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Bit Storm

A comedy game design podcast by two guys who know nothing about comedy nor game design.

Join Trevor Scott and Ben Slinger as they take prompts from random word generators, movies, game titles and more and turn them into occasionally hilarious but always interesting game designs.

Leisure Improv Comedy Video Games Tv & Film
Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
53 minutes
Episodes
464
Years Active
2016 - 2025
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276: A Ball in a China Shop

276: A Ball in a China Shop

Ben and Trev continue in their series of game reviews with more undiscovered gems such as:

  • Excruciating Pinball Underground
  • Mupppet Dungeon: Limited Edition
  • Pixelated Driving Siege
  • Geriatric Shock

01:07:36  |   Sun 27 Mar 2022
275: Things Are Not Right in Pocket World

275: Things Are Not Right in Pocket World

Review, reviews, reviews! Trevor and Ben drawl the dark web and dive into Steam's dumpster to find some obscure games to review for you, including:

Orbital Mummy Patrol,

Everybody Loves the Blood Munch…

01:02:25  |   Sun 20 Mar 2022
274: Tatooine, Wind and Fire

274: Tatooine, Wind and Fire

Ben and Trev continue to dive deep into reviews of little known games, such as

  • Intense Bungee World
  • Jedi Funk Academy
  • Spirit Command
  • Psycho Guitar

and many more

01:07:23  |   Sun 13 Mar 2022
273: Captain Swish

273: Captain Swish

It's a review episode! Ben and Trevor take a break from game design to discuss some of the real world games they've been playing lately, such as:

the cooking/survival hybrid game Underwater Kitchen Ba…

01:08:54  |   Sun 06 Mar 2022
272: World Liquid

272: World Liquid

Ben and Trev return to the classic formula of Ramped Up Click Pitch, discussing game ideas such as:

Hunting kaiju across the seven seas;

Racing against fellow mad scientists in crazy contraptions;

Culti…

01:02:47  |   Sun 27 Feb 2022
271: Procedural Swayze

271: Procedural Swayze

Ben and Trevor riff on some randomly generated prompts to come up with game designs - this week the ideas tended towards relationships and small narrative segments, with games like:

  • a cross between X-…
01:13:22  |   Sun 20 Feb 2022
270: Rex Spyderman

270: Rex Spyderman

Continuing our classic prompts from last week, Ben and Trevor make random game designs from https://what3words.com/ and random movies. Games such as:

A platforming game with Gameshark/Gamegenie mechan…

01:11:49  |   Sun 13 Feb 2022
269: Iron Fist of Puppies

269: Iron Fist of Puppies

Jumping back into some old games this week, Ben and Trevor make random game designs from https://what3words.com/ and random movies. Games such as:

rival chocolate worshipping churches;

a sequel set af…

01:13:37  |   Sun 06 Feb 2022
268: World of Platypus

268: World of Platypus

On the heels of the 2022 Global Game Jam, Ben and Trevor look at 20 games made by other teams, including a few highlights such as:

Small Time Tennis Tale,

Cantankerous Spelling Blaster,

Queen of the Pri…

01:10:24  |   Sun 30 Jan 2022
267: Dimensional Strike

267: Dimensional Strike

With the Global Game Jam theme for 2022 releasing early this year, Ben and Trev utilise the theme in all their game designs for this episode.

  • Protecting a space station with the power of tennis
  • A 2d Ch…
00:55:52  |   Sun 23 Jan 2022
266: Touching Rainbows

266: Touching Rainbows

Ben and Trevor continue to come up with new improvised game designs, such as:

  • An adventure game investigating STEMM
  • A game that delves into what happens when two rainbows touch
  • An adventure exploring dr…
00:55:52  |   Sun 16 Jan 2022
265: Dread Hog

265: Dread Hog

Trevor and Ben head back into Click Pitch territory this week, improvising game designs from random words, while also throwing in some reviews of games they've been playing lately, such as:

Jackie Cha…

01:07:21  |   Sun 09 Jan 2022
264: GOTY 2021

264: GOTY 2021

In a break from the typical game news and reviews, Ben and Trevor give their top 10 games from 2021, as well as the honourable mentions.

**There will definitely be some spoiler discussions for some o…

01:01:19  |   Sun 02 Jan 2022
263: Weird Elf Physics

263: Weird Elf Physics

In this holiday spooktacular, Ben and Trevor deck the halls with holiday themes as they invent new improvised game designs, such as:

a Sea of Thieves inspired game where you compete against sleighs of…

01:10:54  |   Sun 26 Dec 2021
262: Batvark

262: Batvark

In this weeks Click Pitch Garage, Ben and Trevor delve into the world of stream integration.

  • A collectathon starring young aardvark working for the Sloth mafia with powerups selected by viewers.
  • Escape…
01:00:08  |   Sun 19 Dec 2021
261: Nonviolent John Wick

261: Nonviolent John Wick

Continuing the Click Pitch Garage series, Ben and Trevor add combo meters into all their pitches this week, resulting in game designs such as:

a portable toilet management simulator;

a reporter for a N…

01:07:21  |   Sun 12 Dec 2021
260: Milk Loaders

260: Milk Loaders

Ben and Trevor continue with their new segment Click Pitch Garage, this week focusing on Tech Trees. Game ideas include;

  • Santa vs Krampus: the epic battle between the mortal foes
  • Try to relieve stress …
00:58:44  |   Sun 05 Dec 2021
259: Grapple-Dank

259: Grapple-Dank

Introducing a new game this week, Click Pitch Garage, Ben and Trevor explore a variety of game ideas all sharing the same mechanic: the humble grappling hook.

From this they invent games such as:

a hor…

00:38:14  |   Sun 28 Nov 2021
258: Girlfriend Garage

258: Girlfriend Garage

The random word gods keeps bringing us great game ideas such as:

  • A multiplayer city builder / exploration game within a futuristic setting with conflicting gameplay
  • An investigative game with fantasti…
00:58:36  |   Sun 21 Nov 2021
257: QANDI Qomputers

257: QANDI Qomputers

The ideas are popping like champagne tonight as Ben and Trevor riff on improvised game ideas such as:

An endless stealther set in a high security office building;

A narrative adventure about a propheti…

01:05:41  |   Sun 14 Nov 2021
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