Gamers of the Lost Spark

This week Stuart and Antony are back together to chat about all the latest happenings in the world of games.  PlayStation have launched the PlayStation 5 website which means that a PS5 reveal is imminent, we can only hope.  Nvidia have launched their game streaming platform, GeForce and Xbox Game Quests has had a major update giving you even more chances to turn those achievements into cash.

In what we’ve been playing Stuart has taken on the Crystal Maze in real life and in the gaming world taken on demons in DOOM.  Antony gives his final hands-on impression of A Plague Tale as he rolls the credits on this Xbox Game Pass gem.

All this and more on episode 176 of the Lost Spark Podcast, enjoy!

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This week on the Lost Spark Podcast Stuart and Antony discuss all the latest gaming news including Atari getting into the Hotel Business, Media Molecule holding the first IMPY awards, their own award ceremony for content created in Dreams and Nintendo’s smartphone games have made over $1 billion!!

In the hands-on section Stuart has gone back to the voxel hack-n-slash Riverbond to finish the story and mop up those final achievements.  Antony has also been enjoy the voxel graphic style with Touryst, a action adventure game on the Switch.

Also this week Antony has been playing a new Xbox Game Pass gem A Plague Tale: Innocence; this stealthy adventure game set in France during the Hundred Year War tells the tale of a brother and sister escaping the Inquisition and the hordes of rats that have evade the french countryside.

All this and more on episode 175 of the Lost Spark Podcast, enjoy!

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James’ Viva Piñata Crochet for Special Effect

IMPY Award Winners

CDKeys Pre-order for Animal Crossing

Animal Crossing Themed Switch Controllers

This week on the Lost Spark Podcast Stuart and Antony are back to discuss the delays that have hit some key titles in 2020; what does this mean for the start of the year? How does this affect the next generation of consoles and can they remember to the quote from Shigeru Miyamoto about a delayed game (spoiler: NOPE!).

In the hands-on section this week Stuart recounts his epic achievement hunt over Christmas, playing a whopping 11 games and bumping his gamer score by 17,000 points!!  This week Antony has been deep into the city-building survival game, Frostpunk and the incredibly impactful Sea of Solitude, now available on EA Access.

All this and more on episode 174 of the Lost Spark Podcast, enjoy!

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James’ Viva Piñata Crochet for Special Effect

Top 20 easiest achievement games of 2019

5000 gamerscore in 2 hours

It’s here, it’s the Lost Spark game of the year 2019 podcast!  This week James, Steve and Antony run through their top 3 games of the year, discuss the highs and lows of 2019 and try to predict what’s ahead in 2020.

Also in the hands-on section this week the guys recap the games they played and bunny forts they built (well James did) over the Christmas break.  James has discovered a game that scratches the Pokemon Snap itch he didn’t know he had, Toripon and also jumps back into Jurassic World Evolution to play the new Jurassic Park expansion.  He also talks about his time with Outer Wilds, a game that took a while to get there but has really hooked him and the rest of the Sparks.

Steve has been jumping into God of War, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Luigi’s Mansion and Antony has been decorating up a storm with Tool’s Up and platforming around the world with Yooka Laylee.

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James’ Viva Piñata Crochet for Special Effect

In our final Lost Spark Podcast of 2019 Stuart and Antony take to the mics to talk about the arrival of the next Xbox, Xbox Series X.  This week the guys talk about the Game Awards announcement, the specs and just how awesome it looks!

Hands-on this week include more Demon’s Tilt as the leaderboard battles heat up and Stuart has previews of both  Tool’s Up, the Overcooked style DIY game and Terminator: Resistance.  Antony is up to mischief in the Untitled Goose Game, now available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox Game Pass.

All this and whole lot of Star Wars chatter in episode 172 of the Lost Spark Podcast – enjoy!

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James’ Viva Piñata Crochet for Special Effect

Star Wars Battlefront II trailer

As we get closer to the end of 2019 and the end of this decade James and Antony take a moment to reminisce through the years and pick their ultimate game of the decade.

Hands-on this week include the new obsession that is sweeping through the Sparks and that is the mighty Demon’s Tilt, a demonic take on pinball that has already started a leaderboard battle to end all leaderboard battles.

James has also been Luigi’s Mansion 3 (of course), Death Stranding and during his deliberation for game of the decade remembered a classic stand-out game, Gunpoint.  Also to round off James’ list of games he has jumped into Ori and the Blind Forest and Guacamelee 2.

Antony rounds off the hands-on section with Halo Reach as he takes the 4K HDR version of this outstanding Halo title for a spin.

All this and lots more in episode 171 of the Lost Spark Podcast – enjoy!

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This week on the Lost Spark Podcast Stuart and Antony are celebrating 25 glorious years of the PlayStation with a look back over favourite consoles, first games and favourite PlayStation games of all time (we cheat just a little).

Hands-on reviews this week include a post-credit grumpy (because it’s over) review of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order from Stuart.  Antony talks about his time so far with Pokemon Sword and he has jumped back into Forza Horizon 4 to fill the Forza-less hole that’s in this year of gaming.

In the news this week Mario Maker 2 get a surprise update, Resident Evil 3 box art has been leaked and an iconic map returns to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.

All this and lots more in episode 170 of the Lost Spark Podcast – enjoy!

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James’ Viva Piñata Crochet for Special Effect

Mario Maker 2 Update Trailer

Fresh from X019 and a galaxy far far away Stuart and Antony are here to talk about all things X019; the event, that controller, the cool swag and all of the great announcements coming to Xbox, Game Pass and Project xCloud this year and beyond.

In the hands-on section the guys talk about their time playing Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, in this no-spoiler hands-on Stuart and Antony talk about the journey of excitement, worry and finally elation when playing Jedi Fallen Order.

We also have hands-on with Call of Duty Modern Warfare, After Party and Pokemon Sword.

In the news section this week we have the latest on the Stadia launch, the Video Game nominees are in and we have the latest on Half Life: Alyx

All this and lots more in episode 169 of the Lost Spark Podcast – enjoy!

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James’ Viva Piñata Crochet on Etsy

Game Award Nominees

Half Life: Alyx

This week on the Lost Spark Podcast Luigi Super Fan James and Antony take to the mics to talk about all things Luigi’s Mansion 3.  Join the guys as they take you through an in-depth hands-on review of a must-have game for 2019.

As well as busting ghost James and Antony have taken on Death Stranding and have been pleasantly surprised by how amazing this game is to play.

Also in our hands-on section James somehow had time to also play Lonely Mountains: Downhill, Outer Worlds and Felix the Reaper.

In the news section this week we talk about the Stadia launch, which is less than a week away, Microsoft tease a surprise or 2 at the X019 event and Sonic the Movie is back and this time he actually looks like Sonic.

All this and lots more in episode 168 of the Lost Spark Podcast – enjoy!

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This week on the Lost Spark Podcast Steve and Antony take to the mics to talk about games, beer and woodworking??  Join the guys as they talk about all the latest gaming news including the shake ups at Sony and what this means for the PlayStation 5, the top 20 downloads on the PlayStation store for October and those divisive Death Stranding reviews.  Is Death Stranding a work of art or just a walking sim, find out on the Lost Spark Podcast.

In the hands-on section this week Steven is taking a break from Borderlands 3 to jump into Outer Worlds, available now on PS4 and Xbox Game Pass.  Antony has been rolling credits on both Concrete Genie and Modern Warfare and started playing the amazing Luigi’s Mansion 3 but we’ll have more about that next week when the resident Luigi Super-Fan, James is here.

All this and lots more in episode 167 of the Lost Spark Podcast – enjoy!

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Lego 1989 Batmobile