Alex, Paula, and Ric are back again with a very special guest, the head honcho moderator himself: Tiamat! We grilled Tiamat on all his gaming preferences while enjoying his excellent physical collection before discussing games they've beaten, retired, and are playing. They then cast their gaze back to the past to talk about nostalgia in games. They finish it all off with a round of How Long To Beat? The Game!   

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Games Mentioned (in chronological order): 

Castlevania [NES], RealMyst [PC], Boxboy [NDS], Kirby’s Epic Yarn [Wii], Trash Quest, Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes [NDS], Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Guitar Hero [PS2], Guardian Tales [Android], Evoland (Android), The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (GBA), Luigi’s Mansion 2 (3DS), Jack Move (Switch), Guacamelee 2 (PS4), Immortality (PC), Ace Attorney Investigations 2: Prosecutor’s Path [NDS], In Death: Unchained [Oculus], Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin [Switch], The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age [GCN]

Time for the next instalment of New Game+! This is a series where we occasionally revisit a topic from the podcast in more depth for an unedited mini-episode. These episodes run around 45 minutes to an hour. Sometimes our lives get in the way of our recording but we always want to make sure you've got something to enjoy each week! These aren't released on a regular schedule but on an as-needed basis.    

If there's a topic we've covered before that you'd really like to hear us expand upon, then let us know on the HLTB forums, Discord, or at [email protected].  

In this episode of NG+, Paula, Ric, and Alex discuss the rhythm game genre! As well as outlining what makes a game fit into the genre, each host brings five-game recommendations to the table for first-time players and genre veterans!    

HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forum  

00:00:00 - Intro  

Games Mentioned:    

Ric: Tap Tap Revenge, Cytus, Jam with the Band, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call, Persona 4: Dancing All Night, Beat Saber, Before the Echo  

Alex: Rock Band 3, Deemo, Elite Beat Agents, Crypt of the Necrodancer, Cadence of Hyrule, Beat Saber, Everhood, Rhythm Heaven Gold  

Paula: Deemo, Osu!, Hatsune Miku Project Diva X, Metal Hellsinger, Cadence of Hyrule, Taiko no Tatsujin (WITH A TAIKO), Persona 4: Dancing All Night

Alex, Paula, and Ric are back again to talk about the games they've beaten, retired, and are playing. They then tackle the topic of all things gaming adjacent. Fan communities? Video essays? Fan art? The list goes on! They finish it all off with a round of How Long To Beat? The Game!

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Games Mentioned (in chronological order): 

Cyberpunk 2077 [Xbox], Playdate: Week 4, Life’s Too Short [Playdate], Sketch, Share, Solve [Playdate], Days Gone (PS4), Golazo! Soccer League (PC), Automaton Lung (3DS), Live A Live (Switch), Sid Meier’s Civilization VI [PC], Age of Empires IV [PC], Piofiore: Fated Memories [Switch], The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past [NSO Switch], Super Smash Bros. Ultimate [Switch], Guardian Tales [Android], The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (GBA), Railbound (Android), Void Bastards (PC), Luigi’s Mansion 2 (3DS), Deadpool (PS4), Disco Elysium [PC], Live A Live [Switch], Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun [PC], Super Mario Maker 2 [Switch], Resident Evil 2  

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Alex, Paula, and Ric pick up this week on a thread left dangling during last week’s topic and delve into what it means to have an enthusiast or collector’s mindset about gaming. This is nestled neatly between the hosts covering their beaten, retired, and currently playing games, and a new round of How Long To Beat? The Game!   

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Alex, Paula, and Ric take a dive into palette cleanser games. What are they? Why are they? And how can you enjoy them to? This is nestled neatly between the hosts covering their beaten, retired, and currently playing games, and a new round of How Long To Beat? The Game!

HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forum

Email - [email protected]

00:00:00 - Intro

Games Mentioned:

Alex: Bloom [Playdate], Art7 [Playdate], The Conquest of Helios [Playdate], Playdate Week 2 [Playdate], Live A Live [Switch], Cyberpunk 2077 [Xbox], Disco Elysium [PC], Tapeworm Disco Puzzle [Playdate], Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot [Xbox], Sketch, Share, Solve [Playdate]

Ric: RealMyst: Masterpiece Edition (PC), Sayonara Wild Hearts (PS4), DIVINATION (Switch), Metal Slug 5 (Vita), Remnant: From the Ashes (PC), Rocket League (PC), Risk of Rain 2 (PC), Days Gone (PS4), Live A Live (Switch), The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (GBA), Return of the Obra Dinn (PC), Railbound (Android), Automaton Lung (3DS)

Paula: Age of Empires IV [PC], Piofiore: Fated Memories [Switch], The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past [NSO Switch], Railbound [PC]

Alex, Paula, and Ric are back once again to discuss the games they've beaten, retired  and are playing and take a little detour to talk about the current Game of the Month. They roll along a more serious topic: gamifying politics! Should we even be doing that? They round it all off with another round of How Long To Beat? The Game!

HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forum

Discord – https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk

Email - [email protected]

Music – Ian Edward

Graphic design – M4thew

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:15 - Beaten

00:13:10 - Retired

00:17:37 - Playing

00:19:45 - Game of the Month: Link to the Past

00:32:54 - Playing Cont.

01:00:40 - Gamifying Politics

01:47:10 - HLTB The Game

Games Mentioned:

Alex: Dorfromantik [PC], A Joke that’s Worth $0.99 [Playdate], Necrocrisis [Playdate], Ace Attorney Investigations 2: Prosecutor’s Path [NDS], Live A Live [Switch], Cyberpunk 2077 [Xbox], Disco Elysium [PC], The Invisible Hours [PCVR], Bloom [Playdate], Tapeworm Disco Puzzle [Playdate], The Conquest of Helios [Playdate], Chesstris Mini [Playdate], Art7 [Playdate]

Ric: Where Shadows Slumber (Android), Serial Cleaner (Switch), Days Gone (PS4), Remnant: From the Ashes (PC), Live A Live (Switch), Sayonara Wild Hearts (PS4),

Paula: Age of Empires IV [PC], Piofiore: Fated Memories [Switch], The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past [NSO Switch]

Last week the gang tackled vacation gaming and so it only seemed fitting to talk about the reverse this week: gaming while busy! Alex, Paula, and Ric once again discuss the games they've beaten and are playing, but no retirements this week. They round it all off with another round of How Long To Beat? The Game!  

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As the summer holidays draw to a close, Alex, Paula, and Ric discuss holiday gaming in this week’s episode topic. You can see in the timestamps that the topic falls after discussing the hosts’ beaten, retired, and currently playing games, but before your weekly dose of How Long To Beat? The Game! [the timestamps do render this paragraph somewhat redundant but that’s the format and I’m not about to screw with it at episode 84 maybe some other time]

HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forum

Music – Ian Edward

00:00:00 - Intro

Games:

Paula: Myst [PC], Age of Empires IV [PC], Piofiore: Fated Memories [Switch]

Ric: Undertale (Vita), Days Gone (PS4), Remnant: From the Ashes (PC), Live A Live (Switch), Where Shadows Slumber (Android), Gunstar Super Heroes (GBA), Cursed to Golf (Switch), Serial Cleaner (Switch), Animal Crossing: Wild World (DS)

Alex: Age of Empires IV [PC], The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II [PC], Shadowrun: Returns [PC], Sniper Elite V2 Remastered [PC], Final Fantasy IV [GBA], Glass Masquerade [Switch], Ace Attorney Investigations 2: Prosecutor’s Path [NDS], Live A Live [Switch], Resident Evil 4 VR [Oculus], Piczle Lines DX [Switch]

Ric, Paula and Alex are back once again with a - probably - unhealthy dose of games to talk about! As always, they talk about the games they’ve beaten, retired and been playing; then Paula sings the song of her people, as they tackle the topic of Age of Empires IV; and they finish off the episode with the hit game How Long To Beat? The Game!

HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forum

Discord – https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk

Email - [email protected]

Music – Ian Edward

Graphic design – M4thew

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:41 - Beaten

00:32:03 - Retired

00:46:25 - Playing

01:19:45 - Age of Empires IV

01:59:51 - HLTB The Game

Games Mentioned:

Paula: Stardew Valley [PC],  Age of Empires IV [PC], Piofiore: Fated Memories [Switch], Hashihime of the Old Book Town [PC], Collar x Malice [Vita], Pokemon Conquest [DS], TLoZ: Ocarina of Time [N64]

Ric: The Witcher (PC), Secret of Mana (Vita), Tangle Tower (Switch), Broforce (Switch), Alive4Ever (iOS), Lofi Ping Pong (Switch), Dodgeball Academia (PC), Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (PC), Days Gone (PS4), Undertale (Vita), Live A Live (Switch), Remnant: From the Ashes (PC), Where Shadows Slumber (Android),

Alex: Pokemon Puzzle League [N64], Unmemory [PC], Piczle Colors [Switch], Threaded [Switch], Mario Tennis [N64], Mario Golf [N64], Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards [N64], Dr. Mario 64 [N64], Star Wars: Rebel Assault II [PC], Ace Attorney Investigations 2: Prosecutor’s Path [NDS], Live A Live [Switch], Glass Masquerade [Switch], Age of Empires IV [PC]

Time for the next instalment of New Game+! This is a series where we occasionally revisit a topic from the podcast in more depth for an unedited mini-episode. These episodes run around 45 minutes to an hour. Sometimes our lives get in the way of our recording but we always want to make sure you've got something to enjoy each week! These aren't released on a regular schedule but on an as-needed basis.  

If there's a topic we've covered before that you'd really like to hear us expand upon, then let us know on the HLTB forums, Discord, or at [email protected].  

In this episode of NG+, Paula, Ric, and Alex discuss the Point & Click genre! As well as outlining what makes a game fit into the genre, each host brings five-game recommendations to the table for first-time players and genre veterans!  

Music – Ian Edward 

Graphic design – M4thew  

Games Mentioned: