All My Best Friends Are Digital

Who is a more grounded, realistic, fleshed-out character--Wario in WarioWare Gold, or any of the humans in Detroit: Become Human? What We're Playing 01:00 Caitlin: Fellowship (Chief Rebel, 2025) 12:58 Mark: Silent Hill 2 Remake (Bloober Team, 2025) 26:07 GOOF: WarioWare Gold (Intelligent Systems, 2018) 39:32 Feature Game: Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream, 2018) SHOUT 1:01:47 Caitlin: REPLACED (Sad Cat Studios) 1:02:47 Mark: Free Stars: Children of Infinity (Pistol Shrimp) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Caitlin's love/hate relationship continues with Silent Hill, and we talk about all kinds of shameful love in Persona 5. What We're Playing 00:51 Mark: Skybolt Zack (DEVS MUST DIE, 2019) 13:39 Caitlin: No, I'm Not a Human (Trioskaz, 2025) 20:51 GOOF: Silent Hill (Team Silent, 1999) 39:12 Feature Game: Persona 5 Royal (P-Studio, 2019) SHOUT 57:49 Mark: Persona 4 Revival (P-Studio) 58:49 Caitlin: My Card Is Better than Your Card (Utu Studios) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Another horror game, namely Clock Tower, for someone who claims not to like horror games, namely Caitlin. Then, Mark finally tries the cultural juggernaut that is The Witcher 3. What We're Playing 01:04 Caitlin: Quantum Witch (NikkiJay, 2025) 09:53 Mark: Neon Inferno (Zenovia Interactive, 2025) 21:35 GOOF: Clock Tower (Human Entertainment, 1995) 34:39 Feature Game: The Witcher 3 (CD Projekt Red, 2015) SHOUT 58:14 Caitlin: Guild Wars Reforged (ArenaNet) 59:13 Mark: Terminator 2D: No Fate (Bitmap Bureau) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're not really doing the fighting this week, we're mostly telling other people to do violence and/or die--both in Ogre Battle from the SNES and Dispatch. What We're Playing 01:11 Mark: Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (Ubisoft, 2005) 13:25 Caitlin: My Little Puppy (Dreamotion Inc, 2025) 21:24 GOOF: Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen (Quest Corporation, 1993) 39:12 Feature Game: Dispatch (AdHoc Studio, 2025) SHOUT 59:02 Mark: Wolf Among Us 2 (Telltale) 1:01:38 Caitlin: Grimshire (Acute Owl Studio) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We return to the Aliens franchise and the Nintendo DS with Infestation, where #squadgoals run smack into permadeath. Meanwhile, your power fantasies in The Outer Worlds 2 run smack into the reality of your character's incompetence. What We're Playing 00:52 Caitlin: R.E.P.O.: The Monster Update (semiwork, 2025) 09:32 Mark: BALL x PIT (Kenny Sun & Friends, 2025) 19:48 GOOF: Aliens: Infestation (Way Forward Technologies, 2011) 35:01 Feature Game: The Outer Worlds 2 (Obsidian Entertainment, 2025) SHOUT 59:06 Caitlin: Star Birds (Toukana Interactive) 1:00:22 Mark: Alabaster Dawn (Radical Fish) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices