RedCircle VERIFY_TOKEN_7fc6276a-d4c8-4fd6-b30f-1bec75dcd380 -- Rendered At Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:45:34 +0000 The FUNCAST! https://redcircle.com/shows/the-funcast en The Fungineers! The Fungineers! The Fungineers get together to talk about the video games and other nonsense. 7fc6276a-d4c8-4fd6-b30f-1bec75dcd380 episodic no The Fungineers! funcastahoy@gmail.com https://feeds.redcircle.com/7fc6276a-d4c8-4fd6-b30f-1bec75dcd380 yes full The FUNCAST 060: Lumberin' Out Of Our Slumberin' For Some Grumblin' The FUNCAST 060: Lumberin' Out Of Our Slumberin' For Some Grumblin' 60 3 The Fungineers! Somehow, The Funcast has returned. And just in time for Game of The Year season! A totally normal check in with friends old and new about what gosh dang video games we've been playin.


Join us wont you?

]]> <p>Somehow, The Funcast has returned. And just in time for Game of The Year season! A totally normal check in with friends old and new about what gosh dang video games we&#39;ve been playin. </p><p><br></p><p>Join us wont you?</p> 2e5fdf1f-7e69-4dc1-a208-5a1a6b8f0328 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast Mon, 25 Nov 2024 22:55:49 +0000 6350 no full The FUNCAST 059: What A Season, What A Season The FUNCAST 059: What A Season, What A Season 59 2 The Fungineers! <p>Another year has gone missing, and the Fungineer gang is on the case! We go over the whole first half of 2023 in Video Games to see what we remember. We remember a lot as it turns out, cause boy howdy did some real bangers release early and often.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Join us wont you?</p> <p><br></p> <p>A great video about MyHouse.WAD from Power Pak (that I hopefully remembered to mention in the show): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wAo54DHDY0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wAo54DHDY0</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/">⁠⁠⁠http://fungineers.net/⁠⁠⁠</a></p> <p>Tweet us while you can: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers">⁠⁠⁠@fun_gineers⁠⁠⁠</a></p> <p>Mastodon Us(?): <a href="https://mastodon.social/@fun_gineers">⁠⁠⁠@fun_gineers@mastodon.social⁠⁠⁠</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com </p> Another year has gone missing, and the Fungineer gang is on the case! We go over the whole first half of 2023 in Video Games to see what we remember. We remember a lot as it turns out, cause boy howdy did some real bangers release early and often.


Join us wont you?


A great video about MyHouse.WAD from Power Pak (that I hopefully remembered to mention in the show): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wAo54DHDY0


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]]> <p>Another year has gone missing, and the Fungineer gang is on the case! We go over the whole first half of 2023 in Video Games to see what we remember. We remember a lot as it turns out, cause boy howdy did some real bangers release early and often.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Join us wont you?</p> <p><br></p> <p>A great video about MyHouse.WAD from Power Pak (that I hopefully remembered to mention in the show): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wAo54DHDY0" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wAo54DHDY0</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/" rel="nofollow">⁠⁠⁠http://fungineers.net/⁠⁠⁠</a></p> <p>Tweet us while you can: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">⁠⁠⁠@fun_gineers⁠⁠⁠</a></p> <p>Mastodon Us(?): <a href="https://mastodon.social/@fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">⁠⁠⁠@fun_gineers@mastodon.social⁠⁠⁠</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com </p> e3fa13c6-0edb-4799-ac30-ab497a1e5b4b https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-059-What-A-Season--What-A-Season-e2e18kj Fri, 05 Jan 2024 14:30:00 +0000 4949 yes full The FUNCAST 058: The Keighley Machine Is Awake Again The FUNCAST 058: The Keighley Machine Is Awake Again 58 2 The Fungineers! <p>It&#39;s TGA Season, the most important holiday season of the year! What will take home the coveted prize of Best E-Sports Event? Which giant company will win for Best Indie Game? Can there only be one winner of Best Game Direction? What the hell even is an Action Adventure game in 2023? All these questions - and more! - are totally not going to be answered here in this podcast. Sorry. You&#39;ll need to wait for the TGAs to air for that.</p> <p><br></p> <p>In the meantime, enjoy our ramblin&#39; about it!</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/">⁠⁠http://fungineers.net/⁠⁠</a></p> <p>Tweet us while you can: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers">⁠⁠@fun_gineers⁠⁠</a></p> <p>Mastodon Us(?): <a href="https://mastodon.social/@fun_gineers">⁠⁠@fun_gineers@mastodon.social⁠⁠</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com </p> It's TGA Season, the most important holiday season of the year! What will take home the coveted prize of Best E-Sports Event? Which giant company will win for Best Indie Game? Can there only be one winner of Best Game Direction? What the hell even is an Action Adventure game in 2023? All these questions - and more! - are totally not going to be answered here in this podcast. Sorry. You'll need to wait for the TGAs to air for that.


In the meantime, enjoy our ramblin' about it!



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]]> <p>It&#39;s TGA Season, the most important holiday season of the year! What will take home the coveted prize of Best E-Sports Event? Which giant company will win for Best Indie Game? Can there only be one winner of Best Game Direction? What the hell even is an Action Adventure game in 2023? All these questions - and more! - are totally not going to be answered here in this podcast. Sorry. You&#39;ll need to wait for the TGAs to air for that.</p> <p><br></p> <p>In the meantime, enjoy our ramblin&#39; about it!</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/" rel="nofollow">⁠⁠http://fungineers.net/⁠⁠</a></p> <p>Tweet us while you can: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">⁠⁠@fun_gineers⁠⁠</a></p> <p>Mastodon Us(?): <a href="https://mastodon.social/@fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">⁠⁠@fun_gineers@mastodon.social⁠⁠</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com </p> 43766aeb-27a6-4e2e-b538-a7cff8c28876 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-058-The-Keighley-Machine-Is-Awake-Again-e2c5j9r Mon, 20 Nov 2023 15:10:00 +0000 4278 yes full The FUNCAST 057: Wise Fwom Your Gwave The FUNCAST 057: Wise Fwom Your Gwave 57 2 The Fungineers! <p>The spooky season means an unholy return to life!</p> <p><br></p> <p>It&#39;s a good thing that nothing happened, and no new video games came out in the summer months everyone got busy with life stuff in. What&#39;s that? Way too many video games came out?</p> <p><br></p> <p>Oh.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Oh, no.</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/">⁠http://fungineers.net/⁠</a></p> <p>Tweet us while you can: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers">⁠@fun_gineers⁠</a></p> <p>Mastodon Us(?): <a href="https://mastodon.social/@fun_gineers">⁠@fun_gineers@mastodon.social⁠</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com </p> The spooky season means an unholy return to life!


It's a good thing that nothing happened, and no new video games came out in the summer months everyone got busy with life stuff in. What's that? Way too many video games came out?


Oh.


Oh, no.



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]]> <p>The spooky season means an unholy return to life!</p> <p><br></p> <p>It&#39;s a good thing that nothing happened, and no new video games came out in the summer months everyone got busy with life stuff in. What&#39;s that? Way too many video games came out?</p> <p><br></p> <p>Oh.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Oh, no.</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/" rel="nofollow">⁠http://fungineers.net/⁠</a></p> <p>Tweet us while you can: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">⁠@fun_gineers⁠</a></p> <p>Mastodon Us(?): <a href="https://mastodon.social/@fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">⁠@fun_gineers@mastodon.social⁠</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com </p> 66268adc-8cab-4f12-828b-f24024537472 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-057-Wise-Fwom-Your-Gwave-e2b7ofp Mon, 30 Oct 2023 13:30:00 +0000 4952 yes full The FUNCAST 056: Elephant Man On Shrooms The FUNCAST 056: Elephant Man On Shrooms 56 2 The Fungineers! <p>Nintendo Direct! Announced the night before it aired, it turned out to be something of a banger, with games both new and old. Andrew loses himself in the music from a Mario RPG remake, Daniel is very excited about Pikmin 4, and Dean watches the trailer for the new Mario game live! Oh, we also have all been playing Diablo 4, so we talk about that a bit too!</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us while you can: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers">@fun_gineers</a></p> <p>Mastodon Us(?): <a href="https://mastodon.social/@fun_gineers">@fun_gineers@mastodon.social</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com </p> <p><br></p> Nintendo Direct! Announced the night before it aired, it turned out to be something of a banger, with games both new and old. Andrew loses himself in the music from a Mario RPG remake, Daniel is very excited about Pikmin 4, and Dean watches the trailer for the new Mario game live! Oh, we also have all been playing Diablo 4, so we talk about that a bit too!



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]]> <p>Nintendo Direct! Announced the night before it aired, it turned out to be something of a banger, with games both new and old. Andrew loses himself in the music from a Mario RPG remake, Daniel is very excited about Pikmin 4, and Dean watches the trailer for the new Mario game live! Oh, we also have all been playing Diablo 4, so we talk about that a bit too!</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/" rel="nofollow">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us while you can: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers</a></p> <p>Mastodon Us(?): <a href="https://mastodon.social/@fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers@mastodon.social</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com </p> <p><br></p> 7865fb17-8a14-44f7-922e-8f0950294151 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-056-Elephant-Man-On-Shrooms-e26ejj8 Mon, 03 Jul 2023 13:20:32 +0000 3944 yes full The FUNCAST 055: Todd "The Star God" Howard is at it again! The FUNCAST 055: Todd "The Star God" Howard is at it again! 55 2 The Fungineers! <p>Video Game Announcement Month has commenced, and today we take a look at the incredibly long and incredibly dense Xbox conference! Mostly, because some of it did spill over into the Ubisoft event, and carried forward from the Summer Games Fest show. So really it&#39;s only a mostly Xbox/Microsoft episode. But boy, what a conference - and that doesn&#39;t even count the near hour long deep dive into the upcoming Everything and Forever game Starfield! Buckle up your space pants for blast off!</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us while you can: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers">@fun_gineers</a></p> <p>Mastodon Us(?): <a href="https://mastodon.social/@fun_gineers">@fun_gineers@mastodon.social</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com </p> Video Game Announcement Month has commenced, and today we take a look at the incredibly long and incredibly dense Xbox conference! Mostly, because some of it did spill over into the Ubisoft event, and carried forward from the Summer Games Fest show. So really it's only a mostly Xbox/Microsoft episode. But boy, what a conference - and that doesn't even count the near hour long deep dive into the upcoming Everything and Forever game Starfield! Buckle up your space pants for blast off!



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]]> <p>Video Game Announcement Month has commenced, and today we take a look at the incredibly long and incredibly dense Xbox conference! Mostly, because some of it did spill over into the Ubisoft event, and carried forward from the Summer Games Fest show. So really it&#39;s only a mostly Xbox/Microsoft episode. But boy, what a conference - and that doesn&#39;t even count the near hour long deep dive into the upcoming Everything and Forever game Starfield! Buckle up your space pants for blast off!</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/" rel="nofollow">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us while you can: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers</a></p> <p>Mastodon Us(?): <a href="https://mastodon.social/@fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers@mastodon.social</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com </p> 519185af-febf-4f6a-bb64-4e90a9f6b2ad https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-055-Todd-The-Star-God-Howard-is-at-it-again-e25nqmb Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:49:41 +0000 4753 yes full The FUNCAST 054: The Legend of Zelda - Hot Goats Of The Kingdom The FUNCAST 054: The Legend of Zelda - Hot Goats Of The Kingdom 54 2 The Fungineers! <p>Our unplanned break ended up being a great boon, because it gave us, like, two whole weeks to play the new Zelda! We have a lot to say, but for your benefit, we kept it to only 80 minutes, almost entirely focused on things as they are in the world before you do a dungeon. There are some minor spoilers for that stuff, and for a couple of the things outside this scope (but they are pretty contextless I think, so it&#39;s fine!!!) but otherwise is just some friends chatting up a storm about a really fantastic adventure.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. That&#39;s it, that&#39;s the one.</p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us while you can: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers">@fun_gineers</a></p> <p>Mastodon Us(?): <a href="https://mastodon.social/@fun_gineers">@fun_gineers@mastodon.social</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com </p> <p><br></p> Our unplanned break ended up being a great boon, because it gave us, like, two whole weeks to play the new Zelda! We have a lot to say, but for your benefit, we kept it to only 80 minutes, almost entirely focused on things as they are in the world before you do a dungeon. There are some minor spoilers for that stuff, and for a couple of the things outside this scope (but they are pretty contextless I think, so it's fine!!!) but otherwise is just some friends chatting up a storm about a really fantastic adventure.


Games Discussed: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. That's it, that's the one.


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Tweet us while you can: @fun_gineers

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]]> <p>Our unplanned break ended up being a great boon, because it gave us, like, two whole weeks to play the new Zelda! We have a lot to say, but for your benefit, we kept it to only 80 minutes, almost entirely focused on things as they are in the world before you do a dungeon. There are some minor spoilers for that stuff, and for a couple of the things outside this scope (but they are pretty contextless I think, so it&#39;s fine!!!) but otherwise is just some friends chatting up a storm about a really fantastic adventure.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. That&#39;s it, that&#39;s the one.</p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/" rel="nofollow">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us while you can: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers</a></p> <p>Mastodon Us(?): <a href="https://mastodon.social/@fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers@mastodon.social</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com </p> <p><br></p> ef28f1ea-4cf1-4796-a7b9-16b96ba9981a https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-054-The-Legend-of-Zelda---Hot-Goats-Of-The-Kingdom-e24qpup Mon, 29 May 2023 13:30:02 +0000 4849 yes full The FUNCAST 053: They May Have Commited Some Light Treason The FUNCAST 053: They May Have Commited Some Light Treason 53 2 The Fungineers! <p>Nintendo did us a favour by dropping an incredibly dense indie direct on us, so now we have *a lot* to talk about! Cat Games, Farming Games, Weird Puzzle Games, Cool Puzzle Games, Cozy Puzzle Games with Cats, and the Store Brand Jet Set Radio that daddy Sega won&#39;t give you. Then it&#39;s on to the news, where Halo keeps dying, Daddy Sega buys Angry Birds, NDAs become suggestions, Dreams are dead, and a studio (allegedly) goes full pirate.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Dean played nothing but Deceive Inc., a cross between Hitman and Assassins Creed multiplayer, Andrew tried to chase the hell demon high in Path of Exile, and Daniel convinces Andrew to buy a game mid-podcast because he cannot stop gushing about a deck building roguelite called Wildfrost.</p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us while you can: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers">@fun_gineers</a></p> <p>Mastodon Us(?): <a href="https://mastodon.social/@fun_gineers">@fun_gineers@mastodon.social</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com </p> Nintendo did us a favour by dropping an incredibly dense indie direct on us, so now we have *a lot* to talk about! Cat Games, Farming Games, Weird Puzzle Games, Cool Puzzle Games, Cozy Puzzle Games with Cats, and the Store Brand Jet Set Radio that daddy Sega won't give you. Then it's on to the news, where Halo keeps dying, Daddy Sega buys Angry Birds, NDAs become suggestions, Dreams are dead, and a studio (allegedly) goes full pirate.


Dean played nothing but Deceive Inc., a cross between Hitman and Assassins Creed multiplayer, Andrew tried to chase the hell demon high in Path of Exile, and Daniel convinces Andrew to buy a game mid-podcast because he cannot stop gushing about a deck building roguelite called Wildfrost.


We have a retooled website now! - http://fungineers.net/

Tweet us while you can: @fun_gineers

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Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com

]]> <p>Nintendo did us a favour by dropping an incredibly dense indie direct on us, so now we have *a lot* to talk about! Cat Games, Farming Games, Weird Puzzle Games, Cool Puzzle Games, Cozy Puzzle Games with Cats, and the Store Brand Jet Set Radio that daddy Sega won&#39;t give you. Then it&#39;s on to the news, where Halo keeps dying, Daddy Sega buys Angry Birds, NDAs become suggestions, Dreams are dead, and a studio (allegedly) goes full pirate.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Dean played nothing but Deceive Inc., a cross between Hitman and Assassins Creed multiplayer, Andrew tried to chase the hell demon high in Path of Exile, and Daniel convinces Andrew to buy a game mid-podcast because he cannot stop gushing about a deck building roguelite called Wildfrost.</p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/" rel="nofollow">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us while you can: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers</a></p> <p>Mastodon Us(?): <a href="https://mastodon.social/@fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers@mastodon.social</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com </p> d05e5cff-21d1-409c-aa06-3b0f8bc6f5c8 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-053-They-May-Have-Commited-Some-Light-Treason-e22tfk2 Mon, 24 Apr 2023 13:30:23 +0000 5067 yes full The FUNCAST 052: Dredging The IMDB Depths The FUNCAST 052: Dredging The IMDB Depths 52 2 The Fungineers! <p>Welcome to what is a surprisingly Movie And/Or TV Show focused episode of the Funcast. Weird how that worked out, but someone we managed to unearth some truly terrifying horrors from the deep dark. Daniel also played Dredge for a bit, and It&#39;s really quite good.</p> <p><br></p> <p>No Mario movie, but how about some Dungeons and Dragons instead? Or perhaps the two weeks of Stuff Getting Cancelled? Been rough out there for &quot;open betas&quot; and &quot;game sequels&quot;, and &quot;huge gaming conferences&quot;. Tears of the Kingdom had a whole gameplay video, Torchlight 2 (?) got played (??), and yet more almost literally DnD was played in Solasta!</p> <p><br></p> <p>A really full episode!</p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us while you can: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers">@fun_gineers</a></p> <p>Mastodon Us(?): <a href="https://mastodon.social/@fun_gineers">@fun_gineers@mastodon.social</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com </p> Welcome to what is a surprisingly Movie And/Or TV Show focused episode of the Funcast. Weird how that worked out, but someone we managed to unearth some truly terrifying horrors from the deep dark. Daniel also played Dredge for a bit, and It's really quite good.


No Mario movie, but how about some Dungeons and Dragons instead? Or perhaps the two weeks of Stuff Getting Cancelled? Been rough out there for "open betas" and "game sequels", and "huge gaming conferences". Tears of the Kingdom had a whole gameplay video, Torchlight 2 (?) got played (??), and yet more almost literally DnD was played in Solasta!


A really full episode!


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Tweet us while you can: @fun_gineers

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]]> <p>Welcome to what is a surprisingly Movie And/Or TV Show focused episode of the Funcast. Weird how that worked out, but someone we managed to unearth some truly terrifying horrors from the deep dark. Daniel also played Dredge for a bit, and It&#39;s really quite good.</p> <p><br></p> <p>No Mario movie, but how about some Dungeons and Dragons instead? Or perhaps the two weeks of Stuff Getting Cancelled? Been rough out there for &#34;open betas&#34; and &#34;game sequels&#34;, and &#34;huge gaming conferences&#34;. Tears of the Kingdom had a whole gameplay video, Torchlight 2 (?) got played (??), and yet more almost literally DnD was played in Solasta!</p> <p><br></p> <p>A really full episode!</p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/" rel="nofollow">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us while you can: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers</a></p> <p>Mastodon Us(?): <a href="https://mastodon.social/@fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers@mastodon.social</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com </p> 2e26c125-940a-4961-9947-4a29b098c002 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-052-Dredging-The-IMDB-Depths-e223699 Mon, 10 Apr 2023 13:05:25 +0000 5226 yes full The FUNCAST 051: Let the Anime Lady Do Your Taxes The FUNCAST 051: Let the Anime Lady Do Your Taxes 51 2 The Fungineers! <p>It&#39;s the reached the point where putting your social security number into a random piece of software with a Waifu in it seems like not the worst idea.</p> <p>Things that actually seem like bad ideas include: EA delisting a bunch of gold games, Atari buying studios, Asset Packs filled with stolen goods, and making mobile phone only semi-sequels to Persona 5.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Good Ideas include listening to us talk about Diablo 4, Sun Haven, and having Daniel (sort of poorly I&#39;m sorry it was a long night and I was tired) explain SPIN RHYTHM XD.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Its a five star runtime for this episode, buckle up!</p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us while you can: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers">@fun_gineers</a></p> <p>Mastodon Us(?): <a href="https://mastodon.social/@fun_gineers">@fun_gineers@mastodon.social</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com (I promise to check this inbox someday)</p> It's the reached the point where putting your social security number into a random piece of software with a Waifu in it seems like not the worst idea.

Things that actually seem like bad ideas include: EA delisting a bunch of gold games, Atari buying studios, Asset Packs filled with stolen goods, and making mobile phone only semi-sequels to Persona 5.


Good Ideas include listening to us talk about Diablo 4, Sun Haven, and having Daniel (sort of poorly I'm sorry it was a long night and I was tired) explain SPIN RHYTHM XD.


Its a five star runtime for this episode, buckle up!


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]]> <p>It&#39;s the reached the point where putting your social security number into a random piece of software with a Waifu in it seems like not the worst idea.</p> <p>Things that actually seem like bad ideas include: EA delisting a bunch of gold games, Atari buying studios, Asset Packs filled with stolen goods, and making mobile phone only semi-sequels to Persona 5.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Good Ideas include listening to us talk about Diablo 4, Sun Haven, and having Daniel (sort of poorly I&#39;m sorry it was a long night and I was tired) explain SPIN RHYTHM XD.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Its a five star runtime for this episode, buckle up!</p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/" rel="nofollow">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us while you can: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers</a></p> <p>Mastodon Us(?): <a href="https://mastodon.social/@fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers@mastodon.social</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com (I promise to check this inbox someday)</p> 57f43366-3e55-4267-98cc-05d0b84dbb41 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-051-Let-the-Anime-Lady-Do-Your-Taxes-e2168f8 Mon, 27 Mar 2023 13:05:52 +0000 4913 yes full The FUNCAST 050: Ultra Realistic Homer Simpson The FUNCAST 050: Ultra Realistic Homer Simpson 50 2 The Fungineers! <p>Its episode fifty! Five Zero! That's kind of a lot, so first up, thanks for listening &lt;3</p> <p><br> Second of all, holy cow, we have some news! And by news, we *mostly* mean companies stepping on rakes for our enjoyment(?). Square Enix's president is going to go join his Apes, Starfield has a release date, Suicide Squad might not be killing the Justice League anytime soon, GameStop can't sell games, and Konami remembers us!</p> <p><br> Andrew finished up that Final Fantasy music game and played a lot of Wo Long, Tim's got the Gungrave G.O.R.E, Dean and Daniel are all up in Destiny 2s latest expansion, and somehow there is even time to get the newest entry in the Xeno Clash series in here.<br> </p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us while you can: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers">@fun_gineers</a></p> <p>Mastodon Us(?): <a href="https://mastodon.social/@fun_gineers">@fun_gineers@mastodon.social</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> Its episode fifty! Five Zero! That's kind of a lot, so first up, thanks for listening <3


Second of all, holy cow, we have some news! And by news, we *mostly* mean companies stepping on rakes for our enjoyment(?). Square Enix's president is going to go join his Apes, Starfield has a release date, Suicide Squad might not be killing the Justice League anytime soon, GameStop can't sell games, and Konami remembers us!


Andrew finished up that Final Fantasy music game and played a lot of Wo Long, Tim's got the Gungrave G.O.R.E, Dean and Daniel are all up in Destiny 2s latest expansion, and somehow there is even time to get the newest entry in the Xeno Clash series in here.


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]]> <p>Its episode fifty! Five Zero! That&#39;s kind of a lot, so first up, thanks for listening &lt;3</p> <p><br> Second of all, holy cow, we have some news! And by news, we *mostly* mean companies stepping on rakes for our enjoyment(?). Square Enix&#39;s president is going to go join his Apes, Starfield has a release date, Suicide Squad might not be killing the Justice League anytime soon, GameStop can&#39;t sell games, and Konami remembers us!</p> <p><br> Andrew finished up that Final Fantasy music game and played a lot of Wo Long, Tim&#39;s got the Gungrave G.O.R.E, Dean and Daniel are all up in Destiny 2s latest expansion, and somehow there is even time to get the newest entry in the Xeno Clash series in here.<br> </p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/" rel="nofollow">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us while you can: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers</a></p> <p>Mastodon Us(?): <a href="https://mastodon.social/@fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers@mastodon.social</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> de71380d-0ecd-42ba-b51b-650ad842ccbf https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-050-Ultra-Realistic-Homer-Simpson-e20a2ne Mon, 13 Mar 2023 13:05:41 +0000 4239 yes full The FUNCAST 049: Tim Speaks - The Return The FUNCAST 049: Tim Speaks - The Return 49 2 The Fungineers! <p>It is happening again. Tim's back! And we've got a bit of a light load of news because of a kinda bland Playstation State of Play, which just means more time to speak about matters of the heart, of both the Atomic and Wild varieties. Tim is going to tell us all about the newest entry in the modern 360 B-Game Genre, Wanted: Dead, and gets to contrast it with Hi-Fi Rush. Daniel is all about Wild Hearts, Dean and friends are not so wild for Atomic Heart, Destiny 2 expansion prep is back, Dead Space and Metroid Prime remakes are wonderful and *deep breath* I think that's it? Man, so many games all of a sudden.&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us while you can: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers">@fun_gineers</a></p> <p>Mastodon Us(?): <a href="https://mastodon.social/@fun_gineers">@fun_gineers@mastodon.social</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> It is happening again. Tim's back! And we've got a bit of a light load of news because of a kinda bland Playstation State of Play, which just means more time to speak about matters of the heart, of both the Atomic and Wild varieties. Tim is going to tell us all about the newest entry in the modern 360 B-Game Genre, Wanted: Dead, and gets to contrast it with Hi-Fi Rush. Daniel is all about Wild Hearts, Dean and friends are not so wild for Atomic Heart, Destiny 2 expansion prep is back, Dead Space and Metroid Prime remakes are wonderful and *deep breath* I think that's it? Man, so many games all of a sudden. 


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]]> <p>It is happening again. Tim&#39;s back! And we&#39;ve got a bit of a light load of news because of a kinda bland Playstation State of Play, which just means more time to speak about matters of the heart, of both the Atomic and Wild varieties. Tim is going to tell us all about the newest entry in the modern 360 B-Game Genre, Wanted: Dead, and gets to contrast it with Hi-Fi Rush. Daniel is all about Wild Hearts, Dean and friends are not so wild for Atomic Heart, Destiny 2 expansion prep is back, Dead Space and Metroid Prime remakes are wonderful and *deep breath* I think that&#39;s it? Man, so many games all of a sudden. </p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/" rel="nofollow">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us while you can: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers</a></p> <p>Mastodon Us(?): <a href="https://mastodon.social/@fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers@mastodon.social</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> 3641bab0-1b9f-4570-a952-2160524bf19f https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-049-Tim-Speaks---The-Return-e1venbv Mon, 27 Feb 2023 14:00:07 +0000 4138 yes full The FUNCAST 048: Nintendo Directly Into My Veins The FUNCAST 048: Nintendo Directly Into My Veins 48 2 The Fungineers! <p>A long show is the only way to do justice to a frankly incredibly dense Nintendo Direct! Its literally made just for me, with all the hottest hits like Gameboy Games and Baten Kaitos, and I guess Metroid Prime and stuff too.&nbsp;</p> <p>Seriously, it was so much *stuff* that I don't really want to list it all out here in the description, so you better listen to us break it all down, ok?<br> <br> Oh, and then we went super deep into the new Freelancer mode in HITMAN: World Of Assassination. We have mixed opinions! Oops!<br> </p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us while you can: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers">@fun_gineers</a></p> <p>Mastodon Us(?): <a href="https://mastodon.social/@fun_gineers">@fun_gineers@mastodon.social</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> A long show is the only way to do justice to a frankly incredibly dense Nintendo Direct! Its literally made just for me, with all the hottest hits like Gameboy Games and Baten Kaitos, and I guess Metroid Prime and stuff too. 

Seriously, it was so much *stuff* that I don't really want to list it all out here in the description, so you better listen to us break it all down, ok?

Oh, and then we went super deep into the new Freelancer mode in HITMAN: World Of Assassination. We have mixed opinions! Oops!

We have a retooled website now! - http://fungineers.net/

Tweet us while you can: @fun_gineers

Mastodon Us(?): @fun_gineers@mastodon.social

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]]> <p>A long show is the only way to do justice to a frankly incredibly dense Nintendo Direct! Its literally made just for me, with all the hottest hits like Gameboy Games and Baten Kaitos, and I guess Metroid Prime and stuff too. </p> <p>Seriously, it was so much *stuff* that I don&#39;t really want to list it all out here in the description, so you better listen to us break it all down, ok?<br> <br> Oh, and then we went super deep into the new Freelancer mode in HITMAN: World Of Assassination. We have mixed opinions! Oops!<br> </p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/" rel="nofollow">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us while you can: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers</a></p> <p>Mastodon Us(?): <a href="https://mastodon.social/@fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers@mastodon.social</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> a8cc4960-01a9-4480-aeab-bd1d709b04d2 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-048-Nintendo-Directly-Into-My-Veins-e1us4mq Mon, 13 Feb 2023 14:30:27 +0000 5098 yes full The FUNCAST 047: I got a love that keeps me waitin' The FUNCAST 047: I got a love that keeps me waitin' The Fungineers! <p>January is drawing to a close, which means that holy cow, it's time for the news machine to kick off its cobwebs and get to work. Dungeons and Dragons (And Coastal Wizards), Blizzard hoists themselves by their own petard *again*, and Microsoft announced some video games?<br> <br> Huh, yeah they sure did, that's a new one. One of them even came out right away, and Daniel seems pretty freaking in to it! Andrew went delving into his 52 game multicart to see what pixel ninjas jumped out, Colegate-Chan makes their appearance, and an extremely complicated slot machine destroys our capitalist institutions, finally ushering in the revolution and setting us free to podcast. Enjoy it!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed: <strong>DnD, Minecraft Legends, Forza Motorsport, The Elder Scrolls Online, RedFall, Hi-Fi Rush, Luck Be A Landlord, Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider, Fire Emblem: Engage, Chess 2</strong><br> </p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us while you can: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers">@fun_gineers</a></p> <p>Mastodon Us(?): <a href="https://mastodon.social/@fun_gineers">@fun_gineers@mastodon.social</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> January is drawing to a close, which means that holy cow, it's time for the news machine to kick off its cobwebs and get to work. Dungeons and Dragons (And Coastal Wizards), Blizzard hoists themselves by their own petard *again*, and Microsoft announced some video games?

Huh, yeah they sure did, that's a new one. One of them even came out right away, and Daniel seems pretty freaking in to it! Andrew went delving into his 52 game multicart to see what pixel ninjas jumped out, Colegate-Chan makes their appearance, and an extremely complicated slot machine destroys our capitalist institutions, finally ushering in the revolution and setting us free to podcast. Enjoy it!


Games Discussed: DnD, Minecraft Legends, Forza Motorsport, The Elder Scrolls Online, RedFall, Hi-Fi Rush, Luck Be A Landlord, Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider, Fire Emblem: Engage, Chess 2

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]]> <p>January is drawing to a close, which means that holy cow, it&#39;s time for the news machine to kick off its cobwebs and get to work. Dungeons and Dragons (And Coastal Wizards), Blizzard hoists themselves by their own petard *again*, and Microsoft announced some video games?<br> <br> Huh, yeah they sure did, that&#39;s a new one. One of them even came out right away, and Daniel seems pretty freaking in to it! Andrew went delving into his 52 game multicart to see what pixel ninjas jumped out, Colegate-Chan makes their appearance, and an extremely complicated slot machine destroys our capitalist institutions, finally ushering in the revolution and setting us free to podcast. Enjoy it!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed: <strong>DnD, Minecraft Legends, Forza Motorsport, The Elder Scrolls Online, RedFall, Hi-Fi Rush, Luck Be A Landlord, Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider, Fire Emblem: Engage, Chess 2</strong><br> </p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/" rel="nofollow">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us while you can: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers</a></p> <p>Mastodon Us(?): <a href="https://mastodon.social/@fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers@mastodon.social</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> adb03adf-a8c1-4db2-8190-f0b87cdf33d0 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-047-I-got-a-love-that-keeps-me-waitin-e1u4e3q Mon, 30 Jan 2023 14:30:09 +0000 4728 no full The FUNCAST 046: A New Year Of Games Is Ahead, So Lets Talk About More Stuff From Last Year! The FUNCAST 046: A New Year Of Games Is Ahead, So Lets Talk About More Stuff From Last Year! 46 2 The Fungineers! <p>It's pretty amazing to be here in an entirely new year, completely unburdened by the past.... except for a bunch of games we played at some point during our seasonal break that all came out last year. Old games, soon to be replaced with new games! Hopefully!!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed: <strong>Infernax, Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order, High on Life, &nbsp;Gunner, HEAT, PC!, Marvel's Midnight Suns, Ready or Not.&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us while you can: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" target="_blank">@fun_gineers</a></p> <p>Mastodon Us(?): <a href="https://mastodon.social/@fun_gineers" target="_blank">@fun_gineers@mastodon.social</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> It's pretty amazing to be here in an entirely new year, completely unburdened by the past.... except for a bunch of games we played at some point during our seasonal break that all came out last year. Old games, soon to be replaced with new games! Hopefully!!


Games Discussed: Infernax, Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order, High on Life,  Gunner, HEAT, PC!, Marvel's Midnight Suns, Ready or Not. 


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]]> <p>It&#39;s pretty amazing to be here in an entirely new year, completely unburdened by the past.... except for a bunch of games we played at some point during our seasonal break that all came out last year. Old games, soon to be replaced with new games! Hopefully!!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed: <strong>Infernax, Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order, High on Life,  Gunner, HEAT, PC!, Marvel&#39;s Midnight Suns, Ready or Not. </strong></p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/" rel="nofollow">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us while you can: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers</a></p> <p>Mastodon Us(?): <a href="https://mastodon.social/@fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers@mastodon.social</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> 648df785-3c21-48fd-aca0-89f655a479f8 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-046-A-New-Year-Of-Games-Is-Ahead--So-Lets-Talk-About-More-Stuff-From-Last-Year-e1thgtg Mon, 16 Jan 2023 14:30:13 +0000 4544 no full The FUNCAST 045: Taken By A Fey Mood, We Took Over A Workshop And Made This Podcast The FUNCAST 045: Taken By A Fey Mood, We Took Over A Workshop And Made This Podcast 45 2 The Fungineers! <p>It's the dwarfiest time of the year here at Funcast HQ, and we built an entire gallery to fill with wondrous video games of the future! A whole lot of games have totally real release dates in the totally real year of 2023, at least up until June. After that, I think there are no more games. Which is good, because there are *so many to talk about*. Like Dwarf Fortress! And the new World of Warcraft Expansion! And others that we will get to at some point I promise &lt;3</p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us while you can: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" target="_blank">@fun_gineers</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> It's the dwarfiest time of the year here at Funcast HQ, and we built an entire gallery to fill with wondrous video games of the future! A whole lot of games have totally real release dates in the totally real year of 2023, at least up until June. After that, I think there are no more games. Which is good, because there are *so many to talk about*. Like Dwarf Fortress! And the new World of Warcraft Expansion! And others that we will get to at some point I promise <3


We have a retooled website now! - http://fungineers.net/

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Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com

]]> <p>It&#39;s the dwarfiest time of the year here at Funcast HQ, and we built an entire gallery to fill with wondrous video games of the future! A whole lot of games have totally real release dates in the totally real year of 2023, at least up until June. After that, I think there are no more games. Which is good, because there are *so many to talk about*. Like Dwarf Fortress! And the new World of Warcraft Expansion! And others that we will get to at some point I promise &lt;3</p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/" rel="nofollow">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us while you can: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> fa88d522-84c5-4eb6-a58f-a2182d28f815 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-045-Taken-By-A-Fey-Mood--We-Took-Over-A-Workshop-And-Made-This-Podcast-e1seh7b Mon, 19 Dec 2022 14:30:33 +0000 4553 yes full The FUNCAST 044: God of War Ragnarok also won a Steam Deck The FUNCAST 044: God of War Ragnarok also won a Steam Deck 44 2 The Fungineers! <p>Sure was a lot of the VG and As huh? Probably more than we needed considering how much stuff was hurrie-WORLD PREMIER</p> <p>It's our full coverage of the E3 Extension/Awards show today, and yeah, we have some stuff to say! From winners to the losers to the stuff in between, wWORLD PREMIER</p> <p>Join us, won't you?</p> <p><br></p> <p><br> <br> We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" target="_blank">@fun_gineers</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> Sure was a lot of the VG and As huh? Probably more than we needed considering how much stuff was hurrie-WORLD PREMIER

It's our full coverage of the E3 Extension/Awards show today, and yeah, we have some stuff to say! From winners to the losers to the stuff in between, wWORLD PREMIER

Join us, won't you?




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]]> <p>Sure was a lot of the VG and As huh? Probably more than we needed considering how much stuff was hurrie-WORLD PREMIER</p> <p>It&#39;s our full coverage of the E3 Extension/Awards show today, and yeah, we have some stuff to say! From winners to the losers to the stuff in between, wWORLD PREMIER</p> <p>Join us, won&#39;t you?</p> <p><br></p> <p><br> <br> We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/" rel="nofollow">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> 464c7bb1-1554-445b-8aca-48d06f9f2cac https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-044-God-of-War-Ragnarok-also-won-a-Steam-Deck-e1s579m Mon, 12 Dec 2022 19:54:08 +0000 4864 yes full The FUNCAST 043: I can't believe the Game Awards doesn't have a category for "Best Podcast Mostly About Video Games That No One Has Heard Of" The FUNCAST 043: I can't believe the Game Awards doesn't have a category for "Best Podcast Mostly About Video Games That No One Has Heard Of" 43 2 The Fungineers! <p>It's Awards Season! Which means it's also time for an Exxtra Thicc podcast about all the categories in the upcoming Keighlies. Yes, all the categories. All *five* E-Sports ones, the four or five Indie Game categories that really could be three different ones, the bizarre choices and infuriating exclusions, all here! For some reason.</p> <p><br></p> <p>We even find some time to get in some thoughts about the much analyzed and much derided Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Turns out, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, even when it can't see very well.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed: All of them, seriously.</p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" target="_blank">@fun_gineers</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> It's Awards Season! Which means it's also time for an Exxtra Thicc podcast about all the categories in the upcoming Keighlies. Yes, all the categories. All *five* E-Sports ones, the four or five Indie Game categories that really could be three different ones, the bizarre choices and infuriating exclusions, all here! For some reason.


We even find some time to get in some thoughts about the much analyzed and much derided Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Turns out, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, even when it can't see very well.


Games Discussed: All of them, seriously.


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]]> <p>It&#39;s Awards Season! Which means it&#39;s also time for an Exxtra Thicc podcast about all the categories in the upcoming Keighlies. Yes, all the categories. All *five* E-Sports ones, the four or five Indie Game categories that really could be three different ones, the bizarre choices and infuriating exclusions, all here! For some reason.</p> <p><br></p> <p>We even find some time to get in some thoughts about the much analyzed and much derided Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Turns out, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, even when it can&#39;t see very well.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed: All of them, seriously.</p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/" rel="nofollow">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> c4629943-ca8b-45bb-837b-fc7c6e3f1133 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-043-I-cant-believe-the-Game-Awards-doesnt-have-a-category-for-Best-Podcast-Mostly-About-Video-Games-That-No-One-Has-Heard-Of-e1rcov5 Sun, 27 Nov 2022 18:38:13 +0000 5069 yes full The FUNCAST 042: The Worst Skyrim Mod You Have Ever Seen The FUNCAST 042: The Worst Skyrim Mod You Have Ever Seen 42 2 The Fungineers! <p>We're back! And its a real normal episode! Finally. Greeting us this normal day is a lot of back and forth industry drama, a feast of little guy vs big guys. Old games get working again after a long hiatus, and sequels get really, finally, truly, announced! Andrew brings back his 7/10 gameshow, and then tells us about his first bit of time with the new God of War. Daniel finally gets to talk about SIGNALIS, the Resident Evil/Silent Hill hybrid, and Deans gots thems real cool sounding indie multiplayer PVPVE experience Hell is Others!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed: Signalis, God of War Ragnarök, Hell is Others, FAITH, Disco Elysium, Doom Eternal, Dark Souls Remastered, Control, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.</p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" target="_blank">@fun_gineers</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> We're back! And its a real normal episode! Finally. Greeting us this normal day is a lot of back and forth industry drama, a feast of little guy vs big guys. Old games get working again after a long hiatus, and sequels get really, finally, truly, announced! Andrew brings back his 7/10 gameshow, and then tells us about his first bit of time with the new God of War. Daniel finally gets to talk about SIGNALIS, the Resident Evil/Silent Hill hybrid, and Deans gots thems real cool sounding indie multiplayer PVPVE experience Hell is Others!


Games Discussed: Signalis, God of War Ragnarök, Hell is Others, FAITH, Disco Elysium, Doom Eternal, Dark Souls Remastered, Control, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.


We have a retooled website now! - http://fungineers.net/

Tweet us: @fun_gineers

Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com

]]> <p>We&#39;re back! And its a real normal episode! Finally. Greeting us this normal day is a lot of back and forth industry drama, a feast of little guy vs big guys. Old games get working again after a long hiatus, and sequels get really, finally, truly, announced! Andrew brings back his 7/10 gameshow, and then tells us about his first bit of time with the new God of War. Daniel finally gets to talk about SIGNALIS, the Resident Evil/Silent Hill hybrid, and Deans gots thems real cool sounding indie multiplayer PVPVE experience Hell is Others!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed: Signalis, God of War Ragnarök, Hell is Others, FAITH, Disco Elysium, Doom Eternal, Dark Souls Remastered, Control, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.</p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/" rel="nofollow">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> 8313e479-9d95-455f-8644-672de2b7d858 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-042-The-Worst-Skyrim-Mod-You-Have-Ever-Seen-e1qlhd6 Sat, 12 Nov 2022 18:11:11 +0000 4589 no full The FUNCAST 041: My computer got shot and dumped in the garbage in Yokohama The FUNCAST 041: My computer got shot and dumped in the garbage in Yokohama 41 2 The Fungineers! <p>A grave misfortune wiped out the first half-ish of the original recording, so enjoy an abbreviated episode! We finally get to talk about how great Yakuza: Like A Dragon is, Dean talks about how not great Gotham Knights is, and a new GamePass GameClub game is chosen, that everyone might have played already! How different will it be years later? Find out in a couple of weeks!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed: Gotham Knights, Yakuza: Like A Dragon</p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" target="_blank">@fun_gineers</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> A grave misfortune wiped out the first half-ish of the original recording, so enjoy an abbreviated episode! We finally get to talk about how great Yakuza: Like A Dragon is, Dean talks about how not great Gotham Knights is, and a new GamePass GameClub game is chosen, that everyone might have played already! How different will it be years later? Find out in a couple of weeks!


Games Discussed: Gotham Knights, Yakuza: Like A Dragon

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]]> <p>A grave misfortune wiped out the first half-ish of the original recording, so enjoy an abbreviated episode! We finally get to talk about how great Yakuza: Like A Dragon is, Dean talks about how not great Gotham Knights is, and a new GamePass GameClub game is chosen, that everyone might have played already! How different will it be years later? Find out in a couple of weeks!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed: Gotham Knights, Yakuza: Like A Dragon</p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/" rel="nofollow">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers</a></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> eb91deb0-2c82-4d5e-acb5-7d725ce61e65 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-041-My-computer-got-shot-and-dumped-in-the-garbage-in-Yokohama-e1q8odo Fri, 04 Nov 2022 20:56:46 +0000 2126 yes full The FUNCAST 040: The spookiest thing in this episode somehow isn't Bloober Team The FUNCAST 040: The spookiest thing in this episode somehow isn't Bloober Team 40 2 The Fungineers! <p>The summoning circles I set up every year finally worked, and out from it emerged Bloober Team, the scariest choice for a remake of Silent Hill 2! The whole rest of the Silent Hill direct was also a surprise, and goes to show that when it comes to compressing and storing content, demonic seals are top tier. Blizzard has also been up to some spooky business, Bayonetta Voice Actor drama is being super witchy, and a BRAND NEW MID PODCAST GAME arrives!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Quick talks about the Darktide Beta, Last Command, Grounded, and Far Cry 6: the most seasonal slate of games you will ever see.</p> <p>Funcast! It's here!</p> <p>Games Discussed: Overwatch 2, Silent Hill 2/F/Downfall/Ascension/A Movie, Bayonetta, God of War Ragnarok, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, Witcher 1 Remake, Darktide, Last Command, Grounded, Far Cry 6.&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" target="_blank">@fun_gineers</a></p> The summoning circles I set up every year finally worked, and out from it emerged Bloober Team, the scariest choice for a remake of Silent Hill 2! The whole rest of the Silent Hill direct was also a surprise, and goes to show that when it comes to compressing and storing content, demonic seals are top tier. Blizzard has also been up to some spooky business, Bayonetta Voice Actor drama is being super witchy, and a BRAND NEW MID PODCAST GAME arrives!


Quick talks about the Darktide Beta, Last Command, Grounded, and Far Cry 6: the most seasonal slate of games you will ever see.

Funcast! It's here!

Games Discussed: Overwatch 2, Silent Hill 2/F/Downfall/Ascension/A Movie, Bayonetta, God of War Ragnarok, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, Witcher 1 Remake, Darktide, Last Command, Grounded, Far Cry 6. 


We have a retooled website now! - http://fungineers.net/

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]]> <p>The summoning circles I set up every year finally worked, and out from it emerged Bloober Team, the scariest choice for a remake of Silent Hill 2! The whole rest of the Silent Hill direct was also a surprise, and goes to show that when it comes to compressing and storing content, demonic seals are top tier. Blizzard has also been up to some spooky business, Bayonetta Voice Actor drama is being super witchy, and a BRAND NEW MID PODCAST GAME arrives!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Quick talks about the Darktide Beta, Last Command, Grounded, and Far Cry 6: the most seasonal slate of games you will ever see.</p> <p>Funcast! It&#39;s here!</p> <p>Games Discussed: Overwatch 2, Silent Hill 2/F/Downfall/Ascension/A Movie, Bayonetta, God of War Ragnarok, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, Witcher 1 Remake, Darktide, Last Command, Grounded, Far Cry 6. </p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/" rel="nofollow">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers</a></p> 37fb750d-b3f9-4645-9137-2ec955e0d174 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-040-The-spookiest-thing-in-this-episode-somehow-isnt-Bloober-Team-e1prohb Thu, 27 Oct 2022 18:33:56 +0000 4312 yes full The FUNCAST 039: Its A Me, Bizzario! The FUNCAST 039: Its A Me, Bizzario! 39 2 The Fungineers! <p>Tim is out on assignment, and that's ok because Tired Guy Mario is finally off on his adventure in the Tenacious D Kingdom, and all its strange and concerning scenery. That Super Mario Movie trailer shepherded us all the way into a week full of news! A lot of it isn't great, especially if you are a server for Overwatch 2, or a server for Stadia. Sorry gang, it's time to take the racks out behind the barn and put 'em down.&nbsp;</p> <p>It's *less* of a bummer to be a fan of Need for Speed, because it's looking mighty fine in its new vinyl wrap, Platinum apolgizes for Babylon's Fall but is totally going to do it again, and will someone get CD Projekt out of the announcement factory? Its getting silly.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Andrew walks us through his Ludum Dare 51 experiences in making Wizcross, Daniel is still in GUNDAM EVOLUTION land, and Dean is way into BONELABS, which is a surprising VR Playground</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed: Need for Speed Unbound, Overwatch and Overwatch 2, GUNDAM EVOLUTION, Bonelabs, Wizcross, The Witcher(series), Cyberpunk, Babylon's Fall</p> <p><br></p> <p>If you would like to play Wizcross for yourself, you can do so here: <a href="https://bobgar.itch.io/wizcross">https://bobgar.itch.io/wizcross</a></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" target="_blank">@fun_gineers</a></p> Tim is out on assignment, and that's ok because Tired Guy Mario is finally off on his adventure in the Tenacious D Kingdom, and all its strange and concerning scenery. That Super Mario Movie trailer shepherded us all the way into a week full of news! A lot of it isn't great, especially if you are a server for Overwatch 2, or a server for Stadia. Sorry gang, it's time to take the racks out behind the barn and put 'em down. 

It's *less* of a bummer to be a fan of Need for Speed, because it's looking mighty fine in its new vinyl wrap, Platinum apolgizes for Babylon's Fall but is totally going to do it again, and will someone get CD Projekt out of the announcement factory? Its getting silly.


Andrew walks us through his Ludum Dare 51 experiences in making Wizcross, Daniel is still in GUNDAM EVOLUTION land, and Dean is way into BONELABS, which is a surprising VR Playground


Games Discussed: Need for Speed Unbound, Overwatch and Overwatch 2, GUNDAM EVOLUTION, Bonelabs, Wizcross, The Witcher(series), Cyberpunk, Babylon's Fall


If you would like to play Wizcross for yourself, you can do so here: https://bobgar.itch.io/wizcross

We have a retooled website now! - http://fungineers.net/

Tweet us: @fun_gineers

]]> <p>Tim is out on assignment, and that&#39;s ok because Tired Guy Mario is finally off on his adventure in the Tenacious D Kingdom, and all its strange and concerning scenery. That Super Mario Movie trailer shepherded us all the way into a week full of news! A lot of it isn&#39;t great, especially if you are a server for Overwatch 2, or a server for Stadia. Sorry gang, it&#39;s time to take the racks out behind the barn and put &#39;em down. </p> <p>It&#39;s *less* of a bummer to be a fan of Need for Speed, because it&#39;s looking mighty fine in its new vinyl wrap, Platinum apolgizes for Babylon&#39;s Fall but is totally going to do it again, and will someone get CD Projekt out of the announcement factory? Its getting silly.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Andrew walks us through his Ludum Dare 51 experiences in making Wizcross, Daniel is still in GUNDAM EVOLUTION land, and Dean is way into BONELABS, which is a surprising VR Playground</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed: Need for Speed Unbound, Overwatch and Overwatch 2, GUNDAM EVOLUTION, Bonelabs, Wizcross, The Witcher(series), Cyberpunk, Babylon&#39;s Fall</p> <p><br></p> <p>If you would like to play Wizcross for yourself, you can do so here: <a href="https://bobgar.itch.io/wizcross" rel="nofollow">https://bobgar.itch.io/wizcross</a></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/" rel="nofollow">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers</a></p> 1ca7eb8d-1f46-4f94-b918-6611a5376fb8 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-039-Its-A-Me--Bizzario-e1ounrf Fri, 07 Oct 2022 20:28:36 +0000 4989 no full The FUNCAST 038: We Happy Soda Drinker Pros The FUNCAST 038: We Happy Soda Drinker Pros 38 2 The Fungineers! <p>Soda! It's the lifeblood of society. So is finally getting to talk about We Happy Few, an open world survival roguelite immersive sim thing, with some hot 60s ~Style~, and a real weird launch. Also on the docket: News! They still make that stuff, it turns out, and boy howdy Overwatch sure makes a lot of it.&nbsp;</p> <p>Andrew is back with his wacky quiz show and a roguelite about a knight that likes digging, GUNDAM EVOLUTION is out to Daniel's delight, Tim defends Domes, and Dean is in the lab, Working on some Bones.&nbsp;</p> <p>Games Discussed: Totally Real Video Game: Skull And Bones, We Happy Few, Overwatch/2, GUNDAM EVOLUTION, Defend The Dome, BoneWorks, Shovel Knight Dig.</p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" target="_blank">@fun_gineers</a></p> Soda! It's the lifeblood of society. So is finally getting to talk about We Happy Few, an open world survival roguelite immersive sim thing, with some hot 60s ~Style~, and a real weird launch. Also on the docket: News! They still make that stuff, it turns out, and boy howdy Overwatch sure makes a lot of it. 

Andrew is back with his wacky quiz show and a roguelite about a knight that likes digging, GUNDAM EVOLUTION is out to Daniel's delight, Tim defends Domes, and Dean is in the lab, Working on some Bones. 

Games Discussed: Totally Real Video Game: Skull And Bones, We Happy Few, Overwatch/2, GUNDAM EVOLUTION, Defend The Dome, BoneWorks, Shovel Knight Dig.

We have a retooled website now! - http://fungineers.net/

Tweet us: @fun_gineers

]]> <p>Soda! It&#39;s the lifeblood of society. So is finally getting to talk about We Happy Few, an open world survival roguelite immersive sim thing, with some hot 60s ~Style~, and a real weird launch. Also on the docket: News! They still make that stuff, it turns out, and boy howdy Overwatch sure makes a lot of it. </p> <p>Andrew is back with his wacky quiz show and a roguelite about a knight that likes digging, GUNDAM EVOLUTION is out to Daniel&#39;s delight, Tim defends Domes, and Dean is in the lab, Working on some Bones. </p> <p>Games Discussed: Totally Real Video Game: Skull And Bones, We Happy Few, Overwatch/2, GUNDAM EVOLUTION, Defend The Dome, BoneWorks, Shovel Knight Dig.</p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/" rel="nofollow">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers</a></p> 3c2819ec-837d-412c-90df-c85f7466551b https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-038-We-Happy-Soda-Drinker-Pros-e1oiilo Thu, 29 Sep 2022 18:37:51 +0000 4600 yes full The FUNCAST 037: Feeling like a Veronica The FUNCAST 037: Feeling like a Veronica 37 2 The Fungineers! <p>Jughead opened a portal to the News Dimension and all the video games fell out. Seriously, it's very rude to have a second? Third? E3 in the middle of the week like that. Shame on you Video Games.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Nintendo Direct! Sony Thing! TGS! A lot of cool stuff, farming sims, and a God of War. Major GTA 6 leaks that lead to some fun surprises, and Diablo 4 decided to join the leaky boat party as well.</p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" target="_blank">@fun_gineers</a></p> Jughead opened a portal to the News Dimension and all the video games fell out. Seriously, it's very rude to have a second? Third? E3 in the middle of the week like that. Shame on you Video Games.


Nintendo Direct! Sony Thing! TGS! A lot of cool stuff, farming sims, and a God of War. Major GTA 6 leaks that lead to some fun surprises, and Diablo 4 decided to join the leaky boat party as well.


We have a retooled website now! - http://fungineers.net/

Tweet us: @fun_gineers

]]> <p>Jughead opened a portal to the News Dimension and all the video games fell out. Seriously, it&#39;s very rude to have a second? Third? E3 in the middle of the week like that. Shame on you Video Games.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Nintendo Direct! Sony Thing! TGS! A lot of cool stuff, farming sims, and a God of War. Major GTA 6 leaks that lead to some fun surprises, and Diablo 4 decided to join the leaky boat party as well.</p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/" rel="nofollow">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers</a></p> 5b97e661-5f38-49c5-b5f6-25b2b54a4629 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-037-Feeling-like-a-Veronica-e1o7ctc Thu, 22 Sep 2022 15:28:04 +0000 3937 yes full The FUNCAST 036: Positive Affirmations The FUNCAST 036: Positive Affirmations 36 2 The Fungineers! <p>Hey, so first things first: we do talk about that jerk dingus that made a game and turned his patch notes into a portal to hell. We dunk on him pretty good, but if you don't want to hear it, skip from ~8m10s til ~14m40s, and I think you should be good.</p> <p><br></p> <p>We got Xbox Controller news! Lighter, Leaner PS5s! Weird, cut back Cyberpunk news! NFTs go wrong (shock, horror)! Also, Temtem is finally out, Tim has been Surviving Digimon, Dean is replaying Outer Worlds! Funcastic! Share your joy with a stranger, today!</p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" target="_blank">@fun_gineers</a></p> Hey, so first things first: we do talk about that jerk dingus that made a game and turned his patch notes into a portal to hell. We dunk on him pretty good, but if you don't want to hear it, skip from ~8m10s til ~14m40s, and I think you should be good.


We got Xbox Controller news! Lighter, Leaner PS5s! Weird, cut back Cyberpunk news! NFTs go wrong (shock, horror)! Also, Temtem is finally out, Tim has been Surviving Digimon, Dean is replaying Outer Worlds! Funcastic! Share your joy with a stranger, today!


We have a retooled website now! - http://fungineers.net/

Tweet us: @fun_gineers

]]> <p>Hey, so first things first: we do talk about that jerk dingus that made a game and turned his patch notes into a portal to hell. We dunk on him pretty good, but if you don&#39;t want to hear it, skip from ~8m10s til ~14m40s, and I think you should be good.</p> <p><br></p> <p>We got Xbox Controller news! Lighter, Leaner PS5s! Weird, cut back Cyberpunk news! NFTs go wrong (shock, horror)! Also, Temtem is finally out, Tim has been Surviving Digimon, Dean is replaying Outer Worlds! Funcastic! Share your joy with a stranger, today!</p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled website now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/" rel="nofollow">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us: <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers</a></p> 90ffc994-d97a-478a-8a01-03a1e5244f95 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-036-Positive-Affirmations-e1nin87 Thu, 08 Sep 2022 21:18:59 +0000 3705 yes full The FUNCAST 035: Jolyne, Jolyne, Jolyne, Jolyne! Please don't take him just because you can. The FUNCAST 035: Jolyne, Jolyne, Jolyne, Jolyne! Please don't take him just because you can. 35 2 The Fungineers! <p>It's an anime day! I'd like to give you a real reason, but mostly it's just a coincidence that there is more animated JoJo in the world. And I guess that we also finally did some talking about SCARLET NEXUS, a game that out animes Devil May Cry in its own genre. We even pick a new GamePass GameClub game! Finally!<br> <br> Some talking bout the news, because companies just can't stop buying each other, fun Zelda rumours, weird scams, and even Disney TCG! What will those crazy mice think of next.</p> <p><br> Daniel talks about Immortality — the new game from Sam Barlow, not his vampiric curse. I promise, it isn't a spoilercast! Although maybe one day...</p> <p>Tim rolled around at the speed of bullets in ROLLDERDROME, and Andrew brings up Total War: Warhammer 3 and its newest Immortal Empires campaign and oh god it was supposed to be quick.<br> </p> <p>Games Discussed: Immortality, Total War: Warhammer 3, Rollerdrome, Scarlet Nexus, We Happy Few, BROK the Investigator</p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled webiste now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" target="_blank">@fun_gineers</a></p> It's an anime day! I'd like to give you a real reason, but mostly it's just a coincidence that there is more animated JoJo in the world. And I guess that we also finally did some talking about SCARLET NEXUS, a game that out animes Devil May Cry in its own genre. We even pick a new GamePass GameClub game! Finally!

Some talking bout the news, because companies just can't stop buying each other, fun Zelda rumours, weird scams, and even Disney TCG! What will those crazy mice think of next.


Daniel talks about Immortality — the new game from Sam Barlow, not his vampiric curse. I promise, it isn't a spoilercast! Although maybe one day...

Tim rolled around at the speed of bullets in ROLLDERDROME, and Andrew brings up Total War: Warhammer 3 and its newest Immortal Empires campaign and oh god it was supposed to be quick.

Games Discussed: Immortality, Total War: Warhammer 3, Rollerdrome, Scarlet Nexus, We Happy Few, BROK the Investigator


We have a retooled webiste now! - http://fungineers.net/

Tweet us @fun_gineers

]]> <p>It&#39;s an anime day! I&#39;d like to give you a real reason, but mostly it&#39;s just a coincidence that there is more animated JoJo in the world. And I guess that we also finally did some talking about SCARLET NEXUS, a game that out animes Devil May Cry in its own genre. We even pick a new GamePass GameClub game! Finally!<br> <br> Some talking bout the news, because companies just can&#39;t stop buying each other, fun Zelda rumours, weird scams, and even Disney TCG! What will those crazy mice think of next.</p> <p><br> Daniel talks about Immortality — the new game from Sam Barlow, not his vampiric curse. I promise, it isn&#39;t a spoilercast! Although maybe one day...</p> <p>Tim rolled around at the speed of bullets in ROLLDERDROME, and Andrew brings up Total War: Warhammer 3 and its newest Immortal Empires campaign and oh god it was supposed to be quick.<br> </p> <p>Games Discussed: Immortality, Total War: Warhammer 3, Rollerdrome, Scarlet Nexus, We Happy Few, BROK the Investigator</p> <p><br></p> <p>We have a retooled webiste now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/" rel="nofollow">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers</a></p> 19e9659d-630e-499a-9979-22734493bc0c https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-035-Jolyne--Jolyne--Jolyne--Jolyne--Please-dont-take-him-just-because-you-can-e1n8tmi Thu, 01 Sep 2022 19:37:12 +0000 4931 yes full The FUNCAST 034: Cult of the Twilight Dawn The FUNCAST 034: Cult of the Twilight Dawn 34 2 The Fungineers! <p>Another whole week off? Sorry about that, but we were busy getting way into this sweet new family and friend support group out in the woods. The leader is this cute little lamb and life is pretty great honestly, just don't ask where the fertilizer goes or what happened to Ol' Hoss yesterday.&nbsp;</p> <p>Yes, this is a deep dive episode into Cult of the Lamb, since for the first time in ages almost all of us actually played the same new game! We also have some news, the fun surprise of Sakurai becoming a game design YouTuber, and a promise to totally continue our GamePass GameClub and get back to "normal".<br> <br> Games Discussed: Cult of the Lamb</p> <p>We have a retooled webiste now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us @fun_gineers<br> (also check out <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv1DvRY5PyHHt3KN9ghunuw">Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games</a>)</p> Another whole week off? Sorry about that, but we were busy getting way into this sweet new family and friend support group out in the woods. The leader is this cute little lamb and life is pretty great honestly, just don't ask where the fertilizer goes or what happened to Ol' Hoss yesterday. 

Yes, this is a deep dive episode into Cult of the Lamb, since for the first time in ages almost all of us actually played the same new game! We also have some news, the fun surprise of Sakurai becoming a game design YouTuber, and a promise to totally continue our GamePass GameClub and get back to "normal".

Games Discussed: Cult of the Lamb

We have a retooled webiste now! - http://fungineers.net/

Tweet us @fun_gineers
(also check out Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games)

]]> <p>Another whole week off? Sorry about that, but we were busy getting way into this sweet new family and friend support group out in the woods. The leader is this cute little lamb and life is pretty great honestly, just don&#39;t ask where the fertilizer goes or what happened to Ol&#39; Hoss yesterday. </p> <p>Yes, this is a deep dive episode into Cult of the Lamb, since for the first time in ages almost all of us actually played the same new game! We also have some news, the fun surprise of Sakurai becoming a game design YouTuber, and a promise to totally continue our GamePass GameClub and get back to &#34;normal&#34;.<br> <br> Games Discussed: Cult of the Lamb</p> <p>We have a retooled webiste now! - <a href="http://fungineers.net/" rel="nofollow">http://fungineers.net/</a></p> <p>Tweet us @fun_gineers<br> (also check out <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv1DvRY5PyHHt3KN9ghunuw" rel="nofollow">Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games</a>)</p> 6338823d-4496-4513-9e71-76f53c86e2f4 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-034-Cult-of-the-Twilight-Dawn-e1n0la1 Fri, 26 Aug 2022 18:50:25 +0000 4554 yes full The FUNCAST 033: Sexy Mothmen The FUNCAST 033: Sexy Mothmen 33 2 The Fungineers! <p>Back from a vacation and feeling all recharged and reinvigorated, the Fungineers return! And we are going to need that energy, cause boy the news this week sure is draining. However! We have lots of actually fun things to talk about, like Cults and JRPGs and Fighting Games, and even some spoooooky romance.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed: Valorant, Persona 4 Golden, Persona 5, Multiversus, Cult of the Lamb, Live A Live, Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim, Ghost of Tsushima.</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> Back from a vacation and feeling all recharged and reinvigorated, the Fungineers return! And we are going to need that energy, cause boy the news this week sure is draining. However! We have lots of actually fun things to talk about, like Cults and JRPGs and Fighting Games, and even some spoooooky romance.


Games Discussed: Valorant, Persona 4 Golden, Persona 5, Multiversus, Cult of the Lamb, Live A Live, Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim, Ghost of Tsushima.



]]> <p>Back from a vacation and feeling all recharged and reinvigorated, the Fungineers return! And we are going to need that energy, cause boy the news this week sure is draining. However! We have lots of actually fun things to talk about, like Cults and JRPGs and Fighting Games, and even some spoooooky romance.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed: Valorant, Persona 4 Golden, Persona 5, Multiversus, Cult of the Lamb, Live A Live, Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim, Ghost of Tsushima.</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> 8bb7b8c0-0c58-430a-81c5-6aa421d7b566 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-033-Sexy-Mothmen-e1md8oh Thu, 11 Aug 2022 20:26:12 +0000 4815 yes full The FUNCAST 032: There will never be a new game ever again The FUNCAST 032: There will never be a new game ever again 32 2 The Fungineers! <p>Welcome back to delay season once again! Much like game announcement season, it never ends. That Gollum game everyone was totally super hyped for? Delayed. KOTOR Remake? Delayed <em>forever.</em> Not great. But you know what is great? Weird videogame carny rumours in Nier Automata, and Rockstar cleaning up their own internal messes.</p> <p>Also great? Battletech (mostly)! The five minutes we played Multiverses for was also pretty cool, alongside some New-Old-Games like Lunacid and Dread Delusion, all wrapped up in a new twist on an old Podcast Gameshow within a Podcast favourite. We talk Battletech, Harebrained Schemes digital revival of a tabletop classic, and pick an extremely anime followup to our GamePass GameClub.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed: Multiversus, Lunacid, Dread Delusion, GTA 5, GTA 6, KOTOR, Nier Automata, Battletech, Scarlet Nexus, VR</p> <p><br></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> <p>Tweet us <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers">@fun_gineers</a></p> Welcome back to delay season once again! Much like game announcement season, it never ends. That Gollum game everyone was totally super hyped for? Delayed. KOTOR Remake? Delayed forever. Not great. But you know what is great? Weird videogame carny rumours in Nier Automata, and Rockstar cleaning up their own internal messes.

Also great? Battletech (mostly)! The five minutes we played Multiverses for was also pretty cool, alongside some New-Old-Games like Lunacid and Dread Delusion, all wrapped up in a new twist on an old Podcast Gameshow within a Podcast favourite. We talk Battletech, Harebrained Schemes digital revival of a tabletop classic, and pick an extremely anime followup to our GamePass GameClub.


Games Discussed: Multiversus, Lunacid, Dread Delusion, GTA 5, GTA 6, KOTOR, Nier Automata, Battletech, Scarlet Nexus, VR


Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com

Tweet us @fun_gineers

]]> <p>Welcome back to delay season once again! Much like game announcement season, it never ends. That Gollum game everyone was totally super hyped for? Delayed. KOTOR Remake? Delayed <em>forever.</em> Not great. But you know what is great? Weird videogame carny rumours in Nier Automata, and Rockstar cleaning up their own internal messes.</p> <p>Also great? Battletech (mostly)! The five minutes we played Multiverses for was also pretty cool, alongside some New-Old-Games like Lunacid and Dread Delusion, all wrapped up in a new twist on an old Podcast Gameshow within a Podcast favourite. We talk Battletech, Harebrained Schemes digital revival of a tabletop classic, and pick an extremely anime followup to our GamePass GameClub.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed: Multiversus, Lunacid, Dread Delusion, GTA 5, GTA 6, KOTOR, Nier Automata, Battletech, Scarlet Nexus, VR</p> <p><br></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> <p>Tweet us <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers</a></p> a3cfee49-2b5b-489d-b1b6-f79dc94b09c8 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-032-There-will-never-be-a-new-game-ever-again-e1lrrea Fri, 29 Jul 2022 17:06:07 +0000 4089 no full The FUNCAST 031: Super Monkey Maaaaaaan The FUNCAST 031: Super Monkey Maaaaaaan 31 2 The Fungineers! <p>It's only slightly used and broken, but hey, GameStop had it for a song, so why not pick up a new episode of The Funcast! (seriously though I lost the start of this to audio gremlins, the fumigators should get it sorted out)</p> <p>We've got Marvel SNAPing its way into a bad time, Ubisoft is cancelling and delaying stuff literally no-one knows about, CD Projekt lost a lot of value, and wow that's not cheery fun news this week, is it? Don't worry! Digital Extremes had itself a Tennocon and announced a bunch of cool stuff, just for me.</p> <p>Last Call BBS and the cute kitty cat simulator round out this one, but not before the greatest videogame trivia podcast within-a-podcast returns!</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Games Discussed:</strong> Marvel SNAP, Stray, Last Call BBS, Warframe, Ubisofts catalogue, Cyberpunk 2077, Soulframe</p> <p><br></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> <p>Tweet us <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers">@fun_gineers</a></p> It's only slightly used and broken, but hey, GameStop had it for a song, so why not pick up a new episode of The Funcast! (seriously though I lost the start of this to audio gremlins, the fumigators should get it sorted out)

We've got Marvel SNAPing its way into a bad time, Ubisoft is cancelling and delaying stuff literally no-one knows about, CD Projekt lost a lot of value, and wow that's not cheery fun news this week, is it? Don't worry! Digital Extremes had itself a Tennocon and announced a bunch of cool stuff, just for me.

Last Call BBS and the cute kitty cat simulator round out this one, but not before the greatest videogame trivia podcast within-a-podcast returns!


Games Discussed: Marvel SNAP, Stray, Last Call BBS, Warframe, Ubisofts catalogue, Cyberpunk 2077, Soulframe


Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com

Tweet us @fun_gineers

]]> <p>It&#39;s only slightly used and broken, but hey, GameStop had it for a song, so why not pick up a new episode of The Funcast! (seriously though I lost the start of this to audio gremlins, the fumigators should get it sorted out)</p> <p>We&#39;ve got Marvel SNAPing its way into a bad time, Ubisoft is cancelling and delaying stuff literally no-one knows about, CD Projekt lost a lot of value, and wow that&#39;s not cheery fun news this week, is it? Don&#39;t worry! Digital Extremes had itself a Tennocon and announced a bunch of cool stuff, just for me.</p> <p>Last Call BBS and the cute kitty cat simulator round out this one, but not before the greatest videogame trivia podcast within-a-podcast returns!</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Games Discussed:</strong> Marvel SNAP, Stray, Last Call BBS, Warframe, Ubisofts catalogue, Cyberpunk 2077, Soulframe</p> <p><br></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> <p>Tweet us <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers</a></p> 257a8305-78c9-49ae-923b-8f40d423e648 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-031-Super-Monkey-Maaaaaaan-e1ljoia Sat, 23 Jul 2022 18:52:43 +0000 3512 yes full The FUNCAST 030: Very Stupid, Very GameStop The FUNCAST 030: Very Stupid, Very GameStop 30 2 The Fungineers! <p>Somehow, NFTs have returned. We don't know why either, but it's great to have some comedy fall into your lap. Unity *also* continues to shoot itself in both feet repeatedly, which is a really unfun mess to have to deal with. Shame on you, we just got that rug! We got some more Steamdeck impressions, a look at Marvel SNAP!, the return of the Tall Witchy Lady, Kirby gets real hangry, and WoW adds scalies!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed: Marvel SNAP!, Bayonetta 3, Kirby's Dream Buffet, Skate 4, WoW Dragonflight.</p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> <p>Tweet us <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers">@fun_gineers</a></p> Somehow, NFTs have returned. We don't know why either, but it's great to have some comedy fall into your lap. Unity *also* continues to shoot itself in both feet repeatedly, which is a really unfun mess to have to deal with. Shame on you, we just got that rug! We got some more Steamdeck impressions, a look at Marvel SNAP!, the return of the Tall Witchy Lady, Kirby gets real hangry, and WoW adds scalies!


Games Discussed: Marvel SNAP!, Bayonetta 3, Kirby's Dream Buffet, Skate 4, WoW Dragonflight.

Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com

Tweet us @fun_gineers

]]> <p>Somehow, NFTs have returned. We don&#39;t know why either, but it&#39;s great to have some comedy fall into your lap. Unity *also* continues to shoot itself in both feet repeatedly, which is a really unfun mess to have to deal with. Shame on you, we just got that rug! We got some more Steamdeck impressions, a look at Marvel SNAP!, the return of the Tall Witchy Lady, Kirby gets real hangry, and WoW adds scalies!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed: Marvel SNAP!, Bayonetta 3, Kirby&#39;s Dream Buffet, Skate 4, WoW Dragonflight.</p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> <p>Tweet us <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers</a></p> d0e5ccb3-41f7-4c3b-b388-0cf80db57f9e https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-030-Very-Stupid--Very-GameStop-e1lbhcs Sun, 17 Jul 2022 19:11:47 +0000 5016 yes full The FUNCAST 029: A Firework Miracle The FUNCAST 029: A Firework Miracle 29 2 The Fungineers! <p>Back together at full strength, and unmatched team of cyber warriors has crossed the barrier between the digital world and reality to do one thing: Talk about really dumb video game news. Thats right, they somehow keep making dumb announcements for stuff in the video game factory, like something called a "Web3 Console" and a "Remake of an old cult favourite game". Such nonsense. We also talk about the video game tie-in for a kids series we had no idea existed, pick a new GamePass GameClub VideoGame, browse a 90s BBS and more! This week, on the FUNCAST!</p> <p>Games Discussed: Mechwarrior 5, Revita, Monolith, Gunfire Reborn, Vampire Survivors, Slay The Spire, The Mummy Demastered, Last Call BBS, The Last Kids on Earth and the Staff of Doom, BattleTech, Lolipop Chainsaw, Red Dead Redemption</p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> <p>Tweet us <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers">@fun_gineers</a></p> Back together at full strength, and unmatched team of cyber warriors has crossed the barrier between the digital world and reality to do one thing: Talk about really dumb video game news. Thats right, they somehow keep making dumb announcements for stuff in the video game factory, like something called a "Web3 Console" and a "Remake of an old cult favourite game". Such nonsense. We also talk about the video game tie-in for a kids series we had no idea existed, pick a new GamePass GameClub VideoGame, browse a 90s BBS and more! This week, on the FUNCAST!

Games Discussed: Mechwarrior 5, Revita, Monolith, Gunfire Reborn, Vampire Survivors, Slay The Spire, The Mummy Demastered, Last Call BBS, The Last Kids on Earth and the Staff of Doom, BattleTech, Lolipop Chainsaw, Red Dead Redemption

Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com

Tweet us @fun_gineers

]]> <p>Back together at full strength, and unmatched team of cyber warriors has crossed the barrier between the digital world and reality to do one thing: Talk about really dumb video game news. Thats right, they somehow keep making dumb announcements for stuff in the video game factory, like something called a &#34;Web3 Console&#34; and a &#34;Remake of an old cult favourite game&#34;. Such nonsense. We also talk about the video game tie-in for a kids series we had no idea existed, pick a new GamePass GameClub VideoGame, browse a 90s BBS and more! This week, on the FUNCAST!</p> <p>Games Discussed: Mechwarrior 5, Revita, Monolith, Gunfire Reborn, Vampire Survivors, Slay The Spire, The Mummy Demastered, Last Call BBS, The Last Kids on Earth and the Staff of Doom, BattleTech, Lolipop Chainsaw, Red Dead Redemption</p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> <p>Tweet us <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers</a></p> b5a74485-0c6c-4030-aabc-5db976182d57 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-029-A-Firework-Miracle-e1kur6h Thu, 07 Jul 2022 22:09:27 +0000 4182 yes full The FUNCAST 028: The Curse of The Return of Monkey Island The FUNCAST 028: The Curse of The Return of Monkey Island 28 2 The Fungineers! <p>A day late and a co-host short, we return! Basking in the radiant energy of a miniature Nintendo Direct and unbound of the shackles of our oppressors, Tim, Daniel, and Dean have a surprising amount of stuff to say about video games and all the weird gross GamersTM out there making lives more difficult for developers for no reason. Its fun! To talk about, not to do.&nbsp;</p> <p>Games Discussed: Megaman Battle Network (series), Monster Rancher, Mechwarrior 5, Warframe, Monster Hunter: Rise, Harvestella, Rune Factory, Outriders: Worldslater, Project Lazarus, GDQ, Armored Core, Monkey Island, Skull and Bones</p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> <p>Tweet us <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers">@fun_gineers</a></p> A day late and a co-host short, we return! Basking in the radiant energy of a miniature Nintendo Direct and unbound of the shackles of our oppressors, Tim, Daniel, and Dean have a surprising amount of stuff to say about video games and all the weird gross GamersTM out there making lives more difficult for developers for no reason. Its fun! To talk about, not to do. 

Games Discussed: Megaman Battle Network (series), Monster Rancher, Mechwarrior 5, Warframe, Monster Hunter: Rise, Harvestella, Rune Factory, Outriders: Worldslater, Project Lazarus, GDQ, Armored Core, Monkey Island, Skull and Bones

Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com

Tweet us @fun_gineers

]]> <p>A day late and a co-host short, we return! Basking in the radiant energy of a miniature Nintendo Direct and unbound of the shackles of our oppressors, Tim, Daniel, and Dean have a surprising amount of stuff to say about video games and all the weird gross GamersTM out there making lives more difficult for developers for no reason. Its fun! To talk about, not to do. </p> <p>Games Discussed: Megaman Battle Network (series), Monster Rancher, Mechwarrior 5, Warframe, Monster Hunter: Rise, Harvestella, Rune Factory, Outriders: Worldslater, Project Lazarus, GDQ, Armored Core, Monkey Island, Skull and Bones</p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> <p>Tweet us <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers</a></p> 867e9709-def8-4656-810e-07b934b5606c https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-028-The-Curse-of-The-Return-of-Monkey-Island-e1knrpf Sat, 02 Jul 2022 15:21:38 +0000 3571 yes full The FUNCAST 027: Life without Oda Non The FUNCAST 027: Life without Oda Non 27 2 The Fungineers! <p>We got a weird one! Andrew is driving! The first half of the episode didn't record properly! But we made this anyway, so please enjoy, because there is stuff in here like our GamePass GameClub Game, what we've been playing, and laughing at Activision. All good things!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed: Two Point Hospital, Neon White, METAL MAX XENO: REBORN, Warframe.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> <p>Tweet us <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" target="_blank">@fun_gineers</a></p> We got a weird one! Andrew is driving! The first half of the episode didn't record properly! But we made this anyway, so please enjoy, because there is stuff in here like our GamePass GameClub Game, what we've been playing, and laughing at Activision. All good things!


Games Discussed: Two Point Hospital, Neon White, METAL MAX XENO: REBORN, Warframe.


Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com

Tweet us @fun_gineers

]]> <p>We got a weird one! Andrew is driving! The first half of the episode didn&#39;t record properly! But we made this anyway, so please enjoy, because there is stuff in here like our GamePass GameClub Game, what we&#39;ve been playing, and laughing at Activision. All good things!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed: Two Point Hospital, Neon White, METAL MAX XENO: REBORN, Warframe.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> <p>Tweet us <a href="https://twitter.com/fun_gineers" rel="nofollow">@fun_gineers</a></p> cbe6ddc4-c95a-469d-be4a-1081929941ce https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-027-Life-without-Oda-Non-e1kd5fr Fri, 24 Jun 2022 16:20:50 +0000 3360 yes full The FUNCAST 026: The Ten Days Of Keigh3 The FUNCAST 026: The Ten Days Of Keigh3 26 2 The Fungineers! <p>IT'S BEEN TEN DAYS OF WORLD PREMIERS, so I guess it's about time to talk about them now that it's all calmed down. Sure are a lot of them video games coming, huh? SO MANY in fact, that we just don't have the time (or patience, or ability, or care to be honest) to talk about all of them at once, so we found the ones we care about and brought em to the table. Join us for this feast, wont you?</p> <p>Games Discussed: All of them</p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> <p>Tweet us: @fun_gineers</p> IT'S BEEN TEN DAYS OF WORLD PREMIERS, so I guess it's about time to talk about them now that it's all calmed down. Sure are a lot of them video games coming, huh? SO MANY in fact, that we just don't have the time (or patience, or ability, or care to be honest) to talk about all of them at once, so we found the ones we care about and brought em to the table. Join us for this feast, wont you?

Games Discussed: All of them

Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com

Tweet us: @fun_gineers

]]> <p>IT&#39;S BEEN TEN DAYS OF WORLD PREMIERS, so I guess it&#39;s about time to talk about them now that it&#39;s all calmed down. Sure are a lot of them video games coming, huh? SO MANY in fact, that we just don&#39;t have the time (or patience, or ability, or care to be honest) to talk about all of them at once, so we found the ones we care about and brought em to the table. Join us for this feast, wont you?</p> <p>Games Discussed: All of them</p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> <p>Tweet us: @fun_gineers</p> 440cee51-280a-4f4f-9ca8-5a280bb4d0ef https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-026-The-Ten-Days-Of-Keigh3-e1k3n1g Fri, 17 Jun 2022 22:42:53 +0000 4892 yes full The FUNCAST 025: A RRReturn to foRRRm The FUNCAST 025: A RRReturn to foRRRm 25 2 The Fungineers! <p>Back from assignment and operating at full capacity once again, just in time for a whole tidal wave of Not-E3 game news to hit shore. We talk the best summer blockbuster of the past several years, our wishes for the Keigh3 announcements, the growing Vampire Survivors-like genre, Kraken Academy, and pick a new GamePassGameClub game. It's another week of bangers!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Fanbyte Article about 1-2 Switch: https://www.fanbyte.com/news/the-wild-story-behind-nintendos-unannounced-1-2-switch-sequel/</p> <p>Patrick (H) Willems video about RRR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPU2D5Ftjbw</p> <p>Games Discussed: Kraken Academy!!, Sonic Frontiers, Cannibal Crossing, 20 Minutes Til Dawn, Diablo Immortal, Diablo 3</p> <p><br></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> <p>Tweet us @fun_gineers</p> Back from assignment and operating at full capacity once again, just in time for a whole tidal wave of Not-E3 game news to hit shore. We talk the best summer blockbuster of the past several years, our wishes for the Keigh3 announcements, the growing Vampire Survivors-like genre, Kraken Academy, and pick a new GamePassGameClub game. It's another week of bangers!


Fanbyte Article about 1-2 Switch: https://www.fanbyte.com/news/the-wild-story-behind-nintendos-unannounced-1-2-switch-sequel/

Patrick (H) Willems video about RRR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPU2D5Ftjbw

Games Discussed: Kraken Academy!!, Sonic Frontiers, Cannibal Crossing, 20 Minutes Til Dawn, Diablo Immortal, Diablo 3


Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com

Tweet us @fun_gineers

]]> <p>Back from assignment and operating at full capacity once again, just in time for a whole tidal wave of Not-E3 game news to hit shore. We talk the best summer blockbuster of the past several years, our wishes for the Keigh3 announcements, the growing Vampire Survivors-like genre, Kraken Academy, and pick a new GamePassGameClub game. It&#39;s another week of bangers!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Fanbyte Article about 1-2 Switch: https://www.fanbyte.com/news/the-wild-story-behind-nintendos-unannounced-1-2-switch-sequel/</p> <p>Patrick (H) Willems video about RRR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPU2D5Ftjbw</p> <p>Games Discussed: Kraken Academy!!, Sonic Frontiers, Cannibal Crossing, 20 Minutes Til Dawn, Diablo Immortal, Diablo 3</p> <p><br></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> <p>Tweet us @fun_gineers</p> dbd51983-8600-4458-80c4-a0c25badc718 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-025-A-RRReturn-to-foRRRm-e1jocpv Thu, 09 Jun 2022 20:49:00 +0000 4385 yes bonus Bonuscast: The games industry sure is weird huh Bonuscast: The games industry sure is weird huh 2 The Fungineers! <p>Tim and Dean are out on assignment this week, so instead Andrew kidnapped me and interrogated my thoughts about what the games' industry is going to be up to for the next decade. Please send help.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Sony presentation link: https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/IR/library/presen/irday/pdf/2022/GNS_E.pdf</p> Tim and Dean are out on assignment this week, so instead Andrew kidnapped me and interrogated my thoughts about what the games' industry is going to be up to for the next decade. Please send help.


Sony presentation link: https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/IR/library/presen/irday/pdf/2022/GNS_E.pdf

]]> <p>Tim and Dean are out on assignment this week, so instead Andrew kidnapped me and interrogated my thoughts about what the games&#39; industry is going to be up to for the next decade. Please send help.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Sony presentation link: https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/IR/library/presen/irday/pdf/2022/GNS_E.pdf</p> cca7c1ed-bef5-468b-ae91-b1e03304bb11 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/Bonuscast-The-games-industry-sure-is-weird-huh-e1je2p9 Thu, 02 Jun 2022 19:03:34 +0000 4019 no full The FUNCAST 024: Michael Morbius Malevolently Morbs Milquetoast Moviegoers The FUNCAST 024: Michael Morbius Malevolently Morbs Milquetoast Moviegoers The Fungineers! <p>Somehow, Morbius has returned... In card form! Darn you Ben Brode! Fighter Jets return to FlightSim, Dittos are hiding in plain sight, Raven Studios QA finally wins a Union, and Fortnite is back and cloudier than ever.&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>Off brand Dark Souls, puzzle caves, shlooters and VR Spooks abound in yet another wonderful week of videogames.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed:<br> Fortnite, Marvel Snap, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Pokemon TCG, Dolmen, La Mulana 2, Into the Radius VR, Borderlands 3<br> </p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> <p>Tweet us @fun_gineers</p> Somehow, Morbius has returned... In card form! Darn you Ben Brode! Fighter Jets return to FlightSim, Dittos are hiding in plain sight, Raven Studios QA finally wins a Union, and Fortnite is back and cloudier than ever. 


Off brand Dark Souls, puzzle caves, shlooters and VR Spooks abound in yet another wonderful week of videogames.


Games Discussed:
Fortnite, Marvel Snap, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Pokemon TCG, Dolmen, La Mulana 2, Into the Radius VR, Borderlands 3

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]]> <p>Somehow, Morbius has returned... In card form! Darn you Ben Brode! Fighter Jets return to FlightSim, Dittos are hiding in plain sight, Raven Studios QA finally wins a Union, and Fortnite is back and cloudier than ever. </p> <p><br></p> <p>Off brand Dark Souls, puzzle caves, shlooters and VR Spooks abound in yet another wonderful week of videogames.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed:<br> Fortnite, Marvel Snap, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Pokemon TCG, Dolmen, La Mulana 2, Into the Radius VR, Borderlands 3<br> </p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> <p>Tweet us @fun_gineers</p> acb09832-b10f-4ec2-b589-8295b2eaef16 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-024-Michael-Morbius-Malevolently-Morbs-Milquetoast-Moviegoers-e1j3sgf Thu, 26 May 2022 15:48:34 +0000 4297 no full The FUNCAST 023: JoJos Blizzare Graphenture The FUNCAST 023: JoJos Blizzare Graphenture 23 2 The Fungineers! <p>Time to reset the ActivisionBlizzard Oopsie Counter, cause boy they sure know how to shoot themselves in the foot don't they? We also got the traditional Delays Into 2023, free to play game news, and some hot smoke on Silent Hill rumours. Andrew has a lightning round, we sort of played Forza Horizon 5 again, picked a real weird adventure game follow up for the GamePass GameClub, and Daniel gets to talk about weird baseball bugs!!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed:</p> <p>Overwatch, Silent Hill 2, Kerbal Space Program 2, Fall Guys, The Medium, Layers of Fear, MLB The Show 22, Forza Horizon 5, Karken Academy!!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> <p>Tweet us @fun_gineers</p> Time to reset the ActivisionBlizzard Oopsie Counter, cause boy they sure know how to shoot themselves in the foot don't they? We also got the traditional Delays Into 2023, free to play game news, and some hot smoke on Silent Hill rumours. Andrew has a lightning round, we sort of played Forza Horizon 5 again, picked a real weird adventure game follow up for the GamePass GameClub, and Daniel gets to talk about weird baseball bugs!!


Games Discussed:

Overwatch, Silent Hill 2, Kerbal Space Program 2, Fall Guys, The Medium, Layers of Fear, MLB The Show 22, Forza Horizon 5, Karken Academy!!


Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com

Tweet us @fun_gineers

]]> <p>Time to reset the ActivisionBlizzard Oopsie Counter, cause boy they sure know how to shoot themselves in the foot don&#39;t they? We also got the traditional Delays Into 2023, free to play game news, and some hot smoke on Silent Hill rumours. Andrew has a lightning round, we sort of played Forza Horizon 5 again, picked a real weird adventure game follow up for the GamePass GameClub, and Daniel gets to talk about weird baseball bugs!!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed:</p> <p>Overwatch, Silent Hill 2, Kerbal Space Program 2, Fall Guys, The Medium, Layers of Fear, MLB The Show 22, Forza Horizon 5, Karken Academy!!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> <p>Tweet us @fun_gineers</p> e78c5eb6-3f0c-429e-962b-7721dd06a4c8 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-023-JoJos-Blizzare-Graphenture-e1ip067 Thu, 19 May 2022 16:40:26 +0000 4011 yes full The FUNCAST 022: Second Take The FUNCAST 022: Second Take 22 2 The Fungineers! <p>Hey! Did ya hear it? The news in the wind? Yes, that's right, it is, in fact, spring time! Which means gardens and terrible gardening apps. Oh, and some video game news, I guess. New York gets in on the Activision lawsuit punching bag, EVE Online memes become reality, and that sure is a Batman. Andrew is back with another round of whatever he is calling his game show this week, and then a recap of fun, useful video games like Trek to Yomi and Sleeper Citizen!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed:<br> Eve Online, Gotham Knights, The Arkham Series, SMITE, World of Tanks, Trek To Yomi, Sleeper Citizen, Rogue Legacy 2</p> <p><br></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> <p>Tweet us @fun_gineers<br> </p> Hey! Did ya hear it? The news in the wind? Yes, that's right, it is, in fact, spring time! Which means gardens and terrible gardening apps. Oh, and some video game news, I guess. New York gets in on the Activision lawsuit punching bag, EVE Online memes become reality, and that sure is a Batman. Andrew is back with another round of whatever he is calling his game show this week, and then a recap of fun, useful video games like Trek to Yomi and Sleeper Citizen!


Games Discussed:
Eve Online, Gotham Knights, The Arkham Series, SMITE, World of Tanks, Trek To Yomi, Sleeper Citizen, Rogue Legacy 2


Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com

Tweet us @fun_gineers

]]> <p>Hey! Did ya hear it? The news in the wind? Yes, that&#39;s right, it is, in fact, spring time! Which means gardens and terrible gardening apps. Oh, and some video game news, I guess. New York gets in on the Activision lawsuit punching bag, EVE Online memes become reality, and that sure is a Batman. Andrew is back with another round of whatever he is calling his game show this week, and then a recap of fun, useful video games like Trek to Yomi and Sleeper Citizen!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed:<br> Eve Online, Gotham Knights, The Arkham Series, SMITE, World of Tanks, Trek To Yomi, Sleeper Citizen, Rogue Legacy 2</p> <p><br></p> <p>Email us at: funcastahoy@gmail.com</p> <p>Tweet us @fun_gineers<br> </p> ae509f04-c560-4b0c-a552-d74069a92b6f https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-022-Second-Take-e1idof7 Thu, 12 May 2022 13:00:00 +0000 3971 no full The FUNCAST 021: Tea Kettle Weirdos The FUNCAST 021: Tea Kettle Weirdos 21 2 The Fungineers! <p>Rejoice! A Gamepass Gameclub episode has arrived! A dark and creepy exterior reveals a soft, warm, comfy interior in The Wild At Heart. Can this 2D Indie Pikmin-alike charm its way into our hearts? But before that, some real wacky and wild news as Square Enix lets its western parts get Embraced AND gets sued by a former contractor! Ubisoft has no idea what its doing again, Blizzard announced a mobile game we have been waiting for ages to get, and all the Rogue Legacy 2 you can handle rounds off another fine Funcast Adventure.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed:<br> The Wild At Heart, Balan Wonderworld, Rogue Legacy 2, Warcraft Arclight Rumble, Clash Royale, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake, Greedfall<br> </p> Rejoice! A Gamepass Gameclub episode has arrived! A dark and creepy exterior reveals a soft, warm, comfy interior in The Wild At Heart. Can this 2D Indie Pikmin-alike charm its way into our hearts? But before that, some real wacky and wild news as Square Enix lets its western parts get Embraced AND gets sued by a former contractor! Ubisoft has no idea what its doing again, Blizzard announced a mobile game we have been waiting for ages to get, and all the Rogue Legacy 2 you can handle rounds off another fine Funcast Adventure.


Games Discussed:
The Wild At Heart, Balan Wonderworld, Rogue Legacy 2, Warcraft Arclight Rumble, Clash Royale, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake, Greedfall

]]> <p>Rejoice! A Gamepass Gameclub episode has arrived! A dark and creepy exterior reveals a soft, warm, comfy interior in The Wild At Heart. Can this 2D Indie Pikmin-alike charm its way into our hearts? But before that, some real wacky and wild news as Square Enix lets its western parts get Embraced AND gets sued by a former contractor! Ubisoft has no idea what its doing again, Blizzard announced a mobile game we have been waiting for ages to get, and all the Rogue Legacy 2 you can handle rounds off another fine Funcast Adventure.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed:<br> The Wild At Heart, Balan Wonderworld, Rogue Legacy 2, Warcraft Arclight Rumble, Clash Royale, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake, Greedfall<br> </p> 90ae967a-307f-4bf8-94ee-babbf509385c https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-021-Tea-Kettle-Weirdos-e1i30m3 Thu, 05 May 2022 13:00:33 +0000 5307 yes full The FUNCAST 020: Cheese Sneeze The FUNCAST 020: Cheese Sneeze The Fungineers! <p>Dean is out on assignment this week, so the rest of the lads gather for the important task of making sure <em>someone </em>knows all the news thats fit to know! MMOs you forgot about, Diablo Immortal is finally more real ever imagined, and Outriders has an expansion on the way somehow? Andrew brings us a wild new game show, then we get to talking some more bout them video games.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed</p> <p>Tera, Diablo Immortal, Diablo 2, Diablo 3, Outriders, Rift, Rogue Legacy, Rogue Legacy 2, My Time at Portia, Cuphead, Samurai Bringer, Crystal Project.</p> Dean is out on assignment this week, so the rest of the lads gather for the important task of making sure someone knows all the news thats fit to know! MMOs you forgot about, Diablo Immortal is finally more real ever imagined, and Outriders has an expansion on the way somehow? Andrew brings us a wild new game show, then we get to talking some more bout them video games.


Games Discussed

Tera, Diablo Immortal, Diablo 2, Diablo 3, Outriders, Rift, Rogue Legacy, Rogue Legacy 2, My Time at Portia, Cuphead, Samurai Bringer, Crystal Project.

]]> <p>Dean is out on assignment this week, so the rest of the lads gather for the important task of making sure <em>someone </em>knows all the news thats fit to know! MMOs you forgot about, Diablo Immortal is finally more real ever imagined, and Outriders has an expansion on the way somehow? Andrew brings us a wild new game show, then we get to talking some more bout them video games.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed</p> <p>Tera, Diablo Immortal, Diablo 2, Diablo 3, Outriders, Rift, Rogue Legacy, Rogue Legacy 2, My Time at Portia, Cuphead, Samurai Bringer, Crystal Project.</p> c2713ffd-16ce-4ac8-938f-03bbc460b94f https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-020-Cheese-Sneeze-e1hp6mj Thu, 28 Apr 2022 13:00:10 +0000 3857 no full The FUNCAST 019: Sleepy Androids Dream Of Gay Robots The FUNCAST 019: Sleepy Androids Dream Of Gay Robots 19 2 The Fungineers! <p>It's Gamepass week, and we got some robits to talk about! Also, a lot of news, because as it turns out stuff keeps happening out there. Crazy! Just like those hopefully new taxis Sega is cooking up.</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed:<br> <strong>Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio, Babylons Fall, Strangers of Paradise: Final Fantasy Orgins, Unsighted, Portal (series), Elder Scrolls Online, FF14, World of Warcraft, Xenoblade Chronicles (series), Don't Starve.</strong></p> It's Gamepass week, and we got some robits to talk about! Also, a lot of news, because as it turns out stuff keeps happening out there. Crazy! Just like those hopefully new taxis Sega is cooking up.



Games Discussed:
Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio, Babylons Fall, Strangers of Paradise: Final Fantasy Orgins, Unsighted, Portal (series), Elder Scrolls Online, FF14, World of Warcraft, Xenoblade Chronicles (series), Don't Starve.

]]> <p>It&#39;s Gamepass week, and we got some robits to talk about! Also, a lot of news, because as it turns out stuff keeps happening out there. Crazy! Just like those hopefully new taxis Sega is cooking up.</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed:<br> <strong>Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio, Babylons Fall, Strangers of Paradise: Final Fantasy Orgins, Unsighted, Portal (series), Elder Scrolls Online, FF14, World of Warcraft, Xenoblade Chronicles (series), Don&#39;t Starve.</strong></p> a1700c6f-ec7e-458a-9a2f-de3d83843bb2 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-019-Sleepy-Androids-Dream-Of-Gay-Robots-e1hf3tq Thu, 21 Apr 2022 13:00:54 +0000 4490 yes full The FUNCAST 018: This Town Aint Big Enough For The Two Of Us Pigmen The FUNCAST 018: This Town Aint Big Enough For The Two Of Us Pigmen The Fungineers! <p>An episode of our videogame podcast devoted entirely to talking about videogames? Say it aint so! Today we've got everybody playing show-and-tell with games from the past couple of weeks. Andrew brings us Tunic, the long under development foxy Zelda that is more than it seems. Daniel is dash-boosting around the battlefield in Gundam EVOLUTION, a mechanized hero shooter, Dean gets creepy with Weird West, the isometric immersive sim the world has been waiting decades for, and Tim gets suitably sp0o0o0o0oky with Ghostwire Tokyo!</p> An episode of our videogame podcast devoted entirely to talking about videogames? Say it aint so! Today we've got everybody playing show-and-tell with games from the past couple of weeks. Andrew brings us Tunic, the long under development foxy Zelda that is more than it seems. Daniel is dash-boosting around the battlefield in Gundam EVOLUTION, a mechanized hero shooter, Dean gets creepy with Weird West, the isometric immersive sim the world has been waiting decades for, and Tim gets suitably sp0o0o0o0oky with Ghostwire Tokyo!

]]> <p>An episode of our videogame podcast devoted entirely to talking about videogames? Say it aint so! Today we&#39;ve got everybody playing show-and-tell with games from the past couple of weeks. Andrew brings us Tunic, the long under development foxy Zelda that is more than it seems. Daniel is dash-boosting around the battlefield in Gundam EVOLUTION, a mechanized hero shooter, Dean gets creepy with Weird West, the isometric immersive sim the world has been waiting decades for, and Tim gets suitably sp0o0o0o0oky with Ghostwire Tokyo!</p> 9de5ea02-736f-49d1-bd44-644a4b3839ce https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-018-This-Town-Aint-Big-Enough-For-The-Two-Of-Us-Pigmen-e1h5fvc Thu, 14 Apr 2022 13:00:00 +0000 5241 no full The FUNCAST 017: The Morbiest Time Of The Year The FUNCAST 017: The Morbiest Time Of The Year The Fungineers! <p>This week, we share our thoughts on Transformers: Battlegrounds, a licensed X-Com-alike that might just be more than meets the eye. Super writer Brandon Sanderson has a pitch for Bandai-Namco, FromSoft has an old game use vanishing-jitsu, Hyper Light brightens the horizon, E3 is dead again, and we go back to Monkey Island.... again!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Buckle up buckaroos, it's FUNCAST time.&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed:</p> <p>Transformers: Battlegrounds, Hyper Light Drifter, Monkey Island (series), Ninja Blade</p> This week, we share our thoughts on Transformers: Battlegrounds, a licensed X-Com-alike that might just be more than meets the eye. Super writer Brandon Sanderson has a pitch for Bandai-Namco, FromSoft has an old game use vanishing-jitsu, Hyper Light brightens the horizon, E3 is dead again, and we go back to Monkey Island.... again!


Buckle up buckaroos, it's FUNCAST time. 


Games Discussed:

Transformers: Battlegrounds, Hyper Light Drifter, Monkey Island (series), Ninja Blade

]]> <p>This week, we share our thoughts on Transformers: Battlegrounds, a licensed X-Com-alike that might just be more than meets the eye. Super writer Brandon Sanderson has a pitch for Bandai-Namco, FromSoft has an old game use vanishing-jitsu, Hyper Light brightens the horizon, E3 is dead again, and we go back to Monkey Island.... again!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Buckle up buckaroos, it&#39;s FUNCAST time. </p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed:</p> <p>Transformers: Battlegrounds, Hyper Light Drifter, Monkey Island (series), Ninja Blade</p> 2dba1708-720f-4805-a253-1feb759031a7 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-017-The-Morbiest-Time-Of-The-Year-e1grijg Thu, 07 Apr 2022 13:00:00 +0000 4531 no full The FUNCAST 016: The Skyward Sword System The FUNCAST 016: The Skyward Sword System The Fungineers! <p>Welcome to a particularly haunted episode of the show. Andrew's internet exploded part way in, and we had to just deal with contacting him from the great beyond. Sorry about that! It sure didn't stop us from talking about the gaping void left in our hearts from the sudden and shocking disappearance of everyone's favourite videogame: Fast &amp; Furious: Crossroads. Sony also announced their version of Gamepass I guess, but honestly, if it won't have my favourite version of my favourite family on it, why even bother?</p> <p><br></p> <h2>Games Discussed:<br> Fast &amp; Furious: Crossroads, Tunic, Babylon's Fall, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Zelda<br> </h2> Welcome to a particularly haunted episode of the show. Andrew's internet exploded part way in, and we had to just deal with contacting him from the great beyond. Sorry about that! It sure didn't stop us from talking about the gaping void left in our hearts from the sudden and shocking disappearance of everyone's favourite videogame: Fast & Furious: Crossroads. Sony also announced their version of Gamepass I guess, but honestly, if it won't have my favourite version of my favourite family on it, why even bother?


Games Discussed:
Fast & Furious: Crossroads, Tunic, Babylon's Fall, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Zelda

]]> <p>Welcome to a particularly haunted episode of the show. Andrew&#39;s internet exploded part way in, and we had to just deal with contacting him from the great beyond. Sorry about that! It sure didn&#39;t stop us from talking about the gaping void left in our hearts from the sudden and shocking disappearance of everyone&#39;s favourite videogame: Fast &amp; Furious: Crossroads. Sony also announced their version of Gamepass I guess, but honestly, if it won&#39;t have my favourite version of my favourite family on it, why even bother?</p> <p><br></p> <h2>Games Discussed:<br> Fast &amp; Furious: Crossroads, Tunic, Babylon&#39;s Fall, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Zelda<br> </h2> ac49d5ba-2a18-4633-8371-cac6090b576d https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-016-The-Skyward-Sword-System-e1ggdf1 Thu, 31 Mar 2022 13:00:00 +0000 3766 no full The FUNCAST 015: Hollow Bone Theory The FUNCAST 015: Hollow Bone Theory The Fungineers! <p>Boy, sure was a hot week of news, huh? But before we get into all of that mess, Humans Fall Flat in our Gamepass Gameclub discussion. What is the deal with soft, wiggly, jiggly, floppy, human bodies? And what would it take for one of these physics puzzlers to really grab us in their gooey arms? Learn alongside us that The Witcher will in fact be continuing to get video games, various Nintendo-based nonsense updates, old hands start new studios, and the reality of working in games continuing to be a horror show.</p> <p><br></p> <p>We finally (?) finished (??) Elden Ring, probably for real this time (lolno), get our now weekly Babylons Fall Update, and pick our next GamePass adventure, so get your bones acoustically sound because it's FUNCAST Time, again!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed:<br> Elden Ring, Babylons Fall, Kario, Human Fall Flat, The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time.<br> </p> Boy, sure was a hot week of news, huh? But before we get into all of that mess, Humans Fall Flat in our Gamepass Gameclub discussion. What is the deal with soft, wiggly, jiggly, floppy, human bodies? And what would it take for one of these physics puzzlers to really grab us in their gooey arms? Learn alongside us that The Witcher will in fact be continuing to get video games, various Nintendo-based nonsense updates, old hands start new studios, and the reality of working in games continuing to be a horror show.


We finally (?) finished (??) Elden Ring, probably for real this time (lolno), get our now weekly Babylons Fall Update, and pick our next GamePass adventure, so get your bones acoustically sound because it's FUNCAST Time, again!


Games Discussed:
Elden Ring, Babylons Fall, Kario, Human Fall Flat, The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time.

]]> <p>Boy, sure was a hot week of news, huh? But before we get into all of that mess, Humans Fall Flat in our Gamepass Gameclub discussion. What is the deal with soft, wiggly, jiggly, floppy, human bodies? And what would it take for one of these physics puzzlers to really grab us in their gooey arms? Learn alongside us that The Witcher will in fact be continuing to get video games, various Nintendo-based nonsense updates, old hands start new studios, and the reality of working in games continuing to be a horror show.</p> <p><br></p> <p>We finally (?) finished (??) Elden Ring, probably for real this time (lolno), get our now weekly Babylons Fall Update, and pick our next GamePass adventure, so get your bones acoustically sound because it&#39;s FUNCAST Time, again!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed:<br> Elden Ring, Babylons Fall, Kario, Human Fall Flat, The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time.<br> </p> 37f21564-dd6e-41b8-8ecf-704648d6924d https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-015-Hollow-Bone-Theory-e1g5al1 Thu, 24 Mar 2022 13:00:00 +0000 5313 no full The FUNCAST 014: More Like Elden Rang The FUNCAST 014: More Like Elden Rang 14 2 The Fungineers! <p>We did it! Almost all of us finished Elden Ring! It's a big game, and we do spend another very decent chunk of the show talking some more about it. But before that, we got modern PS2 B-Game Strangers of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin to wonder at, a very short State of Play, thinkin' bout them Tokyo Ghostwires, and Tim, oh brave, foolish Tim, took Babylons Fall, so we didn't have to.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed:<br> Tokyo Ghostwire, Strangers of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, Babylons Fall, Elden Ring, World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Dino Crisis, Monster Hunter Rise. <br> </p> <p><br></p> We did it! Almost all of us finished Elden Ring! It's a big game, and we do spend another very decent chunk of the show talking some more about it. But before that, we got modern PS2 B-Game Strangers of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin to wonder at, a very short State of Play, thinkin' bout them Tokyo Ghostwires, and Tim, oh brave, foolish Tim, took Babylons Fall, so we didn't have to.


Games Discussed:
Tokyo Ghostwire, Strangers of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, Babylons Fall, Elden Ring, World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Dino Crisis, Monster Hunter Rise.


]]> <p>We did it! Almost all of us finished Elden Ring! It&#39;s a big game, and we do spend another very decent chunk of the show talking some more about it. But before that, we got modern PS2 B-Game Strangers of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin to wonder at, a very short State of Play, thinkin&#39; bout them Tokyo Ghostwires, and Tim, oh brave, foolish Tim, took Babylons Fall, so we didn&#39;t have to.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed:<br> Tokyo Ghostwire, Strangers of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, Babylons Fall, Elden Ring, World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Dino Crisis, Monster Hunter Rise. <br> </p> <p><br></p> 34a9303f-4664-4b8c-9aaf-551e32917288 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-014-More-Like-Elden-Rang-e1fr0eg Thu, 17 Mar 2022 13:00:00 +0000 5814 yes full The FUNCAST 013: Send Lawyers, Swords, and Runes The FUNCAST 013: Send Lawyers, Swords, and Runes 13 2 The Fungineers! <p>ELDEN RING IS FINALLY HER-- wait no that was last week, sorry. ELDEN RING IS STILL HERE! Pretty sure its unbeatable, but we sure are trying! Andrew, Daniel, and Dean share thoughts from our continued adventures in the Lands Between. We also discuss our Gamepass Gameclub game: Hellblade - Senua's Sacrifice, a game that holds up surprisingly well despite coming out four hundred years ago. We also got some fun and not so fun news, and pick a whole new video game to play for next time around, so join us by the grace and listen to THE FUNCAST!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed:<br> Pokémon Arceus, Violet &amp; Scarlet, Elden Ring, Call of Duty, Quantic Dreams Star Wars Thing, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Babylon's Fall.<br> </p> ELDEN RING IS FINALLY HER-- wait no that was last week, sorry. ELDEN RING IS STILL HERE! Pretty sure its unbeatable, but we sure are trying! Andrew, Daniel, and Dean share thoughts from our continued adventures in the Lands Between. We also discuss our Gamepass Gameclub game: Hellblade - Senua's Sacrifice, a game that holds up surprisingly well despite coming out four hundred years ago. We also got some fun and not so fun news, and pick a whole new video game to play for next time around, so join us by the grace and listen to THE FUNCAST!


Games Discussed:
Pokémon Arceus, Violet & Scarlet, Elden Ring, Call of Duty, Quantic Dreams Star Wars Thing, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Babylon's Fall.

]]> <p>ELDEN RING IS FINALLY HER-- wait no that was last week, sorry. ELDEN RING IS STILL HERE! Pretty sure its unbeatable, but we sure are trying! Andrew, Daniel, and Dean share thoughts from our continued adventures in the Lands Between. We also discuss our Gamepass Gameclub game: Hellblade - Senua&#39;s Sacrifice, a game that holds up surprisingly well despite coming out four hundred years ago. We also got some fun and not so fun news, and pick a whole new video game to play for next time around, so join us by the grace and listen to THE FUNCAST!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed:<br> Pokémon Arceus, Violet &amp; Scarlet, Elden Ring, Call of Duty, Quantic Dreams Star Wars Thing, Hellblade: Senua&#39;s Sacrifice, Babylon&#39;s Fall.<br> </p> 36b98121-b136-4f9e-87c6-c52a804a7f65 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-013-Send-Lawyers--Swords--and-Runes-e1fg5e8 Thu, 10 Mar 2022 12:00:00 +0000 4688 yes bonus The FUNCAST BONUS: Scheduling news The FUNCAST BONUS: Scheduling news The Fungineers! <p>Just popping in real quick to let y'all know that we are in the middle of scheduling the podcast to go up on Thursdays now, instead of Monday. Hopefully this will let us actually get everyone together, since finding time can be real tough!</p> <p><br></p> <p>See you then!</p> Just popping in real quick to let y'all know that we are in the middle of scheduling the podcast to go up on Thursdays now, instead of Monday. Hopefully this will let us actually get everyone together, since finding time can be real tough!


See you then!

]]> <p>Just popping in real quick to let y&#39;all know that we are in the middle of scheduling the podcast to go up on Thursdays now, instead of Monday. Hopefully this will let us actually get everyone together, since finding time can be real tough!</p> <p><br></p> <p>See you then!</p> dc206e32-2f1d-4c30-8c6d-592cd6282407 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-BONUS-Scheduling-news-e1fcp01 Mon, 07 Mar 2022 23:25:57 +0000 60 no full The FUNCAST 012: Go Touch Grace The FUNCAST 012: Go Touch Grace 12 2 The Fungineers! <p>Elden Ring is here, and we spent an entire episode talking about it! Whoops! Join us for a discussion of our experiences in the first 3-14 hours of this massive, sprawling, multi-layered Dark Souls poison swamp of a video game. Light and mostly non-specific spoilers of *stuff* are in store, but for a major spoiler: Games Good, go play it.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Next week should be mostly back to normal, don't worry about it.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed:<br> Red Dead Redemption 2, The Long Dark, ELDEN RING<br> </p> Elden Ring is here, and we spent an entire episode talking about it! Whoops! Join us for a discussion of our experiences in the first 3-14 hours of this massive, sprawling, multi-layered Dark Souls poison swamp of a video game. Light and mostly non-specific spoilers of *stuff* are in store, but for a major spoiler: Games Good, go play it.


Next week should be mostly back to normal, don't worry about it.


Games Discussed:
Red Dead Redemption 2, The Long Dark, ELDEN RING

]]> <p>Elden Ring is here, and we spent an entire episode talking about it! Whoops! Join us for a discussion of our experiences in the first 3-14 hours of this massive, sprawling, multi-layered Dark Souls poison swamp of a video game. Light and mostly non-specific spoilers of *stuff* are in store, but for a major spoiler: Games Good, go play it.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Next week should be mostly back to normal, don&#39;t worry about it.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed:<br> Red Dead Redemption 2, The Long Dark, ELDEN RING<br> </p> 8bd06141-e511-489d-bb4c-0f9441f16881 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-012-Go-Touch-Grace-e1f049c Mon, 28 Feb 2022 12:00:00 +0000 4303 yes full The FUNCAST 011: Getting Ogre It With Wide Ryu The FUNCAST 011: Getting Ogre It With Wide Ryu The Fungineers! <p>It's finally time to talk about the Soulslike everyone has been waiting for: MORTAL SHELL. That's the one, right? We then pick ourselves a new Gamepass Gameclub game, and get something we are actually excited by!<br> <br> We also dive into the newest TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER, a game that sure seems like it could be good, but much like an Ogre, it has a lot of layers to grind down first. Lost Ark has boats and a cool endgame, Capcom finally let us know that a new Street Fighter is coming, announced some more ports, STEAM is going to maybe get better while Valve <em>also</em> does good work with replacement parts, and the Wii U and 3DS are finally, officially dead. Long live the King.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed:<br> Mortal Shell, Total War: Warhammer 3, Lost Ark, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Street Fighter 6, Red Earth<br> </p> It's finally time to talk about the Soulslike everyone has been waiting for: MORTAL SHELL. That's the one, right? We then pick ourselves a new Gamepass Gameclub game, and get something we are actually excited by!

We also dive into the newest TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER, a game that sure seems like it could be good, but much like an Ogre, it has a lot of layers to grind down first. Lost Ark has boats and a cool endgame, Capcom finally let us know that a new Street Fighter is coming, announced some more ports, STEAM is going to maybe get better while Valve also does good work with replacement parts, and the Wii U and 3DS are finally, officially dead. Long live the King.


Games Discussed:
Mortal Shell, Total War: Warhammer 3, Lost Ark, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Street Fighter 6, Red Earth

]]> <p>It&#39;s finally time to talk about the Soulslike everyone has been waiting for: MORTAL SHELL. That&#39;s the one, right? We then pick ourselves a new Gamepass Gameclub game, and get something we are actually excited by!<br> <br> We also dive into the newest TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER, a game that sure seems like it could be good, but much like an Ogre, it has a lot of layers to grind down first. Lost Ark has boats and a cool endgame, Capcom finally let us know that a new Street Fighter is coming, announced some more ports, STEAM is going to maybe get better while Valve <em>also</em> does good work with replacement parts, and the Wii U and 3DS are finally, officially dead. Long live the King.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed:<br> Mortal Shell, Total War: Warhammer 3, Lost Ark, Hellblade: Senua&#39;s Sacrifice, Street Fighter 6, Red Earth<br> </p> 5aed9a64-d111-4f79-bd43-17462d42786c https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-011-Getting-Ogre-It-With-Wide-Ryu-e1ep0p1 Tue, 22 Feb 2022 20:24:46 +0000 6169 no full The FUNCAST 10: Is Kirby Vore? The FUNCAST 10: Is Kirby Vore? 10 2 The Fungineers! <p>Surprise! It's a Nintendo Direct! And it sure included a whole lot of stuff, which is very good because Kirby has a new mode just for dealing with it. Did we really need this many ports and remasters for Switch? Probably not, but if we end up getting new Advanced Wars and Front Mission games out of it.....</p> <p>We also spend probably too long talking about the new hotness: Lost Ark! Fresh off the enduring long term success of developing New World, Amazon decided to translate and publish another MMO for the western market. Will this fusion of Theme Park and Action RPG be a winner? Or will it succumb to free-to-play temptations? Find out, this week on The FUNCAST!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed:</p> <p>Lost Ark,</p> <p>LiveALive,</p> <p>Rainbow 6 Extraction,</p> <p>Kingdom Hearts: But in the cloud this time,</p> Surprise! It's a Nintendo Direct! And it sure included a whole lot of stuff, which is very good because Kirby has a new mode just for dealing with it. Did we really need this many ports and remasters for Switch? Probably not, but if we end up getting new Advanced Wars and Front Mission games out of it.....

We also spend probably too long talking about the new hotness: Lost Ark! Fresh off the enduring long term success of developing New World, Amazon decided to translate and publish another MMO for the western market. Will this fusion of Theme Park and Action RPG be a winner? Or will it succumb to free-to-play temptations? Find out, this week on The FUNCAST!


Games Discussed:

Lost Ark,

LiveALive,

Rainbow 6 Extraction,

Kingdom Hearts: But in the cloud this time,

]]> <p>Surprise! It&#39;s a Nintendo Direct! And it sure included a whole lot of stuff, which is very good because Kirby has a new mode just for dealing with it. Did we really need this many ports and remasters for Switch? Probably not, but if we end up getting new Advanced Wars and Front Mission games out of it.....</p> <p>We also spend probably too long talking about the new hotness: Lost Ark! Fresh off the enduring long term success of developing New World, Amazon decided to translate and publish another MMO for the western market. Will this fusion of Theme Park and Action RPG be a winner? Or will it succumb to free-to-play temptations? Find out, this week on The FUNCAST!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed:</p> <p>Lost Ark,</p> <p>LiveALive,</p> <p>Rainbow 6 Extraction,</p> <p>Kingdom Hearts: But in the cloud this time,</p> 1cd5fee1-9e61-4062-a904-1d824c4da2c6 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-10-Is-Kirby-Vore-e1ebcl4 Mon, 14 Feb 2022 12:00:00 +0000 5009 yes full The FUNCAST 09: Stadia is the Dark Souls of Streaming The FUNCAST 09: Stadia is the Dark Souls of Streaming The Fungineers! <p>Dying Light 2 is here! Pokémon is here! Andrew is here! Everyone is here, except for Stadia! Sony also bought Bungie I guess, but the slow and shambling advance of Stadia into the great Google In The Sky is much funnier to discuss. Andrew fills us in on his Global Game Jam experience, we discuss all there is to see and do in two very large new games, and see if we can construct a bridge into our hearts with our latest Gamepass Game Club game.<br> <br> It's all here, all (mostly) new on The FUNCAST!<br> </p> <p>Games Discussed:</p> <p>Dying Light 2, Pokémon Legends Arceus, Bridge Constructor Portal, Global Game Jam</p> Dying Light 2 is here! Pokémon is here! Andrew is here! Everyone is here, except for Stadia! Sony also bought Bungie I guess, but the slow and shambling advance of Stadia into the great Google In The Sky is much funnier to discuss. Andrew fills us in on his Global Game Jam experience, we discuss all there is to see and do in two very large new games, and see if we can construct a bridge into our hearts with our latest Gamepass Game Club game.

It's all here, all (mostly) new on The FUNCAST!

Games Discussed:

Dying Light 2, Pokémon Legends Arceus, Bridge Constructor Portal, Global Game Jam

]]> <p>Dying Light 2 is here! Pokémon is here! Andrew is here! Everyone is here, except for Stadia! Sony also bought Bungie I guess, but the slow and shambling advance of Stadia into the great Google In The Sky is much funnier to discuss. Andrew fills us in on his Global Game Jam experience, we discuss all there is to see and do in two very large new games, and see if we can construct a bridge into our hearts with our latest Gamepass Game Club game.<br> <br> It&#39;s all here, all (mostly) new on The FUNCAST!<br> </p> <p>Games Discussed:</p> <p>Dying Light 2, Pokémon Legends Arceus, Bridge Constructor Portal, Global Game Jam</p> 2189fea1-ddaa-40d5-85bd-e537ba66bc75 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-09-Stadia-is-the-Dark-Souls-of-Streaming-e1e4i77 Tue, 08 Feb 2022 21:05:47 +0000 5472 no full The FUNCAST 08: Sad Mall Aesthetic The FUNCAST 08: Sad Mall Aesthetic 8 2 The Fungineers! <p><strong>Dying Light 2</strong> is suspiciously close to release, so we talk about the shambling hordes. How badly do we want to parkour zombie fight for 500 hours? Also in the air is the distinctive smell of a new <strong>Path of Exile</strong> season, the harbinger of lost time. Microsoft is in the news again across the pond, Unity loves dogfighting, NVIDIA gives up, and NetEase caught themselves a Yakuza.<br> <br> Plus, hear what it's like to be in the middle of a <em>different </em>zombie apocalypse, take pictures of puppies, and own a magical plant store (it's not drugs I swear officer) on this week's FUNCAST!<em><br> </em></p> <p>Games Discussed:</p> <ul> <li>Strange Horticulture,</li> <li>The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners,</li> <li>Pupperazzi,</li> <li>Path Of Exile,</li> <li>Warframe,</li> <li>Dying Light 2</li> </ul> Dying Light 2 is suspiciously close to release, so we talk about the shambling hordes. How badly do we want to parkour zombie fight for 500 hours? Also in the air is the distinctive smell of a new Path of Exile season, the harbinger of lost time. Microsoft is in the news again across the pond, Unity loves dogfighting, NVIDIA gives up, and NetEase caught themselves a Yakuza.

Plus, hear what it's like to be in the middle of a different zombie apocalypse, take pictures of puppies, and own a magical plant store (it's not drugs I swear officer) on this week's FUNCAST!

Games Discussed:

  • Strange Horticulture,
  • The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners,
  • Pupperazzi,
  • Path Of Exile,
  • Warframe,
  • Dying Light 2
]]> <p><strong>Dying Light 2</strong> is suspiciously close to release, so we talk about the shambling hordes. How badly do we want to parkour zombie fight for 500 hours? Also in the air is the distinctive smell of a new <strong>Path of Exile</strong> season, the harbinger of lost time. Microsoft is in the news again across the pond, Unity loves dogfighting, NVIDIA gives up, and NetEase caught themselves a Yakuza.<br> <br> Plus, hear what it&#39;s like to be in the middle of a <em>different </em>zombie apocalypse, take pictures of puppies, and own a magical plant store (it&#39;s not drugs I swear officer) on this week&#39;s FUNCAST!<em><br> </em></p> <p>Games Discussed:</p> <ul> <li>Strange Horticulture,</li> <li>The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners,</li> <li>Pupperazzi,</li> <li>Path Of Exile,</li> <li>Warframe,</li> <li>Dying Light 2</li> </ul> 0eb56079-38c1-4387-91e1-a6947745db01 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-08-Sad-Mall-Aesthetic-e1dlue3 Mon, 31 Jan 2022 12:00:00 +0000 4259 yes full The FUNCAST 07: Microsoft Partners With Tifa To Run The World The FUNCAST 07: Microsoft Partners With Tifa To Run The World The Fungineers! <p>We get snowed in this week with the news of Microsoft acquiring Activision Blizzard. Is this good news? What does it mean? Will we eventually have to play Call of Duty campaigns on Gamepass for this podcast? How does an Italian senate meeting fit into all of this?<br> <br> Our discussion of our most recent Gamepass roulette game EMPIRE OF SIN shows us that Microsoft will continue to fill up Gamepass with anything, just as long as it is #content that's good enough.<br> </p> <p>Some brief check ins with Resident Evil and the selection of our next game round out a surprisingly busy week in the middle of January!</p> <p>Games Discussed:</p> <ul> <li>Empire of Sin</li> <li>Resident Evil: Village</li> <li>Final Fantasy 7</li> <li>Nobody Saves The World</li> <li>Blade Assault</li> <li>Archvale</li> </ul> We get snowed in this week with the news of Microsoft acquiring Activision Blizzard. Is this good news? What does it mean? Will we eventually have to play Call of Duty campaigns on Gamepass for this podcast? How does an Italian senate meeting fit into all of this?

Our discussion of our most recent Gamepass roulette game EMPIRE OF SIN shows us that Microsoft will continue to fill up Gamepass with anything, just as long as it is #content that's good enough.

Some brief check ins with Resident Evil and the selection of our next game round out a surprisingly busy week in the middle of January!

Games Discussed:

  • Empire of Sin
  • Resident Evil: Village
  • Final Fantasy 7
  • Nobody Saves The World
  • Blade Assault
  • Archvale
]]> <p>We get snowed in this week with the news of Microsoft acquiring Activision Blizzard. Is this good news? What does it mean? Will we eventually have to play Call of Duty campaigns on Gamepass for this podcast? How does an Italian senate meeting fit into all of this?<br> <br> Our discussion of our most recent Gamepass roulette game EMPIRE OF SIN shows us that Microsoft will continue to fill up Gamepass with anything, just as long as it is #content that&#39;s good enough.<br> </p> <p>Some brief check ins with Resident Evil and the selection of our next game round out a surprisingly busy week in the middle of January!</p> <p>Games Discussed:</p> <ul> <li>Empire of Sin</li> <li>Resident Evil: Village</li> <li>Final Fantasy 7</li> <li>Nobody Saves The World</li> <li>Blade Assault</li> <li>Archvale</li> </ul> 05a87e95-3431-4588-b011-04d730a9f58e https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-07-Microsoft-Partners-With-Tifa-To-Run-The-World-e1dboi9 Tue, 25 Jan 2022 18:04:44 +0000 4690 no full The FUNCAST 06: The Best Fishing Game Ever Made The FUNCAST 06: The Best Fishing Game Ever Made 6 2 The Fungineers! <p>Another week, another horrifying monster pulled from the deep. Do not be fooled by its soothing voice, it speaks naught but poison and lies.&nbsp;</p> <p>We've also got some fun robot and movement based game rumours, a surprising amount to say about Pokémon and Dark Cloud, spooky VR travails, and even spookier horde based shooting!</p> <p>Please keep all arms and legs inside the podcast at all times, The FUNCAST is leaving the station!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed:</p> <ul> <li>Nobody Saves the World</li> <li>Rainbow Six Siege</li> <li>Rainbow Six Extraction</li> <li>Armored Core Series</li> <li>Dark Cloud 1 &amp; 2</li> <li>Into the Radius VR</li> <li>Monster Hunter Rise</li> <li>Vampire Survivors</li> <li>Archvale</li> <li>Pokémon Arceus</li> </ul> <p><br></p> Another week, another horrifying monster pulled from the deep. Do not be fooled by its soothing voice, it speaks naught but poison and lies. 

We've also got some fun robot and movement based game rumours, a surprising amount to say about Pokémon and Dark Cloud, spooky VR travails, and even spookier horde based shooting!

Please keep all arms and legs inside the podcast at all times, The FUNCAST is leaving the station!


Games Discussed:

  • Nobody Saves the World
  • Rainbow Six Siege
  • Rainbow Six Extraction
  • Armored Core Series
  • Dark Cloud 1 & 2
  • Into the Radius VR
  • Monster Hunter Rise
  • Vampire Survivors
  • Archvale
  • Pokémon Arceus


]]> <p>Another week, another horrifying monster pulled from the deep. Do not be fooled by its soothing voice, it speaks naught but poison and lies. </p> <p>We&#39;ve also got some fun robot and movement based game rumours, a surprising amount to say about Pokémon and Dark Cloud, spooky VR travails, and even spookier horde based shooting!</p> <p>Please keep all arms and legs inside the podcast at all times, The FUNCAST is leaving the station!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Games Discussed:</p> <ul> <li>Nobody Saves the World</li> <li>Rainbow Six Siege</li> <li>Rainbow Six Extraction</li> <li>Armored Core Series</li> <li>Dark Cloud 1 &amp; 2</li> <li>Into the Radius VR</li> <li>Monster Hunter Rise</li> <li>Vampire Survivors</li> <li>Archvale</li> <li>Pokémon Arceus</li> </ul> <p><br></p> 7a4e63d1-8c89-43a5-924d-24910481ee0a https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-06-The-Best-Fishing-Game-Ever-Made-e1d25ai Mon, 17 Jan 2022 12:00:00 +0000 4146 no full The FUNCAST 05: What A Horrible Night To Have A Curse The FUNCAST 05: What A Horrible Night To Have A Curse 5 2 The Fungineers! <p>They just won't stop crawling up from beneath the wormy earth. That's right, <strong>Konami</strong> has put on a memorial for <strong>Castlevania</strong>, them immediately got drunk and tipped the casket over. We also hear about what <strong>MAGFest</strong> is up to this year, the wonders of video game burlesque, and choose a new game club video game. But not before we talk about <strong>Crown Trick</strong>, the turn based, actually Rogue-like dungeon crawler from NExT Studios. We get into our thoughts and feelings about not just the game, but sort of that whole mess of a genre. Will we make it to the end? Or will a host of blockchain based zombies and ghouls drag us down to hell? Find out, this week on The FUNCAST!</p> They just won't stop crawling up from beneath the wormy earth. That's right, Konami has put on a memorial for Castlevania, them immediately got drunk and tipped the casket over. We also hear about what MAGFest is up to this year, the wonders of video game burlesque, and choose a new game club video game. But not before we talk about Crown Trick, the turn based, actually Rogue-like dungeon crawler from NExT Studios. We get into our thoughts and feelings about not just the game, but sort of that whole mess of a genre. Will we make it to the end? Or will a host of blockchain based zombies and ghouls drag us down to hell? Find out, this week on The FUNCAST!

]]> <p>They just won&#39;t stop crawling up from beneath the wormy earth. That&#39;s right, <strong>Konami</strong> has put on a memorial for <strong>Castlevania</strong>, them immediately got drunk and tipped the casket over. We also hear about what <strong>MAGFest</strong> is up to this year, the wonders of video game burlesque, and choose a new game club video game. But not before we talk about <strong>Crown Trick</strong>, the turn based, actually Rogue-like dungeon crawler from NExT Studios. We get into our thoughts and feelings about not just the game, but sort of that whole mess of a genre. Will we make it to the end? Or will a host of blockchain based zombies and ghouls drag us down to hell? Find out, this week on The FUNCAST!</p> a6f738e7-a19d-4bde-b462-81a317ebeb54 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-05-What-A-Horrible-Night-To-Have-A-Curse-e1co887 Mon, 10 Jan 2022 12:00:00 +0000 5057 yes full The FUNCAST 04: Air Frying A Year Of Games The FUNCAST 04: Air Frying A Year Of Games 4 2 The Fungineers! <p>The holiday spirit is upon us this week, as we sit down to discuss the videogames that were. Listen in for discussion of our favourites (and not so favourites), the wonders of dual wielding air friers, and what class Tim should play in FF14 once he is tired of being dead on the floor.</p> The holiday spirit is upon us this week, as we sit down to discuss the videogames that were. Listen in for discussion of our favourites (and not so favourites), the wonders of dual wielding air friers, and what class Tim should play in FF14 once he is tired of being dead on the floor.

]]> <p>The holiday spirit is upon us this week, as we sit down to discuss the videogames that were. Listen in for discussion of our favourites (and not so favourites), the wonders of dual wielding air friers, and what class Tim should play in FF14 once he is tired of being dead on the floor.</p> 4b08a055-d4ea-401d-ba86-bb9b9ca756af https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-04-Air-Frying-A-Year-Of-Games-e1cb1ta Thu, 30 Dec 2021 20:18:37 +0000 4581 yes full The FUNCAST 03: Randy Pitchford Makes NFTs Disapear The FUNCAST 03: Randy Pitchford Makes NFTs Disapear 3 2 The Fungineers! <p>Today! We discuss State of Decay 2, the first of our GamePass game club games, the ongoing greatness and horrors of Final Fantasy 14s latest expansion, and possibly the worst (or maybe best) way to play an old game for the first time.&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>We also get around some fun EA related technical problems and select the next game for us to play, and dunk on NFTs again, because for some reason the industry hasn't learned its lesson yet.&nbsp;</p> Today! We discuss State of Decay 2, the first of our GamePass game club games, the ongoing greatness and horrors of Final Fantasy 14s latest expansion, and possibly the worst (or maybe best) way to play an old game for the first time. 


We also get around some fun EA related technical problems and select the next game for us to play, and dunk on NFTs again, because for some reason the industry hasn't learned its lesson yet. 

]]> <p>Today! We discuss State of Decay 2, the first of our GamePass game club games, the ongoing greatness and horrors of Final Fantasy 14s latest expansion, and possibly the worst (or maybe best) way to play an old game for the first time. </p> <p><br></p> <p>We also get around some fun EA related technical problems and select the next game for us to play, and dunk on NFTs again, because for some reason the industry hasn&#39;t learned its lesson yet. </p> 1d29426b-2aac-4c72-bb8c-9363e55d4f09 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-03-Randy-Pitchford-Makes-NFTs-Disapear-e1c0c8r Tue, 21 Dec 2021 14:00:00 +0000 4651 yes full The FUNCAST 02: Crypto Milo's Revenge The FUNCAST 02: Crypto Milo's Revenge 2 2 The Fungineers! <p>WE GOT THE GAME AWARDS! But mostly trailers announcing stuff that needed more time in the oven, so it missed E3.&nbsp;</p> <p>We've also got everyone's favourite type of news: NFT garbage! The future is wonderful, especially when it's just old stuff but done bad and worse.</p> <p>Pull up your gamer chairs, put on your Gunnars, it's Funcast time again!</p> WE GOT THE GAME AWARDS! But mostly trailers announcing stuff that needed more time in the oven, so it missed E3. 

We've also got everyone's favourite type of news: NFT garbage! The future is wonderful, especially when it's just old stuff but done bad and worse.

Pull up your gamer chairs, put on your Gunnars, it's Funcast time again!

]]> <p>WE GOT THE GAME AWARDS! But mostly trailers announcing stuff that needed more time in the oven, so it missed E3. </p> <p>We&#39;ve also got everyone&#39;s favourite type of news: NFT garbage! The future is wonderful, especially when it&#39;s just old stuff but done bad and worse.</p> <p>Pull up your gamer chairs, put on your Gunnars, it&#39;s Funcast time again!</p> 6d4cbc48-ff40-45da-b67c-d71016a8d6a3 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-02-Crypto-Milos-Revenge-e1bnuhj Tue, 14 Dec 2021 14:00:00 +0000 3625 yes full The FUNCAST 01: The Demon In The Woods The FUNCAST 01: The Demon In The Woods 1 2 The Fungineers! <p>Welcome (back?) to THE FUNCAST!<br> <br> EA Troubles! <br> Halo Infinite!<br> FINALLY SMT5!</p> <p>And boy, FF14 sure is on fire isn't it.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Join us for roundtable discussion, the start of a GamePass Game Club that makes everything itchy tasty, and probably the most easily breakable mouse Razer has ever made.<br> </p> Welcome (back?) to THE FUNCAST!

EA Troubles!
Halo Infinite!
FINALLY SMT5!

And boy, FF14 sure is on fire isn't it.


Join us for roundtable discussion, the start of a GamePass Game Club that makes everything itchy tasty, and probably the most easily breakable mouse Razer has ever made.

]]> <p>Welcome (back?) to THE FUNCAST!<br> <br> EA Troubles! <br> Halo Infinite!<br> FINALLY SMT5!</p> <p>And boy, FF14 sure is on fire isn&#39;t it.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Join us for roundtable discussion, the start of a GamePass Game Club that makes everything itchy tasty, and probably the most easily breakable mouse Razer has ever made.<br> </p> 1c2f1ec6-49d8-493d-bc2a-a4ea991a3883 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefuncast/episodes/The-FUNCAST-01-The-Demon-In-The-Woods-e1bgd51 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:00:00 +0000 5109 yes