We continue with our Game of the Year discussions with two of our favourite categories. We have our first music category, Best Original Track, and one of the most fascinating chats about the Best Moment in 2017 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...
Mar 22, 2018•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 115
It all starts here! We begin our much belated Game of the Year discussions with the first three categories, 2017's 20xx Game of the Year, Best Looking Game and Best VR Thing. 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...
Mar 20, 2018•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 114
Internet returns to Calum, and so too does the show! On this episode... Intermission Music... Diggin It Baby - 2 Mello - Memories Of Tokyo-To: An Ode To Jet Set Radio Bandcamp We Played... Euan continues doing horrible things to simulated humans in Oxygen Not Included and tries communist Limbo-like Black: The Fall Calum finally gets his hands on Bayonetta 2 and spends a lot of time staring at Into the Breach We both don our big beards and bigger pickaxes in Deep Rock Galactic ...and more! In N...
Mar 13, 2018•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 113
We all make mistakes. Some ethical, some in our choices in video games. You be the judge at who is worse. On this episode... Intermission Music... Madeline and Theo - Lena Raine - Celeste OST Bandcamp We Played... Euan plays The Fall: Part 2, the continuing tale of AIs, Robots and all those future ethical issues. Calum goes back to playing World of Warcraft... look he was bored OK... We both played some Warframe and flew around all crazy like the robot ninjas we are. ...and more! In News... A se...
Feb 20, 2018•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 112
We're going to do it. We're going to ruin million of investment in crypto futures! Or we'll just talk about video games again. On this episode... Intermission Music... This World Is Not My Home - The Bedquilt Ramblers - Kentucky Route Zero Act VI Bandcamp We Played... Euan finished Zelda:BotW in surprising fashion, plays the almost incomprehensible Angels Fall First, and assembles extra-terrestrial assembly lines in Oxygen Not Included We both play MGS1 styled Never Stop Sneakin' and the Metal G...
Jan 30, 2018•56 min•Ep. 111
The crew are at it again. It being video games, and "dem boys" being the two idiots that host this show. I'm sorry. On this episode... Intermission Music... Spike in a Rail - Darren Korb - Bastion OST Amazon | Bandcamp | Apple Music We Played... Euan briefly talks about picture puzzle game Goroga and his historical time travel experience in CoD WWII + Zombies Calum very VERY quickly enters the King of Iron Fist in Tekken 7 (more later) and does some crimes and has many laughs in GTAV Online We w...
Jan 16, 2018•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 110
We welcome Euan back from his business overseas. Business guns are still smoking I assure you. On this episode... Intermission Music... Knife Fight - Alec Holowka - Night in the Woods Vol. 1: At The End Of Everything Bandcamp | Steam (DLC) We Played... Euan regales with tales from Japan, featuring Japanese Arcades and got into some Switch games. He also talks about coming of age adventure game Night in the Woods Calum works through his back-log, starting with Neir:Automata. He is also SO FUCKING...
Dec 05, 2017•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 109
We aren't trying to ignore our GoTY backlog. Honestly we aren't! On this episode... Intermission Music... New Heights in El Machino - El Huervo - SteamWorld Dig 2 OST Steam (DLC) | Bandcamp | GoG We Played... Euan talks about Life is Strange: Beyond the Storm Ep2 and all it's teen drama. He also continues his self imposed prison escape of trying to complete Neir: Automata. Calum played the bizarre Japanese console hunt Game Hidden by Mom 2, and restarted his road trip with the boys of Final Fant...
Nov 14, 2017•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 108
Never disrupt a man during his sensory deprivation deep thought session. You never know the result. On this episode... Intermission Music... Title Theme - monomer - The Mummy Demastered (Original Video Game Soundtrack) Amazon UK | iTunes UK We Played... Euan played the new Tom Francis game Heat Signature, and enjoys exploding people out into the cold vacuum of space We talk at great length (spoiler-free) about Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. Honestly we talk a lot about everything in this game...
Nov 01, 2017•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 107
You say I'm just a punk. And useless junk. Game theme lyrics of the year... On this episode... Intermission Music... Carnival Kerfuffle - Kristofer Maddigan - Cuphead - Original Soundtrack Bandcamp | Steam (DLC) We Played... Euan continues to look to the past with the SNES Classic, and revisiting Wolfenstein: The New Order in preparation for the sequel later this year. Calum chills out in the mud in Steamworld Dig 2, then is infuriated in the best possible way by Cuphead Also Dandy Dungeon is a ...
Oct 18, 2017•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 106
I love video games, really I do. But there's a lot right now, can we just stop for a month? On this episode... Intermission Music... Surviving Exile - Darren Korb - Pyre OST Bandcamp We Played... Euan goes back to Kamurocho with Yakuza Kiwami, wishes pixels were edible in Cook, Serve, Delicious 2, and has a strange experience in Lone Echo Calum does his job and plays new CRPG Divinity Original Sin 2 In News... Nintendo are cracking down on live streaming their games on YouTube , unless you are n...
Oct 03, 2017•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 105
It's all Destiny all the time round these parts. Now go away, I have rep to grind On this episode... Intermission Music... Still Alive - Lisa Miskovsky - Still Alive (The Theme From Mirror's Edge) [The Remixes] Amazon MP3 We Played... Euan talks about sci-fi horror game Observer, a game which is distinctly not Destiny 2 Calum briefly expands on the evolution of Absolver and a small taste of Divinity Original Sin 2 before a deeper dive on the next show. Both of these games are also not Destiny 2 ...
Sep 19, 2017•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 104
Euan's too exhausted to do anything except sit in a room with a microphone and talk about video games. Wait, that's every two weeks here. Oh well, thing's never change. On this episode... Intermission Music... Red Flag - Dan le Sac - Subsurface Circular OST Bandcamp We Played... Euan played a whole bunch of things with his week off. Finishing Horizon:Zero Dawn, trying a lot of new VR Stuff, starting a new season of Life is Strange:Before the Storm. He, however, spent most of his time fighting of...
Sep 05, 2017•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 103
Another week and the show actually manages to stay on track talking about videogames. I'm just as shocked as you are. On this episode... Intermission Music... Strange Voyage - Darren Korb - Pyre: Original Soundtrack Steam (DLC) | Bandcamp | Supergiant Store We Played... Hellblade:Senua's Sacrifice was released and took us by surprise at how intense and dark a depiction of psychosis a character action game can have. Euan looks at the new No Mans Sky patch, which is making real efforts to build it...
Aug 22, 2017•1 hr•Ep. 102
Get in lane and eat some trees, it's podcast time. On this episode... Intermission Music... MainTheme - Epic Games - RoboRecall OST Soundcloud (Free Download) We Played... Tacoma, the new sci-fi narrative experience from Fullbright finally released last week. We share our thoughts on this new game by the Gone Home developers Fantasy rugby/basketball/visual novel Pyre was released. If that sounds like a strange mix, we can tell you it is, but a very enjoyable one. Calum played with Euan's new VR ...
Aug 08, 2017•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 101
Euan comes out of the virtual world long enough to talk to all of us ABOUT the virtual world. Virtual insanity! On this episode... Intermission Music... Mick Gordon - Alex Theme - Prey Original Game Soundtrack Amazon MP3 | iTunes We Played... Euan finally gave into his desires and bought a VR headset. He talked at length about his experiences with Job Simulator, Rec Room, Super Hot, Echo Arena and Robo Recall. Calum talks more about FF14:Stormblood, and shares his experiences at the Resonate con...
Jul 25, 2017•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 100
The Steam sale brought a beaming bounty of software to the brothers. On this episode... Intermission Music... Porth Wen - Geoff Hart-Jones - The Final Station OST Steam DLC We Played... Euan loses all his night time to Anno 2070 , is sad that NeiR: Automata is not as good as he expected initially, and finds That's You is just....bad Calum goes to the Final Fantasy far east in FF14: Stormblood, and spends a confusing and chilled out experience in Elite: Dangerous In News... Developers of the Bald...
Jul 11, 2017•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 99
We are back from E3 and we forgot how all of this podcasting business works. On this episode... Intermission Music... Let it die -Subete wa isutori game- - PAN - Goo Goo Goo Amazon MP3 We Played... Euan goes Steam sale crazy and tries the disappointing Space Hulk: Deathwing and the interesting The Final Station. He also plays Lego City: Undercover cause he wants to! Totally not because he is being made to by the sites official Lego editor... Calum finally finishes Persona 5, so you don't have to...
Jun 27, 2017•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 98
Euan feels his future loom over him and Calum laughs at the fact the passage of time affects his brother first! On this episode... Intermission Music... Everything Is Going to Be Okay - Mick Gordon - Prey OST Amazon MP3 | iTunes | Google Play We Played... Calum talks more about Persona 5... see the pattern yet? Euan gets more into Prey and tries to explain the turn based strategy All Walls Must Fall, the most unexpected game to have a musical influence. In News... Destiny 2 got its big gameplay ...
May 23, 2017•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 97
One year further on life's great journey, and Calum is still just playing Persona games. Some things never change. On this episode... Intermission Music... Edith's Theme - Jeff Russo - What Remains of Edith Finch OST Steam (DLC) We Played... Euan goes on some sort of puzzle trip with GNOG and explores the unnerving sci-fi world of Prey Calum continues on his Persona 5 voyage, and looks at the changes to Heroes of the Storm in the latest update. What Remains of Edith Finch captures our minds with...
May 09, 2017•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 96
Euan is in a new studio and Calum didn't help him get there! Just another day in brotherly comradery. On this episode... Intermission Music... Lone Star - Jim Guthrie - Sword & Sworcery LP - The Ballad of the Space Babies Bandcamp We Played... Euan played the new Overwatch: Uprising mode, and enjoyed destroying many robots. Calum is still playing Persona 5 but was minorly distracted by the funky grooves of Rhythm Paradise Megamix We both attended Games are for Everyone: Vol.V, where we tried...
Apr 25, 2017•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 95
You'll never see it comiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin!!!! On this episode... Intermission Music... Payload - Rémi Gallego - Hacknet Labyrinths Official Soundtrack Steam (DLC) | GOG (DLC) We Played... Euan dons his mirror shades once again for Hacknet: Labyrinths DLC. Drawn to Death is one of the most unsuccesful games that Euan has ever played. Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime is played by lovers...in an only mildly dangerous...time... Calum is obsessed with Persona 5 with good reaso...
Apr 11, 2017•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 94
In space, apparently everyone can hear you lipsync badly and animate poorly. On this episode... Intermission Music... Under Construction - Adrian Talens - Poly Bridge Original Soundtrack Bandcamp We Talked About... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjWWuUDtSaE We Played... Calum has some THINGS TO SAY about Mass Effect: Andromeda The new Furi boss is a tricky one. Tearaway Unfolded is one of March's PlayStation Plus games, and is much better than Euan expected. Euan has seen the finale of Yakuza 0...
Mar 28, 2017•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 93
It's a relentless few months in games, and it's not slowing down. Let's get into it. On this episode... Intermission Music... Those Who Dwell In The Shadows - Garoad - VA-11 HALL-A - Second Round Bandcamp We Played... Horizon: Zero Dawn is finally out, and we both get to grips with hunting big animal robots. Euan got to hold a Switch for 15 minutes, so naturally he has the authority to judge it. We got to mess around with helicopters in the Ghost Recon: Wildlands Open Beta. We are equally as...
Mar 07, 2017•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 92
We are the champions. Champions. On this episode... Intermission Music... DUEL!! - Noriyasu Agematsu - FINAL FANTASY BRAVE EXVIUS Original Soundtrack iTunes | Amazon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIfAkOBMf5A We Played... Euan has put a lot of time into Yakuza 0, and is amazed at the scope of the things it keeps throwing at him Calum has a Nintendo mobile game journey with Fire Emblem: Heroes & FINAL FANTASY BRAVE EXVIUS, and is not happy with the translations of those franchises The For Ho...
Feb 14, 2017•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 91
Calum and Euan end their quest for the Game of the Year broken, beaten and changed men. Not really. They did decided the Biggest News, Best Visuals, Best Soundtrack and finally, the Game of the Year 2016. 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...
Feb 03, 2017•2 hr•Ep. 90
Euan and Calum begin their end of year task for 2016. Deciding the best things in video games for the year. In the first part of our deliberations, the brothers discuss the Best Game not in 2016 for the year, the Most Disappointing game, the Smaller Game of the Year, the Best Original Song, and the Best Moment in video games of 2016. Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbib...
Jan 27, 2017•2 hr 46 min•Ep. 89
It's 2017 y'all, so lets talk about the Nintendo Switch and ... well ... Destiny... On this episode... Intermission Music... Sojourner's Truth - Lyndon Holland - Virginia OST Steam (DLC) | PS4 (DLC) We Played... Since he picked up a PlayStation 4, Calum finally gets to experience Uncharted 4, and now understands the cries of people who much maligned Destiny at launch. Euan finally had a chance to get deep into Hitman, and is tremendously impressed Obduction has some of the best FMV use in a game...
Jan 18, 2017•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 88
I don't think either of us expected to talk about Gilmore Girls on this podcast, but here we are. On this episode... Intermission Music... The Last of Us - Gustavo Santaolalla - The Last of Us OST Amazon | iTunes We Talked About... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk7CKWnL3ek&t We Played... Euan is having some real technical issues with Infinite Warfare. Stories: The Path of Destinies might be one of the best surprises of the year Watch Dogs 2 continues to be one of the best open world games ...
Dec 13, 2016•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 87
As it turns out that being a grown-up just boils down to buying gloves and table decorations. Programming Note We had some audio issues at the start of recording this week, but stick with it, it all resolves in the first 5 minutes. On this episode... Intermission Music... We Move Like Wolves - Philter - The Campfire Tales Official Site | Amazon | iTunes We Played... Watch Dogs 2 is a much more exciting and joyful game than its much more dour predecessor. After not being able to talk about the Al...
Nov 29, 2016•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 86
