
The Deku Deals Team Talks Good Games
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03/17/25 • 68 min
The very first episode of Talk A Good Game! Featuring Andrew Wolf, Michael Fairley, and Scott Parker.
Find good games, create a wishlist, and build your video game collection on dekudeals.com! Deku Deals Patreon supporters experience the site and mobile app ad-free, join now at patreon.com/dekudeals
All the good games we talked about in this episode on dekudeals.com
- Outer Wilds
- Slay the Spire
- Hades
- Dead Cells
- Balatro
- Deus Ex
- Deus Ex: Invisible War
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
- Avowed
- Very Very Valet
- Overcooked 2
- Satisfactory
- Helldivers 2
- Factorio
- Endless Space 2
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Special Edition
- Streets of Rogue
We're big fans of John Walker's reviews of undiscovered indie gaming gems: Buried Treasure
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Music by Plus Minus One
Show art by Sonny Ross
The very first episode of Talk A Good Game! Featuring Andrew Wolf, Michael Fairley, and Scott Parker.
Find good games, create a wishlist, and build your video game collection on dekudeals.com! Deku Deals Patreon supporters experience the site and mobile app ad-free, join now at patreon.com/dekudeals
All the good games we talked about in this episode on dekudeals.com
- Outer Wilds
- Slay the Spire
- Hades
- Dead Cells
- Balatro
- Deus Ex
- Deus Ex: Invisible War
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
- Avowed
- Very Very Valet
- Overcooked 2
- Satisfactory
- Helldivers 2
- Factorio
- Endless Space 2
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Special Edition
- Streets of Rogue
We're big fans of John Walker's reviews of undiscovered indie gaming gems: Buried Treasure
Follow Deku Deals on Bluesky
Follow Scott Parker on Bluesky
Follow Michael Fairley on Bluesky
Follow Andrew Wolf on Bluesky
Music by Plus Minus One
Show art by Sonny Ross
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What Is Talk A Good Game?
Talk A Good Game is a podcast all about good games. Join me as I explore the video game world with creators, storytellers, and critics. Each episode features conversations with industry insiders—artists, developers, journalists, and more—sharing their favorite games and how those games have shaped their personal and professional lives. No negativity, no toxicity. Just good games.
Find good games, create a wishlist, and build your video game collection on dekudeals.com! Deku Deals Patreon supporters experience the site and mobile app ad-free, join now at patreon.com/dekudeals
Music by Plus Minus One
Show art by Sonny Ross
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All the good games we talked about in this episode on dekudeals.com
- Banjo-Kazooie
- Banjo-Tooie
- Lil' Guardsman
- Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
- Metaphor: ReFantazio
- Deus Ex
- Mina the Hollower
- Promise Mascot Agency
- Usual June
- Date Everything
- Hatoful Boyfriend
- Yooka-Replaylee
- Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
- Duck Detective - The Secret Salami
- Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
- TOEM
- TOEM 2
- The Big Con
- Chicory: A Colorful Tale
- Return to Monkey Island
- Spirittea
- Spirit of the North
- Mineko's Night Market
- Unpacking
- A Little to the Left
- As Dusk Falls
- Dordogne
- COCOON
- Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE
- The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy-
- SHOVEL KNIGHT GAMES
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Music by Plus Minus One
Show art by Sonny Ross
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