Games are really chuffin’ cool. On this week’s edition of the O3C Podcast, let us walk you through our experiences with the following very good games. LUNISTICE ARCADE PARADISE TETRIS EFFECT: CONNECTED BAYONETTA UNBOX: NEWBIE’S ADVENTURE MO: ASTRAY Oh, and Jonathan plays ten minutes of the perfectly-serviceable-but-nothing-special Poi as well. o3c.games ——— Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Ross Ewing, R...
Nov 21, 2022•44 min•Season 5Ep. 7
They can’t all be zingers, right? Week 3 of the first Playdate Season has us readin’ and rollin’ with Lost Your Marbles, and pickin’ and packin’ with Pick Pack Pup. As a mild spoiler, we enjoyed one of these games much more than the other! Alongside our Playdate play date, Jonathan bigs up 10 other sideloaded Playdate treats from itch.io, and Chris continues to slather and slobber over the Steam Deck’s myriad uses. o3c.games ——— Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick...
Nov 14, 2022•49 min•Season 5Ep. 6
Who’s up for some retro gaming? Two weeks ago, Chris challenged Jonathan to whack on the Sega Mega Drive twofer, Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Quackshot Starring Donald Duck. How did he get on with the in-house, Sega-developed takes on two of Disney’s most enduring characters? Jonathan asked Chris to give Gameboy Advance powerhouse, first-person shooter Ecks vs. Sever a go. How did he find this early handheld venture into the 3rd dimension? Also - because there’s always an also - ...
Nov 07, 2022•52 min•Season 5Ep. 5
I’m sure you’re all eager to hear how we got on with the Playdate’s second set of weekly offerings, right? Big thoughts on the platform puzzler Crankin’s Time Travel Adventure and the chiptune sequencer Boogie Loops are HERE for YOU to LISTEN to. What have we been up to this week? Jonathan plays a lot of Resident Evil. Chris presents a lecture on the inner workings of golden era Arcade emulation via MAME. o3c.games ——— Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie B...
Oct 31, 2022•48 min•Season 5Ep. 4
Fresh from stints staying with the NHS, Jonathan and Chris reconvene to talk about the old vidcons. How did the boys entertain themselves both in and then out of hospital? (deep breath) Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, anyone? Tetris on mobile? The Terry Gilliam-inspired comedy adventure game Procession to Cavalry? The Gameboy’s James Bond: 007? Starfox Adventures? The Alto Collection on the Nintendo Switch? Sonic Colours Ultimate? FIFA 23?! Then, onto our Fortnight Challenge - digging into gam...
Oct 24, 2022•1 hr•Season 5Ep. 3
In a rare state of synchronicity, both of our O3C boys have spent most of the last week in hospital with entirely unrelated NHS-challenged stints. As the first to be discharged, Chris picks up the microphone to fill the void left by our inevitable break in scheduling. And he revisits his old stomping ground of video game opinions, a blog called GamesIRL. Allow Chris to talk you through some of his ancient musings on games as eclectic as The Faery Tale Adventure (never heard of it), Driver: Speed...
Oct 17, 2022•13 min
Games are so flippin’ cool. Am I right?! Season 5 of the O3C podcast introduces a new fortnightly segment as our boys tackle the offerings of the Playdate’s seasonal output two at time. This week, thoughts on the handheld console itself - “it’s yellow! it’s square! it’s got a crank!” - as well as mini reviews and thoughts of its launch pairing, Whitewater Wipeout and Casual Birder. Of course, it wouldn’t be our silly show without thoughts on what we’ve been playing, so enjoy the sort of waffle y...
Oct 10, 2022•48 min•Season 5Ep. 2
It’s all change at O3C Towers. After a brief end of season break, Chris and Jonathan are back, flying duo, to update you lovely lot on where we’re at, where we’re going, and what we might do when we get there. Plus, why not enjoy a slathering of thoughts on: TAIJI! BATMAN ARKHAM ASYLUM! FORZA HORIZON 4! HERO EMBLEM! EXCITE TRUCK! TOP GEAR RALLY! RAYMAN REDEMPTION! DIGIMON SURVIVE! ——— Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hug...
Oct 03, 2022•48 min•Season 5Ep. 1
After nearly 200 episodes, it’s all change at O3C Games as Minty Booth steps down from the podcast. Join us in wishing Minty a fond farewell with individual messages of love and support from Jonathan and Chris; a Dennis Norden style ‘Best of Minty’ clip show compilation; and a last ‘thank you and goodnight’ from Minty as they sling their bindle over their shoulder and walk into the distance. ——— Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton,...
Sep 19, 2022•29 min
Season 3.5 draws to a close as we solidify our top 100 lists,. Chiselled by hand, these stone totems represent Jonathan Dunn, Minty Booth and Chris Dow’s favourite videogames of all time, or at the very least their favourites as of September 2022. Honourable mentions! Movers and shakers! In Memoriam! And then, a final countdown of the THREE HUNDRED videogames O3C Games collectively enjoy more than any other. What’s gone up? What’s come down? Any last minute additions or subtractions? IT’S ALL HE...
Sep 12, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 4Ep. 35
Jonathan Dunn reaches his final amendment, finding space in his list for the majority of From Software’s collective oeuvre. How has Jonathan managed to justify the Dark Souls Trilogy only taking up * ONE * space on his list? How high is Elden Ring going to place? Why are Jonathan’s memories of Dark Souls 2 so heavily intertwined with memories of his infant daughter? All this, PLUS: A METRIC TONNE OF SONIC GAMES SKATEBOARDING GUFF ON THE STEAM DECK DIGIMON: COMPLETED IT, MATE SOME “ABSOLUTE BUNK”...
Sep 05, 2022•50 min•Season 4Ep. 34
It was inevitable, perhaps, that Chris’ addendum list would conclude with the best modern reworkings of perennial favourite Tetris. But how high will they rank? Will the Mizuguchi helmed synaesthesia trip that is Tetris Effect displace the Miziguchi helmed Rez Infinite at the top of the list? As a strictly multiplayer experience, how high could Tetris 99 place for the notoriously single player gamer Christopher Michael Dow? Also! Digimon updates! A lot of chat about Sonic! Some more Steam Deck w...
Aug 29, 2022•53 min•Season 4Ep. 33
We have reached our final trio of ADDENDA episodes, and Minty Booth is here to kick us off with the very best JRPG he’s played since starting our O3C journey 134,000 years ago. Will the desolate, demon collecting, Switch exclusive displace Tales of Symphonia at the top of their list? Also! Jonathan Dunn returns to tell us about Monsters that he has hunted. Chris bores on about the Steam Deck again. Minty continues to romp through the crippling decisions of Digimon Survive. ——— Massive thanks to ...
Aug 22, 2022•33 min•Season 4Ep. 32
With Jonathan Dunn indisposed as a result of having his access to the internet THROTTLED, Chris and Minty step up to the plate to keep your earholes tickled with tales of what they’ve been playing over the last week or so. Is Minty still enjoying Digimon Survive? Has Chris actually played any games on his Steam Deck? Has Jonathan’s mobile internet hotspot been enough for him to continue hunting those monsters? ——— Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth,...
Aug 15, 2022•25 min
Jonathan Dunn tenders his penultimate amendment, proffering Moon Studios’ Ori and the Blind Forest - a game that reduced him to tears in its opening cinematic - as the newest entrant into his top 100 list. How does it evolve the format of the original Rayman? Why is the soundtrack so affecting? How near the summit will Jonathan place it? Meanwhile: Minty gets stuck into Digimon Survive, a visual novel-come-strategy RPG explicitly advertised as a visual novel-come-strategy RPG that the internet h...
Aug 08, 2022•45 min•Season 4Ep. 31
Chris gleefully updates the most heinous omission from his original top 100 list, as Playdead’s Inside replaces Playdead’s Limbo as the ultimate cinematic platformer. In other news: Jonathan continues to vanquish beasties with a side helping of ruthless administration in Sunbreak. Minty enjoys donut ASMR in Freshly Frosted. Chris welcomes a shiny Steam Deck into his life. Visit o3c.games for more! ——— Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-L...
Jul 25, 2022•33 min•Season 4Ep. 30
Yo Dawg, I heard you like numbers in your numbers so we numbered a number of numbers in your number. Disgaea is a series about numbers. Minty is a fan of said numbers, especially when they go up. How high do these particular numbers go? And how high in Minty’s list will Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance place? …pfffffft…. Steel yourself. Get your self a cold drink. Make sure you are seated firmly - I honestly don’t think you’re ready to hear this. Also! Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak updates! Ever...
Jul 18, 2022•35 min•Season 4Ep. 29
Jonathan Dunn sleeps. … Metroidvania…rogue-lite…2D pixel art…Soulsborne inspired… The words hang in the air of his chamber, lilting backwards and forwards in their slow descent. … METROIDVANIA…ROGUE-LITE…2D PIEXEL ART…SOULSBORNE INSPIRED… Their volume increases as they near his body. … METROIDVANIA…ROGUE-LITE…2D PIEXEL ART…SOULSBORNE INSPIRED…NOW WITH ADDITIONAL ACCESIBILITY OPTIONS… He sits bolt upright. “I am awake, and I am ready.” It’s time for Dead Cells, folks! Also: thoughts on Monster Hu...
Jul 11, 2022•46 min•Season 4Ep. 28
Chris swings in to break the rules and amend his list by.. not amending his list? Cue a lengthy discussion on what makes Clone Hero both a game and a non-game at once, and a celebration of the diligent groups that keep communities like CH, Doom and the like alive and kicking long past their publisher intended sell-by dates. Also! More Digimon! More Doom! More dinosaurs! More.. dormies! (I apologise for this joke. It’s an obscure golf term, and on this occasion I felt it was more important to con...
Jul 04, 2022•39 min•Season 4Ep. 27
Are you a fan of explosives? Fancy detonating some ordnance? Would you like to join the Bomb Club? Minty Booth would be happy to support your enlistment. Also! This! Week! Digimon portmanteaus reach shocking new levels. Happy Gilmore remains very much in town. Dinosaurs rule the earth. Visit o3c.games for more! ——— Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Alex Dunn, Nathan Bain, Sam Roberts, Ross Ewing, Roger S...
Jun 27, 2022•35 min•Season 4Ep. 26
Oh day of days! And night of nights! It’s your weekly dose of the O3C Podcast, courtesy of your close friends at O3C Games. Inspired by Chris’ masturbatory appreciation of Grindstone last week, Jonathan revisits the modern mobile classic. Minty multitasks, attempting to game his Digimon watch as he watches Digimon on the Switch. Chris sinks birdies like they’re going out of fashion in Everybody’s Golf in sad anticipation of its online shutdown in a few short months. Ah. ALL THIS in build up and ...
Jun 20, 2022•44 min•Season 4Ep. 25
Chris retrofits Grindstone into his top 100 - a puzzle game described as having game feel and feedback almost sexual in its satisfaction. How high will Capybara Games early Apple Arcade standout rank on Chrissy D’s list? At third time of asking, Jonathan finally finishes Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Minty climbs a Welsh mountain but finds time for a little R&R with Slime Rancher and Quake. Chris gets absorbed by the Square Enix live service combo of Babylon’s Fall and Chocobo GP’s second ra...
Jun 13, 2022•44 min•Season 4Ep. 24
Minty jets off to a far away planet to harvest the dung of some colourful blobs and learn of the emotional fate of an absent mentor, in Slime Rancher. Why has Jonathan’s The Outer Worlds playthrough concluded more whimper than bang? Do Minty and Chris succeed in protecting Jonathan’s wallet by advising that he ought not pick up free to play title Conquer the Tower on mobile? Why has Chris started playing the Platinum developed Babylon’s Fall, a live service title doomed by the internet at large?...
Jun 06, 2022•48 min•Season 4Ep. 23
Jonathan combats the hiss and ponders whether or not he’s been ‘Derren Brown’d’ into appreciating Remedy’s sci-fi romp Control more than another venerable entry in his top 100 list, as our trio get on with playing: T H E E X P E C T E D: The Outer Worlds! Digimon! T H E U N E X P E C T E D: Dungeon Encounters! Tetris CD-i! T H E S L O P P Y: Turok 2! Visit o3c.games for more! ——— Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, ...
May 30, 2022•46 min•Season 4Ep. 22
It's a lovely morning for a podcast, and Chris has brought up a horrible goose. Chris says Untitled Goose Game is the funniest game ever made. Perhaps you agree? Or perhaps you'‘d like to be persuaded? Anatidae aside, what else have the boys been up to? Jonathan bemoans Bloodborne’s less than consistent peformance, Chris gets stuck into Child of Eden, and Minty samples the mach-speed gameplay of Doom Eternal before retiring to the more comfortable climes of his Digimon empire. Visit o3c.games fo...
May 23, 2022•47 min•Season 4Ep. 21
HEY, HEY, WHADDYA SAY EPISODE TWENTY HERE TODAY Minty goes crawling through the Poké-brush to take some snappy snaps of Poké-lads and Poké-lasses as he inducts New Pokémon Snap into his personal hall of fame. But of course that’s not all. What’s Minty’s favourite dinosaur? Is perennial eShop sale-piece Planet Alpha worth a punt? Did Jonathan really beat Ghostrunner, another hard-as-nails action game, in less than a week? Has Chris bought another janky old PlayStation 3 just to play some weird ve...
May 16, 2022•41 min•Season 4Ep. 20
Naughty boy Jonathan Dunn breaks the rules to present not one, but two amendments on this week’s show: recent favourite Sekiro, and the quantum mechanics exploring, organic learn-em-up Outer Wilds. * Slash slash slash with katana, boost boost boost with the ship! * Following the rules like good little boys, Chris and Minty sit on their hands, only speaking when being spoken to, to tell of their weekly gaming activity. More Quake! More Digimon! Some Puzzles and Dragons! The impossible Switch port...
May 09, 2022•39 min•Season 4Ep. 19
Chris is a fan of Forager’s active idle gameplay, and its… ‘ faecal alchemics ’. Perhaps you will be too? Minty utilises his calves of steel, to placate his digital monsters, and brushes goblins in Rune Factory 5. Chris looses his cool with Elden Ring, then cools down as he unearths the relatively unknown follow-up to O3C favourite Yonder - Grow: Song of the Evertree. …and Jonathan plays more Sekiro in the space of a week than any man, woman or indeed child has ever accomplished. Probably. Visit...
May 02, 2022•43 min•Season 4Ep. 18
Minty bad-at-first-person-shooters-even-though-he-is-actually-a-massive-fan Booth is back to tell you why Quake, and more specifically, Nightdive Studios sumptious remaster of Quake, is one of his new-found favourites. Why is this ID Software classic such a boomy shooty treat? Also! Jonathan gets Covid and plays the entirety of Elden Ring (and most of Sekiro) on his handheld super-computer in a plague fugue. Chris celebrates some Switch oddities like Into the Dead 2, the remarkable port of Ghost...
Apr 25, 2022•44 min•Season 4Ep. 17
Present : Jonathan Dunn, Chris Dow, Minty Booth Apologies : none MAIN AGENDA : What makes The Messenger metroidvania royalty? Allow Jonathan Dunn to regale you with tales of double jumps, shifting visual aesthetics, top quality writing, and that soundtrack. AOB : Minty enjoys a spot of the ol’ real life, but decides farming fantasy is pretty swish as well. Jonathan vanquishes Kirby and continues to put the Steam Deck through its paces with playthrough #2 of Elden Ring. Chris brings the lurgy but...
Apr 18, 2022•46 min•Season 4Ep. 16
