Episodes 49
Avg. Duration 1h 1m
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Since Feb 2022
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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Two scholars do a monthly video game reading club in a variety of genres. Check the liner notes and other posts at Super Combo Tech on Substack, with video streaming on Twitch and YouTube.

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Super Combo Cast #51 - Demonschool

Mar 01, 2026 1h 8m

On this month’s podcast we talk about Demonschool, the tactical combat and persona-like RPG set at a gangster, demon and zombie beset college on a mysterious island. We loved the characters, world,…

Super Combo Cast #50 - Baldur's Gate 3

Jan 28, 2026 1h 5m

This month’s podcast was all about Baldur’s Gate 3. We’ve played this one a while, and will keep playing it and discussion was mostly around how this landmark RPG release effects the sort of…

Super Combo Cast #49 - Earthion

Dec 20, 2025 56m

This month was Earthion, from Yuzo Koshiro and Ancient. This is a modern-developed 16 bit game, particularly for the Sega Genesis (releasing next year on that platform, but here and now on Steam,…

Super Combo Cast #48 - Transistor

Dec 11, 2025 1h 2m

This month’s podcast was on Super Giant Games’ Transistor. The developers, of Hades I and II fame most recently, released Transistor, their second game, in 2014 to acclaim and general contentment…

Super Combo Cast #47 - Absolum

Nov 12, 2025 56m

This month’s podcast (for October) was Absolum, a roguelike beat ‘em up from the modern day masters at DotEmu (and other partners). We talk about the fantasy influences, genre and roguelike…

Super Combo Cast #45 - Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance

Oct 01, 2025 54m

This month’s game of the month (September) was Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance. This game was the console ARPG (along with its sequels and in-engine-siblings) that blazed the trail for Blizzard to…

Super Combo Cast #44 - Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair

Sep 08, 2025 1h 13m

This month (August) was Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Lair, another link moving along in our Donkey Kong Country and Returns/Tropical Freeze lineage; we’ve been trying to see where this rabbit hole…

Super Combo Cast #43 - Yoshi's Island (SMW2/Advance)

Aug 07, 2025 59m

This month (July) was Yoshi’s Island. The SNES/GBA original (GBA we’re counting as a port rather than a massive update or remaster, although the liner notes will have more information on that). You…

Super Combo Cast #42 - Metaphor ReFantazio

Jul 01, 2025 1h 5m

Last month (June) we discussed Metaphor ReFantazio, the fantasy RPG from the Atlus and the producers/developers of Persona. We talked about the time management systems, combat mechanics, social links…

Super Combo Cast #41 - The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

Jun 05, 2025 54m

This month, May’s podcast, was on The Legend of Zelda (TLoZ): The Wind Waker. This game originally came out in 2003, believe it or not (on the Gamecube). While the version we played, largely…

Super Combo Cast #40 - Halo Infinite

May 21, 2025 1h 2m

This month (April) was Halo Infinite, a game in a series we had a lot to talk about. The open world and other elements felt divisive for us, and mainly, in a way, somewhat ironically (given its…

Super Combo Cast #39 - Pokémon Black

Apr 04, 2025 52m

This month’s (March) podcast was on Pokémon Black, part one of the DS odd duck in the Pokémon family: it has a direct sequel (which we didn’t play this month, but may get to later)! There are some…

Super Combo Cast #38 - Monster Train

Mar 19, 2025 55m

This month (February’s) podcast was on Monster Train, a deck-building rogue-like and also tower defense game (somewhat literally in the way the game represents things with you pyre/health at the…

Super Combo Cast #37 - Path of Exile 2

Feb 03, 2025 1h 11m

This month (January’s) game was Path of Exile 2. Our conversation settled in on the genre conventions this game embraces, extends, and avoids (in relation to something like Diablo II or even Dark…

Super Combo Cast #36 - Stardew Valley

Jan 14, 2025 1h 9m

In our last cast of 2024 we discussed Stardew Valley. Our conversation included all the ways to play (multiplayer, defined or undefined roles, etc.), our histories with the game personally,…

Super Combo Cast #35 - Sonic Mania

Dec 26, 2024 1h 4m

This month, November, we’re discussing Sonic Mania, the lost link in 2D Sonic games released in 2017 (now for all modern platforms). This game is a kind of modern version of a theoretical Saturn…

Super Combo Cast #34 - Steam Next Fest October 2024

Oct 26, 2024 1h 1m

This month (October), we took a different approach and sampled a few upcoming games as part of Steam’s next fest. It ran from October 14th - 21st, and our conversation follows what we tried (games we…

Super Combo Cast #32 - Marvel's Midnight Suns

Oct 03, 2024 54m

Last month (August in this case), was Marvel’s Midnight Suns. Discussion centered around Marvel as a property in games, the way the characters are representative of their comic counterparts or not…

Super Combo Cast # 31 - DKC Tropical Freeze

Aug 09, 2024 51m

This month (July) we took a look at Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze on the Wii U and Nintendo Switch as a last look at one of our favorite series that we ultimately liked a lot better on the…

Super Combo Cast #30 - Diablo II Resurrected

Jul 15, 2024 1h 3m

This month we went to hell — and back — to talk about Diablo II Resurrected. We discuss the history of the ARPG/looter genre, make comparisons to modern games that couldn’t have done it without…

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