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A bi-weekly video game book club that takes a deep look at one game every episode. We discuss the literary elements, philosophical ideas, and game design decisions that make games great while keeping things funny and friendly. Tune in for some close readings of your favorite games! Email us at deeplistenspodcast@gmail.com
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Canada’s #1 video game book club podcast! We tackle games large & small, new & old while keeping it informative, funny and (mostly) positive. Hosted by Jacob McCourt, Mike Ruffolo, Moe Murtadi, Katie Lesperance, Flora Merigold and Travis Colenutt. After almost 6 years of twice-monthly shows, we now publish new shows when we have something to say! Looking for a good place to start? Download an episode for a game that you really love and hit play. Looking for suggestions? Consider our episodes ...
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It's a book club for games! Mike and Ting talk about games while working through their backlogs - or more likely, make their backlogs worse by playing other things entirely. Join them playing the book club game and tell them their opinions are bad on Reddit and Twitter.
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Left Trigger Right Trigger

Left Trigger Right Trigger

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Join us every other week as we convene the 'video game book club.' Each episode is structured around a topic: anything from 'Trust' to 'Robots' to 'Body Parts'. Listen in as your hosts each bring a game to the table that they think exemplifies that topic in some way. Give us a shot and remember, games are just metaphors.
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We're a weekly Podcast born of the Monster Hunter Community. We discuss all games (that we care to) but all in some way started with Monster Hunter. We do a weekly show and a monthly show, weekly more discussion on current gaming and our takes and Monthly as a "video game book club" where we play a game for a month and discuss.
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ClubCast is Video Game Book Club's podcast. Clay and Daniel from VGBC's YouTube channel host an anything (video game related) goes podcast for your enjoyment. We talk about gaming news and headlines, as well as current games we are playing. Our focus is broad and covers retro and modern-day gaming.
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Welcome to NADDPOD! Join Dungeon Master Brian Murphy as he leads players Emily Axford, Caldwell Tanner and Jake Hurwitz on a comedic, actual-play adventure through the realms of Bahumia and Beyond. The show also features a score composed and performed by Emily Axford. This team has created a variety of D&D campaigns, as well as numerous other series such as DUNGEON COURT and 8-BIT BOOK CLUB. They also occasionally hit the road and roll dice live on stage.
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Square Roots - THE Classic RPG Podcast

John Brandon, Jim Banks, Matthew Van Zandt, Vanessa

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Square Roots is like a book club, but for classic RPGs! Each episode John, Matthew, Jim and Vanessa play through a chunkerino of one of your favorite RPGs, from Final Fantasy through Chrono Trigger. Are they experts? No. Are they qualified? Absolutely not. Are they good at RPGs? Probably not. But they're the fun kind of dumb, and that's what counts.
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Jason, Ben, and Corrigan play classic LucasArts video games (and related games) and talk about them. They cover the history, gameplay, and the most difficult puzzles from those old adventure games you love. Monkey Island, Indiana Jones, Sam & Max, and Day of the Tentacle are all covered here, plus a few insights, interviews, and some snazzy music. Plus a bunch more of course. New episodes up monthly. Relive your youth or someone else’s!
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Bad Playstyle is a book club podcast. We all sit down and play the same game and hopefully you have too so you can be intellectually engaged with our discussion. We generally aim for shorter games that have a start to finish of six hours or less. Spoilers: The games we play for each episode will absolutely be spoiled and any others that come up in conversation can potentially be in the line of fire. Each episode's show notes will list all games mentioned. It is recommended that you check an ...
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Clubbin'

Plus 10 Damage

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Every other week, members of Plus 10 Damage choose a game, play that game, and then get together to talk about that game. It's like a book club, but for video games.
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Lads Who Game is a podcast all about video games. We’ll be discussing the games we are currently playing in our ”book club” or any sort of general topic related to the industry. Founded in 2020, Lads Who Games is comprised of three members (Lad Jack, Lad Jimmy, and Lad Robert), who got together during the COVID-19 pandemic to play and discuss video games as a sort of ”video game book club”. From casual games to high-intensity RPGs, the Lads are true fans of the craft and have a lot of things ...
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GAMETHING

Pippin Barr, David Wolinsky, and Mark Chains

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GAMETHING is an audio book-club about videogames. Each episode, experimental game designer Pippin Barr and oral historian David Wolinsky choose a game to play separately and exchange answering machine messages about it until the tape runs out. The result is a conversation about anything and everything (mostly everything) they find interesting about videogames.
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My Best Friend's Game

My Best Friend's Game

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Nostalgia abound, "My Best Friend's Game" is a video game book club podcast that began in 2018 following three long-time friends, Tim, Evan and Max, as they each share their own favorite games with one another every month. Will that game make it to the other friends' favorite game lists? Or will it get two thumbs down? Whether you enjoy a walk down memory lane, learning about new games to play or just need a place to hang, "My Best Friend's Game" has got you covered.
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A show brought to you by Super Gamer Boys! Adrian and surprise guests play a game each month and then get together to share everything they loved and hated about the game!This show is put out early to our Patreon supporters at patreon.com/supergamerboys. Support us over there to get episodes early as well as other perks!
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SuperFamiCompLit

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SuperFamiCompLit exists as a video game book club that you are more than welcome to play along with! It’s a show in which we discuss games “in context” ie with respect to their canonical, spiritual and covert predecessors and descendants. While the show is primarily mechanically focused we talk about the in universe world as its relevant or… as we like! For each episode we choose a game to play and research as well as a group of optional “extra credit” games to play for comparison and contra ...
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Level With Us

Jared and Marcus Richardson

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Welcome to Level With Us - a cozy video game discussion podcast where brothers Jared & Marcus play a game separately, then meet together to discuss it (kind of like a book club!). This show is for all ages, so curl up with your loved ones and enjoy as these guys gush about their favorite games, gripe about the annoying parts of games, and try to stump each other with nerdy trivia questions! If you have thoughts you'd like featured in our regular discussions, or for business inquiries, just e ...
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WELCOME TO NOCLIP! We are a fortnightly, book club-styled podcast in which we attempt to go in-depth on an individual video game and figure out what makes it unique. Episodes are around an hour to an hour and a half long and primarily feature free form discussion on themes and mechanics present in each episode’s titular game. Bear in mind that we are not reviewers, so as far as we critique the games at hand, our intent is not to convince you to play any particular work. SPOILER WARNING: Give ...
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Jemjammer

Crooked Russian Cam

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Annie Craton, Anna Emmaline, Alexei Pepers, Rio Rios, and Maq Weaver explore the wonders of the Spelljammer setting in this Dungeons & Dragons campaign. Wonders include but are not limited to: hippo men, spiders with eel heads, gay lizard women, bisexual monster romance panic, mer-himbos, and library crimes. Updates every two weeks. Get Jylliana's Logs, Kit's homebrew content, and general shitposts on our Patreon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Video Game Rations

Video Game Rations

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Monthly video game club. For the love of games. You know that video game you’ve always talked about playing? Well now is your chance! Join three friends Brian, Eric and Nolan as they laugh and talk about their love of indies, AAAs or a game from the backlog. During each episode they’ll dive into what they are currently playing, latest industry news and a long form discussion on the selected Game of the Month. Listen in and join a community that celebrates all things video games.
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The RPG Years: A JRPG Podcast

We Can Make This Work Probably

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The RPG Years is your weekly show covering all things video role-playing games (RPGs), both past and present. From Dungeon Explorer to the Final Fantasy VII Remake, all RPG video games are fair game. Each week, we discuss current news in the video game world and do a deep dive on an RPG-related topic. We also have our famous RPG Club! A book club for JRPG video games! Meanwhile, our hosts do periodic reviews on games from the "Golden Years", which includes games from the 4th, 5th, and 6th ge ...
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Wiggly's Book Club

Wiggly of Trap Door

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Please, join Wiggly and his book as we uncover what is contained within the Trap Door Mansion library of Discovery (and he's drunk, can't see, has an astigmatism, legally blind in his left eye, dyslexic, has double triple vision, the onset of degenerative eye disease, dry eye, his glasses are dirty, it's dark, and he can't read). Wiggly's Book Club is a fortnightly read recorded live from Sloppy Joe's Bar in Easton, Pennsylvania. Check show times for schedules. You will actually believe a ma ...
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The Elder-Geek Game Club is a bi-weekly, book-club style podcast where we play Classic, Retro and Indie games. Prior to each Episode, our crew spends some time playing a game. We then dissect and discuss it on the show. Audience participation is both encouraged and essential to the show!
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Command Center

Command Center

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This is a podcast that delves deep into some of the most popular, and lesser known video games of the past. Play along with three completely unqualified gamers as we explore the nuances of a different title each month. More than just another review, this is an analysis of the development process, level design, story, game-play mechanics, legacy and more. Join us as we break down a game from inception to completion as well as its impact on the industry as a whole.
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Hopped-Up Gaming: East

Hopped-Up Gaming: East

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We get together every week to talk up the news in gaming, the games we're playing, and basically whatever else might come up. Oh yeah, we drink and rate beer that we don't properly know how to evaluate.
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Into The Vertical Blank

Jeff Fulton & Steve Fulton

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A Podcast about growing with a twin brother up In the 70s and 80s, at the dawn of video games, navigating family strife, punk rock, Star Wars obsessions, and trying to understand the world while developing an inexplicable love for everything “Atari”. -- In this podcast we discuss Atari computers and systems, new and old, review new games we collect, talk about all the systems, and the significance they had in our lives and the lives of others, and even talk about them in an historical contex ...
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Welcome to Low Five Gaming, the book club-style podcast where two brothers, Alex and Luke, share their lifelong love for video games through engaging conversations and friendly debates. If you're a passionate gamer, a casual fan, or just have a soft spot for the classics, our laid-back, conversational approach will make you feel right at home. Each month, we'll explore the game of the moment or revisit a beloved classic, satisfying your gaming cravings with our unique blend of humor, insight ...
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We're earning some serious kudos (...) with our latest book club pick - the Dreamcast's stylish racing masterpiece that's not afraid to throw some cheesy tunes at you - it's Metropolis Street Racer! Plus, we answer the following questions: - How can Europeans stop killing games? - Will Mad Max ever understand the meaning of friendship? - What is th…
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We highly recommend you play through the game before listening to this episode! This week we do a deep dive into the story of Night School Studio's supernatural adventure game, Oxenfree - no spoilers at first but we'll warn you when the time comes. This game had a lot to say and so did we! No B-side this week, as the main discussion went long. All …
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Duck Team hatches a plan to rescue their new friends from a Winter Court warship! Calder reveals a crush, Sol becomes the star of a rom com, and Callie takes the wheel. Support us at Patreon.com/Naddpod to get access to the after-show and a bunch of other Naddpod content! Music / Sound Effects Include: “A Wizard’s Tournament” by Emily Axford. "The …
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Luke and Alex Talk EA Sports College Football 25 Luke and Alex dive into EA Sports College Football 25, marking the long-awaited return of this beloved franchise. With a Metacritic score of 85, the game brings dynamic gameplay and the thrill of college football back to consoles. Luke, with over 100 hours on his Xbox Series X, offers deep insights i…
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In this episode Gino, Chris "ZombiePie" -REDACTED-, and Jeff Rud discuss FFIV... all 10 plus versions of it! We discuss all of the different revisions, re-releases, and remasters of one of the most beloved FF games of all time. We wrap up by explaining which versions we're each playing and why. Check out the current Ranking of Fantasies here: bit.l…
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Welcome to Episode 56 of The RPG Years! This week, Frost and Bill return to discuss everyone's favorite sections of the RPG world... the stinking hot deserts. The RPG Years is hosting an RPG Club! It's like a book club, but with RPGs, and we hope all of you play along! Hylics - Finish The Game - Due 18th August Warsong/Langrisser is the next List g…
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It's Gwent! It's Sabacc! It's Inscryption! Nope. It's Balatro!!! And boy howdy, is it a fun freaking game. If you like card games or deck builders, you'll probably fall in love with this delightful poker-adjascent game, just as we did. Give it a shot! Hope you enjoy our conversation about it... We chat about well, just about everything for a bit, t…
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Mr. Postman is another game from Bit Corp., the people who brought us Bobby Is Going Home. It's a doozy of game for the 2600, but is it worse than E.T.? Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toxJOrAOklw&feature=youtu.be Dr. Spuds Game Reviews: https://doctorspudsreviewsthings.wordpress.com/2018/12/12/mr-postman-bit-corp-atari-2600-game-rev…
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We choose our adventure in Life is Strange: True Color, Chapter 2. This is part 2 of a 5-part weekly series! CW: Dementia Developer: Deck Nine | Publisher: Square Enix | Initial Release: September 10, 2021 Jacob, Katie and Flora play foosball, talk about depictions of mental health conditions in video games and talk about Jacob’s scheduling habits.…
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In which we capture Beyond Good & Evil (2003), join the resistance as a photojournalist, and then lose sight of what we're fighting for. Pippin finds Christina’s World on Hillys. David squints at the subtitles. These, and other GAMETHINGS. Beyond Good & Evil was developed and published by Ubisoft.By Pippin Barr, David Wolinsky, and Mark Chains
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Flora (Epilogue Gaming + Left Behind Game Club) join Dan to talk about Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. We follow Senua's intense quest for saving Dillion. Game: Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice Release Year: 2017 Developer: Ninja Theory Platforms: Playstation 4, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S More information on Epilogue Gam…
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Originally published January 11, 2015. Craig and Ryan tackle their first game of Dungeons and Dragons and they are natural....ly poor at figuring it out at the start. Join the Legendarium crew at HaJoMaJe games for the abbreviated adventure into never winter and the quest for the best 401k option available to adventurers.…
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Quantum Break Part 4 - The DreamCast Square Roots - Episode 426 It's TIME to wrap up this TIME TALE. We push through the finale of this game with focus and vigor, like a time train smashing through a time building. But beware the time monster! It's obviously coming, and surely this is going to be a fight for the ages. You definitely are going to fi…
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In this special bonus episode, Anna and Annie prepare to reintroduce secret prince Max Vulkaran by exploring some extended roleplay scenes, starting with a flashback from his first time sailing with the Kestrel crew. Get Jylliana's Logs, Kit's homebrew content, and general shitposts on our Patreon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in…
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This week, the cast lives the bedroom game developer dream in Greenheart Games' smart, fun business simulator, Game Dev Tycoon! We compare our imaginary careers as video game developers, and discuss the gaming industry history we learned along the way. B-Side recommendations: - Vermintide 2 (Game) - Problemista (Movie) - Blood, Sweat & Pixels by Ja…
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With Summer in full swing, the Sea-Doo Crew gathers around the beach bonfire to answer your lovely questions. Pull up a towel and hang out for a bit! Sound Mixing and Editing by Trevor Lyon See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…
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In this episode Gino and Pete are joined by Jess "VoidBurger" O'Brien to discuss SOMA! We discuss the game's horror mechanics, undersea setting, and existential questions. We dive extra deep into our favorite topics of personhood and what constitutes life! Get ready for even more discussion of The Ship Of Thesius! You can find Jess's work at https:…
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Overscan: Cracking Seals and Proving Life In this over scan we discuss a few new home brew games we have obtained for the #Atari2600 and #NES. #ChampGames https://champ.games/ #AtariAgeStore https://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1045 #MurderintheMaze https://t1lt.itch.io/mitm #mrrunandjump https://atari.com/products/mr-run-and-jum…
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We start over in Life is Strange: True Color, Chapter 1. This is part 1 of a 5-part weekly series! Developer: Deck Nine | Publisher: Square Enix | Initial Release: September 10, 2021 Jacob, Katie, Flora and special guests Claire Helmberger and Luke Lewis travel to Haven Springs, bond with our sibling and talk a lot about the gay agenda. PLAYERS: Ja…
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It's August so once more we delve into the plethora of topics that contain our beloved double-o. Why do we do it? Because it's so Cool, just like this episode! How do we know it's cool? Because we're overly calm about it, almost to the point of indifference! How cool is that? TURBO COOL In this episode: David doesn't turn his chair around to sit in…
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Originally released October 31, 2019 Do video game movies always suck? Maybe not. But they're never actually good, either. Why is that? Craig and Kyle are joined by Adam Sherlock from Deep Dive Film School to spend, oh...maybe 5 minutes teasing out the answer to the question at hand, and 45 minutes just laughing about terrible video game movies. Ch…
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Square Roots - Episode 425 On this temporal episode of Square Roots, we explore the conclusion of the Time Knife. It's so long. So, so long. Does SLOBBO die? Does anyone peel off a mask? Whose baby is that, anyway? All this and so much more on tonight's episode of Night Springs. Also: - Matt Is A Blue Mage Now - UFC Surgical Tubing Strangle Attack …
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On this week's show, we tackle the tall task of deciding what Nintendo is going to do next with the Super Smash Bros. franchise. We also take a look at the biggest news in gaming including the Bungie layoffs and Avowed potentially getting delayed. Timestamps: 00:00 - Introductions and Hellos 02:50 - What Have We Been Playing (Super Monkey Ball: Ban…
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I’m feeling full of beans.Welcome back to the podcast! Today, we’re talking about the DLC for Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Future Redeemed. This is an expansion type DLC which gives you a full new party of characters, starts you at level one and makes subtle but meaningful changes to the mechanics and has you set out on an entirely new story set in the …
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In our coziest episode yet, the cast discusses Newfangled Games' top-down paper-folding puzzle game Paper Trail! This game is simple yet challenging, and once again, brought our thoughts back to our mothers. FYI: We learned after recording that this game contains a pettable cat! B-Side recommendations: - Chained Together (Game) - Purple Kiss (Band)…
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Duck Team rushes to escape Queen Jovyre's forces! Calder tanks a whole quiver of arrows, Sol hops the treetops, and Callie's past catches up to her. Support us at Patreon.com/Naddpod to get access to the after-show and a bunch of other Naddpod content! Get tickets to our upcoming live shows at naddpod.com/live. Music / Sound Effects Include: “A Wiz…
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In this episode, we discuss Fallout. We break down the Board Game by Fantasy Flight Games, the Fallout show on Amazon Prime and explore the wasteland in Fallout 76. 11:21 - Fallout Board Game 59:57 - Fallout Show on Amazon Prime 1:35:13 - SPOILER ALERT 1:47:56 - Tom Awesome's Top 5 Shows Based on Video Games 2:06:52 - Fallout 76 Outside is Overrate…
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04:42: Mel’s niece is on Wattpad! 08:38: Join our Patreon Pitch War & Live stream get togethers! 11:55: The RWA Bankruptcy 21:01: TikTok for SBC 22:09: PSA 22:24: BookTok, Dark Romance, Murder, Racism, & Bloodlands 29:42: Fiction, Reality, AI, and Media Literacy 38:00: TikTok Shop 41:37: Race, Book sales, and a subscription service’s failure. 50:07…
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