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

  • 513: RLH: Run Like Hell

    July 10th, 2023  |  41 mins 4 secs

    Personally, I'm not really sure how, exactly, Hell runs.

  • 512: Monkey Magic

    July 3rd, 2023  |  41 mins 23 secs

    Despite it's original and unique title, you have heard the story of this game before.

  • 511: Mad Donna

    June 26th, 2023  |  37 mins 48 secs

    Game Introduction

    Finish one labyrinth and you will be rewarded with a picture of the top half of a woman. Complete two labyrinths to be able to view the entire picture which is approximately 2.5 times larger than the screen. Move the joystick up and down to pan across the image. The game has 15 pictures and a total of 30 stages.

  • 510: Poinie's Poin

    June 19th, 2023  |  34 mins 41 secs

    Not a typo.

  • 509: Umbrella Corps.

    June 12th, 2023  |  33 mins 53 secs

    Gary and Kole review delicious, entirely edible Uncrustables.

  • 508: Ed Edd 'n Eddy: The MisEdventures (PS2)

    June 5th, 2023  |  42 mins 7 secs

    It's Edcruciating.

  • 507: Muscle Giants

    May 29th, 2023  |  34 mins 36 secs

    Okay, but imagine more muscles. More. MORE, DAMN YOU!

  • 506: Wild 9

    May 22nd, 2023  |  37 mins 18 secs

    Please do not listen before listening to Wild 1-5, and 7-8. You can skip 6 and 0.

  • 505: Shadow Man: 2econd Coming

    May 15th, 2023  |  35 mins 9 secs

    7h1s 1s 0n3 y0u d0n'7 w4n7 70 m1ss, f0lk5.

  • 504: Astyanax

    May 8th, 2023  |  36 mins 51 secs

    I had to check the title five times to make sure I spelled it right. Whoever was in charge of localizing this game made some interesting naming choices.

  • 503: Yerr Out!

    May 1st, 2023  |  33 mins 53 secs

    Finally a game that answers the question, why do we pay professional athletes when there's a perfectly good bear right there?

  • 502: Creature Shock

    April 24th, 2023  |  36 mins 24 secs

    "The game was one of the first extensive CD-ROM titles and used full-motion video for both cutscene and interactive portions. It is over a gigabyte in size over two discs." --Wikipedia