[PREVIEW] Abject Suffering 686: Shrek Super Party

Something horrible happened one night at the Galley House, but we just can’t figure out to whom it happened. Nick Glauber joins Kaye to talk about this beloved recent entry in the “comprehension mystery” genre, and the interactive fiction game it’s a remake of. By listening to echoes of long-dead ghosts, we deduce who was killed, where, and by what. It’s the most esoteric game of Clue yet concocted!

A.k.a., The Assassination Of Simon Majumdar By The Coward Chef Eric

Dream TV is a game so obscure that even we have never heard of it, with a premise that was stale when they made it. Two kids are sucked into the TV! Ah! And the platforming is very, very bad. It’s overall uninspiring, so we talk about some horrifying social interactions that make us seriously consider our relationship to being trivia monsters, or “The Person Who Corrects People and Takes Away All of the Fun.”

It’s a simple job. In and out. But, not really, because that’s never the case, and you should never believe anyone who tells you it is. Because there might be a giant burn victim with a gatling gun waiting for you in the basement. Happens every time.Also Discussed:The Runner’s Guide: Little ImprovementsThe Street Samurai Catalog: SwordsParanormal Animals of Europe: Bean Sidhe, Brocken Bow, DarkkaryneThank you to Darrin Michelson for our art this season, and to Gwen Static for the music!

Kaye, Dennis, and Moxie talk about Valor Mortis, Silver Pines, Kindergarten, and much more!The Grind:Dennis: Valor Mortis. Kindergarten.Moxie: Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2.Kaye: Silver Pines.The Multiplayer:What’s the best basic enemy in a game?The End Boss:Steam game approvals seemingly choked by AI submissions.Valve’s F-Stop Portal prequel prototype assembled out of leaks.Extremely obvious unfound easter egg found in kind of old Star Wars game.

With “Wine and Roses” we’ve rounded the bend into one of the finest seasons of television ever aired. The first half of Better Call Saul’s sixth season is a magnificent fakeout, putting our attention on the final boss of grifts and pranks that is Kim and Jimmy’s plot against Howard. But there’s Lalos about, and nobody is aware of how everything will collide.

Listen, nobody’s going to give Shining Force awards for narrative complexity. It’s taken as read that Darksol trying to resurrect the Dark Dragon is bad. Look at their names! However, Shining Force is a nostalgic favorite for a lot of people because it was the first game that showed them things that would ultimately become cliché. It also introduced a lot of people to turn-based tactical combat, which is a big step up from Dragon Quest even if it doesn’t get complex enough.This week’s highlighted project is Daycare Dittos, a podcast where people talk about their favorite Pokemon

Death’s back, and this time he’s out for blood… lines. 55 years ago, a woman foresaw a terrible disaster at a shoddily built tower and warned everyone away from it. Then she went on to have a bunch of kids, who according to Death never should have been born. This is a new twist for the Final Destination series, but Bloodlines has all of the fun and stupid Rube Goldberg machines you could ever want to see. Because Death is a petty Beavis who must be entertained.Next Month: 1984.

I found out I had COVID while we were recording this so legally everyone has to rate my rate my arguments, jokes, and observations one letter grade higher than they actually are. -Will

Who would have guessed that this comedy podcast episode nominally about a Shrek party game would have turned into a sober rumination on body image issues?This is a premium episode. Want to hear the whole thing? Back us on patreon.com/duckfeedtv!