Should I Play This Game Podcast

Graham and Steve get futuristically historical this time around on the SIPTG podcast, with quite the number of games played to discuss - with 20 games in total! What a time to be hanging out!

Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 1:15 - Graham's Games 35:25 - Steve's Games 1:15:47 - Beginning of the End

Games Mentioned: Satisfactory The Alters Lighthaze World Metropolis 1998 Minos Barkour Keeper Tower Dominion Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor Doom Eternal Sword of the Sea Gemporium Little Laps Herdling Letters to Arralla Hell Clock The Rogue Prince of Persia Doom: The Dark Ages - Premium Edition ARC Raiders

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Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music

After completing the annual ritual sacrifice, Graham and Steve gather around the pyre for discussion of 'cozy' games, the games of note for October, and Steve's internet odyssey!

Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 2:47 - Steve's Games 34:00 - Graham's Games 36:55 - Upcoming Games for October 2025 45:40 - Beginning of the End

Games Mentioned: Tower Dominion Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Wheel World Rekindled Trails Drill Core Islanders: New Shores Tall Trails Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor Primal Planet Misc. A Tiny Tale Bullets & Brains Reflex Unit: Strike Ops Satisfactory

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Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music

Graham and Steve step in from the cold to have a look at the substantial list of the games of September, just what the hell a game named 'DarkSwitch' could possibly be, accidental file deletions, and plenty more!

Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 1:32 - Steve's Games 25:56 - Graham's Games 39:29 - Upcoming Games for September 2025 59:52 - Beginning of the End

Games Mentioned: Satisfactory Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands DarkSwitch Gears of War: Reloaded Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Driftwood Revenge of the Savage Planet Chronicles of the Wolf Astro Prospector Super Roboy Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo Pip My Dice

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Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music

The boys have convalesced enough for another episode of Australia's longest running amateur video game podcast (maybe?)! This time around, the difficult balance of difficulty in games, the even-greater difficulty in trying to balance fun and 'depth' in games, and the most-difficult of all: stepping into the job of sending the right superhero to the right crime-in-progress!

Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 2:46 - Graham's Games 20:09 - Steve's Games 52:45 - Beginning of the End

Games Mentioned: Satisfactory Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands Dispatch Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Somber Echoes Haneda Girl Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo Super Roboy Cyber Knights: Flashpoint Achilles: Survivor Revenge of the Savage Planet Squeakross: Home Squeak Home Driftwood

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SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark

Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music

Graham and Steve return to a seated and upright position to talk about the upcoming games of note for August, a return to the (whisper) Wildlands, games breaking and the bummer that becomes, word games that 'borrow' some Balatro elements, and plenty more!

Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 01:03 - Graham's Games 09:36 - Steve's Games 43:40 - Upcoming Games for August 2025 55:14 - Beginning of the End

Games Mentioned: The Drifter Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands Satisfactory Word Play Capcom Fighting Collection 2 Nice Day for Fishing Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown Reality Break

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SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark

Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music

Graham and Steve batten down the hatches for some more video game-related talky-talk, including the use of 'AI' in the new Everybody's Golf (and the 'nature' of this whole 'AI' malarky), the peaks and valleys of Deliver At All Costs, the interesting new XCOM-like Early Access title Every Day We Fight, and much more!

Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 5:44 - Graham's Games 40:00 - Steve's Games 1:12:38 - Beginning of the End

Games Mentioned: Every Day We Fight Pioneers of Pagonia Split Fiction The Drifter Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream Dawn Apart Nice Day for Fishing Zombie Rollerz: The Last Ship Skin Deep Shotgun Cop Man Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping No Way Home Last Vanguard Deliver At All Costs

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SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark

Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music

Graham and Steve take time out of dimensional (and generical!)-hopping, bring tales of Microsoft's most recent layoffs, the upcoming games of July, the implications of 'artificial intelligence', and plenty more!

Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro & News 19:30 - Steve's Games 51:30 - Graham's Games 58:00 - Upcoming Games for July 2025 1:11:15 - Beginning of the End

Games Mentioned: Split Fiction Sacre Bleu Tempest Rising Promise Mascot Agency Soulstone Survivors Skin Deep Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3

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SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark

Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music

Graham and Steve countdown to blast off by running through some of the highlights of Not-E3 and the recent Steam Next Fest, the problem with game discoverability, and the played games of the last few weeks as well!

Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 3:38 - Graham's Games 49:39 - Steve's Games 1:23:33 - Summer Games Fest 2025 Review 1:53:56 - Beginning of the End

Games Mentioned: Hell Clock Life Below Stario: Haven Tower Town to City TerraTech Legion Rollick N' Roll Match & Mastery Formula Legends Modulus Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream The First Berserker: Khazan Wings of Endless FBC: Firebreak Atomfall Mandragora Promise Mascot Agency Jump Ship Tempest Rising Bloodshed Bionic Bay

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Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music

Steve and Graham hop back in the saddle, after a few weeks of real-lifin', to look at the incoming games of June, Steve's PC 'fun times', contrasting Deliver At All Costs and The Precinct, and plenty more!

Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 09:07 - Steve's Games 41:38 - Graham's Games 1:26:54 - Upcoming Games for June 2025 1:33:04 - Beginning of the End

Games Mentioned: Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping The Precinct Deliver At All Costs South of Midnight Nice Day for Fishing Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 Tempest Rising Republic of Pirates AI Limit Gunbot Diplomacy Stickman Strikes: Conquer Fantasy World South of Midnight StarVaders The First Berserker: Khazan Blue Prince Traveler's Refrain

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SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark

Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music

Off the back of trips of different kinds, Graham and Steve see fit to talk about a number of games, being wrong about games of the past, and more!

Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 4:45 - Graham's Games 39:50 - Steve's Games 55:15 - Beginning of the End

Games Mentioned: Satisfactory South of Midnight Nice Day for Fishing Spilled! Revenge of the Savage Planet AI Limit Assassin's Creed Shadows Peglin Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 StarVaders Doom Eternal

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SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark

Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music