Episode Description
We’re jumping into 2026 with our first new game of the year, both comparing our thoughts on 3D platformer Big Hops and how it mixes up the genre by tools and tongue. Plus reading recommendations of game blogs and more.
Topics Discussed
Board Game Beat, games media as marketing, Outer Wilds as anti-nihilism, Big Hops, Blame, The Works of Vermin
Timestamps
- Start: 0:00:00
- Appetizer 1: 0:01:45
- Appetizer 2: 0:10:03
- Appetizer 3: 0:11:51
- Main, Big Hops: 0:13:27
- Dessert 1, Blame (manga): 0:54:35
- Dessert 2, The Works of Vermin (novel): 1:01:09
- Outro: 1:04:19
Links
W. Eric Martin’s Board Game Beat
Critical Distance
https://www.critical-distance.com/
If You Ask Nicely
https://autumn-wright.com/if-you-ask-nicely/
Rocket Science and Marshmallows
https://lia-sae.net/articles/2026/01/rocket-science-and-marshmallows.html
Kimimi the Game-Eating She-Monster
https://kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/
Daniel’s review of The Talos Principle 2
https://backloggd.com/u/Seryn/review/4060182/
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