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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574: X-Perts (Genesis)
September 9th, 2024 | 35 mins 10 secs
Gonna be honest, it’s weird to record an episode that stays on topic like this one does. Everyone remembers the Eternal Champions, right? A franchise beloved enough that it got two character-specific spinoffs before Mortal Kombat got even one? X-Perts (unrelated to the X-Men) is in the running for one of the worst beat-em-ups we’ve covered for the show, which is really saying something.
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573: Cabela's Dangerous Hunts
September 2nd, 2024 | 34 mins 58 secs
Behold, the Nega-Bear. It exists within and without our dimension. Do not try to shut your eyes, as the Nega-Bear moves faster when it is not perceived.
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572: Power Blade (NES)
August 26th, 2024 | 42 mins 25 secs
I hate to say, but sometimes you just have to respect somebody with that many muscles.
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571: ESWAT: City Under Siege
August 19th, 2024 | 39 mins 14 secs
Now to play a nice relaxing game where cops beat up... the incarcerated. Hmm.
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570: Between Heaven and Hell
August 12th, 2024 | 46 mins 7 secs
Here is a list of your sins: You never used that coupon. Your wallet smells funny. You don't clean your phone.
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569: Forklift Load
August 5th, 2024 | 39 mins 55 secs
Well, I don't see why the devs had to make it sexual.
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568: Shining Nikki - Fashion Makeover
July 30th, 2024 | 38 mins 34 secs
I... I'm told this is a fashion game, somehow?
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567: Dark Summit
July 22nd, 2024 | 45 mins 5 secs
Spies! Snowboarding! Uh... yeah, we don't get it either.
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566: Oni
July 15th, 2024 | 49 mins 21 secs
I was suckered into playing this game because I got a comic book that was just an advertisement.
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565: Who Wants to Beat Up a Millionaire?
July 8th, 2024 | 39 mins 22 secs
How can a game about beating up rich people be so unfun?
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564: Bubba 'n' Stix
July 1st, 2024 | 34 mins 44 secs
There is something very unsettling about a tree with legs.
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