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The Zero is calling -- fortunately I've got  @KatieAndCatburger  here for this episode, joining to discuss each of the acts in the layered masterpiece, Kentucky Route Zero, some of our favorite moments, and the meaning we made on this month's particular playthrough.#indiegame #gamediscussion #kentuckyroutezero Find and support Katie's work:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KatieAndCatburger/videos Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/katieandcatburger.bsky.social Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/KatieandCatburger ---------------------------------------------------------------✅Visit Geeks & Grounds' website for our newsletter sign-up, list of games for 2025, Bluesky link, and more: https://www.geeksandgrounds.com ✅Play Kentucky Route Zero on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/231200/Kentucky_Route_Zero_PC_Edition/KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO is a magical realist adventure game in five acts, featuring a haunting electronic score, and a suite of hymns and bluegrass standards recorded by The Bedquilt Ramblers. Rendered in a striking visual style that draws as much from theater, film, and experimental electronic art as it does from the history of videogames, this is a story of unpayable debts, abandoned futures, and the human drive to find community.

In the café today, I'm joined by the lovely Katie, of Katie and Catburger as we introduce the game for February: Kentucky Route Zero! Of course, we take small detours before we get to the meat of our discussion, chatting a bit about Katie's work (and favorite caffeinated beverage), some of our February highlights for released titles, and what we've been excited about outside of the game of the month. Grab a warm cuppa, settle in, and hope you enjoy!#indiegame #gamediscussion #kentuckyroutezeroFind and support Katie's work:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KatieAndCatburger/videos Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/katieandcatburger.bsky.social Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/KatieandCatburger ---------------------------------------------------------------✅Visit Geeks & Grounds' website for our newsletter sign-up, list of games for 2025, Bluesky link, and more: https://www.geeksandgrounds.com ✅Play Kentucky Route Zero on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/231200/Kentucky_Route_Zero_PC_Edition/KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO is a magical realist adventure game in five acts, featuring a haunting electronic score, and a suite of hymns and bluegrass standards recorded by The Bedquilt Ramblers. Rendered in a striking visual style that draws as much from theater, film, and experimental electronic art as it does from the history of videogames, this is a story of unpayable debts, abandoned futures, and the human drive to find community.---------------------------------------------------------------

Today we have the pleasure of a bonus episode! Jenny and Enzi chat about the making of Gas Station Story: where Enzi draws inspiration, their favorite gas station snack, and the future of the world that we discovered in this incredible indie! Hope you enjoy!

The world is burning, but we have a job to do! What was life like as a gas station clerk in our first game of 2026? Join me and Chris in our discussion of Gas Station Story! (Also, if you played and enjoyed the game, consider leaving a review on their Steam page!)Donate to MinnMax's fundraiser for the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota: https://www.givemn.org/story/26b49f00:00 Welcome to Geeks & Grounds03:49 The Pastry Case: Abolish ICE + Supporting Minnesota (and your communities)11:56 The Pastry Case: What we're excited about!30:49 Gas Station Story: Non-Spoilers46:45 Gas Station Story: Deep Dive02:30:21 Community Questions02:54:20 Next Month: Kentucky Route ZeroFind  ⁨@HonestIndies⁩ YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@HonestIndies/videos⁠Substack: ⁠https://honestindies.substack.com/⁠ Twitch: ⁠https://www.twitch.tv/honestindies⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/honestindies⁠ Find Geeks & Grounds: ⁠https://www.geeksandgrounds.com⁠Find Jenny: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennywindomTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/kimchicaTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kimchica---------------------------------------------------------------✅Visit Geeks & Grounds' website for our newsletter sign-up, list of games for 2025, Bluesky link, and more: https://www.geeksandgrounds.com ✅Play Gas Station Story on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2741780/Gas_Station_Story/

Happy new year! This month, I'm joined by Chris (Honest Indies) to introduce our monthly brew: Gas Station Story. Of course, we kick off with some chill discussion, learning about their incredible experiences in the music industry, and compare just a handful of our most anticipated games of 2026. 00:00 Welcome to Geeks & Grounds04:22 The Pastry Case: Meeting Chris (Honest Indies)20:47 The Pastry Case: Stuff We're Excited About41:29 Indiescovery: Most Anticipated of 202601:27:03 This Month's Brew: Introducing Gas Station Story02:03:27 See you next time!Find Honest Indies: YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@HonestIndies/videos⁠ Substack: ⁠https://honestindies.substack.com/⁠ Twitch: ⁠https://www.twitch.tv/honestindies⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/honestindies⁠ Find Geeks & Grounds: ⁠https://www.geeksandgrounds.com⁠Find Jenny: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennywindomTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/kimchicaTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kimchica

We arrive to Zanarkand and conclude our pilgrimage on today's episode of Geeks & Grounds! Joined by Dave (Tales From The Backlog), we discuss faith, character evolutions, and what it means to think of the generations beyond your own.00:00 Welcome to Geeks & Grounds02:38 The Pastry Case: G&G Community Selections07:35 The Pastry Case: What We're Excited About22:54 This Month's Brew: Final Fantasy X - Part 02 01:36:19 Start of an OG FF7 Spoiler (just to be safe)01:37:03 Click here to skip an OG FF7 Spoiler!02:54:58 In Defense of Final Fantasy X-203:02:35 Looking for games similar to FFX?03:15:33 See you next year when we play Gas Station Story!---------------------------------------------------------------✅Visit Geeks & Grounds' website for our newsletter sign-up, list of games for 2025, Bluesky link, and more: https://www.geeksandgrounds.com ✅ Find Tales From the Backlong: https://talesfromthebacklog.fireside.fm/✅Play Final Fantasy X on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/359870/FINAL_FANTASY_XX2_HD_Remaster/FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster celebrates two of the most cherished and beloved entries to the world-renowned franchise, completely remastered in gorgeous High Definition & now available on PC / Windows!---------------------------------------------------------------

In today's Indiescovery, we're not only highlighting the indies (and one non-indie) we're looking forward to for the month of December: we're also selecting our top games of 2025! Finally, we'll provide some insight to the themes and questions to consider as you begin the second half of Final Fantasy X (with the deep dive conversation releasing on December 16th!)00:00 Welcome to Geeks & Grounds03:06 The Pastry Case: Our 2025 GOTYs01:33:27 The Pastry Case: What We're Getting Into01:49:48 Indiescovery: Our December Indie Game Release Highlights02:07:28 This Month's Brew: Finishing Final Fantasy X02:21:53 See you next time!Find Tales From the Backlog: https://talesfromthebacklog.fireside.fm/Find Geeks & Grounds: https://www.geeksandgrounds.com

We're pulled into Spira and begin our pilgrimage on today's episode of Geeks & Grounds! Joined by Dave (Tales From The Backlog), we discuss Tidus, Yuna, the rest of the guardians, and the initial stops on the journey to defeat Sin. 00:00 Welcome to Geeks & Grounds02:14 The Pastry Case: 2026 Game Voting Begins!08:10 The Pastry Case: GOTY Backlog25:29 The Pastry Case: What We're Excited About46:52 Final Fantasy X Discussion (Part 01)03:41:08 See you on Dec 2nd for our GOTY discussion!---------------------------------------------------------------✅Visit Geeks & Grounds' website for our newsletter sign-up, list of games for 2025, Bluesky link, and more: https://www.geeksandgrounds.com ✅ Find Tales From the Backlog: https://talesfromthebacklog.fireside.fm/✅Play Final Fantasy X on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/359870/FINAL_FANTASY_XX2_HD_Remaster/

In today's first episode of November, we're diving into the indie game releases we're most excited about AND kicking off our journey in Zanarkand with a little bit of a retrospective: what has the impact of the game been in the industry? And what's it's personal significance to each of us? Also, welcome to Dave -- of Tales From The Backlog -- as our official discussion guest for the next two months! 04:12 Meet Dave of Tales from the Backlog18:14 2026 Nominations for Geeks & Grounds Titles22:06 What We're Getting Into51:58 Indiescovery: Our November Indie Game Release Highlights01:08:06 This Month's Brew: Introducing Final Fantasy XFind Tales From the Backlog: https://talesfromthebacklog.fireside.fm/Find Geeks & Grounds: https://www.geeksandgrounds.com

We're stuck on the doomed ship Tulpar for the month of October, along with Anya, Swansea, Daisuke, Jimmy, and Curly. Fortunately, Milady Confetti is also here to chat about the game with us, bringing her medical AND media knowledge to the table to really dig into the game's themes! What did we think? It definitely hurt (complimentary). ***Edit: Had to remove the intro/outro music due to platform restrictions, so apologies for the silence on the start and end of this one!00:00 Welcome To Geeks & Grounds 2:15 The Pastry Case: Meet Confetti, Steam NextFest, and more!47:08 This Month's Brew: Mouthwashing2:38:18 Community Discussion Questions2:57:50 See you in November for Final Fantasy X (Part 01)Find Geeks & Grounds at: https://www.geeksandgrounds.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/geeksandgrounds.bsky.socialhttps://www.instagram.com/geeksandgroundsFind Milady Confetti at:https://www.youtube.com/c/MiladyConfettihttps://www.instagram.com/miladyconfetti/?hl=enhttps://www.twitch.tv/miladyconfettihttps://www.tiktok.com/@miladyconfetti?lang=en

This month we spent our time translating languages to try and connect communities! How did we do? Kate and Emily (No Small Games) return to deep dive the game of the month: Chants of Sennaar!We also chat about recent game news, like the Six One Indie Showcase, Hades 2 coming soon, and other media we're excited about. 00:00 Welcome to Geeks & Grounds02:48 The Pastry Case: Six One Indie Showcase, Hades 2, and What We're Excited About!38:19 This Month's Brew: Chants of Sennaar (Non-Spoilers)01:13:34 This Month's Brew: Chants of Sennaar (Spoilers) 2:29:17 Where to Find No Small Games (Kate + Emily) 02:32:29 October 2025 Brew: Mouthwashing02:33:33 See you next time!---------------------------------------------------------------✅Visit Geeks & Grounds' website for our newsletter sign-up, list of games for 2025, Bluesky link, and more: https://www.geeksandgrounds.com ✅ Find No Small Games at nosmallgames.com and visit their socials  ⁨@NoSmallGames⁩  on Bluesky and Instagram!✅Play Chants of Sennaar on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1931770/Chants_of_Sennaar/---------------------------------------------------------------

On today's menu, we have Kate and Emily from No Small Games joining the conversation. We'll get to know them and their podcast, talk through some of the latest indie game releases for September, and begin our initial discussion for September's brew: Chants of Sennaar.Find out more about No Small Games: https://www.nosmallgames.com---------------------------------------------------------------✅Visit Geeks & Grounds' website for our newsletter sign-up, list of games for 2025, Bluesky link, and more: https://www.geeksandgrounds.com ✅Play Chants of Sennaar on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1931770/Chants_of_Sennaar/

What is it like to be part of a brand new colony on an unknown planet? We dive into how life worked out in each of our playthroughs of I Was A Teenage Exocolonist, sharing our highlights and critiques of this ambitious narrative RPG!#indiegame #IWasATeenageExocolonist #gamingpodcast #podcast 00:00 Welcome to Geeks & Grounds03:35 Stuff We're Enjoying21:31 I Was A Teenage Exocolonist - Non-Spoiler41:32 I Was A Teenage Exocolonist - Spoiler01:47:30 Housekeeping + September's Brew: Chants of Sennaar! ✅Share Your Thoughts! Want to share your thoughts on the game we're playing this month? Be sure to email jenny@geeksandgrounds.com OR leave a voicemail at https://telbee.io/channel/eowez0wm6ydpa4gf0amj5a/---------------------------------------------------------------✅Visit Geeks & Grounds' website for our newsletter sign-up, list of games for 2025, Bluesky link, and more: https://www.geeksandgrounds.com ✅Play I Was A Teenage Exocolonist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1148760/I_Was_a_Teenage_Exocolonist/Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.

Time to test out our new(ish) format where we spend a bit more time talking about upcoming indie games for the month of August, and introducing this month's selection: I Was A Teenage Exocolonist (celebrating it's third anniversary at the end of the month!) #indiegame #IWasATeenageExocolonist #gamingpodcast #podcast 00:00 Welcome to Geeks & Grounds04:00 Q&A w/ Joel26:31 This Week's News: Payment processing problems!38:13 Stuff We're Enjoying56:00 Indiescovery: August 202501:06:50 Introducing I Was A Teenage Exocolonist1:30:00 Housekeeping & See you next time!✅Share Your Thoughts! Want to share your thoughts on the game we're playing this month? Be sure to email jenny@geeksandgrounds.com OR leave a voicemail at https://telbee.io/channel/eowez0wm6ydpa4gf0amj5a/---------------------------------------------------------------✅Visit Geeks & Grounds' website for our newsletter sign-up, list of games for 2025, Bluesky link, and more: https://www.geeksandgrounds.com ---------------------------------------------------------------✅Play I Was A Teenage Exocolonist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1148760/I_Was_a_Teenage_Exocolonist/Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.

In the deepest dive we've done (4 hours?!?) Josh returns to the Geeks & Grounds discussion to dig into Deltarune's Chapter 4! Buckle up folks: there's a LOT to chat about!1:44 - The Pastry Case: LONESTAR, Open Mike Eagle, Curiosmos, and more!20:32 - This Month’s Brew: DELTARUNE24:11 - High Level Thoughts on Chapter 435:50 - Deeeeeeep dive on Chapter 403:55:41 - Schedule change announcement + See you August 5 to kick off "I Was A Teenage Exocolonist"!---------------------------------------------------------------✅Visit Geeks & Grounds' website for our newsletter sign-up, list of games for 2025, Bluesky link, and more: https://www.geeksandgrounds.com ✅Play DELTARUNE on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1671210/DELTARUNE/Dive into the parallel story to UNDERTALE! Fight or spare your way through action-packed battles as you explore a mysterious world alongside an endearing cast of new and familiar characters. Chapters 1-4 will be available on launch, with more planned as free updates!

It's TV Tiiiiiiiiiiiiime! We being the discussion around Deltarune: Chapter 3 -- an episode filled with TV nostalgia, escapism...and more suspicious Ralsei moments? Dive back into this dark world with us! --------------------------------------------------------------✅Visit Geeks & Grounds' website for our newsletter sign-up, list of games for 2025, Bluesky link, and more: https://www.geeksandgrounds.com ✅Play DELTARUNE on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1671210/DELTARUNE/Dive into the parallel story to UNDERTALE! Fight or spare your way through action-packed battles as you explore a mysterious world alongside an endearing cast of new and familiar characters. Chapters 1-4 will be available on launch, with more planned as free updates!---------------------------------------------------------------

We close out the month with a short and sweet game that was absolutely delightful to play: Serre, A visual novel about a girl and an alien drinking tea and falling in love.See you on July 15th after the break with Deltarune: Chapter 3! WAHOO!---------------------------------------------------------------✅Visit Geeks & Grounds' website for our newsletter sign-up, list of games for 2025, Bluesky link, and more: https://www.geeksandgrounds.com ✅Play SERRE on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/35...A visual novel about a girl and an alien drinking tea and falling in love!

Fight facism in Extreme Meatpunks Forever! Today we discuss our third one-shot for the month (Extreme Meatpunks Forever) and discuss demos from Steam NextFest.---------------------------------------------------------------✅Visit Geeks & Grounds' website for our newsletter sign-up, list of games for 2025, Bluesky link, and more: https://www.geeksandgrounds.com ✅Play Extreme Meatpunks Forever on Itch.io: https://hthr.itch.io/extreme-meatpunks-foreverA serial visual novel/mech brawler about four gay disasters beating up neonazis in giant robots made of meat. Get ready for the worst road trip of all time.

Our second week of June one-shots for Pride, and we are in total rom-com mode! Butterfly Soup 2 does NOT disappoint, and we can't wait to share why ~ 00:00 Welcome to Geeks & Grounds!03:46 The Pastry Case: SGF standouts, Xbox handheld thoughts, and Switch 2 FOMO?39:31 This Week's Brew: Butterfly Soup 2 (Non-Spoiler) 46:00 This Week's Brew: Butterfly Soup 2 (Deep Dive) 01:22:13 See you next week with Extreme Meatpunks Forever!---------------------------------------------------------------✅Visit Geeks & Grounds' website for our newsletter sign-up, list of games for 2025, Bluesky link, and more: https://www.geeksandgrounds.com ✅Play Butterfly Soup 2 on itch.io: https://brianna-lei.itch.io/butterfly-soup-2

If you want to be a butterfly, you need to be butterfly soup first! We're kicking off our June of one-shots with Butterfly Soup, and what a DELIGHT this game is to talk about! 00:00 Welcome to Geeks & Grounds3:55 The Pastry Case: Reiterating the Summer Showcases, Consume Me, Dropout Live Show, and more!32:36 This Week's Brew: Butterfly Soup (Non-Spoiler Overview)41:40 Diya01:27:42 Noelle01:33:16 Akarsha01:46:10 Min