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Episode 289: Half Man Half Canoe Jul 19, 2019

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Tom F, Chris and Alex use videogames’ full name as they discuss Kingdom Come, Bloodstained, Griftlands, Mechanicus, The Witcher 3 and more.

Chris has been pondering Kingdom Come: Deliverance and Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus.
Alex has been developing an art collection in Assassin’s Creed: It’s A Real Journey and Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Tom’s been pleading with Griftlands and The Witcher 3.

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Our intro music is by The Mandibles from their track Clambake. Many of the band members now tour as Count Bobo And The Bullion.

Episode 288: Space Ghost In A Donkey Costume Jul 12, 2019

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Autobattlers agogo. Pip and Chris take some time out from their busy wizard management schedule to discuss Valve’s Steam Lab before delivering the definitive verdict on the world’s array of autochesses.

The Steam Labs page has all of the info you need about Valve’s disparate attempts to replace me and everyone I know with a robot.
Steam’s new microtrailers feature is based on this Twitter account.
Oh boy you better believe it’s time for autochess games. Begone, manual chess!
Dota Underlords!
Dota Autochess, which is available through the Dota 2 Arcade feature. Here’s Pip’s article about it.
Teamfight Tactics!

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Our intro music is by The Mandibles from their track Clambake. Many of the band members now tour as Count Bobo And The Bullion.

Episode 287: Fantasy Carpark Ballista Drift Jul 05, 2019

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Tom F, Chris and John discuss the cutthroat business of wizard cards, the biting bureaucracy of Pathfinder: Kingmaker, and the travails of high finance in Hitman 2 New York.

Here’s a picture of a gem that might belong to a new, free, Slay The Spire character.
A lot of people sure have played Dota Underlords, and also Magic: The Gathering Arena.
John’s been trying to bite Pathfinder: Kingmaker.
Tom’s called time on late capitalism in Hitman 2’s New York level.

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Our intro music is by The Mandibles from their track Clambake. Many of the band members now tour as Count Bobo And The Bullion.

Episode 286: Nice One, Blando Jun 21, 2019

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Chris, Tom F and Alex revisit Life is Strange, consider time’s cooldown in Touhou Luna Nights, chew noisily on Dota Underlords, and fling themselves over Shape of the World.

I’ve activated the four rocks… show me the staircase.

Tom’s returned to Life is Strange.
Here’s the blog post by Ashly Burch that Tom mentions. Note: this post vividly describes grief and bereavement – and as a far less significant caveat, includes some major plot details for Life is Strange.
Alex has been playing Touhou Luna Nights.
Chris is playing Dota Underlords while preparing these shownotes.
Here’s the Soren Johnson talk that Tom mentions.
Tom’s also been playing Shape of the World.

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Our intro music is by The Mandibles from their track Clambake. Many of the band members now tour as Count Bobo And The Bullion.

Episode 285: Kleng! The Rollerskating Delivery Boy Jun 14, 2019

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Pip, Chris and Tom F dive into a big pile of E3 nonsense followed by a big pile of questions nonsense, considering the noun-circle ramifications of both.

We’re DONE, Octavian! You know what you did!

Here’s that Watch Dogs: Legion footage from E3.
Also, Phil Savage’s review of the pub from Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture.
The Maneater trailer, in which shark have nice day.
The Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey Story Creator reveal, in which Herodotus just want to have fun.
Chris watched this Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order video and, remarkably, felt absolutely nothing.
Here’s the new trailer for Telling Lies…
…and also Twelve Minutes.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons! If you’re cross that we spend a bunch of time talking about a Nintendo game that won’t come out on PC, just imagine that this is a tangent about Pip’s actually life, because it might as well be.
Here’s Klei’s Griftlands.

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Our intro music is by The Mandibles from their track Clambake. Many of the band members now tour as Count Bobo And The Bullion.

Episode 284: Reasons For Declaring War On House Cats Jun 07, 2019

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Chris, Tom F and Alex attempt to predict Thursday’s news on Wednesday, again, and mostly fail, again. After that: SteamWorld Quest, Void Bastards, The Outer Wilds!

Destiny 2 is going free to play, coming to Steam and Stadia, and getting cross-save functionality.
Pricing details for Stadia have been revealed and are entirely contrary to Chris’ predictions.
Alex has been playing SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech.
Tom’s crafted his way through Void Bastards.
We’re also playing the extraordinary Outer Wilds.
Hear are some good AI-generated names for cats.

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Our intro music is by The Mandibles from their track Clambake. Many of the band members now tour as Count Bobo And The Bullion.

Episode 283: Mork Whirlbag May 31, 2019

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Tom F, Alex and Chris convene last Wednesday to discuss ‘computer games’, including but not limited to Void Bastards, Observation, Druidstone, and Mordhau.

I feel compelled to perform my military responsibilities in the modern time.

Early access sky MMO Worlds Adrift is shutting down.
Here’s Starbase, a computer game.
Yep, they called it Modern Warfare.
Tom’s been playing Void Bastards.
We’ve all played Observation.
Tom’s also been playing Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest.
Chris continues to waggle meaningfully about Mordhau.

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Our intro music is by The Mandibles from their track Clambake. Many of the band members now tour as Count Bobo And The Bullion.

Episode 282: The Terror of TR3-VR May 17, 2019

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Alex and the Toms gather to discuss what they have been playing on their personal computers this week. We didn’t record in our usual studio for this one, but the audio quality will return to normal soon!

Tom F has been playing Path of Exile.
Tom S has been playing Destiny 2 too much.
Alex has been playing A Plague Tale: Innocence.
Blood: Fresh Supply promises retro shooter joy.
Star Trek Online is still quite good, and Guild Wars 2 is marvellous.
The game that Pip talked about on a previous ep is Pillars of the Earth.
Here’s the story of the lobbyist suspended from EVE Online.
In our brief film/telly digression we discuss Collateral, Wolf Hall, Deadwood.
The game Tom F mentions in our language discussion is Heaven’s Vault.

The Crate and Crowbar is kindly funded by our Patreon backers. If you’d like to know more about supporting our podcast and its spinoffs, click here.

Our intro music is by The Mandibles from their track Clambake. Many of the band members now tour as Count Bobo And The Bullion.

Episode 281: And They’re Both In League With Jive Cop May 10, 2019

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Tom F, Chris and Alex convene to chat Total War(hammer), Phantom Doctrine, Mordhau, cakes and more. He’s not the Nerevarine, he’s a very naughty boy.

Here’s a man saying thank you for the bullets in PlayerUnarmed Happygrounds.
Ultra Ultra, the studio who made Echo, are shutting down.
Alex is staying up past his bedtime to play Total War: Warhammer II.
Tom’s got a new passport photo AND face in Phantom Doctrine.
Chris considers the various arcs and curves of Mordhau.
Alex adds Star Realms to the list of Ascension-type games that Chris now has to play.
Tom’s returned to, and finished, Heaven’s Vault.
Here’s the Path of Exile talk from GDC that Tom mentions.

The Crate and Crowbar is kindly funded by our Patreon backers. If you’d like to know more about supporting our podcast and its spinoffs, click here.

Our intro music is by The Mandibles from their track Clambake. Many of the band members now tour as Count Bobo And The Bullion.

Episode 280: Old Sins Of The Sordid Asp Apr 26, 2019

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Chris, Tom S and Alex chat a little bit of Sekiro, some Ascension, a smooth slice of The Room, and a dash of Katana ZERO.

Plus: meditations on the byzantine pizza meta, Rama Tycoon, the completely predictable fate of action dad, and our rebranding as the internet’s premier cutlery conspiracy resource.

We say that we’re not going to return to Sekiro, but then immediately do. Sorry!
Alex is enjoying the venerable Ascension, prompting both Chris and Tom to remember how much they like Ascension.
Tom has been gently stroking The Room series.
Chris has been playing Katana ZERO.

The Crate and Crowbar is kindly funded by our Patreon backers. If you’d like to know more about supporting our podcast and its spinoffs, click here.

Our intro music is by The Mandibles from their track Clambake. Many of the band members now tour as Count Bobo And The Bullion.

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