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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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Episode 81 - Tunic (opens the original)
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We're playing Tunic this month in the book club!.. well, as much of it as we can, at least. We're getting on a bit now, you see, and we struggle with challenging combat - especially parrying for some reason. But we give an an honest take on this beautiful but deceptively tricky game for modern platforms. The show is packed to the brim with other goodies though, including two separate hands-on previews! Ollie went to London to have a go on the upcoming Evercade Nexus console and its pack-in Banjo
Episode 80 - Alex Kidd, Metal Gear and Golden Axe (80's special!) (opens the original)
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As it's episode 80, we thought we'd mark the occasion with a bunch of 80's games! The book club is a triple decker this month, with Alex Kidd in Miracle World on the Master System, Metal Gear on the MSX2 and the arcade version of Golden Axe! The first half of this huge episode gets a bit more serious mind you, as we discuss Sony's extremely controversial decision to cease all production of physical media from 2028 onwards, and the kind of ripple effects this will have on the industry going forwa
Episode 79 - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (opens the original)
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GTA: Vice City is a well-loved title in the franchise, so we thought the perfect game to introduce to Ollie, who has never properly played a GTA game before. Find out how it goes down, as we play and discuss Tommy Vercetti's 80's crime spree, and the appeal of gaming's most notorious series in general. We've got loads more too in this lengthy episode, including our impressions of 007: First Light and Star Fox, and we sift through the recent game announcements to discuss the likes of Crazy Taxi W
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