Surprise Mechanics
By Roman Buetel & Mikaela Jones
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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 practices behind the scenes and how they fundamentally shape the games we love.
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The Best Games We Played In 2024
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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Surprise Mechanics Presents: A Very M. Night Christmas
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Silent Hill 2 Remake & Roman's Honorable Mentions of 2024
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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Baldur's Gate 3 (w/Billy Hyland)
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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WEBFISHING & Remnant II
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Spooky Mechanics: Lies of P & Sagebrush
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Spooky Mechanics: Late Night with the Devil
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Spooky Mechanics: Faith the Unholy Trinity
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Spooky Mechanics: Alan Wake 2
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Mikaela's Many Modifications, Decompilations, and a Cowabunga Turtles Summer
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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Sonic Summer: The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Sonic Summer: Sonic Battle
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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Sonic Summer: Sonic OVA (w/Matt Slanaker)
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Sonic Summer: Sonic 3D Blast
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Sonic Summer: Tails and the Music Maker (w/Kaleb Grine)
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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Classic Resident Evil (Mikaela's Birthday!)
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May 23, 2024 |
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God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla & Fallout 1 & Fallout 2 & a lil Helldivers 2 & even a dash of friendship
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May 09, 2024 |
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Sable
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Like a Dragon: Ishin! & The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (w/Matthew Rao)
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Return to Monkey Island & Dave the Diver
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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It's Happening Again! (TLOU2 & FF7R Strikes Back!)
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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ULTRAKILL & Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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The Best Games We Played In 2023
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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Godzilla Minus One & Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (w/Kaleb Grine)
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Spooky Mechanics: Days Gone
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Spooky Mechanics: The Thing (2011) (w/ Matthew Rao)
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Spooky Mechanics: Dead Space 2023
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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Spooky Mechanics: Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 Watchalong
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Spooky Mechanics: Signalis
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Weekly Check-in (Tears of the Kingdom)
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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Surprise Mechanics ~Nights~: Gaming Ruts & The Flash
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Andor, another Star Wars Story
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Severance (season one)
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Zelda Tears of the Kingdom First Impressions & Other Stuff (w/Billy Hyland)
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May 24, 2023 |
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Evil Dead Rise
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Resident Evil 4 Remake
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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HBO's The Last of Us Season 1
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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Marvel's Midnight Suns & Harley Quinn
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Velma and Scooby Apocalypse (w/Wisam Awadallah)
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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Sonic Frontiers (w/Kaleb Grine)
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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The Best Games We Played in 2022
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Todd Howard's Fallout 4, Our 2023 Plans, and a sprinkle of Avatar
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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Vampire Survivors & God of War Ragnarok
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Gotham Knights & Resident Evil Village Winters' Expansion
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Watchalong: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (w/Matthew Rao)
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Spooky Mechanics: Matt's Hubris Halloween
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Spooky Mechanics: No One Lives Under the Lighthouse & Summer of '58
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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Spooky Mechanics: The Cured & The Sadness
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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Haunted PS1 Demo Disc: Spectral Mall (w/Chance Duffy)
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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Spooky Mechanics: The Forest
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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Spooky Mechanics: Raw (2016) & Fresh (2022)
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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Spooky Mechanics: I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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Spooky Mechanics: Bloodborne (W/Matt Slanaker)
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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John Wick-Likes
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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The 3 R's (Risk of Rain 2, Returnal, Netflix's Resident Evil)
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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A Midsummer's Chat (Redux)
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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Post Star Wars Content Binge
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Watchalong: The Rise of Skywalker (w/ Adam Sladek)
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May 25, 2022 |
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Knights of the Old Republic & Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (w/Kaleb Grine)
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May 18, 2022 |
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The Mandalorian (w/ Kaleb Grine)
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May 11, 2022 |
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Jedi Fallen Order (w/Matt Slanaker)
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May 04, 2022 |
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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 & Everything Everywhere All at Once
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Elden Ring Part 2: Still More Elden Ring
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Vanderpump Rules
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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Elden Ring First Impressions
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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Bloodborne PSX & Deathloop
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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Project Zomboid (w/Chance Duffy)
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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The Best Games We Played in 2021 (W/Billy Hyland)
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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Spider-Man: No Way Home & Aliens Fireteam Elite
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Dec 29, 2021 |
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Resident Evil Welcome to Raccoon City
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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Quake Remastered
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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Watchalong: The Matrix (1999)
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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Combo Pack #3: Forza Horizon 5 & Marvel's Avengers
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Watchalong: Speed Racer (2008) (w/James Walsh)
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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No More Heroes III (w/Kaleb Grine)
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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Metroid Extravaganza!
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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Spooky Mechanics: John Carpenter's The Thing (w/Adam Sladek)
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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Spooky Mechanics: Carrion
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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Spooky Mechanics: Metroid Dread
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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Spooky Mechanics: Silent Hill 2 (w/James Walsh)
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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Spooky Mechanics: Blair Witch (2019)
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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Spooky Mechanics: Song of Horror
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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Spooky Mechanics: Evil Dead (2013) (w/Matthew Rao)
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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Haunted PS1 Demo Disc 2021 (W/Chance Duffy)
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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Spooky Mechanics: Alien Isolation (w/Adam Sladek)
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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Spooky Mechanics 2021 Preseason
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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Combo Pack #2: Splitgate, Slay the Spire, & Back 4 Blood
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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Cyberpunk 2077, No Man's Sky, & Hype Cycles
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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Celeste (w/ Sergey Vitlin)
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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Jim's Philosophy Hour
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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Space Jam: A New Legacy (w/ Matthew Rao & Trey Miles
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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Media Consumption July 2021
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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Combo Pack #1: Cruelty Squad & Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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Twin Peaks
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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Electronic Entertainment Expo 2021 (w/Bill Hyland)
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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The Last of Us Part II One Year Anniversary Extravaganza!
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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(Roman Drops the) Shovel Knight
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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Telltale Games (w/Matt Williams)
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Media Consumption (May 2021)
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May 26, 2021 |
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Resident Evil Multiplayer Games
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May 19, 2021 |
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Resident Evil Village
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May 12, 2021 |
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Disco Elysium Final Cut (w/ Ian Charland & Sergey Vitlin)
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May 05, 2021 |
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Gojira vs The Monsterverse (w/Adam Sladek)
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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Yakuza Franchise (w/Kaleb Grine)
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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Control (w/John Berndt)
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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Bethesda Game Studios (w/Chance Duffy)
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (w/Joseph Johnson)
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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The Snyder Cut (w/Wisam Awadallah)
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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The Marvel Cinematic Universe
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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Kingdom Hearts re:Chain of Epic Store eXclusivity (w/Ashton Jacome)
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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Super Mario 3D All-Stars (W/Perry Lerit)
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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Mulan (2020)
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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Dead by Daylight (w/James Walsh)
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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Doom Eternal (w/Matthew Rao)
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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The Best Games We Played in 2020 (w/Billy Hyland)
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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Final Fantasy 7 Remake (w/Kaleb Grine)
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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Dead Cells (w/Billy Hyland)
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Feb 03, 2021 |