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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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!

Also, feel free to leave a review for the podcast on iTunes—it helps us a lot. Thanks for listening!

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

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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

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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!

Also, feel free to leave a review for the podcast on iTunes—it helps us a lot. Thanks for listening!

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

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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!

Also, feel free to leave a review for the podcast on iTunes—it helps us a lot. Thanks for listening!

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

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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!

Also, feel free to leave a review for the podcast on iTunes—it helps us a lot. Thanks for listening!

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

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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)

Also, feel free to leave a review for the podcast on iTunes—it helps us a lot. Thanks for listening!

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