Big Game Hunger

Big Game Hunger

Big Game Hunger is a weekly comedy show where Jenna Stoeber and friends craft the big next game every episode. Starting with a random genre, concept, and vibe, Jenna and a friend will take a game all the way from pitch, to slightly more developed pitch. By the end of the episode, they’ll have honed an IP so irresistible, you’ll be ready to risk $25 for it on Steam. Get ready to laugh about games you love, learn about game trends, and yearn for titles that will surely never make their release date. New episodes every Monday.

  1. MAR 31

    Danny O'Dwyer throws a chill party

    Danny O'Dwyer, documentary maker and founder of NoClip, tackles some difficult questions, like how do you create truth in history, and some difficult prompts, like:PsychadelicA time-traveler arrives from the future to stop you from committing an unspecified act that leads to catastrophe on their timeline. The setting is flexible and can be determined by the adjective, but the player character should not have a conventionally powerful job or hobby, and the traveler should be as cagey as possible about the nature of the catastropheA game where you can't tell if you're playing or notThere's only one game you could make with prompts like this, and it's a time traveling game about repressing teen horniness! "Mood Ring: Edging of Tomorrow" put you in control of both fate and a smart house, which you'll use to prevent a future criminal (perhaps... yourself??) from being born! Follow Danny on Bluesky @DannyOdwyer! Check out the first episode of NoClip's Dwarf Fortress documentary, and then all the rest of the episodes after that! Pick up a Blu-Ray of the NoClip Hades documentary here. Check out Insert Coin at InsertCoinClothing.com! Visit the DFTBA Big Game Hunger merch shop at bit.ly/jennamerch. Support this show, and submit your OWN random prompts, by subscribing at Patreon.com/TheJenna. Gift subscriptions are now available at Patreon.com/TheJenna/Gift. Email the show at BigGameHungerPod@gmail.com.Big Game Hunger is part of the Multitude Collective of podcasts. Created and hosted by Jenna Stoeber. Big Game Hunger is a weekly video game podcast where Jenna Stoeber and a guest get three random prompts and have to make the big next game based on them. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    1h 21m
  2. MAR 24

    Izzy Kestrel turns us upside down

    Izzy Kestrel, indie game dev and Gexpert, tackles a special returning prompt with:borborygmic (“of or relating to a rumbling or gurgling sound caused by the movement of gas in the intestines)Surgeryall control inputs are oppositeThe resulting game, "Reflections of a Surgeon: Control Issues," will test your patience as you work on patients in a number of mirror worlds. Start out with a normal keyboard layout, then be prepared to flip and turn it till you have mastered it in every direction! Follow Izzy on Bluesky @iznaut to see more about her secret GEX RELATED PROJECT when it drops, and check out her games on Itch at Iznaut! In particular, enjoy Lavendar Crush, which I mentioned in this episode. Audio Maverick is a new 9-part podcast about radio visionary Himan Brown. Explore the Golden Age of radio through the life of this famous New Yorker, whose programs brought millions of families around their radios each night. Listen to Audio Maverick wherever you find your podcasts, like Apple Podcasts! Visit the DFTBA Big Game Hunger merch shop at bit.ly/jennamerch. Support this show, and submit your OWN random prompts, by subscribing at Patreon.com/TheJenna. Gift subscriptions are now available at Patreon.com/TheJenna/Gift. Email the show at BigGameHungerPod@gmail.com.Big Game Hunger is part of the Multitude Collective of podcasts. Created and hosted by Jenna Stoeber. Big Game Hunger is a weekly video game podcast where Jenna Stoeber and a guest get three random prompts and have to make the big next game based on them. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    48 min
  3. MAR 17

    Francis Zierer unites the planet

    Francis Zierer, creator of CreatorSpotlight, pulls us back together again as a people with the prompts:Stickycursed game from the futuremaze game - tiltingPlay three different modes in "All the King’s Horses: A Terraforming Game"! As earth itself, trying to reform Pangaea and reset humanity down to a certain threshold, as a world leader trying to reform Pangaea and preserve human life, or as extraterrestrials trying to wipe out humanity (and reform Pangaea). Do you want to use tugboats or ocean waves to fit it back into place? Or are you more comfortable lobbing missiles from orbit to cram it all back into place? Find Francis' work at Creator Spotlight, and especially check out the interview we did here! Check out beehiiv as an excellent newsletter platform. Also follow him on Bluesky @fzierer! Visit the DFTBA Big Game Hunger merch shop at bit.ly/jennamerch. Support this show, and submit your OWN random prompts, by subscribing at Patreon.com/TheJenna. Gift subscriptions are now available at Patreon.com/TheJenna/Gift. Email the show at BigGameHungerPod@gmail.com.Big Game Hunger is part of the Multitude Collective of podcasts. Created and hosted by Jenna Stoeber. Big Game Hunger is a weekly video game podcast where Jenna Stoeber and a guest get three random prompts and have to make the big next game based on them. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    56 min
5
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29 Ratings

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Big Game Hunger is a weekly comedy show where Jenna Stoeber and friends craft the big next game every episode. Starting with a random genre, concept, and vibe, Jenna and a friend will take a game all the way from pitch, to slightly more developed pitch. By the end of the episode, they’ll have honed an IP so irresistible, you’ll be ready to risk $25 for it on Steam. Get ready to laugh about games you love, learn about game trends, and yearn for titles that will surely never make their release date. New episodes every Monday.

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