Episode 448: Découpage That Worm!

About this episode

Jamie and Marsh discuss summer game marketing and share their experiences with demos from the Steam Next Fest.

Jamie and Marsh get pumped, pepped and revved up for the summer games marketing onslaught, and then enjoy the more tangible pleasures of demos in the Steam Next Fest, including: Ball X Pit, Morsels, Bits & Bops, Consume Me, Dispatch and Baby Steps. * In this episode, I, Marsh, misremember Peggle’s mascot as Bookworm Adventures’ mascot, which is a bookworm, despite the fact that only one of these titles has “bookworm” in the name. This is an error for which I do not deserve, and will never earn, your forgiveness—but I acknowledge it now to prepare you for the boiling rage my failure will induce. * Lies of P and The Last Berserker – the best off-brand Soulslikes? * Shout out to Ollie * The games of Summer Game Fest: * Mortal Shell 2 * Death Stranding 2: On the Beach * Chronicles: Medieval * End of Abyss * Mouse: P.I. for Hire * Game of Thrones: War for Westeros * Atomic Heart 2 & The Cube * Felt That: Boxing * Out of Words * Mafia: The Old Country * Resident Evil Requiem * LEGO Voyagers (LEGO Builders, from the same team, and LEGO 2K Drive, by not the same team, suggest that the LEGO brand has a stable of solid talent at their disposal.) *…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jamie, Marsh

Topics covered

• summer games marketing
• Steam Next Fest demos
• off-brand Soulslikes
• VR games
• game announcements

Keywords

• Steam Next Fest
• summer games
• game demos
• Lies of P
• VR games
• game announcements

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Ball X Pit, Morsels, Bits & Bops, Consume Me, Dispatch, Baby Steps, Lies of P, The Last Berserker, Mortal Shell 2, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

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