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Crub @crub.org · 24m

Peacemaker Season 2 Spoilercast

Catch it now before our dance emote gets pulled

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Peacemaker Season 2 Review & Spoilercast | Crubcast

Princess Peach Showtime is NOT a hard game

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Crub @crub.org · 2d

Today we're crafting our IDEAL soundtrack for a game

We may also pull the lever that sends Nicco to the secret dungeon

Come find out which

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Crub @crub.org · 7d

Hello are any of your friends depraved, terrible, horribly violent people

Asking for a friend

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Crub @crub.org · 10d

We're running a contest in our Discord! Tell us when we were funny and be entered to a win a $20 USD Steam card, or a free month of our highest Patreon tier! Details below:

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TELL US WHEN WE WERE FUNNY - September Crubletter | Crub

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Crub @crub.org · 10d

Sharing again for no reason in particular

Crub @crub.org · 27d

If you like yearly sports franchises, The Sims, or Battlefield, EA has your back...but what else is EA really doing these days?

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Is EA making games anymore?

YouTube video by Crub

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Crub @crub.org · 11d

On today's Crubcast we were inspired by years of Silksong memes to explore this question...is it more fun for most people to be excited about a game versus actually playing the game?

Crubcast | #124 Do we like hype cycles more than games?

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Crub @crub.org · 14d

We gave up and spent an hour talking about microwaving video game characters

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Crub @crub.org · 15d

Last week Nicco started out unfamiliar with the idea that holding the jump button in a platformer could determine jump height, he finished off the session by beating the first THREE bosses of Hollow Knight, including Silksong herself

How far will he get this week? Live now @ twitch.tv/crub_official

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Crub @crub.org · 16d

TONIGHT ON THE LIVE PODCAST

Are we in gacha overload? How many of these can reasonably exist before companies are just marching them out to die? Can Justin play them all?

Let's discuss

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Crub @crub.org · 20d

Come watch Nicco (man who famously hates platformers and sidescrolling games) attempt to play Hollow Knight (the first one, lest we accidentally be timely and/or topical)

www.twitch.tv/crub_official

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Crub @crub.org · 20d

Come watch Nicco (man who famously hates platformers and sidescrolling games) attempt to play Hollow Knight (the first one, lest we accidentally be timely and/or topical)

www.twitch.tv/crub_official

a pixel art drawing of a ghost with a crown and the name mobi

ALT: a pixel art drawing of a ghost with a crown and the name mobi

media.tenor.com

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The Golden Bolt @thegoldenbolt.net · 22d

Especially if you haven't played Yakuza before, watch this video so we can spoil several of the games in detail while talking about what Like a Dragon 9 (the 12th game necessary to understand the story) should improve on

Crub @crub.org · 22d

Since @sega-west.bsky.social hasn't posted about the RGG Direct next week, we're going to let know that it's happening AND tell you what you should expect from it.

We're right.

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RGG Direct Predictions & What We Want From Yakuza 9

YouTube video by Crub

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Crub @crub.org · 22d

ignore the bad English in that post

it was intentional

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Crub @crub.org · 22d

Since @sega-west.bsky.social hasn't posted about the RGG Direct next week, we're going to let know that it's happening AND tell you what you should expect from it.

We're right.

youtu.be/EQUSwceDK88

RGG Direct Predictions & What We Want From Yakuza 9

YouTube video by Crub

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The Golden Bolt @thegoldenbolt.net · 23d

In 2 HOURS 😩 I'm hosting a 🤩VERY SPECIAL🤩 trivia game show episode of our 💦PODCAST💦 @crub.org over at 🟣 www.twitch.tv/crub_official 🟣

you WON'T wanna miss it 👎 I'm going to make grown men cry 🤶😱

Twitch

Twitch is the world

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The Golden Bolt @thegoldenbolt.net · 26d

pov: you're being too loud at the slumber party after being warned twice

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Crub @crub.org · 27d

If you like yearly sports franchises, The Sims, or Battlefield, EA has your back...but what else is EA really doing these days?

youtu.be/_cHEUB5Km1Y

Is EA making games anymore?

YouTube video by Crub

youtu.be

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The Golden Bolt @thegoldenbolt.net · 28d

LIVE NOW 🟣 Playing around with a DK Bananza Critical Path-Only Run for...research

www.twitch.tv/thegoldenbolt

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Crub @crub.org · 29d

Just kidding this has been moved to this Sunday

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Crub @crub.org · 29d

In about 3 hours, Moriarty and Trav are going to play Deadzone: Rogue on Twitch

That is a warning

This is a screenshot from the game

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Crub @crub.org · Sep 9

We're going to crack the secret of Half-Life X wide open

www.twitch.tv/crub_official

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Crub @crub.org · Sep 8

Today on the Crubcast we discuss which video game characters would be the best (or worst) to stick in a microwave. From Clank to Cole McGrath to actual literal human child Nanako from Persona 4.

Why? We don't fucking know.

Crubcast | #121 What happens if you microwave video game characters?

People listen to this.

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Crub @crub.org · Sep 5

Superman (2025) has been out for a minute, so we're moving this spoiler discussion out of our Patreon vault to everyone. Trav, Moriarty, and Nicco sat down to discuss how Superman shows us what's really important...and how two things can be equally important (be fearful).

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How Superman shows us what's really important

Brooks & Gunn.

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Crub @crub.org · Sep 3

As microgenres flourish, neatly putting more and more games into subcategories, we wanted to step back and fully examine what makes a game a "Soulslike".

What even IS a Soulslike, actually?

Everything from Hollow Knight to Crash Bandicoot remakes have been compared to Dark Souls...but what really makes a game a "Soulslike"? Is it solely the atmosphere? Systems? Difficulty? Some or all…

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Crub @crub.org · Sep 3

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