Download Episode 1044 –

Buckle up because we’ve got a monster sized episode, but it’s packed full of goodness, so let’s get going!

The show kicks off with Bri Galgano and Aki on hand to welcome Nick Jefferson-Tame and Adam Mitchell of North Star Video Games to the show to chat all about their brand new upcoming spray paint simulator game, Spray Paint Simulator! We chat about the origins of the game, the fun tools and gameplay mechanics to keep you painting for hours on end, working with Whitethorn Games, getting on Game Pass, and tons more! Spray Paint Simulator is out NEXT WEEK, so wishlist it now!

After a quick intermission, it’s a PartyCast with Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, Grant Henry, and Aki starting off with Dave K and Tim Ekkebus showing up later on! We spend nearly an hour chatting about everything from more Spray Paint Simulator to Monster Rancher fun to Hulk Hogan’s bulging eyes and fake hair on his stupid bandana. We know you’re bald, TERRY. Plus ice cream discussion, Tim’s son ending a shutout, and a big ol’ batch of reviews including some notes from Horror Acolyte!

0:00 - Intro/Spray Paint Sim
53:02 - PartyCast
1:41:56 - CAPCOM Fighting Collection 2 - CAPCOM (Tim)
1:56:20 - Blades of Fire - MercurySteam, 505 Games (Chris)
2:13:42 - Best Served Cold - Rogueside (Dave)
2:25:00 - Shovel Knight Dig - Nitrome, Yacht Club Games (Grant, Chris, Horror)
2:41:01 - Deck of Haunts - Mantis, DANGEN Entertainment (Pernell)
2:51:57 - Into the Restless Ruins - Ant Workshop, Wales Interactive (Pernell)
3:00:38 - Garten of Banban 0 - Euphoric Brothers, Feardemic (Aki)
3:03:46 - Survive the Fall - Angry Bulls Studio, Toplitz Productions (Pernell)
3:15:48 - SML After Dark: The Seven Realms 1 & 2 - SeptCloud Games (Aki)

The show ends with a track from the always amazing Jake “virt” Kaufman from the Shovel Knight Dig OST!

3:28:23 - Jake Kaufman - Fully Furnaced (Smelt Works) (Shovel Knight Dig)

https://spraypaintsimulator.com/
https://northstarvideogames.com/
https://whitethorngames.com/
https://www.capcom.com/
https://www.mercurysteam.com/
https://505games.com/
https://www.rogueside.com/
https://www.nitrome.com/
https://www.yachtclubgames.com/
https://mantis.games/
https://dangenentertainment.com/
https://www.ant-workshop.com/
https://www.walesinteractive.com/
https://www.euphoricbrothers.com/
https://www.feardemic-games.com/
http://angrybulls.pl/
https://www.toplitz-productions.com/
https://linktr.ee/SeptCloud (NSFW)
https://virt.bandcamp.com/
https://ocremix.org/
https://www.keymailer.co/
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112
https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK
https://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcast
https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com
https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/
https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/
ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW

Download Episode 1043 –

Buckle up because we’ve got a massive episode packed with an interview, a guest for news, and a bunch of reviews!

The show kicks off with Bri Galgano, Jacob Garner, and Aki on hand to welcome game development duo Pavel Lara and his brother Paulo Lara of Galla Games to the show to chat about their new release Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo, a gorgeous time based puzzle adventure out now on Xbox Game Pass! We chat about the origins of the game, the gorgeous art style, the time mechanics, working with Fellow Traveller and getting signed to Game Pass, and tons more!

After a quick break, we return with guest and good friend Ryan Niemiller joining the show to hang out and chat about news with us as well! We talk about Ryan’s latest game acquisitions, travels, and tons more before moving into the news including the latest PlayStation Plus game catalog additions, more Microsoft layoffs, delays, shutdowns, and Jade Raymond already leaving the PlayStation studio she founded. Plus reviews!

0:00 - Intro/Kulebra chat
50:47 - Ryan Niemiller/News
1:36:25 - Revenge of the Savage Planet - Raccoon Logic Studios (Aki & Bri)
1:50:00 - Oppidum - EP Games (Bri)
2:01:31 - Empyreal - Silent Games, Secret Mode (Aki)
2:16:18 - Sir Whoopass - Atomic Elbow, Aurora Punks (Jacob)
2:22:36 - Clash: Robot Detective - Alyssa Genereau/Drone Garden Studios, Penguin Pop Games (Bri & Jacob)
2:28:28 - Possum is Hungry - Synnergy Circle Games (Bri)
2:31:31 - What comes after - fahmitsu, Rolling Glory Jam, Flynn’s Arcade (Jacob)

The show ends with a track from Jan van Valburg off of the PMM: Squaredance album!

2:36:38 - Jan van Valburg - Soulless Village (Final Fantasy IX)

https://kulebra.com/
https://gallagames.com/
https://www.fellowtraveller.games/
https://www.raccoonlogic.com/
https://www.epgames.gg/
https://www.silentgames-studio.com/
https://wearesecretmode.com/
https://atomicelbow.com/
https://www.aurorapunks.com/
https://bsky.app/profile/dronegardenstudios.bsky.social
https://www.penguinpop.com/
https://www.synnergycirclegames.com/
https://www.flynnsarcades.com/
https://ocremix.org/
https://www.keymailer.co/
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112
https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK
https://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcast
https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com
https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/
https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/
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Download Episode 1042 –

It’s a batch of reviews and that’s about it as we’re all tired and wanna get this one done with. Enjoy!

The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, and “Big” Adam Chase joining to chat about how friggin tired we all are. We talked about a few other things, like Big Adam getting GCW tickets for this weekend, but not much. We just want to sleep. So yeah, we just rush into the reviews and Andy Sperry drops by near the end as well to do a review and hang out. Yay.

0:00 - Intro
12:34 - World of Goo 2 - 2D BOY, Tomorrow Corporation (Adam)
26:15 - The Slormancer - Slormite Studios, Abiding Bridge (Pernell)
36:42 - Vambrace: Dungeon Monarch - Dvora Studio, Headup (Pernell)
46:11 - Please, Touch the Artwork 2 - Thomas Waterzooi (Chris)
59:38 - CyberCorp - Megame LLC (Pernell)
1:09:26 - Goblintown: Really Hard Driving Game - Truth Arts (Andy)
1:19:34 - K2: Digital Edition - Devon Games, Acram Digital (Pernell)

The show ends with music from The Tiberian Sons because it’s the first folder I look at on my desktop. Yay!

1:35:01 - The Tiberian Sons - Swinglevania (Castlevania)

https://2dboy.com/
https://tomorrowcorporation.com/
https://slormitestudios.com/
https://abidingbridge.com/
https://www.dvorastudio.com/
https://www.headupgames.com/
https://studiowaterzooi.com/
https://megame-studio.com/
https://www.trutharts.com/
https://devon-games.itch.io/
https://acram.eu/
https://www.thetiberiansons.com/
https://ocremix.org/
https://www.keymailer.co/
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112
https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK
https://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcast
https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com
https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/
https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/
ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW

Download Episode 1041 –

News and reviews are on the docket and we’ve got a lot to take care of, so let’s rock on this Shpadoinkle Day!

The show kicks off with Jacob Garner, Bri Galgano, and Aki on hand to chat about the news of the week including the landmark announcement that Gears of War will debut on PlayStation this Summer with Gears of War Reloaded launching on Xbox, PC, and PS5 with full cross play! GTA VI also got a new trailer, Xbox Game Pass got a new wave of announcements and departures, Spray Paint Simulator got a release date AND a date with SML next week, Forza selling well on PS5 while Indy flops, and tons more! Plus reviews!

0:00 - Intro/News
35:15 - Towerborne - Stoic Studio, Xbox (Aki)
52:35 - Two Falls (Nishu Takuatshina)- Unreliable Narrators (Bri)
59:34 - KIBORG - Sobaka Studio (Jacob)
1:06:16 - Bartender Hustle - Departure Interactive, Ultimate Games (Bri)
1:15:00 - Cooking Companions - Deer Dream Studios, Serenity Forge (Jacob)
1:20:32 - Royal Romances: Endless Winter - Legacy Games (Bri)
1:24:49 - One Button Games 5-in-1 vol. 2 - ABA Games, Xitilon (Aki/Jacob/Bri)
1:33:38 - Penguin Flight: Beyond the Clouds - AFIL Games (Bri)

The show ends with some Uniracers goodness from the trio of Sean “Ailsean” Stone, Dan “Prozax” Orosz, and Patrick “JAXX” Jacks!

1:38:47 - Ailsean, Prozax, & JAXX - Unikwak (Uniracers)

https://stoicstudio.com/
http://xbox.com/
https://two-falls.com/
https://sobakastudio.com/
https://www.departureinteractive.com/
https://ultimate-games.com/
https://www.deerdreamstudios.com/
https://serenityforge.com/
https://legacygames.com/
https://xitilonic.art/
https://afilgames.com/
https://ailsean.net/
https://ocremix.org/
https://www.keymailer.co/
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112
https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK
https://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcast
https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com
https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/
https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/
ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW

Download Episode 1040 –

It’s a hefty week of news with lots of topics to discuss, so let’s get started before the price goes up again.

The show kicks off with Bri Galgano, Jacob Garner, and Aki on hand to chat about the news of the week including the breaking news that Microsoft is RAISING prices on consoles and accessories as well as looking to release games at $80 this fall. Yay. We also talk the Borderlands 4 State of Play, PS Plus games for May, Clair Obscur’s sales figures, EA layoffs, and tons more. Plus a batch of reviews!

0:00 - Intro/News
30:36 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Sandfall Interactive, Kepler Interactive (Bri)
49:41 - Amerzone: The Explorer’s Legacy - Microids Studio Paris, Microids (Jacob)
50:48 - Once Upon a Puppet - Flatter Than Earth, Daedalic (Aki)
1:08:01 - Peglin - Red Nexus Games, Blitworks (Jacob)
1:13:07 - Cooking - RedDeerGames (Bri)
1:19:29 - 9th Dawn Remake - Valorware (Jacob)
1:25:27 - Fit and Fry - AFIL Games (Bri/Jacob)
1:29:02 - Mystic Pathways - AFIL Games (Jacob)

We end the show with a song from Jake “virt” Kaufman from a long time ago. I don’t think it’s online anywhere, I don’t know how I got it, and for all I know he doesn’t even remember making it. It’s very ridiculous. I miss Jake. You still out there, bud?

1:37:32 - virt - waffles

https://www.expedition33.com/
https://www.sandfall.co/
https://www.kepler-interactive.com/
https://www.microids.com/
https://www.flatterthanearth.com/
https://www.daedalic.com/
https://rednexus.games/
https://blitworks.com/
https://www.reddeergames.com/
https://valorware.squarespace.com/
https://afilgames.com/
https://virt.bandcamp.com/
https://ocremix.org/
https://www.keymailer.co/
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112
https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK
https://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcast
https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com
https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/
https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/
ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW

Download Episode 1039 –

What happens when we need to cover some time until a friend shows up? That’s right. We fill space with Phil Space.

The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, and Aki on hand to welcome the made up person Phil Space to the show so we can fill space until Dave K shows up a little bit into the show before we can start reviews. So how do we fill up space this week? I really don’t remember. My arm still hurts like hell and I had a hard time paying attention, so just listen and pretend I wrote something really accurate and entertaining here. Plus reviews including Andy Sperry!

0:00 - Intro
25:16 - Steel Seed - Storm in a Teacup, ESDigital (Aki)
33:16 - Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree - Primal Game Studio, Knights Peak (Pernell)
46:32 - Detective Dotson - Masala Games (Dave K)
55:09 - Blue Prince - Dogubomb, Raw Fury (Andy)
1:02:45 - Maliki: Poison of the Past - Blue Banshee, Ankama Games (Chris)
1:15:39 - ANNIE: Last Hope - Qooland Games, NiuGamer (Aki)
1:24:24 - Bionic Bay - Psychoflow Studio, Mureena, Kepler Interactive (Pernell)
1:31:31 - Amelia’s Garden - RedDeerGames (Aki)

The show wraps up with a track from Bionic Commando by djpretzel from OCRemix!

1:36:14 - djpretzel - ASSAULT (Bionic Commando)

https://www.stcware.com/
https://esdigital.games/
https://primalgs.com/
https://knightspeak.com/
https://www.masalagames.com/
https://www.blueprincegame.com/
https://rawfury.com/
https://bluebansheegames.com/
https://www.ankama.com/
https://www.qoolandgames.com/
https://www.niugamer.com/
https://psychoflowstudio.com/
https://www.jmyllys.com/
https://www.kepler-interactive.com/
https://www.reddeergames.com/
http://www.djpretzel.com/
https://ocremix.org/
https://www.keymailer.co/
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112
https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK
https://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcast
https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com
https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/
https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/
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Download Episode 1038 –

We’ve got Jenny “Kimchica” Windom returning to the show for another visit, this time for Wanderstop, so let’s get going!

The show kicks off with Bri Galgano, Jacob Garner, and Aki all on hand to welcome Jenny “Kimchica” Windom back to the show for her third visit, this time joining on behalf of Ivy Road to chat all about Wanderstop, the cozy and relaxing tea brewing management sim! We chat about the history of the game, the mechanics, the incredible press kits, and how Jenny keeps coming on the show with different companies! Always a great chat when Jenny drops by!

After Jenny heads out and Aki goes to take a nap, we handle the news of the week including the latest updates on Switch 2 preorders, the absolutely out of nowhere surprise shadow drop of Oblivion Remastered, FBC getting a release date as well as launching on PS Plus AND Xbox Game Pass, a Nintendo Switch Online Game Boy Advance addition, a massive batch of games leaving PlayStation Plus, and tons more! Plus reviews!

0:00 - Intro/Kimchica Interview
50:43 - News
1:10:36 - MLB The Show 25 - San Diego Studio, Sony, MLB (Jacob)
1:22:05 - Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Book 2 - DON’T NOD (Bri)
1:29:27 - Leo & Mia: Animal Rescue - Honikou SASU, Maximum Entertainment (Jacob)
1:35:35 - Tempopo - Witch Beam, CULT Games (Bri)
1:42:30 - Out of Moves - AFIL Games (Jacob)
1:46:41 - HEGZIS - Clazz Apps, eastasiasoft (Bri)
1:50:43 - Old Skies - Wadjet Eye Games (Aki)
2:01:01 - SML After Dark - Projekt: Passion Season 2 - Classy Lemon (Aki)

The show ends with a track from Juan “Sixto Sounds” Medrano from Super Dodge Ball!

2:12:10 - Juan Medrano - Go Balls Deep (Super Dodge Ball)

https://bsky.app/profile/kimchica.bsky.social
https://www.wanderstopgame.com/
https://www.ivyroad.fun/
https://theshow.com/
https://sonysandiegostudio.games/
https://dont-nod.com/
https://honikou.com/
https://maximument.com/
https://tempopogame.com/
https://witchbeam.com.au/
https://www.thecultgames.com/
https://afilgames.com/
http://www.clazzapps.com.tr/
https://www.eastasiasoft.com/
https://www.wadjeteyegames.com/
https://ocremix.org/artist/4685/juan-medrano
https://atw.ocremix.org/
https://ocremix.org/
https://www.keymailer.co/
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112
https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK
https://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcast
https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com
https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/
https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/
ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW

Download Episode 1037 –

Pernell and Chris are back from their VGM Con excursion (that I could made, sad face), so let’s talk about it!

The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, and Aki all on hand to chat about a whole bunch of things include spaghetti policies, how much worse Spaghetti O’s have gotten in recent years, and of course Chris and Pernell talk about their time at VGM Con earlier in the month! From Chris performing in his own band and guesting with The OneUps to Pernell running into his old foe “Da Bomb”, it’s a fun time talking about a great event! Plus reviews including a segment from Andy Sperry!

0:00 - Intro/Chatter
25:50 - The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy - Too Kyo Games, Media.Vision, Aniplex (Pernell)
36:44 - Orphans - Infinity Gears Studios (Aki)
43:18 - Sacre Bleu - Hildring Studio, Noodlecake (Chris)
53:24 - Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate - Rocket Panda Games (Pernell)
1:02:34 - Willow Guard - MiTale (Andy)
1:07:10 - Warside - LAVABIRD, First Break Labs (Pernell)
1:19:46 - Skies Above - HungryDingo, Flynn’s Arcade (Chris)
1:28:47 - Snow Squall - VidyGames, Dolores Entertainment (Aki)
1:33:12 - Mega Knockdown - dhamster (Pernell)

The show ends with some Final Fantasy VI goodness from our good buddy Tony “Prince uf Darkness” Dickinson!

1:42:20 - Prince uf Darkness feat. Shnabubula - The Hot Pink of Blues (Final Fantasy VI)

https://tookyogames.jp/english/
https://ssl.media-vision.co.jp/
https://www.aniplex.co.jp/
https://infinitygearsstudios.com/
https://www.hildringstudio.com/
https://noodlecake.com/
https://rocketpandagames.com/
https://www.mitalegames.com/
https://www.playwarside.com/
https://firstbreaklabs.com/
https://hungrydingo.me/
https://www.flynnsarcades.com/
https://vidy.games/
http://doloresentertainment.com/
https://megaknockdown.com/
https://tonydickinson.net/
https://shnabubula.bandcamp.com/
https://ocremix.org/
https://www.keymailer.co/
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112
https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK
https://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcast
https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com
https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/
https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/
ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW