Eight and a Half Bit

By The Halfbits

Join us in our weekly discussion on the latest (and sometimes oldest) gaming news. You'll marvel at our wonderful tangents into the darkest corners of gaming and geekery.... more

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November 05, 2015 FMVGames - Episode 11 - Paxmas Eve
It was the week before Pax and all through the studio not a creature was stirring but Phil Colin’s Sussudio. Come on how good was that rhyme? I deserve a god damn dad clap for that one!
This week we sink your thumbs into Street Fighter V get ratted with Warthammer: Vermintide, check out Day of the Tentacle and get into some serious puzzling with mallow Drop and Puzzle Depot.
Cheapskate’s Game Club: The Mammoth
Next Week(2 weeks): Unsolicited
Picks of the week
James: Warhammer: Vermintide
Paul: Puzzle Depot

Show Notes
Super Rude Bear Resurrection
River City Sports Challenge
Rebellion pay money for red riding hood IP
Some reasons why Destiny year 1 was… not so stellar
Youtube Red and its wonderful shows!
GTA V Hulk mod
Batman: Arkham Knight to be released on PC! For realsies this time!

Crowd Funding
Anchors in the Drift
Doko Roko
Puzzle Depot
Dusty Raging Fist

Street Fighter V, Warhammer: Vermintide, Day of the Tentacle, Super Rude Bear, River City Sports Challenge, Black and white bushido, Keiru, Everspace, Mallow Drops, Rebel Galaxy, Sword Coast Legends, GTAV, Civ, Anchors in the Drift, Doko Roko, Puzzle Depot, Dusty, Raging Fist, The mammoth, Youtube Red, Mario Ultra Smash, Rebellion, Wolfe
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1h 38min
October 24, 2015 FMVGames - Episode 10 - Mushrooms and Minecraft
We have story time with Minecraft, explore a post-apocalyptic wasteland as a handsome slime mold and we go so far down a well we may never return.
Cheapskate’s Game Club: Hot Date Next Week: The Mammoth
Picks of the week: Minecraft: Story Mode (James), Downwell (Anais), Mushroom 11 (Paul)
Show Notes
Prey for the gods
Furi
Black Desert Online
Dying lIght: The Following (expansion) out next year
Payday 2 gets significantly worse
Oh good I’m sure all this info on the NX is accurate
Styx is returning
Alison Road Kickstarter cancelled
Alpha for Zoink’s new game hidden in their most recent project

Crowdfunding
Hello, Neighbor
Wanderer :)
Friday the 13th the game
Valthirian Arc: Red Covenant
Void Destroyer 2
The Nullpoint
Party Golf
Death Stair

Minecraft, Mushroom 11, dying light: the following, zoink, FE, Downwell, Prey for the gods, Furi, Black Desert Online, Archer Pinball, Human Resources Machine, Broforce, Voxelblast, Hello Neighbor, Wanderer, Friday the 13th the game, Valthirian Arc: Red Covenant, Void Destroyer 2, The Nullpoint, Party Golf, Death Scare, Hot Date
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1h 38min
October 13, 2015 FMVGames - Episode 9 - Super Meat People
Has the posting schedule been a mess while Paul moved and had no internet? Yes. But good news now he has moved and has internet!Expect a return to normality soon.
Star Wars: Battlefront, Battlefield Hardline, Far Cry Primal, Pathologic, astroneer, Bob's burgers pinball, Super Meat Boy, Halo 5 Forge, Dead Star, Shemue Remaster, Indivisible, Forced Eternal Arenas, Fat Mask, Memoranda, Moonbase Alpha 2, Electric Highways,
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1h 35min
October 07, 2015 FMVGames - Episode 8 - Off the Chart Hipsters
This week we follow The Beginner's Guide to discover.. something about ourselves? Were we the real zombies all along? What's this about a Ninja Pizza Girl? CAN YOU CONQUER THE DRAGON SNAKE? Will James become more bacon-hat then man?
Cheapskate's Game Club: Missing Translation
Next Week: Electric Highway
Picks of the Week: Home Free (James), The Beginner's Guide (Anais and Paul)

Show Notes
Scalebound was originally a wii game about a little girl who controlled dinosaurs
SMB on PS4 and Vita loses original soundtrack
Nintendo doesn't understand the internet
Crowd Funding
Home Free
Battletech
Verona
A Tofu Tail
The curious saga of Draw and Race

The Beginner’s Guide, Ninja Pizza Girl, Alien Isolation, Dragon Snake, Yakuza 6, The Escapists: The Walking Dead, Landsliders, Panoramical, Ty The Tasmanian Tiger 4, Home Free, Dog Park, Battletech, Verona, A Tofu Tail, Draw and Race, Missing Translation
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1h 41min
September 28, 2015 FMVGames - Episode 7 - Robots for Everyone
There are robots underwater, robots climbing out of the walls and even robots playing basketball! How did we get so many bloody great robots?
Cheapskate’s Game Club: Douse Next Week: Missing Translation

Show Notes
Oculus Touch
Oculus Games
Rick and Morty + Stanley Parable
The Park Screenshots
Volgarr on DC
BLOPS3 is still on last gen and sucks?
Wolfenstein: TNO sequel leaked
What with the legs of the Angry Birds?!

Crowd Funding
First Wonder
Allison Road
Top Secret
TGL: Thanksgiving LIFE
Them’s Fighting Herds

NBA 2K16, SOMA, Rainbow 6: Siege, Oculus Touch, Oculus Rift, Bullet Train, Android Assault Cactus, Angry Birds Movie, First Wonder, Alison Road, Top Secret, TGL: Thanksgiving Life, Them’s FIghting Herds, Rinse and Repeatt, Douse, The Park, Destiny
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1h 40min
September 24, 2015 FMVGames - Episode 6 - Sell Outs
Worlds of Warships presents FMVGames: A World of Warships Production! Starring World of Warships and... OTHERS! James says The Taken King has fixed World of Destiny, Paul revisits World of Grow Home and we delve into all the shenanigans of World of TGS2015!Cheapskate's Game Club: World of Fishing PlanetNext Week: World of Douse
Picks of the WeekJames: World of Legacy of the Elder StarPaul: World of Warships
Show NotesDark Souls 3Lost in HarmonyProject SetsunaManifold Garden Crowd FundingAurion: Legacy of the Kori-OdanGray DawnCrashnauts12 is better than 6TankrBattle Chasers: NightwarA House of Many DoorsThe Hollow EarthLegacy of the Elder Star
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1h 45min
September 15, 2015 FMVGames - Episode 5 - Assault on Android Cactus
James and Paul go on a crime spree in this very special episode of FMVGames. Can we get an S rank on our mission to extract video game information and opinions from Witch Beam, the talented indie team behind Android Assault Cactus? We will succeed or kill while trying.Assault Android Cactus, Metal Gear Sold V, Apple, Dreamcast, Pikmin 4, Super Mario Maker, Ubisoft Themepark
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1h 29min
September 09, 2015FMVGames - Episode 4 - Metal Gear Solid Vee
Presenting the last Konami published game anyone is going to care about! Well history will sort that out, for now let's stealth our way through some Metal Gear Solid V and smash our way through the wastelands of Mad Max. Do you prefer quantity over quality? Paul reviews of 50 games from the Ludum Dare and counts down the top 10 games.
Cheapskate's Game Club: The StrangerNext Week: Fishing PlanetJames' Pick of the Week: MGSVPaul's Pick of the Week: Xeodrifter
Top 10 Ludum Dare 33 Jam Entries
The Old One
Trick Parade
I am the Sun
Wayward
Starvin Sasquatch
Mild Mannered Richard
There are Tourists in my Castle
Massacre Monday
Super Sea Serpent Simulator
A Bad Wolf King is Hard to Feed
Mad Max, La Mulana Ex, Super Time Force, Xeodrifter, Ludum Dare 33, Metal Gear Solid 5, Destiny, Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, Deadpool, Jackbox Party Pack 2, A Bad Wolf King is Hard to Feed, Super Sea Serpent Simulator, Massacre Monday, There are tourists in my castle, Mild Mannered Richard, Starvin Sasquatch, Wayward, I am the Sun, Trick Parade, The Old One, The Stranger, Ant Simulator
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1h 33min
September 02, 2015 FMVGames - Episode 3 - It's Reigning Men
Twas the week before MGSV and all through the house were shit loads of video games because the world doesn't just stand around waiting for your metal gear bullshit! Satellite Reign, Stasis, Lara Croft Go, Party Hard, Lawbreakers and James' god damn hat!
Cheapskate's Game Club: Relic Hunters Zero
Next Week: The Stranger
James' Pick of the Week: Satellite Reign
Paul's Pick of the Week: Party Hard
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1h 32min
August 25, 2015 FMVGames - Episode 2 - Bacon Hat Heroes
Before totally succumbing to the madness that is the FMVGames livestream chat Paul gets to educate James on how to properly enjoy Gunstar Heroes and in turn James shows Paul how to annihilate planets in a NEW way. Don't forget some excited Finger'ing, impressive Warshifting, manic Pac-man'ing and delve into the madness that is the Sonic Dreams Collection!
Cheapskate's Game Club: Sonic Dreams CollectionNext Week: Relic Hunters Zero
James’ Pick of the Week: Warshift
Paul’s Pick of the Week: Rogue Invader (Kickstarter)

Show Notes
The financial failure of N++
Your target audience does not exist
Rick and Morty DOTA2 Announcer Pack
Twitch plays Dark Souls is a dumb idea
Press Play getting public votes on their next project
Rainbow Six Siege delayed until Dec
Always bet on Gearbox
You don’t need amiibos anymore!
Rocket League Final is pretty awesome
Pokemon Tournament
Gassy Mob
Xcom 2
Masquerada: Songs and Shadows
Siegecraft Commander

Crowd Funding
Fig launches! (article)
Outer Wilds
Tacopocalypse
Rogue Invader
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1h 35min

FAQs about Eight and a Half Bit:

How many episodes does Eight and a Half Bit have?

The podcast currently has 300 episodes available.