Discussion: [Indie Game] (spoilers!)

It’s another new series of Discussion: [Indie Game] (spoilers!)For this run of episodes, Rik and Jo are discussing several indie games featuring some kind of road trip. There are no spoilers in this introduction, although our hosts will reveal the specific games up for discussion, after they chat about what they’ve been up to since the last series and run through an unscientific selection of their favourite films featuring road trips. Also covered: Rik’s surprising substitute for Mario in a console-free household, a very clear statement of our position on Top Gear, and quite a lot of rambling about various old driving games.Plus, which 90s music video featured Kate Moss pushing a bald man’s face into a bowl of cereal? (There could be more than one, come to think of it).Links:Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discussiongamespoilersBuy a book about English cricket in the 90s: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0HF264FSJWatch the Kate Moss/cereal video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xBzYsE4y1kMusic for this podcast is by VOiD1 Gaming: https://www.void1gaming.com/

It’s the end of term at Discussion: [Indie Game] (spoilers!) and Rik and Jo celebrate with a bumper size chat about Swedish thriller The Samaritan Paradox.PhD student Ord Salamon is aimlessly bored and putting off writing his thesis when his friend Magnus calls him with some positive encouragement to read a book: specifically, the book Magnus lent Ord a little while ago.It’s not a game about reading a book though… Well, it sort of is, actually, but in between reading, Ord is drawn into an increasingly complex tale of danger, intrigue and mystery. Topics under discussion also include having plans for a horse, whether a saw or a snore is louder, and what happens if you try drying wet and dirty clothes with an iron.***KLAXON!*** ***SPOILER KLAXON!*** This podcast features spoilers for The Samaritan Paradox.Links:Follow us on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discussiongamespoilersBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/discussionspoilers.bsky.socialWishlist/buy The Samaritan Paradox:Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/283180/The_Samaritan_Paradox/GOG: https://www.gog.com/en/game/the_samaritan_paradoxMusic for this podcast is by VOiD1 Gaming: https://www.void1gaming.com/

Rik and Jo return to complete Shardlight. Did our hosts leave Amy in some kind of situation last week? Was it a good or bad situation? And does she manage to change her circumstances at all, if indeed she wants to? Trying to avoid specifics is quite tricky when you’re midway through a game. But once this episode is over, Rik and Jo will have reached the end of Shardlight, and given you a brief appraisal of it: that’s the Discussion: [Indie Game] (spoilers!) guarantee. There’s a few grisly details to poke through, and the word ‘pustules’ is even used at one point. Plus, there’s discussion of whether Darth Vader ever told anyone to ‘see HR on Monday’, and if you should drink a liquid that you find under a bench just because the leader of a cult told you to. ***KLAXON!*** ***SPOILER KLAXON!*** This podcast features spoilers for Shardlight.Links:Follow us on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discussiongamespoilersBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/discussionspoilers.bsky.socialWishlist/buy Shardlight:Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/336130/Shardlight/GOG: https://www.gog.com/en/game/shardlightMusic for this podcast is by VOiD1 Gaming: https://www.void1gaming.com/

It’s back to the future again for this week’s episode. Do Rik and Jo find themselves in an optimistic utopia, or is it another bleak vision of a broken future? It’s the latter, of course, as today’s game is Shardlight, which begins with protagonist Amy Wellard doing an extremely dangerous job for rich men in silly outfits in exchange for the chance of vaccination against a terminal illness. Our hosts also discuss V for Vendetta, hunky topless butchers, and whether Jagged Alliance 2 really was the reason that Rik didn’t have a girlfriend in the 90s. ***KLAXON!*** ***SPOILER KLAXON!*** This podcast features spoilers for Shardlight.Links:Follow us on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discussiongamespoilersBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/discussionspoilers.bsky.socialWishlist/buy Shardlight:Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/336130/Shardlight/GOG: https://www.gog.com/en/game/shardlightMusic for this podcast is by VOiD1 Gaming: https://www.void1gaming.com/

Rik and Jo are back with Alfie Banks this week, just as he takes up a new job, his first task for which involves visiting a bakery. From this point, things rapidly get out of hand for Alfie, although he doesn’t really seem to notice until it’s much too late.In this episode, you can also enjoy an extremely dubious attempt at a generic ‘mob guy’ accent, Rik’s work in progress stand-up comedy routine about how estate agents aren’t that honest, and Jo invoking a family member’s baffled reaction to the film Eat Pray Love. ***KLAXON!*** ***SPOILER KLAXON!*** This podcast features spoilers for A Golden Wake. Links:Follow us on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discussiongamespoilersBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/discussionspoilers.bsky.socialWishlist/buy A Golden Wake:Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/307570/A_Golden_Wake/GOG: https://www.gog.com/en/game/a_golden_wakeMusic for this podcast is by VOiD1 Gaming: https://www.void1gaming.com/