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

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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.

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

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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!

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

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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.

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

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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!)

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

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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!

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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?!

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

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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'.

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

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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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