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This episode actually had a topic, of sorts planned: Outward, a new(ish) RPG. Chlorthos Dragon has been playing the game recently, and he offers his thoughts on it, making the argument that it is in many respects the game Shroud of the Avatar should have been (especially with its offering of selective multiplayer and support for couch co-op). The central thematic conceit of Outward is that your character is just a normal person, not some Avatar or demigod; you play as just an everyday denizen of a fantasy world who is thrust — mostly against your will — into larger and larger events.

A few other topics — ScummVM, Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning, the Commander Keen games, the tendency of older generations of gamers to look down on newer generations and their preferred games, and Battlestar Galactica — percolate up in the discussion, but the episode ultimately ends with further commentary on Outward.

Full show notes at spamspamspamhumbug.com.