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It's yer boys! Link to the Cast is back! On the show this week: Is Gears of 4 any good? Mark's journey into the Witness. Guardians of the Galaxy teaser AAAAAAGGGGHHH The new Adam Curtis documentary. Dave finds a way to get FIFA 17 in the news again. Dan Harmon is making a show about esports? All that and the rest of this week's video game news. This week's book club continues Shocktober, where we look at famous horror games. This week is the turn of innovative Gamecube cult classic Eternal Darkness. __________________________________________________________ Listen, like, share, find us on iTunes (rate us there too to be extra nice), and enjoy! If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it’s posted, check out the following: linktothecast@gmail.com twitter.com/linktothecast facebook.com/linktothecast twitch.tv/linktothecast www.youtube.com/channel/UC8tQR9nEJw2KbTQ9Xd23D2Q LTTC Cover Art- @EamoV1 Our Weekly Schedule Monday: Mar

They call them THE LADS Michael… Link to the Cast is back, and in our 40 the episode we’re asking the hard questions: - How did Mark enjoy his trip to Westport? - How good is Mark at pretending to drown? - How long can Dave talk about Marvel before going off on one about Iron Man 3? - Are WWE 2K17 and Mafia III competitors for the okay-est Game of The Year? - Is Mafia III and elaborate piece of IRA propaganda? As well as all that, we break down the week in video news and manage to squeeze in our (spoiler-free) thoughts on Luke Cage and Westworld. In our Shocktober Book Club this week we’re discussing Resident Evil 4, a pivotal entry in the long running Capcom series in a number of ways, and to do so we’ll be joined by Chaz Ali, gameplay programmer at Bossa Studios, the studio behind Surgeon Simulator and the beautifully weird I Am Bread. Chaz is a big Resi fan and has a lot to add to what was a very enjoyable chat this week. *starts at 1:26:24* __________________________________________________________ L

Your weekly dose of video games & nerd culture ephemera - with added Barrylad. On the show this week: - We saw films - We talk about Keep Talking & Nobody Explodes - Dave takes a trip to the well, this time with Arkham Knight - Is Virginia any good? - The PSVR embargo lifts; our thoughts - Beyond Good & Evil 2 is a game, but not a game, but probably a game For our book club this week, we venture into SHOCKTOBER™ - a month long celebration of horror-themed games. @thebarrylad joins us to talk about a personal favourite of his, and arguably one of the finest games of the last generation, Naughty Dog's 'The Last of Us'. If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it’s posted, check out the following: linktothecast@gmail.com http://twitter.com/linktothecast http://facebook.com/linktothecast http://twitch.tv/linktothecast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8tQR9nEJw2KbTQ9Xd23D2Q LTTC Cover Art- @EamoV1

Once bitten, twice shy. The lads are back. - Mark's 2nd week of brushing up on Irish culture hasn't gone so well. - Does anyone know how to play the Pokemon Card Game? - More FIFA/PES comparisons. - A discussion on handheld gaming consoles. - Firewatch is getting a film adaptation. - 20th anniversary of the PSone! We are old men. For our book club this week we're going ultraviolent, as we take a step in to 1980s Miami; a world drenched in neon, synth-wave pop, and a lot of blood. This week, we look at Hotline Miami. __________________________________________________________ Listen, like, share, find us on iTunes (rate us there too to be extra nice), and enjoy! If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it’s posted, check out the following: linktothecast@gmail.com twitter.com/linktothecast facebook.com/linktothecast twitch.tv/linktothecast www.youtube.com/channel/UC8tQR9nEJw2KbTQ9Xd23D2Q LTTC Cover Art- @EamoV1 Our Weekl

The lads are back! On the show this week: - The boys have been travelling - How does the Bioshock remaster hold up? - Mark has started Final Fantasy IX - he'll be back by christmas - EGX is this weekend - Pokemon Co can confirm that the Nx is, in fact, a thing - Microsoft have been throwing shade - Steam, Digital Homicide; an absolute omnishambles. For our book club feature, we've expanded our horizons to look at an absolute masterpiece in the world of cinema. A film that dives into the world of competitive gaming, long before eSports existed, and brings us the greatest heel in the business since the Iron Sheik - this week, we look at the documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. __________________________________________________________ Listen, like, share, find us on iTunes (rate us there too to be extra nice), and enjoy! If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it’s posted, check out the following: linkto

The lads are back. Mark and Dave have mics all up in their faces (sans pop shields) where we discuss: Mark and his continuing exploration of Ireland Was there any point to Twilight Princess HD? Reigns, a game not about a big hulking Samoan. ALL the football. Kojima and his mental new game. The National Videogame Foundation. The finalists of the Games Media Awards. Danny O'Dwyer being a top lad. Finally, our Book Club feature this week looks at the fighting series that went screaming into the third dimension with a bit of success (best selling fighting franchise of all time)... Tekken.

The lads are back! Mark and Dave test drive their new desks on this week's show where we discuss: The finer points of scheduling How on fire is Street Fighter V now? Mark's in the Zelda well (The Wellda?) again. The barrage of new PS4s Miyamoto at an Apple Event? plus all the week's news in games Our Book Club this week is a landmark for couch multiplayer enthusiasts across the land: the mighty Timesplitters 2! __________________________________________________________ Listen, like, share, find us on iTunes (rate us there too to be extra nice), and enjoy! If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it’s posted, check out the following: linktothecast@gmail.com twitter.com/linktothecast facebook.com/linktothecast twitch.tv/linktothecast http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8tQR9nEJw2KbTQ9Xd23D2Q LTTC Cover Art- @EamoV1 Our Weekly Schedule Monday: Mark on Mondays Tuesday: Book Club on Youtube/Article on website Wednesday: LTTC Pl

Greetings and salutations friends, let's not waste any time. This podcast sees the long-awaited return of Brian McNamara, filling in for Mark for the week. On the show: *How much of Brian's life has been spent on No Man's Sky? *Why Brian is rethinking the way he buys games *Titanfall 2 and PES 2017 Demos- any good? *The return of Konami Korner *plus all the week's big gaming news! In our book club, we are joined by friend of the show and host of The Away Goals Podcast Jack Layzell to discuss a game that is remarkable for, among other things, the fact it was even allowed to exist: the foul mouthed Conker's Bad Fur Day! __________________________________________________________ Listen, like, share, find us on iTunes (rate us there too to be extra nice), and enjoy! If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it’s posted, check out the following: linktothecast@gmail.com twitter.com/linktothecast facebook.com/linktothecast twitch

Welcome back dear friends to another edition of Link to the Cast! On the show this week: *How on earth is Mrs. Brown's Boys the best sitcom of the century? *Dave's early impressions of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. *Can anything save Mark from Stardew Valley? *Will Mark ever sleep again after watching the new Resident Evil 7 demo? *All the week's big news in gaming Finally, our book club this week is all about the Blue Blur himself, Sonic The Hedgehog. Prepare yourselves for a frankly distressing level of Sonic lore insight from Dave as we talk about the 90s classics that the first three Sonic games were. __________________________________________________________ Listen, like, share, find us on iTunes (rate us there too to be extra nice), and enjoy! If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it’s posted, check out the following: linktothecast@gmail.com twitter.com/linktothecast facebook.com/linktothecast twitch.tv/linktotheca

Hello! We're back from a weekend in Manchester and ready to talk about all the games. This week Mark falls back into the well that is Stardew Valley, and Dave gives his thoughts on Telltale: Batman and No Man's Sky. We take a trip back into Konami Korner to ponder over their latest instalment in the Metal Gear universe. We also talk swimsuits, EA, Injustice 2, and the latest indie humble bundle. Finally, we take a moment to talk about a time when Konami hadn't totally gone off the deep end (or maybe they had considering...) as we discuss one of the greatest horror games of all time, Silent Hill 2. Listen, like, share, find us on iTunes (rate us there too to be extra nice), and enjoy! If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it’s posted, check out the following: linktothecast@gmail.com twitter.com/linktothecast facebook.com/linktothecast twitch.tv/linktothecast www.youtube.com/channel/UC8tQR9nEJw2KbTQ9Xd23D2Q LTTC Cover Art-

After a frankly upsetting amount of technical difficulties, Link to the Cast has arrived for this week. Join Dave and Mark this week as they discuss: Suicide Squad and Finding Dory. Turns out they are very different films. What is the strategy behind PS4 Neo/XBoxOne Scorpio? How did Mark get on playing Inside? Is that No Man's Sky thing any good? All that plus the week in video game news and a Book Club that goes all gothic with Castlevania: Symphony of the Night! Listen, like, share, find us on iTunes (rate us there too to be extra nice), and enjoy! If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it’s posted, check out the following: linktothecast@gmail.com http://twitter.com/linktothecast http://facebook.com/linktothecast http://twitch.tv/linktothecast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8tQR9nEJw2KbTQ9Xd23D2Q LTTC Cover Art- @EamoV1 Our Weekly Schedule Monday: Mark on Mondays Tuesday: Book Club on Youtube/Article on website Wed

Greetings traveller, I'm Garth Maren......er, Link to the Cast is back! And our fearless leader Dave is back at the helm! On this week's PACKED SHOW we are joined by friend of the show Jack Layzell (host of The Away Goals Podcast) to discuss: *Inside- a game made by, in Dave's words, "broken nightmare people." *Stick of Truth on PS4 and Red Dead Redemption on XBox One are still great. *Mark's reviews of Furi and Downwell. *A Poképocalypse as we talk about our thoughts about living in a post Pokémon Go world. Not to mention there are other Pokémon games out soon. *All the news in gaming this week! In our Book Club this week, there are very few superlatives that suffice. Simply put, we look at one of the greatest games ever made- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Listen, like, share, find us on iTunes (rate us there too to be extra nice), and enjoy! If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it’s posted, check out the followi

Roll up, roll up, the final part of our Away Goals pilot episode is here! This part covers our Team of the Tournament from Euro 2016, (including Dave being so overcome by the heat he fails to count to 11), and our summary of the summer tansfer window so far. Like, listen, share and enjoy! We'll be back later this week with our first proper episode on the Away Goals Podcast feed, covering more transfer news and the start of our season preview. Until then, you can find the Away Goals Podcast at the following: www.facebook.com/awaygoalspod/ twitter.com/AwayGoalsPod soundcloud.com/awaygoalspod awaygoalspod@outlook.com And thanks to @EamoV1 for the artwork

Football crazy, soccer mad, Dave Ryan and Jack Layzell are here with another Giant Sized Annual, this time reviewing the highs and lows of Euro 2016. As well as being a LTTC joint, this two part show will also serve to kick off our new football podcast, which you will be able to find @AwayGoalsPod on Twitter (and also on Soundcloud once part 2 arrives later this week, so that we can stop annoying LTTC listeners with football talk) We're excited to bring you our weekly views on the key talking points on the wacky world of football, and after these special shows we will return in just a couple of weeks with our Season Preview! Until then, you can find the Away Goals Podcast at the following: https://www.facebook.com/awaygoalspod/ https://twitter.com/AwayGoalsPod https://soundcloud.com/awaygoalspod awaygoalspod@outlook.com And thanks to @EamoV1 for the artwork

With Dave away in sunny San Fransisco, Mark & Brian venture forth with their tales on cutting weight. They also discuss games with Mark lamenting over Mighty No. 9, plus Brian gives his thoughts on the new Witcher 3 DLC. We look at the controversy surrounding CounterStrike: Go and several YouTube personalities with the spotlight currently focused on them, plus all the other news of the week. Finally, Brian tackles the weighty task of comparing Ubisoft's The Division against Bungie's Destiny, to see who comes out on top as "king of the console-based online-shooter that isn't COD." Listen, like, share, find us on iTunes (rate us there too to be extra nice) and enjoy! If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it's posted, check out the following: linktothecast@gmail.com twitter.com/linktothecast facebook.com/linktothecast twitch.tv/linktothecast LTTC Cover Art - @EamoV1

The dust has settled, the hype machine is winding down, and E3 is over for another year. Except for Ubisoft. Their conference may still be going on. Sit back and unwind as Dave and Mark take you through each conference and the big news stories of the biggest annual event in gaming! Listen, like, share, find us on iTunes (rate us there too to be extra nice), and enjoy! If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it’s posted, check out the following: linktothecast@gmail.com http://twitter.com/linktothecast http://facebook.com/linktothecast http://twitch.tv/linktothecast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8tQR9nEJw2KbTQ9Xd23D2Q LTTC Cover Art- @EamoV1

Twas the night before E3..... It's that time of year again pod people, gaming Christmas is here, and we present to you our special edition of the podcast with all our E3 news, gossip and predictions before the madness kicks off in LA. We'll be livetweeting as many conferences as possible over at http://twitter.com/linktothecast so pop over there and join the fun! [Editor's note: Apologies in advance for a couple of moments where the volume goes weird. Mark's microphone was on a mad one which we only noticed in post.] Anyone who fancies watching the conferences, here's the list of conference times (all times are GMT): Sunday, June 12 EA pre-show: 8:30pm [30 mins] EA conference : 9:00pm [2 hrs] EA post-show: 11:00pm [2.5 hrs] Monday, June 13 Bethesda conference : 3:00am [2 hrs] Final Fantasy XV Active Time Report Day 0 Edition: 4:00am [1 hr] - clash with Bethesda's conference. Microsoft conference: 5:30pm [2 hrs] PC Gaming Show conference: 8:00pm [1-2 hrs] - possible clash with Ubisoft. Ubisoft co

Yer boys are back! Part two of our Euro 2016 preview show sees Dave, Mark, and special guest Jack Layzell discuss our final three groups, including Dave's beloved Republic of Ireland. Enjoy, and we'll be back to business as usual in a couple of days with our E3 preview podcast! Listen, like, share, find us on iTunes (rate us there too to be extra nice), and enjoy! If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it’s posted, check out the following: linktothecast@gmail.com http://twitter.com/linktothecast http://facebook.com/linktothecast http://twitch.tv/linktothecast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8tQR9nEJw2KbTQ9Xd23D2Q LTTC Cover Art- @EamoV1

Love the football, hate bastards. It wouldn't be a summer without the football, and we here at LTTC are here to bring you an in depth look at the tournament before it starts on June 10. To do so we have brought on board friend of the show (and walking football encyclopedia) Jack Layzell. This first part of the show covers groups A, B, and C with a couple of the tournament's heavy hitters. And England too, weeeyyy. Listen, like, share, find us on iTunes (rate us there too to be extra nice), and enjoy! If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it’s posted, check out the following: linktothecast@gmail.com http://twitter.com/linktothecast http://facebook.com/linktothecast http://twitch.tv/linktothecast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8tQR9nEJw2KbTQ9Xd23D2Q LTTC Cover Art- @EamoV1

Summer is officially here, and we have a new podcast fresh off the grill for you lovely people. On this week's show: Mark has pretty much played nothing because being a grown up is unfair. Dave talks Overwatch fun and the glory of the new DOOM, because he is a man child. The lads' experiences at Mark's first Ireland soccer game. Another wonderful night at Dublin-based Over The Top Wrestling was had. All this week's gaming news and views. This week's Book Club is one of the most revered games of all time, as Mark takes us on a very special journey through Super Mario World. Listen, like, share, find us on iTunes (rate us there too to be extra nice), and enjoy! If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it’s posted, check out the following: linktothecast@gmail.com http://twitter.com/linktothecast http://facebook.com/linktothecast http://twitch.tv/linktothecast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8tQR9nEJw2KbTQ9Xd23D2Q LTTC Cover Ar