GameEngineStart Podcast

Its just turned May and we are already on our third GOTY candidate. Also, it's one we might actually agree on!We Played...It's been a rough week for games media, so we start the podcast with some reminiscing on the good old days of Giant Bomb and mourn the passing of the institution that was Polygon.We found Room 46 in Blue Prince, and Euan spend some in the deep south in South of MidnightWe spend a long time talking about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, a game there is as much to talk about as there is attempts at trying to spell it.Timestamps00:00:57 - Giant Bomb & Polygon00:27:40 - Blue Prince00:33:41 - South of Midnight00:37:33 -Clair Obscur: Expedition 3301:28:04 - News - We have a final GTA 6 release date, and it's next year01:31:03 - News - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is making such a splash that even Emmanuel Macron was posting about it01:33:52 - News - Insiders are claiming that Valve has a version of Half Life 3 is playable from end to end.01:36:52 - Upcoming & HousekeepingIntro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Blue Prince has caused some differing opinions on the show this week. It's an interesting discussion but I worry about the outcomes...We Played...Euan talks about the new game from Paradise Killer developers Promise Mascot Agency and wonders if the series can be saved in Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Tape 2We both talk all things Blue Prince and it gets in depth and interesting.Calum gives a brief glimpse once again into Final Fantasy 14 Savage RaidingTimestamps00:05:47 - Promise Mascot Agency00:08:48 - Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Tape 200:24:40 - Blue Prince00:54:19 - FFXVI Savage Raiding01:04:15 - News - Bungie finally revealed Marathon, an extraction shooter with stunning art direction and some pretty big unanswered questions.01:06:53 - News - Nintendo finally showed us the Switch 2, in an unfortunate maelstrom of world news.01:13:07 - News - Respawn and ex-XCOM devs are making a Star Wars turn based strategy game.01:19:22 - Upcoming & Housekeeping Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

If you're listening to this podcast, I hope you're maximising your sleep and you're on your eighth bottle of sparkling water by now...We Played...Calum does a check in with Monster Hunter Wilds and is in full preparation mode for the next raid tier in Final Fantasy 14: DawntrailEuan also wraps up Citizen Sleeper 2 and Split Fiction, and talking ins and outs of Contractors: ExfilTimestamps00:12:30 - Monster Hunter: Wilds00:14:19 - FF1400:20:25 - Citizen Sleeper 200:21:56 - Contractors: Exfil00:30:00 - Split Fiction00:37:06 - News: AI ARK trailer00:41:07 - PSA: Great Humble Bundle00:42:04 - News: Nintendo Stream00:50:30 - Upcoming & Housekeeping Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

After a two week break for two big games the two host return to (read as two) talk about them. Two.We Played...Calum has played both rather large games of the past month in Obsidian's latest Avowed and continuing culling of ancient enemies in Monster Hunter WildsEuan returns to teen type in Lost Records and gives a brief overview of Split Fiction. More to follow.Timestamps00:01:28 - Avowed00:17:23 - Minor Pillars of Eternity Spoilers00:27:16 - Minor Avowed Side Quest Spoilers00:37:03 - Lost Records01:00:00 - Monster Hunter: Wilds01:17:30 - Split Fiction01:26:38 - News - Unity announced a number of layoffs, and are focusing on "Live Services and AI" as one of their tenants moving forward01:27:46 - News - Phil Spencer said some really dumb shit about AI01:32:51 - News - Asynchronous multiplayer Resident Evil spin off Re:Verse is shutting down as it has "served its original, celebratory purpose"01:36:01 - Upcoming & Housekeeping Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

It's 2025 and we emerge from our winter hibernations. Turns out all we did was play video games. Funny how that works.We Played...Euan has been stuck in the virtual world with Contractors: Exfil. He also tries to go to the stars in the highly anticipated Citizen Sleeper 2Calum played newest Atlus offering Metaphor: ReFantazio, the same game 90% of people were playing over winter Marvel Rivals, and is very ill in the head and this returned to WarframeTimestamps00:09:32 - IXION00:11:02 - Contractors: Exfil00:38:11 - Metaphor: ReFantazio00:44:30 - Dishonoured 200:54:34 - Marvel: Rivals01:05:58 - Warframe01:22:14 - Citizen Sleeper 201:30:23 - We have a half announcement for the Switch 2, and it sure looks like a Switch.01:33:43 - The next Destiny 2 episode is shipping with so much missing voice acting due to the SAG AFTRA actors strike that it has subtitles on by default to cover it. Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

It is the time of year to put another log on the fire, grab your drink of choice, and listen to us talk about our favourite games of the year.Or in one case spend 20 minutes just quoting it.Timestamps00:06:13 - Euan - #500:10:44 - Calum - #500:17:42 - Euan - #400:24:13 - Calum - #400:34:06 - Euan - #300:43:54 - Calum - #3 & #200:56:21 - Euan - #201:10:09 - Calum - #101:24:48 - Euan - #101:46:20 - Runners Up01:56:52 - Looking to 2025 Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

The world has conspired so that we both got a game from a series we love in one week, so it's a long one.We Played...After months of discourse, Calum digs into Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and seems to like it a lot.Life is Strange: Double Exposure takes Euan into his Pacific North West feelings, even though this installment takes place in Vermont. Remember, "sad teen" is a genre not a time period.Timestamps00:05:55 - Euan Game Catchup00:09:31 - Dragon Age: The Veilguard01:00:31 - Life is Strange: Double Exposure01:36:15 - News - Sony decided that the "best path forward" for Concord is to close the studio completely01:37:47 - News - 343 Industries is now Halo Studios, and are pivoting to Unreal Engine for the future games.01:38:35 - News - The mobile Animal Crossing game is getting one more year of updates, and if you want access to it then it's going to cost you $20.01:44:52 - News - Another month, another Destiny 2 controversy, this time with the community sleuthing out a bug with their drop rates.01:59:39 - Housekeeping & Upcoming Games Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Nostalgia is a double edged sword, make sure your not falling for it. Also some quirky hardware with a crank. Real hard swings this episode.We Played...Silent HIll 2 is a foundational game for Euan, so his time with the Bloober Team remake is complicated.Awful delivery companies aside, Calum finally got a Playdate. It seems cool!We realised we had never talked about the joy of Astro Bot, so we remedy that. Timestamps00:03:31 - Euans Random Games00:06:07 - Silent Hill 200:54:49 - Playdate01:09:20 - Astro Bot01:24:07 - News - What is happening over at Ubisoft?01:33:53 - Upcoming & Housekeeping Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

We took some time away. We've come back. There are video games. It never changesWe Played...Calum talks now real video game Deadlock. We all thought it was a secret, but it was just a MOBAEuan talks about the seemingly perfectly average Star Wars OutlawsTimestamps00:02:00 - Sony announced a £700 PlayStation Pro00:11:48 - Concord has been taken offline after less than a month00:20:39 - Former head of Sony Europe says industry layoffs aren't caused by greed, and people should "figure out how to get through it"00:23:51 - Deadlock00:45:17 - Star Wars Outlaws00:59:51 - Space Marine 201:01:40 - Upcoming & Housekeeping Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

We saw some video games happen, some people are denying video games are happening, and some people appear to be doing whatever they can to ensure they don't make another video game happen again.We Played...Euan investigates some sci-fi murders with mixed results in No One Wants To DieCalum conquers his demons, namely the new Final Fantasy XIV Savage Raids, and experiences some retro Morrowind vibes in Dread DelusionWe both finally got to experience Thank Goodness You're Here, and it's every bit as good as we were hoping forTimestamps00:01:10 - Deathlock is being played by 20,000 people, but has never been officially announced or even acknowledged. Also we talk about that Verge article, and how people who don't understand what journalism is lost their minds.00:15:05 - No One Wants To Die00:26:25 - Thank Goodness You're Here00:35:46 - FFXIV Savage Raid00:44:38 - Dread Delusion00:54:03 - News - PSVR2 looks like it's in trouble, with not a lot of new games and now $200 off in a fire sale00:56:56 - News - Silent Hill: Ascension, the awful "interactive" TV show, won an Emmy!?00:59:16 - News - Tango Gameworks, one of the many studios killed by Microsoft, appears to have been saved by South Korean publisher Krafton01:06:35 - News - Bungie had another round of layoffs, bringing the future of Destiny into real question. Also the CEO bought a  lot of cars. Unrelated I'm sure.01:18:29 - Upcoming & Housekeeping Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

The games are sparse so we revert to type with RPGs and VR galoreWe Played...Calum plays hot new release Elden Ring. This is a lie but he hasn't heard anyone talk about this game, so it's worth a go. This was also a lie.Euan forgets reality for one of a virtual kind with Contractors Showdown and Ghosts of TaborWe both tried The First Decendant. It's alright. That's it, that's all we have to sayTimestamps00:02:08 - Elden Ring00:22:47 - Contractors Showdown00:39:30 - Ghosts of Tabor00:46:18 - The First Decendents00:49:35 - FFXIV Raid00:50:43 - Upcoming & Housekeeping Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

We haven't heard from Calum in a while. He said he was exploring Tural? Don't know what that means but hopefully he's ok.We Played...Calum explores the latest Final Fantasy 14 expansion, DawntrailEuan does what every Scottish person has to consider at one point in their life, and decides to work on an oil rig in Still Wakes the DeepTimestamps00:02:02 - FFIVX: Dawntrail00:21:43 - Dragon Age: Inquisition00:22:51 - Still Wakes the Deep00:34:33 - Still Wakes the Deep - Spoiler Start00:41:41 - Still Wakes the Deep - Spoiler End00:41:50 - News - Cities Skylines 2 had to patch out landlords00:46:31 - Upcoming & Housekeeping Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

A long one for everyone this week. Between the Summer Keighley Fest and a new Destiny expansion, it's a new season for games.We Played...We talk about the things we care about from Summer Games Fest, including the new Dragon Age, slow female vocal covers in trailers, and many other smaller items.Calum takes up his mantle of Destiny editor and goes in depth to Destiny 2: The Final Shape.Euan talks about Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, a much anticipated sequel for him.Timestamps00:02:22 - SGF: The Dragon Age: The Veilguard: The Trailer00:12:24 - SGF: Trailers and their Slow Music Covers00:23:06 - SGF: South of Midnight and Souls-likes00:27:23 - SGF: More From the Xbox Showcase00:30:00 - SGF: Euan's Sad Teen Hour00:35:42 - SGF: The Dragon Age Cinematic Universe00:42:15 - SGF: The Actual SGF Show00:58:51 - Euan bought a Quest 301:08:02 - Destiny 2: The Final Shape01:42:08 - Hellblade 201:56:39 - Upcoming & HousekeepingBreak Music -The Complex - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

As summer approaches, one of us prepares for months of MMO gameplay and the other does what he always does. Plays weird indie games. NOTE - We talk about minor spoilers from Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, we are explicit when we are about to start, and there is a timestamp in the podcast description.We Played...We both played XDefiant, and had a surprisingly long conversation about the current state of the FPS genre.Euan plays a pile of puzzlers with The Excavation of Hobs Barrow and Lorelei and the Laser Eyes.Calum plays the latest Playstation PC port Ghosts of Tsushima. Timestamps00:02:44 - XDefiant00:25:45 - Onward Mercenaries00:28:01 - Hellblade00:30:41 - The Excavation of Hobs Barrow00:38:29 - Lorelei and the Laser Eyes00:46:24 - Lorelei Spoilers Start00:50:27 - Lorelei Spoilers End00:51:33 - Ghosts of Tsushima PC01:01:18 - News - Ubisoft have cancelled the F2P spin off of The Division. I hope the third instalment actually makes it out.01:02:17 - News - Jake Solomon, the game designer behind the XCOM reboot has a new studio, and is trying his hand at a new genre. Ready for The Sims with half cover?01:08:39 - Calum was at a Stardew Valley Concert01:10:29 - News - Leaks have started around Valves next game, taking bits of Overwatch, DOTA and TF201:12:06 - News - Neil Druckman, perpetual man with opinions, thinks AI is actually great. He's wrong.01:17:30 - Upcoming & Wrap Up Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

We return with video games to talk about. Some of them are even current and relevant! We Played...Euan plays the unexplainable Indika and the very explainable cat sim Little Kitty, Big CityCalum substitutes his lack of raiding with raiding roguelike Rabbit and Steel and "anime Monster Hunter" Granblue Fantasy RelinkTimestamps00:02:00 - Little Kitty, Big City00:04:19 - Saints Row00:06:52 - Indika00:15:16 - Rabbit and Steel00:19:38 - Granblue Fantasy: Relink00:36:19 - News - In order to capitalize on the success of the Fallout series, Bethesda decided to catastrophically break Fallout 4.00:40:47 - News - Nintendo just tweeted it out, and have confirmed that the follow up to the Switch is coming this fiscal year.00:42:46 - News - Sony managed to destroy massive amount of goodwill behind Helldivers 2 by trying to enforce a PSN link on PC. They have now backed down from this idea.00:50:20 - News - The industry takes another massive hit, as Microsoft shutters more studios, including Tango Gameworks and Prey developers Arkane Austin. You should play Prey.01:11:50 - News - Someone has put together a bot that plays Tekken 8 by just pressing kick as Eddie Gordo, and it appears to be winning.01:17:22 - News - Destiny 2 continues to make more changes in advance of Final Shape.01:22:20 - News - Did you know that Hellblade 2 is out next week? Microsoft wants you to know that it hasn't forgot either.01:25:45 - Upcoming & Wrap Up Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

This is the last week of games coming out for a while, so we're going to spend it letting Calum talk about Dragon's Dogma 2.We Played..Euan plays tarot based story telling game The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood and slasher inspired puzzle narrative game Killer FrequencyCalum talks all things Dragons Dogma 2. That's all.Timestamps00:06:20 - The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood00:11:31 - Killer Frequency00:16:32 - Dragon's Dogma 200:41:58 - Minor Dragon's Dogma 2 Quest Spoilers00:53:29 - News - Apex Hack00:59:46 - News - Kotaku Pivot01:03:42 - News - GW3?01:09:04 - Upcoming & Wrap Up01:09:36 - Secret News - Destiny 2 Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

After a brief hospital visit, we're back again with some actual video games.Editors Note: We realised later that the Helldivers 2 GM is actually named Joel. Too late to change the title now.Intermission MusicThe Woods - Wilbert Roget, II - Pacific Drive: Official Game SoundtrackSteam | Epic Games StoreWe Played...Euan rumbles around a messed up Pacific North-West in Pacific Drive, an early GOTY candidate.Calum is in the early stages of Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth, and has a bunch of things he can't talk about.We both have put a bunch of time into Helldivers, and we talk about how it might be the first game in a long time to do live service right.Timestamps00:02:05 - Hospital Chat00:19:40 - Helldivers 2 & Live Service00:40:00 - Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth00:47:20 - Destiny 2 Hoverboards00:52:26 - Music Break00:54:20 - Pacific Drive and its save system.01:20:45 - News - Akira Toyama passed away at 68, and leaves behind a legacy that touched a lot of people01:22:25 - News - The remaster of the first three Tomb Raider games had some strange inconsistencies between the Steam and EGS versions01:24:45 - News - Rooster Teeth shuts down after more than 20 years, because their new corporate overlords said "Nah"01:26:36 - News - After a less than impressive showing by Suicide Squad, a live service game, Warner Bros are doubling down on live service games.01:28:52 - News - EA CEO Andrew Wilson just went off to fantasy land about his perceived impressions of what AI can do.01:32:46 - News - The wingnut gamers are at it again, constructing a conspiracy theory against narrative consulting shop Sweet Baby Inc.01:33:51 - Upcoming Games & Wrap UpIntro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

No new games to talk about this week, so instead we talk about the Xbox Business Update and its ramifications on the gaming space Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

We're back! After a holiday/sickness break, we return to talking about video games.Spoiler WarningWe spoil some of the Tekken 8 story mode in this episode (1:00:00 -> 1:07:17). Timestamps are below if you want to avoid it.We Played...Euan talks life after Yakuza in Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, and is saddened once again by Konami's decisions in Silent Hill: A Short MessageCalum low parries his own anxiety to try and learn what the fuck Tekken 8 is all about.Timestamps00:14:08 - Lethal Company00:18:58 - Max Payne 300:23:14 - Yakuza00:44:29 - Tekken 801:00:00 - Tekken 8: Spoilers01:07:17 - Tekken 8: Spoilers End01:15:43 - Silent Hill: TSM01:36:53 - Upcoming Games & HousekeepingIntro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

We may have finally hit the end of the year for video games, but jesus there is still so much to play.We Played...Euan talks about the co-op perspective of Baldur's Gate 3, and the atrocity that is Silent Hill: Ascension.Calum briefly discusses the Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising Playtest, more to follow in December when the game releases in full.We both dicuss our continuing amazement at Alan Wake 2Timestamps00:01:17 - Black Friday & Buying a Laptop in 202300:10:57 - Alan Wake 200:18:25 - Baldur's Gate 300:42:56 - Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising Playtest00:51:17 - Silent Hill: Ascension01:15:29 - News - Hades is coming to mobile via Netflix01:16:47 - News - The internet has bullied Rockstar enough where they are showing the first trailer for GTA6 in December01:18:06 - News - The Glory Society, the studio from the developers of Night in the Woods, is closing due to members serious health issues.01:19:48 - News - We talk at length about the direction that different parts of the industry are taking with live service games, and their relation to the Bungie Layoffs01:41:13 - Upcoming Games & Wrap Up Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0Music Break - Background Music (Loop) - Migfus20 (freesound.org)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

BOO! It's so spooky. It's a spooky show for the spooky day. MusicIntermission MusicThe Crystal Bot - Arnaud Roy - Endless Dungeon (Original Game Soundtrack)BandcampWe Played...We both discuss the conversion of old nanomachines to the nanomachines running on current gen platforms in Metal Gear Solid Collection Vol 1, continuing adventures in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty and multi-genre cross-over a-thon, Endless DungeonEuan dicusses his brief beginnings with Alan Wake 2, expect more to comeTimestamps00:09:59 - Metal Gear Solid Collection Vol 100:42:51 - Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty00:46:31 - Endless Dungeon00:55:08 - Music Break00:56:31 - Steam Demo Fest00:59:20 - Alan Wake 201:19:57 - The International01:24:46 - News - EA FC, previously FIFA, has had a patch that stopped players from running with the ball in their hands. Kind of a key feature of the sport.01:26:20 - News - Disney Dreamlight Valley will no longer be free to play when it leaves Early Access in December.01:30:59 - Upcoming & Wrap UpIntro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

A couple of weeks has given the chance to catch up on some current video games, so now we can talk about it!Intermission MusicLast Light - Borislav Slavov - Baldur's Gate 3: Original SoundtrackSteamWe Played...Euan talks eat theivery simulator Pizza Possum and noir hell-em-up El Paso, ElsewhereCalum talks about his journey into custom fight game controllers and, appropriately, Mortal Kombat 1We both discuss recent changes to Cyberpunk 2077 and its new DLC Phantom LibertyTimestamps00:06:01 - Pizza Possum00:09:40 - El Paso, Elsewhere00:11:01 - Mortal Kombat 100:22:31 - Calum's Artisan Leverless Controller00:37:57 - Purchasing from Small Companies00:49:10 - Music Break00:52:16 - Phantom Liberty01:13:13 - News - Unity have walked back some of their insane "installation fee", but not completely01:15:42 - News - Sega cancelled their upcoming PvPvE game Hyenas, with some reporting showing the troubles the game had during development01:18:10 - News - Epic are cutting 870 jobs, because they have been "spending way more money than we earn" for a long time. That seems like a management problem.01:24:35 - Upcoming & Housekeeping Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

It's a space heavy episode. Exploration in space Disneyland, the end of the world from a space rock, and changes to pricing structures that should be launched into space.Intermission MusicReunion - Reunion (Ft. Brigitte Naggar) - Goodbye Volcano High (Original Game Soundtrack)BandcampWe Played...Euan plays music while facing the end of the world in Goodbye Volcano High, updates on limited Armoured Core 6 progress and finds Sonic in the strangest places in the Hyenas Closed Beta.We both have put some time into Starfield, and talk about how it treats the scale of space, and the issues it causes itself issues because it's trying so hard to be a Bethesda game.Timestamps00:02:31 - Armoured Core 600:08:54 - Hyenas Closed Beta00:13:24 - Goodbye Volcano High00:18:51 - Starfield00:47:30 - Music Break00:48:53 - News - Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines 2 is back under a new studio, and with a different direction00:51:30 - News - Everyone knows that Baldur's Gate 3 is a horny game, but it might have been too horny because of a bug.00:52:48 - News - Unity want to charge developers a fee per install of a game. No one thinks this is a good idea.01:12:43 - News - Calum talks about a long running Destiny 2 bug which has surfaced, which lets people make really wild gun configurations.01:19:51 - Upcoming Games & Wrap Up Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

These games. They never end. There's more on the way too. I'm so tired.Intermission MusicDA PEOPLE - Hideki Naganuma - Bomb Rush Cyberfunk SoundtrackWe Played...Euan plays puzzle slasher Homebody, narrative explorer The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales and hot mech game of the moment Armored Core 6We both talk about the absolute coolest game on the planet Bombrush CyberfunkTimestamps00:00:57 - Baldur's Gate 300:13:41 - Techtonica00:14:41 - The Bookwalker00:17:36 - Homebody00:19:19 - Homebody Spoilers00:20:55 - Armoured Core 600:46:57 - Music Break00:49:11 - Bomb Rush Cyberfunk01:01:18 - News - Baldur's Gate 3 seems to be coming to XBox before the end of the year after reaching an "agreement" with Microsoft01:03:49 - News - ABK have turned their sights back on UK regulators by giving cloud streaming rights to their games to... Ubisoft?01:09:30 - News - Keith David is picking up the role of Zavala in Destiny 2 after the loss of Lance Reddick, and Calum fills in what happened on the Final Shape stream.01:20:30 - News - Kotaku ex-EIC Patricia Hernandez was fired by parent company G/O media, and gave a unbelievable picture on The Games Press podcast as to what that experience was like.01:24:51 - News - Sony announced the PlayStation Portal, a handheld that lets you stream games from your own PS5, and that's it.01:33:35 - Upcoming & OutroIntro Music -There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music -Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting -News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

What? Huh? Oh right you're here. Yes, there's a podcast, Calum talks about Baldur's Gate 3. Listen to it, or don't. I'm going back to playing Baldur's Gate 3.We Played...Baldur's Gate 3. Yep that's it. It's an hour of Baldur chat.Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Going to be honest, Calum writes these and he's just killing time till Baldur's Gate 3. So, yea, video games, check them out.MusicIntermission MusicNo Exit - scntfc - Oxenfree II: Lost Signals OSTBandcampWe Played...Euan experiences Sludge Life 2 and is sadly disapointed by the return of confused teens in Oxenfree IICalum explores the deep blue for tasty fish in Dave the DiverTimestamps0:04:13 - Sludge Life 20:09:36 - Oxenfree II0:26:14 - Dave The Diver0:38:41 - Music Break0:39:43 - Exoprimal0:51:10 - News - Major Nelson himself Larry Hryb is leaving Microsoft after 22 years0:52:59 - News - Sony agreed to keep Call of Duty on the platform for 10 years by sacrificing all other Activision IP0:57:31 - News - Overwatch 2 is coming to Steam on August 10th with the new single player missions0:59:13 - News - Game documentarians Noclip are ripping and reencoding a number of lost industry footage1:06:09 - News - The people that are working on the Silent Hill live Twitch streaming... thing... are also doing it with Borderlands1:08:30 - News - A collection of industry veterans have started a new studio making games exclusively in Fortnite using UEFN1:11:52 - Baldurs Gate 3 Discourse is Wild1:19:30 - Upcoming & Wrap UpIntro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

We're at an ebb in the ebb and flow of video game releases. Nice relaxed podcast today.We Played...Euan gives all the updates this week with Mars First Logistics and System ShockTimestamps00:08:02 - Final Fantasy XVI00:09:07 - System Shock00:13:18 - Mars First Logistics00:21:38 - News - Baldur's Gate 3 doesn't have a release date on Xbox yet, as Larian is having issues getting split-screen working on the Series S00:24:23 - News - Annapurna rounded off Not-E3 with a bunch of new games, and their first in-house project, a new game in the Blade Runner universe00:28:18 - News - Sega have finally listened and are ditching their NFT plans.00:30:25 - News - Sonic and Balan Wonderworld creator Yuji Naka has now been sentenced on charges of insider trading.00:32:59 - News - The official Pokémon Forums have launched, and for a brief moment were a nightmare00:37:26 - News - The Microsoft Activision merger court case brought more interesting info, this time from a Sony document that was very poorly redacted.00:43:49 - News - The new shepherds of future Skullgirls development decided to clean-up some questionable content from the game, and naturally the internet was very calm about it and didn't behave like giant embarrassing children.00:49:26 - Upcoming Games + Wrap UpIntro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

The weather is hot and so are the video games. Actually, not really we've hit the end of the big new releases. There's more to talk about!We Played...Euan talks about several Steam Next Fest demos, and continues to wander around in Zelda: Tears of the KingdomCalum talks newest release Final Fantasy XVI. It's the sixteenth Final Fantasy game and I will hear no other arguments at this time.Timestamps00:08:13 - Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom00:16:57 - Final Fantasy XVI00:46:08 - Twitch continues to make baffling business decisions for the people who create the content.00:55:09 - Don't worry, there was supposed to be a solitary woman at Summer Games Fest, there was just scheduling conflicts.00:58:54 - Seemingly out of nowhere, Bungie dropped a massive lore dump on Destiny players they weren't expecting.01:07:22 - Looks like E3 2024 and 2025 might already be cancelled?01:11:28 - Jim Ryan may have blown their main argument in the case against the Microsoft/ABK merger01:13:43 - It was an unexciting Nintendo Direct, until they gave Mario acid right at the end.01:16:52 - Wrap Up & Coming SoonIntro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

It's the start of video game releases. The heavy hitters start now!We Played...Calum talks the two big releases in Diablo 4 and Street Fighter 6. Busy time for fans of ARPGs and fighting games across the land.Euan gives his opinion on Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Will it be different from the majority? Listen to find out!Timestamps00:02:13 - Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom00:11:59 - Diablo 400:34:40 - Street Fighter 600:58:49 - Quick Destiny check in for the new season01:02:04 - News - Jason Shrier published a great internal look into Arkane and why Redfall may have turned out the way it did01:04:47 - Sony got out ahead of Not-E3 with their PlayStation Showcase01:06:10 - AI Generated Content was all over the place in the last few weeks, and none of it was good news01:16:52 - Two separate people picked up warehouse jobs purely to steal copies of Zelda ahead of release01:18:46 - Twitch announced some changes to their policies on branded content, which was pretty tone deaf and unanimously rejected by streamers.01:26:48 - We discuss the (surprisingly limited) things to be excited for from Summer Games Fest and other streams so far.Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

The conversations went long this week. More to enjoy!MusicIntermission MusicJack Da Funk - Hideki Naganuma - Bomb Rush Cyberfunk Side 1BandcampWe Played...Euan talks about his Jedi Survivor experience, and playing Dead by Daylight on a Steam DeckCalum talks Idol Showdown, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous and hot game of the moment Zelda: Tears of the KingdomTimestamps00:04:35 - The New Website is Done!00:06:11 - Jedi Survivor00:40:27 - Dead by Daylight on Steam Deck00:45:29 - Idol Showdown00:46:21 - Zelda01:14:58 - Musical Interlude01:17:27 - Pathfinder01:40:47 - News - Not E3 starts with the Sony Showcase on Wednesday01:41:51 - News - Mortal Kombat 1 is a silly name, but seems pretty descriptive01:43:49 - News - Hawken, the indie mech darling from way back has returned, and unfortunately it's not good!01:45:10 - News - The person in charge of Ganon's design for the new Zelda finally got to make him hot, according to an interview01:46:12 - News - Wow it seems like Overwatch 2 is having a bad time01:54:32 - News - Shocking no-one, Ubisoft is doubling down on Assassins Creed01:57:14 - News - The Apex Legends Board Game is closer to Warhammer than a traditional board game, but man the miniatures are cool.02:00:45 - Wrap Up & Upcoming GamesIntro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Returning from a holiday and games start coming out. What a time to have a podcastWe Played…Euan plays Shadows of Doubt, a game with more genres than time I have to type them out here. You'll just have to listen.We both “played” Redfall and have some thoughts. They are not good thoughts, but they are thoughts.Calum talks at length about Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. As a Star Wars fan, you can imagine this is a long discussion.Timestamps…02:01 – Holidays & our bodies are getting old.07:36 – Shadows of Doubt.16:30 – Redfall.36:31 – Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.1:11:57 – Citizen Sleeper and the Lost In Cult collaboration.Intro Music – There It Is – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music – Honey Bee – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting – News Intro – Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Shorter catch up this week as we lie in wait for the release hellscape of May/June. Also Euan has holidays to go on so we didn't want to leave you good people hanging.We Played…Euan played a variety of smaller games, including Drop: System Breach, Dredge, A Little To The LeftCalum has a Destiny 2 Catchup as the seasonal story ends and talks massive changes to DOTA 2 (yes he's playing DOTA 2 again)Timestamps…0:02:14 – Euan's Catch-up0:05:44 – Pistol Whip, and Borderlands OST0:07:57 – Dredge0:12:43 – Resident Evil 4 + More Remakes0:21:00 – Destiny 2 Check-in0:27:26 – DOTA2 & the new patch0:33:28 – News – Someone has ported Jedi Outcast to VR, and it looks great.0:37:03 – News – Jedi Survivor is a big game, and you might need a download even with the disc version0:38:42 – News – Niantic are taking their Pokemon GO formula and trying again with Monster Hunter0:40:37 – News – The Division 2 is still going strong, and we got details of two new titles in the series.0:44:26 – News – Troubled developers of Dark and Darker are asking people to torrent their Alpha since they arn't allowed on Steam.0:48:08 – News – Scared of deep water? Horizon: Forbidden West has you covered0:50:09 – News – Microsoft are removing their “share to Twitter” functionality, since they are saying no to the huge new cost of the API0:54:15 – News – Indie horror hit Iron Lung is being made into a movie, directed by and starring Markiplier.0:55:59 – News – Footage came out of Unrecord, an incredibly realistic looking game from the perspective of a police body cam1:03:12 – Housekeeping & UpcomingIntro Music – There It Is – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music – Honey Bee – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting – News Intro – Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

It's been a while since we did this. Luckily, there are games to talk about.Intermission MusicPhotosynthetic Skin – Amos Roddy – Citizen Sleeper (Original Soundtrack)BandcampWe Played…Calum played in the weekend limited Diablo 4 Beta.Euan played maze building PvP game Meet Your Maker by the creators of Dead by DaylightWe both played Resident Evil 4 Remake. As much as we enjoyed the original, it has been a very long time.Timestamps…00:09:01 – Diablo 4 Beta00:30:13 – Meet Your Maker00:50:15 – Music Interlude00:51:46 – Resident Evil 401:16:23 – Deliver Us Mars, Dredge, Hitman is good01:20:09 – News – There is a Persona 5 mobile game coming, but it's coming from a predominantly gatcha studio so…01:21:01 – News – Sega put out a Sonic murder mystery visual novel, and it's apparently the best Sonic game in years.01:21:37 – News – Epic have launched a very powerful editor and a new Creative mode for Fortnite, but the profit sharing model is kinda wild.01:25:49 – News – Multiversus is leaving open beta by going to sleep for a year, with no purchase refunds01:28:36 – News – E3 has officially been cancelled for this year, now the real question is if this is the death knell of the show01:38:20 – Upcoming Games01:42:40 – Our Technical IssuesIntro Music – There It Is – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music – Honey Bee – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting – News Intro – Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

It's that time of year again. It's time to talk about Destiny for an inordiante amount of time.Spoiler Warning – We talk about the story of Destiny 2: Lightfall between 16:24 and 22:33.Intermission MusicCalling Upon Bravery – Eddie Marianukroh – Chained Echoes (Original Game Soundtrack)BandcampWe Played…Calum talks Destiny 2: Lightfall, the latest expansion. That's it, that's all he talks aboutEuan talks mech based XCOM-like Phantom BrigadeTimestamps…4:22 – Destiny 2: Lightfall16:24 – Destiny 2: Lightfall Story Spoilers22:33 – Destiny 2: Lightfall Story Spoilers End1:12:30 – Music Break1:15:23 – Phantom Brigade1:38:55 – News – Paradox announced a bunch of things, including a Sims competitor1:41:06 – News – The Suicide Squad gameplay might have been recieved so badly they have delayed it again1:42:09 – News – Capcom showed off their lineup, and gave more details on the Resident Evil 4 remake1:43:40 – News – A whole bunch of games have shut down so far this year, and it's only March1:46:22 – News – Sony continue to raise issues with the Microsoft Activision mergerIntro Music – There It Is – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music – Honey Bee – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting – News Intro – Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

It's 2023 and we are back doing what we do best. Making mediocre content. Welcome in.We Played…It's 2008 again as Euan plays the Dead Space remake, gets in some cel shaded music action in Hifi Rush, and deals with the baffling experience that is Atomic Heart.When not prepping to spend the next few weeks in a Destiny 2 hole with the new expansion, Calum has been putting time into modern retro JRPG Chained EchosTimestamps…1:49 – Dead Space12:20 – Hifi Rush15:52 – Atomic Heart28:02 – Destiny 2 Lightfall Preperation31:27 – Chained Echos46:08 – News – Ubisoft has delayed Skull & Bones for the millionth time, as well as cancelling 3 games that we don't know about49:54 – News – Activision Blizzard continue to be real wierd by requiring everyone to come back into the office, as well as making wild salary claims around their management.53:55 – News – There was a Playstation State of Play, and we all collectively hmmmed at Suicide Squad55:28 – News – Apparently your Xbox is now woke, since it's started doing updates and downloads when renewable energy is more available. Sigh.58:11 – News – Nintendo is not going to be at E3, the last of the big three to confirm they will not be there in an official capacity.1:02:25 – Upcoming GamesIntro Music –There It Is – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music –Honey Bee – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting –News Intro – Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Grab yourself a warm drink and a blanket, shuffle up next to us as we talk about the year gone past in video games. The good, the bad, and the existential crisesSpoiler WarningWe were pretty good at calling out when we are going to talk about endings and the like, but maybe don't give a huge amount of notice. You have been warned.Timestamps…Sifu – 0:02:29Hardspace: Shipbreaker – 0:07:39Xenoblade Chronicles 3 – 0:15:09We Are OFK – 0:23:29God of War: Ragnarok – 0:27:59IXION – 0:48:47Citizen Sleeper – 0:56:25Neon White – 1:14:42Some Good Soundtracks – 1:23:53Pentiment – 1:26:53Honourable Mentions – 1:46:30Destiny 2 in 2022 – 1:56:55The Year of the Steam Deck – 2:05:58The Final Year of Giving Fromsoft a Chance – 2:07:04The Award for Only Game I returned This – 2:09:37The Dumbest News Story of the Year – 2:10:05Some Games Are Not For You – 2:11:10A Eulogy for Zachtronic – 2:16:46Looking Forward – 2:18:08Intro & Outro Music – Jazzy Abstract Beat – Coma-Media (pixabay.com)

For the last podcast of the year, we have a lot of news to talk about and even some new games.Intermission MusicCloud Nine – Machine Girl – Neon White OST 1 – The Wicked HeartBandcampWe Played…We wrap up The Game Awards and all the announcements there inWe both catch up on our god killing progress in God of War RagnarokCalum prevents a chaos incursion in Warhammer 40k: Darktide and becomes best friends with marvel heros in Marvel's Midnight SunsTimestamps…2:14 – 2023 is already looking stacked4:25 – The Game AwardsCORRECTION – Euan said that Elden Ring won Best Narrative, he meant to say nominated.36:46 – Euan caught up on a bunch of games37:22 – Ixion42:45 – Warhammer 40,000: Darktide54:22 – Music Break56:32 – Midnight Suns1:28:24 – News – Yuki Naka has been arrested again for insider trading1:29:55 – News – Microsoft announce a commitment to bring Call of Duty to Switch and Steam for at least 10 years1:31:51 – News – The director of Days Gone believes that ‘woke reviewers' are the reason for it's midding critical reception.1:37:36 – News – Nintendo have shut down a Super Smash Brothers Melee tournament in it's final stages, and the TOs believe that there was some shady business happening around it.1:49:52 – GOTY plans, what were playing over the holiday, site stuff.Intro Music – There It Is – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music – Honey Bee – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting – News Intro – Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

It's getting towards the end of the year which means god there are so many games to play.Intermission MusicEmber's Wake – Amos Roddy – Citizen SleeperBandcampWe Played…Euan plays PS1 style sci-fi thriller SignalisCalum plays the “perfectly 6/7 out of 10” Harvestella and tells us the story of attending the Scottish Esports LeagueWe both become gods once again in God of War: RagnarokTimestamps…0:30 – Holy crap it's almost December1:33 – Signalis9:26 – Shadows of Rose – Resident Evil Village DLC11:19 – SSX316:09 – Harvestella37:52 – NIKKE44:37 – Music Break48:22 – God of War: Ragnarök1:14:23 – News – Immortality hit iOS and is, surprisingly, uncut and in it's original form.1:16:28 – News – The UK Treasury launched a Discord, and proceeded to get trolled intensely.1:20:44 – News – The back and forth between composer Mick Gordon and id Software continues, with Gordon dropping hard evidence, and id claiming they have their own.1:23:34 – News – Yuji Naka, creator of Sonic and Balan Wonderworld, was arrested for insider trading.1:26:34 – News – The PSVR2 is coming out February 22nd for £529.99. Ouch.1:30:31 – Calum shares his experience at the Scottish Esports League1:40:25 – Upcoming Releases, Site Stuff and Wrap UpCredits...Intro Music –There It Is – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music –Honey Bee – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)News Sting –News Intro – Maximilien (soundbible.com)All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

One of us went on holiday and still managed to play loads of video games. Isn't the modern world fantastic? Intermission Music Customer Service – Eli Rainsberry – Wilmot's Warehouse OST Bandcamp | Itch.io We Played… Calum talks professional DOTA with TI Final, and plays yet another card game in Marvel Snap, and is really presently surprised. Euan checks the rat tech in A Plague Tale: Requiem, and takes a look at dystopian point-and-click turn based RPG (too many genres) Sunday Gold Timestamps… 2:14 – Andor is great god damn show 5:41 – The Mandalorian Spoilers 12:56 – DOTA 2: The International 21:32 – A Plague Tale: Requiem 33:25 – Sunday Gold 44:37 – Music Break 47:09 – Marvel Snap 1:11:23 – News – Konami are throwing a bunch of studios at a bunch of new Silent Hill games and seeing what happens 1:30:29 – News – The physical disc versions of Modern Warfare have barely anything on them, and still require a 150Gb download to use. 1:36:48 – Upcoming Releases, Site Stuff and Wrap Up Intro Music – There It Is – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music – Honey Bee – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) News Sting – News Intro – Maximilien (soundbible.com) All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Real world delivery issues are key to this weeks podcast. Intermission Music Murky Brew – Alberto Sueri and Johnny Moutzouris – Eville OST Steam Also we talk about Brandon Acker before the break, and you should go check out his YouTube channel We Played… Calum played stuff on a Steam Deck. Various games, of varying quality, just had a grand old time. Euan solves puzzles in Egression and hates solving puzzles in Scorn. Timestamps… 0:47 – Ordering a Xmas tree in October 3:20 – Calum got his Steam Deck, and started wildy throwing games at it. 21:11 – Egression 23:46 – Scorn 46:39 – Music Intermission 50:28 – Warhammer 40K: Darktide Closed Beta Impressions 55:52 – News – Google Stadia is no more, and you can actually get a refund 1:00:23 – News – The voice behind Bayonetta spoke out how the actual reason she isn't in the third game is that they offered her a tiny paycheck for the role, and Hideki Kamiya blocks everyone on Twitter 1:07:34 – News – The launch of Overwatch 2 was a trashfire, and the game itself is not living up to expectations. 1:22:59 – Releases Coming Soon, Site Housekeeping and Wrap Up. Intro Music – There It Is – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music – Honey Bee – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) News Sting – News Intro – Maximilien (soundbible.com) All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

It's a short pod as we venture into Autumn, with a good mix of old, new and new that reminds you of old. We Played… Euan finishes We Are OFK, and ventures into some modern nostalgia with Return to Monkey Island Calum is preparing to get a Steam Deck and keeps busy in Guild Wars 2 when not continuing doing Savage Raids in Final Fantasy XIV Timestamps… 0:46 – Guild Wars 2 is still a franchise 4:30 – What's Out in October 8:40 – We Are OFK 13:09 – Rollerdrome 14:33 – Crimesight 17:50 – Return to Monkey Island 33:54 – Calum is getting a Steam Deck 40:37 – FFXIV Savage Raids Continue 41:43 – Guild Wars 2 is a chill game. Apparently. 45:18 – News – The “live service” Halo Infinite doesn't appear to be that “live” 50:04 – News – CDPR confirmed Cyberpunk 2077's first expansion, (probably) out next year 52:06 – News – The GTAVI Leak has been both facinating and depressing to watch play out. Intro Music – There It Is – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music – Honey Bee – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) News Sting – News Intro – Maximilien (soundbible.com) All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Calum took some time off to play one video game a lot. Luckily we have a space to talk about that experience. Intermission Music The Disaster of Passion – AISHA & Arc System Works – GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE- ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK VOL.1 Amazon We Played… Euan played tiny platformer Tinykin and the latest Sam Barlow epic Immortality Calum goes in-depth of the ins and outs of Final Fantasy XIV Savage Raiding   Timestamps… 2:11 – Hey, people are actually listening to this! 8:07 – Tinykin 14:52 – Immortality 46:37 – Music Break 52:09 – Final Fantasy XIV Savage Raids 1:41:16 – Site Stuff and Wrap Up    Intro Music – There It Is – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music – Honey Bee – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) News Sting – News Intro – Maximilien (soundbible.com) All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

It's finally time to talk openly about one of our favourite games of the year. Calum wasn't available, so Euan has drafted in friend of the site, and narrative game connoisseur, Vaida to talk about the world of The Eye, the incredible characters we meet there, and just how well this game uses mechanics from tabletop games to add to the storytelling. This is a spoilercast, so we talk openly about the events of the plot of Citizen Sleeper and it's first expansion. If you have not played the game yet it's highly recommended that you go do that and then come back for this conversation  Citizen Sleeper is out now for PC (Steam, GOG, Epic), Game Pass, and Switch right now. The first free update is also out now, with two more updates coming in October and 2023. Vaida can be found on Twitter @underskinnyhrt and their games can be played at https://vaidap.itch.io/.  Intro / Outro Music – Density – Citizen Sleeper (Original Soundtrack) – Amos Roddy Bandcamp | Steam | GOG | Apple Music

Euan got COVID, so this is the first podcast for a while. He's fine now, so we're back to video games Intermission Music Follow/Unfollow – OFK – We Are OFK E.P. We Played… Calum writes this part of the post so he gets to type such sentences as “Euan plays a new ‘sad teen game'” We Are OFK, and talks about old favorites GTFO and Boneworks with Metal Gear Solid mods Calum plays out his wrestler fantasy in Rumbleverse and starts a cult (in a video game please don't ban me) with Cult of the Lamb Timestamps… 1:25 – Euan got COVID 13:55 – We Are OFK 21:34 – Boneworks MGS1 Mod 23:52 – A quick GTFO story 30:29 – Rumbleverse 41:36 – Cult of the Lamb 59:32 – Music Break 1:02:40 – News – Calum runs down the first in-person EVO in a few years. 1:13:34 – News – There is a new Tales from the Borderlands out in October and we forgot it existed. Might be for the best. 1:15:24 – News – Activision Blizzard are at it again, looking very much like they are taking designs from artists and putting them into CoD with no credit or recompense. 1:17:17 – News – The Embracer Group continues to embrace, this time with the entire Lord of the Rings franchise. Intro Music – There It Is – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music – Honey Bee – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) News Sting – News Intro – Maximilien (soundbible.com) All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Hopefully you all should be still be able to see this message. Hopefully you can also still hear us talk about video games. NOTE - There are mild spoilers for the ending of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 during the discussions of Xenoblade Chronicles 3. There is a warning before hand. Intermission Music Blueprint For A Slow Machine – 65daysofstatic – No Man's Sky- Music For An Infinite Universe Amazon We Played… Euan plays hit cat sim Stray. As father to two cats, this is unsurprising Calum starts a 100+ hour journey into Xenoblade Chronicles 3, and it starts a lot better than the other ones! We both played No Man's Sky again for the upteenth time. Marketing really makes that game look cool ok?   Timestamps… 1:15 – The Fringe is slowly encroaching 5:27 – Podcast housekeeping 6:11 – Audio transcription with our accents is sometimes great 7:54 – No Mans Sky 12:00 – Stray 25:59 – Tunic, and difficulty options as accessibility 28:55 – Bear & Breakfast 34:29 – Xenoblade Chronicles 3 59:54 – Music Break 1:03:04 – Steam are enforcing cleaner game images on their store 1:06:11 – VRChat has added anti-cheat tech which has broken most important mods for the game, including accessibility and enhanced avatar functionality. 1:14:47 – The Sims 4 got it next big update, and added rapid aging and incest accidentally. 1:19:04 – Just months after it's announcement, the Knights of the Old Republic remake has been put on indefinite hold. 1:25:02 – The NeiR fanbase has been in turmoil as someone apparently discovered a totally unknown area in NeiR: Automata 1:29:41 – Wrap-up, Site Planning.   Intro Music – There It Is – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music – Honey Bee – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) News Sting – News Intro – Maximilien (soundbible.com) All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

As I type this it is over 30 degrees, and I can't think. So yea, video games. We Played... Euan plays space thriller Deliver Us The Moon, adorable adventure Tunic and, of course, the latest and last Zachtronics joint, Last Call BBS.Calum wishes he could break the actual sun, and instead settles for more Monster Hunter: Sunbreak and watches teens get murdered in video game format in The Quarry Timestamps... 0:30 - Holy crap it's warm9:10 - Deliver Us The Moon12:55 - Last Call BBS16:39 - Steam Deck29:18 - Monster Hunter: Sunbreak31:19 - Fall Guys33:29 - The Quarry57:51 - Music Break59:26 - The Blade Runner remaster is a mess, both in implementation and distribution1:04:45 - No surprises, but a recently announced "Web3" consoles is saying a lot of words and promises that don't make sense1:07:19 - A game dev at the Brazil International Games Festival pulled the greatest bait and switch, changing his talk from "The Future of Game Design" to "Why NFTs are a nightmare" almost immediately.1:08:38 - Ubisoft continues to make bizarre decisions by (temporarily) delisting AC: Liberation and saying it would be removed from Steam libraries.1:12:25 - Unity CEO John Ricitiello had a string of dumb comments trying to backtrack on calling developers who don't use their new monetizing tech "fucking idiots". Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com) All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Been a while since we sat down and talked about some video games, so let's fix that! We Played... Euan took the hit for the site and played Elden Ring. A long conversation ensues.Calum hunts continually bigger beasts in Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak and selects and makes his first pick in DNF Duel.We both played the fantastic Neon White and Euan gets mad Calum keeps beating him. Timestamps... 0:00 - Public transport can get strange.4:39 - The Fringe is coming11:24 - Elden Ring48:34 - Monster Hunter: Rise Sunbreak DLC51:05 - DNF Duel1:12:10 - Music Break1:15:18 - Neon White1:49:54 - Upcoming Games, Wrap Up Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com) All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

We're back to talk all things Keigh3. Summer Game Fest? This was eaiser when it was just E3. Timestamps... 1:22 - Mask assholes exist in Europe too8:12 - Summer Game Fest20:47 - Future Games Show25:20 - Xbox & Bethesda, and a lot about Starfield1:09:11 - PC Gaming Show1:15:40 - Round up, Capcom, What's out soon? Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com) All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

We're back to talk all things Keigh3. Summer Game Fest? This was eaiser when it was just E3. Timestamps... 1:22 - Mask assholes exist in Europe too8:12 - Summer Game Fest20:47 - Future Games Show25:20 - Xbox & Bethesda, and a lot about Starfield1:09:11 - PC Gaming Show1:15:40 - Round up, Capcom, What's out soon? Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com) All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

A new audio quality for the same old podcast! We Played... Euan plays a lot with Citizen Sleeper, Furi, Card Shark and Hunt: Showdown. All at the same time! (not really)Calum hints opinions of Songs of Conquest to be expanded later, and does some vampire killing with Vampire the Masquerade: Blood Hunt Timestamps... 0:30 - Microphone Chat, ASMR and ambient noise8:14 - Citizen Sleeper11:20 - Half Life: Alyx Workshop support15:20 - Furi17:30 - Hunt Showdown21:56 - Card Shark25:00 - Songs of Conquest29:26 - Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Hunt47:17 - Music Break50:11 - News - GameStop decide to get into NFTs as the market collapses55:50 - News - Norman Reedus just straight up said that Death Stranding 2 is happening59:14 - News - A bunch of potentially Silent Hill related images leaked and then were immediately taken down1:09:08 - News - Now the terrible cloud version of Kingdom Hearts for Switch will tell you not to play it.1:16:30 - News - EA might be queuing themselves up for a purchase1:21:23 - News - Head of PlayStation Jim Ryan put out the worst email ever about abortion rights, his cats, and then potentially threatened a bunch of his studios?1:36:04 - Outro, what we are playing, site stuff. Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com) All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

A new audio quality for the same old podcast! We Played... Euan plays a lot with Citizen Sleeper, Furi, Card Shark and Hunt: Showdown. All at the same time! (not really)Calum hints opinions of Songs of Conquest to be expanded later, and does some vampire killing with Vampire the Masquerade: Blood Hunt Timestamps... 0:30 - Microphone Chat, ASMR and ambient noise8:14 - Citizen Sleeper11:20 - Half Life: Alyx Workshop support15:20 - Furi17:30 - Hunt Showdown21:56 - Card Shark25:00 - Songs of Conquest29:26 - Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Hunt47:17 - Music Break50:11 - News - GameStop decide to get into NFTs as the market collapses55:50 - News - Norman Reedus just straight up said that Death Stranding 2 is happening59:14 - News - A bunch of potentially Silent Hill related images leaked and then were immediately taken down1:09:08 - News - Now the terrible cloud version of Kingdom Hearts for Switch will tell you not to play it.1:16:30 - News - EA might be queuing themselves up for a purchase1:21:23 - News - Head of PlayStation Jim Ryan put out the worst email ever about abortion rights, his cats, and then potentially threatened a bunch of his studios?1:36:04 - Outro, what we are playing, site stuff. Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com) All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0