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SUNLESS SEA is a top-down exploration game, where you are the captain of a ship exploring the vast unknown of Fallen London - a sunken world

The game was released in Feb 2015, but was recently re-released on ioS.

You have to carefully manage your food, fuel and terror, as you find new islands, shipwrecks and cities. Intricate storytelling and backstories of your crew are revealed as you play (and die) repeatedly, as you explore the Neath. Will you leave a legacy of sea captains? Or will your ship vanish into the depths of the ocean, remembered by no one.

Fight sea monsters. Die repeatedly. And never, ever look too closely at the zea below.

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In this Episode – Sunless Sea

Intro – 0:00

Nerd Week – 1:43

Gaming News – 11:08

Sunless Sea Discussion – 28:13

Game Recommendations – 55:15

Quiz – 57:01

Next Week on Game Club – 1:02:00

Sunless Sea is Available From:

• • Steam 
  • GOG (PC)
  • iTunes (iPad)

Nerd Week

• Catherine
  • Research into Magic.. like spells and curses.
• Charles
  • Star Wars Destiny, Came third in a tournament
  • Building a board game from scratch
  • Warhammer 40k 8th Edition.
• Daniel
  • Playing Playerunknown Battlegrounds
  • Watching Twitch Streamers

Gaming News

• Daniel
  • SNES Mini Classic
• Charles
  • Massive refunds for RUST on Steam.
• Catherine
  • More classic games with Sega Forever.

About Sunless Sea

Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.

If the giant crabs, sentient icebergs and swarms of bats don’t get you, madness and cannibalism certainly will. But that old black ocean beckons, and there’s loot for the brave souls who dare to sail her.

Betray your crew, sell your soul to a Devil, marry your sweetheart. Survive long enough and you’ll achieve your life’s ambition.

You will die, but your legacy will live on…

Armed with Wings: Rearmed is a 2D platforming game from Sun Studios. You're a Samurai knight on a mission of revenge from the afterlife. Fight soldiers and monsters with combos and flair, unlocking new weapons and levels.

Genre: Action, Indie
Developer: Sun-Studios
Publisher: Sun-Studios
Release Date: 1 Jun, 2017

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In this Episode - Armed With Wings: Rearmed

Intro - 0:00

Nerd Week - 0:40

Gaming News - 14:29

Armed With Wings: Rearmed Discussion - 41:56

Game Recommendations - 1:09:25

Quiz - 1:12:36

Next Week on Game Club - 1:17:31

 

Armed With Wings: Rearmed is Available From:

• Steam - $7.99 USD

Nerd Week

• Catherine
  • Natcon
• Charles
  • Wonder Woman
  • Board Game Design
  • 40k Midnight Release
• Daniel
  • Playing Hero Quest (1989)
  • Beta Bar Disney Night

Gaming News

• Daniel
  • E3 and Bethesda dropped the ball. Ubisoft more of the same.
• Charles
  • E3, Excited for Sea of Theives from Rare
• Catherine
  • E3 - 'The Last Night' looks amazing, probably wont play it after finding out the developer's previous tweets.

Game Recommendations

• Catherine
  • Mark of the Ninja
  • Rogue: Legacy
• Daniel
  • Samurai Jack
  • Ninja Gaiden
• Charles
  • Magicka
  • Limbo

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In this Episode - Telltale's 'The Wolf Among Us'

Telltale's 'The Wolf Among Us' has us in the dark and gritty world of fairy tales. This isn't your Disney 'Happily Ever After' this world is full of pain and sorrow.

 

Intro - 0:00

Nerd Week - 0:46

Gaming News - 14:11

The Wolf Among Us Discussion - 27:45

Fables Quiz - 1:11:34

Game Recommendations - 1:17:34

Next Week on Game Club - 1:21:46

 

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In this Episode - Goat Simulator

This podcast has a swear word or two because we didn't want to bleat them out... Ok, that's the last one I promise.

First we discuss our nerd week, and the news.

Intro - 0:00

Nerd Week - 2:06

Gaming News - 21:16

Goat Simulator Discussion - 54:04

Keyword Countdown - 1:13:43

Next Week on Game Club - 1:18:33

 

Goat Simulator is available from:

• Steam - US $9.99
• Kinguin - AU $4-$10
• Humble Store - US $19.99

Nerd Week

• Catherine
  • Alien: Covenant
• Charles
  • Star Wars Destiny, Machanicum
• Daniel
  • American Gods, Legion,

Gaming News

Daniel

• AFL team buys esport team http://www.theage.com.au/afl/adelaide-crows-buy-professional-australian-esports-team-legacy-esports-20170517-gw6wd7.html
• http://www.nonfictiongaming.com/2017/05/complete-e3-2017-press-conference-schedule/

Charles

• http://www.pcgamer.com/skyrim-sex-mods/
• http://stayontheleader.blogspot.com.au/2017/05/worlds-2017-good-bad-and-ugly.html
• https://www.kotaku.com.au/2014/11/top-counter-strike-players-caught-in-big-cheating-scandal/

Catherine

• http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/theresa-m

In this Episode - This War of Mine

We're going to get into the nitty gritty of This War of Mine, so if you haven't played it... go and do that then come back.

First we discuss our nerd week, and the news.

This War of Mine is available from:

• Steam - US $19.99
• Kinguin - AU $4-$10
• Humble Store - US $19.99

Nerd Week

• Catherine
  • Slayaway Camp https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/slayaway-camp/id1123828832mt=8 http://store.steampowered.com/app/530390/
• Charles - Unity, Zelda, Destiny on TTS, Catherine’s waterbottle
• Daniel - Star Wars marathon

Gaming News

• Daniel
  • http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-19/e-sports-to-be-medal-event-at-asian-games/8452458
  • http://www.theverge.com/2017/4/12/15277278/google-home-burger-king-whopper-ad-campaign

• Catherine
  • http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39629099

• Charles
  • http://www.adultswim.com/games/pc-console/rick-and-morty-simulator-virtual-rick-ality/
  • http://www.polygon.com/2017/4/18/15340296/horizon-zero-dawn-kotaku-developer-backlash

About This War of Mine

This War of Mine is a war survival video game developed and published by 11 bit studios. The game, inspired by the Siege of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War,

Initial release date: 14 November 2014

Developer: 11 bit studios

Genre: Survival game

Publisher: 11 bit studios

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, Xbox One, iOS, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh operating systems, Linux

Nominations: The Game Award for Games For Change

• Inspired by real-life events
• Control your survivors and manage your shelter
• Craft weapons, alcohol, beds or stoves – anything that helps you survive
• Make decisions - an often unforgiving and emotionally difficult experience

Stanley... decided to press play and listen to this podcast.

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In this Episode - The Stanley Parable

We're going to spoil The Stanley Parable, so if you haven't played it... go and do that then come back.

First we discuss our nerd week, and the news.

Gaming News:

• Wargaming CEO accepts blame, vows renewed focus on World of Tanks 
• Sega, Creative Assembly Announce Total War: Warhammer 2

About The Stanley Parable The Stanley Parable: The Adventure Line™

The Stanley Parable is an interactive fiction video game designed by Davey Wreden. The game originally released on July 27, 2011 as a free modification for Half-Life 2.

Engine: Source

Genre: Interactive fiction

Writer(s): Davey Wreden; William Pugh

Narrator: Kevan Brighting

Designers: William Pugh, Davey Wreden

Developers: Galactic Cafe, Davey Wreden

The Stanley Parable Game Discussion: Game Club Overview

The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end. Contradiction follows contradiction, the rules of how games should work are broken, then broken again. This world was not made for you to understand.

But as you explore, slowly, meaning begins to arise, the paradoxes might start to make sense, perhaps you are powerful after all. The game is not here to fight you; it is inviting you to dance.

• What choices did you make on the first play through?
• The inner workings of narrative games.
• What Stanley Parable says about games and game development.
• Spoilers Spoilers Spoilers
• Our favourite endings
• And More…

If you liked The Stanley Parable, you may like:

 

Catherine Recommends Bastion:

Bastion

Welcome to Game Club,the podcast where we play a game then sit down to discuss it (Like a book club).

Catherine, Charles and Daniel open up our second ever episode with Blackwake. Join your mateys as we discuss the news, nerd weeks, and Navy vs Pirates.

 

In this Episode - Blackwake

Yarr mateys, trim the mainsail, load the cannons,... but first we discuss the news.

Gaming News:

 

Charles 

• https://futurism.com/elon-musk-just-launched-a-company-to-merge-your-brain-with-a-computer/ - to combat the AI that’s coming!
• http://www.pcgamer.com/blizzard-reveals-starcraft-remastered-set-for-release-this-summer/
• https://www.playbattlegrounds.com/main.pu - Hunger Games style battle royale
• https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/03/15/war-returns-to-armageddon/ - Necromunda re-release… kind of

Daniel -

• NASA, the US space agency has partnered with Epic Games’ Unreal Engine to create a mixed reality International Space Station simulator. - https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/26/nasa-is-using-a-mixed-reality-space-station-to-train-astronauts/
• Razer launched Razer Cortex, paying gamers ‘zSilver’ for playing popular games. Gamers can cash in for hardware/software/in-game purchases. - http://www.nonfictiongaming.com/2017/03/razer-launches-its-paid-to-play-service-razer-cortex/

Catherine -

• Mine isn’t so much news, but I’ve been exploring VR as a storytelling device. - http://vrtov.com/about/
• And a $99 water bottle that tracks how much water I drink. - https://www.h2opal.com/ 

 

What in the Nerd have you been up to:

 

Game Club Game Discussion:

• The life of a pirate...
• Why long reload times are great in Blackwake...
• A little bit too early access for some...

Welcome to Game Club,the podcast where we play a game then sit down to discuss it (Like a book club).

Catherine, Charles and Daniel open up first ever episode with Octodad: Dadliest Catch.

In this Episode - Octodad: Dadliest Catch

We take on the role of an Octodad... but first we discuss the news.

Gaming News:

D&D Beyond - http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/dndbeyond
Leisure Suit Larry launches a Casino https://larrycasino.com/au/
Steampunk Dwarves http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2017/03/must-see-gws-new-steampunk-airship-dwarfs.html
PS Now https://www.playstation.com/en-us/explore/playstationnow/

What in the Nerd have you been up to:

Star Wars RPG
Dungeons and Dragons
GWENT

Game Club Game Discussion:

• Should cephalopods use a keyboard or controller?
• Who's that fine looking regular human gentleman in the nice suit?
• Why are there banana peels all over the chapel floor?
• What would an Octodad film look like?
• Is the game worth buying?
• And More…

Octodad Dadliest Catch is available on:

Kinguin -

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Charles - @CharlesBryers
Catherine - @CSMcMullen

About Octodad: Dadliest Catch

Octodad: Dadliest Catch is an independent adventure video game developed and published by Young Horses. It is a sequel to the 2010 freeware game Octodad. Wikipedia

Initial release date: 30 January 2014
Genre: Adventure game
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, iOS, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Macintosh operating systems, tvOS
Modes: Single-player video game, Multiplayer video game

Next Time on Game Club

We're jumping on the high-seas in Blackwake.

Blackwake is a multiplayer naval FPS focused on teamwork and cooperation. Fire the cannons, sink enemy ships or board them with firearms and steel. Play along with Game Club by playing Blackwake on Steam.

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