Better late than never, a week later than expected, but it’s here. No Jon this week, so Fraser and Steve talk about… of all things, games.
Much Red Dead 2 in this one. It’s quite possibly the best game we’ve seen in years…
Fraser is WASTED.
WE talk about games a bunch, like Steve talks about Assassins Creed Odyssey and Cities Skylines, and Jon talks about Spider-Man again… but Fraser is wasted. Like, he starts off the episode completely munted, and ramps back up to normality throughout the episode.
Well, Jesus, Mary and Joseph. So much has happened since we spoke last, yes? It saure has been a while, but we assure you it wasn’t because we don’t love you unconditionally. We totally do.
Anyway, we talk about shit mechanics, Spiderman, and Severance packages, so you know you’re in for a treat in the first episode in a long time of… THE GAMEPUNCHERS PODCAST!!!!
It may have been a full year in human terms, but it's really only a handful of GP episodes... really.
Fish is back, FINALLY, and brings his extraordinary insights back to the table for our 2017 Game of the Year episode!
No spoilers on the winners here. Just listen and find out.
This episode is about 15% video games, and 85% The Last Jedi. It had to happen. That discussion is at the end, so if you haven't seen it yet (why?) then you'll have a clear jump off point. May the force be with you.
Side note: audio isn't perfect on this episode. There was some echo in the tracks, and minimizing that degraded the quality slightly. Our (Steve's) bad!
SP: Gears 4 Horde Mode, Forza 7, Witcher 3, Diablo 3, Trials HD
JL: Playroom VR, PUBG
• We record the show live, typically on Sundays at 8:30PM EST, but this is no way cast in stone.. at http://twitch.tv/gamepuncherspod
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• Most of our professional intro bumpers are performed by the amazingly talented voice artist Kathryn Haywood. She can be found, communicated-with, and booked on her website. Thank you Kathryn!
• The intro is called Set Course for Andromeda!!! by Sithu Aye and can be found on Bandcamp.
Also, WIZARD!
Assassin's Creed: Origins
I don't know what this episode's title means. Just listen... and be all the better for it.
SP: PUBG (PC and Xbone), Assassin’s Creed: Origins, Zelda: BotW, Accounting+, Ultrawings
JL: PUBG, PSVR
FM: PUBG, GTAV
• We record the show live, typically on Sundays at 8:30PM EST, but this is no way cast in stone.. at http://twitch.tv/gamepuncherspod
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• Most of our professional intro bumpers are performed by the amazingly talented voice artist Kathryn Haywood. She can be found, communicated-with, and booked on her website. Thank you Kathryn!
• The intro is called Set Course for Andromeda!!! by Sithu Aye and can be found on Bandcamp.
• The outro music is the amazing Hollywood Nights by the immortal Bob Seger.
• We sometimes use the track At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal by the John Anderson Big Band for the Charts.
Also, WIZARD!
Oh brother... No time to explain, just cram this in your earholes before Christmas and everything should work out fine.
No Jon this week, but Fraser and Steve talked about PUBG.... too much, to be honest.
• The outro music is the amazing Hollywood Nights by the immortal Bob Seger.
• We sometimes use the track At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal by the John Anderson Big Band for the Charts.
Also, WIZARD!
We're back. Some slight changes. A bit of a re-fresh, if you will. Please listen and enjoy. We had a lot of fun this episode.
SP: Destiny 2, Cuphead, SW Battlefront 2 BETA, Archangel (PSVR), Nintendo Switch Shit, LawBreakers
JL: Destiny 2, Fortnite Battle Royale, Battlefront 2 beta, Mario Odyssey demo
FM: PUBG, Fortnite, Banjo Kazooie
• We record the show live, typically on Sundays at 8:30PM EST, but this is no way cast in stone.. at http://twitch.tv/gamepuncherspod
• Request an invite to our Slack Channel
• Subscribe on iTunes
• Most of our professional intro bumpers are performed by the amazingly talented voice artist Kathryn Haywood. She can be found, communicated-with, and booked on her website. Thank you Kathryn!
• The intro is called Set Course for Andromeda!!! by Sithu Aye and can be found on Bandcamp.
• The outro music is the amazing Hollywood Nights by the immortal Bob Seger.
• We sometimes use the track At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal by the John Anderson Big Band for the Charts.
Also, WIZARD!
• We record the show live, typically on Sundays at 8:30PM EST, but this is no way cast in stone.. at http://twitch.tv/gamepuncherspod
• Request an invite to our Slack Channel
• Subscribe on iTunes
• Most of our professional intro bumpers are performed by the amazingly talented voice artist Kathryn Haywood. She can be found, communicated-with, and booked on her website. Thank you Kathryn!
• The intro is called Breakthrough by Ben Landis, and can be found on the Adventures in Pixels album.
• The outro music, as always, is the amazing Roll With the Changes by the immortal REO Speedwagon.
• We use the track At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal by the John Anderson Big Band for the Charts.
Also, WIZARD!
You got me, girl, on the runaround, runaround
Got me all around town
You got me, girl, on the runaround
And to get me down, bring me down
• We record the show live, typically on Sundays at 8:30PM EST, but this is no way cast in stone.. at http://twitch.tv/gamepuncherspod
• Request an invite to our Slack Channel
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• Most of our professional intro bumpers are performed by the amazingly talented voice artist Kathryn Haywood. She can be found, communicated-with, and booked on her website. Thank you Kathryn!
• The intro is called Breakthrough by Ben Landis, and can be found on the Adventures in Pixels album.
• The outro music, as always, is the amazing Roll With the Changes by the immortal REO Speedwagon.
• We use the track At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal by the John Anderson Big Band for the Charts.
Also, WIZARD!
It's bloody karma. We spend time ego stroking about getting episodes out and recording with some degree of quality and then we end up having audio problems in editing. You might not even notice, but you know what? I notice. .. so there. Anyway. Steve and Fraser dived on the grenades anyway and put together something for you. You. Our lovely listeners. Who we love. Honestly.
SP: The Surge, Polybius, Star Trek: Bridge Crew, Dark Souls 3
FM: Type: Rider, Nier Automata, Battlegrounds
• We record the show live, typically on Sundays at 8:30PM EST, but this is no way cast in stone.. at http://twitch.tv/gamepuncherspod
• Request an invite to our Slack Channel
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• Most of our professional intro bumpers are performed by the amazingly talented voice artist Kathryn Haywood. She can be found, communicated-with, and booked on her website. Thank you Kathryn!
• The intro is called Breakthrough by Ben Landis, and can be found on the Adventures in Pixels album.
• The outro music, as always, is the amazing Roll With the Changes by the immortal REO Speedwagon.
• We use the track At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal by the John Anderson Big Band for the Charts.
Also, WIZARD!
Just Steve and Fraser today as they recount more things from their past than the present.
Games discussed this week:
SP: Yooka-Laylee, Little Nightmares, DiRT Rally VR, Destiny, The Order 1886
FM: Fallout 4, Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds
• We record the show live, typically on Sundays at 8:30PM EST, but this is no way cast in stone.. at http://twitch.tv/gamepuncherspod
• Request an invite to our Slack Channel
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• Most of our professional intro bumpers are performed by the amazingly talented voice artist Kathryn Haywood. She can be found, communicated-with, and booked on her website. Thank you Kathryn!
• The intro is called Breakthrough by Ben Landis, and can be found on the Adventures in Pixels album.
• The outro music, as always, is the amazing Roll With the Changes by the immortal REO Speedwagon.
• We use the track At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal by the John Anderson Big Band for the Charts.
Also, WIZARD!
* intro music fixed! * We got an episode out in the allotted 7 Venusian days as per podcast regulations. Steve annoys with a Star wars toy. Jon is allowed to podcast by his baby. Fraser swears more on this episode than he has ever done before.
Games discussed this week:
SP: Dark Souls 3 again, Destiny again, Doom again, Drawn to Death, Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
FM: Air Guitar Warrior, Snake Pass, Tethered, Sniper Elite 4, Yooka Laylee
JL: Horizon: Zero Dawn, Nintendo Switch (Zelda: BotW, Mr. Shifty, Bomberm’n, Shover Knightu
• We record the show live, typically on Sundays at 8:30PM EST, but this is no way cast in stone.. at http://twitch.tv/gamepuncherspod
• Request an invite to our Slack Channel
• Subscribe on iTunes
• Most of our professional intro bumpers are performed by the amazingly talented voice artist Kathryn Haywood. She can be found, communicated-with, and booked on her website. Thank you Kathryn!
• The intro is called Breakthrough by Ben Landis, and can be found on the Adventures in Pixels album.
• The outro music, as always, is the amazing Roll With the Changes by the immortal REO Speedwagon.
• We use the track At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal by the John Anderson Big Band for the Charts.
Also, WIZARD!
This week you're lucky to have three. Not four, but three. Two is deemed too few and therefore it is three. Five is right out.
Games discussed this week:
SP: Horizon: Zero Dawn, Battlefield 1 (They Shall Not Pass), Zelda: Breath of the WIld, Mass Effect: Andromeda
FM: Hollow Knight, Horizon Zero Dawn
BS: Horizon Zero Dawn, Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• We record the show live, typically on Sundays at 8:30PM EST, but this is no way cast in stone.. at http://twitch.tv/gamepuncherspod
• Request an invite to our Slack Channel
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• Most of our professional intro bumpers are performed by the amazingly talented voice artist Kathryn Haywood. She can be found, communicated-with, and booked on her website. Thank you Kathryn!
• The intro is called Breakthrough by Ben Landis, and can be found on the Adventures in Pixels album.
• The outro music, as always, is the amazing Roll With the Changes by the immortal REO Speedwagon.
• We use the track At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal by the John Anderson Big Band for the Charts.
Also, WIZARD!
Jon and Fraser gather round the 'ol camp fire to sing songs and eat beans and the resulting flavorful mélange is served up for you here.
Games discussed this week:
FM: Boom Ball 2, Chambara, Semispheres, Resident Evil VII, PvZ GW2
JL: RE7, Horizon Zero Dawn
• We record the show live, typically on Sundays at 8:30PM EST, but this is no way cast in stone.. at http://twitch.tv/gamepuncherspod
• Request an invite to our Slack Channel
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• Most of our professional intro bumpers are performed by the amazingly talented voice artist Kathryn Haywood. She can be found, communicated-with, and booked on her website. Thank you Kathryn!
• The intro is called Breakthrough by Ben Landis, and can be found on the Adventures in Pixels album.
• The outro music, as always, is the amazing Roll With the Changes by the immortal REO Speedwagon.
• We use the track At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal by the John Anderson Big Band for the Charts.
Also, WIZARD!
We all get together for the annual game of the year show!
• The wonderful image for this episode's post is by the amazing @OC_Amaryllis
• This week's intro is called Delightful Adventure by Noriyuki Iwadare from Grandia.
• We record the show live, typically on Sundays at 8:30PM EST, but this is no way cast in stone.. at http://twitch.tv/gamepuncherspod
• Request an invite to our Slack Channel
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• Most of our professional intro bumpers are performed by the amazingly talented voice artist Kathryn Haywood. She can be found, communicated-with, and booked on her website. Thank you Kathryn!
• The intro is called Breakthrough by Ben Landis, and can be found on the Adventures in Pixels album.
• The outro music, as always, is the amazing Roll With the Changes by the immortal REO Speedwagon.
• We use the track At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal by the John Anderson Big Band for the Charts.
Also, WIZARD!
Trio! Treeeee-ee-ee-o! This week we have three of us for your delight. Lots of fun was had piecing together this travesty of an episode, but you know what? Sometimes you get those lemons and you put them all together in that thar blender, and by gosh you get some rootin' tootin' good lemonade.
Games discussed this week:
SP: Warlock of Firetop Mountain, fucking DESTINY wat <lol
FM: Fru, Hotline Miami, Halo 5, Sunset Overdrive
JL: Wolfenstein TNO, Journey, Skyrim (reppin’ those new releases, son)
• We record the show live, typically on Sundays at 8:30PM EST, but this is no way cast in stone.. at http://twitch.tv/gamepuncherspod
• Request an invite to our Slack Channel
• Subscribe on iTunes
• Most of our professional intro bumpers are performed by the amazingly talented voice artist Kathryn Haywood. She can be found, communicated-with, and booked on her website. Thank you Kathryn!
• The intro is called Breakthrough by Ben Landis, and can be found on the Adventures in Pixels album.
• The outro music, as always, is the amazing Roll With the Changes by the immortal REO Speedwagon.
• We use the track At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal by the John Anderson Big Band for the Charts.
Also, WIZARD!
Shitman
Hi there and welcome to 2017!
What a show we have for you this week. Jon and Fish are absent, starting the year off right. So just as it was this time last year, you're stuck with the English lads Steve and Fraser, only this time they aren't talking about vacuum cleaners. No. This time they spend way too much time lamenting Nintendo's many missteps over the last 3 years, and project future gaffs in the year to come.
Games discussed this week:
SP: Hitman, Battlefield 1, Batman Return to Arkham: Arkham Asylum, Fruit Ninja VR, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Doom 2: No Rest for the Living
• We record the show live, typically on Sundays at 8:30PM EST, but this is no way cast in stone.. at http://twitch.tv/gamepuncherspod
• Request an invite to our Slack Channel
• Subscribe on iTunes
• Most of our professional intro bumpers are performed by the amazingly talented voice artist Kathryn Haywood. She can be found, communicated-with, and booked on her website. Thank you Kathryn!
• The intro is called Breakthrough by Ben Landis, and can be found on the Adventures in Pixels album.
• The outro music, as always, is the amazing Roll With the Changes by the immortal REO Speedwagon.
• We use the track At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal by the John Anderson Big Band for the Charts.
Also, WIZARD!
And so it was that Jon and Steve talked about games for 40 minutes, and then talked abouit Rogue One for 1hr:30mins.
Sorry!
Games discussed this week:
SP: Battlezone VR, Last Guardian, Space Hulk: Deathwing (PC)
• We record the show live, typically on Sundays at 8:30PM EST, but this is no way cast in stone.. at http://twitch.tv/gamepuncherspod
• Request an invite to our Slack Channel
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• Most of our professional intro bumpers are performed by the amazingly talented voice artist Kathryn Haywood. She can be found, communicated-with, and booked on her website. Thank you Kathryn!
• The intro is called Breakthrough by Ben Landis, and can be found on the Adventures in Pixels album.
• The outro music, as always, is the amazing Roll With the Changes by the immortal REO Speedwagon.
• We use the track At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal by the John Anderson Big Band for the Charts.
Also, WIZARD!
This week we have a team of three. Steve, Jon and Fraser catch up to discuss stuff and what's been going on. We recorded on a Saturday night, so it all goes a bit casual at the end. Fraser manages to watch a footy game all the way through.
Games discussed this week:
SP: Last Guardian, Battlefront Rogue One X-Wing VR Mission
FM: Battlefield 4, Lara Croft GO, Deadly Tower of Monsters, Zombie Army Trilogy
• We record the show live, typically on Sundays at 8:30PM EST, but this is no way cast in stone.. at http://twitch.tv/gamepuncherspod
• Request an invite to our Slack Channel
• Subscribe on iTunes
• Most of our professional intro bumpers are performed by the amazingly talented voice artist Kathryn Haywood. She can be found, communicated-with, and booked on her website. Thank you Kathryn!
• The intro is called Breakthrough by Ben Landis, and can be found on the Adventures in Pixels album.
• The outro music, as always, is the amazing Roll With the Changes by the immortal REO Speedwagon.
• We use the track At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal by the John Anderson Big Band for the Charts.
Also, WIZARD!
The GamePunchers Podcast is hosted by Steve, Jon, Fraser and Fish. Chances are we'll talk about games you weren't necessarily expecting... like Odin Sphere and Frog Fractions.
As well as subscribing to the show on iTunes or Feedburner or something, we also record the show live every Wednesday at 9:30pm Eastern on twitch.tv/gamepuncherspod. You can join in the chat live and... stuff.
Most likely this is every bit as good as it sounds. Video games, guys! Video games!
