The Mimic's Veil

In The Veil this week, there's talk of one hot new game - Split Fiction - and two stone cold Nintendo classics, Metroid Dread and Fire Emblem: Awakening. Lewis also confesses to his Skyrim dalliances before we discover if the guys can maintain their phenomenal winning streak in Guess the Outro.

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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:05 Split Fiction
17:50 Metroid Dread
25:28 Fire Emblem: Awakening
35:58 Taste Invader
38:35 Guess the Outro TIMEBOMB
49:19 Outro

This time around in The Veil, our merry band of barflies talk Keep Driving; Skyrim; Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii and Chroma Squad . There's also highlights of the recent Steam Next Fest, including Is This Seat Taken?; Promise Mascot Agency and Asgard's Fall - Viking Survivors.

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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:14 Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
14:12 Skyrim
26:05 Keep Driving
35:10 Chroma Squad
40:09 Steam Next Fest Highlights
41:03 Promise Mascot Agency
44:38 Asgard's Fall - Viking Survivors
49:03 Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3
52:05 Is This Seat Taken?
55:26 Shotgun Cop Man
59:20 Rogue Bricks
01:01:22 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown
01:04:39 Guess the Outro TIMEBOMB
01:14:27 Outro

This week in the Mimic’s Veil, we give our first impressions of Avowed, as well as our thoughts on (deep breath) Coffee Talk; Avowed; Karate Survivor; Unicorn Overlord; Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders; Dogman: Missions Impawsible; Mad Streets and Death Howl. Surely we can't squeeze in a game of Guess the Outro at the end? Can we???

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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:28 Coffee Talk
11:14 Taste Invader
16:26 Avowed
29:40 Unicorn Overlord
34:20 Death Howl
38:12 Karate Survivor
45:33 Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders
50:00 Mad Streets
52:39 Dogman: Mission Impawsible
54:44 Guess the Outro TIMEBOMB
01:01:08 Outro

This week we bang our heads against the brick wall that is Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, before calming our frayed nerves with some chat about Achilles Survivor; Sea of Stars and Final Fantasy VII Remake.

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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:32 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
12:51 Achilles Survivor
20:17 Our individual Games of the Decade lists
27:38 Sea of Stars
31:54 New game abstinence check-in
35:47 Final Fantasy VII Remake
41:00 What we're playing next week
44:36 Guess the Outro TIMEBOMB
59:40 Outro

Last week, we came up with a rather long shortlist of the coolest games of the decade so far. Today, we chop that list in half and rank the remaining ten, using the most objective and scientific methods available.

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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:38 Games of the decade - the ranking
52:20 Guess the Outro TIMEBOMB
01:04:47 Outro

Since we're just over the halfway point of the decade, we take a look back and build a shortlist of the games of the decade so far. Oh, and we discuss Eternal Strands, which probably won't be on that list.

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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:27 Eternal Strands
11:55 Games of the decade - the shortlist
57:01 Guess the Outro TIMEBOMB
01:02:08 Outro

This week, there's a big old review discussion about Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, a teeny bit of Sociable Soccer 25 and a one-man gushfest on Final Fantasy VII Remake.

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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:22 Final Fantasy VII Remake
13:47 Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
34:45 Sociable Soccer 25
44:55 Guess the Outro TIMEBOMB
50:29 Outro

This week, your TMV regulars discuss last week's quite-good-actually Xbox Developer_Direct, as well as other hot topics like which Power Rangers they used to pretend to be.

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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:22 Xbox Developer_Direct 2025
29:27 Clickolding
30:55 Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind
35:41 Marvel Rivals
39:20 Lewis has read a book
41:22 Nine Sols
43:25 Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
46:23 Guess the Outro TIMEBOMB
01:00:27 Outro

This week in The Veil (that's what the cool kids are calling it) the regulars are buzzing about the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal, along with everything they've played this week, including Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel; Nine Sols and Neva.

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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:32 Neva
13:12 Nintendo Switch 2 reveal reactions
31:37 Nine Sols
40:55 Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
42:14 Sociable Soccer
44:12 Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel
48:50 Guess the Outro TURBO
01:02:32 Outro

The Mimic's Veil opens its doors once again, to welcome all manner of gaming chat and relentless buffoonery, including Ballionaire, Clickolding, Sea of Stars, Diceomancer and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.

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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:25 Ballionaire
12:55 Diceomancer
19:35 Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
28:52 Clickolding
34:09 Sea of Stars
37:14 A solemn vow for 2025
46:04 Guess the Outro TURBO
01:08:21 Outro