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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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44:15

Shrek: Hassle at the Castle (2002): Why Are Their...

Infinite Cities ·

2024/04/03

April fool's is Shrek season. I'm not sure why, I didn't make the rules. It came to me in a dream. April first is when you Shrek, ok? You Shrek. Tradition is important. This is an April fool's episode. The episode is not the April fool's prank. It's a relatively unhinged, but still ICB, minisode with Will and Feather. The April fools are Will and Feather, who played this game, and especially Feather, who played a lot of this game. Relatively speaking. On April first. And then Will went entirely AWOL

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01:05:24

Peggle (2007): Is This Your Brain On Peggle?

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2024/03/28

ITS PEGGLE In this episode: "I do not like peggle", spoilers for peggle, the secret fith element of peggle, fandomwiki for peggle, imaginary peggle is incredible, pyramid peggle slander, what happened to peggle? ~shoutouts zone~ Peggle... 2! Peggle patent How to install a PS2 and run King Kong on your PC (2005 edition) (big ups to Will) ~~~ Our theme music is Glass Half Full by the incredible Cliff, you can find him on Bandcamp! Want to shout about the episode? Join us in the Infinite Cities

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53:50

Mega Man ZX Advent (2007): Why Are There Lives In My...

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2024/03/21

This is it - the high water mark of a once-great franchise, the twenty-second game out of twenty-two Mega Men, not counting the many, many, many, many spin-offs. Past this point, just about everything got packed up and cancelled. What happened? Did Keiji Inafune sleep with someone's wife? Or did it just play out the same old tricks over and over, until a few half-hearted attempts to shake things up just felt awkward and sad? Let's find out! In this episode: surprise! the person who suggested mega

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51:51

Frog Detective (2023): Sorry, Can I Ask Some Questions?

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2024/03/13

We're the second-best detectives in town, and we're gonna help you with whatever random errand you need. We're also gonna laugh a whole lot. I'm sorry, I didn't mean that. In this episode: Just... so much giggling, Being a sticker-person, I'm sorry, I don't know why I said that, Lobster Cop, Happy bugs, Real-life animals, Spoiler egg, The mouse is the correct option, Pirate hooks, Books are, without exception, factually inaccurate. ~~~ Our theme music is Glass Half Full by the incredible Cliff, you

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01:33:47

Sanabi (2023) Part 2: Do You Like Grappling Hooks?

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2024/03/07

The gang's all here this week, and we're finishing up our discussion of the zippiest, swooshiest, grapplyest indie of last year, Sanabi! in this episode: please imagine airhorns, landing the mystery, so much talking, high jank tolerance, fuck that car, cool speech bubble effects, endgame theories, heaven and hell, the john wick of robots, flashbacks galore, harmonica questions, somehow pedro pascal is here, chain arms are cool ~shoutout zone~ the bad ending ~~~ Our theme music is Glass Half Full

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48:20

SANABI (2023) Part 1: What If Celeste Was Titanfall?

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2024/02/29

Nyooom whoosh zoop zwaam zoop woooop woosh woosh woop Nyoooooooom zoop woosh wow wow zooop... It's SANABI! A totally hidden gem that's delivering enough beautiful movement and incredible pixel art to make up for some seriously long dialogues. Eventually, we'll know what happened in Mago City. in this episode: spiderman should have a mid swing boost, the joy of intertia, instagibbing robots, speedrunning, a lot of chatter for a fast paced action platformer, kinda weird dialogue, where is it going

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01:05:40

Chicory (2021): Would You Like To Turn Off Wet Sounds?

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2024/02/22

We're back for another short little indie game, it's Chicory! Feather and Gary have a delight coloring in the world, while will finds himself stuck painting stars everywhere. in this episode: art, painting, it's on the map, feather's square era, spooky trees, dad hints, magenta paint bucket, chicory the welder, oops, all hats, you shouldn't be so hard on yourselfa ~shoutouts zone~ explorable, interractive map of chicory Dunkey's Yakuza video Best Game Animation of 2023 ~~~ Our theme music is

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01:02:00

Against the Storm (2023): Why Are We Having So Much...

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2024/02/15

Is this it? Did we find a game that everyone enjoyed (minus Gary, who wasn't present for the recording)? Or is it just that building a town is fun for the first 2 hours, every time? Join us as we untangle why Against the Storm might be the perfect cozy game for three of us. In this episode: Warcraft 3 is retro, it's (not) Rain World, Mario Kart rubberbanding, 3x speed vs 1x speed, sucking up bricks, Dwarves/beavers, city-builder boss fights, Aunt Lore-i. ~shoutout zone~ blame Feather for this ~~~

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01:11:32

Retro Hardware - How Do I Get Out Of This Pit?

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2024/02/08

Maybe it's because Feather's PC is nearly old enough to qualify as retro, or maybe it's because Against The Storm reminds us of PCs classics like Warcraft 3, or maybe it's just because Will, Karp, and Feather are all retro hardware nerds, but whatever the case - we're talking through the history of video game consoles, starting from the very beginning! In this episode: play pitfall I guess, more bits means more better, we get stuck in pits repeatedly for our own edification, ironically I enjoyed ET

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01:09:29

Hi-Fi Rush (2023): Do You Know How To Count?

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2024/02/01

HEY ITS REKKA HERE TO WRITE THE EPISODE DESCRIPTION HI FI RUSH IS A MONSTER OF A GAME! YOU WANT MECHANICS? ITS GOT TWICE AS MUCH MECHANICS AS THE NEXT GAME! YOU WANT STORY! YEAH THERES A STORY! YOU WANT MUSIC? WELL FUCKIN' GOD DAMN THERES MUSIC. YOU WANT PLATFORMING? WE MADE THE PLATFORMING SO BAD YOU GET TWICE AS MUCH PLATFORMING PER PLATFORM! THE ONLY PODCAST THAT CAN HANDLE THIS MUCH GAME IS THE KIND OF PODCAST THATS LOUD, CHAOTIC, AND FULL OF TOO MANY IDEAS ALL AT ONCE COMPETING FOR YOUR

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01:07:11

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

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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?

Infinite Cities ·

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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