Want to hear about our hobbies other than video games? We have the show for you! We Played... Euan plays an old card game in new ways in The Solitaire Conspiracy and hunts some ghosts in Phasmophobia Calum continues to fall with Fall Guys Season 2 and dips a toe into Genshin Impact We both play Star Wars Squadrons with varying results. Want to jump to something specific?... 22:26 - Spelunky 2 23:46 - Synth Riders 26:37 - The Solitaire Conspiracy 32:41 - Fall Guys Season 2 39:23 - Destiny 2 Hallo...
Oct 13, 2020•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 175
This podcast takes a turn from talking about home ownership to video games. Wild swings I know. We Played... Euan talks further about Tell Me Why and speaks vaguely on Othercide, in preparation for a video later. We both spend a lot of time talking about the absolute gem that is Hades Want to jump to something specific?... 13:40 - Tell Me Why 20:43 - Othercide 24:05 - Hades 1:06:00 - Music Break 1:21:39 - News - Playstation 5 Date/Price and Communication Failure 1:40:15 - News - No More Robots E...
Sep 29, 2020•2 hr 5 min•Ep. 174
After a week gap, we return and we aren't even talking about the game we took a week off to play! Isn't that something! We Played... Euan inhabits not sad teens in Tell Me Why, surprising for a Dontnod game and is disapointed by the Control: AWE DLC. Also Paradise Killer is a game that you should really just hear about. Calum Re-turns to an underappreciated gem in Kingdoms of Amalur: ReReckoning and dies many times in Risk of Rain 2. Want to jump to something specific?... 12:20 - Tell Me Why 28:...
Sep 15, 2020•2 hr 39 min•Ep. 173
Calum writes this as he's busy looking for gigabit internet so... yea... video games We Played... Euan gets back to Doom Eternal, then a dramatic tone change in Spiritfarer, then is baffled by The Avengers Beta Calum talks about the current state of COVID Wrestling, Season 6 of Apex Legends, and does many drop kicks in Dying Light Want to jump to something specific?... 2:24 - Gigabit Internet 8:45 - Doom Eternal 15:59 - Spiritfarer 18:44 - Marvel Avengers Beta 37:08 - Wrestling/Summerslam 51:13 ...
Aug 25, 2020•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 172
We return with another fine selection of video games. From the wordy to the weird to the wonderful. We Played... Euan plays a duo of visual novella experiences with Necrobarista and Erica Calum betrays and lies to his friends in Among Us. It's not as evil as it sounds. We both run, jump and, as the name suggests, fall in Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout Want to jump to something specific?... 6:59 - Among Us 15:28 - Necrobarista 25:49 - Erica 34:37 - Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout 54:08 - Music Break 5...
Aug 11, 2020•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 171
We took a week off to allow more time for games. Sometimes that's worth it, sometimes that is not. It's up to you how it will come across this time. We Played... Euan has gone back in time to 2012 with Spec Ops: The Line for purely research purposes, and a brand new release SUPERHOT: Mind Control Delete Calum also goes back to 2012 (not planned) with Persona 4: Golden, now on PC We both engage in grown creature based dance battles in Ooblets and once again explore the bizarre world of SWERY with...
Jul 21, 2020•2 hr 9 min•Ep. 170
Not going to lie, this week is kind of a bummer, but at least we got some interesting discussions out of it. We Played... Euan completes Unavowed and flashes back to the early days with 198X Calum revisits Persona 4 Golden for the 12th time, and has a lot to say after spending time with The Last of Us 2. Want to jump to something specific?... 5:15 - Unavowed 7:18 - 198X 18:50 - The Last of Us: Part 2: Part 1 43:29 - Music Intermission 47:12 - The Last of Us: Part 2: Part 2 1:29:09 - News - Indus...
Jun 30, 2020•2 hr 14 min•Ep. 169
E3 was supposed to happen right now. Clearly, it did not. We Played... Euan clones himself for space faring in Genesis: Alpha One and Wadjet Eye make a return in Unavowed Calum talks about the first Destiny 2 live event, and punches monsters in Dauntless In The News... Paradox Interactive has signed a collective bargaining agreement with labour unions Are you all ready to witness the power of FOG GAMING? Destiny 2 ended it's season with a giant spaceship crashing to the ground live, take from th...
Jun 10, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 168
The title is weird I know. It was a weird conversation. We Played... Euan can't sit still, playing deckbuilding RPG Hand of Fate 2, hacking tactical game Cyber Ops, and Supergiant Games's Transistor for the 8th time Calum plays Apex Legends Season 5 and Terraria in an effort to recapture his university days. In The News... Microsoft showed off some 3rd party games coming to Xbox Series X , and we saw the first footage of the new Unreal Engine running on a Playstation 5 . Valorant is coming out o...
May 26, 2020•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 167
Longer than average podcast this week. We somehow find a lot to talk about in isolation. We Played... Euan plays nightmare prison escape shooter GTFO, involving many database prompts. Calum has somehow played a game made in 2019, but plays like 2014 in Borderlands 3, and tries closed beta Riot Games shooter Valorant We both played XCOM: Chimera Squad, to varying degrees of success. In The News... The Last of Us Part II finally got a release date , and then had a massive data breach resulting in ...
May 05, 2020•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 166
There's only really one game to talk about this week. Strap in for a focused one! We Played... It's Final Fantasy 7: Remake discussion time. We spend a long time talking about every part of this game that we can. In The News... The first new game from League developers Riot has been in closed beta, and on top of some hilarious initial bugs , people have found that their anti-cheat protection is a kernel-level driver that runs all the time even when the game is not active There is a new XCOM game...
Apr 21, 2020•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 165
Still in isolation, one of us uses technology to escape. The other just uses it to collect eggs. We Played... Euan dons the VR headset with immersive interquel Half Life: Alyx and escape the puzzle box game The Room VR. We both talk more about Animal Crossing:New Horizons. The main takeaway? Fuck eggs. Also not being the first person on the island is terrible. In The News... A number of outlets are reporting that Nintendo are going to release a number of remasters of Super Mario titles for the s...
Apr 07, 2020•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 164
The world is going to hell. Self isolation, lockdowns, no toilet roll. At least there are still video games. We Played... Calum talks the new Destiny Season, Season of the Worthy. He can talk about Destiny at any hour of any day. We have both decided to escape the current world by starting island lives in Animal Crossing: New Horizons and going to hell in DOOM: Eternal In The News... I don't know if you know, but E3 and GDC got cancelled due to some virus thing. Both the Playstation 5 and Xbox S...
Mar 25, 2020•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 163
To end the discussion, the titular award. There is also a video version of this podcast available on our YouTube channel. Intro/Outro Music -Sci Fi -Bensound (bensound.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution-NoDerivs 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...
Mar 06, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 162
Two of our favorite video game topics now. Story and music Best Narrative - 0:06 Best Original Track - 35:04 There is also a video version of this podcast available on our YouTube channel. Intro/Outro Music -Sci Fi -Bensound (bensound.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution-NoDerivs 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 Co...
Mar 03, 2020•51 min•Ep. 161
Just one category this time, Best Moment. It's a big one! There is also a video version of this podcast available on our YouTube channel. Intro/Outro Music -Sci Fi -Bensound (bensound.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution-NoDerivs 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...
Feb 28, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 160
2020 begins and so we begin another year of talking about video games. You're all ok with that right? We Played... Euan re-enters the virtual realm with Pavlov VR & Zero Caliber Euan also starting playing Arknights. If you've seen the adverts, you'll understand why Calum is concerned. Calum returns to the hunt in the frozen tundra with Monster Hunter: Iceborn and continues much shooting and looting in Apex Legends: Season 4 Calum also plays a fascinating early access narrative production gam...
Feb 25, 2020•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 159
One new and one returning category this time around! Best Mechanics - 0:06 Most Disappointing - 33:31 There is also a video version of this podcast available on our YouTube channel. Intro/Outro Music -Sci Fi -Bensound (bensound.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution-NoDerivs 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: ...
Feb 25, 2020•44 min•Ep. 158
Two more categories, two more discussions! Most Important News - 0:06 Best Soundtrack - 23:26 There is also a video version of this podcast available on our YouTube channel. Intro/Outro Music -Sci Fi -Bensound (bensound.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution-NoDerivs 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 Attri...
Feb 21, 2020•42 min•Ep. 157
Here we go again! 20XX Game of the Year - 0:06 Best Looking - 14:17 There is also a video version of this podcast available on our YouTube channel. Intro/Outro Music -Sci Fi -Bensound (bensound.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution-NoDerivs 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...
Feb 18, 2020•37 min•Ep. 156
We're starting to wind down for the year, but that doesn't stop us from talking for WAY to long about video games. Spoiler Warning - We get into a very specific mechanics discussion around Death Stranding which if your wanting to avoid as much info as possible you minght want to skip. It happens between 1:10:41 and 1:13:33. We Played... Euan experiments with perspective shifting Superliminal Calum picks up from where he left his childhood off with Pokemon Sword We spend a lot of time talking abo...
Nov 26, 2019•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 155
We're killing time till Death Stranding to be honest. There other games, some really good games, but we can't get our minds out of the possibilities of Kojima unhinged. We Played... Euan tries to out drink Satan in Afterparty. Calum discusses Disco Elysium and how he can't get it out of his head. We both hit up the corporate space nightmare of The Outer Worlds. In The News... Bethesda has decided that the shot in the arm that Fallout 76 needs to get it back on track is ... a subscription fee ? W...
Nov 05, 2019•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 154
There's a lot of Destiny talk this week. We get surprisingly deep about the nature of competitiveness in loot based shooters towards the end, but yes, lots of Destiny. We Played... Calum shoots and survives in a whole new area with Apex Legends Season 3: Meltdown Euan has an emotional experience behind the wheel in Neo Cab We both play the new Mike Bithel joint John Wick Hex which manages to be both incredibly intelligent and very cool As mentioned, lots of talk of the new expansion Destiny 2: S...
Oct 15, 2019•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 153
This is the calm before the storm folks. It's not even really all that calm, but there are video games on the horizon that are going to need played. We all need to be ready. We Played... Calum played new Spiders RPG Greedfall. He has a great fondness for Spiders previous products, so is excited to talk about the new one. Euan plays many small games including electronic pop journey Sayonara Wild Hearts, and a surprise hit in Jenny LeClue Detectivu We are both just awful to inhabitants of a quaint...
Sep 24, 2019•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 152
As the video game season picks up, we both play some weird ass video games. They are weird for separate reasons, but still very strange. We Played... Euan has his mind bent by the new Remedy game Control Calum experiences hard anime action in Astral Chain In The News... Calum does a very quick run down of The International, cause apparently people still play DOTA2? ...and more Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Ne...
Sep 10, 2019•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 151
Euan got a cat and surprisingly still finds time to talk about video games! We Played... Euan plays a roguelike so roguelike it even has rogue in the name in Streets of Rogue (it's not THAT rogue-like) and has a visual novel hit way too close to home with Eliza Calum wrangles space dinos and man sized penguins in Age of Wonders: Planetfall We both spend time in space doin' what good southern space trucker boys do in Rebel Galaxy Outlaw In The News... Everyone probably already knows about Ninja m...
Aug 20, 2019•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 150
After our week break, we've got a lot to talk about. So much so, we skipped the news. No excited chat about EVO from Calum from another 2 weeks. We Played... Euan plays the new (old) David Cage game Detroit: Become Human, and finds it to be very heavy handed. Shocker. Calum engages the minds of digital youth in Fire Emblem: Three Houses We both played Wolfenstein: Youngblood and were very disappointed for several reasons. In The News... Nothing this week, spent too long talking about games! Intr...
Aug 06, 2019•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 149
We're in the low energy part of the video game year. Not going to stop us talking about them though. Even if they are from 2013... We Played... Calum plays My Time At Portia, a relaxing cartoony take on the Harvest Moon genre, and drops on Apex Legends: Season 2 to find it much more deserving of attention than season 1. Euan delivers justice in Judgement and goes back in time to the 2008 financial crisis with Bear Stearns Bravo In The News... Grey market key sales site G2A is up to some shady st...
Jul 16, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 148
Post E3 hit us pretty hard. After a month of waiting, we're finally back. So which button is record again...? We Played... Euan played that game everyone on twitter is talking about Outer Wilds and explored and danced his way through Hyrule in Cadence of Hyrule Resident Destiny correspondent Calum gives us the details on the latest update for Destiny 2:Season of the Drifter, and continues his infatuation with Japanese visual novel murder in Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony We both pretend we're i...
Jul 02, 2019•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 147
For our final segment, we have the absolute best and worst that 2018 had to offer. A fitting finale. Worst Game - 00:12 Game of the Year - 11:08 There is also a podcast version of this video available on the site or via your podcast subscription. See the site for more details Intro Music Music from https://filmmusic.io "Chill Wave" by Kevin MacLeod Website: https://incompetech.com Licence: CC BY ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) End Music Sci Fi - Bensound - https://www.bensound.co...
May 31, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 146
