Plotty Time

Plotty Time

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Three middle age Gamers discuss the finer points of storytelling in New and Classic Video Games

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330 episodes

Gungrave

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch watched a video game movie about a hidden gem called Gungrave. It was good. Come hear us talk about it! 

1h 6m
Mar 28
The Shield: The Game

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch watched a video game movie about a hidden gem called The Shield: The Game. It was bad. Come hear us talk about it! 

1h 10m
Mar 21
Sunset Overdrive

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch watched a video game movie about a hidden gem called Sunset Overdrive. It was good. Come hear us talk about it! 

1h 5m
Mar 14
Clive Barker's Undying

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch watched a video game movie about a hidden gem called Clive Barker's Undying. It was good. Come hear us talk about it! 

1h 1m
Mar 07
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch watched a video game movie about a hidden gem called Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy. It was good. Come hear us talk about it!  

57m
Feb 29
Psychonauts

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch watched a video game movie about a hidden gem called Psychonauts. It was good. Come hear us talk about it!  

1h 16m
Feb 22
Deadly Premonition

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch watched a video game movie about a hidden gem called Deadly Premonition. It was good. Come hear us talk about it!  

1h 20m
Feb 15
Plotty Time Watches: PCU - 1994

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch come together to talk about a movie we quote all the time on this podcast. Like, too much. It's a movie we all grew up loving and decided to revisit and talk about it together. We go down memory lane as we fondly remember the classic 1994 Jeremy Piven starring college classic PCU! Listen now!

1h 3m
Feb 08
The Food Episode

This week Chump Slap and Poppascotch just talk about food. No video game talk at all. Just food. You know you want to hear our takes, so c'mon. Just listen to it!

1h 7m
Feb 01
Plotty Time Watches: House of the Dead - 2003

This week Chump Slap and Poppascotch talk about the movie House of the Dead from 2003 which is based on the video game series of the same name. The video game series is a great arcade on rails light gun shooter and the movie is a complete hunk of shit. We get into and really do regret watching this film. It sucks, but this episode doesn't! Listen NOW!

1h 8m
Jan 25
Plotty Time’s Best Reviewed of 2023 Part 2

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch go over the top five games they've reviewed this year on the podcast! In the second part of The Best of 2023 they discuss the entries in the number 2 and number 1 slots. What could the top two of the year be? Well you better get on in here and listen to find out! and you're goddamn right I recycled this synopsis from a post made years ago. I don't care. I hope you like the episode because we work really hard on this. 

1h 11m
Jan 18
Plotty Time’s Best Reviewed of 2023 Part 1

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch start their year end roundup discussing the favorite games they all played throughout 2023. It's a more casual laid back environment, so let's all be cool. Sorry if your favorite didn't make our lists... we can't play everything.

1h 21m
Jan 11
Plotty Time’s Favorite Games of 2023

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch start their year end roundup discussing the favorite games they all played throughout 2023. It's a more casual laid back environment, so let's all be cool. Sorry if your favorite didn't make our lists... we can't play everything....

1h 11m
Jan 04
Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch watched a video game movie about a hidden gem called Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters. It was good. Come hear us talk about it!   

1h 8m
Dec 28, 2023
Darksiders 2

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch watched a video game movie about a hidden gem called Darksiders 2. It was good. Come hear us talk about it! 

1h 17m
Dec 21, 2023
Die Hard: Vendetta

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch watched a video game movie about a hidden gem called Die Hard: Vendetta. It was bad. Come hear us talk about it! 

1h 18m
Dec 14, 2023
Spec Ops: The Line

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch watched a video game movie about a hidden gem called Spec Ops: The Line. It was good. Come hear us talk about it!

1h 21m
Dec 07, 2023
Echo Night

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch watched a video game movie about a hidden gem called Echo Night. It was good. Come hear us talk about it!

1h 14m
Nov 30, 2023
GYLT (2019)

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch watched a video game movie about a hidden gem called GYLT. It was good. Come hear us talk about it! 

59m
Nov 23, 2023
Curse: The Eye of Isis

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch watched a video game movie about a hidden gem called Curse: The Eye of Isis. It was good. Come hear us talk about it! I'm just going to use this episode description every week, I'm just going to change the game title until someone notices. If you noticed, go on the subreddit and complain to us about it! I Dare you!

1h 12m
Nov 16, 2023
Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch watched a video game movie about a hidden gem called Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy. It was good. Come hear us talk about it!

1h 6m
Nov 09, 2023
Doom 2016

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch strap into their space suits and take a trip to Mars where we get to visit a beautiful science installation that is under attack by some sort of Hell dimension. It's not real Hell, it's like a lava level with demon enemies. We didn't actually go to Hell. We didn't go anywhere. We're just chatting on about Doom 2016! Get in here!

1h 5m
Nov 02, 2023
Ghosthunter

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch take a step off the train of life to eat the barbeque of life, which is video games, and on the sides of the plate, are the tracks... I've lost the metaphor but we spent our last week in spooky season talking about a lesser known gem called Ghosthunter! Come check it out with us! 

1h 10m
Oct 26, 2023
Cold Fear

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch are neck deep into the most frightening part of the year when we wax poetic about scary games and this week is no exception. We are dissecting one of the most underrated horror games of all time with the Coast Guard Russian Boat and Oil Rig monster simulator Cold Fear!

1h 2m
Oct 19, 2023
Eternal Darkness Sanity’s Requiem

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch take time out of their busy schedules to get together and talk about a hidden gem from the GameCube that told an engaging story through multiple generations while also trying to convince you that the game is broken and you are going insane. Come hither and help us continue the Spooky Season with the classic Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem! 

1h 9m
Oct 12, 2023
Choo-Choo Charles

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch kick off spooky season in the best way possible! By talking about a game where a killer train holds an island hostage because its maker decided that money was more important than the lives of the townsfolk. Luckily the townsfolk have a bunch of scrap metal you can use to create an attack train to take down the Evil train Charles in the seminal classic Choo Choo Charles!

1h 6m
Oct 05, 2023
Spyro The Dragon and Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch dive in and go way back to the early days of Insomniac games and find themselves staring down a light, lovable duology (duoly? Deulilogy? Doggy? Dloggy?) where a small dragon is tasked with rescuing his entire species by himself with only a nightlight as his guide. Does he crush it? Listen in and find out for yourself as we talk about Spyro the Dragon and Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage to see what happens!

1h 14m
Sep 28, 2023
Fight Night Champion

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch finally get back to talking about a narrative game from EA Sports! Can you believe it's been this long? This time we at least discuss a game where the career mode was the star feature that the rest of the game was built around instead of a poorly made tacked on game mode that was pasted together at the last minute. Feast your guys on a real attempt at a Sports story from EA spots with the boxing and family drama sim Fight Night Champion! 

1h 25m
Sep 21, 2023
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch dive deep into an Xbox 360 hidden gem that involves Sorcery, demons, holy weapons, and a bunch of other wild shit as you fight your way through a fictional feudal land fighting dragons in order to take down the main bad guy who can remotely tune into your head. Out of guesses? it has to be Dark Messiah of Might and Magic!

1h 10m
Sep 14, 2023
Secret Service: Ultimate Sacrifice

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch come to the table to talk about a game where you one man army a bunch of soldiers from the fictional country of Costa Nostra while also thwarting a coup of the United States Government that has taken over a majority of the government. This modern day classic is called Secret Service: Ultimate Sacrifice! Come in here and listen!

1h 6m
Sep 07, 2023