Download Episode 1088 – A 90 minute interview for Dreamed Away, a visit from Stemage & The Arkadian, news, and a ton of reviews lead to the LONGEST EPISODE EVER?? What have we done… The show kicks off with Bri Galgano and Jacob Garner on hand to welcome Dreamed Away developer Nico Petton & and Pineapple Works CEO Wojtek Kubiak to the show to chat all about Dreamed Away! From the Kickstarter, to me backing the Kickstarter to get Peaches in the game, to Peaches now being in the game, we cover the long journey to release including how Nico met up with Wojtek to get Pineapple Works as the publisher of the game! Tons of discussion on influences, favorite games, and tons more! After Nico and Wojtek head out, it’s news of the week with Bri and Jacob with Aki joining alongside Grant “Stemage” Henry and Jon “The Arkadian” Oneal! Oh and PERNELL VAUGHAN shows up on his birthday! We chat about the latest additions and departures for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, exclusives being “antiquated” in the eyes of Xbox, thousands of unprofitable Steam games, more Kirby Air Riders news, delays, announcements, and the news that KRAFTON is becoming an “AI first” company while becoming a “customers last” company to us. All that plus a massive batch of reviews including KEEPER, provided to us for coverage by Xbox and more Kidz Korner with Outright Games! Thanks Xbox & OG! 0:00 - Intro/Dreamed Away Chat 1:36:18 - News w/ Stemage & The Arkadian 2:41:46 - NASCAR 25 - iRacing.com Motorsports Simulations (Bri) 2:55:38 - Bounty Star - DINOGOD, Annapurna Interactive (Aki) 3:06:48 - KEEPER - Double Fine Productions, Xbox Game Studios (Bri) 3:15:05 - Mamorukun ReCurse - City Connection, Clear River Games (Jacob) 3:20:23 - Pinball FX: Scared Stiff & Elvira DLC - Zen Studios (Grant/Jon/Bri) 3:38:17 - Lumo 2 - Triple Eh?, Numskull Games (Aki/Bri/Jacob) 3:46:35 - Kamikaze Lassplanes - Inky Dreams, Crunching Koalas (Jacob) 3:54:15 - Mai: Child of Ages - Chubby Pixel (Aki) 4:03:40 - ILA: Frosty Glide - Magic Rain Studios, First Break Labs (Jacob) 4:07:51 - Spooky Express - Draknek and Friends (Bri) 4:12:31 - Arcade Archives 2 MUNCH MOBILE - HAMSTER (Jacob) 4:17:31 - Captain Tideborne and the Siren’s Call - Synnergy Circle Games (Bri) 4:21:20 - AFIL Games Triple Stack - Wise Box Studios, AFIL Games (Jacob) 4:37:05 - KIDZ KORNER: The Elf on the Shelf: Christmas Heroes - Casual Brothers, Outright Games (Jacob) The show ends with a track from Stemage for the Spoopy Halloween feels! Does that really say nearly five hours?? Oh my. 4:49:38 - Stemage - Terrorvision (w/ Claire Henry) https://dreamedaway.com/ https://nicolas.petton.fr/ https://pineapple.works/ https://www.iracing.com/ https://dinogod.com/ https://annapurnainteractive.com/ https://www.doublefine.com/ https://www.xbox.com/ https://www.clearrivergames.com/ https://zenstudios.com/ https://www.triple-eh.com/ https://numskullgames.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@InkyDreamsStudio https://crunchingkoalas.com/ https://chubbypixel.com/ https://www.magicrainstudios.com/ https://firstbreaklabs.com/ https://www.draknek.org/ https://www.hamster.co.jp/ https://www.synnergycirclegames.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@wiseboxstudios6703 https://afilgames.com/ https://casualbrothers.com/ https://outrightgames.com/ https://www.stemagemusic.com/ https://arkadianvgrb.bandcamp.com/ https://ocremix.org/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112 https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwK https://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcast https://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/ https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW