372 episodes

A comedy game design podcast by two guys who know nothing about comedy nor game design.

Join Trevor Scott and Ben Slinger as they take prompts from random word generators, movies, game titles and more and turn them into occasionally hilarious but always interesting game designs.

Bit Storm Ben Slinger and Trevor Scott

    • Leisure
    • 4.2 • 5 Ratings

A comedy game design podcast by two guys who know nothing about comedy nor game design.

Join Trevor Scott and Ben Slinger as they take prompts from random word generators, movies, game titles and more and turn them into occasionally hilarious but always interesting game designs.

    359: McGuffinium

    359: McGuffinium

    What do Veronica Mars, aliens and OCD have in common? They all appeared in some way, shape or form on this episode of Bit Storm. Ben and Trev discuss these ideas and throw them away when they aren't able to come up with anything more to talk about.
    Investigate the recent occurances of non consentual hugging as a primary school student.Managing a retail shop in first personSpin bad news into good news as you release press statements to the media.

    • 33 min
    358: Root Access

    358: Root Access

    Listen along this week as Ben and Trevor riff on some incredible new game designs based on random words, such as:
    A licensed Firefly game with procedurally generated storylets and a Sea of Thieves-esque multiplayer;
    A management and hacking sim where an orthodontist must fight back against Big Teeth;
    A rustpunk VR golf game where you use your putting skills to beat enemies;
    and more!

    • 29 min
    357: The Love of the Game

    357: The Love of the Game

    Ben and Trev got together after a 2 week break and discussed some games. These are their stories.
    On a world where UV will kill, diamonds are used to fuel vehiclesTwister - The Movie - The GameLiquid and pressure based Portal

    • 32 min
    356: New Life+

    356: New Life+

    On this week's episode, Ben and Trevor play some video game wall tennis as they come up with improvised game ideas, such as:
    A throwback sidescroller where you play the son of Bill Gates;
    A shadow puppetry game played in the context of a rickety stagecoach;
    A Daniel Mullins inspired experience where you move up the ranks of angelic tech support;
    and more!

    • 38 min
    355: Rehumanifier

    355: Rehumanifier

    Ben and Trev forgot to do a Halloween episode earlier, so here is a very last minute version of one. They almost spend the entire episode talking about one game. The games they talked about were:
    An airbnb set horror game, where the protagonist lives in the front portion of an airbnb and scary things start happening when someone rents the back room.An adventure FMV game set in a weird alternate universe where everything grows on trees.

    • 38 min
    354: Grill Goals

    354: Grill Goals

    Ben and Trevor play some classic Click Pitch, inventing games such as:
    A dating app/game where you must climb a mountain to marry your spouse;
    A new sporting sensation where you must feed your goalies perfectly cooked burgers;
    A marching band simulator;
    and more!

    • 33 min

Customer Reviews

4.2 out of 5
5 Ratings

5 Ratings

matt kirschner ,

A ton of fun

The dynamic between hosts is great!
Such a fun idea for a show!
Highly recommend!

reservation for Jerry ,

A Great Listen

A show that's sure to please. Very amusing and a good way to start your day off on the right note.

DoomerT ,

I don’t know anything about

Game design either so this didn’t help a lot! Enjoyable craic!

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