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PODCAST

Bit Storm

Ben Slinger and Trevor Scott

A comedy game design podcast by two guys who know nothing about comedy nor game design. Join Trevor Scott and Ben Slinger as they take prompts from random word generators, movies, game titles and more and turn them into occasionally hilarious but always interesting game designs.

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All Episodes

39:20

Bat Flap Penalty

Bit Storm ·

2025/12/14

Ben and Trevor go back to What 3 Words for some prompts, riffing on ideas such as:a DNA sequencing house builder;working behind the counter at a cyberpunk body modification facility;winning a bodybuilding contest that has been in decline for years;and more!

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37:24

Crack Open a Booze Shark

Bit Storm ·

2025/12/07

Ben had the brilliant idea of hopping on the streamer wagon this week, so Ben and Trev came up with ideas that streamers would hopefully love to play. The games discussed included a bunch of friendslop, but also some banger such as:A handyman fixing random things in a haunted mansionA geoguesser inspired game where you must navigate your way out of a randomly generated worldA friendly fishing game with random encounters along the way.

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36:17

Crystalline False Flag

Bit Storm ·

2025/11/30

Ben and Trevor riff on some more movies, coming up with ideas such as:a thriller set in the desert of New Mexico starring Peter Dinklage;a man thinks he's a cartoon;discovering the secret behind the new household robot;and more!

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39:29

Basement-ception

Bit Storm ·

2025/11/23

Trev has been playing a lot of Amanda the Adventurer, and even roped Ben into playing. Saying that this episode is a deep dive into an Amanda the Adventurer style creepy media game. Set in the 1980's, Ben and Trev discuss the many ways a text adventure could be a completely immersive experience.

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33:22

Onomatapiphany

Bit Storm ·

2025/11/16

From movies come video games! Ben and Trevor take random movie titles and descriptions and riff on some game ideas such as:A point and click adventure where you are stuck with a fairly dumb ghost;A romantic story about becoming an assassin;A tri-dimensional story told via different mediums;and more!

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32:33

Double Substitute

Bit Storm ·

2025/11/09

Ben and Trev once again delve into turning regular old movies into terrible mashup movie tie-ins. The games discussed were:Investigate the many murders on the interstellar Ark ship while reconnecting with your estranged son.Experience 3 stories set in a restaurant with different styles of gameplayInvestigate the murder of your brother as a substitute teacher.

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36:14

Blobnami

Bit Storm ·

2025/11/02

Ben and Trevor continue their spooky theme with some more scary movie prompts! They come up with games such as:a visual novel about controlling the emotions inside the head of an obsessive eSports fanatic;a game with a PS2 aesthetic about a tidal wave of blob fish;and more!

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33:46

Ker-Simon

Bit Storm ·

2025/10/26

It's the Spooky Season once again and Ben and Trevor take some non horror movies and turn them into some spooky horror games. The games discussed included:An assassin trying to protect his target from a serial killer after a luxury cruise liner was shipwrecked.A daily commute gradually turns spooky over multiple days.

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38:26

Djinn Diesel

Bit Storm ·

2025/10/19

Ben and Trevor take some random movies and riff on them until they become video games! This time they come up with games such as:play as the bumbling bartender companion to super spy Jane Bond;wander through the wasteland as a mercenary who says Yes to everything;discover a mystery laid out by a psychic;and more!

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34:08

Live from PAX 2025

Bit Storm ·

2025/10/12

Ben and Trev once again braved the wild crowds at PAX and recorded a podcast, high above the handheld and jackbox areas of PAX. They discuss games that should really belong at PAX had they ever been made. The games discussed this year are:A generational colony ship arrives at a planet that has already been colonised many years before thanks to evolved technologyA lazy river trek turns dangerous on the trip backA sentient battery must ensure it can stay charged through an adventure.

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37:05

Rip The Gnome (PAUCKS 2025 Special)

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2025/10/05

Ben and Trevor were kindly invited to PAUCKS, the Dark Web focused game expo as part of Melbourne International Games Week, and they took a look at a bunch of games!Just to mention a few:Super Sexy Cricket NitroTiger Woods Gnome DancersRoyal Hammer of Furyand more!

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31:40

Sheriff of Neo Naarm

Bit Storm ·

2025/09/28

Ben and Trev once again utilise random movies to come up with movie tie in games, that either don't tie in, or tie in around as loose as many of the 90's SNES era games do at least. The games discussed were:Protect cattle from from Dracula'sNavigate the exciting world of stand up comedy as two teenage girls in a Life is Strange esque adventureInvestigate the recent spate of wealthy billionaires donating all their money to charity... oh and the murder that also occurred.

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36:18

The Source

Bit Storm ·

2025/09/21

Ben and Trev spend the entire episode on a late night fever dream of Ben's. The game discussed is very Roottrees are dead and Return of the Obra Dinn inspired, but involving super heroes and super villains, and uncovering their secret identities.

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32:56

Car Pod

Bit Storm ·

2025/09/14

With Ben and Trev driving to a relaxing weekend away with friends, they realised they hadn't yet recorded this weeks podcast. They discuss wonderful game ideas while Ben drives the car and Trev sits idly by. The game ideas discussed were:An anxiety enducing fire control game3d space pinball with shipsA Dishonoured / Renfield inspired game where you look after a vampire

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32:59

Breaking the Speed of Ground

Bit Storm ·

2025/09/07

Ben and Trevor use the release of Silksong as a prompt to create some classic platformers and metroidvanias, using random movies as a prompt. Discover games such as:Garfield - the MegaDrive/Genesis 90s platformer,The Cable Guy - a metroidvania with inspiration from Metroid Dredd,Ghost World - a game about discovering your ghostly abilities to unlock further levels,and more!

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31:55

Bread Child

Bit Storm ·

2025/08/31

With 2nd Brackey's Game Jam just having finished for 2025, Ben and Trev take the theme of the jam and discuss some game ideas incorporating the theme. The theme for this year was "Risk it for the Biscuit." The games discussed include:A Grant Grover adventure game investigating counterfeit augments.A game set in the Tower of Babylon.A precision platformer with a retry mechanic.

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35:19

Secretly Sassy Shrubbery

Bit Storm ·

2025/08/24

Ben and Trevor are exploring the idea of sharing information in games via websockets, and so this week are taking What 3 Words and combining them with that idea. The result is games such as:playing a platformer where one of you is an impostersolving a mystery in a deduction game where you can only communicate via scrapbookingan asymmetrical multiplayer game where one person control the weatherand more!

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36:22

Hollywood School of Hacking

Bit Storm ·

2025/08/17

Ben once again invited Trev over to discuss games that don't exist in his office. They utilised a random movie generator to prompt the game ideas. The various ideas discussed were:A game where 7 hackers must work together, meanwhile there is a traitor within their midst.Multiple cartoons are birthed by a village in a horror adventure.A third person game where you play multiple characters, one of which turns out to be a serial killer.

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36:09

Undercover Sommelier

Bit Storm ·

2025/08/10

Trevor and Ben utilise What Three Words to get random prompts for this week's video games - they come up with ideas such as:Using time travel for minor inconveniences;A wine expert dealing with prohibition;A custom peripheral for patching circuits together;and more!

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40:31

Everybody Sleeps

Bit Storm ·

2025/08/03

With GMTK Game Jam just having finished, Ben and Trev try their hand at what games could go with the theme, LOOP. The games discussed were:A desperate housewives inspired time loop game, where you have one day to solve a murder in a suburban cul-de-sac... oh and you are a fish.Handle the network traffic of the SandmanAnswer questions and make your way up through the pantheon of the gods, in a bureaucratic simulator.

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