G'day there and welcome back... to us?   After a small break we're back with another episode of the Game Club Podcast, the podcast that's an excuse for us to talk about awesome video games, much like a book club.   No Catherine or Charles today, instead we have a special guest.   Today we walk to Ryan 'Rhapsody' Pearson during PAX Australia 2019. This rising YouTube star likes to focus on Indie rogue-like games for a very specific reason. Listen on to find out more.   Rhapsody's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/RhapsodyAssassin/featured   Rhapsody's Twitter: https://twitter.com/RhapsodyPlays   Dungeons & Drag Queers: https://www.thekweens.com.au/dndqau/   PAX Australia: https://aus.paxsite.com/   Slay the Spire: https://www.megacrit.com/   Darkest Dungeon: https://www.darkestdungeon.com/    Into the Breach: https://subsetgames.com/itb.html   Follow Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nfgDan   Check out more games stuff on Non-Fiction Gaming: https://www.nonfictiongaming.com/    

PAX Is over! But our excitement is not. Charles and Dan break down the best and worst of PAX AUS 2017 in this special episode of Game Club. There's more good than bad at the highlight of the nerd's year down under. But it's worth talking about who's doing things well in this space and who needs to lift their game.

Catherine 'Mad Dog' Hyphen returns for XCOM: Enemy Unknown on the Game Club Podcast. Intro – 0:00 Nerd Week – 1:06 XCOM Enemy Unknown - 12:20 XCOM Quiz – 39:24 Game Recommendations - 48:25 Next Week on Game Club – 50:29 Subscribe via iTunes - http://apple.co/2wvUfll Join the Game Club Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1734015683577343/ Game Club on Stitcher - http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/nonfiction-gaming/game-club?refid=stpr

Catherine is away training with monks in the QLD mountains to become a better PC gamer. So Charles and Dan catch up on the latest online outrage.  Is the SNES Mini Classic any good? (Yes). Charles is ranked pretty high in Star Wars Destiny... What's Cuphead all about and why are people up in arms about Mario & Yoshi? We discuss all that and more on this special episode of Game Club. http://www.nfglive.com/category/podcast/game-club/ Next week we promise to discuss XCOM: Enemy Unkown...

Get your crew and chart a course across the stars. It gets lonely out there in the deep of space, luckily you've got Game Club to discuss: Tabletop gaming, Tesla Batteries, SNES mini classic and this weeks Game Club game - Pulsar Lost Colony.

After the calamity what else is there to say? The Game Club Podcast sings a good old tune for Bastion. Can you save the world, is it worth saving? Put on your headphones and let the sweet music flow through your ears.

It's time to get tough on crime in Prison Architect. Catherine is back this week as we build to maximum security in the 12th episode of the podcast. Can Dan handle the solitary? Does Charles rule with an iron fist? Listen and discuss the Game Club game of the week: Prison Architect.

Faster Than Light Podcasting Intro – 0:00 Nerd Week – 2:11 Gaming News – 15:11 FTL Discussion – 30:20 Game Recommendations – 56:51 Quiz – 1:04:57 Next Week on Game Club – 1:11:37 FTL on Game Club Roguelike with Space Ship top down view Control your crew within your ship, different rooms, different weapons, different systems Being chased by the Rebellion (the bad guys for once?) Competing against escaping their encroaching forces and getting resources Quests, little narratives, shops, enemies Final boss ship Multiple ships and different tactics that focus on replayability Nerd Week Charles - Board Game testing day, Rick and Morty, Sweet Nerd presents! Daniel - Board game delivery! Witcher 3 defeated! Josh - Cool Sci-Fi escape room, Pocket Morty, Gaming News Daniel -  Valve’s $24 million 2017 International Dota 2 Championships  Josh - eSports at the Olympics Charles - The world’s first sex robot brothel is currently in talks to expand globally, while an Austrian brothel has claimed that its own sex doll is now more popular with clients than real women. FTL: Faster Than Light is a top-down roguelike space ship simulator created by indie developer Subset Games, which was first released for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux in September 2012. Developer: Subset Games Designer(s): Justin Ma; Matthew Davis Composer: Ben Prunty Writer(s): Tom Jubert Genre(s): Strategy, roguelike-like Publisher: Subset Games Game Recommendations Josh Defect Daniel Pulsar: Lost Colony Charles HuniePop Reach out to Game Club on Twitter: Tweet to us using #GameClubCast Follow Daniel – @nfgDan Encourage Charles to Tweet – @CharlesBryers Read Catherine’s scripts – @CSMcMullen Next Time on Game Club - Prison Architect We’d appreciate your thoughts on it in the comments below or in our new Facebook Group

Join the Game Club team as they play the unexpected hit of 2017, DREAM DADDY – a Dad Dating Simulator where you meet and romance other dads. Will Dan find his dream daddy? Will Catherine’s dads ever return her in-game texts? And what does Charles – an actual dad – think of it all? Join us for an action packed tenth podcast.

Papers Please. Have your documents ready. Game Club steps into the border checkpoint in this dystopian document thriller. Will the team stick to the Glory of Arstotzka? Or will they undermine the regime from within. Join us on the ninth episode of the podcast and check you've got your papers. Subscribe via iTunes Join the Game Club Facebook Group Game Club on Stitcher Show your thanks to Non-Fiction Gaming for this episode by becoming a Non-Fiction Gaming Patron at Patreon.com/nfglive. It will help ensure Game Club continues far into the future! In this Episode – Papers Please Intro – 0:00 Nerd Week – 0:34 Gaming News – 13:20 Papers Please Discussion – 28:13 Game Recommendations – 58:24 Quiz – 1:02:29 Next Week on Game Club – 1:08:34   Papers Please is Available From: Steam  GOG (PC) iTunes (iPad)   Nerd Week Catherine - Played Mysterium (was ghost) Charles - Board Game development, X-Wing, watched SNOWPIERCER Daniel - Running D&D games for AGPN, Watched Wonder Woman with Emma, Gaming News Daniel -  Disney takes two big steps into esports  Charles Disney Is Opening A 'Star Wars' Hotel Where You Get Your Own Storyline Catherine THE ‘SIMS 4’ COMMUNITY IS EMBROILED IN A WAR OVER A NEW LAUNDRY FEATURE About Papers Please   Genre: Adventure, Indie Developer: 3909 Publisher: 3909 Release Date: 9 Aug, 2013 Papers Please Discussion:    Listener's Comments Tweet to us using #GameClubCast Anthony Murphy: Jorji Costava is the best character. Every time he pops up I want to let him in, even though it costs me a mistake. I love his home made passport. Arstotzka the best! Matthew Callus: A very slow and ominous game when you first jump in, but once you get the hang of it, pace picks up & the satire is very well done.   Game Recommendations Catherine - Beholder - http://store.steampowered.com/app/475550/Beholder/ The Westport Independent - http://store.steampowered.com/app/352240/The_Westport_Independent/ Daniel Stanley Parable Orwell Charles Tropico Series Reach out to Game Club on Twitter: Tweet to us using #GameClubCast Follow Daniel – @nfgDan Encourage Charles to Tweet – @CharlesBryers Read Catherine’s scripts – @CSMcMullen   Next Time on Game Club: Dream Daddy:  Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator is a game where you play as a Dad and your goal is to meet and romance other hot Dads. You and your daughter have just moved into the sleepy seaside town of Maple Bay only to discover that everyone in your neighborhood is a single, dateable Dad! Will you go out with Teacher Dad? Goth Dad? Bad Dad? Or any of the other cool Dads in this game? With minigames, sidequests, and a variety of paths and endings, Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator is this year's most anticipated Dad-based game. Title: Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator Genre: Casual, Indie, Simulation Developer: Game Grumps Publisher: Game Grumps Release Date: 13 Jul, 2017 Dream Daddy on Steam We’d appreciate your thoughts on it in the comments below or in our new Facebook Group