Checkpoint Chat

This week on Checkpoint Chat, Matty details his weird adventures through the bug-infested kingdoms of Hollow Knight, Sandy does his best Captain Toad impression and the two discuss if there really is space for senseless violence in videogames anymore.

Remember to keep your impressions higher than 8-bit!

In this latest episode of Checkpoint Chat we stay on brand and open up the show with a lengthy discussion on a game nearly a decade old, with Matty gushing over Bayonetta. Sandy explains why level design is so crucial in games like Mega Man before we both discuss how to ethically steal from a store.

Just don't follow our advice. Most of the time.

This week on Checkpoint Chat is filled with coloured blocks and funky beats as Sandy gushes over Lumines (and hates on Tetris), while Matty explains what a bastard Waluigi is in Mario Tennis Aces. Waaaaaaaaaadon't you give it a listen?

Also Tetris is horrible and you should feel bad for liking it.

We're back from an overly long break (sorry!) and we've got those good good E3 scoops! Well, maybe not scoops but we did see a bunch of great games at E3 2018, so Sandy and Matty wrap-up each conference, showing and title at the show for a comprehensive retrospective on a weird year for E3.

This week on Checkpoint Chat Sandy breakdowns how incredible The Forest is, and his love hate relationships with Armsy. Matty brings up one of the best Final Fantasy games ever made before they both dive into the massive changes Battlefield V is making.

Never play Footsy Footsy with an Armsy...Armsy.

This week is all about E3, with Matty and Sandy diving deep into what each publisher might bring to the table. Will Microsoft finally turn the corner? Can Sony keep up the momentum? Is Nintendo going to have another great year? We also touch on State of Decay 2 and how average it is, as well as Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII and Battlefield V.

Checkpoint Chat also wants to reveal our new Battle Royale mode: One hundred afros parachute onto an island. You get the rest.

Matty basically takes over this week, talking about his time with the incredible God of War and equally impressive Bayonetta. Sandy touches on his time with The Forest while waiting for embargoes to fall, and we get really excited about E3 in a couple of weeks!

Also it's our birthday. This is how podcast birthdays work, right?

While Matty manages to escape the hell of living with bathroom spiders, he chats about his parting thoughts on The Last Guardian and how it made him cry. Sandy is a terrible person in Frostpunk, we chat about the big changes coming to Fortnite and what games we'd make (if we could).

Let's make Pink Apron a thing though, kay?

WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT? Matthew has finally finished The Witcher 3, so we get super spoilery about its ending and themes. Sandy checks in with a look at the depressingly brilliant Frostpunk, we chat about a whole bunch of great games out this week and wonder just how great games this generation have been by being critical of their legacy.

Always pick Triss, dear friends. Don't listen to Yen and her lies.

This week on a (slighty) delayed episode, Matty is so, so close to finishing The Witcher 3 while Sandy can't get over how good God of War is. We remember The Forest and champion Vermintide 2 as the next big Left4Dead game, while also discussing how bad single-player shooters are in the wake of Call of Duty cancelling the mode for Black Ops 4.

Also don't keep Red Bull so close to recording equipment. Or at least don't drink like Sandy, the idiot.