Grunt Free Press Podcast

New microphone really picks up the natural bass-y sexiness of my voice. Doesn't help with the content, unfortunately... Topics - God of War wrap up, anonymous e-mails, Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer, vague news, Battletech... Round 2, salvage, crashing, critical hits, the ultra-wide problem, evasion, The Forest: what is it?, four year old indie game, Total War: Thrones of Britannia, Escape from Tarkov, shoot first. Music - Daron Malakian and Scars Over Broadway - Lives, Toe to Toe - Giant Killer, Jethro Tull - Hymn 43

Things get personal and intimate as AbsoluteDeicide comes to grips with his sociopathic tendencies and cries like a little bitch. No one is surprised. Also some breaking news that shatters one of the longing running gags on the show. Topics - Falling down stairs, Agony gets censored, vacation plans, cringey Blizzard support, God of War, Greek epic?, glowing blood, manly sociopathic tears, combat tips to ignore, side realms, grinding gear, The Forest out of Early Access, Battletech, lore overload, instant bankruptcy, Fortnite looks gay. Music - The Black Dahlia Murder - Kings of the Night World, Melvins - Don't Forget to Breathe, GWAR - Lost God

Now in video form. It's like Stephen Wright without the jokes. Topics - Options, now on video! (kind of...), The Terror bear, Car News Part 2, Castlevania mobile game, new Doom movie, Night Trap on Nintendo Switch, fifteen minutes of Year Walk, Darksiders 2, God of War, slow start, axe throwing, combat basics, mastering chaos, RPG elements, one shot bullshit, comic relief. Music - The Clash - Know Your Rights, Nailbomb - Guerrillas (Live), Black Dahlia Murder - I'm Charming

Here in my car, I don't feel safe at all. It's a piece of shit, I can't believe it... my car. Do doop. Bah do, do doop... Topics - "Job" offer, Microsoft disappointments, more backward compatible Xbox games, unified accounts, contracts, Darksiders, backseat retroactive game design, too many golems, writing tips from the master, Forza Motorsport 7, gifts, sim racing, zoning out, new (used) car! Music - Operation Ivy - Artificial Life, Horse the Band - Face of Bear, Turisas - Rasputin

The Year of the Bear has officially begun. Topics - The Terror, Eskimo spirit bear, how ice works, good gore, Year of the Bear, Far Cry 5, bad endings, constant reviving, downer ending, prepper stashes, Arcade Mode, PvP, vomit coffee, a rare (sincere) apology, Darksiders, freeform combat, stick clickin'. Music - Nine Inch Nails - All the Love in the World, Wanda Jackson - Nervous Breakdown, GG Allin and the Murder Junkies - Legalize Murder

After some impromptu rearranging of his show notes, AbsoluteDeicide throws caution to the wind and puts his reputation on the line by predicting the future and talking about video game remasters. The stakes have never been higher. Topics - Reading the future, cat resurrection, Defiance 2050, Red Faction: Guerilla ReMARStered, Far Cry 5 is badass, no grinding, like Grand Theft Auto but good, Heart of Darkness, smart setups, real Americans, makin' maps, Easter egg?, pirate legend, fuck March. Music - The Road Vikings - The Ballad of Evel Knievel, GWAR - Horror of Yig, Melvins - A History of Bad Men

A pirate's life for me. We learn that lifestyle choice isn't always as glamorous as the Hollywood movies make it out to be, but sometimes it involves random naked guys so it's not all bad. Plus: New Logo! Topics - Napster grudges, Sea of Thieves, server issues, "better with friends", galleys and sloops, gold for the sake of gold, simulation sailing, caging animals, reputation, PvP, war stories, God of War "One Shot", God of War 3: Remastered, New Logo! Music - Bad Brains - Banned in D.C. (Live), ALESTORM - Fucked With An Anchor, Dropkick Murphys - Shipping Up to Boston

New format: no long, boring stories at the beginning. I save them until the end. Thoughts? Topics - No Irish, I really like Pit People, beard AIDS, GWAR party?, nets, vampire bat scientist, limited loot, Warhammer: Vermintide 2, Consumer Reports, free games, launchers, more meta, Superhot = Supergay, banned games, Japanese pervs, Are cartoons people?, free coffee, Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Music - FEAR - The Mouth Don't Stop, Sola Rosa - Del Ray, The Ramones - Rockaway Beach

Finally back to modern civilization... Let's kill some rats and burn some bridges! Topics - Pit People, random shit I usually hate, worms, stealth, cosmic bear love, juicy gossip, Warhammer: Vermintide 2, bots, a bile troll appears, advanced strategies?, Dynasty Warriors... with rats, look acceleration, censored again, paywalls, selling out, Michelle Madison is a goddamn baby, VGO: phony motherfuckers. Music - Pit People OST - Overworld Theme, Lamb of God - Walk the Faded Line, Citizen Fish - Money

Live from an undisclosed location: the same old shit. Topics - The search for Kiwi Bear, I didn't play Into the Breach because it looks like shit, Shadowrun: Dragonfall, Pit People, The Great Gas Wars of 2018. Music - L7 - Mr. Integrity, Shadowrun: Dragonfall OST - Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Dale Hawkins - Suzie Q

Now with CD quality audio. Topics - Correction, Super Castlevania 4, Dark Souls fans are queers, pissing people off, Castlevania: Bloodlines, questioning progress, Rondo of Blood, CD quality, smart changes, Contra is perfect, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, dyslexic reading, broken horse armor, useless perks, pulling weeds, dove-coat tree? Music - RAS - An Old Fashioned Grindcore Assault Vol. 2 (Full Album), Pink Floyd - The Happiest Days of Our Lives, Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall Part 2

We travel back in time to the 1400s and all the way back to an early SNES game. There is one constant: Dracula. Topics - internet garbage culture: "lol", laughter is a lie, Super Castlevania 4, three buttons, fancy whips, impossible traps, random spikes, System Shock Remastered hiatus, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, controller support?, lockpicking, not good For Honor combat, PC fiddlin', story and simulation modes, lots of "fuckin'", exposition and flashbacks, "realistic" woods, simulation theory. Music - Imperium Dekadenz - Thru the Fog of Time, Sex Pistols - Liar, Reign of Pestilence - Stephanie Tanner Smokes Crystal Meth

Things get Naaaaasty as we wrap up two difficult games. Brains are fried and there are more Draculas than you can shake a stake at. Topics - Mixer support, streaming services are gay, The Surge 2, Metro: Exodus, ELEX, Chapter 2, sound mixing, Nasty the not black whore, it's never easy, the Ice Palace, The Hybrid, Castlevania 3: Dracula's Curse, crows, doppelganger, random bullshit, blood vomit. Music - Dropkick Murphys - Do or Die, Marilyn Manson - Irresponsible Hate Song, Lords of Acid - Mixed Emotions

Goddamn Dracula and his sexual harassment... Topics - Work stories, tiny little eyes, Gods of Rome, touchscreen fighting, timers, push notifications, mobile games, Castlevania 3: Dracula's Curse, epic cinematic storytelling, branching paths, filler, falling blocks, waiting, spiders that spit spiders, mummies, ELEX, Seperatists, I'm an Outlaw. Music - Owen Benjamin - It's Time to Give Our Guns to Hitler, Castlevania 3 - Demon Seed, Rancid - Let the Dominoes Fall

The Nerdy Sci-Fi Episode. Topics - Video game podcasts suck, Anthony Cumia is killing it, Blade Runner 2049, infinite possibilities, Harrison Ford is not a good old man actor, ELEX, brutal start, Albs, Berserkers, mug salesman, Outlaws, shit combat, broken AI, agro, thirty hours to competency, chems. Music - Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker, The Dead Milkmen - Swordfish (Live), Skinless - The Optimist

Another unintentionally retro episode as two classic games fall to the mighty prowess of AbsoluteDeicide's skills. And then we get a sneak peak of the future of gaming: playing with trash. Topics - I beat a bunch of games this week, Super Metroid, Metroidvania genre, Look for Secrets: The Game, false wall, Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest, ferry rides, retarded bosses, Engrish, hearts, slowdown, NESMaker, makin' games, Nintendo Labo: it's cardboard. Music - GWAR - Meat Sandwich, Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar, Don Felder - Takin' A Ride

The endless battle between good, evil, Frankensteins, fishmen, and crows reaches it's epic, thirty year conclusion. And some nostalgic stories to warm your heart. All this and more in a new episode of Grunt Free Press. Topics - fruit Pi, retro Puritanism, emulating controllers, Castlevania, the Holy NES Trilogy, offbeat, the Dark Souls link, you can't beat Death, I suck at games, Breaking News!, Dracula's face, wigger knife fight, ol' Homeless Hand, save states, Super Metroid, winter snot tips. Music - Quango - Living in a Shithole, Castlevania - Heart of Fire, The White Stripes - In the Cold, Cold Night

All Pi and no play make AbsoluteDeicide a bad episode. Topics - Miss Number, Grandpa Tangent, Raspberry Pi marathon madness, ports, Quake revelations, jacked up Marathon, DOS games/DOS problems, ZZZ (NOT A GAME), cycle speed, Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, case sensitive bullshit, disc swap, PSX plug ins, makin' clones, surprise shareware. Music - Now They Are Four - They Don't Play George Jones on MTV, Mayhem - Chainsaw Gutsfuck, Black Knight 2000 - Main Theme

Grunt Free Press rings in 2018 by repeating the same mistakes made in 2017. And games that are as exciting as melatonin. Topics - Okami HD, Big Picture Mode, inverted camera, gibberish, rules of thumbs, wolf Zelda, brush powers, Zzzzz, Retropie V2, samples, heat sinks, missing OS, partitions, copy and paste scripting, "Error 5", SSH protocols, hidden gems, RetroArch, cores, ports, Robocop Versus Terminator, Chakan: The Forever Man. Music - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES) - Main Theme, System of a Down - Know, The Stranglers - No More Heroes

The Half Assed Grunt Free Press Christmas Special.   Music - Owen Benjamin - The Twelve Triggers of Christmas, From First to Last - Santapocalypse, The Mamas and the Pepes - Christmas Special