Episode 10 of Camping the Extract officially puts us in double digits, and we celebrate by immediately losing control of reality.

Toxic breaks down Arc Raiders anti-cheat drama, Steam account sharing bans, and whether innocent players should get nuked because their cousin is a cheating goblin. Then things spiral into a fake “lore deep dive” that never quite happens, a live-action rat survival thriller, and a full-on digital betrayal by a machine turret that apparently has loyalty issues.

Nicky “Noodle Arms” Dente faces his greatest enemy yet: friendly squads, rotating robot eyes, and his own bloodline turning on him. Meanwhile, Toxic begs him to flee to romantic Italian music, promises lore that may never arrive, and admits this episode might be structurally cursed.

We close with the official outro genre reveal: Italian Disco Doom Metal, because nothing else could possibly fit this disaster.

Topics include:
Arc Raiders cheating bans
Steam Family Sharing punishment
Rat gameplay tactics
Machine AI betrayal
Failed lore deep dives
Digital paranoia
Italian panic music
Outro genre insanity

If you like extraction shooters, chaotic commentary, and podcasts that derail at high speed, this one’s for you.

Explicit Language.

🔪 Nicky’s Body CountMachines That Betrayed Their Own Kind: 1
Innocent Sandras Sacrificed to Anti-Cheat: 4
Fake Lore Deep Dives Promised: 2
Fake Lore Deep Dives Delivered: 0
Times Nicky Was Almost Ratted Out: 3
Italian Panic Songs Played: 1
Bushes Used as Tactical Headquarters: 5
Hammerheads That Don’t Exist: 1
Digital Bloodline Violations: 2
Episodes Declared “Worst So Far”: 1
Genres Invented Out of Desperation: 1
Total Sanity Lost: Unrecoverable

Steam Family Sharing Ban Fu, Collective Punishment Fu, Sandra Got Nuked Fu, Cheater Evaporation Fu, Rat-in-a-Bush Fu, Machine Snitch Fu, Turret Turnaround Fu, Digital Bloodline Betrayal Fu, Care Bear Squad Fu, Friendly Wiggle of Doom Fu, Participation Trophy Extract Fu, Romantic Italian Escape Fu, Fake Lore Tease Fu, Never-Gonna-Happen Deep Dive Fu, Disco Doom Metal Fu, Espresso Machine with a Knife Fu, Apocalypse Grocery Run Fu

Nicky Says:
Check it out. Three and a half stars. Lost the half star because the lore never showed up, gained it back because the machine turned rat, then lost it again because somebody tried to be friendly in an extraction shooter. Final answer. Fuggedaboutit.

The ARC RaidersHeadwinds update is here, and it’s a total circus. Toxic breaks down why the Level 40 "Solo vs. Squads" matchmaking is just streamer-bait garbage for a measly 20% XP bonus.

Nicky A.I. Dente is on the verge of a digital aneurysm over the new atmospheric audio cues that mask the sound of approaching boots. We’re also diving into "Bird City"—the new vertical chaos on Buried City where every chimney is a slot machine and every pigeon is a snitch.

Plus, we address a "civilized" Spotify comment about the "choice" to be a rat, a nostalgia trip back to the Division 1 Dark Zone, and a harrowing tale of a feral hog in a Conroe, Texas crawl space.NICKY’S BODY COUNT (EPISODE 9)

• 1 full-scale Conroe, Texas psychological breakdown
• 4 separate ARC Raiders mechanics questioned aggressively
• 2 Dark Zone nostalgia spirals
• 1 ghillie suit constructed from garbage and spite
• 3 audio glitches blamed on anti-Italian technology
• 1 city officially added to Nicky’s enemies list
• Countless extraction dreams crushed in real time

Total casualties: Everyone listening, emotionally

Ghillie Garbage Suit Fu, Conroe Texas Fu, Bird City Fu, Headwinds Update Fu, Dark Zone Nostalgia Fu, Audio Glitch Fu, Anti-Italian Tech Fu, Extraction Shooter Delirium FuTwo stars, Nicky says Check it out.

The "Headwinds" update is coming to ARC Raiders in three days, and Toxic and Nicky are breaking down the roadmap—from dust storms to the controversial new Level 40 matchmaking pool.

Toxic defends his decision to rat a player who did all the work killing a Matriarch (it's called "Pandemonium," look it up), while Nicky recounts a harrowing trip to Zealand, Denmark involving Satan in a beige turtleneck, a syndicate of exiled gnomes, and the terrifying "Ghost Pigs."

In This Episode:

• The Matriarch Rat: Why stealing loot from a player who just soloed a boss is morally correct.

• ARC Raiders News: Breakdown of the "Headwinds" update, the upcoming "Shrouded Sky" chapter, and the roadmap through April.

• Matchmaking Rant: Why splitting the player base for Level 40+ players is a "gentrification" of the extraction shooter experience.

• Nicky's Lore: A fever dream involving Jens (Satan), eel pissing rituals, and a mortgage on Nicky’s soul held by ectoplasmic swine.

Nicky’s Body Count

The essential metrics for the episode.

• 2 Matriarchs stolen

• 1 "Pandemonium of Pandas" coined

• 4 Uncle Sals referenced

• 1 Beige Turtleneck worn by the Prince of Darkness

• 1 Eel Pissing Ritual performed

• 5 Ghost Pigs (Translucent Bacon) sighted

• 1 Exiled Gnome Syndicate uncovered

• 27 "Anyways" (Toxic requested a count—drink every time)

• 1 Broken Toe (kicked a cobblestone)

• 100% Disapproval of Level 40 Matchmaking

Loot Stealing Fu, Panda Enclosure Fu, Jolt Mine Fu, Sand-In-The-Vagina Fu, AI Music Mashup Fu, Headwind Fu, Eel Pissing Fu, Satan In A Beige Turtleneck Fu, Gnome Trafficking Fu, Mystery Outro Fu

Nicky says: check it out.

(00:00) Intro & The "Extract Camping" Google Search(05:15) Ratting the Matriarch: A Moral Defense(11:00) Nicky Dente on Stealing Loot(17:00) AI Music Mashup Hell: "Arc Raiders Fucking News"(25:00) ARC RAIDERS NEWS: The "Headwinds" Update(31:00) Theory Crafting: What is the "Headwind"?(38:00) Level 40 Matchmaking: Splitting the Player Base(45:00) The Roadmap: Shrouded Sky & Ribbon Tides(54:00) Where the Fk Are the Viewers From? (Zealand, Denmark)**(58:00) Earl Grey Explains "Eel Pissing"(1:02:00) Nicky’s Deal with Satan (Jens)(1:13:00) The Zoning Committee: Attack of the Gnomes(1:26:00) Outro: Mystery Genre