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Surprise Mechanics

Roman Buetel & Mikaela Jones

Like video games but think the industry is a little wack? Want to hang out with your best friends Mario & Sonic but sick of all these dang loot boxes getting in the way? Leave that microtransaction alone and give Surprise Mechanics a listen! Roman Buetel and Mikaela Jones, two friends with an unbreakable bond and unconditional love, talk about video games, the people who make them, and the people who play them. Surprise Mechanics is a podcast about video games that also explores the business

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All Episodes

01:35:20

The Best Games We Played In 2024

Surprise Mechanics ·

2025/01/01

This is it, Game of the Year 2024 with the Surprise Mechanics! Billy, Mikaela, and Roman share the best games we played in 2024 and y'know its been one heck of a year. The Backlog is complete* and 2025 is here.*not really there's always a new game Send us an email - surprisemechanicspod@gmail.com Follow us on BlueSky - @surprisemechanics.bsky.social

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01:07:31

Surprise Mechanics Presents: A Very M. Night Christmas

Surprise Mechanics ·

2024/12/19

It's that time of year again, folks! Gather around the fire with your hot cocoa, your cheesesteak sammich, and some other thing I can't think of atm to discuss, as we always do, the works of American filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan. It's the holiday tradition that we all know and love!!

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00:49:06

Silent Hill 2 Remake & Roman's Honorable Mentions of...

Surprise Mechanics ·

2024/12/05

The rails have come off completely, chaos reigns, and rules no longer have power in this realm. Mikaela's still going on about Silent Hill 2 twenty years later and Roman cannot put down Vampire Survivors, Stardew Valley, and Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On! And to that I say, "Right on! Listen to this episode y'all, it's silly!"I was supposed to put our email address here but I dropped it :(

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01:17:28

Baldur's Gate 3 (w/Billy Hyland)

Surprise Mechanics ·

2024/12/04

Bill Hyland returns to talk dice rolls, romance-able NPC's, insatiable bloodlust, and more in Baldur's Gate 3. It's like Dungeons and Dragons except you don't need to talk to anyone else to play it. That's right! The only friend I need is right here: the computer. The computer will never leave me, nor get angry at me for refusing to check on her cat when she's out of town. That's why I love my best friend, the computer. Check out Billy's new game! https://billdo.itch.io/loop

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00:47:53

WEBFISHING & Remnant II

Surprise Mechanics ·

2024/11/07

The spooky time is over, do you hear me?! It's FINISHED. We're DONE with it! We're not spending another second talking about zombies, or blood sucking vampires, or whimsical spirits. We're leaving all that behind and focusing on what lies ahead. No more scary stuff for us, just the real world and all of it's very real, very literal implications......Oh no... This week it's WEBFISHING and Remnant II.

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00:57:04

Spooky Mechanics: Lies of P & Sagebrush

Surprise Mechanics ·

2024/10/24

Wrapping up the spooky season with a spooky combo! OOoooOooooOOoooOo Have a happy Halloween!

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01:09:36

Spooky Mechanics: Late Night with the Devil

Surprise Mechanics ·

2024/10/10

Welcome back to another episode of Late Night with the Surprise Mechanics! Tonight we conjure the devil to talk about the 2023 found footage horror Late Night with the Devil and by conjure the devil I mean using forbidden technology like computers. Our email address is hiding and waiting for the perfect moment for a jumpscare!

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01:00:41

Spooky Mechanics: Faith the Unholy Trinity

Surprise Mechanics ·

2024/09/26

Spooky Mechanics continues and it's time to exorcise some demons. And you know what else, we're going to exercise our bodies, too! That's right, gang. Let's get those heart rates up. Drop and give me twenty. Jumping jacks, let's get 'em going! Tickle fight!! Whose with me?!

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01:20:25

Spooky Mechanics: Alan Wake 2

Surprise Mechanics ·

2024/09/12

Autumn is here, Halloween is looming in the near future, and we have thoughts about Alan Wake. Like, the whole series. And then some! Follow us on Bluesky

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00:56:08

Mikaela's Many Modifications, Decompilations, and a...

Surprise Mechanics ·

2024/08/29

Sonic Summer is OVER! We are DONE with that beautiful blue bastard. For real this time!!*Yeah, a summer full of Sonic games would have kept a lot of gamers busy, but not us. We had time on our hands. What did we do with that time? This is our story... Follow us on Bluesky! Just search for the show, idk what you want from me. *See Sonic the Hedgehog 3 only in theaters December 20

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00:49:30

Sonic Summer: The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

Surprise Mechanics ·

2024/08/15

We're closing out this special Sonic Summer with a Sonic Murder Mystery! Sonic Summer may have come to an end but the blue blur will always remain a part of us all. Drop us a line: SurpriseMechanicsPod@gmail.com Follow us at social media!

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01:17:15

Sonic Summer: Sonic Battle

Surprise Mechanics ·

2024/08/01

Sonic Battle is a 2003 beat 'em up video game developed by Sonic Team for the Game Boy Advance. It is the second fighting game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, the first game being Sonic the Fighters. It was released in Japan in December 2003 and in North America and Europe in early 2004. The game received a lukewarm response from critics.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_Battle) #DeadpoolandWolverine #LFG Drop us a line: SurpriseMechanicsPod@gmail.com Find us on Bluesky, I dare

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01:06:32

Sonic Summer: Sonic OVA (w/Matt Slanaker)

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2024/07/18

Sonic Summer continues and takes us through even more deep cuts of Sonic media. Matt Slanaker joins the Surprise Mechanics this time to lend his Sonic expertise and help us sort through all this lore!

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00:31:02

Sonic Summer: Sonic 3D Blast

Surprise Mechanics ·

2024/06/20

Man, it is way too hot! This is nuts! The hell is a heat dome? Dimmsdale Dimma-ass sounding weather. ~~hEaT dOmE~~ what are you telling me that for? What am I supposed to do about that? Get out of here! It's HOT and I'm CRANKY.We played Sonic 3D Blast.

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01:06:19

Sonic Summer: Tails and the Music Maker (w/Kaleb Grine)

Surprise Mechanics ·

2024/06/06

Welcome to Sonic Summer, a series devoted to talking about the speediest, blurriest, spin-offiest Sonic the Hedgehog media we can get our white gloved hands on! And who better to talk about some weird Sonic stuff than our good buddy, and resident Hedgehog mega fan, Kaleb?! When we asked him he wanted to start the whole thing he said Tails and the Music Maker and we said: Okay. Then he said it was for the Sega Pico, remember the Sega Pico, and we said: Sure, Man. And the rest, as they say in the

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00:55:43

Classic Resident Evil (Mikaela's Birthday!)

Surprise Mechanics ·

2024/05/23

Celebrate Mikaela's birthday with the Surprise Mechanics as we try to figure out if it was the movies or the games or the Super Mario 64s. We don't know! Help!

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01:03:49

God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla & Fallout 1 & Fallout 2...

Surprise Mechanics ·

2024/05/09

Mikaela, Roman, and their shared Sleep Paralysis Demon Samuel are back in studio! They're coming at you LIVE to talk about all that stuff I already listed out. What, you want me to do it again? Nah nah nah. Not doing it. Give it a listen. Or don't! That's fine!! Stop being so weird about it.

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01:21:51

Sable

Surprise Mechanics ·

2024/04/25

Dude, where's my hoverbike? Today the Surprise Mechanics return from their gliding to talk about Sable. Anyway, did you watch Fallout?Follow us on Bluesky @surprisemechanics.bsky.social Drop us a line: SurpriseMechanicsPod@gmail.com

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01:14:09

Like a Dragon: Ishin! & The Walking Dead: The Ones...

Surprise Mechanics ·

2024/04/11

Michaela thought this was just going to be another episode...another walk in the freakin park...but nope! Roman had other plans! This ain't your grandma's Surprise Mechanics! She thought she could get away with just talking about Like a Dragon: Ishin! and Roman would be normal about it. Maybe he would talk about Helldivers or some bullshit comic book he read, but nope! He had to go SICKO MODE and do something TWISTED. Matthew Rao makes a surprise appearance and from there...well let's

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01:17:59

For All Mankind (HBD Roman)

Surprise Mechanics ·

2024/03/28

It's Roman's birthday! Everyone wish Roman a happy birthday! Today, Mikaela and God Emperor Roman Buetel talk about going to the moon in another Apple TV original For All Mankind. Follow us on Bluesky @surprisemechanics.bsky.social Drop us a line: SurpriseMechanicsPod@gmail.com

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