Episode 337: Silksong is Easy
On this week's show, Shane and Stan talk about their latest videogame obsessions. Shane slashes through a maze of bugs in Silksong while Stan takes pictures of planes for Sky Cards. We also read off some our recent Perplexity prompts, review a new attachment for handheld gaming, and go over router extenders to stream games in bed.
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Show Notes
On this week's show, Shane and Stan talk about their latest videogame obsessions. Shane slashes through a maze of bugs in Silksong while Stan takes pictures of planes for Sky Cards. We also read off some our recent Perplexity prompts, review a new attachment for handheld gaming, and go over router extenders to stream games in bed.
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Timestamps:
0:01 - Stan did a punch
2:35 - The economics of movies
9:31 - This week's episode
13:35 - Silksong first impressions, the glory of the Steam Deck, and our relationships with Metroidvanias
28:53 - Hard games
35:06 - SkyCards: The Millennial urge to collect them all
46:35 - A Perplexity digression
50:21 - Handheld hardware - The Retroid Dual-Screen add-on, the Odin 3, and the PS Portal
1:04:12 - Wrapping up
Links from this week's episode:
https://skycards.app/
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