Inspirational Idle Ideas (list of game ideas and jokes from the podcast)

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If you want to reach beyond the episode titles or need more inspiration for jamming, here's a list of random game ideas and jokes that I've found (by looking through the youtube annotations of every episode and copying time stamps that sounded interesting). If you find or have something in mind that is not in here, please post your findings in this thread so I can update the list.

 

Idle Thumbs 287 - The Fun Cast
27:17 — Battlefield 1 - Watch out for the Hanna-Barbera sound effects mod

Idle Thumbs 286 - I Can't Do It, Gilgamesh
1:03:48 — Reader Mail - Nintendo Theme Parks - We have some ideas, mostly involving Waluigi

Idle Thumbs 259 - Breckon's Similar Sausage Face
11:58 — Dark Souls III - A 3D platformer that Chris just made up

Idle Thumbs 250 - A Palpable Dream
35:18 — Surprise Games - Like when you play snake and then there’s a scary face
35:45 — Salacious Crumb - He can feel love

Idle Thumbs 247 - The Clone Progenitors
10:41 — Mario Game Jam - Just take Mario and put him in every game

Idle Thumbs 246 - Mesmerized, Process, and Anxiety
12:33 — Rylo Ken - He’s the palette swap Mortal Kombat Ninja of Kylo Ren

Idle Thumbs 235 - Plaited Haircut of the Whale
39:22 — Cyberwarfare - Some games should model that

Idle Thumbs 223 - Troll Clone Today
47:58 — Troll Clones - A recurring segment and an Are You Afraid of the Dark? episode

Idle Thumbs 220 - Life Finds a Way
11:49 — Terry Gilliam’s Evo - There’s fresnel lenses everywhere

Idle Thumbs 216 - Super Hypercast
44:25 — Nintendo - Coming out with that new Yoshi game on Twine

Idle Thumbs 215 - Flirtation & Procreation
44:44 — Theoretical New York Anno Game - That Chris and Nick dream up in this segment

Idle Thumbs 211 - Spector's Oil
14:27 — Random Multiplayer Modifiers - Maybe you break your leg jumping too high

Idle Thumbs 207 - Bublé Bloodborne Bloodbeef
49:11 — Post-Apocalyptic Games - It’s possible to make one with no humans, like Tokyo Jungle

Idle Thumbs 195 - Business Guys On Planes
1:09:47 — Randomized Storytelling - One player in 1,000 gets told “Fuck You”

Idle Thumbs 189 - Serious Ma'am
15:32 — Serious Ma’am - With Ms. Pac-Man

Idle Thumbs 185 - Beppo's Hole
54:13 — Unity Asset Jam - The Iron Chef of game jams

Idle Thumbs 182 - I Am Suspicious of Myself
1:28:02 — Super Briefly - Coming soon from Idle Thumbs Games
1:42:21 — Games Discussed - Time-Honored Roo

Idle Thumbs 180 - Wars & Pieces
35:13 — Danielle’s LAX Nightmare - A weird tower defense game

Idle Thumbs 177 - The Good Ones
37:14 — Donkey Kong Doom - Donkey Kong open the Ridonkulous Rift to Hell

Idle Thumbs 168 - I Like the Hair
1:08:20 — The Bungling Empire - That’s not in my almanac

Idle Thumbs 167 - And That's Why Skeletons Fart That Way
1:56:12 — J Allard’s Dreamscape - A Google Glass inside an Oculus Rift

Idle Thumbs 159 - Wilson's Ghoulish Countenance
02:23 — Home Improvement - An ancient evil (Wilson) awakens
1:28:02 — I'm Horse - Wake up, Sheeple!

Idle Thumbs 158 - P is For Podcast
32:36 — Year of Luigi - For Steam and Xbox 360 // Chris' Waluigi game

Idle Thumbs 157 - Molymoto
22:08 — Groundhog Day 3 - Opens on a leather-bound tome

Idle Thumbs 153 - Blondie, Freckles, and Glasses
1:18:53 — Overlapping Universes - It's more effective with a light touch
1:22:39 — Crossover Fiction - Don't waste time tying things together for it's own sake

Idle Thumbs 148 - The Octopus in My Mind
39:03 — Precocious Attorney - A visual novel featuring Jake and his faces and his mustaches

Idle Thumbs 136 - No Man's Guy
21:49 — No Man's Sky - You're Norman Sky, no man's guy
1:11:45 — Reader Mail - J Allard - The Legend of Allard

Idle Thumbs 135 - That's My Goof
58:30 — That's My Goof! - On the Wings Network

Idle Thumbs 133 - Johann's Baton
45:25 — Thanks 4 Obama - The conclusion to the Obama Quadrilogy
1:08:24 — Outro - Dash Rendar, Slash Wizard

Idle Thumbs 125 - Eyes of the G-Man
08:39 — Year of Luigi - Satyr Luigi will appear if you leave your door open on Seder

Idle Thumbs 124 - Blockbuster Black Case
13:22 — The Walking Dead - "That's The Stuff!" Build

Idle Thumbs 122 - Mario's Picnic
26:47 — Mario - A tale of ruined picnics, eternally retold

Idle Thumbs 115 - Robot News
1:00:58 — Ghost: Gone Home - DLC for the movie Ghost

Idle Thumbs 113 - Shoot That Pizza
43:05 — Canada Rising - Culminating in New Canada (aka Space)

Idle Thumbs 102 - Standing on the Shoulders of Babies
1:03:28 — Gone Home - If you are an orc then Hans Zimmer music plays

Idle Thumbs 98 - Happy Dishonored Return of Nick Breckon
1:19:52 — Zuma - Stay tuned for Z-Uma

Idle Thumbs 95 - H.D. Cool Spot
1:15:11 — Journey 2: Burrito Supreme - Starring Cool Spot

Idle Thumbs 92 - The Mind-Tech Contingency
1:40:19 — Return of Gordon/Ganon - Double Dribble

Idle Thumbs 78 - The Ruinationcast
16:34 — 11: Game Jam Themes - @igndotcom maybe?
23:08 — 16: Waluigi - Game pitches from Idle Thumbs
1:09:37 — 40: A nonviolent Systems Game - Chris would enjoy it
1:55:42 — 80: The Idle Thumbs Board Game - Idlehandler, maybe
3:13:50 — 130: Unexplored Gaming Experiences - Sean sill wants to experience specific moments in history

Idle Thumbs 71 - Nothing's as Good as Ya Eat 'Em
1:05:23 — That's the Stuff! - Jake collects bananas in Gone Home

Idle Thumbs 68 - That's the Stuff
14:42 — That's The Stuff! - Collecting bananas in The Walking Dead

Idle Thumbs 67 - Dot Gobbler
17:52 — Dot Gobbler - One fat kid's horrible Halloween

Idle Thumbs 65 - Dance of the Treasure Goblin
44:04 — Jaw's Checkin' In - That is a contraction and not a possessive
47:43 — Max Payne 3 - Treasure Goblin DLC
1:15:53 — Baboo Kazoo - By PodCap games

Idle Thumbs - GDC '11: Games Kasavin
31:32 — Mario - It's a gritty reboot

Idle Thumbs 62 - The Silken Goku
27:14 — High School Baby - No available on UMD
29:23 — Look Who's Talking Now - Featuring Sean Vanaman being pushed down a flight of stairs
46:51 — StarCraft II - WebMD: Reckoning

Idle Thumbs 61 - Diplomatic Pouch
47:07 — Jurassic Park - With the in-game arcade game Back into Samuel L. Jackson's Arm
1:02:52 — Samuel L. Jackson's Cyborg Arm - Cutting up raptors left and right

Idle Thumbs 60 - Nasty/Good/Badass
41:40 — Snaps n' Claps - Origins
43:03 — Rayman: Origins - Lieutenant Rayman Canon's dark past
1:24:34 — Back Into Samuel L. Jackson's Arm - On XBLIG
1:39:49 — Outro - Rayman: Rise of the Apollo Quadrant

Idle Thumbs 59 - Rolling With the Pope
31:35 — Max Ides - Origins

Idle Thumbs 58 - A Castro Situation
08:37 — The Legend of Zelda - Navi makes the baboo and an MPEG appears

Idle Thumbs 56 - Shoveling Your Hat and Crow
32:41 — Oops! All Bullet Time - The Thumbs lazyweb a sweet multiplayer game
1:30:02 — Ides of April - This is not the origin of Max Ides

Idle Thumbs 53 - "Your Buddy, Space Marine" or "The Capper"
36:32 — Boost Bindburn - Either Chris or a Suda51 character

Idle Thumbs 51 - THE GREAT GATLING-GUNSBY
02:57 — Match-3 Massager - Steve's new game

Idle Thumbs 49 - Bargo Busters
1:29:43 — Outro - Ed Wynn's The Legend of Zeldoo

Idle Thumbs 48 - In Space
14:19 — Demon's Souls - The Japanese Far Cry 2

Idle Thumbs 45 - Episode Forty-Five
13:34 — Pumping the Stone - Probably a weird King's Quest game

Idle Thumbs 44 - Salacious Thumb
13:14 — Halo 3: ODST - Solving mysteries as Salacious Crumb PI

Idle Thumbs 38 - Up On This Boss
53:56 — Waluigi - His hypothetical game that features strings or something

Idle Thumbs 37 - You Gotta Have Spice
1:07:27 — Reader Mail - The Wizard - He has a drinking game now

Idle Thumbs 33 - "The Kane of Lynch" or "This Crazy Robot" or "Rock the Mouse"
31:42 — Will Wright's Call of Juarez - Which game is it!? (Rated RP)
1:33:58 — WizaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAaAAArd!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Sorcery

Idle Thumbs 32 - The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of
00:39 — Intro - Super Casts 'n' Blasts

Idle Thumbs 29 - Dreaming of Gillen
11:12 — Game Objectives - Explaining them to parents

Idle Thumbs 28 - Other People Get It
1:03:58 — Traveling Through Time - To find the parts to build your time machine

Idle Thumbs 26 - Raising the 'Bargo
53:32 — Reader Mail - Shadow of the Colossus - Streets of LA

Idle Thumbs 24 - Shadow and Colossus: Back in Action
01:30 — Shadow and Colossus: Back in Action - "IIIII geeeeet resuuuuults!"
26:25 — Farts Cry - In-stinks

Idle Thumbs - GDC 09 - A Fish Called Xtreme
32:45 — SSX Kane - Upgrade Rosebud with some sweet bling

Idle Thumbs 23 - At the Mountains of Money
27:03 — Old Man Clancy's H.A.W. - It's airplanes for folks that don't know what airplanes is

Idle Thumbs 22 - Put On the Top Ghost
28:33 — Cheats - Jake uses his Game Genie to wallhack a hole to China

Idle Thumbs 21 - The Hypersonic Effect
15:53 — Jurassic Park: Total War - Hold On to Your Butts
41:17 — Turrets - You are the Turret King

Idle Thumbs - With Joe Pesci
11:51 — Left 4 Dead Too - Starring Joe Pesci

Idle Thumbs 14 - Interface with the Animus
16:38 — Old Cartoon Style Game - Playing GTA while driving past the same three buildings
22:53 — Old Cartoon Style Game - Someone make it
1:29:11 — Outro - Contextual real-time walkthrough system