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This week, the lads are joined by special guest Adam Gumbert (Respawn Aim Fire) to talk about the past, present, and future of open world games. From our favorites of the genre to wild GTA VI speculation, settle in for the vast adventure ahead y’all!

Follow Adam Gumbert on BlueSky:

• Adam on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/adamgumby.bsky.social
• Respawn Aim Fire: https://bsky.app/profile/respawnaimfire.bs...

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This week, the lads are joined by special guest Emmett Watkins Jr (VGU.tv, Player’s Club Podcast and Welcome To The Thing) to talk about gaming backlogs and all of their tips, tricks, tools, and tales that accompany their piles of shame!

Follow Emmett Watkins Jr:

• Website and Socials: @ejsponge61.com

Resources From this Episode:

• Spoonful Podcast Backlog Episode with Jacob and Emmett: https://yo...

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This week, the lads pitch their dream video games and how they would approach designing them! From an original IP, to a metroidvania-inspired Die Hard Game to a My Hero Academia strategy fighting game hybrid, settle in for a fun discussion!

Find Timestamps for this Episode Below: 0:00 - Intro 1:36 - Ice Breaker: How do you feel about the year 2025 in gaming so far? 5:41 - Pitching Our Dream Games 8:16 - Luke’...

In this episode, we interview 3 members of Soft Not Weak, the team behind the newly released Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To! We chatted about the development of the game, the game's release, and the team! Thank you to Réjon Taylor-Foster, Alex Abou Karam and Morgan Lavelle for the time and to Jenny Windom for organizing this interview.

Check out Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To: https://spiritswapgame.com/

You can find ...

In this episode, Jacob and Luke give their thoughts on Tape 1 of the newly released Lost Records: Bloom & Rage. Thanks to Don't Nod/Sandbox Strategies for sending codes for review.

Stick around after our spoiler filled chat as we also cover the recently released Afterlove EP! Thanks to Fellow Traveller for the code. We will be back in two weeks!

Find timestamps for this episode below:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 1:20 - Icebreaker: "What'...

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This week, the lads are joined by special guests Kate Hunter and Emily Merritt (No Small Games Podcast) to unpack their most anticipated indie games of 2025! Get your wishlists ready and enjoy.

Follow Kate, Emily and their podcast No Small Games!

• Kate Hunter: @katerblossom.bsky.social
• Emily Meritt: @aspecificegg.bsky.social
• No Small Games Podcast BlueSky: @nosmallgames.bsky.social
• No Small Games Website:...

In this episode, Jacob is joined by Adam Gumbert to talk about Citizen Sleeper 2, which will be released on January 31, 2025. Thanks to our friends at Fellow Traveller for sending codes for review.

Find Adam on Bluesky and Respawn Aim Fire!

Find timestamps for this episode below:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 2:40 - Icebreaker: "What's your experience with Citizen Sleeper and games like it?"
• 5:45 - A one-sentence pitch
• 7:10 - "D...

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This week, the lads are joined by special guest Claire Helmberger (The LukeWarmGames Podcast) to celebrate their favorite games of 2024 with the grand finale of their annual game of the year spectacular and the reveal of the Crossplay Conversations Top 10 Games of 2024! Special thanks to Katie Lesperance (Cutscenes: A Video Game Movie Podcast and Left Behind Game Club) for the awesome voiceover for our video!...

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This week, the lads are joined by special guest Claire Helmberger (The LukeWarmGames Podcast) to celebrate their favorite games of 2024 with their annual game of the year spectacular! Look for the 2024 GOTY Finale and the reveal of the Crossplay Conversations Top 10 Games of 2024 on January 28th!

Find timestamps for this episode below:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 3:09 - Introducing the 2024 awards categories
• 3:50 - Bes...

Once again, Jacob, Luke, Joseph, and special guest Claire Helmberger (The LukeWarmGames Podcast) sit down to discuss their favourite games of 2022. This was originally released in January 2023 in the LukeWarmGames podcast feed!

Timestamps:

• 2:20 Most Joyous Experience
• 12:10 Best Bang For Your Buck
• 27:40 Most Pleasant Surprise
• 47:10 Best Music
• 59:00 Best Video Game Ass Video Game
• 1:09:20 Best Cozy Game
• 1:20:10 Business Boy’s Bit...

Jacob, Luke and Joseph along with special guest Claire Helmberger (The LukeWarmGames Podcast) sit down to discuss their favorite games of 2021. This was originally released in January 2022 in the LukeWarmGames podcast feed!

Timestamps:

• 3:50 Most Joyous Experience
• 17:40 Best Bang For Your Buck
• 23:00 Most Pleasant Surprise
• 43:50 Best Music
• 52:00 Best Big Dumb Fun
• 1:00:00 Best Multiplayer
• 1:05:30 Best Visuals - Technical
• 1:11:00...

This week, the lads celebrate the inaugural Indie Game Awards! Discussions include reactions to the award recipients, impressions from playing the nominees and some behind the scenes fun from being judges on an awards show. Find the full list of award recipients, nominees, presenters, and judges on the official IGA website. You can also check out the IGA Steam Sale, which showcases titles from this year’s nominees and pre...

In this short episode, Jacob, Luke and Joseph break down The Game Awards 2024!

We have another episode breaking The Indie Game Awards 2024 later this week!

Find timestamps for this episode below:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 2:00 - The Game Awards High-Level Breakdown (as well as Split Fiction, Elden Ring: Nightreign and Catly)
• 12:30 - Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet
• 18:15 - More Announcements (Mafia: The Old Country, Okami Sequel, Onimus...

This week, Jacob, Luke and Joseph are joined by special guest Asa Greenriver (Borderline Entertainment) to chat about tabletop gaming and Asa's journey with board game design!

Find timestamps for this episode below:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 2:45 - Housekeeping (Indie Game Awards & Schedule)
• 4:10 - Icebreaker: "What is the best game to kick off an evening of gaming?"
• 13:30 - Asa, his tabletop journey and his game
• 35:25 - Our ...

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This week Luke and Joseph are joined by special guest Dave Jackson (Tales from the Backlog) to chat about the state of RPGs in 2024. Discussion includes how the hosts got into the genre, thrilling impressions of this year’s biggest titles and more!

Find timestamps for this episode below: 0:00 - Intro 2:01 - Ice Breaker Question: What qualifies as an RPG vs. a game with RPG elements? 8:38 - Our personal histor...

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This week Jacob and Luke chat about their time with five fantastic fall indie releases including Neva developed by Nomada Studio, Europa developed by Helder Pinto, Chozabu (Alex PB), Pinball Spire developed by Apparition Games, Crypt Custodian developed by Kyle Thompson and Phoenix Springs - Calligram Studio.

Find timestamps for this episode below: 0:00 - Intro 2:08 - Icebreaker Question: What will be your #1...

This week, we prepare you for the spooky season with a trio of indie horror experiences. We have played Mouthwashing and are chomping to talk about it in-depth. Jacob also dives in on Grunn and Joseph talks about his experience playing Crow Country.

Find timestamps for this episode below:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 1:30 - Ice Breaker Question: "What’s a game that genuinely surprised you?"
• 8:50 - Mouthwashing Spoiler-Free Review
• 27:10 - Mou...

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This week the lads are chatting about their time playing Astro Bot, developed by Team ASOBI! The discussion starts with spoiler-free impressions and moves into the spoilercast. We can find timestamps below!

Find timestamps for this episode below: 0:00 - Intro 2:44 - Ice Breaker Question: What features make for a good platformer and what are your favorite games within the genre? 6:53 - Astro Bot Spoiler-Free I...

This week, the lads are coming to you live from PAX West 2024 in Seattle, Washington with a star studded cast of special guests from across the video game industry! Seat back, relax and get your Steam Wishlists ready as the crew unpacks their favorite games from PAX West 2024!

Find timestamps for this episode below:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 0:46 - Jill Grodt, EIC @ The Indie Informer & Trina Smith, Games Journalist @ Gamerheads Podcas...