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What do Syndicate and Deus Ex, and Eurovision have in common? Dope beats and cyberpunk costumes, apparently On this episode... Intermission Music... Skrillex - Syndicate - Syndicate OST Soundcloud We Played... After spending some time with the new soundtracks in Crypt of the Necrodancer, Euan goes exploring in the stunning looking Uncharted 4. Calum talks about his experience with the second episode of Life is Strange, and tells tales of space exploration and politicking in Stellaris. We both played the new Doom, and it's big and dumb in the best possible ways. In News... Disney are cancelling Disney Infinity after the last two sets come out next month. Civilisation 6 is announced, and is coming 21st October 2016. IGN will archive all content from the new closed GameTrailers, as well as keeping the name for publishing trailers. Final Fantasy X and X-2 have appeared on Steam, a PC port of the HD remaster from last year. Tetris is being made into "an epic sci-fi thriller" trilogy of movies. Appa

Join your favourite fixers as we leave meat-space, grab our decks, blow through some ICE and make sure we don't flatline in the process. Or, you know, talk about video games. On this episode... Intermission Music... Genki Rockets - Star Line - Genki Rockets I: Heavenly Star Amazon MP3 We Played... Calum goes full cyberpunk by looking back at the 2012 Syndicate reboot, as well as recounting his first experience jacked into the cyberverse with a HTC Vive. We spent some time with the Overwatch Open Beta, and have very differing opinions. In News... This years big shooters both were leaked and announced over the past few weeks, with Call of Duty heading into space with Infinite Warfare, and Battlefield going into the past with the terribly named Battlefield 1 DirectX co-creator and WildTangent CEO Alex St-John published an article slamming developers for their "wage-slave" attitude and their apparent "entitlement", while simultaneously being sexist, racist and ableist. It received almost universal condemn

It's a school of magic that you might not have herd of, but I'll be damned if it's not the best way to get rid of a rat problem. On this episode... Intermission Music... Anamanaguchi - Cheap Shop - Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World: The Game (Original Videogame Soundtrack) Amazon MP3 | iTunes We Played... Euan conquers his fears and plays a MOBA, namely the Battleborn Open Beta, as well as getting to grips with Playstation Now and discovering a potential new love of basketball video games with NBA2K14 After continuing to adventure in Baldurs Gate, Calum held back the tide of Skaven in Vermintide. Doom is coming back, and according to the Multiplayer Beta, we think they might have modernised a little too much. In News... We spend a lot of time talking about the NEO, the leaked mid cycle update to the Playstation 4. We talk about the specs, the developer policies and what this means for the future of consoles. Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod

Sometimes when your trying to control a city wide virus, you need to look good while your doing it. Or at least a decent hat. On this episode... Intermission Music... Danny Baranowsky - Rhythmortis - Crypt of the Necrodancer OST Bandcamp We Played... Doing what he does best, Euan attempts to pilot a mech in Strike Suit Zero, and skulks around the subways of London in Zombi. In what is becoming a regular event, Calum is back into Baldur's Gate in preparation for the new DLC. We finally both airdrop into an infected New York in The Division. In News... Nintendo have terminated an employee that has been the subject of a sustained online harassment campaign, for perceived slights against video games that she had nothing to do with. Welcome to the internet. The new Baldur's Gate DLC is receiving negative Steam reviews because it dares to have a transgender character as well as rounding out the female characters from the series Quantum Break has an option to disable licenced music so that your stream doesn'

The days of recording this game from our respective real world locations are soon to disappear, only to be replaced by virtual reality landscapes. Or more probably, just VR Skype... On this episode... Intermission Music... Eric Barone - Tropicala - Stardew Valley Soundtrack Steam (DLC) We Played... Euan stars in the very average action movie that is Broforce, with some serious technical issues When not running a farm in Stardew Valley, Calum finally dives into Life is Strange, and has some opinions In the current political climate, we choose Bunnylord as our leader in Not a Hero, and talk cyberpunk with Invisible Inc. In News... Playstation VR is hitting in October this year at £349, however the Playstation Camera is required. Just after Microsoft alluded to hardware revisions for the Xbox One, reports are surfacing of a "Playstation 4.5" in development   Digital Homicide, a developer who makes some pretty poorly made games, is suing critic Jim Sterling for libel and slander. The next in line of TV v

Ever feel like your boring office job and city lifestyle is getting you down? Maybe you should try farming? Not that real life dirty farming though, much more sedate digital agriculture... On this episode... Intermission Music... Kan R. Gao, feat. Laura Shigihara - To The Moon - To The Moon OST BandCamp | Steam (Available as DLC) We Played... Euan gets a sneak peek at the Uncharted 4 Multiplayer Beta, discovers that Heavy Rain might not hold up on PS4, and is pleasantly surprised by the self described "Pyroguelike" Flame On. Calum pads out his JRPG history knowledge with Chrono Cross and decides to ditch his current career path to become a video game farmer with Stardew Valley. SUPER. HOT. SUPER. HOT. SUPER. HOT. In News... Microsoft have cancelled Fable Legends, and are shuttering British games institution and Peter Molyneux origin story Lionhead Games Gabe Newell appears to read Reddit, and is not afraid of calling people out pretty directly when they feel their DOTA2 presenter has gone too far. Val

Firewatch is advertised as an atmospheric and touching narrative. While this is 100% true, we know that it's really all about the turtles. On this episode... Intermission Music... Darren Korb - Setting Sail, Coming Home (End Theme) - Bastion OST Bandcamp | Amazon We Played... Euan ventured into a New York that has seen better days in The Division Beta, and has some thoughts on the final parts of The Witness Calum pulls out his stick for some Street Fighter V action, and ventures into random Steam RPGs with The Albino Hunter We both walked the wilderness in Firewatch, and have some thoughts. In News... The HTC Vive has a release date and a price. It's not cheap. There won't be an Assassins Creed this year, but Egypt is the rumoured setting for when it appears in 2017 Quantum Break is also releasing on PC day and date with the XBox One version ESPN is officially getting into Esports. They mean it this time. Doom will arrive with it's double barrel shotgun on May 13th Sony have pulled together all of

Let's just get this over and done with so we can both get back to playing XCOM 2 On this episode... Intermission Music... Carpenter Brut - Roller Mobster - TRILOGY Bandcamp | Soundcloud | iTunes We Played... Euan beams himself onto a future plane in Consortium and can only see line puzzles when he closes his eyes due to The Witness Calum does some acrobatic stabbing of mythical creatures in Dragons Dogma: Dark Arisen XCOM 2 is out, and we are both really deep into it. Probably too deep. Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com) All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

In the second part of our deliberations we choose 2015's Smaller Game of the Year, Best Narrative, Best Original Song, Best Hotline Miami 2 Track and the big one, the GameEngineStart Game of the Year 2015

In the first part of our Game of the Year deliberations we choose our 20xx Game of the Year, Best Looking Game, Best Studio, Most Disappointing, Best Soundtrack and Best Moment

Nothing quite like flying through space to the sounds of slide guitar, firing giant laser guns off the starboard bow... On this episode... Intermission Music... bignic - Scream - Zombies (featured on Lethal League OST) Official Site | Bandcamp We Played... With another Steam sale over, we go through our spoils. Euan finishes up SOMA before diving into pharmaceutical simulator Big Pharma, finishes a game in The Magic Circle and hacks the world in Hacknet Calum goes down a well in ... Downwell, fights the corporations in Satellite Reign and flies through space with an awesome soundtrack in Rebel Galaxy In News... Weeks into 2016 and the VR war has started, with Oculus Rift launching in March at $599, with the HTC Vive following in April at an unconfirmed price point. Hideo Kojima and his new studio have partnered with Sony to make a PS4 exclusive new IP. Keiji Inafune's new title ReCore is coming to PC this year, as well as Xbox One Uncharted 4 has been pushed back to April ...and more! Intro Music - 

We really want a new SSX, and now that Hideo Kojima is officially done with Metal Gear and Konami, how about he takes on a totally new genre that deserves some love. Someone just give us a new SSX. Please... On this episode... Intermission Music... PROTODOME - There's Always Next Week - BLUESCREEN Official Site | Bandcamp We Played... Euan finally finishes Metal Gear Solid 5, goes under the sea in SOMA and wonders why he missed out on Beyond: Two Souls the first time around. Calum is done with Fallout 4 in more ways than one, and wingsuits around the fun but flawed Just Cause 3. When the framerate isn't tanking at least. We also talk about the amazingly named Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist, probably the funniest game you will play this year. In News... Both The Game Awards and the Playstation Experience happened over the last few weeks, with some small bits of news coming out of each The Final Fantasy 7 remake got a gameplay trailer, as well as the announce

Come on guys, this pink rabbit needs to keep the lights on in his arcade... On this episode... Intermission Music... Simon Viklund  - Evil Eye - Payday 2 : Hotline Miami DLC OST Bandcamp We Played... Euan spent an evening with more indie games at the latest Games are for Everyone, and relived the awkwardness of 14 year old MSN conversations in Cible. Calum continues to spend an inordinate amount of time with Fallout 4, and starts to form some interesting impressions and thoughts for the future of Bethesda. In News... YouTube are finally starting to sort out their DMCA Takedown issue that has plagued content creators for a long while In a conversation with Wired, Sony have confirmed they are working on PS2 emulation on PS4. Cloud Strife is coming to Super Smash Bros, in the strangest crossover since Solid Snake made an appearance. Nintendo continue to do things in their own unique way, by using a pink rabbit to explain microtransactions. There is a new Valkyria Chronicles game coming for PS4, subtitle

The internet could not have had a bigger tonal shift over the past few weeks, going from happy little trees to nuclear oblivion. On this episode... Intermission Music... Big Giant Circles - Threes is the Bees Knees - Threes OST Bandcamp We Played... Euan discovered the joy of flicking switches and pressing exquisitely detailed buttons in The Room 3 and tries to not let hapless teenagers die horribly in Until Dawn. Calum gives us his impressions of the first 8 hours of the all consuming nuclear disaster simulator that is Fallout 4. In News... Activision buys digital crack provider King, makers of the Candy Crush Saga, for $5.9 billion dollars. On top of that, Activision have also launched a Film and TV studio, with their first project being a Skylanders animated TV show. Blizzard are bringing their team based shooter Overwatch to PS4 and Xbox One as well as PC, for $60 and $40 respectively Playstation Vue has now signed up with ESPN, Disney and ABC, making the service more and more attractive to cable

I'm all for card game jargon, but... really?! On this episode... Intermission Music... AdhesiveWombat - Anthem - Marsupial Madness Bandcamp | Soundcloud We Played... Euan is still ploughing away at Metal Gear Solid 5, while taking breaks to be social with the Jackbox Party Pack 2 Our official card game editor Calum tries out Duelyst and regails more D&D stories. In News... Lots of news from the Paris Games Week Sony press conference, including a date for No Mans Sky, a new game from Quantic Dream, more creepy nightmares from Dreams and site mascot Michel Ansel showing of gameplay from his new title. A Kickstarter story with a good ending for a change, Rebellion have picked up bankrupt studio GRIN and are fulfilling the last of the missing backer rewards for their episodic title Woolfe: The Red Hood Diaries Games site VG247 wrote up an unimpressed preview on Uncharted 4, before realising they had been shown the Uncharted 2 remaster. Friday the 13th is back in an asymmetric multiplayer game, now on

The stars have aligned in such a way where we have both played a bunch of the same games this time, and the genre range could not be more vast On this episode... Intermission Music... Halfbrick Studios - Jetpack Joyride Main Theme - Jetpack Joyride OST Official Site | iTunes | Amazon We Played... Euan gets to play with Lego for the first time in years with Lego Dimensions Between us we covered a lot of very different games, from the Star Wars: Battlefront Beta to The Beginners Guide, and a lot of bomb defusal and Mongolian exploration in between. In News... Destiny are adding microtransacted emotes to the game as of today, with rumours being that it will be funding their new plan for DLC The co-head of The Chinese Room is leaving the studio due to a combination of illness, displeasure with their Sony partnership and the industries sexist attitudes to women in lead studio positions Batman is coming back to PC in October The Microsoft HoloLens is going on sale to developers for a cool $3000 The P.T ins

It's always a good day when you find out your sibling would do grievous bodily harm to you for a Kit-Kat. On this episode... Intermission Music... Jonathan Eng feat. Stephanie Hladowski- Tuesday - The Sailor's Dream (Original Soundtrack) Official Site | iTunes | Amazon We Played... Destiny: The Taken King has arrived and swallowed all of Euan's game time, while also trying to explain the new puzzle game from Simogo SPL-T, and how he ended up getting Lego Dimensions on launch day. Calum has finished Metal Gear Solid 5 and appears to have damaged his brain a little, evidenced by the fact that he's ready to spend another 100 hours with a game, namely The Witcher 3. In News... We may be on the verge of a voice actors strike, the union is voting on action at the end of the month More games pushed to 2016, with Persona 5 in summer, Star Fox Zero in Q1 and Hitman on March 11th Kickstarter is now a Public Benefit Corporation Counter Strike has been shaken up with it's latest updates, fixing the hitboxes and a

Listen kids, guns aren't cool. Nerf guns on the other hand, are the coolest. Lightsabers are a close second. We are functioning adults, I promise... On this episode... Intermission Music... Danny Baranowsky - Konga Conga Kappa (King Conga) - Crypt of the Necrodancer OST Official Site | Bandcamp | We Played... In preparation for The Taken King, Euan explores the pretty big changes in Destiny 2.0, as well as talking about what he saw at the most recent Games are for Everyone night in Edinburgh. Sick of waiting for the next Knights of the Old Republic game that will never come, Calum tries The Old Republic MMO to get ready for the next big expansion. In News... The story of the firing of Marty O'Donnell has come to light during the now settled court case Nintendo have appointed a new CEO The Pokemon Company are working with Ingress developers Niantic on the next AR based Pokemon game. The FTC have put their foot down in regards to the Microsoft/Machinima "deceptive" marketing from YouTubers The big UI i

Hey, in case you didn't know already, we are super excited for Metal Gear Solid 5 On this episode... Intermission Music... Valve Software - Science Is Fun - Portal 2 Soundtrack: Volume 1 Official Site We Played... Euan poorly attempts to save the world from the alien menace by diving back into XCOM: Enemy Within, and can't get the damn theme song out his head after playing Lego: Jurassic World Calum gets a look at the Heroes of Might and Magic 7 beta as well as "punching deck" in the next instalment of the Shadowrun series, Shadowrun: Hong Kong In News... Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is launching Feburary 23rd, and has possibly the worst pre-order scheme ever. Uncharted 4 also has a date, March 18th. Mortal Kombat X has been officially cancelled for PS3 and 360. Guild Wars 2 is now Free to Play YouTube launched their Twitch competitor, and people are not happy with it's heavy handed use of it's ContentID system. There's a free version of Triple Triad you can play on your phone via the Final Fantasy Port

Since we can't go visit Star Wars Theme Land Park, we might as well talk about some video games. A couple of them are in space! One is even actually Star Wars! On this episode... Intermission Music... Shira Kammen - Downstream - Music from Braid Official Site | Amazon We Played... Euan enjoys the PlayStation summer indie promotion by flying a mech in Galak-Z and walking around a eerily quiet Middle England village in Everybody's Gone To The Rapture Calum is sufficiently pleased with the KOTOR 2 fan expansion, wraps up Pillars of Eternity and moonwalks through a dungeon in Crypt of the Necrodancer. In News... Nintendo let go an employee who went and podcasted about their internal workings without their consent. It's not all bad though, Sonic has his back. Twitch Plays... is back, and this time they are attempting Dark Souls, with all 22 inputs mapped to chat commands The ESL has adopted the World Anti-Doping Agency list of banned substances, which includes marijuana. It's not like that's a gamer stereot