Gary Butterfield

Episode 194: Grime (Part 4)

November 14th, 2021  |  Season 11  |  1 hr 11 mins

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This week we conclude our discussion of Grime, the superlative Soulslike where you play as a rock man with a black hole head.

Episode 193: Grime (Part 3)

October 31st, 2021  |  Season 11  |  59 mins 35 secs

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Our unnamed rock man with a black hole for a head continues his journey up and into the realm of the Carven, learning more about the life cycle of the rockborn of this world.

Episode 192: Grime (Part 2)

October 17th, 2021  |  Season 11  |  1 hr 7 mins

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This week we continue playing the excellent Soulsike Metroidvania game Grime, heading through the rock nursery of Lithic before meeting the godlike Shidra and venturing into the meaty, nervy bowels where the Feasters dwell.

Episode 191: Grime (Part 1)

October 3rd, 2021  |  Season 11  |  1 hr 11 mins

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Grime is a brand new, very strange Soulslike that we really recommend you try out.

Episode 190: Souls YouTubers

September 19th, 2021  |  Season 11  |  38 mins 58 secs

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This week we have a special episode where we survey some Dark Souls Youtube creators that we've enjoyed recently.

Appendix: Ashen

September 12th, 2021  |  Season 11  |  29 mins 1 sec

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You wrote in with your thoughts about Ashen, and they helped clarify our own dim view of the game's merits.

Episode 189: Ashen (Part 3)

September 5th, 2021  |  Season 11  |  1 hr 21 mins

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You should be warned that we're really cranky in this one.

Episode 188: Ashen (Part 2)

August 22nd, 2021  |  Season 11  |  1 hr 22 mins

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This week we continue our discussion of Ashen, the indie Souls-like that's open world, made for co-op, built around side quests, and has terrible, terrible dungeons.

Episode 187: Ashen (Part 1)

August 8th, 2021  |  Season 11  |  58 mins 50 secs

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We begin our new series on Ashen by talking about the game's generalities, and fighting through the first boss.

Episode 186: Bonfireside Chat Incepted

August 1st, 2021  |  Season 11  |  46 mins 39 secs

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We need a little more time to get more Ashen under our belts, so this week we present something from the archives... The first time Gary and Kole really talked about Dark Souls.

Episode 185: Soulslikes in Review (Part 2)

July 18th, 2021  |  Season 11  |  1 hr 9 mins

We return for a new survey and review episode, continuing our look back at all of the non-Souls games we've covered for the show.

Episode 184: Soulslikes in Review (Part 1)

July 4th, 2021  |  Season 11  |  1 hr 13 mins

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This is a different kind of episode for us, because instead of talking about one game in depth, we're looking back at all of the non-Souls games we've covered for the show and asking ourselves two questions: Would we recommend you play these today?