Giant Bombcast 766: Human Slide Whistle

Listening to Bakalar go on about hockey and the Devils' overturned goals made me think he was shooting an old shchool wrestling promo against Grubb with Mean Gene just off camera.

Bummer about Albummer... I was just starting to go through the backlog. Love those guys!

@asphyxiate: Albummer is done for, I'm guessing? That's too bad. Everyone is producing too much content now and I've had to make some decisions about what to sacrifice. Albummer was one of them, but I've recently gained more opportunities to listen to podcasts, and it was also one of the shows that I was going to catch up on. Hey, at least that crew made some new fans *Emily Panic is life*

dang really liked albummer.

Man losing Albummer sucks. One of my favorites of the newer shows.

I don't listen to every episode but Albummer has been part of my rotation for a while. Godspeed.

Wrt art styles, I literally downloaded Rumble Verse, started it up, and didn't play a single match. All because of the REPUGNANT art style and animation. It's generic in a way that is actively sickening to me. I haven't ever had a reaction like that in a long while, and didn't expect such a reaction myself. But seeing it in front of me was different from watching a YT video. Just terrible.

Jan made the mistake of asking for 2022 game recommendations on things the crew might've missed, so I am here to mention a few I really love that I haven't seen come up on the site. I'll try to keep it brief (and I will likely fail).

Arcade Paradise

Management sim about converting a laundromat into an arcade, with a couple dozen original arcade-style games included. The best part is you increase each game's popularity by playing it yourself and completing achievements on it.

The Case of the Golden Idol

A 2D Return-of-the-Obra-Dinn-like about solving a series of interlinking deaths over several years. Easy to play, hard to solve, really well-written, and all of the puzzle pieces fit together perfectly. If you enjoy being a detective, this is a must-play.

Infernax (Game Pass)

Sort of a modern unofficial remake of Castlevania II: Simon's Quest but better in every way. The right level of difficulty to keep you moving forward without being a cakewalk.

Last Call BBS (Game Pass)

Another collection of fake old games, but this time in the form of 80s and 90s software being recovered from an old BBS server. Some of my favorite in-game writing of the year, no joke, and a handful of incredibly addictive puzzle games. I couldn't stop playing 20th Century Food Court or Dungeons & Diagrams.

Nobody Saves the World (Game Pass)

I know Dan played this, so maybe he put it on your internal list, but it would be a shame to miss out on this incredibly fun and silly action-RPG from Drinkbox (Guacamelee, Severed). Drinkbox, for me, has never made a bad game, and this is no exception. The variety of ways you can play keeps it feeling fresh and fun the whole way through.

Strange Horticulture

Lastly but not leastly, another game with some Obra Dinn vibes, though not as obviously as Golden Idol. You inherit a plant shop and have to help customers with their ailments. None of the plants are labeled so you have to use clues to figure out which ones are which. It's a spooky, magical world with branching (lol) paths and multiple endings.

I appreciate Bakalar contracting "shits and giggles" into "shiggles". Gonna have to add that to my own vocabulary...

Dang, Albummer's been super fun. Surprised how much I enjoy it.

A bit sad about albummer, it was a great show!

Looking forward to the game of the year stuff!

C’mon, you can’t let Albummer end without hitting episode 69! You better bring that crew back someday, it’s one of my favorite features on this site (and in general).

All video replay should be banned from pro sports. I don’t really care enough to grind every game to a halt for a tedious review and extra ads. Hockey especially needs to abolish those stupid offside reviews ASAP.

Speaking of Dan, why not let him on the show sometime? Especially with these 3 person shows, we love Jason and Dan, get them on here!!

Also why was Jan completely ignoring the dolphin Pokemon's Superman form?

And the 2022 Balan Wonderworld Award goes to: Babylon’s Fall

Be careful about spreading political lies. This old tale is still being used two years out to keep morale up after the bad folks shitting the bed so much this year.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/russia-spreading-disinformation-bidens-mental-health-dhs/story?id=72879355

There's the POTUS not using the powers of the office enough to support rail union members right now in their fight for better benefits but that isnt being pushed by GOP and foreign assets in unison right now so...

@maxxcanti: Dan refuses to do the bombcast on the same weeks that his own podcast goes out.

@alternate: That podcast is bi weekly though, Dan hasn't been on a Bombcast in months. Also that's a bad excuse.

If @jeffgrubb is into illicit sports then it may be finally time to check out Barkley Shut Up and Jam Gaiden - Chapter 1 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa.

@maxxcanti: It was a statement. Wasn't excusing anyone.

bit late to this one but if who looked for the question on games to get someone used to sticks it still i thing i will say my fiancee who had never played anything past snes wanted to get into things i found it easiest to just throw them in head first , he tried morrowind n died to rats too much to enjoy it , but what actually got him to learn after some trial n error was assassins creed 1 , it was slow enough combat-wise for him to learn navigation, in hindsight he didn't love it but he really took to 2 after it n has gotten perfectly fine in the last 5-6 years since then with sticks apart from getting tense n hitting L3 too much .. alternatively a walking sim with a good premise could be good too with no combat n all , or something like the forgotten city with the minimal combat it has.