Ep 081 – Vanquish (Nice Little Industry You Got There, Be A Shame If Something Disrupted It.)

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Steve thrashes and yearns for wide open spaces to knee slide, in slow motion, in peace. And, of course, remote recording takes some getting used to.

Watch the 10 minutes here: https://youtu.be/XenboiljI24

Ep 080 – Little Nightmares (Tardigrades Are Played Out)

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Steve tells the tale of yellow raincoats, little dunces and drunk cameramen. And, of course, the plugz are now too long.

Watch the 10 minutes here: https://youtu.be/_BJA_9wL2XE

Ep 078 – Snake Pass (Not As Funny As McElroys)

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Tony tells the tale of Snake Pass (pun intended), so that we may learn of third-person faces we don’t normally see, and cleverly crafted collectibles. And, of course, somewhere a zoologist is sated.

Ep 077 – Steep (Doing Tricks For Toads)

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Tony leads us on a powder check, takes it to the edge. And, of course, soaks in that view.

Other mentions include: No Man’s Sky, INSIDE, Jackass, Uncharted (series), Tom Hanks (actor), Monster’s Inc. (film), Sully (film), Bethesda (developer), Star Wars (franchise), Mos Def (musician), Ubisoft (developer), Silicon Valley (TV series), Tom Clancy’s The Divison, Skate, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, Crazy Taxi, Martin Scorsese (film director), many sports games, Red Dead Redemption, XXX: Return Of Xander Cage (film), Burnout: Paradise, Tomb Raider (series), World Of Warcraft, Overwatch, Devil May Cry, Minecraft, Grand Theft Auto V, Forza Horizon 3.

Ep 076 – Super Mario Run (What A Bunch Of Sorry Siris)

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Steve leads us into our first mobile title and struggles against 20 years of patterns. And, of course, It’s A Mario Thing.

Other mentions include; Super Mario (series), Mario Is Missing, Zelda (series), Cake (concept), Coins (concept), Death (concept), Sonic, Spelunky, Dodgeball (film), Run DMC, Canabalt, Jetpack Joyride, Radical Rappelling, Mickey Mouse, Twin Peaks, Skate Tricks, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2, Push Notification (concept), Toad, Smurfs, Thomp, Paper Mario (series), The Dictator (film), The Laws Of Thermodynamics, Jet Li’s The One (film), Rick & Morty (series), Rodeo Stampede

Ep 075 – The Last Guardian (It Is Never A Two Muffin Morning)

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Aaron, leads the way on a journey almost a decade in the making. And, of, course, we’ve all got our grump on.

Other mentions: Fumito Ueda (developer), Shadow of the Colossus, ICO, Barack Obama (politician), Arrival (film), Siri (difficult), Gerard Depardieu (actor), Giraffe Depardieu (biological monstrosity), Iko Iko (song), Rick Deckard (character), Limbo, Inside, Disney (company), LAIKA (animation studio), PIXAR (animation studio), Peter Molyneux (developer), Britney Spears (musician), Jeremy Renner (actor), Lars von Trier (director), Assassin’s Creed (series), The Mona Lisa (painting), Jason Rohrer (developer), Naughty Dog (studio), Crash Bandicoot, Apple iPhone (telephone series), The Last of Us, Uncharted 4, Studio Ghibli (animation studio), My Neighbor Totoro (film), Marvin Gaye (musician), Grumpy Old Men (film), Grumpier Old Men (film), Gone Fishin’ (film), Joe Pesci (actor), Danny Glover (actor), Thomas Was Alone, The Iron Giant (film), Big Hero 6 (film), Stan Lee (writer).

Ep 074 – Thumper (There Is Only More Luge)

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Steve leads us on a journey. And, of course, The Scarab walks a lonely road, The only road it has ever known.

Other mentions include; Animal Farm (book), Chicken Run (film), Audiosurf, Cool Runnings (film), Mad Max (series), Harmonic (developer), Stomp (play), Rock Band (series), Mario Kart, Guitar Hero (series), Spacechem, The Witness, The Lawnmower Man, Zombieland (film), The Beatles (band), Dark Souls, Osu, Elite Beat Agents, Donkey Konga, Guitaru Man, Beat Sneak Bandit, Parappa the Rapper, Rez, Bane (character), Junkie XL (band), Forrest Gump (character).

Ep 073 – Virginia (There Will Be No Canape)

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Aaron puts on lipstick, then doesn’t, and then says a whole lot without saying a word. And, of course, we weren’t actually that rude to each other, they’re just cuts.

Other mentions include: Mafia III, Forza Horizon 3, Gone Home, Grand Theft Auto III, Reservoir Dogs, Reservoir Dogs (film), Phantasmagoria, The Beast Within, Orange Adventure, Pi (film), The Blair Witch Project (film), Lionsgate (company), Day Of The Tentacle, Red Comrades, System Shock, Final Fantasy V, SEEP Universe, Angelo Badalamenti (composer), Twin Peaks (TV series), Fargo (TV series), Fargo (film), Carter Burwell (composer), Lyndon Holland (composer), The Coen Brothers (filmmakers), City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (orchestra), Inglourious Basterds (film), Cat People (song), Dana Scully (character), An American Werewolf In London (film), Bram Stoker’s Dracula (book), Gary Oldman (actor), Roger Ebert (film critic), Gene Siskel (film critic), Martin Landau (actor), Bela Lugosi (actor), Golden Snitch (make believe thingy), Assassin’s Creed (series), Insert Coin Clothing (website), Eidos Interactive (company), Deus Ex (series), Bruce Springsteen (musician), Clarence Clemons (musician), Linda Blair (actress), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (film), Lost Highway (film), Hardcore Henry (film), Enter The Void (film), Doom (film), The Rock (actor), Karl Urban (actor), Clint Mansell (composer), Cliff Martinez (composer), Brendon Chung (developer), Thirty Flights Of Loving, The Potemkin Steps (location), M. Night Shyamalan (director), The Visit (film), Blair Witch (2016 film), GoPro (company), Sony (company), Parrot AR.Drone (drone), RED (camera), Blackmagic (camera), Leica (camera), Final Destination 3 (film), Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture, Dear Esther, The Combine (multidimensional video game empire), Half-Life 2, Dr Strangelove (film), David Lynch (director), Mark Frost (producer), Chris Carter (producer), Stanley Kubrick (director), The Beatles (band), To The White Sea (unproduced film), Brad Pitt (actor), Hokkaido (location), Jerry Goldsmith (composer), Hans Zimmer (composer), Lawrence Of Arabia (film), The Witch (film), Gravity (film), Adrift (film), The X-Files (TV series).

Ep 072 – Abzû (Every Australian Knows Hercules Returns)

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This week Aaron leads us on a tale of exploration and rejuvenation. And, of course, we make a lot of ocean puns.

Other mentions include: Seth Rogen (comedian), Bad Neighbours (film), Neighbours (film), Neighbours (TV show), Apple (company), Journey, Matt Nava (developer), No Man’s Sky, Finding Forrester (film), Austin Wintory (musician), Yakety Sax (song), Stranger Things (TV show), Crash Bandicoot, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, Octopus’s Garden (song), Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2th Century (short film), Newton’s Third Law (science), Resident Evil, Jaws (film), Robert Shaw (actor), Once In A Lifetime (song), Finding Nemo (film), Albert Brooks (comedian), Werner Herzog (director), Under the Sea (song), I Just Can’t Wait To Be King (song), Naughty Dog (company), Lose Yourself (song), The Last of Us, Wall-E (film), The Good Dinosaur (film), The Iron Giant (film), Brad Bird (director), Portal 2, James Bond (character), Magic Mike XXL (film), Inside, Flower, Finding Nemo (film), Iron Brigade, Finding Dory (film), Andrew Stanton (director), Rick and Morty (TV series), Dune (book).