Big Game Hunger

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Lily Alexandre negotiates a will Oct 28, 2024

Show notes

Lily Alexandre, video essayist extraordinaire, is ready to fight for what's hers with the prompts:

Epistlatory
Reading of a will
for the PlayDate

In "Yours, Truly," family members must fight for their stake in a vast fortune while they still have a chance to get in on the will. Using the physical clues provided by letters, figure out the family secrets and who's keeping them so you can earn a big payday.... or should I say, URN a big payday?

Watch all of Lily Alexandre's video essays, starting with "Project Blueprint & the Horror of Eternal Life"!

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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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Amber DaSilva builds a shipyard Oct 21, 2024

Show notes

Amber DaSilva, auto journalist with Jalopnik, is ready to set sail with some very body-horror, Halloween-appropriate prompts:

Gooey
quorum
nautical horror

With this strong load out, Jenna and Amber make "Vessel," a game about expanding your network of boats and flesh and flesh boats by conquering other ships at sea. Is this the world's first horror MMO? Is this the world's last Snowcrash fan game?

If you're in NYC, check out out T-Climbing! Also read Amber's work at Jalopnik, even though she didn't plug it.

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 .

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.

Hunter Donaldson pigeonholes himself Oct 14, 2024

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Hunter Donaldson, stand up comedian and host of Old Gamer's Almanac, is here today to reinforce his only interested, Twilight Imperium. Thankfully he also had time to make a game based on the prompts:

musical
claustrophobia
takes place on a single screen

Horror was not explicitly on this list but you better believe we made a horror game anyway. And the worst kind: one you inflict on your friends! This game, I know why the caged bird sing (and it’s scary!), turns karaoke into a shotgun blast of audio memes. Turn it on at your birthday party, lock all the doors and windows, and have a great time!

Follow Hunter Donaldson on Instagram at HungryHunty, and enjoy his show Old Gamer's Almanac wherever you listen to 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 .

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 Lives writes dinosaur propaganda Oct 07, 2024

Show notes

Nick Lives, game dev for Night Signals, maker of Home Safety Hotline, brings his horror and HG-Wells related expertise to the prompts:

Liliputian,
time travel without space travel,
text-based,

In between rallying for long-necked dinosuars and theorizing about the heights of future and past peoples, Nick and Jenna make an "Descendents into Madness," where you cannot change history, only chronical it. What went wrong in the future that caused humanity's downfall? Well it certainly wasn't a history book!

Wishlist Nick's next game, Please Insert Disc, on Steam, and pick up Home Safety Hotline (and its new DLC) while you're there!

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 .

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.

Clayton Ashley takes a knife to a masterpiece Oct 02, 2024

Show notes

Clayton Ashley, video editor for Polygon and co-host of Temporal Culture War, puts his board gaming skills to work with the prompts:

Wontonly colorful,
Art restoration,
Social deduction (like Werewolf)

With two options synergizing so much, it isn't hard to find an art angle... but how to include the social deduction aspect? Should this be a physical game or a Jackbox property? And how do we even pitch Jackbox anyway???

Listen to Clayton's excellent new podcast, Temporal Culture War! It's great!

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 .

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.

Jenna Stoeber is Out Of Office Sep 23, 2024

Show notes

No episode this week! Try enjoying some of the content at patreon.com/thejenna instead!

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Brandon Sheffield kicks his little feetsies Sep 16, 2024

Show notes

Brandon Sheffield, creative director for Demonschool, is ready to hit the pavement in "A long peer at a short walk," a game based on the prompts:

self aware
not mini games but maxi games
foot-based

After getting VERY distracted talking about VHS tapes on this gaming show, Jenna and Brandon get to work parsing what could make a game "self-aware" and how best to get people to look at their feet a lot.

Listen to Insert Credit here or on your podcast app, and wishlist Demonschool on Steam!

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 .

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.

Isabel J. Kim hunts cars by night Sep 09, 2024

Show notes

Isabel J. Kim, attorney, author, podcaster, and sword girl, makes the game "Oil Zone," based on the prompts:

Neon,
hydraulic,
a game that doesn't use a regular controller

The Mad Max of it all is that you hunt feral AI cars - and other players - at night in order to customize and upgrade your whip. But I hope you have strong arms because you've only got a valve wheel and a hand pump to do it with! STRAP IN FOR A BUMPY RIDE.

Hear more of Isabel J. Kim on Wow, If True here or on your favorite podcast app. Also check out the oil-based TTRPG she mentioned, called Greed, here on Itch.io.

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 .

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.

Geoff Moonen makes magical girls burn out Sep 02, 2024

Show notes

First-time returning guest Geoff Moonen rejoins the show to make "My Magical World Never Went Away," based on the prompts:

hyper realistic
Magical Girls
fist-fighting

Geoff and Jenna run with a fairly generous understanding of the phrase "hyper realistic," as applying to the magical girl portion and NOT the physics or fist-fighting. Their game undercuts modern dark-retellings of Magical Girl stories and opts for a more relatable story about recovering from burnout and realizing that your past mistakes don't need to define your magical future. Your magical world never went away.... it's right here!

Learn more about Geoff Moonen on his website, or by listening to his podcast Fun and Games Pod! And check out Magical Beatdown from Silver Sprocket.

Listen to Wow, If True, another Multitude Podcast, here. Check out Volante Designs and use the code BHG (all caps) for 10% off your entire order!

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 .

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.

Chase Carter makes a multi-dimensional flapping game Aug 26, 2024

Show notes

Chase Carter, games journalist and co-founder of Rascal News, deploys his incredible language skills to make "Flappy Bird: Shifted" with the prompts:

ASCII,
Supernatural Investigation,
Flappy-bird-like

I hope you're ready for a hard-hitting story about a search for a lost loved one, undertaken entirely by pressing a button to fight gravity. Shift your perspective to find your way through dimensions of text and punctuation in this moving ASCII-art game. This may potentially be the most competent game concept creation to date on this show!

Read more of Chase's work at Rascal.news! Check out the Multitude Discord here, and check out Tab for a Cause at TabforaCause.org/bgh.

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 .

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.