OK OK. We were just slightly excited. We wanted to talk Games of the Year and then Game Awards also came along and gave us so much meat to get excited about. Much meat-based excitement. So you know what?

Here's a Special Xdrive. We're back, baby! ;)

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Jymbo & Mike are back. Get ready to hoik on your tunic and shake your Sheikah Slates, because this time we're diving into Nintendo's new epic, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

We're covering first impressions up to about 15-20hrs in - so very few spoilers, and lots of theorising about what might happen next. No doubt we'll do a Part 2 follow-up to see if those theories were right very soon...!

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Hello!

Did you miss us?

Never to be out-listed, and in anticipation of The Game Awards, Mike & Jymbo gang up with NEW people (!) - Mike & Ting from Lost Levels Club podcast - for our first ever crossover episode, ranking our Games of the Year for 2022.

We got a beautiful mix of styles and genres out of this, so we were very happy. Much better than the actual Game Awards, I'm sure. So please enjoy :)

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In this show: Shin Megami Tensei (series) Call of Duty: Warzone 2 Citizen Sleeper Immortality Ghostwire Tokyo Patrick's Parabox Baba is You Jonathan Blow The Entropy Centre Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Rollerdrome I was a Teenage Exocolonist Pokemon Legends: Arceus Persona 5 Horizon Forbidden West Tunic Marvel's Spider-Man Into the Breach Elden Ring Margit the Fell Omen Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Tingle Mario Rabbids: Sparks of Hope Olli Olli World Life is Strange: True Colours Forgotten CityJymbo's Reviews! Ghostwire Tokyo Mario Movie Trailer

2023: Hogwarts Legacy Forspoken Starfield Star Trek: Resurgence Fire Emblem: Engage Metroid Prime 4

Game Awards: Sifu Cult of the Lamb Stray Elden Ring God of War: Ragnarok Plague Tale: Requiem

Never to be out-Nintendo-fanboyed, Mike and Jymbo embark on a highly rigorous analysis of the Nintendo Direct of February 2022. Lots of announcements! Some quite interesting and exciting ones! Lots of JRPG-y... things... And Takahashi and Koizumi playing Switch Volleyball.

We ask:

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What are we playing?

Jymbo: Front Mission (original), Shin Megami Tensei 4: Apocalypse, Triangle Strategy!

Mike: Forgotten City (finished), Olli Olli World, Subnautica... and watching Love is Blind: Japan...

Cyberpunk PS5 is out!

Topic of the show: Nintendo Direct February 2022

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Wh-wh-wh-welcome back! We're finally here!

After a brief hiatus of 6 rather than 2 months (who's counting, eh?), Jymbo and Mike are back for a Series 2, kicking off with Gaming Resolutions. We've had quite a lot of big news this month, like the Microsoft-Activision deal, so we discuss that. Then we get into what we're aiming for with games this year. Enjoy!

Spotify users: Look up 👆🏻there's now a gorgeous little rating system! Please do give us a score and support the show if you get the chance, it means a lot to us. Thank you! Lots of love, M&J x

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What are we playing?

Mike: Life is Strange: True Colours, Forgotten City, Hitman 3, Metroid Dread, Smash Bros Ultimate

Jymbo: God of War (PC), Subnautica & Subnautica: Below Zero, Thunder Tier One, Outer Worlds, Cyberpunk on Stadia mobile (!!)

News

Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard

God of War launched on PC

Cuphead Netflix Show trailer out (show coming Feb 18)

+ Jymbo was secretly reviewing the new Nacon Xbox mobile controller!

Out this month

Expeditions: Rome [PC] – January 20

Topic of the show: Gaming Resolutions 2022

Jymbo resolutions:

Mike resolutions:

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OK, we got excited. The Game Awards were actually very good! So we came out of temporary retirement for one last job. 

We catch up, talk all things Game Awards, review the announcements, and talk our own top Games of the Year. Enjoy!

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Rough timestamps:

What are we playing? - (0:00-14:30)

Game Awards reactions - (15:00-43:00)

What games have we 'missed' this year, that we'd still like to play? - (43:00-57:00)

Games of the Year? - (57:00-1:10:00)

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Hello! With all the E3 announcements, and Nintendo's surprisingly good line-up, we just had to dip back in for a special post-match analysis. This was recorded the day after E3 ended, around June 16th, but has taken a while in editing so apologies!

Today we're covering the majority of the mainline presentations: Ubisoft, Square Enix, Xbox/Bethesda, Nintendo. Which of the games are we most excited about? Who do we think won Best Pres? Enjoy, and hopefully see you soon :) 

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E3 announcements overview

Ubisoft:

Top announcements

Rainbow Six Extraction

Far Cry 6 Season Pass

Riders Republic

Avatar game

Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope

Square Enix:

Overview

Guardians of the Galaxy

Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin

Final Fantasy pixel remaster

Babylon's Fall

Xbox/Bethesda:

Overview

Starfield

Battlefield 2042

Back 4 Blood

Stalker 2

Halo Infinite

Flight Simulator

Redfall

Nintendo:

Overview

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We end where it began. For the 10th episode we go back to the topic that started the pod in the first place: the battle of the PS5 vs Xbox Series consoles. 

Six months on, have our opinions changed at all? What has impressed or surprised us?  

This is the last episode of this series, so we hope you enjoy! We're taking a break for a couple of months to plan for a second one, returning bigger badder and better. If you have any thoughts / questions / topic requests then please do let us know at:

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See you soon! M&J xx

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Q: what games have reached the 10th in their series?

Jymbo: Roomba, Mystery Game X, Red Dead Redemption 2 / Red Dead Online, Star Trek (Xbox 360)

Mike: Disco Elysium, Bugsnax, Minit

Cyberpunk bosses will still get bonuses

Jeff Goldblum will be an elf in D&D podcast "Dark Dice"

Knights of the Old Republic remake in the works (reportedly)

SuperPotato (famous Akihabara store) selling retro games on eBay

Topic of the show: New Generation Consoles Revisited

Questions:

- What have you bought since getting console?

 - Anything you've been surprised by?

- What are you most looking forward to?

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Hello! This week Jymbo and Mike are answering the ultimate question: are Games as a Service really evil incarnate, or is there hope for them yet?

To provide an entirely unbiased, well-researched base to this we have sunk many hours (over many years) into live service games in preparation: Red Dead Online, No Man's Sky, Fortnite, COD Warzone, Plants vs Zombies... Nothing gets past our eagle eyes and twitchy thumbs.

Last ep of the season next ep! Please share questions, thoughts, requests for topics next series to [email protected], Twitter or Instagram. And enjoy!

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News

Deathloop delayed to September

Streets of Rage 4 updates coming

E3 is happening on line

Mario has gone

Disco Elysium has voices

What are we playing?

Jymbo: Red Dead Online

Mike: Bugsnax, Disco Elysium, Haven

Topic of the show: Games as a Service

Questions:

- Which live service games make our Naughty and Nice lists?

- What's the future of Games as a Service?

- Is there an antidote?

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We are taking a break for a month or two after Episode 10 to plot a second season, so please get in touch with any feedback!

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