Sinopsis
A weekly video game podcast full of in-depth discussion and absurdity. Hosted by Chris Remo, Jake Rodkin, and Nick Breckon, with occasional guests!
Episodios
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Idle Thumbs 96: Historical Beef
27/02/2013 Duración: 01h29minThis week, Giant Bomb's Brad Shoemaker stopped by the Fancy Space to talk Tomb Raider looping back on itself, witness the culmination of Chris' Zuma addiction, and wonder what the PlayStation 4 means for gaming's past.
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Idle Thumbs '95: H.D. Cool Spot
20/02/2013 Duración: 01h39minYour first choice runs ahead, sliding over the embankment and out of your sight, lost to the sparkling dunes. Your second choice is fine, but seems preoccupied with aesthetic decisions made by architects of the future, and he too fails you with time. Resigned, you accept your fate. Your third choice. The worst choice. Video Games.
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Idle Thumbs 94: Readers Like You
14/02/2013 Duración: 01h20minDICE was attended, and games were played, but the bulk of this subdued episode dives into the Idle Thumbs mailbag for questions from you, the readers.
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Idle Thumbs 93: Babywall the Horse Armor
06/02/2013 Duración: 01h26minThis week on Idle Thumbs Sean incessantly burns things, Chris gets lost in a world of bespoke puzzles, and Jake talks about a video game he's played. Plus we talk about all the stuff Gabe Newell's been talking about.
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Idle Thumbs 92: The Mind-Tech Contingency
30/01/2013 Duración: 01h55minWe come up for air from the fantastic SimCity beta to find ourselves in another place, lost in a world where firing a gun in a video game is a complex and specific act, an unfortunate world where there is cyberpunk crap everywhere. With special guest Steve "Hot Scoops" Gaynor.
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Idle Thumbs 91: The Clapper
23/01/2013 Duración: 01h34minHundreds of tanks surround the place, murderers around every turn. With no games in sight and nowhere to run, all hope was lost until we were saved by a trip to podcasting school by special guest Shawn Elliott.
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Idle Thumbs 90: Passive But Deadly
16/01/2013 Duración: 01h32minTriangulated coordinates. An esoteric puzzle. An impossible cipher. The door opens to reveal your captor: a beard; mirrored shades; the infallible dictator of a banana republic. But upon second glance you realize it's not a fearsome generalissmo -- it's just Nick Breckon.
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Idle Thumbs 89: The Ship Economy
09/01/2013 Duración: 01h29minYour jet ski lies outside, beached and on fire. Cassowaries peck at the glass door, firmly latched. In one hand, C4; the other, a detonator. As your eyes adjust, before you can make out the faces of the patrons and tellers turning your way, you realize you're already speaking. "Give me all your gift codes to The Ship and nobody has to get hurt."
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Idle Thumbs 88: Lacks Restraint
19/12/2012 Duración: 01h15minThis week we get into the weeds a bit when discussing Far Cry 3 and are subsequently asked to return to the mission area. Plus: immigrant stories in gaming, and the realization that Cart Life is amazing.
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Idle Thumbs 87: Spray Spin-Grill
13/12/2012 Duración: 01h07minExecute commands to survive. Assemble Spaceteam. Alert Sportsfriends. Shoot sad snake. Spray Spin-grill.
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Idle Thumbs 86: Always Support the Danger Layer
06/12/2012 Duración: 01h21minThough the lens turns inward as Amnesia Fortnight consumes Chris' life and Sean leaves the country for adventures abroad, we discover that the real Secret of Monkey Island is to play it with some little kids from The Bahamas. Jake continues to exist.
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Idle Thumbs 85: "An Indulgent Dateline" or "An Indulgent Episode Title"
28/11/2012 Duración: 01h19minCall me Halo. With Sean away, Idle Thumbs is accompanied by Kotaku's Kirk Hamilton for a long walk in the first person perspective through jungles and space stations and all sorts of places. Join us!
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Idle Thumbs 84: Nineties Cockpit Freakout
21/11/2012 Duración: 01h41minYou've been through this mess before, your view-cone ever narrowing, but you like the challenge. Then, it all goes wide. Silence. You drift free, frozen; the infinite vastness of space envelops you, strangles you. You feel upholstery. Twin petals at your feet. The glass comes down, securing the seal as displays tink and blip to life, shielding the endless blackness from sight. You grip your SideWinder and you are home.
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Idle Thumbs 83: Free Macintosh Warez
15/11/2012 Duración: 01h18minDay four and you're almost there. Coins pile up, infrastructure is laid down. You miss your friends, even if you never knew their names. You wanted to kill everyone on earth, but the person you killed was yourself. Welcome to real life.
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Idle Thumbs 82: An Ancient Evil Awakens
07/11/2012 Duración: 01h57minWe're joined by special guest, designer JP LeBreton, to talk about hidden content, haunted content, and contextualizing your playthrough with a lot of post-game stats. We heard an ancient evil was awakening but it turned out to be a skull that comes out of a face.
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Idle Thumbs 81: Happy Halloween
31/10/2012 Duración: 01h04minIn this spooktacular special episode, which is haunted, we discuss video games. The cast is coming from inside the pod.
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Idle Thumbs 80: Happy Dishonored Halloween
24/10/2012 Duración: 01h31minGrab your goblin, and keep your mitts off my last hits. And remember: always pack a parachute. 'Tis the season for video games.
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Idle Thumbs 79: Most Memorable Maid
17/10/2012 Duración: 01h42minWhen two of the best games of the year land on the same day, we have little choice but to call in reinforcements. With special guest Steve Gaynor. Nice mask.
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Idle Thumbs 78: The Ruinationcast
10/10/2012 Duración: 04h38minAs part of our Kickstarter campaign, backers were given the chance to help us ruin an episode by giving us a list of topics we had to discuss. The following four and a half hours is the result of that list. Enjoy.
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Idle Thumbs 77: Our Neighbor Scoops
03/10/2012 Duración: 01h17minA fun outing to the city takes a turn once Jake and Sean run out of food. Chris gets more than he bargained for when he brings home a new pet. TV-MA