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

  • Episode 173: Dungeons & Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun

    December 26th, 2016  |  50 mins 15 secs

    Discussion of a bland D&D game for Genesis gives way to talk about sports, then a little bit about politics. Sorry, we're only human!

  • Episode 172: X-Men: Wolverin'es Rage / Revenge

    December 19th, 2016  |  34 mins 11 secs

    A small error and Marvel's lack of originality has lead to another classic Abject Suffering book report mix-em-up!

  • Episode 171: Cyberia

    December 12th, 2016  |  54 mins 15 secs

    My cyber friends, let us avoid the crunchpunks by plugging this filthy jack into the back of our elbows... Here we are: absorbed within the placentaverse of this vegan dopplersphere.

  • Episode 170: Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days

    December 5th, 2016  |  41 mins 19 secs

    Can gritty presentation save a mediocre third person shooter? We find out what separates the 50 Cents from the rest.

  • Episode 169: Space Ace

    November 28th, 2016  |  32 mins 58 secs

    Our most foul game prototype yet springs from a game that falls in the bottom 5% of everything we've ever covered on this show.

  • Episode 168: Mega Man 3: The Robots Are Revolting

    November 21st, 2016  |  48 mins 42 secs

    Hi, I'm Maga Morn and I'm here to beat the Robert Masters.

  • Episode 167: Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft

    November 14th, 2016  |  39 mins 2 secs

    Inside the case, you find an object so cursed that even Strahd would object to its existence. A dim mist descends.... You are now in Ravenloft.

  • Episode 166: Crazy Frog Racing 2

    November 7th, 2016  |  42 mins 48 secs

    Europe was a mistake.

  • Episode 165: NotGTAV

    October 31st, 2016  |  50 mins 55 secs

    Slight discussion of a super British anti-game quickly gives way to an anxious therapy session about the 2016 US election. You've been forewarned!

  • Episode 164: Gremlins 2: The New Batch

    October 24th, 2016  |  49 mins 17 secs

    We recorded this one in case of emergency, since our great godfather died on Columbus Day

  • Episode 163: Gender Bender DNA Twister Extreme

    October 17th, 2016  |  50 mins 57 secs

    Gotta say this will be a weird one, Syrg. It's a dicey thing to talk about, hopefully we treat the subject matter with a respect that is completely lacking in the original product.

  • Episode 162: Fun 'n' Games

    October 10th, 2016  |  43 mins 43 secs

    Prepare for a game that's better than Mario Paint, if your metric for quality is "number of animal sounds available for music composition".