{"podcast":{"title":"Crubcast","slug":"crubcast-6399476","podcast_index_feed_id":6399476,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/crubcast","website_url":"https://www.youtube.com/@CrubOfficial","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/_R8B0ZSWFj8u0fz-62QV1B1gtOcQ8EcG8RseyBALAXQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQxMjMyLzE2ODI5/ODEyNzEtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"Crub","episode_count":196,"summary":"The Crubcast is a weekly podcast tackling various gaming and life topics with a touch of controlled chaos.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T00:17:02.799723+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crubcast-6399476"},"episode":{"title":"The 'Pick 3' Situation is Crazy","slug":"the-pick-3-situation-is-crazy","published_at":"2026-05-11T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crubcast-6399476/the-pick-3-situation-is-crazy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crubcast-6399476","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/9307aa2c","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/9307aa2c/bd45ff51.mp3","summary":"Much like how everything is crab, everything in games seems to increasingly be 'Pick 3'...well, not EVERYTHING, but it sure is becoming prevalent. You level up, 3 options appear, you pick 1, and then play for another minute until you have to pick 3 again. When it's great, it's fantastic, but as it becomes more pervasive will the charm wear off? 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 Here's a free post on our Patreon of us checking out The Spell Brigade, an online co-op Survivors game: https://www.patreon.com/posts/checking-out-157909409 Some of the games mentioned... The Pick 3 Slop Website: https://pick3slop.com/ Gambonanza (they sent us a code, but just linking this because it's a weird name to blind-Google): https://store.steampowered.com/app/3509230/Gambonanza/ Dungeon Clawler (also sent us a code, for disclosure): https://store.steampowered.com/app/2356780/Dungeon_Clawler/ HUNTERxHUNTER NEWxSURVIVOR: https://hunterhunter-ns.bushimo.jp/en/ TODAY'S CRUBCAST HOSTS Brody: https://www.youtube.com/@RACROX Cassandra: https://www.youtube.com/@ThatTravGuy Chris: https://www.youtube.com/@MykonosFan Nicco: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl56kbl3tb-KiGEHT7MUGUg CHAPTERS 00:00 Discord Nitro 3 month is pick 3 05:19 The morphing of the roguelite genre 14:27 Slay the…","meta_description":"Much like how everything is crab, everything in games seems to increasingly be 'Pick 3'...well, not EVERYTHING, but it sure is becoming prevalent. You lev…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4321,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/crubcast-6399476/episodes/the-pick-3-situation-is-crazy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crubcast-6399476/the-pick-3-situation-is-crazy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}