All My Best Friends Are Digital

By: Caitlin Bailey and Mark Bigney
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  • A podcast about video games and the stories they tell. Join Caitlin and Mark as they talk about games they've been playing, what they think about them, and all their feelings about digital best friends. New releases and retro, indie games and AAA releases, console and PC, Caitlin and Mark discuss them all, with a lighthearted approach to the serious business of digital narrative.

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  • #44: The Case of the Golden Idol

    #44: The Case of the Golden Idol
    Apr 9 2025

    We solve murders at our patrons' behest in The Case of the Golden Idol, whereas

    WE INTERRUPT THESE EPISODE NOTES FOR DYNOWARZ

    Dynowarz: Destruction of Spondylus! Featuring the most bomb-ass box cover and stodgy gameplay, is Dynowarz one of the greatest games ever or one of the worst games ever? The answer: YES.


    What We're Playing

    01:17 Caitlin: Final Fantasy IV (Square, 1991)

    05:29 Caitlin: The Last Meadow (Discord, 2025)

    09:55 Caitlin: 33 Immortals (Thunder Lotus Games)

    13:40 Mark: Rogue Loops (Fubu Games, 2025)


    22:32 GOOF: Dynowarz: Destruction of Spondylus (ACC, 1990)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynowarz:_Destruction_of_Spondylus#/media/File:Dynowarz_-_Destruction_of_Spondylus_(game_box_art).png


    36:08 Feature Game: The Case of the Golden Idol (Color Gray Games, 2022)


    SHOUT

    57:36 Caitlin (Shameless Hyping): Mario Kart World (Nintendo)

    58:11 Mark (Serious Hesitation): Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves (SNK)



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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • #43: Returnal

    #43: Returnal
    Apr 2 2025

    It's all sci-fi this week! We've got all your bases covered--speculative crossovers (Split Fiction), anthropomorphic animals (Laika, Starfox 64), and psychological horror (Returnal)! Just stick your arm into the spiky alien machine. It'll probably be fine.


    What We're Playing

    00:57 Mark: Avowed (Obsidian, 2025)

    02:15 Mark: Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom, 2021)

    10:13 Mark: Laika: Aged Through Blood (Brainwash Gang, 2023)

    16:11 Caitlin: Split Fiction (Hazelight Studios, 2025)


    22:57 GOOF: Star Fox 64 (Nintendo EAD, 1997)


    42:02 Feature Game: Returnal (Housemarque, 2021)


    SHOUT

    1:07:41 Mark: Project Gemini (People Can Fly)



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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • #42: The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa

    #42: The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa
    Mar 26 2025

    We keep things light, even though they could get grim with an NES game named after a dead baby (Astyanax) and some existential angst with The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa.


    What We're Playing

    02:28 Caitlin: Final Fantasy IV (Obsidian, 2025)

    09:23 Mark: Metal Bringer (ALPHAWING, 2025)


    21:24 GOOF: Astyanax (Aicom, 1989)


    36:38 Feature Game: The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa (yeo, 2018)

    Interview with the designer: https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/19/18691106/the-friends-of-ringo-ishikawa-review-interview-yeo


    SHOUT

    56:31 Caitlin: Paralives (Alex Massé and team)

    58:04 Mark: 33 Immortals (Thunder Lotus)



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    1 hr

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