GROGPOD Roguelike Podcast Scott V. Burger

Helios has been abandoned! This week we’re playing the multiple BAFTA Award-winning Triple-A roguelite shooter Returnal. We continue bullet hell/heck month with swarms of huge colorful orbs, energy swords, and as many tentacled Matrix-inspired laser squids as you can shake your noodly appendages at! Join us in our foray into the first actual big-budget rogue-game of the pod with a game that had been locked behind Playstation 5 exclusivity like a gigantic interlocking metal door. We were able to just barely eek through the podcaster-sized hole in the bottom, but can we beat the boss that is…uh…well the first boss even??? Aim assist to maximum!










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2:10 - game stats
4:53 - one sentence description
5:30 - all devs go to heaven warning (sort of)
16:22 - our story begins
55:00 - story spoilers discussion
1:04:05 - rankings and final thoughts
1:14:30 - similar games




Next episode: Barony

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Intro music: McCoy Tyner - Search For Peace

Outro music: Bobby Krlic - Hyperion

Ghostly squeal! This week we’re descending the floors of an ancient facility filled with ghosts, mages, machines, talking cats, and bullets! So, so many bullets. What else would you expect from the bullet hell game that is Star of Providence? A charming, NES-inspired modern throwback, Star of Providence puts us to the test with harrowing boss fights, secret endings, and more guns than you can shake a sword that shoots bullets at!

Team D-13 were kind enough to give a quick Q&A on how Star of Providence came about for us. Give it a look-see here!










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1:52 - game stats
2:52 - one sentence description
19:20 - our story begins
1:07:47 - rankings and final thoughts
1:17:24 - similar games
1:20:25 - upgrade terminal podcast shoutout




Next episode: Returnal

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Intro music: Time-Lapse City - GoGo Penguin

Outro music: Tonal Dissonance - garoslaw

We did it listeners, we saved the city! This week we revisit Subset Games with their hit mecha-tactics bug-squisher puzzle-roguelike: Into the Breach. Time travel shenanigans are at a maximum this time, as we push our recording date back a couple days to get everyone in here. Woody joins us once more to talk about balancing the destruction of apartment buildings with making sure the train gets to its destination on time. Jump mechs, swap mechs, science vesseles, weapons to surpass Metal Gear, bugs that think!?!? Into the Breach is a timeless gem of intense noodle-scratching thought, so drop in from the sky and help us save the corporate islands!










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1:39 - game stats
3:00 - one sentence description
14:21 - our story begins
1:15:49 - rankings and final thoughts
1:28:50 - similar games




Next episode: Star of Providence

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Intro music: Stanley Turrentine - June Bug

Outro music: Ben Prunty - Into the Breach

This week we’re drawing a straight with the recent smash hit poker-puzzle deckbuilder Balatro! Join our four-of-a-kind hosts to talk about who will have the last laugh between random card draws and overtly complicated computer simulations. But no adventure is complete without joker hats and joker feet! Many jokes and many quips have passed behind our funny lips. By poking fun and making merry, our podcasts won’t be half as scary. So don’t be timid, don’t be nervous - Joker’s here, at your service! Aheuhheuuehehhah!

Find a link to Will’s optimal hand play simulator here.










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1:18 - game stats
3:25 - one sentence description
13:20 - our story begins
1:17:15 - rankings and final thoughts




Next episode: Into the Breach

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Intro music: Lee Morgan - The Joker

Outro music: LouisF - Balatro OST

Lousy Smarch weather! Come in from the cold and warm up with an episode on the recent hit citybuilder roguelite Against the Storm. We’ve got biscuits and pie, jerky, and a nice dry roof to keep your resolve high. There’s lots to talk about between lizard happiness, a Queen that no one has confirmed exists or not, and everyone’s favorite topic: supply chain logistics! Man it’s wet out there. Check me through will you?










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1:19 - game stats
3:30 - one sentence description
6:20 - » all devs go to heaven warning «
9:30 - our story begins
1:06:00 - rankings and final thoughts
1:16:48 - similar games




Next episode: Balatro

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Intro music: Chad Lawson Trio - If I Only Had A Brain

Outro music: Mikołaj Kurpios - Forest Lights

Happy TOMEntines day! This week we choo-choo choose to revisit the traditional roguelike-sphere with an oldie but a biggie. Tales of Maj’Eyal holds a special place in the hearts of old guards of tradrogues, continuing a legacy from an Angband spinoff in 1998. There’s a lot of love stemming from a vibrant community around TOME, if you can look past the ugly duckling presentation. It’s time to use our Chronomancy to turn back the clock, fight back the Spellblaze Scar, and try to charm the master of Dredfell Tower to watch some sappy romcoms with us.










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1:57 - game stats
4:31 - one sentence description
18:58 - our story begins
1:18:21 - rankings and final thoughts
1:26:38 - similar games




Next episode: Against the Storm

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Intro music: Thomas Marriott - The Tale of Debauchery

Outro music: Celestial Aeon Project - Virtue Lost