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This week on the crubcast, we got together to talk about our favorite indie spiritual successors in gaming. Stardew Valley, Pizza Tower, Spark the Electric Jester 2, ULTRAKILL, and all the ups and downs in-between.
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SHOW NOTES
Our TotK Spoilercast:
https://youtu.be/vJsrW8Nfhao

Trav's new Metal Gear video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTSzlLtrtl8

The Plucky Squire:
https://thepluckysquire.com/

Buck Up And Drive!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1714590/Buck_Up_And_Drive/

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1353230/Bomb_Rush_Cyberfunk/

New Jet Set Radio leak:
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/footage-of-jet-set-radio-and-persona-3-remakes-has-seemingly-leaked/

Hover: Revolt of Gamers
https://store.steampowered.com/app/280180/Hover/

Quest Master:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2094070/Quest_Master/

ULTRAKILL:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1229490/ULTRAKILL/

30-Year-Old Boomer meme explanation:
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/30-year-old-boomer

Dusk (from the ULTRAKILL devs):
https://store.steampowered.com/app/519860/DUSK/

Prodeus:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/964800/Prodeus/

Spark the Electric Jester 2:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1079210/Spark_the_Electric_Jester_2/

Poglings (Chao Garden-esque game):
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2284190/Poglings/

Pizza Tower:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2231450/Pizza_Tower/

ANTONBLAST:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1887400/ANTONBLAST/

Hollow Knight:
https://www.hollowknight.com/

Stardew Valley:
https://www.stardewvalley.net/

TODAY'S CRUBCAST HOSTS
Chris: https://www.youtube.com/@MykonosFan
Justin: https://www.youtube.com/@WorldFamousJtart9
Kevin: https://www.youtube.com/@TheGoldenBolt
Trav: https://www.youtube.com/@ThatTravGuy

CHAPTERS
00:00 Catching up with Brody
06:15 Checking in on our Tears of the Kingdom thoughts
15:44 Pros (and cons) of the indie spiritual successor
23:07 Hover: Revolt of Gamers
32:05 Trav explains to Chris why Ultrakill is great (but not applicable)
38:18 How ULTRAKILL appealed to Justin, a genre newcomer
42:42 Spark 2 is not quite a Sonic Adventure successor, but is still really fun
54:30 We give Pizza Tower its due
01:04:22 Brody's love of Hollow Knight despite unfamiliarity with genre
01:11:36 Contrasting Stardew Valley against modern Story of Seasons/Harvest Moon
01:24:53 Trav addresses Mighty No. 9 and Outro