This week on Retronauts.

I'm your host for this one, Bob Mackie.

And this time around, we are talking about digging.

Because since the dawn of mankind, we have yearned to tunnel underground and hide from everything.

But in our modern times,

we can do this without getting our fingernails dirty. So in an episode very much inspired

by Donkey Kong Bonanza, we're going to be looking at games in which digging plays a major

or at least an interesting role. So you don't have to play Bonanza to understand what we're

talking about here, but it is the most digging focus game I have

ever played in my life. I've already introduced myself. Who else is here with me today? Hello,

this is Diamond Fight, and I was just digging into a breakfast burrito. It's true. We could have

mic that and included that as a eight-minute extra. The special misophonia version.

By the way, Diamond and I are wearing matching Nintendo Museum shirts of the least popular consoles. Yes. Bob's got Wii U. I've got Virtual Boy. Now, I got this shirt because I'm virtually a boy. But I know your wife got this one too, so we really are. We've got a pair of look going on here. I don't know what this signifies about me, but I hope it's not anything to do with the Wii U. And who else is here? Hey, it's Jeremy Parrish. I'm trying to open up the places we got hurt. And yeah, we are also recording this on a very rainy Sunday morning in a Portland hotel room in case you're wondering why we sound a little off, but we just got off of a big panel that was great and we're going to be doing another one today but

we're trying to maintain our energy for an early recording of way earlier than I'm used to at least

but I want to know from both of you how do we feel about digging games and especially how

does it compare to swimming in games because swimming in games can go very wrong I feel like digging in

games always a satisfying experience swimming is a nightmare for me in real life, but also in video

games it's really dangerous because whether you go physics-based or just, you know, whatever-based,

I feel like it always re-writes the rules. You know, you were used to running and jumping,

and now all of a sudden you're moving very slowly,

or this force is pulling you down that weren't there before. Whereas digging, you generally have complete control. Do I want to go this way? Do I want to go this way? So many games let you dig up, you know? That was a Sinsis joke. The Sips predicted it, you know? That should have been my opening line.

Dig Up Stupid.

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