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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 1h

SHOWTIME! Skittles Squad antics reach their finale in Zero Company Hard // Permadeath // Honor Beskar Ep 12! Also: some surprise Quadrant! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is3m... #GoLive #StarWarsZeroCompany

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 8h

This week's #Twitch and #YouTube #Schedule! We're going to wrap up our ridiculous Zero Company playthrough and then I'm back under my rock to prepare, given recent news. That said, Friday night Virtual Couch will continue and we'll be giving Dressmaker a second look this week!

Show schedule for the week of October 5th on twitch.tv/carelevelzero and youtube.com/carelevelzero.

Star Wars: Zero Company finale (Hard, Permadeath, Honor Beskar mode) is on Monday at 6 p.m. Central.

Another round of crimes against fashion in Dressmaker on Friday night Virtual Couch at 8 p.m. Central.

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

SHOWTIME! On tonight's Virtual Couch, two game devs commit crimes against fashion as we turn Daimeow into the prettiest princess in DRESSMAKER! Yes, really. #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QNr... #GoLive #Dressmaker

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I am altering the #schedule. Pray I do not alter it further. I decided to wrap Zero Company up Monday so that we can stick to the normal time slot for the finale. To cap two months of weird one-shots, Virtual Couch will instead be committing crimes against fashion in Dressmaker! #Twitch #YouTube

Schedule for twitch.tv/carelevelzero and youtube.com/carelevelzero for the week of September 28th. Star Wars: Zero Company -- Hard, Permadeath, Honor Beskar -- is on Wednesday at 2 p.m. Central. Dressmaker -- Two game devs engage in fashion crimes -- is on Friday night at 8 p.m. Central.

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

SHOWTIME! Skittles Squad antics continue in Zero Company Hard // Permadeath // Honor Beskar Ep 11! Starting early and going long as we gun towards the end! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi_E... #GoLive #StarWarsZeroCompany

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Odd schedule this week as we race to wrap the remainder of Zero Company before I vanish into a hole to pack for the move! I have a rare day off & missed Monday so we're starting at an EU-friendly time today and gunning an extra couple of hours to make up. See you soon! #Twitch #YouTube #Schedule

Schedule for twitch.tv/carelevelzero and youtube.com/carelevelzero for the week of September 28th.

Star Wars: Zero Company on Hard // Permadeath // Honor Beskar continues on Wednesday at 2 p.m. Central and Friday night at 8 p.m. Central. #FuckSchedules.

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

SHOWTIME! Skittles Squad antics continue in Zero Company Hard // Permadeath // Honor Beskar Ep 10! Time to make some serious bank on the "last" mission! Like we believe that. #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqEp... #GoLive #StarWarsZeroCompany

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

SHOWTIME! Skittles Squad antics continue in Zero Company Hard // Permadeath // Honor Beskar Ep 9! Doogie Howitzer continues mainlining mayhem as we get back to our mission-in-progress! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDSE... #GoLive #StarWarsZeroCompany

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

SHOWTIME! Skittles Squad antics continue in Zero Company Hard // Permadeath // Honor Beskar! We'll keep making progress and see this one through before recent news shadow retires me! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0eP... #GoLive #StarWarsZeroCompany

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This week's very tentative #Twitch and #YouTube #Schedule! Daimeow's unavailable so I'm taking over Friday at an earlier time. We're going to keep pushing through ZCom with the Skittles Squad where I can, given recent news. Cancellations may come suddenly; nature of the beast right now!

Show schedule for the week of September 21st on twitch.tv/carelevelzero and youtube.com/carelevelzero.

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday have Star Wars: Zero Company on Hard // Permadeath // Honor Beskar mode at 6 p.m. Central. Cancellations may occur due to recent news.

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

SHOWTIME! Tonight's Virtual Couch features DRAMATIC ROAD as, in very VC fashion, we cover an unknown SRPG instead of the expected! The Quadrant unveils tonight! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE3W... #GoLive #DramaticRoad #SRPG

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Shame I'm not actually running a show tonight after all.

A physical copy of Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave that arrived early.

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

SHOWTIME! Skittles Squad returns for more skullduggery in Zero Company on Hard // Permadeath // Honor Beskar! Also: I'll be taking a break mid-show to discuss something very important. #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=la7D... #GoLive #StarWarsZeroCompany

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

SHOWTIME! The bubblegum explosion and the Skittles Squad return for more skullduggery in Zero Company on Hard // Permadeath // Bronzeman (AKA honor-system Beskar; nobody trusts autosave)! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVgY... #GoLive #StarWarsZeroCompany

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Yesterday marked 22 years as a #gamedev. I've been a designer for literally half my life now despite how often the industry has tried to kill me. <_<; I tried to think of an appropriate celebratory image but, really, it's mostly felt like this One Step From Eden GIF!

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A little day-shuffling on this week's #Twitch and #YouTube #Schedule as our fully loaded September continues with more Skittles Squad action in Zero Company on Hard // Permadeath // Bronzeman (AKA Honor Beskar)! Friday night we'll be featuring an SRPG but not the big one releasing this week! ;)

Show schedule for the week of September 14th on twitch.tv/carelevelzero and youtube.com/carelevelzero.

Monday and Tuesday at 6 p.m. Central feature Star Wars: Zero Company on Hard // Permadeath // Bronzeman. Friday at 8 p.m. Central is Dramatic Road: The Origin of Wind on Virtual Couch.

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

SHOWTIME! Tonight's Virtual Couch features EX SANGUIS, spiritual successor to gothic rogue-lite TRPG Othercide, as it enters Early Access! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlcN... Devs: @lightbulbcrew.bsky.social #GoLive #ExSanguis

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

SHOWTIME! The community Skittles Squad is back at it as we continue tearing into Star Wars: Zero Company on Hard // Permadeath // Bronzeman mode! HoboCast's Chaos Spiral begins! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5Hi... #GoLive #StarWarsZeroCompany

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

SHOWTIME! The community Skittles Squad is back at it as we continue tearing into Star Wars: Zero Company on Hard // Permadeath // Bronzeman mode! Will Wyatt Derp miss 100% hits again? #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL_8... #GoLive #StarWarsZeroCompany

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This week's #Twitch and #YouTube #Schedule as our fully loaded September continues with more Skittles Squad action in Zero Company in our Hard // Permadeath // Bronzeman run and we'll be checking out Othercide's stylish successor on Friday's Virtual Couch! Chaos Spiral begins later this week. <_<

Show schedule for twitch.tv/carelevelzero and youtube.com/carelevelzero for the week of September 7th. Star Wars: Zero Company continues on Hard // Permadeath // Bronzeman on Wednesday and Thursday night at 6 p.m. Central. Virtual Couch spotlights EX SANGUIS on Friday night at 8 p.m. Central.

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I am distracting The Boy with a stuffed fox just long enough to send this! I'll have to post the week's #Twitch and #YouTube #Schedule sometime tomorrow as I'm solo-managing The Boy over the long weekend and will not be able to make a show tonight. I am tapped TF out. XD Probably move Mon->Thur!

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

SHOWTIME! Virtual Couch is back and, tonight, two game devs will dig into Onimusha: Way of the Sword! The first wholly new entry in the series in...20 years? #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1nT... #GoLive #Onimusha

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

SHOWTIME! The community Skittles Squad is back at it as we continue tearing into Star Wars: Zero Company on Hard // Permadeath // Bronzeman mode! Unveiling the #HoboCastX "winner", too! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHbp... #GoLive #StarWarsZeroCompany

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A little somethin' somethin' arrived from a Kickstarter I backed earlier this year. This is probably the fastest I've seen a KS go from finished to actually delivering anything. XD Looking forward to digging into the ruleset this weekend. Game designers love rules. <3 #Cyberpunk #TCG

Cyberpunk TCG starter deck boxes for Embracing Power and The Heist, laid in front of two sealed booster boxes for the same card game.

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The final state of #HoboCast X! Last night ended with a sudden surprise flurry of activity in an effort to sway the final bids and, when the smoke cleared, only horror remained. Which I will reveal on tomorrow's show. <_<:

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

SHOWTIME! It's the last night of #HoboCastX bidding and we're back for more XCOM in space with Zero Company on Hard // Permadeath // Bronzeman! Skittles Squad is back! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqeU... #GoLive #StarWarsZeroCompany

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

This week's #Twitch and #YouTube #Schedule is...still MWF? That's RIGHT! We hit the soft goal for #HoboCastX and I'm still around for September to show off whatever (in)glorious facial hair wins tonight's final night of bidding. We've got more Skittles Squad and an Onimusha spotlight this week!

Show schedule for the week of August 31st on twitch.tv/carelevelzero and youtube.com/carelevelzero. Star Wars: Zero Company on Hard // Permadeath // Bronzeman continues on Monday and Wednesday night at 6 p.m. Central.

Virtual Couch returns to cover Onimusha: Way of the Sword on Friday night at 8 p.m. Central.

Monday is the last day of HoboCast X bidding and Wednesday is the first day of whatever Hell wins that.

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

SHOWTIME! The last *full* week of #HoboCastX wraps with XCOM in the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism... SPACE! That's right, it's time for STAR WARS: ZERO COMPANY! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEq6... #GoLive #StarWarsZeroCompany

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

SHOWTIME! The last *full* week of #HoboCastX continues with even more witches, this time slinging cards and deckbuilding in WITCH'S APOCALYPTIC JOURNEY! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxnn... #GoLive

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

SHOWTIME! The last *full* week of #HoboCastX kicks off with witches slinging coffee and reverse tower defensing in bizarrely brewed JRPG AFFOGATO! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=g79p... #GoLive #Affogato

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

It's the last full week of #HoboCastX (still get next Monday) and we're getting witchy this week, apparently! The Quadrant holds the current lead, following closely by The Chaos Spiral and then The Dad of Boy as we shockingly passed the 2/3 goal marker. <3 Looking forward to it! #Twitch #YouTube

Schedule for twitch.tv/carelevelzero and youtube.com/carelevelzero for the week of August 24th. It's the last full week of HoboCast X. Monday, August 24th has Affogato - witches, reverse tower defense, coffee at 6 p.m.

Wednesday has Witch's Apocalyptic Journey - witches, cards, woven fates at 6 p.m.

Friday has Star Wars: Zero Company - XCOM. In. SPAAAAACE! at 6 p.m.

All times CDT.

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

SHOWTIME! Giant Robot week on #HoboCastX wraps up with a long overdue look at slow-motion tactical mecha game PHANTOM BRIGADE by @braceyourselfgames.com! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bufk... #GoLive #PhantomBrigade

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This is just the kind of animal I have become. Now the question is: do I gut the custom Miku Commander deck I already built to make this one even MORE Miku? #MTG #Miku

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

SHOWTIME! Giant Robot week on #HoboCastX continues with JRPG-flavored giant robots in STARBITES, published by our favorite purveyor of niche jank, @nisamerica.bsky.social! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lT7... #GoLive #Starbites

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

SHOWTIME! Giant Robot week on #HoboCastX kicks off with the decidedly shonen-flavored NITRO GEN OMEGA, a sandbox game about fire, steel, and friendship! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFS4... Dev Social: @nitrogenomega.bsky.social #GoLive #NitroGenOmega

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

It's giant robot week on #HoboCastX! We've got 3 flavors of giant robot games this week -- one of which is loooong overdue -- as I continue investigating technical designs for inspiration and amusement. #Twitch #YouTube #Schedule

Show schedule for the week of August 17th on twitch.tv/carelevelzero and youtube.com/carelevelzero.

HoboCast X continues with Giant Robot week!

Nitro Gen Omega: giant robots but shonen-flavored on Monday at 6 p.m.

Starbites: giant robots but JRPG-flavored on Wednesday at 6 p.m.

Phantom Brigade: giant robots but in slow-motion on Friday at 6 p.m.

All times CDT.

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

SHOWTIME! Tonight on #HoboCastX, we're previewing upcoming Rain98, a lo-fi psycho-thriller romance set against the backdrop of a lo-fi 1990's Tokyo! I have no idea what to expect. See you there! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vT8... #GoLive #Rain98

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

DxM: Titanic Scion was very tutorial-heavy up front but I can see the foundation of something interesting forming there. I think chat nearly got me to laugh myself to death during character creation, which resulted in DGAF Guzmog, the most confused harlequin moogle of all-time. XD VOD link below!

A shadowy women with short black hair streaked with red. She appears to be wearing a thick leather jacket and a fox mask with a clown nose. Her eyes glow yellow under the mask.

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

SHOWTIME! My robots? Giant. My scions? Titanic. My explosions? YES. HoboCast X continues as we suit up for some explosive sci-fi robot combat in DAEMON X MACHINA: TITANIC SCION! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok6x... #GoLive #HoboCastX #DaemonXMachina

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

SHOWTIME! HoboCast X continues as we dive into the recently released creature collecting deckbuilder MONTABI! Mon is short for monsters and Tabi is from taberu, so I'm going to eat them, yes? #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKeA... #GoLive #HoboCastX #MONTABI

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

One week into #HoboCastX! It feels like all the facial hair comes in faster ever since The Boy was born. XD

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Secret Lair: we'll make a 24 hour purchase window to reduce scalping for this deck! Also Secret Lair: and then we'll announce limited purchase accessories for $99 last minute. The end result? Same shit as every Secret Lair drop.

An ebay listing for the $99 Miku fan merch sold for ~15 minutes through Secret Lair. Listing is $1400 USD.

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

This week's #schedule for #Twitch and #YouTube! Week 2 of #HoboCastX runs the gamut with creature collecting, giant mecha, and a preview of an upcoming lo-fi psycho-thriller romance! Dad of Boy leads HoboCast bidding but Quadrant and Chaos Spiral aren't far behind. Let's have a fun week!

Show schedule for the week of August 10th on twitch.tv/carelevelzero and youtube.com/carelevelzero.

Monday is MONTABI, a creature collecting deckbuilder. Wednesday is DAEMON X MACHINA, a giant mecha game. Friday is RAIN98, a lo-fi psycho-thriller romance.

All shows are at 6 p.m. CDT.

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

SHOWTIME! HoboCast X wraps up Week 1 with a look at a story-rich tactics rogue-lite with a 100% positive Steam rating that, I'm guessing, none of you have heard of. Let's spotlight NOMIA! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo7m... #GoLive #HoboCastX #NOMIA

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I often focus my #Twitch and #YouTube coverage on niche and/or overlooked games and tonight's spotlight is probably the most THAT we're gonna get. XD

Screen cap of part of a Steam page. There are only 12 total reviews and they're 100% positive. Game released May 31, 2026.

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

SHOWTIME! HoboCast X officially begins with SILLY POLLY BEAST; something I've wanted to pull off the backlog pile for a while now. It's time for a girl, her guns, & otherworldly horrors! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iCw... #GoLive #HoboCastX

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The (rest of the) week at a glance! Beast lost out on polls *twice* so we're keeping with the original plan of a curated selection of the weird, the overlooked, and personal project research value for #HoboCastX. Contenders were announced and bidding begins TONIGHT! #Twitch #YouTube #CLZschedule

Schedule for the week of August 3rd on twitch.tv/carelevelzero and youtube.com/carelevelzero.

Monday at 7 p.m. CDT is Beast of Reincarnation: a girl, her dog, and...robots?

Wednesday at 6 p.m. CDT is Silly Polly Beast: gunfights and otherworldly nightmares.

Friday at 6 p.m. CDT (new, earlier time) is NOMIA, the TRPG you've never heard of.

Zero is back all August and HoboCast X begins Wednesday night!

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

This year's contenders for #HoboCastX! The Chaos Spiral returns, joined by the new and awful Quadrant (a split vertical shave!?) and, in honor of The Boy, Dad of Boy! "Ink" included. XD Given the options, there's no way for me to escape unscathed this time. Let the bloodshed begin tomorrow night!

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James "Care Level Zero" Henley @carelevelzero.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

SHOWTIME! August's full month of shows kicks off with a look at Beast of Reincarnation because I'm getting a "Stellar Blade meets Wild Hearts" vibe and I'm down for that! #Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero #YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-c4... #GoLive #HoboCastX #BeastOfReincarnation

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