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Chamberlain and Chance

Jim Canapa

Chamberlain, Chance and Alex talk about video games, life, and then more video games.

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01:27:16

Little game time

Chamberlain and Chance ·

2023/04/14

Welcome to the space between releases, during which we fill time in just about any way we can. Chamberlain did something very strange: he returned to a game that he felt he did not give a fair chance the first time around. Chained Echoes was abandoned after a scant twenty minutes several months ago. This time he has made it much further, though Alex does promise that in becomes far too pleased with itself eventually. Alex himself is playing Octopath Traveler 2, skipping all of the dialogue and cut

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01:06:18

Fishing can be scary

Chamberlain and Chance ·

2023/04/07

Why submit yourself to the horrors of fishing or being near water when Dredge is happy to give you the same feelings of existential dread in digital form? Alex has braved this angling nightmare and lived to tell the tale. Chamberlain is still not done with the Resident Evil 4 remake, but he has seen more than enough to complain about. And Chance thought about playing many different things. He thought about it. He actually played Elden Ring and Overwatch, but he is NOT buying the next battle pass,

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01:14:45

Different in a bad way

Chamberlain and Chance ·

2023/03/31

Only two games to talk about this week: Resident Evil 4 Remake and the Diablo IV open beta. Alex made good on his promise to not play it, leaving that duty to Chamberlain and Chance. They liked and disliked it for the same reason: it feels more accusable but shallower, perfect for Chamberlain's drive by gaming style but not the long term relationship that Chance was looking for. Alex loved the RE4 remake, having already finished it and and made it half way through a second time. Chamberlain and

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01:12:16

Caving to the PvP-ers

Chamberlain and Chance ·

2023/03/24

Chance's Stormveil angel is still on the loose, doing strange things like 'good deeds' and 'helping people.' His only foils are the ravenous PvP players, terrible people who do nothing but terrible things and were (and are) terribly disrespectful to their parents. He doesn't like them very much. Alex bounced around trying to avoid pre-ordering Diablo IV, and was successful, until Chance reminded him of the free beta this weekend. And Chamberlain continues his run of enjoying

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01:05:46

It's never my fault

Chamberlain and Chance ·

2023/03/18

Have you heard of Grime? Grime is hard. Grime is mean. Grime is seriously disempowering. Somehow, some way, Chamberlain finished it, and now he is going to complain about it. Alex is almost done with his Mass Effect run (and yes, there is a debate over Liara, Tali and Garrus as the perfect romance option) and Chance is still waiting for the Resident Evil 4 remake, passing the time by ruining people's days with Tracer.

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01:12:21

Bea Arthur was a paladin

Chamberlain and Chance ·

2023/03/10

The Resident Evil 4 remake clock is at about two weeks. Everyone copes differently. Chamberlain bounces off of games that he knew he wouldn't like, the settles directly into Stockholm Syndrome with Grime, a Metroidvania that is far, far more difficult that it needs to be. Alex plays Mass Effect, again, and still believes that Mass Effect 2 is on the short list of all time great games. And Chance pulls out the Stormveil angel, once again doing good deeds in harsh world of Elden Ring. And of course

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01:11:49

Ursa Cocaini

Chamberlain and Chance ·

2023/03/03

We try new things this week! Chamberlain leaves the house and watches a movie. Granted, the movie was Cocaine Bear, a title almost comically focused on his need for a short run time and frenetic pacing, but it was still an enjoyable evening. A much better time than Atomic Heart was, and it didn't sell any personal information to foreign regimes. Alex read a book! A real life, physical book that exists! He also started another play through of Dark Souls 3, his skills freshly sharpened by Hi-Fi Rush

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01:29:58

In search of the chill

Chamberlain and Chance ·

2023/02/24

Chance is in search of mellow gaming experiences, or at least a counterpoint to the constant raging dumpster fire that is Overwatch matchmaking. This week the Breath of the Wild replay continues, in which he completes tasks that Chamberlain didn't even know existed. Add to that Sable, or Breath of the Wild with 100% less combat and 100% more hover bikes. Alex finds his chill at the end of Hi-Fi Rush and in his once every four years or so replay of DMC - Devil May Cry. And Chamberlain has no chill

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01:20:18

Open worldliness

Chamberlain and Chance ·

2023/02/17

It is a tale of two open worlds this week. Alex, thanks to the once in a blue moon occurrence of a first party Nintendo title going on sale, is finally playing Breath of the Wild. He is having a fine, almost meditative time with it. In contrast, Chamberlain played about five hours of Forspoken, because someone had to, and had very little if any fun with it. At least he had a remake of a PSP JRPG to fall back on. Chance is also playing Breath of the Wild, for the fifth or sixth time (he has lost

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01:23:29

No good deed goes unpunished

Chamberlain and Chance ·

2023/02/10

This week, Chamberlain tried to do a nice thing. He tried to buy Chance a game that he really liked, Hi Fi Rush, so that Chance would give it a try. Things did not go as planned. Instead of shooting robots to the beat of life he shot noobs in Overwatch and werewolves in Resident Evil VII. Alex did play Hi Fi Rush, and liked what he played, but the call of another Persona 5 playthrough was too strong. Chamberlain revisited the Xbox 360 era with Evil West, a game that feels like an escapee from a time

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01:20:18

It was the best of times

Chamberlain and Chance ·

2023/02/03

Only good games this week! Chance and Alex have enjoyed the return of space horror, proving that the only thing that can top Dead Space is, well, better Dead Space. Aesthetic issues with the final suit aside, it is everything that a remake should be, raising the bar for even the upcoming Resident Evil 4 remake. Chamberlain choice bright and bouncy over dark and slimy, playing through Hi-Fi Rush. This is the happiest he has been about a game in a long time. His enthusiasm is almost hard to

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01:15:49

Dead expectations

Chamberlain and Chance ·

2023/01/27

Much to everyone's surprise and relief, it looks like EA as not screwed up the Dead Space remake. More on that next week, but Chance and Alex have already put down their hard earned money. Content with the opposite experience, Chamberlain played The Calisto Protocol, and in spite of it looking pretty good and the combat not being as bad as you have heard, the game is boring, and not scary, and he does not recommend it. Chance got a head start on horror remakes by playing Resident Evil 2 remake

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00:58:11

Convenient Distractions

Chamberlain and Chance ·

2023/01/20

Chamberlain meant to have a first hand report on The Calisto Protocol this week. He got as far as installing it before opting for an over priced remake of an old PS2 game: Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance II. It's still good, especially if you can't see very well. Chance played, and walked away from, Horizon Forbidden West. Last time it was for Elden Ring, this time is because the game is just easy to walk away from. And Alex can confirm that The Last Of Us on HBO is worth your time even if playing The

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01:56:03

Catching up

Chamberlain and Chance ·

2023/01/13

We welcome 2023 with a special, bonus sized episode! There is much to catch up on: Chance joined Chamberlain in appreciating the mediocrity of Gotham Knights before taking no pleasure at all in Psychonauts 2. Alex will forgive him. Eventually. Chamberlain took a tour of little games with High on Life (it turns out you can have too many dick jokes), Sword of the Vagrant and Astro Aqua Kitty. And Alex shied away from Midnight Suns for Chained Echoes.

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00:04:26

The internet it out to get us

Chamberlain and Chance ·

2023/01/06

Truly, the great void of the interwebs has it out for us. We will attempt to defy the hive mind again next week.

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01:44:09

Games of the Year 2022

Chamberlain and Chance ·

2022/12/16

Not to be outdone by Geoff Keighley and his insufferable fashion choices (and the show's lackluster security), Chamberlain, Chance and Alex bring your their picks for the best games of 2022. No ads, no trailers, no WORLD PREMIERS, just three guys who play a lot of video games gushing about their favorites. And then Chance talks about Overwatch. An early congratulations to Alex who is getting married next week! In honor of his nuptials, and Christmas, we will me taking next week off.

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01:15:22

The opposite of afterglow

Chamberlain and Chance ·

2022/12/09

Apologies for a slightly distracted episode. The Game Awards are on as we speak and Chamberlain is having a very difficult time dividing his attention. He turned his nose up at Bayonetta 3 this week (for not being as good as God of War, among other glaring issues) and has wrapped himself up in Eastward, a game that could not be more A Link to the Past if it tried. Alex is slowing learning Midnight Suns, the best Marvel anything to arrive in, well, quite some time, so long as you have the stomach for

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01:35:06

God of War Ragnarök spoilercast

Chamberlain and Chance ·

2022/12/02

Caution listeners! This week is full of God of War Ragnarök spoilers! Nothing is off limits, so if you have not played it yet (and you have a way to do so) what have you been doing these last three weeks? The days after finishing a potential game of the year are always difficult to fill. Chamberlain chose violence, specifically, violence in very bad games. He played Gungrave G.O.R.E., enjoyed it, and is making no apologies. Alex had the audacity to play another very good, albeit entirely different

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01:11:39

Father of lad two, a film by Ken Burns

Chamberlain and Chance ·

2022/11/18

Attention listeners! This is week two of our God of War Ragnarök coverage, meaning open spoilers for approximately the first twenty hours of the game. Ye be warned! Non spoiler reactions are as follows: it's still really good, perhaps one of the best games of the year. Kratos continues to develop, Atreus gives him teenage level sass and (redacted's) vocal performance has actually improved. Also, Alex is not here, curse his internet.

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00:54:49

Familiar and slightly less violent

Chamberlain and Chance ·

2022/11/11

Welcome to Ragnarök, or Fimbulwinter, or the time of year that AAA games emerge to dominate leisure time and pocket books alike. You know, not quite the end times but still not great, like late stage capitalism. But Chamberlain and Chance have the cure, and that cure is hitting things with an axe until they stop moving, then hitting them once more for good measure. Spoilers for God of War Ragnarök will be limited to the first three or so hours of the game this week, but next week all bets will most

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