Infinite Cities
Four friends who met over the shared love of a video game, now meet weekly to play through some of the best games, book club style, and then talk about them.
Jetrunner (2025): What If Neon White But There's Colour?
Happy 5 year anniversary, us!
Do you like speedrunning? Do you like replaying stages until you get the platinum medal? Do you like Neon White (gameplay, not story)? Then you should take a listen to our thoughts on this fps-runner that chose to release on the same day as Silksong.
In this episode: cool New York sewers, punching walls, Nina White, vaulting, apologizing, 35 minute silver, grappling hook, hand cramps.
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Our theme music is Glass Half Full by the incredible Cliff, you can find him on Bandcamp!
Want to shout about...
Baba Is You (2019): Why Am I Asking For Sickos Baba?
Baba Is You
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In this episode: feather is defeat, horse-sized baba, mobile suit baba, the allure of physical media, feather's thesis, solution refinements, sokoban, the importance of waiting a beat, game as code, playing on other devices, fractally nested babas, Baba is Kaizo
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Little Inferno (2012): Do You Remember Salad Fingers?
Born too late to be a popcap brain rotter incremental. Born too early to reach "18.254 quattuordecillion". Just in time to be a perfect ipad game for the Wii U.
In this episode: The Tomorrow Corporation, 6/10, retro-indie, flash comparison, feather is a genius who's brain is enormous and also she is cool and even very pretty and you can definitely trust this description which is written by someone who definitely isn't her, more wanking over flash games, the dire wasteland of the Wii U, finally we must talk about the story.
~shoutouts zone~
One o...
Easy Delivery Co. (2025): Can You Be Cozy In A Blizzard?
Don't you just love driving in -15℃ and being incapable to see more than a few feet in front of your car? Will and Karp sure does, and they're doing their best to persuade Feather and Gary in this episode where we discuss Easy Delivery Co!
In this episode: understanding winter, KK Slider, not understanding winter, cat.wav, VIDEO GAME, huge pizzas, consensual violence, doordashing flowerpots.
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Our theme music is Glass Half Full by the incredible Cliff, you can find him on Bandcamp!
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Astro Boy: Omega Factor (2004): Why Should I Play On Easy?
Much like the absolutely horrendous evil killer sun robot at the end of stage 2-1, this game wants to be bigger than the tiny screen it's confined to. A full inventory of this game's design decisions takes about twenty minutes. A technical mastery of the GBA is on display, but as late as it came it - does it matter? Is there room in your life for a forgotten, obsolete, well-crafted retro game? Is there room in your robot heart for love?
In this episode: What is an Astro Boy, every GBA game, person who has only...
Peak (2025): Is This The Way?
In This episode: We played peak! Stamina, Passports, Feather getting shot by a blow dart, Trying to save feather from the blow dart, falling down a hole, cheeky guys, 20 player expedition.
Shoutouts Zone:
Cozy Con online
https://www.mixcloud.com/live/CozyConOnline/
Silksong (2025): Milksong?
A little less than two years ago, the pod delved deep into the Hallownest, embracing the void in order to push back the Radiance. Now, we're returning to the bug life, weaving our thread of destiny throughout the kingdom of Pharloom. Will we accomplish our climb towards the Citadel, or fall prey to the innumerable bosses that stand in our way? Who knows! All we can really do is, in the words of our protag, git gud.
in this episode: hype levels, the run button, down slash supremacy, put hornet in smash, crests, tool use, be...
What The Car? (2023): What The Car?
This is a game that lives under a lot of very unkind shadows: the shadow of it's predecessor, What The Golf, a very fun and unique game and one that we played in the perfect environment (as a group, eighteen hours into a twenty four hour stream). What the car is in the shadow of the modern gaming environment, where a game that definitely has twenty dollars of work in it is still twenty whole dollars. And right now, it's also in the shadow of silksong and/or a very unhappy feather's job.
Sorry What The Car...
Arctic Eggs (2024): Can You Fry An Egg On Top Of Mount Everest?
CW: lots of food talk. As always.
How many eggs have you cooked? How many stingrays? How many cigarettes? We're here to answer all these questions and more, but not the most important question of them all: is this game saying anything?
In this episode: lukewarm icecubes, but I digress, stabbing fish, the She-Ra curse, friction pans, petting a chicken, snack scorpions, 2020's-Itch-house-style, bouncy puffer fish.
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Our theme music is Glass Half Full by the incredible Cliff, you can find him on Bandcamp!
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Yakuza 0 (2015) Part 2: Can You Breakdance Yet?
We continue on our 80s crime adventure, even against insurmountable odds! (The odds are the fact that this game is like 100 hours long!) We'd have a better chance if we didn't keep getting distracted - still, it's always nice to return to Kamurochō.
In this episode: Locked in the batting cages, the virtues of motorcycles as a melee weapon, the curse of the charismatic autobiography, please let me change clothes these ones are covered in blood theoretically, living in the sidequest dimension, Majima thoughts, who is this guy again? Tier listing all the minigames (number 8 WILL surprise y...
To A T (2025): Are We Playing A Game For Kids?
We're taking a break from beating up yakuza to play a quirky little game by the Katamari people. Can you guess who didn't like it and watched a Longplay instead?
In this episode: eye boogers, giraffe cabal, Noby Noby Boy, pineapple juice day, easily befriendable bullies, The Looker, uninteresting jank.
~shoutout zone~
QWOP
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Our theme music is Glass Half Full by the incredible Cliff, you can find him on Bandcamp!
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Yakuza Zero (2015) - Can You Curbstomp A Guy And Be Friends After?
After a week living Yakuza through baseball games and karaoke, the gang is playing Yakuza. Or, well, we're mostly watching it, so far? Most of us, anyway.
in this episode: a fiery game full of passionate men, so many cutscenes, how long to beat, aura plays, scummy but flashy vibes, sweet potater soju, hot and heavy, thicc drama, jingle all the way, bacchus, hallway fights, living yakuza, fatt onion order, t poses, welcome to several cities
~shoutout zone~
Yakuza Zero Goro Majima Introduction
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Our theme music is Gl...
Wildfrost (2023): Where's My Damage At?
You gotta love a roguelike deckbuilder. It's the peanutbutter and chocolate of genres. The randomness and run-to-run differentiation, with the short-loop tactics of building a deck. It's so good together!
Except sometimes you get a peanutbutter guy and then spend the next ten minutes looking for mr. chocolate until you hit the big ugly jelly boss and he blaps you back to the goddamn home screen.
I'm not mad. I'm not mad! Don't let them tell you I'm mad. This game is too cute for that.
In this episode: misleading art, deckbuilders, out he...
Citizen Sleeper 2 (2024): Did You Get Your Basement Mushrooms?
It's the summer, which means the clocks are ticking down and everyone's fucking busy. Except for me and Feather, who are here to yap, as always. It's Citizen Sleeper 2! If you haven't listened to our episode on the first game, you can do so here, but it is not required for this discussion! Join us as we talk about building safety nets, trusting others, transness, and bodies!
in this episode: clocks, dice, having your own ship, fucking yu-jin, crew dynamics, the stray is my child, should this be harder, flint, alex jones was right about t...
UFO 50 (2024): What Game Should We Play Next?
It's episode 100! To celebrate, we're playing all the games.
Okay, not all the games. Just a lot of games. Just fifty of the games.
And well, we each only played some of those.
But MANG let me TELL you about a game I played!
In this episode: 100 episodes, steelmanning the barbuta defense squad, retro jank, bouncing off bushido ball, what the hell is golfaria, the timelessness of puzzle games, mooncat.
~shoutouts zone~
Shout outs to you! Thanks for being with us over 100 of this dang things.
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Another Crab's Treasure (2024): Dude, Where's My Shell?
Someone's taken our shell, and we're getting it back, no matter who's in the way. Gary and Karp chose to tackle some crabs this week. Hope you like Soulslikes, because we sure do, and this is a great one.
In this episode: Prawn shop, rubberbanded lobsters, Gary's gonna shoot someone, sea-mmer, shark-grabber, LAWBREAKER, hackey-sack, fish swearing.
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Our theme music is Glass Half Full by the incredible Cliff, you can find him on Bandcamp!
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Dredge (2023) - Does This Game Need More Teeth?
We're kicking of the Summer of Sea with a spooky fishing game. Gary has been obsessed with "number go up" and Will has been taking it easy as we Dredge for spooky fish.
in this episode - feather's bad takes, feeling the call of the sea, number go up, fucked up fish, fish organized neatly, maine vibes, the horrors, eel time, spookylite, the story, squidfuckers, the summer of sea, summer games fest, ah the french
~shoutout zone~
LEGO Voyagers
Big Walk
Wildgate
SpaceCraft
Sol M...
Pepper Grinder (2023) - Would You Like To Boost Into That Pit?
Editor's note: feather screwed up her audio file and we had to pull the Craig backup! First, big ups to Craig, he's got our back (most of the time). Second, there's a few moments where here audio cuts out for a tenth of a second - it's not too bad, but be aware that it's her and not you.
I'm not sure there's a bigger divide between reality and their fictional representation than when it comes to tunnel boring machines. In reality, they're huge, complicated machines that move maybe a few dozen meters a day. In fiction...
What Remains of Edith Finch (2017): Can You Imagine Going Into The Basement And Discover You Have An Uncle??
Will is out of town this week so it's up to the rest of us to explore this ridiculous and ridiculously detailed house and watch several generations of a family die in weird and unusual ways. Also crying. A lot.
In this ep: Dear Esther, Tales From The Crypt, return of a classic, The Unfinished Swan, cinematography, sharks rolling down hills, generational grief, Grover House
~shoutouts zone~
Joseph Anderson's video on Edith Finch
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Our theme music is Glass Half Full by the incredible Cliff, you can find him on...
Mullet MadJack (2024) - Can You Aim Down Sight?
It's a mad week with a wild mullet! We're playing the 2024 boomer shooter, Mullet MadJack and we've only got 10 seconds to live! Give us that dopamine!!
ep 95: Mullet MadJack (2024) - Can You Aim Down Sight?
in this episode: robillionaires, synthwave the video game, gameplay, wildly unbalanced, the shotgun, will needs dopamine every 10 seconds, take a moment, bad tutorializations, silent protagonist, the freshest boots, ohmygoshi, ludonarritive dissonance, the vibes are off, the droizart people, the new pope, why so lime, stardewpilled
~shoutouts zone~
corru.observer
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Herobrine's Mansion (2012): Bill Gates, Can We Talk For A Moment?
Finally, we get (most) of the crew together in one place long enough to face off against the evil herobrine!
Through the power of friendship, trapping mobs in corners, infinte respawn, and more than a bit of of creative mode, we successfully defeated herobrine - and his horrible creation, the wither!
Or something. Plot isn't the strong point here. Or gameplay, if we're being honest. Mostly, we're just here to appreciate the wonder this works at all. For all the bugs and flaws, this minecraft adventure mode map is still still a shining victory of t...
Stardew Valley (2016): Is He Interesting Or Does He Just Have Hair?
I'm tired, we're tired, and if I had to take a guess, you're probably tired too. That's why we turn to games like stardew valley: because they suck and when we're miserable it's nice to just tear into a bunch of loser guys who live with their parents and dare to think they're anywhere near the same league as you, a perfect farming god(dess).
In this episode: being tired, here is your biweekly egg please love me, sauceless losers, harem anime protagonist, how much can one radish cost, ten dollars? He's not that interesting he just...
Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, And The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist (2015) - Would You Go Backstage?
We needed a short game, and we picked something we could talk for longer than the runtime. Made by Crows, Crows, Crows, "Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, And the Terribly Cursed Emerald" gives us at least 20 minutes of converstaion for you to languish in and enjoy, and we'll be back next week with, well, something!
in this episode: stone busts, secret passges, the emerald room, guards, lasers, the vault, searchlights, a motherfucking tiger...
stealth sections, roleplaying in the stem forum, the trailer isn't real, strikes, davey wreden and william pugh, replay value, fourth wall theories, f...
1000xResist (2024) Part 2: Do You Have Mommy Issues?
ite: who should play this, indie devs love stealth sections like [redacted for spoilers] like [also redacted for spoilers], mythos, reality, and reform, trying and failing stay on topic, levels of reality, that's not how the ending goes, ending choices, religion, Will's worldview, Knower and the Guarden, Confirmation and the Sacrements, The Stranger, Parenting, the PRC, Vampire Survivors, Karp didn't click with this, Honk Kong MTR, there is a fascist coup happening in the US dont let them win.
shoutouts:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_peasant_revolts
https://www.youtube.com/user/Re...
Blue Prince (2025): Are You Enjoying Taking Notes?
Important Announcement! This weekend is Taco De Minecraft!
It's our annual community livestream, except way, way more chill - so chill it's just going to be in the voice channels of the Taco Stand Discord. We're going to hang out! We're going to play Minecraft! We might play some other games? The day is full of potential! The only thing that is certain is you should consider donating to the Southern California Immigration Project, here: https://www.socalimmigrationproject.org/donate
"It is easier to raise questions than answer them."
- The Fundamental Law Of...
1000xResist (2024): How Do I Get Out Of This Guarden?
Sphere to square, sisters. In today's communion we will remember what it was like to play a Visual Novel/walking sim where you explore exactly how bad a cult can get. /hj
In this episode: Steam Workshop asset flip, consecutive apocalypses, the Horse Room, your typical canadian/japanese school, cool glasses, garlic confit, a game made for Feather, having a cake and not eating it.
~shoutouts zone~
Our very own Minecraft server! IP is as follows: mc.theinfinitecities.com
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Our theme music is Glass Half Full by the incredible...
Spyro Reignited Trilogy (2018) - Who Are These Guys?
No one's had a chance to really dive into 1000xResist yet, so Gary hijacked the podcast to teach Will/reminisce about Spyro.
in this episode: comfort food and nostalgia, baby's first collectathon, quality of life improvements, sassy spyro, inspirational photos, this ursine sucks, spyro just helps people, very tongue in cheek, oops it's metroid prime now, switch to switch 2 talk, get a wii u, too blood too borne
~shoutouts zone~
Spyro 2 Intro and Outro scenes
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Our theme music is Glass Half Full by the incredible Cliff, you...
Minecraft (2009/2025): Gary, Why Don't You Like Minecraft?
What the heck is left to say about "minecraft?". What are we even doing here?
For god's sake, it's so big even microsoft notepad (which has a spellchecker now) knows what minecraft is, inasmuch it wants me to capitalize every instance of the word. I'm manually de-capitalizing this. Capitalization is for corpos, except the title of this episode, becuase while I don't respect trademark laws, I do respect the laws of grammar. Don't at me to tell me minecraft is a proper noun and thus this is actually a law of grammar I'm violating.
What t...
Lil Gator Game (2022): Where Did They Get All This Plywood?
Turn back your internal clock to when you were ~6 years old, and your sister played impressively built imaginary adventures with you. Time to get the gang back together to do it one more time.
In this ep: trampoline skipping, talking in small letters only, breaking kayfabe, sibling age gaps, big scary whale, every game needs a ragdoll button.
~shoutout zone~
Wikipedia page for The Floor Is Lava
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Our theme music is Glass Half Full by the incredible Cliff, you can find him on Bandcamp!
Want to shout...
Minit Fun Racer (2021): Where Does The Pizza Go? (Plus! WHEELJAM)
"minit fun racer is a game where you have a lil two stroke and then you die"
In this episode: Hades comparisons, shooting-things-off-a-ramp-alikes, Karp knows truck hitboxes and these - boss, these just ain't it, flame decals, what is going on in this world, the minit minute, speedrunning (it takes about a minute to beat minit fun racer actually).
Also in this episode: WHEELJAM, prequels, failing to understand the Oblivion conversation wheel, when your brain melts so hard you can't beat the only level in your game.
~shoutouts zone~
WHEELJAM
<...Birds Organized Neatly (2024) - Is This What Feather's House Looks Like?
It's time to set these birds straight. Sometimes sideways. Or upside-down. Also, look at all the succulents. Join us for a short but sweet time in Birds Organized Neatly!
In this ep: bird in the bookstore, Computerparts Organized Neatly, setpiece birds, plant noises, stolen bird-valour, Counseling, pandas were designed to die.
~shoutout zone~
Theremin's band, Counseling
Bird in Gary's bookstore
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Our theme music is Glass Half Full by the incredible Cliff, you can find him on Bandcamp!
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Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (2017) - Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back (1997) - Are Bandicoots Real?
The team is crashing out this week! It's sort of a nostalgia pick, but it's a remake of an almost 30 year old game and somehow it's worse now??
in this episode: daylight savings, 3d platforming, blunderdome time, slapping the bandicoot, one hundred percent charm, this is a pro gex podcast, a lizard platformer, in this house you commit to the bit, joe piscopo, crash is fragile, the remake deserved better, the worst save menu, feather's so mad, crash 4, emulation, he's cRaZy, yohoho puzzle pirates
~shoutout zone~
Hooja x Mirian Bryant - VEM FA...
Nine Sols (2024): Why Didn't You Parry It?
You have to admire and respect games that are willing to be themselves so strongly that they turn people off. Nine Sols is willing to give you just a little bit of a hand (amazing difficulty sliders), but if that can't get you over the hump - all of its worldbuilding and art and laser-tight combat just aren't for you. Nine Sols' purity of will is so strong, it can even parry you.
In this episode: Nerts! NES difficulty, eventually every piece of video game criticism will devolve into pointing at dark souls and grunting, backtracking, being fu...
We ♥ Katamari REROLL+ Royal Reverie (2021): Can We Talk About How Cool The King of All Cosmos Is?
Karp got rolled up in a katamari and is now a star in the sky, but the rest of us are still trapped here in the Select Plaza trying to help a dog roll up the Sun!
in this episode: you roll stuff up, getting bigger faster, under the sea, the judgement of the king, shit on purpose, pole-vaulting with the katamari, hoping you go the right direction, the worst bird of all time, rolling the sun up for that dog, just do a couple katamaris, welcome to the pompadour zone, significant bulge action, katamari h...
El Paso Elsewhere (2022): When Is He Gonna Start Rapping?
Strange Scaffold's I Am Your Beast made several of our GOTY lists, with good reason. This game feels like a prototype to that, trading Beast's frenetic relentless energy for a drawn out character study. It's not a very good trade, but seeing the strange scaffolding built up in El Paso Elsewhere to later enable Beast is at the very least fascinating. At the very least, you have to respect the art and swagger!
In this episode: wait a minute - I hate Strange Scaffold, I Am Your Beast, wildly divergent game understandings, dives, rolls, and diverolls, enemy...
In Stars and Time (2023) Part 2: What Happened to the Colors?
(haven't we been here before?)
(why are we doing this again?)
(will we really finish this time . . .)
in this episode: repeating bits, learning to talk to your friends, not a Click-alike, spospoiler onionon, just attack, friendquests, so many mysteries, sidequests, loop, wishes, shared trauma, big rock bottom, dark siffrin, no hat siffrin, poke a bird
~shoutouts zone~
Get Ready, Everyone! (Battle Theme)
Meeting the Change God!
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Our theme music is Glass Half Full by the incredible Cliff, you can find him on...
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (2024): When Do You Feel Like Indy?
A BRIEF ACCOUNTING OF (SOME) OF INDIANA JONES CRIMES FROM THE GREAT CIRCLE AFFAIR, AS COMPILED BY WILL:
Desecration of Bodies
Destruction of Sacred Artifacts
Grave Robbing
Public/Civilian Endangerment
Honestly Anyone who willingly uses a loaded gun as a club should go to jail bad barrel management
Destruction of Cultural Sites (Given the number of nazis i've shot in the face im calling this an armed conflict and while i think you could make a case for the fact it was not deliberate i think that going into a tomb you you k...
In Stars And Time (2023) Part 1: Do You Remember?
[Stardust, you know you can skip the postpod, right?]
In this episode: Adam Sandler's seminal work Click, Earthbound, Nosferatu (all of them), Undertale, your amazing companions, JRPGs gonna JRPG, just run away lol, you jerk ass mf how dare you play the game, skill issues, looping mechanics, wild speculation, Bill Murphy's Groundhog Day.
~shoutouts zone~
Be Careful, Everyone! (Boss Theme)
The Langoliers
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Our theme music is Glass Half Full by the incredible Cliff, you can find him on Bandcamp!
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Echo Point Nova (2024): Is There Too Much Movement?
In this Episode:
The loudest AC in the world, Pennsylvania Winter, Kickflip dimension, how to buy a grappling hook, Cookie Dinner, Double Barrell 1911, Dragonfly nightmare boss, MLG, Getting over it, Splatoon, and The Straights
~shoutouts zone~
Grappling Hook from Brute Magnetics:
https://brutemagnetics.com/products/grappling-hook
Sonic Air Riders:
https://sonic.fandom.com/wiki/Sonic_Riders_series
EPN Trailer (Echo Point Nova is on sale until February 5th):
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1836730/Echo_Point_Nova/
Hyperbolica:
https://store.s...
Sayonara Wild Hearts (2019): Does This Music Make You Feel Love Again?
STAY WILD, WILD HEART!
Content warnings: this episode contains non-explicit discussions of drugs and sex toys.
In this episode: best game of all time, ice age voice actors, rez, Gita come on our podcast, the perfect chorus, horoscope AND tarot, Indiana Jones.
~shoutouts zone~
Rez, just like in general
PC Gamer: Ultrakill now has official sex toy support
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Our theme music is Glass Half Full by the incredible Cliff, you can find him on Bandcamp!
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