HNY gang! Things are getting steamy folks, will Robert find love amid his disenfranchised cohort of superheroes? Could Luke possibly be any worse at the actual game bit of this game? Let's find out together.
Stream start: Wednesday 7 January, 20:00 BST
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As the Overture DLC reaches its climax, Pinocchio and Lea confront a villain unlike any other...
Boss/ending spoilers follow:
I mean... you saw it, right? There aren't many words for how completely over-the-top that final confrontation is. I meant what I said in the episode about feeling serious dread facing down the fin...
2025-12-26 15:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Having reached the fabled Rose Estate, Pinocchio and Lea uncover the grim work of their hated foe...
Fair warning folks, this episode gets pretty heavy! The Rose Estate is quite grim, and the environmental storytelling feels fairly relentless. Things do ease up in the second half of the area - and by ease up I mean, bonkers fights against ...
2025-12-19 15:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Can Robert steer his rag-tag team of former villains back to the path of heroism? I'd settle for competence, or at least not starting as many fires. Dispatch continues this Thursday!
Stream start: Thurs 18 December, 20:00 BST
URL: https://youtu.be/DG3TXLVG1jk
Pinocchio reaches dry land, a haunted lighthouse, and confronts his quarry at long last...
This is a pretty lore and sidequest-heavy episode! But there's some juicy stuff in there, and a miniboss whose entrance to the arena I won't soon forget. If you get the sense that various NPC storylines are starting to wrap up in order to give the DL...
2025-12-12 16:05:04 +0000 UTC View Post
I've heard amazing things about this narrative adventure game (including that it's fairly raunchy, so fair warning for 18+ content), let's experience a super-powered choose-your-own-adventure together.
Stream start: Weds 10 December, 20:00 BST
URL: https://youtu.be/_e2...
Pinocchio faces down an umbrella-wielding foe in the shattered hold of an Archon ship...
Boss spoilers follow:
It's not the biggest or most spectacular boss fight in the DLC but hoooo boy did this one test me! The first phase requires immense patience, especially in that painful stretch where I was muscling through it on...
2025-12-05 18:07:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Nancy Drew: Sea of Darkness draws to an epic close this week - or at least I assume it does, it certainly feels like we're ramping up for a conclusive stream! Where is Magnus? What's the secret of the lighthouse? What the heck do we do with Tiny Key?!?! Answers are presumably coming, folks.
Stream start: Weds 3 December, 20:00 BST...
2025-12-01 20:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hot on the heels of Lea, Pinocchio charges through the wrecked ships that litter Krat's frozen coastline...
You all know I love a tall ship, so this zone was a real treat for me. I didn't expect to be picking through ice-bound wrecks beneath the aurora borealis in this DLC, but I'm delighted to have the chance. And oh boy, what a scrap we ...
2025-11-28 15:00:28 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks! Much as I hate to think about Lies of P: Overture ending, it surely will at some point - and probably quite soon (assuming the final boss doesn't see me stuck for six months).
I want to roll right into a new playthrough, so I'm canvassing opinion on what the next game should be! By now you probably know the kind of thing I like ...
2025-11-26 15:00:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Update: Apologies gang, I've caught a gnarly flu and I'm not up to streaming this evening 🤒 Nancy Drew will resume next week instead. Sorry again. ps Overture on Friday unaffected as I'd already edited it ⚔️
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Nancy Drew: Sea of Darkness draws to an epic close thi...
2025-11-24 20:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Pinocchio battles an enormous, ancient foe...
Boss spoilers follow:
From what I can tell online (after beating a boss I like to mooch around forums etc and see what the general consensus is), opinion varies quite wildly on the design of this boss! Some folks don't like it, but for me it really worked. I loved deflecting ...
2025-11-21 15:00:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Nancy Drew: Sea of Darkness returns again! Will the ice caves yield their secrets? What's up with that music box?! What happened to Magnus?!?!?! Join this stream and there's a reasonable chance we'll get the answers we seek...
Stream start: Weds 19 November, 20:00 BST
URL: 2025-11-17 21:00:06 +0000 UTC
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What ho, puppets! Fearsome mechanical foes and existential horrors await as Pinocchio presses futher into Alchemist territory...
Holy cats gang, how creepy was that bit with the thing?! You know the one. Bleurgh, it's a visual I'll be trying to shake all week. Good stuff though - wish me luck with what's waiting on the other side ...
2025-11-14 15:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Where is Captain Magnus, and did he steal the legendary treasure of the Heerlijkheid?! These are questions I've been screaming internally all week, and perhaps we'll finally get answers this Wednesday when Nancy Drew: Sea of Darkness returns. More likely we'll get hilarious puzzles, stellar voice acting and perhaps a needlessly...
2025-11-10 20:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Pinocchio ventures into the Ergo mines in search of Lea, but has he delved too greedily and too deep?!
Boss spoilers follow...
LOL. Of all the bosses to make a bonus cameo in Overture, I can't believe they picked the random monster in the swamp. That thing tested my patience to its limits, and I can only be grateful I su...
2025-11-07 15:00:21 +0000 UTC View Post
The Halloween Nancy Drew streams were so much fun, I've decided to take a run at another point-and-click mystery game from the series! Needless to say, it's the one with a tall ship on the box art - 2015's Sea of Darkness. Here's the Steam description:
The celebrated ship “Heerlijkheid,” is usually the centerpiece of an Icelandic t...
2025-11-03 23:49:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Pinocchio enlists the help of an unlikely ally to face down the Alchemists' newest horrorshow...
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Blimey, what a strange boss! I really like what they're doing with the DLC in terms of boss experimentation, this is second battle in Overture to feature two very different rhythms of combat, with the challe...
2025-10-31 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Welp, Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall delivered and then some. If you didn't catch Part 1, I highly recommend checking out the VOD version. Can't wait to solve the mystery and/or die to scythes in Part 2 this week.
Stream start: Thursday 30 Octobe...
2025-10-27 20:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Pinocchio encounters a hammer-wielding foe in the deepest, most frozen depth of an Alchemist lab. But how can Luke hope to defeat an enemy he's rooting so hard for?
Minor boss spoilers follow...
Chalk up another in the Overture 'great boss fight' column, I really enjoyed this one. The journey from seeing how tiny a dent I wa...
2025-10-24 14:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Folks I'm so sorry, due to unforseen circumstances I've had to postpone this evening's stream - I am gutted, and even more gutted to be dropping this postponement after the intended start time. Today has been a disaster and I am so very sorry, I hope I haven't disrupted anyone's evening/day plans too horribly.
NEW TIME: Fr...
2025-10-20 19:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
The DLC difficulty ramps up considerably as Pinocchio persues Lea Florence Monad into a twisted Alchemist facility...
I'd be fascinated to know how anyone else who's played Overture found this zone! I couldn't tell while playing whether it's a genuine step-up in complexity and difficulty or whether I was just playing terribly, haha. Having...
2025-10-17 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
After a wonderful first few hours with Hades II I'm excited to try and beat the hard-rockin' boss trio of Scylla and the Sirens live on stream, and get further in the game than I've managed so far. Wish me luck.
Stream start: Wednesday 15 October, 20:00 BST
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Hope you like clowns! And puppets! And an abundance of clown-puppets. Pinocchio heads to the funfair for brutal battles, exciting rides and some hilarious minigames.
This section of the game should silence the many critics who moaned that there wasn't enough clown content in the base game. Then again, that same crowd might be equally cross...
2025-10-10 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Hades II is finally fit for regular chumps like me to play it, having spent months being honed like an Athenian blade in Early Access . As a huge Hades fan I am beyond excited to take my first steps in Hades II alongside the NormalAdultLuke community! If you've never played any Hades, I strongly recommend giving this stream a look, it is a more ...
2025-10-06 20:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Pinocchio confronts an unhinged Alchemist in the Greenhouse!
Mild boss spoilers follow:
WOW. That was the coolest boss fight I've had the pleasure to enjoy in a long time. Conceptually very interesting, with several viable ways to approach it, I can't believe how well they managed to pull that off, especially considering it'...
2025-10-03 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
The playthrough of Mafia: The Old Country continues! Enzo is dispatched on a dangerous mission to Palermo to get revenge for the Don, but his beloved Isabella has begged him not to go. Where do Enzo's true loyalties lie?! Please look forward to the next few chapters of this enjoyably crap and then sometimes just plain enjoyable 7/10 Mafia game.<...
2025-09-29 20:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Pinocchio battles further into Krat Zoo, but the most horrifying beast so far guards the way forward...
Boss spoilers follow...
Tyrannical Predator! Design-wise you'd probably agree it's not the most wildly creative boss ever, but I thought this was a really enjoyable first proper challenge in the DLC. Really nicely animated...
2025-09-26 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
The playthrough of Mafia: The Old Country continues! As the Don sends Enzo to go investigate a disturbance, there are signs that the gang's leadership is starting to fray at the edges. Will Cesare make his move? Will we get in trouble for having a torrid affair with the Don's daughter? The answer to both questions is yes, probably.
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A mysterious Stargazer brings Pinocchio to a strange, snowy hillside - where a vast zoo complex awaits. And if you're thinking the animals are a) normal and b) confined to their enclosures, well I've got bad news on two counts...
Welcome to Overture!! 🥳 I'm genuinely so pleased to be back in Pinocchio's world, for what is perhaps the st...
2025-09-19 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post