Bench Bugs - The Hollow Knight Podcast

This week we go over Team Cherry’s latest blog post in the News and then we go collect the final three pieces of Pale Ore to upgrade our nail.

This week we go over the footage shown off at the Nintendo Treehouse of Hollow Knight: Silksong!

This week’s episode is shorter as E3 takes up a lot of my time. We have some News, some Fandom moments, and a Content Creator to talk about. Hopefully by the time you listen to this some Silksong news will have been announced so I can talk about it next week!

There are many interesting insects out there, including the ones in this week’s Fandom Moment. Of course, those bugs have to come from somewhere. Perhaps they’re from the new kingdom of Bugaria that we talk about during the News? Then during our Main Topic Discussion we put on our theory caps to try and outdo mossbag by analyzing a single line of text from the recently released Wanderer’s Journal.

This week we discuss Hollow Knight Original Characters including some of my favorites from the community. We then quickly finish of The Hive in the short but sweet Play Through Update.

This week we finally venture into the Abyss. Which is extremely relevant to mossbag’s recent video we discuss in the Fandom Moment. There’s no Topic Discussion this week but next week’s will be all about Hollow Knight OC’s so stay tuned!

This week we go over my least favorite enemies in the game during our Topic Discussion. We also do some speculation over Silksong in the Fandom Moment and visit Kingdom’s Edge in the Play Through Update.

Well I’ve done it. I’ve beaten the game for the first time! Not that you’ll hear about that in this episode. This week we’re just going over my overall thoughts and impressions of Hollow Knight while our Fandom Moment foretells of potential suffering in the future. Then we do some exploring with those Monarch Wings in a shorter than usual Play Through Update.

This week we have some responses to the Sci-Fi challenge I issued as we explore a giant space station and a robotic kingdom in this week’s Fandom Moment. We then finish up my journey through Deepnest and go looking for the double jump ability.

This week we talk about how charming Hollow Knight’s Charm System is. We cover charm combinations and fan made charms that I found interesting. I then use those interesting combos as I finally venture into the darkness of Deepnest during my 100% Play Through Update.

This week we present Bench Bugs: The Movie. In this extra lengthy episode we have a nice discussion with Youtuber Relyea about the story and lore of Hollow Knight. Then the 100% Play Through Update almost doubles the length thanks to all the sessions I played this week. Buckle in; this episode is almost as long as Bardoon.

This week we have a full episode for you! With a Sci-Fi challenge for the fandom moment, a pretty cool Hollow Knight walkthrough creator, and some Silksong discussion we swing right back into things after last week’s rushed performance.

In this episode we talk about glass a lot. From the jars I broke in real life, to the jars and tanks our beloved NPC’s are kept in in this week’s Fandom Moment. We also visit Crystal Peak in our 100% playthrough update which has crystals that, you guessed it, shatter like glass.

This week’s episode is a bit on the short side as we skip both the Fandom Moment and Main Topic Discussion. Instead, we have a larger 100% Playthrough Update featuring my explorations of the City of Tears and the Royal Waterways.

We’ve received a mini update on Silksong from Team Cherry! Let’s look into some of the NPC’s that inhabit the haunted kingdom of Pharloom! We also discuss Hollow Knight Tabletop games and Cut Content from the original game.

A new Hollow Knight Collector’s Edition has been announced on Fangamer as well as a Wanderer’s Journal! We take a look at them as well as other officially licensed Hollow Knight merchandise in this week’s episode.

With a new logo and a more structured outline, Bench Bugs will be ‘getting good’ from now on! Our Fandom Moment teaches us that it’s okay to fail and our Main Discussion brings us our first Top 5 Favorites list! Only this Top 5 became a Top 15. Finally we wrap up the Forgotten Crossroads but without having to listen to me play it.

Happy Anniversary Hollow Knight! Today we dive into the development of the game as well as feature our first Hollow Knight content creators. Then we start off my new 100% play through save file.

In this first episode of Bench Bugs I talk about the upcoming sequel to Team Cherry's game Hollow Knight; Silksong. I give my thoughts and opinions over an analysis of the trailer as well as list some of the goals I have for this show.