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PODCAST

Light Gaming

Jerome Barbatsis and Alex Hambrock

Light Gaming is the (mostly) lighthearted podcast about light games, hosted by Jerome Barbatsis and Alexander Hambrock! Join your Hosts of Light as they discuss a new gaming experience every week that won"t take up all your free time to finish. Expect fun conversations about indie games, retro games, and even some board or card games! On top of that, there"ll be fun quiz segments, maybe some trivia, or maybe a fun bit of comedy and improv! So, sit back on your couch, load up the latest (or earliest)

leisure video games

All Episodes

50:07

Jusant’s Sky-High Peaks Are Worth the Climb

Light Gaming ·

2025/06/04

Kicking off our annual Pride Month celebration, we're talking Jusant: the journey of a nameless, gender-ambiguous mountain climber on a mission to reach the peak of a mountain, climbing through the ruins of a vertical society. After a lengthy climb, the buds rest at the peak of the spire to go over some MORE of their favorite Magic: the Gathering cards from the upcoming Final Fantasy collaboration, but we promise that's the last time we'll do it. Unless...?Enjoying Light Gaming? Please consider

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67:19

Pentiment: Pertinent? Perchance.

Light Gaming ·

2025/05/28

Closing out Medieval May with the Medieval Game of the past few years, the Gamers of Light finally delve into their thoughts on Obsidian's visual novel: Pentiment! After the ad break, Jerome and Alex go on their monthly rants and raves, and does it go off the rails and into some heavy topics again? Yes, obviously. It always does.Enjoying Light Gaming? Please consider rating, reviewing and sharing our goofy show with a friend!Check us out on our socials and join the discord

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45:58

Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy is...

Light Gaming ·

2025/05/21

This episode of Light Gaming is La Croix: Medieval flavor at best this week when Jerome and Alex discuss of Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy, and only because the writers went absolutely medieval on this extremely loose adaptation of The Bike Tour Mystery. To liven things up, they bring back an old favorite and talk about some of their Side Quests! Hint: they're both very French, except for the one that's not.Enjoying Light Gaming? Please consider rating, reviewing and sharing our goofy

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51:32

Manor Lords is Crunchy City-Building Gaming at its...

Light Gaming ·

2025/05/14

We maybe accidentally did an episode of Heavy Gaming when we signed up to play Manor Lords in Early Access, but we're glad we made the plunge. We can't wait to get back in there and prance among our peasants!After the ad break, we take our first look into the FFxMtG spoilers in a classically sweaty quiz segment! Tune in to see how well Alex can identify Final Fantasy characters based on their rules text!Enjoying Light Gaming? Please consider rating, reviewing and sharing our goofy show with a

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68:17

The Procession to Cavalry Folie à Un, and Blue Prince...

Light Gaming ·

2025/05/08

Jerome and Alex pass through the Procession to Cavalry and stab a bunch of paintings in the process, surely those paintings don't contain any value whatsoever. Then, after the ad break, the much-portented FULL SPOILER discussion of Blue Prince!Enjoying Light Gaming? Please consider rating, reviewing and sharing our goofy show with a friend!Check us out on our socials and join the discord! https://linkpop.com/lightgamingpodcastProduced by Alex Hambrock and Jerome BarbatsisCover Art by Alex Hambrock

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60:14

Science Fiction-less Double Feature: Koira and Cook,...

Light Gaming ·

2025/05/01

Your Hosts of Light Gaming are back with a two-for-one special to make up for the break, sort of! They talk about the wildly different Koira and Cook, Serve Delicious and come up with interesting ways in which the two are unexpectedly connected (Editor's note: this is a lie). After the ad break, the monthly Rants and Raves segment returns, what deathly serious topics will the Hosts of Light Gaming get too deep into THIS time? Tune in and find out!Enjoying Light Gaming? Please consider rating,

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45:21

Blue Prince Is for Gamers With Myst Gaydar

Light Gaming ·

2025/04/16

We, alongside almost every other gaming podcast, played Dogubomb's new masterpiece: Blue Prince! Join us as we vaguely, in a very spoiler-free manner describe our impressions of the game, give a brief synopsis of the mechanics and talk about what really makes this game tick our little maze-loving boxes.After the ad break, we dive into a really fun quiz segment that isn't at all a form of psychological torture that Jerome inflicts upon Alex on a regular basis.Enjoying Light Gaming? Please consider

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49:22

We Played Sable and Mispronounced Moebius A lot

Light Gaming ·

2025/04/09

We're really sorry about that, but our points about 2021's light adventure game Sable still stand. Then, FFXIV: Shadowbringers' Secondary Antagonist Judge Vauthry makes a grand return to pass his brand of balustrade judgment on REDDIT POSTS!Check us out on our socials and join the discord!https://linkpop.com/lightgamingpodcastProduced by Alex Hambrock and Jerome BarbatsisCover Art by Alex Hambrock and Kat HambrockSound and Editing by Jerome Barbatsiss

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49:24

100 epsiodes and 1000xResist!

Light Gaming ·

2025/04/02

Hekki Grace, gamers of light! Jerome and Alex wax poetic and skip through time as they discuss Fellow Traveler's 2024 visual novel 1000xResist! Then, for our 100th episode (total) special, we check out some new posts on our recurring reader mail segment: the Sharlayan Forum! Thank you so much for hanging out with us 100 times!Check us out on our socials and join the discord! https://linkpop.com/lightgamingpodcastProduced by Alex Hambrock and Jerome BarbatsisCover Art by Alex Hambrock and Kat

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44:46

Alphabetizing Our Conservatories in Strange...

Light Gaming ·

2025/03/26

We inherit a plant shop in the middle of Gloomy-gloomsville, USA (Or maybe UK?), and hand people a bunch of wild and wacky potted plants to cure their various ailments, allergies and alimonies in Strange Horticulture! Stay tuned after the ad break for a chill, but heated conversation of of Raves and Rants!Check us out on our socials and join the discord! https://linkpop.com/lightgamingpodcastProduced by Alex Hambrock and Jerome BarbatsisCover Art by Alex Hambrock and Kat HambrockSound and Editing by

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43:29

Nancy Drew Is on Fire in Labyrinth of Lies

Light Gaming ·

2025/03/19

The Hosts of Light make good on their March Madness pick for Nancy Drew games and explore a modern take on an ancient myth in Nancy Drew: Labyrinth of Lies! Then, stay tuned as Jerome and Alex do their best to replicate some iconic video game voice lines in the segment "How Did She Say It!?"Check us out on our socials and join the discord! https://linkpop.com/lightgamingpodcastProduced by Alex Hambrock and Jerome BarbatsisCover Art by Alex Hambrock and Kat HambrockSound and Editing by Jerome

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47:23

We'd Neva Heard of Neva. Howeva, It's Pretty Cleva!

Light Gaming ·

2025/03/12

Dive into the colorful world of Neva as the Hosts of Light traverse the brilliantly painted and sounscaped scenes of Neva, the action platformer developed by Nomada studios that won 2024's Games for Impact award at the annual GOTYAs! What did Alex think about the action platforming content? Does Jerome maybe need to get medically evaluated? Tune in and find out! Plus, enjoy a super special secret Light Gaming take on March Madness as they use a Madness bracket to make an extremely important

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44:34

We're Living for The Roottrees Are Dead!

Light Gaming ·

2025/03/05

This Obra-Dinn inspired mystery puzzle game is right up our alley. It's got everything- a compelling story, great reading, sick jazz vibes, corkboards, and nostalgic 90s internet fansites! We've also been spending with with Monster Hunter and Balatro, so we thought it'd be a great time to bring back our Side Quests!Check us out on our socials and join the discord!https://linkpop.com/lightgamingpodcastProduced by Alex Hambrock and JeromeBarbatsisCover Art by Alex Hambrock and Kat HambrockSound and

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44:56

Äliën Gärdèñs Gälöre in Ultros!

Light Gaming ·

2025/02/26

The Buds revisit last year's plant based metroidvania- Ultros! They had a psychedelic time looping throughout the alien environments, learning more and more about the world as they connect every save point with bees. Then, they enjoy a nice time in the great outdoors with a national park quiz segment: His Park Materials!Check us out on our socials and join the discord! https://linkpop.com/lightgamingpodcast Produced by Alex Hambrock and Jerome BarbatsisCover Art by Alex Hambrock and Kat

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41:36

We Found Old Timey Booty Calls in Nancy Drew: Secret...

Light Gaming ·

2025/02/19

Howdy, pardners of light! It's Nancy Drew week here on Light Gaming and we've got a classic ol' rootin' tootin' hollerootin' heck of a time for y'all as we dodge snakes, scorpions, bank robbers and angry chickens in Nancy Drew: the Secret of Shadow Ranch! Stay tuned for the back half when Jerome gives Alex yet another impossible guessing game for his Pokemon: Shield edition of "A Wild Pokemon by Any Other Name!"

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48:28

Citizen Sleeper 2: Good Book, Frustrating Game

Light Gaming ·

2025/02/12

Jerome and Alex give their spoiler-free opinions on the long awaited tabletop inspired narrative RPG Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector! Where does this game work, and where does this game fall apart? Who are their favorite crew members? Answers to these and many more questions lie within! In the second half, the Hosts of Light bring back an old friend to give their Judgment on genuinely for-real not-made-up viewer questions: it's the return of Judge Vauthry!Check us out on our socials and join the

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50:35

What We Played on Winter Break 2025!

Light Gaming ·

2025/02/05

What's up, Gamers of Light!? Welcome to Light Gaming! We've launched a rebrand where we're going to focus on the kinds of games that made our favorite episodes last year: easily digestible experiences that we could talk about in their entirety. We're gonna cover indie games, retro games, and maybe even some board or card games, so long as it's just a bit of Light Gaming!In today's episode, Jerome and Alex are back from break with a new look and a whole lot of games to talk about. Tune in to find out

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63:03

The Second Annual Heavens-Awards!

Light Gaming ·

2024/12/15

It's the Second Annual Heavens-Awards! Who will take home the prestigious awards for Best Outfit, Cutest Character, Best Beard (Cover wife), and The Warrior of Light "Confused Head Tilt" Emote Award for Most Deranged Segment? What will be the Buds Best Game? Acceptance speeches, dramatic moments and impromptu advertisements await you in this year's Heavens-Awards!Thank you all for listening, we'll see you again in February! Much love!Check us out on our socials and join the discord

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45:27

Square and Borrowed (Sims 4)

Light Gaming ·

2024/12/08

With DeSIMber come and gone (two weeks go by pretty fast), the Buds cap off the month discussing the Sims 4! After an uncharacteristic discussion about sleep aids and science, they discuss their past, present, and hopeful futures with the franchise. How many times has Alex burnt his house down? Where's the weirdest place Jerome made Woo-hoo? Tune in to find out*!*neither of these questions are answered during the course of this podcast.Check us out on our socials and join the discord

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43:41

The Evil Lawnmower (Sim Ant)

Light Gaming ·

2024/12/01

Alex takes Jerome on a nostalgia trip to his beloved back yard RTS-like sim game, the 1991 Maxis Classic Sim Ant! How many times did they get stomped, sliced, eaten and conquered before finally making it into the kitchen and ousting the evil Human Man and his animal cohorts? Plus, Jerome helps Alex with his acting chops in the hot new improv segment: Down for MaintenANTS!Check us out on our socials and join the discord! https://linkpop.com/stormbudsProduced by Alex Hambrock and Jerome BarbatsisSound

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