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Came to Play
by Dakota, Kait, and Jenna
A video games required reading list, and a podcast for the way you play. Join three friends in their indie adventures and talks on what makes this community great. Hate-free and full of degeneracy.
Episodes
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The Alters and Clair Obscur Spoilercast
The Alters is a sci-fi fueled family-drama, and plus our full spoilers story review for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
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Ghost of Tsushima & the PS5's Ghost of Yotei
The PlayStation State of Play gave us a closer look at the upcoming Ghost of Yotei! Plus, we take a walk down the backlog and play Ghost of Tsushima to get hyped about the sequel.
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Wanderstop Deconstructs Cozy Games
What does Wanderstop teach us about burnout and video games? Settle in for some affirmations and health-forward conversation about limitations and rest!
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How You Dune? Awakening?
Dune: Awakening is a spice-y survival RPG, and we've got some highlights from Summer Showcase season and Steam Next Fest!
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a J'RPG
An emotionally devastating JRPG from France solidifies itself as a serious GOTY contender. PLUS: some thoughts on turn-based games as a whole.
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Oblivion Remaster and Why Games Journalism Matters
The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion has finally received its rumored Remaster! PLUS: Polygon has been sold, and much of its staff laid off, so we do a crash-course in why games journalism matters.
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Blue Prince and Canadian Tax Credits
Blue Prince is our first must-play game of the year! PLUS: Tax credit changes in Québec threaten the dev scene in one of Canada's most populous provinces.
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Assassin's Creed Shadows and Nintendo's Switch 2 Business Case (It's Zelda and Pokémon)
Assassin's Creed Shadows is a nerd game for history nerds, and we liked it! PLUS: the business case for the Nintendo Switch 2.
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Split Fiction & R.E.P.O.: A Co-op Double Feature
Split Fiction reaches for new heights after the success of It Takes Two! Plus: R.E.P.O. joins the likes of Lethal Company, Among Us, and Phasmophobia as high-quality content bait. Honourable Mentions: The Pit, Triangle Strategy, and how to plan a wedding.
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We Threw a Grenade Into the World of Warcraft Community
We finally play the final game in SuperGiant Games catalogue: Pyre! Plus, Trevor drops a bit of a bomb into the World of Warcraft competitive scene. Trevor's Video Essay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUwGkC88sO8&ab_channel=Aqual Reddit Thread + Spreadsheet:...
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Avowed and Starfield: A Tale of Two Studios
Avowed is the awesome new RPG from Fallout: New Vegas and Pillars of Eternity devs, and it's so good it has us asking: What's the deal with Bethesda Game Studios?
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Ender Magnolia and a Game About Digging a Hole
A rare double feature! The hit new metroidvania, ENDER MAGNOLIA, and a Game About Diggign A Hole, which is exactly what it sounds like.
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Hyper Light Breaker Broke Some Rules
Hyper Light Breaker is a rough start to what we trust will become a fantastic roguelite. PLUS: how video games teach us how to play them.
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How ASKA Ruined Our Lives and Balatro Stole Our Husbands
Hyperfixations episode! Diaper up for a great big ASKA playthrough, and find out how Balatro is stealing husbands from coast to coast. Media discussed: ASKA, Valheim, Enshrouded, Balatro, Sengoku Dynasty, Tick Tick Boom, and Tunic.
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2024 Round-Up: Animal Well, Dave the Diver, and ASKA
Our favourites from 2024, revisited! Animal Well, Dave the Diver's new updates, and ASKA's Early Access. PLUS: Our most anticipated titles for 2025. Happy New Year!
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Neva is Cozy Hollow Knight, and Arcane Breaks our hearts
The beauty of Neva pairs exceptionally well with the gut-punch of Arcane Season Two; guest-starring Friend of the Pod and Arcane Superfan, Trevor.
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Dragon Age: The Veilguard is a Crowd-Pleaser
We take a look at how Dragon Age came to be, and chat about why The Veilguard is great for most folks; just not us!
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Windblown is Motion Twin's Take on Hades
Hot off Steam Next Fest, Windblown is like if Motion Twin made Hades! PLUS: All our questions about the upcoming Game Awards, including Game of the Year.
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Next Fest Femboys and Hades 2
Next Fest's Got Femboys! Plus, the first major update for Hades 2. Stuff Discussed: Scarlet Deer Inn, Skogdal, Rise of the Golden Idol, Windblow, Is This Game Trying to Kill Me?, The House of Tesla, Vending Machine Business Simulator, Luma Island, Voidtrain, Fast Food Simulator, Any Austin and...
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Ale & Tale Tavern, Star Trucker, and Farming Simulator eSports
Taking a look at the co-op fantasy tavern sim, Ale & Tale, PLUS: Competitive Farming Simulator! Titles discussed: Ale & Tale Tavern, Star Trucker, PowerWash Simulator, Farming Simulator, Arcane Season 2, Cabin in the Woods, and World of Warcraft: The War Within.
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The Plucky Squire is Next-Gen Zelda
The Plucky Squire is a next-gen take on 2D Zelda games! Plus, we recount some of our favourite gaming memories.
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An Okay Star Wars Game
The return of Jenna, a close up of Star Wars Outlaws, and Dakota gets into World of Warcraft again. Warning: this episode contains Void Elf Foot Pics.
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Lambcraft, Warcraft, and The War Within
Cult of the Lamb's newest update, and World of Warcraft's tenth expansion: The War Within.
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Slay the Spire
The crew finally takes a look at Slay the Spire and the admittedly short history of deckbuilder games. Editorial note: this episode was late because Dakota was camping. Sorry!
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I Was A Teenage Exocolonist
Remembering our youth in humanity's first Exoplanet Colony! PLUS: Our ever-growing backlogs.
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Laura Bailey is a Stray God
Broadway made a visual novel! PLUS: We get a new co-host, and then we play a table-top RPG.
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Dead Cells & the Elden Ring DLC Difficulty Drama
One of the roguelike genre's greatest hits, PLUS: What's up with the Elden Ring DLC?
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The Best Thing Since Hollow Knight
Another metroidvania! Kait & Dakota talk the best thing since Hollow Knight: Nine Sols. PLUS: Ubisoft's new showcase of Star Wars Outlaws gameplay.
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BioGun's a Moist Metroidvania
BioGun injects you into the body of an adorable puppy to fight a virus and save man's bestfriend! It's the perfect game for our healthcare hosts. PLUS: the History of Metroidvanias! Discussed: BioGun, Nine Sols, Super Metroid, Castlevania Symphony of the Night, Brain Breaker, Inscryption, The...
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Another Crab's Treasure: No Shuckin' Way
It's a Seafood Souls-like! Another Crab's Treasure shucks its way into our hearts. Plus: a Hades 2 Update.
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Hades 2, Oh My Gods
OH MY GODS THEY SURPRISE LAUNCHED HADES 2! We're obsessed, obviously.
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Fallout 3: Wasteland, Baby!
The Great Big Fallout episode! We cover all the major entries in the Fallout franchise, plus the brand-new Amazon Prime show.
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Replay Randomizer: Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
The first installment of Replay Randomizer... but we chose this one ourselves: the third Ratchet & Clank game! PLUS: Kait tells us all about how video game movies are made. Sources: "The History of Video Games Movies" by Eddache (YouTube) "Why do (Most) Video Game Movies Suck" by Ted Nivison...
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Stardew Valley 1.6
The Stardew Valley episode! Plus, Islands of Insight, and we intro an all-new segment: Replay Randomizer!
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Odin Sphere: Remake, Rebirth, Remaster
The Remake episode! We take a look at Odin Sphere on the PlayStation 2, its 2016 remake, and ask: What makes a good remake?
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Pacific Drive
The brand new indie hit Pacific Drive! Is it a survival-horror? Is it a driving sim? Did Kait just throw up in her mouth? Listen and find out!
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Steam Next Fest: Feb 2024
Day of the Demo's! Here're all our favourites from February's Steam Next Fest. Media Discussed: NeverGrave: The Witch and The Curse, Crypt Custodian, Backpack Battles, Minami Lane, Coffee Caravan, Pacific Drive, Helldivers 2, The Silt Verses Podcast, and the Haunting of Hill House.
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Prince of Persia & the State of the Industry
The first Prince of Persia game in 14 years! And what's up with all these layoffs?
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Hi-Fi Rush & The Tetris Kid
How Hi-Fi Rush redefined rhythm games, and how a 13 year old boy broke TETRIS!
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Sea of Stars and 2024 Releases!
We LOVED Sea of Stars, and boy there sure are some hot toddies coming in 2024!
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2023 Game of the Year - Part Two
Came to Play GOTY Part Two! The final two rounds, narrowing down our five favourite games of 2023 into THE GAME THAT CAME THE HARDEST!
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2023 Game of the Year - Part One
Came to Play GOTY Part One! Who will take the title? We go through the match-ups of the first round of our bracket, and send five games to the semi-finals!
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Arise, Ye GOTY
Arise, ye GOTY! Today we chat about a 2020 indie platformer, Arise: A Simple Story, and do our prep work for our 2023 Game of the Year conversation!
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YES, CHEF! Overcooked + PlateUp!
BEHIND! We've got hot pots full of EXCELLENT restaurant management co-op games. YES, CHEF!
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Alan Wake (Me Up Before You Go-Go)
Alan knew the podcast was talking about him, and he knew he needed to listen. But the Dark Place wouldn't let him find his headphones. He was trapped. The Alan Wake double-feature! The game that brought us together, plus its daring 2023 sequel.
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Indie Game Break w/ Celeste!
A break from the triple-A avalanche with Celeste, the 2018 instant classic platformer! PLUS: Accessibility in Gaming!
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Lies of P (Our Pants)
Pinocchio is back, and this time: He's Hot. Came to Play Crew looks at Lies of P, PLUS: our spooky season mainstays! Discussed: Lies of P, Dark Souls, Twilight, The Witch, Inside, Little Nightmares, The Haunting of Hill House, the Magnus Archives, Supernatural, the Ring, Hollow Knight, Dredge and...
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Starfield & 2011's Bastion
A quick break from all these triple-A releases with Bastion from SuperGiant Games! Plus, Jenna's Starfield segment, a new theme song, and they made Pinocchio HOT!
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Baldur's Gate 3
The Great Big Baldur's Gate 3 episode, with a special guest star!
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Unpacking Our Feelings
Grab a box and get to work, today we're talking about Unpacking and every other video game house we could think of -- plus, Kait brings a bit of cursed internet mythology to our attention about the Doom mod that took on a creepy little mind of its own.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A video games required reading list, and a podcast for the way you play. Join three friends in their indie adventures and talks on what makes this community great. Hate-free and full of degeneracy.
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Dakota, Kait, and Jenna
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A video games required reading list, and a podcast for the way you play. Join three friends in their indie adventures and talks on what makes this community great. Hate-free and full of degeneracy.
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