New year, new us! It is 2026 and we are starting the year of frights! There is a lot of discussion about intense topics and not everything will be appropriate for all audiences. A content warning is at the end of the episode notes.

We talk about our experience with the game Horses. There is also a discussion on our real life encounters with horses. Are they fundamentally a scary creature? Kinda.

Next month’s game: Pyre

Other games discussed:

Fate Stay Night

Cyberpunk 2077

Pathologic 3

Hosts:

Uncle (he/him)

Max (he/him)

Faden Cross (they/them)

Content Warnings:

Sexual Assault and violence

Discussion of trauma and abuse

Theme song by Dale Flashpoint

Produced by Faden Cross

Follow Faden Cross on Bluesky @faden-cross.bsky.social. You can send Faden questions there!

Information on the BDS movement:

https://bdsmovement.net/campaigns

For this bonus episode Faden and Uncle are joined by special guest The Speaker of the Dead for Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader. This is a massive game and we had a lot to talk about.

Hosts: Faden Cross (they/them)

Uncle (he/him)

Speaker of the Dead (he/him)

Produced by Faden Cross

Follow Faden Cross on Bluesky @faden-cross.bsky.social. You can send Faden questions there!

Faden, Max, and Uncle end the year with a bag. We played Mass Effect for this year’s Bioware December and have BIG thoughts about it. How do we feel revisiting a game that was near and dear to our hearts? A lot of complicated feelings.

Next month’s game: Horses

Other games discussed:

Monster Hunter WIlds

Middle Earth: Shadow of War

The Sopranos: Road to Respect

Hosts:

Uncle (he/him)

Max (he/him)

Faden Cross (they/them)

Theme song by Dale Flashpoint

Produced by Faden Cross

Follow Faden Cross on Bluesky @faden-cross.bsky.social. You can send Faden questions there!

Information on the BDS movement:

https://bdsmovement.net/campaigns