Triple Strike

This month we discuss the future of Xbox, a bunch of demos: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Ultros, Hellskate, as well as Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Helldivers 2, Sheepy: A Short Adventure, and as always lots more.

Our music picks for this month:

• Drop Theme - Wilbert Roget II (Helldivers 2)
• A Journey's Pace - Tal Richards, Hahlweg, Sheepy (Sheepy: A Short Adventure)
• Junon Region Exploration Theme (Final Fantasy VII Rebirth)

(00:00) Introduction
(01:25) News
(23:50) What we've been playing
(01:31:44) Our music picks

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Here we go again, talking about the games we are excited for in 2024.

As usual we first discuss the games we have been playing including our early impressions of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown.

Our music picks for this month:

• Reflection - Lena Raine (Celeste)
• Gothic Neclord Battle - Miki Higashino & Yumiko Takahashi (Suikoden II)
• Main Theme - Gareth Coker & Mentrix (Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown)

(00:00) Introduction
(05:50) Games we have been playing
(01:14:11) Anticipated games for 2024
(02:04:16) Our music picks

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In this podcast we discuss about our games of the year for 2023. We share our best moments, best soundtracks, overall top games and more... but before all of that we talk about some news such as the Game Awards and what we've been playing in the last month.

This is episode 12 which means we have kept this podcast alive for a whole year. Thanks for listening, catch you in 2024.

(00:00) Introduction
(04:00) The death of E3
(10:00) The Game Awards
(25:20) GTA 6 trailer
(32:40) The Day Before
(41:00) What we've been playing
(59:40) GOTY 2023
(01:00:33) GOTY: Best game from previous years
(01:07:08) GOTY: Best moments
(01:28:12) GOTY: The ones that got away
(01:40:05) GOTY: Best soundtracks
(01:49:16) Game of the year

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Aside from our usual tangents, we continue our discussions of Mario Wonder, Tears of the Kingdom, Sea of Stars, and Spider-Man 2. We also talk about Jusant, Warcraft Rumble and Warhammer Darktide.

Our music picks for this month:

• The Stable Trotters Serenade (Tears of the Kingdom)
• Wintergrasp - Derek Duke (World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King)
• Warp Traveller - Jesper Kyd (Warhammer Darktide)

(00:00) Introduction
(05:00) The Game Awards Nominees
(31:00) Jusant
(39:50) Mario Wonder
(46:50) Warcraft Rumble
(56:50) Sea of Stars
(01:06:58) Tears of the Kingdom
(01:13:52) Spider-Man 2
(01:23:00) Warhammer Darktide
(01:29:46) Revisiting our anticipated games
(01:54:44) Our music picks

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This month we Spider-Man 2, Super Mario Bros Wonder, Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty, Sea of Stars, Cocoon, Assassin's Creed Mirage, Chants of Sennaar, Gunbrella and so much more.

Our music picks for this month:

• Hardest to be - P.T. Adamczyk & Jacek Paciorkowski (Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty)
• Dire Dire Docks - Koji Kondo (Super Mario 64)
• Flow - Disasterpeace (FEZ)

(00:00) Introduction
(05:20) Unity follow up
(12:45) Sea of Stars
(25:06) Cocoon
(42:22) Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty 
(01:00:02) Chants of Sennaar
(01:06:00) Super Mario Bros Wonder
(01:21:08) Assassin's Creed Mirage
(01:27:50) Spider-Man 2
(01:47:02) Gunbrella
(01:51:20) Xenoblade Chronicles 3 DLC
(02:05:30) Opening Pokemon cards
(02:14:30) Shoutout
(02:16:33) Our music picks

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This month we discuss the recent FTC leaks, the drama surrounding Unity, the Nintendo Direct, PlayStation State of Play, Starfield, Sea of Stars, F-Zero 99, Pokemon Go and Pokemon cards, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 DLC and loads of random tangents, as always.

Pokemon 151 expansion: https://tcg.pokemon.com/en-us/expansions/151/

Our music picks for this month:

• Escape From The City - Tony Harnell & Ted Poley (Sonic Adventure 2 Battle)
• Descendant of Shinobi (Battle Edit) - Nobuo Uematsu & Shotaro Shima (Final Fantasy Vii Remake Intergrade)
• Spectres - Reso (Bomb Rush Cyberfunk)

(00:00) Introduction
(00:45) Unity drama
(09:23) FTC leaks
(18:55) Nintendo Direct & PlayStation State of Play
(33:33) Starfield
(53:50) Sea of Stars
(01:14:55) Pokemon Go & Pokemon Cards
(01:24:50) F-Zero 99
(01:32:20) Dredge 
(01:34:49) Xenoblade Chronicles 3 DLC 
(01:43:00) Our music picks

If you enjoyed this podcast we would love to hear from you. You can get in touch via email at [email protected]

This month we discuss the recent leaks and rumours about the potential next Nintendo hardware and share our thoughts on the ending of Final Fantasy XVI. We also dig into a bunch of other games such as Tunic, Remnant 2, Venba, Marvel's Midnight Suns and plenty more.

Our music picks for this month:

• The Landing - Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy VIII)
• Ochette the Hunter - Yasunori Nishiki (Octopath Traveller 2)
• Final Boss Battle Theme - Toby Fox (Pokemon Scarlett & Violet)

(00:00) Introduction
(01:12) New Nintendo hardware & games speculation
(31:45) Zelda - Tears of the Kingdom
(39:00) Final Fantasy XVI
(55:15) Viewfinder
(01:01:25) Remnant 2
(01:07:54) Venba
(01:12:27) Haiku the Robot
(01:14:45) The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
(01:21:13) Marvel's Midnight Suns
(01:30:25) Tunic
(01:43:00) Our music picks

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This month we discuss our favourite Final Fantasy games, Viewfinder, Sonic Mania, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, No Man's Sky, plus even more talk about Final Fantasy XVI and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

Our music picks:

• Legend of Dragoon, Lloyds Theme - Dennis Martin/Takeo Miratsu 
• Sonic Mania: Press Garden Zone Act 2 - Tee Lopes
• No Man's Sky: Asimov - 65daysofstatic

(00:00) Introduction
(01:40) Zelda - Tears of the Kingdom
(19:15) Viewfinder
(23:38) Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
(29:15) Microsoft/Activision Blizzard tangent
(38:27) Sonic Mania
(45:33) No Man's Sky and free to play
(01:01:24) Final Fantasy XVI
(01:11:55) Final Fantasy discussion 
(01:36:32) Our music picks

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This month we discuss the "summer of games", Final Fantasy XVI, Diablo 4, Tears of the Kingdom, Smushi Come Home, the Cuphead DLC and even more.

Our music picks:

• Paper Mario: Bowser, King of the Koopas (game version) - Yuka Tsujiyoko
• Spyro: Mushroom Speedway - Stewart Copeland
• Final Fantasy XVI: Shiva's Dominant - Masayoshi Soken

(00:00) Introduction
(00:40) Summer of Games
(36:00) Zelda - Tears of the Kingdom
(53:10) Final Fantasy XVI
(01:11:30) Lego Builders Journey
(01:13:00) Guacamelee!
(01:14:17) Cuphead DLC
(01:16:54) Smushi Come Home
(01:21:10) Diablo IV
(01:26:30) Random tangents
(01:37:38) Our music picks

If you enjoyed this podcast we would love to hear from you. You can get in touch via email at [email protected]

In this episode, we discuss and share our early impressions of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. We also discuss what we've been playing, including God of War Ragnarök, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor & Dredge, and our thoughts on the Playstation Showcase

Our music recommendations for this month:

• Hidden by Night (Lich Yard) - Jake Kaufman
• Final Fantasy XVI Battle Theme - Masayoshi Soken 
• Morrowind Theme - Jeremy Soule

00:01:20 - Playstation Showcase

00:16:47 - God of War Ragnarök

00:33:15 - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

00:46:00 - Dredge

00:56:55 - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

01:33:50 - Music recommendations

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