Jamie and Marsh voyage into their deepest nightmare – a metatextual commentary on the subjective nature of storytelling – and shine a light on Alan Wake 2, then decide to incarcerate their dying, plaque-filled brains in the philosophical puzzle islands of The Talos Principle 2. Alan Wake 2 Twin Peaks: The Return The Simpson’s Steamed Hams sketch . The Talos Principle 2 It’s “Roboterhaus”. Thanks, Germans. Free on the Epic Game Store if you’re an Amazon Prime customer: Invincible Presents: Atom E...
Nov 17, 2023•1 hr 5 min
Tom S and Jamie don spandex and fling themselves into the uncynical optimism of Spider-Man 2, recall Tom Hardy’s come-hither Mr Tumble, return to both an up-res’d and a remade Resident Evil 4, and finish with a snifter of Super Mario Bros. Wonder. You don’t want to find yourself in that kind of posse. It took every fibre of maturity and decency I possess not to title this episode “The Pussy Posse”. BE EXCITED about the forthcoming Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island , ...
Oct 30, 2023•1 hr 13 min
Tom S and Marsh switch their feet for tank tracks, and every other part of their body for bazookas, in Armored Core VI, suffer orb separation anxiety in Cocoon, enjoy to the janky return to Night City in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, and stab through Baghdad in Assassin’s Creed: Mirage. It’s the rockets you don’t shoot that matter in robot xenoplanet hell, Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon . Put an orb in your orb (inside your orb) in brilliantly chitinous puzzle game, Cocoon . Referenced: ex...
Oct 13, 2023•35 min
Tom F, Jamie and Marsh pause time to queue up their synchronised takes on peerless piratical stealth game, Shadow Gambit, enjoy the sights of Baldur’s Gate biggest Big Town, curtly dismiss Starfield, and triumphantly reinvade Stroggos in a revamped Quake 2. So, Unity absolutely shit the bed. Godot and GameMaker are also available. Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew is a superb real-time-with-pause stealth game by the sadly and abruptly shuttered studio Mimimi. Baldur’s Gate’s final act is worth wait...
Sep 29, 2023•1 hr 36 min
Tom S, Jamie and Marsh roll up to Baldur’s Gate 3, a distressingly horny roleplaying masterpiece, discover the cancel culture of The Wonderful 101, and use demons like yo-yos in Astral Chain. Baldur’s Gate 3, a CRPG classic in the making, and one of the sluttiest games ever made D&D roleplay podcasts: The Adventure Zone, Dungeons and Daddies, Rude Tales of Magic The Monte Cook roleplaying game Jamie is trying to remember is Predation (though Numenera is also great!) The Wonderful 101 is Plat...
Aug 11, 2023•1 hr 11 min
Chris, Tom S and Marsh immolate dogs in the fields and fields and fields of Final Fantasy 16, plunder the pseudo-Yarnhams and battle-Narnias of Remnant 2, and step into the frame of Viewfinder, but remain puzzlingly unpuzzled. Final Fantasy 16’s coverage so far has hidden its kaijus beneath a very large bushel, and a very large Clive. Souls-inspired shooter sequel Remnant 2 has striking Bloodbornisms and Anar Londo moments aplenty in its grab-bag of genres. Plus: a dog. Firstperson puzzler Viewf...
Aug 05, 2023•1 hr 14 min
Chris, Alex and Marsh creak, rasp and seep from their respective tombs to bewail the passing of the years on this, the 10th anniversary of the podcast. Plus: fulton fun in Mr Sun’s Hatbox, killer crocs in Hunt: Showdown, démodé dipsticks in Max Payne 3 and a terrible quiz. Best games of the last decade? The Outer Wilds Slay The Spire Hunt: Showdown Disco Elysium Bloodborne Hitman Max Payne 3: from the time when real men were bald, drunk and sad, and games were fucking full of them. Spelunking, b...
Jul 21, 2023•1 hr 38 min
Jamie and Marsh journey into the distant past in the hopes of forging an alternate timeline where the episode’s prologue makes sense. In doing so, they ponder the dark Drakes of Uncharted 4, the deranged doubts of LA Noire and the dream dogs of Bloodborne. Outlander references clearly do not possess the anticipated levels of cultural resonance. Uncharted 4 is a game about being frustratingly reasonable with friends and family, admiring broaches, and mowing down bazillions of enemies in stunning ...
Jul 14, 2023•1 hr 13 min
Jamie, Tom S and Marsh emerge from a morass of pod-opposites to deliver belated takes on Not E3, chicken sandwiches, grimdark clicker game Diablo IV and the latest season of Chess. Nick Cage has been turned into Dead by Daylight DLC Assassin’s Creed: Mirage Starfield Citizen Sleeper 2 Star Wars: Outlaws Baby Steps Kunitsu-Gami: Path Of The Goddess South of Midnight World of Horror Jusant Cocoon Oxenfree 2 Fable Lies of P Embracer Group are excited to close down the studios they just bought so th...
Jun 23, 2023•1 hr 24 min
Jamie joins Marsh to discuss the imminent game glut, puzzlesome reverse dog-trial Humanity, super-stylish brawler Sifu and clever Counter-Strike-alike Veiled Experts. Diablo, Street Fighter 6 and Amnesia: The Bunker are all poised for release, while Bungie’s Marathon jangles gaudily on the distant horizon. Quirky puzzler Humanity has lots of bodies but perhaps fewer brains. Flee the unfinished quest icon deluge in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Sifu is a kung-fu combat game that clev...
Jun 01, 2023•57 min
Chris, Jamie and Marsh commit goblin puzzlecrimes in the high-altitude sandbox of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of a Kingdom, and exchange gems for beards in the thoroughly-explained yurts of Jedi: Survivor. Surefire GOTY for some, intimidating possibility-space for others: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of a Kingdom . Return me to the reassuring monkey-bars and slippery inclines of STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor . You’ve never been to Bongar 12?! You can hang out with us and our community on our Discord cha...
May 19, 2023•1 hr 32 min
Marsh and Jamie’s treason finally consigns them to Darkest Dungeon 2, where they lament what Jedi Survivor means for Marsh’s wallet, unpick The Spider of Lanka’s web of intrigue, have a cold shower in Shadows of Doubt and plunge headfirst into Thumper VR. Triumphantly grim roguelike roadtrip sequel, Darkest Dungeon 2 . More soon, ish, on STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor . The Spider of Lanka is the superb DLC for The Case of the Golden Idol. Shadows of Doubt is a bogglingly ambitious proc-gen murder mys...
May 12, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Chris and Marsh gather, along with unwelcome centipedes and a man who knows about doors, to discuss the cosy horror of fishing game Dredge, the most annoying hand of Marvel Snap and why STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order is crunchy like a biscuit but tastes like yoghurt. Dredge: fear the real ocean William Related fishy films: Bait, Enys Men, The Lighthouse Related fishy games: Sunless Sea , Sunless Skies and Return of the Obra Dinn Related cosy horror game: Strange Horticulture The Case of the Golden...
Apr 28, 2023•1 hr 25 min
Marsh is joined by game dev and writer Jim Rossignol to discuss the grotesque tabletop roleplaying game they have made together. It’s called TEETH, it’s about occult criminality in a cursed corner of 18th century England, and it’s Kickstarting right now! Kickstart TEETH (if you like)! Watch our Kickstarter trailer at the link above or on Youtube for a quick catch-me-up on the game accompanied by some superb hurdy-gurdy music. Our last three mini-adventures, Night of the Hogmen, Blood Cotillion a...
Apr 19, 2023•1 hr 15 min
In which Tom Senior and Jamie Brittain convene in the past to talk about a lot of games to be released in the next year or so, and beyond! Part 2 hopefully to be recorded soon! Here’s a Youtube playlist of trailers for the games mentioned . Super Mario Galaxy Monster Hunter Rise Destiny 2 Elden Ring UFO 50 Skin Deep Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Darkest Dungeon 2 Alan Wake 2 Suicide Squad Destiny 2: Lightfall The Wolf Among Us 2 Hyper Light Breaker 2 Cook Serve Forever Overcooked 2 Skate Story The Pluck...
Apr 13, 2023•1 hr 37 min
It’s a laid-back one this week as Jamie and Tom S convene to admire the gentle art of booting a panda through a wall in Tekken 7. There’s more spectacular booting to be had in DmC: Devil May Cry and the stompy Dead Space remake, but can any of this compare to the thrill of an old console whirring up a CD Rom to play a 10-second cutscene in 1997? Join us for additional nostalgia, open world discussion, sad dads in space, and more. Hit random on the character select screen and enjoy the consistent...
Feb 17, 2023•1 hr 38 min
Separate children, Jamie and Chris, de-schism to become a single mass with opinions on lying down, class-traitor sandwich praxis, the tragic dynamics of a friendship defined by Sonic/Batman, the Steam Deck, Hi-Fi RUSH, Burnhouse Lane and Marvel Snap. Why not pair The Sonic Movie with the lavish mediocrity of Death on the Nile? There are many reasons. So many. X-Men: the full-fat theatre kids of Marvel. Hi-Fi RUSH is a rhythm-action combo-brawler that has dropped out of nowhere from Evil Within d...
Jan 27, 2023•1 hr 36 min
Tom S and Marsh climb into a big bin of telly trash and wallow in the sugary delights of nutrient-free reality TV from Big Brother through Bake-Off to The Traitors. Shows that we mention: Big Brother The Great British Bake-Off Gordon Ramsey’s Kitchen Nightmares Easy Bake Battle Is It Cake? Masterchef: The Professionals Baking Impossible Nailed It The Big Brunch Love is Blind Too Hot to Handle The Only Way is Essex Below Deck The Circle Catfish The Mole The Traitors You can hang out with us and o...
Jan 20, 2023•1 hr 42 min
Jamie, Tom S and Marsh press the electric brain’s hot-take button to generate plausible opinions on proc-gen classic Dwarf Fortress, Marvel deck-builder-tactics mash-up Midnight Suns, animated medieval manuscript mystery Pentiment, and genealogical rogue-lite Rogue Legacy 2. Press A to advance through perplexingly titled visual novel Umineko When They Cry . The triumphant Steam release of modern classic Dwarf Fortress has graphics now, and, maybe surprisingly, that really matters. Confusing turn...
Jan 13, 2023•1 hr 41 min
Chris and Marsh wash away their Mayonnaise Sins only to commit the far worse crime of liking parts of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Also: the pokable pencils of A Little to the Left and suspicious horses in Roadwarden. The Golden Chicken and Meat Market in Dearborn, just outside of Detroit, is a very fine place to obtain a chicken wrap. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 : just a bunch of Men, supporting each other in a wholesome way, as they commit literal war crimes. A Little to the Left is a lo...
Nov 25, 2022•1 hr 32 min
Jamie and Marsh drive a jeep through the questionable exoticism of Uncharted: Lost Legacy and peevishly waddle about in the ambiguous middle distance of Somerville. Tom F’s great post on chess . Matinee adventure expandalone, Uncharted: Lost Legacy, is part of the Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection (can you have a “collection” which comprises just two items?) on Steam. Cinematic sidescroller Somerville is a tour-de-force of vibes and a brutal lesson in the importance of UX. Inside , by cont...
Nov 18, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Jamie and Tom Senior convene to talk Marvel Snap, God Of War, and assorted other nonsense. Listen as two increasingly old men get misty eyed about Ataris and Amigas for the very first time on the internet – doze off to the sweets sounds of a 40 year old game. Marvel Snap is very good and you should play it. Qix is pretty ancient. Qix Neo is 20 years younger and is also pretty ancient at this point. As is Lode Runner, beautifully maintained in a fan version here: https://mmr.quarkrobot.com/ Oni i...
Nov 12, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Would-be body-doubles for Rocket Raccoon, Chris and Marsh talk through the MCU thus far, where it’s going, pop music that is also a building, multiversal eels and erotically-charged neck injuries. Phase 1: Iron Man The Incredible Hulk Iron Man 2 Thor Captain America: The First Avenger The Avengers / Avengers Assemble Phase 2: Iron Man 3 Thor: The Dark World Captain America: The Winter Soldier Guardians of the Galaxy Avengers: Age of Ultron Ant-Man Phase 3: Captain America: Civil War Doctor Stran...
Nov 04, 2022•1 hr 57 min
Tom F and Marsh rescue a marriage with magnets in It Takes Two, accurately identify horrible verbs in The Case of the Golden Idol, fail to impress girls with our animal handling in I Was a Teenage Exocolonist, and get nostalgic about gibs in Cultic. Wonky v Janky. Fight! Jorbs – an offensively chill Slay the Spire streamer. Tactical Breach Wizards is Tom’s very good upcoming tactics game. All the wizards are lovely! Don’t make me pick a favourite. Lavish co-op experience about making your only c...
Oct 28, 2022•1 hr 20 min
Chris and Marsh galavant gleefully through the ponds of low-key collect-em-up Paradise Marsh, plunge their wounded hands into the sticky holes of firstperson horror-puzzler Scorn, and pop poxwalkers in co-op shooter Darktide. Have a delightful time collecting cool beetles and talking to psychopathic French star-spiders in Paradise Marsh . Have a horrible time, in a good way, mostly, in the gribbly Giger penis palaces of Scorn . Make heads explode in Fatshark’s Left 40K Dead, Darktide . You can h...
Oct 21, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Jamie and Marsh summon nightmarish first person arena shmup Hyper Demon, wreck noobs in hellish children’s maths game Numbots, rip and tear demons in throwback shooter Prodeus and discover exactly as much of The Evil Within 2 as their souls can bear. Hyper Demon is a sequel of sorts to Devil Daggers, both brilliant shmups and an assault on the retina. Numbots is a cynically gamified learning tool. Cheeky/evil! Prodeus is a retro shooter that uses all kinds of perversely fancy tricks to ape more ...
Sep 30, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Jamie and Marsh strike from the shadows in retro stealth game Gloomwood, mount horrible dogs in No Man’s Sky, flip pixel puzzles in Taiji, enjoy courtly nudity in Crusader Kings 3 and question creepy nudity in Immortality. Superb Early Access first-person stealth-em-up in the vein of Thief: Gloomwood Enjoy the carefully tuned atonal honks of No Man’s Sky Clever pixel-art puzzle-island in the style of The Witness: Taiji Sibling-sabotaging, dynastic storytelling game: Crusader Kings 3 Boobsearch i...
Sep 16, 2022•1 hr 25 min
In which Tom Senior and Jamie Brittain convene to report back on their recent exploits in Multiversus, chat in an entirely spoiler free way about Immortality, jabber about, and then speculate on what divine revelations might be about to occur to Tom Senior, Cyborg Boy after his recent appointment with one of them high Bath pavements. Sorry for the slight audio issues on this ep, Jamie was broadcasting from a very rainy conservatory, and to be honest it’s a flippin’ miracle he sounds as good as h...
Sep 10, 2022•1 hr 23 min
Marsh and Chris bestow their tepid devotions upon Last Call BBS, Cult of the Lamb, and Hard West 2. Plus: the momentary return of questions, emanating – as they ever have – from questions. Quiverin’ Marsh has been tinkering with Zachtronics’ Last Call BBS . …which leads us to speculate coquettishly about Alex and his MiSTer. If you’d like to tug upon your own, you can find instructions here . Chris has collided with a fog barrier in Cult of the Lamb , a game he otherwise esteems! Marsh has poole...
Aug 19, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Marsh, Tom F and Graham study the evidence for and against true crime dramas and documentaries. Join us in the accusing parlour as we interrogate The Staircase (both documentary and drama), Sophie: A Murder In West Cork, The Unsolved Murder Of Beverly Lynn Smith, The Investigation and The Murders At Starved Rock. We consider the ethics of making and watching stories about real tragedies, discuss whether it’s OK to draw conclusions from true crime media, and solve justice once and for all. Spoile...
Aug 12, 2022
