Deep Listens

Journey through the gate with Adam, Tyler, Jason, and Justin as they go through the end of season 2 and beginning of season 3 of Stargate SG-1 with the episodes "1969", "Out of Mind", "Into the Fire", and "Seth." Join them as they grapple with such lighthearted topics as a bad German accent, lazy gaslighting, the return of everyone's favorite character, a room full of bad dads, and Waco but with aliens. Please consider donating to the National Network of Abortion Funds: abortionfunds.org/donate If you've been enjoying the podcast, please consider supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/DeepListens If you like our new art and want to commission some of your own, reach out to Tyler at tylerorbin.net

In this episode Gino, Pete, and Em discuss Planet Zoo! We cover the game's unintuative controls, outstanding scope, and the ethics of zoos. We then find out which host knows the most animal fact! Come for Gino talking about petting a penguin and stay to find out which animal trades sex for favors! Please consider donating to the National Network of Abortion Funds: abortionfunds.org/donate If you've been enjoying the podcast, please consider supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/DeepListens If you like our new art and want to commission some of your own, reach out to Tyler at tylerorbin.net

In this episode of Amateur Hour Adam "Borgmaster" -REDACTED-, Tyler "Grav" -REDACTED-, and Gino discuss the upcoming NFL playoffs! We discuss our favorite teams and the coaching turnover before turning to the various matchups of the playoffs. We then make our predictions all the way up to The Big Game! We finish up by checking in on the models, which were way better this year! Please consider donating to the National Network of Abortion Funds: abortionfunds.org/donate If you've been enjoying the podcast, please consider supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/DeepListens If you like our new art and want to commission some of your own, reach out to Tyler at tylerorbin.net

In this episode Gino, Pete, Em, Chris "ZombiePie" -REDACTED-, Braden "ArbitraryWater" -REDACTED-, Adam "Borgmaster" -REDACTED-, and Jeff Rud debate the games we played this year for our annual Trenchies! The categories this year are: Game of the Year 2025, Best Comedy, Best Horror, Best Drama, Best Action, Best Adventure, Best Puzzler, Best Character, Worst Character, Best Soundtrack, Prettiest Game, Best Performance/Voice Acting, Best Mechanic, Biggest Disrespect of the Player's Time, Best Twist, Worst Game of Our Year 2025, Worst Story or Written Dialog, Biggest Indictment of Capitalism, Quote of the Year, Best Non-Game, John Paul Sartre Memorial Award for Game That Best Expresses the Ultimate Futility of the Human Condition, Gino's Platypus Award for Game That Should Not Be, ZP's "Help I'm Trapped in Sysiphean Torment" Award, Em's Sheeple Award: Most Wildly Overstated/Overrated, Braden "ArbitraryWater" REDACTED presents the Dubious Championship League, and Game of Our Year. Please consider donating to the National Network of Abortion Funds: abortionfunds.org/donate If you've been enjoying the podcast, please consider supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/DeepListens If you like our new art and want to commission some of your own, reach out to Tyler at tylerorbin.net

To welcome in the new year, Off the Deep End has once again roped in Cassidy from the Bad Game Hall of Fame to cover one of the great kusoge JRPGs! Our crew asks important questions such as "why does this game look the way it does?" and "why does this game sound the way it does?" The answers may surprise and shock you, but not nearly as much as where it ends up getting ranked! Please consider donating to the National Network of Abortion Funds: abortionfunds.org/donate If you've been enjoying the podcast, please consider supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/DeepListens If you like our new art and want to commission some of your own, reach out to Tyler at tylerorbin.net

Join Adam, Tyler, Jason, and Justin as they discuss the Stargate SG-1 season 2 episodes "Holiday", "Serpent's Song", "One False Step", and "Show and Tell". Follow along as they attempt to handle such topics as being awkward to homeless people, gloating over one's fallen enemy, bald naked white men, and mother. Please consider donating to the National Network of Abortion Funds: abortionfunds.org/donate If you've been enjoying the podcast, please consider supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/DeepListens If you like our new art and want to commission some of your own, reach out to Tyler at tylerorbin.net

In this episode Gino, Pete, and Em discuss Promise Mascot Agency! We cover the game's many desperate gameplay styles, elaborate setup, and sick truck physics. We also try to figure out whether a game like this would work if it was set anywhere other than Japan. Please consider donating to the National Network of Abortion Funds: abortionfunds.org/donate If you've been enjoying the podcast, please consider supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/DeepListens If you like our new art and want to commission some of your own, reach out to Tyler at tylerorbin.net

Gino "ThatPinguino" Grieco and Braden "ArbitraryWater" REDACTED join forces to talk about the hottest genre to hit the indie scene in the last ten years. No, they're not talking about cozy farming games or boomer shooters, instead they're talking about deckbuilders! If you've ever played Slay the Spire and wanted to know what else was out there, don't worry, they've got you covered. Like, seriously. They've both played a lot of card games and if you want to hear two adult men get into the weeds about what makes a good "One of Those" you might get something out of this!    Games Covered: Chaos Zero Nightmare Peglin Griftlands Tainted Grail Zet Zillions Please consider donating to the National Network of Abortion Funds: abortionfunds.org/donate If you've been enjoying the podcast, please consider supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/DeepListens If you like our new art and want to commission some of your own, reach out to Tyler at tylerorbin.net

Join Adam, Tyler, Jason, and Justin as they discuss the Stargate SG-1 season 2 episodes "Spirits", "Touchstone", "The Fifth Race", and "A Matter of Time". Listen along as they debate such topics as first nations portrayals in media, compressed b-roll, brain blasts, and time dilated viscera. Please consider donating to the National Network of Abortion Funds: abortionfunds.org/donate If you've been enjoying the podcast, please consider supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/DeepListens If you like our new art and want to commission some of your own, reach out to Tyler at tylerorbin.net

In this episode Gino, Em, and Pete discuss Dispatch! We cover the game's legitimately good gameplay, fun characters, and entertaining story. We also debate whether you can fix problematic babes, whether the game is lude enough, and whether we would sacrifice the whole world for a very good dog. This is a full game spoilercast! Listen at your own risk! Please consider donating to the National Network of Abortion Funds: abortionfunds.org/donate If you've been enjoying the podcast, please consider supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/DeepListens If you like our new art and want to commission some of your own, reach out to Tyler at tylerorbin.net

In this episode of Amateur Hour Adam "Borgmaster" -REDACTED-, Tyler "Grav" -REDACTED-, and Gino give updates on the latest football news, discuss their favorite teams, and traverse all of the conferences of the NFL. We do a full playoff temperature check and Deep Listens Fantasy Football update before checking in on the current states of Adam and Tyler's models. They still seem to be holding up this year! Please consider donating to the National Network of Abortion Funds: abortionfunds.org/donate If you've been enjoying the podcast, please consider supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/DeepListens If you like our new art and want to commission some of your own, reach out to Tyler at tylerorbin.net

Off the Deep End is off the chain this week with their examination of Obsidian's often-forgotten RPG classic, Tyranny. Braden, Chris, and Adam take the long way around to discuss the game's strong writing, worldbuilding, and rules lawyer-ing, while also acknowledging the part where it's an Obsidian game and therefore is buggy and clearly unfinished! If you can tell which episodes have an outline and which ones don't, you'll be more than able to by the end of this one! I'm not sorry! Where's my New Vegas critical reevaluation of Tyranny, huh? Get on it, internet.  See the entire Off The Deep Ends ranked list at http://bit.ly/otderank Find OTDE's theme music and more at https://supersex-420.bandcamp.com/ Please consider donating to the National Network of Abortion Funds: abortionfunds.org/donate If you've been enjoying the podcast, please consider supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/DeepListens If you like our new art and want to commission some of your own, reach out to Tyler at tylerorbin.net

Join Adam, Tyler, Jason, and Justin as they go through season 2 of Stargate SG-1 with the episodes "Secrets", "Bane", and "The Tok'ra" parts 1 & 2. Join them as they make sense of such topics as dad cancer, a sick knife throw, turning into bugs, and space racism. Please consider donating to the National Network of Abortion Funds: abortionfunds.org/donate If you've been enjoying the podcast, please consider supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/DeepListens If you like our new art and want to commission some of your own, reach out to Tyler at tylerorbin.net

In this episode Gino, Pete, and Em discuss Consume Me! We played a semi-autobiographical game made by one of Em's classmates from NYU that's a little bit Warioware, a little bit management simulation, and a lot of young adult issues. We discuss the game's dipiction of disordered eating, religious awakening, and problematic romance.  Please consider donating to the National Network of Abortion Funds: abortionfunds.org/donate If you've been enjoying the podcast, please consider supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/DeepListens If you like our new art and want to commission some of your own, reach out to Tyler at tylerorbin.net

In this episode Gino, Chris "ZombiePie" -REDACTED-, and Jeff discuss Chocobo Racing! We cover the game's odd placement in the pantheon of kart racers, it's ...unique controls, and it's distinct item system. This game also opens the Chocobo spinoff game can of worms. The game came with a dang Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon 2 demo for goodness sake! Check out the current ranking of Fantasies here: bit.ly/deepfinal Please consider donating to the National Network of Abortion Funds: abortionfunds.org/donate If you've been enjoying the podcast, please consider supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/DeepListens If you like our new art and want to commission some of your own, reach out to Tyler at tylerorbin.net

The crew of Adam, Tyler, Jason, and Justin are back watching Stargate SG-1 with the episodes, "Need", "Thor's Chariot", "Message in a Bottle", and "Family". Join them as they discuss the consequences of our own actions, little grey men, nukes, child tasing, and space NTR, among other topics. Please consider donating to the National Network of Abortion Funds: abortionfunds.org/donate If you've been enjoying the podcast, please consider supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/DeepListens If you like our new art and want to commission some of your own, reach out to Tyler at tylerorbin.net

In this episode Gino, Pete, and Em discuss Level Devil. We cover whether the game is a kaizo or a rage game, how enjoyable the game is to play without an audience, and how much slapstick comedy is too much slapstic comedy. Is Level Devil a whoopie cushion or a stick of gum with a mouse trap on the end? You be the judge. Please consider donating to the National Network of Abortion Funds: abortionfunds.org/donate If you've been enjoying the podcast, please consider supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/DeepListens If you like our new art and want to commission some of your own, reach out to Tyler at tylerorbin.net

In this episode Gino and Em interview David "Shoy" -REDACTED-, the developer of Cycle! We discuss the game's inspirations, how David designed the various metroidvania elements of the game, what it feels like to develop a game over 7+ years, and how the initial movement abilities in the game impacted the game design. We also cover lessons David learned while finishing his first full indie game as someone who had no formal game design training. Follow David at https://bsky.app/profile/shoyslayer.bsky.social Pick up Cycle at https://dvtzr.itch.io/cycle or https://store.steampowered.com/app/1947160/CYCLE/ Please consider donating to the National Network of Abortion Funds: abortionfunds.org/donate If you've been enjoying the podcast, please consider supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/DeepListens If you like our new art and want to commission some of your own, reach out to Tyler at tylerorbin.net

In this most terrifying and seasonally appropriate episode, Off the Deep End delves into the origins of every single spooky video game to ever be made, probably. It turns out Sweet Home isn't just a bit of trivia you bring up when talking about the origins of Resident Evil, it's also a RPG! Adam, Braden, and Chris not only played the 1989 Famicom title, they also watched the movie it's based on! One of these things is better than the other, and you'll have to listen to find out! Also featuring: bad singing. Please consider donating to the National Network of Abortion Funds: abortionfunds.org/donate If you've been enjoying the podcast, please consider supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/DeepListens If you like our new art and want to commission some of your own, reach out to Tyler at tylerorbin.net

Join Adam, Tyler, Jason, and Justin as they kick-off season 2 of Stargate SG-1 by reviewing its first four episodes: "Serpent's Lair", "In the Line of Duty", "Prisoners", and "The Gamekeeper". They discuss topics such as father/son bonding trips, Regular-Ass Goa'ulds (RAGs), Grandma Space Hitler, and Getting Over It with Lt. Barkley. All of which comes along with more anime references than you would think. Please consider donating to the National Network of Abortion Funds: abortionfunds.org/donate If you've been enjoying the podcast, please consider supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/DeepListens If you like our new art and want to commission some of your own, reach out to Tyler at tylerorbin.net