Bit Storm

In our third annual Game of the Year special we discuss the GOTY games that don't exist but should! With pitches ranging between 2 and 5 words from some of the best and brightest of the AGPN network and Twitter, Bionic Commando, managing a national park, Day of the Tentacle, bionic women and robot dinosaurs and a father son wrestling trip feature heavily.

What if the War on Christmas ended, and Christmas won?What happens when the Coca Cola company enslaves a powerful genie? What exactly is happening on the 54th floor of Xmas, Inc? Do you hear that Elf on the Shelf whispering in your ear?It's the Bit Storm Christmas episode, and Ben and Trevor are getting jolly with some Christmas Click Pitch!

Ben and Trevor return to the games of their youth and try to re-imagine what could be done with today's technology, with games such as Alone in the Dark, Manhunter: New York, Micro Machines and Descent.

Solving crimes with champagne, the Lemonade Mafia, a flappy super hero, Clown Battle Royale, a giant moon monster, and more as Ben and Trevor jump back into some more Click Pitch!

Another narrative heavy episode this week, with games such as a dodgy wine bar owner trying to get an insurance payout, Trinity's origin story from the Matrix and a GIT based game where you modify the game progress and merge story lines.

The story of 3 generations of women in technology, secretly trimming a friend's bonsai, changing time with scissors, and what happens when Trump nukes his own country? All this and more as Ben and Trevor play some more Click Pitch.

Games this week include Pastrami sandwich wars, finding food for the queen, barbershop quartet hitch-hiking and investigate a mystery in a world with cream based energy.

Hairy Monster Hunter, the first two games in Jackbox Party Pack 7, a sugary action adventure, remote tonsillectomies and more as Ben and Trevor team up for another Click Pitch session!

More crazy digital game ideas such as time jumping when you die in game, control an old man in VR trying to make a nice piece of toast or play as either Sonny or Cher in an action adventure game set in the world of D&D.

The love story between a cow and a sheep, light sabre shearing, manning a booth at a shopping center, preventing a nuclear meltdown with no instruction manual, and find out what lives inside the hollow Earth. Ben and Trevor are joined by by Ryan Betson and Tim Nugent this week, recorded live at PAX Australia in the Audio Technica booth!

Live from PAX 2019, Ben and Trevor find time to actually record on the go with their mobile studio. They talked to the developers behind such games as:Mega Punchy GolfDead Static DriveHeavenly BodiesCybermonkBrimstone BrawlersElden: Path of the ForgottenUnpacking

After a game based on another Kurodust song, Trevor and Ben switch things up a bit in this episode and talk about a single game idea, and it's all about ghosts.

Duck and cover in Mars Attacks: The Arcade Game, set traps and avoid being captured in the next generation of Home Alone, never quite reach puberty as Casper the Friendly Ghost, and more! Ben and Trevor adapt movies into video games this week on Bit Storm.

A Get Smart themed puzzle game, an adventure / role playing game based on Lord of the Flies, a 90's style platformer based on the IT miniseries, and be the newest bartender at Purgatory, the premiere afterlife bar. Ben and Trevor delve into these games and more on this episode of Bit Storm.

Ben and Trevor play a bit of Mary Sue and insert themselves into a video game this week, along with games where you play as a man sized spider revealing corporate horrors, control a surgeon giving a tutorial, try to survive a futuristic city covered in toxic mist, teach Dora the Explorer ethics, and more!

Travel through time to discover the secret truth of the Titanic, run away from a giant slug, enjoy a relaxing family vacation where you need to tend to everyone else's needs, and finally become a digital vigilante and either help or hinder the police. Ben and Trevor created these game designs and more this week.

After stumbling on a new way to play Click Pitch, Ben and Trevor write a game about the mystery satanic keys that give The BeeGees their power, a Source Code style repeating mystery, a far future X-Com game, and more!o4VOrd0zKqGoLWXa7pK0

A casual multiplayer game where you and your friends control a farm together, a photographic puzzle game, a rogue like escape game set in a tower and talk to cars to solve mysteries as the Car Whisperer.

Atebit's own Jono Pech of Comedy Rewind and Puttin' In Work joins Ben and Trevor this week, resulting in a Fallout style RPG where you plan an ant exploring a new world, a rogue-like bobsledding management game, a medieval doctor working in a VR apothecary, and more!

The sinister truth behind the popularity of the Ask Jeeves search engine, stretchy heroes join forces in a VR adventure, John Pope and his religious following, and more!