Unnecessary Gaming

Video Games: In this episode Big Daddy Euan has been zapping, punching and drilling through the first two Bioshock games. After that, Dave has been experiencing Shenmue in its animated form. Does it do justice to the greatest game ever made? Find out in Episode 131.

Enjoy!

Bioshock (02:00)

Bioshock 2 (11:40)

Shenmue: The Animation (23:22)

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This episode hosted by Chris Hanratty, Euan Glasgow and Dave McCreary.

Music by the hosts, with Jokin Etxeberria.

This episode produced by David McCreary.

Logo by Rebecca Horner.

Video Games: We don't talk enough about games set in the near future where you play as a cat, so Chris is putting that to rights by telling us all about Stray. Dave follows up with a bit of chat about procedural dungeon crawler and lockdown sensation, Hades.

Enjoy!

Stray (01:56)

Hades (10:07)

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This episode hosted by Chris Hanratty, Euan Glasgow and Dave McCreary.

Music by the hosts, with Jokin Etxeberria.

This episode produced by David McCreary.

Logo by Rebecca Horner.

Video Games: Euan has been spending some quality time with Nintendo's flagship titles Breath of the Wild and Mario Odyssey. Chris gets back to the basics in the minimalist JRPG Dungeon Encounters. There's also some food chat in there, because of course there is.

Enjoy!

Breath of the Wild (01:52)

Mario Odyssey (08:26)

Dungeon Encounters (25:10)

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This episode hosted by Chris Hanratty, Euan Glasgow and Dave McCreary.

Music by the hosts, with Jokin Etxeberria.

This episode produced by David McCreary.

Logo by Rebecca Horner.

Video Games: Euan rounds up his final thoughts on Eastward, and makes a brief detour into retro Nintendo titles, before delving into Dragon Quest 11 and its impressive complement of regional accents. Chris has been living up to his namesake (sort of) in ratty adventure Tails of Iron.

Enjoy!

Eastward: (03:05)

Donkey Kong Country: (05:35)

Dragon Quest 11: (07:35)

Tails of Iron: (18:15)

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This episode hosted by Chris Hanratty, Euan Glasgow and Dave McCreary.

Music by the hosts, with Jokin Etxeberria.

This episode produced by David McCreary.

Logo by Rebecca Horner.

Board Games: Euan the Alchemist, Chris the Oracle, and Sea Captain Dave are drawn into the highly asymmetric Merchants Cove, by Final Frontier Games.

Enjoy!

Merchants Cove: (01:48)

A slice of life from The Book of Euan: (25:53)

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This episode hosted by Chris Hanratty, Euan Glasgow and Dave McCreary.

Music by the hosts, with Jokin Etxeberria.

This episode produced by David McCreary.

Logo by Rebecca Horner.

Video Games: In this episode Euan takes an unexpected shift to the right as he delves into Zelda-style RPG Eastward, and Chris finds that building a socialist paradise is actually a lot of work in the city building game Workers and Resources: Soviet Republic.

Enjoy!

Eastward: (01:45)

Workers and Resources: Soviet Republic: (21:13)

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This episode hosted by Chris Hanratty, Euan Glasgow and Dave McCreary.

Music by the hosts, with Jokin Etxeberria.

This episode produced by David McCreary.

Logo by Rebecca Horner.

Video Games and Board Games: Normal service resumes at Unnecessary HQ, albeit with some content recorded in the distant past of 2021. Dave takes us on a whirlwind tour of his last 18 months in another gaming roundup. It's 'game over, man,' for Chris, as he lets us know, in no uncertain terms, what he thinks of Aliens: Fireteam Elite. Finally, Euan discovers there's no event so cataclysmic it can't be exploited for commercial gain, in the board game Polynesia.

Enjoy!

Dave's Gaming Roundup: (05:47)

Aliens: Fireteam Elite: (20:00)

Polynesia: (27:20)

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This episode hosted by Chris Hanratty, Euan Glasgow and Dave McCreary.

Music by the hosts, with Jokin Etxeberria.

This episode produced by David McCreary.

Logo by Rebecca Horner.

Video Games: Chris has finally decided it's time to talk about Shenmue 3, and asks the question on everyone's lips: can Shenmue survive in the modern world of gaming? Meanwhile, Dave has another games round up for us, starting off with Unheard, a detective game with an eavesdropping twist, and moves on to the Obsidian RPG The Outer Worlds (the less said the better), and goes back to enjoy the spectacular Witcher 3. Finally, Chris has a good chat about his new retro gaming console, the Retrostone 2, because Chris doesn't relive his childhood gaming enough apparently.

Enjoy!

Shenmue 3 (01:15)

Unheard (17:20)

The Outer Worlds (27:00)

Witcher 3 (29:05)

Retrostone 2 (38:00)

This episode hosted by Chris Hanratty and Dave McCreary

Music by the hosts, with Jokin Etxeberria

This episode produced by Chris Hanratty

Logo by Rebecca Horner

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Video Games: Chris and Dave have returned to their podcasting lives, which means returning to gaming, which means being grumpy. Chris gives Ghost Recon Breakpoint a bit of a protracted kicking, before Dave goes on a long gaming update in which he suggests Horizon Zero Dawn might be overrated, Gwent is a bit silly, Destiny 2 lives up to the disappointment, MLB The Show 19 is... a baseball game, but that Monster Hunter World is actually quite good. Finally, Chris gives the episode a positive ending by loving up mobile game Golf Blitz.

Enjoy!

Ghost Recon Breakpoint (03:17)

Horizon Zero Dawn (24:20)

Gwent (30:15)

Destiny 2 (37:55)

MLB The Show 19 (44:55)

Monster Hunter World (48:05)

Golf Blitz (54:40)

This episode hosted by Chris Hanratty and Dave McCreary

Music by the hosts, with Jokin Etxeberria

This episode produced by Chris Hanratty

Logo by Rebecca Horner

www.firstplayertoken.com

Board Games: Part two of our Tabletop Scotland Special, featuring Chris being massively relieved at having sold Feudum for a good cause, an overview of Tokaido, the one game we booked out of the games library over the weekend, interviews with Justin from BadCat Games, Andy from DMB Games, Darius from UNCON in Kent, a debate about Hero Quest, and Dave's round up of buying baked goods from LIDL.

Enjoy!

Highlights:

Bring n Buy (01:30)

Tokaido (06:30)

Justin from Bad Cat Games (14:50)

Darius from UNCON (30:00)

Andy from DMB Games (39:45)

Dave's LIDL roundup(55:10)

This episode hosted by Chris Hanratty, Euan Glasgow, and Dave McCreary

Music by the hosts, with Jokin Etxeberria

This episode produced by Chris Hanratty

Logo by Rebecca Horner

www.firstplayertoken.com