Design Dorks

by The Design Dorks

Design Video Games Entertainment News

Season 2

September 2023 Gaiden: The CorPyrration

The September 2023 episode of the Gaiden series! This is the show where we discuss the games we played, the news stories we saw, future plans that we have, and answer questions from our listeners! This episode marks some fascinating showcases of visual novels, an exploration of New vs. Old in terms of the Monster Hunter franchise, and the absolutely unholy luck of Pyrr in Mario Party!

August 2023 Gaiden: Roll for Perfection

The August 2023 episode of the Gaiden series! This is the show where we discuss the games we played, the news stories we saw, future plans that we have, and answer questions from our listeners! This episode marks EVEN MORE Mario from Pyrr, continued Baldur's Gate 3 gushing from Duke, and not much else cause HOO BOY are we tired!

July 2023 Gaiden: It's OK, I'll live forever! Immediately dies

The July 2023 episode of the Gaiden series! This is the show where we discuss the games we played, the news stories we saw, future plans that we have, and answer questions from our listeners! This episode marks a plethora of Mario experiences, gushing about everything involving EVO, and, at long last, Duke's most anticipated game, Baldur's Gate 3, is here to consume all of his free time for the foreseeable future!

June 2023 Gaiden: Lo-Fi Beats to go through Hell with

The June2023 episode of the Gaiden series, live format is here to stay! This is the show where we discuss the games we played, the news stories we saw, future plans that we have, and answer questions from our listeners! This episode marks the first second half of Summer Games Fest, XCOM gushing, the joys of Mario Wonder and Duke's utter indifference towards Super Mario RPG. Sorry.

May 2023 Gaiden: The Only Goth in the Foot Bar

A NEW FORMAT ARRIVES! The May 2023 episode of the Gaiden series, the first of which we recorded live on Youtube. There will be a slight dip in quality due to it being one long recording rather than an edited down one, but that also comes with the added benefits of being a fully organic conversation with occasional input from the audience. This is the show where we discuss the games we played, the news stories we saw, future plans that we have, and answer questions from our listeners! This episode marks the first half of Summer Games Fest, a massive Tears of the Kingdom discussion, and the long awaited gushing about Street Fighter 6!

April 2023 Gaiden: A Bowsillion Dollars!

The April 2023 episode of the Gaiden series, where we discuss the games we played, the news stories we saw, future plans that we have, and answer questions from our listeners! This episode marks the first time your cohosts have met in person, and we tell many a tale of the games we played and a certain Mario movie that we went to go see!

March 2023 Gaiden: Spamton's Not As Funny As God

The March 2023 episode of the Gaiden series, where we discuss the games we played, the news stories we saw, future plans that we have, and answer questions from our listeners! This is a special episode, as we didn't play many games this week, so we instead went through our top ONE HUNDRED games of all time! Not quite sure how we managed to fit that into a 3 hour time period, but hey, I'm not complaining!

February 2023 Gaiden: YOU CAN DIE TO TIPTUP?!

The February 2023 episode of the Gaiden series, where we discuss the games we played, the news stories we saw, future plans that we have, and answer questions from our listeners! Highlights include Duke's absurd difficulties with Banjo Kazooie, the finale of God of War Ragnarok, and a surprising amount of required censors!

January 2023 Gaiden: Pyrr vs. Delzethin at Royal Rumble 20XX?

The January 2023 episode of the Gaiden series, where we discuss the games we played, the news stories we saw, future plans that we have, and answer questions from our listeners! Highlights include the bonus round of God of War vs. Xenoblade, an SNES Puzzle gauntlet, Hi Fi Rush existing and being awesome, and some fake drama, why not!

December 2022 Gaiden: The Top 15 Characters of 2022!

The November 2022 episode of the Gaiden series, except PSYCH its also a regular episode! We do talk about the news and go over some questions from our listeners, but the main focus today is a big ole classic list! We take 15 of our favorite characters from gaming last year, line em all up, and alternate cutting them out of the running until only one is left standing? Who will come out on top? Will Pyrr's undying passion for Live A Live win the day? What about our shared love of King Dedede? Could there possibly be any survivors in the God of War vs. Xenoblade massacre? Let's find out!

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