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- GameEngineStart Podcast - Metered Leccy Unit
We're here to talk about Star Wars before one of us goes on holiday to be IN Star Wars.
We Played...- Euan does cop simulations in Ready or Not and throws way way back to the best in the series with Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
- We both continue to faun over Big Walk and discuss the many positives of tactics in a far off galaxy in Star Wars: Zero Company
- 00:04:45 - Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
- 00:10:52 - Ready or Not
- 00:16:35 - Big Walk
- 00:21:08 - Star Wars: Zero Company
- 00:40:14 - Escape Simulator 2 VR
- 00:40:57 - News - Just as we talk about how great Zero Company is, we find that 80% of the team were furloughed a few weeks before launch
- 00:44:02 - News - Did you buy a PlayStation during the period where tariffs were active? Sorry your not getting that back
- 00:49:01 - News - Sony are continuing to get blowback from their "no disc" policy that they will be rolling out eventually.
- 00:55:34 - News - Turns out people are using slurs in Counter-Strike 2. Like a LOT
- 01:03:05 - News - Watching non UK games writers discover that we actually do have pre-pay electricity units is very funny
- 01:08:55 - Grand Theft Auto VI pre-release hype
- 01:30:45 - Upcoming and Housekeeping
Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)
All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
1 hr 40 min - GameEngineStart Podcast - Sound-Proof Glass
Life gets in the way, but we return to talk about what we've been up to with video games and the like!
We Played...- Euan deals with the result of microplastics with Tides of Tomorrow, and remembers the good days of the internet (incorrectly) with Broken Reality 2000
- Calum goes on a journey in Big Walk and has an unstoppable grindfest with Grandblue Fantasy Relink: Endless Ragnarok
Timestamps- 00:09:26 - New Diablo 4 Season
- 00:12:25 - Tides of Tomorrow
- 00:23:06 - Broken Reality 2000
- 00:35:14 - Esoteric Ebb
- 00:36:21 - Big Walk
- 00:43:25 - Minor Big Walk Puzzle Spoilers
- 00:50:09 - Grandblue Fantasy Relink: Endless Ragnarok
- 01:03:58 - News - Marvel Tōkon seems to have had an extremely rocky launch on PC
- 01:12:47 - Sovereign Tower
- 01:14:35 - Upcoming & Housekeeping
Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)
All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
1 hr 19 min - GameEngineStart Podcast - No Further Boys
It's been a while. I hope you are all ready for extensive chat of boys.
We Played...- Euan discusses several Steam Next Fest offerings with About Fishing and Iron Nest and has a chill time stacking shelves in inKombini
- Calum has very little to say on Esoteric Ebb. More to follow at a later date
Timestamps- 00:04:48 - About Fishing Demo
- 00:07:21 - Iron Nest Demo
- 00:12:07 - Vultures: Scavengers of Death
- 00:14:31 - inKombini
- 00:16:27 - Diablo 4
- 00:18:23 - Final Fantasy XVI
- 00:19:12 - Esoteric Ebb
- 00:21:15 - News - Summer Games Fest happened.
- 00:31:07 - News - Yakuza devs RGG new game Stranger than Fiction is bringing back Tupac for the cast, and people have feelings about that
- 00:32:40 - News - The community around hot boy gatcha Love and Deepspace have been fighting a holy war over the new hot werewolf boy
- 00:48:43 - News - Tim Sweeny is an idiot
- 00:50:20 - News - Sony have announced that from January 2028 they will no longer be putting out games on Bluray.
- 01:01:16 - News - Valve announced Steam Machine prices, and they are not great.
- 01:03:58 - Upcoming & Housekeeping
Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)
All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
1 hr 10 min - GameEngineStart Podcast - Pouring Bleach Into A Phone
I'm not going to take the easy joke and do a "the name's podcast, video game podcast" here. I'm not doing it.
We Played...Euan continues running for loot in hell with Diablo 4 enters the Dark Pictures archives with Directive 8020 and begins Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight. More to come from that.
Calum caved and bought into the early access of Heroes of Might and Magic: The Olden Era. We all knew he would.
We both discuss 007: First Light and if IO Interactive can really pull off a more directed single player game. Spoilers, they absolutely can.
Timestamps00:10:12 - Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred
00:19:21 - Directive 8020
00:29:06 - Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
00:32:55 - HOMAM
00:50:52 - 007: First Light
01:09:48 - Bungie is releasing the last content update for Destiny 2 on June 9th, so we talk about the long history of the series, and what could happen next with the studio.
01:31:54 - Localization team Hilltop works are releasing a patch for incredibly niche PS1 title Kowloon's Gate, and it sounds like it was a nightmare to work on.
01:33:28 - Steam Deck prices are rising substantially, because AI is screwing us all over.
01:36:33 - Upcoming and Housekeeping
Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)
All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
1 hr 41 min - GameEngineStart Podcast - Romantic Pensions
Welcome back to the sad teen zone. We arrive here frequently, so enjoy your stay!
We Played...- Euan has a bumper stock of video game discussions. New demons to kill in Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred. Old school sad teens in the finale of Life is Strange: Reunion. New school sad teens (featuring music) in Mixtape, and a classic Zachtronics-like to round off the selection in UVS Nirmana
- Calum roots and/or toots his way through paranormal deserts with Far Far West and looks to the past with Final Fantasy 16
Timestamps- 00:03:35 - Final Fantasy XVI
- 00:04:32 - Far Far West
- 00:12:56 - Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred
- 00:30:38 - Life is Strange: Reunion
- 00:36:17 - Mixtape
- 00:49:45 - UVS Nirmana
- 00:54:05 - Shapez 2 1.0
- 00:56:41 - News - Sony is not only seeing a drop in PS5 sales after the price hike, they haven't seen a return on investment with Bungie yet
- 01:02:28 - News - The CEO of Monument Valley developer UsTwo hates that their employees want things like "job security" and "pensions"
- 01:06:24 - Calum shares some genuinely exciting news from the Final Fantasy XIV Fan Fest, in his continual effort to get Euan to play the game
- 01:30:01 - Upcoming & Housekeeping
Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)
All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
1 hr 34 min - GameEngineStart Podcast - A Fairy With A Flower
One of us stayed up till 3am before recording this. See if you can figure out which!
We Played...- Euan talks programming but Starcraft in Desynced, a gumshoe animated hero for new ages with Mouse: PI for Hire and the much anticipated cyberpunk sidescroller Replaced
- Calum talks Pokémon Champions, and explains the basics of professional Pokémon.
Timestamps- 00:07:37 - Life is Strange: Reunion
- 00:09:00 - Desynced Demo
- 00:13:12 - Replaced
- 00:16:18 - Mouse: PI For Hire
- 00:18:34 - Arknights: Endfield
- 00:22:47 - Contact Protocol Demo
- 00:26:15 - Diablo 4's Next Expansion
- 00:27:44 - Pokémon Champions
- 00:44:36 - Marathon
- 00:48:14 - News - Developer of Web3/NFT/Crypto nightmare Off the Grid is being accused of not paying it's developers, and the CEO had a wild response
- 00:54:50 - News - Capcom have "patched" the Alex storyline in Street Fighter 6, which has "fixed" nothing.
- 00:57:25 - News- Capcom has sent a request for a YouTube channel to pull down their videos showing NSFW Mods for various Capcom games.
- 01:00:00 - News - Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 Director still hates "woke" games, but is pleased they are nominated for a LGBTQ+ character award because they did it "right".
- 01:03:06 - Upcoming & Housekeeping
- 01:07:25 - The Next FFXIV Expansion
Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)
All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
1 hr 13 min - GameEngineStart Podcast - Don't Marry Your Second Cousin
I swear to go I'll get Euan to stop talking about his base building game for perverts one day. I promise.
We Played...Euan played yet more Arknights: Endfield, and moving quickly on talks about the return to teen based drama in a university setting with Life is Strange: Reunion
Calum talks about late game Marathon. It's all terrifying and stress inducing and awesome.
Timestamps- 00:03:45 - The Last Caretaker
- 00:06:20 - Endfield
- 00:10:54 - Life is Strange
- 00:28:45 - Marathon
- The review we quoted - https://www.gamerguides.com/marathon/reviews/punching-below-its-weight
- 01:00:00 - News - DLSS 5 is awful, but the memes are good.
- 01:09:07 - News - Epic Games laid off 1000 people, because of a "Fortnite downturn"
- 01:12:18 - News - Street Fighter 6's Alex has an... interesting... conclusion to his story mode.
- 01:23:04 - Upcoming & Housekeeping
Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)
All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
1 hr 27 min - GameEngineStart Podcast - Who Gave Tangrowth a PHD?
Just like the undying Shells of Tau Ceti IV, this podcast will keep coming back.
We Played...- Calum talks "Pokémon Crossing" in Pokopia, and discusses the arrival of a legend to Team Rainbow with Solid Snake in Rainbow 6: Siege
- Euan talks best in class of the genre in Resident Evil: Requiem and solves murder most foul in The Séance of Blake Manor
- The ins and outs of the new extraction shooter Marathon are discussed, and it's larger impact on the genre.
Timestamps- 00:06:29 - Pokopia
- 00:20:47 - Solid Snake in Rainbow 6: Siege
- 00:32:49 - Marathon
- 01:01:25 - Resident Evil: Requiem
- 01:05:29 - The Séance at Blake Manor
- 01:12:58 - News - We talk Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond leaving XBox, what it means for the platform, and the rough shape of the next Xbox hardware.
- 01:20:40 - News - Calum shares what happened during the Pokemon announcement stream.
- 01:22:48 - Upcoming & Housekeeping
Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)
All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
1 hr 28 min - GameEngineStart Podcast - Big Ratts Tyerell Fan
It's the first post of 2026 and so as is customary, we recount everything we were doing while not on the air.
We Played...- Euan talks surviving an apocalypse in The Last Caretaker and yet more conveyer belts (now featuring anime women) in Arknights: Endfield
- Calum takes to the streets of Seattle's cursed underground with Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines 2 and enjoys the Yokai infested mountains of Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
- 00:05:28 - The Last Caretaker
- 00:11:20 - Arknights: Endfield
- 00:39:31 - FFXIV Raids
- 00:41:30 - Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines 2
- 00:49:17 - Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
- 00:57:05 - News - Wolfenstein 3 is happening, something we kinda knew but it's worth confirming
- 00:57:41 - News - Blizzard announced a bunch of things throughout their IPs
- 01:01:38 - News - Ever noticed that people playing violent games in Nintendo trailers are really bad at it? There might be a reason.
- 01:03:15 - News - Sony had their first State of Play of 2026
- 01:22:22 - Upcoming & Housekeeping
Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)
All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
1 hr 26 min - GameEngineStart Podcast - Game of the Year 2025 Fireside Chat
It's the end of another year, so it's time to give the world our top 5 best of 2025.
Timestamps- 00:04:31 - Calum Almost #5
- 00:07:00 - Calum #5
- 00:14:22 - Euan #5
- 00:21:21 - Calum #4
- 00:32:12 - Euan #4
- 00:41:28 - Calum #2
- 00:54:55 - Euan #3
- 00:59:55 - Euan #2
- 01:07:29 - Calum #1
- 01:27:05 - Euan #1
- 01:45:38 - Honourable Mentions
- 01:58:12 - Starting 2026
Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)
All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)
All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
2 hr 3 min
About GameEngineStart Podcast
From the publisher's feed
Get your bi-weekly dose of haberdash from our internet habershery, mainly concerning video games.
Join Euan and Calum, two brothers on a quest to pour large amounts of video game discussion into your beautiful ear holes. We talk about what we are playing, the media coverage of video games and other random musings on life.