Episodes

  • Djinn Diesel
    Oct 19 2025

    Ben and Trevor take some random movies and riff on them until they become video games! This time they come up with games such as:

    play as the bumbling bartender companion to super spy Jane Bond;

    wander through the wasteland as a mercenary who says Yes to everything;

    discover a mystery laid out by a psychic;

    and more!

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    38 mins
  • Live from PAX 2025
    Oct 12 2025

    Ben and Trev once again braved the wild crowds at PAX and recorded a podcast, high above the handheld and jackbox areas of PAX. They discuss games that should really belong at PAX had they ever been made. The games discussed this year are:

    • A generational colony ship arrives at a planet that has already been colonised many years before thanks to evolved technology
    • A lazy river trek turns dangerous on the trip back
    • A sentient battery must ensure it can stay charged through an adventure.

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    34 mins
  • Rip The Gnome (PAUCKS 2025 Special)
    Oct 5 2025

    Ben and Trevor were kindly invited to PAUCKS, the Dark Web focused game expo as part of Melbourne International Games Week, and they took a look at a bunch of games!

    Just to mention a few:

    Super Sexy Cricket Nitro

    Tiger Woods Gnome Dancers

    Royal Hammer of Fury

    and more!

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    37 mins
  • Sheriff of Neo Naarm
    Sep 28 2025

    Ben and Trev once again utilise random movies to come up with movie tie in games, that either don't tie in, or tie in around as loose as many of the 90's SNES era games do at least. The games discussed were:

    • Protect cattle from from Dracula's
    • Navigate the exciting world of stand up comedy as two teenage girls in a Life is Strange esque adventure
    • Investigate the recent spate of wealthy billionaires donating all their money to charity... oh and the murder that also occurred.

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    32 mins
  • The Source
    Sep 21 2025

    Ben and Trev spend the entire episode on a late night fever dream of Ben's. The game discussed is very Roottrees are dead and Return of the Obra Dinn inspired, but involving super heroes and super villains, and uncovering their secret identities.

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    36 mins
  • Car Pod
    Sep 14 2025

    With Ben and Trev driving to a relaxing weekend away with friends, they realised they hadn't yet recorded this weeks podcast. They discuss wonderful game ideas while Ben drives the car and Trev sits idly by. The game ideas discussed were:

    • An anxiety enducing fire control game
    • 3d space pinball with ships
    • A Dishonoured / Renfield inspired game where you look after a vampire

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    33 mins
  • Breaking the Speed of Ground
    Sep 7 2025

    Ben and Trevor use the release of Silksong as a prompt to create some classic platformers and metroidvanias, using random movies as a prompt. Discover games such as:

    Garfield - the MegaDrive/Genesis 90s platformer,

    The Cable Guy - a metroidvania with inspiration from Metroid Dredd,

    Ghost World - a game about discovering your ghostly abilities to unlock further levels,

    and more!

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    33 mins
  • Bread Child
    Aug 31 2025

    With 2nd Brackey's Game Jam just having finished for 2025, Ben and Trev take the theme of the jam and discuss some game ideas incorporating the theme. The theme for this year was "Risk it for the Biscuit." The games discussed include:

    • A Grant Grover adventure game investigating counterfeit augments.
    • A game set in the Tower of Babylon.
    • A precision platformer with a retry mechanic.

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    32 mins