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After what seems like a decade the duo are back! The duo talk about what games they've been playing since they recorded the last time, games like Sifu, Horizon: Forbidden West and more. On this episode they had Rita aka Lady Legasus join them as a guest. Lady Legasus is a Twitch Streamer and streams mainly Apex Legends but also games such as God of War and Horizon: Forbidden West. She spoke to them about the investment that went into streaming, how she has to be consistent and how the consistency is paying off for her. Get some popcorn and listen to the episode! 

It's been a while but the boys are back! This time around they are joined by Eyram Tawia who is the co founder of Ghanaian-Kenyan gaming studio Leti Arts. Eyram talks to the duo about how he was making games far back as his high school days, the motivation he was given during his university days to make a game and how that translated into him starting his company with his co-founder and being in business for 12 - 13 years now. He also spoke about upcoming projects they have and how they are looking to be at the forefront of the African Gaming revolution and be a benchmark for upcoming African gaming studios. 

It's been a long long long time but the duo are back. Joe and Omi talk about what they've been up to since the last episode of season 1 dropped. They talk about the games they have played, how Omi had to go to great lengths to get his hands on a PS5, the new TV he bought. They also talked about what games they're looking forward to this year and what their expectations are from the world of gaming for 2022. 

On the 15th episode Joe and Omi take a look at books that deal with the world of gaming and give their opinions and insights about them. They talk mainly about Console Wars by Blake Harris that deals with the Nintendo vs Sega era during the 90s and how Sega gave Nintendo a run for it's money till it eventually went down due to bad decisions. They then discuss two books by Bloomberg Journalist Jason Schreier: Blood, Sweat and Pixels and Press Reset. Blood Sweat and Pixels deals with 10 specific games and Press Reset deals with 12 companies/individuals and their tumultuous time with the gaming Industry. 

On the 14th episode Joe and Omi take a look at the recently concluded E3 fest that happened. Due to the covid this year's E3 was a complete online affair. The two of them discussed about the various game trailers that were shown and which games they are looking forward to and they also discussed how Microsoft's game pass looks more and more appealing after their impressive showcase of games at E3 alongside Bethesda. 

On the 13th episode we had Kobina aka Awusie join us to talk about numbers and stats. Awusie has been mentioned in the last three episodes and finally showed up to talk about gaming with us. We continue the talk about eSports in Ghana and Africa as a large, what the numbers are and what metrics are employed to help others understand the gaming scene in Ghana and Africa. It was a very interesting talk and Awusie talked to Omi and Joe about what part he's played in the eSports scene. 

On the 12th episode we had Kwecy Hayford join us to continue the topic of eSports and competitive gaming in Ghana. Kwecy is the president of the Ghanaian eSports foundation and also runs two organisations called KiddieeSports and RuutzEsports. He talks to us about how there is a slow but steady growth of eSports in Ghana, how he has a hand in organising tournaments across the city, getting children interested in the world of gaming and winning over sceptical parents. He also spoke about how many challenges there are when organising eSports tournaments and how the organisation have had to compromise at times to get events funded but slowly he hopes that things get better in the future. 

On the 11th episode we have Deladem aka Smoochy join us to talk about the state of eSports in Ghana, a topic we started on the previous episode with Golden. Deladem talks to us about how he was a top competitor back in the day when it came to Mortal Kombat, how'd he do cross country journeys to play tournaments and ensure he'd still get his weekly hours of practice and competition. The guys also talk about the Mortal Kombat movie, the eSports organisation in Ghana and Africa as a  whole and how there's hope for the future with a burgeoning growth of competive gamers in Ghana and Africa across all games and platforms.  

On the 10th episode, we had Golden join us to talk about competitive gaming in Ghana and in Africa. Golden is a pro gamer and is part of the Ugandan clan Navvi who play Call of Duty as a clan and compete in tournaments. Joe and Omi talk to him about what got him into competitive gaming, how he switched from being a console gamer to a PC gamer, the hours he's had to put in to be so good, what's in it for him long term, how he feels being a pro gamer and not doing a conventional 9-5 job. Golden also spoke about the thriving e-sports scene in Ghana and in Africa, and how sponsors should stop looking at FIFA as the only competitive game in Ghana and look at games like Apex, COD, Fortnite and PUBG. 

On the 9th Episode, we had Karen of Couchhours come on as a guest to discuss how she got into gaming, what games she plays, her content on YouTube and Twitch under her channel: Couchhours. We then spoke about Guerilla Games' open world RPG smash hit Horizon Zero Dawn, what we loved about the game, the story, what makes it a compelling game to play, what we didn't like about it and our anticipation for the sequel. We also touched upon the world of JRPG games and why playing them on the Nintendo Switch is a good idea.