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No Rangers Allowed
Decolonizing the Literary Canon
The party learns from a kindly spidermother that the pixies have been horning their way into the wood, jacking up rents and driving out the legacy residents. Honeydew learns that magical root-ink cannot but produce pro-pixie propaganda from his pen. Delving into this tuber dungeon, our heroes vow here as always to defeat the Gentrifier.
2021-03-05
2h 17
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Holiday Lifecast
To Sir, With Crank.
2021-01-06
2h 45
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Montage
What can we say? Temporal friction used to our advantage, and we'll survive. Is there something strange going on? Best not to worry about it!
2020-12-23
2h 04
No Rangers Allowed
Dopethrone
Our heroes end banditry in the countryside using the traditional method, rousing debate about the working class! With the bandits redirected, the party attends to more pressing matters: learning sick spells, summoning even cooler cats, and getting insanely high. How high? Wake up in the forest surrounded by chittering spider people high.
2020-11-16
2h 05
No Rangers Allowed
Level 12 Ruffians
Bernie and Honeydew creep on Aioli with their characteristic brand of subtlety. BJ and Ven set spears to face some suspiciously powerful highwaymen. Will our heroes reunite in time to defeat these foes in unison? Do our heroes ever do anything in unison actually?
2020-07-04
2h 40
No Rangers Allowed
Mistified
The party is split in two, divided by a strange wall of mist that no one else seems to recognize. Honeydew and Bernie have a nice vacation with a dinosaur. BJ and Ven find Fatgris, open a door in the worst possible way, and prepare for battle with roofie bandits.
2020-04-17
2h 41
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Holiday Deathcast VIII: Den of Corruption
The gang goes to record a podcast, but finds out their rich uncle has just died and the will has gone missing! Will they make it to the paper mill in time, or will they spend all day drinking in the alley near the pool hall?
2020-01-22
2h 13
No Rangers Allowed
The Girl From Empanada
Impositions from the outside world remind the bozos that they have a lot of jobs to do, and they spend some time figuring out the order they should do them. Imbued with new resolve, they march off to find Fatgris and the Azure Company only to immediately be split three ways on silly escapades. Honeydew's cow obsession begins in earnest.
2020-01-15
2h 50
No Rangers Allowed
The Bozos Are Back In Town
The gang returns to literally sleepy Tumford only to face an infestation of g-g-g-g-ghosts! BJ is possessed and the only cure is Honeydew smashing him with a flaming Donghammer. Shrug considers historical diamond dust production. Bald Wendol is faithless towards his cabbages, and then makes a stupid deal with Honeydew that ends up consuming his character for like the next 20 sessions.
2019-11-26
2h 49
No Rangers Allowed
Wield, Part 2
In the long-awaited return of Shrug's wield campaign, two lost souls wander around a tower while being manipulated by magical objects. Also the objects are alive and being played by the same people in real life. It's not as confusing as it sounds, I promise. Look forward to extreme beach volleyball against a titan, people turning into dragons, lots of genital-related puns thanks to a certain barbarian, and a pipe-who-is-also-a-stoner fulfilling his lifelong dream of...getting really high.
2019-10-08
3h 27
No Rangers Allowed
Good Vibes Administration
The gang's well-deserved victory lap. Mab the Pieromancer stays behind in now idyllic Chetverg, home to the triple race alliance. Magic items abound. Bartholomew imbibes the light of wisdom. The party prepares to return to home planet Digna. They don't know where they will be or how long it's been, but they know one thing: be excellent to each other. Party on dudes!
2019-09-08
2h 36
No Rangers Allowed
The Battle of Fort Chetverg
The... Barty Party? Yeah, we gotta work on that -- resolves elf/fish tensions, at both the vulgar and elite levels. Work is completed on an obscene siege float. Captain Cha delivers a rousing speech of comraderie and fraternity, throwing our heroes at a sea of robot elves and their twisted vegan commander. There's only one way this can end: crushed by a statuesque elf butt.
2019-08-07
2h 45
No Rangers Allowed
Tears In Rain
Boy, this episode seems short! you might say. And you'd be entirely right! I screwed up. I screwed up big! But the party didn't. They did great. They rubbed a cat on a beautiful man to save the soul of elvenkind.
2019-07-06
46 min
No Rangers Allowed
The Birdening
An evening bookended by birds. Three separate huge frickin' birds. In the middle, the party melts plastic materials to find magic items, we find out that the late Haesto was a mangaka, and shrug gets horny for Christopher Meloni. I guess also the gang frees an elf goddess and finds out a huge amount of world-shattering information but that's not as important.
2019-06-25
2h 56
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A More Mario 64-Like Mario
Why not more Mario 64-like Mario for Selectbutton Podcast? Only Charles knows. Enjoy the Super Mario 64 episode!
2019-06-05
2h 04
Limitless Possibility
113: Animation Anxiety
Yanik goes over his experience as a first-time game jam participant.Related LinksFU: Yanik Magnan on TwitterFU: NSNorth on TwitterFU: James Thomson on TwitterFU: Ken Kocienda’s WWDC SessionsWriting Easy-To-Change Code: Your Second-Most Important Goal As A Developer - WWDC 2011 - Videos - Apple DeveloperBasics+Habits: Building Your Software Projects To Last - WWDC 2012 - Videos - Apple DeveloperA Strategy for Great Work - WWDC 2014 - Videos - Apple DeveloperFU: What's happening at Nest?Yanik and woof's game, Sacrifice Battle: download, source codeLimitless Possibility 9: Game Development with LÖVEThe LÖVE game engineThe Ludum Dare game...
2019-05-27
1h 15
No Rangers Allowed
Pearls Before Swine
The party founds an impromptu clan and picks gamertags in order to play a game with a guy who is definitely not Jokkmokk. The Official Office Space Roleplaying System turns out to be a subtle commentary on eco-gnomics and the basic injustice of wage slavery which is also necromancy. Bernie's full name is Bearnaise Anders. Then there are some problems with a ladder.
2019-05-16
2h 51
No Rangers Allowed
Ladies Love Cool Ven
Anti-illusion haircuts are tough on an edge, so a quest for a whetstone leads our heroes into the kitchen of the skinking club, where BJ finally defeats his hangover with the aid of a magical spring. A harrowing encounter with a staircase leads to a not so harrowing encounter with a giant and not terribly verbal moth. Finally, catching up with an old friend leaves Ven with hair that's the envy of the 'hood. Also, a Wilhelm scream competition and Sex-type Pokemon are weak to Bug.
2019-03-31
2h 54
No Rangers Allowed
Quis Mingit Ipsos Minges
An old friend delivers a passive-aggressive judgment upon the party's less than perfect ally retention rate. Honeydew handles his snake so expertly it'd make Moses blush. The gang goes down a reliquary K-hole and ends up teaching a hungry beast the meaning of explicit consent, but not before learning how to skink in the traditional halfling fashion. Bernie's real cagey about her past, for some reason, the little imp.
2019-03-15
2h 26
No Rangers Allowed
Dungeons & Diners & Dragons & Dives
The party considers some bizarre physiologies, starting with a 90's starlet alzabo-Frankenstein and ending with Halfling cloacas. Eventually they stop goofing around and enter the mind palace, which turns out to be completely built out of elves. Allegedly this isn't a sex thing. BJ and Honeydew get completely blasted, thus transmorphing a literal sleeping giant first into Guy Fieri and then into Tex Wasabi.
2019-02-21
2h 50
No Rangers Allowed
Vitamin D Deficiency
We begin with some truly pointless nonsense, which can only be summarized as poop crimes. After the creation and discussion of some magical artifacts in preparation, the party finally begins its trek to the long-foreshadowed Tower. But the forest contains unforseen memory mysteries, and we discover that only with the help of the manticores (and the ladycores) may our heroes continue their quest. Also I'm supposed to put some sex stuff in here, since we figured out that's what gets you sickos to download episodes. Sex!
2019-02-10
3h 41
No Rangers Allowed
Into the Ryanverse
Old friends are reunited. The beginnings of a revolution have begun to coalesce in Fort Chetverg. But it is not without its costs, including a Korpseo and BJ face-tanking traps. Can a motet for three voices tip the balance? Also, fictional AND real life war crimes!
2019-01-20
3h 00
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Episode #87: Holiday Deathcast VII: End of the Road
Werewolves, creamed corn, sorted shrimp. The death of 2018...the cast of our lives.
2019-01-08
2h 06
No Rangers Allowed
Gentle Dick Sock
The party takes a well-deserved rest, but Bernie pisses the night away. In the morning, chores need doing: uncursing elves, talking to frustrated professor spirits, swimming in trash, you know the deal. Our heroes' travails leave them with due reward: an orb full of dragon cum?? (NO, it is NOT)
2019-01-07
2h 59
No Rangers Allowed
Wield, Part 1
In this NoRA gaiden, the DM shoe is on the other foot as shrug runs tulpa and guest star Clint through a "one"(three)-shot of Wield, a game by John Wick (the legendary game designer, not the Keanu redeemed killer) about the sorcerous will that powers legendary magical artifacts. Graciously edited by the talented Clint, whose Snexploration podcast you should check out if you like funny people and old videogames and, improbably, shrug.
2019-01-04
3h 09
Limitless Possibility
103: Beating 9-Year-Olds on the Internet
Yanik and Luc-Olivier look back at their games of the year.Related LinksFU: saurik's Reddit comment surrounding the Cydia Store shutdownFU: Limitless Possibility 30: The Life and Death of IconoclasmLucco's honourable mentions:(Shout out to Top Four!)Civilization VISouth Park: The Stick of TruthCall of Duty: WWII's Zombies modeYanik's runner-upsDestiny 2: ForsakenKirby Canvas CurseCall of Duty: Black Ops 4Monster Hunter Generationsselectbutton Podcast 85 + 86: Chef's Special Platter, which Yanik hostedLucco's runner-upsHorizon Zero DawnSuper Mario OdysseyLimitless Possibility 80: Somewhat FreeLuc-Olivier's winnerYanik's winnerYouTube: Justin Wong vs 8 year old kid (asianlamb)
2018-12-24
1h 56
No Rangers Allowed
Garden of Whedon
The party faces the Thanksgiving racist uncle conundrum: what to do when the doddering and talented old castle gardener is also 100% in the tank for pro-necromancer conspiracy theories? BJ deals with it the way we all wish we could, but before the party can take the post-turkey snooze they desperately need, they are set upon by the salad. Also: extended discussion of them feet.
2018-12-12
3h 13
Hinge Problems
OXbox Live From Bumpass
Live from Bumpass! For our 50th Episode we discuss the Original Microsoft Xbox. Including Advent Rising, Gun Valkyre, Breakdown, Phantom Dust, Halo, Metal Wolf Chaos, Blinx, Sneak King, Xynadine. Special Guests: ArOne, Mikey, nocode, anothersphere, Tulpa, AutomaticTiger checkout the other Bumpass podcasts at selectbutton.net snes.zone patron.com/norangersallowed
2018-12-11
1h 34
No Rangers Allowed
Swords Without a Clue
A very special bonus episode of No Rangers Allowed. The gang is together! Like in the real life! We take the opportunity to play a one-shot of Swords Without Master, a wonderful system of narrative manipulation. Turns out we are all just as ridiculous face to face as we are on the internet.
2018-12-02
3h 13
No Rangers Allowed
Icon of Sin
The party makes a moonroof to imbue their sweet rhymes with astronomical significance. There are some very bad plants, and some very good plants. The gang discovers a treasure trove, both literally and metaphorically, and encounters a brief history of perversion, as well as a longer history of more important matters. No real progress towards processing the trauma of watching a horseman being beaten into paste occurs.
2018-11-21
2h 50
No Rangers Allowed
Oh, My Centaur
Peripheral contact with the dreaded Riddle Weasel is not enough to keep our party from their prey, and BJ from his bloody destiny. Bernie rolls triple sixes, proving that this is truly Satan's game. But it's not all fun and games; grim revenge casts a dark cloud over the party, one that threatens to open old wounds, and make new ones.
2018-10-25
2h 21
Super Nintendo Exploration Squad
SNEX31 - Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures
In this episode, we talk about the Dallas of Japan, slap fighting, the His Girl Friday licensed platformer, and Gimli. Oh, and Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures.Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures is a licensed platformer and the first game to have a truly unanimous opinion from all cast members. Guest hosted by Rudie, host of Hinge Problems, another Selectbutton Gaiden podcast,Starring: Shrug, Tulpa, AutomaticTiger, Bachelor, and Ramona.
2018-10-23
1h 28
No Rangers Allowed
Mission Incredulous
There is a disagreement regarding Ven's insecurities and the party's abuse of his naive trust. Only a sucking, slurping, whispering void of ASMR can rescue the party from this damning lack of esprit de corps. It ends in fire, as our disagreements tend to do. Due to technical difficulties, Miles wears BJ's skin. Sorry.
2018-10-03
2h 02
No Rangers Allowed
Hair Mettle
So there's technically plenty of adventure in this episode - adorable puzzle weasels, Irtian revelations, a dangerous reconnoiter into a bizarre town to organize a rescue mission, and even a brush with nobility - but, let's be honest, mostly it's about hair.
2018-09-24
2h 45
No Rangers Allowed
Goatal Destruction
A brightly-colored group of decidedly non-rangerous disciples give the party pause. Ven and Honeydew argue over the sentinels' intentions, but the benefit of the doubt gives way to actual doubt, which belies the devotional structure of the little lake civilization. What follows is pure hircine vengeance, terrifying to behold. Later, we find that the collapse of elven society has had further-reaching effects than previously thought.
2018-09-11
2h 50
No Rangers Allowed
Curb Your Iconoclasm
The party has a TMNT (original live-action movie version) spiritual experience with the ghost of their friend(?) Gorm, but have no time to properly grieve before set upon by a pack of bandits and their mincing leader. When they part ways, the party is laser focused on the twin goals of Revenge and Escape - until someone offers to give BJ a bath. That's worth a sidequest.
2018-08-28
2h 25
No Rangers Allowed
Unforseen Consequences
A CLIMAX. The party begins by solving Rivenesque puzzles to unlock interplanetary secrets. Irtya is even more than she has seemed, but before the party can understand the cosmological significance of these partial revelations, the Dragon in the Basement is unleashed. Our heroes fight both monsters and the clock as they struggle to evacuate the Egg. But not every comrade will make it. Sometimes, to save the lives of others, a sacrifice is required.
2018-08-06
3h 09
No Rangers Allowed
Hasselhoof
The party begins to peel back the layers of the dark underbelly of the Egg. Valorous battle is entered: BJ uses filthy ninjitsu; Bernie employs, and immediately breaks, what she affectionately calls her Warbags; and Ven rends the darkness with a megachurch Cuisinart. Honeydew's claustrophobia interrupts the spoofs and goofs, however, and the party barely begins to deal with the presence of a new darkness before a newer, even darker, darkness is revealed...
2018-07-28
2h 16
No Rangers Allowed
Elevator Action
A very manually-centric episode, involving little grabby hands, fishmittens, and alien Mars Reactor-esque power pedestals. The party falls under a hilarious curse, divers in its effect, but still finds time to discover ancient secrets about The Seed nee The Egg, as well as foment the piscine communist revolution. Meanwhile Honeydew says a lot of stuff about aluminum and electrolysis? A lot happens in this one is what I'm saying.
2018-07-10
2h 14
Limitless Possibility
93: Whatever, Let Me Dream
Yanik talks about designing games for handhelds, and ends the season with an outrageous statement.Administrative note: This is the last episode before our summer hiatus. We will return sometime in August. Be sure to stay subscribed to our feed and follow us on Twitter to be notified about our return!Related LinksFU: Controversial scooter service LimeBike looks for a lane in Toronto - The Globe and MailFU: Anime News Network: Spike Chunsoft to Release YU-NO Visual Novel on PS4/PC in 2019FU: GitHub: JXA-userland/JXAFU: GitHub: likedan/Awesome-CoreML-ModelsDirectory of "awesome" listsFU: Manton...
2018-07-09
1h 00
No Rangers Allowed
Residue Processing
The gang's MIT degree really pays for itself. With the fish and shark people being drawn slowly into revolutionary fervor (and elf porn), our heroes uncover more sinister features of the Vittorik hemomancy facility, as well as an experimental hazardous environment armor. But they also find something more important than magical baubles: friendship.
2018-06-15
2h 35
No Rangers Allowed
The Three P's
Pies, prog, and Peruvian panpipes. A horse accidentally named Horse bromances BJ and reveals new secrets of Gorm's past. His dick is an open question. But nevermind: into the depths of Vittorik the party must descend. Mab still must be saved and the encroaching Nothing dispelled. And one halfling has the power to open the hearts of man and fish alike.
2018-06-01
2h 52
No Rangers Allowed
Hiss Whedon
Mostly, we fight snakes. Envenomed and close to death, BJ becomes a rage monster. Honeydew, 4 levels and 14 episodes in, finally gets to Thunderwave. And our DM learns a little something about inspiration. Also, it turns out we're on the hematothurgical research island of a mad king but we already knew this place sucked so what else is new. WARNING: this episode features an attempt to represent the subjective experience of BJ not-tolerating a Gorm monologue
2018-05-18
2h 27
No Rangers Allowed
Sharky Shark and the Grunkle Bunch
In between theoretical discussions of binary planet cosmogeny, the party further learns that corrupted Elf Isle is really a pretty shit place. Despite some halfhearted efforts to keep watch, Mab, all innocence and light, is stolen away in the night. Now there is one question urgent above all others: Where's the Girl?
2018-05-03
2h 50
No Rangers Allowed
Striking Out
Though the importance of new revelations about the true nature of the Spooky Spike can't be overstated, the adventure takes another great leap forward as the gang, for the first time, venture as a unit beyond the warm comfort of Tumford. They find themselves in a mysterious and hostile alien land. Druids are revealed as undercover cyberpunk transhumanists. We witness the birth of Tiger Schulmann's Holy Katana of Vengeance. Battered and bloodied, can our heroes find their way home?
2018-04-22
3h 38
Limitless Possibility
87: The Lament of the Cookbook Developer
This week, Yanik has some strong opinions.Related LinksPlug: Yanik was on episodes 85 and 86 of the selectbutton.net podcast to talk about Monster Hunter.The Verge: The Xcode cliff
2018-04-16
41 min
No Rangers Allowed
The Quick and the Querulous
Do you think there is life on the moon - and if there is life, is there love? After a truly stupendous amount of buildup, the gang hoots n hollers its way through shoving noble Bartholomew out of obscurity and into Tumford legend. No interference is brooked; no nos are taken for answers. Featuring a small struggle sesh with Tulpa's minor DMing insecurities. (Tell Tulpa how great they are at DMing, guys.)
2018-04-08
2h 28
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Episode #86: Chef’s Special Platter (High Rank)
select button dot net is proud to present a two-part Monster Hunter extravaganza. In the High Rank episode, we stay focused a bit more and cover the larger omissions from the earlier episode: monsters at large, hunt dynamics, the grind loop, locales, and more… (Use a fancy-pants podcast app, and you'll get to enjoy chapter navigation and an array of relevant screenshots throughout this episode.)
2018-04-01
2h 08
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Episode #85: Chef’s Special Platter (Low Rank)
select button dot net is proud to present a two-part Monster Hunter extravaganza. In the Low Rank episode, our panel rambles on about a variety of topics such as: mountain bosses, gripes about Frontier, whether it is acceptable to be anime or not, content reuse throughout the series, and world building. (Don’t fret, we didn’t restrict our discussion to Low Rank content.)
2018-04-01
1h 38
No Rangers Allowed
Schroedingore's King
"We're all going to die one day. May as well die a weird death." Our heroes spread out through the Market Festival and seriously get some shit done. Areas north, east, south and west are discussed, and a plan for striking out into the wider world is fully developed. We learn of the Old King, suspended in mortal superposition, and guess at ye olde Creepy Spike's contribution to resolving his Heisenbergian dilemma. And many other feats besides! Featuring roboTulpa, Samson ASMR, and a really unfortunate fake Hatsune Miku Stones cover. We have a Patreon now...
2018-03-07
3h 03
No Rangers Allowed
Ice Man
The party learns the unnecessarily real rules to the revenants' ancient dice game, but Fatgris' plans for mathematical domination of the table are interrupted early by the characteristically loud arrival of our favorite conman. Tempers flare, and what begins as a noble attempt to defend Fatgris' honor escalates almost out of control. One last javelin could have ended it forever - but murder isn't in our heroes' blood, and now a nemesis lurks, seeking revenge...
2018-02-24
2h 20
No Rangers Allowed
Hey Buddy, Wanna Huff a Beard?
Meet Fatgris. He controls lightning, he's depressed, and he loves to party. He's also something of a straightedge, which is a recipe for unpopularity in Gabbalusian Tumford, home of leaf merchants, spider juices and facial spores alike. With an elven Narnia portal lurking, God knows what remaining in the market, and the mysteries of the South beckoning, can our heroes resolve these 8000 quest hooks before they break out to the wider world?
2018-02-10
2h 34
No Rangers Allowed
Fairly Ridiculous
Ven having been rescued from the grim clutches of death, our heroes return to the light and experience the cosmopolitan delights of the Tumford Millennial Faire. Leaf merchants are interrogated; sheriffs are elected; charlatans are karmically counter-swindled; hogs are beautified. Perhaps most importantly, our heroes smell adventure on the horizon, and begin to make overtures of leaving sleepy (though no longer so somnolent, perhaps) Tumford for points south.
2018-02-01
2h 52
No Rangers Allowed
You Might Fight a Wight Tonight
Our heroes must rescue one of their number, the devout Ven Ryefort, from certain doom. The sands run through the hourglass as they attempt to discover the secrets of the barrow where he is trapped before he is seized by the stygian hand of death. Can they uncover the Irtyan conspiracy that lies at the heart of this gravemound? Mostly, kind of. Guest starring a humongous fungus among us.
2018-01-20
3h 11
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Episode #84: Holiday Deathcast VI: Burn the Negatives
Join us for our sixth Holiday Deathcast, where we endeavor to learn the true meaning of Deathcast. Thanks for joining us on the F2P Mobile Game Report!
2018-01-03
2h 33
No Rangers Allowed
It's Been, One Week
The Heroes of Tumford dust themselves off from their gritty victory in the Barrows. Spirits are high, but not everyone in town is undamaged. Leads are chased, biographies are written and riveted mail is painstakingly handcrafted during the seven days of downtime. We end with a cliffhanger regarding the fate of one of our band - but it'll still be two days til we say we're sorry.
2018-01-03
1h 58
No Rangers Allowed
That'll Do, Pig
The villagers have awoken from their adorable puppydog-induced slumber, but danger yet threatens. Ven fulfills his destiny with explosive panache. Honeydew fulfills his with a fair bit more porcine romance. Our heroes grieve, recoup, and bask in some well-deserved accolades, but the stormcloud of Authority gathers on the horizon... ft. Ax Felix & Tokyo Rude
2017-12-09
3h 02
No Rangers Allowed
Cult Hit
Depths are plumbed. Tsathoggua is revealed, and is much more adorable than imagined. A reckoning with the town cult is inevitable. Can our heroes avoid slaughtering pretty much every named character they've encountered and depopulating the entire village?
2017-11-19
2h 48
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Episode #83: Select Button After Dark: Live from SBCON2017
We discuss first and last video game memories in 60 minutes of endearing chaos, right at the start of our 2017 meet. Join us for the first leg of our compelling ARG, in which we discover the source of the Pez candy.
2017-11-18
1h 10
No Rangers Allowed
Old Tulpa's Book of Practical Cat Summoning
The gang meets Grinkelstink Grumpkin, hairfancier and writer of erotic undead fanfic, as well as expert in apocrypha, burgeoning social revolutionary, and all around good guy. All clues regarding our Tsathoggua problem lead to the Ravenlocks' ostentatious burial mound. Ven's feline fixation notwithstanding, our descent begins.
2017-10-28
1h 59
No Rangers Allowed
Revenant Hoedown
In our inaugural episode, we prologue with our actual first session which recording was completely deleted due to gross incompetence. What follows is conversations: with a nice tea laundress, with a root vegetable-obsessed undead river sorceress, with a giant drug dealing spider grandma. We try not to kill things unless we really have to, mostly because we suck and would probably die. Join us at www.selectbutton.net
2017-10-21
2h 46
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Episode #82: Have You Seen My Audio Log?
To hell with E3, the podcast arrives a month late to talk about an article that's already been completely forgotten. Better yet, everyone shares their favorite storytelling techniques for interactive media. WORLD EXCLUSIVE!
2017-06-13
2h 09
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Episode #81: Labyrinthine Hellscape
This episode: a desperate re-attempt to talk about videogame dungeons, sending us down a winding maze we shan't escape.
2017-04-25
2h 47
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Episode # 80: Game Paradigm
Your host Dwight Rortugal leads you through an hour long venture into the world of games and gamer culture with the help of a few special friends.
2017-04-01
50 min
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Episode #79: Sing Swan Song (Wii U)
Wii Eulogy.
2017-03-14
1h 51
Don't Give Up Skeleton: A Dark Souls and Bloodborne Podcast
Episode 59: Anthony
This week’s guest is Anthony, an experimental musician with a great love of the Souls games. So much so that it even was a small part of his wedding (details inside). Anthony and I sit down and talk about how he found the series, how it’s changed him, and most importantly: how does is wife feel about the giant poison skeleton in Dark Souls 3. Be sure to listen after the credits for some of his music! Anthony’s links: https://twitter.com/apfeid https://anthonysaunders.bandcamp.com/ http://ageoffire.tumblr.com/ Ment...
2017-03-01
1h 27
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Episode #78: Holiday Deathcast V: A Very Nuclear Winter
A Very Nuclear Winter, with the Select Button Dot Net Panel of Judges.
2017-01-03
2h 23
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Episode #77: If I Had a Rocket Launcher
The Bungie Episode.
2016-11-14
2h 27
Limitless Possibility
52: Friends Aren't Available as DLC
The guys talk about the Nintendo Switch reveal trailer.Related LinksFU: Ata Distance: Apple Pay Japan Intro Q&AFU: JR East's massive Apple Pay quickstart guide (Japanese)Episode 77 of the selectbutton podcast has yet to be released, maybe by the time next episode comes out?First Look at Nintendo SwitchPrevious thoughts on Nintendo's console lineup can be found in episode 31: Problematic Plus
2016-10-30
1h 01
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Podcast Episode #76: Select Button Podcast 64
The Select Button Panel of Judges talks ALL Nintendo 64, almost ALL of the time.
2016-10-28
1h 36
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Podcast Episode #75: The Super Select Button Podcast
The SNES episode.
2016-09-08
1h 56
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Podcast Episode #74: Open-World Wonderland
We discuss games that have theme park styles designs -- whether done overtly (Super Mario Sunshine) or through a lack of cohesion in setting (many 16-bit era platformers). Cool Spot 4 lyfe/Avoid the Noid!
2016-08-26
1h 19
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Podcast Episode #72: Rural Games
This episode we talk about games that are either set primarily in rural locations or employ rural locations in their narratives. Also shrug goes "hog wild".
2016-08-10
2h 00
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Podcast Episode 72: THE 2016 BUTTON PUSHERS GAME AWARDS
NOTHING CAN PREPARE YOU FOR THE 2016 BUTTON PUSHERS GAME AWARDS.
2016-04-01
58 min
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Episode #71: Holiday Deathcast IV; Dust Eater
There was a podcast here. Strange, now there's just a note that says "tell my family and friends that I loved them"?
2016-01-01
2h 49
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Episode #70: Licensed Nightmare
With the podcast back in full effect, we talk about the perception of licensed games and how that perception has changed over time.
2015-08-20
2h 17
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Episode #69: Nontraditional Holds
This episode we delve into all manners of input devices, talking about ways they have (and haven't) changed over the decades.
2014-11-03
2h 31
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Episode 68: Shoot, Date, Hack, Save the Galaxy (Mass Effect)
The Mass Effect Podcast. We take a look back at BioWare's space-opera superman date sim killstravaganza for some memories, some laughs, and a very timely review of Bethesda's Daggerfall. Get on your space boxer-briefs and get listenin'.
2014-06-12
1h 52
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Episode #67: Now and Then
This episode: a selectbutton.net retrospective. We reflect on the inception of our own website, do a bit of introspection on where we were as a community circa December 6, 2006, and where we've come since then.
2014-03-11
1h 49
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Episode #66: Countryside Romp & Stomp
A bit different from our last mech-related podcast, here. This episode we talk about games that nail the feeling of being at the controls of a giant, massive, hulking machine, and there's also a long tangent about the downhill slide avalanche that is the Xeno series. Don't miss it!
2014-02-15
1h 26
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Episode #65: Rear Shield Adjustment
Actual flying in space is pretty flippin' complicated, it turns out, so in our space sim episode we talk about which games draw the line between fun and outright simulation. We also talk about people who have a dangerous interest in EVE Online, the influence of Star Wars in pretty much every space dogfighting game, Wing Commander, and why no game has really given you the feeling of commanding on the bridge in Star Trek.
2013-12-01
2h 31
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Episode #64: 9.9.99
Slightly overdue selectbutton.net podcast returns in a hilarious special episode where Sonic has a misunderstanding at the office, Ryo gets in trouble with the principle, and Uncle Sega bets it ALL ON BLUE. Tune in for nearly three hours of tears on the 13 birthday of the Dreamcast!
2013-11-05
2h 50
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Episode #63: What Goes Up
Before we got accustomed to pressing a button to duck behind things in dang near everything, jumping was the most common verb in gaming. We explore it in depth this episode.
2013-07-19
2h 14
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Episode #62: I Can't Use That Here
Did adventure games go into a coma with the downward slide of Sierra and Lucasarts, or did they never really go away? Find the hidden pixel in this podcast to find out!
2013-06-07
2h 21
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Episode # 61: DOS Amigos
Our DOS gaming podcast. We talk about discovery through local BBS, shareware, figuring out X-COM sans manual, wardialing and the infleunce of ZZT on the custom content editors that come packaged with PC games to this day.
2013-05-08
2h 19
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Episode #60: Gotta Go Fast
The assembled gang talks about speedrunning community, this years Awesome Games Done Quick, and get to the bottom of why anyone would want to speedrun an RPG.
2013-03-02
1h 59
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Episode #59: Holiday Deathcast III: SNOWED IN
A wonderful (and tardy) SB tradition. Learn about Ubisoft's pro-life agenda, shrug's date-life agenda, copyright law, and enjoy hour and a half segment about infants in gaming.
2013-01-31
2h 01
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Episode #58: Arcade Story
Forum members Renfrew, Schwere Viper and Glitch swap stories about their arcade experiences over the years.
2013-01-16
1h 37
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Episode #57: Barkley X Kawazu
Developer Interview with Tales of Games about Barkley 2, plus an in-depth discussion about SaGa series creator Akitoshi Kawazu's body of work.
2012-12-19
1h 41
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Episode #56: Unsung Heroes
This episode is about that one game you like that no one else seems to like. ...oh, you really don't like it? FINE.
2012-12-13
1h 27
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Episode #55: Speechless
This episode we explore the whimsical world of video game voice acting.
2012-11-24
2h 58
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Episode #54: Disappointments, etc.
The SBDNPC returns after a long hiatus with its most disappointing episode yet.
2012-10-15
1h 23
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Episode #53: Salmon Orange
The Salmon Orange Edition of our Pokémon episode. Protips for getting three Butterfries perfectly framed in ONE SHOT.
2012-08-10
1h 51
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Episode #52: Spring Green
The Spring Green version of our Pokémon episode. Join us as we attempt to reconstruct the tattered remains of a doomed cast.
2012-08-10
2h 55
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Episode #50: Future
AGAINST ALL ODDS the Select Button Podcast makes it to episode fifty, so we're celebrating by putting the brakes on the cynicism long enough to talk about the experiences we'd like to have in GAMES OF THE FUTURE. Well, not really. We just spend the whole two hours watching GTA San Andreas youtube videos, sobbing, and edging ever nearer to the Red Button. Next Episode: Welcome to RedButton.net! Link - www.redbutton.net
2012-07-11
2h 04
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Episode #49: Materia Witness
SQUARE-ENIX 2012: lauded Final Fantasy & Dairy Queen powerhouse or merely a financial buttress propping up the house of Eidos Interactive? Against our better judgement we try to figure out what it is that Square is actually doing these days and why the hell are there so many zippers and oh god oh god is that what I think it is? Stay tuned for the epic conclusion of the Keyblade War. The Keyblade War. The Keyblade Wa *crackle*
2012-06-27
1h 55
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Episode #48: The Select Button Nintendo Cubecast
A lovingish tribute to all games Gamecube, we're talking about that handle, armadillos, non-euclidian geometry and time-honored classic Shrek Slam Shack.
2012-06-14
2h 36
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Episode #47: Survival Horror
The next podcast episode was going to release sooner but we ran out of ammo, saved, and were forced to start a new file. The success of Resident Evil galvanized Survival Horror in 1996, but fell off well before the current generation of consoles. What the heck happened? We talk about the appeal of Survival Horror games and why the genre conventions might be what makes them so gosh darn unmarketable nowadays.
2012-05-23
2h 04
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Episode #46: BUTTON PUSHERS - SACRED SCUBA MAN
THE HOTTEST NEWS. THE RUDEST MUSIC. THE SICKEST TIPS. SELECTBUTTON.COM.
2012-04-02
50 min
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Episode #45: This is 2011
Selectbutton.net's 2011 Year in Review.
2012-02-24
2h 07