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Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 331: I Like Smelling Rolls (17/11/2025)Graham and Steve are back, like they never left, to talk about Graham's Melbourne trip and the games played within, the evolution of the Match-3 genre since the first Puzzle Quest, the games of note for December, and plenty more! Programming Note: Graham will be out for a couple of weekends coming up, so there won't be a podcast recorded - hence the games of December! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 8:37 - Graham's Games 31:30 - Steve's Games 1:05:30 - Upcoming Games of December 2025 1:08:58 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Creepy...
2025-11-171h 12Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 330: That's Capitalism, Baby! (03/11/2025)Graham and Steve hold an executive summary meeting to explore the varying degrees of appeal of 2025's bigger Rogue-ish games, a scientist clone that sucks, the games of note for the month of November, and a bit of an overview/exploration of some of Microsoft's recent business decisions, and their implications on the business moving forward. Whoa, existential bro. Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 2:06 - Steve's Games 42:34 - Graham's Games 57:07 - Upcoming Games of November 2025 1:09:06 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Satisfactory The Alters Doom: The Dark...
2025-11-031h 25Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 329: Turnip Butt Jiggles (20/10/2025)Graham and Steve get futuristically historical this time around on the SIPTG podcast, with quite the number of games played to discuss - with 20 games in total! What a time to be hanging out! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 1:15 - Graham's Games 35:25 - Steve's Games 1:15:47 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Satisfactory The Alters Lighthaze World Metropolis 1998 Minos Barkour Keeper Tower Dominion Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor Doom Eternal Sword of the Sea Gemporium Little...
2025-10-201h 17Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 328: All Into Satan (06/10/2025)After completing the annual ritual sacrifice, Graham and Steve gather around the pyre for discussion of 'cozy' games, the games of note for October, and Steve's internet odyssey! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 2:47 - Steve's Games 34:00 - Graham's Games 36:55 - Upcoming Games for October 2025 45:40 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Tower Dominion Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Wheel World Rekindled Trails Drill Core Islanders: New Shores Tall Trails Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor Primal Planet Misc. A Tiny Tale Bullets & Brains...
2025-10-061h 03Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 326: Turnip Butt (01/09/2025)Graham and Steve step in from the cold to have a look at the substantial list of the games of September, just what the hell a game named 'DarkSwitch' could possibly be, accidental file deletions, and plenty more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 1:32 - Steve's Games 25:56 - Graham's Games 39:29 - Upcoming Games for September 2025 59:52 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Satisfactory Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands DarkSwitch Gears of War: Reloaded Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Driftwood Revenge of the Savage Planet Chronicles of...
2025-09-011h 02Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 325: (whisper) Wildlands (18/08/2025)The boys have convalesced enough for another episode of Australia's longest running amateur video game podcast (maybe?)! This time around, the difficult balance of difficulty in games, the even-greater difficulty in trying to balance fun and 'depth' in games, and the most-difficult of all: stepping into the job of sending the right superhero to the right crime-in-progress! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 2:46 - Graham's Games 20:09 - Steve's Games 52:45 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Satisfactory Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands Dispatch Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Somber Echoes
2025-08-1856 minShould I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 324: Garbage Guts Fishies (04/08/2025)Graham and Steve return to a seated and upright position to talk about the upcoming games of note for August, a return to the (whisper) Wildlands, games breaking and the bummer that becomes, word games that 'borrow' some Balatro elements, and plenty more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 01:03 - Graham's Games 09:36 - Steve's Games 43:40 - Upcoming Games for August 2025 55:14 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: The Drifter Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands Satisfactory Word Play Capcom Fighting Collection 2 Nice...
2025-08-0456 minShould I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 323: SPEEDTREE IS AI!!! (21/07/2025)Graham and Steve batten down the hatches for some more video game-related talky-talk, including the use of 'AI' in the new Everybody's Golf (and the 'nature' of this whole 'AI' malarky), the peaks and valleys of Deliver At All Costs, the interesting new XCOM-like Early Access title Every Day We Fight, and much more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 5:44 - Graham's Games 40:00 - Steve's Games 1:12:38 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Every Day We Fight Pioneers of Pagonia Split Fiction The Drifter Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream
2025-07-211h 15Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 322: No Fun Time (07/07/2025)Graham and Steve take time out of dimensional (and generical!)-hopping, bring tales of Microsoft's most recent layoffs, the upcoming games of July, the implications of 'artificial intelligence', and plenty more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro & News 19:30 - Steve's Games 51:30 - Graham's Games 58:00 - Upcoming Games for July 2025 1:11:15 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Split Fiction Sacre Bleu Tempest Rising Promise Mascot Agency Soulstone Survivors Skin Deep Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube ...
2025-07-071h 14Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 321: Lift Off! (23/06/2025)Graham and Steve countdown to blast off by running through some of the highlights of Not-E3 and the recent Steam Next Fest, the problem with game discoverability, and the played games of the last few weeks as well! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 3:38 - Graham's Games 49:39 - Steve's Games 1:23:33 - Summer Games Fest 2025 Review 1:53:56 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Hell Clock Life Below Stario: Haven Tower Town to City TerraTech Legion Rollick N' Roll Match & Mastery Formula Legends Modulus...
2025-06-231h 56Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 320: I Feel Bad For Officer No-Dad (02/06/2025)Steve and Graham hop back in the saddle, after a few weeks of real-lifin', to look at the incoming games of June, Steve's PC 'fun times', contrasting Deliver At All Costs and The Precinct, and plenty more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 09:07 - Steve's Games 41:38 - Graham's Games 1:26:54 - Upcoming Games for June 2025 1:33:04 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping The Precinct Deliver At All Costs South of Midnight Nice Day for Fishing Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 Tempest...
2025-06-021h 35Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 319: ihurtallover dot com (12/05/2025)Off the back of trips of different kinds, Graham and Steve see fit to talk about a number of games, being wrong about games of the past, and more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 4:45 - Graham's Games 39:50 - Steve's Games 55:15 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Satisfactory South of Midnight Nice Day for Fishing Spilled! Revenge of the Savage Planet AI Limit Assassin's Creed Shadows Peglin Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 StarVaders Doom Eternal Episode's YouTube Video:...
2025-05-1257 minShould I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 318: Driving Motorvation (28/04/2025)Graham and Steve are right back at it again, this time to talk about the upcoming games of note for May, the dangers of hidden origami butterflies, and a whole heap more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 2:38 - Steve's Games 29:17 - Graham's Games 32:55 - Upcoming Games for May 2025 59:31 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Satisfactory Wanderstop Assassin's Creed Shadows Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Spilled! Twilight Monk Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus Episode's YouTube Video:
2025-04-281h 01Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 317: Evil Is Bad! (14/04/2025)After renovations and real life got in the way, the boys are back to talk (more) Switch 2, the very concept of sin, the other Nintendo Direct that happened, and a whole lot more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro and Nintendo Switch 2 16:01 - Graham's Games 29:04 - Steve's Games 1:03:11 - Graham - Dust Raiders 1:09:02 - The Triple-i Initiative 2025 and Nintendo Switch Direct 1:14:55 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Dust Raiders Satisfactory Sintopia All Will Fall Nubby's Number Factory Wanderstop Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
2025-04-141h 16Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 316: And That's The Bottom Line! (24/03/2025)Austin 3:16 says to check out Graham and Steve coming together to conduct promos that address recording difficulties, the games of the last couple of weeks, and the upcoming games of note for April! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 00:56 - Steve's Games 17:10 - Graham's Games 26:35 - Upcoming Games for April 2025 40:25 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Mars Attracts Satisfactory Avowed Zombieville USA 3D Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 PGA Tour 2K25 Longvinter Tails of Iron II: Whiskers of Winter Sniper Elite: Resistance
2025-03-2444 minShould I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 315: Hol' Dat Pluffin! (10/03/2025)The boys are back in town (back in tooo-oooww-oowwn) to talk renovations, several forms of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, some of the demos of note from the latest Steam Next Fest, and the games of March that are worth looking forward to! Plus! Plenty more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 06:11 - Graham's Games 40:18 - Steve's Games 1:07:04 - Upcoming Games for March 2025 1:16:58 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Recharge Chains of Freedom Chip ‘n Clawz vs. The Brainioids Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown Creepy Redn...
2025-03-101h 19Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 314: Hate It When Buttons Don't Work! (17/02/2025)For the first regularly scheduled episode of the podcast for 2025, Graham and Steve convene to discuss the games of the last 8ish weeks, the most recent Sony State of Play, and a whole bunch more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 09:37 - Steve's Games 42:47 - Graham's Games 1:10:10 - Sony's February State of Play 1:18:55 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Satisfactory Lou's Lagoon Mini City: Mayhem Void Sols Wild Bastards Echo Point Nova Kill Knight Demon's Souls UFO 50 Into the Emberlands...
2025-02-171h 21Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG Game of the Year 2024 - Part 2And the final curtain on 2024 draws to a close, as Graham and Steve finish off establishing, definitively (in their opinion) what the best games of 2024 were! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro and Spoiler Warning 2:46 - Best Story/Writing 23:49 - Best Hand Feel 51:32 - Best New Character/NPC 1:16:51 - Best Campaign 1:29:25 - Graham and Steve's Top Ten 2:13:15 - Overall Top Ten 2:25:52 - Thanks for Watching and Outro Nominees: Best Story/Writing: The Plucky Squire Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden Tactical Breach Wizards Lil' Guardsman
2025-02-042h 28Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG Game of the Year 2024 - Part 1It's February! So what better time to reflect on 2024 and the games within, as Graham and Steve raise the curtain on the first half of the Game of the Year Spectacular! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro and Spoiler Warning 5:46 - Best Game We Didn't Get Time to Finish 11:47 - Best Noise 58:42 - Best New Thing 1:23:07 - Best Surprise 1:46:15 - Best Looking Nominees: Best Game We Didn't Get Time To Finish: Star Wars Outlaws Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Astro Bot Dragon Age: The Veilguard
2025-02-032h 19Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 313: Let Me Go To The Question Mark! (23/12/2024)For the last episode of 2024, Graham and Steve talk about, among other things, the The Game Awards (the announcements, the awards, and the 'position' it has in the industry), the impending games of January (of which there are some bangers coming!), and catching up for Game of the Year! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 2:31 - Graham's Games 17:09 - Steve's Games 54:05 - The 2024 Game Awards Review 1:12:17 - January 2025 Games 1:18:10 - Games we want to play for GotY 1:22:22 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Cat Quest III Indiana...
2024-12-231h 26Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 312: untitled (09/12/2024)Graham and Steve throwdown once again to talk about YET more controllers, what's been played over the last few weeks, and what December/the rest of the year brings! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 06:42 - Steve's Games 20:42 - Graham's Games 59:13 - December's Games 1:05:50 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Satisfactory I am Future Astro Bot The Thaumaturge Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Tactical Breach Wizards Black Myth: Wukong Crypt Custodian Balatro Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube
2024-12-091h 10Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 311: Scrappy Doo Yoshi (18/11/2024)Graham and Steve come together to 'Remember 311' on this, the 311th episode of the SIPTG podcast! Beyond tributes for terrible bands, there's new internet and controllers to talk about, as well the games played during the last couple of weeks as well! What a grand ol' time! #HeavenIsNOTaHalfpipe Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 16:55 - Graham's Games 35:16 - Steve's Games 53:05 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Satisfactory Magic Archery Sumerian Six Forge of the Fae I am Future Age of Mythology: Retold SteamWorld Heist...
2024-11-1854 minShould I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 310: They Took My Sauce! (04/11/2024)Steve and Graham spend some time cooking virtual marshmallows around the virtual campfire and reminisce about Nuketown, the fraughtness of using plastic-wrapped props on camera, the upcoming games of note for November, and plenty more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 07:00 - Graham's Games 12:08 - Steve's Games 54:07 - Beginning of the End 54:45 - November's Games Games Mentioned: Satisfactory The Plucky Squire Sumerian Six Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 SteamWorld Heist II Slash Quest! Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Shogun Showdown Gimmick! 2 House...
2024-11-041h 11Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 309: TBD...? TBD! (21/10/2024)Graham and Steve sit down, once again, to talk about games like Luma Island and Closer The Distance, the most recent Xbox Partner Preview, and plenty more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 01:52 - Graham's Games 18:39 - Steve's Games 1:04:42 - Xbox Partner Preview October 2024 1:10:57 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Satisfactory The Precinct Luma Island Cat Quest III Closer the Distance EcoGnomix Diplomacy is Not an Option Slash Quest! Cryptmaster Thronefall Vladik Brutal Hole io Shogun Showdown...
2024-10-211h 14Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 308: Old Man Hurties (07/10/2024)Graham and Steve sit down to discuss the Err game, the Microsoft and Sony 'shows' of the last couple of weeks, and everything else in between! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 06:15 - Steve's Games 46:57 - Graham's Games 1:02:02 - Xbox at TGS and Sony State of Play 1:15:30 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Satisfactory The Plucky Squire Nobody Wants to Die Anger Foot Fallen Leaf Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus Earl vs. the Mutants Super Dungeon Muncher Valley Peaks Dungeons...
2024-10-071h 17Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 307: Full-Screen Me (23/09/2024)The boys come back for some talk on the games of October, The Plucky Squire, how to (not) sound robotic, and other whimsical topics of the moment! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 2:30 - Graham's Games 26:48 - Steve's Games 1:10:50 - October's Games 1:26:02 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Satisfactory Sumerian Six The Plucky Squire Caravan SandWitch Anger Foot Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut Kaku: Ancient Seal Fallen Leaf Boons & Burdens The Sacred Acorn TerraScape Nobody Wants to Die
2024-09-231h 30Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 306: I Made That Happen (09/09/2024)Graham is back from businessin', so he and Steve link up for more podcast shenanigans! This time around, Steve's ability to will games into existence, sentient helicopters, and how to Mimimi when there isn't a Mimimi to Mimimi are just some of this week's special menu items of fun! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 09:35 - Steve's Games 32:40 - Graham's Games 01:10:01 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Satisfactory Star Wars Outlaws SteamWorld Heist II Sumerian Six Nine Sols Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut Rack and...
2024-09-091h 14Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 305: Always Check Your Backs-Ups, Kids (26/08/2024)Graham and Steve huddle up to strategise the coverage on Gamescom's ONL, the loss of (some) progress in Satisfactory, the upcoming games of note for September, and plenty more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 03:00 - Opening Night Live 23:30 - Graham's Games 39:08 - Steve's Games 58:20 - September's Games 1:08:43 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Sumerian Six Cat Quest III Satisfactory Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut Nine Sols Pan'orama Surmount: A Mountain Climbing Adventure Rack and Slay Fashion Police Squad Thymesia
2024-08-261h 12Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 304: Hell Of Piratical (12/08/2024)Graham is back from businessing, so that means the boys are back to talk new controllers, new (and slightly less new) games, and all other happenings of the last 3 weeks or so as well! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 01:29 - Steve's Games 41:29 - Graham's Games 1:14:03 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: The Crust Republic of Pirates SteamWorld Heist II Cat Quest III I am Future Tiny Terry's Turbo Trip Pan'orama Ghostware: Arena of the Dead Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut Nine...
2024-08-121h 21Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 303: "You're Playing It Wrong!" (22/07/2024)Graham and Steve sit down, once again, to talk about video/board game crossovers (and the playing thereof), the upcoming games of August, and the aftermath of Dragon's Dogma 2 (including how to play games 'right' and 'wrong', it would seem)! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 4:45 - Graham's Game 20:15 - Steve's Games 1:04:14 - Beginning of the End 1:04:45 - Upcoming Games for August Games Mentioned: Horizon Forbidden West Turbo Kid Guncho Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok Dragon's Dogma II Heading Out Tales of Kenzera: Zau...
2024-07-221h 22Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 302: Do A Flip And Take Me To Neo (08/07/2024)Graham and Steve come back together to discuss the Duck Detective (with some spoilers!), the impending 1.0 release (finally!) of Satisfactory, a brief review of the year 2024 in video games (so far), and a look at some of the bigger games still to come down the pipe! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 03:01 - Steve's Games - Part 1 14:35 - Duck Detective: The Secret Salami Spoiler Talk 36:58 - Steve's Games - Part 2 1:20:12 - Half Year Review 1:40:34 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Horizon Forbidden West Satisfactory Duck Detective: The...
2024-07-081h 46Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 301: I'm a Dumb-Dumb (24/06/2024)It's been a few weeks, but Steve is better and Graham is free(ish) of work requirements! The Boys look at Ubisoft and Nintendo's not-E3 presentations, tower defence (in 2024?!), and the games of July to look forward to! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 03:06 - Graham's Games - Part 1 14:59 - Steve's Games 54:57 - Graham's Games - Part 2 1:07:26 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Tower Factory Airborne Empire First Dwarf Horizon Forbidden West Satisfactory Captain of Industry Bang-On Balls: Chronicles Pooool Hexguardian...
2024-06-241h 25Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 300: Let Me Tell You About My Secret Salami (27/05/2024)Graham, Steve, and a very special guest convene for the 300th episode of the SIPTG podcast to talk about the state of Destiny and Bungie, the upcoming games of June, and what the boys have been up to for the last few weeks! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 01:05 - It's Mike! 06:37 - Balatro and Destiny 2 with Mike 22:08 - Steve's Games 1:01:58 - Graham's Games 1:17:29 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Manor Lords I am Future Dave the Diver Duck Detective: The Secret Salami Turbo Golf...
2024-05-271h 33Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 299: It's Gonna Be May (13/05/2024)Graham and Steve channel their inner Justin Timberlake this week on the SIPTG podcast, looking at some of the games of note for the rest of May, Sony's Helldivers fiasco, and the state of the video game industry in the wake of yet more studio closures! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 2:46 - Graham's Games 19:49 - Steve's Games 42:42 - Helldivers 2 and State of Gaming Industry 1:28:58 - Beginning of the End (including May releases) Games Mentioned: Horizon Forbidden West Satisfactory Harold Halibut Manor Lords Lightyear Frontier Banishers...
2024-05-131h 36Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 298: Numb3rs Didn't Help... At All! (22/04/2024)Following another hospital adventure, Steve and Graham contemplate how mini-golf works in four dimensions, how weapon durability should actually work, how boating around a post-apocalypse could have possibly gone wrong, and quite a bit more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 06:55 - Steve's Games 59:13 - Graham's Games 1:16:51 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: SteamWorld Heist No Rest for the Wicked Satisfactory Horizon Forbidden West Slavania Sker Ritual Bzzzt Balatro Ufouria: The Saga 2 Highwater Pesticide Not Required 4D Golf Cricket...
2024-04-221h 23Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 297: Mechs Fall Down Real Good (08/04/2024)Steve and Graham are back to cavorting in front of their computers to talk about manic criminality, building and farming in a mech, the games to come in April, and plenty more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 5:08 - Graham's Games 46:40 - Steve's Games 1:11:30 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Super Video Golf Maniac Satisfactory Horizon Forbidden West Lightyear Frontier Super Video Golf Balatro Lightyear Frontier Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden Stellar Blade Doronko Wanko Pesticide Not Required Anomaly...
2024-04-081h 26Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 296: Action Corpse (18/03/2024)Steve and Graham are back at it again, talkin' about all things hittin' stuff, driving post-apocalyptic station wagons, and dwarf mining! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 1:37 - Graham's Games 33:57 - Steve's Games 1:02:38 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Satisfactory Sea of Stars The Talos Principle II Last Epoch Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Wrath: Aeon of Ruin Balatro Pacific Drive Bore Blasters Minami Lane Episode's YouTube Video: Watch this episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel:
2024-03-181h 05Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 295: Full Anime (04/03/2024)Graham and Steve return from Persia to talk about the upcoming games of March, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, and more, with some Must Listens thrown in for good measure! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 3:26 - Graham's Games 49:14 - Steve's Games 59:58 - Beginning of the End (March releases discussion) Games Mentioned: A Plague Tale: Requiem Sea of Stars The Talos Principle II Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown I am Future Tekken 8 Islets Sky Settlers Balatro Lost Castle Prince of...
2024-03-041h 17Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 294: The Puzzle... (Again) (19/02/2024)Graham and Steve sit back down to chit-chat about the games they've played over the last couple of weeks, the (sometimes) pedantic intricacies of vMix, and the Super Bowl! Go segues! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 4:10 - Steve's Games 35:22 - Graham's Games 59:09 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: The Talos Principle II Lightyear Frontier Skull and Bones Phantom Abyss Helldivers: Dive Harder Tekken 8 Anomaly Agent Lil' Guardsman WitchHand Industria Islets Hawked Episode's YouTube Video: This episode...
2024-02-191h 04Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 293: The Puzzle... (05/02/2024)Graham and Steve return for the 2024 season to spit game on more friendly piracy, puzzles, the games of February 2024, what Steve did in his holidays, and the Super Bowl! That, plus a range of vMix fun and games as well! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 3:25 - Graham's Games 36:52 - Steve's Games 1:04:45 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: The Talos Principle II Sea of Thieves Remedium: Sentinels Side Scape El Paso, Elsewhere Super Mario RPG Valfaris: Mecha Therion Tevi Stop Dead The...
2024-02-051h 17Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG Game of the Year 2023 - Part 2SIPTG's GOTY concludes in this, the dramatic second part! What games told the best story? What played the best? What game had the best campaign? What were the best moments? Can Batman save Robin from the cruel twist of fate that has befallen him? And what were the best games overall? Find out! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro and Spoiler Warning 2:17 - Best Story/Writing 41:24 - Best Hand Feel 1:03:00 - Best New Character/NPC 1:28:33 - Best Campaign 2:02:25 - Best Moment/Mission 2:57:07 - Steve's Top Ten 3:00:38 - Graham's Top Ten 3:06:09...
2024-01-313h 17Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG: Game of the Year 2023 - Part 1 (29/01/2024)Graham and Steve return for 2024 to reflect on 2023 in the first part of SIPTG's Game of the Year! What game had the best noise? Looked the best? Was the best surprise? Was the best new thing? Or was the best game not completed? And what was Steve's music of the year? Find out! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro and Spoiler Warning 07:38 - Best Game We Didn't Get Time To Finish 27:15 - Best Noise 1:13:05 - Best New Thing 1:26:25 - Best Surprise 1:55:24 - Best Looking Game 2:29:58 - Steve's EP of the Year 2:32:15...
2024-01-292h 37Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 292: Get 'Down With The Sickness' (11/12/2023)Steve and a sickly Graham meet up for talking time about Steamworld Build, how to podcast when you're sick, The Game Awards, the games the boys want to catch up on for GOTY, and some of the new releases of early 2024! And also how bad Disturbed are... Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 3:03 - Graham's Games 20:23 - Steve's Games 31:12 - Beginning of the End 31:31 - The Video Games Awards 50:08 - Games Trying to Play for 2023 GotY Games Mentioned: The Talos Principle II SteamWorld Build Sea of Stars...
2023-12-111h 13Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 291: It's Fine... (27/11/2023)Steve and Graham find time between cable management and movie-film watching to spit game on streaming services, My Time At Sandrock, Beasts on Cassettes, and plenty more. Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 2:13 - Graham's Games 33:10 - Graham's Watching 39:25 - Australian Streaming Services Chat 50:39 - Back from the Break 51:16 - Steve's Games 1:15:10 - Steve's Watching 1:24:27 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: My Time at Sandrock The Talos Principle II American Arcadia Jagged Alliance 3 Gubbins Lunacid Cassette Beasts Straya Super...
2023-11-271h 28Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 290: Inconvenient (13/11/2023)Graham and Steve get on to the ol' chit-chat about busted videos, The Talos Principle 2, headset (battery) death, and plenty more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 12:14 - Steve's Games 38:40 - Graham's Games 53:58 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: The Talos Principle II Cities: Skylines II My Time at Sandrock A Tiny Sticker Tale Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Super Mario Bros. Wonder Patch Quest Farlight 84 Alien: Isolation Jagged Alliance 3 Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube SIPTG...
2023-11-1358 minShould I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 289: Functor (30/10/2023)Steve and Graham are back for more frivolity to discuss Cities Skylines 2, technical difficulties, and the upcoming releases of November, with some Must Listens sprinkled on top! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 04:15 - Graham's Games 55:46 - Steve's Games 1:27:04 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Assassin's Creed Mirage Cities: Skylines II Cocoon Sea of Stars Mortal Kombat 1 Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Subpar Pool Par for the Dungeon Lapin Alien: Isolation Hexarchy Episode's YouTube Video SIPTG YouTube...
2023-10-301h 49Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 288: Bryan Brown's Son (16/10/2023)Graham and Steve once again convene for matters of great import, be it Mortal Kombat 1's issues, (some of) the demos of the Steam Next Fest, and Graham's trip to see Mike (and go to PAX Australia)! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 2:15 - Steve's Games 38:28 - Graham's Games 58:45 - Games Played at PAX Australia 1:18:30 - PAX Australia 1:42:35 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Bilkins' Folly Assassin's Creed Mirage The Talos Principle II The Drifter Viewfinder Turbo Overkill Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor...
2023-10-161h 45Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 287: Post-2Pacalypse Straya (25/09/2023)Graham and Steve are back in the saddle to cover the shambolic changes announced by Unity, the demo for Broken Roads, changes coming to Jagged Alliance 3, October's most promising releases, and plenty more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 07:34 - Graham's Games 36:32 - Steve's Games 1:03:04 - Beginning of the End (including Unity Runtime fee debacle) Games Mentioned: Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew Broken Roads Highrise City Jagged Alliance 3 Dave the Diver Viewfinder Bloodhound Rings of Saturn Lunistice Episode's YouTube Video: https...
2023-09-251h 58Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 286: Piratised! (11/09/2023)The boys are finally back in (virtual) town! A LOT of games to talk about this time, as the boys rap about the 4-5 weeks worth of games played, some announced release dates, and some studio closures that have taken place. Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 4:04 - Steve's Games 36:02 - Graham's Games 1:06:29 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Starfield F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew Gravity Circuit Warstride Challenges Nuclear Blaze Jagged Alliance 3 Dave the Diver
2023-09-111h 23Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 285: *Silent Choo Choo* (07/08/2023)Steve and Graham (and briefly, a surprise guest) get all Evo'd up this week, while also looking at Viewfinder, the recent Diablo seasonal mess, and some of the more interesting games of August! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 09:38 - Graham's Games 41:15 - Steve's Games 01:06:56 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Viewfinder Puzzle Quest 3 Dredge Diablo IV Street Fighter 6 Resident Evil 4 Showgunners Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2023-08-071h 20Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 284: The Ally is a good ally (17/07/2023)Graham and a hooded, shadowy figure hash out Diablo 4's end game, the narrative of Ixion, and plenty more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 3:29 - Steve's Games 25:24 - Travelling with ASUS ROG Ally + Dredge 34:27 - Graham's Other Games 56:46 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Ixion Dredge Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun Street Fighter 6 Diablo IV Oxenfree Miasma Chronicles Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2023-07-171h 02Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 283: Ranking Up My Luke (03/07/2023)Graham and Steve catch up to respectfully converse about the last 4 or 5 weeks worth of games played, before looking ahead to the video game releases of July! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 04:00 - Graham's Games 24:35 - Steve's Games 53:18 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Diablo IV New Cycle Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew Gord Above Snakes Pile Up! Roots of Pacha Ixion Protodroid DeLTA Desta: The Memories Between Street Fighter 6 20 Minutes Till Dawn Project Lazarus Brotato...
2023-07-031h 08Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG: 2023 Non E3 Review (19/06/2023)Steve and Graham take a look over the reveals and announcements of this year's non-E3, including the Summer Game Fest, Microsoft Showcase, and Ubisoft Forward! Show Segments: 00:00 - Steve and His Appendix 05:39 - Summer Games Fest 30:15 - Xbox Games Showcase 57:23 - Ubisoft Forward 2023 1:10:25 - Other shows and Final Thoughts 1:28:10 - Beginning of the End Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2023-06-191h 30Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 282: #family (29/05/2023)Graham and Steve approach the starting line to discuss Sony's Showcase, the games of June, and the games of the last couple of weeks! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 02:11 - Graham's Games 26:29 - Steve's Games 52:00 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Humanity Planet of Lana Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun Dead Space Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Street Fighter 6 Hrot Desta: The Memories Between Elypse Sunshine Shuffle Protodroid Delta Apex Legends Kotaku : Everything At Sony's Big Hour-Long PlayStation...
2023-05-291h 22Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 281: About To Be King Evan (15/05/2023)The boys gather 'round the internet campfire for talk of Ni No Kuni 2's story, balancing in Apex Legends, the recent spate of poor PC releases, and how game reviews can or should address busted games. Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 01:29 - Steve's Games 23:34 - Graham's Games Part 1 25:47 - Ni No Kuni Story Spoilers 39:11 - Graham's Games Part 2 54:10 - Broken PC Releases and Gaming Reviews 01:18:06 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom Ravenlok Dead Space Apex Legends Combat...
2023-05-151h 21Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 280: Angular or Angler? (24/04/2023)Graham and Steve come back together to talk all things fishing, game art, and new acquisitions, among other things, along with a quick look over May's releases! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 03:07 - Graham's Games 06:30 - Dredge 17:35 - Steve's Games 31:20 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Dredge Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom Tron Identity Bloodhound: First Day In Hell Golfinite Relic Hunters Legend Dead Space Lone Fungus Wildfrost Apex Legends Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech...
2023-04-2444 minShould I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 279: Fade to Black (10/04/2023)The boys are continuing to learn vMix this week, while also talking shop about New Caledonian collectibles, E3, and Satisfactory's move to UE5! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 4:43 - Steve's Games 24:16 - Tchia 38:30 - Graham's Games 47:30 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Tchia Figment Anno 2205 Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom Have a Nice Death Uragun The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog FIFA 23 EA Sports PGA Tour Dredge Blacktail What the Golf? Forza Horizon 5 Star Wars...
2023-04-101h 05Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 278: Pre-Orders and KFC (27/03/2023)Graham and Steve meet up in a Blizzard-y forest to talk all about the Diablo 4 open beta, the newest nominees for the Video Game Hall of Fame, and a new Lego driving game, among other items of business! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 03:26 - Graham's Games 33:14 - Steve's Games 51:23 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Diablo IV Satisfactory The Settlers: New Allies Figment 2: Creed Valley Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles Desperados III Marvel Snap Forza Horizon 5 What the Golf? Apex Legends Steelborn
2023-03-271h 12Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 277: The Ultimate Turtle (13/03/2023)Graham and Steve reconvene to talk more about The Settlers, dabbling when you don't know what to play next, some Paradox and Capcom announcements, and more nonsense from the MS/ABK merger! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 03:14 - Steve's Games 19:44 - Graham's Games 48:42 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Satisfactory The Settlers: New Allies Transport Fever 2: Console Edition Hi-Fi Rush Elden Ring Marvel Snap Hitman World of Assassination Dragon Quest Builders 2 Assassin's Creed Valhalla Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Red Dead Redemption 2...
2023-03-131h 06Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 276: Make Donkeys From Wheat (27/02/2023)The boys are back, yet again, for talk of Humanity, Valve's sale fest schedule, and some of the most anticipated games of the year of 2023 Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 03:41 - Graham's Games 31:07 - Steve's Games 48:59 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Satisfactory Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition Planet of Lana Plan B: Terraform Exogate Initiative Oxygen Builders of Greece Cybertown Humanity The Settlers: New Allies Elden Ring Marvel Snap Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order A...
2023-02-271h 19Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 275: Onomatopoeia (6/02/2023)In this GOTY supplemental episode, the boys look at some of the games that they didn't include in the GOTY list for considerations and the other games, both of 2023 and otherwise, that they've been playing! 00:00 - Intro 01:34 - Steve's 2022 Non GotY Games 20:20 - Graham's 2022 Non GotY Games 34:15 - Steve's Games for this Week 48:20 - Graham's Games for this Week 1:12:14 - Outro (without the music, opps!)
2023-02-061h 13Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG - Game of the Year 2022The Boys run through many of their big and notable 2022 games, as well as the best music and best YouTube channels of 2022, for the annual SIPTG Game of the Year messtravaganza! 00:00 - Intro 03:52 - Non 2022 Games 28:05 - 2022 Games (January to April) 1:28:33 - Steve's Album of the Year 1:34:28 - 2022 Games (May to August) 2:18:39 - Graham's YouTube Channel of the Year 2:27:14 - 2022 Games (September to December) 2:59:13 - Steve's Top Ten 3:00:10 - Outro Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2023-01-303h 05Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 274: True-NAS Yo! (31/12/2023)Ya boyz are back in the buildin'! With Graham back in tip-top, fighting shape, the boys reconvene to talk about spending money, cowboy XCOM, and some of the bigger games of calendar Q1, 2023! Because that's the way it's gonna be little darlin'! Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2022-12-311h 42Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 273: Hur-Hur More-On (12/09/2022)With two events, two delays, and a whole bunch of new games played, the boys have a bunch to talk about! Join them while they do just that! Intro and Games: -> 1h3m6s Beginning of the End: 1h3m6s -> Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1274 Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2022-09-161h 21Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 272: Fast Food Horizon (29/08/2022)Gamescom has happened, so there be games to talk about! The boys also converse over PlayStation price rises, some more delays, and more! Intro and Games: -> 1h17m2s Beginning of the End: 1h17m2s -> Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1271 Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2022-08-291h 22Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 271: FOOTAY! (15/08/2022)Graham comes back from a business trip and Steve comes back from the 'Rona - all to talk about Evo 2022, more game delays, unexpected game showcases, and more! Intro and Games: -> 30m56s Beginning of the End: 30m56s -> Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1267 Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2022-08-1547 minShould I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 270: Enjoy Your Gaming (25/07/2022)Graham and Steve riff on the retirement of Vince McMahon, the new trailer for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, happenings in the FIFA and Ubisoft realms, and what they've played for the last couple of weeks! Also: what's coming up release-wise for the next month or so? Tune in to find out! Intro and Games: -> Beginning of the End: -> Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=0 Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2022-07-251h 13Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 269: hehehe (11/07/2022)With almost 2 months of games played to talk about, and some game release news to tack on, the boys have quite a bit to talk about! Won't you join them? Intro and Games: -> 50m4s Beginning of the End: 50m4s -> Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1261 Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2022-07-111h 10Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG Special : Day One Game Pass - The E3/not-E3/Keigh-3 Review Part 2 (27/06/2022)In Part 2 of our review of Keigh-3, the boys look at Microsoft's showcase, some highlights of the PC Gaming Show, and some of the games not at Keigh-3! Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1258 Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2022-06-271h 10Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG Special : Truman Shoe - The E3/not-E3/Keigh-3 Review Part 1 (13/06/2022)10 streams from Keigh-3 have been strummed already, so the boys are going to go through them, pointing out personal highlights from them all, while also trying to soak up some of the leakages that have dripped for the other shows slated. Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1255 Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2022-06-131h 54Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG Special : E3 2022 Preview - Wu-Tang. For The Kids. (06/06/2022)With the bulk of Geoff Keighley's 'E3' on the very near horizon, Graham and Steve take a punt at predicting the two main shows, and also run down Sony's most recent State of Play. From the reasonable to the ridiculous, what do the boys think is coming? Find out! Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1253 Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2022-06-061h 45Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 265: Maximum Dark (16/05/2022)In the time between Steve getting COVID tested and the result coming back, the boys talk buying PC parts, the trolley problem, delays, some Squares being Embraced, and a whole heap more! Intro and Games: -> 36m17s Beginning of the End: 36m17s -> Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1247 Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2022-05-161h 04Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 264: Disparation (18/04/2022)After more than a few weeks off, the boys are back to talk about hockey (eh), the games of the last 6 weeks, and the games of the next month and a half! Intro and Games: -> 49m9s Beginning of the End: 49m9s -> Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1244 Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2022-04-1859 minShould I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 263: Adult Colouring Book (14/03/2022)What do you do when you don't feel like doing anything? Listen to us talk about games! The boys look at March in video games, the latest State of Play, and what else to do when you feel like playing nothing at all... Nothing at all... Nothing at all... Intro and Games: -> 34m24s Beginning of the End: 34m24s -> Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1241 Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2022-03-1453 minShould I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 262: Synergise Your Patches (21/02/2022)A definite West coast bias on this week's SIPTG podcast, as Graham heads to the Forbidden West (Forever!) and the Super Bowl half-time show is discussed. There's also plant mysteries, Nintendo directs, and plenty more to talk about! Intro and Games: -> 41m19s Beginning of the End: 41m19s -> Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1238 Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2022-02-211h 00Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 261: Niccce… (31/01/2022)It's the first regular episode of the year, and there's a bunch of news to talk about! It's largely centered on a certain acquisition of a certain company by another certain company, but still... NEWS! Intro and Games: -> 1h20m23s Beginning of the End: 1h20m23s -> Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1234 Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2022-02-011h 35Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG Special : Game of the Year 2021 (24/01/2022)In the only awards show in video games that matters, the boys run through what the best of 2021 was! Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1232 Steve's Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6HaVMykUnCqHdldsQp2ZDU?si=fe51ee25ac6b4892 Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2022-01-243h 01Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 260: Hooray for Capitalism! (20/12/2021)It's the final episode of the year! Graham and Steve talk about The Game Awards, Nintendo's newest video presentation, more digging holes, finding out why people are so jazzed about Inscryption, and what their GOTY backlogs look like! Intro and Games: -> 49m47s Beginning of the End: 49m47s -> Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1228 Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2021-12-201h 09Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 259: PlayStation Plus Plus (06/12/2021)The boys are back in town, penultimately, to discuss the PS5, Sony trying to go at Game Pass (maybe?), getting further into Far Cry 6, some Keighley's drama, and trademark shenanigans. Intro and Games: -> 53m57s Beginning of the End: 53m57s -> Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1225 Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2021-12-061h 24Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 258: Flamboyant Potato (22/11/2021)Are pineapples really just flamboyant potatoes? Is Guardians of the Galaxy actually good? Is 12 Minutes seriously nominated for a Keighley? These questions, and many more, are answered this week on the SIPTG podcast!‬ Intro and Games: -> 59m41s Beginning of the End: 59m41s -> Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1220 Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2021-11-221h 17Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 257: Its one of those (18/10/2021)After a few weeks off, and Steve being back at work, the boys talk about everything they've played! Some nearly 40 games are discussed, and you know what they say: quantity, not quality! Right? Is that how that goes?‬ Intro and Games: -> 1h48s Beginning of the End: 1h48s -> Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1216 Music by Kevin MacLeod:
2021-10-191h 06Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 256: Saxxxy Death Metal (27/09/2021)The boys return from another unintended break to talk about Nintendo's and Sony's latest 'Directs', pretty new games played, Graham's MiSTER, and even a few new must listens! Intro and Games: -> 1h9m9s Beginning of the End: 1h9m9s -> Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1212 Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2021-09-271h 17Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 255: Lego Shouldn't Talk (06/09/2021)Ya dudes is back! After real-life/work shenanigans got in the way for the last couple of weeks, the boys talk about what they've played, touch on the Keighly show, and look at September and October's big games releases! Intro and Games: -> 47m7s Beginning of the End: 47m7s -> Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1209 Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2021-09-061h 07Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 254: Big Beta Weekend (16/08/2021)We're back, talking about what we've played since the last time we talked about what we'd played since the last we'd talked about what we'd played. A whole lot of games and a whole lot of opinions on those games! Intro and Games: -> 1h21m53s Beginning of the End: 1h21m53s -> Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1205 Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2021-08-161h 30Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 253: Mr MiSTer (27/07/2021)The boys get back together for the first time in a while to look at what's been done in the last 4 weeks! The MiSTer, the Olympics, and the massive list of games played are among some of what is discussed, with some Switch and Steam news hits mixed in too! Intro and Games: -> 1h41m55s Beginning of the End: 1h41m55s -> Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1202 Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2021-07-271h 59Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 252: CSI Remaster (28/06/2021)In the continued spirit of experimentation, Graham and Steve play golf and talk about games! The boys run through what they've played and watched over the last few weeks, and the games to come this Winter! Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1198 Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2021-06-281h 48Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG Special : Sad Panda: The E3 Review 2021 (21/06/2021)Graham and Steve run through the most interesting announcements from the last week and a half, including Microsoft's, Ubisoft's, and Nintendo's shows, and a whole bunch more! Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1187 Sources used during the episode: Xbox & Bethesda E3 Showcase Announcements (GameSpot) Ubisoft Forward at E3 2021: Every Announcement and Reveal (IGN) Nintendo Direct at E3 2021: Everything Announced (IGN) Square Enix at E3 2021: Everything Announced (IGN) Everything Announced During E3 2021's Day Of The Devs (Kotaku) Here are the 70+ games sh...
2021-06-212h 19Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG Special : JD Panda and the 2021 E3 Preview (07/06/2021)The boys look ahead to the biggest news period of the year for video games and try to predict what we'll see and be shown by a number of big companies, such as Microsoft, Nintendo, Take-Two, and plenty more Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1183 Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2021-06-072h 39Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 251: Drop Bear Party (24/05/2021)With the week's bigger news items being more political in nature, the boys choose to focus more on the positives... by talking about the most negative part of Immortals. But! There's talk of Biomutant, the NBA playoffs, Mortal Kombat. and more! Intro and Games: -> 45m15s Beginning of the End: 45m15s -> Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1180 Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2021-05-241h 02Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 250: Accidental MiSTer (10/05/2021)With little in the way of news to discuss, Graham and Steve perform an audit of the first trimester of 2021 and the video games within! There's also a look at calendar Q2's releases, a brief look at the MiSTer project, and the definition of a '2021' game! Intro and Games: -> 39m16s News: 39m16s -> 1h2m31s Beginning of the End: 1h2m31s -> Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1177 Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2021-05-101h 23Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 249: Dirt Diamonds (19/04/2021)What will become of E3? What games will be shown at E3? What is the state of Graham's Satis-factory? And what the hell is Sony actually trying to do? These questions, and many more, are answered on this week's episode! Intro and Games: -> 38m55s News: 38m55s -> 1h42m17s Beginning of the End: 1h42m17s -> Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1174 Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2021-04-191h 45Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 248: No Man (05/04/2021)Graham and Steve explore the potential pitfalls of digital ownership rights in the wake of Sony closing their legacy platforms' storefronts. They also riff on monster fights, the Mortal Kombat movies, being a Viking, and much, much more. Intro and Games: -> 55m13s News: 55m13s -> 1h27m7s Beginning of the End: 1h27m7s -> Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1171 Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2021-04-051h 40Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 247: Hardcore Parkour (22/03/2021)Some format changes and some scheduling tweaks are incoming for the boys this week! Talk of digital pricing, awful fans, and Australia's classification system largely dominates discussion, but there's still room for 400 vocalists, Godzilla, and 'live' Amazon purchases as well! Intro and Games: -> 29m3s News: 29m3s -> 1h7m35s Beginning of the End: 1h7m35s -> Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1168 Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2021-03-221h 28Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 246: The Schreiering (15/03/2021)In an episode bitten the technical issues bug, the boys look at Outriders, being a space idiot, and one of the worst movies humanity has ever created (as well as Steve's plan to fall farther down the hole of terrible movies) Also: Microsoft now owns Bethesda, the fiasco around The Sinking City, politics in Fallujah, and the next Must Listen of 2021! Intro and Games: -> 27m49s News: 27m49s -> 1h24m15s Beginning of the End: 1h24m15s -> Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1164 Music by...
2021-03-151h 26Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 245: The Llamanati! (01/03/2021)Steve and Graham do their best to fight off the stupid this week, as the *sigh* Llamanati has infiltrated the video game world and given us news of the rumoured cancellation of the physical version of E3, the confirmed cancellation of Anthem NEXT, delays to a number of other titles, and a whole bunch of Sony news! Intro and Games: -> 24m23s News: 24m23s -> 1h5m43s Beginning of the End: 1h5m43s -> Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1160 Music by Kevin MacLeod: ht...
2021-03-011h 10Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 244: Choo choo! (22/02/2021)It happened! Steve's PC is finally built! Bet you can't guess what he's played on it... Also, Graham gets all Cpt. Holt with his love for trains, Blizzard & Nintendo announce some stuff, more stupid Epic business, more stupid Stadia business, and just more! Intro and Games: -> 22m53s News: 22m53s -> 1h22m59s Beginning of the End: 1h22m59s -> Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1157 Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2021-02-221h 26Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 243: F-Dub-Pees (15/02/2021)As Steve bemoans the firstest of first world problems, and Graham roams the Wildlands, there's also E3 rumblings, CD Projekt hacks, a kind-of-Epic Games Showcase, the return of Six Days in Fallujah, not-so-much 'changes' to Ubisoft's business model, and plenty more to pontificate over! #wordplay Intro and Games: -> 24m54s News: 24m54s -> 1h26m11s Beginning of the End: 1h26m11s -> Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1152 Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2021-02-151h 27Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 242: Catch-It-Ted-Ness (08/02/2021)A new week cometh, bringing some unexpected lockdown and magazine talk, as well as news on the upcoming Mass Effect Legendary Edition, Valve getting busted, Gearbox getting acquired, and the Prince getting delayed. All of this, plus the usual banter! What fun! Intro and Games: -> 42m17s News: 42m17s -> 1h24m33s Beginning of the End: 1h24m33s -> Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1150 Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
2021-02-081h 30Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG 241: Mech Dude (01/02/2021)A new year, some new games, and at least one crazy news story to welcome the boys back to a first step towards a regular routine! Beyond a deep dive on the GameStop , the boys look at Lucasfilm's re-entrance in the games industry, 2020 in dollaridoos, and a quick look at the year to come in video game releases! Intro and Games: -> 34m48s News: 34m48s -> 1h21m4s Beginning of the End: 1h21m4s -> Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1145 Music by Kevin MacLeod:
2021-02-011h 33Should I Play This Game PodcastSIPTG : Game of the Year 2020 (25/01/2021)The boys are back for a new year, but, as always, before you can move forward... You need to look back upon whence you came! So before digging into 2021 and all of it's news and games, the boys must hand out some of the most prestigious awards in gaming media! Find out who won what in the SIPTG GOTY spectacular! Full Episode Notes: http://shouldiplaythisgame.com/?p=1132 Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
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