Episode 38: Call the Waspman

Total Playtime is now the official Jank podcast, and is produced through the munificence of our paying subscribers (and formerly our backers on Patreon). This week’s episode is free, but subscribers get additional episodes every other week. You may join them by subscribing here, and you can find all previous episodes here. 

This week we started recording mere hours after Xbox started firing people, so we didn’t have the full despair reserves to draw on but we managed to discuss it anyway. We also mourned the loss of the corporeal, as represented by Sony’s announcement they’re ceasing disc production, and celebrated the spiritual, as represented by Alice’s potentially magical waspman. 

There’s also an exclusive tease of an upcoming Jank article, and it’s right at the start so you don’t even have to keep listening – although of course you should because there’s so much to learn here about Nate discovering horny Marvel artwork. Plus: getting vouched for by a non-naughty priest, drinking a pint of wasps, piracy for the greater good, wholesome role models for 40-year-old men having feelings, and giggle-based social deduction. 

Our music is by God Ribbon, our editing is by Alix Attenborough, and our art is by Marsh Davies - and now freshly updated to add a tiny image of Brendy to your pod-listening device. Thanks to our backers on Patreon and Jank for enabling the podcast to exist. You can send feedback and your own preferred social insect suggestions to [e-mail], or simply comment on this article. 

Links!

The 'Physical' edition of GTAVI costs £70 and won't have a disc. Bees are worshipped in Manchester. Schism! Schism! Schism!  Hit Points on GTA 6. Nick Harkway’s Angelmaker.  Sony are discontinuing dics. Unfortunately Sony also want you to know that you don't own digital things. Xbox has the chance to do the funniest thing ever, if they weren't still busy deciding who to fire. What fate our games? Arkane has the benefit of formidablé employment legislation so their future is uncertain. You can’t fire Ted Gill because he quit, and the Subnautica devs are all getting a bonus because the Krafton CEO took legal advice from ChatGPT. When Captain America swings his mighty dick. Brendy reviewed Wall-E (2008). Crate and Crowbar discussed 007 First Light. Here is Nirvana The Band The Show singing game titles to the Wii shop music.

Games!

Hot Wheels Unlimited. 007 First Light. Wall-E. Meccha Chameleon. Prop Hunt. 

Recommendations!

Nirvana The Band The Show The Movie. The Devils. Get a Raspberry Pi. The Drain Unblockers.  

What is Total Playtime?

Total Playtime is a podcast about videogames, mostly, hosted by games industry veterans Alice Bell, Nate Crowley and Jon Hicks. Join them for discussion of the latest and most interesting PC and indie games, grumbles about the state of games media, and impromptu quizzes dredged from the unknowable depths of Nate's brain. Public episodes are released every two weeks, and if you support us on Patreon you'll get weekly episodes. Send us questions, ideas and feedback at [e-mail], and follow us on BlueSky if you like.

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