Gary Butterfield and Kaye Ross talk you through R.E.M."s history, albums, music, and influence. This show is retired as of 2017. RSS Feed: https://www.patreon.com/rss/80117?show=1682549
In this episode we stage a daring rescue attempt.Other Segments:Legends and Lore: this Iron ThroneDeities and Demigods: GondComplete Artificier's Handbook: Technology
In this episode we pay tribute to the bitch queen of the sea. Their words, not ours.Other Segments:Deities and Demigods: The aforementioned queenAlternate Realities: Siding with GortashUp on a Soapbox: Revisiting Baldur's Gate 1Fiend Folio: Vampires AND Werewolves
This episode, we head up the Jagged Peak in order to do the last of the optional content in Shadow of the Erdtree. We’ve heard tell of a tyrant atop of the volcano, Bayle the Dread, a draconic betrayer so hated by Placidusax that the practice of Dragon Communion was created to bring him down.
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[PREVIEW] Watch Out for Fireballs! Dispatch Roundup:...
This week’s Roundtable Roundtable features an interview with Phobia, a YouTuber who documents glitches in games in an accessible and entertaining way. We talk about his process and how looking for glitches changes the way he plays FromSoft games. Then we read your responses to the northeastern part of the map and the Abyssal Woods.
Genre defining, boundary pushing, console selling; Super Mario 64 had it all. One of the defining games of the Nintendo 64 and of the early 3D era left a huge legacy behind, but we can only really talk about it in full if we go back to where it all began. There's a letter, a girl, and a promise of cake. This is definitely not a trap.c
Despite being the sixth movie in the Omen franchise, this is actually the First one. This 2024 prequel is the path that leads to Damien, the child antichrist. What does it take to actually get an Antichrist made? Let’s investigate together, shall we?
In this episode we join a hag victim support group and do the worst quest in the gameOther Segments:Legends and Lore: The BG3 prequel you forgot aboutUp on a Soapbox: Baldur's BummersFiend Folio: Poltergeists
Though the Abyssal Woods and Midra’s Manse aren’t huge areas gameplay-wise, we adore their lore and story so much that we had to camp out for some extra time. So this episode concludes our discussion of Midra’s Manse, including the boss fight, and a long talk about what Midra and Nanaya’s deals were.
In this final premium episode of Abject Suffering, we talk about the legendary kusoge “Death Crimson”, a barely-functional light gun shooter that qualifies as genuine outsider art. We also get kind of wistful about urban exploration and talking to our past selves.
In this episode we get greasy and do mummy stuff.Other Segments:Legends and Lore: Characters from Baldur's Gate 1 and 2The Complete Wizard's Handbook: Achieving ImmortalityFiend Folio: Mummy Lords
Though the Abyssal Woods and Midra’s Manse aren’t huge areas gameplay-wise, we adore their lore and story so much that we had to camp out for some extra time. So this episode concludes our discussion of Midra’s Manse, and a long talk about what Midra and Nanaya’s deals were. Next episode we hit the big man himself and talk about the rules of Frenzy in The Lands Between.
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[PREVIEW] Adaptation Decay 94: Prince of Persia: The...
The film that nobody asked for, and yet all we have left are questions. One thing the film certainly doesn't leave misunderstood: that sand? That's time sand. Not that the* prince uses it much.*There is more than once prince.
This week we find the very hidden entrance to a very hidden path to a very hidden area. Shadow Keep hides a way to reach the Recluse’s River, which is the warpath that the hornsent inquisition took to bring great force to bear on Midra in the Abyssal Woods. Along the way we will complete our final two mini-dungeons and descend further than ought to be possible, as we approach the coolest area in the game.
In this episode we turn Orin’s Orinsides Inside Orout.Other Segments:Complete Priest’s Handbook: Divine InterventionLegends and Lore: OrinFind Familiar: Baal Butlers
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[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 314: The Cathedral of...
The hands of the cosmos have many fingers, and all of their movements tell a story. But what that story means is up for interpretation. And this week we venture to the Cathedral of Manus Metyr and meet a very strange man named Count Ymir, who claims to have knowledge of the true nature of the Greater Will, the Two Fingers, and the origins of Marika’s divinity. Is he trustworthy? Who knows!? Let’s go blow whistles for him.
In this episode we… "do some butt-kicking for righteous justice". Wait, is that right?Other Segments:Deities and Demigods: WaukeenLegends and Lore: MinscFiend Folio: Giant Space Hamster
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[PREVIEW] Watch Out for Fireballs!: Kirby's Adventure...