Episode 206: Game Breakers

With All Hallow's Eve just around the corner, Jared and JM share some of the games that most frightened them over the years, from obscure childhood memories to dreadful experiences available now.Also, go buy Mycopunk!

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 is coming out, and some of the good folks at Auroch Digital have joined the Forkcast to share with us the terrible splendor of translating the God-Emperor's greatest champions to a boomer-shooter. October 14th will be a dreadful day indeed for the enemies of Humanity, as Sternguard Veteran Malum Caedo returns to crush and slay all before him, and Battle Sister Nyla Veyrath dives into the fray as well.Apologies for this episode's long delay and for some audio issues that could not be rectified.

Devolver Creator Strategist Amanda Kenney collides with the uncreative minds behind the ForkCast and shares her joys and challenges in gaming as well as an incredibly brief summary at the end of her career path.

Tired of only being able to build one deck at a time? Shroom and Gloom is a double deckbuilder, and it has a free demo on Steam! Ben and Ross of Team Lazerbeam drip in to share their origins, inspirations, and the strange process by which they found themselves conjoined to the geniuses at Freelives!Then, JM has some kind of nervous breakdown for a month and can't get himself to just edit the damn podcast. You can't really hear that part, but it's why this episode is so unbelievably late. Sorry about that :D

Devolver QA experts Shona Feltham and Barnaby Panton take a crack at trying to decipher exactly what's wrong with JM, Jared, and the Forkcast as a whole, but mostly talk about what it means to break games for the good of mankind.

Ever want to test out Devolver games before they're released, and sometimes before they're even announced? Alex Nilsen runs the Devolver Beta Squadron, and that's exactly the sort of thing that they get up to over there! Learn about the process and how you too can become a Beta!discord.gg/betasquadron

Looks aren't everything, and sometimes the best games are undeniably unattractive. Jared and JM describe some of their favorite fuglies.

Minos has been released! Artificer's Kacper Szymczak bulls his way onto the Forkcast to talk about the the game's unique maze-building action defense playstyle, before delving into the dark and winding development path that led to this hybrid experience.

Britt and Cullen of Doinksoft return to talk about Dark Scrolls, their recently announced platforming auto-scroller with online co-op! Learn about their process of creating a game that bridges modern sensibilities with retro vibes, and learn to speak the secret language of the goblins!

The Witcher has come to Reigns! Dandelion regales crowds with (often exaggerated) tales of Geralt's monster-hunting adventures in Reigns: The Witcher! Hear from Nerial's AJ Kerr and Oscar Harrington-Shaw as they regale you with stories of adapting the rich world of The Witcher into a Tinder-swiping narrative, collaborating with CD Project Red, and reaching toward a definition of art in videogames.