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It is Next Fest once again.Today we're talking about video games that we played from the June 2026 Steam Next Fest.Discussed in the episode:9 ESSENTIAL Wishlists From Steam Next Fest (June 2026) from noclip_2 on YouTubeBlood DungeonSteamDB "AI Content Disclosed" filtered out Next Fest list"Call of Dookie" post on BlueskyDad Games:Normal Golf Game - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3510740/Normal_Golf_Game/ Wind Runners - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1101370/Wind_Runners/Omen - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2859970/Omen/Ascenders: Beyond the Peak - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4267860/Ascenders_Beyond_the_Peak/Dungeon Settlers - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2798330/Dungeon_Settlers/Enginefall - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2437390/Enginefall/over the hill - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2929250/over_the_hill/Mym’s Sword - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4673730/Myms_Sword/Gonna go do a little work in the garage:Factomancer - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3979570/Factomancer/Slime Soup - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4655800/Slime_Soup/IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2950790/IRON_NEST_Heavy_Turret_Simulator/ Burn-9 - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4377480/Burn9/ Sludgineers - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4073860/Sludgineers/Fortune Fragments - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3601160/Fortune_Fragments/The Message from Deep Space - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4080030/The_Message_from_Deep_Space/Just gotta rest my eyes for a second:Hearth and Hamlet - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4315040/Hearth_and_Hamlet/if you stay - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4437140/if_you_stay/Twinkle Seek - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4600620/Twinkle_Seek/walk - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4563880/walk/Weird aunt/uncle games:My Beautiful Faraway, Please Don’t Be Cruel To Me - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4516190/My_Beautiful_Faraway_Please_Dont_Be_Cruel_To_Me/Entropy - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3940340/Entropy/Femme Fatality - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4682660/Femme_Fatality/lily’s world XD - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3195580/lilys_world_XD/ Cloud Sculptor - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4101700/Cloud_Sculptor/Critter-like:WOIM - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4272020/WOIM/ The bird of the North - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4655600/The_bird_of_the_North/Haha, yeah this is it:ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3812600/ReStory_Chill_Electronics_Repairs/Pigeon: A Love Story - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3876710/Pigeon_A_Love_Story/Virtue and a Sledgehammer - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3743260/Virtue_and_a_Sledgehammer/---Support us on Ko-fi!Visit our website!Follow us on YouTube!Follow the show on Bluesky!Check out The Worst Garbage Online!---Art by Tara CrawfordTheme music by _amaranthineAdditional sounds by BoqehProduced and edited by AJ Fillari---Timecodes:(00:00) - A child (01:24) - Next???? Fest!!!!!!!!! (01:41) - Talkin about this Next Fest a little bit (11:07) - Dad Games (Normal Games) (12:05) - Normal Golf Game (15:57) - Wind Runners (19:48) - Omen (23:27) - Ascenders: Beyond the Peak (28:05) - Dungeon Settlers (30:48) - Enginefall (36:09) - over the hill (41:44) - Mym's Sword (44:32) - Gonna go do a little work in the garage (44:54) - Factomancer (49:29) - Slime Soup (52:52) - IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator (01:02:36) - Burn-9 (01:04:34) - Sludgineers (01:07:18) - Fortune Fragments (01:10:13) - The Message from Deep Space (01:14:38) - Just gotta rest my eyes for a second (01:14:52) - Hearth and Hamlet (01:17:23) - if you stay (01:18:57) - Twinkle Seek (01:22:10) - walk (01:25:00) - Weird aunt/uncle games (01:25:13) - My Beautiful Faraway, Please Don't Be Cruel To Me (01:29:04) - Entropy (01:32:43) - Femme Fatality (01:36:43) - lily's world XD (01:40:30) - Cloud Sculptor (01:42:49) - Critter-likes (01:42:57) - WOIM (01:44:18) - The bird of the North (01:46:58) - Haha, yeah this is it (01:47:09) - ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs (01:51:22) - Pigeon: A Love Story (01:58:18) - Virute and a Sledgehammer (01:59:23) - That's the end of the episode!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ★ Support this podcast ★

Just-- Wh-- Man....Today we're talking about Soul of Sovereignty by GGDG! A game about needing to see the good in someone else and pretty flowers. This game was suggested by Amet! If you'd like to suggest a game head over to our website!Get Soul of Sovereignty on itch!!! Follow GGDG's work on their website!Discussed in the episode:Cucumber Quest by GGDGSoulSov Chapter 1-3 OSTs on Bandcamp---Support us on Ko-fi!Visit our website!Follow us on YouTube!Follow the show on Bluesky!Check out The Worst Garbage Online!---Art by Tara CrawfordTheme music by _amaranthineAdditional sounds by BoqehProduced and edited by AJ Fillari---Timecodes:(00:00) - We are friends!!!!! (00:39) - Fri-day night (01:30) - Thank you Amet for the suggestion! (03:35) - What is Soul of Sovereignty (06:45) - SPOILERS IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT EVENTS IN THE BEGINNING (11:47) - The intro is good and so is everything!!! (14:17) - It's not done yet technically! (15:51) - FINAL SPOILER WARNING (16:12) - Welcome to spoilers (16:35) - The turn (18:52) - Selfish virtue and deadly kindness (24:04) - The story is painful (29:49) - Where does the story go from here? (31:14) - Audience surrogate (32:15) - It's time to talk about Them. (37:32) - Flashback stuff (38:56) - AJ and Kim bait (45:22) - THE STORY IS PAINFUL!!!!!!!! (47:31) - We haven't even talked about The Trials (48:42) - There is just so much we haven't touched on (53:53) - They're both hot (54:48) - Whoops it's Big Takeaways (55:09) - KAJ's Takeaway (01:00:14) - Good (01:01:01) - Thank you for listening :) ★ Support this podcast ★

BzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzToday we're talking about Time Flies by Playables! A game about being a fly and then being another fly.Get Time Flies on Playstation, Switch, Steam, Epic, or the App Store!!! Follow Playables work on their website!Discussed in the episode:EYEZMAZERobin's piece on Time Flies for InverseAllegheny Cemetery: The story behind the Egyptian mausoleum and sphinx by Joaquin Gonzalez for 90.5 WESA---Support us on Ko-fi!Visit our website!Follow us on YouTube!Follow the show on Bluesky!Check out The Worst Garbage Online!---Art by Tara CrawfordTheme music by _amaranthineAdditional sounds by BoqehProduced and edited by AJ Fillari---Timecodes:(00:00) - We needed this (01:22) - A Kim approved intro (02:18) - What is Time Flies (09:00) - The sound design (10:18) - The art (12:18) - A not spoiler spoiler (12:34) - How many secrets did we find? (13:41) - Standout stuff (23:55) - Min/Maxxing life expectancy (30:08) - How are we feeling about death? (41:14) - A quick mechanical thing (42:39) - Big Takeaways (42:45) - Kim's Big Takeaway (44:58) - AJ's Big Takeaway (47:15) - Robin's Big Takeaway (49:31) - How do I live a life like the fly? (52:35) - Check the show notes! (53:17) - Thank you for listening! ★ Support this podcast ★

i ain't interpreting all that. i'm happy for you tho. or sorry that happenedToday we're talking about Eclipsium by Housefire! A game about walking around and unspeakable things happening to your hand.Get Eclipsium on Steam!!! Follow Housefire's work on their website!Discussed in the episode:AJ on The Worst Community ReportAJ's 2025 Game of the Year video on YouTubeEclipsium (Original Game Soundtrack) by Hudson Bikichky on BandcampAJ's playthrough of the beginning of Eclipsium on YouTubeFinding Emilie by Radiolab---Support us on Ko-fi!Visit our website!Follow us on YouTube!Follow the show on Bluesky!Check out The Worst Garbage Online!---Art by Tara CrawfordTheme music by _amaranthine and check out his new project Foster Hope!Additional sounds by BoqehProduced and edited by AJ Fillari---Timecodes:(00:00) - Listen to AJ on The Worst Garbage Community Report :-) (01:45) - Welcome to the game (03:31) - What is Eclipsium? (04:58) - What'd we think (08:30) - Bugs? (10:00) - The music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The sound!!!!!!!!!! (13:10) - The hand and the things done to the hand (15:42) - Heading to spoilers (16:11) - Chase wants to talk about the images (20:01) - Kim wants to talk about judgment (22:48) - Robin wants to talk about it literally (25:16) - AJ wants to talk about the opting-in (27:24) - What death means and religious imagery (34:21) - Going to the panopticon (47:27) - They can't ALL be PT!!! (50:03) - An actually interesting series of hallways (56:47) - Big Takeaways (56:59) - AJ's Big Takeaway (59:42) - Chase's Big Takeaway (01:04:08) - Kim's Big Takeaway (01:06:19) - Robin's Big Takeaway (01:09:39) - The end of the game hot damn (01:09:57) - Thanks for listening! ★ Support this podcast ★

This is a sports game! Well it's a game that centers around a sport... Er, it's a game that has a sport as a central narrative piece... uh...Today we're talking about despelote by Julián Cordero and Sebastián Valbuena! A game about soccer and tuning out the adults in your life.Get despelote on Steam, Switch, or Playstation!!! Follow Julian's work on his website! Follow Sebastián on his website!Follow Matt on his YouTube channel, Flow State!Discussed in the episode:A Sportslike Manifesto by Grapefruit GamesDespelote review: miraculous slice-of-life soccer game pulls a hat trick by Moises Taveras for Digital TrendsAdditional links:Despelote with Moises Taveras by Tales from the Backlog on YouTube---Support us on Ko-fi!Visit our website!Follow us on YouTube!Follow the show on Bluesky!Check out The Worst Garbage Online!---Art by Tara CrawfordTheme music by _amaranthineAdditional sounds by BoqehProduced and edited by AJ Fillari---Timecodes:(00:00) - The sausage gets made (00:19) - Babby's first intro (01:34) - The Sports Corner (04:20) - What is despelote? (08:13) - Sportslike (11:24) - Witholding the big stuff (13:35) - Making it back to the bench (14:36) - The first ten minutes (18:39) - Standout moments (26:07) - Being a child among adults (31:24) - What happened... (32:43) - Turn the game on! (35:06) - Crossing narrative lines (37:22) - The very end (41:11) - Big Takeaways (41:16) - Matt's Big Takeaway (44:12) - Robin's Big Takeaway (46:27) - Chase's Big Takeaway (49:43) - Thank you Matt for coming on! (49:53) - Chase attempts an outro ★ Support this podcast ★