Eight and a Half Bit

What's black and white and reads 4k Blu-ray discs all over?

Not E3 is here and with it comes the PS5 and a bunch of new games! Don't limit your excitement though because James and Paul have been playing slightly older games that are new to us so you can just deal with it! Ok? OK!

All this AND MORE™!

Games discussed: Barotrauma, Supraland, PS5, Weaving Tides, ESO: Greymoor, C&C Remastered, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Stray, Returnal, Sackboy: A Big Adventure, Destruction Allstars, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Goodbye Volcano High, Oddworld: Soulstorm, Ghostwire: Tokyo, Jett: The Far Shore, Solar Ash, Hitman 3, Astro's Playroom, Little Devil Inside, Bugsnax, Demon's Souls, Deathloop, Resident Evil Village, Pragmata, Horizon Forbidden West, Winding Worlds, KeyWe, Old Friends Dog Sanctuary, Hoa

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Direct download: Episode_275.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:03pm AEDT

Paul and James maintaining their distance socially in order to discuss all the exciting gameplay of the next generation! Also various other generations!

All this AND MORE™!

Games discussed: XCom Chimera Squad, Gears Tactics, Animal Crossing, Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, Sunless Sea: Zubmariner Edition, Tetris Effect, Paper Mario: The Origami King, Unreal Engine 5, Tony Hawk, Mafia Remastered, The Last of Us 2, Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, Prince of Persia Redemption, The Culling, Bright Memory Infinite, Dirt 5, Scorn, Chorus, Vampire: Bloodlines 2, Call of the Sea, The Ascent, The Medium, Scarlet Nexus, Second Extinction, Yakuza 7: Like a Dragon, Echo VR, Puzzling Places, End Space


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Direct download: Episode_274.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 4:01pm AEDT

The Bits are back, kinda! We've made the same leap as everyone else has and achieved mixed results! We'll get there in the end though. Oh and something about video games?!

All this AND MORE™!

Games discussed: Murder By Numbers, skribbl.io, Doom Eternal, Animal Crossing, Half Life Alyx, Roundguard, Risk of Rain 2, Vermintide 2, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Mario Maker 2

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Sam: @Methrend

Direct download: Episode_273.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 2:57pm AEDT

We travel to a distant planet, explore amazing places, discover new species and kick the shit out of them.

All this AND MORE™!

Games discussed: Journey to the Savage Planet, We Were Here, A Plague Tale: Innocence, Kentucky Route Zero, Dreams, Persona 5 Scramble, Wands, Red Matter, Moss, King's Quest 5, Hypnospace Outlaw , Farming Sim 19, satisfactory, Starcraft Ghost, Wonderful 101, Untitled Goose Game

 

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Direct download: Episode_272.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 12:07am AEDT

So many games that were coming out on one day that will now come out on another! WHATEVER WILL WE DO!? Sam gets all systems driven with Noita while Paul and James pretty much have buggered off from the real world and keep banging on about VR. Sorry about that.

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: DMC5, Virtual Virtual Reality, Beat Saber, Jim’s Moving Out, Glass Masquerade, SELF, Willy Jetman, Rec Room, VRchat, Eleven Table Tennis, Control, Kentucky Route Zero, Audica, Lumini, Bookbound Brigade, Noita, WC3 Reforged, Asgards Wrath, Pistol Whip, Frost Punk, Graveyard Keeper, Pokemon Sword and Shield, Final Fantasy 7, The Avengers, Cyberpunk 2077, Dying Light 2, Iron Man VR, Half Life: Alyx, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Dreams, Frog Fractions, Torchlight 3

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Sam: @Methrend

Direct download: Episode_271.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 12:41pm AEDT

It's time to talk Game of the Year and what better way then to make it into a game? We invite you to join us for the first annual GAME OF THE GAME OF THE YEAR!

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Direct download: GOTGOTY.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 3:55pm AEDT

Well if it isn't the Eight and a Half Bit Christmas episode. Why is it posted so far after Christmas? Did Paul forget to release it even though it was recorded and uploaded? We'll never tell.

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: A Short Hike, Ring Fit Adventure, Arise, Yooka-Laylee and the impossible Lair, After Party, Oculus Quest, Pistol Whip, Surge 2, Phoenix Point, Resident Evil 3 Remake, Cats

 

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Direct download: Episode_270.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 6:19am AEDT

It's Christmas! And what better way is there to celebrate than with a podcast about video games? We've got games galore, the game awards with games and some extra games!

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Disco Elysium, The Talos Principle: Deluxe Edition, Remnant From the Ashes, Wattam, Superliminal, Children of Morta, We Were Here, Black Desert Mobile, Phoenix Point, Chicory: A Colorful Tale, System Shock, Spiritfarer, The Drifter, Acid Knife, Eastward, XBox Series X, The Wolf Among Us 2, Senuas Saga: Hellblade 2, Prologue, Sports Story, Axiom Verge 2, Supermash, Murder by Numbers, SkateBird, Boyfriend Dungeon



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Direct download: Episode_269.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 12:06am AEDT

After a career of subtle and reserved game design Hideo Kojima finally gets a chance to express himself, indie hit Pokemon hits the big time and Star Wars breaks new ground with a spin off!

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Death Stranding, Luigi’s Mansion 3, Black Future 88, The Touryst, Shenmue 3, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Sydney Hunter and the Curse of the Mayan, Strange Telephone, Pokemon Sword and Shield, Half Life Alyx, Path oF Exile 2, Stadia, Hypnospace Outlaw, Metal Wolf Chaos XD, Grounded, Tell Me Why, Everwild, Drake Hollow, MS Flight Simulator, Project xCloud

 

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Direct download: Episode_268.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 7:12am AEDT

In this week's action packed episode of Eight and a Half Bit we talk about Videogames! A space game, a spooooky game and a bicycle game! EXCITING TIMES WE LIVE IN!

All this AND MORE™!

Games discussed: The Outer Worlds, Lonely Mountains: Downhill, Decenders, Luigi’s Mansion 3, Horizon Shift ‘81, Jack Box 6, ArcheAge, Diablo 4, World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, Overwatch 2, Fallout ‘76

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Direct download: Epsidoe_267.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 7:50pm AEDT