Steam Cleaners: Recent Episodes
Steam Cleaners
Steam Cleaners is a gaming podcast hosted by Chase Wassenar and Walter Fedczuk as part of the Rough Drafts Podcast Network. Every two weeks, Chase and Walter take the time to ask each other what video games they've played that week in hopes of making a sizable dent in their far-too-large Steam libraries.
On today's special episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk and Chase Wassenar are joined by friend of the pod Dani to discuss their most recent played games. First, Walter shares some personal insight on why he hasn't played enough Darkest Dungeon to talk about it on the show this week. Then, Chase and Dani turn their attention to Esports Godfather, an esports management card game that has taken over their free time.
Watch Chase stream Esports Godfather at https://twitch.tv/redshirtking
On today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Chase Wassenar and Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk take one last look at MSI before moving on to their games of the week. This week, Walter climbs to the top of a mountain in Insurmountable, while Chase finds his rhythm throughout the Cook, Serve, Delicious trilogy.
On today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Chase Wassenar and Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk open the show by discussing their recent bright spots before delving into their games of the week. Walter picks up his lightsaber to take on Star Wars Jedi: Survivor while Chase turns to some experimental indie games: Pick & Poke and .Forty Five.
After bemoaning the Falcons terrible draft choices, Chase Wassenar is joined by Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk to discuss two games they both love. First, Walter delves into SMITE, an underrated MOBA with a new chapter coming soon. Then, Chase journeys into danger and existential horror with Slay The Princess.
On today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk and Chase Wassenar spend some time catching up on the state of League of Legends esports before turning their attention to two very different games. Walter hits the links with PGA Tour 21, while Chase rolls the dice with Astrea: Six Sided Oracles.
On today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Chase Wassenar and Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk open the show by discussing the pervasive VCS match-fixing scandal that has dominated recent League of Legends headlines. After that digression, Walter takes down fish and human hunters alike in Maneater, while Chase uses their last episode as an excuse to gush about the Great Ace Attorney Chronicles collection.
After a not-so-quick discussion on the ups and downs of NFL free agency, Walter Fedczuk surprises Chase Wassenar with his thoughts on Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, while Chase takes a quick detour to Donut County en route to his appointment with the Rhythm Doctor.
On today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk opens with some predictions for AEW Revolution before diving into the tough but fair roguelike Have a Nice Death. Then, Chase Wassenar shares his excitement with Balatro while deeply confusing his co-host with the game's layered mechanics.
On today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter Fedczuk opens the episode with a breaking news story on an anti-trust lawsuit being brought against the Call of Duty League. From there, Walter puzzles his way through Escape Academy, while Chase navigates The Fabulous Fear Machine.
On today's episode of Steam Cleaners after a quick diversion to talk about pro LoL, Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk takes a stroll through Adios, while Chase Wassenar shares his disappointment over Lewd Gym (no, really) and his love for Forward: Escape the Fold.
On today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk continues his tour down gaming history by playing the original Quake and Doom titles. Meanwhile, Chase Wassenar learns he does not have what it takes to be a politician thanks to Suzerain.
On today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter Fedczuk celebrates Half-Life's 25th anniversary by playing it in its original form, while Chase Wassenar delves into the very dark comedy of Class of '09.
Watch the scene Chase shared (content warning: police violence. quality warning: Chase forgot to record the audio at one point and never went back to fix it): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L3phi-29QDiMi4F_wsuas9GzQW5pRDQ1/view?usp=sharing
On today's special New Years episode of Steam Cleaners, Chase Wassenar and Walter Fedczuk revisit games the other co-host played throughout the year. Walter connects with the story of Thirsty Suitors, while Chase delves into the beautiful world of Beyond the Frame: the Finest Scenery.
On today's special episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk goes undercover to navigate the police state in Orwell and Orwell: Ignorance is Strength. Meanwhile, Chase Wassenar is joined by Kristen Pignuolo to discuss Doomsday Paradise, a game that adds card game combat to the Monster Prom formula to great effect.
In today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk heads back into the woods to finally finish Firewatch and its compelling narrative, while Chase Wassenar gets on his skateboard to battle through complicated relationship trauma in Thirsty Suitors.
On today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk takes his own trip into Inscryption and is disappointed by what he finds. Meanwhile, Chase Wassenar delves into the auto battler/card game roguelike hybrid Hadean Tactics and how it balances both genres.
On today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk puts his shooter skills to the test with Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. Meanwhile, Chase Wassenar goes back to his roots with a roguelike card game that almost didn't make it to the show, Beneath Oresa.
On today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk dives into Titanfall 2 and its unique campaign mode, while Chase Wassenar turns his attention to sci-fi visual novel management game Citizen Sleeper.
On today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Chase Wassenar and Walter Fedczuk finish their "playing the same game" episode trilogy by taking a look at Wrestlequest. Together, they analyze how a passion project can be led astray without proper editing and examination of why certain game mechanics should or should not be carried into the modern age.
On today's special episode of Steam Cleaners, Chase Wassenar and Walter Fedczuk are joined by special guest Kristen Pignuolo to discuss Stray Gods: A Roleplaying Musical. Together, they discuss how the game makes the most of its mythological premise, how they each took different approaches when playing through the narrative, and whether you need a good ending to the mystery to enjoy a visual novel built around a murder mystery.
On today's special episode of Steam Cleaners, Chase Wassenar and Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk are both talking about new visual novel Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain. Together, they'll discuss their favorite storylines, where the game stumbles, and whether Walter will be more interested in playing visual novels in the future.
On today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter Fedczuk shares his thoughts on the heartfelt and beautiful Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery, while Chase Wassenar delves deep into Marvel's Midnight Suns, a game with a lot of heart but too much ambition for its own good.
On today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk did what his co-host could not and took down some Norse gods in God of War (2018). Meanwhile, Chase Wassenar mixed things up with a roguelike card game that may have had a bit too much bite in Wildfrost.
On today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Chase Wassenar reveals himself as a hack and a fraud before delving into this week's games with Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk and special guest Kristen Pignuolo. First, Walter breaks down AWE: Fight Forever and how it compares to WWE's yearly releases. Then, Kristen and Chase look at the incredibly funny (and often subversive) Frog Detective trilogy.
On today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter Fedczuk plays four different demos as part of Steam's Summer showcase, while Chase Wassenar tries to get behind a Super Mega Baseball 4 game that isn't quite the home run he was hoping for.
Super Mega Baseball 4 has gotten better since this was recorded! You can track the dev's progress here: https://trello.com/b/eq4lMUqt/smb4-tracker
On today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk discusses the classic roguelike card game Slay the Spire, while Chase Wassenar goes out of his comfort zone to analyze the story and characters of Being a DIK. No, really.
On today's surprise episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk and Chase Wassenar take a quick diversion into kpop before delving into their games of the week. Walter uses his recent trip as an excuse to delve into lighter strategy fare with Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, while Chase takes on the French Revolution in Avian Attorney.
On this week's Steam Cleaners episode, Chase Wassenar and Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk kick off the show with a discussion of the latest news surrounding the NACL's disbandment. Then, Walter plays the definitely-not-a-horror-game fishing simulator Dredge while Chase loses himself in some puzzles with Murder by Numbers.
In today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk delves into the ups and downs of his WWE 2k23 experience, while Chase Wassenar endures Seven Deadly Dates before taking a much needed break with Coffee Talk.
On today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk shares his thoughts on Wrestlemania before delving into Risk of Rain 2. Meanwhile, Chase Wassenar shares his disappointment towards Neurodeck: Psychological Deckbuilder and tells the tale of how he fell in love with Storyteller.
On today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk gets back into the cockpit to discuss Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, while Chase Wassenar goes on an adventure with one of his favorite roguelikes: Renowned Explorers: International Society.
On today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter Fedczuk explores an ancient world with Moon Hunters while Chase Wassenar makes his way through a classic sad dad story with The First Tree after a brief detour through League of Enthusiastic Losers.
On today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk heads into the wilderness to explore theHunter: Call of the Wild while Chase Wassenar befriends a dolphin to delve back into a classic from his childhood, NFL Street 2.
In today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk fears the fallout of his unpopular opinion of Undertale, while Chase Wassenar gushes about SteamWorld Heist to properly condemn SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech.
In today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk takes down the Sinister Six in Marvel's Spider-Man, while Chase Wassenar takes a trip down memory lane (both literally and metaphorically) with Speed Dating for Ghosts before a quick shoutout to the Super Auto Pets/Slay the Spire/Pokemon mashup that is Super Auto Battlemon.
On today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk delves into Borderlands' TTRPG-themed spinoff Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, while Chase Wassenar tries Mom Hid My Game before taking a proper look at the frustratingly fun Dicey Dungeons.
In today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk goes on a charming adventure in LEGO Builder's Journey, while Chase Wassenar puts his management skills to the test with Stacklands.
In today's special episode of Steam Cleaners, Chase Wassenar and Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk break the rules and look back at games their co-host previously played. After a short-ish rant about Marvel Snap's frustrating card acquisition model, Walter scratches the surface of Max Gentleman: Sexy Business, while Chase gets painfully frustrated with To the Rescue before throwing himself into the mysterious Depanneur Nocturne.
In today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk takes command of X-wings and TIE Fighters in Star Wars: Squadrons, while Chase Wassenar embraces the nonstop zaniness of Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip.
In today's special episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter Fedczuk takes a deep dive into Amazon's MMO New World, while Chase Wassenar and Kristen Pignuolo put their brewing, dating and card game skills to the test with Potionomics!
In today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter Fedczuk laments his gameplay frustrations with Weird West and twin-stick shooters, while Chase Wassenar goes down the Marvel Snap rabbit hole to find a game he loves and a pay model he hates.
In today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk avoids his LoL tilt by playing Teamfight Tactics while Chase Wassenar takes a trip down memory lane with Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor.
On today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk embraces his inner cat with Stray, while Chase Wassenar delves into the beautiful world of Gris.
On today's very special episode of Steam Cleaners, Chase Wassenar and Walter Fedczuk are joined once again by Kristen Pignuolo for an in-depth discussion on Cult of the Lamb. Together, they look at the game's blend of management and rougelike gameplay, the world building that drew them into the game, and whether Cult of the Lamb's charm is enough to overcome some frustrating technical difficulties.
On today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter Fedczuk takes a look at the new brawling battle royale Rumbleverse while Chase Wassenar shares his love of Legends of Runeterra.
In today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter Fedczuk shares his frustrations with Hardspace: Shipbreaker while Chase Wassenar shares his love for Teamfight Manager.
On today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter delves into the turn-based strategy darling Divinity: Original Sin 2, while Chase Wassenar turns his attention to sexiest capitalism simulator, Max Gentleman Sexy Business!
In today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter Fredczuk takes a trip down memory lane with Minecraft while Chase Wassenar gushes about Fire Emblem: Three Hopes.
In today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter Fedczuk continues his run through nostalgic games with Fable: Anniversary Edition, while Chase Wassenar takes on Yoko Taro's wild card game ride with Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars.
In today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter Fedczuk saves an adorable assortment of good dogs in To the Rescue!, while Chase Wassenar bemoans the lack of content in Mario Strikers: Battle League and turns his eye to the flawed but charming kingdom management simulator Yes, Your Grace.
In today's special episode of Steam Cleaners, Chase Wassenar and Walter Fedczuk take a look back at Supergiant Games' impressive catalogue of titles. Together, they reminisce over Bastion's greatest strengths, get frustrated by Transistor's experimental combat system, gush over the storytelling and worldbuilding of Pyre, and enjoy the mythological masterpiece that is Hades.
In today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter Fedczuk shares his disappointment with NBA2k21 before enjoyed a relaxing tour through Cloudy Gardens. Meanwhile, Chase Wassenar powers through his fear of horror titles for Inscryption.
In today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter Fedczuk tries to take over the world in Destroy All Humans!, while Chase Wassenar helps a kid enjoy his birthday party in Later Alligator before getting meta with The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe.
In today’s episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter Fedczuk finds the perfect gift in Depanneur Nocturne and pulls off some sick moves in Skatebird. Meanwhile, Chase Wassenar goes on an epic journey with everyone’s favorite pink fluff ball with Kirby and the Forgotten Land.
In today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter Fedczuk breaks new ground by discussing multiple games on the show: Can Androids Pray?, A Short Hike, and Night in the Woods. Meanwhile, Chase takes down out of control space capitalists in The Outer Worlds.
In today's special episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter Fedczuk dives into a world of beaver city builders with Timberborn, while Chase Wassenar is joined by K-Pop Shenanigans co-host Kristen Pignuolo to take down Paradise Killer.
In today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter Fedczuk tries out Madden 22's Face of the Franchise mode while Chase Wassenar climbs atop his beloved Ursaluna to discuss Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
In today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter Fedczuk unpacks a powerful story in Unpacking while Chase Wassenar learns that Fire Emblem: Three Houses isn't quite as good the fourth time around.
In today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter Fedczuk fights his way through the increasingly un-sneaky Assassin's Creed Valhalla, while Chase Wassenar and special guest Eduardo Stückrath put an end to Steam Cleaners' coverage of the Danganronpa series by discussing Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony and its controversial ending.
In today’s episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter Fedczuk tries to dig into the notoriously difficult city-building survival game Frostpunk, while Chase Wassenar gushes about Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, possibly the greatest mystery game he’s ever played.
In today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter Fedczuk delves into the dungeons of tech startup culture with Going Under, while Chase Wassenar solves the mystery of why so many visual novel fans enjoy Danganronpa.
In the debut episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter Fedczuk shares his experience with competitive dating simulator Monster Prom, while Chase Wassenar shares highlights of his esteemed Whiskers franchise in Super Mega Baseball 3.
The History of the Whiskers spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SEEHDUEB4j2Cx2Vr9G80fe-PWU9bQoda4svD2c4HgN0/edit?usp=sharing