The Boss Wave Podcast

This week all manner of horrors occur as Chris is away so Rob takes over hosting and then Rob and Mark (and now you lucky listeners) get to listen to Nat's climactic tale of the destruction of his bollocks. Mercifully they do eventually get on to gaming news, of which topics discussed include: Quantum Break reviews, Dark Souls III reviews, no "Xbox One and a half", PSVR coming to PC?, new PS4 firmware, new Uncharted 4 footage and Trump Effect.

Games played and discussed this week include: Lords of the Fallen, Hitman, Lifeline, The Division, Galak-Z: The Dimensional and Witcher 3.

Retro Wave Review
Robocop Vs Terminator

Game Music:
Galak-Z: The Dimensional

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This week Chris, Rob and Mark (Nat's off looking after his family again) get around the lack of gaming news by opening the podcast talking about all the films they've been watching over the Easter holiday. Once that's out of the way they get back on topic and discuss: The Oculus Rift release, PS4.5/PS4K, PS+ and Games with Gold freebies comparison and the Final Fantasy XV release date being revealed.

Games played and discussed this week include: The Division, Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, Assault Android Cactus and The Witcher 3.

Retro Wave Review
Snake Rattle 'n' Roll

Game Music:
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia

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This week Chris, Rob, Nat and Mark discuss all the big news from the week in gaming including: The PS4.5/PS4K, Sony's closes Driveclub and Motorstorm developers Evolution Studios, the Wii U stopping production in 2016, free season passes for Fallout 4 (briefly) and Microsoft asking whether players would be willing to sell back their digital games for 10% of their value. We also catch up with Nat on the shenanigans he got up to on his stag do and stay up to date on the condition of his private parts.

Games played and discussed this week include: SOMA, The Division, Rocket League, The Witcher 3 and Salt and Sanctuary.

Retro Wave Review
Super Castlevania IV

Game Music:
Assault Android Cactus

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This week Chris, Rob, Nat and Mark discuss all the big news from the week in gaming including a couple of biggies including: The price and release date revealed for PlayStation VR, Microsoft's new willingness to allow cross-play and thoughts on new information on No Man's Sky. We also introduce a new feature, Retro Wave Review where we all play the same retro game nominated by one of us and then discuss our thoughts on it and how it stands up to the modern world (basically an excuse to allow Chris to carry on playing only games released over a decade ago).

Games played and discussed this week include: SOMA, PlayStation TV stuff, Rocket League, Hitman beta, The Division, The Witcher 3 and Salt and Sanctuary.

Retro Wave Review
Double Dragon

Game Music:
Salt and Sanctuary

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This week Chris, Rob and Seth (in Nat's absence) discover what it's like to record a podcast with a boozed up host and as a result end up with an overly extended news section due to a lot of people being talked over. Said news discussed this week includes: The release of Tom Clancy's The Division, Microsoft's new Xbox strategy, the shuttering of Lionhead and Press Play, Far Cry Primal recycling the map from Far Cry 4, Hitman reviews, Cyberpunk 2077 not coming any time soon, Beyond Good and Evil 2 rumored as a Nintendo NX exclusive and pre-orders now being available for the upcoming Assassin's Creed (movie).

Games played and discussed this week include: Dying Light, Broforce, Assault Android Cactus, Uncharted 4 Multiplayer Beta, Amplitude, Lego Jurassic World, Galak-Z, Divinity: Original Sin and Yakuza 5 (again).

Game Music:
Chris apparently drinks to forget and as a result he forgot about the game music for this week and just put in Heart is Full by Miike Snow.

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This week Chris and Nat suffer through an extended 'I told you so' from Rob due to his predictions last week for Xbox/PC integration seemingly being confirmed via a Phil Spencer interview. Once the overwhelming smugness has somewhat subsided further news is discussed including: Uncharted 4 trailer faux pas' and beta release, the PSP store closing and PS Vita TV halting production, Fire Emblem Fates selling over 300,000 copies during launch weekend, HTC Vive selling 15,000 units in 10 mins and Hololens development kit news. In amongst all of that we somehow find the time for Chris to tell us about him catching up on a 25 year old TV show and Nat kindly brings us all up to speed on the situation with his genitals.

Games played and discussed this week include: Uncharted 1, Dying Light, Rocket League, Timesplitters 2, SOMA, Undertale, Just Cause 3, Unravel, Divinity: Original Sin and Yakuza 5 (again).

You might also be unsurprised to learn that Rob named this episode.

Game Music:
Soma

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This week Chris, Rob and Nat are joined by Wales' own ExemptMrFish/i11usive_man/[Redacted]/Mark Fisher until Nat and then Mark eventually drop out as the show goes on far too long. Topics discussed this week include: Quantum Break coming to PC, some of Street Fighter V getting released, Far Cry Primal reviews and the HTC Vive requiring a second mortgage.

Games played and discussed this week include: Oxenfree, Lara Croft Go, Just Cause 3, Dying Light: The Following, The Division Beta, Yakuza 5, Divinity: Original Sin, Rocket League, Firewatch, The Witness, SOMA, Undertale, Fallout 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Rebel Galaxy and The Witcher 3.

Game Music:
Undertale

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This week Chris, Rob welcome Fraser Moores back to the show, covering for Nat who is caring for his young family, since apparently as the family ages the caring reduces. Topics discussed include: Firewatch and Unravel reviews, the JXD Singularity and it's shonky website, video game pirates having a gap year, Titanfall 2 and Red Dead Redemption coming and going from the Xbox one. In amongst all of that we somehow find the time for Chris to steer every conversation onto the topic of self abuse, Rob lurks on seemingly every video game forum online and Fraser tries to claim Chris as one of Canada's own.

Games played and discussed this week include: Uncharted 2, a Mario game, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Duck Game, Yakuza 5 and The Witness.

Game Music:
Uncharted

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This week Chris, Rob and Nat pay tribute to their heroes from the Veteran Gamers by waffling for ages about non-gaming stuff at the beginning of the show before finally moving on to discuss: The return of Peter Molyneux, more Kojima stuff, Jonathan Blow's piracy woes, Kickstarter funded booze and strippers, Xcom 2 reviews, Insomniac's new game, PS+ game vote, Pro-gamer cheating and stupid companies trying to copyright words. In amongst all of that we somehow find the time for Chris to tell us about his adventures in slurry and Nat talks about his preferences regarding his proximity to nuts.

Games played and discussed this week include: Wolfenstein: The New Order, Shinobi 3 3D, Life Is Strange, P.T., Rise of the Tomb Raider, Just Cause 3, The Division beta, Her Story, Yakuza 5 and The Witness.

Game Music:
Song of the Deep

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This week Chris, Rob and Nat completely gloss over the fact that they missed a week and get to discussing all thing important in gaming including: Hitman becoming fully episodic, reviews for The Witness and Resident Evil 0 HD, Mighty No. 9 delayed again, Mortal Kombat X no longer supporting PC and EA 'not trying to be a corporate beast'. In amongst all of that we somehow find the time for Chris to profess his love for stories about the Nazis winning the war, Rob gets self-conscious about his hair and Nat threatens to punch a cat.

Games played and discussed this week include: Life is Strange, Wolfenstein: The New Order, a Mario game, The Deadly Tower of Monsters, Oddworld New 'n' Tasty!, Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India, Oxenfree, Just Cause 3, Her Story, Lego Jurassic World, Yakuza 5, The Tomorrow Children Beta and Divinity: Original Sin.

Game Music:
Oxenfree

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