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Exquisite Suffering

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Why are you doing even more of this to us? Exquisite Suffering is what we call the premium episodes of our show that's kind of about bad games, Abject Suffering. For several years we offered two extra episodes of the show per month to our patrons. Now, the extensive backlog of those episodes is one of the more valuable reasons to become a member!

This show is not currently releasing episodes, but Abject Suffering continues.

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  • 204 episodes
  • Updated Jan 19, 2025
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  • Jul 2, 2017 · 5 min

    [PREVIEW] Exquisite Suffering 23: Super Pitfall

    Super Pitfall is one of those classic kusoge games, covered by your video game nerds both angry and normal flavor. But it's also a super slight platformer that doesn't really have too much to talk about, so let's get right to the heart of the matter by discussing those frogs with the DSLs.

  • Jul 2, 2017 · 5 min

    [PREVIEW] Exquisite Suffering 22: Time Slaughter

    Time Slaughter is what happens when an outsider developer attempts to be as unpleasant and nasty as possible. The minds who brought us NESticle also made this parody of Mortal Kombat, complete with over the top violence, garish characters, and shitty, shitty voice acting. But mostly we talk about how we don't want to be cursed to shit bones.

  • Jul 2, 2017 · 5 min

    [PREVIEW] Exquisite Suffering 21: Ecstatica

    It's a technically interesting footnote in survival horror, following Alone in the Dark's act with its own strange rendering technique. And it seems like it's made for us, because everything is an orb. You would guess that Kole will be into it, while Gary will be turned off by the visuals. And you'd be right. But tune in anyway and hear the specifics about this weird, weird, weird thing.

  • Jul 2, 2017 · 5 min

    [PREVIEW] Exquisite Suffering 20: E.Y.E. Divine Cybermancy

    Our patrons have backed us into a corner. While E.Y.E. is undoubtedly a weird, inscrutable mess, it's also pretty inspired, systemically interesting, and worth a deeper dive than we could ever give it in a half hour of talk. So what you get here is a hodgepodge of an episode where we praise the opening of Divine Cybermancy, then go on some kind of strange political tangent because you should expect nothing different from us at this point.

  • Jul 2, 2017 · 5 min

    [PREVIEW] Exquisite Suffering 19: Clayfighter: Sculptor's Cut

    Sometimes you're just not ready for this level of concentrated lameness. Claymation is inherently cool, so you have to try pretty hard to make it suck this bad. Shitty non-puns, lazy attempts at satire, and barely audacious attempts at outrage abound... and that's just us! The game is pretty bad, too.

  • Jul 2, 2017 · 5 min

    [PREVIEW] Exquisite Suffering 18: WCW: Backstage Assault

    What is there to say about yet another wrestling game? Almost nothing! That's why we cruise through the game itself and respond to lots of miscellaneous prompts from Twitter. It's a real change of pace, but really, what all is there to say about Sting?

  • Jul 2, 2017 · 5 min

    [PREVIEW] Exquisite Suffering 17: Animorphs

    Animorphs seems right on the edge of coming back as some kind of YA novel reboot, so we figured we'd get in on the ground floor by talking about this Pokémon clone. Let's dig real deep into the franchise that launched a thousand transformation fetishes. And if that's your thing, boy, have we got a buffet for you.

  • Jul 2, 2017 · 5 min

    [PREVIEW] Exquisite Suffering 15: Psychic Detective

    This one is on loan from the Night Trap collection, an FMV adventure game that desperately wants the word "mind pirate" to become a thing. Let's watch as community theater rejects with bad Russian accents slowly grow more and more out of control, as hurtful stereotypes about people with intellectual disabilities slip in around the edges.

  • Jul 2, 2017 · 5 min

    [PREVIEW] Exquisite Suffering 14: 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand

    It's a boilerplate, mostly competent third person shooter that's obviously of its time, with lots of really neat arcade-style reward loops thrown in for good measure. But the real star here is the surreal, over the top trappings that could only come from the mind of the hubristic branding tycoon that is 50 Cent. Yes, this game has been beaten to death. But there's just so much here to talk about.

  • Jul 2, 2017 · 5 min

    [PREVIEW] Exquisite Suffering 13: Pepsiman

    Discussion of an exuberant advergame from Japan gives way to all of the horrifying biological niches Pepsi and other colas might fill, creating a new, upsetting, and most of all REFRESHING way of life. All hail the new blood.

  • Jul 2, 2017 · 5 min

    [PREVIEW] Exquisite Suffering 12: Captain Bible in the Dome of Darkness

    It's always a good time when we discuss religious games. Except for the feedback we get, that is. Captain Bible casts the forces of good as a traditional superpower, and the forces of The Liar as ultra-cool spider robots who make some very salient points. Join us as we play this flashcard game about arguing in bad faith.

  • Jul 2, 2017 · 5 min

    [PREVIEW] Exquisite Suffering 11: Star Fox Adventures

    Star Fox Adventures represents a confluence of several factors, any of which on their own would have made it fertile ground for the show. Rare? Check. Bastard entry in a beloved series? Check. Over-sexed anthro characters? Check. But we had no idea how bad it would get. Come with us on a journey to Dinosaur Planet, and into the depths of the depravity of the Star Fox fandom.

  • Jul 2, 2017 · 5 min

    [PREVIEW] Exquisite Suffering 7: Glover

    In this episode we discuss a game where you play as a magical transforming ball and his Hamburger Helper companion. Your mission is to collect musical notes using the least intuitive control scheme possible, defeat the Dorito Wizard who threw you into acid, and uncover the secret to why this era of platformers fell short of its goals.

  • Jul 2, 2017 · 5 min

    [PREVIEW] Exquisite Suffering 6: American Gladiators

    Buckle up, kids, because we're about to go on the oiliest, most musclebound, most smoke-machine laden ride of your lives. That's right: the American Gladiators are here to Eliminate your expectations of what an episode of Exquisite Suffering should be. One part coverage of the NES American Gladiators game, one part "Let's Watch" of an infamous special episode of the American Gladiators television program, and one part nostalgia-fueled trip down American Gladiator lane. This is the episode to beat.

  • Jul 2, 2017 · 5 min

    [PREVIEW] Exquisite Suffering 5: Whomp 'Em

    Somehow we ended up playing a pretty good game! The most interesting thing about Whomp'em is its botched localization... because western audiences weren't ready for Dragon Ball yet. So, stick around for that, and two midwesterners trying to talk about their history with Native American culture without offending anyone.

  • Jul 2, 2017 · 5 min

    [PREVIEW] Exquisite Suffering 4: Night Trap

    Another entry in our "Classics of Bad Games" chronicles, we look at the infamous Night Trap. But it turns out that it actually has a lot of good ideas hindered by a laughable execution. Listen in for Night Trap's goofiness, and stick around for Nick at Night remembrances.