The Tyranny of Thumbs

Q&A #1

"This week it's time for something sorta kinda different"
- Zoe
 
This week we answer your questions! What a wild world we live in. Thank you all so much for submitting questions and for the kind words.
 
(Also thanks for tolerating some tech issues that really got at our mentals this week. Your patience and kindness is always appreciated.)

Wanted! Your questions! (and a future game forecast)

This week, in what almost certainly could have been an email (but you know this ain't how we roll), we put a quick message about our plans for the new year, ask for your listener questions, and give our game forecast so people can actually know what's going on and get their game related emails in before we've already recorded!
 
Submit your questions
Games
Deadly Premonition
Tunic
Lies of P
____ something else, I just can't remember what.
Take Care of Yourself

Game of the Year 2023 (Day 3)

Day 3
Personal Award: McCoy’s personal award & top episodes
Shoutouts from 2022
Sherlock Holmes Chapter One
Dishonored
Everspace
Control
Elden Ring
A Bird Story
Finding Paradise
Imposter Factory
Spiritfarer
Astroneer
Don’t Starve
Green Hell
Subnautica
Citizen Sleeper
Mutazione
Cult of the Lamb
War Tales
Best Game (Top 5)
Burnhouse Lane
Dead Space
Adios
Atomic Heart
Castle Crashers
The Case of the Golden Idol + DLCs
Stray
Dead Cells
Darkest Dungeon II
Elden Ring Seamless Co-op
Fallout 3
Starfield
CyberPunk 2077 (2.0 + Phantom Liberty)
The Pale Beyond
Soma
Dredge

Game of the Year 2023 (Day 2)

Day 2
Personal Award: Zoe’s personal award & top episodes
Best Visuals: Games we couldn’t help but marvel at
Burnhouse Lane
Dead Space
Adios
Atomic Heart
Castle Crashers
The Case of the Golden Idol + DLCs
Stray
Dead Cells
Darkest Dungeon II
Elden Ring Seamless Co-op
Fallout 3
Starfield
CyberPunk 2077 (2.0 + Phantom Liberty)
The Pale Beyond
Soma
Dredge
Best Atmosphere: Games that give off good (or not so good) “feels”
Burnhouse Lane
Dead Space
Adios
Atomic Heart
Castle Crashers
The Case of the Golden Idol + DLCs
Stray
Dead Cells
Darkest Dungeon II
Elden Ring Seamless Co-op
Fallout 3
Starfield
CyberPunk 2077 (2.0 + Phantom Liberty)
The Pale Beyond
Soma
Dredge
Personal Award: Elena’s personal award & top episodes
Biggest Surprise: Games that exceeded or subverted our expectations
Burnhouse Lane
Dead Space
Adios
Atomic Heart
Castle Crashers
The Case of the Golden Idol + DLCs
Stray
Dead Cells
Darkest Dungeon II
Elden Ring Seamless Co-op
Fallout 3
Starfield
CyberPunk 2077 (2.0 + Phantom Liberty)
The Pale Beyond
Soma
Dredge
Biggest Disappointment: Games that missed the mark despite the hype
Burnhouse Lane
Dead Space
Adios
Atomic Heart
Castle Crashers
The Case of the Golden Idol + DLCs
Stray
Dead Cells
Darkest Dungeon II
Elden Ring Seamless Co-op
Fallout 3
Starfield
CyberPunk 2077 (2.0 + Phantom Liberty)
The Pale Beyond
Soma
Dredge

Game of the Year 2023 (Day 1)

Day 1
Best Narrative: Games that tell a great story
Burnhouse Lane
Dead Space
Adios
Atomic Heart
Castle Crashers
The Case of the Golden Idol + DLCs
Stray
Dead Cells
Darkest Dungeon II
Elden Ring Seamless Co-op
Fallout 3
Starfield
CyberPunk 2077 (2.0 + Phantom Liberty)
The Pale Beyond
Soma
Dredge
Personal Award: James’ personal award & top episodes
Best Collective & Multiplayer Experience: The best of the ToT Group Playthroughs
Burnhouse Lane
Dead Space
Castle Crashers
Elden Ring Seamless Co-op
Soma
Best Game We’re Still Playing: The games that got us into the Discord
Elden Ring Seamless Co-op
TFT
Halo Infinite
Plate Up
Among Us
Call of Duty

Dave the Diver

DAVE THE....
.... DIVER
 
Starting the new year off strong! Thank you everyone for being so kind. May you start the New Year as strong as we hope to.
For the next couple weeks we are going to be releasing GOTY in place of normal podcasts to give us some breathing room to finish Deadly Premonition.
We. Out. Here.

Dredge

This week we finally get around to talking about Dredge and it's lovely. We've definitely all been vibing on it for the past couple of weeks, in our own way, and it's been exactly what we needed. No doubt about that.
 
Happy Holidays everyone. Thank you all so much.
 
Also, hey, Gabe shared with us this FIRE mashup... So, I gotchu dog:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feJ7PWlVms8

Soma (Ep. 2)

"Ultimately in this game. You play as a moth" - James
"The existential dread of being human, that’s the real horror." - Gabe
 
A Story Analysis of Soma (By YouTuber Gingy)

Soma (Ep. 1)

This week it's first impressions of Soma, a game so scary it's basically taking us 3 weeks to bring ourselves to play it through. Who knew Spooky Games Month was just going to be us afraid of turning on the videogame?
 
We are very light on spoilers but more so we talk vibes and the "Safe" mode.

The Pale Beyond (Ep. 2)

The playlist:
Chill Beats to Freeze To - The Pale Beyond Ambient Mix
 
We returned from a trek on the ice with James... Still no sign of Gabe though. Last time we saw him he was drunk in a bathroom just muttering to himself that "he was the captain now" and laughing to himself.