Abject Suffering
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About the show
This is a podcast that's nominally about bad games. In reality, it's about the horror of daily life, GameFAQs Gold, strange combatants in the battle of Good vs. Evil, and a singular patriarch known only as Crick. Every Monday, Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross choose a game at random from the titles submitted by listeners, play it, and venture off on a freeform discussion that winds between the topic at hand, and the absurd.
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Episodes
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Episode 94: Kid Klown in Night Mayor World
June 22nd, 2015 | 36 mins 5 secs
A disturbing exegesis of clown biology, reproduction, and maximum strength.
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Episode 93: Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage
June 15th, 2015 | 34 mins 38 secs
90's comics? Yes, please.
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Episode 92: Drakkhen
June 8th, 2015 | 30 mins 24 secs
The SNES is remembered fondly for its RPGs, but it took a while for them to become, you know... good. What does this have to do with Klowns? Listen and find out.
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Episode 91: Super Boy Allan
May 31st, 2015 | 37 mins 24 secs
Of all the episodes we've ever recorded, this one peaks the earliest.
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Episode 90: Courier Crisis
May 25th, 2015 | 33 mins 56 secs
The second of our live-streamed episodes, Gary brings Courier Crisis to the table... a game that precedes Crazy Taxi by several years but fails miserably where that later game succeeded. Also, a contentious discussion about Offspring.
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Episode 89: Puggsy
May 17th, 2015 | 31 mins 21 secs
The Psygnosis Train continues in our first live-streamed episode of Abject Suffering. Kole brought Puggsy to the table, a staple of his childhood that -- it turns out -- isn't so much terrible as it is inscrutable. Also, we discuss lycanthropic buildings.
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Episode 88: Ganja Farmer
May 11th, 2015 | 41 mins 8 secs
Prepare to beat up two nerd with conflicted opinions about marijuana culture. Also, prepare for a Crick-esque surprise.
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Episode 87: Casper
May 4th, 2015 | 37 mins 38 secs
An earnest discussion on ghosts, jerkin' it right, and the nature of belief.
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Episode 86: Bad Rats: The Rats' Revenge
April 27th, 2015 | 35 mins 4 secs
The odds were stacked against us. However, a despicably racist and universally reviled game can still bring some delight. Bring it on, Bad Rats.
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Episode 85: Bram Stoker's Dracula
April 20th, 2015 | 28 mins 16 secs
It's another movie pitch that's sure to make us millions: Dracula Force 5. It's a crisis on infinite Transylvanias as every representation of Dracula in media throughout history converges to fulfill some dark purpose.
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Episode 84: Tom & Jerry
April 13th, 2015 | 42 mins 22 secs
We are on the verge of a dark future where the best of men know that their satisfaction can only be guaranteed if they take it into their own hands. But the powers that be are dead set on denying humanity their purpose.
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Episode 83: The Crow: City of Angels
April 6th, 2015 | 31 mins 22 secs
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the new nadir. Though we often traffic in bizarre oddities and inscrutable ventures, The Crow: City of Angels is a failure on every level.