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The 2026/27 NFL season is upon us and Gino, Adam "Borgmaster" -REDACTED-, and Tyler "Grav" -REDACTED- are back to discuss another season of football! We cover all of the rule changes for the new season before vibe checking all 32 teams! Find out which team Adam has always been a fan of this year!

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In this episode Gino, Pete, and Em discuss Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding! We cover the game's porting mechanics and bridge building before unpacking the deep, deep symbolism of knots, strands, and beaches. We spend a good amount of time discussing whether a game that deliberately sets itself in America has any need to make the environment look or act like America and the many Kojima-isms at play in this game.

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Hee Ho! Off the Deep End has been trapped in the demon realm with only their COMPs and dungeon crawling knowledge to guide them! Join Chris, Adam, and Braden as they learn about morality systems, super famicoms, and occult high school rituals in order to discover the secrets of the third Shin Megami Tensei game! Now that Anthem is shutting down and the Confederacy has been outlived, there's nothing stopping them from doing this! 

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This second installment covers the first four regular episodes of Stargate SG-1, "The Enemy Within", "Emancipation", "The Broca Divide", and "The First Comandment". Join Adam, Tyler, Jason, and Justin as they discuss scenic British Columbia, the gender war against Shang Tsung, and somehow even more cavemen.

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In this episode Gino, Em, and Pete discuss Norco! We cover the game's excellent writing, the history of Norco, Louisiana, and whether this is the best cyberpunk game we've played in the history of the podcast! We also discuss the recent Itch.io content censorship, horse cloning, and giant Ronald Reagan statues. It's a packed show!

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In this episode Gino, Chris "ZombiePie" -REDACTED-, and Jedd Rud discuss the back half of Final Fantasy Type-0! We cover everything after chapter 2, marvel at how poorly the game plays, and wonder how much better the experience could have been if we were playing on PSP on a bullet train instead of on a TV. We then rank the game in our difinitive Ranking of Fantasies!

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Join Adam "Borgmaster" [REDACTED], Tyler "Grav" [REDACTED], Jason "Jatzu" [REDACTED], and Justin "Justinr258" [REDACTED] as they journey through the Stargate franchise. In this first installment they try to make sense of space Egyptians, poor military planning, retcons, and grenade wielding cavemen as they review the 1994 film Stargate and the pilot episode of its follow-up show, Stargate SG-1, "Children of the Gods Part 1 & 2".

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In this episode Gino, Pete, and Em discuss Titanfall 2! We cover the game's smooth controls, how it made Em sick, and it's nonsensical story. We also discuss the world's straightest man, Jack Cooper, and his robot buddy BT. Turns out Pete doesn't like this robot for some reason.

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The Mistress of Games Em "GamemakerM" Palladino is joined by Off the Deep End Cohost and documented Blue Prince hater Adam "Borgmaster" -REDACTED- in a spoiler-filled deep dive into the late-game of Blue Prince! We cover everything from Room 46 to the current known stopping point (The Atelier). Puzzles are solved, riddles are answered, secrets are revealed, and we discover where Em comes down on the matter of if Blue Prince is this...

In this episode Gino, Pete, and Em discuss Blue Prince! We cover the game's unique structure, the tension between the rogue-like and puzzle elements, and the game's "ending". We also have a rather spirited debate about how much the random elements help or hurt the game overall. Sorry for the audio weirdness, we're figuring it out.

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Adam "Borgmaster" [REDACTED] and Tyler "Grav" [REDACTED] return with an non-emergency emergency update on the NFL Offseason. Who was fired? Who was hired? Was anyone drafted? Answers to these questions and an unwarranted UFL primer can be found in this episode of Amateur Hour!

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Once again the Off the Deep End triumvirate (Braden, Chris, Adam) have delved into long forgotten dungeons in order to procure the wisdom of D.W. Bradley from ages long past. Exploring the seventh Wizardry game is no easy task, however, as they have to brave its intricate world, complex character building, and very 1992 sense of difficulty. You'll also learn about Wizardry Gaiden, Wizardry 6, Wizardry 8, games that came out in roug...

In this episode Gino, Pete, and Em discuss Plague Inc.! We discuss how the game made us feel as people who lived through (and are still living through) a global pandemic! We also discuss how the game simulates disease and how that mirrored the experiences we all share. Come relive the trauma with your buddies!

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In this episode Gino, Pete, and Em discuss Sorry We're Closed! We cover the game's PS1 aesthetic, clear inspirations, great music, and cool story! We also try to dive deep into what the game says about love! This game is about love folks! Also, killing demons!

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In this episode Gino, Chris "ZombiePie" -REDACTED-, and Jeff Rud discuss Final Fantasy Type-0! We discuss all of the trials and tribulations that led to this game coming out on the PSP in Japan and then not coming to the US until the PS4 remaster. We also discuss how sick the camera makes us and how unpleasant the game is in general.

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Adam "Borgmaster" [REDACTED] and Tyler "Grav" [REDACTED] are joined by Jeff Rud in a very special episode about the CFL! What is Canada? Why does it have Football? These questions and much, much more are answered in Amateur Hour's CFL Primer.

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In this episode Gino, Pete, and Em are joined by former co-host Billy to celebrate 10 years of Deep Listens! We take some listener emails and questions for a while before turning our attention to the game of the week... Duke Nukem Forever. I don't want to spoil too much, but we did not care for this game. Not one bit. Thanks to all of our listeners for 10 years of support! Here's to 10 more! And thanks to PirateScurvy for the art f...

Join Braden, Chris, and Adam as they discuss Hironobu Sakaguchi's The Last Story, including a brief recollection of Project Rainfall and what it was like to talk about JRPGs on the internet approximately 14 years ago. It's not all horror stories though, as they also cover the game's unique approach to combat, its non-unique approach to storytelling, and why basically no one talked about it after release (hint: it's Xenoblade's faul...