Episode 309 - Pepper Grinder, Alpha Protocol, and Inkbound OR "You Must Gather Your Sandwich Before Venturing Forth"

The Platformers: A Video Game (and Nerd Culture) Podcast

In this episode, Brian, Kris, and Lucas are joined by Thomas Wilde to discuss Pepper Grinder, Balatro, Harold Halibut, and a lot more.

TOPICS & TIMESTAMPS:

• Pepper Grinder - 1:10 |
• Controller for Lucas PB Tales - Crush - 17:25 |
• Harold Halibut - 19:00 |
• 3, 2, 1, Let's Jam - 28:00 |
• Balatro - 29:00 |
• Stellar Blade - 31:30 |
• Asgard's Wrath II - 45:05 |
• Lies Beneath - 55:35 |
• Wintermoore Tactics Club - 1:01:50 |
• Alpha Protocol - 1:17:00 |
• Thomas' Indie Game Corner - 1:49:05 |
• Inkbound - 1:59:35 |

POTENTIAL EPISODE TITLES (EACH "+" IS A HOST VOTE):

• He's Got A Big Pink Head & He Drills Down |
• What Flavor Of Crack Would You Like? |
• I'm Worried It Will Become Financially Beneficial For Me To Get Back Into World Of Warcraft |
• No, We're Not Gonna Tip Mike Ybarra |
• Wallace & Grimpet |
• Cheese, Grommet! |
• Unfortunately, No One Can Be Told What The Music Is… You Have To See It For Yourself |
• Friendship Ended With Granblue, Balatro Is My New Best Friend |
• +Straw Monolith |
• When We Speak, It's With 1,000 Mouths. When We Play Games, It's With 2,000 Hands |
• Criticized Based On The Juiciness Of Its Rump |
• +I Hope One Day Our Children's Games Will Be Judged Not By The Thiccness Of Their Buttcheeks, But The Thiccness Of Their Character |
• +Brian, It's Me From The Future! In 20 Years, You'll Need A Copy Of Magna Carta To Solve A Debate About Korean Ass Cheeks! |
• +You Must Gather Your Sandwich Before Venturing Forth |
• Measuring The Iced Cream |
• One Degree Of Separation From George W. Bush & Two From Mike Pence |
• Really Jonesing For ChuChu Rocket! |
• It Was A Thousand Years If It Was A Day |
• +Inventing Booty Shorts In 1790 |
• Assbucket In A Robe |
• +Succubus Fuck: My Chillwave Scissor Sisters Cover Band |
• +I Hadn't Thought Of Yeoman Chambers As A Sex Vending Machine Before Now |
• +Please Put $50 In Quarters Into Your Personal Assistant |
• The Outside Was Still Raw, But The Inside Was Burnt |
• Alpha Protocol Was Made By Kay's Kitchen |
• +My Favorite Part Of Alien Was When The Xenomorph Spent 5 Minutes Humping A Wall |
• That Wall Had A Family (And Had Even More Afterwards) |
• YouTubers Who Wouldn't Know A Thing About Critical Theory If It Bit Them On The Taint |
• With $50 From Me He Can Buy Himself A Fighter Jet |
• I Think We All Know How Thoroughly Weaponized The Australian Public Is |
• +Lucas White's Twisted Metal Hot Dog Cart |
• +Hot Dog Water Oil Slick |
• Going Out Trying To Save A Book, Pagemaster Style |
• Can You Date The Inkblot? |
• +What If You Tried TALKING To The Cyberdemon? |
• 'Only Show Adult Balatro Mods' |
• I Was Really Hoping For Fuckable Cards |
• I've Just Realized How Easy It Is To Get Him To Fuck Up His Search History, And That's More Power Than I Deserve |
• We Need To Rule 34 This Card Game
• The Internet Failed You, But It Did It In Defense Of Me (Which I'll Allow) |
• Balatro Nude Mods |
• Thoughts And Themes And Popcorn Dreams |
• Our Hearts Are Not Comprised Of Only Goodness, So Be Nice |