Episodes

  • Hole-o-ween
    Oct 27 2024

    Ben and Trev get spooky with this years Hole-o-ween special. This year they are playing Ramped Up Click Pitch to get their prompts and the games discussed were:

    • a game where you control a marionette manually
    • a horror game set at a camp for toddlers
    • a game called All Draculas Hate Dentists

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    38 mins
  • Use Kazoo On Mouth
    Oct 20 2024

    This week Ben and Trevor take random movies as prompts and come up with improvised video games, including:

    a Pacific Rim/Commando mash-up where you are an ex-mech fighter brought back to save your daughter;

    a point and click adventure where you play two slightly naive men looking after some difficult kids;

    an investigate reporter tries to discover the source of the shocking visions of a rich heir;

    and more!

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    38 mins
  • Goblin Park (Live from PAX 2024)
    Oct 13 2024

    Ben and Trev are once again live from PAX, this time sitting above the handheld area, where they play some Click Pitch. The games that will never exist but yet are discussed involved:

    • Controlling dangerous fantasy creatures in a national park
    • Avoid aliens by continually maintaining rhythm while going through life
    • Pay actual bills with actual money through space invaders styled gameplay

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    34 mins
  • Judge Swole Buffman
    Oct 6 2024

    Ben and Trevor take notes from GOTY contender UFO 50 by improvising limited scope games, such as:

    a mouse digging his way between houses, looking for treats;

    dueling painters trying to be the one who paints the most of a house;

    California Games meets the legal system;

    and more!

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    37 mins
  • Lathe-er Sword
    Sep 29 2024

    Ben and Trev are back on video, and are ready to introduce a new segment to the podcast. What is it??? You'll have to listen to find out.

    Games discussed include

    • Monique the leek runs for president as your character trys to turn from antagonist to protagonist.
    • Search through videos from an archive to solve a mystery
    • An adventure game set in a school staff room.

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    37 mins
  • Cryptid Love Child
    Sep 22 2024

    A new season begins, and Trevor and Ben take random movie prompts and turn them into improvised video game ideas, including:

    • a spy thriller take on My Dinner With Andre
    • a tense sci-fi survival game set next to volcanic vents in the deepest ocean
    • a mystery revolving around a friend lost in a haunted theme park ride
    • and more!

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    42 mins
  • 400: End of an Era
    Sep 15 2024

    Well, it's come time to finally end Bit Storm... Season 1. Ben and Trev have decided that 400 episodes is the perfect length for a season of a podcast, so this is the final episode of season 1. They discuss games that still don't exist at length like:

    • A timeloop adventure set between the hours of 9am and 3pm at an office
    • A dystopian adventure where the main character realises they are not like everyone else
    • A cosy game where you unpack a hoard.

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    40 mins
  • 399: Pianist Hero
    Sep 8 2024

    Ben and Trevor get down with some Click Pitch, improvising video game ideas such as:

    • a game played on your phone where you are trying to find your missing friend Jared;
    • a tea-bag factory simulator;
    • playing as an eccentric architect trying to build the best tower for his community;
    • and more!

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    36 mins