Eight and a Half Bit (Gaming)

Sam is gone but still here... actually too much so expect some surprises! Paul certainly didn't expect, or notice. Anyway enough of that guff how about games like kirby? Ghostwire Tokyo? Tentacular?  Ohh boy howdy.

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Elden Ring, Tunic, Ghost Wire Tokyo, Trek To Yomi, Mario Kart DLC, FixFox, Tentacaular, Kirby and the Forgotten Lands, Hogwarts Legacy, Unreal 5, Monkey Island Returns, Dreamsettler

 

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Direct download: Episode_304.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 10:31am AEDT

It's been an unexpected hiatus and the show has... oh who cares? Games and stuff! You heard of Elden Ring? So did we! And Shadow Warrior 3 and Elsto Mania, well I mean that's really old but it's good. Oh god I just missed talking so much!

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: OlliOlli World, Vampire Survivors, Grapple Dog, Elasto Mania, Elden Ring, Shadow Warrior 3, Aperture Desk Job, Card Shark, Pokemon Arceus, Strange Horticulture, Wordle, Rimworld, Exoprimal, Returnal, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Mario Kart 8

 

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Direct download: Episode_303.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 1:56pm AEDT

In this episode of video games talking about video games happens. Do you like Magicdweedoo? We do. Also things you might be more aware of Like God of War, Supraland and Outer Wilds... Oh I think we've gone back in time again. WATCH OUT MR LINCOLN! 

Oh and Activision getting bought blah blah blah.

All this AND MORE™!

Games discussed: Magicdweedoo Thwee Pack, Heaven Dust 2, Supraland Six Inches Under, Pupparazzi, Blackwind, Deep Rock Galactic, God of War, Bitburner, Escape Simulator, The Outer Wilds, Ashnar 2: Hyperdrive, Elasto Mania, PSVR2, Mealmates, New Ice York, Ticket

 

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Direct download: Episode_302.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 3:16pm AEDT

It's that time again! Time for Eight and a Half Bit's annual Game of the Game of the Year! The most fabulous game show for the most fabulous games! Check out your fabulous hosts being fabulous with their fabulous picks! WONDERFUL!

Direct download: GOTGOTY_2021.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 5:40pm AEDT

Christmas Rat is back with gifts for all the kiddies!  And as the three video game mice we’ve got video games to discuss like Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon! And others! By golly there’s a lot actually.

 

All this AND MORE™!


Games discussed: Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon, Matrix Awakens, Shot 2048, The Gunk, Mind Scanners, Guardians of the Galaxy, Chivalry 2, Summertime Madness, Resident Evil 4 VR, Baldur’s Gate 3, Control, Potion Craft, Halo Infinite, Stalker 2, FFXIV, Deep Rock Galatic, Star Wars: Eclipse, Sonic Frontiers, Wonder Woman, Alan Wake 2, Dune: Spice Wars, Somerville, Slitterhead, The Expanse: A Telltale Series, Evil West, Nightingale, Homeworld 3, A Plague Tale: Requiem, Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League, Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, Among Us VR, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, Thirsty Suitors, Death Stranding: Director’s Cut

 

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Direct download: Episode_301.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 11:55pm AEDT

In our most labelled 300 episode ever we discuss the films of Zack Snyder, a hundred less blows than you expect and a third thing. HUMOUR!  ?  Anyway it's just about video games still. Pokemon, Radiohead and the HOTTEST SCOPES ON STAR CITIZEN AND STARFIELD!?  Can you believe it? You shouldn't.

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Cosmic Top Secret, Big Brain Academy: Brain Vs Brain, Baba is You, Operation Tango, Superliminal, Exo One, Squingle, Yuki,The Climb 2, Dead Second, Yupitergrad, Hoa, The Eternal Cylinder, Happy’s Humble Burger Farm, KID A MNESIA EXHIBITION, Forza Horizon 5, Pokemon Brilliant Diamond, Halo Infinite, Azul, Loop Hero, Death’s Door, Wunderdoktor, Sonic Forces, Battlefield 2042, Metroid Dread, HITMAN 3, Cities VR, Moss Book 2, Star Citizen, MultiVersus, Fortnite, Starfield, 13 Sentinels, Teardown, It Takes Two

 

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Direct download: Episode_300.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 10:08am AEDT

After a hiatus of some sort we're back with an ethical discussion of Unpacking, Inscryption and Metroid dread among many many other subjects. How time flies when you go on hiatus for a while...

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Metroid Dread, Unpacking, Inscryption, Jett: The Far Shore, Mon Amour, Rainbow Billy and the Curse of the Leviathan, Halo Infinite, Forza Horizon 5, Agony of a dying MMO, Deathloop, Lost Ark, Elden Ring, Meta, GTA Trilogy, Warner Bros Multiverse, Wizards Unite, New World, Steamworld Headhunter

 

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Direct download: Episode_299.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 10:32pm AEDT

We play Webbed, Deathloop and Outer Wilds and webs or somehting. Discriptions are hard but hey! I love you?

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Psychonauts 2, Webbed, The Artful Escape, Deathloop, Inscryption, Warioware: Get it Together, Snowrunner, Spookware, Golf Club Wasteland, The Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, New World, Bayonetta 3, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut, Super Mario Movie, Kirby And The Forgotten Land, Chocobo GP,KOTOR Remake, Project Eve, Forspoken, Grand Theft Auto 5, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt, Tchia, Marvel's Wolverine, Gran Turismo 7,Marvel's Spider-Man 2, God of War Ragnarok

 

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Direct download: Episode_298.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 12:59am AEDT

We've all finished Twelve Minutes and we're going to have to spoil the hell out of it to discuss it correctly, at the end of the show! Everything up until then is spoiler free. Spoilers for Psychonauts 2? Nope!  Arcsmith? Not on your life!? QUAKE?!!!1 WE WOULD NEVER!

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Twelve Minutes, Psychonauts 2, Arcsmith, Puzzling Places, Haven Park, Omno, Quake, Nobody Saves the world, Dream Cycle, Saints Row, Marvel Midnight Suns, Call of Duty: Vanguard, Halo Infinite, Cult of the Lamb, Midnight Fight Express, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania, Splitgate, The Outlast Trials, Dokev, Marvel: Future Revolution, Death Stranding Dead Space

 

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Direct download: Episode_297.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 3:11pm AEDT

Tonight we get all loopy with 12 Minutes and The Forgotten City, discover the secrets that lay inside Axiom Verge 2 and find our forever dagger in Boyfriend dungeon.

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: The Forgotten City, Death’s Door, Axiom Verge 2, Not for broadcast, Boyfriend Dungeon, Wario ware: Let’s get it together, 12 Minutes, Back 4 Blood, Pax Aus, Indie Word, ID@Xbox, Blizzard, Battlefield 2042: Portal, Superhot VR, Skyrim, Quake, Pokemon, Realms Deep

 

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Direct download: Episode_296.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 11:11am AEDT

There have been a lot of games since our last episode and the Switch Pro is dead, long live the Valve Switch Pro (AKA Steam Deck)!

All this AND MORE™!

Games discussed: Mario Golf: Super Rush, Chicory: A Colorful Tale, Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart, Phantom Abyss, DnD Dark Alliance, Death’s Door, Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD, NEO The World Ends With You, Game Maker Garage, Control, Steam Deck, Switch OLED, Company of Heroes 3, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl

 

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Direct download: Episode_295.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 11:00pm AEDT

I'm here to talk about E3. That's my mission.

I only know one thing. I want to talk about E3. I need to. It's not a hope or a dream. It's like a hunger. Thirst.

This is the shrine of E3. It's here. I just have to talk it out.

The game announcements are so thick I can taste it. This is it. No Doubt.

E3!

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Lots. So many.

 

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Direct download: Episode_294_-_E3_Chaos.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 2:51pm AEDT

It might be time for E3 but we recorded this in the beforetimes where we could only search for the past in The Magnificent Trufflepigs, explore horrible mutated worlds in Biomutant and kill our husbands in Overboard.

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Biomutant, Stonefly, Overboard, The Magnificent Trufflepigs, Weaving Tides, Sagrada, Dying Light 2, Far Cry 6, Sonic, Two Point Campus, Playdate, God Of War

 

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Direct download: Episode_293_-_Lets_not_go_Overboard_1.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 3:32pm AEDT

While in merry old Europe we can enjoy the European villages and the European residents who inhabit them in Resident Evil: Europe! I mean Village. Also We discuss Returnal which is cool and definitely a word!

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Returnal, Resident Evil Village, Death Crown, Pokemon Sword, Disco Elysium, RAD, Skull and Bones

 

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Direct download: Episode_292.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 4:48pm AEDT

Snap, Pull and Root in Pokemon Snap, Filament and Root respectively!  Also let's look at Nintendo Indies, Oculus announcements Sony's State of Play.

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Root, Filament, RE Village Demo, Pokemon Snap, The Longing, Juice Galaxy, Pokemon Sword, Jaipur, Onirim, Days Gone, That Last of Us Remake, Olli Olli World, Oxenfree 2, Never Yield, GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon, Weaving Tides, House of the Dead Remake, Fez, Resident Evil 4, Star Wars Pinball, Wraith: The Oblivion - Afterlife, The Climb 2, The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart

 

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Direct download: episode_291.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 10:54am AEDT

It's time to talk about some of them there videoed games! Some new, some old, some on Apple Arcade and even some games never even were. Damn this multiverse!

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Darq, Good Job, Red Faction Guerilla, Maquette, Disco Elysium, Oddworld: Soul Storm, Paper Beast, Metroid Prime 2D,  Oregon Trail, Puzzle Quest: Galactrix, World of Demons, Fantasia, Star Trek: Legends, Elite Dangerous: Odyssey, Magic Legends, BoI Repentance, Crash Bandicoot 4, No Man's Sky, MLB The Show 21, Deathloop

 

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Direct download: Episode_290_1.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 8:45am AEDT

What fun we have for you today! Co op fun, porn games, ID@Xbox, Future Games Show, VR and controversy... IT'S A WORLD OF WONDER!

All this AND MORE™!

Games discussed: Balan Wonderworld, It Takes Two, Blood and Truth, Subverse, Disco Elysium, Dyson Sphere, Forspoken, Life is Strange True Colors ,Super Seducer 3, Artifact, TMNT Shredder’s revenge, Katana Zero DLC, Axiom Verge 2, Moonglow Bay, Nobody Saves The World, Astria Ascending, Lootriver, Soup Pot, Death’s Door, STALKER 2

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Direct download: Episode_289_-_World_of_Wonder.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 10:59pm AEDT

Has Nintendo made 3D World a compelling enough package to warrant a rebuy? Are Viking environmentally sustainable? Does Huniepop 2 double the guilt?

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: GORN, Bowser’s Fury, Valheim, RE Village Demo,Huniepop 2, Cyberpunk 2077, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, Goldeneye, Borderlands, The Last of Us, Anthem, Six days in Fallujah, Kingdom Hearts

 

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Direct download: episode_387.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 2:14pm AEDT

The new year is here but what does it hold for the little game that lives inside us? Shall it find satisfaction or be driven to escape from its fleshy prison? Only time can tell.

Games discussed: Doom3, Monster hunter rise, Singularity, There is no game: Wrong Dimension, Indiana Jones, Minecraft Earth, The Medium, Destruction All Stars, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, It Takes Two, Monster Hunter Rise, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut, Deathloop, Back 4 Blood, Crimson Desert, Hogwarts Legacy, God of War sequel, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, New Pokemon Snap, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Hellblade 2: Senua’s Saga, Biomutant, Card Shark, Humankind

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Direct download: Episode_286_1.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 9:07am AEDT

It's that time again! Game of the game of the year! Who will reign supreme?! What game will come out on top?! WHAT IS IT!

All this AND MORE™!

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Direct download: episode_285.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 11:00am AEDT

It's been a while. We've missed the console launches, Cyberpunk 2077, The Game Awards and even BUGSNAX!

All this AND MORE™!

Games discussed: Bugsnax, Maneater, No more Heroes 2, Carto, Cyberpunk 2077, Call of the Sea, Kingdom: Two Crowns, PS5,Destruction Allstars, Perfect Dark, Dragon Age 4, Ark II, Mass Effect 4, Tchia, Back 4 Blood, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, Open Roads, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut, Evil Dead: The Game, Super Meat Boy Forever, Road 96, It Takes Two, Happy Game, Grindstone, Kosmokrats, The Game Awards

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Direct download: Episode_284.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 8:03pm AEDT

Sam revisits the world of the dungeons and the dragons in Baldur's Gate 3, James strapped into his cockpit in Star Wars Squadrons and Paul is Dead.

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: I Am Dead, Fights in Tight Spaces, Finders Keepers, Strobophagia, Conscript, Of Bird and Cage, Super Mario 35, Hades,  Baldur’s Gate 3, Star Wars: Squadrons, No Man’s Sky, Chip’s Challenge, Crucible, Ghosts of Tsushima, Bugsnax

 

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Direct download: Episode_283.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 1:55pm AEDT

It's dangerous to skip and episode when so much is going on. Don't worry though we're here to talk about the same thing everyone else is talking about... and Witcheye? PS5 and Xbox Series X too I guess.

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Spiritfarer, Witcheye, Operation Tango, We were here too, Paradise Killer, Crusader Kings 3, Crosscode, PS5, FF16, Hogwarts Legacy, Spider-Man Miles Morales, Resident Evil 8: Village, Deathloop, Oddworld Soulstorm, Demon’s Souls, GoW Ragnarok, Walking Dead Bridge Simulator, Teardown, Star Wars Sims, 12 Minutes, Super Mario 3D Allstars, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury, Super Mario Bros. 35, Mario Kart Live Home Circuit, Game & Watch Super Mario Bros, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, Immortal’s Fenyx Rising, PoP: The Sands of Time, Rider’s Republic, Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World: The Game, Myst

 

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Direct download: Episode_281.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 8:38am AEDT

Journey with us toward oblivion in the completely lovely Spiritfarer, shoot everything that moves in Risk of Reign 2 and do something better than play The Avengers.

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Fall Guys, Frog Fractions, The Avengers, Spiritfarer, Boomerang Fu, Risk of Rain 2, Takeshi and Hiroshi, Disc Room, There Is No Game : Wrong Dimension, Control, Atari VCS, Gotham Knights, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Black Myth: Wu Kong, The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, Card Shark, Grindstone

 

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Direct download: Episode_280_3.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 6:33pm AEDT

These naughty boys have been Grounded but that's ok because that just means more time for video games!

All this AND MORE™!

Games discussed: Grounded, Bartlow's Dread Machine, Paper Mario: The Origami King, Jedi: Fallen Order, More Thronebreakers, Halo apology, Cuphead, The Avengers

 

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Direct download: Episode_279.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 2:36pm AEDT

In this episode Paul leaves halfway through to rescue his wife from the dog park.  Also there's the Xbox Series X Lineup, Carrion and Paper Mario!

All this AND MORE™!

Games discussed: Paper Mario: The Origami King, Carrion, Neversong, Superhot: Mind Control Delete, Devolverland Expo, Blightbound, Fall Guys, Death Stranding, Halo Infinite, Avowed,Tetris Effect Connected, Stalker 2, Warhammer 40000: Darktide, The Gunk, Fable, Shadow Warrior 3, Duke 3D, Hiragana Pixel Party, Duolingo, Thronebreaker, Cadence of Hyrule, Shin Megami Tensei V, Serious Sam 4, Watch Dogs Legion, Tom Clancy’s Elite Squad, Hyperscape, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Far Cry 6, Forza Motorsport, Everwild, State of Decay 3, The Outer Worlds DLC, Grounded, Tell Me Why, Destiny 2, As Dusk Falls, The Medium, Psychonauts 2, CrossfireX, Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis, Balan Wonderworld, EXOMecha, Echo Generation, Hello Neighbor 2, Dragon quest XI S Definitive, Shredders, Last Stop, The Artful Escape, Tunic, Lake, Sable, Song of Iron, Exo One, The Falconeer, 12 Minutes, The Ascent, The Big Con, Unexplored 2, Madstreets, Jedi Fallen Order

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Direct download: Episode_278.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 8:20pm AEDT

Some people on the internet have passionate and somewhat hyperbolic feelings about certain video games!!! Not us. We're dead inside.

In the last episode Paul said Nietzsche instead of Kafka and feels like a real jerk.

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Phantom Covert Ops, The Last of Us Part II, Waifu Uncovered, Animal Crossing, While (true) Learn(), Crucible, Shadow Warrior 3, Hyperscape, Pokemon Unite, Crash Bandicoot 4, Deathground, Trackmania, Boo!

 

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Direct download: Episode_277.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 9:26pm AEDT

Not E3 continues and this week the Steam Game Festival has brought us an unconscionable number of demos to play. Shame on them

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Deep Rock Galactic, Desperados III, Titanfall 2, Super Smash Bros Ultimate, Pokemon Snap, Lost in Random, Star Wars: Squadrons, Skate 4, NUTS, Drone Swarm, KeyWe, Fling to the Finish, PHOGS!, Fight Crab, Tanknarok, Omno, Cake Bash, Metamorphosis, Paradise Killer, Skellboy, ULTRAKILL, A Monster’s Expedition, Rhythm Doctor, Grounded, Kosmokrats, The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet of Chaos, Ring of Pain, Rustler, Chinatown Detective Agency, Aqua Lungers, Cluster Rush, Rays the Dead

 

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Direct download: Episode_276.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 6:26pm 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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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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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

Back from PAXAus and there are games to play. Explore the fractal infinite of Manifold Garden, express yourself in the wholesome adventure Concrete Genie and get the band in time with the jazzy puzzle game Kine.

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Manifold Garden, Concrete Genie, John Wick Hex, Mario Kart Mobile, Kine, Reventure, Witcher 3, Pokemon Sword and Shield, Biomutant, Luigi’s Mansion3, PS5, Red Dead Redemption 2, Blizzard, Saints Row 2, Stadia, Fortnite, Doom Eternal, Okami 2, Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines 2, Riot, esports manager, Legends of Runeterra

 

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Direct download: Episode_266.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 10:24am AEDT

PAX Australia 2019 is complete and our tired and slightly tipsy Spaghetti boys are here to give you the run down. From Final Fantasy 7 Remake to CyberMonk if it was at PAX and we saw it and we remembered to talk about it, you'll find it here!

 

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Direct download: Spaghetti_Boys_Pax_2019.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 12:46pm AEDT

The Apple Arcade is open and we're stuffed full of fruity goodness but we're saving room for an Untitled Goose with our friend Link... in a Borderland? These summaries are tough.

All this AND MORE™!

Games discussed: Link’s Awakening, Untitled Goose Game, Borderlands 3, RingFit Adventure, What the Golf, Frogger in Toy Town, Cricket Through the Ages, Overland, Word Laces, Pinball Wizard, Bleak Sword, Mutazione, Contra Rogue Corps, Humanity, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Arise, Stardust Odyssey, MediEvil, Assemble with Care, Sayonara Wild Hearts,  Patterned, Chu Chu Rocket Universe, The Enchanted World

 

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Direct download: Episode_265.fixed.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 12:34pm AEDT

Curse your god’s name, throw out your magical beast from another dimension and stand in the corner because we played Blasphemous, Astral chain and Blair Witch!

Warning we lost the audio and then fixed it. The mysterious bad audio segment can be found at the end of the episode.

All this AND MORE™!

Games discussed: Astral Chain, Blair Witch, Creature in the Well, Gears 5, Super Kirby Clash, Control, Blasphemous, Daemon X Machina, Smash Bros, Super Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo Switch Online, Second Galaxy, Elite Dangerous, TF2, Death Stranding,Control, Overwatch, Deadly Premonition 2, Xenoblade Chronicles, Exit the Gungeon

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Direct download: Episode_264.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 6:15am AEDT

The games are here so get ready for the smash hit Witch Eye! Our boys get handsy with Heave Ho and we toss in a little indie game called Control.

All this AND MORE™!

Games discussed: Rad, Control, Witch eye, Hotline Miami Collection, Heave Ho, pinstripe, Super Smash Bros Ultimate, FFXIV, No Man’s Sky, Rebel Galaxy Outlaw, Rock of ages 3, the Eternal Cylinder, DARQ, The Touryst, Ori and the Blind Forest, Borderlands 3, Gears 5, Kerbal Space Program 2, Death Stranding


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Direct download: Episode_263.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 11:04pm AEDT

A week for Indie heavyweights to battle! Terry Cavanagh (Dicey Dungeons) and Zachtronics (Eliza) will fight to the death. There will be no survivors! Except for the winner. And also the loser will survive. Surprise! 3D Realms is here with the fine maiden Bombshell in Ion Fury.

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot, Metal Wolf Chaos XD, Dicey Dungeons, Eliza, Rogue Singularity, FF14 Realm Reborn, Ion Fury, DQB2

 

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Direct download: Episode_262.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 9:28pm AEDT

If killin’ Nazis is wrong I don’t wanna be right. Other than enjoying the bond of Nazi slaying sisterhood in Wolfenstein: Youngblood we head back to school with the new Fire Emblem: Three Houses and learn to fly with the crowd in thatgamecompany’s follow-up to Journey, Sky: Children of light.

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Wolfenstein: Youngblood, Sky: Children of Light, Warioware Gold!, Gears 5, OniNaki, Dragon Quest Builders 2, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Gears 5, Final Fantasy 14, Switch Lite, Ion Fury, DOOM, Overwatch, A World In My Attic, Stadia

 

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Direct download: Episode_261.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 8:58pm AEDT

After decades of obscurity Mario Mario is finally getting his turn in the spotlight in two exciting new projects! This time you can make your own game or prescribe drugs. He's not in Bloodstained: Ritual of the night however. Now that's an episode description! [Please take another pass before publishing - Mario]

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Mario Maker 2, Bloodstained: Ritual of the night, Luna, Stranger Things 3, Dragon Quest Builders 2, Dandy Dungeon, Leaving Lyndow, Dr Mario World, Eastshade, Turok: Escape from lost Valley

 

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Direct download: Episode_260.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 3:49pm AEDT

James is back from being married and he's brought all sorts of things with him while avoiding quarantine. We get musical with Cadence of Hyrule, avoid the Void Bastards and Underlords exists I guess!

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Cadence of Hyrule, Kids, American Fugitive, My Friend Pedro, Reventure, Code Vein, Trover Saves the Universe, FFX HD, Void Bastards, Dota Underlords, CoD Mobile, SoulCalibur 6, Avengers, Phantom Brigade, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Witcher 3, Mewgentics, John Wick Hex

 

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Direct download: Episode_259.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 7:01pm AEDT

Outer Wilds time! Also... everything from E3...

All this AND MORE™!

Games discussed: Outer WIlds, Devolver Bootleg, Kingsway, Luigi's mansion 3, 12 Minutes, Deathloop, Lucifer Within Us, Elden Ring, Watch Dogs Legion, Astral Chain, Uplay+, Freedom Finger, Rawmen, Trials of Mana, Empire of Sin, Ikumi Nakamura, Deamon X Machina, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Contra Rogue Corps, Baldur’s Gate 3, Stadia, Death Stranding, The Outer Worlds, Bleeding Edge, Cyberpunk 2077, Blair Witch, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, Ghostwire Tokyo, Commander Keen, Enter the gungeon: House of the Gundead, Tales of Arise, Gods & Monsters, A Duel Hand Disaster: Trackher, Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics, Panzer Dragoon, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order,
Animal Crossing New Horizons, Pokémon Sword and Shield


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Direct download: Episode_258_1.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 6:10pm AEDT

James is dead. Or married or something I don't know, I'm not a doctor. Sam is here to fill his shoes and we've got a show absolutely packed with only the best video games! Cats in mech suits, unsure AI, monsters galore and even a touch of gentlemanly sports!

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Darkwood, Gato Roboto, Everybody’s golf VR, Torn, Dauntless, VA-11 HALL-A, Sekiro, FF7, Dead Cells, Observation, Playdate, Pokemon Sleep, Detective Pikachu, Pokemon Masters

 

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Direct download: Episode_257.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 4:11pm AEDT

The most important thing to happen this weekend is finally here. KNACK 2!

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Rage 2, Knack 2, Shakedown Hawaii, Steamworld Quest, Swords of Ditto, Burning Daylight, Predator: Hunting Grounds, MediEvil, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Away: The Survival Series,  Riverbond, Monster Hunter World: Iceborne, Borderlands 3, Outer Wilds, Oddworld: Soulstorm, John Wick Hex, Ghost Recon Breakpoint

 

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Direct download: Episode_256_1.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 8:24am AEDT

Paul does! James does too! At the end we do a gameclub on Photographs: Puzzle Stories!

 

NOW YOU CAN TOO!

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: A Fisherman’s Tale, The Swords of Ditto: Mormo’s Curse, Homo Machina, Box Boy + Box Girl, Cuphead, Ghost Giant, Space Junkies, Guard Duty, Photographs: Puzzle Stories, Mortal Kombat XI, Persona 5 Scramble, Borderlands 3, Star Citizen, Subverse

 

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Direct download: Episode_255.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 6:55pm AEDT

Get ready for some of the ol ultra violence with Katana Zero, some of the ol cloning AI security system with Echo and some of the ol puzzles integrated with sad stories with Photographs: Puzzle Stories.

Also Photographs is a game club for next episode! So play it before then and join in for a spoiler filled discussion!

All this AND MORE™!

Games discussed: Echo, Anno 1800, Beneath a Steel Sky, Where is Joan, Falcon age, Feather, Katana Zero, Photographs: Puzzle Stories, The Room 3, Gears Pop, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Super Smash Bros Ultimate

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Direct download: Episode_254.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 9:00am AEDT

We rediscover our childhoods with arts and crafts, robots and flailing around without a sense of dignity.

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Yoshi’s crafted World, Mechstermination Force, The Miskatonic, Division 2, Lenovo Explorer, Beat Saber, Sekiro, Apple Arcade, Cadence of hyrule, Borderlands 3, No man's sky, Valve index, Vampire masquerade bloodlines 2

 

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Direct download: Episode_253_1.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 5:28pm AEDT

This week we delve into the new Nintendo direct with new Mario maker, Zelda and the surprising Astral Chain. Plus we chuck in some Wargroove, Far Cry New Dawn and Anthem before we get the Ape Out of here! 

All this AND MORE™!

Games discussed: Wargroove, Ape Out, Apex Legends, Far Cry New Dawn, Anthem, Tetris99, Daemon X Machina, Astral Chain, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Super Mario Maker 2, Zelda: Link's Awakening, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, BoyBoy! + BoxGirl!, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Yoshi's Crafted World, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Deltarune, Unravel Two

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Direct download: Episode_250.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 10:53am AEDT

After recording half the episode the boys discover they didn't record half the episode so enjoy an action pack second half with all your favourite games about shooting people in the face and raising goats!

All this AND MORE™!

Games discussed: Apex Legends, The Stillness of the Wind, Pikuniku, Adventures of Captain spirit, Resident Evil 2, Anthem, Super Smash Bros Ultimate, Dreams, Stellaris, Metro Exodus

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Direct download: Episode_249.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 9:28pm AEDT

What excitement will 2019 bring? One step closer to the heat death of the universe for sure but in relation to video games there are some more immediate things to look forward to.

All this AND MORE™!

Games discussed: Dreams, Beat Saber, Meditations, Feudal Alloy, Grab Lab, Resident Evil 2, The Messenger, Tetris Effect, After Party, Anthem, Atlas, Atomic Heart, OOblets, Phoenix Point, Far Cry: New Dawn, The Outer Wilds, The Outer Worlds, The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

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Direct download: Episode_248.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 9:06am AEDT

We're back to cap off the year with a most enthusiastic debate on the best games of the year! Will game of the year go to God of War or Red Dead Redemption 2? No.

All this AND MORE™!

Games discussed: Most of them

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Direct download: 2018-12-28_10-12-39_1.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 10:25am AEDT

Enjoy writing episode descriptions? Inquire within!

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Flipping Death, Dead Cells, Rogue Trooper, 2046: Read Only Memories, Okami, holedown, World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth, Phantom Doctrine, Minit, Red Dead Redemption 2, Doom Eternal, Super Smash Bros Ultimate, The Quiet Man



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Direct download: Episode_246.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 3:59pm AEDT

This episode was uploaded 10 days or so before I remembered to come back and release it?

 

Great job everyone

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Mario Tennis Aces, Spiritsphere DX, Ultra Space Battle Brawl, Bomb Chicken, Hand of Fate 2, Lumines Remastered, Muddledash, Semblance, Pato Box, Hollow Knight, Captain Toad, Fight List, Luigi’s Mansion arcade, Pool Panic, The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit, Grab the Bottle, 20XX, Octopath Traveller, Enter the Gungeon, Maple Story 2, Aliens: Colonial Marines, The Culling 2, Fortnite, Titan Quest, Overwatch, Spyro Trilogy



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Direct download: Episode_245.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 4:06pm AEDT

Is Skyrim on a thing? Is battle royale mode included? THESE JOKES ARE DONE! It's over. You are the survivors. I'd envy you if I didn't know the tired jokes you must still yet endure.

Oh yeah E3.

All this AND MORE™!

Games discussed: Cyberpunk 2077, Death Stranding, Starlink, Rage 2, Control, Beyond Good and Evil 2, Team Sonic Racing, Super Smash Bros Ultimate, Ghost Giant, Elder Scrolls 6, Forza Horizon 4, The Division 2, Wolfenstein Youngblood, Super Mario Party, Hollow Knight, West of Loathing, Unravel 2, Hot Lava, Totally Accurate Battlegrounds, Fortnite, Smoke and Sacrifice, Pillars of the Earth

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Direct download: Episode_244.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 4:43pm AEDT

James and Paul commentate the Microsoft E3 Conference 2018.

 

Halo Infinite, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Fallout 76, The awesome adventures of captain spirit, Crackdown 3, Nier: Automata, Metro Exodus, Kingdom hearts 3, Sea of thieves, Battlefield V, Forza Horizon 4, We happy Few, PUBG, Tales of Vesperia, Division 2, Outer Wilds, After party, Kingdom Two Crowns. The Golf Club, Vermintide 2, Fringe Wars, Below. Conqueror's Blade, Waking, Raji, Super Meat boy Forever, Planet Alpha, Islands of the Nyne, Sable, Harold Halibut, Bomber Crew, Children of Mora, The Wind Road, Generation Zero, Dead Cells, Ashen, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Session, Black Desert, Devil May Cry 5, Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course, Tunic, Jump Force, Dying Light 2, Battletoads, Just Cause 4, Gears Pop, Gears Tactics, Gears of War 5, Cyberpunk 2077

Direct download: Sleepy_Xbox.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 8:12pm AEDT

James and Paul commentate the EA Play conference at E3 2018.

Battlefield V, Anthem, Jedi: Fallen Order, Battlefront II, Unravel two, Sea of Solitude, Command & Conquer Rivals

Direct download: Sleepy_Time_with_EA_Play_2018.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 1:08pm AEDT

E3 is soon but for now we've got to wait by playing wonderful video games. Life is so hard.

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Onrush, Far: Lone Sails, Steamlink, Alluvium, Millanoir, Sushi Striker, Yoku’s Island Express, Pokemon Quest, 3030 Deathwar Redux - A Space Odyssey, Pokemon Quest, BLOPS IIII, No Man’s Sky, Sea Of Thieves, PUBG, Fortnite, Pokemon: Let's Go Pikachu, Pokemon: Let's Go Eevee



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Direct download: Episode_243.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 11:15am AEDT

James loves his Mummy in Immortal Redneck, Paul explores his Car Hole in Garage and Amy is noticed by her Senpai in Maple Story 2.l

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Garage, Adventure Pals, Lightfall, Bridge Constructor Portal, Jackbox Party Pack 4, Immortal Redneck, Conan: Exiles, Stardew Valley, Destiny 2: Warmind, Maple Story 2, Rage 2, Blade Strangers, Crystal Crisis

 

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Direct download: Episode_242.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 9:57am AEDT

You have my axe! And my cardboard fishing rod! AND MY ILL CONSIDERED ROBOT FICTION!

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: God of War, Detroit Become Human, A Robot named Fight, BATTLETECH, Star Citizen, Beyond: Two Souls, Labo, Trailblazers, Onrush, Grim Fandango

 

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Direct download: Episode_241.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 4:05pm AEDT

James finds a new obsession in Elite Dangerous, Amy is super excited to talk about Crypt of the Necrodancer and Paul is an obnoxious blowhard!

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle, Adventure Pals, Yama Yama, Inversus, Elite Dangerous, Corpse Party, Ghost Recon:Wildlands, Warhammer: Vermintide 2, The Lab, Subnautica, Detective Pikachu,Crypt of the necrodancer, A Way Out, Terraria: Otherworld, Sea of Thieves, GTAIV, Middle-earth: Shadow of War, Radical Heights

 

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Direct download: Episode_240.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 3:22pm AEDT

We celebrate America by blowing up a small piece of it in Far Cry 5, find a way out of prison in A Way Out and speculate on all the good games Sea of thieves could have been if they'd ever decided to make it into a game.

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Sea of Thieves, A Way Out, Super Daryl Deluxe, The Count Lucanor, Serial Cleaner, Toki Tori, Vostok Inc., Floor Kids, 10 Second Run RETURNS, Implosion, Aeterno Blade, Chroma Gun, Metropolis: Lux Obscura, Deep Ones, Minit, Far Cry 5, Batman: The Enemy Within, Fortnite Mobile, Bioshock Infinite: Burial at Sea, No Man's Sky, Red Faction Guerrilla

 

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Direct download: Episode_239.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 3:20pm AEDT

Amy and Paul are living in a post-James world! He's dead, or away on holidays or something I forget. Anywho, it's time to learn some seduction skills in Super Seducer, remember if we like Kirby in Kirby Star Allies, remember is we like bomberman in Bombslinger  and do do the time warp in Minit!

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Bombslinger, Minit, My Lovely Daughter, Super Seducer, Kirby Star Allies, Project Diva, Gun Gal, SoulCalibur VI, Outer Wilds, Killer 7, Fortnight, Super Smash Bros., Splatoon 2, Mario Tennis Aces, Captain Toad, WarioWare Gold, Okami HD, No More Heroes: Travis Strikes Again,  Bomb Chicken, The Messenger

 

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Direct download: Episode_238.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 4:27pm AEDT

Travel with us Into The Breach where will may find every 80's reference ever all contained in Crossing Souls and the 3D Realms game that never happened, Ion Maiden!

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Into the Breach, Kirby, Toki Tori 2, Distortions, Crossing Souls, Ion Maiden, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Assassin’s Creed Origins: Discovery Tour, Bombshell, Ghost Recon: Wildlands, Overwatch, Defiance 2050, The Blackout Club, Inside, Far Cry 5: Arcade

 

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Direct download: Episode_237.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 4:42pm AEDT

There are a lot of games to play this week. Explore the surreal historically inspired worlds of Dandara, sail the Sea of Thieves, destroy all joy with the remake of Shadow of the Colossus, work out your procedures in Police Stories and cry your heart out with The Last Day of June.

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Dandara, Where the Water Tastes like Wine, Shadow of the Colossus, Iconoclasts, Monster Hunter World, Sea of Thieves, Celeste, Warframe, Florence, Final Fantasy XV PE, Tesla Effect, Rainbow Six: Siege, Police Stories, Spyro, Kingdom Hearts 3, Burnout Paradise

 

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Direct download: Episode_236.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 5:05pm AEDT

Time to Hunt Monsters in Monster Hunter World, Conquer the mountain of Celeste and take a swipe at Iconclasts.

 

This episode is brought to you by International Hand Appreciation Month! #Handsuary

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Celeste, Monster Hunter World, Iconoclasts, Megtaton Rainfall, RunGunJumpGun, Monster Hunter Generations, Tesla Effect, Destiny 2, Tokyo Mirage Sessions

 

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Direct download: 2018-02-07_19-26-48.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 5:46pm AEDT

James got Drop Mix and we throw cards at it! Nintendo have announced Labo, the best use of cardboard since your own imagination and third additional thing!

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Inversus, Hiveswap: Act 1, Metal Gear Survive,The Turing Test, From Other Suns, Drop Mix, Tesla Effect, Destiny 2, Doki Doki Literature Club, Labo

 

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Direct download: Episode_234.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 5:01pm AEDT

It is the new year and what better time to look at the year ahead?  There's already too many games to talk about and there will be more to come. I'm exhausted. Year over.

 

Also James and Paul parkour their way around the world of Dying Light, Paul joins The Red Strings Club and James play Paladins for some reason.

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Dying Light, BOTW, The Red Strings Club, Paladins because he’s a maniac, Battlegrounds, Monster Hunter World, Anthem, Ashen, Mineko's Night Market, Mount your friends 3D, Sea of Thieves, Starlink: Battle for Atlas, The Hex, UFO50, Untitled Goose Game, Vampyr, Wandersong, Warhammer: Vermintide 2, GTFO, God of War, Octopath Traveller, State of Decay 2, A.N.N.E, LOTS MORE!

 

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Direct download: Episode_233.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 12:38pm AEDT

It's GOTY time. WHAT COULD IT BE?! Let's talk about the best of the rest!

All this AND MORE™!

Games discussed: Gorogoa, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Rumu, Monster Hunter Worlds, Cryptark, Night in the Woods, Super Mario Odyssey, Dead Cells, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Golf Story, Splatoon 2, Paradigm, What Remains of Edith Finch, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, The Surge, Destiny 2, Metroid: Samus Returns, Hob, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

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Direct download: Episode_232.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 11:36am AEDT

Paul fails to play Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and is instead stuck with a million onions, James gets into Nazi killing in Wolfenstein: The New Colossus and we talk all about those VGAs.

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Battle Chef Brigade, Ode, Million Onion Hotel, Soliatiarica, Wolfenstein: The New Colossus, Destiny 2, Into the breach, Dying Light: Bad Blood, Breath of the Wild: The Champions’ Ballad, Bayonetta 3, In the Valley of the Gods, Death Stranding, GTFO, Witchfire, Dreams, A Way Out, Metro Exodus, Call of Duty: WW2

 

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Direct download: Episode_231.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 8:16pm AEDT

It's a bad week to be a loot box that's for sure! Paul cooks, Amy pokes and James rims!

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Super Mario Odyssey, Balancity, Rive, Splasher, Battle Chef Brigade, Just Type Stuff, Lineage 2: Revolution, Amid Evil, Star Fox Zero, Skyrim Switch, Battlefront II, Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, SOMA, Titan Quest: Ragnarok, Rampage

 

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Direct download: Episode_230.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 4:31pm AEDT

Let’s talk about Mario just like everyone else, look at Sony’s Paris Games Week lineup and try out the pocket sized animal crossing.

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Super Mario Odyssey, Morphite, High Hell, Don't Make Love, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, Donkey Kong Country, Guacamelee 2, The Hong Kong Massacre, The Gardens Between, Sprint Vector, Spelunky 2, Ghost of Tsushima, Concrete Genie, Destiny 2, Overwatch, Detroit Become Human, God of War, Shadow of the Colossus, The Last of Us Part II, WOW, Assassin’s creed Origins, Xenoblade Chronicles 2



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Direct download: Episode_229.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 1:50pm AEDT

On the last day of PAXAus for 2017 there was much rejoicing. Then this podcast!

Direct download: Sleepy_Time_3.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 8:17am AEDT

Day 2 of PAXAus2017 was quite a doozey! Let's talk about it while we get dozy.

Direct download: Sleepy_Time_2.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 7:43pm AEDT

As Day 1 of PAXAus 2017 came to an end James and Paul recorded a podcast. This is what they recorded.

Direct download: Sleepy_Time_1.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 7:19pm AEDT

Paul talks about A Hat in Time. James talks about Battle Chasers: Nightwar. Everyone doesn't not talk about loot boxes.

All this AND MORE™!

Games discussed: A Hat in Time, Stardew Valley, Battle Chasers: Nightwar, Destiny 2, Untitled Goose Game

 

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Direct download: Episode_228.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 5:14pm AEDT

It's like a regular SNES but SMALL! Also the mysterious Golf Story, action packed Hob and barely played Cuphead.

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Golf Story, Jettomero, SNES mini, Hob, Cuphead, Mario Run, Assassin’s Creed Origins, Red Dead Redemption 2, Darkest Dungeon, Huniepop 2, Destiny 2

 

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Direct download: Episode_227.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 11:44pm AEDT

We dig into SteamWorld Dig 2, get ruined in RUINER and fail to achieve anything much in The Escapists 2.

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Ruiner, SteamWorld Dig 2, The Escapists 2, Octopath Traveler, Destiny 2, Disgaea 5

 

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Direct download: Episode_226.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 7:57am AEDT

Samus Returns to us but does she bring with her the return of a quality Metroid video game? This isn't clickbait so the answer is yes.

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Metroid: Samus Returns, Project Octopath Traveler, Destiny 2, Nintendo Direct, PUBG, Sky

 

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Direct download: Episode_225.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 3:38pm AEDT

The second destiny game is out! The second Rock of Ages is out! The second Knack is out! The first A Robot Named Fight is out!

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Rock of Ages 2, Knack 2, Destiny 2, A robot named fight, XCOM 2: War of the Chosen, West of Loathing, Resident Evil 7, Disgaea 5

 

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Direct download: Episode_224.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 4:38pm AEDT

Mario season! Rabbid Season! And so on!

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle, Absolver, Forma.8, Pyre, Phantom Trigger, Splatoon 2, Destiny 2, Monster Hunter Stories, Pokken Tournament, Gurgamoth, Secret of Mana, Half Life 3

 

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Direct download: Episode_223.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 3:40pm AEDT

After 3 weeks in hiatus what have we got to show for it? Would you believe... video games? Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Tacoma, Sonic Mania, Hey Pikmin, Nidhogg 2 and all the splats you can handle.

All this AND MORE™!

Games discussed: Tacoma, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Splatoon 2, Hey Pikmin, Sleepy Orphan Simulator, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Starcraft Remastered, Sonic Mania, Nidhogg 2

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Direct download: Episode_222.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 4:06pm AEDT

Let the rivers run various colours with their ink! We take on the most hardcore of shooting in Splatoon 2, revisit the creative and lively world of Destiny in Destiny the Second and play another Professor Layton game!

All this AND MORE™!

Games discussed: Splatoon 2, SEUM: Speedrunners from hell, Destiny 2, Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles, Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires’ Conspiracy, Wolf Among Us 2, Super Fancy Pants, Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy, Noita. The Sims 4

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Direct download: Episode_221.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 3:56pm AEDT

In this spicy episode we dive into the first Splatoon 2 splatfest, check our horoscopes with Final Fantasy 12: The Zodiac Age and triple down on pointless banter. #SpicyBits

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Splatoon 2, Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy, Final Fantasy 12: The Zodiac Age, Kingdom hearts 3, The Surge, Ni no Kuni 2, Icons: Combat Arena, Pacman VS, Nidhogg 2, Polybius

 

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Direct download: Episode_220.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 3:31pm AEDT

Another Steam sale means another pile of games to look through. This time Paul needed a spreadsheet to track them. Also the SNES Classic has been revealed and there was a weird Castlevania animated show and SKELLINGTONS!

All this AND MORE™!

Games discussed: Diablo 3: Rise of the Necromancer, ESO:Morrowind, RE7:VR, Farpoint, GTA5, Death Squared, Valkyrie Drive: Bikkhuni, Yooka-Laylee, The Detail, A Normal lost phone, Masochisia, OVIVO, An Octonaut Odyssey, Airscape, Four Sided Fantasy, Death’s Hangover, Hell Girls, Shrouded in Sanity, Bound, SNES Classic, Pac-Man Vs, Fight Knight, Outreach, Evil Genius 2, Wonderful 101, Splatoon 2, Thief of Thieves, The Tomorrow Children, Warframe, Zero Latency

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Direct download: Episode_219.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 4:15pm AEDT

We finish off this year's E3 coverage with Nintendo and OTHER THINGS! Then we wave our Arms around before experiencing new, terrifying realities!

All this AND MORE™!

Games discussed: Arms, Rick and Morty VR, Superhot VR, Tilt Brush, Young Conker, Shantae: Half Genie Hero, Killing Floor 2, The Secret World Legends, Disgaea 5 demo, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Kirby Switch, Yoshi Switch,     Metroid Prime 4, Metroid: Samus Returns, Super Mario Odyssey, Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions, Monster Hunter world, Hunt: Showdown, Minit, Beyond Good and Evil 2, Sea of thieves, Life Is Strange: Before the Storm, Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back, Thimbleweed Park

 

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Direct download: Episode_218.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 11:06am AEDT

E3 2017 is almost done but we recorded this back when we'd only seen most of the conferences! Microsoft, Sony, Ubisoft, Devolver Digital, PC Gaming Show and Bethesda get picked apart and we bask in the E3 glory (so far) for another year.

 

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed:  A Way Out, Anthem, Need for Speed Payback, Star Wars: Battlefront 2, Assassin's Creed: Origins, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, State of Decay 2, Minecraft, The Artful Escape, Tacoma, Sea of Thieves, Crackdown 3, Life is Strange: Before the Storm, Xbox One X, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Doom VFR, Fallout 4 VR, Skyrim, The Evil Within 2, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, Ooblets, Echo Arena, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, The Crew 2, Steep, Skull and Bones, Transference, South Park Phone Destroyer, Starlink: Battle for Atlas, Far Cry 5, Beyond Good and Evil 2, Hidden Agenda, That’s You!, Undertale, Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, Days Gone , Shadow of the Colossus, Monster Hunter: World, Monster of the Deep, Moss, God of War, Destiny 2, Detroit: Become Human, Spider-man

 

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Direct download: Episode_217.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 3:36pm AEDT

You won't believe the things these two men have to say about a topic you have a strong opinion on!  Only a few days until E3 and we are pumped. It's time to talk about Wonder Woman, Twin Peaks, Prequels and if we get a minute maybe some video games! Games like Endless Space 2 and Nier: Automata. PLUS ALL THE E3 HYPE! /get hype

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Nier: Automata, Arms,  Endless Space 2, Rime, Monument Valley 2, They are Billions, Project Scorpio, Mario Odyssey, Destiny 2, Last of Us Part 2, Days Gone, Far Cry 5, Assassin’s Creed Origins, Star Wars Battlefront 2, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, God of War, Vampyr, Spider-Man, Borderlands 3, Crackdown 3, Wolfenstein: The New Colossus, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, Death Stranding, Cyberpunk 2077, Red Dead Redemption 2, Wasteland 3, Half Life 3

 

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Direct download: Episode_216.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 4:46pm AEDT

Is Dead Cells the new Breath of the Wild and also how much bigger than Jesus is it? Is Arms worth failing about over? How sexy is The Sexy Brutale?

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Arms, Vanquish, Dead Cells, The Sexy Brutale, Dynasty Feud,Illusoria, Fear Effect Sedna, Elder Scrolls Online, The Surge, Horizon Zero Dawn, Disgaea 5, Loderunner, Blasphemous, Monster Hunter XX Switch, Golf Story, Kingdom Hearts III, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Far Cry 5, Last Days of June, Lost Sphear , The Lost Child

 

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Direct download: Episode_215.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 3:52pm AEDT

Can The Surge compete with Dark Soul? Is Mirage a worthy successor to Chivalry? Is Destiny 2 going to addict James and annoy Paul? Will Jeremy find his way out of the invisible maze we trapped him in after recording this episode?

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Strafe, Mirage: Arcane Warfare, Quake Champions, Eagle Island, Thumper, Prey, Forza Horizon 3: Hot Wheels,  Minecraft: Switch Edition, HackMUD, The Surge, Hollow Knight, Claybook, RiME, Vanquish, Destiny 2, Arms, Splatoon 2, Life is Strange 2, Nine Parchments, Danger Zone, Lonely Mountains, Far Cry 5, My Friend Pedro, inSynch

 

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Direct download: Episode_214.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 3:29pm AEDT

105 episodes ago we reviewed Mario Kart 8! It’s time to do it again! We barely scrape the surface of Prey, plant some roguelike elements in Tumbleseed and enjoy some giant robot heads in GNOG.

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Prey, Little Nightmares, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Tumbleseed, GNOG, Super Rude Bear Resurrection, Kamiko, Type Rider, Typoman, Laser Disco Defenders, Blaster Master Zero, Spaceplan, Persona 5, King’s Quest 1: Quest for the Crown, Pheonix Point, Forza Horizon 3,
Darksiders 3, Call Of Duty WWII, Ready of Not, Risk of Rain 2, Thumper

 

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Direct download: Episode_213.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 3:49pm AEDT

It's time to compare remasters with Wonder Boy and Full throttle, talk Technobabble in Technobabylon, find out what remained of Edith Finch and shoot up some Cosmic Star Heroine!

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Full Throttle Remastered, Wonder boy: The Dragon’s Trap, What Remains of Edith Finch?, Overwatch, Diablo III, The Binding of Isaac, Yooka-Laylee, Starcraft, Paradigm, Cosmic Star Heroine, Guardians of the Galaxy Episode 1, Wayward Souls, Medieval Miner, Dawn of War 3, Technobabalyon, Halo Wars: Definitive Edition, Vanquish , Call of Duty WWII

 

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Direct download: Episode_212.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 4:02pm AEDT

Is Yooka-Laylee deserving of being the internet’s new whipping boy? How much was there to learn from the Arms/Splatoon 2 Direct? And how appropriate is Senran Kagura?

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Yooka-Laylee, Spelunker World, Puyo Puyo Tetris, Game of Thrones, Overwatch, Book of Demons, Puyo Puyo Tetris, Event[0], Payday 2, RPG Maker FES, Bye-Bye Box Boy, Splatoon 2, Arms, Senran Kagura, Bayonetta, StarCraft, Pac-Man Maker, Battlefront II

 

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Direct download: Episode_211.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 11:12am AEDT

This week we take a shallow dive into Persona 5, revisit the missing discussion from last week on Snake Pass and put some light into the dark corners of 2Dark. Also Frog Climbers rules.

All this AND MORE™!

Games discussed: 2Dark, Deformers, Snake Pass, Kio’s Adventure, Bearzerkers, Frog Climbers,Strafe, ARMS, Drawn to Death, Binding of Isaac

 

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Direct download: Episode_210.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 12:46pm AEDT

We were supposed to discuss Snake Pass but the camera disagreed!  That's ok there's still plenty of adventure to be had with Thimbleweed Park and Paradigm!

 

All this AND MORE™!

 

Games discussed: Thimbleweed Park, Paradigm, The Binding of Isaac Afterbirth+, Dark Train, 8-bit bayonetta, I Am Setsuna, The Secret World, Planescape Torment, Destiny 2

 

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Direct download: Episode_209.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 2:43pm AEDT

Finally a week without a major release but that doesn't the games have stopped! We make a mess in Splatoon 2’s Global Testfire, board the Dark Train or pull off the perfect heist in Card Thief.

All this AND MORE™!

Games discussed: Splatoon 2, Dark Train, Card Thief, Playerunknown Battlegrounds, Mass Effect Andromeda, Starcraft Remastered, Shootmania

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Direct download: Episode_208.mp3
Category:Gaming -- posted at: 9:44am AEDT