Season 3 concludes with some of the heaveist hitter games we’ve ever covered for the podcast! From titans of tradtitional roguelikes like Path of Achra and Caves of Qud, to titans of real-time explosiveness like Noita and Hades, this is sure to be an Omegabowl for the ages. We have a great array of listener letters, co-host bickering, and wacky coin flips to make sure everyone is as equally mad as possible. So fire up those spacetime vortices and pray you don’t run out of footsteps before reaching Room 46 of the end of year recap tournament!

Our finalists include:

There can be only ONE to hoist the Trophy of Yendor!

! The full tournament bracket with spoiled results can be found here

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  • 0:50 - Intro
  • 3:04 - Tournament plan, categories, and games
  • 10:02 - Wildcard 1: Halls of Torment vs Rift Wizard
  • 20:21 - Wildcard 2: Elden Ring Nightreign vs Hero’s Hour
  • 33:44 - Wildcard 3: Spiritfall vs Deadzone: Rogue
  • 46:14 - Wildcard 4: The King is Watching vs Path of Achra
  • 53:10 - Division 1: Caves of Qud vs ???
  • 1:02:58 - Division 2: Blue Prince vs ???
  • 1:13:19 - Division 3: Hades vs ???
  • 1:15:50 - Division 4: Noita vs ???
  • 1:21:36 - Semi-finals 1
  • 1:28:58 - Semi-finals 2
  • 1:39:08 - Grand finals
  • 1:59:56 - Show wind down

Next episode: Roguelike developer interviews from PAX West 2025!

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Intro music: John Williams - Wide Reciever

Outro music: Craig Hamilton - Onward (Kitfox recording)