What do you call it when a sequel to a beloved game improves on almost everything? What do you call it when that's not enough?

Discussed: Brendon’s return, our experience with Digimon, the email song, dreaming of Scarlet Nexus 2, Digimon Story: Time Stranger, the name of the halloween segment, Strange Antiquities, the current state of mouse mode, Unfair Flips, probability in games, Silent Hill f, Hades II, the A2 effect

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Stephen's Chrono Cross Video

GMTK's video about probability in games


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Timecodes:

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:24) - Into the Improv
• (01:21) - Shoutout to Chase and Matt!
• (01:50) - Lil Hades II aperitif
• (03:31) - Yakuza 0 Bonus incoming!
• (04:31) - Digimon Story Time Stranger | Let's talk about video games
• (15:29) - The E-mail Song
• (15:52) - Digimon Story Time Stranger | The Nexus-verse
• (52:23) - Break
• (53:30) - Fear the Aether
• (56:07) - Strange Antiquities | Brendon Boogley's SpectACK!ular
• (01:04:00) - Unfair Flips | The horrors of real life odds
• (01:10:30) - CloverPit | The NL game hour
• (01:12:42) - Silent Hill f | Almost as scary as Minesweeper
• (01:32:44) - Break
• (01:32:46) - Hades II | Into the Downstairs
• (01:40:06) - EARLY HADES II SPOILERS
• (01:40:30) - Hades II | Is it too much video game? (No)
• (01:46:32) - SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS
• (01:59:04) - Hades II | A properly seasoned video game
• (02:04:10) - Mechanic spoilers! | Hades II | Favorite weapons, boons, etc
• (02:14:00) - Wrapping up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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