Episode 34 - Gremlins and A Spell Of Christmas Ice
Nick and Jason deliver holiday cheer straight from Santa's Grotto in the form of two 1980s Christmas classics. First up is the bite-sized Quill adventure A Spell Of Christmas Ice by Mike Turner, origi...
7 Des 202544min
Episode 33 - A Conversation with Mathbrush
No one has reviewed more text adventures and works of interactive fiction over the past decade than MathBrush. A self-described newcomer to the scene he has nonetheless posted over 3,600 reviews and c...
16 Nov 20251h 6min
Episode 32 - L: A Mathemagical Adventure and Beyond the Tesseract
Get ready to type out every letter in "dodecahedron"! Nick, Jason, and Ben play two games steeped in math, science, and trippy physics in this episode. Beyond the Tesseract by David Lo is the appetize...
28 Aug 20251h 17min
Episode 31 - The Colour of Magic and MST3K: Detective
WE'VE GOT TEXT ADVENTURE SIGN!! Ben, Jason, and Nick stooge their way through two comedy games. First up is the 1993 Matt Barringer "classic" Detective as put (unofficially) through the wringer of the...
5 Aug 20251h 3min
Episode 30 - Captain Cutter's Treasure, Young Arthur's Quest, and 10 Cave Adventure
Ben, Jason, and Nick set sail for adventures new and old on this episode, starting with 10 CAVE ADVENTURE, so named for the number of BASIC lines making up its entire codebase. They then head to the C...
22 Jul 20251h 5min
Episode 29 - The Robots of Dawn and Souls of Darkon
Ben, Jason, and special guest Dave "Velociraptor" of This Week in Retro take on a double dose of robot-themed games. First up is Souls of Darkon by Andy Walker, published by Taskset and Bug-Byte for A...
8 Jul 20251h 38min
Episode 28 - A Conversation with Andrew Plotkin
Creator of games including Hadean Lands, Spider and Web, and Shade, as well as a long-time maintainer of Inform and participant in Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation (IFTF) leadership, Andrew "...
22 Jun 202551min
Episode 27 - Knight Orc Part 1 and Inhumane
All the way back in Episode 1 we promised to play Level 9's Knight Orc. Ben and Jason chip away at that obligation by playing... the first of three independent-load sections of the game. (We're workin...
15 Jun 202557min
