Time Played: 3hr

We somehow managed to make an hour long goty ep about only the 7 'games' we talked about on the pod this year. Well done on making it through the year, We'll speak to you sometime in the next. x

This week we're back with the hit film based on a true story based on a video game based on a sim racer based on an academy based on a tournament based on a hit movie based on the favelas of brazil: Goal 2

Imagine you've been waiting almost two months for another episode of your fav podcast about video games, you where being to think they may never post another. Then bam. It's here. And it's about the crappy games you can play for free on a discord server. It's good to be back, enjoy.

This week we're crusing down stunning mountainsides, taking in the sights and sounds of natu- WOAHAHA IS THAT A FRICKEN BMX WITH 7 WHEEEELS BRO??!? FRICKEN TIGHT SICK AND COOL AND STUFF.

This week we're playing the big hot spicy hype new open world game everyone is talking about! Just Cause 4. (The new Zelda just came out, so that's the joke, in case you're reading this in the future)

This week we're staring at benches and getting stressed about our Landords as we play my first game. Lochie very kindly invited me to a lil q&a sesh, and I anxiously/excitedly got to mumble endlessly on about surprising ease and expected difficulty of game dev. You can play it free here: https://louisthings.itch.io/monuments-to-guilt

This week we are in the sexy boots of all round gross boy, mr 007, the old JB himself. Firing nikita missiles, driving underwater cars, getting in the hole, kissing any one of the 5 bond girls, shaving with bombs and vibing to our tacky theme songs. I (louis) made a game! what? yep. It's free. play it. https://louisthings.itch.io/monuments-to-guilt

I just put out a email newsletter about neat looking, unreleased indie games that pop up on my social media feeds. If you like the idea of some rad looking video game gifs popping up in your inbox every once in a while, go sub at louisthings.substack.com (it's free btw). This weeks ep is allll about Sega's most recent attempt at escaping Sonics janky 3D self. Did they finally suceced? No...???

It's mid-Jan so what better time to wrap up our fav games of the year (that we played for the podcast) then now. I've already forgotten what took top spot but I can garentee it is an infallible pick as the best game of the year, as long as you subscribe to our unquantifiable metrics. (Guess which two words I had to look up the spelling for in that last sentence and win a prize, tho it doesn't count if I spelt all the other words wrong...) Thank you for listening in to us jabber about games this year. V cosy to know we've got a lil group keen to hear Lochie and I waffle about crap for 30 mins at a time. This pod make no profits but does require about a tenner between us every month to host & backup the audio. It'll keep going regardless, but if you wanna tip us a cheeky quid or two we'd love that tbh. You can do so on our ko-fi which you can find on my website: www.louisthings.com/timeplayed3hr Oh also, I forgot to mention I was on Gaming In The Wild's GOTY ep (https://gaminginthewild.carrd.co) again this year. So if you wanna know what games I played off the pod, check that out. John has run several eps talking to diff folks about their favs as well as his own, worth a look if you're not familiar. He's swell. ta Louis x

Well it's December first so it's about time I wished you a happy Halloween. To celebrate we played the latest concoction of spooky indie game demos brewed by by the folks of Haunted PS1. Real nice selection this year, and great to see the format expand into something even bigger.

This time, we wax about the nostalgic vibes of Shin Chan (insert full title here). We talk bums & bugs but can only dream of a game that might hit a little closer to home.

3 hours of a video game about a lil mouse putting on lil hats and being sneaky. what a treat. Come say hi: https://louisthings.com/timeplayed3hr/

This week we ran out of time and instead set about talking trash for an hour. We do manage to squeeze a few games in to the conversation too. We talk Arc Knights, Lego City Undercover and the recently announced Moonbreaker. For all the social bits and bobs, head over to louisthings.com/timeplayed3hr

This week we're trying not to hurl as we fall upwards through a simple yet endeering tale of class struggles and a woman named Kat that also has a cat and makes me wonder what kind of creative thought went into that choice. For all your podcast needs, hit up the new website: https://louisthings.com/timeplayed3hr/

This week we're yeeting our followers off a cliff and trying to trip over trolls in Capcoms' wierdo fantasy rpg for PS3. For socials and everything else: https://louisthings.com/timeplayed3hr

This week we are a ball in space, yeeting ourselves off every corner we come across, careening our way in what one cna only assume is downwards and dreaming of simpler times like Jetpack Joyride and Doodle Jump. Check out Louis' short free album m u r m u r s https://murmurs.louisthings.com All usual social and tip links are here: https://louisthings.com/timeplayed3hr

This week we're trudging about the bayou trying not be heard by any of the monsters, but we keep getting bored and talking about Elton John and Waynes World, wondering into a pack of rowdy crows and then get promptly shot in the back. For socials, discord and dono's: http://louisthings.com/timeplayed3hr

This week, we're saying YES to grinding on rails and graffiti. I just put out a short (free) album. Would love for you to take a listen x https://murmurs.louisthings.com For our socials/discord/donations go here https://louisthings.com/timeplayed3hr

This week we're floating about in zero-G, stuck in a dead end job. Trying our best not to get sucked into the space furnace as we dream about the good old days back on earth, frolicking about in the lavender fields, drinking lavender ice tea and munching on lavender cupcakes. At least we still have our trusty old lavender microwave bags to warm our sore, overworked space muscles. Tips, discord, and socials? Check out this link. http://louisthings.com/timeplayed3hr

This week we went off and played a bunch of rando demos available as part of Steam Next Fest and reported back on this here video game podcast. Some favs include The Fridge is Red, Metal Hellsinger, Gloomwood, and MANY MORE! wowe! Don't forget you can always check the chapter title of the podcast to see what game we're talking about. Here's how you can reach us: Discord: t.co/KKdVe6EnSy?amp=1 Twitter: twitter.com/TimePlayed3hr Instagram: instagram.com/timeplayed3hr/ Ko-fi: t.co/MmfAVzg6T9?amp=1 Email: timeplayed3hr@gmail.com

This week we talk about how good it feels to swing and swang around the conctrete jungle of New York city. Feeding of the rhythm of the city, the subway, its beating heart. The pidgeons make for great beatboxers too, someone should sample that. Oh wow, are those links??? Discord: t.co/KKdVe6EnSy?amp=1 Twitter: twitter.com/TimePlayed3hr Instagram: instagram.com/timeplayed3hr/ Ko-fi: t.co/MmfAVzg6T9?amp=1 Email: timeplayed3hr@gmail.com

This week I say the sentence 'in my experience of milk alternatives..' which I apologise for. Shortly after that we talk Homeworld, the classic PC RTS set in 3D space. Do you know your X axis from your Y? How about your Bach from your Barber? Find out, RIGHT NOW! Click a link, see what happens... Discord: t.co/KKdVe6EnSy?amp=1 Twitter: twitter.com/TimePlayed3hr Instagram: instagram.com/timeplayed3hr/ Ko-fi: t.co/MmfAVzg6T9?amp=1 Email: timeplayed3hr@gmail.com

This week Stanley comes to a room with two doors. He takes the door to his left and then two little podcast boys moan for 40 mins because they desperately wanted to feel something, anything, new again. Stanley clicked all these links: Discord: t.co/KKdVe6EnSy?amp=1 Twitter: twitter.com/TimePlayed3hr Instagram: instagram.com/timeplayed3hr/ Ko-fi: t.co/MmfAVzg6T9?amp=1 Email: timeplayed3hr@gmail.com

This week my boy Lochie is back home to regale is with tales of Australasia and it's wildlife. Games wise, we talk about the fall of Apple Arcade, but not before listing off a bunch of recommendations. Then Louis jumps around a bunch of random games, from big budget to lil indies. Heck, that's a lot of links: Discord: t.co/KKdVe6EnSy?amp=1 Twitter: twitter.com/TimePlayed3hr Instagram: instagram.com/timeplayed3hr/ Ko-fi: t.co/MmfAVzg6T9?amp=1 Email: timeplayed3hr@gmail.com

This week I've only gone and over indulged. It's just me (louis) so I of course take this moment to waffle hard about the complex, perculiar and endearing world of Gran Turismo. Not only as a game but also as a longs tanding brand, at the forefront of Playstations marketing strategy. Included are a bunch of old 3hr intros and outros from the early days, a drum and bass cover of The Flight Of The Bumblebee and the deluded ramblings of a lapsed racing game fan. You cannot get enough of these LINKS! Discord: t.co/KKdVe6EnSy?amp=1 Twitter: twitter.com/TimePlayed3hr Instagram: instagram.com/timeplayed3hr/ Ko-fi: t.co/MmfAVzg6T9?amp=1 Email: timeplayed3hr@gmail.com

This week, Lochie is finally checking out Arkane Studios sleeper hit Prey. We chat talk about the wonders of CS:GO Prop hunt, game developers obsession with Art Deco and reading illlegal scans of Naruto in China.

This week, I could write the intro to match the core word based structure of the game we're talking about. But honestly, it's too much of a hassle. We did it a bit for the intro, so we've filled the quota and frankly, it's not like it really adds anything anyway. Like, i bet 70% of podcasts did this very thing when Baba is You came out. so why re-hash it again in the pod description. nono. this is much better. Lochie got a ps5 btw. Links is Cool Discord: t.co/KKdVe6EnSy?amp=1 Twitter: twitter.com/TimePlayed3hr Instagram: instagram.com/timeplayed3hr/ Ko-fi: t.co/MmfAVzg6T9?amp=1 Email: timeplayed3hr@gmail.com

This week we're lost and hunted in the winding streets of the russian steppe. We thirst, we ache and we hunger. We carry nuts of all kinds, but we musnt give in to our cravings, for we know the humble nut has a greater use than linning the pits of our weary stomachs, of course.... Sweet, sweet links... Discord: t.co/KKdVe6EnSy?amp=1 Twitter: twitter.com/TimePlayed3hr Instagram: instagram.com/timeplayed3hr/ Ko-fi: t.co/MmfAVzg6T9?amp=1 Email: timeplayed3hr@gmail.com

No time for real episode this week, so instead we thought we'd try something a little different...

This week we enter the hot video game discorse and BY GOD, do we have some mild mannered opinions that fall relativley inline with everyone elses. We talk about the ideal open world, your first FromSoftware game and Lochie learns how to hold a torch in his other hand! HEY, thems some nice links... Discord: t.co/KKdVe6EnSy?amp=1 Twitter: twitter.com/TimePlayed3hr Instagram: instagram.com/timeplayed3hr/ Ko-fi: t.co/MmfAVzg6T9?amp=1 Email: timeplayed3hr@gmail.com

This week we're talking about a game that you could kinda, sorta argue played a part in the creation of this silly little podcast. We talk about how impactful this game was to us in 2007, the uncountable amount of cool weird things stuffed into it, and the butchering of Kristen Bell. HEY, COOL LINKS!?! Discord: t.co/KKdVe6EnSy?amp=1 Twitter: twitter.com/TimePlayed3hr Instagram: instagram.com/timeplayed3hr/ Ko-fi: t.co/MmfAVzg6T9?amp=1 Email: timeplayed3hr@gmail.com

This week we're running between greyish fields, hopping over big baloons and longing for simpler times.

This week we're in Mexico driving cars with anime girls painted on the side as an old BBC kids presenter tells us how good we are at following a racing line.

This week we stroll down a corridor only to discover the Sanctum have enlisted PSICOM to enforce The Purge because the fal'Cie of Pulse has appeared in the Vestige on the outskirts of Bodhum and it's turning the citizens of Cacoon into L'cie and/or Pulse l'Cie, forcing them to complete their Focus or they will become the dreaded Ce'ith and also Leona Lewis sings about her hands. WOW LINKS! Discord: t.co/KKdVe6EnSy?amp=1 Twitter: twitter.com/TimePlayed3hr Instagram: instagram.com/timeplayed3hr/ Ko-fi: t.co/MmfAVzg6T9?amp=1 Email: timeplayed3hr@gmail.com

This week we talk about bothering your mum, keeping the bedroom door closed and Deaths Door; Acid Nerves indie hit from last year. We chat about how it manages difficulty compared to its contemporaries, The DNA it inherits from their first game Titan Souls, and the joy of just being little crow. LINK-E-POOS! Discord: t.co/KKdVe6EnSy?amp=1 Twitter: twitter.com/TimePlayed3hr Instagram: instagram.com/timeplayed3hr/ Ko-fi: t.co/MmfAVzg6T9?amp=1 Email: timeplayed3hr@gmail.com xx

This week; Lochie gets an eye test, Charles is actually Troy Baker and Big Bo wants to party a little too hard for our liking.

Let me first apologies for the intro. We decided to write them in advance just to fill them out a bit a make it more descriptive about the coming episode and we immediately started writing nonsense. Another note is that, in the ep, we talk about how this game should be called 'Golf with friends' not 'Golf with YOUR friends'. Found out after a quick google that it actually used to be called 'with friends' but mobile giant Zynga trademarked '.. with friends.' which is wild and crap, eh? Anyway... LINKS TO THINGS! Twitter: twitter.com/TimePlayed3hr Discord: t.co/KKdVe6EnSy?amp=1 Instagram: instagram.com/timeplayed3hr/ Ko-fi: t.co/MmfAVzg6T9?amp=1 Email: timeplayed3hr@gmail.com

This week we're getting our brains scanned and waking up one hundred years in the future, in a spooky underwater station, but at least it's still Lochie's birthday tomorrow. (happy birthday bud)

This week we're stuck on a tiny spit of land that is drenched in switches that seemingly do nothing, but at least we our Tonka beans.

Thanks to everyone that listened, chatted on discord, recommended us games and sent us a tip this year. Means much and looking forward to doing some more. LINKS TO THINGS! Twitter: twitter.com/TimePlayed3hr Discord: t.co/KKdVe6EnSy?amp=1 Instagram: instagram.com/timeplayed3hr/ Ko-fi: t.co/MmfAVzg6T9?amp=1 Email: timeplayed3hr@gmail.com

This week Brendan gets annoyed as one of the tourists gets drunk at the Prince of Liechtenstein's private vineyard, plus the flamboyant new couple Nathan & Elika join the group. Will they survive the round? LINKS TO THINGS! Twitter: twitter.com/TimePlayed3hr Discord: t.co/KKdVe6EnSy?amp=1 Instagram: instagram.com/timeplayed3hr/ Ko-fi: t.co/MmfAVzg6T9?amp=1 Email: timeplayed3hr@gmail.com

This week we're not playing a video game. I'm not entirely sure what happened but somehow I'm asking Lochie more questions about League of Legends again. LINKS TO THINGS! Twitter: twitter.com/TimePlayed3hr Discord: t.co/KKdVe6EnSy?amp=1 Instagram: instagram.com/timeplayed3hr/ Ko-fi: t.co/MmfAVzg6T9?amp=1 Email: timeplayed3hr@gmail.com

This week Lochie reveals one weird trick for getting your daily reading in, and Louis ponders on the methods of acting. Once they get that out the way the move on to Exo One, a sci fi epic that has a little in common with an old iOS game. LINKS TO THINGS! Twitter: twitter.com/TimePlayed3hr Discord: t.co/KKdVe6EnSy?amp=1 Instagram: instagram.com/timeplayed3hr/ Ko-fi: t.co/MmfAVzg6T9?amp=1 Email: timeplayed3hr@gmail.com

It's been 10 years and you can no longer put buckets on peoples heads. LINKS TO THINGS! Twitter: twitter.com/TimePlayed3hr Discord: t.co/KKdVe6EnSy?amp=1 Instagram: instagram.com/timeplayed3hr/ Ko-fi: t.co/MmfAVzg6T9?amp=1 Email: timeplayed3hr@gmail.com

This week we do this whole bit at the beginning around the name Mike (no relation to Mikes clav) and i do wish we had done an alternative intro and i could just use that cos it borders on the cringe line but you can't win them all. If you can make it past that we then move on to a video game so good lochie couldn't play it.

This week we're just a couple podcast hosts playing a game about playing a guy playing a game about being in a cabin playing a game. Also Louis is bad at all the games, but mainly the one at the deepest level of game, the one with the guy with the eyes and the snarky stoat. LINKS TO THINGS! Twitter: twitter.com/TimePlayed3hr Discord: t.co/KKdVe6EnSy?amp=1 Instagram: instagram.com/timeplayed3hr/ Ko-fi: t.co/MmfAVzg6T9?amp=1 Email: timeplayed3hr@gmail.com

This week we get lost in the land of DEADSIDE, desperately searching for DARK SOULS and to stop evil serial killers like JACK THE RIPPER and ANNE ROBINSON as we try to convince people our name is not actually MIKEY but SHADOW MAN and we are, indeed, the LORD OF DEADSIDE. LINKS TO THINGS! Twitter: https://twitter.com/TimePlayed3hr Discord: https://t.co/KKdVe6EnSy?amp=1 Ko-fi: https://t.co/MmfAVzg6T9?amp=1 Email: timeplayed3hr@gmail.com

This week Lochie is wearing new trousers as we revisit old friends.

This week, we roll up to town as a couple 'poor boys' and set our heart on our one true love, Peaches. We work tirelessly, kissing as many underground dwellers as we can; turnip girl, trashbin man, the guy in a gimp suit, to grow our hearts and rise through the ranks. Are we pompous or are we bragger boys?? Will we one day kiss our love below the tree with the big nose??? Find out this and wether or not this is actually a video game or just my stream of consciousness on todays episode!

This week is all about cauliflower, video editing, model kits and cycling down hills.

This week we check out Bayo and her goofy ass friends; Danny Devito and Eggman.