439: Despelote
May 17, 2025•54 min
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Episode description
A video game memoir by Ecuadorian indie developers Julián Cordero and Sebastian Valbuena, and published by Panic, Despelote takes you back to a childhood in 2001 Ecuador, and the magical grip soccer held over the entire country during the lead-up to the 2002 World Cup.
This is something we have never seen in video games before.
- (00:00) - 439: Despelote
- (01:00) - Soccer Memories
- (08:07) - Despelote
- (14:05) - A long aside about Great Wolf Lodge
- (16:43) - Despelote!
- (21:52) - Another digression about child endangerment
- (24:08) - Despelote!!!
- (41:36) - What's Making Us Happy This Week?
- (41:52) - Nate: A Sandworm's Dream
- (44:26) - Shane: Moms & Myst
- (47:17) - Laura: Jet Lag: The Game
- (52:11) - Outro
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