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This Game Where2023 Xmas Special 5 - Best of 2023As 2023 draws to a close, Chris and Ashley take a ramshackle look back at their gaming highlights of the year. At least, that was the brief but neither of us followed it. What a shambles. We then discuss what we're looking forward to in 2024 - see you for for Sonic and Mario month in January 2024!
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This Game Where2023 Xmas Special 4 - Gift of the GameIt's Chrimbo Limbo, that lull between Christmas and New Year. Ashley and Chris are marking the occasion by recommending a game they have each enjoyed this year, which might make a lovely treat for yourself or someone else during the festive period. This year's choices are Vampire Survivors and Dredge - give us a listen to find out why we think they'd make perfect presents.
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This Game Where2023 Xmas Special 3 - Conker’s Bad Fur Day (Nintendo 64)What is there to say? Conker's Bad Fur Day has made its own reputation and, in 2001 Ashley succumbed to that by putting it on his Christmas list. Alongside American college frat houses, adolescent boys were probably the second-most target for Nintendo and Rare's irreverent team-up, and it certainly went down well with our then-teenage host. But is it any good now? Listen in to find out!
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This Game Where2023 Xmas Special 2 - New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo DS)Christmas, Chris says, is for doing whatever you want, so he's gone and thrown his own rules out of the window and brought a Mario game for us to play this festive season. Making its first appearance on the Nintendo DS, New Super Mario Bros. became a staple of every Nintendo console lineup for the next 15 years. Chris gifted it for Christmas in 2007, and now he's trying to spread the festive joy by gifting it to us. But is it any good? Let's find out!
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This Game Where2023 Xmas Special 1 - Gamers’ Gift GuideIt's the most wonderful time of the year once more and we are back at it with another feast of fancy gaming-related goodies suitable for any gamer. Whether you're buying for yourself or someone you love, this week's episode is packed full of ideas that will help you spread the festive cheer to that special gamer in your life.
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This Game Where2022 Xmas Special 4 - Gift of the GameSeasons greetings to all our listeners! In a break with tradition, we're doing a slightly different festive episode this year that we're dubbing The Gift of the Game. We each extol the virtues of one game we think a particular person or set of people deserve as a gift. The artwork gives the game away but listen to find out which we recommend - perfect for a sleepy Christmas Day afternoon!
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This Game Where2022 Xmas Special 3 - Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 (Sony PlayStation 2)It's the week before Christmas, and all through the house, not a sound can be heard except for the very particular screeching scrape of trucks against a hardwood banister and the clackety clack of the wheels of skateboards. The house has been invaded by skaters and there's a party going on. This is not a drill, but it most definitely is Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 dropping in hard for some festive fun. Come find out all about it, fellow kids!
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This Game Where2022 Xmas Special 2 - The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Nintendo Game Boy)The next tasty morsel in This Game Where's feast of festive episodes sees Chris and Ashley revisit The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. Do the pair of them have fond memories of the game? Does it still hold up today? Is this game actually even related to Christmas in any way at all? Listen in and find out!
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Music for...2022-12-121h 00This Game Where2022 Xmas Special 1 - Gamers’ Gift GuideIt's the most wonderful time of the year once more and we are back at it with another feast of fancy gaming-related goodies suitable for any gamer. Whether you're buying for yourself or someone you love, this week's episode is packed full of ideas that will help you spread the festive cheer to that special gamer in your life.
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This Game WhereEp.136 - Spyro the Dragon (Sony PlayStation)Chris and Ashley are feeling the scorch this week with the first entry in PSOne's very best series, Spyro the Dragon. The second game by a small studio by the name of Insomniac Games (wonder what happened to them?), the game had a lot on its shoulders as Sony looked to combat the family-friendly fare of the then-mighty Nintendo 64. And how did they do, we hear you shout... listen in and find out!
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This Game WhereEp.135 - Solitaire (PC)Sorry everyone. Because Chris is a bit of a madlad, this moment was inevitable. It's not a joke. We really are covering Solitaire on Windows. Chris has always been a risk-taker and, in line with that, he has fond memories of knocking out a few hands of the old Patience on Saturday evenings in the early 2000s. He was, and still is, an uncontrollable force of nature. Anyway, the episode is pretty good, despite everything. Give it a listen!
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This Game WhereEp.134 - Tunic (PC)Ashley is extolling the virtues of Tunic this week, which is now available on all current-gen gaming devices. Its cutesy presentation and initial homage to Zelda, however, hide something much more interesting and worth your time. Tune in (pun intended) to find out more!
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This Game WhereEp.133 - Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee (Sony PlayStation)We're delving into the first slice of Mudokon maddness from studio Oddworld Inhabitants in the form of Abe's Oddysee. Quick to garner critical and commercial success on the PlayStation, Abe would go on to see a sequel and two remakes. But is his game worth the effort, or should he be handed over to the merciless Glukons? Listen in to find out!
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This Game WhereEp.132 - Robocop (Nintendo Entertainment System)Following up on the Caped Crusader's daring outing on the Game Gear, this week sees Officer Alex James Murphy go all cyber on crime in Robocop! The game sees the titular man machine battle his way through the crime-infested streets of Detroit, going tin-to-toe with gunmen of all kinds. But should you buy this for a dollar? Listen in and find out!
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This Game WhereEp.131 - Batman Returns (Sega Game Gear)Early 90s pop culture icons don't come much bigger than Mario and Sonic, but if anyone's going to give them a run for their money it would be Batman! This week Chris has brought along Batman Returns for the Sega Game Gear. Can the caped crusader do anything to warm the hearts of our dastardly duo? Will they leave thinking his game is the bat's pyjamas? Or will it all stink like a rotten penguin egg? Tune in this week to find out!
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This Game WhereEp.130 - Mario is Missing! (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)The early 90s saw entertainment titans Nintendo attempt to plant their flag in the education business with Mario is Missing! With the goal of teaching children geography, it puts brother, Luigi, in the front seat for the first time and tasks him with rescuing his kidnapped sibling by jetsetting around the world and learning lots of facts about a multitude of metropolises. Does that sound good? We thought it did, but what did we find when we played it? Listen in to find out!
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This Game WhereEp.129 - Taz-Mania (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)The Thunder from Down Under is unleashed this week as we tackle Taz-Mania, an early forebear of the endless runner genre... but with an end. With more than a passing resemblance to classic 16-bit racers like Road Rash, it looks stunning - but does this marsupial need picking up or putting down?
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This Game WhereEp.128 - Banjo-Kazooie (Nintendo 64)Where did they come from? Where did they go? It's a couple of questions that we've been pondering in our conversation about Banjo-Kazooie, a Rare-developed and now rarely-seen animal duo that made their first appearance on the Nintendo 64. In a time where character was king, this unlikely pair managed to make the right kind of splash. Come listen in to find out why!
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This Game WhereEp.127 - Sid Meier’s Pirates! (Nintendo Entertainment System)It's been a week packed full of pirates, with both International Talk Like A Pirate Day and the launch of Return to Monkey Island occurring. To celebrate, Ashley takes Chris to explore the Caribbean in Sid Meier's Pirates!, a NES game that somehow manages to squeeze a sandbox and oodles of pirate shenanigans into its cartridge. Listen in to see what we thought of it, ya landlubber!
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This Game WhereEp.126 - Thinkrolls (iOS)If you're a parent of a tot that likes games, or are trying to get your child into what is unquestionably the best hobby ever, then this is for you! In an episode we recorded back in April 2021, Chris tells Ashley all about Thinkrolls this week, a iOS logic platformer that teaches nippers the basics of gaming. It's a great game - so much so that Ashley decides to play it while we record. Keep rolling, rolling, rolling to find out how we got on!
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This Game WhereEp.125 - Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (PC)A long time ago (last Sunday), in living rooms far, far away (from each other) Chris and Ashley spent an hour chatting about the latest entry in the Lego games series, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. Whether you're a long-time Lego game fan, a sceptic of the series, or just new to the whole Lego games endeavour, The Skywalker Saga will almost certainly blow you away. Listen in to find out why.
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This Game WhereEp.124 - Donkey Kong (Nintendo Entertainment System)This week, it's this game where you climb up a poorly constructed skyscraper to rescue Pauline, a character you will then barely hear from for the next four decades despite all the effort you went through to help. Still, relationships are two-way streets, so maybe it's your fault as much as hers. Where were we? Oh yes! Donkey Kong is our game for this week! Join us!
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This Game WhereEp.123 - Windbound (Sony PlayStation 5)Ashley has been enjoying Windbound on the PS5 this week, a game developed by ex-Bullfrog and Rockstar staff and inspired by Wind Waker's sailing, Breath of the Wild's exploration and Moana's vibes (and logo!). Listen in to find out why it's worth a look.
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This Game WhereEp.122 - Spider-Man (Sony PlayStation)Swinging his way onto the podcast for the first time, it's Spider-Man on the Sony PlayStation.
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This Game WhereEp.121 - Toonstruck (PC)Ashley and Chris turn toon in Toonstruck, a 1996 PC adventure game in which a video-captured Christopher Lloyd interacts with cartoons voiced by the likes of Tim Curry and Dan Castellaneta and inspired by the 'golden age' of animation from Disney and Warner Brothers. With that weight behind it, it surely has to be great... right? Listen in to find out!
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This Game WhereEp.120 - League of Legends (PC)Ashley and Chris tentatively dip their toes into the world of MOBAs this week in League of Legends, a PC multiplayer online battle arena that has been going strong since 2009. Neither has any experience of such a game... what could possibly go wrong?
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This Game WhereEp.119 - Blue Sphere (Sega Mega Drive)Chris gives Ashley a bad time this week by trying to sneak a Sonic game under the radar. Blue Sphere is an early example of an Easter egg - a set of over 134 million versons of the special stage from Sonic 3, which can only be accessed by popping a Sonic 1 cartridge into the lock-on technology offered by Sonic and Knuckles. Is this 'game' as fun as that sounds? Listen in to find out!
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This Game WhereEp.118 - Axiom Verge (Nintendo Switch)This week, Ashley has the urge for Axiom Verge, a Metroidvania starring a scientist who finds himself in a strange new world and sets out to find out what the ruddy heck is going on. With its polished gameplay and wonderful art style, it's well worth a go - find out what else Ashley is enjoying by listening along!
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This Game WhereEp.117 - Monument Valley (Mobile)Chris and Ashley take a trip to Monument Valley, this game where you control a princess through a series of visually pleasing landscapes in a puzzler inspired by Escher and optical illusions. The game released this week on PC after a mobile release back in 2014 but how does it hold up?
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This Game WhereEp.116 - Puzzle Bobble (Arcade)Chris and Ashley play a classic found in pretty much every 90s arcade this week with Puzzle Bobble, or Bust-A-Move, depending where you're playing it. The game see you firing coloured bubbles at other bubbles to make them pop. It sounds simple - and it is - but it entranced children and adults alike when it came out. Come and find out if it can do the same now!
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This Game WhereEp.115 - Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (Nintendo Game Boy)Ashley and Chris journey to Kitchen Island in Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3, this game where you control the bulky bandit in his quest to uncover as many riches as possible to fund building a colossal castle. Chris has fond memories of playing this as a nipper, so how does the game stand up?
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This Game WhereEp.114 - RollerCoaster Tycoon (PC)We're strapping in to feel the G's as we construct all manner of adrenaline-fuelled rides in RollerCoaster Tycoon this week! Chris Sawyer's theme park man-sim released way back in 1999, entrancing both Ashley and Chris at the time with its gameplay. Listen in to find out if it has stood the test of time!
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This Game WhereEp.113 - Streets of Rage (Sega Mega Drive)Chris and Ashley are walking the thoroughfares and back alleys of Wood Oak City, this week, in Streets of Rage. It's a game they both have good memories of playing, but does that mean it will hold up thirty years later? Listen in to find out!
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This Game WhereEp.112 - Little Big Adventure (PC)The tables are turned this week as Ashley chooses a game that he's never played before that just so happens to be one of Chris' favourites! Little Big Adventure is a 1994 French action-adventure-RPF hybrid set on a dystopian planet - but was it worth the decade-long wait for Ashley to play it?
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This Game WhereEp.111 - Bart vs. the Space Mutants (Nintendo Entertainment System)The Simpsons was laying the stage for the rest of 90s pop culture before the decade even began, and in 1991 they took their first tentative steps into the gaming arena with not one, but two different titles. Yes, everyone and their best mate will remember the arcade heavy hitter, but this week Chris and Ashley are playing a slightly lower key entry in the form of The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants. Released across multiple consoles, the game sees Bart attempt to repel a full-on space invasion mostly with a can of spray paint. How does he do? Li...2022-06-0245 min
This Game WhereEp.110 - Bad Mojo (PC)In Bad Mojo, you get turned into a cockroach and have to explore a seedy bar populated by other creepy-crawlies in a game inspired by Kafka and David Lynch, featuring FMV sequences using Jim Carrey levels of ker-azy hammy acting. Interest piqued yet?
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This Game WhereEp.109 - Her Story (PC)This week, it's this game where you watch loads of police interview video clips to try and piece together a story. In an unusual blend of game and film, Her Story is like nothing we have played before. Listen in to find out what we make of it!
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This Game WhereEp.108 - Ecco: The Tides of Time (Sega Mega Drive)Chris absolutely pulls it out of the bag with this week's Mega Drive pick, which comes in the sleek and streamlined shape of Ecco: The Tides of Time. It's a game Ashley has never played, but coveted heavily as a kid seeing the superb ads in between episodes of Kenan and Kel and Clarissa (probably). But does it stand up to the relentless march of time? Press play to find out!
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This Game WhereEp.107 - Monster Rancher Advance 2 (Nintendo Game Boy Advance)This week, Chris and Ashley are transported to a far away land where Monsters rule! That's right, Chris and Ashley have mostly been trading in their tablets for a host of strange creatures in Monster Rancher Advance 2, a game that sees players coralling and cajoling their ranch buddies into becoming the best of the best.
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This Game WhereEp.54 - Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla (Sony PlayStation 4)It's a big one today, as Ashley attempts to put across the finer points, both good and bad, on not just Assassin's Creed: Valhalla, but the series as a whole!
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This Game WhereEp.53 - The Jungle Book (Sega Game Gear)When the team behind the Game Gear version of The Jungle Book heard the Bare Necessities, they might have taken it too close to heart. Thankfully, there are other versions of the game and Chris and Ashley play many of them for this episode! Listen in to find out which is the best, as well as a good lot of other stuff!
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This Game WhereEp.52 - Populous (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)Populous is the first game from developer Bullfrog, it's the progenitor of the entire God game genre, and it's also This Game Where's first Super Nintendo game. We know, we're not sure how we went so long, either, but it's happening now. Does Populous deserve to lead the charge for such an illustrious machine? Listen in to find out! Plus, Chris finally reveals the truth behind why video games have cheats in them.
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This Game WhereEp.51 - King of the Monsters (Sega Mega Drive)It appears Chris and Ashley's idea of kicking something off with a bang differ slightly, as Chris has 'kicked off' the second lot of fifty episodes with this, King of the Monsters. It's a kaiju wrestling game set in some kind of Neo-Tokyo which, when you put it like that, actually sounds pretty great! But is it? Listen in to find out!
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This Game WhereEp.50 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Sony PlayStation)Fifty episodes! Who thought we'd get this far? We certainly weren't banking on it. But we're here nonetheless, and we're talking about another game neither of us had played until this week - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. An absolute classic that had somehow passed us both by, we remedy that here and then let you know whether it was worth bothering (it was!).
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This Game WhereEp.49 - Marble Madness (Nintendo Entertainment System)The story of Marble Madness has a fair few interesting tidbits to it, many of which we discuss in this episode.
What, you want one now? Okay, well it was one of the first games designed by industry titan Mark Cerny, before he went on to be the architect of Sony's PlayStation family of systems.
Another? The dev team use ray-tracing tech to build the levels, a technology that is only now at the fore of gaming's conscious.
If that's done the job of wetting your whistle, just press play and listen along for more!
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This Game WhereEp.48 - Florence (Nintendo Switch)It's Valentine's Day again and Chris and Ashley are having a proper conversation about the place and treatment of love in games, including a look at Florence, a little indie that aims to present the workings of a relationship for the gaming crowd. Listen up and find out whether it manages it!
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This Game WhereEp.47 - Sonic The Hedgehog (Sega Game Gear)Chris continues with his delusional insistence that "Sonic is okay, really" this week, bringing us a second slice of Sonic The Hedgehog (The Game). It's the second of three iterations of the blue blur's original outing he's made Ashley play, with only the Master System version outstanding.
Something tells us if that ends up on the podcast there's going to be serious words had between the two of them. But it is what it is, we suppose, and maybe the game really is okay, really. You'll just have to listen to the podcast and see, won't you?2021-02-0448 min
This Game WhereEp.46 - Denki Blocks (Nintendo Game Boy Advance)If you've played Denki Blocks then you know why we're talking about it today. It's one of a vast array of excellent games that made the Game Boy Advance a compelling and worthwhile console to have, and the studio behind it (named after the game itself) was founded by four leading lights of DMA Design, the studio behind GTA and Lemmings, among many other gems.
The studio itself, one of the UK's most prolific having created more than 200 games over the last 20 years, has a fascinating story; just last year, they were the winners of the Scottish...2021-01-2846 min
This Game WhereEp.45 - The Secret of Monkey Island (PC)Whatever IS The Secret of Monkey IslandTM? By an incredible stroke of luck, it turns out Chris was one of the very few people Ron Gilbert shared it with and he shares it with everyone in this week's episode! Come join us for a chat about swashing, buckling and all that piratey stuff.
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This Game WhereEp.44 - Final Fantasy VII (Sony PlayStation)What's that? Chris and Ashley are talking about Final Fantasy VII, arguably the first ever Triple A development in gaming? And Ashley attempts to reframe Jenova as not that bad, actually, but fails spectacularly? Might be worth a listen, so give that play button a press.
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This Game WhereEp.43 - Lego The Incredibles (Nintendo Switch)A brand new year and Chris has mandated that we bring it in with a bit of Lego. Listen in to find out why, as well as Ashley's hopes for the future of Lego games.
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This Game Where2020 Xmas Special 5 - Best of 2020It's the final day of 2020 and our final episode of the year - and we are going out with a bang! Join Chris and Ashley as they each give a rundown of their top five games of 2020. Saying anymore would spoil the surprises, so just press play now!
MINOR SPOILER WARNING: There are some VERY MINOR spoilers for some of the games in this episode, though nothing terrible.
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This Game Where2020 Xmas Special 4 - The Office Christmas Party, Snow EditionHello everyone and happy Christmas! Join Chris and Ashley in a celebration of games that are all kind of winter or Christmas themed. Find out which games have the best snow, which ones are the Christmassiest (that IS a word!) and which ones use snow and ice in the most frustrating ways possible.
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This Game Where2020 Xmas Special 3 - The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (Nintendo 64)Ashley likes to treat people at Christmas, and what better way than to share with them a few thoughts on one of the best games in one of the best series to exist on any platform? Join Chris and Ashley as they explore the darker side of Link's adventures.
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This Game Where2020 Xmas Special 2 - Crusader of Centy AKA Soleil (Sega Mega Drive)Merry Christmas, everyone! This week, Chris and Ashley chat about Crusader of Centy (known as Soleil in Europe), a game Chris received for Christmas 1998, and one that blew his tiny twelve-year-old mind with its weighty ideas and fantastic gameplay. Come listen in to find out why!
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This Game WhereEp.42 - Neopets and (Flash) Friends (PC)Neopets was a monolith of the unexplored frontiers of the early noughties internet. Join Ashley and Chris as they discuss the hectic pace of change on the internet at the time as well as some of the internet's Flash-based phenomena on the eve of their potential demise on December 31st 2020.
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This Game WhereEp.41 - Toy Story (Sega Mega Drive)This week Chris and Ashley, once nemeses, play a game about Woody and Buzz Lightyear, two fellas who were once nemeses! To say the story cuts close to the bone is an understatement. Listen in and find out how Chris once saved Ashley from the bedroom of a malevolent bully using his karate chop action! I think that's right...
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This Game WhereEp.40 - Doom (PC)A BIG ol' classic to celebrate episode 40! Doom, it turns out, is a bit good. Who knew?
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This Game WhereEp.39 - Journey to the Savage Planet (Sony PlayStation 4)This week, Ashley and Chris pop the oldies to one side and have a blast journeying through a savage planet in the appropriately-named first-person exploration game Journey To the Savage Planet.
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This Game WhereEp.38 - Plants Vs Zombies (PC)It's Halloween and we've got the perfect way to spend it, this year: start off by listening to Chris and Ashley chat about Plants Vs Zombies, then go ahead and play the game! It may be light on scares, but it makes up for it in other ways. Listen in and find out how!
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This Game WhereEp.37 - Crackout (Nintendo Entertainment System)Crackout may not be Breakout and it's definitely not Arkanoid, but is it still a cracking game? Crack on and listen to the episode to find out!
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This Game WhereEp.36 - Sonic The Hedgehog (Sega Mega Drive)SEEEGGGGAAA! It's been a while since we've heard that iconic chime on this podcast, and it's back with a biggy. Sonic the Hedgehog is under the microscope this week and its brilliance (or lack thereof) has been an ongoing point of contention between Ashley and Chris forever. Maybe talking it out will allow them to put the issue to bed once and for all. Listen in to find out!
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This Game WhereEp.35 - Super Mario Bros 35 (Nintendo Switch)One whole year and 35 episodes and it all comes down to this - a brisk run through the Mushroom Kingdom! With this, our 35th episode, we turn one year old and it just happens to coincide with the recent release of Super Mario Bros 35, a game that sees a classic from our childhoods remixed and re-released. It's almost like someone from Nintendo tipped us off. On that note, did I ever tell you about my uncle?
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This Game WhereEp.34 - Theme Hospital (PC)Chris has been sick and it's fed into his choice of game this week... hair of the dog in the form of 1997's Theme Hospital! It's a game not without a few minor ailments itself, but is it worth playing again now? Listen along to find out!
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This Game WhereEp.33 - The Ninja (Sega Master System)This week we have the Sega Master System's premier ninja game, The Ninja. Imaginatively named, we know, but don't judge it too harshly until you've heard how great it actually is! If the game itself doesn't float your boat, maybe listen to find out how it was close to dragging Ashley into the criminal underworld.
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This Game WhereEp.32 - Rolo to the Rescue (Sega Mega Drive)We're following up one of our best episodes on a great game with an episode on one of the worst games we've played in recent memory. You'd be forgiven for thinking we hate ourselves! Listen along to find out just what's up with Rolo to the Rescue.
Listening Note: A couple of swears in this one! You've been warned!
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This Game WhereEp.31 WITH SPECIAL GUESTS Ben and Dan of Size Five Games - Lair of the Clockwork God (Switch/Xbox One/PC)That's right! Chris and Ashley are joined this week by Ben Ward and Dan Marshall of Size Five Games to discuss their latest adventure, Lair of the Clockwork God - although, for some reason, they all but insisted on telling us how to burn books and punish tabloid television listings for bad behaviour. We tried our best to keep them on track. Have a listen and see how we did!
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This Game WhereEp.30 - Myst (PC)We are thirty episodes old and we've decided to celebrate by playing Myst! Have a listen to see if we learnt anything about the game or ourselves in the playing.
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This Game WhereEp.29 - Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 (Sony PlayStation)To celebrate the release of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2, Ashley has decided it's about time he gets Chris on the Pro Skater hype train by treating him to the delights of the second game in the well-loved series. Can Ashley convince him that there's merit to spinning around on a plank with wheels to score massive combos? You'll have to listen to find out!
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This Game WhereEp.28 - Sonic Spinball (Sega Mega Drive)In a hideous attempt to try and steal Mario's thunder, Chris has done the dirty and followed up our Mario with a Sonic! Not just any Sonic, though. No, sir, this week we're talking Sonic Spinball, the only Sonic to fully embrace its nature and go full pinball.
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This Game WhereEp.27 - Super Mario Bros. 3 (Nintendo Entertainment System)We FINALLY did it, everyone! We went there. Welcome to our first ever Mario episode, though probably not our last given how large the man and his moustache has loomed in both Chris and Ashley's gaming histories. Join us as we discuss what may be one of the best games ever made and get just a little taste as to why that might be.
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This Game WhereEp.26 - Grim Fandango (All Platforms)It's not Cinco de Mayo and it's not Halloween, but that shouldn't stop anyone playing the phenomenal Grim Fandango, one of the last - and greatest - gasps of the '90s adventure game craze.
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This Game WhereEp.25 - Rimworld (PC)Join Chris and Ashley as they discuss Rimworld, this game where you take control over a trio of desperate survivors stranded on a distant planet with nothing but their skills and whatever they can scrounge together to survive. Rimworld is a game that strives to put story at the forefront of the experience. Listen along to see how good a job of that it does.
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This Game WhereEp.24 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Part 2 (Nintendo Switch)That's right - for the first time, we're re-visiting a game! After Ashley's sales pitch for Tom Nook in episode 17, Chris has since taken the plunge and bought Animal Crossing. In this episode, we discuss our high points, share the sad story of Gulliver and wonder what the deal is with Roald. We're also joined by a special guest to share her thoughts on the game!
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This Game WhereEp.23 - The Outer Worlds (Sony PlayStation 4)This week Chris and Ashley chat about Obsidian Entertainment's excellent and likely last cross-platform game The Outer Worlds, a colourful take on the Fallout formula that lets you rove an entire solar system.
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This Game WhereEp.22 - Pokémon Smile (Mobile)Chris and Ashley talk about the latest Pokémon-related craze sweeping the nation: brushing your teeth! A *game* that Chris has been getting a lot out of these last few weeks, Pokémon Smile is a mobile app designed to support parents in creating good hygiene habits with their kids. Is it a good game? Is it even a game?! Is it? Listen in to find out!
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This Game WhereEp.21 - Voez (Nintendo Switch)Ashley extols the virtues of Voez, a rhythm action game for the Switch, this week. Find out about Mont Blanc cake, songs about being a dog and what foul substance is on the wall in Chris' house by listening!
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This Game WhereEp.20 - A Hat in Time (Nintendo Switch)Hats are the name of the game in this week's... game. Quite literally! Join Chris and Ashley as they chat their way through A Hat In Time. The first game from Danish indie devs Gears For Breakfast, it is a delightful 3D platformer that harks back to the heyday of the Nintendo 64 whilst also calmly carving out its own little niche in the gaming landscape.
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This Game WhereEp.19 - Cities: Skylines (Sony PlayStation 4)Join us this week as we chat about the superb Cities: Skylines, during which we find out about the world's lockdown porn habits, a hashed version of the 2013 SimCity debacle, and what happens if you let human effluence flow into the fresh water system of a small town. What a rush!
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This Game WhereEp.18 - What The Golf? (Nintendo Switch)What the what? "Golf"? We know, we've never heard of it either. We did some quick research and it appears to be a major policy of the current US President [at the time of writing!]. And What The Golf makes about as much sense as most of the rest of his policies, too. Thankfully it's probably likely to make you smile a lot more. Join us to find out why!
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This Game WhereEp.17 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo Switch)Nintendo has a number of behemoths capable of rampaging their way through many a sales chart, but none come more rampant than this week's game, Animal Crossing: New Horizons. A game all about escaping to a deserted island with only the people closest to you; who could possibly say why the 13 million people who bought it in its first six weeks on sale did so?
Ashley tries to explain here, but we fear it shall forever remain a mystery.
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This Game WhereEp.16 - Lego DC Super-Villains (Nintendo Switch)Lego, the boredom buster of multiple generations, took a turn toward the technical in the mid 2000s and has been pushing out great games ever since. This week's game is no exception, with Lego DC Super-Villains proving popular round Chris' way. Join us as we chat about that and more!
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This Game WhereEp.15 - Planet Zoo (PC)Early last week, late this one. That's called journalistic balance. Or something like that. And no idea why we're using it because we aren't journalists. We're podcasters! Podcasters who this week are chatting about Planet Zoo, an excellent PC game in which you are tasked with managing the everyday minutiae of a zoo and simultaneously blowing the budget by building the most extravagant gharial exhibit you can possibly imagine!
So join us and hear Ashley bewilder Chris with what, on listening back, sounds like complete game zealotry. Unsurprising, though, as the game's an absolute gem. Listen in...2020-05-2331 min
This Game WhereEp.14 - Etherborn (Nintendo Switch)You're all stuck in your houses and we're both stuck in our houses. But worry not, we're sending help in the form of this brand spanking new episode! That's right - we're back, baby!
We're breaking with tradition during lockdown and every episode will be about a game that's keeping us sane while we're rooted to our respective spots.
This week, Chris chose to tell Ashley about Etherborn, a gorgeous, gravity-bending puzzler that he's playing on the Nintendo Switch.
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This Game WhereEp.13 - Little Nemo: The Dream Master (Nintendo Entertainment System)Little Nemo: The Dream Master is our game for this week! Listen to us discuss this NES platformer as Ashley suffers game-induced PTSD and Chris gets perturbed by questionable messages the game sends.
This will sadly be our last for some time while we wait for the current situation to blow over. So come and join us for another hour of gaming chat and other things besides to take your mind off things!
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This Game WhereEp.12 - Mickey Mania (Sega Mega Drive)Welcome, gentle-folk, to the wonderful world of Disney on the Sega Mega Drive in the 1990s! It's a wonderful place to be, with lots of things to do.
This week, though, we're taking a jaunt through Mickey Mania, a beautiful rendition of the Disney art-style, and in a platforming game no less! It may not have been the first Disney title to capture their signature animation magic, but it's certainly one of the best!
As well as talking about the game at length, we take a detour into several other areas. Find out what other...2020-03-1257 min
This Game WhereEp.11 - Alex Kidd in Miracle World (Sega Master System)This week we're going all the way back to 1986 to have a chat about Alex Kidd in Miracle World, an excellent platformer for the Sega Master System with a main character who was usurped as the face of Sega by that damned turquoise garden pig.
Over the course of an hour, we discuss the fate of Alex following his fall from grace, the merits (or lack thereof) of different game controllers, and the mathematically correct way to show how rubbish Sonic the Hedgehog is compared to everyone else in the platform genre. So press play and enjoy!2020-02-271h 00
This Game WhereEp.10 - Leisure Suit Larry (PC)If you already have plans for Valentine's Day 2020, cancel them now! Like a bolt from the blue delivered direct to your backsides, we've shifted our entire release schedule to bring you this Valentine's special. What better way to celebrate love than to listen to two grown men have an uncomfortable conversation about being hormone-addled teenagers, standing in their local Electronics Boutique, straining to subdue the lascivious urges driving them to reach for Leisure Suit Larry?
If that's not enough to tantalise you, get ready to hear as those same two grown men walk into every single sexual...2020-02-131h 04
This Game WhereEp.9 - Lemmings (Acorn Archimedes)Happy February, everyone! To celebrate the leap year and the subsequent extra day we're gifted this month, we figured we'd give you exactly the same number of episodes as every other normal month, and this is the first of them. Don't complain, you've already got an extra day!
This week we take a look at Lemmings, a game scientifically proven to have cropped up in the life of every child born between 1984 and 1999 because it was made for every machine through the nineties you can think of.
Did you have a Megadrive? You got Lemmings.
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This Game WhereEp.8 - The Simpsons Arcade (Arcade)This Game Where! Did you just read that in the style of The Simpsons title song? If not, go back and start this again because you did it wrong. Join us this week for our first trip down the arcade for the cabinet classic The Simpsons Arcade, a beat 'em up that was so well drawn it was like playing an episode of the television series.
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This Game WhereEp.7 - Transport Tycoon (PC)Planes, trains, and automobiles! And boats. Oh, and hovercrafts and lorries. And canal boats? Is that right? Apparently it is! What? No automobiles? Are you serious? But we've already said that they're in it. What a joke.
Let's try this again: All the transport solutions you could possibly want (except cars), squeezed into an enjoyable management simulation. Start off with just a unicycle and a wicker basket, delivering bread for your local baker, and work your way up to become the sinister, all-pervading transport conglomeration we all wish we could be. That's what this game is!
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This Game Where2019 Xmas Special 2 - Pokémon Red (Nintendo Game Boy)It's Chrimbo Limbo, that annual lull between Christmas and New Year where you're so full of food, fizz and festive cheer that you might not want to move. Yes, you could play one of those spanking new games you were gifted, we wouldn't blame you. But why not spend an hour with us? Find your comfy chair and settle in for a cosy Christmas treat.
Our second Christmas special of 2019 sees Ashley take us back two whole decades with Pokémon Red for the Nintendo Game Boy, a grand RPG that barely fits into the confines of th...2019-12-291h 09
This Game Where2019 Xmas Special 1 - Stargate (Sega Game Gear)What do we all think about when we think of Christmas? A bloke dressed up all fancy hurtling through the air at breakneck speed, of course. And it just so happens that's how Stargates work (what do you mean 'tenuous link'?).
Join us for the first of our festive treats, a surprise sprung on you like a sprout at a summer fayre, in which we discuss everything except Stargate, a puzzle game for the Game Gear because it is honestly just abominable. Awful. Think of the worst game you know and then forget that one and replace...2019-12-2259 min
This Game WhereEp.6 - Burnin’ Rubber (Amstrad GX4000)LISTENING NOTE: we had a 'technical difficulty' with this episode and the sound quality isn't what we'd like it to be. Normal service is resumed from the next episode onwards!
There's perhaps nothing better heading into the festive season than to reflect on failure. Huge, catastrophic failures that lead to the decline of large corporations but that fail to puncture the hubris of the wrinkly walnut who heads it all up. That's the backdrop for this week's episode, in which we discuss Burnin' Rubber, a decent driving game on a doomed console that tanked Amstrad's hardware business.2019-12-191h 04
This Game WhereEp.5 - Tails’ Adventure (Sega Game Gear)This game where you play as a sidekick to one of the most famous video game characters of all time in a slow-paced action-RPG-adventure! This week, Chris chose to talk Ashley through Tails' Adventure, released on the Game Gear in 1995.
While there is, of course, plenty of discussion about the game, a range of other subjects are covered from geocaching and Vinnie Jones to the now-infamous Middlemas and Link's catchphrase. Plus - we delve deep into the history of the dreaded 'Metroidvania' genre.
Does the game hold up? Is it worth playing now? What does t...2019-12-051h 07
This Game WhereEp.4 - Gremlins 2 (Nintendo Entertainment System)The New Batch! This action-adventure NES game where you play as a Mogwai attempting to thwart the ambitions of your burdensome Gremlin progeny. The game (and film) is populated by a cast of mostly zany but occasionally horrifying characters, all intent on your demise.
Join Chris and Ashley as they discuss Gremlins, the work of special FX maestro Chris Walas, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, and so much more over the course of an hour.
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This Game WhereEp.3 - Discworld (PC)When Ashley was young and acting up, his mum used to tell him he'd be lucky to get to his next birthday. Well now he's 31 and he's not only defied those expectations, he's also one half of a podcasting duo that has three episodes! Congratulations him.
Episode three is all about adventure games focussed through the lens of 1995's excellent Discworld, this game where you take on the role of Rincewind, a hapless wizard roving around the vastness of Ankh-Morpork trying to riddle out the mystery of a secret brotherhood intent on wreaking havoc with a dragon...2019-11-071h 08
This Game WhereEp.2 - Greendog (Sega Mega Drive)We're back with episode 2 of This Game Where! This week Ashley chose the platform game Greendog: The Beached Surfer Dude, a platformer from the Mega Drive that has a strange Genesis (see what we did there?).
Heralding from the mysterious time that was 1992, the game sees you take on the role of Greendog, a surfer under the influence of an ancient Aztec curse. He must traverse the world to find the six pieces of Aztec treasure that will allow him to surf again.
Join us then to hear more about Greendog, and more than you...2019-10-2455 minThis Game WhereEp.1 - Toejam and Earl in Panic on Funkotron (Sega Mega Drive)So here it is! The first episode of This Game Where. You maybe aren't as excited as we are about it (yet!) but please do give it a listen and let us know what you think!
Chris had the honour of choosing our first game and he went for Toejam and Earl in Panic on Funkotron, a platformer which released for the Mega Drive in 1994 (or '93 if you were in North America.)
So join us for a look back at a game that many people regard as having definitely released for the Mega Drive a...2019-10-091h 03