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Jun 2026
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Critical but casual approaches to current, past, and future video games six times a week. In addition, guests will periodically share their own aesthetic and personal experiences with games in conversation! Subscribe to our Patreon at www.patreon.com/hegelbon if you'd like to hear special patron-only bonus episodes!
Liv and I team up to talk about the newest target in our quest to play indie games, The Killing Stone! A baroque, complex, and, yes, messy deck builder-cum-Elizabethan revenge tragedy. Quintessentially an early access game, but something that is a lovely peek into something that could grow into something new and special -- check it out here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Writer extraordinare Kevin Fox, Jr. joins us to talk about football, Dark Souls, writing, the nature of journalism under late capital, and the uses of social media. A rollicking, old fashioned, incisive chat with a good friend and great interlocutor. Check it out now!!! Some useful links: Articles by Kevin mentioned https://pcvulpes.wordpress.com/2026/05/11/endless-discursive-cycles-social- media-videogames-bluesky-mixtape-mass-effect-uncharted/ https://peoplesworld.org/article/mortal-kombat-ii-review-a-soulless-and-uneven-sequel/ Articles by other people mentioned https://noescapevg.com/review-mixtape/ https://ckunzelman.com/2026/05/10/on-mixtape-2026/ https://www.negrophonic.com/pdfs/Fredric%20Jameson%20-%20Realism%20and%20Utopia%20in%20The%20Wire.pdf https://autumn-wright.com/just-blog-it/ https://unwinnable.com/2026/02/11/a-dialogue-with-austin-walker/ https://bloomedwings.com/2026/05/11/letters-between-against-all-odds-and-differences-friends/ https://www.avclub.com/commodity-fetishism-is-law-in-nba-2k26 https://www.avclub.com/wwe-2k26-wrestling-games-monopoly Other websites mentioned https://peoplesworld.org/ https://www.moviejawn.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Graham and I make a rare appearance not on the Patreon to announce the return of our inimitable Homicide podcast, this one being a special review of the episode "Thrill of the Kill" which features alumni from Burn Notice and is considered maybe the worst episode of the show's run! Maybe! Thrill at the blue screen effects, stay for the "surprise" ending! Homicide! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Milla your Jovavich, and get ready to reminisce about middling Kevin Bacon horror television franchises, as we dig into the first Resident Evil movie! Is it good? Is it bad? Is it a waste of time or a hidden gem? Find out why every answer is...yes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Liv and I once again embark on our labor of love as we consider the novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka and the 2014 SquareEnix game Murdered: Soul Suspect. Death, deduction, ghosts, regret, discursive thinking, the limits of political art, and more! An action packed episode, with a live show coming next week to boot! Check that out at youtube.com/@aveyclub Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We get DARK in the weeds of Black Lagoon as it's OVA time for me, Piss, and Emily. What sorts of vengeful nightmarish stuff are we digging through this time? How much screentime will Benny and Dutch get? And will Rock and Revy become romantic or not? Well, ok, last one you know the answer to. BLACK LAGOON FOREVER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hey everyone! I apologize for the break, I've had a little burnout issue that I talk about on the podcast here, and Liv and I break down where we're at, what we've been up to, and all that good stuff. Black Lagoon to continue Friday, and then some new stuff we've recorded since -- lots of fun to come, and hopefully a pace that doesn't lead to more breaks! Thanks for your support! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Round out the last bit of the regular series before Roberta's Blood Trail with me and piss and Emily! More Revy! More Rock! More Japan! Not...not really all that much Benny and Dutch. But more Balalaika! And a fight TO THE DEATH! This is a fun one gang. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We welcome lawyer podcaster extraordinaire Charles "Ugarles" S. to talk about the recent Steam legal action, what it might mean for lootcrates, why these markets are legal gray areas, and the future of our wonderful gambling society. A treat for all!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We welcome Alexey Gerasimov to the show to talk about his incredibly good and engaging and rewarding and man what a game SCREAMING HEAD. There's other stuff discussed here, but the verve of platformers, weird art, self-teaching, mind vs body Cartesianism, and more recommends itself. Go buy the game at steam or itch or anywhere else, just search Screaming Head -- it is a fantastic time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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