Month: August 2016

ABTS-130: Careful What You Kickstart

August 29, 2016 almostBetterThanSilence ABTS, Podcasts 0:54:21

In this episode of ABTS, Doug and Bren discuss the games they’ve been playing, some more stupid Kickstarters, as well as play Game Or No Game before singing a horrendous song for a listener’s birthday! Please don’t unsubscribe!

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Games We’ve Been Playing:

Doug: Bound, Adr1ft
Bren: Overwatch

Game Or No Game

The Game Or No Game theme song is brought to you by Anthony Benge! Check out his SoundCloud here!

8-Bit Cookie Island – No Game
Masters of Chess – No Game
Space Giraffe – Game
9/11 Survivor – Game
Mystery of the Missing Hotpot Recipe – Game
Silly Bands – Game
Firelight Chronicles – No Game
Major League Eating: The Game – Game
Mechrider 2 – No Game
Super Big Brothers (Cho Aniki) – Game
Spank ‘Em (Boonga Boonga) – Game

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ABTS-129: Jon Gabrus Interview

August 22, 2016 almostBetterThanSilence ABTS, Podcasts 0:50:39

In this episode of ABTS, Doug and Bren interview comedian Jon Gabrus of the High & Mighty podcast, who you may know from MTV2’s Guy Code, or his numerous appearances on the Comedy Bang Bang podcast as Gino Lambardo!

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Gabrus Twitter
High & Mighty Podcast

I Was The Walrus:

The I Was The Walrus theme song is brought to you by DJ Cutman! Check out his SoundCloud here!

Contestants: Bren vs. Gabrus
Category 1: If you could have a convenient machine serve anything, what would it be?
Round 1: Machine that injects cheesecake into your bloodstream vs. A variety sandwich machine
Category 2: If gravity were reversed, what would be your best method of staying on Earth?
Round 2: Spiderman around with box turtles vs. Monkey bars
Category 3: What is the most unlikely thing to find at the bottom of the ocean?
Round 3: Yourself vs. An above ground pool

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ABTS-128: Sense of Nonsensicalness

August 15, 2016 almostBetterThanSilence ABTS, Podcasts 0:58:33

In this episode of ABTS, Doug, Bren, and Matt all discuss the games they’ve been playing (or in Matt’s case the games they’ve been making), and then run through some nerdy news before playing I Was The Walrus!

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Superior Marco Cousins (click here if you want to play Matt’s game)
Superior Marco Cousins on GitHub

Games We’ve Been Playing:

Doug: Jeopardy, Gravity Rush
Bren: Overwatch, Necropolis
Matt: Superior Marco Cousins

I Was The Walrus:

The I Was The Walrus theme song is brought to you by DJ Cutman! Check out his SoundCloud here!

Contestants: Bren vs. Matt
Category 1: What is the next Sci-Fi franchise starting with Star ____?
Round 1: Star Jammers vs. Star Search
Category 2: Imagine you are a planet, what is your terrain made out of and what is the most populous creature that lives on you?
Round 2: Giant fleshy ball of skin with self doubt creatures vs. Spacecrest in habited by Ryan Spacecrest?
Category 3: Name a galaxy. Instead of the Milky Way, what is yours?
Round 3: The Horse Butt Nebula vs. The View

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ABTS-127: Pokémon Neglects Logic

August 12, 2016 almostBetterThanSilence ABTS, Podcasts 0:59:54

In this episode of ABTS, Doug and Bren nerd out about Pokémon as much as possible by discussing rumors about Pokémon Go, Sun & Moon, as well as how a palm tree is considered a dragon and Charizard is not.

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ABTS-126: $1300 Copy of No Man’s Sky

August 8, 2016 almostBetterThanSilence ABTS, Podcasts 1:04:20

In this episode of ABTS, Doug, Bren, and Mark all discuss the games they’ve been playing, Doug explains how he is enjoying the PlayStation Now service, Bren mentions how somebody bought a copy of No Man’s Sky for $1300, and they play Game Or No Game again!

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Someone paid $1,300 to play No Man’s Sky two weeks early

Games We’ve Been Playing:

Doug:
Bren:
Mark:

Game Or No Game

The Game Or No Game theme song is brought to you by Anthony Benge! Check out his SoundCloud here!

Giant Sandwich Explorer – No Game
Grey’s Anatomy: The Video Game – Game
Cubivore: Survival of the Fittest – Game
Happy Piano Boy – No Game
Spanky’s Quest – Game
Chocobo Planet – No Game
Tongue of the Fatman – Game
House of Forgotten Hardware – No Game
Lost Unicycle Tactics – No Game
The Houchi Play – Game
Claustrophobic Breakdancing Universe – No Game

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ABTS-125: What Is That Pokémon?

August 5, 2016 almostBetterThanSilence ABTS, Podcasts 0:34:59

In this episode of ABTS, Dubs has returned to join Doug and Bren as they all discuss the games they’ve been playing, anime they’ve been watching, as well as play a special Pokémon edition of What’s That Sound!

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Games We’ve Been Playing:

Doug: Gravity Rush
Bren: Overwatch
Dubs: Minecraft

What Is That Sound? Recap

This special What Is That Sound theme song is brought to you by Zach Smith!
Check out the YouTube video here!

  1. Psyduck
  2. Squirtle
  3. Tauros
  4. Clefairy
  5. Fearow
  6. Vaporeon
  7. Drowzee
  8. Bulbasaur
  9. Eevee
  10. Oddish

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