Alex and Chris talk a moderate amount about two games that talk a lot: Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy and its heroic banterboxes, and Forza Horizon 5 and its lovebombing festival of wheels. Also discussed: the newly announced SteamWorld, the latest Mass Effect tease, and Elden Ring.

Apologies for some stuttering on Chris’s audio track during parts of the episode.

• Alex is energised by the announcement of a new SteamWorld game in another new genre. The news came as part of a livestream presented by Mark Hamill.
• Chris was buoyed by the arrival of a new poster for the new Mass Effect on N7 day.
• Both are excited by the big, new explanatory video of Elden Ring.
• Alex has been playing and almost somewhat mostly enjoying Square Enix’s Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy.
• Chris has died and gone to race car land, aka Forza Horizon 5.

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Our intro music is by The Mandibles from their track Clambake. Many of the band members now tour as Count Bobo And The Bullion.