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We indie and indie-adjacent gamers are totally spoiled in 2024, as another bunch of crackers hits the market: Tales & Tactics (@table9studio), Reveil (@pixelsplitgames), @Abathor_Game & Gori: Cuddly Carnage (@AngryDemonGames) can all lay claim to your heard-earned this week.
SHOWNOTES:00:00:10 - Intro00:00:52 - MHG Chat: Nintendo Direct + Tetris Forever00:05:35 - Tales & Tactics @table9studio00:12:46 - Reveil @pixelsplitgames00:19:50 - Abathor @Abathor_Game00:28:46 - Gori: Cuddly Carnage @AngryDemonGames00:36:36 - Outro

What’s in a name? @TrebleStrikes & @Bradigor challenge what constitutes good nomenclature. Games:  Knock on the Coffin Lid @RedBoonstudios, @_PhantomSpark,  Beard Blade @gloveboxgames, Arco @bibikigarcia, TIEBREAK: Official game of the ATP and WTA @BigAntStudios
SHOWNOTES:00:00:10 - Intro00:01:36 - Knock on the Coffin Lid @RedBoonstudios00:04:52 - Phantom Spark @_PhantomSpark00:09:54 - Beard Blade @gloveboxgames00:14:02 - Arco @bibikigarcia00:20:53 - TIEBREAK: Official game of the ATP and WTA @BigAntStudios00:30:28 - Outro

A line-up based on fun this week, with the promising SPGP Super Polygon Grand Prix (@games_rozz), Shapez 2 (@tobspr) & KitHack Model Club @KitHackMC lightening our lives.
SHOWNOTES:00:00:10 - Intro00:02:06 - SPGP Super Polygon Grand Prix @games_rozz00:12:34 - Shapez 2 @tobspr00:19:52 - KitHack Model Club @KitHackMC00:26:55 - MHG Chat: Stand Up to Racism, Shrewsbury00:27:50 - Outro

Here at MHG we stand up to racism, and on this joyful day of protest, Aug. 10th, we reaffirm that care & inclusion is what we stand for. Games: ONE BTN BOSSES (@onebtnbosses), Hate Me Not (@NotJustGamesDev), Stormgate (@Frost_Giant) + more.
SHOWNOTES:00:00:10 - Intro00:01:13 - MHG Chat: Anti-Fash!00:03:12 - MHG Chat: Ashley James Hero of the week - Barnsley anti-fash lady00:12:32 - ONE BTN BOSSES @onebtnbosses00:22:17 - JDM: Rise of the Scorpion @GamingFactorySA00:28:30 - Hate Me Not @NotJustGamesDev00:36:22 - Stormgate @Frost_Giant00:50:02 - Outro

This week, @Bradigor gets comfy on the couch with the Vampire Therapist (@LittleBatGames) & polishes their lens for A Star Named EOS (@SilverLiningWW), whilst @TrebleStrikes goes on another bug hunt with Earth Defence Force 6 (@EDF_OFFICIAL_EN)
SHOWNOTES:00:00:10 - Intro00:00:50 - MHG Chat: Attacks & Riots00:05:03 - Vampire Therapist @LittleBatGames00:11:16 - A Star Named EOS @SilverLiningWW00:16:36 - Earth Defence Force 6 @EDF_OFFICIAL_EN00:29:17 - Outro

Politicians & celebs might keep reaching new lows, but indies keep hitting new highs, with the likes of Forgotten Mines (@cannibalgoose), TWWWR (@Faxdocc) and The Garden Path (@fromcarrotcake) showing us the way.
SHOWNOTES:00:00:10 - Intro00:01:39 - MHG Chat: Global Politics roundup!00:03:47 - MHG Chat: Ashley James Hero of the week is… Ashley James!00:07:43 - MHG Chat: Musk & the ‘woke Mind Virus’00:11:49 - Forgotten Mines @cannibalgoose00:19:11 - TWWWR @Faxdocc00:24:42 - The Garden Path @fromcarrotcakeOutro

One of MHG’s most anticipated lands in the form of Conscript (@Catchw8Studio). Does it live up to expectation? Also Schim (@Ewoud3D), Earl vs. the Mutants (@FallingState) & Magical Delicacy (@sKaule)
SHOWNOTES:00:00:10 - Intro00:02:51 - Magical Delicacy @sKaule00:08:35 - Conscript @Catchw8Studio00:17:25 - Schim @Ewoud3D00:28:19 - Earl vs. the Mutants @FallingState00:34:12 - MHG Chat: Heavy Storm Shadow re-release00:38:15 - Outro

Do you like sims? @Bradigor sure does & has been obsessed with the likes of Juno: New Origins (@JundrooGames) & @houseflippersim. @TrebleStrikes, meanwhile, has been more parambular, striking fools down with his Anger Foot (@freelives).
SHOWNOTES:00:00:10 - Intro00:01:45 - MHG Chat: Ashley James Hero of the Week - Beth Mead00:07:39 - Anger Foot @freelives00:17:50 - MHG Chat: Sim play - Train Simulator, Euro Truck Simulator00:20:03 - Fishing Sim games inc. Call of the Wild: The Angler, Fishing Planet00:21:12 - Ship Graveyard Simulator, Police Simulator00:22:52 - House Flipper00:27:13 - Juno: New Origins00:28:32 - MHG Chat: dedicated controllers for sims00:39:34 - Outro

New UK government & top tier releases this week, so… yay! Double Dragon Gaiden (@secretbaseSG) stuns, Riven (@cyanworlds) impresses and Train Sim World 4 (@dovetailgames) compels. 
SHOWNOTES:00:00:10 - Intro00:02:20 - MHG Chat: Ashley James Hero of the Week - the good side of Twitter00:07:10 - Double Dragon Gaiden @secretbaseSG00:12:52 - Riven @cyanworlds00:19:47 - Super Video Golf @TrederiaGames00:24:56 - Train Sim World 4 @dovetailgames00:37:47 - Outro

The hero of our hearts Mr. D. Tennant wins the Ashley James award this week. For games chat we proudly present Go-Go Town! (@PridefulSloth), Still Wakes the Deep (@ChineseRoom) & Retrowave @Rewindappstudio
SHOWNOTES00:00:10 - Intro00:01:03 - MHG Chat: The Ashley James Memorial Award #300:03:25 - Go-Go Town! @PridefulSloth00:06:36 - Still Wakes the Deep @ChineseRoom 00:14:23 - Retrowave @Rewindappstudio00:19:06 - Outro

Ok, @TrebleStrikes & @Bradigor are a bit scatty & weird in this one, but you might get a kick out of it. Games-wise: Tavern Talk (@GentleTroll), Max Mustard (@toast_int) & Kamaeru: A Frog Refuge (@Kamaeru_game).
SHOWNOTES:00:00:10 - Intro00:00:55 - MHG Chat: favourite vampire movies00:05:04 - MHG Chat: Ashley James Hero of the Week00:11:44 - Tavern Talk @GentleTroll00:17:03 - Max Mustard @toast_int00:24:20 - Kamaeru: A Frog Refuge @Kamaeru_game00:29:45 - Outro

The Inaugural Ashley James Award is handed-out, legally distinct E3 mulled over, and we discuss @TEKKEN 8, Flathead (@DreadXP_), fun uber-jank in Crime Boss: Rockay City (@ingame_studios) & the mystery of Heavy Storm Shadow…
SHOWNOTES:00:00:10 - Intro00:00:54 - The Inaugural Ashley James Award00:08:27 - Legally Distinct E300:11:29 - TEKKEN 8 @TEKKEN00:17:18 - Flathead @DreadXP_00:25:42 - Heavy Storm Shadow00:30:20 - Crime Boss: Rockay City @ingame_studios00:42:14 - Outro

Huge props to Victoria Thomas-Bowen (ofvictbx) for her sterling work. Let’s stop suspending accounts for spurious reasons eh, Musk? Also Venture to the Vile (@CutToBits), Ultimate Swing Golf (@Clap_Hanz) & Capes (@Spitfire_IA).
SHOWNOTES:00:00:10 - Intro00:00:50 - Joyous anti-Farage sentiment00:05:47 - Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus @BethesdaStudios00:18:20 - Venture to the Vile @CutToBits00:27:19 - Ultimate Swing Golf @Clap_Hanz00:40:19 - Capes @Spitfire_IA00:51:49 - Outro

Challenging times, but let’s look on the bright side with shanty-slinger Seablip (@the_not_morris), emotional exploration drama @1000xResist and 2024’s 700th roguelike deckbuilder in the form of Zet Zillions (@otaimonstudios).
SHOWNOTES:00:00:10 - Intro00:02:47 - MHG Chat: War (content warning)00:07:30 - Seablip @the_not_morris00:12:25 - 1000xResist @1000xResist00:14:51 - Mild spoilers for 1000xResist00:16:00 - End of spoilers for 1000xResist00:20:18 - Zet Zillions @otaimonstudios00:27:43 - Outro

Primo bonce content this week with the flowing locks of MULLET MADJACK (@Hammer95studios) taking the limelight. Also Isles of Sea and Sky (@CicadaGames), Helldivers 2 @ArrowheadGS, Galacticare @BrightrockGames.
SHOWNOTES:00:00:10 - Intro00:01:24 - MHG Chat: Voting for Jürgen Klopp00:08:37 - Helldivers 2 @ArrowheadGS00:15:11 - Ghosts of Tsushima (PC) @NixxesSoftware00:18:37 - Isles of Sea and Sky @CicadaGames00:27:13 - MULLET MADJACK @Hammer95studios00:38:37 - Galacticare @BrightrockGames00:50:00 - Outro