Sam finds the TRUE MEANING of friendship and unborn babies. And also his touching phobia is cured.

Games Mentioned during What Are Ya Playin?

 * The Incident at Galley House
 * The Root Trees Are Dead (referenced for comparison)
 * Shroom and Gloom
 * Slotbound
 * Stardew Valley
 * Warhammer 40k: Dark Heresy 

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Friendship Ending (Death Stranding Vol. 2 - Part 3

In this episode we covered chapters 10 and 11 which covered the BIG BAD BATTLE AGAINST HIGGS. We also find out that Higgs's real name is Peter Englert. Goood chaaange.

Games mentioned in Whaddya Playin?

 1. Hand of Fate: Hordes
 2. Forbidden Solitaire
 3. Warhammer 40: Dark Heresey

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*slaps hood of car* We can fit SO MANY Philosphocial Discussions in This (Death Stranding Vol. 2 - Part 2)

In this episode Kevin and Phil cover Episodes 7, 8, and 9 of Death Stranding Vol. 2. We totally would have read this sooner had we known how quickly Vol. 2 picks up after Vol. 1. Our bad! They are basically one book divided evently between the two.

Games mentioned in Whaddya Playing:

 1. Crabmeat — Steam [https://store.steampowered.com/app/3671850/Crabmeat/]
 2. Resident Evil Requiem — Steam [https://store.steampowered.com/app/3764200/Resident_Evil_Requiem/]
 3. Graveyard Keeper — Steam [https://store.steampowered.com/app/599140/Graveyard_Keeper/]
 4. Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader (with new DLC) — Steam [https://store.steampowered.com/app/2186680/Warhammer_40000_Rogue_Trader/]
 5. Death Stranding (discussed as background/source material, not currently playing) — Steam [https://store.steampowered.com/app/1850570/DEATH_STRANDING_DIRECTORS_CUT/]

Other media mentioned during the episode:

 1.  Metal Gear (Kojima's other series)
 2.  Neon Genesis Evangelion
 3.  Somewhere Over the Rainbow
 4.  The Wizard of Oz
 5.  Jason and the Argonauts
 6.  Ray Harryhausen
 7.  Army of Darkness — mentioned alongside the skeleton battle comparison
 8.  Flatliners
 9.  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ("So Long and Thanks for All the Fish")
 10. Junji Ito's manga
 11. Warhammer 40,000
 12. Persona 5
 13. Little Nightmares
 14. Stardew Valley

Somewhere over the Rainbow (Death Stranding Vol. 2 - Part 1)

We finished Catan! Whole lotta pages for that huh?

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Too Many Pages (Catan - Part 4)

The thread count is too high! Story threads that is, not like, cotton threads. Just too much going on over too many pages and some things are over too quickly and replaced by other things.

I dunno about this book.

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More Threads than a Yarn Factory (Catan - Part 3)

Hmmm, there's some things in this episode that are giving Phil and I pause. See if you can spot it! Or you know, we tell you.

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Bibles in Hotel Drawers? (Catan - Part 2)

We are reading Catan, by Karl Teuber and it's good. And long. And also kinda a cozy viking story so far?

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Cozy Vikings! (Catan - Part 1)

Oh poor baby Steve, you were too Leo DiCaprio for this world.

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Poor Steve (Resident Evil: Code Verionica - Part 3)

Maybe some things need a revist in the remake.

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Paging Dr. Bates, Dr. Norman Bates (Resident Evil: Code Veronica - Part 2)

Back to the SD Perry-verse! And with it we come, hat in hand with a request. Please humbly sign our petition to get SD Perry to write a Resident Evil game [https://c.org/zF8sBPmFfK].

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Returning to an Old Friend (Resident Evil: Code Veronica - Part 1)

The Pixel Lit Podcast is the top podcast in the world for video game novelizations. Every episode, we read, recap, and discuss works of fiction based on and in the worlds of your favorite video games. And don’t worry: we take it very, very seriously. Join hosts Kevin and Phil as they talk about novelizations and adaptations of games like Halo, Five Nights at Freddie’s, Dead Space, Ninja Gaiden, and many more–all while keeping their attention firmly on the topic and hand, and never ever getting off topic.

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