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Chris shows Ashley Constructor this week, a game that he may or may not have actually played. A man-sim in which you acquire land, build facilities on said land and then build houses to shelter tenants to work in the factories on said land, its 1997 sensibilities seem a little outdated. Listen in as we tuck into Constructor and deduct whether it sucks or not.

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Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Ashley is once more bucking the system and fighting the power to bring a brand new game to our retro gaming format. Sea of Stars deserves its place as an exception to the general rules of the show, or so Ashley says. Listen along as Chris gets an earful all about just how exceptional Sabotage Studio's gem of a JRPG really is!

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Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Because of the mad hubbub around the third game in the series, Chris and Ashley venture back to where it all began with the original Baldur's Gate. Standing tall among a litany of D&D computer game adventures, this 1998 classic captured millions of imaginations in its day. But can it do the same for our hosts? And will they find the aforementioned gate? Or Bal anyone's dur? Listen in to find out!

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Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Can a game that started with just the name be any good? That's the question we're asking this week as we take a look at Syphon Filter, an action espionage thriller type affair that feels like what you'd get if you smooshed Tom Cruise into a PlayStation. What did we think? Listen in to find out!

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Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

This week, we go medieval in Golden Axe, everyone's favourite 1989 side scrolling fantasy-themed beat 'em up! Join us for a flagon of ale, a ride on a chimera and a battle against some giants - just watch out for those pesky magic-stealing elf creatures on the way.

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Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

If you can't read, write, or type, then Read, Write & Type may be just what you need! Chris and Ashley take on the challenge to play more than ten minutes of what, even by the standards of its day, must surely have been a tedious and uninspired attempt to gamify the art of typing. Why has Chris done this, we hear you ask! Well, listen along and find out!

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And the parental reviews that Chris found and mentions in the episode can be found here and here.

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Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

We roll with the punches this week in our first PlayStation 2 title, 2005's We Love Katamari! This game where you control a little guy rolling things up into a ball that gets progressively larger, it got Ashley through the hangover after his eighteenth birthday. Join us as we ramble on about this special time, self-consciously wacky games and a very unusual console with a crank.

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Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

If you're looking to beat Nintendo at their own game, they say you can't go too far wrong inviting Mickey Mouse along to help you. That's exactly what happened with the Sega Mega Drive in 1990. It might not have been Mickey's first foray into video games, but it's certainly considered one of his best. To mark the release of Illusion Island this week, we go back to where it all began in Castle of Illusion.

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Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

In stark contrast to last week's dirt-laden bloodfest, we are taking a look at the cosiest of cosy cleaning games, Chibi-Robo! A proper gem on the Nintendo GameCube, the player stars as the titular robot, tasked with cleaning up the house and straightening out the lives of the Sandersons along the way.

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Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Who wants Worms? Because we've got plenty this week, and they're the most disposable kind! Yes, Team 17's seminal annelid death simulator is under the microscope and we're digging down deep into what makes this particular patch of dirt tick. Come join us for a cosy, slightly squishy, and very explosive chat!

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Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/