spending hours building roads.

Blake admits to being a huge Star Wars fan now and talks about his frustration with Jedi Fallen Order. Saveun is working on the cutting edge of video game development. While Nick is still lovin Legends of Runeterra

Saveun is getting interested in Twine Games, Blake as rediscovered his interest in Game Books and Nick is still interested in Legends of Runeterra and continues to rant about Zelda and Nintendo.

GGG Environment Artist Fabian Seager joins us today. Fabian tells of his journey from making PoE Fan Art to making the real thing. We talk about his favorite two games, Monster Hunter and Escape from Tarkov.

Nick returns. Saveun has some thoughts about the latest Unreal Engine Demo. Blake wastes his life again with another game that’s barely a game and Nick gets frustrated with Borderlands money.

Today we’re joined by self proclaimed Horse Girl and UI Artist Kiara du Toit. Kiara worked on the new 3D HUD for PoE 2 as well as being the IGDA Scholars Program Coordinator.

This week we’re joined by David Peryman an Environment Artist at GGG. David worked on the Badlands from the PoE 2 Trailer, but before joining GGG he worked at A44 on Ashen.

We’re are joined by Dane Brennand, the main weapon artist at GGG. We talk about our work on the second Path of Exile 2 trailer and Dane also talks about the work he did on the PS5 Remaster of Demon Souls

Nick tries his hardest to convince Saveun that idle games are interesting. Blake plays an idle game that Nick recommended and also talks about another Early Access Game he’s playing.

Nick talks about all the idle games he played over the holiday break. He tries to convince Sav and Blake that these are the future of video games. We also talk a bit about Blizcon and the Diablo announcements

We’re back and Blake and Saveun have a lot to rant about. They’ve both been playing Cyberpunk and they both really wanted to like it, but the game had other ideas. Nick is fascinated by the game-design issues

Saveun and Blake get straight into the Cyberpunk talk. They’ve only played a few hours so there’s no major spoilers. We also talk about our favorite games we’ve played in 2020.

Saveun’s been studying Cyber Punk trailers and checking in on Call of Duty. Blake's been studying resource graphs in Anno 1800 and finding more Korok seeds in Zelda. While Nick returns to a PoE item mystery.