All My Best Friends Are Digital
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A podcast about video games and the stories they tell. Join Caitlin and Mark as they talk about games and all their feelings about digital best friends. New releases and retro, indie games and AAA releases, we discuss them all! https://linktr.ee/ambfad
Caitlin's love/hate relationship continues with Silent Hill, and we talk about all kinds of shameful love in Persona 5.
Silent Hill & Persona 5 Royal by All My Best Friends Are Digital
A podcast about video games and the stories they tell. Join Caitlin and Mark as they talk about games they've been playing, what they think about them, and all their feelings about digital best friends. New releases and retro, indie games and AAA releases, console and PC, Caitlin and Mark discuss them all, with a lighthearted approach to the serious business of digital narrative.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Caitlin's love/hate relationship continues with Silent Hill, and we talk about all kinds of shameful love in Persona 5.
Another horror game, namely Clock Tower, for someone who claims not to like horror games, namely Caitlin. Then, Mark finally tries the cultural juggernaut that is The Witcher 3.
Ogre Battle & Dispatch by All My Best Friends Are Digital
A podcast about video games and the stories they tell. Join Caitlin and Mark as they talk about games they've been playing, what they think about them, and all their feelings about digital best friends. New releases and retro, indie games and AAA releases, console and PC, Caitlin and Mark discuss them all, with a lighthearted approach to the serious business of digital narrative.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Another horror game, namely Clock Tower, for someone who claims not to like horror games, namely Caitlin. Then, Mark finally tries the cultural juggernaut that is The Witcher 3.
Caitlin & Mark bring it home with our final spoiler-filled discussion of Dispatch, available for Digital Best Friend patrons at our Patreon! patreon.com/ambfad
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Caitlin & Mark bring it home with our final spoiler-filled discussion of Dispatch, available for Digital Best Friend patrons at our Patreon! patreon.com/ambfad
We're not really doing the fighting this week, we're mostly telling other people to do violence and/or die--both in Ogre Battle from the SNES and Dispatch.
Aliens: Infestation & The Outer Worlds 2 by All My Best Friends Are Digital
A podcast about video games and the stories they tell. Join Caitlin and Mark as they talk about games they've been playing, what they think about them, and all their feelings about digital best friends. New releases and retro, indie games and AAA releases, console and PC, Caitlin and Mark discuss them all, with a lighthearted approach to the serious business of digital narrative.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
We're not really doing the fighting this week, we're mostly telling other people to do violence and/or die--both in Ogre Battle from the SNES and Dispatch.
We return to the Aliens franchise and the Nintendo DS with Infestation, where #squadgoals run smack into permadeath. Meanwhile, your power fantasies in The Outer Worlds 2 run smack into the reality of your character's incompetence.
Vandal Hearts & Keeper by All My Best Friends Are Digital
A podcast about video games and the stories they tell. Join Caitlin and Mark as they talk about games they've been playing, what they think about them, and all their feelings about digital best friends. New releases and retro, indie games and AAA releases, console and PC, Caitlin and Mark discuss them all, with a lighthearted approach to the serious business of digital narrative.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We return to the Aliens franchise and the Nintendo DS with Infestation, where #squadgoals run smack into permadeath. Meanwhile, your power fantasies in The Outer Worlds 2 run smack into the reality of your character's incompetence.
We published our discussion on episodes 3+4 of Dispatch last week for patrons! Do the HR violations continue?!
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November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
We published our discussion on episodes 3+4 of Dispatch last week for patrons! Do the HR violations continue?!
Mark remains in the iron grip of tactical RPGs, and so we revisit Vandal Hearts along with critical darling Keeper.
Trials of Mana & Absolum by All My Best Friends Are Digital
A podcast about video games and the stories they tell. Join Caitlin and Mark as they talk about games they've been playing, what they think about them, and all their feelings about digital best friends. New releases and retro, indie games and AAA releases, console and PC, Caitlin and Mark discuss them all, with a lighthearted approach to the serious business of digital narrative.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Mark remains in the iron grip of tactical RPGs, and so we revisit Vandal Hearts along with critical darling Keeper.
Dispatch is the kind of game that is basically made for Mark and Caitlin, and we've published the first in a series of Patreon-exclusive bonus episodes where we discuss the events and choices we made as we progress! Here's episodes 1 and 2! www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-...
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October 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Dispatch is the kind of game that is basically made for Mark and Caitlin, and we've published the first in a series of Patreon-exclusive bonus episodes where we discuss the events and choices we made as we progress! Here's episodes 1 and 2! www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-...
With Caitlin's guidance, Mark is slowly going through the generically-titled nineties SNES titles--this time it's Trials of Mana. Absolum is also a pretty weak name. Can the games overshadow their unilluminating titles? ALL WILL BE REVEALED
Trials of Mana & Absolum by All My Best Friends Are Digital
A podcast about video games and the stories they tell. Join Caitlin and Mark as they talk about games they've been playing, what they think about them, and all their feelings about digital best friends. New releases and retro, indie games and AAA releases, console and PC, Caitlin and Mark discuss them all, with a lighthearted approach to the serious business of digital narrative.
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October 30, 2025 at 11:58 PM
With Caitlin's guidance, Mark is slowly going through the generically-titled nineties SNES titles--this time it's Trials of Mana. Absolum is also a pretty weak name. Can the games overshadow their unilluminating titles? ALL WILL BE REVEALED
The nineties are calling in a big way! Sonic, The Big Con, and Caitlin even manages to smuggle in an Evangelion reference. Radical.
Dragon Valor & Hades II by All My Best Friends Are Digital
A podcast about video games and the stories they tell. Join Caitlin and Mark as they talk about games they've been playing, what they think about them, and all their feelings about digital best friends. New releases and retro, indie games and AAA releases, console and PC, Caitlin and Mark discuss them all, with a lighthearted approach to the serious business of digital narrative.
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October 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The nineties are calling in a big way! Sonic, The Big Con, and Caitlin even manages to smuggle in an Evangelion reference. Radical.
We get dynastic AF here, with multi-generational dynamics galore. We breed dragon killers with Dragon Valor and look to rescue our dear, grim, chthonic papa in Hades II.
Mother 3 & I Am Your Beast by All My Best Friends Are Digital
A podcast about video games and the stories they tell. Join Caitlin and Mark as they talk about games they've been playing, what they think about them, and all their feelings about digital best friends. New releases and retro, indie games and AAA releases, console and PC, Caitlin and Mark discuss them all, with a lighthearted approach to the serious business of digital narrative.
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October 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We get dynastic AF here, with multi-generational dynamics galore. We breed dragon killers with Dragon Valor and look to rescue our dear, grim, chthonic papa in Hades II.
It's a Game Boy-heavy episode, including the popular fan translation of Japanese-only RPG Mother 3. We follow up with the game of "improvisational chaos" I Am Your Beast.
Deception III & Road Trip to the End of the World by All My Best Friends Are Digital
A podcast about video games and the stories they tell. Join Caitlin and Mark as they talk about games they've been playing, what they think about them, and all their feelings about digital best friends. New releases and retro, indie games and AAA releases, console and PC, Caitlin and Mark discuss them all, with a lighthearted approach to the serious business of digital narrative.
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October 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
It's a Game Boy-heavy episode, including the popular fan translation of Japanese-only RPG Mother 3. We follow up with the game of "improvisational chaos" I Am Your Beast.
Growing up can be hard, so we explore some coping mechanisms--Road Trip to the End of the World suggests conjuring an adorable anthropomorphic fish, whereas Deception III endorses trap-based murder. Options!
Deception III & Road Trip to the End of the World by All My Best Friends Are Digital
A podcast about video games and the stories they tell. Join Caitlin and Mark as they talk about games they've been playing, what they think about them, and all their feelings about digital best friends. New releases and retro, indie games and AAA releases, console and PC, Caitlin and Mark discuss them all, with a lighthearted approach to the serious business of digital narrative.
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October 1, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Growing up can be hard, so we explore some coping mechanisms--Road Trip to the End of the World suggests conjuring an adorable anthropomorphic fish, whereas Deception III endorses trap-based murder. Options!
We, once again, have a shonen problem. Brave Fencer Musashi's abrasive overconfidence is in stark contrast to the cool professionalism of Aliens: Fireteam Elite. Stay frosty, people.
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September 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We, once again, have a shonen problem. Brave Fencer Musashi's abrasive overconfidence is in stark contrast to the cool professionalism of Aliens: Fireteam Elite. Stay frosty, people.
How six years can change an industry--from local deathmatch FPS being all the rage (Perfect Dark), to online co-op third-person cover-hugging (Gears of War: Reloaded).
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night & Hollow Knight by All My Best Friends Are Digital
A podcast about video games and the stories they tell. Join Caitlin and Mark as they talk about games they've been playing, what they think about them, and all their feelings about digital best friends. New releases and retro, indie games and AAA releases, console and PC, Caitlin and Mark discuss them all, with a lighthearted approach to the serious business of digital narrative.
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September 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
How six years can change an industry--from local deathmatch FPS being all the rage (Perfect Dark), to online co-op third-person cover-hugging (Gears of War: Reloaded).
Metroidvania is a very popular formula. We see how much has it changed in the twenty years between its formalization in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and its indie apotheosis in Hollow Knight.
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September 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Metroidvania is a very popular formula. We see how much has it changed in the twenty years between its formalization in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and its indie apotheosis in Hollow Knight.
Pocky & Rocky scoffs at so-called difficult games like Soulslikes, and Artis Impact scoffs at the limitations of RPG Maker. buff.ly/ihO9GUp
August 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Pocky & Rocky scoffs at so-called difficult games like Soulslikes, and Artis Impact scoffs at the limitations of RPG Maker. buff.ly/ihO9GUp
Minigames abound in the WarioWare series (featuring a drive-by discussion of the Mario Party games), and then we ponder the corporate dystopia that is video gaming in Citizen Sleeper. buff.ly/ihO9GUp
August 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Minigames abound in the WarioWare series (featuring a drive-by discussion of the Mario Party games), and then we ponder the corporate dystopia that is video gaming in Citizen Sleeper. buff.ly/ihO9GUp
We check out a classic strategy RPG series with Shining Force II, then hurry up and die with Elden Ring: Nightreign.
August 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We check out a classic strategy RPG series with Shining Force II, then hurry up and die with Elden Ring: Nightreign.
Vagrant Story is one of Mark's all-time favorite games, but is he ready to talk about Ashley Riot's butt? Can Caitlin cope with the madness that is JoJo? Or capybara feet? It's a whole lot. StarVaders allows us a break to focus entirely on the game of it. buff.ly/L8nzgR8
August 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Vagrant Story is one of Mark's all-time favorite games, but is he ready to talk about Ashley Riot's butt? Can Caitlin cope with the madness that is JoJo? Or capybara feet? It's a whole lot. StarVaders allows us a break to focus entirely on the game of it. buff.ly/L8nzgR8
A spoiler-filled discussion of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is now available on our Patreon for the Digital Best Friends tier and higher!
Check it out on our Patreon: www.patreon.com/ambfad
Check it out on our Patreon: www.patreon.com/ambfad
July 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A spoiler-filled discussion of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is now available on our Patreon for the Digital Best Friends tier and higher!
Check it out on our Patreon: www.patreon.com/ambfad
Check it out on our Patreon: www.patreon.com/ambfad
No episode this week - life happened, as it tends to do. We'll be back next week, but coming soon to our Patreon is a spoiler-filled Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 bonus episode! Check out our patreon at buff.ly/bERro0B and watch this space for an announcement when available!
July 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
No episode this week - life happened, as it tends to do. We'll be back next week, but coming soon to our Patreon is a spoiler-filled Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 bonus episode! Check out our patreon at buff.ly/bERro0B and watch this space for an announcement when available!
The nineties were a rough place, as the writing of Parasite Eve reminds us. Is Jusant a corrective, given that it has no dialog at all?
July 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The nineties were a rough place, as the writing of Parasite Eve reminds us. Is Jusant a corrective, given that it has no dialog at all?
All action and no real story with Street Fighter II Turbo, and then all story and no real action with 1000xRESIST. Each successful in their own way! buff.ly/kGFIeud
July 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
All action and no real story with Street Fighter II Turbo, and then all story and no real action with 1000xRESIST. Each successful in their own way! buff.ly/kGFIeud
Why do we allow some games, even ones we enjoy, to drop off and go on the back burner? And why do some get picked up again and not others? It is mysterious, much like why designers continue to insert terrible "comic relief" characters in games like Okami. buff.ly/vCcSdRP
July 10, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Why do we allow some games, even ones we enjoy, to drop off and go on the back burner? And why do some get picked up again and not others? It is mysterious, much like why designers continue to insert terrible "comic relief" characters in games like Okami. buff.ly/vCcSdRP