Silicon Sasquatch Silicon Sasquatch
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An independent podcast covering the cultural significance of games.
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GOTY 2023: Nick Remembers Some Games
Nick reflects on a year of struggle, transition, and chaos.
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The 15th Anniversarycast
Nick, Aaron, and Spencer celebrate 15 years of this nonsense by reflecting on the games industry itself. We ask each other: What are 3 notable trends from the last 15 years, and what's 1 prediction for the next 15? See you for the 20th anniversary!
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Review: Final Fantasy XVI
A storied series renowned for reinvention finally forgets itself.
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Finding Love in the Landfill
Wringing the water of life from a lumpy trash bag in the hopes of sparking a brief moment of self-awareness: what’s more cyberpunk than that? Nick reads a short critique of Cyberpunk 2077, a now-infamous big-budget spectacle of a game that's gone from a disastrous launch to a slow and cautious rehabilitation whose ultimate legacy still seems yet to be determined. If you'd like to read this instead of having Nick do the heavy lifting, you can find it at siliconsasquatch.com.
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63 - An American Illness: Gamergate and the Capitol Riot
Did Gamergate contribute to the riot in Washington D.C.? Were its proponents' online harassment campaigns a precursor to sedition? Doug and Aaron ask each other these questions and more in this episode following the January 6th, 2021 attack on the United States Capitol.
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GOTY 2020: The Game of the Year Podcast
Part of our annual GOTY tradition is recording our deliberations and
posting them to torture you all. Do you want to hear how the sausage is
made? You shouldn’t. That sounds wet and gross. Anyway, pod get!