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Link's at it again, but this time, he's got company! And a prosthetic arm. Is it prosthetic? Grafted? Yeah, let's go with that. A posse and a grafted arm. And batteries! Can't forget the batteries. Oh, and the Kinder(TM) Surprise(TM?) capsules full of useful goodies to build a whole fleet of ridiculous contraptions. Is that it? Of course it isn't! There's so much more to talk about with Tears of the Kingdom, and Chris and Ashley do just that in this week's episode. Come give it a listen!

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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 journey way back to 1977 this week to visit Zork, a text-based adventure game that laid the foundations for what the adventure genre evolved into. With nowt but white writing to fuel our imagination, will Zork be a corker or will it make us balk? 

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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/

Are you looking for the kindest characters in gaming? Well, look no further than Undertale! Despite its pixel art aesthetic and comical chops, this experience manages to offer some of the most well-rounded characters in gaming, along with gameplay that subverts the usual tropes. Come join us for our first forays into the Underground!

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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/

A game based on the story of the Old Testament's Noah might not float everybody's boat at first contact but, far from sinking like a stone, Chris and Ashley find a lot in this NES platformer  to keep the conversation buoyant.

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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/

Chris takes Ashley to the World of Balance this week for Final Fantasy VI, a sprawling sprite-filled SNES sensation that Chris played as a PlayStation port instead of the original. Its steampunk sensibilities and cracking gameplay mean it's incredibly well-regarded by critics and fans alike so we were really buzzed to try it - find out how we got on!

Chris mentioned a Kotaku retrospective during the second half, which highlights some particular moments - click here to read it: https://kotaku.com/final-fantasy-vi-retrospective-simply-the-best-1792398695

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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, Chris and Ashley hit the wall with Incredible Crash Dummies, a game that was inexplicably part of a much larger cross-media franchise that people were apparently buying enough of to make a game of it. People aren't really talking about it anymore. Find out why on this week's episode!

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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/

Have you ever wanted to be a horde of monkeys trained to take out any and all balloons that float by using absurdly accurate dart-throwing skills? Haven't we all wanted to be that at some point? Well Bloons Tower Defense lets us all fulfil that very widespread power fantasy, and then some! But how does it rate? 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/

Ashley has been enjoying Rayman Origins of late, so he takes Chris down memory lane to see the second game in the series - 1999's Rayman 2. A 3D platformer starring the little chap with no limbs, this game was very well received 'pon release. Listen in to see how it holds up!

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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/

At the same time as he was putting the glad in Gladiator, Disney's Hercules was also attempting to put the play in PlayStation! This week, Chris and Ashley venture back to Ancient Greece to see how well Hercules, Phil, Meg and the rest fare at doing just that!

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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're going back to the roots of a gaming giant this week as we take a look at Game and Watch Gallery Advance on the Game Boy Advance. A celebration of all things Game and Watch, this compilation of both classic and modern takes on the earliest Nintendo games is a feast for anyone interested in the history of gaming. But is it fun too? Join us 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/