Episode 609: Not a Euphemism for Hell
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The crew discusses personal challenges and dives into topics like ancient supervolcanoes and gaming.
This week the crew deals with sick kids, travel chaos, and kitten catastrophes before diving into ancient supervolcanoes, bizarre retro coding experiments, and a deeply unsettling sci-fi moral dilemma inspired by Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . Real Life Steven's week turned into a strange mix of California road trips, tactical miniatures combat, and disease management. Devon came out for a visit, which meant plenty of hanging out, board games, and attempts to squeeze hobby time into an already overloaded week. Steven got to play some Robo Rally with Greg and Robert, along with trying out Let's Dig for Treasure , a game whose title sounds wholesome but absolutely invites goblin behavior. Meanwhile, Steven continued the noble quest of teaching Star Wars: Shatterpoint to Devon while Ben allegedly "rested," which is apparently code for strategically avoiding rules explanations and measuring tools. Steven also spent another week in solo dad mode, which became significantly harder once kid sickness entered the arena and started critting morale checks. Ben, meanwhile, remains trapped in the ongoing kitten saga. The kittens continue producing biological surprises at an industrial pace…
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