Chatting about the ESRB’s penis problems and Sweden’s free game dev camp

Sup Holmes every Sunday at 4pm EST!

_{[Su▨pꦆ Holmes is a weekly talk show for people that make great videogames. It airs live every Sunday at 4pm EST on , and can be found in Podcast form on  and .]}

Good news, everyone! We’ve got some outstanding Sup Holmes reruns for you to enjoy on this fine Sunday afternoon. First up is our talk with , the creator of Succulent, , , and many more. We talked about Robert’s motivations, the popularity of his “spank a man” simulator  in Japan, his dreams of completing a game that’s a cross between Porco Rosso and Animal Crossing, the ERSB’s harsh judgements on erect penises, and a lot more. Robert also made fun of me occasionally for talking about how straight I am (about 9/10 on the straight-o-meter) and I deserved it. 

We also have an episode with Ditto, the creator of  (available on ) and a variety of . Our conversation happened just as Ditto was finishing up , his new one-button multi-player shooter. He concocted that the game while in the warm embrace of Stugan (Sweden’s premiere scholarship-based video game incubator program), a summer event that sounds like literal heaven on Earth. We talked about why he’s reluctant to charge for his work, the idea of doing a Splatoon fan-game, and a lot more. 

Thanks so much to Robert and Ditto for being on the show, and feel free to tune in today at 4pm EST when we welcome . We’re giving out codes for some Wii U and 3DS games too, so that’s neat.