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Interview – Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick on Thimbleweed Park

Old is old again!

Ron Gilbert is back and this time he’s brought along his old friend and collaborator Gary Winnick to talk about their currently crowd funding adventure game “Thimbleweed Park”. Only 60% of the episode is off topic. A new record!

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Top 5 – Games With Punching

The Power was inside you all along

What a punchy list.

Next Week: Top 5 Games that make you Gamy McGame (Yeah we don’t get it either)

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Episode 135 – We Lost the Episode

Oops

Well this is embarrassing. In today’s episode we talked about a bunch of great subjects. If only we had recorded it properly.

Cheapskate’s Game Club: Digital: A Love Story

Next Week: Wonderputt

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Top 5 – Ways We’d Give Popular Games a Kick in the Pants

 Disparaging the boot is a bootable offense!

Good things are good but could good things be better?

Next week: Top 5 Games with Punching

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Episode 134 – Things We Cooked Up In The Lab

Goo In this episode we discuss the hot new video games Jurassic World and Star Wars: The Force awakens.  We go off topic with some Tales from the Borderlands, Jackbox Party Pack, Strafe and Warframe for a while but then we get right back to blood donation. Cheapskates Games Club: Warframe Next Week: Digital: A Love Story Crowd Funding Picks James: Shooter’s Den Ben: Yes, Your Grace Paul: Blood Sport Grab the episode here or subscribe to us on iTunes. Show notes after the jump. Continue reading

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Top 5 – Games We Wish Were Mobile

So portable!

They’re the video games you love but in your pocket! Or at least it’d be nice if they were in your pocket.  Like James! He fits in some pockets.

Next Week: Top 5 ways we’d give popular games a kick in the pants

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Episode 133 – Holding hands with Miss Swift

Some kind of reference to her music

Taylor Swift makes us say WOW and commits a Grand Theft of the heart in today’s most pop culture embracing episode. Paul talks the most, James a bit less and Ben the least of all. We respect tradition here at the Eight and One Half Bits.

Cheapskate’s Games Club: Photobomb
Next Week: WarFrame (for real this time)

Crowd Funding Picks
James: Thimbleweed Park
Ben: Crossing Souls
Paul: To Azimuth

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Top 5 – Self Improvement Games

Looking Good

I’m already pretty good but maybe I could be a little better.

Next Week: Top 5 Games we wish were mobile

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