Hey hey these guys are doing these things! Jon and Dan Kelly sit down to bask in the glow of having made a video game in a week, and thus being video game makers instead of just being rampant poseurs. There’s a link below if you want to play it. Other than chatting about that a bit, they check out some other games. Games like a Disney classic adaptation with unintentional bullet time, a very uneducational game based on an educational kids show, and an NES classic features whips and secret gender reveals! Getchoselfonit!

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Hush, Little One: A Game made for the 7-day Roguelike Challenge

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Hey hey give it up for James Woods! Jon and Dan return to speak to each other in what is becoming distressingly infrequent quality bro time. They quickly go over the events of January, henceforth referred to as The Worst Month, before getting into the heart of the episode. One Word Impressions. Eventually they talk about some games, while being the world’s foremost Butt Punisher, falling into a Marvelous Land of Desserts, and ditching a big bag of Braunschweiger. Listen up!

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Hey hey this is probably the last time I’ll do the “Hey hey” thing! Jon and Dan Kelly continue to figure out Skype call recording and rock out an episode fraught with peril. After some discussion of retro computing and musical side-projects, they eat a meal of games. Watch them slide Abraham Lincoln’s face around, throw psychic javelins, and try to keep Young Indie’s hat on! Buenos Dias!

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Hey hey welcome to the Thundredome! Jon and Dan Kelly sit down once again to chat about electronics projects, other side projects, and, of course, games both real and fictional. Today there is a chance of getting arrested by the Judge, waddling with a jump-challenged duck, and closing your everflowin wounds by resurrecting Dracula himself like a total boss. And THAT’s why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit.

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Hey hey busy busy gentlemen gentlemen! Today Jon and Dan Kelly celebrate a decade of podcasting, which coincides with their 200th episode! To commemorate their rabid success, they rescue some workers at lightspeed, fight dragons with Dennis Quaid, and get roguelike on the Genesis. I bless the rain!

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Pokémon is huge. There’s no two ways about it, it was huge 15 years ago and its still huge now. It’s a game of friendship, striving for greatness and becoming the very best like no one ever was. Recent events involving certain animal rights groups aside, this place has always been wholesome, welcoming and ultimately non-threatening. Or has it? Did you ever read a Pokédex entry and think it seemed a little off? Did you ever look at one of these creatures and think “How did you come to be?”

Well, my children, that’s what we’re here to do today as we look at the SCARIEST Pokémon to ever be discovered! To put you in the mood, play this little melody in the background. That’s right, the original Lavender Town music. Purported to have caused a rash of child suicides in the early days of the franchise, it is a shocking reminder that not only can your Pokémon not escape death, neither can you…

We’ll start with something from the first generation, the cute little bone-chucker, Cubone. Some of you might not be old enough to remember this but the tale of this poor little orphan is harrowing, especially in context of the Red/Blue games.

It pines for the mother it will never see again. Seeing a likeness of its mother in the full moon, it cries. The stains on the skull it wears are from its tears. It wears its mother’s skull, never revealing its true face.

In the course of the game, you come across a ghost that is revealed to be a Marowak murdered by Team Rocket. A truly horrible thought when you think about it but you’re not likely to read too deeply into it at a young age, you’re just trying to get to Cinnabar Island to use the Missingno cheat. Little orphan Cubone, you will always have a home in our hearts. And our storage boxes.

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I have arachnophobia but that doesn’t apply to this little cutie. Galvantula is one of my favourite of Gen5, and one of my favourite Electric types but its modus operandi is very sinister.

They employ an electrically charged web to trap their prey. While it is immobilized by shock, they leisurely consume it.

You think you were scared of spiders before, how about one that throws LIGHTNING? How about if it’s 2ft tall and 30lbs? Yeah, it’s pretty big and it will devour you. But despite how sinister and horrifying the motives of this creature, I can’t help but love his fuzzy design and over all cuteness and that, dear readers, is frightening.

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Here’s another cutie that can kill you (I’m starting to see a pattern with these Pokémon) Litwick is an adorable little sentient candle THAT WILL DEVOUR YOUR SOUL! It’s true! You look at him and make all the noise you’re supposed to, namely “D’awwww!” but take a look at it’s Pokédex entry.

Litwick appear to be helping to guide the way of people by illuminating areas that are darkened, but in reality they are actually leading them to the Ghost World. They feed off the life energy of people and Pokémon, and use it as fuel for the flames on their heads.

He tricks you into following him and slowly saps your soul! Geez, all this fire and brimstone from such an adorable little object. And that’s another thing, he’s like a little poltergeist thing, possessing an inanimate object and all. Weird. Cute, but weird.

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Gengar is arguably the most well known Ghost Pokémon. Namely because he looks like a ghostly version of Clefairy. Now if these Ghosts are indeed the souls of other dead Pokemon, can the same be applied to humans? When we die, are we also able to become Ghost Pokémon? The truth may surprise you…

These Pokémon arose from the spirits of people interred in graves in past ages. Each retains memories of its former life. Each of them carries a mask that used to be its face when it was human. Sometimes they look at it and cry.

Hoo-boy, Yamask‘s entry is a doozy. Human spirits becoming Pokémon, fine, I can let that slide but having them retain their memories? Having a little mask based on their face and crying at what they have lost and what they have ultimately become? Christ, this is some existential nightmare fuel, right here! It doesn’t help that these appear in an area rife with Cofagrigus, Yamask’s evolved form is known for trapping people inside itself and mummifying them. It’s a vicious cycle: Humans die, become Yamask, evolve into Cofagrigus and then consume more humans.

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So what do you think, folks? Are these entries spine-tingling or lacking bite? What are your favourite Pokédex entries, creepy or not. Let us know in the comments below!

Hey hey fill ya glass up with milk! Jon and Dan Kelly ramble on for quite a while in the studio this week. Once you slog through the bog of our chatter (including a meta-moment where we find out just how insufferable we are) you may hear us chat about some retro games. We delve into an new old version of some old old classics, check out an acceptable NES adventure port, and jump around with a buggy Persian. Lock your doors!

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I take a look at Bandai’s current Pokemon figurine collection!

Hey hey get your limited edition podcast! Okay, the edition isn’t limited. It’s closer to unlimited, really. Still, we think you’re special and deserve this. Jon and Dan Kelly sit down in Dan’s train infested home to review yet more games! We take our shoes to the virtual bowling alley, get on the ol’ broomstick and shoot stuff, and kick back with some killer Rocket Knight action. Sometimes you have to do this. Sometimes a man has to do this.

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Hey guys, I recovered this episode (and hopefully bumped the volume up a bit) and am rereleasing it for all y’alls. Anyone who listened to the original can jump to around 42:00 to get to the ending that was cut off. There should also be a new episode this week, so stay tuned!
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Hey hey my ears are a-buzzin’! Jon and Dan sit down once again to attempt an hour long ramblin’ session. And a-ramblin’ we do go. We’re talking about another Genesis tech demo (i.e. “game”), a racing game that vastly undershoots its creator’s vision, and a game with planes! AIRplanes! Get yourself situated, because we’re about to punch it to 400 KPH!

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