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**Abject Suffering**

This is a podcast that’s nominally about bad games. In reality, it’s about the horror of daily life, GameFAQs Gold, strange combatants in the battle of Good vs. Evil, and a singular patriarch known only as Crick. Every Monday, Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross choose a game at random from the titles submitted by listeners, play it, and venture off on a freeform discussion that winds between the topic at hand, and the absurd.

Latest Episodes:

Episode 44: Legacy of the Wizard Jul 06, 2014

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Legacy of the Wizard is a good game. Listen to us talking about making No. 3.

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Episode 43: Godzilla Jun 29, 2014

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With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound he pulls the spitting high tension wires down. Helpless people ona subway train scream, bug-eyed as he looks in on them. He picks up a bus and he throws it back down as he wades through the buildings toward the center of town. Oh no, they say he's got to go. Go go Godzilla! Oh now, there goes Tokyo. Go go Godzilla! History shows again and again how nature points up the folly of men.

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Episode 42: Shadowrun Jun 22, 2014

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Mediocrity is the most mortal sin of all. So we'll kindly excuse ourselves out the side door.

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Episode 41: Cho Aniki Jun 15, 2014

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This might be the third rail, but I'll bend over and take it. Spray your disapproval all over me if you must, but I believe, to the very last drop of my being, that we need more positivity in this world. If it has to come in the form of Cho Aniki, in its celebration of the male form, then sign me up.

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Episode 40: Strider Jun 08, 2014

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Like thieves in the night, we assassinate a game that is misguidedly referred to as a "classic" by some poor souls who don't know any better.

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Episode 39: A Week of Garfield Jun 01, 2014

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Being on a weekly format, we've had to cut some corners. Syndication is tough, so in order to keep our quality consistent (if mediocre), we've farmed the creation of these shows out to a network of corporate subsidiaries. Stay tuned for the reveal of Gary and Kole alarm clocks and calendars. It's a living!

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Episode 38: Felix the Cat May 25, 2014

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Come with us to a time before sound, when dancing cats were no longer condemned as signs of witchcraft, even though they carried bags of tricks. To a time where Kole, unstuck in time, actually liked Felix the Cat at a young age. To a time when we play an amazing platformer on this show that is ostensibly about bad games.

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Episode 37: Superman 64 May 18, 2014

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Faster than a frightened cockroach. More powerful than my aversion to the sun. Able to disappoint your parents in a single loan. It's Superman 64!

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Episode 36: Horse Isle - The Secret Land of Horses May 11, 2014

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Jenni from Video Games Taco joins us to answer the most pressing question of our time: "Is horses like cars but with meat?"

Special Guest: Jenni Polodna.

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Episode 35: Samurai Ghost Apr 27, 2014

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It’s strange but true, but customs that we attribute to a given locale often have shared roots. For example, did you know that seppuku and pumpkin carving come from the same, misguided place? Listen to the end to find out!

We are joined by Riff from Video Games Hot Dog. Follow him at @rifflesby.

Special Guest: Riff Conner.

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