On this episode of Total Pebble Knockdown: * Really quick, imagine the most likely reality show star to get a video game adaptation. Now toss that idea out the window, because we're talking about the reality of playing a Dog the Bounty Hunter game. This is not a drill. The mullets are real. Let's discuss the fresh hell we are in. The article with a mullet - Dog the Bounty Hunter Is Getting His Own Series of Video Games * Well, it's come to this. NFTs are now everywhere and there are now entire g...
Jan 17, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 16
On this episode of Total Pebble Knockdown: * It was only a matter of time. Nathan finally played Snowball the Rainbow Unicorn Detective in a live stream. In addition to discussing what happened when he popped up on The Inspectres and got transported to the magical world of Kittensville, we look at how Snowball was built using the normal D&D creation tools. Yes, Nathan built Snowball as an actual D&D character. How did that go? * The kids these days seem pretty wild about Pop Its. What ar...
Jan 10, 2022•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 15
On this episode of Total Pebble Knockdown: * New Year, new opportunities to not follow through with resolutions. However, Alex and Nathan discuss the idea of "New Year's Themes" and what we would like to do in 2022. The idea of New Year's themes came from this CGP Grey video: Your Theme - YouTube * On this episode, Nathan does the most dangerous thing in the Internet age: He admits he was wrong about something. More specifically, he discusses how he was wrong about his first impressions of Remna...
Jan 03, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 14
* Recently, D&D released their new Strixhaven setting, taking the famous TTRPG into a school setting straight out of Magic: The Gathering. Time to think about all the school pop culture properties we could stick into this and what Rodney Dangerfield would be as a D&D character. Also, there is now an owl you can play and why does everyone have night vision? Sources with more details on Strixhaven - Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos | Dungeons & Dragons (wizards.com) , D&D: Your fi...
Dec 20, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 13
* It's time to reiterate a previous statement to game companies because it has not been fixed: Stop selling us your beta. Since Nathan made a video on the subject back in 2019, we continue to get half-finished games rushed to market but still sold as full games from developers hoping to capitalize on the goodwill they have garnered with fans. And then comes the micro-transactions, roadmaps of content and abandoned projects. So, yeah, let's yell about that. The old Vlogging Camp video - Dear Game...
Dec 13, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 12
On this episode of Total Pebble Knockdown: * Skyrim has released it’s Anniversary Edition to celebrate 10 years of re-releases. And thus, we need to wistfully look back at our first experiences with the epic RPG and how we still play it. * Of course, when we think about Skyrim, most people start wondering how many versions there have been and we kind of come up with a couple answers on how many there are, depending on how you prefer to count them. Needless to say, there’s a lot. The Gamer articl...
Dec 06, 2021•1 hr 36 min•Season 1Ep. 11
On this episode of Total Pebble Knockdown: * Rockstar was under some major fire after the release of GTA Trilogy: Definitive Edition with many complaints about bugs, glitches, poor graphics rendering, missing songs, lazy re-skins, the removal of the old games from sale, typos that were not in the originals and (somehow) a return of "Hot Coffee". So... I guess we'll discuss all of that? GTA Trilogy worst bugs https://www.denofgeek.com/games/gta-trilogy-definitive-edition-problems-bugs-glitches-re...
Nov 22, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 10
* There was Borderlands news this week and Nathan is legally obligated to discuss the series whenever applicable. This time it's about a stand-alone version of Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep, the DLC from Borderlands 2, revamped as a Wonderlands one-shot in preparation for next year's installment. Will this be the kind of game we play as a team or possibly as frenemies? Only time will tell... * Should the GM be in charge of the game world that the PCs inhabit or should the GM facilitate the ...
Nov 15, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 9
On this episode of Total Pebble Knockdown: * Netflix is dipping their toes in the water of game streaming, but in very shallow water. We look at the initial offerings, which is quite limited, but beg so many fun questions. This shows a much broader trend of cloud gaming and streaming services, so we look at what those sorts of services are and why you might use them. * Keeping track of your money in RPGs can be tedious, but there are some ways you can have abstract wealth systems that provide wo...
Nov 08, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 8
On this episode of Total Pebble Knockdown: * Dark Souls is a difficult game and causes a fierce dislike in certain people, such as Nathan. However, we have learned that games based on the Dark Souls formula are far better than the game that spawned them in many ways. We get up on our soapbox and discuss Code Vein, Nioh, The Surge 2 and Jedi Fallen Order to see why some souls-like games succeed by changing the formula. * There are many new players picking up TTRPGs and some are going to be more r...
Nov 01, 2021•1 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 7
On this episode of Total Pebble Knockdown: * It’s that time of year and every news outlet wants to put out a version of the “Top Scary Games” lists and we discuss some of the most common entries on them. What did we play and were they actually scary? * Hallways with teeth, cannibals, long horse, siren head and all sorts of other odd things. Welcome to the very strange world of Roblox cults, which we had to watch far too much about because our Discord asked about it. If we had only known. Scaries...
Oct 25, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 6
On this episode of Total Pebble Knockdown: * Shortly after we released an episode discussion the possibility of a new D&D edition, word came down that we will be getting a new edition of D&D in 2024. Thanks to the folks on our Discord server, we could have a deeper Discord Discussion on that topic. Is this D&D 6E or is it more like 5.5E? What kind of changes could we be looking at? Let's talk about that. If you want to see the D&D Celebration Live where they announced this, we ha...
Oct 18, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 5
On this episode of Total Pebble Knockdown: * Inspiration Points are one of those mechanics that can get overlooked while playing D&D. Similar systems exist in other games as well, but how do we get better engagement with those systems? A suggestion from our Discord server leads us to ask that very question. * While your party is battling hordes of goblins in a dungeon, do they ever lose track of time? What kind of effects can time have on your party from both a narrative and mechanics standp...
Oct 11, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 4
On this episode of Total Pebble Knockdown: * Myst got a full-on re-imagining recently. Alex and Nathan remember when they played the original game that came out... almost 30 years ago!? How old are we!? Myst • Cyan * Why do we see so many recreations of classic games? Is it related to us being old? * What is the difference between remasters, remakes and reboots? We give some explanations, examples and recommendations. * Recently Alex played the Beta for Diablo 2: Resurrected. What category does ...
Oct 04, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 3
On this episode of Total Pebble Knockdown: * Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game recently finished a highly successful Kickstarter. Will this bring Avatar fans into tabletop gaming? Will the TTRPG crowd welcome it as their own? How much air can you realistically bend? Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game by Magpie Games — Kickstarter * We have occasionally backed some Kickstarters. How long does it usually take for those to fulfill and should we actually grab that alpha key? * The Angry GM had ...
Sep 27, 2021•59 min•Season 1Ep. 2
On this episode of Total Pebble Knockdown: * Something seems really sketchy about Roblox, by which we mean everything. A discussion jumping off from the Kotaku article by Luke Plunkett on the game's player economy. " It's Shocking Just How Shady Roblox Actually Is " * Can we imagine a terrible world with microtransactions in tabletop gaming? A mind experiment we probably should not have done. * Being competent is a real chore. A discussion on the curse that is being good at your job. Should be j...
Sep 20, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 1
