# Tackling our gaming phobias

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Podcast: [Crubcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/crubcast-6399476)
Published: 2026-07-20T11:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/4227e325
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We're grown adults, and podcasts are basically therapy, so we wanted to talk about things in games that used to scare us...and the things that still scare us. MORE PLACES TO FIND US Crubscribe ► https://bit.ly/Crubcast Get the show early and get exclusive content at our Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/crub Our Crubcasts are recorded LIVE at https://www.twitch.tv/crub_official every Tuesday at 7pm Eastern, with EXCLUSIVE Pre- and Post-Shows Join our Discord ► https://crub.org/join BlueSky ► https://bsky.app/profile/crub.org Come join our Steam group ► https://steamcommunity.com/groups/crubclub Podcasts are available on Apple, Google, Spotify, and other platforms are available at ► https://crub.org SHOW NOTES Shoutout to MelodyNosurname: https://www.youtube.com/MelodyNosurname TODAY'S CRUBCAST HOSTS Cassandra: https://www.youtube.com/@ThatTravGuy Chris: https://www.youtube.com/@MykonosFan Nicco: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl56kbl3tb-KiGEHT7MUGUg Sean: https://www.youtube.com/@Wolfkaosaun CHAPTERS 00:00 Viewer beware, you're in for a scare 04:34 77 paintballs (insect talk) 13:19 What is Cass afraid of? 19:22 Finding out about 9/11 years later 26:37 Deep water, no thank you!!! 33:15 When you were 5, fears hit different 40:40 The Buckets Challenge, and our cynicism of gaming corpos 49:30 Returning back to childhood comforts 55:26 How we'd fish at the next Crubchella (TheCrazyEven) 59:07 Sean was a licensed minister, here's how ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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