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Today we're talking about Perfect Tides by Three Bees! A game about growing up in a resort town and living a life on the early internet.Get Perfect Tides on Steam, GOG, or itch! Check out Meredith Gran's other work on her website and follow her on Bluesky! Wishlist Perfect Tides: Station to Station on Steam!!!---Follow Remy on Bluesky! Check out his work on his website! Check out sunset visitor 斜陽過客's website! Buy 1000xRESIST on Steam or Switch!!!!---Discussed in the episodePerfect Tides (Original Soundtrack) by Daniel Kobylarz on bandcampNextel Chirp on YouTubeDucks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton on Drawn and QuarterlyAdditional linksMeredith Gran on YouTubeFireside Chat featuring Meredith Gran and Tony Howard-Arias by Fellow Traveller on YouTubeMeredith Gran Interview | Perfect Tides: Station To Station by Cressup on YouTube---Visit our website!Support the show on Kofi!Follow us on Twitch!Follow the show on Bluesky!Check out The Worst Garbage Online!---Art by Tara CrawfordTheme music by _amaranthineAdditional sounds by BoqehProduced and edited by AJ Fillari---Timecodes:(00:00) - We're renaming Early Access (00:29) - A normal episode that we are feeling normal about!!!!!!!!!!! (01:38) - What is Perfect Tides? (02:57) - Why Remy chose Perfect Tides (06:24) - Point and Click games (09:41) - The game is honest (19:40) - Shilling for Perfect Tides (21:17) - Perfect Tides by Daniel Kobylarz (21:53) - Mara's family | Spoilers (30:50) - Lily | Spoilers (35:52) - New Reunion by Daniel Kobylarz (36:20) - Lily | Spoilers (40:54) - The Narrator | Spoilers (43:04) - The Jason of it all | Spoilers (48:06) - Staggle and The Internet | Spoilers (01:04:14) - Timothy and Judaism | Spoilers (01:09:38) - Final Fantasy VII Spoilers (for real) | Spoilers (01:12:38) - Calling out a few more specific things | Spoilers (01:14:24) - Big Takeaways (01:15:01) - Chase's Big Takeaway (01:19:46) - Kim's Big Takeaway (01:22:16) - Remy's Big Takeaway (01:29:14) - AJ's Big Takeaway (01:33:57) - That's Perfect Tides! (01:34:17) - Thank you Remy! (01:36:04) - Thank you so much for listening<3 (01:37:15) - Tides Punk by Daniel Kobylarz

02-24

01:38:23

Today we're talking about Donut County by Ben Esposito! A game about delivering donuts(?) and hanging out in a hole underneath your town with everyone that hates you.Buy Donut County on Steam, Playstation, Xbox (also available with Gamepass), GoG, the App Store, or Google Play! Check out Ben Esposito's other work on his website!---Discussed in the episodeDonut County (Original Soundtrack) by Daniel Koestner on album.linkI can't stop pretending to be a sink hole by Joshua Rivera for The Week---Visit our website!Support the show on Kofi!Follow us on Twitch!Follow the show on Bluesky!Check out The Worst Garbage Online!---Art by Tara CrawfordMusic by _amaranthineAdditional sounds by BoqehProduced and edited by AJ Fillari---Timecodes:(00:00) - Welcome to dotRANT (01:47) - AJ, Kim, Chase, and Gerald are here once again! (04:03) - What is Donut County? (13:18) - Talking about the whole Hole-game | Spoilers (16:29) - Surprise it's about capitalism!!! | Spoilers (20:59) - Good levels and mechanics | Spoilers (25:00) - Big Takeaways (25:22) - Chase's Big Takeaway (30:15) - Freak games (31:18) - Kim's Big Takeaway (35:11) - AJ's Big Takeaway (39:01) - That IS the podcast

02-17

43:07

Today we're talking about worm girlfriend dating simulator by Christine Mi! A game about waking up as a worm and flinging yourself wildly around someone else's apartment.Download or play worm girlfriend dating simulator on itch! Check out Christine Mi's other games on itch, and check out her other work on her website!---Listen to Girl Mode! Follow Robin on Bluesky!---Discussed in the episodeYuki's Palpitating, Passionate, Phenomenal, and quite frankly Proficient quest for a (hot) girlfriend!!! by milkky on itch.ioPixel Puzzle Makeout League by Rude Ghost by Rude Ghost on itch.ioHatoful Boyfriend by Mediatonic and Hato Moa on SteamDream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator by Game Grumps on Steamthe mountain is as it always was by Christine Mi on itch.iomonarch by Christine Mi on itch.io---Visit our website!Support the show on Kofi!Follow us on Twitch!Follow the show on Bluesky!Check out The Worst Garbage Online!---Art by Tara CrawfordMusic by _amaranthineAdditional sounds by BoqehProduced and edited by AJ Fillari---Timecodes:(00:00) - Kim I swear it was a joke I love you so much (00:29) - Not your father's guest spot (03:07) - What is worm girlfriend dating simulator (NOT PORN) (05:00) - Worms can't commit time theft (05:34) - The controls are the main antagonist of the game (08:33) - It's hard bein a worm that everyone thinks is cute (10:23) - More like SOILers | Spoiler (13:01) - No spoilers, just worm facts (14:44) - Anyway back to the ending | Spoilers (16:26) - Spoilers for Yuki's Palpitating, Passionate, Phenomenal, and Quite Frankly Proficient Quest for a Hot Girlfriend (18:19) - Spoilers for Pixel Puzzle Makeout League (19:34) - More dating sims (25:31) - Christine Mi's other games (27:39) - Big Takeaways (27:52) - Robin's Big Takeaway (29:07) - Kim's Big Takeaway (31:03) - AJ's Big Takeaway (33:30) - Wow we talked about the video game!

02-10

37:32

☕You can hear AJ's entire VOID 1680 AM playthrough/broadcast on our Kofi page for just $5!☕ If you just want to listen to the playlists of music from Kim and AJ's playthroughs you can follow the links down below!---Today we're talking about VOID 1680 AM by Bannerless Games! A game about making a playlist and deep music library introspection.Get VOID 1680 AM digtally on itch and physically on Bannerless Games' shop! Check out Bannerless Games' other work on itch and follow Ken Lowery on Bluesky!---Discussed in the episodeVOID 1680 AM stream archive playlist on YouTubeA Science Odyssey: Radio Transmission: FM vs AM on PBS.orgKim's playlistAJ's playlistAdditional linksBannerless Games on YouTubeBannerless Games on Linktree---Visit our website!Support the show on Kofi!Follow us on Twitch!Follow the show on Bluesky!Check out The Worst Garbage Online!---Art by Tara CrawfordMusic by _amaranthineAdditional sounds by BoqehProduced and edited by AJ Fillari---Timecodes:(00:00) - Name me a problem eating a bagel coulnd't fix. I'll wait. (01:18) - Shoutout to the Gerald-heads (02:19) - What is VOID1680 AM (08:22) - Surprise! You've been listening to music for a long time! (13:20) - The game felt different (18:09) - Kim's playthrough (34:22) - AJ's playthrough (01:00:40) - Fun game!! (01:01:04) - Big Takeaways (01:01:09) - Kim's Big Takeaway (01:02:09) - AJ's Big Takeaway (01:03:39) - Tell us about things on our website!?

02-03

01:06:36

☕The member version of this episode has an extra TEN MINUTES of pre-show conversation. To hear the whole convo you can back on Kofi for just $5/month!☕Today we're talking about Nested by Ortiel! A game about opening menus and finding God. This game was suggest be Amet! Thank you Amet!Play Nested in your browser! Keep up with Ortiel on their website!---Discussed in the episodeCookie Clicker'Eggman Game' Full Sketch | I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson on YouTubePowers of Ten™ (1977) by Eames Office LLC on YouTube---Visit our website!Support the show on Kofi!Follow us on Twitch!Follow the show on Bluesky!Check out The Worst Garbage Online!---Art by Tara CrawfordMusic by _amaranthineAdditional sounds by BoqehProduced and edited by AJ Fillari---Timecodes:(00:00) - Stray Kids and local holidays (01:55) - To learn more about the mummer's day parade join our Kofi! (or search it up I guess) (03:10) - Yaaaaaay... (03:51) - What is Nested? (05:25) - Shoutout to Amet! (06:30) - Have we all played Cookie Clicker? (08:22) - Nested. (13:07) - Time to get existential (21:13) - Who are WE? (24:36) - Zooming out (26:15) - Time for Controversy (32:05) - You gotta shift focus to see the beauty of the universe. Wow. (33:52) - A shipment of Big Takeaways is arriving (34:30) - AJ's Big Takeaway (35:04) - Chase's Big Takeaway (37:41) - Kim's Big Takeaway (39:47) - Thank you Amet!! (39:56) - Cookie Clicker check-in (41:09) - Thank you for listening!

01-27

44:04

Today we're talking about Melatonin by half asleep games! A game about trying to sleep and dreaming in triplet rhythms.Get Melatonin on Steam, Switch, or PS5! Keep up with half asleep on their website! Follow them on Bluesky!---Discussed in the episodeTechnology by cademakesmusic on YouTubeMelatonin 2xLP on iam8bitAdditional linksMelatonin Deluxe OST on the streaming platform of your choice---Visit our website!Support the show on Kofi!Follow us on Twitch!Follow the show on Bluesky!Check out The Worst Garbage Online!---Art by Tara CrawfordMusic by _amaranthineAdditional sounds by BoqehProduced and edited by AJ Fillari---Timecodes:(00:00) - An onslaught of disease and sponsors (02:15) - What is Melatonin (03:39) - We've got rhythm (and accessibility options) (08:17) - Levels that got us (15:50) - Is there a story? (22:44) - Are there *ever* stories? (25:30) - The game is good! (29:09) - Woops we're still goin (30:03) - Chase's Big Takeaway (35:26) - Kim's Big Takeaway (38:53) - AJ's Big Takeaway (40:55) - Another zippy in the pants!

01-20

45:41

Today we're talking about Lake Minnewaska by Bait Shack! A game about fishing and avoidance!Get Lake Minnewaska for FREE on Steam!---Discussed in the episodeThe Worst Game Jam on the TWG Discord server!In the TWG server, navigate to the "GAMES FORUMS" category, go to the "games-events" forum, and join "The Worst Game Jam (Jan 11-19 2025)"Gamers with only little time curator list on SteamWE ARE INDIEDEV! BAIT SHACK by Heart of Neon on YouTubeUSC Games publisher list on Steam---Visit our website!Support the show on Kofi!Follow us on Twitch!Follow the show on Bluesky!Check out The Worst Garbage Online!---Art by Tara CrawfordMusic by _amaranthineAdditional sounds by BoqehProduced and edited by AJ Fillari---Timecodes:(00:00) - Check out the Worst Game Jam!!! (01:10) - Kim is surprised (02:57) - What is Lake Minnewaska? (05:46) - Student games (13:14) - Okay, it's spoiler time (24:37) - Big Takeaways (24:55) - AJ's Big Takeaway (26:13) - Kim's Big Takeaway (31:55) - Thanks for listening!

01-13

34:55

On this RAM, Kim ranks her top 10 Games of 2024! Bet you’ll never guess what #1 is…---Visit our website!Support the show on Kofi!Follow us on Twitch!Follow the show on Bluesky!Check out The Worst Garbage Online!---Art by Tara CrawfordMusic by _amaranthineAdditional sounds by BoqehProduced and edited by AJ Fillari---Timecodes:(00:00) - Welcome to the Kim of the Year! (00:21) - KOTY '24: Fuck it, we ball (02:47) - KOTY #10 (04:11) - KOTY #9 (05:03) - KOTY #8 (06:12) - KOTY #7 (06:22) - KOTY #6 (07:38) - KOTY #5 (09:43) - KOTY #4 (13:10) - KOTY #3 (14:23) - KOTY #2 (16:08) - 1000xRESIST, duh (16:32) - Honorable mentions (22:34) - Thank you for caring!

01-10

24:28

Today we're talking about Minami Lane by Doot and Blibloop! A game about the creating utopia one boba shop at a time, and highlighting the flaws of milquetoast politics!Get Minami Lane on Steam or Switch! Keep up with Cozy Game Pal's work on their website! ---Discussed in the episodeThe Overton Window on Wikipedia---Visit our website!Support the show on Kofi!Follow us on Twitch!Follow the show on Bluesky!Check out The Worst Garbage Online!---Art by Tara CrawfordMusic by _amaranthineAdditional sounds by BoqehProduced and edited by AJ Fillari---Timecodes:(00:00) - The children yearn for overcooked poultry (00:57) - Happy New Zip! (02:36) - What is Minami Lane (05:59) - Please lord let this come to mobile (09:34) - How this fits into the management genre (18:17) - How this fits into real life city management (24:53) - AJ's Big Takeaway (28:01) - Kim's Big Takeaway (29:46) - Chase's Big Takeaway (34:46) - Chase 2028: Building fucking trains already (36:13) - Thanks for listening!

01-06

39:04

Today we're talking about 28 video games by a bunch of different people! Join us as we arbitrarily draft all the games we've played this year! Thank you so much for listening! See you next year!!!!!---Discussed in the episodevideo game.---Visit our website!Support the show on Kofi!Follow us on Twitch!Follow the show on Bluesky!Check out The Worst Garbage Online!---Art by Tara CrawfordMusic by _amaranthineAdditional sounds by BoqehProduced and edited by AJ Fillari---Timecodes:(00:00) - Bubblegut (01:05) - Welcome to Zip of the Year! (02:05) - What is ZOTY? (04:37) - Solving a numbers problem (08:20) - More rules (09:29) - Let's ado it (09:37) - There will be mostly no spoilers!!!!! (09:50) - You guys ever hear of video game? (10:08) - Chase's #1 (13:20) - Kim's #1 (16:37) - AJ's #1 (21:00) - AJ's #2 (24:09) - Kim's #2 (26:49) - Chase's #2 (30:30) - fart.piss check-in #1 (31:29) - Chase's #3 (37:46) - Kim's #3 (41:00) - AJ's #3 (41:59) - SURPRISE fart.piss update #2 (42:20) - AJ's #3 (46:05) - AJ's #4 (47:57) - Kim's #4 (52:05) - Chase's #4 (54:57) - Chase's #5 (59:23) - Kim's #5 (01:02:52) - fart.piss check-in #3 (01:03:07) - AJ's #5 (01:08:06) - AJ's #6 (01:12:28) - Kim's #6 (01:15:20) - Chase's #6 (01:18:18) - Chase's #7 (01:23:06) - INTERMISSION (01:25:57) - Kim's #7 (01:30:03) - AJ's #7 (01:39:32) - AJ's #8 (01:41:27) - fart.piss mini (01:41:43) - AJ's #8 (01:42:03) - Kim's #8 (01:45:05) - Chase's #8 (01:48:51) - Chase's #9 (01:52:31) - Kim's #9 (01:55:47) - AJ's #9 (01:59:35) - The baby (02:01:30) - That's all of em! (02:03:26) - Big Takeaways (02:10:38) - See you next year!!!

12-30

02:13:09

This episode is brought you by our Kofi members! To hear the entire episode head over to our kofi page and become a member for as little as $5!---Today we're talking about Call of Duty 1, 2, and 3 by infinity ward and Treyarch! Games about the horrors of war and how cool it is to be the guy that wins the war.Discussed in the episodeHow Call of Duty turned war into a circus by Pat Gill for Polygon on YouTubeanti-war films don't exist. by It's Just Cinema on YouTubeQuote from Grant Collier of Infinity Ward about Call of Duty 2 in this piece on IGNThe Games Behind Your Government's Next War by People Make Games on YouTube---Visit our website!Support the show on Kofi!Follow us on Twitch!Follow the show on Bluesky!Check out The Worst Garbage Online!---Art by Tara CrawfordMusic by _amaranthineAdditional sounds by BoqehProduced and edited by AJ Fillari---Timecodes:(00:00) - Secret eagle (00:29) - Welcome to Call of Doty!!! (00:51) - Thank you to our kofi members!!!!!!!! (02:26) - So Call of Duty... (11:40) - Setting the stage (13:08) - Call of Duty (32:15) - Call of Duty 2 (47:50) - Hear the full episode on our Kofi page!

12-23

48:52

🚨CONTENT WARNING FOR GROOMING AND IMPLIED ASSAULT OF MINORS🚨Today Kim and AJ are talking about Fear the Spotlight by Cozy Game Pals! A game about the horrors of being perceived and the joys of being perceived.Get Fear the Spotlight on Steam, Switch, Xbox, or Playstation! Keep up with Cozy Game Pal's work on their website! ---Discussed in the episodeBlumhouse Games websiteI couldn't find a link to the exact quote that Kim brings up, so here's the Woman of the Hour Rotten Tomatoes page. You can watch the movie on NetflixFear The Spotlight Review - Blumhouse's First Video Game Is Best Enjoyed As An Intro To Horror by Mark Delaney for Gamespot---Visit our website!Support the show on Kofi!Follow us on Twitch!Follow the show on Bluesky!Check out The Worst Garbage Online!---Art by Tara CrawfordMusic by _amaranthineAdditional sounds by BoqehProduced and edited by AJ Fillari---Timecodes:(00:00) - dotNog (01:29) - Ringo's here! (03:57) - What is Fear the Spotlight? (07:54) - Why do we come to horror games? (11:49) - How this game is scary (14:09) - Talking about the puzzles briefly (16:26) - Fearing the Spoilerlight | Spoilers (38:12) - ??? | Spoilers (54:25) - The ending | Spoilers (57:25) - Big Takeaways (57:43) - Kim's Big Takeaway (58:51) - AJ's Big Takeaway (01:01:26) - Cool

12-16

01:05:24

🚨CONTENT WARNINGS FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT, SUICIDE, ALCOHOL ABUSE, BODY HORROR, AND HALLUCINATIONS🚨Today Chase and AJ are talking about Mouthwashing by Wrong Organ! A game about taking responsibility by completely ignoring the thing that you did wrong and also shipping. This game was suggested by Brady AND Hare! Thanks Brady and Hare!Get Mouthwashing on Steam! Keep up with Wrong Organ's work on their website! ---Discussed in the episodeTulpar on WikipediaAdditional LinksYou Are Missing the Point of Mouthwashing. by AlleyDreamer on YouTubeAnya in the Eyes of MOUTHWASHING || Wrong Organ analysis by stigmatawood on YouTubeThis Horror Game Hates You | Mouthwashing Analysis by Catharsis on YouTubeMouthwashing and Capitalism - An Analysis by unajoy on YouTubeI Hope This Hurts: Mouthwashing Through A Disabled Lens by Jim Sterling on YouTubeDead pixel scene (animated) by Hero DZN on YouTube---Visit our website!Support the show on Kofi!Follow us on Twitch!Follow the show on Bluesky!Check out The Worst Garbage Online!---Art by Tara CrawfordMusic by _amaranthineAdditional sounds by BoqehProduced and edited by AJ Fillari---Timecodes:(00:00) - Video Games: The Musical (01:52) - Shoutout to Brady and Hare for the rec!!! (04:20) - What is Mouthwashing? (06:40) - I hope this hurts (10:24) - Generally talking about the game (13:29) - Listen to Girl Mode's ep! (17:05) - CW: sexual assault, suicide, alcohol abuse, body horror, hallucinations (18:26) - The game is a lot | Spoilers (55:00) - What is a Big Takeaway? (56:02) - AJ's Big Takeaway (58:50) - Chase's Big Takeaway (01:06:00) - Video games! (01:09:07) - Wrapping up

12-09

01:12:10

Today Kim and AJ are talking about The Yawhg by Damian Sommer and Emily (E.M.) Carroll!  A game about impending doom and how we can all help each other recover in the aftermath. This game was suggested by Lou! Thanks Lou!Get The Yawhg on Steam! Check out Damian Sommers' other work on their website! Check out E.M. Carrol's other work on their website! ---Discussed in the episodeThe Yawhg EP by Ryan Roth, Halina Heron on bandcamp---Visit our website!Support the show on Kofi!Follow us on Twitch!Follow the show on Bluesky!Check out The Worst Garbage Online!---Art by Tara CrawfordMusic by _amaranthineAdditional sounds by BoqehProduced and edited by AJ Fillari---Timecodes:(00:00) - More like Godzilla Plus Ass amirite? (01:02) - Shoutout to Lou for this rec! (01:56) - What is The Yawhg? (04:40) - Techincally you can play this game together (06:34) - We played separately (08:59) - The stats and events (13:47) - 'The Yawgh' by Emily Carroll (16:32) - The "best" ending | Spoilers (18:59) - The random events | Spoilers (23:45) - CW: Mention of suicide | Spoilers (25:05) - The writing can be DARK | Spoilers (28:03) - That's it tbh! (29:29) - Big Takeaways (29:41) - Kim's Big Takeaway (33:40) - AJ's Big Takeaway (36:48) - You cannot do all the good the world needs, but the world needs all the good that you can do!!!!!!!!!!! (37:30) - Wrapping up

12-02

42:31

Today we're talking about Slay the Princess by Black Tabby Games! A love story about the death of the author and the death of YOU. This game was suggested by Brady! Thanks Brady!!Get Slay the Princess on itch.io, Steam, Switch, Playstation and Xbox! Check out Black Tabby Games' other work on their website!---Discussed in the episodeGaslight, Gatekeep, Goddess by Girl ModeDimension 20: Neverafter TrailerFerdinand von Aegir - Works | Archive of Our OwnFrieren: Beyond Journey's End Book Series on thriftbooks.comSlay the Princess (Original Game Soundtrack) by Brandon Boone on bandcampOther linksWhat's the deal with Slay the Princess? by Katie and Catburger on YouTubeHow The Pristine Cut Makes Slay the Princess Even Better by Zuldim on YouTube---Visit our website!Support the show on Kofi!Follow us on Twitch!Follow the show on Bluesky!Check out The Worst Garbage Online!---Art by Tara CrawfordMusic by _amaranthineAdditional sounds by BoqehProduced and edited by AJ Fillari---Timecodes:(00:00) - Submit your egg pics on the Discord (00:41) - Egg the Princess (01:43) - What is Slay the Princess? (02:47) - This game is hard to not spoil (08:23) - The voice acting, the writing, the music, the art: it's all good!!!!!!!!! (11:19) - Chase elaborates | Spoilers (14:41) - Storytelling and expectations | Spoilers (19:37) - Checking in | Spoilers (24:26) - Who is the narrator? | Spoilers (27:25) - Stories that stuck out | Spoilers (37:20) - More things we like | Spoilers (39:36) - What'd you do? | Spoilers (42:37) - What do we make of the narrator/player relationship | Spoilers (53:38) - Big Takeaways (53:41) - AJ's Big Takeaway (56:54) - Chase's Big Takeaway (59:03) - Kim's Big Takeaway (01:02:44) - We're excited to play more!!! (01:04:48) - Wrapping up