This is episode 62 of Saves Together. It's all about Sackboy: A Big Adventure which is a LittleBigPlanet spin off that is playable on PS5 which means it's our first PS5 episode! We played it co-op and talk all about our experience doing so right here on episode 62 of Saves Together. You should pour it down your earholes ASAP.

Other topics include: Persona 5 Strikers, I am Dead, Two Point Hospital, Bugsnax, Loop Hero and dirty PS5 controllers.

Episode 62: Sackboy: A Big Adventure - Turn all GameStops Into GameSpas

**MAJOR SPOILERS START AT 37:45**

It's episode 64 of Saves Together!

Join us as we discuss our time playing through It Takes Two, the co-op only variety show videogame all about getting Toy Story-ed and getting divorced.

If you haven't played the game yet we don't talk about any major spoiler stuff until the 37:45 mark so feel free to listen until then!
After you're done with the game come on back and hear what we have to say about the story, divorce narratives and our fan theory about the reasoning for where Dr. Hakim came from...

Other topics include: Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139..., Later Alligator, The Sexy Brutale, Abzu, Gorogoa, Spirit of the North, World's End Club and Pokemon Snap

Episode 64: It Takes Two - Hold Up, Where Did This Book Come From Again..?

What E3 Means to Me
By Grace Novak and Craig McGowan

That's right, it's that time of year again, that time of year where we watch hundreds of trailers and forget most of them. So here we are talking about which games caught our eye and the co-op highlights!

We are also discuss easy platinum trophies, games that scarred us as children, gaming journals ("gay journal") and the Xbox mini fridge.

Episode 65: E3 2021 - "What E3 Means to Me"; My Essay :)

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THAT'S RIGHT! Episode 66 is here and we're talking all about our time playing through the co-op espionage hacker known as Operation: Tango. Tune in now and hear what we thought about the trope filled Erin Esurance simulator and let us help you decide if you think you might like to play it yourself! There is also a lot of Sherlock Holmes talk and at one point Craig says "221B Bakersfield" instead of "Baker Street" and it made me laugh out loud when I heard the mistake.

Other topics include: Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin, games that are the right length, Pokemon Sword/Shield Max Raid Battles, The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Pokemon Unite, Neo: The Worlds Ends With You, Nintendo Switch performance issues, We Were Here

Episode 66: Operation: Tango - Eat Your Heart Out, Erin Esurance

Episode 67 is here and it's a Saves Together Quick Save- aka a short stack right on track with Unrailed! Tune in now and join us for a discussion about our time playing the John Henry simulator.

And don't forget to check out savestogether.club to follow along with our co-op factors that help guide the discussion OR see a list of co-op games we recommend!

Episode 67: Unrailed! - Craiggy Stupid Hands [QUICK SAVE]

Join us on a intergalactic journey where we work part time for our coins to afford cute little outfits moving things for farmers, cooks and circus performers.

We also touch on buyers euphoria (the artist I mention is https://twitter.com/liliuhms), making IRL puzzles and salads with little flags, the essential hat factor and catchy music that you won't be able to get out of your brain!

Episode 68: Part Time UFO - The Girl with the UFO Earring [QUICK SAVE]

Saves Together episode 70 is here and we're talking all about our experience playing KeyWe - the teamworking kiwi birds with ::stressful:: jobs game.

Other topics include: SMTV, Pokemon Go, Enter the Gungeon, Deathloop, Astro's Playroom, Forza Horizon 5, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game, Halo Infinite, craving that mineral and shiny shinx

Episode 70: KeyWe - Everything Is Covered In Mist And Mosquitos

Episode 73 is here and you really oughta tune in if you wanna hear all about out experience playing co-op Wildermyth. Now I understand if leaves and branches are growing out of your head so your ears aren't working very well after all these decades but maybe you can just turn the volume up real high? Or maybe in a few acts your kids can listen! (but not really this podcast is rated M for mature)
These are all shoddy attempts and references to Wildermyth a turn-based RPG D&D-ish game where time passes and people change but combat is always fun.

Other topics include: Live A Live, Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass, Bustafellows, Cupid Parasite, All Aksys, Metroid Dread, Horizon Forbidden West, Everhood, Pokemon BDSP, Pokemon Legends: Arceus, Kill It With Fire, YS IX co-op, The Anarcrusis' difficulty X intensity slider, Robin Hobb & more !

Episode 73: Wildermyth - That's Some Good Strategy-based Talkin'

Episode 75 of Saves Together is a lot like episode 29 in that we're talking about Stardew Valley... but this time it's Stardew Valley: The Board Game and not Stardew Valley the videogame.. yeah! That's right... we played a co-op boardgame and now we're talking all about it.

We even forced it through the co-op factors machine to see what comes out and it kind of worked! Anyways, tune in now and hear all about our thoughts as we talk about how co-op boardgaming compares to co-op videogaming and how Stardew Valley compares to Stardew Valley.

Other topics include:
.hack//G.U. Last Recode, Rune Factory 5, Panic's Playdate, consoles with personality, theme erasure aka themeicide, Tabletop Simulator, THPS 1+2, croquet and more

Episode 75: Stardew Valley: The Board Game - Crop Waterwer

Episode 76 of Saves Together is all about our experience playing through ConnecTank - a co-op game that really might be a hidden gem! Is it also the celery of co-op games? Maybe! But you'll have to tune in to find out what we really think.

Other topics include: Assassins Creed 3, .hack, Rogue Legacy, Triangle Strategy, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Elden Ring, Guardians of the Galaxy, Persona 3, america, boxed brownies and more!

Episode 76: ConnecTank - 1776

This episode sees Saves Together re-visting two ST standbys. We're discussing our thoughts about Monster Hunter as we play through the new DLC expansion, Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak. Previously we talked about Monster Hunter Rise on episode 63 and Monster Hunter World on episode 25. After the Monhun discussion we move on to talking about our time replaying through Terraria which we had previously talked about all the way back on episode 2. Rather than repeat the discussion of co-op factors and re-ranking the games, this time we're just talking about our experiences so tune in now and also go play those games because they're really really good!

(if you're starting Terraria check out the progression checklist we've been using at https://ewauq.github.io/terraria-checklist )

Other topics include: Stray, Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, AI: The Somnium Files – nirvanA Initiative, WWE 2k22, Live A Live, Neon White and Bop It!

Episode 77: Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak + Terraria - Checking In

Listen, this episode is a little bit late because we were locked in a room and couldn't get out until we solved a sudoku, unlocked (3) car trunks, combined some chemicals, found an antidote and re-routed an entire electrical system....but we did it! We escaped! And now we're here on episode 78 of Saves Together to talk about our experience playing Escape Academy.

So give it a listen! Are you able to solve the puzzle hidden inside the episode?

(there isn't one, please don't try)

Other topics include: Olympia Soirée, Cult of the Lamb, Immortality, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Power Stone, Disney Dreamlight Valley

Episode 78: Escape Academy - Calling All Escape Room Heads

Episode 81 of Saves Together is all about our time playing through our respective versions of the newest Pokemon titles! Which starter did we pick? Is this new roster of 'mons any good? Is the co-op worth co-oping? Find out all of this and more when you tune in!

Other topics include: Pentiment, God of War Ragnarök, Neon White, Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher, Sonic Frontiers, and Craig's apology for posting last month's episode this month which makes last month's episode the first episode of this month and this is now the second episode this month making this month a bumper harvest for ST fans even though you know... you didn't get anything for like 2 months because Craig's date/time comprehension when posting episodes is atrocious but that's all water under the bridge, right? You're not mad at him? You forgive him and you love ST forever RIGHT?

Episode 81: Pokemon Scarlet / Violet - Schroedinger's Situation

I typed up a whole "Baaa" joke where this episode description would have all been in goat-language and then I would "translate" it but eh, it wasn't very funny so instead here we are letting you know that episode 83 of Saves Together is out now! This time we're talking about our experience playing co-operatively through Goat Simulator 3 - a goat game with hats for your feet!

Other topics include:
Shuppet's Pokedex entry, Chained Echoes, The Binding of Isaac, Amnesia: Memories, the official launch of the Saves Together Otome Kennel Club, Shredders, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion and more!

Episode 83: Goat Simulator 3 - Giggling Together

The main review / rundown starts at 20:25 if you'd like to get right into it!

Saves Together episode 85 is here and we're back where we belong huntin' monsters! But this isn't Monster Hunter no no no this is Wild Hearts and now we've got CONTRAPTIONS! Will this Monhun-like tame our wild hearts or will Wild Hearts make us wish we were playing Monster Hunter? Tune in now and send this episode straight into your earholes!

Other topics include: a really strange dental dam discussion, Super Lesbian Animal RPG, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, A Space for the Unbound, Wanted: Dead, Like A Dragon: Ishin! & Digimon World: Next Order

Episode 85: Wild Hearts - Post Hunt Clarity

Hell-o and welcome to our episode about our experience playing Diablo IV co-op. "HELL"O get it? hahah I love puns it's my favorite part of uploading new episodes for you all
\m/ <3 \m/

Anyways, you are now able to listen to episode 88.666 of Saves Together on your podcast player of choice. Thorney the druid and Scuzzrat the necromancer have been having quite the adventure and now we're going to talk all about it. Are you excited? You should be! Because Diablo is a prefect game for playing while doing other stuff SUCH AS listening to this new episode. So go ahead now get your headphones in, press play and start clickin' on demons for the next hour or so. You deserve it! 

Other topics include: Jack Jeanne (we got put in the Otome Kennel again :/ ), Tinykin, Pikmin, FFXVI, SF6, TOTK, Tribeca Games w/ Mike Flanagan and Sam Lake & more!

Episode 88.666: Diablo IV - It's A Diablo Game

We're playing the sequel to a Saves Together Shout Out winning game (2020's Co-op S-Rank!) and there's only one way to find out if this one lives up to the game we loved... by pouring this episode in your earholes as fast as you possibly can. Tune in now and hear us talk all about our experience playing co-op Moving Out 2!

Other topics include:
Tiny Rogues, Radiant Tale, Cocoon, Fantasian, Mortal Kombat 1, Pokémon Violet: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero - Part 1: The Teal Mask, Inscryption and more.

Episode 92: Moving Out 2 - Swinging Doors, Sliding Doors, Roombas with Knives

Do you like possums? We do!
Do you like raccoons? We do!
Do you like pizza? We do!
Do you like Pizza Possum? We d- oh wait wait wait... You have to pour this one down your earholes if you want to find out what we thought about the game. Tune in now to hear all about our time playing co-operatively through Pizza Possum!

Episode 96: Pizza Possum - A Poem of a Video Game [Quick Save]

Cozy gamers rise up and wise up. This episode of Saves Together is all about our time playing co-op through Fae Farm. Yanno, if you think about it, your brain is kind of like a crop and this podcast is like water you pour into your earhole to help your crop grow each day. Does that metaphor work for you? Does this game work for us? Tune in to find out!

Other topics include:
Turnip Boy Robs a Bank, Tiny Rogues, Tokyo Xanadu eX+, Birushana: Rising Flower of Genpei, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Teardown, Mahjong, Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics & more!

Episode 98: Fae Farm - Faermin'

Episode 99 of Saves Together is here y'all! Usually I would say to pour it into you earholes but this time I'm actually asking you to just absolutely annihilate yourself by pressure washer blasting this episode into your brain. 

Tune in now and hear all about our experience playing co-op PowerWash Simulator!
In fact, you'll even get to experience a simulation of what we think is the ideal way to play PowerWash Simulator. So rev up that engine and pull the trigger - it's time to clean your brain with Saves Together.

Episode 99: PowerWash Simulator - I don't mean to brag but... [Quick Save]

🎉🎈 HAPPY 100TH EPISODE 🎈🎉
THIS IS OUR BIG SPECIAL GIFT TO YOU - THE LONGEST SAVES TOGETHER ["QUICK" SAVE] IN HISTORY!

Wow can you believe it's been a bunch of years and enough episodes to equal 100? I can! Because that is math and calendars - but still it's pretty cool! I think there are like a hundred million podcasts but half of them never hit 50 eps so we're legally already an above average podcast whether you like it or not.

I actually am so proud of us and so proud of your earholes for lasting this long.. so lets keep this choo choo chuggin and get to pressin' play on this here new episode!

Saves Together episode 100 is all about our experience playing a 20 year old videogame - The Sims Bustin' Out !

Please note that this episode has some explicit mods installed ... lets just say the woohoos are uncensored, yanno? so if you're listening with sensitive ears nearby...you'll probably want headphones? maybe?

SIDE QUEST:
If you know what § is actually used for - no cheating! - write us and email (savestogetherpod@gmail.com) and explain why you know because thats weird of you tbh... <3

Episode 100: The Sims Bustin' Out - If You Piss You'll Miss Your Bus [Quick? Save]

The opinion crafters are back and they're ready to tell you all about their time playing co-op through Super Crazy Rhythm Castle. Was it super? Was it crazy? Was it super crazy? Tune in to episode 101 of Saves Together to find out!

Other topics include:
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Tiny Rogues, Persona 3 Reload, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Mahjong Soul and more

Episode 101: Super Crazy Rhythm Castle - Some Weird Bangers

Hurry up and drop a stratagem because episode 102 of Saves Together is ready to helldive straight into your earholes. Tune in now to here about our experience playing Helldivers 2 - a game that may just be an all-timer when it comes to co-op

Other topics include:
NYT Connections, Pac-Man World Re-Pac, Pixel Cafe, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Dredge, Harold Halibut, FF7: Rebirth, WarioWare Gold, Dragons Dogma 2, Alex Garland's Civil War and more!

Episode 102: Helldivers 2 - Hair of our Teeth

Episode 103 of Saves Together is here and this one's all about the climbin', flingin' and suckin' co-operative action of Surmount!

Tune in now so you can hear all about our experience playing co-op.

DID YOU KNOW? We recorded a different episode that I thought was going to be out this month but then I remembered this was this month's episode. Why does that matter? Well, because we don't even mention the big news on this episode because we recorded it before the big news was even news
What is that big news?...
We finally launched our newsletter! 

Head to savestogether.club and follow the sign up link! It's called ST Extras and it's going to be sooo cool I swear you'll love it.

Now you really can join the club at savestogether.club when you sign up for the ST Extras newsletter!<3

Other topics include:
Dragon's Dogma 2, Hades II, Chants of Sennaar, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Hauntii, Little Kitty Big City, Mr. Mosquito, Dave the Diver, the new right way to play Overcooked, and more

Episode 103: Surmount - Inopportune Suckin'

Saves Together isn't always about videogames, alright? Like the intro says, it's "a podcast about playing games together".
That's why this episode we're legally allowed to talk all about our time playing the physical trading card game known as Disney Lorcana.

More specifically we're discussing playing the co-op variant: Illumineer’s Quest - Deep Trouble

A PVE TCG?!
Does that even work?
Do we like it?
Tune in now!

Episode 104: Disney Lorcana - Touchin' D's [Quick Save]

This episode is late? Yeah! Of course it is! I was trapped in a small-ish room for a week and a half and I couldn't get out until I opened six brief cases that each contained one piece of a puzzle that when placed together formed a star map that lined up with a constellations poster on that wall that helped me triangulate a latitude and longitudinal direction that corresponded to a password on a computer that allowed me to unlock the door and finally exit!

And if you think that's crazy just wait until you tune in to this episode of Saves Together where you'll hear all about our time playing co-op through Escape Simulator

Other topics include:
Dragon Age: Origin, Dragon Age II, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dungeons of Hinterberg, Deathbulge: Battle Of The Bands, Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, The Bouncer, Persona 3 Reload, Metal Slug Attack Reloaded, The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons, Dress to Impress and more

Episode 105: Escape Simulator - Two Brains, Four Hands

You were all probably wondering "where is the newest episode of Saves Together my favorite co-op gaming podcast that releases on the first Wednesday of every month?!"
Well, it's tricky treat season and we pulled off the ultimate trick... We DELAAAAAAAYED~ ! ooooooh spooooooooky 👻👻

anyways, now is time for the treat - a new ST episode!

Episode 106 is here and it's all about our time playing co-op Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble. This series was always a great "passing the controller back and forth" type co-op game but now it's a split screen co-op for real game! Tune in now to hear our thoughts about our time playing through the latest monkey roller.

Other topics include:
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth, Core Keeper, Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster, Astro Bot, Star Wars Outlaws, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door & more

Episode 106: Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble - Primordial Monkey Instincts

What's more rock n roll than discord notifications accidentally being recorded onto your mic tracks on your podcast? Nothin'! We did it on purpose!
If you hear discord notifs while listening to this 1) i'm sorry 2) pretend it's us sending you a little "<3" chat as a thank you for listening

ANYWAYS - we played co-op Guitar Hero III and you can heard all about it right now by tuning your radio to off and pressing play on your podcast player of choice.

Let's rock let's rock today

Episode 107: Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock - It's like Fortnite Festival [Quick Save]

ATTENTION: THIS IS A GOOD MARIO PARTY. BUT - ARE THE SIDE MODE CO-OP THINGS ANY GOOD? Only one way to find out ;-)
Pick a character and roll for to see who goes first, it's time for the latest episode of Saves Together where talk about our experience playing co-op Super Mario Party Jamboree

Other topics include:
Infinity Nikki, Balatro, Pokemon TCG Pocket, The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood, Mirthwood, Dragon Age: The Veilguard and more

Episode 108: Super Mario Party Jamboree - The Separate Full Modes

Vampire Survivors is a very good "podcast game."
You know, like a game you play while you watch youtube or listen to a podcast or something.
So, to cement this fact, we decided to prove its podcast gamey-ness by not just listening to a podcast while playing but RECORDING a podcast while playing. So we strapped on the location mics, booted up the Xbox and started yappin'!

Tune in now to episode 109 of Saves Together and hear us (sort of) talk about our experience playing co-op through Vampire Survivors.. while also oof-ing and aff-ing live about about our in-game struggles.

(This would be a good episode to listen to while playing Vampire Survivors ;] )
((and when you finish this episode you should go check out the Noclip doc about the creation of the game "The Making of Vampire Survivors"))

Episode 109: Vampire Survivors - Hurts My Eyes In A Good Way [Quick Save]

It's the beginning of a new year which means it's time to reflect on what we played in 2020 and a little bit of what we're excited to playin 2021!

That's right - it's our Shout Outs episode for 2020! This is how we here at Saves Together handle game of the year. It's a little less competition and bit more celebration of what games were cool and fun that we played in 2020.

Tune in and find out what games we give Shout Outs to in the following categories:
Biggest Bop
Sicket Trick
Fishing Mechanic of the Year
Owl Noise of the Year
Can't Wait to Start
Can't Believe it Took us so Long..
We Suck at This...
Can't Believe I'm Still Playing...
You Gotta Try This!
Most Surprising Surprise
Next Gen Co-op Contender
Our Individual S-Ranks
Our Favorite Co-op Experience

Other topics include: Time trials in games, the boons of Game Pass, trying to recruit Grace to the #XboxArmy, Assassins Creed Valhalla, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, surviving the corona time loop, Persona 5 and recognizing when you only want to experience a piece of media once

Episode 59: Saves Together Shout Outs 2020

A podcast all about cooperative gaming experiences. Whether that means a coop mode, passing the controller back and forth or just playing the same game at the same time - it doesn't matter how, it only matters that it's together! Join your hosts Grace and Craig as they discuss their co-op gaming experiences to help you find the perfect co-op game to play with friends, partners and family!

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