25 CRAZY Easter Eggs you MISSED about the LORE-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX! Number twelve is PLAGUING modern video gaming!!!

Join the Fall Damage crew to discuss lore, peripheral storytelling, and the wikification of gaming, and why we're clamoring for an end to the pernicious cycle perpetuating itself upon our poor, defenseless Soulslikes and blockbuster indie RPGs. We discuss where the cycle of lore came from, what it's doing to games like Hollow Knight and Deltarune, and why it's both a sign of genuine love and care and an omen of dark times to come in the fandom. All that, plus:

• Our thoughts on the new game announcements at Summer Game Fest and its ilk, and what the proliferation of sequels means for gaming as a whole
• Jack Quaid: a cube?
• Leonard Cohen's 9/11

References in this episode:

• Jack Quaid ...