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Writing on GamesCast Ep.146 - Armoured Core > Tears of the Kingdom May 22, 2023

Your favourite weekly podcast is back! Some of the most anticipated games have come out in the close to four months (!) we've been on break, but instead of getting right to Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom or Resident Evil 4 remake, we make sure to spend a whole bunch of time waxing philosophical about Armoured Core and remembering that Forspoken was a game that actually released. Well, actually it takes us a while to get to games at all—we first have to talk about Jerry Springer and Type O Negative, of course. Also, this podcast is unlistenable. Good to be back. Genuinely, thanks for listening!

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The Seventh Annual Writing on GamesCast Game of the Year Bonanza 2022 DAY TWO Dec 23, 2022

This is it. The second and final day of our Game of the Year deliberations. What game was most momentary? Disappointing? Oldest? Most remade and/or remastered and/or re-released and/or updated? Game of the Year-est?! All this and more answered in a measly... almost seven hours, rounding out to twelve hours total across the two days. Phew. Once again, hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed making it, and a massive thank you to Nico for editing the first day (I edited today's, sorry for the difference in volume between the two days)/doing all the crazy interludes you'll hear—he's the best. Wait, we actually answer some Bitbusters in a timely manner?! It must be Christmas!

Hope you are safe and well this holiday season and we'll see you again in 2023.

CATEGORIES AWARDED AND TIMESTAMPS

10:53 - Best Moment (SPOILER WARNING, PROCEED WITH CAUTION)

2:07:05 - Most Disappointing

3:13:16 - Best Old Game

4:12:26 - Best Remake/Remaster/Re-release/Update

5:01:49 - Game of the Year

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The Seventh Annual Writing on GamesCast Game of the Year Bonanza 2022 DAY ONE Dec 22, 2022

IT'S HERE. The start of our annual Game of the Year deliberations—twelve hours across two days, deciding between us which were the best and worst games of 2022. Today it's the spookiest, the most musical, the worst, the biggest surprise and, of course, the most strand-type game. Oh, also, there's old Bitbusters to be answered... and new ones to be given out?! Hope you have as much fun listening to this as we did making it. You're the best!

(Also, there's some audio issues—Nico's mic got accidentally turned down for the first thirty minutes, then we corrected it. We tried some stuff with Best Music so you could actually hear the music we were discussing but sometimes the music can momentarily drown out discussion due to Discord compression and the like. Sorry about that—we're figuring it out as we go along, even seven years in!)

CATEGORIES AWARDED AND TIMESTAMPS

20:31 - Content Creator of the Year

24:59 - Golden Pumpkin

1:09:22 - Best Looking

2:17:52 - Best Music

3:01:40 - Worst Game

4:16:34 - Biggest Surprise

Stay tuned for Day Two!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.143 - BITBUSTERS RETURNS Sep 26, 2022

If you want to know if we're back or not, search "every Joey's World Tour I'm back" on YouTube and watch the first video that comes up. That is to say, we're back. Playing grindcore festivals in the Czech Republic. Rewatching Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul. The Cyberpunk anime is really good, surprisingly (and Cyberpunk 2077 was always good). Immortality is a fascinating, honest, messy rumination on the place of art in modern society. Metal Hellsinger is a game that people seem to enjoy for some reason but is actually maybe the worst thing I've played all year. JoJo Stone Ocean is surprisingly disappointing. But most importantly... the grand return of BITBUSTERS. DUH SIMPSOOOONS!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.142 - Steve's LA Star Wars Deathmatch May 10, 2022

It's been a while, but honestly it's been a while for the last four or five years. You know the drill. Hamish watched Twin Peaks: The Return. Nico watched Batman. Post-game thoughts on Elden Ring, and returning to Dark Souls. Teardown is the best heist game since Quadrilateral Cowboy. Disco Elysium is one of the best novels you can ever play (also light talk of actual books). Lost Judgment: The Kaito Files speaks to the promising future of the Judgment franchise. Mordhau is the most fun you can have with a playerbase of weirdos. Some other neat little games you may not have heard of otherwise. I *can* get behind that!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.141 - There's a Party Up Here Mar 22, 2022

We're back and we're spending the first ten to fifteen minutes communicating entirely in Henry Rollins clips from Get in the Van. The show has come full circle. Oh, we also dive into the most talked about game of the moment... Gran Turismo 7, the best Wikipedia article simulator ever created. I guess we spend a long time discussing Elden Ring as well—that game rules. After that it gets a bit hazy, but we get into Rainbow Six Siege, Tunic, the Tekken story, and we do a long-overdue check up on Tomato Way. Twenty-three years of the Writing on GamesCast now, my god. Thanks for listening!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.140 - Fly Me To Your Jackass Feb 16, 2022

It's been a couple of months but we're back and ready to talk about... well, films and soundboard bullshit again mainly. The new Jackass film is so unbelievably good. The new Matrix is just... bad. The Sopranos is good but the film is bad. Hamish has played through Horizon Forbidden West and it's very good. He's also played Sifu which is really good but seeing as Nico hates Sekiro he'll probably think it's bad. BUT Nico has played Windjammers 2 which is very, very good. The "difficulty in games" debate is very bad. Harsh real time strategy games are good. Hitman VR is bad, but also good. Thank you all for your patience while we get back into the swing of things with the podcast. You're all very good.

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The Sixth Annual Writing on GamesCast Game of the Year Bonanza 2021 DAY TWO Dec 23, 2021

Well, here it is. Day One was a resounding success I imagine, and here's Day Two to round it out, presented by Gold Bono. Almost six hours of deliberations taking us through the Golden Moments, the Golden Disappointments, the Golden Oldies, the Golden Remakes/Remasters/Re-releases/Updates and finally, the one you've all been waiting for... The Least Shittiest Ass Award.

A sincere thank you from both Nico and Hamish for your continued support over the last six years and change. This is still immensely fun for us and we hope you get a kick out of it too. Here's to another year of obnoxious soundboard clips. Stay safe over the holidays and we'll be back in the new year!

CATEGORIES AWARDED AND TIMESTAMPS:

4:44 - Best Moment (spoiler alert—we list out the games we'll be talking about before the actual moments themselves, so keep an ear out)

2:25:41 - Most Disappointing

3:09:17 - Best Old Game

3:54:33 - Best Remake/Remaster/Re-release/Update

4:22:10 - Game of the Year

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The Sixth Annual Writing on GamesCast Game of the Year Bonanza 2021 DAY ONE Dec 22, 2021

Quick everyone! Gather round the wireless! It's here! It's finally here! Time to be bombarded by loud soundboard clips as the Writing on GamesCast, for the sixth time, spends hours deliberating our picks for the best and worst games of the year! Day One is almost five hours of Scares, Songs and Strands, as well as being Sad for bad games. Things get chaotic a *lot*. We sincerely hope you enjoy it.

CATEGORIES AWARDED AND TIMESTAMPS

18:22 - Content Creator of the Year

27:51 - Golden Pumpkin (including Top 5 Dread X Games)

56:55 - Best Looking

2:11:50 - Best Music

3:02:12 - Worst Game (AKA Shittiest Ass Award)

3:59:01 - Best Strand Game

4:04:14 - Biggest Surprise

Thanks so much for listening! Stick around for Day Two tomorrow where we'll be announcing the Game of the Year!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.137 - Oh That New Cowboy Bebop's Out Nov 27, 2021

We're back after a month of Nico's life basically exploding! Hamish has been subjecting himself to the live action Cowboy Bebop and it is rough. Joe Pera Talks With You is the most earnest show on TV. Limp Bizkit Still Sucks. Shin Megami Tensei V seems to be very good at what it does even though the Switch can't handle it. Forza Horizon 5 is exactly the same as Forza Horizon 4 with even more shite patter, and it's one of the best games of the year. The Grand Theft Auto Trilogy Definitive Edition is the kind of mess that's hard to even comprehend. Nico chops lemons. Call of Duty Vanguard thinks you are the dumbest piece of sh*t on the planet. Putting Never Meant on a mixtape and learning every System of a Down song on guitar to impress girls in high school. Inscryption is weird and cool and we can't really talk about it for spoiler reasons. Reach up and grab a bean!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.136 - FINISH IT Oct 23, 2021

It's been a while since the last podcast and there are a ton of games we should probably be discussing, so of course we spend the equivalent of a feature-length film talking about, well... feature-length films and TV shows we've watched. Why Nico was so disappointed by The Many Saints of Newark (as well as Hamish's first full foray into The Sopranos), Spider-Men both Raimi and Recent, Jackass 3D because of course we have to talk about Jackass some more, why Pig is amazing and Nicolas Cage is a fantastic actor, 12 Angry Men's send up of people who don't like sports, Al Pacino going mental in Glengarry Glen Ross, the fraught relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski, and Norm Macdonald's comedic legacy.

Oh, I guess we also talk about Deathloop's mediocrity, why Planescape Torment might be Nico's new favourite game, dismantling a car as you're taking The Long Drive in it, the Dread X Collection, and a lengthy reflection on being confronted by the people who made a thing you've criticised.

Don't worry, the soundboard is still here too!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.135 - They Call Me Modem Man Sep 21, 2021

The Ol' Gamin' Geezers are back to talk about... wait, actually, we do talk about games this time! Hamish beat Lost Judgment, so we have finally got an episode out on time to talk about something pre-release! Nico talks about WarioWare: Get it Together!, has finally started playing Bloodborne properly, as well as "some game made by some guy," Rift Wizard. Skatebird is wildly disappointing in every way except for the actual birds (don't worry, Nico took notes) and I Am Fish is kind of exactly what you expect. We reflect on Bitbusters, discuss the entire Matrix series in detail and make it clear we have not learned our lesson with the dumb sound effects. We would apologise, but we find it too funny. Hope you enjoy our King Diamond impressions!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.134 - I Put the Screw in the Eva Aug 28, 2021

There's a new Evangelion movie out, and Hamish has been collecting Japanese gangster blu-rays. Somehow in all the Takehsi Kitano talk we manage to narrowly avoid another hour-long segment dedicated to Fast and Furious, but only just. Twelve Minutes is so stupid that trying to explain it gives Hamish hiccups (spoiler warning from 1:15:30 to 1:42:30 approx). Lotta Yakuza: Like a Dragon talk. Nico has played Lego: Builder's Journey, and has some thoughts on that Quake remaster. Oh, also Hamish got his soundboard working again. Sorry in advance.

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.133 - What Do You Meme? Jul 28, 2021

Apologies for the shorter episode today—we were both delirious with the heat and the fact that we started late because we were laughing about stuff off mic. Oh, also we don't talk much about games at all this episode. Why do you listen to us again? Instead we discuss seagull infestation, our pal you don't know, Nico watching all the Fast and Furious films, that Jackass 4 trailer (and the unfortunate fate of our long-talked-about Jackass podcast, at least for now), the unexpected career twists and turns of the Dudesons, Gundam games, and how people talking about art nowadays drives us into deep despair. This was a fun one. He was a crumb of a boy.

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.132 - Life is Un-DARE Jul 13, 2021

The soundboard was messing up Hamish's audio, so Nico has to pick up the chaotic slack—don't worry, it's still a mess. After an hour talking about the Fast and Furious films, awful Marvel TV shows and IGN reviews of old Simpsons games (let's just say the wellbeing of developers is a *remarkably* recent consideration in the public eye), we actually talk about some stuff we've been playing! Hamish got an Xbox and Nico has been playing a bunch of Game Pass games—Forza Horizon 4, Descenders and, uh... Dungeons and Dragons Dark Alliance. Lego Builder's Journey is maybe the closest a game has come to legitimate photorealism, while Cruelty Squad looks like a complete nightmare (but might actually be game of the year). Oh also Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart is a great tech demo and a fantastic game... for kids. Shame should hang like a... actually nah, I'm not going to do the IGN thing.

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.131 - Happy 5th Birthday, Writing on GamesCast! Jun 20, 2021

You read that right, we've somehow been doing this podcast for half a decade, and to celebrate, not only are we doing our traditional E3 roundup (breaking down all the big reveals from Microsoft and Bethesda, Nintendo, Square Enix and... Intellivision?!) but we also have a wealth of special guests—including Patrick Stewart, Peter Griffin, Homer Simpson and Winnie the Pooh! Thank you all so much for supporting us for so long!

(also, we only became aware in the editing stage that the audio quality of Hambo's side of the recording was pretty shaky for some reason, with numerous pops and scratches. Rather than record the entire three and a half hours all over again, we figured we'd post it anyway. Apologies for the dip, we've found the source of the problem and it will be fixed for next time)

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.130 - A Mess May 30, 2021

We're both just... so sorry. Some new games came out! Resident Evil Village, Pokemon Snap, Nier Replicant Ver.1.22474487139... (with spoiler talk at 1:32:34), Returnal, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, and discussion about Hitman 3! We do discuss these things, we promise. It's just on you to do some digging to find it in amongst the complete and utter chaos of our new soundboard obsession. We promise we'll have more restraint next episode. Baby in a zoo.

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.129 - Rockin' Knockers Apr 20, 2021

You know the drill by now—nothing new released, so we talk for a frankly weird amount of time about Shaun Ryder's various projects, including one with an ocarina player and questionable album cover. Nico has played nothing and Hamish has been streaming! He dives deep into all things Oddworld, which has put Soulstorm in a new light. He also got a bunch of people to buy Bad Guys at School—making this podcast the biggest advertising drive the game has had. Together BnB is both underwhelming and ridiculously entertaining. The duo get upsettingly deep into the world of early 2000s softcore porn parody films. RIP Prince Philip!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.128 - A Great Pog Day Apr 09, 2021

Daft politicians are on Cameo now and it turned Nico into the Joker. Video games! The spirit of OG Prince of Persia is alive and well in Oddworld Soulstorm, Genesis Noir is a fantastic animated movie that they shouldn't have slapped a bad game on top of, Narita Boy is a game that looks better than it plays but goddamn it looks good, Nico finally finished Deadly Premonition 2 and is still slogging through Yakuza Like a Dragon. Also certain speedrun communities have the worst patter, neither of us has seen the Snyder Cut and our lives are better for it, we explore the daft games Hamish has been sent via Keymailer, and a conversation about Wacky Races takes... one of the wildest turns we've had on the podcast in quite some time. I gotta tell you, The Big Chungus sends his regaaaards.

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.127 - You Can (Not) Eat Snake Mar 20, 2021

Welcome to the podcast s̶u̶p̶p̶o̶s̶i̶t̶o̶r̶y DEPOSITORY! As is seemingly going to be the case for a chunk of 2021, basically nothing new released so we start off with a lengthy discussion of 90s grunge, why "The Beatles is a terrible band" is such a tired take, and the golden rule of shreds videos—if you ain't on screen, you ain't making sound. That said we do discuss the recent Square Enix Presents stream (and poke just a little bit of fun at the Life is Strange franchise), the complete nothing that was the PlayStation State of Play, the madness of Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, we realise The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is almost twenty years old, and reflect on how Mega64 has kinda always been the pinnacle of online video creation. Also, the much anticipated debut of Nico's new feature, The Twilight of the Porn Games, as well as your questions!

Also apologies for some of the sound quality on this one—Hamish's computer fans were extremely loud and also he didn't realise you could actually hear him solving a Rubik's Cube at certain points during the podcast. What a dingo!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.126 - Four-Sided Cube Mar 08, 2021

We've got a Big Rig to get to the Big Gig! Your favourite video game podcast is back to talk all things Gene Simmons—his Twitter presence, that time he was meant to play with The Melvins but Spinal Tap happened instead, his weird... vault thing, everything you're here for, right? Oh OK, we also discuss, well, a lot of stuff, including Persona 5 Strikers, Hamish's Rubik's Cube obsession, Nico's DOOM speedrun dominance, Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War and well-intentioned people taking the most depressingly conservative views on the purpose of art as possible, as well as checking in on Nico's progress in Deadly Premonition 2 and Hamish's slog through Twin Peaks' awful second season. We also preview a potentially hilarious new segment coming next week. Thanks for listening!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.125 - Business Punk Feb 05, 2021

New releases are something of a barren wasteland right now, so after of course referencing the Gamestonks drama of the week (which was already old by the time we recorded this) we spend the first huge chunk talking about music again, and mercifully only about a quarter of that is Henry Rollins focused. Hardcore documentaries, Fugazi, the music Nico and Hamish made together, all of it is talked about in the most whiplash inducing way possible. Oh, and Hitman 3 is the Game of the Year already despite one of the most baffling launches of the last decade. Nico stepped into The Witcher 2 too soon after the first game. Destruction Allstars is fucking rubbish. We stumble across a potential sociopath. All this and more on this episode of the Writing on GamesCast!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.124 - Podcast Man Jan 21, 2021

Happy New Year! It's all solved! Oh wait. Nothing is coming out, so obviously we talk about Henry Rollins for the first forty minutes (including some fun quotes from Get in the Van). We get to games eventually though! Hitman 3's launch has been awful, The Witcher is a janky masterpiece (and of course we have to be The Defenders of Cyberpunk as always, because it doesn't seem as if anyone's actually played the game before offering their hot takes), Hades should probably have been our game of the year, the later Mortal Kombat stories are really dumb (but are they good dumb?) and Dishonored—a game about a world being ravaged by plague—hits a little different in 2021. Can *you* get behind that?

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The Fifth Annual Writing on GamesCast Game of the Year Bonanza 2020 (Day Two) Dec 23, 2020

Well, this is it. We round out our bumper Game of the Year podcasts by picking our, well, game of the year. Will Bugsnax take it? Not likely. Unless...

We both just want to thank you all for listening. This year has been unbelievably tough in so many ways and the holidays are always bad for many, but hopefully this whole thing can give you just a little bit of joy or relaxation for a while. It really means the world to us that you've stuck with us even while things have been as inconsistent as they are. Keep going everybody. See you in 2021!

Categories awarded:

Best Moment

Best Remake/Remaster/Re-release/Update

Best Old Game

Biggest Disappointment

Game of the Year

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The Fifth Annual Writing on GamesCast Game of the Year Bonanza 2020 (Day One) Dec 22, 2020

Well, it's finally here. Our fifth time into the breach. This year may have been unbearably awful in so many ways but... at least the games were interesting? Either way, here's day one of our insanely long deliberations over the best and worst of 2020, to find out who will be VICTORIOUS. Enjoy and stick around for Day Two coming tomorrow!

Categories awarded:

Content Creator of the Year

Golden Pumpkin

Best Looking

Best Music

Worst Game

Best Strand Game

Biggest Surprise

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.121 - Bopped By a Bunger Nov 30, 2020

Take a look around you. If things look different, consider that it might be because we're in the NEXT GENERATION, BABY. Sony sent Hamish a PS5, so he goes over his experiences with the hardware (the DualSense and SSD), Demon's Souls, Astro's Playroom and Spider-Man Miles Morales. He also finished Yakuza: Like a Dragon. and has some... mixed thoughts. Nico brought his own next-gen title to the table in the form of the unwitting face of the PS5—Bugsnax—and things get weird and dark. Nico also finally played Deadly Premonition 2 and we struggle to talk about it for fear of spoiling the first game. Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War is legitimately one of the most fun shooter campaigns in years. Trust in yourself!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.120 - Them's the Pumps Nov 11, 2020

We thank System of a Down for their service in what happened this week. Hamish has played through a whole bunch of Yakuza: Like a Dragon and it completely rules. Nico gives us his D&D Minute, and he also finished Mafia: Definitive Edition so we talk about that game at length for the third or fourth time in a row. Watch Dogs Legion is inadvertently the most dystopian game ever made. Descenders is a really chill game and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 just got an update that changes things up in ways we didn't expect. Just wait 'til the don hears about dis!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.119 - Snacky Bongos Oct 24, 2020

Wawaweewa! There's a new Borat film out and one half of the cast has seen it because what the heck else is there to do in 2020! We also discuss why D&D is fun! Mobster accents in Mafia: Definitive Edition now that Nico has played it! Could Amnesia: Rebirth be in with a chance to win the prestigious Golden Pumpkin award? The conclusion to the Tomato Way trilogy! VR is the only way to play Star Wars Squadrons! Our best/worst fast food rankings! Why we're anticipating Yakuza 7 and Cyberpunk 2077! All this and more on this week's edition of the Writing on GamesCast! Dziękuję!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.118 - I Just Arrived and I Suck Oct 16, 2020

The COVID Gamers are back to report on Big League Politics! No one's wearing masks! People are throwing fireworks at each other! But more importantly, just what the hell is Genshin Impact and why is it anime Breath of the Wild?!

Also discussed: Mafia Definitive Edition is some of the best crime fiction games have to offer. Nico is predictably in love with Baldur's Gate 3. Spelunky 2 seems like an incredibly well-made game that both of us dislike playing. Hades is the remedy to all of Spelunky 2's problems. Trackmania 2020 has a bunch of new tracks and it gives us a chance to go off about how terrible that game's UI still is. We have an idea for a Jackass-themed podcast that might actually be really great. All this and more on this week's episode of the Writing on GamesCast!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.117 - Hawk Talk Sep 24, 2020

We had way too many games left from last week that we forgot to talk about, so we needed to get at you again with another episode that thankfully didn't take four months to release. We talk Lynchian awkwardness before getting into the PS5 reveal/Bethesda Microsoft stuff. Online people are anti-art weirdos who remind us of Tipper Gore. We spend a good hour or so trying to talk about Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 but it's so perfect that we end up discussing basically the entire Tony Hawk franchise. Trackmania should be the biggest game on the planet but it's too much of a confusing mess and that's partially why it's great. Freedom Fighters is what would happen if you gave Mario a gun. Super Mario 3D All-Stars gives Mario a water gun which is kinda close. Flight Simulator turns into The Witness once you descend below those clouds. Thanks for listening to these Late-twenties Skateboarders for another week!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.116 - Travis Bickle as The Hulk Sep 09, 2020

So, um, hey! We're back after perhaps the lengthiest break we've ever had—hooray for protracted moves between apartments and enduring mental trauma! After a brief look back at the last few months (and of course the obligatory hour of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure talk), we chill out a little bit to get back into the swing of things. Holy moly, a lot of games came out while we were away, huh? Hamish wonders why Marvel's Avengers isn't just the simple cinematic brawler it clearly wants to be (and talks about that Captain America costume). Nico convinces Hamish to get into Rainbow Six Siege in 2020. Fast and Furious Crossroads is utterly, bafflingly bad. Because Hamish decided to finish it after all these years, we finally get to talk at length about why Deadly Premonition is just legitimately one of the best games ever made (it's so good that Hamish gets hiccups, sorry). We discuss your favourite game you haven't heard of yet, Bad Guys at School. Oh, and we make brief mention of The Last of Us Part 2, as if that game isn't totally exhausting to talk about.

This podcast, for us, is a really nice break from the horrors of the real world and it feels good to do it again. Thank you for sticking with us, and generally just keeping going through this whole mess. We can do this, together.

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.115.0 - JoJo's Wakeboarding Adventure May 22, 2020

You Can (Not) Redo. We recorded an episode a couple of weeks ago but the files got all funky so we had to ditch it, meaning that it's been two months since we recorded a podcast. But who knows what time even is anymore, right? In that spirit we spend a while talking about the state of things in this wild new world, then take an hour and a half to discuss how wild the Fast and Furious franchise is, as well as Hamish's foray into the world of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. We talk about games for a bit... but not the ones you might expect. Elon Musk vs Grimes' mum? Yare yare daze. The return of Bitbusters and the Big TIme Tommie Minute. This podcast has got it all!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep 114 - A Little Joe Rogan in Your Ian Mackaye Mar 21, 2020

Well, it's a very weird time right now for everyone. We tried to make this a chill-ass podcast to counter all of that, but we couldn't help chatting a bit about it at the start. Somehow it always comes back to Henry Rollins though. With all that out the way, we get to discuss why Dreams can be a nightmare, why Nioh 2 can be a nightmare (even though that isn't quite as snappy as the Dreams/nightmare bit), a surprising experience with GeForce Now, the worst level in Halo: Combat Evolved and how good Divinity Original Sin 2 still is. We see the return of both the Big Time Tommie Minute and Bitbusters to get you through these trying times, as well as a lengthy discussion about supermarket sandwiches. Ya-coo-WHO-sa zero.

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.113 - You're Going to Carry That Weight, Trailer Park Mar 11, 2020

We're back after a couple of months off! We've been real busy questioning the humanity of DMV drones and kicking people. In amongst that, though, we have found some time to play some games here and there! To that end, we've got thoughts on the Final Fantasy VII remake demo, Street Fighter V Championship Edition, Kentucky Route Zero, World of Horror, Halo and everyone's favourite game, EA Game Face. Rockbusters returns, the old British version of Toonami is discussed, and we try to make sense of the career trajectory of Beans from Even Stevens. There is no reason... to fight.

(also there may be some points later on where the audio falls slightly out of sync—technical problems on our end. Should hopefully still be listenable, and we'll try our best to make sure it's fixed for next week. Thanks for listening!)

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Writing on GamesCast Ep. 112 - So Good, So 90s, So Vegan Jan 14, 2020

Happy new year! We're back for a whole new decade of chatting shite. After a little while of figuring out how exactly to podcast again, we realise we've barely played anything since Game of the Year. Nico got back into Dark Souls 2 for some strange reason and, predictably, has hated every minute of it. Some thoughts on Thronebreaker, finally. Nico got his own Oculus Quest and, similarly to Hamish, has had his perspective on games shift dramatically. Nico reveals the Bitbusters answers he set up over a month ago, we answer your burning questions, and discuss terrible metalcore singers electrocuting themselves on stage. Anyone else #genesimmonschallenge!

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The Fourth Annual Writing on GamesCast Game of the Year Bonanza (Day Two) Dec 23, 2019

Time to wrap this up. Our deliberations into the best, worst and... oldest of 2019 concludes with almost five hours of goofs, gaffs, guests and games. Will Death Stranding make top 10? You decide! No wait, we decide! Our guests decide!

A massive thank you to to all of you for sticking with us over another year of inconsistent release schedules. We really appreciate it a whole lot. We'll be back in 2020 bigger than ever. Take it eas'.

Categories awarded:

Best Moment

Best Remake/Remaster/Re-release/Update

Best Old Game

Biggest Disappointment (Mafia 3 Blue Ribbon of Shame)

Game of the Year

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The Fourth Annual Writing on GamesCast Game of the Year Bonanza 2019 (Day One) Dec 22, 2019

Well, we're here. Time to subject ourselves to this endurance test once more. Here is over four-and-a-half hours of us talking about the best and worst we played this year. For an idea of how this goes, this is, by some margin, the longest/most heated Best Looking discussion we've ever had (it's all in good fun though). Enjoy, and stick around for day two!

Categories Awarded:

Golden Pumpkin

Best Looking

Best Music

Worst Game

Best Strand Game

Biggest Surprise

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.109 - A Fountain of Corn Dogs Dec 06, 2019

It's finally here—the StrandCast! That's right, we needed a month away just to deal with the momentous release of Death Stranding—a game that Nico inexplicably loves and Hamish gets exhausted even thinking about at this stage. We also talk Nico's venture to Vegas, how Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is... fine, why Pokemon might be bad now, as well as how the Oculus Quest is starting to reshape how Hamish looks at games (while looking like a cartoon doofus in Superhot VR). As always, we have Bitbusters (now with fabulous, furious prizes), the Big Time Tommie Minute, Goin' Postal and your questions! Next up—maaaybe Game of the Year?!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.108 - That's the Way I Get Down on a THURSDAY Nov 05, 2019

This is the third episode in a row (I think) where we talk for half an hour about a game we haven't played yet (Death Stranding). After a debrief on Nico's first viewing of the entire John Wick franchise and a discussion on how Henry Rollins might not be that great, we talk about how Modern Warfare's campaign might be as dumb as The Quiet Man. The Outer Worlds is so good we don't have much to say about it. Going Postal returns as do Nico's regerts about starting the segment. This answer's to last episodes Bitbusters legitimately break Hamish to the point that it might be the hardest he's laughed on the podcast. And because we didn't play many games, we have a bumper edition of your questions! OS for life, take it eas'.

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.107 - SF+U2 Oct 21, 2019

People are playing Death Stranding now. We're not, but that won't stop us talking about it. Nico goes to Galaxy's Edge and has a measured opinion on new Star Wars. Everything John Wick Hex does is understandable, but that doesn't make it fun to play. Introducing Nico's second new feature in as many weeks, Goin' Postal. This means he has to play Postal 4 every week, which is a fate worse than death. A Short Hike is tiny Breath of the Wild and might honestly be in both of our game of the year lists. And yes, we announce the answers to Bitbusters, give you the Big Time Tommie Minute you've all been waiting for, and envision the most expensive game of Pong ever made.

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.106 - Freestyle Music Oct 11, 2019

Join us as one host recovers from illness while the other develops it. Question whether anyone that says either "Joker is an irresponsible movie" or "Joker is a modern classic" has ever seen the film/any film before. Untitled Goose Game is a funny little experience, but we'd probably choose Goat Simulator over it. Ghost Recon Breakpoint is maybe the most catastrophically broken AAA game in years but not a totally terrible time. John Wick Hex is a true disappointment. Yakuza 3 doesn't hold up super well. Checking in on Big Time Tommie. Introducing new feature Bitbusters—tune in next podcast to hear the answers I guess. And yes, we discuss that Nostalgia Critic video. Once again, take it eas'.

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.105 - Keeping it Old School Sep 10, 2019

How ya doin' Instagram, it's the Writing on GamesCast here to talk about the legitimately weird announcements from that Nintendo Direct (including... Deadly Premonition 2?!), why Control ain't doing it for us, how Ghost Recon Breakpoint surprised us, we answer your questions, and get some life advice from a man smoking a cigar. Take it eas'.

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.104 - Put Randy in the Aztec Box Aug 31, 2019

Jackson Dingle and Ryan Nosecondname are talking Gamescom and have a lot to say about what was played/seen both on the show floor and behind closed doors—Avengers, Cyberpunk, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Dragonball Z Kakarot, and more. We also talk about how our opinion on Wolfenstein Youngblood somehow worsened from when we last called it "the most disappointing game since Mafia 3", Fire Emblem, that new No Man's Sky update (and why there probably won't be the usual Annual Video about it this time around) and Budget Tom Hardy from Upgrade starring in Telling Lies. Also a massive thank you to Nico who has taken over editing duties on the podcast—he's doing an amazing job. Thanks for supporting us!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.103 - Now You See Me Aug 06, 2019

In which we get paid millions by Microsoft to take the podcast to Mixer. Well, we don't actually, but we do go into how Metal Gear Solid 4 makes more sense in 2019 (because it doesn't make sense), why Wolfenstein: Youngblood might be the most disappointing game we've played since Mafia 3, and why Goat Simulator is still (and has always been) great. Oh, you also have your requisite CKY and Mike Patton minutes. Good to be back.

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.102 - So Many Shinji Games Jul 16, 2019

This one is a few days late thanks to some internet/audio hiccups (as well as some literal hiccups later on). Join the EVAGNs (that's meant to be a riff on AVGN but it totally doesn't work written down) to talk weird Japan-only Evangelion games, Nico getting to grips with Judgment, and Hamish's first (very brief) dip into Kingdom Hearts... for some reason. Oh, also, back by popular demand... the return of Mario Make Yourself.

Trying out a new hosting service here too, hopefully there aren't too many problems on that end. Thanks for listening!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.101 - Message Not Received Jul 04, 2019

There are so many games to talk about we genuinely lost track, so let's talk about Evangelion, press events in Paris and bad delivery drivers instead. OK, I guess we can also talk about Judgment, Hamish's new Super Mario Maker 2 level in a new feature called Mario Make Yourself, as well as Bloodstained and Crash Team Racing, I guess. Diff Rent Strokes. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.100 - Three Years, Three E's Jun 13, 2019

To mark the momentus occasion of hitting 100 episodes just a few days out from the third anniversary of starting the show, we thought we'd go back to where it all started—an E3 recap. That means we're talking all the hottest reveals: King Crimson on Spotify, Gundam and Kevin Smith. We also discuss all the press conferences, as well as the weird spot E3 as a whole appears to be in. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.99 - I'm Sonic the Hedgehog, No One Cares About Me May 04, 2019

You wanted weekly? Well how about two in a week (we recorded this only a day after the last one was posted, which itself was recorded about a week before then... it's a whole thing). Your favourite Video Game Boys are back to talk more Mortal Kombat 11, that Sonic trailer, Dangerous Driving, a dramatic reading of the Pumpkin Hill theme, seeing Sunn 0))) in concert, and some truly relaxing ASMR. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.98 - A Game That is Literally For Toddlers May 02, 2019

Back to weekly! Oh wait. Also, this is being posted a few days after it was recorded because Hamish had videos to edit. That said, we're back to talk about the hottest gaming headlines: getting into punk music, shreds videos and the wonderful world of legacy bands marketing tour dates through stolen memes. We might also mention Mortal Kombat 11, Ace Attorney and Yoshi's Wooly World in there at some point. This one's for the Gamers! Oh also, the intro song is Real Deal by Antidote. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.97 - Tipping the Fondue Apr 04, 2019

The hot new From Soft game has come out and is one of the more divisive games we've played on the podcast, so of course we're burying Sekiro under an hour and a half of discussion of the first Mass Effect, Star Citizen, Shroud of the Avatar and the winner of multiple Best Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh awards, Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh. Also discussed is Mortal Kombat 9, and how the Street Fighter movie was never actually bad. Shit on a shingle! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.96 - Mustard Attack! Mar 16, 2019

This Content™ is sponsored by neither Squarespace nor Flip the Frog. So grab a couple of shlooters from Ernie's Party Bar and listen as we discuss the games we've been playing over the last month: Devil May Cry 5, The Division 2, Trials Rising, Dead or Alive 6, Anthem, our now-obligatory CKY minute and a film about black metal. Shite on a bike! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.95 - Standby for Tillamook Feb 15, 2019

Forget Valentine's, this week it's all about National Cheddar Day. We spend a good while talking about how gouda Resident Evil 2 is now that we've both played through it a bunch. Apex Legends might not be the game for us. Far Cry New Dawn is... just awful. Ace Combat 7 and Katamari Damacy continue to be very good games. We react live to the Nintendo Direct happening as we record. Most importantly though, we tell the wild story of how Nico ended up a brand ambassador for a dairy. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.94 - Hold the Baws and Say the Phrase Jan 18, 2019

NEW YEAR NEW PODCAST. Actually, it's the same podcast. Aside from thoughts on new release Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown and that Resident Evil 2 One-shot Demo (both of which are excellent), we're doing a lot of recapping of the games we played over the break: Celeste, The Missing, Mutant Year Zero, Katamari Damacy REROLL, Onimusha, Zone of the Enders 2nd Runner among others. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

The Writing on GamesCast 2018 Game of the Year Bonanza (Day Two) Dec 24, 2018

You thought five hours was a lot. This is our longest podcast yet, coming in at over seven hours recorded across two days. We can only apologise, there was a LOT to get through. Hopefully you'll get a kick out of some of the stuff we talk about. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

The Writing on GamesCast 2018 Game of the Year Bonanza (Day One) Dec 22, 2018

It's that time of year again. The third time we've subjected ourselves to this nonsense, but we do it for the content. Here is almost five hours of us discussing the best (and worst) of what we played this year and what's more, there's still another day of this to go. We get very heated over Super Mario Party. Strap in, people, it's going to be a wild one. See you tomorrow for day two! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.91 - Viva La Rico Dec 16, 2018

It's been another month since the last podcast because of life, so it's a biiiig round up of everything we've been playing while gearing up for our upcoming Game of the Year MEGACAST. That means we spend the first half hour talking about how awful the Game Awards were, spend another while talking about how awful Fallout 76 is, another chunk of time talking about the disappointment that is Just Cause 4. Also Hamish is ill. In the words of Limmy, everything's shit. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.90 - Follow the Damn Train, Arthur Nov 16, 2018

Come celebrate 90 years of Writing on Games with us as we spend an hour discussing what kind of self-inflicted Purge must have happened at Square Enix to release the hell-game that is The Quiet Man (that ends up driving us legit nuts), another hour talking aboutthe ins-and-outs of wildly immersive horse murder sim Red Dead Redemption 2, and yet another hour discussing how happy we are that we have a new Hitman game in our lives. WHY CAN'T I HEAR WHY WHY

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.89 - Dump That Pump Oct 27, 2018

It's the closest we'll get to a Halloween episode I suppose, so let's talk about the spookiest thing of all... the smell of rotting pumpkins. Also discussed: the wild character creator of Soul Calibur VI, the wilder character creator of THUGPRO, the disappointing new Spider-Man DLC, jumping into the pit that is Destiny 2, replaying Red Dead Redemption in preparation for the sequel, paying into whatever the hell Star Citizen is, and James Brown's christmas albums. Thanks for coming to my show! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.88 - Detroit, Much Like Mario Party Oct 12, 2018

Games are coming out again! The industry is saved! Hamish regails Nico with tales of visting Poland to preview Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales and meeting a particularly realistic-looking android. Also discussed is the new Assassin's Creed, the wild plot of a Yu-Gi-Oh game and we compare Super Mario Party to Detroit to try and figure out which is the more awful game (hint: it's Super Mario Party by a fucking long shot). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.87 - Combat Boarding School Sep 21, 2018

Take a trip with us to Nicotopia as we talk more Spider-man, the nothing that is Transference, the full-blown SNES JRPG-ness of Dragon Quest XI, and diving back into the game too scary for Author, Tomato Way. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.86 - Does Pizza Fuck? Sep 11, 2018

Nico has returned from New York... only to swing right back in as we discuss how Spiderman has not only defied our expectations but has reinvigorated Hamish's love of games. We then talk about the question on everyone's lips: what if Heat could be made into something way, way worse? The answer is GTAV. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.85 - Das Accoutrements Aug 30, 2018

We've been gone a while but fear not! A slight format change and making things slightly more concise means more easily sustained energy and less time we need to carve out to actually do this dang thing! And what a time to get back into it! Hamish has returned from Gamescom and has a LOT to say about the Cyberpunk 2077 demo, Sekiro, Spiderman, Kingdom Hearts 3, and more! We also discuss No Man's Sky's daft multiplayer and the fact that Shenmue is still a prrrretty bad game. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.84 - Google suck a bigger bag of dicks Jul 29, 2018

Woaaaaaaaah, it's the Writing on GamesCast reporting from somewhere on Spaceship Earth; here to bring you high-frequency thoughts on that No Man's Sky update, A Way Out (spoilers at 1:28:00), Wreckfest and Typing of the Dead before the ludicrous heat sends us off on tangents about saving cats and how getting away from social media does wonders for your mental health. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.83 - Green Hill Lodge Jul 12, 2018

Hamish is back from LA while Nico maybe literally melts from the heat. Either way, we've been playing a bunch of video games, feeling baffled by The Crew 2 while loving the hell out of Wreckfest, biting people in Vampyr, doing other vampire-related things in Bloodstained, fearing for the future of Life is Strange (spoiler warning for Captain Strange at 1:19:40), talking about Matthew McConaughey as Sonic, and trying (and failing) to not sound like total wanks when discussing how we conceptualise m --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.82 - The 2nd Annual E3 Extravaganza! Jun 13, 2018

We're back after a month-long break and to celebrate, Hamish is in LA, we have 40s and we're spending over four hours (!) talking about every E3 press conference! Witness as we get a lil drunk then proceed to sober up; discussing why Daemon X Machina was the game of the show, Death Stranding's Bad Toenail Scene, some asides about Detroit Become Human, and quoting Limp Bizkit lyrics at each other. Ohhhhh maayayayayyy gaaaaawd! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.81 - The TurkeyCast May 12, 2018

It's your favourite TV news and Chad experts (?) back once again to give you the leanest cast in a while, clocking in at a measly three hours as opposed to three-and-a-half. We haven't played many games, but we've battled royally, we've warred godly, we've raced... pod-ly, and most important of all, Nico has more hot Dawson's Creek gossip. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.80 - Gotta Go Last May 03, 2018

Do you ever wonder if God of War got any better? What's it like to play The Last of Us for the first time in 2018? Is the Detroit: Become Human demo total, irredeemable shite? Will we ever get to that backlog of listener questions we have? All these questions and more answered on your favourite film and TV podcast, the Writing on GamesCast! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.79 - Badical Shites Apr 21, 2018

It's 4/20 and we smoking that Home Improvement weed! We're also discussing the generation-defining, game to end all games God of War, Cliffy B's continued struggles for relevancy in Radical Heights, how Thumper led Hamish down a hole of ZX Spectrum home development, Nico's return to Yakuza Kiwami and a long time is spent talking about weird bands. More like Dumper! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.78 - Pighammer Apr 07, 2018

Hambo and Nico are back to give you the lowdown on what's REALLY bullshit, people's potentially odd expectations of Far Cry 5, the solo career of Wayne Static (may god rest his soul), a Final Fantasy XV debrief, why Devil May Cry 3 is the best game ever made, why Burnout Paradise is the best game ever made, as well as fulfilling all your Matthew McConaughey ASMR needs. Also, don't forget your regularly scheduled d-beat minute. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.77 - Johntendo Mar 27, 2018

LIFE STUFF GOT IN THE WAY AGAIN SO SORRY FOR THE DELAY. We've been playing a LOT of games though, so that means almost three and a half hours of proper, proper shite. Some thoughts on Yakuza 6 (and the weirdness surrounding that embargo), PUBG mobile, remembering the Devil May Cry series and everyone's favourite non-genre - Nintendocore. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.76 - You Could Never Be A Dork Mar 10, 2018

Your favourite morning radio pundits Hambo and the Nic are here to discuss the weird nostalgia of returning to Final Fantasy XV, get angry about how awful Life is Strange: Before the Storm's bonus episode is, get confused by the absurdity of video game violence hysteria, get excited by that latest Nintendo Direct, as well as see the return of the much-demanded Powerviolence Minute. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.75 - Plumbob Danguspants Mar 01, 2018

It feels weird releasing on a Thursday for the first time in months. To celebrate, as usual, we're talking all the hot new releases - Onimusha, Gunpla, and working out the plot to our new romantic comedy My French Son (starring Matthew McConaughey). We also discuss that Chrono Trigger "PC port", punching horses in Kingdom Come Deliverance, the battle of attrition that is Tekken Mobile, and everyone's favourite characters from Final Fantasy XV... Llama and Plumbob from The Sims 4. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.74 - Dandy War Holes Feb 18, 2018

We're back to talk about all the monster hunting games you can think of. Monster Hunter World, Shadow of the Colossus, that new mobile Tekken game... you name it, it's a monster, we'll play or hunt it. I am very tired and have no idea what I'm talking about. We also dive deep on Viva La Bam, Karl Pilkington's Rockbusters, and KingK's recent shenanigans. Grab yourself a BK Joe! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.73 - My French Son Feb 03, 2018

We're now fully into 2018 and we have actual new games to show for it! Good ones too! So obviously we spend most of the podcast talking about how Heavy Rain might legitimately be worse than Ride to Hell. Don't worry, we discuss hot new release Ehrgeiz too. God bless this mess! (monster hunter and dragon ball fighterz might also be mentioned ok) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.72 - The Pod-igal Sons Return Jan 20, 2018

We're back to deal with countless audio and technical issues as well as discuss all the hot new games; real, emotional experiences designed to move the medium of games forward. Games like HQ Trivia and Ride to Hell Retribution. We also talk about Divinity Original Sin 2 (the best game ever), Life is Strange: Before the Storm (the worst) and Metal Gear Survive (...eh, I dunno). Also stick around until the very end to hear us discuss the latest Liam Neeson movie. It's very, very dumb. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Game of the Year 2017 - Day Two Dec 23, 2017

This is the big one. The moment you've all been waiting for. Just who will win the award for Best Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh of 2017?! (ps. some of these categories might have spoilers) Categories awarded: Best Moment Best Old Game Best Character Biggest Disappointment Game of the Year Best Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Game of the Year 2017 - Day One Dec 22, 2017

It's finally here! The second annual Writing on GamesCast Game of the Year Awards! Did you ever listen to our often 3 hour+ weekly podcast and think "man, I wish this was longer"? Well, you're in luck! We sat down for over five goddamn hours to discuss some of the best (and worst) of 2017. Categories covered: Trending Gamer DSP Presents the Second Annual Golden Pumpkin Awards Best Looking Game Best Music (brought to you by Nikki Sixx) Worst Game Biggest Surprise --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.69 - Nikki Sixx...tynine Dec 09, 2017

Hey everyone! It's no one's favourite time of the year! The Game Awards! Join us as we talk about the evolving nature of the show, discuss the reveals, that mad cunt who told the Oscars to fuck themselves up or something, and get legitimately heated over that Death Stranding trailer. Oh, and Hamish played Ride to Hell: Retribution for some reason. Nikki Sixx looks like an aged Lambhoot. This is a good'un. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.68 - Mean American Sensei Dec 03, 2017

Feels like we say this every time but major apologies for the delay. Schedule stuff has been wild. That said, Hamish has finally started to conquer the beast that is his MGSV analysis, so WE'RE GETTING THERE. Join us for a bumper episode talking Tekken, Sonic, revelling in being a dumbass and randomly quoting Chris Morris shows. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.67 - Baguettaboutit Nov 18, 2017

Hamish is back uploading videos and Nico's tooth got better. Things may be returning to something resembling normalcy, thank god. To celebrate, let's talk the hottest new releases such as DOOM, LA Noire, Skyrim, and explain Final Fantasy VIII to you. We also discuss where Wolfenstein 2 both succeeds and stumbles, the mess that is Star Wars Battlefront 2, and why we might be done with PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. Hold onto yer bawbags! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.66 - Soccer and Yu-Gi-Oh Nov 06, 2017

Sorry for the delay again. We made up for it by talking about video games for a ridiculously long time and going delirious in the process. We discuss Metal Gear Solid V again for some goddamn reason. Mario Odyssey is great obviously. Wolfenstein 2 is great obviously, Mick Gordon is obviously not a Nazi obviously, wrestling games are very bad obviously, video game news is very bad, obviously. OBVIOUSLY. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.65 - Vacationing in the Cloud Oct 20, 2017

It's weird how a "slightly shorter podcast" for us is still two and a half hours long. But hey, it's a good'un this week. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.64 - Chicken Wing Endless Dancing Blitz Naruto Shippuden 4 NFL Oct 15, 2017

We were worried about this one at the outset because we were tired as hell. It got good though. We largely attribute that to the fact we did the unthinkable this week - we skipped news. Hell. Yes. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.63 - My G-G-G-G-GamesCast Oct 07, 2017

Hey everyone! It's your favourite hosts Mike Truk and Bobson Dugnutt back after a couple of weeks off to talk about games and not very interesting news! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.62 - Shoutout to All the Steves Sep 24, 2017

Apologies for the lateness of this podcast AGAIN, we've just been a little under the weather. This podcast helped though. GAMES. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.61 - DRUNKARDS Sep 15, 2017

Once again, apologies for the sporadic upload schedule lately. Hamish has been busy as hell and Nico's mouth has been trying to kill him. To make up for it, we've got... exactly the same length of podcast as we normally do. This time, though, it ends with Nico being legitimately scared about nuclear armageddon, so that's fun! GAMES. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.60 - Rabbids? There's A War On Aug 31, 2017

Nico is reporting live from somewhere with bad internet and worse microphones! Translated, this means something happened with Nico's signal chain so his audio is weird this week but THAT DIDN'T STOP US TALKING GAMES FOR THREE HOURS. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.59 - New Season, New Soundboard Aug 25, 2017

Hey bozo, the title says it all! Hamish made a new theme song, Nico made a soundboard, it's a new season of the Writing on GamesCast baybee! That means nothing, honestly. We've still got all the WaCkY sOuNd EfFeCtS you all know and love. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.58 - Tony Hawk Uber Girth Aug 17, 2017

We're back after a week of conflicting schedules. There's literally only one news story this week, so it's a good thing we've played enough games to fill three hours of chat! Also, as a heads up, we talk about Hellblade this week which presents a pretty stark depiction of severe mental illness. Just a primer in case you're sensitive to that stuff. Also, we're a couple of dafties so there's a very big chance we'll get stuff wrong while talking about it - major apologies if that's the case. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.57 - Bigg Trash (ft. KingK) Aug 03, 2017

Another week, another cast, except this week we're joined by none other than KingK from that new-fangled YouTube thing. Join us for three hours of chat about magical realist sports games, big ol' walkin' simulators and making it clear that Dan is the true Burger King. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.56 - Hambo and the FleshBag Jul 28, 2017

Your favourite morning radio duo is back to talk all the newest and hottest happenings in video games, such as 80s post-punk bands. Pyre, No Man's Sky, Splatoon 2 and Final Fantasy XV may also come up. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.55 - Phantom Thieves Reunited (Ft. Devin Hall) Jul 20, 2017

This week we're delighted to welcome back Very Good Writer For Hire/Persona expert Devin Hall (hire him) for three hours of chat about games and what it's like to write about them. Did I mention you should get him to write for you? Good. Because you should.

4:10 - I'm kinda flabergasted at the level of support I've received in the last 24 hours and I want to genuinely thank you for it.

16:04 - Bioshock or do I mean BioSHLOCK no I mean Bioshock

26:22 - Nico FINALLY started playing Final Fantasy XV

1:02:16 - Playerunknown's Battlegrounds is a game you might have heard of and also we talk about some ban news and also team killing is really fun and I make myself sound like a psychopath

1:35:14 - Telltale is messing with us but hey, new season of Wolf Among Us so it's fine

1:51:54 - The Unity Discourse continues and will consume us all

2:09:27 - Talking about the stress of the Freelance Grind

2:21:52 - Checkin' in on Nico's Teeth and genuine progress on videos

2:25:57 - How YouTubers can absolutely fuck it and how weird a thing Patreon is

2:43:56 - EVO 2017 announcements and the show as a whole

3:06:57 - Atari is crowdfunding a new console I guess?

3:12:12 - Casey Hudson returns to Bioware

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.54 - The Angry Scotsman Has Logged On Jul 14, 2017

Despite Nico's continuing tooth woes and heat delirium, I think this may be our longest podcast yet. BUCKLE UP AND LET'S HAVE A WORD.

WHAT WE PLAYED

0:09:36 - Wrapping up Wolfenstein: The New Order and why sympathising with Nazis is a fucking bad look

0:43:10 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD is one of the worst games we've ever played, but we also go on a REAL lengthy tangent about 90s New York noise rock, Jello Biafra and Wesley Willis

1:35:28 - Nico gives us his Final Fantasy XIV update, including Triple Triad being damn near incomprehensible

NEWS

2:01:56 - I guess we gotta talk about that Dunkey thing, huh?

2:25:25 - TEKKEN BOWL IS BACK BAYBEE!

2:37:32 - An analyst (ie. a Professional Guesser) says the next PlayStation will be out in 2019

2:49:08 - Mafia 3 continues to be a Bad Game

2:50:33 - PlayStation Home is back except not really at all!

2:56:17 - Playerunknown's Battlegrounds' full launch is being delayed

2:59:42 - Oculus is coming out with a standalone headset for $200 which seems like something they should have done a long time ago

3:04:18 - ARK Survival Evolved continues to be shady as hell by more than doubling its price

QUESTIONS

3:09:44 - What's the weirdest thing you saw/experienced at E3?

3:21:02 - Best/worst depiction of mental health in games?

3:36:04 - Favourite films of the year so far?

If you want your question answered, send them to @hamboblack or @nicobleackley on Twitter, or e-mail hamish@writingongames.co.uk!

Also, feel free to leave a review for the podcast on iTunes—it helps us a lot. Thanks for listening, and thanks for believing in me over the last two years. You're the best.

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.53 - Saving Toys From Pornstar's Babies Jul 06, 2017

Hamish is back into the delightful stress of having to write a whole bunch of things, Nico's got several root canals on the way, I'd say that's as good an excuse as any to talk about daft shite for three hours.

10:00 - Tekken Hybrid and why the Tekken movies are dumb

21:32 - Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy looks like a fucking Dreamworks movie but plays like Crash which I guess is... OK?

40:19 - Hamish beat Wolfenstein: The New Order which, in a word, is... dreamlike?

1:10:28 - Fallout 3 is not the game you remember it being

1:13:46 - Hamish played about 40 minutes of Final Fantasy XIV while Nico described it as one of his favourite games ever now

1:22:34 - As usual, we played some Tekken 7 because goddamn that game is good

1:24:21 - NEWS

1:25:30 - Overwatch has a new character and we're dreading the fan art

1:31:38 - PS Now adds a bunch of PS4 games that you'd be better off just buying outright

1:36:41 - I CAN'T BELIEVE SONY HAS PULLED BELOVED CLASSIC ***** 1000 TOP RATED FROM ITS STORE

1:40:21 - Shenmue 3 gets an updated logo and I update you on the fact that it's still going to be a bad video game

1:45:16 - We talk about the Jackass game... yet again? Who knows. Who even cares at this point.

1:51:17 - Just some... bad things happen. You don't want to know.

2:00:27 - Mass Effect Andromeda won't be getting single player DLC as if that surprises anyone

2:03:18 - Cuphead is coming to PC and Xbox One only, and the nature of Xbox exclusives

2:08:54 - Super Mario Odyssey doesn't have game over screens, apparently

2:11:06 - oh yeah Nico played Arms and apparently it's as forgettable as the way we slipped it in sounds

2:12:24 - QUESTIONS

2:12:52 - Are we starting now?

2:13:06 - Are bees a good pizza topping?

2:13:22 - What was your most disappointing release this year and why?

2:19:43 - If your channel gets more subscribers, could YouTube turn into a career for you?

2:27:53 - (misread the question) How did you find your critical voice?

2:30:16 - (read the question correctly) How did you find you literal voice?

2:34:50 - What did you buy in the Steam sale?

If you want your question answered, send them to @hamboblack or @nicobleackley on Twitter, or e-mail hamish@writingongames.co.uk!

Also, feel free to leave a review for the podcast on iTunes—it helps us a lot. Thanks for listening, and thanks for believing in me over the last two years. You're the best.

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.52 - Writing on Games' Second Birthday, Baybee Jun 29, 2017

Alternate title for this one was Viggo Mortensen Horse Movie. As the famous Thin Lizzy song goes, One Boy is Back in Town and One Boy Stayed in His Town. That is to say, things are beginning to resemble normalcy. Let's TALK.

GAMES

1:30 - Nico's teeth, Hamish's airport adventures and E3 recaps

47:20 - Wolfenstein: The New Order knows how to make killing nazis feel really, really good (also American voice actors putting on Scottish accents are baaad)

1:24:10 - Final Fantasy XIV and also every Final Fantasy game I guess

1:45:06 - hot new release for the GameBoy Colour, Metal Gear Solid: Ghost Babel

NEWS

2:00:00 - IO Interactive now get all the money from Hitman so WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR

2:05:55 - SHOCK AND SURPRISE that weird Project Rap Rabbit game didn't meet its wildly expensive Kickstarter target

2:12:30 - Star Citizen continues to be the weirdest fucking thing that you probably shouldn't pay for

2:18:12 - you can play DOOM II on the original floppy disks oh wait you can't even if you wanted to

2:22:59 - Nico reviews every game on the SNES Classic Mini

2:37:48 - you can now drive your car off-road in Final Fantasy XV even though you get a car that can literally fly at the end of that game

2:44:33 - GTAV mods are back if you care about that (I actually kinda do)

QUESTIONS

2:49:06 - Is being hyped for games healthy?

3:01:22 - Did you get any romantic attention because of your Scottish accent?

3:07:56 - Jackass: The Game and outro

If you want your question answered, send them to @hamboblack or @nicobleackley on Twitter, or e-mail hamish@writingongames.co.uk!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.51 - We Have No E3 and We Must Scream Jun 17, 2017

So our first E3 is done and it's been one hell of a week. Exhausting, infuriating, compelling, rewarding and everything in-between. Even with the bad (and there was quite a lot of bad) it's still been one of the best experiences ever and we have a lot of stories to tell you about everything, including the rage-inducing stuff. On top of that, it's fucking SO HOT in Nico's apartment which leads to some delirium and a whole bunch of hilarity. So sit back and prepare for three hours of PURE CONVENTION CHAT.

PRESS CONFERENCE DISCUSSION:

4:05 - PC Gaming Show

16:43 - EA

25:45 - Microsoft

43:30 - Bethesda

51:35 - Ubisoft

1:03:18 - Sony

1:14:58 - Nintnedo

OUR EXPERIENCE AT E3

1:23:40 - Press conference wrap-up/DAY ONE and GAMES

2:06:20 - DAY TWO and FREE FOOD AND BEER

2:32:10 - DAY THREE and THE GOOD DAY

Seriously, thank you so much to everyone who has listened to our podcast over the last year. You have kept us going and it's been an amazing ride so far. I also couldn't have covered this show without Nico helping me navigate LA and filming stuff for me. He is the fucking best dude ever.

Also, apologies for the dip in audio quality the past couple of weeks - we've been working with what we've got. Normal quality will resume next week!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.50 - We're in LA and Slightly Buzzed From 40s Jun 08, 2017

(Twitch VODs of this podcast below, yeah we livestreamed it)

First off, apologies for the dip in audio quality. The audio is ripped from the livestream we did and edited very lightly - we had to move a lot of stuff around and experiment. Donkey Konga bongos were involved. This is because we're in THE SAME ROOM TOGETHER BECAUSE HAMISH IS IN LA. THE BIG BOY MADE IT. LET US REJOICE.

Hamish and Nico's escapades in LA so far with many, many big burgers
Drinking/getting buzzed off of 40s
Why Tekken 7 is the best in the main series since 3 and why the story is so dumb
Trackmania 2 Lagoon and going fast against the president again
E3 news I guess
Everything is now a movie and is being awarded as such
More E3 stuff
I apologise if there are any bits in the audio version that you don't get because they were jokes made in the video version

We'll figure this stuff out. Feels like a throwback to when we started the podcast about a year ago. Thanks for listening!

If you want to watch the VOD from this podcast, check out both parts here:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/150258154

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/150278254

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.49 - Hi I'm Nico Bleackley and Welcome to Writing Off Games Jun 01, 2017

It's the last podcast before Hamish heads to the States! Let's celebrate by chatting shit about games for a while.

The Music Minute: Drunk Shaun Ryder and Why Post Rock Sucks
Nico finally beat Breath of the Wild
Hamish played Vanquish and has a lot to say about how context affects meaning
Half Life 2 Deathmatch is still early 2000's internet in a bottle
Playing American Truck Simulator like Burnout
That fucking woeful Far Cry 5 petition
E3 talk because it's fucking E3 in a couple of weeks
Kerbal Space Program is now going to be a GTA game
Square Enix are dumbos

If you want your question answered, send them to @hamboblack or @nicobleackley on Twitter, or e-mail hamish@writingongames.co.uk!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.48 - Naruto: Shippuden (Glesga Edition) May 24, 2017

It's the penultimate podcast before Hamish flies over to the States. He's also ad very little sleep. Let's chat.

TrackMania 2: Lagoon is fucking dope, because of course it's fucking dope
Yet more PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds talk, and things get dark when Hamish decides teammates are surplus to requirements
Nico legitimately can't beat Prey because it's broken
Overwatch skins I guess
Yeah, we're still real bummed about Hitman news
Far Cry 5 but the "sinner" actually says "dinner" and they're cannibals
Playstation Now hits 70 MILLION USERS! Except not really because headlines are bad
You won't play Red Dead Redemption 2 this year but if you expected to you're silly
Why Metal Gear Solid 2 is the best one and Nico is wrong

If you want your question answered, send them to @hamboblack or @nicobleackley on Twitter, or e-mail hamish@writingongames.co.uk!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.47 - Far(ris) Cry's Day Off May 19, 2017

Hamish is ill and not coping with it well. Nico is tired. Time for three-and-a-half hours of speaking.

Hamish's PC woes and how it resulted in him playing The Surge
Recapping the Metallica/Swizz Beats collaboration that you ABSOLUTELY MUST check out
Playerunknown's Battlegrounds recalibrates the way we view violence in games
Nico played Injustice 2 and Prey and he liked Injustice 2 and doesn't like Prey
E3 plans, baybee
The rocky future of Hitman, as well as too many new release announcements to possibly care about
More... Trackmania 2?
Exploring the relationship between developers and critics, or art and artist

If you want your question answered, send them to @hamboblack or @nicobleackley on Twitter, or e-mail hamish@writingongames.co.uk!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.46 - Kids Should Smoke Meth May 11, 2017

Another week, another session with the CHAT BOYZ. Also, the channel just hit 50k subs, so thanks!

Nico prays that Prey is good! Get it?!
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is one of the most intense games ever
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater represents skating most accurately at its most video game-y
Vanquish is coming to PC, but there may be some issues
Deadly Premonition has a goddamn board game now and that's dope
Mafia III DLC reminds us how fucking awful Mafia III was
Kid finds meth in GTA case, turns into a fucking narc
Your questions!

If you want your question answered, send them to @hamboblack or @nicobleackley on Twitter, or e-mail hamish@writingongames.co.uk!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.45 - Buff Sharkin' May 04, 2017

Hamish is drowning his sorrows and Nico is warm. Let's TALK.

E3 plans are a-formin'
Nico's return to Breath of the Wild and The Sharks You Don't Wanna Fuck
Hamish's return to... Vice City?
Dog operas, time manipulation and Serious Metal Detecting
Mario Kart 8, Puyo Puyo Tetris and the state of the Switch
Shooting the sweet kangaroos in Tekken 7
HALF LIFE 3 CONFIRMED?! No

If you want your question answered, send them to @hamboblack or @nicobleackley on Twitter, or e-mail hamish@writingongames.co.uk!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.44 - Taking the Day Off Work for Hot Wheels Apr 27, 2017

Those boys are at it again, with three hours of pure unadulterated CHAT. Come hear our nonsense.

We both beat Persona 5, which we talk about without spoiling anything
Hamish tried to beat Night in the Woods
Nico played more Breath of the Wild but we can only talk about Persona
TrackMania 2 is still a beautiful mess of a multiplayer experience
Call of Duty WWII looks like Saving Private Ryan directed by Michael Bay
Forza Horizon is getting Hot Wheels DLC I guess
VANQUISH MIGHT BE COMING TO PC HOLY MOLY
Vivendi is going to take a big dump on Ubisoft
Atlus Japan loosens Persona streaming restrictions, apparently had no idea pissing people off was Bad, Actually

If you want your question answered, send them to @hamboblack or @nicobleackley on Twitter, or e-mail hamish@writingongames.co.uk!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.43 - Blazing It With the Phantom Thieves Apr 20, 2017

READ THIS DESCRIPTION FOR POTENTIAL SPOILER TIMESTAMPS. We don't go too deep into plot spoilers but we do talk about Persona 5 for a long time, so be a little cautious from 44:34 - 2:28:48 if you want to be safe.

We've formed our own Phantom Thieves with very special guest and Persona ultra-fan Devin Hall (writer for Paste, VGCC and others), for the specific purpose of talking a LOT about the latest game in the series. We go off on a lot of tangents, and get into some fairly deep stuff about the nature of creating content for the internet. This was one of the most fun podcasts we've ever done.

Almost two hours of Persona 5 discussion
The turbulent nature of trying to "make it" as a freelance writer
Managing brands, baybee!
The NieR: Automata DLC is going to be a thing
The SNES Classic is going to be a thing
The weird vampire Souls game is going to be a thing
The Irate Gamer is now a paranormal investigator
Hamish is going to fight the fighting game community
The winner of that Mass Effect lamp I guess

Follow Devin on Twitter @BboyMaestro!

If you want your question answered, send them to @hamboblack or @nicobleackley on Twitter, or e-mail hamish@writingongames.co.uk!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.42 - Croc: Geez a Gobbo Apr 14, 2017

Nico is The Birthday Boy, we announce the winner of our BotW giveaway and in the vein of other gaming outlets, we get REAL HORNY. Let's talk gideo vames.

Yooka Laylee is unpolished, but in all the ways you expect
Persona 5 is still consuming our very being
Drawn to Death is maybe the most aggressively bad game Hamish has played in years
TOMATO WAY HAS BEEN PLAYED. THE MEME IS COMPLETE.
Hamish's bicep now has a fan page
Are you excited to get an NES Classic when they restock? Well, they're being discontinued after that
Some cool stuff came out of that Nintendo Direct I guess
A re-print of NieR on PS3 is getting... crowdfunded?
There's probably a new Souls-esque game coming from Namco... and Hamish can't be arsed
Peter Moore became far more interesting when he left EA
Your questions
SLOW FLAN

If you want to win a dumb Mass Effect lamp, e-mail nico@writingongames.co.uk with the answer to the following question: what insult in Drawn to Death did Hamish hear more in his half hour of play than in his entire life previously? Get your answers in by 11:59pm, Tuesday 18th April.

If you want your question answered, send them to @hamboblack or @nicobleackley on Twitter, or e-mail hamish@writingongames.co.uk!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.41 - We're Giving Away a Copy of BotW, I Guess Apr 08, 2017

Another late one, because Hamish's week has been real wild. We're also legitimately giving away an unopened copy of Breath of the Wild for the Switch. We figure out the logistics of this live. Find out how to enter the contest by listening to the podcast, I guess! Answers to nico@writingongames.co.uk by 11:59pm on Tuesday April 11th!

This podcast gets REAL DUMB.

Hamish's damn visa issues
Spoiler-free Persona 5 impressions and why Atlus Japan is being dumb
The Valve thing with Jim Sterling and TotalBiscuit
HOT PROJECT SCORPIO NEWS that we don't really care about
Nico thinks Dark Souls 3: The Ringed City broke Dark Souls
Nico's PlayStation 4 minute: Uncharted 4 and Until Dawn
Lightning McQueen shooting guns and getting pegged in Cars 3
Why you should embrace how bad Mass Effect: Andromeda is
Peter Molyneux being... Peter Molyneux
CD Projekt Red trademarking "Cyberpunk" and why that's probably fine
The podcasts we listen to

If you want your question answered, send them to @hamboblack or @nicobleackley on Twitter, or e-mail hamish@writingongames.co.uk!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.40 - Respect (It's Something I Feel Has Been Lost Lately) Apr 01, 2017

READ THIS DESCRIPTION FOR SPOILER TIMESTAMPS. We're a little late this week because Nico was nearly murdered by his plumber or something. But hey, it's Friday, so crack open a beer and listen to us chat EXTRA SHITE.

We go DEEP on NieR:Automata. That means BIG SPOILERS from 5:30 to 1:02:05 (including for... Breaking Bad for some reason?). After that you're GOOD.
The problems with the new Dark Souls 3 Ringed City DLC
LIVE HITTING THE NEW PATREON GOAL REACTION YASSSSS
Nico got a PS4, so we're talking Bloodborne again!
Disc Jam is a good game that unfortunately no one is playing
Checking in on Breath of the Wild
That new season of Samurai Jack is INCREDIBLE
A dark day - Tekken Card Tournament is closing down
Hamish's visa adventures
Final Fantasy XIV is getting the dumbest TV show about Daddys ever
With the news of Mad Catz shutting down, we reminisce about the (mostly) shitty peripherals from our childhood
Destiny 2 is a thing, I guess?
Dynasty Warriors is now a phone game and it's... shady?
Palmer Luckey leaves Facebook. Not so Luckey after all! ...goddamnit
Arika hammers home that April Fools is the WORST

If you want your question answered, send them to @hamboblack or @nicobleackley on Twitter, or e-mail hamish@writingongames.co.uk!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.39 - Angry Joe is the Captain Beefheart of Gamers Mar 23, 2017

We open with the news that we're legit going to E3 to cover it, before heading into a bumper episode that ended up being one of the most fun we've ever done.

More Breath of the Wild gushing
Hamish tries to talk about how mindblowing Nier: Automata is without spoiling it
A return to Deadly Premonition
Assassins Creed TV series announced... that hasn't been announced?
That new 3D Sonic trailer is aurally displeasing
The decline of Telltale
The decline of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater via Robomodo
Prog rock
How to be good at YouTube, I guess?

If you want your question answered, send them to @hamboblack or @nicobleackley on Twitter, or e-mail hamish@writingongames.co.uk!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.38 - Taft Was Not the Fattest President (Oh, and the Switch) Mar 16, 2017

This episode of the GamesCast was filmed in front of a live studio audience!

Hamish beat/Nico started playing Breath of the Wild and we spend an hour gushing about it
HOT NINTENDO SWITCH IMPRESSIONS ANGRY GAMER RANT
Nico played that Nier sequel everyone's been talking about oh wait no it was just the first Nier
PlayStation gets games Now!
Ubisoft does some genuinely cool shit in the realm of medicine
John Carmack's new lawsuit against ZeniMax and the high school pettiness of big companies
The final outing of the News Theme?!

If you want your question answered, send them to @hamboblack or @nicobleackley on Twitter, or e-mail hamish@writingongames.co.uk!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.37 - Guest... of the Wild...? Does That Work? Mar 09, 2017

Remember that joke Hamish kept making during the early episodes of the podcast that Nico was a special guest? Well WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST THIS TIME. We're joined by Mark B., senior editor at diehardvideogamefan.com, podcaster at GVN Live and Neo Kobe Pizza, enthusiast press veteran and all-round good dude. What follows is perhaps the most interesting episode we've done yet.

Hamish gushes about The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Nico forgot he finished LA Noire last week, so we're talking about it this week
Mark tells us about his experiences with Final Fantasy XIV and informs Nico about the nuance of God Eater
Mass Effect dicks
Stray animals gravitate to us
The wonders of fighting games based around construction vehicles
Our longtime friend, Tomato Way
No Man's Sky gets an update. It doesn't add much.
Suda51 is... advertising the new sequel to Fire Pro Wrestling?
The guy who delivered Mark's Chinese food kangaroo-hopped down his steps

Big thanks to Mark for coming on the podcast and sharing his wonderful perspectives on games and the industry. You can find him at the following places:

Twitter: @markbwriting

Writing: diehardgamefan.com

Podcasts: GVN Live (https://www.twitch.tv/thegvn) and Neo Kobe Pizza (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/neo-kobe-pizza/id1137680839)

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.36 - Horizon Zero YAWN?! No Wait Come Back Mar 02, 2017

NO SERIOUSLY PLEASE COME BACK WE'VE GOT HOT NEW GAMES TO TALK ABOUT LIKE 007 THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH. No controller pak detected.

Discussing Nico's five-hour stream of dumb N64 games (archive available at http://twitch.tv/gamestewlive)
Yes, Hamish did actually play a bit of Horizon Zero Dawn
Nico outs himself as an anime boy in God Eater
Night in the Woods isn't perfect, but it hits hard at times
Hamish finally finished Yakuza 0
The verdict on the Nintendo console you've all been waiting for—the Wii U
Nioh's boss fights don't play to the strengths of the game's combat
Oh dear! It's Oh Deer
Video game preservation is cool
That Shadow of Mordor sequel has a really boring name but more nemesis system is the best thing
Xbox One has its equivalent of Playstation Now, I guess?
Your questions! Donkey Kong, PSP and why we play games

If you want your question answered, send them to @hamboblack or @nicobleackley on Twitter, or e-mail hamish@writingongames.co.uk!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.35 - It's Like a Road Movie in a Car Feb 23, 2017

Let's take a break from salty YouTube comments to talk shite about video games for three hours!

Hamish cancelled his Switch pre-order and Nico can't abide by it
For Honor can actually be pretty great at times (contrary to last week's podcast)
Nico has been playing more LA Noire
Night in the Woods is a slow burn
Nico messed around with the Yooka-Laylee Toy Room
The Digital Homicide vs. Jim Sterling lawsuit is finally over
That Final Fantasy XV PS4 Pro patch came out and is... worse
Nintendo takes illegal early sales of its consoles fucking seriously
Suda51 wants to make a dumb Mario road trip game and apparently this is news
And a first... listener questions! Including the story of how Nico and Hamish met

If you want your question answered, send them to @hamboblack or @nicobleackley on Twitter, or e-mail hamish@writingongames.co.uk!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.34 - Magna Cum Snake Feb 16, 2017

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We took a week off due to Nico's cowardice and have forgotten how to podcast. Let's podcast.

For Honor is a fucking weird mess
Nioh is a really great game that Hamish will probably never finish
Yakuza 0 is still some of the most fun you can have in a video game
Nico explains anime talking about Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3
LA Noire still holds up and is filled with Mad Men
Hamish finally got spooked by the first hour of Resident Evil 7
Circles is a really neat little indie puzzle game that you should totally check out
Steam Greenlight is dead and that's fine
Castlevania's TV show might end up like Underworld and that's bad
CUP NOODLES CUP NOODLES CUP NOODLES
E3 finally opens its doors to the public as Hamish and Nico plot to get press passes
We must be dumb because we wade into THAT PewDiePie thing (and reference Skrewdriver for fuck sake)
HOW DID THAT APOCALYPSE NOW KICKSTARTER SOMEHOW BECOME EVEN MORE OF A MESS
Hamish loses his mind talking about Mads Mikkelsen on Hideo Tube

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.33 - Jamtram Feb 02, 2017

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The world is fucked. Let's do a podcast.

Resident Evil 7 is still spooking Nico
Yakuza 0 is bringing Hamish untold amounts of joy
SWAT 4 has the pacing of a great horror game
Hamish played Deadly Premonition for the first time
AAA games aren't selling well, apparently
After working relentlessly on an hour-long Hitman video, Hamish decided to play some Hitman
That Apocalypse Now Kickstarter is somehow even more of a mess than we thought
The Benz is back, baybee! Also, is it Benzies or Bingus?! WRONG IT'S BENZEYES
That Zenimax/Oculus lawsuit concluded
Is #skate4 in development?! No
Is another Tony Hawk's Pro Skater in development? Yes
Konami is making far more money now they aren't making Kojima games, whodathunkit?!
Hamish and Nico's Powerviolence Minute

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.32 - Apocalypse TBA Jan 26, 2017

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It's Burns Night, so let's make one mention of it at the very start then never mention it again because we've got so many SICK VIDEO GAMES to talk about.

Nico has been a wee scared boy because of Resident Evil 7
Hamish has been singing karaoke to Japanese gangsters in Yakuza 0
Hamish gave a talk to actual, living, breathing game devs about mechanics-as-narrative
The channel hit 25000 subscribers!
Another Hitman update because that game is really good
Nico shouts at civilians in recently re-released SWAT 4
Some of the worst news segways we've ever uttered
Dark Souls 3's final DLC is announced
Overwatch's CTF mode needs some work
Kevin Smith is in Call of Duty for some fuckin reason
There's an Apocalypse Now video game being Kickstarted and it's a fucking mess?
Final Fantasy XV lets you time travel through a dog (or pet the dog)
Playdead's latest game will shock you! Only kidding it's a small kid moving right
You can now play the worst part of one of the worst Deus Ex games for free!
I hate video games

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.31 - The Nintendo Wet-Nurse-Isn't-a-Glitch Jan 20, 2017

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Did you know that the Wet Nurse isn't a glitch? Because it's not a glitch! Anyway, let's SWITCH the subject over to nearly three hours of DAMN FINE PODCASTIN'.

How Nintendo created so much hype around the Switch and piece-by-piece stripped that excitement away
Why we're still excited anyway
Zelda looks fucking GREAT
Mario looks fucking WEIRD and he kills people in New Donk City
Hamish reads the fucking insane transcript of Suda51's spot at the presentation—you should feel sorry for that translator
One by Metallica is a terrible song
Nico played The Vanishing of Ethan Carter and has mixed feelings on it
Hamish gave Dark Souls 2 another chance and hasn't changed his mind that it's a baaaad Dark Souls game
Hamish's beautiful big-nosed boy in Bloodborne
Did you know the Wet Nurse isn't a glitch?
It's not a glitch
Pony Island is interesting, but ultimately unsuccessful
Nico loves the Shantae series
Hamish revisits old Hitman games
Overwatch comes close to being a game about hate crimes
Swery65 is back, baybee!
The confusing mess that is the Zenimax/Facebook/Oculus lawsuit
Titanfall's cancelled mobile game
Awesome Games Done Quick recap
Last but not least... HOW DOES GABE NEWELL LIKE HIS STEAK?!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.30 - Bayonetta Knows I'm Miserable Now Jan 13, 2017

Hamish has had next to no sleep working on his next video, Nico had his 3DS stolen by Henry Rollins, so get ready for some prime delirious podcasting!

We check in with Nico's experience playing Tomato Way
Hamish adores the depth of Frog Fractions 2
Oxenfree looks and sounds beautiful and its characters suck real ass
Don't eat lots of pot brownies at once, ya dummy
Nico is playing Watch Dogs 2 and doesn't know what to make of it
Hamish tries out Playstation Now because he can't be arsed plugging in his PS3
Discussing Ninja Gaiden 2 in a post-Dark Souls world
Revisiting Shadow of the Colossus post-The Last Guardian
Sometimes microtransactions can be OK
Our favourite anime visual novel, Dingenrinbinstin
Oh yeah, Scalebound is cancelled, I guess
Hideki Kamiya joins The Smiths and has probably blocked us
That Halo Mega Bloks game looked dope
Shovel Knight's expansion plan is probably pretty good
Aliens in Elite Dangerous makes us want to re-install Elite Dangerous
Is Star Citizen even a game anymore? Was it ever a game?
Nico is going to play Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh on a controller
Deconstructing Itagaki's Devil's Third and its messy demise
Guy uses PT puzzle logic to prove he's Cole Train

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.29 - Ariana Grande: Popular Pop Singer Jan 04, 2017

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! We're here to talk to you about all the... numerous... happenings... in the game... is there anything? Hello? Games industry? Anyone there?! Well, I guess we'll just talk a bunch of shit about some games we've been playing then aimlessly scroll through Gamespot's news section to see if anything catches our eye (hint: there isn't). GAMES ARE GREAT.

Nico tires of Pokemon Sun/Moon
Nico has also played some board games
Hamish checks in on... No Man's Sky
Hamish is slowly but surely getting into Overwatch
Skins are dumb, SPRAYS RULE
Main Bastion in all modes on all maps
Ariana Grande is STEALING OUR FINAL FANTASY GAMES
"Popular pop singer" is ENTIRELY REDUNDANT
Hamish's Tekken Card Tournament Minute™

Hope you had a great New Year and thanks for listening!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.28 - Frog Fractions 2: A Telltale Series Dec 28, 2016

We just uploaded five and a half hours of Game of the Year deliberations and there's feck all happening in terms of industry news but hey, we couldn't resist giving you one more podcast before the year is out!

Jak and Daxter is not a good Vita game
PS2 emulation still has a long way to go
Hamish wants to play Rachet and Clank again
Telltale's Batman series is apparently pretty good
Telltale's most recent Walking Dead series is too reliant on plot conveniences
Telltale's engine is still a fucking pile of burning trash that leads to bad nightmares that Nico thought were racist and nearly made their games unplayable
Hamish enjoys Overwatch but doesn't give a fuck about the meta, whatever the fuck that is
Loot boxes and the cosmetic items within them are fuckin' dumb as hell
FROG FRACTIONS 2 IS A THING
YOU CAN IMPORT YOUR MASS EFFECT 2 SAVE INTO FROG FRACTIONS 2
Video game news is a hell fire
THERE IS ANOTHER TOMATO-THEMED GAME ON STEAM AND IT SOUNDS AMAZING

Thank you to everyone who has listened to and subscribed to the Writing on GamesCast! Have a blast over New Year and we'll see you in 2017!

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WRITING ON GAMESCAST GAME AWARDS 2016 PART TWO - THE BIG ONE, BAYBEE Dec 24, 2016

Well, here it is—the conclusion of our collaborative GotY deliberations. This is our longest podcast yet, but it's a fun one. Come hear us discuss and create lists for:

Biggest Surprise
Worst Game
Game of the Year

How will the lists here differ from Hamish's own GotY list? Is Nico a bad influence? Will we see some HOT GAMER RAGE?! Will Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh come out of nowhere to clinch the ultimate award?! All this and more answered in part two of our Game of the Year podcast!

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WRITING ON GAMESCAST GAME AWARDS 2016 PART ONE Dec 23, 2016

It's that time you've all been waiting for. The question that has been on all of your lips. Just who is going to win Nico's prestigious Golden Pumpkin Award this year?

This and more answered in part one of our Game of the Year coverage. Unlike Hamish's personal list that appears in his recent video, this is collaborative between Hamish and Nico, and features different categories. Expect arguing about super pedantic placement on an ultimately meaningless set of lists!

It just turns out that this system ended up being far more substantial than we previously thought, so we're splitting this over two podcasts.

Today's awards:

Best Looking Game
Best Music
Biggest Disappointment
Best Old Game
And, of course, Best Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh

Stay tuned tomorrow for our Biggest Surprise, Worst Game and, of course, Game of the Year 2016!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.25 - Per-SONA Dec 15, 2016

Hamish and Nico form the Podcast Social Link once more to bring you all the hot gamer rage you could ever ask for. Talking points this week:

Hamish watched the Final Fantasy XV anime or: You Can't Be Friends With Royalty If You're Fat
The Last Guardian is a bit of a mess, but it's a beautiful mess
Let It Die is a bit of a mess, but it's a... compelling mess?
Persona 4: Golden is a REALLY REALLY GOOD VIDEO GAME
Hamish is a big Gunpla nerd
Nico's Overwatch Minute™
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare gets microtransactions because OF COURSE IT GETS MICROTRANSACTIONS
The Great Controller Debate
Yooka-Laylee is coming out earlier than expected!
Pokemon trainers are slacking
Nintendo theme park that might be Akira
HITMAN KILLS HOME ALONE CHARACTERS GAME OF THE YEAR ALL THE YEARS

Thanks you so much for listening! GotY video/podcast next week!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.24 - The Shroom Room Dec 08, 2016

Feels like just a few days ago we did one of these things! Oh wait, it was Friday. Anyway, we're sure you missed us so we're back to talk about video games and Nico's previous life in a not-squat!

Hamish completed Final Fantasy XV
Nico flip-flopped on Infinite Warfare again
Suda 51's first game, The Silver Case
Suda 51's latest game, Let It Die
Not Suda 51's game, Subnautica
Reggie is in The Shroom Room
The Last of Us 2 could be real good
Is This Death Stranding Theory True? Thanks to Betteridge's Law, we can say no
KNACK 2: KNACK HARDER
Hamish loves Nico's crazy life
And more!

Also, if you're digging Hitman (which you are), consider giving some money to the World Cancer Research Fund! http://www.wcrf-uk.org/uk/support-us/christmas-io-interactive-and-hitman-are-supporting-our-work

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.23 - Trending Gamers, Anthropomorphic Razors Dec 03, 2016

We're back later than usual because Nico's mouth exploded. Speaking of exploding, how about the collapse of the entire video game industry? Oh wait, I mean the VGAs. Jesus christ. Let's talk about terrible metal music instead. In other news...

The DOOM soundtrack is fucking TERRIBLE and if you like it then you're a Korn fan
Death Stranding: Kojima Likes Babies
Final Fantasy XV is a damn good game
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare is... maybe better than Nico gave it credit for?
Hamish completed Bloodborne
Pokemon is still great
No Man's Sky is finally out! Oh wait
Did we mention the VGAs was the fucking worst

Thanks for listening!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.22 - Pokemon Juggalos Nov 24, 2016

It's Thanksgiving and you know what that means! Well, Hamish doesn't. He also forgot the word 'trespassing' and thinks basements can be at the top of houses though, so he's basically an idiot. Thankfully we have Nico to steer this ship of diddling fancy boys!

Pokemon Sun/Moon is filled with nothing but Juggalos
Bloodborne continues to be really, really good
Assassin's Creed 2 doesn't hold up at all
Hamish is analysing the design of every Hitman level
Nico actually has some videos coming out very soon
Final Fantasy XV leaked and this is obviously the most important news for any nerd
Watch Dogs 2 sold less than the first game, whodathunkit
Advice for aspiring YouTubers - DON'T JOIN A NETWORK
Why are you still refusing to buy Titanfall 2
The Walking Dead Season 3 is coming out, I guess

Have a fun and safe Thanksgiving!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.21 - Maybe Some Real Shit Here Nov 18, 2016

HEY IT'S YA BOIZ HAMISH AND NICO BACK WITH ANOTHER HOT PODCAST TO GET YA THROUGH YA WEEK.

Watch Dogs 2 is a really good game, Tyranny is a really good game, True Crime Streets of LA is not a good game. Buy Titanfall 2 because EA is dumb. Persona 5 is delayed, but Persona 4 is a really good game. Also, HOW THE FUCK ARE YOU PEOPLE STILL TALKING ABOUT NO MAN'S SKY?!

Also, Ubisoft execs have been accused of insider trading. Some real serious shit that no one seems to be talking about. And you call yourselves 'pro-consumer advocates'.

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.20 - WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED Nov 10, 2016

Hamish and Nico are both prrretty bummed with the election result, but we strive to help you get through your pain. We talk a little about what happened before delving into a lack of news and a terrible game.

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare is a very poor man's Titanfall 2
Hamish gushes about Bloodborne's sound design
Nico bought way more Game Fuel than he needed because he wanted Titanfall 2 codes but didn't get them
Black Ops 2 had some... surprising moments
Avenged Sevenfold is a bad band for bad people
More games need to shove brands in our faces
Sleeping Dogs is still one of the best games of the last few years
PS4 Pro is nearly out and guess what - increased resolution
Mass Effect: Andromeda looks like Mass Effect
How are we still talking about No Man's Sky?
How are we STILL talking about Mafia III?!
WHO THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO SEPARATE COD: IW PLAYERS ON STEAM/WINDOWS STORE?!
WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING TO VIDEO GAMES SOCIAL MEDIA?!?!
FOUR
FUCKING
HOURS?!?!?

Also, incase you're wondering, the intro song is Dominator by Killing Joke (specifically the Peel Sessions version). Thought it was fitting given the situation.

We'll get through this. We get through everything else.

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.19 - IGN, The Guy Game, and YOU Nov 03, 2016

I FINALLY PLAYED BLOODBORNE, OK? I REALLY LOVE IT, OK?

Also discussed - WORLD WAR ONE MEMES #justww1things, Hitman's final episode and the ever-sensitive portrayal of mental illness, Thumper is a better music game than Guitar Hero, No Man's Sky's PR campaign just KEEPS GETTING WORSE, Nico has the dumbest intro for This Is The Police ever, why releasing Titanfall 2 between Battlefield One and Call of Duty Infinite Warfare is a dumb fucking move, Crash Bandicoot is a Netflix star, IGN loves The Guy Game, Take 2 thinks there's a conspiracy surrounding Mafia 3 review scores, the death of the Wii U, MIITOMO, turns out Konami is actually a well-run business now, and SWERY'S BACK TATTOO IS FUCKING REAL. Phew.

Also, apologies for the late upload and the fact the audio is a bit weird - still listenable though. First hour and a half was recorded last night and was then unusable because of weird audio stuff at Nico's end. Decided to do the news again tonight and join the two segments together. Like all of our podcasts it's a wild and wacky ride. Normal quality will resume next week!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.18 - The Painted World of Hamish and Nico Oct 27, 2016

We're back after a week of being busy as HELL. A video gained a bunch of views, channel gained about 10 BILLION NEW SUBSCRIBERS, and now Hamish has some kind of chest infection so LET'S TALK VIDEO GAMES FOR THREE HOURS. Gotta catch up on news from last week, ya know.

Dark Souls 3 DLC is disappointing, Bethesda is killing game criticism stone dead (or something), Nintendo Switch is revealed, Splatoon is e-sports, Red Dead Redemption 2 is also revealed to somewhat less fanfare, voice actors are on strike, Nico's still talking FEAR, Mafia III is still a TERRIBLE game and we're still talking about it, Nico has been playing MMOs, hacked Call of Duty lobbies are a fucking wild ride, 12-year-old Nico loses his shirt in a bet with an old man, United Front closes but True Crime: Streets of LA still exists, David Cage is a fucking idiot, and most importantly of all, a Metallica game isn't coming out.

Phew, that's a biggie! Thank you so much for listening to us spout this shit - means the world.

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.17 - Tom Clancy Doesn't Like Those, He's Dead Oct 14, 2016

A day late and a dollar short - neither Hamish nor Nico know what that means. We discuss Hamish's latest Dark Souls video on Blighttown, before delving into the painfully disappointing (but kind of hilarious) Mafia III for almost an hour - glitches, weird AI, repetitive gameplay, promising narrative, warts and all. Hamish thinks Thumper is pretty revolutionary. Nico tries to get FEAR expansions to run on his new-fangled PC. Then we get delirious - we report the Beyond Good and Evil news we reported last week, Tony Hawk's real name, Snoop Dogg returning to the trenches, the new Hitman episode, the Cuphead delay and Nico's Overwatch Minute.

Prepare to listen to two very tired individuals.

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.16 - Nico's Carnival of Sadness Oct 06, 2016

It's October which means 'tis the season for spookin'. Hamish hasn't had much time to play anything, so instead Nico has been playing enough for both of us. Hot new releases like Fear (2005) and Fear 2 (2009). Jump scares can be alright. The beauty of mundanity in Mafia II. The tightrope over a minefield that is racism in Mafia III. No Man's Sky is being investigated by Advertising Standards. Box Maker is a jank-ass Super Mario Maker on Steam. The original Xbox controller was bafflingly huge. Is Mario younger than Hamish? Either way, Bob Hoskins is a truly inspirational actor. Disagreements on DOOM's soundtrack. Metallica is a bad live band. Meshuggah is a really good band. The word 'riboflavin'.

Thank you for listening, it means a lot. New videos (from both Hamish and Nico) coming very soon.

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Writing on GamesCast Ep. 15 - Cyber and Nuclear Sep 28, 2016

It's your favourite political podcast, hosted by A Very Against Police Judge and Guy Who Pays for Trump Memes!

This week we're talking about the new episode of Hitman (it's great, obviously), the schlocky beauty of Dead Rising, Virginia's technical issues, naming your YouTube channel, the relevancy of arcades in 2016, Pac Man CE 2, Windows 10 isn't great, Yakuza, PS1 lightgun games, the Firewatch movie (?!?), Shovel Knight in Yooka Laylee, old Gamespy demos, Battlefield 2142 is back baybee, old browser games.

We end it with Rival Schools. We talk about our friend that none of you know.

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.14 - #whynotnorman Sep 22, 2016

New features! New section theme songs! Breaks! All this and more on this week's edition of the GamesCast! Well, by new features, I should clarify - I mean Nico tasks Hamish with a terrible Resident Evil 4 quiz that weirdly shows a gap in his Gears of War knowledge.

Also discussed - revisiting the original Dark Souls, Sif in Dark Souls 3 DLC, Blizzard changing Battle.net to porn, Death Stranding nonsense, Metal Gear Survive nonsense, Hideo Kojima saying that there's no place for zombies in a series that has previously featured zombies, Paladins vs. Overwatch, Dead Rising, No Man's Sky's modding scene, Ocarina of Time, being good at Rocket League, the chaos of Trackmania, and we ask the most important question of our time - #whynotnorman?

The podcast is getting more popular by the week - thank you so much to everyone who listens. If you think someone else might enjoy the show, why not tell them about it? Helps us out a BUNCH.

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.13 - The Turning Point in the Wall Sep 14, 2016

Lucky number 13, baybee. Hamish and Nico return to talk about the hot video game news coming in too fast for us to feature every story. That is to say, there's next to no fucking news. We do get to discuss the PS4 Pro, The Last Guardian's... last delay, and the rejuvenation of the PS Vita.

We also discuss what video games we've been playing and hoooo boy, are they new and fresh! Bloody Roar 3, Shadow The Hedgehog, Smash Bros. Melee, Deus Ex Human Revolution (and how it's far better than Mankind Divided), and have a contentious discussion about the legacy of Resident Evil 4. And, of course, Hitman talk. Also, Hamish says perhaps the dumbest thing he's ever said.

This is the 'trash lady' in Human Revolution Hamish refers to. OH FUCK MAKE IT STOP IT'S SO FUCKING BAD - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He09JaBVZdE

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.12 - PS4 Pro? More Like PS4 D'Oh! ...Get It?! Sep 08, 2016

WE'RE BACK BABY. The prodigal sons of talking shite return from their respective trips to London/capturing old fighting game footage to, well, talk more shite.

The PS4 Pro (formerly the Neo) reveal event started pretty much as we hit record. We were woefully unprepared for it. Skype muted the livestream audio so we were just guessing a lot of stuff as we went along. All the hottest news, presented in the most professional way. It's a mess, but a good kind of mess. Unlike the presentation itself, which was a bad mess.

Mario never ceases his endless run. Attack on Titan is an interesting mess. Scarface: The World is Yours is an old video game. No Man's Sky has no legs. Yakuza 6 is naughty. Emulation is cool. Nico is a professional Melee player. DarkSydePhil is a good bad YouTuber.

Also, Hamish is an asshole and trolled a bunch of kids on Tabletop Simulator. The results were truly, truly harrowing. Proceed with caution.

It's good to be back.

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.11 - Life's a Playstation Bruh, Slim It Aug 25, 2016

SNAKE EYES, BAYBEE. Hamish is currently on a second playthrough of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and so has some things to say about it, both good and bad. Nico has been playing Grow Up and so has some plants to grow about it, both tall and short. I don't know what that means.

Also, Nico played through the latest Hitman episode the other night and streamed it so Hamish could watch. Watch the stream here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfyEHqrR1Nc) and then listen to Hamish tell him how he's doing everything wrong.

Also, Doctor Bonskonovitch has been messing with No Man's Sky save files, Dark Souls 3 DLC, Playstation Plus subscription prices going up, Pokemon GO is threatening our very being, all this and more on the frog-boilingest episode of the Writing on GamesCast yet!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.10 - HOT NO MAN'S SKY RAGE (Riff Origins) Aug 19, 2016

Hooooo boy, a bunch of games are coming out and we're here to talk about them! We're talking about the hottest new video game that EVERYONE is talking about - the most controversial release of the year, Phantasmagoria 2. This is Nico's chance to vent about his legitimately awful experience with No Man's Sky, and Hamish's chance to provide his somewhat less negative experience with it...? Also, Hamish has been playing an advanced copy of that new Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and this podcast goes up right when the embargo lifts so prepare for some hot, hot impressions. We also discuss other fine Square Enix properties such as the new Hitman episode (great) and Final Fantasy XV (apparently not so great). Nico's finished Abzu, Hamish has stopped playing Headlander (because it's really, really bad), everything is hunky dory.

Also, we bring you the hottest Metallica news. Oh, and THAT Metal Gear Survive trailer.

It's a biggie this week. WE HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY.

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.9 - Yashin? Abzu-lutely Not! Aug 10, 2016

Our longest podcast yet. No Man's Sky is out, but neither Hamish nor Nico has played it because PC Master Race (a topic of discussion this podcast). We spend a LOT of time talking about Persona 4 (and news on 5), as well as Shin Migami Tensei: Nocturne - P4's bullet-belt wearing older brother. We talk PS4 Neo/Xbox Scorpio deetz, Abzu's tranquillity, Hitman's future release plans/narrative potential and Ark: Survival Evolved's early access shenanigans.

If you stick around to the end, we begin to talk about bands we like and our musical endeavours, including the incredible tale of the time we were beefing with a terrible low-mid level metalcore band and invaded their art - real-life trolling gone right. It's fun. RIP in peace Yashin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ffm6rIog2iU

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.8 - No Man's #Content Aug 04, 2016

Hamish is stressed out his fucking box, Nico's taking sick bong hits, news is suuuuuper thin this week, it's all kicking off. We're here to bring you the #links you just gotta keep #clicking! We talk about all the latest games, including that sequel to Phantasmagoria you didn't know existed and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. Also, No Man's Sky takes 15 minutes to beat, Headlander is not a good video game, Metal Gear Solid V should have been a better video game, Metal Gear Solid as a series is good and horrible at the same time, Pokemon GO is a fucking horrible mess, video games are dumb and should all be banned. What a time to be alive.

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.7 - Tomato Jones Jul 28, 2016

We have a lot of news to discuss today so let's get to that real quick - right after we've talked about hot new platformer Tomato Jones and that Tekken free-to-play card game for about a million days. Also talked about is Quadrilateral Cowboy, Hitman, Metal Gear Solid V, Kentucky Route Zero, Tekken old and new, and some others I can't remember. We're talking hot NX news, hot other Nintendo news, hot Pokemon GO news, hot Iron Galaxy news, hot Life is Strange adaptation news, hot Sonic news, hot BZZZZZZZZZZZZ news, and other hot news. Our podcast is like magma, baby - don't get too close or you will literally die.

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Writing on GamesCast Ep. 6 - 4000 SUBSCRIBERS HOLY HECK Jul 21, 2016

The channel now has 4000 subscribers, so Hamish feels he now has the clout to sell Nico a bunch of games such as Inside, Hitman, Kentucky Route Zero and the latest and greatest platformer of all time, Tomato Jones. Pokemon GO's insidious side, Telltale's decline into mediocrity, Nico's unwanted perpetual Game Informer subscription and a post-outro 'bit' about first jobs and hard drugs all make an appearance. Thanks for supporting the channel, you guys.

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.5 - Pokemon GO: The Rise of P155D1NG0 Jul 14, 2016

Pokemon GO is out so we should probably talk about how Hamish is trying to scar little children and travel to Africa to cheat. He's also played some Inside, some Furi, and seen some Ghostbusters. We talk about Overwatch, tutorialisation and difficulty in games. We witness the death of the Lego Star Wars Minute. We're embracing our dark digital future. You should too!

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.4 - FRED DURST Jul 07, 2016

Hamish is losing his voice and hasn't slept. Nico is delirious from playing a particular game. Perfect opportunity to talk about the latest, cutting-edge games such as Killer7 (2005) and Limp Bizkit's 2011 opus, Gold Cobra. No one calls you Polar Bear, Fred. We also weigh in on Pokemon GO, future Microsoft games coming to PC and some shady goings on in the world of children gambling on CS:GO. Whodathunkit.

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Writing on GamesCast Ep. 3 - Happy 1st Birthday Writing on Games, From Quantar! Jun 30, 2016

Today is the one year anniversary of Hamish starting the channel, so what better way to celebrate than by cracking open a cold brew and smacking the power button on your soundcard? This week we're talking System Shock, we're talking Zelda Breath of the Wild, we're talking Final Fantasy VII Monopoly, we're talking terrible dumb phone VR... Oh, and if you stick around until the end, we're talking PERSONA 4, BAYBEE (in the dumbest way possible). Thanks for supporting the channel for a year - hopefully the first of many.

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Writing on GamesCast Ep. 2 - Mighty No. Fine Jun 23, 2016

Audio issues are sorted, E3 is behind us, now we can get to the news of the day - the original God of War, the existential nightmare that is Pac Man, and Nico's air conditioning woes. Wait a minute. In all seriousness, we discuss Mighty No. 9, that new Witcher DLC and look back on some open world classics.
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