Mana Break

By Mana Break

Mana Break is a trip through the vast breadth of the video, tabletop and board gaming worlds, presented by two fantastic British blokes (if we do say so ourselves). From our thoughts on the latest new... more

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The podcast currently has 34 episodes available.

Mana Break episodes:

July 20, 2020 Episode 24: Wielding Warhammers
We're exploring the world of Warhammer from an outsider's perspective today on Mana Break, looking at Huw & Sam's prior experiences with Games Workshop's flagship product, and the public perception that surrounds it!
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36min
July 16, 2020 Episode 23: Whistle While You Games Workshop
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We're kicking off nearly a whole month of Warhammer-focused episodes today on Mana Break! Join Huw and Sam as they explore the history of Games Workshop, and how three friends took a mail-order board game business and turned it into one of gaming's biggest companies!
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33min
July 13, 2020 Episode 22: The Exclusive Scoop
We are back! We've rested, recharged and returned to bring you more episodes explore the weird, wild and wonderful world of gaming. Today, we're finishing off our look into console gaming as Sam and Huw go through their favourite exclusive games of the variety of consoles they've owned!
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1h 14min
June 25, 2020 Episode 21: A Few of Our Favourite Things
We've covered a lot of history in the last 20 episodes of Mana Break, so it's time to sit back and look at a little of our own! In this episode, Huw & Sam discuss their favourite facts and moments from Mana Break's baby steps into the podcasting world, and what exactly's kept us going.
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54min
June 22, 2020 Episode 20: THE FUTUUUUUUUUUURE!
We're turning our eyes forward for once on Mana Break, as we take advantage of the recent PS5 announcement to talk about what we think the future of console gaming is going to look like. In a sector where we're rapidly reaching a peak of graphics and gameplay technology, how are console developers going to make their offerings truly unique?
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43min
June 18, 2020 Episode 19: Moonlight Sonyata
We're diving back into the world of consoles once more! In this episode, we're looking at the reign of Sony at the head of the console pack with the PS2, and how new entrants diversified the console market into what we know and play today. And then, one wrong phrasing from Sam sends it all tumbling back into chaos...
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51min
June 15, 2020 Episode 18: Getting our License
We're looking at the world of licensed games today on Mana Break. Is it really the cesspool of movie tie-in shovelware it's reputed to be, or do we too-often dismiss an interesting area of gaming opportunities purely because they're based on existing properties?
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51min
June 11, 2020 Episode 17: We do what Nintendon't
It's time for war - console war, specifically! In the first of another 2-parter, we're looking at the early history of home gaming, and how that began to develop into the consoles we game on today!
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41min
June 08, 2020 Episode 16: Way Back in The Day
Today, we're talking about the world of retro gaming once more, looking at the place it has established for itself in the modern world, and how the impact of those old games can still be felt today!
We're sponsored today by the Super Politics Podcast! If you've got in interest in the weird, zany side of the political sphere, we'd heartily recommend you give them a listen on Spotify!
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39min
June 04, 2020 Episode 15: The One Where E.T. Breaks Us
Listen through to the end on this one - trust us, it's worth it. In this episode, we're looking at the time where an extra-terrestrial visitor managed to kill the home-gaming industry off for years, in the Great Video Game Crash of 1983!
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34min

FAQs about Mana Break:

How many episodes does Mana Break have?

The podcast currently has 34 episodes available.