Two guys sit back and talk gaming. Be it retro, modern or indie, we discuss news, what we're currently playing and our regular gaming "book club".
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ClubCast is Video Game Book Club's podcast. Clay and Daniel from VGBC's YouTube channel host an anything (video game related) goes podcast for your enjoyment. We talk about gaming news and headlines, as well as current games we are playing. Our focus is broad and covers retro and modern-day gaming.
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Bad Playstyle is a book club podcast. We all sit down and play the same game and hopefully you have too so you can be intellectually engaged with our discussion. We generally aim for shorter games that have a start to finish of six hours or less. Spoilers: The games we play for each episode will absolutely be spoiled and any others that come up in conversation can potentially be in the line of fire. Each episode's show notes will list all games mentioned. It is recommended that you check an ...
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Episode 63 - Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror
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We're pointing and clicking once again this month, this time with Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror, for PS1 and PC! Plus, we discuss the ridiculous price tag of the PS5 Pro, the Plucky Squire, Rugrats, wrestling, tabletop dishwashing and slippery knives! Incoming Indie: Fading Skies - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/distantbluegames/fading-…
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Episode 62 - Metropolis Street Racer
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We're earning some serious kudos (...) with our latest book club pick - the Dreamcast's stylish racing masterpiece that's not afraid to throw some cheesy tunes at you - it's Metropolis Street Racer! Plus, we answer the following questions: - How can Europeans stop killing games? - Will Mad Max ever understand the meaning of friendship? - What is th…
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Episode 61 - Discworld II: Missing Presumed..!?
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This month our friend Rik is back - this time as guest co-host - to discuss classic point-and-click adventure (and head-scratch 'em-up) Discworld II: Missing Presumed..!? for PC, PlayStation and Saturn. Also found elsewhere in this show, Dave the Diver, Forza Horizon 4 and AstroBot! mail@podemup.live | @PodEmUp | podemup.live…
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Episode 60 - Corn Kidz 64
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Celebrating both our 60th episode and our 6th birthday, this edition of the podcast hosts Corn Kidz 64 in the book club - a recent PC/Switch 3D collect-a-thon platformer that harks back to the N64 era in a highly convincing manner. Other games that we touch on include Hi-fi Rush, Penny's Big Breakaway, Samba de Amigo: Party Central and Super Star P…
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Episode 59 - Ape Escape
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In the book club, we play Ape Escape - the PS1 game that showed 1999 that it needed to invest in that shiny new DualShock controller, after all. Or maybe not, let's see. Plus, Nintendo goes head to head with Yuzu and.. wins, almost immediately, and Tibbs tells us about the recent Tomb Raider remastered games. We'll level with you - due to various r…
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Episode 58 - The Legendary Starfy
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Little known Nintendo platforming hero, Starfy the starfish gets his turn in the spotlight at last this month, as we feature his underwater platforming antics in the book club - we're discussing The Legendary Starfy, for Nintendo DS. Elsewhere, Tibbs has finally given the Zelda games a proper go, having immersed himself in not one, but two of the m…
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Episode 57 - The Simpsons: Hit & Run
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It's our (slightly belated) end of year show, and we're taking The Simpsons: Hit & Run for a spin in the book club, for GameCube, Xbox and PS2! The perfect excuse to load the show up full of Simpsons chat, quotes, clips and songs! And of course it wouldn't be an end of year show without the Pod 'em Up awards, where we hand out points to our favouri…
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Episode 56 - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
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Time for a little Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney in the book club? You'll hear no objections from us! Listen to what we had to say about the original DS game that lead to the popular courtroom franchise! Elsewhere, we've an extra chunky review of Sonic Superstars, and we also dip into the likes of Super Mario Wonder, WWE 2K23 and Alien Hominid Invasi…
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Episode 55 - Captain Rainbow
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This month, the book club covers the Japanese exclusive, Captain Rainbow for the Wii - A Nintendo-published game with Nintendo characters, yet it has a reputation for rude humour, swearing and inappropriate content!? Ollie and Tibbs investigate! Elsewhere, we jam pack the news section with Xbox preservation concerns and Nintendo Direct musings. We …
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Episode 54 - Baba is You
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Baba is who? That's what we intend to find out, as we cover this 2019 indie puzzler for PC and Switch that lets you rewrite the game's rules in order to solve its fiendish puzzles! Not content with one book club pick, Tibbs basically brings another one along with him as he packs in a full blown review of the game that completely out-Pokemons Pokemo…
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Milestone era ep. 2 - sludge life "Tangent city"
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we go on a lot of tangents and talk about sludge lifeOwen
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Episode 53 - Shantae
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Hair-whipping half-genie half-belly-dancer, Shantae arrives in the book club this month, as we play the very first game in her series of popular 2D metroidvania platformers for the Game Boy Color! Our impressions of this indie darling may surprise you! Plus we look back on last month's slew of game announcements, despite E3's absence, and offer tho…
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Milestone Era Ep 1 - Hardspace Shipbreaker "Worse Playstyle"
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Leftist politics and videogames. much more off topic than usual.Matt Renton, Keynan Bailey
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Episode 52 - Sephonie
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This time we're tackling a thoughtful and narrative-driven puzzle platformer, Sephonie, for PC. Also up for debate is the new Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - in which a big portion of the discussion focuses in on the important matter of why Link keeps starting adventures in his pants. Plus: Bad times for Tibbs, Into the Breach, a lovely new…
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Episode 51 - Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness (with guest, Redbeard Rik!)
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We've got a guest this month! "Pod 'em Up superfan" (that's what we call him anyway) Rik comes along for a chat, and brings to the book club the convolutedly-named "Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness". An episodic series for XBLA, PSN and PC, though we mainly cover episode 1 here. Plus we've got other matters to discus…
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Episode 50 - OverBlood 2 and Jet Set Radio Future (Book Club Sequels Special!)
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We're back, with a brand new logo and a bullseye of an episode for you this month! (cockney rhyming slang for fifty, innit?) Featuring pride of place is a book club double whammy, in which we play two games that are sequels to titles we've already covered on the show before! We understand the concept of Jet Set Radio Future on the Original Xbox and…
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Ep 92 - Norco "Swamp Drama"
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Tweet at me if you want notesOwen
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Episode 49 - Burning Rangers
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It's high time for some Saturn love on the podcast, and what better way to do that than to play Sonic Team's futuristic fire fighting action game, Burning Rangers! One of the final great games for Sega's oft-overlooked machine. Alongside that, we've got thoughts about Sports Story, X-COM, GoldenEye and of course the PS3 game that everyone in 2023 i…
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Episode 48 - Voodoo Vince
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It's the hardly-at-all-Christmassy Christmas Special of Pod 'em Up! We assess the self-destructive habits of unlikely 3D platforming hero Voodoo Vince, from the original Xbox (now also on PC and Xbox One), plus we review Sonic Frontiers and Ollie ruins the Pod 'em Up awards with his terrible vote counting abilities! But at least you finally get to …
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Episode 47 - Skyblazer
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This month, we're going on about Skyblazer - never heard of it? Good, sit yourself down and find out if we recommend this infrequently-discussed SNES platformer! Plus, there's much talk about Grapple Dog and the recent Mortal Kombat games, we offer our impressions on the Mario movie trailer after verbally dancing on the grave of Google Stadia, and …
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Episode 46 - Stray
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We've got a real cracker in the book club this month - the silky smooth adventuring of 2022's highly acclaimed cat 'em up: Stray, for PS4/5 and PC. Does it deserve the high praise it's been getting? We find out! Plus, Ollie went to EGX in London for a go or two on Sonic Frontiers, and he brings back hands-on impressions of some great indies to watc…
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Episode 45 - Banjo-Kazooie
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This month we're getting jiggy with Banjo-Kazooie, Ollie's childhood favourite collect-a-thon 3D platformer for the N64 and Xbox consoles! Also, Tibbs delivers an impromptu review of Biomutant, and encourages Ollie to undertake a new career in video game journalism. Mainly though, we're talking about the bear and the bird, so come and join us, the …
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Ep 91 - Superliminal "why are you like this?"
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mild spoilers for the end of Disco Elysium in the first part of the episodeOwen
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Episode 44 - House of the Dead: Overkill
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You've come for brains.. we'll give you.. bullets! .. We'll also give you a look at the superbly funny, irreverent and very foul-mouthed on-rails shooter, House of the Dead: Overkill for the Nintendo Wii! (adults only for that section please!). However, this is one dense fruitcake of a show, as we also review Sonic Origins and preview Sonic Frontie…
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Ep 90 - Unpacking "recorded in the driveway"
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I apologize about the audio quality and forgetting to introduce us and for the bird sounds. We instantly get into “what have you been playing lately” We finish with that part at around 20 minutes Then we start talking about unpacking No bad standards this time around, but we do perform an impromptu vibe check, giving a few options for games with a …
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Episode 43 - Kirby and the Forgotten Land
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Ollie and Tibbs play and discuss one of the most recent Nintendo Switch exclusives - Kirby and the Forgotten Land. You already know it's brilliant, but we tell you exactly why! If you've already completed the game, you might like to follow up this episode with a bonus 10 minute discussion about the ending and some of the post-credits content: https…
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Episode 42 - Wrestling Special! WWF No Mercy and Fire Pro Wrestling World
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Do you smell what we're cooking? Because it's time to play the game(s) in our wrestling special! We've got a double book club this month in the shape of WWF No Mercy for the N64, and Fire Pro Wrestling World for PC/PS4! Are they the bottom line in wrestling games, just mid-carders, or a pair of jabroni jobbers? (ok, I'll stop). We also reminisce ab…
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Ep 89 - Frostpunk "Precognative Tension Sim"
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We welcome each other back Elden ring discussion, we compare to fable for a second Elden ring done at about 11 minutes Owen played super mario world And pokemon go. Niantic is a fuck Keynan talks about destiny 2 Frostpunk discussion starts at about 23 minutes Bad standards at 48 minutes Next game is “unpacking” Thanks Zane! Later!…
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Episode 41 - Power Diggerz and SEGA Powered Issue 1
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A fully powered up episode if ever there was one - this month we've got Power Diggerz (aka Power Shovel) in the book club - a slightly obscure PS1 arcade/party game that has you saving turtles and dishing out curry with nothing but a full blown excavator! We'll find out if it's any good. Plus, it's another magazine feature! This time we're looking …
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Episode 40 - Micro Machines Turbo Tournament '96
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It's a new year of Pod 'em Up, and in the book club, we have a classic game from our childhoods - Micro Machines '96 on the Sega Mega Drive! We also discuss the series in general, so should be a great listen for fans. Plus, Tibbs just wants to play Rock Band, Ollie wants to know what an NFT is, and we both want to know why the hell Google Podcasts …
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Ep 88 - Forgotten city "We did a time warp again"
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We start with what we played lately, Matt first, Owen middle, Keynan last. Actual discussion of the game starts at 26 mins in. (LINK TO VIDEO OF STARGATE EDIT OWEN MADE) this is the stargate wormhole video Owen made. The bad standards commence at one hour fifteen minutes. Next game is FROSTPUNKOwen
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BAD BONUS - Outer wilds: Echoes of the Eye DLC
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Special guest ben Please stop and go play the game if you haven’t already. Last warning. We just get right into it. The whole episode is JUST discussion of the game, that’s what a Bad Bonus is!Owen
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Episode 39 - No One Can Stop Mr Domino
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No One Can Stop Mr Domino on PS1 is the book club game for this final episode of 2021, and as it's the last of the year, we're also doing our annual celebration of all the games we've been playing, in the Pod 'em Up Awards! The competition is really fierce this year, as we've played some cracking games in '21, so make sure you check it out and see …
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Episode 38 - Mischief Makers
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Treasure's N64 2D platformer, Mischief Makers is up for discussion in the book club this month! Hidden gem, rough diamond or.. a cubic zirconia..? We come away with at least two of these opinions. Plus, we talk about the return of Games Master, Tibbs plays his own personal round of "name that game" (hint: it's not Yoshi's Cookie), we talk a bit abo…
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Ep 87 - Thousand Threads "Gamebryo Hiking"
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Episode thousand threads Owen has an extra for us. It is a wild ride. Actually show starts at about 9 minutes Episode 87! Keynan played deathloop Genshin impact? Keynan? Owen has been playing the rimworld ideology DLC. it is really cool He said ideology so I sniffed. He either refused to get it or it went over his head. Matt has been playing loop h…
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Ep 86 - Wildermyth "Familia Unknown"
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Welcome to the show! We played wyldermyth DO NOT ATTEMPT TO PLAY SYNDICATE (unless on ps3) Owen played the Diablo 2 remake. Is good! Keynan played dyson sphere program Matt has some notes on back 4 blood Will der myth Cool story engine bro. Get ready for the toons bodies to be permanently changed Not enough music in this game. Loops too much. Heat …
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Episode 37 - Lemmings, Lemmings 2: The Tribes and Lemmings Mobile
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The Lemmings series is very much in the spotlight this month, as we look at three games from the series: The original Amiga versions of Lemmings and Lemmings 2: The Tribes, plus we take a very baffled look at the approach taken by the more recent mobile version of Lemmings. It's not all about tiny suicidal creatures though, we've also got a Nintend…
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Ep 85 - Necromunda: Hired Gun "Radar Dog"
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We played Hired Gun. You gain brozouf! Mics are way better this time! Owen played: Civ4 beyond the sword. Throw shade on all modern civ games Keynan played: Tarkov wiped What Matt been playing? Hitman 3. SASOing some old levels The best murderpuzzle game all time Steam needs a “games you can watch tv while playing” tag 18 mins is when we start talk…
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Ep 84 - Tender "Dating sucks, (virtually this time)"
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The remote era has ended Sorry about keynan eating his microphone. @savoryscrimp on twitter. It gets better. We have played the alien game TENDER Matt has been playing: Donut county has a cool 4th wall breaking scene Star wars gatcha phone game. MOFF GIDEON https://tinyurl.com/53nwrez4 ASHOKA https://tinyurl.com/axx589ds LANDO Vermintide 2 gets bet…
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Episode 36 - The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
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After a short break, we're back to our normal format with a bang! We're looking at the excellent Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap for Game Boy Advance! It's Tibbs' first go on a Zelda, and we also approach the series in general from this angle, so anyone also looking to get into the series might do well to listen! Elsewhere, we've been playing embar…
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Ep 83 - King of Dragon Pass "The Maltese Management Game"
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00:00:00 episode begins with a bit of a warmup talking about what games we've played recently. 00:33:21 warmup finishes and we begin our main discussion of King of Dragon Pass. 01:04:25 Main discussion finishes and we begin to judge this game by the Bad Standards™ along with some stray closing thoughts about the game.…
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Ep 82 - John Wick Hex "SUPERHOTline Miami"
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00:26:55 warmup ends and main John Wick Hex discussion begins! 00:55:37 Bad Standards! Next week: King of Dragon PassOwen
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Episode 35 - Sonic the Hedgehog Music Special - Part 2
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We complete our look at 30 years of Sonic the Hedgehog games and great music from said games! This time we're covering the most memorable titles from 2004 to now, finding that Sonic games went from wildly experimental (sometimes too much) to wildly nostalgic (also sometimes too much), but they never failed to be interesting, and never failed to off…
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Episode 34 - Sonic the Hedgehog Music Special - Part 1
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It's the 30th anniversary of the first Sonic the Hedgehog game! We're celebrating with a pair of special episodes in which we discuss 30 different Sonic games (or thereabouts..) from his 30 years, plus we're playing 30 different music tracks, one representing each game discussed! Part 1 covers years 1991 - 2003 and includes games such as the origin…
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Ep 81 - Jedi Fallen Order "Wet, Ropey, Wookiees"
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Our warmup ends and the main discussion of JFO starts 00:43:22 We talk for a while on this one and only get to the Bad Standards at 02:05:44 Here is the link for Keynan and Owen's Clone Wars skip list https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hRX78SALJCaG-RaIhg8QQ8Rpf7rWYVkfFYEN_YheyEo/edit?usp=drivesdk…
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Episode 33 - Poinie's Poin
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Probably our most obscure game yet, Japanese-only PS2 game, Poinie's Poin is in the book club this month! A colourful 3D adventure platformer with funny, charming characters and an even funnier English translation! We also share thoughts on the recent Sonic Central livestream, plus Ghosts of Tsushima, Dishonoured, and we find ourselves squinting at…
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Ep 80 - The Pathless "Wildbreath: hellblade of the collosus"
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https://twitter.com/OHerriman/status/1368675462734487552?s=19 ∆the Mario clip Ben and Owen mention in the warmup Warmup finishes 00:30:06 Bad Standards commence 01:01:17Owen
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Ep 52 - Metal Gear: Revengeance "No Dodging"
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00:23:31 Our Warmup chat ends and the main discussion of the game begins. 01:04:25 our discussion mostly wraps up and we determine how this game shapes up against our Bad Standards.Owen
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Ep 79 - Children of Morta "Science fiction Bronze Age Mythology"
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Incredibly the warmup on this episode ends at exactly 00:30:00 and the bad standards start at exactly 01:00:00 this is of course because we were replaced by Soong type androids for this episode. Enjoy!Owen
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Episode 32 - Sayonara Wild Hearts
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In this episode, we essentially play a music album.. It's Sayonara Wild Hearts! An indie game for modern consoles that sets sublimely smooth, quick reflex, score attack gameplay to a truly immersive soundtrack. Plus, Ollie's played Balan Wonderworld and still doesn't understand why he's the only one who likes it, and Tibbs reveals The Rock's unique…
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