Abject Suffering
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About the show
This is a podcast that's nominally about bad games. In reality, it's about the horror of daily life, GameFAQs Gold, strange combatants in the battle of Good vs. Evil, and a singular patriarch known only as Crick. Every Monday, Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross choose a game at random from the titles submitted by listeners, play it, and venture off on a freeform discussion that winds between the topic at hand, and the absurd.
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Episodes
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Episode 377: Baldi's Basics
November 23rd, 2020 | 48 mins 56 secs
Baldi rules this school with an iron fist.
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Episode 376: Ariel the Little Mermaid
November 16th, 2020 | 39 mins 5 secs
Games don't get better down where it's wetter.
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Episode 374: Arctic alive
November 2nd, 2020 | 27 mins 41 secs
That capitalization is not a typo, that's how the game is listed on Steam.
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Episode 373: Whiteboyz Wit' Attitude: The Pursuit of Money
October 26th, 2020 | 40 mins 45 secs
We need to re-calibrate what constitutes an "Abject Suffering Emergency".
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Episode 372: Rockstar!
October 19th, 2020 | 41 mins 35 secs
You are wise to reject this heroin I'm offering you. You have passed the test.
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Episode 370: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
October 5th, 2020 | 26 mins 11 secs
They turned a good book into a very frustrating text adventure.
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Episode 368: Reisdent Evil 0
September 21st, 2020 | 47 mins 9 secs
Warm up your pipes, you opera singing leeches, because we're going to talk about the game that we blame for murdering classic-style Resident Evil experiences.
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Episode 367: Castlevania Judgment
September 14th, 2020 | 38 mins 51 secs
It's very hard to be a Castlevania fan.
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Episode 366: Swords & Darkness
September 7th, 2020 | 32 mins 16 secs
Demon's Souls meets River City Ransom, but godawful.
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Episode 365: It Came From the Desert
August 31st, 2020 | 58 mins 47 secs
This week Gary brings a character with a very ill-advised product pitch, then we get into talking about this charming and not-fun Cinemaware game about ants. Please stow your picnic baskets.
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Episode 364: Kingdom O' Magic
August 24th, 2020 | 48 mins 12 secs
Probably one of the most hideous games we've covered for the show?
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Episode 363: Industrial Spy: Operation Espionage
August 17th, 2020 | 51 mins 54 secs
A baffling game gives way to a discussion on obstinate linguistics.
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Episode 362: Blazing Dragons
August 10th, 2020 | 1 hr 3 mins
We use this kind of okay point and click adventure game as an excuse to eat stunt food. Warning: Mouth sounds abound.