Spitball Sessions K & L

Luke and Josh go under the sea to discuss whether Subnautica is the greatest survival-horror game of all time. Does isolation make a game scary? Or is it the sounds, the sights and the JUMP SCARES.

Josh and Luke Gush over Animal Crossing, one of the best timed game releases ever. Luke talks about museum curation, Josh rants about menu controls, and they both declare their love for Isabelle.



Sit back, relax, and spend some hours on the island. catch some bugs, pick some fruit, and fish up some ancient terrors from the deep. and maybe you'll earn enough to expand your home.



Jam Sessions are more game-focused episodes with a shorter, more freewheeling style. If you enjoy them, please rate and review. If you have thoughts about the game or suggestions for future episodes, let us know at spitball.sessions@gmail.com

In this special episode, the guys recount their adventures, experiences, and takeaways from the Granite Game Summit. They discuss all the hot, new board games such as Azul, Wingspan, Passtally, Root and Twilight Struggle. Well, some of them are new.



We apologize for the amount of time it took to get this up. Like many other people, we're attempting to adjust to some severe schedule and life changes at the moment. We hope that all of our listeners are taking care of themselves.

Syncing paws? a paw sink? what is this game? Seriously, what is this game?



Josh and Luke discuss Cinco Paus, an interesting micro roguelike, a experiment in experimentation within an information-rare environment. to make things even harder, this game is in a language we do not understand.



Withholding information from your players is usually an effective way of irritating your players. In contrast Michael Brough has managed to create another masterpiece that toys with your expectations of a game. We discuss in detail the mechanics behind this game, and Luke bemoans it's lack of availability outside the apple store (despite the fact that this game can be purchased from itch for $5.00 for Apple and PC).





Jam Sessions are more game-focused episodes with a shorter, more freewheeling style. If you enjoy them, please rate and review. If you have thoughts about the game or suggestions for future episodes, let us know at spitball.sessions@gmail.com

Josh and Luke jump into the unusual experience of Duskers. in this podcast they discuss the various mechanics that make this game unique and interesting. They cover incentives to advance gameplay, and the various kinds of horror, and what kind of horror this game makes use of.



Jam Sessions are more game-focused episodes with a shorter, more freewheeling style. If you enjoy them, please rate and review. If you have thoughts about the game or suggestions for future episodes, let us know at spitball.sessions@gmail.com

To those about to rock, have we got a podcast for you! In this episode Josh discusses the story and design behind the Spitball Studios' first game - That's the Name of My Band. Find out what inspired the game, how Josh took the design and course of testing and some of his takeaways about game design.



If the game sounds interesting, head over to spitballsessions.com/ttnmb to check out some info and sign up to be notified about the future of the project.



And for any listeners who will be attending Granite Game Summit this weekend, we'll look forward to seeing you. There will hopefully be another Spitball Unplugged with some of our thoughts about the show this year.



*Apologies - due to a technical difficulty, the podcast was uploaded without the last 5 minutes. This has now been corrected.