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Ben and Trev continue to dive deep into reviews of little known games, such as Intense Bungee World Jedi Funk Academy Spirit Command Psycho Guitar and many more

It's a review episode! Ben and Trevor take a break from game design to discuss some of the real world games they've been playing lately, such as: the cooking/survival hybrid game Underwater Kitchen Battle; the 'modern retro' spiritual successor to Superman 64, Depressing Underwear 64; the mobile fad of the month, Mech With Friends; the massively popular entry in a series everyone is talking about, Masters of Spelling: Dystopia; and more!

Ben and Trev return to the classic formula of Ramped Up Click Pitch, discussing game ideas such as: Hunting kaiju across the seven seas; Racing against fellow mad scientists in crazy contraptions; Cultivate new crops on the back of a giant creature, while exploring strange new lands; and many more.

Ben and Trevor riff on some randomly generated prompts to come up with game designs - this week the ideas tended towards relationships and small narrative segments, with games like: a cross between X-Com and The Sims where your soldiers relationships are tied deeply into the combat mechanics a simulated road house with extensible stories that play out night after night a Satisfactory style automation game where all of your tools and machines are plants that you must keep alive a retired programmer is asked to go to space so she can fight a rogue AI and more!

Continuing our classic prompts from last week, Ben and Trevor make random game designs from https://what3words.com/ and random movies. Games such as: A platforming game with Gameshark/Gamegenie mechanics; Cats playing tennis with beatem up mechanics; Escape from your AI controlled house; Alien bounty hunting in a Narnia/Last Starfighter inspired mashup. and more!

Jumping back into some old games this week, Ben and Trevor make random game designs from https://what3words.com/ and random movies. Games such as: rival chocolate worshipping churches; a sequel set after Dorothy has left the Land of Oz, and the political machinations she left behind; exploring a mysterious maze with a bunch of survivors; discovering the real world outside the Metaverse; and more!

On the heels of the 2022 Global Game Jam, Ben and Trevor look at 20 games made by other teams, including a few highlights such as: Small Time Tennis Tale, Cantankerous Spelling Blaster, Queen of the Prison in Space, Armored Virus, Sleepy Gopher: The Resistence, and tons more!

With the Global Game Jam theme for 2022 releasing early this year, Ben and Trev utilise the theme in all their game designs for this episode. Protecting a space station with the power of tennis A 2d Character investigating the "erasure" of objects in their world Yet another surprise Batman game Bowling, but in two dimensions at the same time.

Ben and Trevor continue to come up with new improvised game designs, such as: An adventure game investigating STEMM A game that delves into what happens when two rainbows touch An adventure exploring dreams and deleting memories A surprise Batman game out of nowhere

Trevor and Ben head back into Click Pitch territory this week, improvising game designs from random words, while also throwing in some reviews of games they've been playing lately, such as: Jackie Chan's Motocross Hunt; 3D Fire Runner; Mickey's Chicken Operation; Gothic Puppy 3rd Strike; and more!

In a break from the typical game news and reviews, Ben and Trevor give their top 10 games from 2021, as well as the honourable mentions. **There will definitely be some spoiler discussions for some of the games, but, as per usual, they give plenty of warning.

In this holiday spooktacular, Ben and Trevor deck the halls with holiday themes as they invent new improvised game designs, such as: a Sea of Thieves inspired game where you compete against sleighs of elves to deliver the most gifts each night; experiencing a laid back Australian summer Christmas in the bush (in VR!); a space opera where you play a researcher trying to understand the strange jolly force that traverses the galaxy; a Crazy Taxi-esque drunken escapade across a town, delivery presents as best you can; and more!

In this weeks Click Pitch Garage, Ben and Trevor delve into the world of stream integration. A collectathon starring young aardvark working for the Sloth mafia with powerups selected by viewers. Escape from the dome using monsters made from viewer selected material. A piratey adventure where the directions are selected by the viewers. A platformer where the viewers can change the physics and rules during gameplay.

Continuing the Click Pitch Garage series, Ben and Trevor add combo meters into all their pitches this week, resulting in game designs such as: a portable toilet management simulator; a reporter for a National Inquirer style tabloid searches for stories; a man tries to give back for his past sins against the environment; a non-violent fighter all about deflection and blocking; and more!

Ben and Trevor continue with their new segment Click Pitch Garage, this week focusing on Tech Trees. Game ideas include; Santa vs Krampus: the epic battle between the mortal foes Try to relieve stress while landscaping and building the perfect shed The secret behind milk and where it actually comes from A horror game involving the first TV sets

Introducing a new game this week, Click Pitch Garage, Ben and Trevor explore a variety of game ideas all sharing the same mechanic: the humble grappling hook. From this they invent games such as: a horrifying VR descent into an unexplored cave; the camera operator for a foreign correspondent exploring a sunken city; a child stolen from Earth and raised to play a grapple based zero-gee sport; and more!

The random word gods keeps bringing us great game ideas such as: A multiplayer city builder / exploration game within a futuristic setting with conflicting gameplay An investigative game with fantastic arm physics A redemption story with Stanley Parable-esque gameplay A disturbing take on the Transformers.

The ideas are popping like champagne tonight as Ben and Trevor riff on improvised game ideas such as: An endless stealther set in a high security office building; A narrative adventure about a prophetic child and his father; A side scrolling journalistic mystery about a tech giant and their mysterious AI; and more!

Ben and Trevor battle through a power outage to bring you this episode, filled to the brim with game ideas that, unfortunately, will never be made, such as: The selection and subsequent adventures of the fifth Horseperson of the Apocalypse Investigate old recordings to find out the secret of your favourite band A rogue like set in a child's mind Investigate the death of an unknown playwright.

In the second Halloween special of the seasons, Ben and Trevor continue with some creepy Click Pitch, coming up with game ideas such as: a band trying to escape from a town of cannibals; the relationship between an elderly woman and the Grim Reaper; the haunting of a community television show; and more!