Lily Alexandre, video essayist extraordinaire, is ready to fight for what's hers with the prompts: Epistlatory Reading of a will for the PlayDate In "Yours, Truly," family members must fight for their stake in a vast fortune while they still have a chance to get in on the will. Using the physical clues provided by letters, figure out the family secrets and who's keeping them so you can earn a big payday.... or should I say, URN a big payday? Watch all of Lily Alexandre's video essays, starting w...
Oct 28, 2024•54 min•Ep. 52
Amber DaSilva, auto journalist with Jalopnik, is ready to set sail with some very body-horror, Halloween-appropriate prompts: Gooey quorum nautical horror With this strong load out, Jenna and Amber make "Vessel," a game about expanding your network of boats and flesh and flesh boats by conquering other ships at sea. Is this the world's first horror MMO? Is this the world's last Snowcrash fan game? If you're in NYC, check out out T-Climbing ! Also read Amber's work at Jalopnik, even though she di...
Oct 21, 2024•57 min•Ep. 51
Hunter Donaldson, stand up comedian and host of Old Gamer's Almanac, is here today to reinforce his only interested, Twilight Imperium. Thankfully he also had time to make a game based on the prompts: musical claustrophobia takes place on a single screen Horror was not explicitly on this list but you better believe we made a horror game anyway. And the worst kind: one you inflict on your friends! This game, I know why the caged bird sing (and it’s scary!), turns karaoke into a shotgun blast of a...
Oct 14, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 50
Nick Lives, game dev for Night Signals, maker of Home Safety Hotline, brings his horror and HG-Wells related expertise to the prompts: Liliputian, time travel without space travel, text-based, In between rallying for long-necked dinosuars and theorizing about the heights of future and past peoples, Nick and Jenna make an "Descendents into Madness," where you cannot change history, only chronical it. What went wrong in the future that caused humanity's downfall? Well it certainly wasn't a history...
Oct 07, 2024•51 min•Ep. 49
Clayton Ashley, video editor for Polygon and co-host of Temporal Culture War, puts his board gaming skills to work with the prompts: Wontonly colorful, Art restoration, Social deduction (like Werewolf) With two options synergizing so much, it isn't hard to find an art angle... but how to include the social deduction aspect? Should this be a physical game or a Jackbox property? And how do we even pitch Jackbox anyway??? Listen to Clayton's excellent new podcast, Temporal Culture War ! It's great!...
Oct 02, 2024•59 min•Ep. 48
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Sep 23, 2024•39 sec
Brandon Sheffield, creative director for Demonschool, is ready to hit the pavement in "A long peer at a short walk," a game based on the prompts: self aware not mini games but maxi games foot-based After getting VERY distracted talking about VHS tapes on this gaming show, Jenna and Brandon get to work parsing what could make a game "self-aware" and how best to get people to look at their feet a lot. Listen to Insert Credit here or on your podcast app, and wishlist Demonschool on Steam ! Visit th...
Sep 16, 2024•56 min•Ep. 47
Isabel J. Kim, attorney, author, podcaster, and sword girl, makes the game "Oil Zone," based on the prompts: Neon, hydraulic, a game that doesn't use a regular controller The Mad Max of it all is that you hunt feral AI cars - and other players - at night in order to customize and upgrade your whip. But I hope you have strong arms because you've only got a valve wheel and a hand pump to do it with! STRAP IN FOR A BUMPY RIDE. Hear more of Isabel J. Kim on Wow, If True here or on your favorite podc...
Sep 09, 2024•53 min•Ep. 46
First-time returning guest Geoff Moonen rejoins the show to make "My Magical World Never Went Away," based on the prompts: hyper realistic Magical Girls fist-fighting Geoff and Jenna run with a fairly generous understanding of the phrase "hyper realistic," as applying to the magical girl portion and NOT the physics or fist-fighting. Their game undercuts modern dark-retellings of Magical Girl stories and opts for a more relatable story about recovering from burnout and realizing that your past mi...
Sep 02, 2024•53 min•Ep. 45
Chase Carter, games journalist and co-founder of Rascal News, deploys his incredible language skills to make "Flappy Bird: Shifted" with the prompts: ASCII, Supernatural Investigation, Flappy-bird-like I hope you're ready for a hard-hitting story about a search for a lost loved one, undertaken entirely by pressing a button to fight gravity. Shift your perspective to find your way through dimensions of text and punctuation in this moving ASCII-art game. This may potentially be the most competent ...
Aug 26, 2024•54 min•Ep. 44
Tristan Cooper, social media manager for The Verge and Can I Pet The Dog, makes "Stable 4: They Like It!" based on the words: Anachronistic haberdasher Racing Game The resulting game leans into the indie game trope of making lots of cute hats for cute animals, using the materials you can scrounge from your trophy wins. And most importantly, the horses love it! See more of Tristan's work on Twitter at TheVerge , and CanYouPetTheDog , and find more Can You Pet The Dog related accounts here . Visit...
Aug 19, 2024•52 min•Ep. 43
Amanda Silberling, tech journalist and podcaster, joins the podcast mostly to dunk on former guest Giovanni Colantonio, but also to brag about going to the Olympics. Inbetween all that, they make the game "Mail-puss," a game based on the prompts: incredibly haunted, Mail-puss, Played secretly at a party or event The resulting folk game(s) can be played at any convention, party, or Olympics you're attending! If you're alone, play the name-based Mail-puss. If you have 8 people, then lean into the ...
Aug 12, 2024•59 min•Ep. 42
Lin Codega, games journalist and co-founder of Rascal News, joins the pod to make "Spiral Apotheosis," based on the prompts: Addictive, Last god in the pantheon, Inscrutable, award-winning Eurogame Lin, using their expansive knowledge of what makes a TTRPG both award-winning and "Eurogame," lays out the groundwork for a game in which the rules are constantly changing, and both player and Last God are encouraged to be antagonistic with each other. It's just what DnD is doing, writ large! Read Ras...
Aug 05, 2024•56 min•Ep. 41
Riley MacLeod takes a break from his incredible games journalism to make a game based on the prompts: Pampered, Tornado Watch, Endless runner After bouncing between a few great options for a game, they land on a new cat-based platforming game. Play as a beautiful chonky cat trying to get to either end of this tornado with slow but steady determination. You can make it, you round plush cat! We believe in you! Read Riley MacLeod's excellent work at Aftermath.site ! Start with these dueling article...
Jul 29, 2024•51 min•Ep. 40
Patrick Gill, a talented video essayiest and bonkers livestreamer, joins the podcast to make a nasty brain game with the prompts: Horrifying, Nobody can discover your recent lottery win, Deckbuilder The resulting brain-reaping game pits your social skills against the people in your small town as you try to keep your terrible secret. Mash up a little old lady's brains to learn kindness, bully some children to learn whimsy, and reap the cashier at the local gas station to learn how to finagle your...
Jul 22, 2024•58 min•Ep. 39
Amy Vorpahl, actress, musician and expert DM, is ready to practice making games with the prompts: Ten-minute, marching band simulator, dating sim Now it's time for the awkward marching band nerds to strip off their pseudo-military uniforms and reveal their thick buff legs. In Pucker Up and Blow, you'll have a chance to romance a variety of either stacked or charismatic musicians. And if you play your cards and instruments right, you might have a chance at 10 minutes of "Practice"! Follow Amy on ...
Jul 15, 2024•57 min•Ep. 38
Professor Ashley, twitch stream and a literal real professor, challenges Jenna's base concepts about fun, flirting, and composting with the prompts: extremely literal composting weeklong LARP Together they make an education workshop with structured workshops on composting and a farmer-romancing meta game. But it is NOT a cult. For legal reasons, I must again clarify: it is NOT a cult. Also, whoever keeps track of Bridgerton and Evermore Theme Park mentions on this show, get ready to update, thaa...
Jul 08, 2024•51 min•Ep. 37
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Jul 01, 2024•50 min•Ep. 36
Short story shorter: the audio didn't upload correctly, and I can't fix it now because I am on vacation. Julia's episode will release for real next week! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Jun 26, 2024•21 sec
mayor They only have two more years of funding to complete this game, where you play as a penguin trying to run for mayor on the platform of brining eternal darkness and permanent ice to your town. A tough sell, but you can sway voters by wearing cute hats and little bowties! Check out Laser's work on his website, LaserTheBoy.com , and check out his album A Shark Ate my Penis on Bandcamp ! Follow him on Insta @LaserTheBoy to listen to his new podcast (whenever it comes out)! Visit the DFTBA Big ...
Jun 17, 2024•54 min•Ep. 35
Kaylee Rowena, talented comic illustrator and haunted house expert, joins the podcast to make a very pride-ful TTRPG with the prompts: underground, Local Government drama, tongue-based Taking a cue from Lasers and Feelings, they create the gayest spectrum possible: seduction to inimidation. Play as Chirry Pitt as she gets manipulates the city council from behind the bar. You'll have the strongest tongue in town by the time you've secured garden rights for your town! Check out Kaylee's Website at...
Jun 10, 2024•49 min•Ep. 34
TTRPG creator Anica Seelie is gifted three great prompts for their skill set: maintaining a eldrich god's slumber With a firm but loving grip on these words, Anica and Jenna slowly escalate their ideas until they make a game about continually fucking to appease the eldrich horror Suc'Naath. But don't do too good a job or your partner might experience and ecstasy too loud! Fumble, fool! Fumble! Visit the DFTBA Big Game Hunger merch shop at bit.ly/jennamerch, and check out the Pusheen Summer box a...
Jun 03, 2024•57 min•Ep. 33
Mischa Stanton, audio editor extraodinare and beloved Multitude podcaster, gets a very tricky gameplay-type (left by Jacob Geller), but manages to combine it flawlessly with the two other options: lazy, sims rival, kick-punch They envision a remarkable god-sim game where, aided by many hand-and-footed angels, the player must build up its civilization using the only tools available to God: kick and, yes, punching. But what more do you even need to guide or defend a village? All you need is kick a...
May 27, 2024•46 min•Ep. 32
Penny Olivia Parker aka SnapCube, voice actor, streamer, and all around delightful person, goes deep on some word- and wood-intepretation with the prompts: wooden, train, game that doesn't use any controller. The result is a cute but surprisingly hard-hitting trolley game where you try your best to communicate with the (literal, metaphorical) wooden train conductor who is determined to mow down people tied to the tracks. Only you can stop her! Holley, no! Those people aren't just blocks of wood!...
May 20, 2024•54 min•Ep. 31
Janet Varney, host of The JV Club and Braving the Elements, has some firm thoughts about argula that she wants to share, provoked by the prompts: wacky, fast-food tie-in, touch-based rhythm game After some discussion about drumming and fast food griddle work, she and Jenna settle on a game about composing both the perfect sandwich, and the perfect song. Neither is as easy as it seems, but it will at least be fun in this music-looping, food-sampling rhythm game! Listen to The JV Club with Janet V...
May 13, 2024•52 min•Ep. 30
Sam, superb video essayist from the channel Afterthoughts, joins Jenna for a one-yearly event: podcasting! Oh and they get the prompts: award-winning, played once annually, weird cart racer They navigate towards ARGs, the once-beloved, now forgotten child of the irl gaming world. But there they find a wealth of inspiration! Map based games! Online and in-person components! Bikes! Liability lawsuits! Watch Sam's incredible video essays on her channel Afterthoughts , or on Twitter @Afterthaughts ....
May 06, 2024•54 min•Ep. 29
obnoxious, survival horror The once-quarter Pusheen subscription box is available for only $43.95 per box, or only $39.95 is you get an annual plan! Check it out past boxes ( See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Apr 29, 2024•53 min•Ep. 28
Paul Luetkemeyer, the voice of Zelf on Burnt Cook Book Party, joins Jenna to make a: claustraphobic, based on a 2007 reality tv show, family sim After flirting with a pretty banger idea for a Harry Houdini reincarnation reality TV show, they settle on a cubicle-based work-related multiplayer game where you fight through a series of puzzle rooms, like beloved 1997 cult horror hit Cube! Listen to Paul Luetkemeyer as he plays Zelf the Battle-Chef on Burnt Cook Book Party here . To get 10% off your ...
Apr 22, 2024•49 min•Ep. 27
terrifying, breath-of-the-wild alike Thank Support this show, and submit your OWN random prompts, by subscribing at Patreon.com/TheJenna See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Apr 15, 2024•50 min•Ep. 26
Jacob Geller, a writer who happens to be known for his video essays, joins Jenna to craft up a game based on the prompts: sloppy, Ides of March, fortunetelling The resulting game is, as you might expect given the sources, a really thought-provoking interrogation of game structures and player-interaction, while also being a hilarious game where you try to make people stab their boss. So what if their boss is Julius Caesar? This game as it all: Pathos! Intrigue! Intestines! Check out Jacob Geller'...
Apr 08, 2024•58 min•Ep. 25
