Episode 40: The Coriander Of Space Marines

It’s a free-to-all episode this week, so Alice, Nate and myself turned ourselves to the major issues of the day: Xboxes are really expensive, how a Skyrim username error can get you wrongly imprisoned for soliciting minors, a new Thimbleweed Park and a very detailed explanation of how good the Space Marine x Helldivers 2 partnership is. 

Join us for a detailed overview of the Astra Militarum, a half-remembered summary of the Xbox P&L and a fleeting cameo from Alice’s dog. Plus: children who chew on cigars from birth, engaging worm protocol, and clown husbandry. 

Our music is by God Ribbon, our art is by Marsh Davies and this week our editing is by Dave of the Sonic The Comic podcast who did a banger job even with limited guidance. Thanks to backers of Jank (formerly on Patreon) for enabling the podcast to exist; if you sign up for Jank then you get an extra podcast every fortnight which will soon include Season 2 of Text Adventure. You can send comments and suggestions of Space Marine deep lore to [e-mail], or simply comment on this article.

Links!

Xboxes are now incredibly expensive in the UK and EU. Xbox had a big revenue drop but Microsoft did just fine. Brendy says don’t call it a reset. Double Fine had to lay people off. Rebekah at Kotaku summarised how hard it would be to reach a billion people a day. The Space Marine Legendary Warbond is out next week. Ron Gilbert announced Thimbleweed Park 2 and it is neither sequel nor prequel but Alice is excited regardless. An innocent man spent 18 months in prison because the police got his Skyrim name wrong. Clown husbandry. RIP Tusko. 

Games!

Thimbleweed Park 2. Helldivers 2. Age of Empires 2: The Three Kingdoms. The Mermaid Mask. Wax Heads.Truck-kun is Supporting Me from Another World?!

Recommendations!

Strange Aeons reads Clown Husbandry. The Mean Time perform Your Monster: The Beast Inside.Josienne Clark’s Errors Tour.  

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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