Get Played
with Heather Anne Campbell , Matt Apodaca & Nick Wiger
March 8, 2020
EP. 38 — Leisure Suit Larry Goes Looking For Love (In Several Wrong Places) (w/ Eva Anderson)
Guest Eva Anderson
Eva Anderson (Briarpatch, Dispatches from Elsewhere) returns to the show to discuss the second game in the Leisure Suit Larry series, Leisure Suit Larry Goes Looking for Love (In Several Wrong Places)! They talk about the aggravating and obtuse solutions, the lack of sex in the game compared to the first, and more!
March 1, 2020
Paul Rust (In Voorhees We Trust With Gourley and Rust, Love) joins Nick and Heather to talk about one of the most legendarily bad games of all time, E.T. the Extra Terrestrial for Atari 2600! They talk about Paul’s love of E.T., playing video games at your grandparents’ house, the awful Atari sound chip, and more!
February 25, 2020
How Did This Get Played? Premium DLC is available on Stitcher Premium starting TODAY! Get a taste of our premium content FOR FREE, and then subscribe on Stitcher Premium. For a free month use the promo code PLAYED. Today’s Premium DLC is the first edition of the Super Question Block: Turbo Deluxe Edition! Nick, Heather and Matt answer your emails, voicemails and even hand written mail to talk about edjutainment, video game homes, the Super Mario Bros movie, how the show’s music is made, and more!
February 23, 2020
WIll Hines (UCB, Screw It! We’re Just Gonna Talk About Comics) joins Nick and Heather to discuss the first-person surgical simulation game, Surgeon Simulator. They talk about Will’s recent journey into gaming, the frustrating and disorienting nature of the game’s controls, and more!
February 16, 2020
Siobhan Thompson (Dimension 20, Rick and Morty) joins Nick and Heather to discuss the animal advocacy game Kitten Squad! They talk about the bait and switch nature of cutesy graphics to horrific images, Nathan Drake’s legitimacy as an archaeologist, and more!
February 9, 2020
Jacob Wysocki (I Don’t Want to Talk About Fight Club Anymore, UCB) joins Nick and Heather to discuss the controversial isometric shooter, Postal. They talk about the game’s shock value, the worst things in America according to Joe Lieberman, and more!
This episode is brought to you by The Besties Podcast and UpStart.
February 2, 2020
Shaun Diston (Wrecked, Abby’s) joins Nick and Heather to discuss dating sim and puzzle game Catherine. They talk about the game’s take on relationships, the cool puzzle mechanic, horny games, and more!
January 26, 2020
Shauna Baker (Twitch) joins Nick and Heather to discuss the strange and beloved Katamari Damacy. They talk about how scary it would be to get rolled up on a Katamari, how jacked the King of All Cosmos is, and more!
This episode is brought to you by The Besties podcast.
January 19, 2020
Jordan Morris (Jordan, Jesse, Go!, Bubble) returns to the show to discuss Shadow the Hedgehog with Nick and Heather. They talk about the edge-ification of characters in the early aughts, the branching narratives in the game, and more!
This episode is brought to you by League of Legends.
January 12, 2020
Heather, Nick, and Matt deep dive on Death Stranding. They talk about the satisfaction that comes from making deliveries, get into the weirdness of Hideo Kojima, making weapons with your bodily fluids, and more. Special Die-Hardman shout out from Tommie Earl Jenkins!
This episode is brought to you by UpStart (www.upstart.com/PLAYED).
January 5, 2020
Dan Harmon (Rick and Morty, Community) joins Nick and Heather to discuss TellTale Games’ Minecraft: Story Mode. They talk about how the game misses the entire point of Minecraft, the pitfalls of modern point and click adventures, and more.
December 29, 2019
Alex Berg (Bajillion Dollar Properties, The Goldbergs) joins Nick and Heather to discuss WarioWare Inc! They talk about the fast paced manic energy of the microgame series, Berg’s experience being Crash Bandicoot, and more!
December 22, 2019
Ashley Esqueda (Senior Editor at CNET) joins Nick and Heather to discuss Christmas NiGHTS! They talk about gaming while being a new parent, bonus content in games, the Sega Saturn, and more.
December 15, 2019
Carl Tart (Drunk History, Comedy Bang Bang) joins Nick and Heather to discuss Mutant League Football. They talk about side quests in modern sports games, the in-game advantages popular players tend to get, and more.
This episode is brought to you by BlueChew (www.bluechew.com code: PLAYED) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
December 8, 2019
Cirocco Dunlap (Russian Doll, Miracle Workers) joins Nick and Heather to discuss the roast fighting game Oh…Sir! The Hollywood Roast. They talk about video games that try to be funny, crafting insults within the game, and more!
This episode is brought to you by Netgear (www.netgear.com/bestwifi).
