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Describing The Skybox
by Describing The Skybox
WELCOME TO DESCRIBING THE SKYBOX! We are a fortnightly, book club-styled podcast in which we attempt to go in-depth on an individual video game and figure out what makes it unique. Episodes are around an hour to an hour and a half long and primarily feature free form discussion on themes and mechanics present in each episode’s titular game. Bear in mind that we are not reviewers, so as far as we critique the games at hand, our intent is not to convince you to play any particular work. SPOILER WARNING: Given the depth at which we intend to cover the games in question, those which feature a story, plot, mechanical surprises, fun moments you may not have heard about or otherwise will be fully discussed, likely at length. Given this, it is advised that you go into each episode with the understanding that these elements will most likely be spoiled. If you are sensitive to that sort of thing, we recommend that you either play the game before listening to the podcast, or skip the episode a
Episodes
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One Year of Describing the Skybox - The Worst Guys
Is “Describing the Skybox Day” too wordy of a name? Do we have to give up before being declared a national holiday, despite ten very successful years? Maybe, just maybe, we could keep the old name? The annual celebration of one’s self, or in this case one’s niche video game podcast enterprise, is...
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Episode 22 - Toilet Flap Maneuver - Demon's Souls
Soul of the host, withdrawn from its podcast. Welcome back to Describing the Skybox! Today, and honestly, a bit on a whim, we’re going to be talking about Demon’s Souls! Demon’s Souls has been out for a very long time, and the impact it has made on modern games is obvious, but there is still...
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Episode 21 - A Chef Dances Out - Indika
Does a podcast have a soul? Welcome back to Describing the Skybox! Today, we’re going to be talking about Indika, a (mostly) 3D adventure game in which you play as a nun with the devil on her shoulder. Describing Indika in typical genre terms is maybe not extremely descriptive, suffice to say…
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Episode 20 - Betrayed by George Lucas - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
A Podcast is a friend who will welcome you home. Welcome back to the podcast! Today, after an admittedly long wait, we’re finally talking about Expedition 33, the turn based RPG from an Ubisoft ex-pat that took the world by storm at its release. A game with both a narrative focus, and the...
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Episode 19 - Scrappy and Independent - Perfect Tides: Station to Station
It’s a sacred podcasting ritual, like pissing in the same spot. Welcome back to the Describing the Skybox podcast! Today, we’re looking at a sequel to one of our most surprisingly liked games from a few years ago. Perfect Tides: Station to Station is a narrative adventure game and direct sequel…
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Episode 18 - Second Level Pants - Donkey Kong Bananza
Can’t blame a Kong for podcasting. Welcome back to the podcast! Today, we’re going to be talking about Donkey Kong Bananza, the first 3D Donkey Kong game in almost 30 years and a launch title for the Switch 2. The main thrust behind Bananza is that it’s a collectathon platformer not dissimilar to...
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Episode 17 - Rudy Slippers - Earthbound Halloween Hack
You little podcasts are going to have your bodies ripped in half. Welcome to our last episode of Mystery May this year, where the game we play is decided by dice roll. This time around, fate has deemed it necessary for us to play the Earthbound Halloween Hack, which is notorious for a few…
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Episode 16 - Surprisingly Little All Star - Dreams
You may say I’m a podcast, but I’m not the only one. Welcome back to Describing the Skybox! This week for our second episode of Mystery May this year, the die has decided we play Dreams, the game development software slash game on the Playstation 4 (and 5). Dreams is an odd one to talk about in…
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Episode 15 - Harshened the Blow - Fez
A great podcast has been revealed to you. Welcome back to Describing the Skybox! Today, as our first episode in Mystery May, we’re going to be talking about Fez, a now shockingly 14 year old game. Fez is a puzzle platformer, emphasis on the puzzle, but not a complete dis-emphasis on the…
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Episode 14 - A Misleading Thumbs Up - Super Mario World
Mario must be ready to face the podcast ahead of him. Welcome back to the podcast! Today, we’re talking about Super Mario World. Undeniably one of the most iconic games on the Super Nintendo, if you are involved in the platformer space at all, you will see Super Mario World come up pretty much...
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Episode 13 - In My PJs - Resident Evil Requiem
The silent treatment, I hope. Welcome back to the podcast! Today, we’re going to be talking about Resident Evil Requiem, the ninth mainline Resident Evil game and one that mechanically resembles the RE Engine games. Like, all of them, because this game is both a first person survival horror title...
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Episode 12 - Skyrim in Reverse - Final Fantasy
The black orb podcasts ominously… Welcome back to the podcast where today we’re going to be looking at the Game Boy Advance remake of Final Fantasy. The first in what is probably the series of games most synonymous with the JRPG genre, the original Final Fantasy showcases all the hallmarks of the...
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Episode 11 - Dead in a Week - Roadwarden
Their shouts are like spells, and will make you sick. Welcome to the final episode of Fanbruary this year! We’re going to be talking about Roadwarden, a largely text-based RPG that seemingly takes some inspiration from modern rules-light TTRPG design with a lot of richness to its text and a…
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Episode 10 - Pigs and Other Shapes - Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil
I may leave this world, but we’ll always be a podcast. Welcome back to the podcast, and to the third episode of Fanbruary, in which we play games suggested by you the listener. For this installment, we’re going to be talking about Klonoa 2, a 2-or-2.5D platformer on the Playstation 2. This is a...
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Episode 9 - Hero Bucks - Far Cry 5
Every problem cannot be solved with a podcast. Welcome back to the podcast and, of course, to our second episode of Fanbruary this year! Today, we’re talking about Far Cry 5, which is, obviously, an installment in the Far Cry franchise and, obviously, not the fifth one because of all the weird...
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Episode 8 - Adult Man Brain - Nancy Drew: Curse of Blackmoor Manor
What would motivate someone to turn into a podcast? Welcome to the first episode for Fanbruary this year! We’re starting off with a classic adventure game in Nancy Drew: Curse of Blackmoor Manor, part of an extremely prolific series which we haven’t played before. Given that the character of…
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Episode 7 - That Which Was Well Paced - That Which Gave Chase
A podcast for the senses we can’t take from them. Welcome back to the podcast! Today, on what is an appropriately wintery day, we’re going to be talking about That Which Gave Chase, a game where you sled through the arctic. Largely a narrative game, That Which Gave Chase takes you through several...
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The Scribies 2025 - Gremlinsesque
With time, any game could be the coolest ancient artefact. Welcome to the first ever Scribies, an award show and definitely not an itchy reaction to a species of mite: that would be Scabies. In the Scribies, we choose winners for myriad categories from the pool of games that we have played and...
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Episode 6 - Sweet, Sweet, Sweet Release - Everhood
There are no podcast truths. Welcome back to the podcast! Today, we’re talking about Everhood, an indie bullet hell/adventure/rhythm game. Everhood has several notable factors that could be considered a main point of conversation about it. It is surprisingly difficult on its standard difficulty...
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Episode 5 - A Fresh Island Song - Hades II
My podcast’s come alive. Welcome back to the podcast! Today, we’re going to be talking about Hades II, the sequel to one of the most popular roguelikes of all time and the first sequel that Supergiant Games has ever made. And I for one am happy about that because I needed an excuse to play…
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Episode 4 - 20,000 Hot Dogs - Silent Hill f
To listen to this podcast is to walk in a world of impurities. Welcome back to the podcast! Today, we’re going to be talking about Silent Hill f, an action survival horror game and the latest entry in the Silent Hill series. This game takes a more combat-focused approach with stamina management…
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Episode 3 - An Adult Baby - Slitterhead
Listen to this podcast. I’ll show you what this mouth can do. Happy Halloween oooooooooooooooh! and welcome back to the podcast. Today, we’re going to be talking about Slitterhead, an action horror title, and the first game from developer Bokeh Game Studio, founded by one of the creators of…
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Episode 2 - The Powerhouse of the Cell - Parasite Eve
Even if you don’t understand, your mitochondria will. Welcome back to the podcast! For our second game for the Halloween season, we’re talking about Parasite Eve, a survival horror action RPG from PlayStation era. And for being from that era, Parasite Eve honestly looks incredible and is, for me,...
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Episode 1 - Train of Donkeys - Mouthwashing
I can podcast it. I’ll take responsibility. Welcome to the very first episode of Describing the Skybox and the first horror game episode for October! Today, we’re talking about Mouthwashing, a narrative adventure game set on a freighter in space. There isn’t too much in the way of interaction in...
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Episode 200 - Cultural Osmosis - Minecraft
Did you know you can hold a podcast in your off hand? Welcome to the 200th and (kind of) final episode of NOCLIP! With it being both the 200th episode and our tenth anniversary, we figured now would be as good a time as any to finally play Minecraft, one of the most popular and the best selling...
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Episode 199 - Screams of Wimmenfolk - Bloodborne
It won’t end nicely. Not this time. Welcome back to the podcast! Today, on a special epilogue episode, we’re going to be taking another look at Bloodborne. This is a FromSoftware action RPG, tragically confined to the Sony ecosystem, but still containing a lot of the genre trappings of the games...
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Episode 198 - Two Moon Knight - Life is Strange: Double Exposure
Caked up podcast, goated with the sauce. Welcome back to the podcast! Today, we’re going to be looking at the most recent Life is Strange title, Double Exposure. This picks up roughly ten years after the first game in the series and returns to the point of view of Max Caulfield who has not been...
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Episode 197 - All Day I Dream About Sony - Astro Bot
Live in your world, podcast in ours. Welcome back to the podcast! Today, we’re going to be talking about Astro Bot, a 3D platformer and a PS5 exclusive. When it comes to console exclusivity, I would usually argue against it, as it restricts people’s access to games and tend to only benefit...
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Episode 196 - You Mentioned Pants - Balatro
I’m literally a podcast, what’s your excuse? Welcome back to the podcast! Today, we’re going to be talking about Balatro, the hit poker roguelike from last year. Balatro is, in my opinion, the best kind of roguelike, with very synergy focused modifiers in the form of Jokers and card enhancements,...
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Episode 195 - You Can Lead a Horse to Fanta - Uma Musume: Pretty Derby
NOCLIP finishes the URA Finale and stands above all other podcasts. Welcome back to the podcast! Today, we’re going to be talking about… a currently popular gacha game about horse racing anime girls. Uma Musume (or Umamusume depending on who you ask) is a sort of sports management roguelike game...
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Episode 194 - Bioshock Ruined Society - The Talos Principle 2
There is only you, and the spark of the podcast that is your mind. Welcome back to NOCLIP! Today, we’re going to be looking at The Talos Principle 2, a first person puzzle game developed by Croteam. The game builds on, and stays pretty close to, the mechanics of the first game, using connecting...
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Episode 193 - Super Death - Spiritfarer
Do you know why we’re here? It’s because I have a small podcast. Welcome back to NOCLIP! Today, we’re going to be talking about Spiritfarer, an incremental, management sim, narrative game. Which is a lot of ways to describe what is really a pretty simple game. The core of Spiritfarer is in its...
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Episode 192 - Life Isn't Worth Living - To the Moon
Don’t tell anyone, but I always thought they were podcasts. Welcome back to NOCLIP! Today, we’re going to be talking about To the Moon, a narrative game focused around learning about characters through one’s memory. I imagine this description will be quite short, because there isn’t a lot I can...
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Episode 191 - That Might Be A Pokémon - Half-Life
Forget about Freeman, we’re abandoning the podcast. Welcome back to the podcast! We may be into June, but we’re in the ides of Mystery May right now, and the fates have deigned we play Half-Life, and I am not one to argue with the fates. Half-Life is one of the most influential FPS games of all...
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Episode 190 - Goth Mommies - The Wolf Among Us
No, I’m Pod. He’s Cast. Welcome back to the podcast! Today, for the second episode of Mystery May, we’re going to be talking about The Wolf Among Us, a narrative adventure game from Telltale. Telltale’s style of design really exploded with the Walking Dead, and has since led to a number of...
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Episode 189 - For Your Daddy - Monster Hunter Wilds
The guild authorizes you to hunt this podcast. Welcome back to NOCLIP! Today, we’re going to be talking about Monster Hunter Wilds, the latest mainline entry in the series and the game that turned many peoples’ computers into puddles of acid. Wilds is a follow up to Monster Hunter World both in...
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Episode 188 - Pretty Cute - Immortality
Artists create, podcast, and destroy. Welcome back to the podcast where today we’re going to be talking about Immortality. Immortality is a game from Sam Barlow, creator of Her Story and Telling Lies and it follows in the same tradition as those games. Largely player-directed, the game involves...
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Episode 186 - Where Sailors Hang Out - Shenmue
You like the podcast that much? Let me invite you to hell. Welcome back to the podcast! Today, we’re doing another community requested episode (calling it Fanbruary at this point seems a bit silly) on Shenmue. An absolute classic action/adventure game that happened to be a blind spot for both of...
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Episode 185 - Roast Beef, Some Chicken, A Pizza - Castlevania 64
This is not the anger of a vampire killer. This is the podcast of all humanity! Welcome back to Fanbruary! Today, we’re going to be talking about Castlevania 64, an oft maligned entry in the Castlevania series and the first to be in 3D. In classic Castlevania fashion, your goal is to infiltrate a...
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Episode 184 - Bring Me the Cellos - Darkest Dungeon
In time, you will know the tragic extent of my podcast, Welcome to Fanbruary! For our first listener suggested title this year, we’re talking about Darkest Dungeon, an RPG with Lovecraftian themes and light roguelike elements. Darkest Dungeon is known to be a difficult game, and it sticks to this...
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Episode 183 - Drive-By Nap - The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
So this is the podcast energy. I’m overflowing with power! Welcome back to the podcast and to the first full episode this year! We’re back from our now-traditional January break and talking about The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. This is the first full game in the series where you play as...
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The NOCLIP Awards 2024 - Public Intellectuals
The Smashiest balls were the friends we made along the way. The NOCLIP Awards are back again this year with all their usual prestige. I know you are all waiting with baited breath to see what games are getting the nod, while knowing full well that the games that released this year are of no…
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Episode 182 - Starring Adam Sandler - Slay the Princess
I need to see how handsome I am. Welcome back to the podcast! Today, we’re talking about Slay the Princess, a narrative focused “collect the endings” game that has a truly impressive amount of writing to account for all of a player’s possible choices. The numerous endings, scenes and dialogue...
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Episode 181 - It's Jar Jarring - Star Wars Episode 1 Racer
Do goola podcast sa bantha poodoo. Welcome back to the podcast! As we near the end of the year, we like to look back on a game or two that are more nostalgic for us, and Racer somehow got overlooked until now. Racer is maybe the first of our nostalgia picks that really holds up, at least in our...
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Episode 180 - Your Murderous Urges - Loretta
I won’t reach the truth with podcasts. They can’t give it shape. Welcome back to the podcast, and as we finally finish the theme (and catch up on episodes in general after a hectic October) of Games Titled After Women’s Names That Begin With “L.” Loretta is an adventure game in the technical…
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Episode 179 - A Rusty Crux - Amnesia: The Bunker
I’m on the podcast tonight? C’est la vie. Welcome back to the podcast! We’re finally finishing our Halloween games this week with Amnesia: The Bunker. This is the fourth game in the Amnesia series and introduce some light combat elements as well as reframes the series’ physics system to create an...
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Episode 178 - A Bunch of Band-Aids - Cryptmaster
What did you say? Podcast? We’re not going to drop everything and do that. Welcome back to the podcast. We’re still playing a bit of catchup this month, and to continue with our Halloween picks, we’re talking about Cryptmaster! This is a dungeon crawler in the typing game subgenre, where you…
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Episode 177 - Respect Water - Omori
Welcome to cast space. Welcome back (finally!) to the podcast. Today, we’re going to be talking about Omori, a turn-based RPG with a unique art style and dark themes. Though, as we discuss in the episode, don’t think too much of Omori based on its genre, because it’s really putting its worst foot...
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Episode 176 - Dissolve Those Bones - Crow Country
We’re old enough. Welcome back to NOCLIP, and beware, for it is Halloween! To kick off October, we’re talking about Crow Country, a throwback survival horror game that does a lot to stand out in its field. The game is set in an amusement park and has a unique polygonal graphic style that gives an...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
WELCOME TO DESCRIBING THE SKYBOX! We are a fortnightly, book club-styled podcast in which we attempt to go in-depth on an individual video game and figure out what makes it unique. Episodes are around an hour to an hour and a half long and primarily feature free form discussion on themes and mechanics present in each episode’s titular game. Bear in mind that we are not reviewers, so as far as we critique the games at hand, our intent is not to convince you to play any particular work. SPOILER WARNING: Given the depth at which we intend to cover the games in question, those which feature a story, plot, mechanical surprises, fun moments you may not have heard about or otherwise will be fully discussed, likely at length. Given this, it is advised that you go into each episode with the understanding that these elements will most likely be spoiled. If you are sensitive to that sort of thing, we recommend that you either play the game before listening to the podcast, or skip the episode a
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