Surprise Mechanics

Surprise Mechanics

44 episodes

Like video games but think the industry is a little wack? Want to hang out with your best friends Mario & Sonic but sick of all these dang loot boxes getting in the way? Leave that microtransaction alone and give Surprise Mechanics a listen! Roman Buetel and Mikaela Jones, two friends with an unbreakable bond and unconditional love, talk about video games, the people who make them, and the people who play them. Surprise Mechanics is a podcast about video games that also explores the business practices behind the scenes and how they fundamentally shape the games we love.

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ULTRAKILL & Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora

Published: Feb. 1, 2024, 1 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 3 seconds

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The Best Games We Played In 2023

Published: Dec. 28, 2023, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 9 seconds

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Godzilla Minus One & Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (w/Kaleb Grine)

Published: Dec. 14, 2023, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 20 seconds

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Spooky Mechanics: Days Gone

Published: Nov. 30, 2023, 1 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 46 seconds

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Spooky Mechanics: The Thing (2011) (w/ Matthew Rao)

Published: Nov. 15, 2023, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 40 seconds

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Spooky Mechanics: Dead Space 2023

Published: Nov. 9, 2023, noon
Duration: 58 minutes 2 seconds

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Spooky Mechanics: Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 Watchalong

Published: Oct. 19, 2023, noon
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 42 seconds

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Spooky Mechanics: Signalis

Published: Oct. 5, 2023, noon
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 20 seconds

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Weekly Check-in (Tears of the Kingdom)

Published: Sept. 21, 2023, noon
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 21 seconds

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Surprise Mechanics ~Nights~: Gaming Ruts & The Flash

Published: July 6, 2023, noon
Duration: 54 minutes

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Andor, another Star Wars Story

Published: June 22, 2023, 2:17 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 59 seconds

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Severance (season one)

Published: June 7, 2023, 4:01 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 48 seconds

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Zelda Tears of the Kingdom First Impressions & Other Stuff (w/Billy Hyland)

Published: May 24, 2023, 2:39 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 45 seconds

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Cyberpunk 2077 (W/Gwyn Branwen)

Published: May 10, 2023, noon
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 48 seconds

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Evil Dead Rise

Published: April 26, 2023, noon
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 9 seconds

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Resident Evil 4 Remake

Published: April 12, 2023, noon
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 6 seconds

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HBO's The Last of Us Season 1

Published: March 23, 2023, noon
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 43 seconds

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Marvel's Midnight Suns & Harley Quinn

Published: March 8, 2023, 1 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 13 seconds

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Velma and Scooby Apocalypse (w/Wisam Awadallah)

Published: Feb. 22, 2023, 1 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 50 seconds

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Sonic Frontiers (w/Kaleb Grine)

Published: Feb. 8, 2023, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 47 seconds

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The Best Games We Played in 2022

Published: Jan. 4, 2023, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 28 seconds

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Todd Howard's Fallout 4, Our 2023 Plans, and a sprinkle of Avatar

Published: Dec. 14, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 44 seconds

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Vampire Survivors & God of War Ragnarok

Published: Nov. 30, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 37 seconds

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Gotham Knights & Resident Evil Village Winters' Expansion

Published: Nov. 16, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 11 seconds

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Watchalong: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (w/Matthew Rao)

Published: Nov. 2, 2022, noon
Duration: 2 hours 3 minutes 19 seconds

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Spooky Mechanics: Matt's Hubris Halloween

Published: Oct. 26, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 15 seconds

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Spooky Mechanics: No One Lives Under the Lighthouse & Summer of '58

Published: Oct. 19, 2022, noon
Duration: 56 minutes 50 seconds

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Spooky Mechanics: The Cured & The Sadness

Published: Oct. 12, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 9 seconds

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Haunted PS1 Demo Disc: Spectral Mall (w/Chance Duffy)

Published: Oct. 5, 2022, noon
Duration: 47 minutes 43 seconds

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Spooky Mechanics: The Forest

Published: Sept. 28, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 29 seconds

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Spooky Mechanics: Raw (2016) & Fresh (2022)

Published: Sept. 21, 2022, noon
Duration: 57 minutes 48 seconds

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Spooky Mechanics: I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream

Published: Sept. 14, 2022, noon
Duration: 47 minutes 54 seconds

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Spooky Mechanics: Bloodborne (W/Matt Slanaker)

Published: Sept. 7, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 32 seconds

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John Wick-Likes

Published: Aug. 17, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 19 seconds

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The 3 R's (Risk of Rain 2, Returnal, Netflix's Resident Evil)

Published: Aug. 3, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 30 seconds

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A Midsummer's Chat (Redux)

Published: July 22, 2022, 12:56 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 34 seconds

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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

Published: June 22, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 29 seconds

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Post Star Wars Content Binge

Published: June 15, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 7 seconds

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Watchalong: The Rise of Skywalker (w/ Adam Sladek)

Published: May 25, 2022, noon
Duration: 2 hours 24 minutes 1 second

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Knights of the Old Republic & Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (w/Kaleb Grine)

Published: May 18, 2022, noon
Duration: 51 minutes 55 seconds

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The Mandalorian (w/ Kaleb Grine)

Published: May 11, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 20 seconds

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Jedi Fallen Order (w/Matt Slanaker)

Published: May 4, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 26 seconds

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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 & Everything Everywhere All at Once

Published: April 20, 2022, noon
Duration: 36 minutes 52 seconds

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Elden Ring Part 2: Still More Elden Ring

Published: April 6, 2022, noon
Duration: 48 minutes 44 seconds

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Vanderpump Rules

Published: March 23, 2022, noon
Duration: 54 minutes 55 seconds

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Elden Ring First Impressions

Published: March 9, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 22 seconds

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Bloodborne PSX & Deathloop

Published: Feb. 23, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 24 seconds

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Project Zomboid (w/Chance Duffy)

Published: Feb. 9, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 12 seconds

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The Best Games We Played in 2021 (W/Billy Hyland)

Published: Jan. 6, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 11 seconds

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Spider-Man: No Way Home & Aliens Fireteam Elite

Published: Dec. 29, 2021, 11:34 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 47 seconds

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Resident Evil Welcome to Raccoon City

Published: Dec. 22, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 14 seconds

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Quake Remastered

Published: Dec. 15, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 36 seconds

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Watchalong: The Matrix (1999)

Published: Dec. 8, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 14 minutes 22 seconds

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Combo Pack #3: Forza Horizon 5 & Marvel's Avengers

Published: Dec. 1, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 32 seconds

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Watchalong: Speed Racer (2008) (w/James Walsh)

Published: Nov. 24, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 17 minutes 21 seconds

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No More Heroes III (w/Kaleb Grine)

Published: Nov. 17, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 19 seconds

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Metroid Extravaganza!

Published: Nov. 10, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 33 seconds

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Spooky Mechanics: John Carpenter's The Thing (w/Adam Sladek)

Published: Oct. 27, 2021, noon
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 37 seconds

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Spooky Mechanics: Carrion

Published: Oct. 20, 2021, noon
Duration: 53 minutes 6 seconds

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Spooky Mechanics: Metroid Dread

Published: Oct. 13, 2021, noon
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 52 seconds

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Spooky Mechanics: Silent Hill 2 (w/James Walsh)

Published: Oct. 6, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 50 seconds

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Spooky Mechanics: Blair Witch (2019)

Published: Sept. 29, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 7 seconds

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Spooky Mechanics: Song of Horror

Published: Sept. 22, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 57 seconds

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Spooky Mechanics: Evil Dead (2013) (w/Matthew Rao)

Published: Sept. 15, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 27 seconds

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Haunted PS1 Demo Disc 2021 (W/Chance Duffy)

Published: Sept. 8, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 24 seconds

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Spooky Mechanics: Alien Isolation (w/Adam Sladek)

Published: Sept. 1, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 52 seconds

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Spooky Mechanics 2021 Preseason

Published: Aug. 25, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 52 seconds

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Combo Pack #2: Splitgate, Slay the Spire, & Back 4 Blood

Published: Aug. 18, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 59 seconds

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Cyberpunk 2077, No Man's Sky, & Hype Cycles

Published: Aug. 11, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 9 seconds

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Celeste (w/ Sergey Vitlin)

Published: Aug. 4, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 30 seconds

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Jim's Philosophy Hour

Published: July 28, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 46 seconds

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Space Jam: A New Legacy (w/ Matthew Rao & Trey Miles

Published: July 21, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 58 minutes 47 seconds

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Media Consumption July 2021

Published: July 14, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 38 seconds

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Combo Pack #1: Cruelty Squad & Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart

Published: July 7, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 7 seconds

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Twin Peaks

Published: June 30, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 53 minutes 41 seconds

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Electronic Entertainment Expo 2021 (w/Bill Hyland)

Published: June 23, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 11 minutes 12 seconds

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The Last of Us Part II One Year Anniversary Extravaganza!

Published: June 16, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 51 seconds

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(Roman Drops the) Shovel Knight

Published: June 9, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 28 seconds

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Telltale Games (w/Matt Williams)

Published: June 2, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 6 seconds

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Media Consumption (May 2021)

Published: May 26, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 49 seconds

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Resident Evil Multiplayer Games

Published: May 19, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 50 seconds

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Resident Evil Village

Published: May 12, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 31 seconds

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Disco Elysium Final Cut (w/ Ian Charland & Sergey Vitlin)

Published: May 5, 2021, noon
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 20 seconds

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Gojira vs The Monsterverse (w/Adam Sladek)

Published: April 28, 2021, noon
Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 59 seconds

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Yakuza Franchise (w/Kaleb Grine)

Published: April 21, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 2 minutes 30 seconds

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Control (w/John Berndt)

Published: April 14, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes 24 seconds

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Bethesda Game Studios (w/Chance Duffy)

Published: April 7, 2021, noon
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 51 seconds

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Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (w/Joseph Johnson)

Published: March 31, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 14 seconds

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The Snyder Cut (w/Wisam Awadallah)

Published: March 24, 2021, noon
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 35 seconds

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The Marvel Cinematic Universe

Published: March 17, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 44 seconds

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Kingdom Hearts re:Chain of Epic Store eXclusivity (w/Ashton Jacome)

Published: March 10, 2021, 3 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 2 minutes 47 seconds

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Super Mario 3D All-Stars (W/Perry Lerit)

Published: March 3, 2021, 3 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 7 seconds

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Mulan (2020)

Published: Feb. 24, 2021, 3 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes 49 seconds

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Dead by Daylight (w/James Walsh)

Published: Feb. 17, 2021, 3 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 54 seconds

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The Best Games We Played in 2020 (w/Billy Hyland)

Published: Feb. 10, 2021, 3 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 8 minutes 39 seconds

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Doom Eternal (w/Matthew Rao)

Published: Feb. 10, 2021, 3 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes 5 seconds

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Dead Cells (w/Billy Hyland)

Published: Feb. 3, 2021, 3 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes 40 seconds

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake (w/Kaleb Grine)

Published: Feb. 3, 2021, 3 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 51 seconds

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