DL Gaming: A PC Gamecast

Bobby falls for Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor all over again with the 1.0 changes. Christian judges the perils of revolution and family. Taylor smashes notes while rocking with the band and dodging anime tropes. This is a ROCK AND STONE! podcast ADD THESE TO YOUR BACKLOG Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, UNBEATABLE [white label], We. The Revolution OTHER TOPICS Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival, Disco Elysium, IXION, Dr. Mario To connect with us, visit ⁠dlgaming.net⁠! Next episode, learn how to pronounce IXION and see if Bobby does more than just 'look into TwitchCon' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Back from DLGcon the crew plug in and connect to share their LAN party experiences. Amanda tells us about her first time and finally learns about Bawls. Taylor breaks things and gets in trouble trying to get Warcraft custom games working. Bobby recounts the wonderment of QuakeCon and ponders if tabletop games are the new LAN party. Check us out at dlgaming.net and tune in next week as Bobby goes over DRG Survivor hitting 1.0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Everyone's at DLGcon this right now, so we're rerunning one of our most listened to episodes where Christian and Bobby talk about their childhood and Star Wars games. ----------------------- It’s just Bobby and Christian this week, so we’re making this a Star Wars themed episode in honor of the release of Star Wars Outlaws. Join us as we recount our favorite Star Wars games that we’ve played at different stages in our lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mount up! This week Taylor asks 'What is a mount?' Amanda goes over the history of mounts in video games. Christian tells us some of his favorite mounts and mounted experiences. Join us for the answer to the mount question and more hippidy yahee fun! To connect with us visit https://dlgaming.net/. Next episode tune in to hear from our mystery guests! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bobby takes some Catnip and can't stop with Bubsy, Amanda goes to war with Gudnak and Taylor turns into a mech and reflects on the game's community. ADD THESE TO YOUR BACKLOG Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection, Gudnak, MechWarrior Online Legends OTHER TOPICS Bubsy 4D, Hank: Drowning on Dry Land, UNBEATABLE To connect with us, visit dlgaming.net! Next episode, come talk mounts with us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bobby tried Void Crew, and it left a Pulsar Lost Colony shaped hole in his hull. Amanda and fiancée (newly announced!) are looking to survive the trumpets of Peak, and Christian thinks blue characters are ubiquitous in Sci-Fi? (they're clearly... not) Adding a whole convention worth of games to your backlog this episode! ADD THESE TO YOUR BACKLOG Mass Effect Legendary Collection, Void Crew, Peak OTHER TOPICS Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection, Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes HONORABLE MENTIONS FROM PAX Dumpster Divers, Cornucopia, Memoria Wake, Spellfarers, Wild Woods, Demonschool, Unsent , Hell Clock, Conquest Dark, The Rabbit Haul Check us out at dlgaming.net, and next week Amanda talks more finds at PAX such as the beloved MTG killer Gudnak that you can play on Tabletop Simulator now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bobby and Christian are joined by first-time guest Amanda this week as they explore everything itch.io has to offer. Join us as we uncover the origins of the platform while browsing through some great (and bizarre) games and discuss what makes it such a unique space in gaming for indie game developers. ADD THESE TO YOUR BACKLOG Roulette Knight, A Short Hike, Crosscode, Waterworks To connect with us, visit ⁠dlgaming.net⁠! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bobby leverages his nostalgia and enjoys the FMV cutscenes in C&C Remastered, while Christian finds a grand-strategy game that respects his time... just don't call it a Map Painter. Taylor is still recovering from Gacha, please send him your best wishes. ADD THESE TO YOUR BACKLOG Command & Conquer Remastered Collection, Age of History 3 OTHER TOPICS Vampire: The Masquerade - BloodlinesDark Colony To connect with us, visit dlgaming.net! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Taylor explores the world of Gacha games that are scientifically engineered to extract money from players. Does he make it through without opening up his wallet? Also Bobby gets a new keyboard that's even quieter than his last one, and Christian has us all check our Steam purchase history for the first games we bought. OTHER TOPICS Heretic + HexenFantasy Brothel Manager, Wuthering Waves To connect with us, visit dlgaming.net! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Battlefield 6 open beta is out and it's looking good! Bobby wanders around a cyberpunk dystopia as an orange cat in Stray and Christian discovers a Total War mod that brings the game up to his level. ADD THESE TO YOUR BACKLOG Stray, Battlefield 6Imperium Surrectum OTHER TOPICS Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings GameLittle Nightmares IIIManor Lords, Westeros is now in Let Them Trade To connect with us, visit dlgaming.net! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bobby replays Final Fantasy VI, the remake that was demaked and has a questionable scene with two of its characters. Christian is too hyperactive to enjoy Let Them Trade, the chill city builder/auto-battler, and Taylor gets deep into Warhammer lore with Total War: Warhammer 3. ADD THESE TO YOUR BACKLOG Final Fantasy VI, Total War: Warhammer 3, Let Them Trade OTHER TOPICS Grounded 2, Final Fantasy VII, Gacha Games To connect with us, visit dlgaming.net! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amanda and Christian go on a deep investigative dive onto niche tags on Steam and the custom maps and communities of Warcraft 3. ADD THESE TO YOUR BACKLOG Ring of Fire: Prologue, Warcraft 3 To connect with us, visit dlgaming.net! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christian reconnects with his lake roots in his first Strand-type vacation. Bobby fixes his tech issues and ponders on the end game of Hell Divers 2, and Taylor says get lost to Lost in Random: The Eternal Die. Warning - Orange Cat Slander ADD THESE TO YOUR BACKLOG Helldivers 2, Lost in Random: The Eternal Die, Death Stranding OTHER TOPICS What Remains of Edith Finch, Stray, Death Stranding 2: On The Beach Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amanda discovers Kingdom Two Crowns, a 4x city builder that's been smushed down to 2D, and Bobby is also enjoying the lack of a 3rd dimension with Awesomenauts, the 2D MOBA that Atari is trying to revive. ADD THESE TO YOUR BACKLOG Awesomenauts⁠⁠, Kingdom Two Crowns OTHER TOPICS Kingdom Two Crowns: Shogun, Jurassic World Evolution 3 To connect with us, visit ⁠dlgaming.net⁠! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

RoboCop might be Bobby's favorite movie, but can the video game live up to his expectations? Taylor crafts, survives, manages and clones himself in The Alters this week, and we get on a tangent about voice acting. ADD THESE TO YOUR BACKLOG The Alters, RoboCop: Rogue City OTHER TOPICS Lost in Random: The Eternal Die, Awesomenauts, To connect with us, visit dlgaming.net! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amanda is still playing Dune Awakening with the DL gaming crew. There's 12 slots left in our guild, so get on Discord and join the fun! Meanwhile, back at the slime ranch, Bobby is wrangling slime and collecting plort. ADD THESE TO YOUR BACKLOG Slime Rancher, Dune Awakening OTHER TOPICS Jump Ship, The Alters, PEAK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bobby is deep into Monster Train 2, and Christian breaks 9 Kings. Are deckbuilding roguelikes just glorified slot machines, cleverly hiding addictive mechanics behind gameplay? And what would Rocket League look like with people instead of cars? ADD THESE TO YOUR BACKLOG Monster Train 2, 9 Kings OTHER TOPICS Pacific Drive, REMATCH Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Funcom's highly anticipated crafting survival game, Dune: Awakening, is out! Can Christian and Amanda convince Bobby to join the sietch? We take a look at the history of the crafting survival genre, and all the ways they've improved over the years. ADD THIS TO YOUR BACKLOG Dune: Awakening EDIT: A prior version of this podcast had the pre-show accidentally included! That's probably a bit confusing, so I've replaced it with the normal audio. The pre-show is something we include for Patrons of our show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been showcase after showcase of game announcements recently. Which games stand out, and which ones will be forgotten in a week? Let's sort through all the ambiguous, cinematic trailers and find out! Summer Games Fest 2025 The outro music was wrongly attributed by Christian (it'sa me, whoops!) It's actually performed by friends of Ahoy, El Pony Pisador. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been ten years since Blizzard released Heroes of the Storm, their unique take on the MOBA genre. Bobby has a long history with this game, and Amanda just played it for the first time. After ten years, is it ready for a comeback? Were Blizzard's game design choices too bold? Is the MOBA genre even viable anymore? We break it all down in this special episode. Check out an episode from 2014 where Bobby talks about Heroes of the Storm for the first time (around 52 minutes). And another episode from 2015 when Bobby is completely addicted to the game (around 22 minutes). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices