Focus on Gaming

In this episode we chat about Dragon's Dogma 2, Yoshi's Woolly World (Wii-U), PS Vita gaming (Wipeout 2048!), killing Sean Bean, Silent Hill : The Short Message and more.

In the news we look at the reports that Sony have halted the PSVR2 production, temporarily or permanently? What do you think? Is this the beginning of the end, or just the start of the Sony headset? Maybe get a Nintendo Labo kit?

Also with Sony, the PS5 Pro specs have reportedly leaked and we chat about the life of the current gen consoles and whether it's worth it for some FPS, resolution upgrades, and whether a high price is going to come with it?

Also, enjoy the technical issues...that's what you get for invading Tom's house! Sorry for the sound echo on Tom and Duncan after the issues, if you can stand it, thanks for listening! If you want to hear more (and less problematic) episodes, review, like and subscribe everywhere you see at www.TheGamingPubcast.co.uk

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Welcome to the cheating episode! From the Konami code to Action Replay to PC trainers, we discuss the history of cheating and the best cheats, and the ethics.

Did you ever cheat? We did, but to varying degrees. There's cheats that unlock things, cheats that make you immortal or have infinite everything, which is your favourite cheats?

We also chat about games we've been playing or pre-ordering, from Duncan enduring Paw Patrol monotony, to what looks like a great upcoming game, Dragon's Dogma 2.

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Happy Mario Day from The Gaming Pubcast!

As promised, our Mario Special is here and we chat about the history of Mario games, from the best to the absolute worst, and what is the key to his consistent success in games and other media?

Have you got fond memories of a particular Mario game? Agree or disagree with our selections? Mario is certainly a juggernaut of the gaming world, that is definitely undeniable!

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In this week's episode, Martin and Duncan discuss the Resident Evil 3 Remake, Bluey, and of course Duncan mentions Like a Dragon : Infinite Wealth, and also has a rant about the pitfalls of Xbox's Quick Resume!

Also, due to technical issues (Thanks #Nvidia ), YouTube viewers get to see the mess that is Duncan's 'shed'.

There have been more layoffs in the gaming sector, it seems like every company is getting their layoffs in, which sucks for the thousands involved 😔 The developer Toys for Bob had a slight glimmer in an otherwise dark week.

Final Fantasy Rebirth is here, and Duncan isn't happy, but hasn't been happy since FF12!

There's some big hardware in This Week in Gaming, PS2, Switch, and we talk about the big hitters of the console sales wars! Tune in next week for our Mario Day pubcast special!

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We welcome Sam Dyer of the excellent Bitmap Books for an interview. He talks about the books, his inspirations, process, favourites, and his hopes for future books. Check out BitmapBooks.com and pre-order the next book - N64 : A Visual Compendium coming in March 2024!

After the interview, we chat about the trailers for the Elden Ring DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree, and the Borderlands movie, Game Pass additions, which include the mighty.....Bluey! As dads, we WILL be playing this, whether we want to or not!

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We jump straight into Xbox's 'Business Update' on the Official Xbox Podcast (no, we didn't know we had a competitor too 😉) and the details of what is, or in reality - isn't, coming to other platforms.

It's not the best news for PlayStation users, but isn't bad news either! They also revealed the first Game Pass addition from the Activision Blizzard King takeover, coming March 28th! Also, is Xbox in the hardware game for the long term, home console, or something else? Hear our thoughts on these developments.

Martin has been playing some more Rise of the Tomb Raider, and Duncan has been playing more Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth, so hear their updates on where they're at, as both are huge games. Plate Up is out on Game Pass and Duncan gives his brief review of this cooking rogue-lite.

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On this episode we welcome back Martin after an absence of a couple of episodes, but we lose Tom for this week!

Martin catches us up on what he's been playing, and he's been playing Rise of the Tomb Raider, so we discuss these rather excellent reboots, and the tombs that you raid!

Duncan has been playing and completing the Phantom Liberty DLC for Cyberpunk 2077, and of course playing more of the awesome Like a Dragon : Infinite Wealth.

In the news, the seismic shift of Xbox exclusives no longer being exclusive, and coming to PlayStation and Switch is heavily rumoured, is this a mistake on Xbox's part, a clever money maker, hardware suicide or not happening? We give our opinions as Xbox and PlayStation owners.

Also Microsoft have laid off more workers in Activision Blizzard studios, is this a predictable consequence of the takeover, or would it have happened even without the massive buyout?

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On this week's episode, we give a hands on review of Like a Dragon : Infinite Wealth, as Duncan has started playing this epic on his Steam Deck, and he gives his views after just starting.

Also, Duncan reviews his Anbernic RG35XX H retro handheld gaming machine. As his 6yo says, "It's like a mini Steam Deck"! (but for retro games)

Playstation's State of Play happened recently, and we talk about the announcements that came, Death Stranding 2, Ken Levine's Judas, Silent Hill 2 remake, Until Dawn (remake? remaster?) and another Hideo Kojima project, an espionage game. Was this a great State of Play, or was it more 'State of Hideo Kojima'?

Apple's Vision Pro headset is out and the reviews have been, well....good, with a few 'buts' in them. We briefly chat about it and will dive into it more in future episodes!

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In this week's episode, we interview the artist Bill Harbison, who has worked on many iconic games, from Ocean Software's Daley Thompson's Challenge, to Robocop, then all the way to Lawn Mowing Simulator! We discuss the start of his career, the highs and the challenges and to be honest, this really could have been our first 4hr episode, but we thought we'd let him go! He's currently working on a game for a company called Spliced Inc., with a Rockstar Games and Travellers Tales pedigree, which we will hopefully get him back on to talk about when he can! https://www.splicedinc.com/

After the interview, we chat about games we've been playing, A Plague Tale : Requiem, Gameboy games, Cyberpunk 2077 : Phantom Liberty, and of course - Palworld.

That last one then provides another discussion about this phenomenon, Ark meets Pokemon, but it's not Pokemon....or is it? It's certainly caused a stir!

We also discuss the Xbox Developer Direct which finally revealed the Indiana Jones game from Machine Games, more Avowed from Obsidian and another in the Mana rpg series, which one are you looking forward to?

With pong home consoles, Indiana Jones games, a technical issue in the middle that should have challenged Duncan's editing skills, but he decided to keep in(!) and more, this is a jam-packed episode, and we hope you enjoy! Find all our links at linktr.ee/TheGamingPubcast

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In this week's episode we talk about some mobile games we've been playing, and Nintendo's attempts at entering the cash cow that is IOS and Android gaming!

Duncan found a retro game on Steam that he's sure he played years ago, involving an ant, dominos and Quaver crisps!

We then have a discussion about TV shows as games, from Star Trek to Postman Pat, from Knight-Mare to CSI. There's been some great, and not-so-great attempts.

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