If you can't read, write, or type, then this game may be just what you need! Chris and Ashley take on the challenge to play more than ten minutes of what, even by the standards of its day, must surely have been a tedious and uninspired attempt to gamify the art of typing. Why has Chris done this, we hear you ask! Well listen along and find out!

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We roll with the punches this week in our first PlayStation 2 title, 2005's We Love Katamari! This game where you control a little guy rolling things up into a ball that gets progressively larger, it got Ashley through the hangover after his eighteenth birthday. Join us as we ramble on about this special time, self-consciously wacky games and a very unusual console with a crank.

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If you're looking to beat Nintendo at their own game, they say you can't go too far wrong inviting Mickey Mouse along to help you. That's exactly what happened with the Sega Mega Drive in 1990. It might not have been Mickey's first foray into video games, but it's certainly considered one of his best. To mark the release of Illusion Island this week, we go back to where it all began in Castle of Illusion. Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please:

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In stark contrast to last week's dirt-laden bloodfest, we are taking a look at the cosiest of cosy cleaning games, Chibi-Robo! A proper gem on the Nintendo GameCube, the player stars as the titular robot, tasked with cleaning up the house and straightening out the lives of the Sandersons along the way. Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please:

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Who wants Worms? Because we've got plenty this week, and they're the most disposable kind! Yes, Team 17's seminal annelid death simulator is under the microscope and we're digging down deep into what makes this particular patch of dirt tick. Come join us for a cosy, slightly squishy, and very explosive chat! Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please:

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Link's at it again, but this time, he's got company! And a prosthetic arm. Is it prosthetic? Grafted? Yeah, let's go with that. A posse and a grafted arm. And batteries! Can't forget the batteries. Oh, and the Kinder(TM) Surprise(TM?) capsules full of useful goodies to build a whole fleet of ridiculous contraptions. Is that it? Of course it isn't! There's so much more to talk about with Tears of the Kingdom, and Chris and Ashley do just that in this week's episode. Come give it a listen!

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We journey way back to 1977 this week to visit Zork, a text-based adventure game that laid the foundations for what the adventure genre evolved into. With nowt but white writing to fuel our imagination, will Zork be a corker or will it make us balk?  Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please:

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Are you looking for the kindest characters in gaming? Well, look no further than Undertale! Despite its pixel art aesthetic and comical chops, this experience manages to offer some of the most well-rounded characters in gaming, along with gameplay that subverts the usual tropes. Come join us for our first forays into the Underground!

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A game based on the story of the Old Testament's Noah might not float everybody's boat at first contact but, far from sinking like a stone, Chris and Ashley find a lot in this NES platformer  to keep the conversation buoyant. Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please:

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Chris takes Ashley to the World of Balance this week for Final Fantasy VI, a sprawling sprite-filled SNES sensation that Chris played as a PlayStation port instead of the original. Its steampunk sensibilities and cracking gameplay mean it's incredibly well-regarded by critics and fans alike so we were really buzzed to try it - find out how we got on!

Chris mentioned a Kotaku retrospective during the second half, which highlights some particular moments - click here to read it: https://kotaku.com/final-fantasy-vi-retrospective-simply-the-best-1792398695

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This week, Chris and Ashley hit the wall with Incredible Crash Dummies, a game that was inexplicably part of a much larger cross-media franchise that people were apparently buying enough of to make a game of it. People aren't really talking about it anymore. Find out why on this week's episode!

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Have you ever wanted to be a horde of monkeys trained to take out any and all balloons that float by using absurdly accurate dart-throwing skills? Haven't we all wanted to be that at some point? Well Bloons Tower Defense lets us all fulfil that very widespread power fantasy, and then some! But how does it rate? Listen in to find out!

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Ashley has been enjoying Rayman Origins of late, so he takes Chris down memory lane to see the second game in the series - 1999's Rayman 2. A 3D platformer starring the little chap with no limbs, this game was very well received 'pon release. Listen in to see how it holds up!

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At the same time as he was putting the glad in Gladiator, Disney's Hercules was also attempting to put the play in PlayStation! This week, Chris and Ashley venture back to Ancient Greece to see how well Hercules, Phil, Meg and the rest fare at doing just that!

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We're going back to the roots of a gaming giant this week as we take a look at Game and Watch Gallery Advance on the Game Boy Advance. A celebration of all things Game and Watch, this compilation of both classic and modern takes on the earliest Nintendo games is a feast for anyone interested in the history of gaming. But is it fun too? Join us to find out!

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Crash Bandicoot did a lot of things, not least of which was catapulting a little-known mammalian specimen from relative obscurity to the height of ubiquity, as well as racking up a full-blown trilogy in a little over two heady years in the mid-90s. We're looking at the third in the triumvirate, to answer the questions. 'Why, though?', 'what's it like to play now?', and, 'just what is a bandicoot?' Listen in to find out! Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please:

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This week, Chris and Ashley delve into the world of the shadow dancer in Shinobi III: Return of the Master Ninja, a game that sees you don the socks of one Joe Musashi in order to take on the criminal underworld. Fittingly, this is both the third in the main line of Shinobi games, and the third in Ashley's own personal trilogy of martial art games. Does it deserve its place in the pantheon of great fighting platformers? Listen in to find out!

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Join us for an adventure into the futuristic world of Omikron: The Nomad Soul. Developed by Quantic Dream, this adventure-third person-open world hybrid was regarded as ambitious upon release in 1999 and is most famous as 'this game where David Bowie pops up'. Listen in as we see what it's all about!

Note: Ashley's audio isn't great in the second half due to a technical issue!

The Edge Online article about the making of this game, mentioned by Chris in this episode, can be found here.

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In this week's episode, Ashley and Chris take on the role of a super-villain with Evil Genius, the 2004 strategy game from Rebellion. With base-building, minion-training, and trap-setting, our hosts navigate the complexities of running a secret underground lair while fending off meddling agents and rival villains. Join us as we explore the ins and outs of being a world-class evildoer and decide whether Evil Genius deserves a spot in your game collection.

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For weeks now, Ashley has been up to his eyeballs in dirt and grime, cleaning up after God knows who after they've done God knows what, with no idea how any of it got halfway close to as dirty as it is. Power Wash Simulator isn't the game most people want, but it's very definitely the game most people deserve, and in the best possible way. Listen now to find out why! Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please:

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Chris and Ashley are going deep into the depths this week with everybody's favourite aquatic espionage expert, James Pond. The mudskipping super-spy sets out on his first adventure to try and tackle everything from pollution to poaching, overfishing to eco-terrorism. You wouldn't think it, but Underwater Agent is packed chock-full with 'issues'. But is it any good? Listen in to find out!

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Chris and Ashley saddle up and ride out on the red planet with a trio of muscular mice men this week in the Super Nintendo's Biker Mice From Mars! It's an isometric racer with more in common with Micro Machines than you might expect, and definitely a breath of fresh air in the saturated 90s Saturday morning cartoon game adaptation market. What makes it so? Tune in to find out!

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Avast ye scallywags! In this week's episode, Ashley and Chris set sail on a perilous journey with the one and only Guybrush Threepwood in The Curse of Monkey Island. From trading witty pirate insults to engaging in epic sword fights with undead skeletons, this game has it all. Discover the secrets of Monkey Island with us, find out if the game's humour still holds up and try not to get scurvy along the way. It's sure to be a barrel of laughs, so hoist the anchor and tune in to the latest episode!

Links mentioned in the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqVlHesVELA - HD and smoothed out version of the intro cut-scene https://mixnmojo.com/features/sitefeatures/LucasArts-Secret-History-The-Curse-of-Monkey-Island/4 - interviews with the game's head honchos Jonathan Ackley and Larry Ahern

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Gotta catch 'em all! Or something like that anyway. Yes, this week, we're giving some long overdue attention to one of the slew of fine anime card-collecting games that stood in the very dark shadow of Pokémon. The Eternal Duelist Soul may not be the first Yu-Gi-Oh game. It may not be the best. But it's definitely one that Ashley played way back when so now we have to talk about it. What could there possibly be to say, we hear you ask? Well listen in and you'll find out!

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Chris and Ashley go spelunking this week in Tomb Raider, Core Design's 32-bit action platformer classic. We discuss Sega's attempt to make it big on the back of the game, the questionable objectification of Lara Croft, and the game's legacy. It's all go so give it a listen!

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If you're into DIY, then go find another podcast! This isn't for you! It's for anyone who wants to turn their tools to tunnelling for the greater good of humanity in Mr Driller 2 on the Game Boy Advance! If that's you, then give it a listen. Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please:

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To celebrate the Switch re-release of the Wii's Kirby's Return to Dreamland this month, this week's episode is something we recorded last year after Chris had sucked and blown his way through Kirby's latest adventure in the Forgotten Land. If you're not sure whether Kirby and the Forgotten Land is for you, then the next thirty minutes will definitely help. Give it a listen! Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please:

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If you just can't get enough of the little blue ball of nonsense that is Sonic, then we've got you covered this week as we take a dive into Sonic Mania! A love letter to fans from some of its biggest, Mania pays homage to the dawn of Sonic's platforming adventures, whilst also reinvigorating it with new ideas. We hope you enjoy! Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please:

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Perhaps one of Mario's greatest leaps was from the home console to Nintendo's handheld Game Boy in Super Mario Land. The pocket-sized plumber's adventures through lands unknown was a huge hit, seemingly making its way into many a living room. But does the game still deserve a stellar reception? Listen in to find out!

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After last week's Mario shenanigans, we turn our attention to Sonic this week as Ashley presents Chris with Sonic Advance on the Game Boy Advance, of all places. It's Sonic's first foray onto a mainstream non-Sega console and is well regarded by his fans, so listen along as we find out what the fuss is all about.

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It's January, which means our annual foray into Sonic and Mario games, and we're welcoming in 2023 in the best possible way with a trip to distant lands on far flung planets in Super Mario Galaxy! Released in 2007, the game sees our portly pal traverse the starscape in his never-ending quest to save Princess Peach once again. Is it as good as you remember? Listen in and find out!

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As 2022 draws to a close, Chris and Ashley once again look back on their gaming highlights of the year before discussing what games they're looking forward to in 2023. You know the drill by now so give it a listen and we'll see you for Sonic and Mario month in January 2023!

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Seasons 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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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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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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It'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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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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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! Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please:

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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! Note: this one is from a while back and Ashley still can't remember the coding game he talks about at the 30 minute mark. Our apologies.

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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 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! Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please:

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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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Swinging his way onto the podcast for the first time, it's Spider-Man on the Sony PlayStation.

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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!

Links to articles discussed: Retro Gamer 2017 'making of' interviews Eurogamer retrospective Lost Media Wiki archive on the canned sequel / content cut from Toonstruck itself

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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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? Listen in to find out!

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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 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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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 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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To celebrate this week's release of The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe (4/27, the same number as is on Stanley's cubicle in the game, fact fans), we are revisiting the original version from 2013. The game is unlike anything else we've played - listen in to find out what makes it so remarkable!

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After Chris' Rosebud drop last week, Ashley had a hankering for some of the original The Sims - so here it is! We delve deep into the myriad expansion packs available, discuss how the game strives to reflect some distorted version of real life and reflect on why the game's overreliance on Comic Sans may induce some font snobbery.

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We take it back to 2001 this week to celebrate the news that Rockstar and Remedy are remastering Max Payne, this game where you solve a bad murder by shooting up loads of baddies. It's most famous for its use of bullet time and cracking script, but does it still play well? Listen in to find out!

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One appropriately from the This Game Where vaults this week with Immortals: Fenyx Rising, a game that sees you take on the might of Greek myth to help out the pantheon of Olympos against a less than savoury big bad who has crawled out of the bowels of the earth. It's a real treat for anyone who likes to explore, but especially if any of the classic mythologies has ever captured your imagination. Find out exactly what this game has going for it by listening in!

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Have you ever wanted to be the guy that gets everyone 'away' in a 'getaway'? It's definitely the main part, so you almost certainly have! This week, Chris tries to explain to Ashley why 'getting away' in Driver was a formative aspect of his childhood, and it involves another heartrending tale of lost friendship, so bring your tissues.

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Have you ever wanted to blast your way through a flurry of protozoic lifeforms with little to no narrative reason for doing so? That's exactly what Chris and Ashley have been doing this week with the help of the Bitmap Brothers and their game, Xenon 2 for the Sega Master System. A fast-paced, chaotic take on the shoot'em up, the game apparently has the player leaping across epochs to thwart the destructive plans of the Xenites who, at least in the Master System version of the game, aren't really mentioned outside of the manual. But none of this is to say that the game can't be good, but is it? Listen in and find out!

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Happy birthday to us! To celebrate our centenary, we've gone off-piste to discuss what we both agree is the best console of all time - the Nintendo Wii. Listen to us talk about our favourite games, those that we missed out on, the weird and wonderful peripherals and our most treasured memories of the console. 

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Chris and Ashley are island-hopping this week with Monkey Island 2, a bona fide classic and one of the most venerable entries of the early 90s adventure games set. Even if you've never played it, you have almost certainly heard of it, so join us and find out why it's still so worth playing after three decades!

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Chris and Ashley have barely ever played any of the previous FromSoftware fare but, when the reviews started hitting throughout Thursday, Ashley started to get a little tingle he hadn't felt for quite some time and he plonked himself firmly on the bandwagon. Even then, though, he didn't anticipate that the game would impress him so thoroughly that he would absolutely have to talk to Chris about it. So, whether you are yet to set foot on the hills and dales of Limgrave, or you have already carved a bloody path across The Lands Between, press play to find out just how Elden Ring grabbed hold of Ashley so hard.

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DC Super Hero Girls: Teen Power on the Switch is a surprisingly good game; in this episode, Chris explains to Ashley just why that's the case. Along the way, though, there are debates about social media for children, the perils of consumerism and accidental sexism. Bet you weren't expecting that! Listen in to find out our thoughts on these - alongside discussions of the brawling, exploration and RPG elements of the game, of course.

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The Game Boy Advance was the console that just wouldn't stop, and Kuru Kuru Kururin was just one of the places it began when it released alongside the handheld in 2001. The game is a unique puzzley-mazey affair in which a pastel-coloured flock of bird cousins is kidnapped and the lone left-behind tasked with saving them. He ventures out in his helirin to navigate through a bunch of tight corridors in the hopes that his cousins will be at the other end. We're not saying it makes that much sense, but then it doesn't always have to, does it? Listen in to find out what makes this game such a high-flyer.

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The latest iteration of the Winter Olympics is here, and what better reason to revisit the Mega Drive's snow-laden slice of sporting pageantry of the same name? Can Chris and Ashley take what is arguably their rightful place among the titans of mountainside sports? Or will the intrepid duo take a tumble? Listen along to find out!

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The final entry in our four-part face-off between a folically-gifted pipe artist and his erinaceous azure nemesis sees Chris and Ashley adventure across a variety of far-flung kingdoms in pursuit of the oft-kidnapped Princess Peach. We'll just say this up front: we both love Super Mario Odyssey, so it's maybe a little unfair to pit it against anything Sonic, but that's what's happening. To find out what makes this game quite so brilliant, just press play!

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True to form and his strangest compulsions, Chris follows up his pick of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 with a game of the same name! This time round, we're grabbing the Game Gear to delve into the many zones of the portable entry. Sonic's second Mega Drive outing left our hosts reasonably happy, but can the blue blur pull it off a second time? Listen in and find out!

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The showdown is heating up with round two of Mario and Sonic Month here at This Game Where! This week, Ashley has brought with him another marvellous Mario entry for the Game Boy Advance. But this ain't your Grandad's Mario game. This is Superstar Saga, the first in the Mario & Luigi series of RPGs that made their name on Nintendo's handhelds over the last couple of decades. It's Mario, but maybe not as you know it! Listen in to find out why this is a Sonic smasher!

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The Beatles vs The Rolling Stones! Pepsi vs Coke! Sonic vs Mario! There have been many heated battles over the years and, this month, This Game Where are dipping a toe into the waters of Sonic and Mario again. First up, Chris is bringing Sonic 2 for the Sega Mega Drive, possibly his favourite game ever, jampacked with rings, running and Robotnik. But does it live up to its legacy? You'll have to give it a listen to find out!

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The new year brings with it a game that's brand new to both Chris and Ashley, and our first listener suggestion! Future Cop LAPD is just like football (soccer for those that need it) in that it's a game of two very distinct halves and neither of your hosts is particularly good at it. The single player campaign is quite an easygoing run 'n' gun full of fun, while the second game mode sees players go head-to-head to try and tear down each other's respective bases. Sounds like a MOBA, right? Well that's because it is, and possibly one of the first in the genre! So how did your intrepid hosts get on with it all? Join us and find out!

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We've done it, everyone! One more year down, and who knows how many to go? What better way to celebrate getting another big set of days out of the way than to look back on what made them pass so smoothly? Join Chris and Ashley this week as they reflect on the games that gave them joy in 2021, and stay tuned to the end to find out what they're hoping to enjoy come the new year!

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Our fourth festive folly arrives just in time for the big day, and it's a good job because it is all about the big man himself, Santa Claus! You might think Papa Crimbo's gaming appearances would be limited, but Chris and Ashley discuss nine of them here and there are so many more that it could've been another three hours long! So if you're lacking in the Christmas spirit, maybe find your comfiest pair of headphones, sit on the nearest Santa's lap, and give this episode a listen together!

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We're straying into genuine cultural phenomenon territory for our third Christmas episode of 2021. Wii Sports and its console namesake came close to taking over the world in the late 2000s, with the former becoming the best selling game of all time, taking over all entertainment responsibilities at family gatherings across the globe for a solid few years. Nintendo captured new audiences and bridged generational gaps, and it was all in no small part because of Wii Sports. So come join us for a little trip back to 2006, find out what made the game so special, and whether it still manages to be something to write home about.

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Week two of our festive frolics and Chris has brought a classic for Ashley to play in the form of Mega Bomberman. Is it a multiplayer hit worthy of the season, or is it an explosive incendiary device all of its own? You'll have to listen in to find out exactly what our intrepid hosts think!

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It'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 week's game is a petrolhead's dream, or at least it might be - Chris and Ashley don't really know what one is, so it's really just a guess. But Super Monaco GP on the Sega Master System is a game about cars, and fast ones at that! Touted as a racing simulation game when it released in 1990, there's more than a little room for debate whether it hits the brief, and even more for whether it's worth anyone's time or not. You'll have to give it a listen to find out!

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Chris completes a trilogy, of sorts, this week with his choice of Chicken Run on the Playstation. As he explains it, this is the third stealth-based experience on the PlayStation that he was playing alongside Metal Gear Solid, a game that has featured not once but twice on the show in the last month. Yes, it sounds odd to combine the two, but it does make an odd kind of sense, too, but you'll have to listen to find out exactly why!

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An unexpected surprise this week in the form of Cyberflix's Titanic: Adventure Out of Time, a mid-90s point and click adventure that rode the wave of Titanic popularity to a level of success that even its creators hadn't anticipated. Listen in to find out what might possibly be the reason behind Chris's assertion that this may be the best game we've played on the show.

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Chris, as ever, is pushing the rules to breaking point this week and bringing what he calls a game but is actually a glorified tutorial for Metal Gear Solid, a title we discussed at length mere weeks ago. But who knows, maybe he can explain just why the VR Missions deserve almost an hour of your time, or maybe it will all crash and burn in catastrophic fashion. Listen in to find out!

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Almost not making it out because Ashley was too scared to edit it, this week's episode is a celebration of all things spooktacular as Chris and Ashley tackle Splatterhouse 2, an early Mega Drive hit that comes packed to the gills with buckets of blood (albeit green), a mass of blunt weapons, and monsters galore. Will it scratch your supernatural itch in the run up to Halloween? Listen in to find out!

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With a brand new iteration of Microsoft's Windows operating system on the horizon, Chris and Ashley's minds drift back to the early days of the platform and the hidden gem that is Minesweeper that sat there, unassuming, somewhere in the depths of the Start Menu. Anybody who ever touched a PC in the two decades either side of the millenium has played it (probably) and now Chris and Ashley are playing it again. Listen in and find out where their trip through time takes them!

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Samus is back! At least she was in 1991 when Metroid II: The Return of Samus hit the Game Boy, and then again in 1998 when Ashley played it (and yes we know she's back again in Metroid Dread). This sequel to the hit NES is peculiar in a number of ways (that you'll have to listen to the episode to find out about, natch!) but we're certain it is worth anyone's time if they have even the slightest whiff of interest in games, so give us a listen to find out why!

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What's good about Metal Gear Solid? That's the question Chris and Ashley are trying to answer this week as they plumb the depths of this Kojima cut. Their answers might surprise you.

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We've both been a bit under the weather this week so our episode today was recorded a little while ago. Long before the epiphany Chris experienced with Starcraft, in the midst of his denial of all things strategy, Ashley took up the impossible task of convincing him to play the latest entry in one of the finest turn-based strategy game series in existence, Civilization VI. Join Chris in finding out exactly what it is and why it is most definitely worth your time.

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If Ashley had a quid for every time Chris has slandered the real time strategy genre then he'd probably have a minor fortune. However, turns out it was all completely baseless because Chris has hardly even touched an RTS, let alone played one for any length of time. So what better place to start than with StarCraft? Does the game have what it takes to turn Chris around on an entire genre he has reviled for his entire life? Listen in to find out!

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We're going way back this week with Chris's Acorn Archimedes pick of Repton, a game Ashley hadn't even heard of let alone played, but one that nevertheless spawned a multitude of sequels. Listen along to find out whether they were deserved!

During the episode, we played Repton at: BBC Micro Archive Repton 3 - Fan Remake

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To celebrate the release of WarioWare: Get it Together! this week, Chris and Ashley go back to where it all began on the Game Boy Advance with Mega Microgames. If you've ever played a WarioWare title you should know what to expect, and if you haven't, well we give you permission to pause the episode and go find one right now, because they're a lot of fun! But do come back afterwards.

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Are you the sort that might want a treasure trove of games on tap and in your pocket at all times? Are you an exclusive type who only wants the best, who only has the best? Well Chris is, and he says he gets it all from Apple Arcade! We have to admit, after talking about it for an hour, it seems there are rather a lot of compelling reasons to dive into this subscription-based games collection. Listen in to find out exactly why!

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This week, Chris and Ashley celebrate the release of Psychonauts 2 by taking a look at the original, a game that stands tall among the many gaming experiences either of them have had. But is it as good as either of them remember? Listen in to find out!

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Are you the sort of person who watches bumper bundles of old adverts on YouTube for a sweet little hit of nostalgia? Then boy do we have the game for you! Zool is the first game Chris and Ashley have played that has included overt product placement! The game is a home grown 90s platformer that shares more than a little DNA with the blue blur, but does it live up to the standards of the hasty hedgehog himself? Listen in to find out!

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Turns out not everyone in the whole world has played a Mega Man game like Ashley thought, because Chris had never touched one before. In a way, he still hasn't because Mega Man Battle Network isn't your Nana's Mega Man. A fusion of several different genres, the title takes in elements of action, turn-based, and tactics RPGs, as well as a bit of puzzling and a dose of Pokemon-style collectomania! Sounds interesting, doesn't it! Listen in to find out more!

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Fantasy Zone, released on the Game Gear in 1991, is a bright, bold and breezy shoot-em-up starring Opa Opa, a sentient space ship. Confusingly, it is a reworking of Fantasy Zone, released on the Master System in 1986, a bright, bold and breezy shoot-em-up starring Opa Opa, a sentient space ship. Does the Game Gear version bring something new to the table? Is the game worth a go? What is a cute-em-up? Give us a listen and find out!

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Does your brain sometimes move at a million miles an hour even when you don't want it to? Do you sometimes find yourself in need of a moment? If the answer is yes, then Agar.io might just be the game for you. A semi-serene take on battle-royale style gameplay (and predating a number of the big names in that space, to boot!) Agar.io isn't necessarily everyone's cup of tea, but it could be yours! Listen in to find out why!

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Normality, a 90s adventure game set against a dystopian quasi-United Kingdom on the brink of revolution created by the developers of the Premier Manager series. Sounds like Chris and Ashley's very precise cup of tea, that! But is it, though? Is it really? Give us a listen and find out!

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To celebrate seventy episodes, Chris and Ashley play Clock Tower, a Japan-only survival horror game often talked about as one of the games that really got the ball rolling for the genre, and one that turns the tables on how the pair usually respond to horror-filled gaming. Listen in to find out why exactly Ashley loved this, and what turned Chris away.

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It's that time again, where Ashley attempts to convince Chris to get his wallet out and stump up the cash for a game he thinks he'd love. This week's candidate is The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. First released in 2011 to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the Zelda series, Skyward Sword is once more seeing the light of day, this time to coincide with the series' 35th birthday. Listen in to find out why Ashley thinks this is one of the best Zelda releases, and see whether Chris does take the plunge.

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Zombies are eating your neighbors in Zombies Ate My Neighbors, a 1993 LucasArts joint, in which you're tasked with blasting your way through hordes of zombies, monsters and things that go bump in the night to prevent them all from eating your neighbors. Jinkies!

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Golf. Once the preserve of the landed and lorded, the game has since been coopted by the lowly to become one of the greatest gaming genres (you know, as long as you don't think too hard about the existence of golf sims). Kirby's Dream Course is one of Nintendo's many forays into the golf world, and still one of their most fun, too! Listen in to find out what makes it so great!

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We're talking this week about what is probably the first ever game that gives a worm a starring role (I haven't checked, don't @ me), Earthworm Jim! Remembered fondly by 90s kids for both the superb Saturday morning cartoon and this game, we're digging it up once more to see how it holds together.

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If you've ever had stars in your eyes, Lionhead Studios' The Movies might be the game for you! Chris and Ashley take on the role of movie moguls this week, tasked with building the mother of all movie studios, and one capable of sweeping the board at the game's awards show. Can they do it or does Hollywood chew them up and spit them out like so many before them? Listen in to find out!

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Mario and company's latest outing takes them to the many and varied worlds of the Sprixie Kingdom and sees absolutely everybody clawing their way up what could, for all we know, be a greasy pole at the end of each level. Chris seems to like it. Ashley seems to like it. Listen in to find out why!

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This week, Chris and Ashley actually enjoy playing a game for once when they revisit Road Rash 2, a Sega Mega Drive motorcycle racing game where chains and billy clubs aren't optional and your biggest opponents aren't other racers but the cars careering down the highway behind you.

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One more from the vaults, this week's episode sees Chris treat Ashley to a bit of Pipe Mania, a game developed by The Assembly Line who were, at the time of this game's release, also working with The Bitmap Brothers. Not on this, though. This was entirely their own fault.

Listener's Note: This episode was recorded some time in Summer 2020 and sounds a bit different to recent episodes as a result.

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We're kickin' it Jackie Chan this week with Kung Fu, a Shigeru Miyamoto-helmed project based on Jackie Chan joint Wheels on Meals, a game that just so happens to be the first beat 'em up. Will it knock Chris and Ashley's socks off? Listen in to find out!

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Another game brand new to the pair gets a slightly mixed reaction from Chris and Ashley in this, the sixtieth episode of This Game Where! Is Phantasy Star IV an RPG for the ages or a low-level cellar rat? Listen in to find out!

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It was always just a matter of time until Chris forced Ashley to confront his fear of survival horror games, and turns out Resident Evil wasn't quite as harrowing as Ashley was expecting. But is it a winner? Listen in to find out!

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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a kart racer in second place must be in want of a red shell or some such other device to blast their way into first, and that all started with Super Mario Kart! Join us as Ashley takes Chris for his first laps around some of the most iconic racetracks in gaming.

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For gamers of a certain age, Wakka conjures up not everybody's favourite Blitzball player, but of arcade's earliest and biggest success. Pac-Man 99, the latest in Arika's run of battle royale reinventions, is an attempt to build on the legacy of one of gaming's greatest heroes, the diminutive little puck man himself. So listen along and find out how they have done!

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Having taken the plunge with Subnautica thanks to Sony's Play At Home game giveaway, this week Ashley takes Chris for a deep dive into what makes it so great and why he's not been able to put it down since downloading it, along with more than a smattering of deep sea creature chat.

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NNNNEEEEYOOWWWMMMM! That's the sound of fast cars going round fast tracks real fast (no, it is. It is. Go on, read it out loud. See!). It's a sound you hear A LOT in Gran Turismo which, despite having a pretty good soundtrack, ruins it by tacking on a racing game. Neither of us were into it. Listen in to find out why!

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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!

Listener's note: Hannah makes her first vocal appearance of the show in this episode!

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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?

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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 BAFTA for the game category. So join us to learn more as we delve deep into Denki!

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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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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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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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It'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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Hello 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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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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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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'Tis the season for getting all those closest to you something special to make them feel spoilt and loved. Whether you're buying gifts for the gamer in your life, or you're the gamer, we've got a jam-packed guide to gifts that should go down pretty well!  

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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 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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A BIG ol' classic to celebrate episode 40! Doom, it turns out, is a bit good. Who knew?

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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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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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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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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!

We mention the Sonic 3 and Michael Jackson saga during this episode having both previously watched the video below. Give it a watch and see what you think! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Uko0fCp86c

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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 to find out why!

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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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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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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 games were developed by Traveller's Tales, hear about Chris' competition spoils compared to Ashley's competition woes and listen to us talk about idle animations in platformers for far too long. Plus, Chris whips out another of his lists to irritate Ashley!

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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!

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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 innuendo as if they'd been laid out like traps by Wile E Coyote himself. Or if your penchant isn't for punnery, perhaps we could entice you with talk of dating simulators, sexy dads, and bad boy games developers. All that packed into one little hour, just for you lot!

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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. SNES? You got Lemmings. Walkman? Lemmings on tape. Phillips CD-i? Yes, even you got Lemmings! Chris opted to play the game on an Acorn Archimedes personal computer, itself pilfered from work by by his Pop.

But, as always, that's not all! Over the course of the show we touch upon novelty dancing, copyright trolling, and the problem with passwords. We suspect that will have you salivating for the show, so grab your favourite podcast app and get listening!

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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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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!

As is tradition, Chris and Ashley amble their way through an hour of conversation that is at once rambling and incisive. Listen in this week for some deep cuts on the dark predilections of The Sims players in the olden days, lots of Rollercoaster Tycoon-based chat, why Chris should have been playing Railroad Tycoon instead of this, and precisely how tall the fence behind Ashley's childhood home was! Exciting, we know, and that's just a vertical slice of all the goodness in this episode!

If you want to give Transport Tycoon a bash, head on over to OpenTTD and fill your boots.

Apologies for Ashley's grump at the beginning. He says it's hard to deal with Chris' unrelenting upbeat positivity in a world rapidly falling into decay. Happy Thursday!

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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 the tiny system. 

Expect to hear about the surreal means by which Ashley obtained Pokémon Crystal, the sneak's guide to finding your Christmas presents and how to get away with using them before the big day, and the staggering cost of obtaining a Shadowless Charizard trading card.

So grab a bowl of Christmas pudding and your favourite tipple, hunker down in front of the fire, and while away an hour of this inbetween time with us.

Ashley's present of Pokémon cross-stitch used patterns from Birdie Stitching at: http://www.birdiestitching.com/category/cross-stitch-patterns/gaming-patterns/pokemon-patterns/

PS Chris is very sorry for defining the word 'dearth' incorrectly during the episode. Very, very sorry. Don't write in.

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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 it with this. Honestly. Don't play it. But do listen to us discuss having played it. Especially if you want to know how Chris made his nana cry at Christmas.

So grab a mince pie and a pint of custard, snuggle into your favourite seat, and relax into the festive season with us.

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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.

Over the course of our hour, we'll touch on the Philips CD-i, discuss the etymology of the word 'romp', display our complete lack of understanding of racing and share a far-too-detailed comparison of the price of many classic consoles. Plus the episode ends on a horribly tortured metaphor. Lots to look forward to!

So if the prospect of a happy Christmas is leaving you too jolly, come commiserate and wallow with us in the sweet, sweet muck that is failure.

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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 the Queen think of other people's Christmas baubles? There's only one way to find out the answers - download / stream the episode immediately!

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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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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 summoned from another dimension. The game has an unbelievable cast, with none other than Eric Idle as the voice of our hero.

So sit back, relax (unless you're driving, then pay attention), and listen to Chris and Ashley take a ramble through the annals of 90s adventure gaming and beyond.

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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 might ever care to know about its creator, Rick Green.

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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 and find out what we make of it!

And if Toejam and Earl doesn't float your boat, fear not! We also talk about Little Nemo in Dream World, Sonic and Knuckles, and Crusader of Centy, among many more!

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Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/