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We finally managed to get all of the regular crew on this week’s podcast, and as an extra treat we were joined by TSA Co-News Editor, Tuffcub. He was actually lucky enough to spend a little bit of time playing No Man’s Sky, and was more than happy to share his opinions on what he played with us.

Tuffcub was also very interested in hearing my views on Dino Dini’s Kick Off Revival, which I got a look at during Sony’s Digital Showcase. I also shared my thoughts on a few other games from that event, including the bizarre Edith Finch, while Kev chipped in with his views on Nom Nom Galaxy, which contains some rather unusual soup recipes.

Of course we also have a round up of the week’s news, which Tuffcub prepared for us especially, and the answers to your questions.

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Fans of Kev will be sad to know that he is, once again, missing from this week’s podcast. To be fair his excuse this week was rather good, as he suffered a power cut, somewhat limiting his podcasting options.

We did, however, have a guest in the form of my brother, Carl Lipscombe. Long time fans of the podcast will know him as Mini Mini Lipscombe, and he’s also the host of the Nerdface podcast.

As for his contributions to the podcast, he combined with Lewis to discuss Firewatch, and also helped me to relate our views on the new Deadpool film. As if that wasn’t enough, he went solo to discuss That Dragon, Cancer, while Lewis spent a little time on The Martian.

Finally, we of course had a look at the week’s news, mostly around the ZX Spectrum Vega+, and spent a little time answering your questions.

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We’ve got a whole bundle of goodness for you in this week’s podcast! Although Kev was away, Lewis and I were joined by TSA’s Reviews Editor, Dom, to go over all of the week’s news.

From there it strayed into what we’ve been up to recently. Dom’s mostly been focussed on LEGO Avengers recently, which makes a nice break from playing LEGO Jurassic Park with his son for the thousandth time. He’s also been playing Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4, although once you’re onto the fourth Ninja Storm I somehow question how “Ultimate” said storm really is.

Meanwhile Lewis has been dipping his toes into the twee platformer Unravel, and enjoying the unique visual stylings of Firewatch. Finally, comic talk makes a return from a long hiatus, as I talk about American Alien and Invincible Iron Man.

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Alas, there’s no Lewis for you on this week’s podcast. Don’t worry, he’d just double booked himself, and should be back next week. However, as promised on last week’s podcast, we were joined by a special guest for this week’s episode – long time friend of the show, Peter Willington.

Last time Peter was on the show he was still working at Pocket Gamer, but he’s since moved to the other side of the industry and is working over at Auroch Digital as a producer. He spent a little bit of time on the podcast promoting the games he’s been helping to created over there, and also shared his experience of the recent Global Game Jam.

In a fortunate turn of events, Kev had also taken part in the Global Game Jam, although working in Southampton, rather than Peter’s Bristol base. Both Kev and Peter told us all about the games they built, as well as the process of building them and Kev’s experiences of mentoring other teams.

As for me, I’ve been playing the title Hacknet, which is a hacking simulator in a similar vein to Uplink, but with more command prompt usage. On top of that we also delved into the week’s news and answered your questions.

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While Kev, Lewis and I weren’t joined by any guests this week, we still had plenty of stuff to chat about. After our usual meander through the week’s news, Lewis kicked things off by telling us all about his time with Jonathan Blow’s The Witness, a game it sounds like you’ll be hearing more on in the future. Lewis has also been watching Mr. Robot via Amazon Instant Video, a show I’ve been meaning to get around to for a while now.

As for Kev, his focus has been on preparing for the Global Game Jam, which will also feature on next week’s episode of the podcast. Hopefully he’ll have managed to build something that works with his team during the weekend long game creation event. He also introduced Lewis and I to browser based game A Dark Room, which is very much worth trying out.

Finally, I’ve been playing Risk of Rain, a game that I really enjoyed despite playing a tiny bit of. Beyond that, we did, of course, answer your questions.

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This week sees the return of one of our favourite guests, Vikki Blake. If you don’t know Vikki from her previous appearances, she’s a regular contributor for sites like IGN and Destructoid, as well as the head honcho over at GGS Gamer. She’s also possibly addicted to Destiny, a game that we discussed at length on the podcast. Vikki also gave us her thoughts on the PS4 version of Beyond: Two Souls.

Joining Vikki and me were Kev and Lewis. Lewis has been spending his time staring at virtual bears, or possibly watching The Revenant. They might be the same thing. Kev, on the other hand, has been playing the iOS title Lifeline. It sounds like it offers something genuinely different that’s well suited to phones, so I’m going to make sure I give it a crack myself.

Alongside that we also gave a quick overview of the week’s news and spent a long time answering your questions.

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After an extended Christmas and New Year break, the podcast has made a triumphant return! Yes, we’re back and we’ve got a lot to say about Star Wars: The Force Awakens. From about the 28 minute mark this podcast turns into a Star Wars spoilercast, so if you haven’t seen the film yet maybe give everything after that a miss.

However, there’s plenty of good stuff before we get to Star Wars! We’ve got Dave’s views on Undertale, which do feature some spoilers unfortunately, and more of Lewis’ adventures in Fallout 4. It’s somewhat concerning how much time he’s spent in that game.

On top of that we, of course, have a quick look at the week’s news, coming in the form of VR Roller Coasters and Amazon Prime discounts.

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It’s time for the final entry in our Year According To series for 2015. It’s a been a long old road, and I hope you’ve enjoyed all of the interviews. I’d just like to take a minute to thank everyone who took the time out of their day to talk to me, and to Teflon for helping me set things up.

In a small twist, this final episode sees Teflon interviewing me. We actually started things off by getting introspective and talking about the process of putting The Year According To podcasts together, before chatting a little about my visits to Rezzed and EGX, as well as the frustrations associated with breaking my wrist.

I do, of course, pick out a few of my favourite games from the year. I think it’s safe to say that long time podcasts listeners can guess at least one of them, but hopefully the other two are something a little different.

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We’re almost at the end of this year’s run of Year According To podcasts now. We’ve got one more coming your way in a couple of days, but rounding out our collection of developer interviews this year is Mike Bithell, the man behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume.

Both of these games got a fair amount of time in our conversation, although that did lead to spoilers for the ending of Thomas Was Alone at about the 14 minute mark. Don’t worry, I warn you in the podcast too.

We also spent a little time talking about the future for Mike, from growing his business by hiring a COO to producing Volume: Coda for Playstation VR. I even got to make a pitch for Mike’s next game, which was a nice change of pace.

As with everyone else, I got Mike to pick out a few games from the year. I’m not sure I was expecting him to pick either of the games he did, but they’re both excellent choices. It’s also worth remembering that this series wasn’t recorded in order, which may make my surprise at his choices make more sense.

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Those of you who have been hanging around TSA for more than a year will remember Blair Inglis from his stint as a writer and, eventually, our editor in chief. I can actually remember being asked to take him under my wing and show him the ropes when he first started writing for TSA.

However, Blair left TSA earlier this year so he could go and dedicate his time to the game he’s in the process of building, Membrain. Over the course of our interview we spent a fair amount of time discussing Membrain, as well as his transition from editor at TSA to game developer at the studio he helped to found, Mystic Penguin. If you like the sound of Membrain then do make sure you vote for it, over here.

Beyond that we discussed Blair’s dog Frodo, made plans to party and chatted about his brilliant Vine and Snapchat videos. I also got Blair to pick out a few of his highlights of the year’s games, including one that he tried to convince me to buy.

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