# Zenith, Dead Beard's Curse, and Butter - Ep246

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Podcast: [The Staying In Podcast - four pals talk video games, board games, and movies](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-staying-in-podcast-four-pals-talk-video-games-board-games-and-movies-462688)
Published: 2026-05-01T07:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.stayinginpodcast.com/e/zenith-dead-beards-curse-and-butter-ep246/
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Duration seconds: 4065

## Resource

Quick reviews and impressions of geek-adjacent books is the thrust of this one. There’s My First Adventure: Discovering Atlantis, which is a traditional-feeling choose-your-own-adventure book via Hachette, as well as a closer look at Dead Beard’s Curse: Smart Book from Peasoup, which uses augmented reality to take “turn to page XX”-type books to another level. And the book chat goes on: if you love food and curious crime, you’ll gobble up Butter by Asako Yuzuki via 4th Estate. As is often the case, it’s an episode of other “firsts”, including a first Pokémon and Mario game, and how us as parents can share personal favourites with our kids for the first time. Finally, there’s Zenith, a game we can’t stop playing. It’s a strategy game from PlayPunk, a 2-4 player lane battler tug of war from the same folks behind Castle Combo. All that, and on-the-fly-editing of children’s authors, on Ep246.

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