This week we're discussing the entries into the Worst Game Jam 4! You can play all of these wonderful games on the Jam's submissions page.

Games Mentioned:

• Lost Stars by Bluzo
• Lost Stars by TK
• Reboot: Lost Stars by TubbyCustard/CroppedCircles
• Lost Morning Star by PeterNeedaMormon and Mars
• Gigadyne Voltraid by Bibulous
• Lightgate by Will
• Lost Stars by Tankless Goose
• I Warned You About Stars, Bro! by Jackie/Ambrolen

Recommendations:

• Bluzo: Kobo Libra 2
• Jared: Heated Rivalry
• TK: Mobile Suit Gundam Endless Waltz

Chapters:

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:51) - Community Updates
• (02:37) - Channel Highlight: Games Events > The Worst Game Jam 4
• (03:39) - Game Jam!
• (07:20) - Bluzo: Lost Stars
• (13:38) - TK: Lost Stars
• (18:17) - TubbyCustard: Reboot: Lost Stars
• (27:17) - Peter & Mars: Lost Morning Star
• (30:23) - Bibulous: Gigadyne Voltraid
• (36:47) - Will: Lightgate
• (41:13) - Tankless Goose: Lost Stars
• (44:02) - Jackie: I Warned You About Stars, Bro!
• (47:36) - All the games are good!
• (49:04) - Recommendations
• (49:11) - Bluzo: Kobo Libra 2
• (51:59) - Jared: Heated Rivalry
• (54:58) - TK: Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Endless Waltz
• (57:32) - Outro

This week we're talking to Jackie and Louie all about their experiences with this year's Worst Game Jam!

Play Jackie's submission, I warned you about the stars, bro!

Play Louie's submission, Reboot: Lost Stars

Play TK's submission, Lost Stars

Play Bluzo's submission, Lost Stars

Play the rest of the submissions here!

• (00:00) - Intro
• (01:49) - Channel Highlight: Games Events > The Worst Game Jam 4
• (02:09) - Game jam discussion
• (02:28) - What engines are we working with?
• (06:17) - Did you do any coding before making games?
• (08:36) - What was your initial reaction to the theme?
• (13:01) - What are some new challenges from this jam?
• (15:48) - What is a game you've wanted to make, but haven't?
• (20:18) - What inspired you to get into game development?
• (27:22) - What would you pick as the next jam theme?
• (29:34) - How was managing time for the jam?
• (33:17) - How did TC map out the space in Ghost & Found?
• (36:14) - How could the jams be different?
• (39:49) - You can make a game!
• (46:56) - Outro

This week, Jared is joined by Katie for the biggest Tierlist of 2007: Gilmore Girls characters!

Recommendations:

• Kaite: Get yourself some lamps! And change the lampshades!
• Jared: Take the joycons off of your switch!

• (00:00) - Intro
• (02:21) - Community Updates!
• (05:46) - Channel highlight: TV? Do we even have a TV channel?
• (06:04) - There is! Television-General in the Film and TV forum in It's Media!
• (06:57) - Let's set the scene
• (07:53) - To the List!
• (08:08) - The Tone Setters
• (09:18) - Dean
• (13:44) - Jess
• (17:57) - Logan
• (21:06) - Rory
• (25:07) - Lorelai
• (28:23) - Emily
• (32:56) - Richard
• (35:58) - Luke
• (41:00) - Sookie
• (44:24) - Jackson
• (46:03) - Lane
• (48:51) - Mrs. Kim
• (50:25) - Michel
• (51:32) - Kirk
• (54:00) - Taylor
• (55:46) - Miss Patty and Babette
• (58:56) - Christopher
• (01:03:00) - Paris
• (01:06:11) - Zach
• (01:07:26) - A New Challenger Appears!
• (01:12:41) - That was so fun!
• (01:14:32) - Recommendations
• (01:14:48) - Katie: Get yourself some lamps!
• (01:17:07) - Jared: Taking the joycons off of your Switch
• (01:19:31) - Outro

This week we're Just Communicating about Mobile Suit Gundam Wing with Rob!

Recommendations:

• Rob: Digimon Story: Time Stranger
• Bluzo: The Doll and Kigu Jam
• TK: Pico-8

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:53) - Community Updates
• (01:19) - Peer Pressure
• (01:34) - Sneaki Peeki
• (03:23) - Channel Highlight: It's Media! > Anime and Manga
• (04:26) - Gundam Wing: Non-spoilers
• (04:44) - What is Gundam, anyway?
• (10:00) - Our experiences with Gundam, starting with Bluzo
• (11:06) - Rob's Gundam History
• (14:27) - TK's Dark History
• (16:48) - Gundam Wing Impressions
• (19:02) - Gundam Wing hits different
• (19:26) - Super robot show vs real robot show
• (23:14) - SPOILERS AHEAD!
• (23:42) - s Counterattack spoilers!
• (25:58) - There's going to be nuts in this
• (27:07) - An attempt to lay out the plot of Gundam Wing
• (30:27) - Lady Une appreciation hour
• (32:31) - Dorothy appreciation hour
• (33:02) - Dorothy and Relena
• (34:24) - Messy motivations
• (37:56) - Favorite characters
• (38:08) - Rob: Dorothy and Quatre
• (43:42) - Psychics?!
• (47:03) - Holding out for a Heero
• (48:25) - Duo Maxwelll appreciation hour
• (51:03) - Trowa literally joins a circus
• (51:35) - Quatre is somehow the most level headed
• (54:48) - Heero's conclusion
• (57:38) - The ol' "bring back the first OP" trick
• (59:07) - They don't make them like this anymore
• (01:01:59) - Bluzo's joke
• (01:03:48) - The very long road to the Gundam Team
• (01:05:45) - Favorite mobile suits
• (01:09:53) - Frozen Teardrop?
• (01:11:29) - One last thing
• (01:13:56) - Turn A when?
• (01:14:45) - Wait wait wait. Treize gang!
• (01:17:56) - Recommendations
• (01:18:06) - Rob: Digimon Story: Time Stranger
• (01:22:50) - Bluzo: The Doll and Kigu Jam
• (01:23:39) - TK: Pico-8
• (01:25:35) - Outro

We know you''re drowning in GOTY content from last week and this week, so we've got a short and sweet episode for you this week looking back on 2025 and forward to 2026!

Recommendations:

• Bluzo: Innioasis Y1 MP3 Player
• Jared: Q-Up! Workout
• TK: Download and learn tools early for the game jam!

Thank you so much for joining us for a wonderful 2025. We appreciate each and every one of you.

Guest appearances by:

• Goose
• GJ
• Phil
• Zeno
• Rob
• Jordan
• Tubbycustard
• Matt
• Scout
• Mike
• Rinoa
• Kit
• AJ
• Zetto
• Katie
• Chase
• Amet
• Brendon

Our Top 15 Games:
Bluzo:

• Game 5
• Game 4
• Game 3
• Game 2
• Game of the Year

Jared:

• Game 5
• Game 4
• Game 3
• Game 2
• Game of the Year

TK

• Doom Mod of the Year
• Kei Truck of the Year
• Overanimation of the Year
• Musical Moment of the Year
• Game of the Year

• (00:00) - Intro
• (07:10) - GJ: Top 5 Actual Play Podcasts
• (09:47) - Phil Bothun: Top 5 Things in 2025
• (13:41) - Goose: Top 5 Media experiences of 2025
• (17:09) - Zeno: Top 5 Birds of 2025
• (21:33) - Bluzo's 5th Game of the Year
• (26:34) - Jared's 5th Game of the Year
• (33:24) - TK's Doom Mod of the Year
• (38:09) - Rob K: 100 Line Spoilers: Top 5 games that do it better
• (40:11) - Jmackerl: Top 5 Playdate games of 2025
• (45:48) - TubbyCustard: Social gaming experiences of 2025
• (49:38) - Matt: Top 5 Discord Bits
• (50:43) - Bluzo's 4th Game of the Year
• (59:23) - Jared's 4th Game of the Year
• (01:02:43) - TK's Kei Truck of the Year
• (01:06:02) - Scout's Top 5 of 2025
• (01:10:34) - Mike's Fridge Magnets of the Year
• (01:14:01) - Rinoa: Top 5 Whims of the Year
• (01:18:16) - Kit's Top 5 Games of 2025
• (01:21:55) - Bluzo's 3rd Game of the Year
• (01:26:12) - Jare's 3rd Game of the Year
• (01:31:55) - TK's Over-Animation of the Year
• (01:37:02) - Zetto: Top 5 Akira Kurosawa Films
• (01:42:00) - Katie: Top 5 Things Grown in the Garden
• (01:43:37) - AJ's Top 5 Things That are Normally Cut Out of Recordings
• (01:45:37) - Bluzo's 2nd Game of the Year
• (01:51:32) - Jared's 2nd Game of the Year
• (01:58:51) - TK's Best Musical Moment of the Year
• (02:05:24) - Amet: Top 5 books
• (02:07:35) - Chase: Top 5 Manga
• (02:13:55) - Brendon's Top 5 Recipes of 2025
• (02:16:01) - Bluzo's Honorable Mentions
• (02:18:21) - Bluzo's Game of the Year
• (02:35:22) - Jared's Game of the Year
• (02:46:20) - TK's Game of the Year
• (02:52:44) - Bluzo's Top 5 Comics of 2025
• (02:55:44) - Jared's Top 5 Books to Read to His Kid
• (02:59:35) - TK's Top 5 Dale Coopers
• (03:02:30) - Outro

This week is all about developing games! We are joined by Ashley, who is making a cool JRPG Roguelike called Last Gasp and Bibulous who is making his third Sky Ballet game. You can play His first two on Itch! Of course you can play Bluzo's first games as well, Along an Extremity and Hana's Light which were made with collaborators. The full credits for each are on the itch pages. Also keep an eye out for her work with Broken Rotten!

Please make sure you get your Top 5 for the year in! You can email us at hi@twcr-radio.online or DM it to us in Discord!

Recommendations:

• Ashley: GDC talk by Jeff Vogel: Failing to Fail the Spiderweb Software Way. Also, Octopath 0 is real good!
• Bibulous: PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Sega Saturn Game.
• Bluzo: Take breaks!
• TK: This big asset pack by Chequered Ink.

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:47) - Community Updates
• (01:12) - Get us your Top 5s!
• (02:14) - Developing Games!
• (02:26) - *Record Scratch* Channel Highlight actually! Game Development in Genre-Platform-Chat
• (04:22) - Ashley's Game: Last Gasp
• (09:04) - Working in RPG Maker MV
• (09:54) - Ashley's history and experience developing Last Gasp
• (11:33) - How has it felt being in the Game Development Channel?
• (12:55) - Bibulous Making Shmups
• (14:46) - Getting assets/Making art
• (15:46) - AI sucks. Don't use it, even as placeholder
• (18:39) - Sound is really important!
• (20:58) - Are you interested in collaborating?
• (22:28) - Bibulous's history and games
• (26:01) - Get your game in front of the right audience
• (27:44) - Start shorter
• (30:32) - Last Gasp Coming Early 2026
• (31:48) - Iterating with Bibulous
• (35:15) - Be honest with yourself about your strengths
• (38:30) - Broadn your horizons
• (39:49) - Other inspirations?
• (42:14) - Bluzo's experience collaborating
• (52:06) - How do you approach a JRPG?
• (55:01) - Remeber what PaRappa told you.
• (58:22) - It's cool to make things!
• (58:59) - Participate in the Game Jam 4!
• (59:31) - All hail The Kommisar of the Winter Jam!
• (01:00:07) - Are pancakes a game? Sure why not. THE KOMMISAR HAS SPOKEN
• (01:00:46) - Having a creative outlet is good for you!
• (01:01:50) - You have a right to have fun.
• (01:03:48) - Recommendations
• (01:03:53) - Ashley: GDC Talk: Failing to Fail the Spiderweb Software Way
• (01:04:16) - Ashley: Octopath Traveler 0
• (01:04:37) - Bibulous: PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Sega Saturn Game
• (01:09:33) - Send us your Top 5!

PLEASE send us your Top 5 for 2025! This can be stuff released in 2025 or things that are new to you this year. Send us audio files to hi@twcr-radio.online or via Discord DM and make sure to include your name!

This week we have GJ and Mike on to talk Actual Play podcasts! Listen to Mike's podcast, Cthulhu Con!

Recommendations:

Jared:

• The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

GJ:

• Follow a cast member from an Actual Play you like.
• Worlds Beyond Number: A County Affair
• American Vandal and Players

Mike:

• Dungeons & Daddies
• Gumshoes & Dragons
• Enshittification by Cory Doctorow
• #Media-Production-Chat

TK:

• Cho Ren Sha 68k
• Pretending to be People

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:50) - Community Updates
• (01:22) - Please Send Us Your Top 5!
• (03:19) - Channel Highlight: Podcast General and Tabletop Roundtable
• (04:49) - Actual Play Podcasts!
• (04:53) - What the hell is Actual Play Anyway?
• (06:29) - How GJ got into Actual Play
• (07:16) - TK fucks up a name again
• (07:51) - There you go buddy. Gold star
• (08:14) - Levels of Actual Play Production
• (09:38) - How did Mike get into Actual Play?
• (12:34) - TK's Actual Play History
• (14:24) - What Are You Looking For Anyway?
• (14:51) - GJ: High Production, Minimal Combat
• (15:21) - Mike's Here For That.
• (16:36) - Jared's History: Humor is Key! Mechanics are a Boon
• (19:12) - TK: D&D Makes for a Bad Show?
• (20:10) - GJ: D&D is Great for a Show!
• (21:02) - Mike: The Books are a Guideline, not Hard and Fast Rules.
• (24:17) - Speaking of Systems: Cthulhu Con?
• (24:34) - Trail of Cthulhu
• (28:24) - Foreshadowing
• (28:32) - Dice: The Secret Extra Writer
• (28:52) - GJ: Chaos is Good! Improv is Fun!
• (31:13) - How Much Tabletop Experience Do We Have?
• (31:22) - Jared and TK are Drift Compatible
• (31:31) - GJ: Not Much
• (32:07) - If You Don't Want Mechanics, Why Actual Play?
• (34:56) - It's Okay to Say No, Sometimes.
• (37:09) - Actual Play is the Idealized Tabletop Group
• (38:26) - Jared's Played a Little Bit
• (40:06) - Actual Play Inspires Actual Play. Woah
• (43:25) - Jared's Sibling Theory
• (45:46) - TK: Late to Tabletop
• (46:25) - Listen to Cthulhu Con!
• (46:41) - More Coming from Skull & Scones
• (49:27) - The Oldest Actual Play: Record of Lodoss War
• (51:09) - Recommendations
• (51:15) - JAred: The Tainted Cup
• (54:31) - GJ: Pick One Performer and Follow Them!
• (55:05) - GJ: American Vandal and Players
• (56:18) - Mike: Dungeons & Daddies
• (57:25) - Mike: Gumshoes & Dragons
• (58:23) - Mike: Enshittification by Cory Doctrow
• (59:07) - Media Production Chat
• (01:00:03) - TK: Cho Ren Sha 68k
• (01:01:01) - TK: Pretending to Be People
• (01:01:54) - GJ Bonus! Worlds Beyond Number: A County Affair
• (01:04:13) - Outro
• (01:06:00) - Show and Tell