Episodios

  • Slice & Dice

    Slice & Dice
    Jul 31 2024
    It is a good day to dice! This week we polish up some D6’s for the dungeon crawler Slice & Dice and throw them against all sorts of hideous monsters. We’re talking goblins, zombies, exploding skeletons, bloodthirsty fanatics, and so many more. In a game with modes on modes on modes, we try to navigate being cursed, blessed, and blursed while slaying dragons, succubi and undead samurai. Can our party of housecats and an over-levelled wizard save the day or will all of our dice be turned to stone and we get swarmed by imps? Ready to roll out! Custom RSS Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Music 1:46 - game stats 3:27 - one sentence description 20:15 - our story begins (??) 1:02:39 - rankings and final thoughts 1:10:04 - similar games Next episode: dotAge Contact us at grogpodzone@gmail.com! https://grogpod.zone Intro music: Thelonius Monk - April in Paris Outro music: Louigi Verona - Ancient Books of Magic
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  • DoomRL / Jupiter Hell

    DoomRL / Jupiter Hell
    Jul 17 2024
    Demonic presence at unsafe levels, podcast in effect! For our listener request week, we summon a granddaddy of the traditional roguelike pantheon: DoomRL - Doom: The Roguelike. But we couldn’t talk about a game with a 20+ year legacy without also crash landing on its gorgeous modern 3D remaster: Jupiter Hell. A traditional roguelike with…graphics? Voice acting? A b-b-budget? Come listen in on how to configure .ini files, assemble tactical rocket launchers, and learn how to be a sailor-mouthed hellish freight train on wheels. That’s how we do things downnnnntownnnnn. Custom RSS Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Music 1:55 - DoomRL game stats 4:06 - One sentence description 20:15 - DoomRL story 35:43 - Jupiter Hell game stats 39:26 - Jupiter Hell story 1:23:35 - rankings and final thoughts 1:30:41 - similar games Next episode: Slice & Dice Contact us at grogpodzone@gmail.com! https://grogpod.zone Intro music: The Geeky Guitarist - At Doom’s Gate (E1M1) Jazz Fusion Cover Outro music: Sonic Clang - E1M1
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  • 2024 Summer Special - Roguelike Music Fest and Listener Emails

    2024 Summer Special - Roguelike Music Fest and Listener Emails
    Jul 3 2024
    Adagio, listeners! This week is our summer special focusing on the wide diversity of music found in roguelike games! From the biggest budget orchestras, to the lowliest growling chants that 1bitdragon can muster, there’s a lot of love to be listened to when playing $5 indie games. We thank the listeners that wrote in with tons of suggestions for us to cover and we’ll definitely have to revisit this format in the future. We also have some listener correspondence to cover on topics from not liking games, randomness, and how long is TOO long for roguelikes at the end of the show. Enjoy and be sure the blast some GROGPOD on the beach for all your friends this summer weekend! A talking-free version of all the tracks featured today can be found on our youtube playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-ShOmyMvd4gaydO4wbNhLsDIFbEsBTUO Custom RSS Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Music 00:00 - Vampire Survivors - Tides of the Foscari 6:39 - Crypt of the Necrodancer - Disco Descent (1-1) 11:19 - The Last Spell - Distant Memories 17:40 - Hades - The Unseen Ones 23:08 - DoomRL - Unholy Cathedral 27:09 - Returnal - Ascend the Spire 32:05 - Caves of Qud - Lazarus 37:23 - Rogue Tower - Orcs Attack 42:04 - Path of Achra - Main Theme 46:13 - Dwarf Fortress - Main Theme 51:07 - Risk of Rain 2 - The Rain Formerly Known as Purple 57:56 - Balatro - Main Theme 1:04:57 - Spelunky - Yeti Caves 1:08:47 - Brutal Orchestra - Feel the Rhythm (Music Man Theme) 1:15:01 - Enter the Gungeon - Enter the Gungeon Rap 1:19:58 - Rimworld - Waiting for the Sun 1:23:36 - Lonestar - Main Menu Theme 1:27:45 - Inscryption - Leshy’s Theme 1:33:00 - FTL: Faster Than Light - Last Stand 1:38:22 - Slay the Spire - The Heart 1:43:28 - Hades - The King and the Bull 1:48:26 - Listener emails (Not liking games) 1:52:13 - Listener emails (Star of Providence updates) 1:55:06 - Listener emails (Roguelike RNG) 2:00:35 - Listener emails (How long do YOU like your gameplay?) Next episode: DoomRL / Jupiter Hell Contact us at grogpodzone@gmail.com! https://grogpod.zone
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  • Holocure: Save the Fans! (with Daniru17)

    Holocure: Save the Fans! (with Daniru17)
    Jun 19 2024
    OwO it’s VTuber time! This week we grab out pet aligators and wrap them in a trench coat to investigate the wild world of Holocure - Save the Fans! We’re talking jazzy beats, explosions of color, shrimp simps, skeletons with baseball bats, and (you guessed it!) six-legged monsterific horrors that would be well at home in any HR Geiger film. To navigate this deep sector of internet a-pog-rypha, we’re joined by VTuber and friend of the show Daniru17! We’ll need all the help we can get unraveling the mysteries of the Shubangelion and where exactly that character upgrade tab in the shop is. Here’s where you can find Daniru17 on the interwebz! Twitch: daniru17 Youtube: daniru17 X/Twitter: Dani_daniru Custom RSS Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Music 2:02 - game stats 3:07 - one sentence description 25:12 - our story begins 1:07:20 - rankings and final thoughts 1:15:09 - similar games Next episode: Summer Music Fest and listener emails! Contact us at grogpodzone@gmail.com! https://grogpod.zone Intro music: Emmet Cohen Trio ft. Patrick Bartley - After You’ve Gone Outro music: eufrik - Suspect
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  • Vampire Survivors (with Woody Ciskowski)

    Vampire Survivors (with Woody Ciskowski)
    Jun 5 2024
    Adoro l’aglio! The time has come to suck the blood out one of the most popular roguelikes of all time: Vampire Survivors! A wild tale of a 5-dollar indie game that created its own sub-genre of bullet-heaven one-stick shooters, Vampire Survivors is nothing short of the gamedev dream. We celebrate bizarre Italian nomenclature with returning guest Woody and try to suss out what could possibly be the plot of a Vampire Survivors tv show. Grab some Tirajisú for dessert and strap in for a tasty treat of a game, but just keep an eye out for a gigantic Katamari of skeletons looking to run you over. Custom RSS Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Music 2:42 - game stats 7:25 - one sentence description 18:33 - our story begins 1:06:35 - rankings and final thoughts 1:14:25 - similar games Next episode: Holocure: Save the Fans! Contact us at grogpodzone@gmail.com! https://grogpod.zone Intro music: Giorgio Gaslini - Conservatorismo Puro Outro music: William Davies‎‎ - The Beginning, Filippo Vicarelli - It’s Raining Minotaurs
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  • Lonestar

    Lonestar
    May 22 2024
    Okay, 3…2…1… Let’s Jam! This week we are blasting off across the galaxy in pursuit of scum and villainy to collect some bounties for the space sheriff in Lonestar! With a unique spin on the roguelike deckbuilding genre, we debate over what is red versus orange as we power up our lasers in an epic showdown. Well, when we’re not using our vacation days of course! Build up your outlaw-hunting ship with tons of parts and upgrade those energy points to deal massive damage, or spend those points to defuse the spider mine the enemy has planted on you! Sit down in a space saloon for a nice relaxing card game, but be on the lookout for someone’s pet cat wearing a scouter level eyepiece! Custom RSS Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Music 1:36 - game stats 2:43 - one sentence description 16:58 - our story begins 1:14:23 - rankings and final thoughts 1:22:00 - similar games Next episode: Vampire Survivors Contact us at grogpodzone@gmail.com! https://grogpod.zone Intro music: Sonny Rollins - Way Out West Outro music: Lonestar - Main Menu Theme
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  • Barony

    Barony
    May 8 2024
    Chip chap chipchipchap! For our listener-requested episode this week, we are dungeon diving through Barony: the voxelized roguelike with split-screen co-op! Listen to our encounters with horrible gnomes, armies of human villagers, and Pac-Man ghost scouts. There’s a lot to unpack from a game with just one axis of movement, be it spellcrafting, hunger management, commanding your army of the Zap Brigade against the minotaur, and navigating halls of rolling boulders. Lucky for you there’s a robust tutorial system…if you survive! Drop in and listen or we’ll drop you into The Underworld! Custom RSS Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Music 1:09 - game stats 3:00 - one sentence description 6:50 - our story begins 1:07:48 - rankings and final thoughts 1:15:18 - similar games 1:16:36 - listener email from the Wildermyth developers! Next episode: Lonestar Contact us at grogpodzone@gmail.com! https://grogpod.zone Intro music: Billy Cobham - Red Baron Outro music: Barony - Merchant’s Theme
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  • Returnal

    Returnal
    Apr 24 2024
    Helios has been abandoned! This week we’re playing the multiple BAFTA Award-winning Triple-A roguelite shooter Returnal. We continue bullet hell/heck month with swarms of huge colorful orbs, energy swords, and as many tentacled Matrix-inspired laser squids as you can shake your noodly appendages at! Join us in our foray into the first actual big-budget rogue-game of the pod with a game that had been locked behind Playstation 5 exclusivity like a gigantic interlocking metal door. We were able to just barely eek through the podcaster-sized hole in the bottom, but can we beat the boss that is…uh…well the first boss even??? Aim assist to maximum! Custom RSS Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Music 2:10 - game stats 4:53 - one sentence description 5:30 - all devs go to heaven warning (sort of) 16:22 - our story begins 55:00 - story spoilers discussion 1:04:05 - rankings and final thoughts 1:14:30 - similar games Next episode: Barony Contact us at grogpodzone@gmail.com! https://grogpod.zone Intro music: McCoy Tyner - Search For Peace Outro music: Bobby Krlic - Hyperion
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