Tiny but mighty, the Game Boy Advance was home to some absolute bangers, and this week's game Advance Wars is no exception. Offering a fully featured tactics experience on the diminutive console, this one punches way above its weight.Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please: TwitterYouTubeInstagramFacebook Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

We're taking a spin through the world of Braid this week, this game where you play as a nice guy called Tim who's trying to rescue a princess. Or is he? The game is billed as a commentary on games design itself. Or is it? And the main mechanic is that you can rewind time to retry puzzles. Or do you? Yes, you do. It's a game well-loved by many for its obtuse nature so listen in to see how we fare with it.Link mentioned in this episode:Game Maker's Toolkit - How Jonathan Blow Designs a Puzzle This link may also be of interest!GameDeveloper.com - Braid Deconstructed Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please: TwitterYouTubeInstagramFacebook Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Chris and Ashley take a wander through the Wasteland of Washington D.C. circa 2277 this week when they emerge from Vault 101 in Fallout 3, Bethesda's bombastic foray into the future.Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please: TwitterYouTubeInstagramFacebook Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

"Paris in the fall, the last months of the year, at the end of the millennium..."So begins the first Broken Sword game (AKA The Shadow of the Templars AKA Broken Sword 1), this game where George Stobbart avoids death in a bomb blast at a café in a trap set by a clown then decides to find out what on earth caused this to happen, triggering all manner of point and clicking around Paris, Ireland, Syria and other locations. It's held in very high regard by all, and both Ashley and Chris have great memories of the game, so give it a listen to find out whether it holds up!Link mentioned in this episode:How Broken Sword was ported to the Game Boy Advance - EurogamerCome join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please: TwitterYouTubeInstagramFacebook Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

In the heady days of 1998, with Y2K looming large on the horizon, Napster nary a whisper in the ears of two Seans (or Shawns, depending which one you ask) and Pokémon registering as but a distant rumble for anyone in the West, Matt Stone and Trey Parker were just about hitting their stride in putting the world to rights and making fart jokes with South Park. And then they went and made a game called South Park on the N64, and now we're here, in 2024, telling you if it's any good or not. What a journey!Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please: TwitterYouTubeInstagramFacebook Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

To mark the recent release of Tomb Raider 1, 2 and 3 Remastered, Chris takes Ashley down into some deep dark tombs to do some raiding in Tomb Raider 2. Yes, the remastered collection came out two months ago now. Yes, we only did the first one last year. Yes, we hated it when we played it. What a pair of little scamps we are! The sequel was touted as being bigger and better than the first one in every sense so listen in to find out whether we finally get what all the fuss is about.  Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please: TwitterYouTubeInstagramFacebook Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

We're back! After a month or so off, we're coming back this week with Project Zero 2, a survival horror game that gave Ashley the willies back in 2003 when he played it and some spooky goings-on happened during gameplay. Using a camera, your objective is to take photos of ghosts as you explore a mysterious village in order to bust them. Did it make us feel good? Listen in to find out! Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please: TwitterYouTubeInstagramFacebook Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Biff! Bang! Pow! This week, we're re-appraising Tekken 3, this game where a mystic beast gets unleashed and the only way to appease it is to stage a fighting competition. This is one of the big daddies of fighting games yet Chris hated it as a nipper - what will him and Ashley make of it nowadays? Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please: TwitterYouTubeInstagramFacebook Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

We are capping off this year's Mario and Sonic saga with a relaxed trip down memory lane, on to Memory airport where we will catch a short flight over the Memory ocean and come to land on Isle Delfino, along with all our Mushroom Kingdom pals. Then we'll watch as Mario gets banged up abroad for being a hooligan. I don't know where I'm going with this, but I do know that this week's game is Super Mario Sunshine. Is it still any good? Listen in and find out! Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please: TwitterYouTubeInstagramFacebook Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

We continue our jaunt through Sonic and Mario month 2024 with this game where you play as a blue hedgehog running round collecting rings and that. Time travel and the Mega CD / Sega CD are this game's USPs, and Chris has fond memories of playing the PC re-release in the late 90s. Will this swing Ashley into agreeing that Sonic games are alright, really? Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please: TwitterYouTubeInstagramFacebook Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/