The Crate and Crowbar

By The Crate and Crowbar

A group of friends who work in the games industry meet up once a week to talk about PC games over a drink. “Off-the-cuff” is a polite way to say “unprofessional”, right?... more

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July 14, 2017Episode 197: Turd Act Plort Twist
Pip, Tom and Chris discuss VR, Hollow Knight, Slime Rancher, a little PUBG, esports, whether or not we should have more wine, and puns.
Plus: quadges from quadges, bodily censure, the 7/10 fallacy, and loads more. Be summoned by the hot takes bell, be repelled by the heady tang of fresh plort.
when you go dark souls with your best mates in VR perhaps???
Tom’s been playing the lovely Hollow Knight.
Pip’s true monstrosity has been revealed via Slime Rancher.
Chris is still plunkin’ away at that PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and has dipped into that Zombie Night Terror.
BUYING THE WARDS, BUYING THE WARDS
You can hang out with us and our community on our Discord channel. If you have a question for a future episode, send it to us at [email protected] or tweet us @crateandcrowbar. If you’d like to watch this episode on YouTube, you can do so here. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel, if you like.
The Crate and Crowbar is kindly funded by our Patreon backers. If you’d like to know more about supporting our podcast and its spinoffs, click here.
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Pip Warr
Chris Thursten
Tom Senior
Our intro music is by The Mandibles from their track Clambake. Many of the band members now tour as Count Bobo And The Bullion.
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3h 3min
July 07, 2017Episode 196: Ten Thousand Agility To France
Chris, Tom F and John R discuss Tyranny, Zombie Night Terror, Diablo III, Everspace, and so on.
Also: a fate worse than Bejewelled Infinite, things gravity can’t do, and a briefcase full of snakes.
New Overwatch man, Doomfist.
Evil Genius 2 is being worked on by Rebellion. The first one was made by Elixir.
John’s been playing Tyranny and Zombie Night Terror.
Follow Bonetom’s further boneadventures in Diablo III: Bone of Bones.
Tom has failed to extract the Dark Horse from a mine in West of Loathing.
Chris has been playing Everspace, which is by Rockfish, the other dev whose name we forgot.
Here is the Soyuz Chair weightlessness experience.
You can hang out with us and our community on our Discord channel. If you have a question for a future episode, send it to us at [email protected] or tweet us @crateandcrowbar. If you’d like to watch this episode on YouTube, you can do so here. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel, if you like.
The Crate and Crowbar is kindly funded by our Patreon backers. If you’d like to know more about supporting our podcast and its spinoffs, click here.
You can also follow us:
Chris Thursten
Tom Francis
John Roberts
Our intro music is by The Mandibles from their track Clambake. Many of the band members now tour as Count Bobo And The Bullion.
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2h 7min
June 30, 2017Episode 195: Adjusted Columbo’s Rubberbanding Radius
Chris, Tom, Tom and secret Pip discuss Steam sales, Diablo III’s Necromancer, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, and more.
Plus: meditations on the question of review-bombing, how the radishes are doing, assorted crime, and an extended discussion of Poirot for some reason. Looks like meat’s back on the prix fixe, boys.
Diablo III got its Necromancer this week.
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds got a brilliant patch, too.
Chris wrote this article for Eurogamer about PUBG’s roots in dodgy survival shooters.
Find out about Chelsea Saunders’ garden-mowing game on her twitter.
Enjoy our spotty misremembering of this Murder on the Orient Express trailer, which neither features the Imagine Dragons song we think it does nor the number of dubstep womps that Chris thinks there is.
You can hang out with us and our community on our Discord channel. If you have a question for a future episode, send it to us at [email protected] or tweet us @crateandcrowbar. If you’d like to watch this episode on YouTube, you can do so here. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel, if you like.
The Crate and Crowbar is kindly funded by our Patreon backers. If you’d like to know more about supporting our podcast and its spinoffs, click here.
You can also follow us:
Pip Warr
Chris Thursten
Tom Francis
Tom Senior
Our intro music is by The Mandibles from their track Clambake. Many of the band members now tour as Count Bobo And The Bullion.
...more
2h 35min
June 23, 2017Episode 194: If All You Have Is A Bone Store, Every Problem Looks Like An Ossuary
Pip, Tom, Chris and Tom discuss mod drama, patch note etiquette, Dead Cells, Tekken 7, Nex Machina, and Dota 2’s co-op update.
Plus: mangled metaphor, the worst names for things, time management, allergies, and more.
Apologies for the dip in sound quality this episode: as we explain at the beginning, Britain’s heat wave rendered our regular recording room very uncomfortable. Normal service resumes next week!
Here’s Joe Donnelly’s writeup of the Grand Theft Auto 5 modding crisis.
Here are those TF2 patch notes, which are not actually patch notes but prospective changes. Same difference.
Tom F’s still playing Caveblazers and has gone deep on Dead Cells.
Tom S laments Tekken 7‘s naff story mode while celebrating its many hats.
Nex Machina, in which you must safe hostages.
Dota 2’s Siltbreaker co-op campaign is part of this year’s International Battle Pass.
Here’s the SU&SD article about colonial roleplaying experience Dog Eat Dog.
It’s time to visit the sexy land of ~Efficiency Apps~! Here’s Tom’s Timer, Tide, Wunderlist.
You can hang out with us and our community on our Discord channel. If you have a question for a future episode, send it to us at [email protected] or tweet us @crateandcrowbar. If you’d like to watch this episode on YouTube, you can do so here. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel, if you like.
The Crate and Crowbar is kindly funded by our Patreon backers. If you’d like to know more about supporting our podcast and its spinoffs, click here.
You can also follow us:
Pip Warr
Chris Thursten
Tom Francis
Tom Senior
Our intro music is by The Mandibles from their track Clambake. Many of the band members now tour as Count Bobo And The Bullion.
...more
1h 60min
June 16, 2017Episode 193: So Much For The Tolerant Elf
Tom, Chris and Tom talk their way through a gigantic pile of E3 announcements, including expansions for Dishonored 2 and XCOM 2, Shadow of War, and assorted pirates.
Plus loads more: see the show notes below for a full list of games and their associated trailers.
Far Cry 5: footage and a very silly picture of a dog, which you can see at the top of that article.
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus.
Dishonored 2: Death of the Outsider.
Here’s Hazel Monforton‘s article about the role of the Outsider.
Assassin’s Creed: Origins.
Anthem.
Beyond Good And Evil 2.
Destiny 2.
Monster Hunter World.
Sea of Thieves.
Skull and Bones.
Middle-Earth: Shadow of War.
The magic of mocapped digital performance, courtesy of L.A. Noire.
Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Tacoma.
Metro: Exodus.
State of Decay 2.
Forza Motorsport 7.
A Way Out.
Here’s the PC Gamer back page that became reality.
You can hang out with us and our community on our Discord channel. If you have a question for a future episode, send it to us at [email protected] or tweet us @crateandcrowbar. If you’d like to watch this episode on YouTube, you can do so here. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel, if you like.
The Crate and Crowbar is kindly funded by our Patreon backers. If you’d like to know more about supporting our podcast and its spinoffs, click here.
You can also follow us:
Chris Thursten
Tom Francis
Tom Senior
Our intro music is by The Mandibles from their track Clambake. Many of the band members now tour as Count Bobo And The Bullion.
...more
2h 54min
June 09, 2017Episode 192: Ludomancers of Batman City
Chris, Tom F and Alex discuss the future of XCOM 2, the history of Andromeda, Worlds Adrift, Dead Cells, Dawn of War III, Battlegrounds, and more.
Plus: methods of movement, the Warcraft movie, micro but perhaps too much, secret pantalons.
Here’s the teaser image for Firaxis’ to-be-announced XCOM 2 thing.
Kotaku’s article about Mass Effect: Titus Andromedon.
Alex has been playing Worlds Adrift, which isn’t to be confused with Adronft.
Dead Cells has drawn in both Alex and Tom.
Tom’s also still playing Caveblazers and StarCraft II.
Here’s that clutch StarCraft II nuke. ByuN’s Reaper match begins about 38 minutes into this stream.
Chris documents his further experiences with Dawn of War III and mixed success in PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS SORRY I DON’T KNOW WHY I’M SHOUTING.
This PC Gamer DayZ run was Chris’ best experience with that game.
The MMO RTS that Alex mentions during the questions section is Vanishing Stars.
The thing about Bethesda is they always try to that mountain you can go there.
You can hang out with us and our community on our Discord channel. If you have a question for a future episode, send it to us at [email protected] or tweet us @crateandcrowbar. If you’d like to watch this episode on YouTube, you can do so here. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel, if you like.
The Crate and Crowbar is kindly funded by our Patreon backers. If you’d like to know more about supporting our podcast and its spinoffs, click here.
You can also follow us:
Chris Thursten
Tom Francis
Alex Wiltshire
Our intro music is by The Mandibles from their track Clambake. Many of the band members now tour as Count Bobo And The Bullion.
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2h 38min
June 01, 2017Episode 191: Flamingos’ Uranium Legs
Chris, Pip and the Toms cannot resist chiming in on Far Cry 5 one last time, but move swiftly on to Tom S’s impressions of Destiny 2 on PC, Tom F’s of Caveblazers and Legacy of the Void, and Chris and Pip’s differing feelings on the much-changed Dota 2.
We hadn’t seen the actual trailer for Far Cry 5 last week, we have now. Here’s the piece about applying the Outpost’s design philosophy to the main game.
Tom S has played Destiny 2 and his preview is in the new issue of PC Gamer. You can also watch a Strike with commentary from PCG’s Tim and James.
Tom F has been playing Caveblazers – here he is doing that.
Here’s the intro to Legacy of the Void Tom F has never watched and never will. It’s probably full of reverse-echo lore.
Dota 2’s 7.00 update was THE NEW JOURNEY and it is a journey Pip has taken to confusion town.
Here’s the Endless Space 2 trailer that is wildly unlike the game.
You can hang out with us and our community on our Discord channel. If you have a question for a future episode, send it to us at [email protected] or tweet us @crateandcrowbar. If you’d like to watch this episode on YouTube, you can do so here. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel, if you like.
The Crate and Crowbar is kindly funded by our Patreon backers. If you’d like to know more about supporting our podcast and its spinoffs, click here.
You can also follow us:
Chris Thursten
Tom Senior
Philippa Warr
Tom Francis
Our intro music is by The Mandibles from their track Clambake. Many of the band members now tour as Count Bobo And The Bullion.
...more
2h 15min
May 26, 2017 Prey: A Lock-In at The Crate and Crowbar
Just in time for the weekend! Chris, Tom F and John R discuss the successes and failings of Arkane’s beautifully-designed sci-fi horror being-a-cup simulator. Needless to say, this one-off special episode is completely rammed with spoilers from the outset. If you haven’t played Prey all the way through to the end – and past the credits – come back and listen when you have.
You can also listen to this episode on YouTube. Intro music is a mix of The Crate and Crowbar’s traditional Clambake by The Mandibles and Everything Is Going To Be Okay from Mick Gordon’s excellent Prey score.
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2h 11min
May 26, 2017Episode 190: You Can Extrude A Beard
Chris, Tom F and Tokyo 42 creators Sean and Maciek discuss Tokyo 42, game secrets, Far Cry 5, Offworld Trading Company, Forts, Edith Finch and loads more.
As is said at the beginning of this episode, we hit our first serious technical problems while recording this week. As such there are a few gaps and one section that cuts off abruptly – we’ve done what we can to salvage the vast majority of the hot hot takes we spent so long extruding from our faces, but there were a few casualties. Sorry! We’ve figured out what went wrong, so hopefully it won’t happen again.
Tokyo 42! It’s out next week. There’s a cat in it.
Here’s the trailer for Redline, an influence on Tokyo 42.
There is probably more information about Far Cry 5 on this website now than there is when I am writing this.
Tom has returned to Offworld Trading Company, a game about running a company that trades things, offworld.
Forts is a physics-based RTS about, er, forts.
Maciek likes to move his head around in Project Cars.
Dear Esther. Damn, it feels good to be in the Hebrides.
We’re still impressed by the macabre, beautifully crafted What Remains of Edith Finch.
Exanima’s dynamic combat feels like a successor to Die By The Sword. (Tom F’s note: this is the same game I was thinking of with the boring-sounding title, because it used to be called Sui Generis)
Three Twenty One is an adventure game about bereavement.
You can hang out with us and our community on our Discord channel. If you have a question for a future episode, send it to us at [email protected] or tweet us @crateandcrowbar. If you’d like to watch this episode on YouTube, you can do so here. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel, if you like.
The Crate and Crowbar is kindly funded by our Patreon backers. If you’d like to know more about supporting our podcast and its spinoffs, click here.
You can also follow us:
Chris Thursten
Tom Francis
Tokyo 42
Our intro music is by The Mandibles from their track Clambake. Many of the band members now tour as Count Bobo And The Bullion.
...more
2h 28min
May 19, 2017Episode 189: And You Can Have The Hated Holiday Elf
Chris, Tom F, Pip and a deck of Lego cards discuss Hanano, puzzle game design, Endless Space 2, pre-pre-E3 news, and more.
Plus: a bumper helping of grudges, Chris’ flimsy manifesto, the fallacy of rock-paper-scissors, the duality of Linux as both man and penguin.
In which Ubisoft announce a series of logos, some of which are red and blue. This is fascinating to Chris for some reason.
Here’s Jon Shafer on building Spelunky-inspired strategy.
Tom’s been losing time to Hanano and its sequel.
Chris has been playing Endless Space 2. A lot of the technical issues he reports have been patched since the time of recording – check out his review for PC Gamer for a more up to date take.
Chris and Tom S launched their Bloodborne YouTube series this week!
You can hang out with us and our community on our Discord channel. If you have a question for a future episode, send it to us at [email protected] or tweet us @crateandcrowbar. If you’d like to watch this episode on YouTube, you can do so here. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel, if you like.
The Crate and Crowbar is kindly funded by our Patreon backers. If you’d like to know more about supporting our podcast and its spinoffs, click here.
You can also follow us individually:
Chris Thursten
Tom Francis
Philippa Warr
Our intro music is by The Mandibles from their track Clambake. Many of the band members now tour as Count Bobo And The Bullion.
...more
2h 47min

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