Join two lifelong gamers as they navigate the chaotic world of gaming while balancing family, careers, and their indie game development. From epic WoW raids and Star Wars adventures to the everyday struggles of parenting and adulting, Raid Buff offers a relatable and hilarious look into the life of a modern-day gamer.
Trying to remember “The Boys” for no reason (Akia’s audio becomes more clear about 5 minutes in.)
The sheer amount of work it takes to make a game
Going from CS programming to game dev
Marvel Rivals
The cosplay and long box in the closet
Fallout of the struggle bus tank in Overwatch
Pokemon Unite, the Pokemon version of League of Legends
We’re sick of being sick
Just another history book moment in our lifetime
2024 Game Awards - Is World of Warcraft really not one of the “best ongoing games” but Diablo 4 is?
Witcher 4 reveal
What’s cool? Crashing out?
Ever heard about “Confessions of a Video Vixen”?
What’s your go-to trash talk?
Weight loss goals
We just watched “Godzilla Minus One”
4 Dec 2024
It's All Lies!
Finally got a Switch — Costco Black Friday bundle
Overwatch 2
Mario Kart 8
Persona 5: Royal
Pixel Cafe
Neva
Pixel art for game design is HARD—good on ya, Brotato!
Vampire Janitor: making a list of weapons and enemies
Why can’t we be like the other indie game devs?
Black Friday was actually on Friday this year
How to guarantee your team will win the big game (while you, personally, lose)
Sports is just reality tv with fewer steps
Get your NASCAR games while you can NASCAR sold to iRacing.
Hunter x Hunter: Nen Impact blocked in Australia (probably for minors doing bad stuff)
Why it’s harder to buy games at launch nowadays
Entertainment ADD: switching streaming platforms and skipping songs
Loyalty to your in-game teammates and childhood trauma
“I’m committed to DPS” and the sad WoW classic story of a husband and wife
Curse of the friendly face
Below average human communicators
It takes a village?
24 Nov 2024
WoW, Overwatch, Marvel Snap, oh my!
Not a ton of Vampire Janitor progress thanks to mice and moving
Fantastic “butt” idea gets ignored
WoW player housing
The overwhelming-ness of Dornogal
Overwatch!
Starting our own traditions—steaks
Unintentional neighbor noise standoff
Worst game you’ve ever played?
Yugioh fanatic becomes addicted to Marvel Snap
Were Yugioh Master Duel and Duel Links pay to win?
Have you heard how expensive comic books are now?
Not using Twine for writing
Much talk, little watch of Dune: Prophecy
The very deep lore of Lord of the Rings LoTR and what got left out of the Rings of Power (spoilers)
Who writes better shows now: HBO or Amazon Prime?
12 Nov 2024
Mice City, Mice Mice City
Game devlog and our measly progress since last episode
Mice city, mice mice city bih
Is Halloween not a thing now?
Akia gets back into new WoW in an old way
New zone in WoW
Token system change for 20th anniversary
AI videos of WoW and Pokémon
NFL this year
Haikyuu dub!!
Top 5 anime
Watching Daredevil vs watching bad shows like The Witcher
28 Oct 2024
Go Team Xal'atath’s Feet
Game progress for our indie
Why does everything cost money for Halloween?
How do you decide game art style vs good CG?
Video game sound design / for the love of foley and voice acting
Why can’t you play some games on Steam Deck (when they seem perfect for the platform)?
Red Dead 2 is my cozy game
World of Warcraft’s 20th Anniversary and the Tier 2 sets
Really… what do you think about Xal'atath’s feet? And why does Blizz prefer them to Mommy Alexstrasza?
Lack of a love life
18 Oct 2024
Pilot Redux
Update on our game dev progress: almost almost ready! We're picking our programs and figuring out how to use them.
Tanason tells the story of how he chose Paladin for the first time—forced to choose, more like.
We also talk about trying for that golden egg of a work/life/game dev balance.
18 Oct 2024
Character Creation Screen
In which our heroes/game devs/9-5ers discuss their newest venture: making a video game! What programs will we use? Who knows! There are so many!
We also talk about how we got our main character names in WoW and our favorite memory in the game.
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