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1) Time Flies, Jungo, and Focus Friend - Ep231
It’s all about games, games, games (and apples) on this episode. There’s a review of Jungo by Cocktail Games and thoughts on Agatha Christie's Death on the Cards from Modiphius, both of which got lots...Show More
2) Weapons, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and OK Play - Ep230
In the running for the best film of the year is Weapons from Zach Cregger and co., providing truly unsettling horror without the typically gorey schlock. Maybe not podium material, but Marvel’s latest...Show More
3) Donkey Kong Bananza, Arcade Archives 2: Ridge Racer, and Ofrenda - Ep229
Baby, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey. Plus a barrel-thumping good Nintendo game, a stupendous release from Hamster Corporation, and Osprey’s brilliant Day of the Dead-inspired competi...Show More
4) Superman, Gibberers, and Common Side Effects - Ep228
Straight out of Japan - specifically Hobby Japan - comes Gibberers: The Word Game of Language Invention and Civilization Development, and it’s probably one of our favourite games? Like… ever. On the b...Show More
5) 10 Years of Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, an interview with Dan Pinchbeck - Bonus Episode
On the anniversary year of The Chinese Room’s BAFTA-winning Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, Kris sits down with creative visionary Dan Pinchbeck to talk about this ground-breaking walking sim. In an ...Show More
6) Galileo Galilei, Hot Streak, and Judgment - Ep227
We start the episode off with a Summer tradition, and - in a somewhat similar vein - we talk Hot Streak from CMYK. And we get all starry-eyed for Galileo Galilei from Capstone Games, plus take a walk ...Show More
7) Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, The Sandcastles of Burgundy, and the Nintendo Switch 2 - Ep226
Tom Cruise and co are back for another unlikely operation in Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning and we, of course, have opinions. Over on the tablecloth, we’re letting The Sandcastles of Burgun...Show More
8) Harmonies, The Drops of God, and The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game - Ep225
Thousands and thousands (and thousands) of pages later, we’re ready to share thoughts on Kodansha’s wine and food manga The Drops of God. Over on the tabletop, we take a deep look at The Fellowship of...Show More
9) Thunderbolts*, Slay the Spire: The Board Game, and Hidden Cats 3: Steampunk - Ep224
Don’t be a chicken; give our latest a listen. There’s a return to form for the MCU with Marvel’s Thunderbolts*, the lush board game adaptation of the video game which is a card game in Contention Game...Show More
10) Blue Prince, The Residence, Dune: War for Arrakis - Ep223
Let’s get fancy, shall we? First there’s talk of a lovely trip to Egypt (and talk of the less lovely “Pharaoh’s Revenge”), plus the supremely shmancy Nintendo Switch 2. Then it’s off to a murder myste...Show More