I swear to go I'll get Euan to stop talking about his base building game for perverts one day. I promise.

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.

Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)

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Just like the undying Shells of Tau Ceti IV, this podcast will keep coming back.

Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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It's the first post of 2026 and so as is customary, we recount everything we were doing while not on the air.

• 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)

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It's the end of another year, so it's time to give the world our top 5 best of 2025.

• 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)

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Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)

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The last pod of the year before game of the year discussions, so largely just trying to close the year out. Let's wrap up before 2026 and GTA6 definitely comes out and dominates.

• Euan returns to stompy robots in Phantom Brigade 2.0 and delves into long awaited horrors in Routine
• Calum navigates a lawless frontier in Destiny 2: Renegades and can't stop smoking in RV There Yet?

• 00:03:28 - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
• 00:06:27 - Phantom Brigade
• 00:12:25 - Routine
• 00:21:01 - Dispatch
• 00:28:23 - Citizen Sleeper 2
• 00:35:31 - Destiny 2: Renegades
• 00:59:57 - Hitman + Diablo 4
• 01:01:46 - News - Valve are bringing back the Steam Machine, a small SteamOS box that is 5x times more powerful than the Steam Deck.
• 01:09:06 - News - A community team are trying to make Concord playable again, and have ran a game on their own servers.
• 01:10:04 - News - As part of the current lawsuit between Krafton and ex heads of Unknown Worlds, it was shown that the Krafton CEO allegedly asked ChatGPT how to avoid paying them.
• 01:13:27 - News - This article from Aftermath about Ubisoft doing more stupid shit with AI is my favourite headline of the year
• 01:14:40 - News - If you follow games press you will have heard about art game Horses, we go over what's happening with it's removal from now 3 online stores.
• 01:20:24 - 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)

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Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)

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We return after a personal break and it looks like the year is slowing down.

• Euan talks more Diablo IV
• Calum gives his overview from Lumiose City (and Pokemon in general) while discussing Pokemon Legends ZA
• We both join the millions of other people gushing over Ad-Hoc's Dispatch

• 00:04:05 - Diablo 4
• 00:10:51 - Silent Hill f
• 00:15:31 - Pokemon Legends ZA
• 00:35:41 - Hades 2
• 00:37:52 - Dispatch
• 01:00:33 - Other End of Year Games
• 01:02:46 - Rockstar have delayed GTA6 again, and also fired a number of employees that were in the process of discussing unionisation.
• 01:07:23 - EA has gone private and been sold to a consortium that includes Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushners venture capital firm.
• 01:11:27 - 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)

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Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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The shadow of many looms over us and Euan is continuing to play Diablo 4.

As said, Euan can't stop with the Diablo 4 and plays the actual new release of Silent Hill F

Calum talks about the anticipated sequel to one of the best games ever made, Hades II

We're both in our 30s and played Fortnite for Daft Punk. I'm as upset about this fact as you

00:01:37 - Diablo 4

00:23:04 - Hades 2

00:53:50 - Silent Hill f

01:21:16 - Fortnite

01:27:07 - 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)

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00:08:40 - Diablo 4

00:28:54 - Chronos

00:53:08 - 2XKO

01:24:35 - News - Firaxis is the latest company to let people go.

01:28:38 - News - Vampire The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 will no longer lock some vampire families behind launch DLC, and instead will launch separate DLC later.

01:29:38 - News - Randy Pitchford is tweeting through it again. Joy.

01:39:12 - 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)

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We took a long break, but now we're back with all you'd expect from us.

• Euan gives his final thoughts on Death Stranding 2 after seeing the credits roll.
• Calum have a bumper crop of Grounded 2, Dawn of War: Definitive Edition and hot game of the moment Peak, which is, as the kids say, peak.
• We both discuss interesting psychological thriller Dead Take, and it's incredible performances.

• 00:04:29 - Death Stranding 2
• 00:12:19 - Dead Take
• 00:19:09 - Is This Seat Taken?
• 00:22:23 - Peak
• 00:27:25 - Dawn of War Remaster
• 00:30:00 - Grounded 2 Early Access
• 00:33:13 - News - Gamescom ONL
• 00:46:53 - News - Tencent Horizon
• 00:49:38 - News - VTM 2
• 00:56:08 - 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)

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It's time for a new Destiny 2 expansion. God help us all for the discussion that was had.

We talk pretty explictly about the story of the new Destiny 2 expansion, Edge of Fate, between 0:44:08 and 0:49:09. We say so before hand, but if you are worried the timestamps below should help you skip it.

• Euan tries 'new Zach' in Kaizen: A Factory Story, a new Zachntronics game by not Zachtronics, Astra Logical (featuring Zach). He also continues discussion of Death Stranding 2
• You know it. You love it. It's Calum's time to talk about the new Destiny Expansion Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate

• 00:04:13 - Kaizen: A Factory Story
• 00:07:51 - Death Stranding 2
• 00:39:27 - Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate
• 00:44:08 - Destiny 2 Spoilers
• 00:49:14 - Destiny 2 Spoilers End
• 01:16:54 - Death Stranding 2 Audio Issues
• 01:19:28 - News - FBC: Firebreak has not launched to great reception, but Remedy are hoping that a major rework coming in September will improve things
• 01:21:34 - News - Off The Grid is a meh Battle Royal game with horrible vibes and actual NFTs, and a bunch of outlets ran sponsored posts about it
• 01:25:36 - News - Three execs from Subnautica 2 developers Unknown Worlds are suing their publisher Krafton after they believe the EA launch of the game was delayed to avoid paying a $250 million bonus.
• 01:30:18 - 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)

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