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Infinite Cities

Infinite Cities

Four friends who met over the shared love of a video game, now meet weekly to play through some of the best games, book club style, and then talk about them.

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01:07:11

Traditional Roguelikes - Should We Even Play These,...

Infinite Cities ·

2024/01/25

Old-school roguelikes have a long and rich history of being some of the earliest games that are updated to this day, so there's some things to talk about. Join Karp and Feather in this mini episode! In this episode: The Berlin Interpretation (is a meme), the potato chips of conversations, don't spend $3 on Rogue, Nethack, Dwarf Fortress, the schoolyard-rumour-game of the 80's computer science scene, being in development for 40 years, Crawl, 7-day Roguelike Challenge, degenerate strategies, Noita,

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01:29:08

Fall of Porcupine (2023): When You Walk Into a...

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2024/01/18

Fall of Porcupine is a story about being a doctor that hits all the beats you might expect. The angry jaded old mentor, the competent and hardworking nurse, the first death on your watch, the finding a place in a small town. It's not humerous (like Scrubs), or charming (like Scrubs) or even super compelling (like Scrubs), but maybe there is something in its gentleness? It is also, notably definitely and absolute not Night in the Woods. The comparison diminishes both games. Which is why we talk about

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01:35:30

Sea of Stars (2024): What's Up With Garl?

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2024/01/11

We've got a long game this week, and it's for our first turn-based rpg of 2024, Sea of Stars! Feather played like, 5 minutes and proceeds to talk a lot of mad shit before Will, Karp, and Gary gush over every little thing we can. in this episode: two wooden boards of protagonists, feather knows none of the nouns, combat chat, shoopdawoop, timing attacks and blocks, we'll get to garl, parfaits are delicious, anyway garl, feather has more hot takes first, sea of stars is a really good one of these,

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01:46:37

GOTY 2023: Was That Seriously This Year?

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2024/01/03

It's been a pretty wild year, and despite everything that's happened we're glad to still be here, poddin' through it! What better way to mark another year behind us than with a joyful look back at everything we've played? It's the game of the year countdown! In this episode: the Rest In Piss award, we can't count to five, the big countdown, an interlude about bikes, the absolute uncontestable objective best game of all time for 2023, honorable mentions, podcast resolutions (it's more games)

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01:15:22

Control (2019) Part 2: What Level of the Spoiler...

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2023/12/21

Control is behind us, and it's been a minute since we've been this conflicted about a game. Is the plot fantasic, or literally nothing? Is the combat great, or kinda tedious? Is this game making a statement, or did they just forget to put in a final boss? We're not sure! All we know is all games should have a rocket launcher this good. In this episode: getting into it, you don't have enough clearance to view this level of the spoiler onion, the ezam yarthsa, flaws of the jukebox, the pure love

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01:55:12

Open World Games - You've Had A Lot Of Todd Howard In...

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2023/12/14

It's our first off-week "mini" episode (if you can call a 2 hour runtime mini), so Will and Gary sat down to talk about open world games, the history of the genre, and our experiences playing them! in this episode: the first open worlds, the legend of zelda, hydlide, sierra online, super mario 64, rareware games, donkey kong 64, teeth gang, assassin's creed, bethesda games, rockstar, do your homework, the witcher, new vegas, red dead redemption 2, skyrim, starfield, no man's sky, elden ring, you

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01:24:01

Control (2019): Why Did We Stop Using Pneumatic Tubes?

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2023/12/08

Control's story is only pretty good. The combat is great, but shallow. It has a few too many extras to be a clean game. And yet, this game rules. Even more than "what is the Hiss?" or "is she talking to like, us us?", the central mystery of Control is "how is this game so awesome". The answer? Hella vibes. Impeccable vibes. Vibes for daaaaaaays. In this episode: I can't tell them about you, doming dudes with other dudes, 80s offices, vibes, weird chants, glitches, when big text shows up on screen,

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01:12:56

Cocoon (2023): Are You Ready To Become Bug?

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2023/11/30

Will is out this week due to the holiday, but the rest of us got together to play a fun little indie about worlds within worlds... within worlds... within worlds? Who knows how deep this little bug world goes. in this episode - cw alcohol, potluck tips and tricks, orbsception, morbs, orange deserts, we still dont know what's going on here, the correct action jingle, getting yeeted by bosses, really cute little guys, favorite orbs, becoming one with the bug, changing things up a bit, miniature

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01:19:32

Neon White (2022): How The Hell Do I Get Over There?

Infinite Cities ·

2023/11/23

Neon White is a stylish, graceful, elegant joy of a game, exactly half the time. The other half the time, it's a cringe fiesta, a fanfic of anime - not a specific anime, but a fanfic about the concept of anime. Kill the part of you that cringes. In this episode: being super persona, what if rwby had good voice actors, the second best reward in video games is whatever metal is cooler than 'gold' and the best reward is beating Karp, does this game need wall jumps, the worst anapurna game. ~shoutouts

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52:34

A Little to the Left (2022): Don't You Have a Peanut...

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2023/11/16

A Little to the Left is a game about organizing items into "pleasing arrangements", but maybe it's a little too peculiar. Can it redeem itself with some clever ideas and a nice hint system? Or are we going to mash the "skip stage" button until the remains of this digital house look as scattered as Feather's room? Let's all learn to love and Leave It Be~ In this episode: Feather doxes her past self, resilient organizing, peeking at hints, reloading your q-tip drawer one q-tip at a time, leaving

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01:19:13

Klonoa: Door To Phantomile (1997): What Is A Klonoa?

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2023/11/09

Feather might be gone, but that'll never be enough to stop us, so this week we played a game from Karp's childhood, and we talked about everything else! in this episode: 2.5d, he's just a creature, beach vollyball, a seven out of ten game, connecting to the ps1, karp's shrine, crimes, a big deal game, moving two dimensionally in a 3d space, generational differences in gaming, '98 was a good year... for games, oh shit klonoa's here, the only game to make karp cry, give us windwaker on switch, we

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01:18:17

Hollow Knight (2017) Part 2: Are You A Monster?

Infinite Cities ·

2023/11/02

Karp didn't write an episode description and so I, Gary, have taken over to deliver you this week's podcast, the conclusion to our Hollow Knight discussion! Karp beat the game, Feather stopped a while ago, Gary wants to keep playing, and Will is (not) dead. We dug a little deeper into the Hallownest this week and we went full spoilers before the end (with a new (temporary) spoiler sound, now that the s-blade is no more). Bugs are good, y'all. in this episode: karp still doesn't like hollowknight,

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01:14:21

Hollow Knight (2017) Part 1: Do You Know What A Nail...

Infinite Cities ·

2023/10/26

Few games achieve as much as they set out to accomplish as Hollow Knight. It's both a near-perfect execution of its genre, and a unique experience with few competitors. It's also so goddamn frustrating. Maybe some of us just need to git good? In this episode: unity being terrible, being a lil guy, arguing about nails, how deep did you get, being lost, favorite bug, death salt, badges, genres, sometimes you just need to stab a dude. ~shoutouts zone~ Wikipedia: giraffe weevil The 45 Hour Hollow Knight

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01:51:08

Wandersong (2018) - What Are You Gonna Do, Sing At It?

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2023/10/19

It's just Karp and Gary this week, so we picked a game from the Itch.io Bundle for Ukraine. It's a lovely little musical platforming adventure called Wandersong! in this episode: dancing, you are not the hero, no doubles, a very grumpy stubborn witch girl, ajoining a band, eleven thousand beans, so much dialogue, mermaids, happy kid, they all have pokemon, dreaming of home, gary hates audrey, the bugs!, every little bit of life is part of the whole, it's scary to be vulnerable, everyone is here, the

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01:10:37

Betrayal At Club Low (2022): Do You Believe In The...

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2023/10/12

After spending three weeks climbing (or failing to climb) that mountain, the Infinite Cities crew is back with a game that is short and dumb. It's Betrayal At Club Low! Enter self-named protag, a spy sent in to help rescue a fellow undercover agent through the power of pizza dice! Make stew, steal a car, take over a DJ booth, and make your escape! In this episode: pizzaiolo, deadly dice rolls, pizza dice, pickpocketing four slices of buffalo mozzerella, permanent conditions, blasting off while

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01:13:19

Celeste (2018) Part 2: Do Winged Strawberries Have...

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2023/10/05

After a brief hiatus (sorry! Feather crashed her car and then also had to go see Streetlight Manifesto) we're returning to the mountain to finish our discussion of Celeste! Although only one of us might be actually done with it? This game does a magic trick, in that the difficulty curve is one impossibly long mountain, where the next challenge is always just barely not impossible. It's good! In this episode: finding your own mountain, getting your butt kicked, dying so, so, so many times, Kevin

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01:16:23

Celeste (2018) and Other Stuff: Did You Climb The...

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2023/09/21

On the way up a mountain, it's important to take breaks! In keeping with this message from Celeste itself, we're deviating from our normal format a bit - partly because we're busy, partly because we're still just getting started on our climbs, and mostly because we keep getting distracted by several new and exciting releases (or in feather's case, a jank puzzle game collection from 2004.) So join us (or don't!) as we talk through celeste, along an handful of other games that are more or less good

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01:55:05

Citizen Sleeper (2022): When Did You Realize You Were...

Infinite Cities ·

2023/09/14

What happens when a company disintegrates? What happens when that company owns your house and/or body? What kindness can you find from strangers? Most importantly, is today a bones day, or a no bones day? Gary and Feather team up to hold down the station just the two of them, because Will and Karp are off being besties in the far off fantasy land of Sweden. This one gets real big thonk! In this episode: tales from space job, small kindnesses, having an extra dose in your inventory, clocks, finding

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01:04:28

Umurangi Generation (2020): How Many Times Did You...

Infinite Cities ·

2023/09/07

Umurangi Generation manages to be a lot of things for its miniscule budget and tight runtime. It's a reflection of early 2020s fear and pressure. It's a photography simulator with PS1 era graphics. It's a bit of a puzzle game. It's a "first person point-and-shooter". It's a perspective of what it is like to slowly die. Like any scene, it really depends on how you frame it. Also, we spend a ton of time outside of the spoiler onion for this one! If you haven't played, we encourage you to give it a

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02:07:52

Tunic (2022) Part 2: When Is This Game Turning Scifi?

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2023/08/31

We've finished tunic - at least, by some measure of finished! Gary's gone completely tunic-mad, pinning things to a corkboard and tying them with red yarn, and was rewarded for his efforts. Karp stays winning and breezed through the final fight, Feather was a baby and got hardstuck, and Will was busy being a good friend. Not that you'd be expected to finish - this game goes and goes, and it goes *deep*. Or maybe not deep enough? 0/5 not enough holes. In this episode: being a scared and confused 8

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