Gaming Garnish

Get out your art pallet's, as this episode we're diving into games as an art form and everything surrounding it. We've got our usual segments too like 'what we're playing' and 'gaming news', hope you enjoy!

Intro - 00:00

What we’re playing:

Ben (Carrion) - 03:58

Brad (Real Life COD & Witcher?) - 09:30

Jake (Locking in with Baldur's Gate 3) - 17:11

Joe (Monster Hunter Wilds & The Love for Gunlance!) - 20:06

Gaming News:

Xbox Accounts, Xbox & Steam and Xbox Handheld? - 29:32

Space Marine 3 Announcement - 41:06

Oblivion Remake Rumours - 44:06

AC Shadows Reviews - 50:10

Game's coming up (April 25) - 53:31

Socials - 1:08:32

Special Segment: The Art of Games - 1:10:53

Outro - 1:53:53

It’s time for another episode of the podcast and we’ve got a jam packed one as usual. It’s finally time for Joe to play Monster Hunter Wilds, a Pokémon presents shows off Legends ZA and we play the charming, indie darling and isometric zelda/souls like, Tunic! for our buried by backlog section.

Intro - 00:00

What we’re playing:

Brad (Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty) - 03:22

Ben (The Factory grows... into a server) - 12:53

Joe (Monster Hunter Wilds) - 16:37

Jake (Bit of Marvel Rivals, bit of Baldur's Gate 3) - 26:11

Gaming News:

Finally Fable Gameplay - 27:40

The Warner Bros Disaster - 32:14

Pokémon Presents - 37:46

New GameAnnouncements - 51:26

No Last of Us Part 3? - 56:02

Other News - 59:44

Socials - 1:06:06

Buried by Backlog (Tunic) - 1:07:30

Next Backlog Game & Outro - 2:06:13

Join us for another episode of the podcast and this timewe’ve been playing a lot. From Ben getting a fancy new handheld with the Steam Deck, to Brad getting hands on with the Elden Ring: Nightreign network test. We’ve also got plenty of news to talk through too, including PlayStation’s recent State of Play. We hope you enjoy the feast!

Intro – 00:00

What we’re playing:

Ben (Getting a Steam Deck!)  – 03:32

Joe (Switch Online Emulation) – 13:05

Joe & Jake (Halo Raech) – 16:54

Jake (Dragonball: Sparking Zero) – 21:47

Brad (Finishing Final Fantasy 16) – 38:28

Brad (Elden Ring: Nightreign, Network Test) – 41:03

Gaming News:

Marvel Rivals Layoffs – 59:55

Xbox MUSE AI – 1:03:48

PlayStation devs we’re forced to make live services? – 1:07:59

Pokémon Rerelease Rumours – 1:12:55

Games Coming Up (March 2025) – 1:15:58

Socials – 1:29:02

Sony State of Play – 1:31:24

Outro – 2:12:34

This episode has been well and truly Overthrown! It’s thatshareholder time of year so we’ve got news on company shakeups, strategies and unfortunately out of touch quotes to talk about. It’s not all gloomy though, we also all managed to attend Liverpool Anime & Gaming Con and we cover the early access, superpowered, town-builder, Overthrown in this months Buried by Backlog section.

Intro – 00:00

What we’re playing:

Joe (Fire Emblem: Engage & Monster Hunter Wilds BETA) – 6:56

Brad (Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty) – 16:45

Jake (What Remains of Edith Finch) – 23:28

Finally getting Ben into Marvel Rivals – 33:09

Liverpool Anime & Gaming Con – 38:22

Gaming News:

PlayStation CEO Shakeup – 49:25

Xbox’s 3rd Party Strategy – 54:18

EA has learned nothing – 1:00:34

GTA Release Date – 1:07:53

Socials – 1:12:11

Buried by Backlog (Overthrown) – 1:14:35

Next Month’s Backlog Game & Outro – 1:46:56

We’ve got a jam-packed episode this time, fill your plates

Intro – 00:00

What we’re playing:

Ben (Of course it’s Factorio) – 00:34

Brad (Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown) – 04:28

Brad (A Way Out & Cyberpunk 2077) – 09:48

Joe (Hauntii) – 18:06

Jake (Halo: Reach) – 21:47

Jake & Brad (The First Berserker: Khazan) – 28:37

Gaming News:

Switch 2 Reveal – 35:02

Sony Live Service Cancellations – 48:24

Elon Musk = Fake Gamer – 55:28

The Sham of $100 games – 59:17

Xbox Developer Direct – 1:06:49

Game Coming Up (Feb 2025) – 1:19:36

Socials – 1:29:37

Special Segment: Unpopular Gaming Opinions – 1:31:15

Outro – 2:00:28

Hope you’re ready for another plate, this episode we chat

Intro – 00:00

What we’re playing:

Joe (Getting into miniature painting) – 01:28

Ben (Factorio: Space Age DLC) – 07:40

Jake (Astro Bot) – 15:40

Brad (Alan Wake 2 DLC’s & Prince of Persia) – 27:36

Gaming News:

CES Overview – 37:58

Switch 2 Leak – 39:14

Nvidia 50 series showcase – 43:33

Games shown at CES – 50:53

New Sony Movie’s/TV Announcements – 58:34

AC Shadows Delay & Upcoming Game Demos – 1:02:48

Socials – 1:06:40

Buried by Backlog (Yakuza: Like a Dragon) – 1:07:40

Next Month’s BBB Game & Outro – 1:42:08

Happy new year! Tune into the first episode of 2025, this time we’re having a casual catch up of the games we’ve been playing over the holiday season and a quick look into the future of gaming in 2025.

Intro & What we’re looking forward to in 2025 – 00:00

What we’re playing:

Jake: Gris – 08:10

Jake & Brad: Marvel Rivals – 14:15

Brad: Both Witcher 3 DLC’s – 25:28

Brad: Final Fantasy XVI – 33:00

Ben: Emulators, VR & Yes the Factory – 44:42

Ben: Console problems & Astro Bot – 56:34

Joe: A Lego themed holiday & Fire Emblem: Engage – 1:07:38

Smaller Gaming News – 1:18:47

Games Coming Up (Jan 2025) – 1:27:04

Quick 2025 Predictions – 1:39:40

Outro – 1:45:42

It’s that time of year again, the time to celebrate all our

Intro – 00:00

The Game Awards – 04:44

Our Top 10 Games of the Year – 01:39:48

Outro – 03:03:02

Join us for another episode of the podcast. Take a seat at the table and relax while we dish up some games we’ve been playing and an overload of gaming news. Hope you've got room for afters too, as this time, in our Buried by Backlog section, we’re also covering the Castlevania inspired Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (spoilers, it didn’t go down so well).

Intro & Listener Question – 00:00

What we’re playing:

Ben (The factory still grows in Factorio) – 08:52

Brad (Arcane Season 2 & a tiny bit of Marvel Rivals) – 12:55

Jake (The Plucky Squire) – 15:58

Joe (Fire Emblem: Engage) – 21:03

Gaming News:

Star Wars Outlaws new updates – 26:34

Baldur’ Gate 3, the game keeps on giving – 31:43

Avowed hands-on impressions – 33:12

The Handheld Console Rumours – 35:08

X Defiant & other games closing down – 43:16

Ex PS CEO recent interviews – 49:18

Horiz… we mean Light of Motiram – 58:46

AI Game studios – 01:03:30

Sex Divers – 01:06:35

Socials – 01:09:21

Buried by Backlog (Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night) – 01:11:18

Outro & The community backlog game – 01:47:49

It’s award season, this time we’re coving the recent golden

Intro – 00:00

What we’re playing:

Jake (Finishing and Gushing over FF7: Rebirth) – 04:22

Joe & Jake (Halo 3 LAN Party) – 17:07

J, J & B (More Space Marine 2!) – 26:13

Ben (The Factory must Grow – Factorio) – 31:25

Ben (City Skylines 2 & Fallout 4 VR) – 37:11

Brad (Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 – Finishing the Campaign) – 44:02

Gaming News:

Mass Effect TV Show gets Director – 49:35

Overwatch Classic – 52:52

Phil Spencer Interviews – 56:13

Games coming up (Dec 2024) – 1:01:10

Socials – 1:17:10

Special Segment:

Golden Joysticks & More News – 1:19:45

Game of the Year Nominees – 1:31:43

Outro – 1:56:06