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**The Crate and Crowbar**

A group of friends who work in the games industry meet up once a week to talk about PC games over a drink. “Off-the-cuff” is a polite way to say “unprofessional”, right?

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Episode 269: Honestly The Longer The Proboscis Is There, The Less Happy We Are Jan 25, 2019

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Both Toms join Chris to discuss Resident Evil 2, Battlefleet Gothic Armada II, a bit of Forgotton Anne, and more.

Plus: further jazz considerations, the torpedo full of man, robot wars meta considerations, puns, wine, and so on.

SteamWorld Quest: it’s been announced!
Slay The Spire: it’s out now! We should get around to talking about that.
Tom S has been playing Hades and Resident Evil 2.
Tom F has been playing Forgotton Anne, Wandersong, and a little Thimbleweed Park.
Chris and Tom S have been playing Battlefleet Gothic Armada II.
Here’s an article about the AI wot cheat at maps, like how Chris do say.
There are secrets hidden in our community’s GOTY page.

You can hang out with us and our community on our Discord channel. If you have a question for a future episode, send it to us at questions@crateandcrowbar.com or tweet us @crateandcrowbar. You can also listen to it on YouTube, and subscribe to our YouTube channel, if you like.

The Crate and Crowbar is kindly funded by our Patreon backers. If you’d like to know more about supporting our podcast and its spinoffs, click here.

Our intro music is by The Mandibles from their track Clambake. Many of the band members now tour as Count Bobo And The Bullion.

Episode 268: The Five Rarities Jan 18, 2019

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Chris, Tom F, Alex and perhaps others dramatise assorted games industry dramas, discuss the anti-cheat ramifications of Dean Leaner, and explore death in a variety of warzones.

Plus: Destiny 2 in 2019, Fortune-299, Slay The Spire modding, our community GOTY vote and more!

In the event that our summation of the Improbable/Unity business didn’t make any sense – and why would it – here’s a recap. The Improbable blog post that didn’t make any sense is this one.
Here’s Bungie declaring their independence from Activision.
Here’s John McDonald from Valve presenting at GDC about using deep learning to combat cheating.
Here’s Dean Learner combatting cheating.
Alex is playing his game of 2018, Destiny 2: Forsaken.
Chris has been rolling around and wailing in Battlefield V and Escape From Tarkov.
Tom’s been digging into Slay The Spire mods and embarking on Fortune-499.
You can find our community GOTY site here.
Tiny Bird Garden Deluxe, Slime Rancher, Candy Crush and Gardenscapes are our recommendations for things to do when it’s gloomy outside.

The Crate and Crowbar is kindly funded by our Patreon backers. If you’d like to know more about supporting our podcast and its spinoffs, click here.

Our intro music is by The Mandibles from their track Clambake. Many of the band members now tour as Count Bobo And The Bullion.

Episode 267: It’s Worse When The Abyss Doesn’t Text Back Dec 21, 2018

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The whole gang convenes (sort of) to look back at our games of 2018 while navigating some sort of terrible segue purgatory.

As discussed in this episode, the Crate & Crowbar Discord community is currently conducting its own GOTY vote! You can find out more – and cast your votes – right here.

Games discussed:

Subnautica
Far Cry 5
Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
The Return of the Obra Dinn
Into The Breach
Slay The Spire
Artifact
Frostpunk
Battletech
Warhammer: Vermintide II
Monster Hunter: World
Megaquarium
The Haunted Island, A Frog Detective Game
Yoku’s Island Express
Donut County
Chuchel
Destiny 2: Forsaken
Madden NFL 19
Hitman 2
Prey: Mooncrash
Forza Horizon 4
Final Fantasy XII
Far: Lone Sails
Dead Cells

We’re now off to take our end-of-year break! The podcast will return in early January, along with a brand new C&C Dungeons & Dragons adventure. See you then, everyone! Happy new year!

The Crate and Crowbar is kindly funded by our Patreon backers. If you’d like to know more about supporting our podcast and its spinoffs, click here.

Our intro music is by The Mandibles from their track Clambake. Many of the band members now tour as Count Bobo And The Bullion.

Episode 266: Julian, Son Of Hades Dec 14, 2018

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Tom F, Alex and John return to the velvet plinth to discuss the Games Awards announcements, ReCore, Dusk, and Hades.

Far Cry: New Dawn has flowers.
The Last Campfire is by two folks at Hello Games.
Xbox One flagship game ReCore is on PC now and very 7/10.
Dusk is a 97/100 game according to Steam user reviews.
Watch a bit of Twinfold being played to get a better notion of it than our muddled descriptions.
Hades is addictive and infuriating to Tom, who has had to ban himself from it.
Here’s the Crate and Crowbar community GOTY votey page Kane set up.

The Crate and Crowbar is kindly funded by our Patreon backers. If you’d like to know more about supporting our podcast and its spinoffs, click here.

Our intro music is by The Mandibles from their track Clambake. Many of the band members now tour as Count Bobo And The Bullion.

Episode 265: Gold, Funsense And Myrrh Dec 07, 2018

Show notes

Chris, Tom, Alex and Tom discuss the Epic Games Store, more Artifact, Mutant Year Zero, Just Cause 4, and so on.

Here’s the rundown on the Epic Games Store.
Everybody has been playing Artifact, but you are not allowed to touch the little imp bottoms, and this is garbage.
Tom F is still playing alternative card games Thronebreaker and Slay The Spire.
Alex has been playing Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden.
Tom F has been playing Just Cause 4.
Where’s, indeed, an egg?

The Crate and Crowbar is kindly funded by our Patreon backers. If you’d like to know more about supporting our podcast and its spinoffs, click here.

Our intro music is by The Mandibles from their track Clambake. Many of the band members now tour as Count Bobo And The Bullion.

Episode 264: Viking Longboards Nov 30, 2018

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Tom F and Alex gather around a velvet plinth, sip beer, and discuss vikings and hitmen. Featured:

Skin Deep: Brendon Chung’s Die Hard in space.
Bad North: defend tiny islands from vikings.
Hitman 2 (2018): Tom’s liking it more now, play his Contract.
Race for the Galaxy: an empire building card game where the strategies map pleasingly to philosophies.

The Crate and Crowbar is kindly funded by our Patreon backers. If you’d like to know more about supporting our podcast and its spinoffs, click here.

Our intro music is by The Mandibles from their track Clambake. Many of the band members now tour as Count Bobo And The Bullion.

Episode 263: He Failed His Shaving Throw Nov 23, 2018

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Chris, Tom F and Alex convene to talk Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus, Artifact, and Hitman 2. Then Chris, Tom F, Alex and Pip convene to talk, er, foxes? Or something.

Alex has been playing Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus.
Chris has been sinking hours into Artifact. Here’s the guide he wrote, if you’re interested.
Tom’s been playing Hitman (Season) 2.
Here’s a college what look like a gaming PC.
The Shard. Didn’t there be a fox in there?

The Crate and Crowbar is kindly funded by our Patreon backers. If you’d like to know more about supporting our podcast and its spinoffs, click here.

Our intro music is by The Mandibles from their track Clambake. Many of the band members now tour as Count Bobo And The Bullion.

Episode 262: The Roast Dinner Tank Nov 15, 2018

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Chris, Tom, Tom and Alex talk strategy remake news, Void Bastards, One Hour One Life, Battlefield V, Thronebreaker, Roblox and more.

Those crazy kids are remastering Command & Conquer.
They’re also remastering Warcraft III, the absolute madmen.
Chris has been playing One Hour One Life.
Everybody’s excited about Void Bastards.
Tom Senior’s been playing Battlefield V.
Tom Francis has been playing The Witcher Tales: Thronebreaker.
Alex has been playing Roblox.

The Crate and Crowbar is kindly funded by our Patreon backers. If you’d like to know more about supporting our podcast and its spinoffs, click here.

You can follow us on Twitter thusly:

Tom Francis
Tom Senior
Chris Thursten
Alex Wiltshire

Our intro music is by The Mandibles from their track Clambake. Many of the band members now tour as Count Bobo And The Bullion.

Episode 261: Max Level Sprant Nov 08, 2018

Show notes

Chris is joined by both Toms to discuss Blizzcon controversy, The Blackout Club, Forza Horizon 4, Return of the Obra Dinn and more.

Here’s Diablo Immortal, and Tom S’ article about said game and its attendant controversy.
Chris and Tom F have been playing The Blackout Club.
Do a cool flip off the time ramp into Forza Horizon 4.
Tom F has also been playing Return of the Obra Dinn.
This, Tom Senior, is Noby Noby Boy.

The Crate and Crowbar is kindly funded by our Patreon backers. If you’d like to know more about supporting our podcast and its spinoffs, click here.

You can follow us on Twitter thusly:

Tom Francis
Tom Senior
Chris Thursten

Our intro music is by The Mandibles from their track Clambake. Many of the band members now tour as Count Bobo And The Bullion.

Episode 260: Wands And Tanks All The Way Down Oct 31, 2018

Show notes

Tom joins Zack Johnson and Kevin Simmons from Video Games Hot Dog to discuss the games of Fantastic Arcade. Spelunky 2! Noita! Samurai Gunn 2! Additional games besides these!

Note: Patreon backers won’t be charged for this episode.

Zack and Kevin are from Video Games Hot Dog, also Asymmetric. They have created two forms of Loathing: West of and Kingdom of.
These human beings collided at Fantastic Arcade.
They played Spelunky 2, the lucky beggars.
Also, lovely physicsy action roguelike Noita.
Then! Samurai Gunn 2!
The Breakout-style digging game that Tom describes is Hole Down.
Also excellent: Grace Bruxner Presents: The Haunted Island: A Frog Detective Game and Cricket Through The Ages, which proves impossible to Google but you can find a picture here.
Also by Free Lives people: Sticky Cats.
Also also: Faith and Paper Planet Pop.

The Crate and Crowbar is kindly funded by our Patreon backers. If you’d like to know more about supporting our podcast and its spinoffs, click here.

Our intro music is by The Mandibles from their track Clambake. Many of the band members now tour as Count Bobo And The Bullion.

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