GameEngineStart Podcast

By GameEngineStart

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 int... more

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GameEngineStart Podcast episodes:

April 21, 2026GameEngineStart 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
...more
1h 13min
March 31, 2026GameEngineStart 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
...more
1h 27min
March 10, 2026GameEngineStart 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
...more
1h 28min
February 17, 2026GameEngineStart 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
Timestamps
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
...more
1h 26min
January 28, 2026GameEngineStart 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
...more
2h 3min
December 09, 2025GameEngineStart Podcast - Not A Lightsaber
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.
We Played...
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?
Timestamps
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)
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
...more
1h 23min
November 11, 2025GameEngineStart Podcast - Outlawing Taxis
We return after a personal break and it looks like the year is slowing down.
We Played...
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
Timestamps
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)
All Licensed under Creative
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
...more
1h 15min
October 07, 2025 GameEngineStart Podcast - Scarecrows
The shadow of many looms over us and Euan is continuing to play Diablo 4.
We Played...
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
Timestamps
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)
All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
...more
1h 35min
September 23, 2025 GameEngineStart Podcast - Electric Win God Fist
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)
All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
...more
1h 46min
August 26, 2025GameEngineStart Podcast - Digging Deep
We took a long break, but now we're back with all you'd expect from us.
We Played...
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.
Timestamps
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)
All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
...more
1h 8min

FAQs about GameEngineStart Podcast:

How many episodes does GameEngineStart Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 277 episodes available.