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Greetings Hunter. This is the first in a Monster Hunter World specific podcast series. We are doing to go into detail about our hunts, the weapons we've used and the monsters that we have fought.

In this first episode, we talk a bit about how we first came to the Monster Hunter series and where we currently are in Monster Hunter. We also chat about our weapons and armour as well as what skills we are finding most useful.

It is worth mentioning that these podcasts will have mild spoilers throughout. If you haven't finished the game yet, you might want to come back later.

The plan, best laid and all, for each episode is to discuss one monster, one weapon and some tales from our hunts along the way.

"Achaidh Cheide"

Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Bits & Pieces Podcast #11 - Monster Hunter World, Dead Last, Ooblets by

Welcome to 2018, you beautiful people! Alright, so it has been 2018 for a while. We aren't exactly known for being prompt or timely when it comes to covering video games, or times of the year.

Anyway, in this podcast, we look forward to the games that we can't wait to play in 2018. Notable games include Red Dead Redemption 2, Monster Hunter World, The Last of Us 2 and Dragon Quest XI. We also look back on those games that have been left to stew in our pile of shame. These include excellent games like Divinity: Original Sin, Pillars of Eternity, Persona 5 and Nioh.

George also has a few board games to tells us about. Like the time he spent 10 hours embroiled in interstellar politics with Twilight Imperium 4th Edition and about his bike races of Flamme Rouge.

There are also a few New Year's resolutions before we finally end the episode with a quiz.

Thanks for listening.

Merry almost Christmas/seasons greetings/have a good time/I should have research religious holidays that happening around now/shut up Nevi, to everyone!

I should firstly apologies for me derailing the topic of this podcast. I was tired and it wasn't until I listened back to it I realised I was being an arse, so sorry for that. Anyway, we start this podcast with some news related stuff which we've never done before. We talk about the weirdness that is Death Stranding and the badness that is the loss of Net Neutrality. 

After that, we have a good chat about video game companions and tired Nevi does his best to ruin it. But then George talks us through Bomber Crew and I get to do a quiz on Earthlock: Festival of Magic. 

That about sums it up. The chances are extremely slim that we will get to do another podcast before the New Year, I hope you all have a good one. Until next time, bye!

Hello! Today, we have something a little different. We have an interview with ICEBOX: Speedgunner developer, Carmine Fantarella. I got to ask him about the game's development, where the idea came from and what is happening in the future. Anyway, enough words go enjoy the interview.

If you haven't read it already, then my review of ICEBOX: Speedgunner is here - http://bitsandpieces.games/2017/10/30/icebox-speedgunner-review/

You can find ICEBOX: Speedgunner on Steam - http://store.steampowered.com/app/577150/ICEBOX_Speedgunner/

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As the winner of last weeks quiz showdown, George has chosen the topic for this podcast. That topic being - Maps. Now, I know we all love a good map. We all love the way the lines look as they outline regions, the text that shows us what a place is and best of all, best of all, we love the pretty colours. Alright so that is probably mostly things I love about maps, but they are all over video games. We use them in most games without even really thinking about it, so it makes for some interesting discussions.

Once the map talk is over, we chat a little more about Total War: Warhammer 2 (yes, we love the Total War series). And as last week's loser, Gav has brought a quiz based on Total War: Warhammer 2.

I should also apologise for my coughing throughout the podcast. I did try to edit most of it out, but some coughs have likely slipped through.

Thanks for listening.

Welcome back to the Bits & Pieces Podcast. In this special episode, we have a theme - difficulty. We discuss how hard games should be, can be and actually are. Is this good, bad, something else? Have a listen and see. Throughout our discussion, we talk about Ruiner, Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Echo, Wolfenstein 2 and much more. Gavin has stepped into his role as difficulty arbiter as the Judge in a feature we are calling - The Hardcourt. And we cap this episode off with another quiz. This time I quiz Gav and George on Mega Man Robot Masters, so play along at home and try to beat these guys.

Welcome back to our semi-regular podcast. 

Diving right into things, this podcast I chat all about how much I loved Until Dawn and Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishment. George and Gav and been playing havoc across the galaxy in Heat Signature. Gav has also tried a little of Cuphead, too. Whereas George has been forging armies and bathing in the blood of his enemies in Total War: Warhammer 2. Finally, we cap this episode off with a Quiz based on the Valkyria Chronicles game series.

Thanks for listening.

Welcome to our first ever book club episode. As excited for that as I'm sure you are, we also have some other great stuff to cover as well. After our usual preamble, George starts to rave about the latest XCOM 2 expansion - War of the Chosen. Shortly after that, George and Gav chat about GTA 5. I'm mostly quiet during this conversation because -  hold on to your hats - I've never played and have little interest in doing so. You do get to hear my losing my mind over a calculator game not long after that though, so as you can see I've been keeping my ear to the ground looking for cutting-edge video games.

Next up is our book club for Games People Play which is a hefty chunk of this podcast. Fair warning that it is tangentially related to games but there is still some interesting talk nestle in there.

Finally, we cap this podcast off with something special devised by George - a Video Game of Life. In it, Gav and I live out our childhood through various video game worlds. Play along and see if you would have had a better life than our tragic stories.

That's all we have this time, thanks for listening.

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"Latin Industries"

Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Greetings once more. I must apologise for the delay in getting this podcast out to you fine folks. Groveling aside, we have a great podcast ready to grace your ears. 

Gav has been and bought himself a shiny new Nintendo Switch and regales us with tails of that wonderous console. George then takes us back in time with some talk about Brink. He also gives a massive shout out to local multiplayer game 12 Orbits. And finally, we wrap up with our usual board games segment with some Letters from Whitechapel, Race for the Galaxy and Sushi Go!

A reminder that we are doing some bookclubbing with Games People Play next podcast. Fair warning that this book is only tangentially related to video games but does have some relation to social games and board gaming in general though. 

Enjoy!

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