{"podcast":{"title":"Play Along Podcast","slug":"play-along-podcast-3279292","podcast_index_feed_id":3279292,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/4a216228/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://playalongpod.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/12337018/12337018-1743489181120-eb0b653db8df6.jpg","author":"Play Along Podcast","episode_count":316,"summary":"Play Along Podcast is a podcast where we play through games in a book club format. We will each take turns picking a game and playing through a section of it every other week. At the end, we will give our review and if we would recommend it to you. Come play along with us every Tuesday at 9am PST as we venture through the world of gaming.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T06:20:13.977552+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/play-along-podcast-3279292"},"episode":{"title":"$5 Steam Game Swap","slug":"5-steam-game-swap","published_at":"2026-01-27T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/play-along-podcast-3279292/5-steam-game-swap","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/play-along-podcast-3279292","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/playalongpodcast/episodes/5-Steam-Game-Swap-e3e8eb6","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/4a216228/podcast/play/114620198/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-27%2F416923031-44100-2-253b37c0d9cbc.mp3","summary":"It's only five dollars. Jared, Ky, and Ben are diving deep into the Steam "$5 and Under" category to see what kind of treasures (and terrors) they can find. The challenge? Pick a budget title and pitch it to the rest of the crew. From high-art cult classics to the deeply surreal, this week’s recommendations prove that a low price tag doesn't mean low impact. Find all of our socials as well as our discord ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/PlayAlongPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Episodes of this podcast go up every Tuesday at 9 am PST. Intro and outro music is done by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://boqeh.bandcamp.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠","meta_description":"It's only five dollars. Jared, Ky, and Ben are diving deep into the Steam \"$5 and Under\" category to see what kind of treasures (and terrors) th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5188,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/play-along-podcast-3279292/episodes/5-steam-game-swap/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/play-along-podcast-3279292/5-steam-game-swap.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}