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Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games
Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games
- 1 hour 22 minutes144: Keeping it Queer with Mo Cohen and Hagen Deloss (Queer Quest)
We chat with Mo Cohen (Queermo Games) and Hagen Deloss about Queer Quest, a point-and-click adventure that's best described as "gay Monkey Island meets feminist Leisure Suit Larry".
Audio edited by Dylan Shumway.
Show notes:
Queer Quest official site (Queermo Games)
Queer Quest on Steam and itch.io
Eggplant interview with Gilles De Coster (De Mol)
Queer Quest Kickstarter (October 2016)
Mar Del Castillo and Miss Honey
Read Only Memories (ROM) (MidBoss)
My Ex-Boyfriend the Space Tyrant (Luke Miller)
Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator
Rise of the Video Game Zinesters by Anna Anthropy
20 January 2025, 5:03 pm - 1 hour 22 minutesEP: A Year of UFO 50 - Campanella
We're joined by Carolyn Petit (Kotaku) and Russ Frushtick (Polygon) to discuss Campanella, the 17th game in the UFO 50 collection.
"Fly the Campanella through five challenging worlds! And don't forget to stop for coffee!"
Next week: Golfaria
Audio edited by Dylan Shumway.
Discussed in this episode:
https://www.patreon.com/eggplantshow
17 January 2025, 4:00 pm - 1 hour 40 minutesEP: A Year of UFO 50 - Camouflage
We're joined by Adam Saltsman (Finji) and Izzy Kestrel (Funomena, No Goblin) to discuss Camouflage, the 16th game in the UFO 50 collection.
"Blend in with your surroundings to evade predators and fulfill your destiny."
Next week: Campanella
Audio edited by Dylan Shumway.
Discussed on this episode:
Celine Dion’s Let’s Talk About Love – A Journey to the End of Taste by Carl Wilson
Adam’s PICO-8 Games (and other itch.io releases!)
Izzy’s itch.io page (specific titles mentioned below)
Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure Adventure
Episode 28 – Surviving Overland with Adam Saltsman
Adam Saltsman on Bluesky
Izzy Kestrel on Bluesky
10 January 2025, 5:23 pm - 3 hours 15 minutes143: Games of the Year 2024
The whole crew assembles to share our personal five favorite games of 2024, alongside picks from previous show guests and our listeners. Happy 2025!
Audio edited by Dylan Shumway.
Our GOTY picks (SPOILERS):
Doug:
B3313 (Mario 64 mod)
Sarah:
Velgress (from UFO 50)
Zach:
Laura:
Games to play with babies / Zach’s 2023 pick
Dress to Impress (Roblox)
Nick:
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
Andy:
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Velgress (of UFO 50)
Rob:
Barbuta (of UFO 50)
Show Notes:
Electron Dance piece/interview about Xenosphere
action button reviews boku no natsuyasumi (2022)
Other picks from guests and listeners:
10 hours of silence occasionally broken up by the Taco Bell bong
The Frog for Whom the Bell Tolls
Playframes: How Do We Know We Are Playing? by Celia Pearce
Katamari Damacy
Karen Kavett’s Gradient Cascade Puzzle
7 January 2025, 12:58 am - 1 hour 25 minutesEP: A Year of UFO 50 - Block Koala
We're joined by Patrick Traynor (Patrick’s Parabox) and Frank Lantz (Universal Paperclips, NYU Game Center) to discuss Block Koala, the 15th game in the UFO 50 collection.
"Flamingus has stolen all the water! Solve puzzles to defeat him and save the park!"
Next week: Camouflage
Audio edited by Dylan Shumway.
Discussed in this episode:
Stephen’s Sausage Roll by increpare
Corrypt by Michael Brough
Hectique’s UFO 50 All Games Speedrun (the Block Koala part)
The Witness by Jonathan Blow
Jelly no Puzzle by Qrostar
Blockhouse by Kory Heath
The Gang by Kory Heath
Episode 124 – Thinking Inside the Box with Patrick Traynor (Patrick’s Parabox)
Episode 87 – Fighting Words with Everybody House Games (Babble Royale)
Episode 31 – Good Times with Bad Robots with Frank Lantz (Hey Robot)
Join our Discord: http://discord.gg/eggplant
Leave us a tip: https://www.patreon.com/eggplantshow
3 January 2025, 7:02 pm - 1 hour 38 minutesEP: A Year of UFO 50 - Bushido Ball
We're joined by Casey Yano (Mega Crit), Trent Kusters (League of Geeks), and Alfredo Barraza (Riot) to discuss Bushido Ball, the 14th game in the UFO 50 collection.
"It’s the annual Bushido Ball tournament. Choose from 6 fighters and compete to win!"
Next week: Block Koala
27 December 2024, 5:00 pm - 2 hours 2 minutesInto the Depths: Caves of Qud (Part 2)
In the 2nd installment of our current Into the Depths series, we dive into Caves of Qud. This sprawling open-world roguelike has been in development since 2007 and Early Access since 2015, and in this episode we celebrate this month's momentous v1.0 release.
Doug and Rob talk to one of the game's creators Jason Grinblat about Qud basics and the early game (up to Golgotha).
Don't forget to join our Discord and play along with the series.
Show Notes
qudzoo - "Your one-stop shop for improving in Caves of Qud"
Recommended settings for playing Qud on a Steamdeck (credit to Discord user patric!)
"The important changes are all in UI portion of the options menu:
UI Scale: 1.25 Play Area Scale: Pixel Perfect Pixel Perfect Tile Graphic Scale: 2 Ability Bar Mode: Compact Mini Map: Off Nearby Objects: Off Message Log Font: -5
Last but not least, use your finger to move the bar between the play area & the message log as far to the right as you can. It’s a little fiddly to do, but frees up a good amount of real estate."
24 December 2024, 12:14 am - 1 hour 41 minutesEP: A Year of UFO 50 - Mooncat
We're joined by Bennett Foddy (Getting Over It), Kenny Sun (Mr. Sun's Hatbox), and Zach Aikman (Chuhai Labs) to discuss Mooncat, the 13th game in the UFO 50 collection.
"Jump and dash through forests, caves and mountains, in search of the egg."
Next week: Bushido Ball
20 December 2024, 5:00 pm - 2 hours 23 minutesEP: A Year of UFO 50 - SPECIAL - Developer Interview
We're joined by UFO 50 developers Derek Yu, Jon Perry, and Eirik Suhrke to discuss the first 12 (?) games in the collection.
16 December 2024, 5:00 pm - 1 hour 43 minutesEP: A Year of UFO 50 - Avianos
We're joined by Tanya X. Short (Kitfox Games), Star St. Germain (Aconite), and Zach Aikman (Chuhai Labs) to discuss Avianos, the 12th game in the UFO 50 collection.
"In a time when birds rule, an epic war rages between the red talons and the blue beaks."
Next week: Mooncat
13 December 2024, 5:00 pm - 1 hour 41 minutesEP: A Year of UFO 50 - Kick Club
We're joined by John Axon (Capy Games) and Hayden "Docky" Scott-Baron (Planet Coaster) to discuss Kick Club, the 11th game in the UFO 50 collection.
“Sports are fighting over who is best! Let’s all play together!”
Next week: Avianos
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