The Ol' Gamin' Geezers are back to talk about... wait, actually, we do talk about games this time! Hamish beat Lost Judgment, so we have finally got an episode out on time to talk about something pre-release! Nico talks about WarioWare: Get it Together!, has finally started playing Bloodborne properly, as well as "some game made by some guy," Rift Wizard. Skatebird is wildly disappointing in every way except for the actual birds (don't worry, Nico took notes) and I Am Fish is kind of exactly what you expect. We reflect on Bitbusters, discuss the entire Matrix series in detail and make it clear we have not learned our lesson with the dumb sound effects. We would apologise, but we find it too funny. Hope you enjoy our King Diamond impressions! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/writingongamescast/support

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Writing on GamesCast Ep.135 - They Call Me Modem Man

There's a new Evangelion movie out, and Hamish has been collecting Japanese gangster blu-rays. Somehow in all the Takehsi Kitano talk we manage to narrowly avoid another hour-long segment dedicated to Fast and Furious, but only just. Twelve Minutes is so stupid that trying to explain it gives Hamish hiccups (spoiler warning from 1:15:30 to 1:42:30 approx). Lotta Yakuza: Like a Dragon talk. Nico has played Lego: Builder's Journey, and has some thoughts on that Quake remaster. Oh, also Hamish got his soundboard working again. Sorry in advance.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.134 - I Put the Screw in the Eva

Apologies for the shorter episode today—we were both delirious with the heat and the fact that we started late because we were laughing about stuff off mic. Oh, also we don't talk much about games at all this episode. Why do you listen to us again? Instead we discuss seagull infestation, our pal you don't know, Nico watching all the Fast and Furious films, that Jackass 4 trailer (and the unfortunate fate of our long-talked-about Jackass podcast, at least for now), the unexpected career twists and turns of the Dudesons, Gundam games, and how people talking about art nowadays drives us into deep despair. This was a fun one. He was a crumb of a boy. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.133 - What Do You Meme?

The soundboard was messing up Hamish's audio, so Nico has to pick up the chaotic slack—don't worry, it's still a mess. After an hour talking about the Fast and Furious films, awful Marvel TV shows and IGN reviews of old Simpsons games (let's just say the wellbeing of developers is a *remarkably* recent consideration in the public eye), we actually talk about some stuff we've been playing! Hamish got an Xbox and Nico has been playing a bunch of Game Pass games—Forza Horizon 4, Descenders and, uh... Dungeons and Dragons Dark Alliance. Lego Builder's Journey is maybe the closest a game has come to legitimate photorealism, while Cruelty Squad looks like a complete nightmare (but might actually be game of the year). Oh also Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart is a great tech demo and a fantastic game... for kids. Shame should hang like a... actually nah, I'm not going to do the IGN thing.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.132 - Life is Un-DARE

You read that right, we've somehow been doing this podcast for half a decade, and to celebrate, not only are we doing our traditional E3 roundup (breaking down all the big reveals from Microsoft and Bethesda, Nintendo, Square Enix and... Intellivision?!) but we also have a wealth of special guests—including Patrick Stewart, Peter Griffin, Homer Simpson and Winnie the Pooh! Thank you all so much for supporting us for so long!  (also, we only became aware in the editing stage that the audio quality of Hambo's side of the recording was pretty shaky for some reason, with numerous pops and scratches. Rather than record the entire three and a half hours all over again, we figured we'd post it anyway. Apologies for the dip, we've found the source of the problem and it will be fixed for next time) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.131 - Happy 5th Birthday, Writing on GamesCast!

We're both just... so sorry. Some new games came out! Resident Evil Village, Pokemon Snap, Nier Replicant Ver.1.22474487139... (with spoiler talk at 1:32:34), Returnal, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, and discussion about Hitman 3! We do discuss these things, we promise. It's just on you to do some digging to find it in amongst the complete and utter chaos of our new soundboard obsession. We promise we'll have more restraint next episode. Baby in a zoo. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.130 - A Mess

You know the drill by now—nothing new released, so we talk for a frankly weird amount of time about Shaun Ryder's various projects, including one with an ocarina player and questionable album cover. Nico has played nothing and Hamish has been streaming! He dives deep into all things Oddworld, which has put Soulstorm in a new light. He also got a bunch of people to buy Bad Guys at School—making this podcast the biggest advertising drive the game has had. Together BnB is both underwhelming and ridiculously entertaining. The duo get upsettingly deep into the world of early 2000s softcore porn parody films. RIP Prince Philip!  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.129 - Rockin' Knockers

Daft politicians are on Cameo now and it turned Nico into the Joker. Video games! The spirit of OG Prince of Persia is alive and well in Oddworld Soulstorm, Genesis Noir is a fantastic animated movie that they shouldn't have slapped a bad game on top of, Narita Boy is a game that looks better than it plays but goddamn it looks good, Nico finally finished Deadly Premonition 2 and is still slogging through Yakuza Like a Dragon. Also certain speedrun communities have the worst patter, neither of us has seen the Snyder Cut and our lives are better for it, we explore the daft games Hamish has been sent via Keymailer, and a conversation about Wacky Races takes... one of the wildest turns we've had on the podcast in quite some time. I gotta tell you, The Big Chungus sends his regaaaards. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.128 - A Great Pog Day

Welcome to the podcast s̶u̶p̶p̶o̶s̶i̶t̶o̶r̶y DEPOSITORY! As is seemingly going to be the case for a chunk of 2021, basically nothing new released so we start off with a lengthy discussion of 90s grunge, why "The Beatles is a terrible band" is such a tired take, and the golden rule of shreds videos—if you ain't on screen, you ain't making sound. That said we do discuss the recent Square Enix Presents stream (and poke just a little bit of fun at the Life is Strange franchise), the complete nothing that was the PlayStation State of Play, the madness of Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, we realise The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is almost twenty years old, and reflect on how Mega64 has kinda always been the pinnacle of online video creation. Also, the much anticipated debut of Nico's new feature, The Twilight of the Porn Games, as well as your questions!  Also apologies for some of the sound quality on this one—Hamish's computer fans were extremely loud and also he didn't realise you could actually hear him solving a Rubik's Cube at certain points during the podcast. What a dingo! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.127 - You Can (Not) Eat Snake

We've got a Big Rig to get to the Big Gig! Your favourite video game podcast is back to talk all things Gene Simmons—his Twitter presence, that time he was meant to play with The Melvins but Spinal Tap happened instead, his weird... vault thing, everything you're here for, right? Oh OK, we also discuss, well, a lot of stuff, including Persona 5 Strikers, Hamish's Rubik's Cube obsession, Nico's DOOM speedrun dominance, Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War and well-intentioned people taking the most depressingly conservative views on the purpose of art as possible, as well as checking in on Nico's progress in Deadly Premonition 2 and Hamish's slog through Twin Peaks' awful second season. We also preview a potentially hilarious new segment coming next week. Thanks for listening! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.126 - Four-Sided Cube

New releases are something of a barren wasteland right now, so after of course referencing the Gamestonks drama of the week (which was already old by the time we recorded this) we spend the first huge chunk talking about music again, and mercifully only about a quarter of that is Henry Rollins focused. Hardcore documentaries, Fugazi, the music Nico and Hamish made together, all of it is talked about in the most whiplash inducing way possible. Oh, and Hitman 3 is the Game of the Year already despite one of the most baffling launches of the last decade. Nico stepped into The Witcher 2 too soon after the first game. Destruction Allstars is fucking rubbish. We stumble across a potential sociopath. All this and more on this episode of the Writing on GamesCast!  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.125 - Business Punk

Happy New Year! It's all solved! Oh wait. Nothing is coming out, so obviously we talk about Henry Rollins for the first forty minutes (including some fun quotes from Get in the Van). We get to games eventually though! Hitman 3's launch has been awful, The Witcher is a janky masterpiece (and of course we have to be The Defenders of Cyberpunk as always, because it doesn't seem as if anyone's actually played the game before offering their hot takes), Hades should probably have been our game of the year, the later Mortal Kombat stories are really dumb (but are they good dumb?) and Dishonored—a game about a world being ravaged by plague—hits a little different in 2021. Can *you* get behind that? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.124 - Podcast Man

Well, this is it. We round out our bumper Game of the Year podcasts by picking our, well, game of the year. Will Bugsnax take it? Not likely. Unless... We both just want to thank you all for listening. This year has been unbelievably tough in so many ways and the holidays are always bad for many, but hopefully this whole thing can give you just a little bit of joy or relaxation for a while. It really means the world to us that you've stuck with us even while things have been as inconsistent as they are. Keep going everybody. See you in 2021! Categories awarded: Best Moment Best Remake/Remaster/Re-release/Update Best Old Game Biggest Disappointment Game of the Year --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/writingongamescast/support

The Fifth Annual Writing on GamesCast Game of the Year Bonanza 2020 (Day Two)

Well, it's finally here. Our fifth time into the breach. This year may have been unbearably awful in so many ways but... at least the games were interesting? Either way, here's day one of our insanely long deliberations over the best and worst of 2020, to find out who will be VICTORIOUS. Enjoy and stick around for Day Two coming tomorrow! Categories awarded: Content Creator of the Year Golden Pumpkin Best Looking Best Music Worst Game Best Strand Game Biggest Surprise --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/writingongamescast/support

The Fifth Annual Writing on GamesCast Game of the Year Bonanza 2020 (Day One)

Take a look around you. If things look different, consider that it might be because we're in the NEXT GENERATION, BABY. Sony sent Hamish a PS5, so he goes over his experiences with the hardware (the DualSense and SSD), Demon's Souls, Astro's Playroom and Spider-Man Miles Morales. He also finished Yakuza: Like a Dragon. and has some... mixed thoughts. Nico brought his own next-gen title to the table in the form of the unwitting face of the PS5—Bugsnax—and things get weird and dark. Nico also finally played Deadly Premonition 2 and we struggle to talk about it for fear of spoiling the first game. Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War is legitimately one of the most fun shooter campaigns in years. Trust in yourself! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.121 - Bopped By a Bunger

Hamish and Nico discuss goings on in the games industry, wax philosophical about the games they're playing, and rarely notice things going off the rails. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/writingongamescast/support

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