Ep70: The Last of Rust

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Steve is out sick this week with boneitis, so it's up to Jon and Fraser to fill the Steve-shaped hole with stories of video games and Lando Calrissian*.

Games discussed this week include: Blood Dragon, Saturday Morning RPG, Guacamelee, Rust, The Last of Us...

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In case you were wondering, the intro is called "Breakthrough" by Ben Landis, and can be found on the Chiptunes = Win album, along with many others that we use for the low background stuff. The outro music this week is "Roll With the Changes" by REO Speedwagon.

Oh, also we use the track "At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal" by the John Anderson Big Band for the NPD Top 10's

*May not actually contain discussion on Lando Calrissian.

Ep69: Fraser Vs. Russians

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Technical difficulties abound in this week's episode (Thanks, Steve's laptop!).... but we do get to talk about Blizzard's Magic: The Gathering-a-like, Hearthstone and Tim Schaffer's return to the glory days of yore in the point and click adventure game Broken Age. Then, Fraser regales us with tales of his squabbles with some Russians in the Minecraftian horror that is Rust.

Games discussed this week include Zoo Tycoon, The Room 2, Lego Harry Potter 2, Journey of a Roach, Nidhogg, Year Walk, The Tiny Bang Story, Broken Age, DmC, Rust, Hearthstone, Shelter, Race the Sun, Stanley Parable, Blood Dragon

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In case you were wondering, the intro is called "Breakthrough" by Ben Landis, and can be found on the Chiptunes = Win album, along with many others that we use for the low background stuff. The outro music this week is "Roll With the Changes" by REO Speedwagon.

Oh, also we use the track "At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal" by the John Anderson Big Band for the NPD Top 10's

Ep68: BullPunchers End of Year Collabo 2013

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This week we joined forces with the Bullshot! Podcast crew to perform a magical  end of year collaboration. Each cast member had 5 Best of 2013 games and 1 most anticipated title for 2014.


So, for the unfamiliar, the cast is as follows:

Bullshot!

  • Jim Plachy (Host and MC)
  • TheJesusFish (Fish)
  • Dave (no last name)

GamePunchers

  • Steve (Host)
  • Jon Lavallee (CoHost and professional Apple apologist)
  • Fraser (Canadian, gets really turned on by Lara Croft)

 

 

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In case you were wondering, the intro is called "Breakthrough" by Ben Landis, and can be found on the Chiptunes = Win album, along with many others that we sometimes use for the low background stuff. The outro music this week is "Roll With the Changes" by REO Speedwagon.

 

Ep67: Let's Argue About the Steam Box for a Solid Hour

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Jon's back, so we waste no time talking about custom vape flavors and bosoms.

We then talk about the Titanfall 6V6 thing, and we discuss the virtues and potential perils of the Steam Boxes. All 13 of them. For a very, very long time.

Oh yeah, we also joined the Gaming 4 The Elderly gaming network last week (YEAH!!), so you can go and visit our show forums right here.

Games discussed this week include :

SP: Flower HD, Dont Starve Console Edition, Quizup,

JL: BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea pt 1, Brothers, Hoplite, QuizUp

FM: Forza Horizon, Brothers, The Room 2, QuizUp

 

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This week's epic intro music is "Ignition" by Dirk Rugged & Disasterpeace. The outro music is "Roll With the Changes" by REO Speedwagon.

Oh, also we use the track "Delightful Adventure" from the Grandia soundtrack for the NPD top 10's.


Ep66: Sales Manager 2014

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 Fraser gets his left-arm-suntan on with Euro Truck Simulator, and Steve plays Munchkin and cries like a little baby about Battlefield 4 still being broken. No Jon this week. He did something with plastic shapes and is now ill. Get well soon, Lavalalvlalvlallalaeeeeee!

Games discussed this week include Forza Horizon, Euro Truck Simulator 2, Stick It To The Man, QuizUp, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Assassin’s Creed Black Flag, Trine 2, Munchkin

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This week's epic intro music is "Ignition" by Dirk Rugged & Disasterpeace. The outro music is "Roll With the Changes" by REO Speedwagon.

Oh, also we use the track "Delightful Adventure" from the Grandia soundtrack for the NPD top 10's.

Ep65: So Long 2013...

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Again, yada yada, ding dong whatevers, it's the new years' episode. Steve gets drunk again, Fraser plays the straight man, and Jon stays away, being a good dad or something.

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This week's epic intro music is the Ocean Loader V2 remix by Instant Remedy. The outro music is "Roll With the Changes" by REO Speedwagon.

Oh, also we use the track "Delightful Adventure" from the Grandia soundtrack for the NPD top 10's.

Ep64: A GamePunchers Christmas

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Ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho!

Now get to bed before the big man sees you and you fuck it all up.

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This week's epic intro music is the Ocean Loader V2 remix by Instant Remedy. The outro music is "Roll With the Changes" by REO Speedwagon.

Oh, also we use the track "Delightful Adventure" from the Grandia soundtrack for the NPD top 10's.

Ep63: Xbox, I'm Tired

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This week's edit took way longer than expected, so let's cut the preamble and get straight to the details: One of us got an Xbox One.

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This week's epic intro music is the Ocean Loader V2 remix by Instant Remedy. The outro music is "Roll With the Changes" by REO Speedwagon.

Oh, also we use the track "Delightful Adventure" from the Grandia soundtrack for the NPD top 10's.

Ep62: Fraser Meets a Spaceman

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Steve's car blows up, John makes plastic versions of his own face, and Fraser meets a real life astronaut and asks him a crappy question.

Games discussed this week include Assassin's Creed: Pirates (iOS), Heroes of Dragon Age (iOS), Lego Marvel Super Heroes, La Mulana, Metal Gear Rising, World of Tanks, Escape Plan and Space Hulk (iOS).

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This week's epic intro music is the Ocean Loader V2 remix by Instant Remedy. The outro music is "Roll With the Changes" by REO Speedwagon.

Oh, also we use the track "Delightful Adventure" from the Grandia soundtrack for the NPD top 10's.

 

Ep61: Whacking it on Full to Tomb Raider

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Jon's turn to sit-out the episode this week, so it's the Steve and Fraser show again. As per usual, they talk about Steve's parent visit, and The Hulk with no pants on. 

Games covered this week include Zen Pinball, Antichamber, Marvel Super Heroes, Batman Arkham Origins, Hotline Miami, Need For Speed Rivals, and Injustice: GODS AMONG US FOR CHRIST SAKE.

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This week's epic intro music is the Ocean Loader V2 remix by Instant Remedy. The outro music is "Roll With the Changes" by REO Speedwagon.

Oh, also we use the track "Delightful Adventure" from the Grandia soundtrack for the NPD top 10's.

Ep60: Jon and Fraser Sitting In a Tree...

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Steve wasn't here this week, and also it's Thanksgiving in a couple of days, so please to be excusing the lack of fancy talk here. Enjoy the show!

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This week's epic intro music is the Ocean Loader V2 remix by Instant Remedy. The outro music is "Roll With the Changes" by REO Speedwagon.

Oh, also we use the track "Delightful Adventure" from the Grandia soundtrack for the NPD top 10's.

Ep59: Steve's Playstation 4 Adventure

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It's all Next Gen talk this week, as Steve breaks down just about everything you might want to know about Sony's latest and greatest console, and many of the launch games, too!

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This week's epic intro music is the Ocean Loader V2 remix by Instant Remedy. The outro music is "Roll With the Changes" by REO Speedwagon.

Oh, also we use the track "Delightful Adveture" from the Grandia soundtrack for the NPD top 10's.

Ep58: The Games of the Generation

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This is it - since this is the last week on earth before the games industry welcomes the next generation of consoles, we look back at the last 7 years and, somewhat unfairly, condense the collective artistic and technical accomplishments that went into creating games down into a trite top 10 list.

What starts as a list of around 50 titles is whittled down to a nub over the course of the show's 2 hour runtime.

It is the ultimate battle for generational supremacy. The time is now. What are the 10 best games of this generation? 

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This week's epic intro music is the Ocean Loader V2 remix by Instant Remedy. The outro music is "Roll With the Changes" by REO Speedwagon.

Oh, also we use the track "At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal" by the John Anderson Big Band for the NPD Top 10's

 

 

Ep57: Nintendo DickPass

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Fraser and Steve talk about Star Trek whales, Jaws 3D Jawses, and a whole bunch of games they've been previewing on Steam.  WHERE IS JON? WHERE?!!?

Games covered this week include Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, Eldritch, Lilly Looking Through, The Swapper, Space Engineers, and Syder Arcade.

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In case you were wondering, the intro is called "Breakthrough" by Ben Landis, and can be found on the Chiptunes = Win album, along with many others that we sometimes use for the low background stuff. The outro music this week is "Roll With the Changes" by REO Speedwagon.

Oh, also we use the track "At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal" by the John Anderson Big Band for the NPD Top 10's

 

Ep56: Monkey Magic

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This week the blokes talk about the multiplayer treat Forced, the the ever-evolving public perception of the Xbox One, how The Stanley Parable plays around with the concepts and conceits of player choice, and also how awesome Monkey Magic is.

Games covered this week include Mark of The Ninja, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, The Stanley Parable, Forced and Darkout.

And as per usual we have news, charts and community mailbag to enjoy.

 

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In case you were wondering, the intro is called "Breakthrough" by Ben Landis, and can be found on the Chiptunes = Win album, along with many others that we sometimes use for the low background stuff. The outro music this week is the opening theme from the awesomeballs 70's TV Show "Monkey".

Oh, also we use the track "At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal" by the John Anderson Big Band for the NPD Top 10's

 

Ep55: The Fraser Parable

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No Steve this week, so Jon recaps his experiences at NYCC, and Fraser checks out the demo for the peculiar choice-athon The Stanley Parable.

Games discussed this week include MGS: Peace Walker, Hitman, The Stanley Parable Demo, Wolf Among Us, Rogue Legacy, Costume Quest (iOS), and X-Type - a browser-based game built in HTML5.

A couple of links to things mentioned in the show:
Booker Catch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0lyqEGcNAU
Clicking Bad: http://clickingbad.nullism.com
Neil Gaiman’s Wayward Manor teaser: http://www.polygon.com/2013/10/17/4849504/author-neil-gaimans-game-wayward-manor-gets-a-quick-teaser-trailer

 

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In case you were wondering, the intro is called "Breakthrough" by Ben Landis, and can be found on the Chiptunes = Win album, along with many others that we sometimes use for the low background stuff. The outro music this week is "Roll With the Changes" by REO Speedwagon.

Oh, also we use the track "At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal" by the John Anderson Big Band for the NPD Top 10's

 

Ep54: Shitman: Convolution

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This week we make up for no Jon by having technical difficulties out the ass. Steve's laptop took it upon itself to forget it had wifi on three separate occasions. 

Games covered this week include Cookie Clicker, Bioshock Infinite, Ico, Mafia II, Hitman: Absolution, Zen Pinball, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, GTA Online, Magic: The Gathering (IRL), Elder Sign (iOS), Pandemic (iOS), Fighting Fantasy Book 10 (iOS): House of Hell!1!!!1!!11!!!!!bbq(iOS).

 

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In case you were wondering, the intro is called "Breakthrough" by Ben Landis, and can be found on the Chiptunes = Win album, along with many others that we sometimes use for the low background stuff. The outro music this week is "Roll With the Changes" by REO Speedwagon.

Oh, also we use the track "At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal" by the John Anderson Big Band for the NPD Top 10's

 

Ep53: Feefah!

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PLAYING

FM : MGS Peacewalker, World of Tanks, Bioshock Infinite, Minecraft
Jon: The Cave (iOS), Marvel Puzzle Quest (iOS), Cookie Clicker (lol…)

Fraser’s top 5 pile of shame games.
Zelda TP, Metroid Prime 3, Red Dead, Mass Effect 2, Skyrim

NEWS
Rockstar has said the GTA Online patch is live for PS3. It's working to have it released for Xbox 360 "as soon as possible today".

Konami apologises for PES 2014 Xbox 360 issues - Xbox 360 owners are required to download two patches before being able to play the game online, in the form of Patch 1.01 alongside Data Pack 1.00, though many users are reporting that it is not possible to properly download the latter with the former installed.

Tom Clancy dead at 66

Steam Machine beta specs, Destiny beta, CHARTZ: No Global update at time of recording !!Top 20 UK instead

FINAL THOUGHTS

Jon: NYCC info,

FM - The end of Breaking Bad,

 

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In case you were wondering, the intro is called "Breakthrough" by Ben Landis, and can be found on the Chiptunes = Win album, along with many others that we use for the low background stuff. The outro music this week is "Roll With the Changes" by REO Speedwagon.

Oh, also we use the track "At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal" by the John Anderson Big Band for the NPD Top 10's

 

Ep52: Old Snake Mustache Ride

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Normal business resumes this week, as the Steve/Jon/Fraser trifecta is back in effect.

Grand Theft Auto V, Katamari Amore, War Thunder, World of Tanks and many more games are discussed. As well as this we talk for too long about Valve's newly-announced Steam features -- Steam OS, Steam Box and the Steam Controller.

As usual we also have charts and listener questions to answer... including a dirty one from Steve's wife. 

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In case you were wondering, the intro is called "Breakthrough" by Ben Landis, and can be found on the Chiptunes = Win album, along with many others that we use for the low background stuff. The outro music this week is "Roll With the Changes" by REO Speedwagon.

Oh, also we use the track "At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal" by the John Anderson Big Band for the NPD Top 10's

 

 

Ep51: Grand Theft Sodoku

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Fruit-related phone launches keep Jon away from the mic this week, leaving Fraser and Steve to complain about England a lot. Also GTA 5 is lathered in praise for a considerable portion of the show. 

Games covered this week include Fez, World of Tanks, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, and Grand Theft Auto V. 

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In case you were wondering, the intro is called "Breakthrough" by Ben Landis, and can be found on the Chiptunes = Win album, along with many others that we use for the low background stuff. The outro music is called "Hexapod" by the incredible BLAZAR.

Oh, also we use the track "At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal" by the John Anderson Big Band for the NPD Top 10's