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Brad & Stu try to pronounce the unpronounceable (Togg-iz? Toe-ges? Toggess? @Thunderfulgames) build a fort with Dwarves @Bay12Games, impale fools with massive tools (!) @apptivus + decide that once a witch, a witch but once a knight is enough @SuperMegaTeam  
SHOWNOTES:00:00:12 - Intro00:01:05 - MHG Chat: Charmander00:05:19 - Impaler @apptivus00:17:33 - Dwarf Fortress @Bay12Games00:27:34 - The Knight Witch @SuperMegaTeam00:36:35 - Togges @Thunderfulgames00:44:21 - MHG Chat: Christmas ‘advice’00:56:01 - Outro

@TrebleStrikes battles ‘rona ‘n’ Wanzers (@ForeverEntert) whilst @Bradigor encounters  Soccer Story @PanicBarn, Stardeus @KodoLinija and an Erasure-less Ship Of Fools @FikaProductions. Why IS life so precious & so cruel…?!
SHOWNOTES:00:00.07 - Intro00:03:53 - Front Mission 1st: Remake @ForeverEntert00:18:31 - Soccer Story @PanicBarn00:31:45 - Stardeus @KodoLinija00:36:57 - Ship Of Fools @FikaProductions00:48:45 - MHG Chat: Accessibility reviews00:51:35 - Outro

@Bradigor battles with the @lastkidsonearth, and discovers ZERO Sievert (@ModernWolfLtd). @TrebleStrikes gets assaulted by Ninjas in, um, Ninja Assault and tries escaping Wesker’s machinations in Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles.
SHOWNOTES:00:00:12 - Intro00:05:03 - Games Awards discussion00:10:41 - MHG Chat: Ragnarök & Persona 5 Royal00:25:40 - ZERO Sievert @ModernWolfLtd00:39:13 - Ninja Assault & Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles00:46:30 - The Last Kids on Earth: Hit the Deck! @lastkidsonearth00:55:15 - MHG Chat: WSL and smelly boots01:01:38 - Outro

Please tell me you wanted to hear about UK children’s TV dramas set in the North East of England in the 80s. Whaddya mean, ‘niche’?! Also featuring Persona 5 Royal, @MonkeyMoonGames’s Flat Eye + @jumpshipstudio’s Somerville.
SHOWNOTES:00:00:08 - Intro00:02:58 - MHG Chat: Byker Grove/Geordie Racer00:05:27 - Persona 5 Royal @Atlus_West00:19:42 - Flat Eye @MonkeyMoonGames00:29:39 - Dead Space 200:35:40 - Somerville @jumpshipstudio00:46:26 - Bethesda/id controversy/late-stage Capitalism00:50:55 - Outro

We cover a huuuge release this week… @MaxInfernoGames’ A Little to the Left! There’s also a tiny indie out called GoW Ragnarök and yeah, it gets hefty chat time. We also reminisce about Namco. Ah, the good ol’ days…
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00:00:10 - Intro00:02:17 - God of War Ragnarök, spoiler-free discussion 00:08:19 - God of War Ragnarök, SPOILER discussion00:31:45 - A Little to the Left 00:42:50 - MHG Chat: Retro Namco 00:49:28 - Outro

MHG Towers is already considering @CheckmatyDev’s Nightmare of Decay for its top ten of ‘22! Also great convos around #Oakenfold, WRC Generations (@kylotonn_games) & The Pinball Wizard (@frostypopgames).
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00:00:10 - Intro00:01:00 - MHG Chat: Superlambanana00:06:27 - Castlevania Advance Collection00:12:49 - MHG Chat: Remasters/Remakes/Re-releases00:21:33 - #Oakenfold 00:31:48 - Nightmare of Decay @CheckmatyDev00:38:48 - WRC Generations @kylotonn_games00:44:40 - The Pinball Wizard @frostypopgames00:49:02 - MHG Chat: Diabetes check-in00:56:25 - Outro (aka Brad Shuts-Up)

A Halloween spooktacular this week! Well, not really…@TrebleStrikes plays 1 scary game - Aydan Watkins’ Resident Evil (@ClassicREMods) + the horror genre is debated, but the rest are newbs inc. @BkomStudios’ Sunday Gold & @ToxicGames’ @ToxicGames’ Q.U.B.E. 10th Anniversary.
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00:00:10 - Intro 00:02:53 - Resident Evil - ‘The Prison’ total conversion mod00:09:54 - Sunday Gold00:15:23 - Black Future ‘8800:21:50 - MHG Chat: UX and controls, then & now00:39:13 - Q.U.B.E.00:48:50 - Spooky game special01:03:50 - Outro

Revelations abound as @Bradigor discovers chilly posteriors in @SquareEnix Triangle Strategy & the unsettling side of throwback gfx in @GlowfishInt's Trifox. @Treble_Alpha goes OK boomer with Chasm: The Rift (@generalarcade) + a lively discussion about Twitter swarms.
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00:00:12 - Intro00:02:13 - MHG WSL chat00:04:36 - Chasm: The Rift @generalarcade00:17:12 - Trifox @GlowfishInt00:22:45 - Cyberpunk 207700:30:23 - Triangle Strategy @SquareEnix00:48:16 - MHG Chat: Twitter swarms00:55:58 - MHG web + podcast announcements01:00:46 - Outro

@Bradigor is caught telling tales - LEGO® Bricktales, this time around (#ClockStone) - whilst Stu goes Greek with @tinyBuild's Asterigos: Curse of Stars. Tactics, Chiaki by @thestr4ng3r & Stadia are also in the melee.
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00:00:10 - Intro00:03:41 - Asterigos: Curse of Stars @tinyBuild00:13:13 - LEGO® Bricktales #ClockStone 00:24:21 - DOOM Eternal @idSoftware00:30:09 - Google Stadia & game streaming00:38:13 - Gears Tactics @GearsOfWar00:50:55 - Chiaki00:58:23 - Nintendo & the future01:06:07 - Outro  

Funky stuff this week with cat chat,@Andrade_Games Sturmfront (with inevitable The Boys tangent), @BippinBits Dome Keeper, @Stubby_Games Entropy Project, @PlayHumbleGames Moonscars & an #EnoughIsEnough report.
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00:00:00 - Intro00:00:44 - MHG Chat: cats!00:05:50 - Sturmfront - The Mutant War @Andrade_Games00:13:44 - Dome Keeper @BippinBits00:21:15 - The Entropy Project @Stubby_Games00:32:24 - MHG Chat: MORE Steam Deck discussion!00:42:28 - Moonscars @PlayHumbleGames00:50:47 - ‘Enough is Enough’ Oct 1st Demonstration00:56:48 - Outro

New releases Serial Cleaners (@DrawDistanceDev) & Foretales (@alkemigames) get the Brad touch, whilst Stu revisits Cyberpunk 2077 post-patch 1.06 & talks IMMORTALITY (@mrsambarlow). Also, don't miss the charming story of the Bradley clan's Anfield visit courtesy of the fabulous @bokearnsxxx
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00:00:10 - Intro00:02:48 - Cyberpunk 2077 @CDPROJEKTRED00:21:55 - Serial Cleaners @DrawDistanceDev00:27:43 - IMMORTALITY @mrsambarlow00:40:01 - Foretales @alkemigames00:48:34 - MHG Chat: Traveller's Tales - an Anfield Adventure01:09:08 - Outro

In this episode @Bradigor & @Treble_Alpha discuss representation in the media, following the Little Mermaid reveal. They range over Disney & 'WOKE', gaming, changes since BLM in films such as Sorry to Bother You & Get Out, Spider-Men & women, trans and enby superheroes & tons more in an interesting debate!
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00:00:10 - Intro00:04:09 - Little Mermaid live action & online responses00:12:41 - Gwen Stacey; Miles Morales00:18:11 - The ‘War on Woke’00:21:56 - Black Panther; Wakanda Forever; Sorry to Bother You00:24:38 - Racist caricature; systemic racism 00:33:04 - Trans & Non-binary representation00:39:50 - Outro

Is gaming creating its own Hollywood-style ‘Studio System’? This and much more’s discussed, inc. @BoxBounding’s Prodeus, upcoming Hollow Knight: Silksong & the latest Destiny 2 content, The Witch Queen.
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00:00:09 - Intro00:02:48 - Prodeus00:08:30 - Hollow Knight00:17:35 - Destiny 2: The Witch Queen00:24:40 - IP, streaming & the studio system00:27:39 - Gaming Hardware & its future
 

Haptics, paddles, wands & controller tech gets the deep focus treatment this week, with @theHunterCOTW's The Angler prompting debate. We also spotlight @Crytivo's Trail Out + @snowcastlegames's Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure 
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00:00:00 - Codemasters + EA00:03:28 - Trail Out @Crytivo00:10:50 - Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure @snowcastlegames00:15:42 - Call of the Wild: The Angler 00:24:10 - MHG Chat: controller technology00:45:42 - Outro

The most anticipated game of the year - in Brad's house, at least - gets a thorough examination (@mrsambarlow) whilst Treb settles for older stuff like Terminator: Resistance (@Reef_Games), and we take a gander at newbie You Suck at Parking™ by @hvgames
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00:03:31 - Terminator: Resistance + franchising discussion
00:25:47 - You Suck at Parking™ @hvgames
00:33:29 - Demon’s Souls
00:48:29 - IMMORTALITY @MrSamBarlow) + game criticism