Design Dorks

by The Design Dorks

Design Video Games Entertainment News

Season 2

November 2022 Gaiden: Parasocial Dominatrix

The November 2022 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 a rapid fire first impression of the Gen 9 Pokemon, gushing over some junk food games both us fell back on, and at long last the finale discussion about Live A Live!

October 2022 Gaiden: YOU CAN'T BEAT!!!

The October 2022 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 Pyrr's dive into the Xenoblade franchise, Duke continuing to stan for Age of Empires, and a panic induced, pathetic attempt at improv.

September 2022 Gaiden: The God Devouring Burger

The September 2022 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 controversial Donkey Kong opinions, Duke's neverending TFT addiction, and a single burger that will destroy god!

August 2022 Gaiden: Express Your Love Through Coffee!

The August 2022 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 time featuring severe sleep deprivation! Highlights include a deluge of new fighting game characters, the ongoing evolution of DKC3 opinions, and continual gushing over Live-A-Live. Seriously, play it, it's a fantastic game!

July 2022 Gaiden: He's Got a Cup! For a Head!!!

The July 2022 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! At least, we would, but we're both dead tired from our respective jobs, so this episode wasn't quite as in-depth as the others, but we still had some good discussions! Highlights include harkening No More Heroes to golf, Pyrr GUSHING about Live A Live, and Duke finding inner peace by discovering his Cuphead doppelganger!

June 2022 Gaiden: Weak Inner Beard Aura

The June 2022 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! With this being the E3-but-not-technically-E3 episode, it's mostly the news this time around and BOY was there a ton to talk about. Some presentations were great, others I could barely remember, but they all had one thing in common... no Banjo. Ah well, maybe next year.

May 2022 Gaiden: The Ear Bleed Meta

The May 2022 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 beautiful chaos of Joy Mech Fight duels, a ridiculous amount of (Surprisingly good!) old Batman games, and best of all, the debut of the awesomely talented Yog of the Youtube channel "Crash N' Smash" to create our OST! Thank you Yog!

April 2022 Gaiden: Tora is Un-Chuggaable

The March 2022 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 ongoing feud with Xenoblade Chronicles 2, shining a spotlight on the absurdly amazing support Age of Empires receives, and Pyrr giving one of THE BEST performances as he tells the tale of a frustrating video game!

March 2022 Gaiden: The Platinum Age of Kirby

The March 2022 episode of the Gaiden series, where we discuss the games we played, the news stories we saw, future plans that we have, and now (Thanks to Duke not forgetting this time) some thoughts from the listeners! Highlights include gushing about Kirby and the Forgotten Land, more gushing about Kirby and the Forgotten Land, followed by even MORE gushing about Kirby and the Forgotten Land! It's a really good game!

February 2022 Gaiden: Toadette was Always a Girl Boss

The February 2022 episode of the Gaiden series, where we discuss the games we played, the news stories we saw, and future plans that we have! Highlights include gushing about our DKC3 Co-op adventures, delighting over the perfect writing of Disco Elysium, and making a singing bet that one of us surely won't regret making!

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