Side Quest Heroes

I Hurd a Rumour You Play Doom?...

Unfortunately Clive couldn’t make it this week, but we got a special guest! This week Raymond is joined by friend of the show & bassist for rock group Royal Autumn, Ciaran Hurd. 

Join them as they discuss what they've been playing, platinum trophies, remakes of PS1 games & a brief history of Doom.

Check out Royal Autumn at:

• http://www.royalautumnband.com
• facebook.com/royalautumnband
• instagram.com/royalautumnband

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Intro /Outro Music: ‘Beats of Rage’ by Cookiefied

Segment Music: 'What You Been Playin?' by Cookiefied

It's written in the stars!

In this episode, Clive & Ray are joined by a very special guest. Friend of the show, video game narrative designer & writer extraordinaire, Brian Lelas. They discuss the jaw dropping news that Microsoft are buying Bethesda!

They also talk about their favourite (or not so favourite) video games inspired by other mediums, favourite books / movies / tv shows inspired by video games and also their favourite writing / storylines in a video game. Clive also tries his best to try & get a blue Halo Infinite t-shirt off Phil Spencer.

Be sure to check out Brian's amazing work at: http://www.brianlelasbooks.com/

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Intro Music: ‘Beats of Rage’ by Cookiefied

Segment Music: 'What You Been Playin?' by Cookiefied

Outro Music: 'Token of Appreciation' by Cookiefied

The Greatest Show-case!

In this episode (recorded on September 14th 2020), Clive & Ray talk about the upcoming PS5 Showcase (scheduled for September 16th 2020) & make some predictions as to what will be shown & what they would like to see.

Then.....they travel into the future to after the event (September 19th 2020) & talk about what was showcased & give their take on the revealed price, release dates & pre-order debacle.

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Intro / outro music: ‘Beats of Rage’ by Cookiefied

Interlude music: ‘Orchestral Funk’ by Cookiefied

Our favourite Chaos Emeralds....I mean Hidden Gems!

In this episode, Ray & Clive discuss their favourite hidden gems / underappreciated games over the years. They also discuss the XBox Series S leaks & announcement, Minecraft coming to PSVR & the Super Mario 3D All-Stars Collection announcement for Nintendo Switch.

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Intro / outro music: ‘Beats of Rage’ by Cookiefied

Feeling a bit cosplayful!

Unfortunately Ray couldn’t make it this week, but we got a special guest! Filling in for Ray is Jonny from the Dystropia podcast. In this episode Clive & Jonny discuss their favourite Video Game cosplayers, prop makers, costume gadgets & recall their Dublin Comic Con adventures...as well as their Troy Baker man-crushes.

Mentions include:

• Alyson Tabbitha - Exceptional cosplayer who specialises in transformations into the character they are cosplaying. Check out her YouTube for cosplay tutorials.

• Danielle Denicola - Talented all around cosplayer. Check out her Bakugo costume & follow her on Twitch.

• Sarah Hendo - Talented all around cosplayer with great crafting skills. Check out her Samus costume & follow her on Twitch.

• Jessica Nigri - Talented all around cosplayer with great crafting skills. Check out her Alexstrasza costume & her YouTube channel.

• Kamui Cosplay - Talented all around cosplayer who makes amazing outfits. Check out her Brigitte shield on her YouTube channel.

• MadeYewLook - Talented cosplayer with amazing body paint skills. Check out her YouTube channel.

• MichaelCthulhu - Specialist at making real weapons. Check out his YouTube channel.

• Mark Meer - Great cosplayer & Commander Shepard from Mass Effect himself.

• OdinMakes- Talented prop maker. Check out his YouTube channel for movie prop tutorials.

• SuperRobotNinja- Talented prop maker & cosplayer. Check out his Spider-Man outfits.

• Adam Savage - Great Comic Con videos. Check out his Hellboy cosplay.

Other shout outs include:

Punished Props, KeeperCosplay, PoleezeCosplay, HocusPocusIreland, Talas1105, Taraanosaur and Ray himself.

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Intro music: ‘Beats of Rage’ by Cookiefied

Outro music: ‘Token of Appreciation’ by Cookiefied

Listen, I wanna be exclusive!

In this episode, with next gen consoles on the horizon, Ray & Clive discuss their favourite current gen console exclusives across Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PS4. They also discuss what next gen console they are thinking of buying right now.

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Intro / outro music: ‘Beats of Rage’ by Cookiefied

Brrrrraaaaaiiiiinnnnnsssss!

In this episode Ray & Clive discuss horror video games. The good & the bad, the use of VR, the best use of zombies & more.

Intro music: ‘Beats of Rage’ by Cookiefied

Outro music: ‘Orchestral Funk’ by Cookiefied

Note: Apologies for the audio quality in this episode. We were having technical issues during the recording of this one.

Podcast.....Assemble!

In this episode Ray & Clive discuss superhero video games. The good & the bad growing up, the current state of superhero video games, the Square Enix: Marvel’s Avengers Spider-Man PS4 exclusivity controversy & discuss what they would like to see improved going forward.

Intro / outro music: ‘Beats of Rage’ by Cookiefied

In the beta episode of this podcast (untitled at the time), Ray & Clive discuss the first games they remember playing as children, the ones that really stuck with them & also give their thoughts on the next generation of consoles.