Dream Green (feat. Metal Gear Solid, Is This Seat Taken, Sky the Scraper, and more!)

Dream Green (feat. Metal Gear Solid, Is This Seat Taken, Sky the Scraper, and more!)

Author: Stephen Hilger + Brendon Bigley August 20, 2025 Duration: 1:55:12

We're back! And we somehow have too many games to fit into one episode.

Discussed: The PSP Premiere, Patreon Updates, Metal Gear Solid, The Adventures of Elliot, Bravely Default: Flying Fairy HD Remaster, Is This Seat Taken?, Öoo, Tiny Bookshop, Sky the Scraper, and games we're playing for next week

Robin's review of Öoo: https://www.inverse.com/gaming/ooo-steam-indie-puzzle-game


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Timecodes:

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:22) - Thank you so much for listening to the premiere!
  • (03:17) - Changes to the Patreon!
  • (08:12) - Metal Gear Solid | Hmm... Weird...
  • (27:24) - Break
  • (27:26) - That's a LOTTA games!
  • (28:07) - The Adventures of Elliot | Link doesn't wear red THIS ISN'T LINK!!!!!
  • (58:31) - Break
  • (58:33) - BRAVELY DEFAULT FLYING FAIRY HD Remaster | We're so back in 2014
  • (01:24:14) - Break
  • (01:24:16) - How, Dee?
  • (01:24:54) - Is This Seat Taken? | Three indie games
  • (01:28:00) - Öoo | A game we played six months before six months from now
  • (01:33:43) - Tiny Bookshop | Books but small??
  • (01:45:04) - Sky the Scraper | No Clip, Windex%
  • (01:50:22) - Some teasers for next week!
  • (01:53:37) - Wrapping up
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