E14 Game of the Year Roundup

E17 Perfect Charizard and Other Curiosities (Variety)

We're still working our way through System Shock, so please accept this variety show in the meantime. We talk about: * Who is the vampire * 70% of the time, Blizzard hits every time * Runescape runes is bones * Where is the vampire * Bones is a baroque reference * PvP Bingo Find us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/laggingthoughts.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/laggingthoughts.bsky.social] Our opening and closing song is Faint One by Of Lanterns, you can find them on YouTube, Spotify and BandCamp! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3nHcgwsDVaAUvlm0YyzmuA [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3nHcgwsDVaAUvlm0YyzmuA] https://oflanterns.bandcamp.com/ [https://oflanterns.bandcamp.com/] https://open.spotify.com/artist/61rXVUDvpjYO5qXwwWvZAT?si=WrPaHQRgQeau8I-rM7uD2Q\&nd=1\&dlsi=291b72c068824aba [https://open.spotify.com/artist/61rXVUDvpjYO5qXwwWvZAT?si=WrPaHQRgQeau8I-rM7uD2Q\&nd=1\&dlsi=291b72c068824aba] Thank you to Moonana [https://bsky.app/profile/moonana.bsky.social]for the use of "im the piano man" as our intermission music For additional reviews from Nick, check out his Backloggd: https://backloggd.com/u/Popegator/ [https://backloggd.com/u/Popegator/] Be sure to check out Gordon's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Jigglypope-kk5hw [https://www.youtube.com/@Jigglypope-kk5hw] https://www.youtube.com/@Jigglypope-kk5hw

E16 Even MORE Puzzling Is What Ensues (OneShot)

Help us help you help Niko by listening to this episode of the Lagging Thoughts podcast on Oneshot. Discover what it really means to truly love... pancakes. To assist you with the puzzles that will inevitably ensue, please help yourself to this handy stenciled-guide that should line up perfectly with our talking points: * Computer Game * The nuanced differences between canoes and rowboats * Moon Child, woah oh oh * The power * Of incandescent light bulb * To be ... Friend * Game Computer **The story is true** This episode contains heavy spoilers for Oneshot! Play the Pancake Episode!! [https://futurecatgames.itch.io/oneshot-pancake-episode] Take a gander at Future Cat's upcoming game Margin of the Strange [https://store.steampowered.com/app/2949750/Margin_of_the_Strange/] Find us on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/laggingthoughts.bsky.social] Our opening and closing song is Faint One by Of Lanterns, you can find them on YouTube, Spotify and BandCamp! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3nHcgwsDVaAUvlm0YyzmuA [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3nHcgwsDVaAUvlm0YyzmuA] https://oflanterns.bandcamp.com/ https://oflanterns.bandcamp.com/ [https://oflanterns.bandcamp.com/] https://open.spotify.com/artist/61rXVUDvpjYO5qXwwWvZAT?si=WrPaHQRgQeau8I-rM7uD2Q\&nd=1\&dlsi=291b72c068824aba https://open.spotify.com/artist/61rXVUDvpjYO5qXwwWvZAT [https://open.spotify.com/artist/61rXVUDvpjYO5qXwwWvZAT?si=WrPaHQRgQeau8I-rM7uD2Q\&nd=1\&dlsi=291b72c068824aba]

E15 Palamecian Doors (Final Fantasy 2)

Welcome to Season Two of Lagging Thoughts! We are kicking off the year with Final Fantasy 2. Key topics: Guy (Guy) Have you seen my canoe? Map No I didn't lose it, I just wanted to ask Real Fake Doors This episode contains heavy spoilers for Final Fantasy 2. We strongly recommend playing the game before listening. Find us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/laggingthoughts.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/laggingthoughts.bsky.social] Our opening and closing song is Faint One by Of Lanterns, you can find them on YouTube, Spotify and BandCamp! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3nHcgwsDVaAUvlm0YyzmuA [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3nHcgwsDVaAUvlm0YyzmuA] https://oflanterns.bandcamp.com/ [https://oflanterns.bandcamp.com/] https://open.spotify.com/artist/61rXVUDvpjYO5qXwwWvZAT?si=WrPaHQRgQeau8I-rM7uD2Q\&nd=1\&dlsi=291b72c068824aba [https://open.spotify.com/artist/61rXVUDvpjYO5qXwwWvZAT?si=WrPaHQRgQeau8I-rM7uD2Q\&nd=1\&dlsi=291b72c068824aba] For additional reviews from Nick, check out his Backloggd: https://backloggd.com/u/Popegator/ [https://backloggd.com/u/Popegator/] Be sure to check out Gordon's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Jigglypope-kk5hw [https://www.youtube.com/@Jigglypope-kk5hw]

E14 Game of the Year Roundup

As 2025 draws to a close, join us in celebrating a year of some bangin' games. We look back on our personal favorites, and take a moment to appreciate them. Suggested talking points: - Zachtronics Solitaire sweep - Clair Obscur sweep - You know how sometimes you read a word, but don't know how to pronounce it until like, wayyy way later so you just make up your own pronunciation and roll with it until you inevitably discover your error? That's not just me, right?? - Baroque sweep (Losers Bracket) This is our last episode of the season, we will return in early 2026! The furtive Bluesky, so easily forgotten: https://bsky.app/profile/laggingthoughts.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/laggingthoughts.bsky.social] Our opening and closing song is Faint One by Of Lanterns, you can find them on YouTube, Spotify and BandCamp! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3nHcgwsDVaAUvlm0YyzmuA [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3nHcgwsDVaAUvlm0YyzmuA] https://oflanterns.bandcamp.com/ [https://oflanterns.bandcamp.com/] https://open.spotify.com/artist/61rXVUDvpjYO5qXwwWvZAT?si=WrPaHQRgQeau8I-rM7uD2Q\&nd=1\&dlsi=291b72c068824aba [https://open.spotify.com/artist/61rXVUDvpjYO5qXwwWvZAT?si=WrPaHQRgQeau8I-rM7uD2Q\&nd=1\&dlsi=291b72c068824aba] For additional reviews from Nick, check out his Backloggd: https://backloggd.com/u/Popegator/ [https://backloggd.com/u/Popegator/] Be sure to check out Gordon's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Jigglypope-kk5hw [https://www.youtube.com/@Jigglypope-kk5hw]

E13 Happy Parasite Christmas Eve Observed (Parasite Eve)

Merry Chrysler Building (EX), and happy Parasite Eve to all! Get out your appropriately gaudy holiday baubles and gather round the fireplace to celebrate the end of one cycle, before another begins yet anew. Parasite Eve is the subject of our discussion today! Some key talking points: -Mitochondria -So hot right now -Run, don't walk -Keys-ed to meet you -Digi dome, digital monsters This episode contains heavy spoilers for Parasite Eve. We strongly recommend playing the game before listening. Find us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/laggingthoughts.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/laggingthoughts.bsky.social] Our opening and closing song is Faint One by Of Lanterns, you can find them on YouTube, Spotify and BandCamp! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3nHcgwsDVaAUvlm0YyzmuA [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3nHcgwsDVaAUvlm0YyzmuA] https://oflanterns.bandcamp.com/ [https://oflanterns.bandcamp.com/] https://open.spotify.com/artist/61rXVUDvpjYO5qXwwWvZAT?si=WrPaHQRgQeau8I-rM7uD2Q\&nd=1\&dlsi=291b72c068824aba [https://open.spotify.com/artist/61rXVUDvpjYO5qXwwWvZAT?si=WrPaHQRgQeau8I-rM7uD2Q\&nd=1\&dlsi=291b72c068824aba] For additional reviews from Nick, check out his Backloggd: https://backloggd.com/u/Popegator/ [https://backloggd.com/u/Popegator/] Be sure to check out Gordon's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Jigglypope-kk5hw [https://www.youtube.com/@Jigglypope-kk5hw]