Pink Acid Boots

Ben McDonald
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  • Video Games
  • Updated fortnightly

Pink Acid Boots is a podcast about games and the people who love them. Every other week the show alternates between deep dive conversations about a specific game and short, reflective pieces of writing exploring what games mean to us.

Episodes

  1. 6. DISCO ELYSIUM

    2 days ago

    6. DISCO ELYSIUM

    This is an essay about Disco Elysium, Harry Dubois, the things we lose and what happens when we find them again.

    12 min
  2. 5. MAPS IN VIDEO GAMES

    23 Jun

    5. MAPS IN VIDEO GAMES

    This week I'm joined by Emma Theresa Jude, artist and geologist who is interested in all things MAPS! We discuss what is are maps and what are they even for and why do we have them in video games anyway?! Join us as we chat about what we love and hate and how games can do maps better! Games Discussed: Silent Hill 1 - 3 Red Dead Redemption 2 Death Stranding 1 / 2 Assassin's Creed Valhalla Skyrim Subnautica Pink Acid Boots is a podcast about video games and the people who love them. Find it on ⁠⁠⁠all platforms here⁠⁠⁠.

    1hr 8min
  3. SIDE QUESTS 1 - FAMESICK, HALF-MAN, PRAGMATA, ZERO PARADES

    2 Jun

    SIDE QUESTS 1 - FAMESICK, HALF-MAN, PRAGMATA, ZERO PARADES

    Side Quests is a pop up episode of the pod for games currently being played or culture outside of games. In this episode Ben muses on his love for the effervescent excitement of Lena Dunham and her new memoir, FAMESICK and what he hated so much about Richard Gadd's new tv show HALF-MAN and the state of the heterosexual audience. Also discussed are wishes for this week's Summer Games Fest/State of Play as well as the joys of parenting AI children in PRAGMATA and what I'm finding more exciting about ZERO PARADES than I did in Disco Elysium.

    53 min
  4. 4. HOLLOWBODY

    19 May

    4. HOLLOWBODY

    This week's episode is about the 2024 tech noir game Hollowbody, developed and published by indie solo dev Headware Games. The episode is mostly spoiler free so you can listen to me talk about the game, class and what I connected with most - even if you haven't played! Pink Acid Boots is a podcast about video games and the people who love them. Find it on ⁠⁠all platforms here⁠⁠.

    12 min
  5. 3. SILENT HILL 2 REMAKE

    5 May

    3. SILENT HILL 2 REMAKE

    This week I’m joined by Halima; writer, gamer and horror enthusiast to discuss Bloober Team's 2024 remake of the iconic horror game Silent Hill 2, originally developed by Konami and released for the Playstation 2 in 2001. You can find Halima on Bluesky here Pink Acid Boots is a podcast about video games and the people who love them. Find it on ⁠all platforms here⁠.

    1hr 54min
  6. 2. NIER: AUTOMATA

    21 Apr

    2. NIER: AUTOMATA

    Why I can't stop thinking about the end of NieR: Automata In this episode of Pink Acid Boots, I talk about the ending of the video game NieR: Automata and why it’s stayed with me long after finishing it. Pink Acid Boots is a podcast about video games and the people who love them. Find it on all platforms here.

    17 min
  7. 1. DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH with Gabrielle de la Puente

    7 Apr

    1. DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH with Gabrielle de la Puente

    This week I’m joined by Gabrielle from The White Pube to talk about Death Stranding 2: On the Beach from Kojima studios directed by video game world messiah, Hideo Kojima. We get into what we think the game is trying to say, why it feels so unpleasant and why we love it so much. You can find Gab's website here & The White Pube here - Website / Tiktok / Instagram / Bluesky pink acid boots - Instagram / X / Bluesky / Tiktok

    1hr 22min

  8. 6 Apr

    Welcome to Pink Acid Boots

    Hey! My name's Ben and I love video games. So much that I started a podcast purely so I have an excuse to think and talk about them! https://linktr.ee/pinkacidboots

    1 min
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Pink Acid Boots is a podcast about games and the people who love them. Every other week the show alternates between deep dive conversations about a specific game and short, reflective pieces of writing exploring what games mean to us.

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  • Creator
    Ben McDonald
  • Years Active
    2k
  • Episodes
    8
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Ben McDonald
  • Show Website
    Pink Acid Boots