Total Playtime: The Trials of Anubis
Total Playtime is a Patreon-supported podcast about videogames, hosted by Alice Bell, Jon Hicks, Brendan Caldwell and Nate Crowley. Jank has partnered with them and we'll be posting new episodes each week.
This week's Patreon episode is another demonstration of our fearless defiance of editorial convention, as we not only run our big quiz of the year in February, but do so by traversing the Egyptian underworld and resolving the gaming-related trials of Anubis.
Thrill as Nate breaks out the voice changer, Alice upgrades her eagle, Brendy challenges Nate on the single worst topic imaginable and we face a surfeit of burning snakes. Truly no other podcast combines questions about sales figures and GTA trailers with an extremely in-depth knowledge of ancient Egyptian belief systems. Which, not to be dismissive of other cultures, are remarkably complicated and a real hassle to navigate when you're simply trying to escape the grip of the underworld.
Plus: asking Shaq what a basketball is, "an enigmatic and barely understandable point in the journey", and the return of a beloved RPS regular. You can listen to the podcast right here on this page, and Total Playtime backers can also find it on Spotify and Patreon.
The music is by God Ribbon, the art is by Marsh Davies and the episode is made possible by the backers on Patreon, shared here with the equally generous backers of Jank.cool. You can send your own questions to Games Anubis at totalplaytimepod@gmail.com.
Links!
Nividia showed off The Witcher 4 as part of the reveal of a graphics card you can't buy without selling a kidney. The Initiative was closed as part of the Xbox layoffs. NewZoo pegged 2025 games revenue at $197 billion. A lotta games on Steam disclose use of generative AI. Here's the latest GTA 6 trailer.
Games!
Dune: Awakening, Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 and, inevitably, Age of Empires 2.
Recommendations!
Crossplay, Venomous Lumpsucker, Pantheon: The True Story of the Egyptian Deities and Salt Slow.
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