Papers, Please (2013) is arguably the most straightforward game we have discussed so far. It's a game where you play as an immigration inspector at a border crossing, and, believe it or not, the game explores the nature of that work, the ethical questions one might face when working in such a position, and the ethics of closed borders in general. Other cool themes include: the dehumanizing effect of bureaucracy, totalitarianism, and revolution. Or at least that's the stuff we think the game is about. List to us ramble about it and let us know where we got it right or wrong.

SPOILERS just for this game, and the outcome of the Cold War

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Alright. Enough with the games about gruff badasses. It's time for some more down-to-earth indie games. First up, we have Celeste, which was way harder than I expected but was otherwise a very lovely experience. Check it out if you like hard things, or if you like to think about depression and anxiety.

SPOILERS for just Celeste I think?

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More witcher talk. Guaranteed to be 20% smarter than pt 1.

Obviously more SPOILERS for anything witcher related

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"the witcher is a video game adaptation of that movie pitch from always sunny about a scientist who can smell crime" -@kelibacy on twitter

Yes, we're starting with the third game in a series. It's just that this game is much better than the first two. It's also just as much about being a dad as it is about being a witcher.

**SPOILER WARNING FOR: pretty much anything about the witcher, including all games, some of the books, and the netflix series

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It's our first episode, and we're starting with one of the greatest games of all time: Hideo Kojima's masterpiece Metal Gear Solid. This game is packed with big ideas from one of the greatest developers to ever... develop. Tune in.

Spoilers for Kojima's entire body of work, and a bunch of other stuff

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There's too much happening here for just 1 episode, so here's pt 2. Tune in to see if we can understand the mind of Kojima, and understand all of his funny little tricks.

Spoilers Again, we talk freely about the plots of all of Kojima's games

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