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It's January. It sucks. We get it. But the fire is warm in The Mimic's Veil, so plonk yourself down and enjoy listening to three blithering idiots talk about the upcoming gaming releases of 2025.
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:28 2025 Preview
55:00 Guess the Outro TURBO
01:14:06 Outro
Happy new year! We kick off 2025 by catching up about what we've played over the festive period, including Yakuza 0, Entropy Survivors, Arctic Eggs, Halo and Diablo IV.
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:36 Diablo IV
12:20 Halo: Master Chief Collection
19:00 Balatro
21:29 Yakuza 0
28:50 Conan Throwbrien
34:08 Arctic Eggs
40:15 Entropy Survivors
47:15 Guess the Outro TURBO
56:46 Outro
The festive spirit is in full swing at The Mimic's Veil this week, as we have a little chat about Stellar Blade before the Bucks Fizz kicks in and the usual tightly structured professionalism goes out of the window.
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:23 Stellar Blade
10:09 A festive surprise...
01:01:33 Outro
This week we give our thoughts on Indiana Jones and The Great Circle, Loco Motive, Is This Game Trying to Kill Me? and The Lamplighters League, amongst all the usual shenanigans.
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:30 Indiana Jones and The Great Circle
17:33 The Lamplighters League
24:54 Rollercoaster Tycoon (sort of)
27:45 Loco Motive
37:52 Is This Game Trying to Kill Me?
43:44 Cobalt Core
46:42 Guess the Outro TURBO
56:34 Outro
Game of the year season is in full swing, and it's the talk of The Mimic's Veil this week, as we gush over nothing but the coolest games of 2024, before plummeting back down to earth to play Guess the Outro TURBO.
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:30 Balatro
08:10 Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
15:38 Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
23:50 Metaphor: ReFantazio
34:10 Astrobot
39:34 Animal Well
44:03 Unicorn Overlord
46:52 Halls of Torment
49:45 Crypt Custodian
51:16 Honourable mentions
01:05:47 Guess the Outro TURBO
01:18:34 Outro
It's a packed one this week, folks. We get all nostalgic for the PS1, Wipeout and, to a lesser extent, Homebase. We also discuss Dead Cells, Thronefall, Yakuza 0 and Nine Sols before descending into the madness that is Guess the Outro TURBO.
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:30 Nine Sols
13:10 Dead Cells
20:05 PlayStation's 30th anniversary
22:02 Wipeout
28:00 Star Wars Jedi Survivor
35:32 Yakuza 0
42:19 The Curse of Monkey Island
44:00 Thronefall
49:18 Fortnite
52:09 Guess the Outro TURBO
01:11:09 Outro
The hot topics in The Mimic's Veil this week are the shiny new PS5 Pro, Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, Tetris Forever, Neo Harbor Rescue Squad, Star Wars Jedi Survivor and Toads of the Bayou.
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:16 Toads of the Bayou
16:00 Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania
21:45 Tetris Forever
29:22 PS5 Pro / Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered
35:52 Star Wars Jedi Survivor
42:16 Neo Harbor Rescue Squad
48:14 Guess the Outro TURBO
01:05:21 Outro
What a horrible night to have a curse. Still, you can drown your sorrows at The Mimic's Veil, where the topics are: Best games to play whilst doing other things; Metal Slug Tactics and a double whammy of Belmont buffoonery, with Castlevania: Rondo of Blood and Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania.
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:29 Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania
09:26 Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
20:42 Metal Slug Tactics
27:45 Best Games to Play Whilst Doing Other Things
43:27 Guess the Outro TURBO
01:01:17 Outro
On this episode, we talk about our favourite gaming peripherals, Wilmot Works it Out, Slay the Princess, Persona 5 Royal and Sonic X Shadow Generations.
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:30 Sonic X Shadow Generations
11:36 Wilmot Works it Out
18:47 Slay the Princess: The Pristine Cut
26:14 Cool Game Club For Cool Game Clubbers
29:25 Persona 5 Royal
37:10 Braid
41:00 Best Gaming Peripherals
56:45 Guess the Outro TURBO
01:14:50 Outro
Yep, we're really doing it, and we're really calling it Cool Game Club For Cool Game Clubbers. It's like a book club, but for cool people like you.
On this episode we pitch ideas, then it's down to our beautiful Patrons to vote on which game they'd like to play, alongside us, before we all check back in a few weeks to share our thoughts on it.
Sounds cool? Cool. Pop along to Patreon to get involved!
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:30 Have a Nice Death
06:15 Diablo 4
09:37 Lil Gator Game
12:20 Silent Hill 2
16:24 Dead Island 2
20:23 Pentiment
25:42 Doki Doki Literature Club
30:11 Horizon Zero Dawn
33:30 The Case of the Golden Idol
39:42 Choosing our final 3
42:32 Guess the Outro TURBO
01:01:42 Outro
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