This week we're answering a question from Mike's sister from very early on: how has our attitude to gaming changed since becoming parents? Do we notice any difference in the kind of games we play?

Show notes

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News

Square Enix Presents

Fortnite Season 6 trailer

Monster Hunter Rise (Nintendo eShop)

Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One

Super Mario 35th anniversary (inc 3D All-stars)

Disco Elysium Final Cut

Disco Elysium banned in Australia

What are we playing?

Jymbo: Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2, Red Dead Redemption 2, Star Wars: Squadrons

Mike: Avengers, FF7 Remake, Bugsnax

Topic of the show: Daddy gaming

Questions: 

 - How have your tastes changed since having children?

 - Have you found yourself drifting towards Easy Mode on games?

 - Are there any game moments that have had an extra effect on you as a result?

Contact us

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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Hello hello. This time we're looking at Remakes & Remasters. What makes good ones? Are they good? What makes a master a master? Or a make a make? And also, what games would we like to see get a nice lick of paint?

We chat all sorts, from Resident Evil to Tony Hawks to Final Fantasy and many more. Enjoy!

Show notes

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News

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles new game trailer

Bethesda on Xbox Game Pass (inc. Morrowind)

Death Stranding Extended rumours

Lost Levels Club podcast - very good and Mikes shout-out at the end!

What are we playing?

Jymbo: Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 (!)

Mike: Avengers

Topic of the show: Remakes and Remasters

Shin Megami Tensei 3

Arcanum

Fallout 2

Zelda: Skyward Sword

Dark Messiah of Might and Magic

Messiah

Banjo Kazooie

Perfect Dark

Morrowind

Conker's Bad Fur Day

Contact us

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THIS WEEK. Mike & Jymbo discuss the best and worst of movies based on games. It was meant to be short! Boy was it meant to be short. But those pesky digression pixies got in the way and we got probably the longest episode yet. Whoops! 

We chat Nintendo Direct, Star on Disney Plus, Super Nintendo World, the games we picked for each other last time (Paradise Killer and Planescape Torment), Cyberpunk of course and Henry Cavill. Enjoy.

On this episode

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News

Star launches on Disney Plus

Super Mario 3D World releases

Mario Kart tour at Super Nintendo World

Nintendo Direct Feb 2021

Last of Us casting - Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey

Wii Channel music - funky version

New PSVR coming  

What are we playing?

Jymbo: Paradise Killer, Shin Megami Tensei, Super Mario 3D World, Witcher 3, Cyberpunk

Mike: Return of the Obra Dinn, God of War, Planescape Torment, Titanfall 2, Cyberpunk

Topic of the show: Movies from games

Jymbo: Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Tomb Raider, Detective Pikachu, Sonic the Hedghog

Mike: DOA Dead or Alive, Prince of Persia Sands of Time, Assassin's Creed (?)

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Listener questions: Please do get in touch!

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Otherwise known as testing out the Anchor voicemail feature...! 

(Which you can use here.)

Here we're answering 3 questions, from Zu, V and Mitch:

 - What makes Zelda Breath of the Wild a Zelda game? Would we rate it as much if it weren't?

 - What's our take on multiplayer (online/offline)?

 - What games would we like to see sequels to?

Thank you everyone! Let us know what you think of the feature - we loved the questions and hope it's not too freaky to hear your voice in the ep. 

If it's fun, we'll try and do some more soon :)

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This week we're going deep on 'iconic' games. Which games do we think fit the bill? Are there common traits? How did they do commercially?

We had a great time with this question, asked by @virgiliojarrin. Thank you, Virgilio! 

We also tried out the voice message features this week - look out for that in a bonus episode coming very shortly...

You can send one in too via anchor.fm/xdmb or get in touch via Twitter or Instagram (@xdrivemegabox).

Please enjoy!

On this episode

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News

 - Goldeneye remake for Xbox leaks

What are we playing?

Jymbo: Witcher 3, Baldur's Gate 3, Populous 3: The Beginning

Mike: Cyberpunk 2077, Journey to the Savage Planet, Zelda: Link to the Past

Discussion: Iconic games

Disco Elysium

Deadly Premonition

Arcanum

Zelda

Mario

Half-Life 2

Uncharted

The Last of Us (inc. Part 2)

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We've done a hell of a lot of looking back so far, so today we're looking forward for once! 

Let's look at 2021: what are we excited about? What would we like to see? What are we hoping for?

On the episode

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News:

Lucasfilm Games is here

Wandavision is here

Cyberpunk CEO apologises

Cyberpunk creators are still under attack

Zelda Ocarina of Time's medallions originally had powers

What we're playing:

Mike: Donut County, Cyberpunk 2077, Jurassic World Evolution

Jymbo: Cyberpunk 2077, Death Stranding, something secret TBC

Games we're looking forward to:

Jymbo: Zelda Breath of the Wild 2, Shin Megami Tensei 5, Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines 2, potential Metroid collection, potential Zelda collection, Super Mario 3D World

Mike: Hogwarts Legacy, Vampire Bloodlines 2, Deathloop, Riders Republic, Stray

Hopes for 2021:

To see our families again, and hugging to be allowed

Vaccines all round ("you get a vaccine! you get a vaccine!")

Also, Jymbo thinks Zelda BOTW2 will definitely happen

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This is just a hit of pure nostalgia. 

When we got looking back,  we ended up on quite a few tangents. We had to cut them out of the main ep, but for those people who were very specifically growing up and playing games in the UK in the 90s, please enjoy this tiny Brucie Bonus.

In this mini-ep

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Point-and-click adventure games

Curse of Monkey Island

PC Zone magazine (Charlie Brooker era)

Zelda Breath of the Wild follow-up

Zelda: Link to the Past

Ocarina of Time Water Temple

Blade Runner (1997 Westwood game)

Go on, buy Blade Runner you know you want to

Hello! Happy New Year! We're feeling all nostalgic here for older, better times, so this week we're looking at our top 5 Games of All Time.

Mike keeps forgetting that the point of a Top 5 list is they're all good. Jymbo decides to scare himself sh**less with robots. 

We had a lot of fun with this one and had to cut a huge chunk of nostalgia out, so maybe expect that as a little side Bonus Mini-sode in future.

Thank you for listening, give us a shout on socials and see you in a couple of weeks!

On the episode

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Intro & News (0-20min in)

KFConsole

Shiny black 'PS2' PS5

Cyberpunk in 3rd person

Games of all time (20min >>)

Mike's Top 5: Breath of the Wild, Perfect Dark, Assassin's Creed 2, Half Life 2, Civilization 3

Jymbo's Top 5: ... Breath of the Wild, Disco Elysium, XCOM 2, Fallout 2 & Planescape Torment, Soma

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Gracias, arigato, merci, good night and see you soon!

It’s been a packed week! Jymbo and Mike are sleepy, but we talk The Game Awards 2020, Disney’s 52-title mega-reveal, Cyberpunk and our own Games of the Year. 

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News 

The Game Awards winners 2020 

TGA new game announcements 

Vin Diesel has played 1000+ hours of the original Ark 

Disney is making everything 

We are playing... 

Games of the Year 

Jymbo - Yakuza Like a Dragon, Watch Dogs Legion, Tony Hawks 1&2, Resident Evil 3, Ring Fit 

Mike - Paradise Killer, Lonely Mountains: Downhill, Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey, Death Stranding 

Mike's fanboy piece on Death Stranding 

Wrap-up 

Next pod's topic: Games of All Time 

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Welcome to Xdrive Megabox! Games analysis and retrospectives from two slightly tired Millennial dads.

Today we're looking at the new generation of consoles, the PS5 and Xbox Series X and S.

We managed to get hold of them!

Running order

What are we playing?

Gaming news

Topic of the show: Next gen

Wrap-up