This reskin of a Goemon game is kind of fun and interesting, despite its problems. But the discovery of Cowboy Kid's amazing American cover art leads us into a deep well of appreciating the Gay Cowboy trope as a celebration of having fun with the guys. The "Life at the Outpost" video is required viewing. 2025-09-15 14:00:22 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we do two major dungeons, each with differing levels of quality. First, we seek out the Ankaran Sarcophagus at the Giovanni Mansion, which is empty as a tomb. But we can't open it! So we find an archaeologist captured by the Society of Leopold.
Other Segments:
Clan Chapbook: Giovanni
Chronicles of Darkness: The Society of Leopold
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What's an upstart lawyer who's suddenly flush with cash from a perfectly legitimate retainer with a new client? Become someone's doppelgänger to spite them, and put on the best publicity stunt Albuquerque has ever seen!
2025-09-13 22:40:35 +0000 UTC View PostHello! The purpose of this post is to call for your questions and prompts for WOFF! Dispatch. Please respond by Tuesday, September 16 by leaving a comment on this post.
We're looking for two kinds of things:
Suggestions for our long-form discussion prompt.
Q&A about the shows, behind the scenes details, and miscellaneous (including off-the...
2025-09-12 16:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Kaye, Ben, and Moxie talk about Silksong, Schedule I, the Mewgenics gameplay reveals, and much more!
The Grind:
Kaye: Silksong.
Moxie: Silksong.
Ben: Schedule I.
The Multiplayer:
What non-boss enemy always gets you?
The End Boss:
Mewgen...
2025-09-12 15:08:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Outer Wilds is a cozy adventure game about the thrill of exploration and the triumph of curiosity. You walk in the footsteps of a long-gone civilization to find your way out of a deadly time loop, ultimately triumphing and being reborn. The game's expansion, Echoes of the Eye, takes a bit of a darker tone. You explore an artificial world haunted by precursors who aren't quite as gone as you've ...
2025-09-11 13:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This one's a treat for all the Aussies out there! A*Mazing was Australia's most beloved kids' game show in the 90s, featuring a tiny bit of competitive video game play between very easy trivia and searches for hidden objects in an obstacle course. And the entire thing was presided over by one of the most critical childrens' show hosts we've seen in our time doing this show.
We cover two e...
2025-09-10 16:42:04 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks
On the cusp of the Clan Quest Mod hub, we ask you: Is Bloodlines Fun?
You've heard us, now we want to hear from you. When you do the calculus of "Bloodlines Masterpiece..." and "Bloodlines... fighty..." where do you land?
You have until next monday!
Gary
Future Will here.
2025-09-09 06:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Todd hates slime. He hates it when things get goopy. So he went to a planet full of it to exact his revenge. We, however, are indifferent to slime, and also think this game isn't too terribly bad. So we talk about the dead-end economics of the slime-content, and carousels for some reason.
2025-09-08 18:37:45 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we wrap up Chinatown with a little science experiment... performed on us. Our quest for the Ankaran Sarcophagus has led us into the underworld of the Kuei-jin, who want to subject us to something called the Belmont Protocol. Additionally, we do some standout side quests, with one massive addition from the Clan Quest Mod.
Other Segments:
Clan Chapbo...
2025-09-07 17:47:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Kaye, Ben, Jala, and Moxie talk about Metal Gear Solid Delta, Heartworm, SPRAWL, and much more!
The Grind:
Jala: Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc. Alterium Shift. Cyclopean: The Great Abyss. Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy.
Kaye: Metal Gear Solid Delta. Heartworm. Picross.
Ben: PAX West. The Fate of the Fellowship.
Hey folks! Kaye here. A couple of weeks ago I posted an announcement that we're moving our audio hosting entirely to Patreon for both our Public and Premium shows alike (the free shows are still free and accessible via RSS just like before!). The process is going smoothly now and I'm doing it a few hundred episodes at a time, as I get opportunities to go in and fix titles and stuff.
I got...
2025-09-05 17:04:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Bob Mackey of the Retronauts joins Kaye this week to talk about Majora's Mask, whose pitch is that you only have three days to save the world, but you have as many three days as you want. This is the bleaker and more ambitious sibling to the beloved Ocarina of Time, and it's a standout title in its own right even if it's (wrongly, in our opinion) divisive. The inhabitants of Termina walk daily ...
2025-09-04 14:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostGood morning! I'm posting to let you know that I'll be hosting August's Jackbox night TONIGHT (Thursday, Sept. 4) at 8:00pm Eastern.
I'll be broadcasting live on the Duckfeed Twitch channel, and patrons get priority access codes in the #duckbox-partyquack channel on our Slack.
I hope to see you there!
Kaye
Garbage Pail Kids: Mad Mike and the Quest for Stale Gum advertises itself as a lost NES adaptation of the Garbage Pail kids line of collectible trading cards. In reality, it’s a modern game made by talented devs who make games for NES hardware. And it’s pretty fine! But there are so many Garbage Pail kids to talk about, so we spend most of our time camping out on them.
Want 204 bonus ...
2025-09-01 14:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode we put down the Tongs
Other Segments:
The Vampire's Guide to Real Life: The Tongs
The Handbook for the Recently Deceased: Gunplay
Clan Chapbook: Banu Haqim
Let's get to know our friend Ignacio a little bit. Our friends, the Kettlemans, have gotten into a bit of a bother and Ignacio might know where they went. He was the last one to see them before they went missing, after all.
2025-08-30 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Howdy do! We've got heaps of questions today, so let's not waste any time dilly-dallying!
Upcoming Games
September:
October:
Our theory is that the mummy is more of a Sorcerer in this one. This 90s oddity is an adventure movie with horror elements, but it's still pretty charming and visually compelling to this day.
Next Month: John Carptener's The Thing!
2025-08-28 02:06:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks! I'm writing to let you know that we have a tentative* time and location for our meetup at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo, which we will be holding jointly with the Retronauts.
The meetup will be at the 2025-08-26 18:57:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Rest in peace, furbaby
2025-08-26 06:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Gwen’s obsessed with Ari Aster and Midsommar specifically, Kaye saw Weapons (but we can’t talk about it), Gary reads the Ballad of Black Tom.
2025-08-26 05:58:30 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s hard to think of a more damning indictment of the state of the world in 2025 than the fact that a cheap RTS developed to shock people with gender stereotypes in 1996 is really tame in comparison to what happens today. What happens in this game is by no means good, but it plays in tropes that are so outdated as to be cartoonish. Tim HomeImprovement would tell it to get better material. 2025-08-26 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone! I want to apologize for that email blast you just got. I was importing an old show into Patreon to check that the process worked, and it automatically emails everyone by default when you do that.
I'll make sure this never happens again, and give feedback to Patreon to make sure it doesn't happen for everyone else.
I understand that I'm contributing more to the email pr...
2025-08-24 15:10:06 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode we catch up on Email quests and make our way into Chinatown.
Other Segments:
Clan Chapbook: La Sombra
Handbook for the Recently Deceased: Obtenebration
Up on a Soapbox: Chinatowns: Can they not be racist?
Hey folks, Kaye here. I'm writing to let you know about a minor change coming to the way public episodes across the network are served. I'm currently testing a new feature for Patreon that gives podcasters the ability to host public feeds on Patreon itself, which should greatly simplify the way you get our content. I've already run some experiments that assure me I'm not making...
2025-08-23 15:13:47 +0000 UTC View Post![The Level 555: Germany Mode Any% [No Bratwurst]](https://img5.illustratorsleak.com/storage/10/vo/gm/dbda34-019e8339-404f-71c0-9036-8a8ddd965d84.jpg)
Kaye, Ben, Dennis, and Moxie talk about Nine Kings, Threshold, Voxelgram, and much more!
The Grind:
Dennis: Nine Kings. Elden Ring.
Ben: Voxelgram.
Moxie: Warhammer 40k: Darktide.
Kaye: Threshold. Eyes on the Exam.
The Multiplayer:
What kind of game surprised you, eit...
2025-08-23 01:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
What if a video game really, fully embodied that you can just blow shit up? Welcome to Mercenaries. Earn tons of money, explode some bad people, and generally play however the hell you want. Join as we explore this expression-first mission-based sandbox.
2025-08-21 18:29:28 +0000 UTC View Post