Explanations Done Quick for Games Done Quick: the SGDQ 2026 Minisode

Explanations Done Quick for Games Done Quick: the SGDQ 2026 Minisode

Summer Games Done Quick 2026 is just around the corner. You may have picked up on this before, but the Fall Damage crew have a soft spot for speedruns, so we've devoted our first ever minisode to explaining all their ins and outs to help prepare you for SGDQ: what speedruns are why they're so compelling to watch, when their biggest celebration is happening, and how to break your favorite game at a fundamental level with glitches. Tune in to hear: * The unique brand of chaos this year's Monster Hunter Wilds promises to bring * How this year's schedule has utterly vindicated our most controversial take * Our recommendation for the best day of SGDQ to watch if you're just getting into speedruns References in this episode: * The SGDQ 2026 schedule: https://gamesdonequick.com/schedule/66 [https://gamesdonequick.com/schedule/66] * Games Done Quick's Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/gamesdonequick [https://www.twitch.tv/gamesdonequick]) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/gamesdonequick [https://www.youtube.com/gamesdonequick]) * How Games Done Quick has intentionally fostered an inclusive community: https://aftermath.site/games-done-quick-gdq-speedrunning-community-trans-rights/ [https://aftermath.site/games-done-quick-gdq-speedrunning-community-trans-rights/] * Our hosts' introductions to speedrunning: username_equals_pants (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0N1lh1csGQ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0N1lh1csGQ]) and zintendo64 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5auJOBC828 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5auJOBC828]) Speedruns to check out: * Fallout Anthology: https://youtu.be/T2SatL2mx3I [https://youtu.be/T2SatL2mx3I] * Super Metroid race: https://youtu.be/AN8Gr0C6MZI [https://youtu.be/AN8Gr0C6MZI] * Hollow Knight: https://youtu.be/6wkfvuOS_4g [https://youtu.be/6wkfvuOS_4g] * Super Mario 64, blindfolded: https://youtu.be/rKnDj3wMNik [https://youtu.be/rKnDj3wMNik] * The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker: https://youtu.be/GbR_QqEGBcM [https://youtu.be/GbR_QqEGBcM] * Dark Souls: https://youtu.be/feUQGGskV9M [https://youtu.be/feUQGGskV9M] * Super Mario Odyssey: https://youtu.be/fowA7kQAhL8 [https://youtu.be/fowA7kQAhL8] * Final Fantasy VII: https://youtu.be/EWgb-Jrk5tQ [https://youtu.be/EWgb-Jrk5tQ] Games discussed, at varying length: * Monster Hunter Wilds * Hollow Knight: Silksong * Stardew Valley * Don't Stop, Girliepop * I Am Your Beast * Tunic * The Legend of Zelda: Wand of Gamelon * Donkey Kong 64 This podcast is human-only, no AI. The humans are roxal_voxel, username_equals_pants, and zintendo64. Theme song: Booster Grooving by Louie Zong

The Hater's Guide to Super Mario RPG

"It's one encounter, Michael. How many levels can it give, 5?" - the Super Mario RPG developers setting the difficulty curve of their game Tune in to hear the Fall Damage crew discuss: * RPG grinding, the many ways it can fail you, and the many ways you can fail it * How fast people have beaten the games central to the podcast's canon thus far... and how wrong we are when we guess their times * Why the Switch 2 feels like such a strange console * What we think about a newly unveiled game genre, the "book" References in this episode: * Mina the Hollower, releasing on May 29: https://apple.news/At76cbbMaRdGXcYt7MFSvZQ [https://apple.news/At76cbbMaRdGXcYt7MFSvZQ] * username_equals_pants' new Slay the Spire 2 video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNFCLWSDwL0 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNFCLWSDwL0] * The Switch 2 is increasing in price: https://www.theverge.com/games/926772/nintendo-switch-2-price-hike-console-gaming-future [https://www.theverge.com/games/926772/nintendo-switch-2-price-hike-console-gaming-future] * GameStop's most puzzling business move in recent months: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/gamestop-offers-56-billion-for-ebay-struggles-to-explain-how-itll-pay-for-it/ [https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/gamestop-offers-56-billion-for-ebay-struggles-to-explain-how-itll-pay-for-it/] * Slay the Spire 2's review bombing: https://kotaku.com/slay-the-spire-2-is-getting-review-bombed-again-this-time-because-of-chuds-2000693961 [https://kotaku.com/slay-the-spire-2-is-getting-review-bombed-again-this-time-because-of-chuds-2000693961] * Private Rites by Julia Armfield (https://www.juliaarmfield.co.uk/writing [https://www.juliaarmfield.co.uk/writing]) * The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (https://www.ursulakleguin.com/dispossessed [https://www.ursulakleguin.com/dispossessed]) Games discussed, at varying length: * Clair-Obscur: Expedition 33 * Super Mario RPG * Shin Megami Tensei IV * Earthbound * Titanium Court * Super Mario World * Silksong * Stardew Valley * Every main-line Pokemon game * Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity * Slay the Spire 2 * Donkey Kong 64 Special thanks to kissesfromlia, who edited the segment intro music for this episode! Learn more about Lia at https://kissesfromlia.com/ [https://kissesfromlia.com/]. This podcast is human-only, no AI. The humans are roxal_voxel, username_equals_pants, and zintendo64. Theme song: Booster Grooving by Louie Zong

God Has Four Legs And Can Float

Pokemon God: is it real, and can it hurt you? More importantly, what is its relationship to Skyrim? Tune into this episode for all this and more, including a signature Fall Damage take about pokemon starters so spicy it requires a PowerPoint with not one but two subtitles. If you're a sicko like us, listen to hear about: * Uncovering the long-sought identities of the video game bouba and kiki * Which video game dogs we spotlight in our inaugural segment about the best pets in gaming * How the AI slopification of GPUs threatens not just visuals but gameplay * What we got wrong in our first episode Also referenced in this episode: * The slideshow [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fGFjjyoHdbDaVIEISR363kq45sB4Zf1fGB0MzjjN7yU/edit?usp=sharing] we were looking at during the Pokemon discussion * Articles about DLSS-5 by Remap Radio [https://remapradio.com/articles/dlss-5-is-an-aesthetic-abomination-its-also-a-technical-failure/], Kotaku [https://kotaku.com/digital-foundry-dlss5-nvidia-genai-response-video-2000680002], and The Verge [https://apple.news/AxUPR3hhZTvmNFjMiiXF9Ig] * Goodbye Galaxy's "How I Accidentally Set a World Record in Opus Magnum [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_Ekun0WDIk]" * username_equals_pants' "A Brief History Of That Freaking Bird That I Hate [https://youtu.be/Q3EijIqgePc]" * theamandafiles' Sneasler rant [https://youtu.be/-HhAuaoYLK0?si=VkdmUNJ8rnBgn6QP&t=1331] Games discussed, at varying length: * The entire main-line Pokemon series * Pokemon: Pokopia * Disco Elysium * The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild * Slay the Spire 2 * Peak * Opus Magnum * Donkey Kong 64 This podcast is human-only, no AI. The humans are roxal_voxel, username_equals_pants, and zintendo64. Theme song: Booster Grooving by Louie Zong.

Silksong Is A Cozier Game Than Stardew Valley

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Fall Damage Can't Hurt You, the gaming podcast where fall damage may not be able to hurt you, but our takes absolutely can. We're starting off with one of our most controversial takes: Hollow Knight: Silksong is a cozier game than Stardew Valley. If you felt a rush of anger reading that sentence, or if you're a sicko like us who believes it, tune in to hear: * What makes a game cozy, and what makes a game sweaty, and why Silksong is the former * Which TV director is the only person we'd trust with Baldur's Gate 3 * Why everything is really a keyboard, if you think about it * How the Fall Damage crew manage to shoehorn Lanky Kong into yet another discussion Also mentioned in this episode: * Mountain Goats 365: https://thisyearbook.com/ [https://thisyearbook.com/] * Microsoft BDS: https://bdsmovement.net/microsoft [https://bdsmovement.net/microsoft] * CGP Grey Year Themes: https://youtu.be/NVGuFdX5guE?si=jlcX4CbIgfV8v3kY [https://youtu.be/NVGuFdX5guE?si=jlcX4CbIgfV8v3kY] * Yoko Taro's Evangelion: https://www.avclub.com/neon-genesis-evangelion-reboot-sequel-yoko-taro [https://www.avclub.com/neon-genesis-evangelion-reboot-sequel-yoko-taro] * Baldur's Gate 3 TV show: https://www.ign.com/articles/baldurs-gate-tv-series-set-for-hbo-will-be-a-continuation-of-baldurs-gate-3s-story [https://www.ign.com/articles/baldurs-gate-tv-series-set-for-hbo-will-be-a-continuation-of-baldurs-gate-3s-story] This podcast is human-only, no AI. The humans are roxal_voxel, username_equals_pants, and zintendo64. Theme song: Booster Grooving by Louie Zong. FOLLOW US: * RSS.com [https://rss.com/podcasts/fall-damage-cant-hurt-you/] * YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@username_equals_pants]