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Thumb Cramps
Thumb Cramps is a weekly video game review podcast hosted by Professional Gamers Joel Duscher and Jackson Baly as they are joined each week by special guests to take a look at what games they’ve been playing lately. New releases, retro games, AAA titles and even real life experiences are all equally judged and reviewed on Thumb Cramps. New episodes every Friday.
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Episodes
Thumb CrampsHotdog Quest: One With Everything and Other Games (Ft. Steph Panecasio and Ricky from Good Games Morley)
This week on Thumb Cramps, the Septendogs celebration continues as they’re joined by Steph Panecasio and Ricky from Good Games Morley to look at Hotdog Quest…
Thumb CrampsHollow Knight: Silksong and Other Games (Ft. Ruby Innes)
This week on Thumb Cramps, they continue to play the dog as Septendogs rolls on and this time they’re joined by their best friend Ruby Innes to look at Hollow…
Thumb CrampsShinobi: Art of Vengeance and Other Games (Ft. Joel Zammit and Adam Carnevale)
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s time to play the dog as they celebrate the first episode of Septendogs with Joel Zammit and Adam Carnevale. After drinking…
Thumb CrampsBomb Rush Cyberfunk and Other Games (Ft. Chloe Appleby)
This week on Thumb Cramps, Jackson is lost in the woods and unable to say farewell to Handhelgust but don’t even stress gamers because stepping in as co-host…
Thumb CrampsPokemon Trading Card Game and Other Games (Ft. Darcy Smith and Woody)
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s Handhelgust and to continue the celebrations they’re joined by Darcy Smith (Studio Folly) and Woody (Beethoven & Dinosaur) to…
Thumb CrampsDonkey Kong '94 and Other Games (Ft. James Clement AKA Mr Sunday Movies)
This week on Thumb Cramps, red hot video game reviews are shooting up your butthole as they’re joined by James Clement AKA Mr Sunday Movies to celebrate…
Thumb CrampsGod of War: Chains of Olympus and Other Games (Ft. Tom Reed)
This week on Thumb Cramps, playing video games on the bus is back as they continue to celebrate Handhelgust this time joined by Scaredy Boys’ very own Tom Reed…
Thumb CrampsPatapon and Other Games (Ft. Bec Petraitis)
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s finally safe to play video games on the bus as they celebrate Handhelgust, a month dedicated to handheld gaming. To celebrate…
Thumb CrampsDonkey Kong Bananza, Resident Evil 4 and Peterware (Ft. Ruby Innes)
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s time to look for the Cheapest Copies Available For Donkey Kong Bananza (we don’t know where they are and cannot help you) and…
Thumb CrampsDeath Stranding 2, Hole and YouTube (Ft. Adam 'Superman' Carnevale)
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s time to juloptimize those search engine results in Search Engine Juloptimization 2: Twoptimization and this time they’re joined…
Thumb CrampsTony Hawk Pro Skater 3+4, Umamusume: Pretty Derby and Kathy Rain 2 (Ft. Chloe Appleby)
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s time to juloptimize those search engine results in Search Engine Juloptimization 2: Twoptimization and this time they’re joined…
Thumb CrampsPokemon Scarlet (Nintendo Switch 2 Edition), Gex Trilogy and Baldur's Gate 3 (Ft. Joel Zammit)
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s time to juloptimize those search engine results in Search Engine Juloptimization 2: Twoptimization as they look at the biggest…
Thumb CrampsA Beginners Guide to Thumb Cramps (A Normal Video Game Review Podcast)
Hey, welcome to Thumb Cramps, a normal video game review podcast hosted by Joel Duscher and Jackson Baly (Gamers). Like all normal podcasts, it has come to…
Thumb CrampsMega Man X and Other Games (Ft. Ruby Innes)
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s the finale of 9une and to celebrate they’re joined by their best friend and 9une baby Ruby Innes to take a look at Mega Man X…
Thumb CrampsFallout and Other Games (Ft. Ethan Taylor)
This week on Thumb Cramps, 9une is back in a big way as they’re joined by Ethan Taylor to take a look at Fallout for the Steam Deck, Commander Keen for the PC…
Thumb CrampsMario Kart World and No Other Games (Ft. Andrew Levins)
This week on Thumb Cramps, 9une is postponed to make way for an emergency Juloptimization of the Thumb Cramps feeds to get those stocks back up so please enjoy…
Thumb CrampsThe Elder Scrolls: Arena and Other Games (Ft. Darcy Smith)
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s 9une. Hmm, 9une. How can Thumb Cramps celebrate such a beautiful month? Easy, they’re joined by the founder of 9une, “Daddy…
Thumb CrampsDaemon X Machina and Other Games (Ft. Lena Moon)
This week on Thumb Cramps, May-Be This Game Is Good, Actually comes to an end and to help farewell such an iconic month, the boys are joined by the equally…
Thumb CrampsDoom 3 and Other Games (Ft. Tom Reed)
This week on Thumb Cramps, May-Be This Game Is Good, Actually continues and to celebrate they’re joined by scared boy and expert gamer Tom Reed to look at Doom…
Thumb CrampsBalan Wonderworld, Hands-On with Nintendo Switch 2 and Other Games (Ft. Adam Carnevale)
This week on Thumb Cramps, May-Be This Game Is Good, Actually continues and they’re joined by their good friend Adam Carnevale to look at Balan Wonderworld for…
Thumb CrampsBubsy: Paws on Fire! and Other Games (Ft. Ruby Innes)
This week on Thumb Cramps, May-Be This Game Is Good, Actually continues and this time they’re joined by the third host of Thumb Cramps, Ruby Innes, to look at…
Thumb CrampsLollipop Chainsaw RePOP and Other Games (Ft. Cass Paige)
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s a brand new month so they’ve enlisted Cass Paige to help them revisit video games that got mixed or negative reviews from…
Thumb CrampsIndiana Jones and the Great Circle and Other Games (Ft. Nick Mason)
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s April, and everyone’s favourite video game journalists are joined by The Weekly Planet’s very own Nick Mason to look at Indiana…
Thumb CrampsGame Over: A Musical RPG? and Other Games (Ft. Grace Jarvis)
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s April, and to celebrate the Thumb Cramps boys are joined by first time guest and video game farm expert Grace Jarvis to look at…
Thumb CrampsMax Payne and Other Games (Ft. Steph Panecasio and Zac Naoum)
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s April, and to celebrate such a games filled month they’re joined by Steph Panecasio and Zac Naoum to look at Max Payne for the…
Thumb CrampsMonster Hunter Wilds and Other Games (Ft. Matthew Jackson from Toot Games)
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s April, the month where they play games, and to celebrate they’re joined by Toot Games and Trope RPG’s Matthew Jackson to look…
Thumb CrampsThe Nintendo Switch 2 Direct and No Other Games
It’s a bonus episode of Thumb Cramps where your video game boyfriends, Joel and Jackson, go through everything announced at a VERY wild Nintendo Switch 2…
Thumb CrampsWario World and Other Games (Ft. Dylan and Levi Cooper from Raccoon City)
This week on Thumb Cramps, It’s the final week of Warch and to celebrate they’re joined by the first ever twins to guest on the podcast Dylan and Levi Cooper…
Thumb CrampsWarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$! and Other Games (Ft. Adam Carnevale)
This week on Thumb Cramps, It’s Warch and they’re joined by the Mario to their Wario, Adam Carnevale, to look at WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$! for the…
Thumb CrampsWario's Woods and Other Games (Ft. Chloe Appleby)
This week on Thumb Cramps, It’s Warch and to celebrate they’re joined by Chloe Appleby to take a look at Wario’s Woods for the Super Nintendo, Super Mario…
Thumb CrampsWario Land 3 and Other Games (Ft. Joel Zammit)
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s time to celebrate Warch and joining the hosts is former host and current guest Joel Zammit to look at Wario Land 3 for the Game…
Thumb CrampsSuper Smash Bros. Melee and Other Games (Ft. Darcy Smith)
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s the final week of Threebuamecube and to help say goodbye they’re joined by Studio Folly’s Darcy Smith to look at Super Smash…
Thumb CrampsGeist and Other Games (Ft. Adam Carnevale)
This week on Thumb Cramps, the Threebuamecube hype continues as your video game boyfriends are joined by Adam Carnevale to look at Geist for the Nintendo…
Thumb CrampsMario Kart: Double Dash and Other Games (Ft. Chloe Appleby and Ruby Innes)
This week on Thumb Cramps, Threebuamecube continues to break records as they’re joined by Chloe Appleby and Ruby Innes to look at Mario Kart: Double Dash for…
Thumb CrampsViewtiful Joe and Other Games (Ft. Andrew Levins)
This week on Thumb Cramps, Viewtiful Joel and Peter Jackson’s Bing Bongly are joined by one of the biggest gamers of all time, Andrew Levins, to help celebrate…
Thumb CrampsThe Second Ever First Ever Live Episode of Thumb Cramps (Ft. Ruby Innes)
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s the second ever first ever live episode of Thumb Cramps, recorded live at Nighthawks Bar on Wednesday Jan 22 2025 with very…
Thumb CrampsThe First Ever Live Episode of Thumb Cramps (Ft. Ruby Innes)
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s the first ever live episode of Thumb Cramps, recorded live at Nighthawks Bar on Thursday Jan 23 2025 with very special guest…
Thumb CrampsTop 5 Moments in Thumb Cramps in 2024
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s the final episode of the year and to celebrate the year that was, Thumb Cramps are counting down the Top 5 Moments in Thumb…
Thumb CrampsThe Game Awards 2024 Announcements (Ft. Cass Paige)
For the second time this week, it’s a brand new episode of Thumb Cramps and they’re looking at all the big announcements from Geoff Keighley’s night of nights…
Thumb CrampsWave Break and Other Games (Ft. Steph Panecasio)
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s the first episode of season three and they’re joined by GamesHub’s very own Steph Panecasio to celebrate Weezercember to take a…
Thumb CrampsThe End of the Game The Game and Other Games (Ft. Joel Zammit and Adam Carnevale)
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s time to celebrate the most festive time of year Weezercember and to help with the celebrations they’re joined by Joel Zammit…
Thumb CrampsLost in Vivo and Other Games (Ft. Hayden Bleechmore)
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s the final week of Novemberween and to celebrate the end of such a spooky month, they’re joined by the only guest to die mid…
Thumb CrampsSilent Hill and Other Games (Ft. James Clement AKA Mr Sunday Movies)
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s time for red hot video game reviews to shoot up your butthole as they’re joined by James Clement AKA Mr Sunday Movies to take a…
Thumb CrampsHrot and Other Games (Ft. Ruby Innes)
This week on Thumb Cramps, your video game boyfriends are joined by everyone’s favourite gamer Ruby Innes to look at Hrot for the PC, I Am Your Beast for the…
Thumb CrampsCursed to Golf and Other Games (Ft. Andrew Levins)
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s the spookiest time of the year NOVEMBERWEEN and to continue the thrills they’re joined by Mr. TikTok himself, Andrew Levins, to…
Thumb CrampsSilent Hill 2 (Remake) and Other Games (Ft. Lily from Beethoven & Dinosaur and Ethan Taylor)
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s the spookiest time of the year NOVEMBERWEEN and to celebrate Thumb Cramps are joined by Ethan Taylor from Summerfall Studios…
Thumb CrampsSuper Mario Party Jamboree and Other Games (Ft. Darcy Smith & Woody)
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s the last week of PAXtober and while the convention might be in the past, the essence of PAX (making the video games) is in the…
Thumb CrampsThings We Saw At PAX AUS 2024 and No Other Games (Live from the Floor of PAX)
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s time to break another world record by recording the first ever third ever podcast recorded live from the floor of PAX and look…
Thumb CrampsLorn's Lure and Other Games (Ft. Ruby Innes)
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s PAXtober! PAX Australia starts TODAY and to celebrate they’ve invited the most important member of video game journalism in…
Thumb CrampsThe Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom and Other Games (Ft. Joel Zammit & Adam Carnevale)
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s PAXtober! PAX Australia is this month and to celebrate Thumb Cramps is dedicating all of October to those involved with panels…
Thumb CrampsMarvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection and Other Games (Ft. James Clement AKA Mr Sunday Movies)
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s the final week of No More Guests ‘Til September Ends but yet again your video game boyfriends have TOTALLY blown it by inviting…
Thumb CrampsThank Goodness You're Here and Other Games (Ft. James Clement AKA Mr Sunday Movies)
This week on Thumb Cramps, we are so sad to report that the rules of No More Guests ‘Til September Ends are broken as Joel and Jackson are joined by their tour…
Thumb CrampsAstrobot and Chop Goblins
This week on Thumb Cramps, No More Guests ‘Til September Ends continues with Joel and Jackson alone in the studio on the eve of their UK tour as they look at…
Thumb CrampsPizza Tower and Omochapon
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s No More Guests ‘Til September Ends as your two gamer boyfriends go at it alone to review video games and remain normal while…
Thumb CrampsPenny's Big Breakaway and Other Games (Ft. Adam Carnevale and Hayden Bleechmore)
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s the final week of Pile of Shamegust and unfortunately host Joel Duscher has been struck down with an illness so it’s up to…
Thumb CrampsThe Evil Within and Other Games (Ft. Cass Paige)
This week on Thumb Cramps, your video game boyfriends are still digging into their pile of shame to celebrate Pile of Shamegust. Joining them for the ride is…
Thumb CrampsHi-Fi Rush and Other Games (Ft. Joel Zammit)
This week on Thumb Cramps, the backlog is getting smaller as the Pile Of Shamegust celebrations continue and this time, former host Joel Zammit is back from…
Thumb CrampsInscryption and Other Games (Ft. Ruby Innes and Alexei Toliopoulos)
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s time to work through that pile of shame this Pile of Shamegust as your video game boyfriends (Joel and Ruby) are joined by…
Thumb CrampsMetroid: Zero Mission and Other Games (Ft. Tom Walker)
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s time to finish your damn games and work through your Pile of Shamegust! Joining the Thumb Cramps boys this week is #1 fan of…
Thumb CrampsChained Together and Other Games (Ft. Sean Carney)
This week on Thumb Cramps, it’s the final week of SEOuly and the stocks are sky high! To celebrate buying high and selling low, they’re joined by Scaredy Boys…