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216: Oops! All Goofs 6
It's another grab bag of bits. We introduce a new segment about the most insanely fatal "non-lethal" attacks from the Yakuza games, find insider knowledge about the grim…
218: Dono from Radio Free Tote Bag Goes Guesto Mode
Dono from the excellent podcast Radio Free Tote Bag goes guesto mode! We yammer about how getting into synth music is just an excuse to make your room…
217: The Sickos Continue To Be Unemployed
The Sickos do a special unemployed version of Cog Talk where they do the unthinkable and wish they had an evil computer that took up half their time…
216: The Sickos Rank Still More Game Mechanics
The Sickos continue to fill our their definitive tier list of all game mechanics, this time saying the final word on runs, consumables, joke classes, pressing the thumbstick…
215: Complaining Still Kicks Ass
Shit is so bad! The dumbest evil man is wrecking the country using a cadre of Nazi zoomers named after an outdated meme! Da future is grim and…
214: Posting Strikes Back
We never thought we'd see the day: it's a posting episode. The insane repliers of Bluesky have stepped up, providing a critical mass of deranged posts without us…
213: The Sickos Talk Resident Evil 4
After the most harrowing week of fascist American leadership in our memory, the Sickos must seek the healing aura of Resident Evil 4, the platonic ideal of video…
212: Hundreds of Beavers is Gaming
The Sickos watched the unbelievable indie silent slapstick comedy Hundreds of Beavers. Here's the thing: This movie is gaming. Watching this movie is the same as Minecraft except…
211: Merritt K Goes Guesto Mode
Writer, podcaster, game developer and poster Merritt K goes guesto mode! We discuss her new visual novel, Fledgling Manor, the sick soul required to be a wicked Asymmetrical,…
210: The Sickos Go Dad Mode
We really lean in to being in our mid-30s in this one. We jaw about our various home improvement projects, and Joe goes deeper into how to become…
209: The Sickos Talk Luigi
italian pawg hits robber baron with negative zone
208: Cohen Edenfield Goes Guesto Mode
Games writer and Skulltenders DM Cohen Edenfield goes guesto mode and the chilling is simply off the charts! We jaw about Deadwood again (to the delight of all),…
207: The Deadwood Episode
The Sickos go nuts over HBO's Deadwood, a show in a league of its own. You have to watch Deadwood--this is not a request.
206: It Happened Again!
Folks, uh oh!! Once again we have experienced a mondo catastrophe! Trump won big time! The Sickos discuss their feelings (bad), criticize the Democrats (morons), and reminisce on…
205: Maslow's Hierarchy of Posting Needs
It seems like every posting platform sucks. But what does it take for one to not suck? The Sickos answer by creating the Poster's Hierarchy of Needs, a…
204: The Sickos Rank Some More Game Mechanics on a Tier List
The Sickos give the final word on a variety of classic game mechanics that all gamers know and love, such as "roll," "homing attack," "homing attack (Sonic version),"…
203: The Sickos Complain About that One Photo of John Lennon Where He's Walking Like an Idiot
The Sickos briefly discuss a number of topics: meeting a guy in the West Loop who talked like a bugged NPC, how the Cybertruck is basically this decade's…
202: The Sickos Go To Gay Paris
Tom went to Gay Paris, got Covid (no longer eligible for heaven), and got laid off! We yammer about my dumbass travel anecdotes. It's fun to listen to…
201: The 201st Episode Spectacular!
OK, this time we're celebrating 200 episodes for real. We reflect on five years in Sicko Mode and bask in the praise and congratulations of our fans and…
200: The 200th Episode Spectacular!
Incredible! We've been in Sicko Mode for 200 episodes! What better way to celebrate this incredible achievement than to discuss our favorite dusts and goops! What, you thought…
199: Danette Chavez Goes Guesto Mode
Danette Chavez goes guesto mode! Danette is the new editor-in-chief of the AV Club, an icon of internet culture writing recently freed from a grim period of ownership…
198: More Podcasts About Buildings and Food
The Sickos yammer. No topic! All minutia! We yap about eating burgers under the L tracks, Home Depot hot dogs, Joe's son getting spooked by the Roomba, Monster…
197: The Severance Episode
Unbelieveable! The Sickos discuss an actual anime: the 2022 Apple TV+ live action thriller Severance starring Adam Scott. This shit is so good. We basically just go nutty…
196: The Sickos Get Laid Off
The Sickos discuss Joe's recent layoff, and how getting laid off is fine, and it's easy to get a new job, and there WILL be a future, and…
195: A.J. Ditty Goes Guesto Mode
A.J. Ditty from the Worst of All Possible Worlds podcast goes guesto mode! We learn how to act, why seeing your parents shot in the face would make…
194: The Sickos Examine the Perfect Pilot
Sitcom pilots tend to suck ass. They have to do boring exposition and the characters haven't settled into a rhythm yet. Well what if we told you there…
193: Best in Slot Jokes
Comedy is an endless playground of creativity and innovation, but some jokes are so good that nothing could ever be better in its niche. We call these "Best…
192: Remy Siu Goes Guesto Mode
Remy Siu, creative director of the excellent narrative game 1000xResist, goes guesto mode! We discuss how he & the game's writing staff put together a frankly staggering work…
191: The Sickos Read Cog Tales
The Sickos remembered that we have a form we shared a long time ago where people can submit horror stories from their workplaces, and we finally read some…
190: The Sickos Shoot Da Breeze
We've had too many high-concept episodes lately that require lots of thought and prep, so we just turned the mic on and had an hour of organic jawing.…
189: The Sickos Complain About AI
This AI shit sucks so bad folks. We expand on what we found so distasteful about generative AI art and how much it would suck ass to see…
188: Oops! All Sketches 2
The Sickos come bearing eleven killer sketches that will make you hoot and laugh and go nuts. Join us as we travel through time, meet god, become Michelin…
187: The Sickos Do A Classic Posting Episode
Are you freaks happy? We come from the toilet battered and bloody bearing armfuls of insane and stupid posts that are very funny to think about. Come listen…
186: Crawfish Comic Goes Guesto Mode
Shevvy from the incredible comedy sensation Crawfish Comic goes guesto mode! We go nuts over how much we like Shevvy's work, and they explain the ethos and philosophy…
185: Long Live Akira Toriyama
The Sickos eulogize the best cartoonist to ever live, Akira Toriyama. Rest in peace king. Your art will live forever, and future generations will understand that it's cool…
184: Josh Boerman Goes Guesto Mode
We welcome Josh Boerman from the Worst of All Possible Worlds podcast. We discuss immersive sims, the value of good criticism, trying to make a living off creative…
183: The Sickos Do Two Segments
The Sickos do a classic two-segment episode. First, we return to our tier list of Every Game Mechanic and rank a bunch of these suckers. Then, we return…
182: The Sickos Become Literature Geniuses
Turns out books are not homework, but instead stuff a weirdo wrote down for fun. We go nuts about Moby Dick, Don Quixote, and the works of Don…
181: Guys Who Fell Off
The Sickos moan about guys who have fallen off. Some fear to do this. We have the courage to do what they won't.
180: Goblin Punks with Grant Howitt - An Anime Sickos Adventure
Grant Howitt, a game designer who rules, joins the Sickos (plus Gwynn and Allie from Modesty City, Sicko Shock 2, and Shuffle Quest) for a one-shot game of…
179: The Sickos Ponder Da Sludge
Everywhere you look someone's trying to sell you da sludge, and they usually succeed! AI? That's da sludge. Layoffs? Sludge. Airplanes where the walls fall off? Sludge. Some…
178: The Sickos Begin to Rank Every Game Mechanic
We unveil a classic new recurring segment in which the Sickos sort every single game mechanic into a tier list. This will definitely not take a long time…
177: The Sickos are Out of Touch, and Right
Folks, your Sickos are old and dumb and don't know what's hip now. When we watched the Game Awards it was like we got clockwork oranged. Music is…
176: Joe Has a Baby Now
We're back from our break. Joe had a baby, did you hear about that? That's part of why there was a break. Anyway, we talk about the baby…
175: The Sickos Enter the Void
Guest hosts Sara & Tom McHenry watched the big plagiarism YouTube video and now we are harrowed by the nightmarish threat of "void people," empty automatons who eerily…
174: The Sickos Defeat Death
Guest host erica dreisbach fills in for Joe and reveals how to defeat aging and live forever by buying pills from the store that a disgraced charlatan told…
173: The Sickos Design Final Fantasy 17
Square Enix is fucked because no one liked Final Fantasy 16. They need the next mainline entry to be a rock-solid crowdpleaser that's cheap and fast to develop.…
172: The Sickos Rank the Monsters
It's our spookiest episode yet as the Sickos rank the Halloween monsters in a bone-chilling tournament! This one's pretty dumb (non-derogatory)
171: Sean Rose Goes Guesto Mode
Sean Rose goes guesto mode! We discuss Sean's comic Red Ring of Death, a parody of inescapable mid-2000s gaming webcomics, his podcast The Hornet's Nest, in which reformed…
170: Obama is Gay With Tucker's Friend
The Sickos discuss the story of the millenium: Obama is allegedly gay with Tucker's buddy. This is sure to really move the needle. Plus, numerous goofy segments and…