Gameenginestart Podcast

Been a while since we sat down and talked about some video games, so let's fix that! We Played... Euan took the hit for the site and played Elden Ring. A long conversation ensues.Calum hunts continually bigger beasts in Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak and selects and makes his first pick in DNF Duel.We both played the fantastic Neon White and Euan gets mad Calum keeps beating him. Timestamps... 0:00 - Public transport can get strange.4:39 - The Fringe is coming11:24 - Elden Ring48:34 - Monster Hunter: Rise Sunbreak DLC51:05 - DNF Duel1:12:10 - Music Break1:15:18 - Neon White1:49:54 - Upcoming Games, Wrap Up 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

We're back to talk all things Keigh3. Summer Game Fest? This was eaiser when it was just E3. Timestamps... 1:22 - Mask assholes exist in Europe too8:12 - Summer Game Fest20:47 - Future Games Show25:20 - Xbox & Bethesda, and a lot about Starfield1:09:11 - PC Gaming Show1:15:40 - Round up, Capcom, What's out soon? 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

A new audio quality for the same old podcast! We Played... Euan plays a lot with Citizen Sleeper, Furi, Card Shark and Hunt: Showdown. All at the same time! (not really)Calum hints opinions of Songs of Conquest to be expanded later, and does some vampire killing with Vampire the Masquerade: Blood Hunt Timestamps... 0:30 - Microphone Chat, ASMR and ambient noise8:14 - Citizen Sleeper11:20 - Half Life: Alyx Workshop support15:20 - Furi17:30 - Hunt Showdown21:56 - Card Shark25:00 - Songs of Conquest29:26 - Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Hunt47:17 - Music Break50:11 - News - GameStop decide to get into NFTs as the market collapses55:50 - News - Norman Reedus just straight up said that Death Stranding 2 is happening59:14 - News - A bunch of potentially Silent Hill related images leaked and then were immediately taken down1:09:08 - News - Now the terrible cloud version of Kingdom Hearts for Switch will tell you not to play it.1:16:30 - News - EA might be queuing themselves up for a purchase1:21:23 - News - Head of

With not many video games to talk about we resort to....other things. We Played... Euan talks to the voice in his head in Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, shoots xenos in Aliens: Fireteam Elite and rolls dice in a strange new VN way in Citizen SleeperCalum talks about F1, apparently? Timestamps... 0:00 - Celebrating 30 with Taco Bell1:40 - Game Tumbleweed3:12 - Diablo Immortal, and why people cheat at games8:56 - Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe11:08 - Aliens: Fireteam Elite15:46 - Citizen Sleeper27:11 - F1. No Seriously.41:39 - News - Yuji Naka says Balan Wonderworld was unfinished, and he didn't contribute to the last six months.44:35 - News - Games are getting pulled from the iOS store cause they havnt been updated, despite being "done".47:11 - News - XBox Live had an outage that appears to still be persisting, bad enough where people can't start their digital games.49:16 - News - Square Enix have sold a bunch of big name IPs and studios to the Embracer Group Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompete

We're already starting to hit the dry spell, so we're talking about the games we haven't stopped playing this week. We Played... Euan becomes a ghost hunter in Ghostwire: Tokyo and looks for answers in NorcoCalum stands on his soapbox and has a lot of things to say about the Dragon Age seriesWe both started brick based comedy-fest Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Timestamps... 3:56 - Go get vaccinated11:18 - Horizon: Forbidden West12:29 - Ghostwire: Tokyo28:29 - Dragon Age48:43 - Music Interlude51:36 - Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga59:23 - Norco1:11:47 - Out of nowhere, Kingdom Hearts 4 was announced.1:20:33 - The FTC are not happy about Kotick getting any money from the Microsoft aquisition1:21:51 - The Ubisoft NFTs for Ghost Recon Breakpoint are no longer being sold, and are now officially worthless.1:23:43 - Breath of the Wild 2 has been delayed to 20231:25:14 - Sony announce their Game Pass-esque PlayStation Plus Premium, with games from every flavour of PlayStation in both streaming and download. I

We're already starting to hit the dry spell, so we're talking about the games we haven't stopped playing this week. We Played... Euan continues to play Horizon: Forbidden West and plays to type in cyberpunk narrative character action game ANNO: MutationemCalum continues his first Fromsoft game Sekiro and gushes over new Destiny 2 raid, Vow of the Disciple Timestamps... 1:53 - Early Morning Podcast Issues4:07 - Horizon: Forbidden West8:14 - ANNO: Mutationem16:25 - Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice19:21 - Yeah we're probably going to end up playing Elden Ring28:09 - Destiny 2 Vow of the Disciple53:38 - Music Break56:19 - News - Playstation State of Play1:01:22 - News - Square Enix is bad at judging "failed" games1:10:01 - News - ID@Xbox1:18:28 - News - Street Fighter 6s low effort logo1:19:31 - News - Epic bought Bandcamp1:20:52 - News - Bungie are making some quick tweaks to the new weapon crafting1:22:16 - News - Until Dawn devs announced a new game due in the summer1:23:28 - News - Haven got a cool "couples" update

After a one week break there's A LOT to talk about. Well two games, but there's A LOT to say. We Played... Euan explores and is perplexed by the imapct of the story in Horizon: Forbidden WestCalum talks at length about the good and bad in Destiny 2: The Witch QueenEuan dicusses the SteamFest Demos Timestamps... 0:30 - This is an Elden Ring free podcast3:36 - Horizon: Forbidden West43:56 - Music Interlude45:46 - Destiny 2: The Witch Queen1:46:33 - Neon White and Ixion Demos 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

Since everything got delayed last year, the next few months are about to get real busy. We Played... Calum martial arts some fools in Sifu, and confirms that he's pretty good at Final Fantasy XIVAfter messing with Apex for the first time in 6 months, Euan does some rhythm action John Woo in Pistol Whip, then pilots a steampunk mech with no manual both in and out of VR with Nauticrawl and A Rogue Escape Timestamps... 3:24 - Sifu22:50 - Sifu Reviews and CritisismThe Verge article we talk about can be found here28:52 - Apex Legends Season 1132:31 - Pistol Whip35:33 - Nauticrawl & A Rogue Escape39:33 - Musical Interlude42:08 - Lost Ark...kinda...46:30 - Calum is good at FFXIV53:26 - Sekiro57:32 - News - Lego Star Wars has a release date, and TT Games sounds like a terrible place to work1:01:57 - News - Ubisoft says that people just don't understand why NFTs are good for them.1:07:43 - News - Team17 announces and then almost immediately retracts their Worms based NFTs1:17:35 - News - Nintendo Directs continue

It's that time again where we talk best and least best of 2021. We ran a different format this year partially because we felt like it, partially because (as you will hear) we couldn't really fill out our normal categories with the games we had in front of us. Instead we just hit record and talked about what we liked and what we didn't, as well as the happenings in the industry. There is a podcast version of this video available in our normal podcast feed, search GameEngineStart wherever you get your podcasts. If you missed Part 1, you should go check that out first. Music - Jazzy Abstract Beat - Coma-Media (https://pixabay.com/music/beats-jazzy-abstract-beat-11254/)

It's that time again where we talk best and least best of 2021. We ran a different format this year partially because we felt like it, partially because (as you will hear) we couldn't really fill out our normal categories with the games we had in front of us. Instead we just hit record and talked about what we liked and what we didn't, as well as the happenings in the industry. There is a podcast version of this video available in our normal podcast feed, search GameEngineStart wherever you get your podcasts. Part 2 coming soon. Music - Jazzy Abstract Beat - Coma-Media (https://pixabay.com/music/beats-jazzy-abstract-beat-11254/)

We're back in 2022 and there's still games to talk about. It is never ending. We Played... Euan played space co-op shooter The Anacrusis and chucks heavy objects in first person in Hitman 3 VR.Calum talks in depth about the dynamics of high level raiding in Final Fantasy 14 - EndwalkerWe both played fake (but should be real) e-sport Windjammers 2 and shoot off about Guardians of the Galaxy Timestamps... 2:19 - Post Trauma2:59 - BPM: Bullets Per Minute3:25 - Hitman 3 VR7:27 - The Anacrusis10:54 - Game Pass and Game Reviews15:22 - Final Fantasy XIV Savage Raids35:08 - Windjammers 235:39 - Guardians of the Galaxy55:27 - News - Microsoft Buys Activision Blizzard for $68.9m1:23:30 - News - Playstation provide details on their next VR Headset.1:26:26 - News - Cricket 22 embroiled in a dick-pic scandal. Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com)

This will probably be the last podcast for a while, so we better talk about some video games. We Played... Euam finished SPG (that's shread playing game) Artful Escape and checks out Enigma Machine. He also attempts to play Oxenfree, but it does not go well.Calum talks new Apex Legends season content. Timestamps... 3:14 - We are very tired5:26 - Local COVID Updates13:45 - The Artful Escape18:19 - Oxenfree might be busted on PC?20:59 - Phasmophobia in VR hurts.22:57 - The Enigma Machine26:42 - Apex Legends34:12 - Music Intermission36:40 - News - FFXIV Endwalker is delayed48:04 - News - Steam Deck and Playdate are also delayed into next year51:01 - News - Overwatch 2 and Diablo 4 are also also delayed into * checks notes * 2023?!55:29 - News - Microsoft are making much needed improvements to the Xbox App for PC57:33 - News - The Nintendo Switch Online Pass Expansion is making people very very unhappy.1:01:43 - News - MercurySteam left a bunch of developers out of the credits for Metroid Dread, saying that's jus

As a title suggests, spooky season approches. That means there are video games to talk about and the slow march of time to worry about for one of us. We Played... Euan played a Bunch of Demos and focuses on Pony Island developers new deckbuilder GameDec. Yes that was a weird sentence to writeCalum reverts to type in playing CCG Legends of Runeterra and has to see what the deal with Genshin Impact is and leads to a wider discussion of the "Gatcha" genre Timestamps... 2:55 - Game of the Year Starts Early10:29 - Euan played a load of demos15:59 - No-one Lives Under The Lighthouse18:05 - Gamedec30:39 - Music Interlude34:34 - Legends of Runeterra49:50 - Genshin Impact 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

We've hit video game season, so it seems right we talk about video games We Played... Euan plays former Skyrime mod turned strange mystery game The Forgotten City and gets in touch with his inner sad teen yet again in Life is Strange: True ColorsCalum bought a PS5 and played Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart to completion We both played Deathloop, then played Deathloop, then played Deathloop, then played Deathloop, then played Deathloop, then played Deathloop (it's a very clever joke i`m sure you've never seen anywhere else) Timestamps... 3:44 - The Forgotten City8:19 - Life is Strange: True Colors23:57 - Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart & Purchasing a PS533:28 - Deathloop1:04:47 - Music Intermission1:06:45 - News - The Skyrim "treasure fox" is real. Kind of.1:10:03 - News - Ever popped off so hard you've literally popped a joint?1:12:28 - News - The PlayStation showcased some big new announcements.1:32:09 - News - We remembered that we hadn't talked about Gamecom, specifically DokeV. So we did that. Intro Music

Calum's new PS5 is the surprise guest this week! Live and on the podcast! NOTE - This podcast discusses the story and ending of Twelve Minutes between 41:05 - 46:48. If that's something you care about, skip that section. We Played... Euan talks about a pair of disappointing games in Recompile and Twelve MinutesCalum discusses latest advancements in both looting and shooting in Destiny 2: Season of the Lost Timestamps... 0:39 - Live Playstation 5 "Unboxing"14:17 - Recompile29:29 - Twelve Minutes (Spoiler Free)41:05 - Twelve Minutes (Spoilers)46:48 - Destiny 2: Season of the Lost1:04:09 - Musical Intermission1:05:47 - Exactly two minutes of Evangelion Discussion1:07:41 - News - Sony announced the next big Playstation showcase, September 9th1:08:38 - News - Bungie announce and detail the next big Destiny 2 expansion1:13:55 - News - Sony announce, and then back off on the idea, that Horizon: Forbidden West will have no PS4 to PS5 upgrade path outside the $100+ editions of the game.1:22:53 - News - Steam's blanket

Honestly we talk about sports for far too long. No joke. Like actual sports. We Played... Euan plays bizarre styled horror/narrative game Mundaun, gives us his occasional VR Update, and talks about how PC game pass is totally brokenCalum give an Apex Legends Season 10 review and talks about a true indie gem in Death's Door Timestamps... 1:24 - The Olympics21:05 - Mundaun28:21 - VR Update (Contractors, The Secret of Retropolis, Maskmaker)32:43 - The Game Pass Ecosystem is Broken, Cross Play is strange.43:30 - New Apex Legends Season56:20 - Music Break57:53 - Deaths Door1:08:03 - News - Playstation 5 Beta Firmware supports M2 drives, they are extortionate.1:11:13 - News - Nintendo's profits are down, but it's only cause Animal Crossing did gangbusters.1:12:28 - News - Xsolla fired 150 based on big data from their work interactions, and that's not even the worst bit.1:20:51 - News - Activison Blizzard had their investor call in the wake of the abysmal workplace culture reporting and a lawsuit. It went kind of ho

We battle blazing temperatures to bring you the video game chat you need! We Played... Euan played Gears of War 5, for reasons, and is floored by The Last Stop. He can't really explain why. Just trust himCalum goes back to the MOBA genre with Pokemon UniteWe both played Boomerang X. The shooter both impressed and confused at the same time. Timestamps... 13:45 - Gears 521:45 - Last Stop44:24 - Pokemon Unite1:13:00 - MUSIC BREAK1:15:30 - Boomerang X1:32:42 - News - Someone leaked British military secrets to complain a developer wasn't doing their job right1:40:45 - News - EA Play live happened, and the biggest thing was a Dead Space remake1:46:02 - News - DigitalFoundry confirmed reports that removing DRM from RE:Village fixes the PC performance issues.1:49:33 - News - The state of California sued Activision Blizzard for widespread harassment of women and says that they are in "violation of state civil rights"1:54:16 - News - Valve announces the Steam Deck, a handheld Linux based console that plays the whole St

E3 happened, and since we couldn't be in the same room this year we thought we should dump our opinions out in public even though no-one asked. That's what you do on a podcast right? Timestamps... 4:41 - Summer Games Fest Kickoff15:49 - Ubisoft26:07 - Xbox & Bethesda40:13 - Square Enix47:43 - Sam Barlow's New Game + Euan has played every Silent Hill Game51:46 - Capcom53:43 - Nintendo1:07:56 - The Twitch Co-Streaming Disaster (a.k.a. The DMCA Process has Totally Broken Twitch). 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

We got the E3 sweats! Honestly it's not because it's roasting outside... We Played... Euan deals with trains in Metro Exodus and Necromunda: Hired Gun, and tries to get away with stylish murder in Overboard!Calum finished Mass Effect 2 for the billionth time, and has a dodge-brawl in Knockout City Timestamps... 6:58 - Metro Exodus9:28 - Necromunda: Hired Gun22:47 - Overboard!30:35 - Mass Effect 241:02 - Knockout City58:29 - Musical Interlude1:00:58 - News - E3 Is Happening1:06:21 - News - Want a PS3 version of Gears 3?1:08:03 - News - The PS5 will be profitable in June.1:10:59 - News - FFVII Integrade has a ridiculous save transfer system, like apparently every PS4 to PS5 game.1:14:38 - News - It looks like Sony may have forced Gearbox to exclude Playstation for its Borderlands 3 Cross Play plans.1:17:47 - News - Far Cry 6 is just "asking questions", it's not political. Apparently. Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.

It's our yearly Eurovision review podcast. No guesses as to who shows up. We Played... Euan finishes Resident Evil: Village and does as instructed in Hardspace: ShipbreakerCalum talks the new Destiny 2: Season of the Splicer and the many things there in.We both talk at length about a remaster of one of the best video game trilogies ever, Mass Effect: Legendary Edition Timestamps... 16:42 - Resident Evil: Village31:23 - Hardspace: Shipbreaker40:54 - Destiny 2 Season59:31 - Music Intermission1:02:07 - Destiny 2 Transmog Controversy1:10:59 - Mass Effect: Legendary Edition1:25:04 - Overwatch 2 is moving to 5v5 removing a Tank class from each side, along with other details.1:28:04 - Final Fantasy XIV Fanfest happened, along with a memorial for late Bezerk Manga artist Miura Kentarō.1:32:12 - Timesplitters is coming back. Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbib