Episode 149: Drilling for Joy

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Episode 149: Drilling for Joy

FromThe Devolver Digital Forkcast

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63 minutes

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Oct 19, 2023

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Expert excavators and Pepper Grinder developers Riv Hester and Xee Cee tunnel their way onto the podcast to tell the story of how this indie darling went from gifs to game.?Join us on DiscordVisit DevolverDigital.com

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Oct 19, 2023

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Straight from our mouths to your ears! Hot takes delivered direct from the Devolver Digital Forkcast! Learn meaningless factoids about the wild world of indie game publishing! Marvel at moderately witty banter as Robbie Paterson and JM Specht exchange underwhelming joke after joke! The Devolver Digital Forkcast: It's a podcast!

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Episode 149: Drilling for Joy

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