From Batter to Brickman (feat. VOID/BREAKER, Road Trip to the End of the World, and more!)

The Batter may be mean and the Brickman may be scary. But Silksong is coming out. And video games...are still good. "Why Silksong Took Seven Years to Make" by Jason Schreier Memoria's great video about day-old steam games "Hollow Knight Is One Of The Best Games You'll Play This Year" by Joshua Rivera "As the Trails series' ending is in sight, Nihon Falcom prepares to tackle the impossible" by James Galizio Dunkey's UFO 50 experience Discussed: Reading under trees, Silksong announced, the issue of game discoverability, Trails in the Sky FC Demo, what makes Trails and its development special, breaking news regarding Demonschool, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, VOID/BREAKER, Raccoin, Kill the Brickman, Off, the 2000’s era of indie games, Road Trip to the End of the World, and Spawn Check out KP Kilbride's science fiction mystery novel with an LGBTQ+ romance subplot, Spaceships Passing in the Night at https://www.kpkilbrideauthor.com/books Follow them on Threads and Instagram at https://www.threads.com/@kpkilbrideauthor and https://www.instagram.com/kpkilbrideauthor/ Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Buy some merch if you'd like: https://shop.intothecast.online Join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intothecast --- Follow Stephen Hilger: https://bsky.app/profile/stephenhilger.bsky.social Follow Brendon Bigley: https://bsky.app/profile/bb.wavelengths.online Produced by AJ Fillari: https://bsky.app/profile/ajfillari.bsky.social --- Season 8 cover art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/ Theme song by Will LaPorte: https://ghostdown.online/ --- Timecodes: (00:00) - Intro (03:28) - Hollow Knight: Silksong | Extremely surreal to be typing this chapter (36:49) - Break (37:32) - Demonschool | BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!!! (40:03) - Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound | A game from 2025? (53:38) - Break (53:40) - Tidings from Lizzy to Joe! (54:22) - Tidings from Ian to Will! (55:13) - THREE roguelikes (55:20) - VOID/BREAKER | Haha yeah baby yeah hell yeah (01:16:38) - Raccoin | Coin pushing roguelike (01:22:17) - Kill the Brickman | Poncle shadowdrop (01:29:03) - Break (01:29:05) - OFF Remake | How's it goin? (01:49:28) - Break (01:49:31) - Roadtrip to the End of the World | HOLD ME NOOOW (01:57:38) - Wrapping up --- Thanks to all of our amazing patrons including our Eternal Gratitude members: Zachary D IanfaceMcGee Matt H Clayton M Chris Y w0nderbrad Shawn L Cody R Zach R Federico V Logan H Alan R Slink mattjanzz Deacon Grok Corey Z Directional Joy Susan H Olivia K Dan S Isaac S Will C Jim W Evan B David H min2 Aaron G V Erik M Brady H Joshua J Tony L Danny K Seth M Adam B Justin K Andy H Demo Parker E Maxwell L Spiritofthunder Jason W Jason T Corey T Minnow Eats Whale Caleb W fingerbelly Jesse W Mike T Codes Wesley Erik B mebezac Sergio L ninjadeathdog Rory B A42PoundMoose Andrew Justin M Peter Stellar.Bees Brendan K Scott R wreckx Noah O Michael G Arcturus Chris R hepahe Cory F Chase A LoveDies Nick Q Wes K Chris M RB Michaela W Adam F Scott H Alexander SP Therese K jgprinters Jessica B Murray David P Jason K Bede R Kamrin H Kyle S Philip ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★