Tim joins us for his first pod of the year as we chat about an interesting game study on the use of touch and smell in VR, Tim’s obsession with Battletech, and more! It was a great pod, so I hope you hang out with us as we go down this weird rabbit hole!

Games we talked about this week: Battletech, Ghost of Yotei

Check out https://www.startmenu.co.uk/ , an awesome site Brandon is now writing for! And check out his latest review on Goodnight Universe here at this link!

Article of the Week: Research on the interaction design of VR plant installation under the perspective of embodiment

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"We Decide" by Tatami

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Slight Spoilers for:

It’s the attack of the Brandons, coming at you for the first Scatterbrained of 2026! We briefly discuss the article of the week, recap Fantasy Critic from last year, and then dive into what we picked up and played over the Winter Break! Join us as we leap into the New Year!

Games we talked about this week:Ghost of Yotei, Megabonk, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, Abiotic Factor, Nine Kings, Ship of Fools, Palworld, Split Fiction

Check out https://www.startmenu.co.uk/ , an awesome site Brandon is now writing for! And check out his latest review on Goodnight Universe here at this link!

Article of the Week: Environmental Storytelling and Active Spectatorship in Walking Simulators and Exploration Theatre

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"We Decide" by Tatami

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HEAVY Spoilers for and Roger, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Brandon and Joe finally come together again to discuss their Top 10 games from the year! Brandon gets pretty in his feels for this one, so be ready!

Timestamps:

• Introduction - 00:09
• Pre-GOTY Setup - 01:56
• Honorable Mentions - 03:34
• Joe #10 - 06:46
• Brandon #10 - 12:37
• Joe #9 - 15:20
• Brandon #9 - 17:56
• Joe #8 - 19:44
• Brandon #8 - 26:36
• Joe #7 - 30:48
• Brandon #7 - 35:38
• Joe #6 - 41:50
• Brandon #6 - 46:41
• Joe #5 - 46:58
• Brandon #5 - 1:01:51
• Joe #4 - 1:02:02
• Brandon #4 - 1:14:35
• Joe #3 - 1:15:17
• Brandon #3 - 1:25:10
• Joe #2 - 1:36:31
• Brandon #2 - 1:51:01
• Brandon and Joe #1 - 1:57:54
• Heavy Spoilters for our #1 - 2:03:41
• Looking Forward - 2:18:05
• Wrapping Up the Year and Thank You! - 2:19:21

Check out https://www.startmenu.co.uk/, an awesome site Brandon is now writing for!

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"We Decide" by Tatami

Night in Kyoto by AVBE:

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Mind Controllers is on break for the next few weeks! Craw is traveling and then hosting some guests at his house. So hopefully we will return on December 19th!

Check out https://www.startmenu.co.uk/ , an awesome site Brandon is now writing for! And check out his first review on and Roger here at this link and now 2nd review of Keeper!

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Slight Spoilers for: Outer Worlds 2

It’s Brandon, Courture, and Tim back together again to talk about all the games we’ve been playing this week! Brandon and Courture talk about their time with Outer Worlds 2 and how it doesn’t quite live up to the expectations it sets for itself at the start of the game. And Tim tells us about his new foray into RTS games.

Games we talked about this week: and Roger, Keeper, Outer Worlds 2, Battle of Wesnot, Battletch

Check out https://www.startmenu.co.uk/ , an awesome site Brandon is now writing for! And check out his first review on and Roger here at this link!

To find out more about Tim’s music, check out: www.whisp.band !

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Spoilers for: Pokemon Legends ZA

Memo returns and Joe joins us as we get the 3 biggest Pokemon fans we know in one podcast to discuss the latest entry by GameFreak! We chat about our likes and dislikes as life long Pokemon fans.

Games we talked about this week: Pokemon Go, Sleep, Legends ZA

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Spoilers for: Silksong, Digimon Story, and Before Your Eyes

Courture returns to chat about Silksong, one of his favorite games this year! Then we talk about our frustrations with Game Freak and Legends ZA, Nintendo’s grip on pricing, Xbox’s slow downfall, and end it with the return of the article of the week! It’s a doozy!

Games we talked about this week: Silksong, Digimon Story, Before Your Eyes, To The Moon, Dispatch

Article of the Week: Unraveling Grief: Design Space Analysis of Death-themed Games

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Panel on Silkposting

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