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Big Game Hunger

Big Game Hunger is a weekly comedy show where Jenna Stoeber and friends craft the big next game every episode. Starting with a random genre, concept, and vibe, Jenna and a friend will take a game all the way from pitch, to slightly more developed pitch. By the end of the episode, they’ll have honed an IP so irresistible, you’ll be ready to risk $25 for it on Steam. Get ready to laugh about games you love, learn about game trends, and yearn for titles that will surely never make their release

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00:01:19

Big Game Hunger - Summer Break

Big Game Hunger ·

2025/05/26

I'm going on hiatus over the summer! Sorry I pronounce hiatus weird, I don't know what that's about.Extended patreon post: Patreon.com/TheJenna DFTBA shop: https://store.dftba.com/products/sonic-popsicle-big-game-hunger-shirt See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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00:00:52

Jenna Stoeber misses a week

Big Game Hunger ·

2025/05/19

No episode this week! Apologies!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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00:51:42

Marie Enger unearths some fears

Big Game Hunger ·

2025/05/12

Marie Enger, artist and game designer, combats a fear of one of the prompts: ShriekingWormsGPS augmented reality phone gameAnd they do that by making a game called Worm Calling, a geocaching-esque game where you must uncover a little worm friend using audio cues. Try to pinpoint a worm's location by following the audio trail on your phone - just make sure you beat the birds to it!Follow Marie on Bluesky @SoEngery, and check out their games, Death to the Wizard Kings and Casket Land! Visit the

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00:49:11

Bree Paulsen thinks this one through

Big Game Hunger ·

2025/05/05

Bree Paulsen, author and artist of graphic novels like The Firelight Apprentice, brings a lot of spooky scary coze to the podcast with the prompts:CerebralPremise: a worker at a temp agency is mistaken sent to the underworld and has to ferry souls down the river styx and she must navigate it and figure out how to do that, Title: Charon is Caring2D fighting gameA spooky/cerebral experience grounded with the structure of a 2d fighting game leads to Grey, a smart and emotional game where you defeat

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00:55:10

Sophia Ricciardi: latibulative.

Big Game Hunger ·

2025/04/28

Sophia Ricciardi, host of Moviestruck and member of Rolling with Difficulty, helps create an alibi for a totally new word.

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00:58:47

Charles Harte switches it up

Big Game Hunger ·

2025/04/21

Charles Harte, Associate Editor at the newly returned Game Informer, get a little bit distracted by the Switch 2 business but eventually get down to task at hand with the prompts: FeralThe Slenderman's Arms, an English Pub/InnMobile game who's gameplay is wildly different from the adsIn Splended Man: Steamy Hills, things are less scary and more horny than you might expect. Within the halls of the local pub lies an eldritch being whose is as terrifying as he is underwhelmingly dressed. But you're

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00:55:16

Haley MacLean grabs life by the collar

Big Game Hunger ·

2025/04/14

Haley MacLean, a video game lawyer and host of Pew Pew Bang, gets down to work with the prompts:LovecraftianBlue collar job simulatorBleak Play-to-Lose, Papers Please-styleIn "Porous," you must track down the long sticky tendrils of Pore-Bearer, the elder creature clogging up the city's pipes. But that's not the greatest horror: you also have to do paperwork! Keep the city and your family safe from the pollution while clocking in and hitting the grind, and just maybe you'll land a cushy desk

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00:53:08

Emmett Watkins Jr slides into place

Big Game Hunger ·

2025/04/07

Emmett Watkins Jr, writer for VGU.tv and host of Player's Club Podcast, brings his expertise of traversal games to the prompts:Speedrun OptimizedCycle of life for a forestknowledge-gated progressionA surprisingly environmentally-focused game, "Amazon Vine" sees you replanting a forest using sick stunts, and reaping the benefits in later stages of the forest. Plant a grove of bamboo to get height and bounce, encourage some birds to eat berries and spread the seeds, and take down the blimp overloads

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01:20:43

Danny O'Dwyer throws a chill party

Big Game Hunger ·

2025/03/31

Danny O'Dwyer, documentary maker and founder of NoClip, tackles some difficult questions, like how do you create truth in history, and some difficult prompts, like:PsychadelicA time-traveler arrives from the future to stop you from committing an unspecified act that leads to catastrophe on their timeline. The setting is flexible and can be determined by the adjective, but the player character should not have a conventionally powerful job or hobby, and the traveler should be as cagey as possible

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00:47:55

Izzy Kestrel turns us upside down

Big Game Hunger ·

2025/03/24

Izzy Kestrel, indie game dev and Gexpert, tackles a special returning prompt with:borborygmic (“of or relating to a rumbling or gurgling sound caused by the movement of gas in the intestines)Surgeryall control inputs are oppositeThe resulting game, "Reflections of a Surgeon: Control Issues," will test your patience as you work on patients in a number of mirror worlds. Start out with a normal keyboard layout, then be prepared to flip and turn it till you have mastered it in every direction!Follow

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00:55:51

Patrick Zierer unites the planet

Big Game Hunger ·

2025/03/17

Francis Zierer, creator of CreatorSpotlight, pulls us back together again as a people with the prompts:Stickycursed game from the futuremaze game - tiltingPlay three different modes in "All the King’s Horses: A Terraforming Game"! As earth itself, trying to reform Pangaea and reset humanity down to a certain threshold, as a world leader trying to reform Pangaea and preserve human life, or as extraterrestrials trying to wipe out humanity (and reform Pangaea). Do you want to use tugboats or ocean

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00:51:22

Lynda and Tim are in full motion video but it is...

Big Game Hunger ·

2025/03/10

Lynda and Tim, co-devs of D'Avekki Studios, lend their game-making expertise and total lack of mushroom knowledge with the prompts:

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00:52:57

Huld Martha power-lifts our spirits

Big Game Hunger ·

2025/03/03

Huld Martha, FMV actress and power-lifter, is ready to harness the power of science fiction with the prompts

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00:55:22

Sam Winkler defeats a curse

Big Game Hunger ·

2025/02/24

Sam Winkler, Narrative Director on Borderlands 4, helps Jenna break a curse with the prompts:shakespeareanteaches you how to commit crimesmoody indie platformerThey make "William Shakedown: Bard from Entry," a moody edutainment game where William Shakedown has to break into manor houses and castle to find the material for his next play. Outrun guards, fans - and a bear or two - in this delightful platformer. Listen to Audio Maverick, a new 9-part documentary podcast about one of the most

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00:49:21

Jesse Galena chucks some dynamite

Big Game Hunger ·

2025/02/17

Jesse Galena, GM, writer, and Second Wind contributor, brings his RPG expertise to the prompts:

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00:55:13

Jay and Jess on a soup quest

Big Game Hunger ·

2025/02/10

Jay, an indie game dev and co-founder of Second Wind Group, and Jess, editor and creator for Second Wind Group, are the first ever DUAL GUESTS on the show!

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00:48:06

KC loves a good story

Big Game Hunger ·

2025/02/03

KC Nwosu, creator with Second Wind Group and a community moderator, is ready to dismantle some corrupt systems using the prompts: shakespearean teaches you how to commit crimes timeloop In "Revolt Report Repeat," play as an investigative journalist on the trail of a child sacrificing cult. Track down the identities of the five shadowy cultists, and quickly now - because they've all seen your face. Thankfully time isn't running out - because we're all stuck in a timeloop!Follow KC on Bluesky

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47:46

Nick Calandra knows some stupid ways to die

Big Game Hunger ·

2025/01/27

Nick Calandra, editor in chief for Second Wind Group, melds his love of action films with Jenna's love of action films and the prompts: shakespearean teaches you how to commit crimes timeloop You're being hunted by the ultimate assassin, ane he's so good the only person who could him... is himself! "Recyclcide" forces you to maneuver henchmen around to trick an assassin into wiping himself before he can take you out. Thankfully with the power of timeloops in your hands, you have unlimited chances

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57:49

Jack Packard woos a sicko princess

Big Game Hunger ·

2025/01/20

Jack Packard, GM for Adventure is Nigh and host of Red Letter Media, has got a sicko inside of him and he is not letting it stay dorment. Thankfully we've got a lot of space to play with the prompts: shakespearean teaches you how to commit crimes timeloop Play as an Elizabethean actor trying to break up an alliance the easiest way possible; by seducing one of the participants in a marriage between kingdoms! In "Love Labour's Crime," you'll have to figure out the best way to woo a princess - but

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55:34

Phil Salvador knows more about Frasier than expected

Big Game Hunger ·

2025/01/13

Phil Salvador, the Library Director of the Video Game History Foundation and returning guest, is ready to apply his archiving expertise to the prompts: taste-o-vision fourth-wall breaking QTE His grounded approach to game preservation keeps Jenna from making a vape game, which is truly for the best. And weirdly, his additional expertise in Frasier finds its own part to play in "Frasier: Dinner Roles." But for the record Jenna still thinks gamer Lik n Dip is a million dollar idea. Follow Phil

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