It is with a heavy heart that we heard about the passing of Bernie Stolar. He was a video game industry legend, will be missed, and his influence will be felt for decades.

• Crash Bandicoot
• Ridge Racer
• Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
• Spyro the Dragon
• Duke Nukem 3D

Tom from Kölncampus ECHO joined us to talk about Disco Elysium, game from before he was born (you can be born in the ’90s?!), and we talk about how important correct representation of mental health is in pop-culture.

• Disco Elysium
• Vampire Survivors
• Uncharted
• Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
• Uncharted 2

In an episode which is not very family friendly at all, Squidge and JonnyG discuss a title which is really not meant for little ones and whether it should be cast into the Cupboard of Shame. They also discuss the mystery of Sylvester, Henry Cavil almost not being Superman, Twin Peaks, and accents in audio books.

• Deadly Premonition
• Elden Ring
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• Final Fantasy VII
• Silent Hill

The Cupboard of Shame returns and Andrew Dickinson makes his 4,364th podcast episode appearance whilst. Andrew Joined Squidge to talk about generic shooter games which can also be fun, nuns in latex, cheesing their way through video games, and games which are fun to watch.

• Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
• Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
• Borderlands
• Hitman
• Blue Stinger

Ginger of the Grand Rapidians Play Video Games podcast joined Squidge to discuss the Cupboard of Shame, the Bechdel Test, some passive-aggressive comments for GameStop, and strategy guides.

• Final Fantasy X-2
• Final Fantasy X
• Final Fantasy VII
• Final Fantasy IX
• Cyberpunk 2077

Sean "Rackham" O’Dell of the Dungeons and Pop podcast swung by Waffling Taylors HQ to talk about the title he’d love to throw into the Cupboard of Shame. Sean and Squidge talk about tanking and cheesing, shooting everything apart from the monsters in Doom 3, and the roguelikes.

• Enter the Gungeon
• Nuclear Throne
• Risk of Rain 2
• Dark Souls
• Final Fantasy (series)