Always the longest category, and the one with the most spoilers. You have been warned.

This podcast is also available as a video, via the site or our YouTube channel

There will be a new category every few days, so keep an eye on the site for details.

Music Credits

Outro Music - Sci Fi - Bensound (https://www.bensound.com)

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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Music in games is super important to us, so let's talk about the games with the best music this year.

This podcast is also available as a video, via the site or our YouTube channel

There will be a new category every few days, so keep an eye on the site for details.

Music Credits

Outro Music - Sci Fi - Bensound (https://www.bensound.com)

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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Hey, they can't all be great right?

This podcast is also available as a video, via the site or our YouTube channel

There will be a new category every few days, so keep an eye on the site for details.

Music Credits

Outro Music - Sci Fi - Bensound (https://www.bensound.com)

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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Our newest category, where we celebrate cool mechanics and gameplay and structure in the things we liked this year.

This podcast is also available as a video, via the site or our YouTube channel

There will be a new category every few days, so keep an eye on the site for details.

Music Credits

Outro Music - Sci Fi - Bensound (https://www.bensound.com)

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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If you think that there was some great games released this year, you should see the ones still being worked on!

This podcast is also available as a video, via the site or our YouTube channel

There will be a new category every few days, so keep an eye on the site for details.

Music Credits

Outro Music - Sci Fi - Bensound (https://www.bensound.com)

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 that time of year again.

We start our yearly run down of the best and least best games of the previous year with 20xx Game of the Year, our favourite game that didn't... actually come out in 2020.

This podcast is also available as a video, via the site or our YouTube channel

There will be a new category every few days, so keep an eye on the site for details.

Music Credits

Outro Music - Sci Fi - Bensound (https://www.bensound.com)

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

We're back, now in 2021! We're going to talk about everything we've missed after our January break.

We Played...

• Euan very quickly talks about Hitman 3 and The Medium, more to come later
• Euan is pleasantly surprised by Immortals: Fenyx Rising and infuriated by Destruction All-Stars
• Calum returns to Final Fantasy 14 and that's not a bad thing. He also goes rootin and/or tootin against horrifying creatures in Hunt: Showdown

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• 2:08 - Hitman 3
• 8:26 - The Medium
• 9:06 - Immortals: Fenyx Rising
• 28:31 - Final Fantasy XIV
• 46:55 - Music Intermission
• 49:07 - Destruction: All Stars
• 1:06:13 - Apex Legends Season 8
• 1:09:10 - Hunt: Showdown
• 1:21:51 - News - Mass Effect Legendary Edition
• 1:30:07 - News - Xbox Live Gold Price Increase/Reversal
• 1:35:48 - News - CD Projekt RED's Cyberpunk 2077 Non-Apology
• 1:52:16 - News - Google Stadia Closes Internal Studios
• 1:54:28 - News - Akira Yamaoka Accidentally Announced

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

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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The final regular show of 2020, and it's a long long conversation about the hot game of the season.

We Played...

• Euan plays story/exploration game Haven, a dramatic departure from the studios previous work.
• Calum talks about the new Destiny 2 Raid, Deep Stone Crypt
• We talk at length about Cyberpunk 2077. No cyber stone is left cyber un-turned. Cyber.

Links We Talk About...

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• 1:29 - Destiny 2 Raid - Deep Stone Crypt
• 5:38 - Haven
• 21:08 - Cyberpunk 2077 - Crunch and Terrible Marketing
• 24:27 - Cyberpunk 2077 - The Genre of Cyberpunk, and the Tabletop Game
• 47:25 - Music Interlude
• 50:12 - Cyberpunk 2077 - Game Mechanics and Structure
• 58:12 - Cyberpunk 2077 - Narrative and Johnny Silverhand
• 1:29:59 - Cyberpunk 2077 - The Bugs
• 1:47:47 - Cyberpunk 2077 - The Discourse, Review Scores, and Reviewer Harrassment
• 2:04:59 - Other Cyberpunk Games and Media You Should Check Out

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

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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As the year winds down, we talk about the last few new releases. It just happens that that is Destiny so....

We Played...

• Euan bought a Playstation 5, surprisingly. He uses this to play old PS4 games like The Last Guardian
• Very small Yakuza: Like a Dragon, keep an eye out for a video for more details
• Calum plays GTFO for the first time and is still stressed about it. He also talks at length about Destiny 2: Beyond Light and it's impact on Destiny as a game.

Want to jump to something specific?...

• 7:03 - Buying a PlayStation 5 at Launch
• 21:12 - Using the PlayStation 5
• 36:46 - The Last Guardian
• 56:18 - Yakuza: Like a Dragon
• 1:01:11 - Music Interlude
• 1:04:48 - GTFO
• 1:10:27 - Destiny 2: Beyond Light
• 1:48:23 - News - The World Ends With You Sequel Announced

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

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

I write this while I should be playing Destiny so....

We Played...

• Euan plans destructive heists in Teardown, tries to survive hard winter with friends in Project Winter, and tries coop chaos simulator Strange Brigade
• Calum discusses the ups and one massive down of Apex Legends: Season 7
• We talk at length about Watch Dogs: Legion. It gets kind of philosophical.

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• 13:46 - Umurangi Generation
• 14:39 - Strange Brigade
• 21:48 - Teardown
• 26:19 - Apex Legends Season 7
• 54:25 - Music Intermission 
• 56:22 - Watch Dogs: Legion
• 1:26:31 - News - HITRecord and Ubisoft
• 1:29:55 - News - Backwards Compatibility With New Consoles
• 1:34:38 - News - N7 Day / Mass Effect Legendary Edition / New Mass Effect

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

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