Big Game Hunger

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Izzy Kestrel turns us upside down Mar 24, 2025

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Izzy Kestrel, indie game dev and Gexpert, tackles a special returning prompt with:

borborygmic (“of or relating to a rumbling or gurgling sound caused by the movement of gas in the intestines)
Surgery
all control inputs are opposite

The resulting game, "Reflections of a Surgeon: Control Issues," will test your patience as you work on patients in a number of mirror worlds. Start out with a normal keyboard layout, then be prepared to flip and turn it till you have mastered it in every direction!

Follow Izzy on Bluesky @iznaut to see more about her secret GEX RELATED PROJECT when it drops, and check out her games on Itch at Iznaut! In particular, enjoy Lavendar Crush, which I mentioned in this episode.

Audio Maverick is a new 9-part podcast about radio visionary Himan Brown. Explore the Golden Age of radio through the life of this famous New Yorker, whose programs brought millions of families around their radios each night. Listen to Audio Maverick wherever you find your podcasts, like Apple Podcasts!

Visit the DFTBA Big Game Hunger merch shop at bit.ly/jennamerch. Support this show, and submit your OWN random prompts, by subscribing at Patreon.com/TheJenna. Gift subscriptions are now available at Patreon.com/TheJenna/Gift.

Email the show at BigGameHungerPod@gmail.com.Big Game Hunger is part of the Multitude Collective of podcasts. Created and hosted by Jenna Stoeber.

Big Game Hunger is a weekly video game podcast where Jenna Stoeber and a guest get three random prompts and have to make the big next game based on them.

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Francis Zierer unites the planet Mar 17, 2025

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Francis Zierer, creator of CreatorSpotlight, pulls us back together again as a people with the prompts:

Sticky
cursed game from the future
maze game - tilting

Play three different modes in "All the King’s Horses: A Terraforming Game"! As earth itself, trying to reform Pangaea and reset humanity down to a certain threshold, as a world leader trying to reform Pangaea and preserve human life, or as extraterrestrials trying to wipe out humanity (and reform Pangaea). Do you want to use tugboats or ocean waves to fit it back into place? Or are you more comfortable lobbing missiles from orbit to cram it all back into place?

Find Francis' work at Creator Spotlight, and especially check out the interview we did here! Check out beehiiv as an excellent newsletter platform. Also follow him on Bluesky @fzierer!

Email the show at BigGameHungerPod@gmail.com.Big Game Hunger is part of the Multitude Collective of podcasts. Created and hosted by Jenna Stoeber.

Big Game Hunger is a weekly video game podcast where Jenna Stoeber and a guest get three random prompts and have to make the big next game based on them.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Lynda and Tim are in full motion video but it is still a podcast Mar 10, 2025

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Lynda and Tim, co-devs of D'Avekki Studios, lend their game-making expertise and total lack of mushroom knowledge with the prompts:

wild
mushroom hunting
phone game

It may seem like a simple mushroom-identifying phone app, but "Professor Morel's Bad Trip" has so much more going on. Delve into the mysterious mushroom that killed Professor Morel and pinpoint who could have done the deed. Was it the celebrity chef hoping to cook up the greatest culinary delight? Or the rival professor who has their eye on the discovery? And just what does this mythical mushroom do to you anyway??

Check out Lynda and Tim on Steam at D'Avekki Studios! I can particularly recommend playing The Shapeshifting Detective, and you should wishlist The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker 2. Follow them on Bsky @Davekki, and join the audition newsletter blast here!

Email the show at BigGameHungerPod@gmail.com.Big Game Hunger is part of the Multitude Collective of podcasts. Created and hosted by Jenna Stoeber.

Big Game Hunger is a weekly video game podcast where Jenna Stoeber and a guest get three random prompts and have to make the big next game based on them.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Huld Martha power-lifts our spirits Mar 03, 2025

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Huld Martha, FMV actress and power-lifter, is ready to harness the power of science fiction with the prompts:

Fierce
movie tie in that should have happened
Centrifuge

Huld and Jenna pitch a very subtle tribtue to Galaxy Quest called "Cosmos Odyssey: Fred Kwan played by Tony Shaloub from Galaxy Quest and Literally Just Some Guy’s Zoo Day." In this multiplayer-game, one person controls the platformer Guy and another, the centrifuge-manipulating Fred. Journey from biome-centrifuge to biome-centrifuge to return loose zoo animals to their habitats - at least until they can be returned to their home planets!

Follow Huld on Bluesky @Huld, on Instagram @Iamhuld, on Threads @Iamhuld, and on YouTube @Iamhuld. And you should definitely support Huld's fundraiser at any time here, and check out her Twitch for the next fundraising stream.

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Sam Winkler defeats a curse Feb 24, 2025

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Sam Winkler, Narrative Director on Borderlands 4, helps Jenna break a curse with the prompts:

shakespearean
teaches you how to commit crimes
moody indie platformer

They make "William Shakedown: Bard from Entry," a moody edutainment game where William Shakedown has to break into manor houses and castle to find the material for his next play. Outrun guards, fans - and a bear or two - in this delightful platformer.

Listen to Audio Maverick, a new 9-part documentary podcast about one of the most visionary figures in radio, Himan Brown. Find it on your podcast app now or check it out here!

Support Sam by playing Citizen Sleeper 2! It's a great game!

Email the show at BigGameHungerPod@gmail.com.Big Game Hunger is part of the Multitude Collective of podcasts. Created and hosted by Jenna Stoeber.

Big Game Hunger is a weekly video game podcast where Jenna Stoeber and a guest get three random prompts and have to make the big next game based on them.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jesse Galena chucks some dynamite Feb 17, 2025

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Jesse Galena, GM, writer, and Second Wind contributor, brings his RPG expertise to the prompts:

shakespearean
teaches you how to commit crimes
timeloop

In Cryptick, play as a junior spy trying to cover up the fact that they have lost their secret spy decoder key. Try to decipher strange clues and riddles to complete the necessary spy actions. But you can't let your spy master know that you messed up! You need this job!

Check out Jesse's TTRPG and written work at RexiconJess.itch.io, follow him on Bsky @RexiconJesse, and watch the RPG Help Desk stream on Twitch at SecondWindGroup!

Email the show at BigGameHungerPod@gmail.com.Big Game Hunger is part of the Multitude Collective of podcasts. Created and hosted by Jenna Stoeber.

Big Game Hunger is a weekly video game podcast where Jenna Stoeber and a guest get three random prompts and have to make the big next game based on them.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jay and Jess on a soup quest Feb 10, 2025

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Jay, an indie game dev and co-founder of Second Wind Group, and Jess, editor and creator for Second Wind Group, are the first ever DUAL GUESTS on the show! With significantly more brain power in their brain skulls, they tackle the terms:

shakespearean
teaches you how to commit crimes
timeloop

The cheekily named game Prophicide ;) features a surprisingly amount of soup related content for a game about murdering a king. But that's what you get with a timeloop! Soup in the first loop, soup in EVERY loop after that.

Listen to Jay's podcasts, Windbreaker and Dev Heads! And you can watch Design Delve over on Second Wind's YouTube channel.

Follow Jess on Bluesky @PrettyGrimGames, and watch her livestream with Second Wind Group on Twitch!

Email the show at BigGameHungerPod@gmail.com.Big Game Hunger is part of the Multitude Collective of podcasts. Created and hosted by Jenna Stoeber.

Big Game Hunger is a weekly video game podcast where Jenna Stoeber and a guest get three random prompts and have to make the big next game based on them.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

KC loves a good story Feb 03, 2025

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KC Nwosu, creator with Second Wind Group and a community moderator, is ready to dismantle some corrupt systems using the prompts:

shakespearean
teaches you how to commit crimes
timeloop

In "Revolt Report Repeat," play as an investigative journalist on the trail of a child sacrificing cult. Track down the identities of the five shadowy cultists, and quickly now - because they've all seen your face. Thankfully time isn't running out - because we're all stuck in a timeloop!

Follow KC on Bluesky @SigmaGear9, on Instagram @SigmaGear9, and on Twitch @SigmaGear9. Be sure to check out the Newlyweds Game stream on Friday at 7pm et!

Email the show at BigGameHungerPod@gmail.com.

Big Game Hunger is part of the Multitude Collective of podcasts. Created and hosted by Jenna Stoeber.

Big Game Hunger is a weekly video game podcast where Jenna Stoeber and a guest get three random prompts and have to make the big next game based on them.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Nick Calandra knows some stupid ways to die Jan 27, 2025

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Nick Calandra, editor in chief for Second Wind Group, melds his love of action films with Jenna's love of action films and the prompts:

shakespearean
teaches you how to commit crimes
timeloop

You're being hunted by the ultimate assassin, ane he's so good the only person who could him... is himself! "Recyclcide" forces you to maneuver henchmen around to trick an assassin into wiping himself before he can take you out. Thankfully with the power of timeloops in your hands, you have unlimited chances to succeed!

Follow Nick on Bsky at NickJCal, and be sure to subscribe to Second Wind Group!

Email the show at BigGameHungerPod@gmail.com.

Big Game Hunger is part of the Multitude Collective of podcasts. Created and hosted by Jenna Stoeber.

Big Game Hunger is a weekly video game podcast where Jenna Stoeber and a guest get three random prompts and have to make the big next game based on them.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jack Packard woos a sicko princess Jan 20, 2025

Show notes

Jack Packard, GM for Adventure is Nigh and host of Red Letter Media, has got a sicko inside of him and he is not letting it stay dorment. Thankfully we've got a lot of space to play with the prompts:

shakespearean
teaches you how to commit crimes
timeloop

Play as an Elizabethean actor trying to break up an alliance the easiest way possible; by seducing one of the participants in a marriage between kingdoms! In "Love Labour's Crime," you'll have to figure out the best way to woo a princess - but thankfully you have unlimited chances, thanks to the intervention of some fairy monarchs.

Follow Jack on Bsky @JackPackard! Watch the first episode of Adventure is Nigh! on YouTube, watch Best of the Worst with Red Letter Media here, and watch the excellent videos by SecondWind Group here!

Email the show at BigGameHungerPod@gmail.com.

Big Game Hunger is part of the Multitude Collective of podcasts. Created and hosted by Jenna Stoeber.

Big Game Hunger is a weekly video game podcast where Jenna Stoeber and a guest get three random prompts and have to make the big next game based on them.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.