Greetings listeners! On this week's episode of the show we've got another Quest Log focused episode for you! First up Joel dipped his toes in the recently (properly) released demo for the upcoming PS5 action game, Stellar Blade, and gives us the low down on how he found it. Meanwhile Kyran has been checking out Dragon's Dogma 2 and wrestles with the good and the bad of playing it. We also have a small spoiler corner for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth where Joel talks about his recent progress before he steps away from the show for a little while for real life stuff. If you want to avoid the spoiler ..read more

Greetings listeners! On this week's episode we've got a hefty Quest Log where we break down our early impressions on Final Fantasy VII Rebirth now that we've had more time with the game. Kyran has managed to hit credits but we don't discuss anything really beyond Chapter 4 (or the Lower/Upper Junon segment of the game) so feel free to give it a listen! We do plan on doing a massive episode with full spoilers on this game at some point, but it is a huge game so it might take a while to get everyone on the same page. We also squeeze in a Bonus Round where we touch on the newly announced Expansio ..read more

Greetings listeners! We're back with another episode! Apologies for the delay, Kyran was feeling a bit under the weather last week and despite the fact that he might not sound much better this week he definitely feels better! This week's episode is a Quest Log special where we talk about our extended time that we've spent spreading good old fashioned democracy to planets under thread in Helldivers 2, plus Joel offers his early impressions on the recent smash hit poker-based deck building roguelike, Balatro, and Kyran restrains himself from getting too excited with his early hype surrounding Fi ..read more

Greetings listeners! On this week's episode Kyran talks about his time with a pair of demos from the recent Steam Next Fest, Tales of Kenzera: Zau and Pacific Drive, and gets sucked into another conversation about Persona 3 Reload. Meanwhile in the Bonus Round we talk about the recent Xbox podcast that aimed to clear up some of the confusion after more than a week of rumours about first party Xbox games going multiplatform. The result was a handful of games that will be making the jump to other platforms but not bigger ones like Starfield and Indiana Jones. They also have hardware news schedul ..read more

Greetings listeners! On this week's episode we attempt to catch up on some of the game's we've been playing outside of our recording window. First up we talk about the impossible to ignore and freshly released demo for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth which allows players to get a head start on your first playthrough as you experience the Nibelheim flashback. We also talk about Persona 3 Reload as Kyran experiences joy that Joel can finally play this PS2 classic on a modern platform in a renewed form. Then individually Joel talks about his time with Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown and Kyran sings th ..read more

Greetings listeners! It's time to pick our favourite games from the 2023. It was a year jam packed with incredible games and we've managed to name our 5 favourite picks, plus we find a bit of time to offer some praise for a few honourable mentions that didn't quite make the cut. This year is already looking pretty stacked so here's to another year of trying to survive a cataclysmic wave of content. Dialogue Options Twitter Story Mode AUS Twitter Story Mode AUS Facebook Joel (@JoelyMac) Kyran (@LemonManX ..read more

Greetings listeners! We've arrived at the final episode of the show for the year! Luckily it's a massive one as we finally get a chance to tackle the 2023 Game Awards. We spend the first part of the show running through a lot of the winners that we voted on with some discussion here and there (there weren't many surprises) and then spend the back half breaking down how we felt about the show and the many, many reveals that took place during it's run time. We also find some time at the end to tackle some quick headlines as well. Thanks for sticking with us this year and you'll hear from us agai ..read more

Greetings listeners! On this week's episode we make good on catching up on some Quest Log as the year draws to a close (and as we get ready for the Game Awards and GOTY season). Joel's been plugging away at Robo Quest, a stylish FPS rogue-like that ticks a lot of the boxes on Joel's wishlist for a game, meanwhile Kyran has spent a little bit of time with the recently released Super Mario RPG remake (or remaster?) and finally has made time to give Bayonetta 3 a proper look. We also squeeze in some Scott Pilgrim Takes Off discussion, which is not itself a video game but we'd argue connected enou ..read more

Greetings listeners! On this week's episode we have a brief Quest Log where Kyran checks in with DREDGE after the release of the Pale Reach, a new DLC that successfully delivers more DREDGE goodness. Meanwhile Joel has spent a bit more time with Dave the Diver and gives Kyran some more detailed impressions. There's also some other assorted impressions spread throughout. Kyran also spends some time plugging his recent appearance on the newest Love Letters where he sat down with Jesse and talked a whole lot about DREDGE with Joel Mason from Black Salt Games, it's a great episode so don't forget ..read more

Greetings listeners! On this week's episode Joel and Kyran are joined by Jesse from Love Letters and The Falcon to talk all things Marvel's Spider-Man 2. They go full spoilers, so if you haven't finished the game yet then feel free to skip forward to the Bonus Round. Spider-Man 2 spoilers start roughly at 15:38 and end when the Bonus Round starts at 1:14:25 In the Bonus Round we talk about the weirdly relaxed announcement that a live action feature film based on the Legend of Zelda is on it's way, including a few details about who's making it happen. We also find time to talk about Rockstar co ..read more