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 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.
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Episode 361: Saban's Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue
August 3rd, 2020 | 55 mins 10 secs
We head back to the Power Rangers well to learn more about what teens do on the moon.
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Episode 360: Mr. Maze
July 27th, 2020 | 55 mins 54 secs
The conflict that will tear the network apart.
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Episode 359: The Sopranos: Road to Respect
July 20th, 2020 | 49 mins 29 secs
We didn't know there was a Sopranos game, and neither did you, probably.
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Episode 358: Eternal Champions
July 13th, 2020 | 38 mins 37 secs
Gary's favorite game! He says it! He can't take it back!
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Episode 357: Executive Suite
July 6th, 2020 | 35 mins 3 secs
This little businessman sim is actually pretty good, so we do a kind of job interview of our own.
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Episode 356: Receiver
June 29th, 2020 | 57 mins 21 secs
An indie game with a simple premise: highlight how much regular video games make using a gun look easier than it actually is.
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Episode 355: Cyber Stadium Series: Base Wars
June 22nd, 2020 | 40 mins 21 secs
We really got cheated when it came to extreme sports. It's all just crotch hugs, with very few robots in sight.
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Episode 354: Popeye (ZX Spectrum)
June 15th, 2020 | 43 mins 31 secs
The Popeye universe is more vast and more pointless than we initially imagined.