Duckfeed Update: July 1, 2016

Exquisite Suffering

It's the first of the month, so it's time for the big Exquisite Suffering switchover!

The newest episode, available to our $6+ backers on Patreon, is all about Star Fox Adventures. Join in to hear us talk about an underwhelming entry in a series we inexplicably have affection for, while we simultaneously dive into one of the most offputting fandoms in the world.

Meanwhile, last month's episode about Golgo 13 is now available for all who want to hear us be baffled by anime.

Hex Crank Goings-On

I finished up my Rule of Rose playthrough, and you can see it here. My next (or, current) stream will be about Deadly Premonition. So be sure to Follow me on Twitch, and also follow Hex Crank on twitter at @hexcrank.

Recent Releases:

• Abject Suffering 147: Space Station Silicon Valley. The Beloved N64 Duology concludes with a game that got 10s when it came out, but .1s from us, today.
• Bonfireside Chat 95a: Cathedral of the Deep. Cathedral of the Deep is a divisive area... Listen in to hear different positions on whether or not the Deacons of the Deep actually work.
• The Level 156: The Ol' Crazy Hole. Two huge titles this week: Doom, and Zero Time Dilemma. Also, a Free Play Multiplayer.
• Teenage Dirtbags: "Smooth" by Santana ft. Rob Thomas. You've heard this song. You've heard it way too much. So listen to the Dirtboix tear it apart, in one of the most hilarious episodes to date.
• Watch Out for Fireballs! 132: Day of the Tentacle. It's a beloved LucasArts classic, and we dedicate a lot of time to it. A suspicious amount of time, in fact. Hrm...

Monster in My Podcast:

• Bulette
• Bullywug
• Carrion Crawler

Upcoming WOFF! Games:

• Deus Ex: Invisible War.
• Elite Beat Agents / Rhythm Heaven.
• Phantasy Star IV.

Upcoming Bonfireside Chat Episodes:

• Farron's Keep.
• Catacombs of Carthus.
• Irrithyl of the Boreal Valley, Pt. 1

Duckfeed Update: June 24, 2016

Hex Crank Lives!

A while back, I had a short-lived blog about survival horror games called Hex Crank. It languished for a couple of years, and I felt really bad about that. So bad, that I decided to revive it.

You can find Hex Crank at its own dedicated site and even read the new article about Alone in the Dark. Which includes a video, and those will be a regular part of the whole thing going forward. Also, remember all those streams I announced here? You can find those there, too, as part of Hex Crank Live. I'm even covering a really rare game to celebrate: the elusive Rule of Rose.

I'm really proud of this, and I'd love if more people knew about it. So tell your friends, and come get spooked.

Join Us In Austin

Coming up, at the end of July, Gary and I will be coming to the Austin Classic Game fest to do a live show and hang out a booth. We'll have more details in the coming couple of weeks, but I wanted to remind you... It's at this website, and we'd love to see you.

Recent Releases

• Abject Suffering 146: Buck Bumble. Objectively the best music in games.
• Bonfireside Chat 94: Cathedral of the Deep. Dave Klein joins us to talk about a very lore-significant area!
• The Level 155: Those Chickens Burn Back. A light news week gives way to a light and breezy episode about chickens, mostly.
• The Pitch Uploaded 5: The Flesh Press. Business doesn't happen on the golf course, it happens at the intersection of skin and skin.
• Those Damn Ross Kids 185: Cap Graw Syndrome. Are you already dead? How would you even know?
• Watch Out for Fireballs! 131e: Fallout: New Vegas (and DLC). Brayton Cameron joins us to talk about the wild and wacky wasteland of New Vegas mods.

Monster in My Podcast

• Broken Ones
• Brownie
• Bugbear

Upcoming WOFF! Games

• Day of the Tentacle
• Rhythm Heaven / Elite Beat Agents
• Phantasy Star IV

Upcoming BSC Episodes

• Farron Keep
• Catacombs of Carthus
• Irrithyl of the Boreal Valley (Part 1)

Duckfeed Update: June 17, 2016

Adaptation Decay

Our premium Patreon shows are starting to hit the store. Adaptation Decay is now available, with our first episode about the Resident Evil movie from 2002.

Patreon backers at the $20+ levels can already get access to the new episode of Adaptation Decay about the Doom movie.

Kole's Streaming Again!

Want to see Echo Night: Beyond, or Resident Evil 3? Follow Kole on his Twitch channel or check out the Duckfeed.tv YouTube channel to see more games like these as they hapen.

Recent Episodes

• Abject Suffering 145: X-Men: Mutant Academy. It's a Days of Future Cast crossover! And a terribly uninspired PSX fighting game.
• Bonfireside Chat 93a: Road of Sacrifices. Let's check in on Fanservice Dome Scandal.
• Check It Out, Comrade! 61: Devil Daggers / Neon Struct. A roguelike Doom clone gives way to a really inventive stealth game. It's opposites!
• Duckfeed Live 18: The Universe Tells You You're Great. We do it live! Talking about the future of Bonfireside Chat, spoilers, and being a deadbeat relative to a rich celebrity.
• The Level 154: Dolphin Puncher XD. Tune in for our E3 2016 impressions!
• Teenage Dirtbags: "Barbie Girl" by Aqua. Thus begins Summer Jam season, with a song that Gary kinda likes.
• Watch Out for Fireballs! 131: Fallout: New Vegas (DLC). New Vegas month enters its exit, as we discuss all four expansion packs for one of our favorite RPGs.

Monster in My Podcast

• Behir.
• Birds.
• Brain Mole.

Upcoming WOFF! Episodes

• Day of the Tentacle.
• Deus Ex: Invisible War.
• Elite Beat Agents / Rhythm Heaven.
• Phantasy Star IV.

Upcoming Bonfireside Chat Episodes

• Cathedral of the Deep.
• Farron's Keep.
• Catacombs of Carthus.

Duckfeed Update: April 15, 2016

New Tiers, New Shows

This is an important day for the network. We've decided to pitch some new shows to you, and add new Milestone Goals to our Patreon campaign. Here's the rundown of the new stuff.

• $3,000 per month: Monster in My Podcast. Gary and Kole will do a thrice-weekly short form podcast churning through the entirety of the Dungeons and Dragons 2nd Edition Monster Manuals.
• $3,500 per month: Days of Future Cast. Gary Butterfield and Jeremy Greer will do a loving and comedic takedown of the X-Men and the ridiculous X-Men animated television series from the 90's.
• $4,000 per month: Radio Free Midworld. Kole and a rotating cast of community members will do a chapter-by-chapter book club of the Dark Tower series by Stephen King.
• $4,500 per month: Let's Talk About the Passion. Gary and Kole will do an album-by-album analysis show of the total R.E.M. discography, including notable live performances and soundtracks.
• $8,000 per month: The Crystal Chronicles. This is a big one! Would you be excited to hear Gary and Kole do a Bonfireside Chat-esque podcast about the entire Final Fantasy series? Then help us get to this goal.
• $10,000 per month: Living Off of This. This is a rough estimate, but this is the amount of money we'd need to pull in from our Patreon, per month, in order for Gary and Kole to quit their jobs and start podcasting full-time.

That's a lot of new content, but we've been sitting on it for a while. We will be releasing pilots for these new shows intermittently, and some of the shows might be on a slow trickle even if we don't reach the goals right away. Hitting these goals will let us justify doing these shows instead of looking for regular, respectable work. We thank you for your generosity so far, and we're excited for the future.

The Pitch: Uploaded

Now would be a good time to re-subscribe to The Pitch. Also, you should listen to this trailer for The Pitch: Uploaded. Just sayin'.

Abject Suffrage for April

The polls are open for our next episode of Exquisite Suffering. If you're a $6+ Patreon backer, you can foist one of the following games upon us:

• Coca Cola Kid (Game Gear)
• Rising Zan: The Samurai Gunman
• Sküljagger: Revolt of the Westicans (SNES)
• Street Fighter: The Movie (PSX)

Kole guested on Video Games Hot Dog

We here at the network are big fans of the Video Games Hot Dog folks, and I was honored to join them for episode #237: "The Duke Boys". You can catch a short discussion of Dark Souls III before we break to talk about Samarost 3. Thanks again to Zack, Riff, and Kevin for letting my laughy-ass on the show.

Recent Releases:

• Bonfireside Chat 88a: Shadow Tower Abyss. This brief appendix episode covers your scant responses to Shadow Tower Abyss. Don't worry, Dark Souls III is here!
• Abject Suffering 136: Haunting Starring Polterguy. Spooky, weird games that don't fit anywhere else? Sign us up!
• Those Damn Ross Kids 181: Beefin' the Tube. This episode is primarily occupied by discussion about robots that prep your zones. Be warned.
• Watch Out for Fireballs! 125e: Portal / Portal 2. It turns out that a lot of people have positive things to say about Portal and Portal 2. Color us surprised.
• The Level 146: Bland White People Names. This fun episode covers a gamut of horror games, a little bit of Dark Souls 3, and asks about your biggest, most gangrenous game boners.

Upcoming WOFF! Games:

• Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos.
• Dungeons and Dragons: Shadow Over Mystara / Turtles in Time.
• Oregon Trail / Typing of the Dead.
• Fallout: New Vegas.

Upcoming Bonfireside Chats:

• Dark Souls III First Impressions.
• The tutorial area, and the hub world.

Duckfeed Update: February 5, 2016

Duckfeed Live is now Duckfeed Presents

There's a whole show on the network you might not be aware of. It used to be called Duckfeed Live, but now it's called Duckfeed Presents. Check it out to hear a bunch of new episodes.

WOFFTRAX

Once upon a time, Gary and I did a special called WOFFTRAX where we provided commentary on some opening sketches from WOFF!. You can hear this first special on the Duckfeed Presents feed now... and you can hear Episode 2 by becoming a $5+ backer on our Patreon. New episodes will come out quarterly.

Exquisite Suffering Whomps You with a Pugil Stick

There are some new happenings with the premium episodes of Abject Suffering. Our episode about Whomp 'Em just hit the store, and the episode about American Gladiators is available for $6+ backers until the end of February. I really recommend it. It's a riot.

P.O. Box

We have a P.O. box now, and we'd love to get postcards and notes. Here's the address.

Kole Ross (or) Duckfeed.tv P.O. Box 27105 Cincinnati, OH 45227

Shadow Tower Guide

Pretty soon, Gary and I will be covering Shadow Tower for Bonfireside Chat. He's put together a helpful writeup if you've decided to play along. This should get you over some of those early-game hurdles, and help you understand some of the more esoteric systems.

This Week's Releases

• Bonfireside Chat 83a: The Old Hunters. This omnibus appendix collects listener responses to the entire Bloodborne DLC experience.
• Abject Suffering 126: Omikron: The Nomad Soul. We talk about David Cage's first bloated, over-ambitious, and self-involved project, while also mourning the passing of David Bowie.
• Watch Out for Fireballs! 120e: Mega Man Legends. We got some overwhelmingly positive feedback about Mega Man Legends. Also, we talk about electric kettles and Sexy Turtle.
• Level 137: Chrono Trigger Warning. Jala and Ben talk about their experiences with Pax South 2016, and our listeners rip our hearts out talking about how they all decided to trade in their copies of Chrono Trigger at once. Then we round out with some Witness Talk.

Upcoming WOFF! Games

• Sanitarium
• Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
• Interactive Fiction Special

Bonfireside Chat Offseason

• Uzumaki / The Shadow Over Innsmouth
• Shadow Tower (PSX)
• The Thing / At the Mountains of Madness
• Titan Souls
• Souls of Darkness / The Labyrinth
• Shadow Tower: Abyss