MHG Podcast
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45 minutes ago
45 minutes ago
TrebleStrikes is bricking it, with Lego Horizon Adventures (Guerrilla Games, @studiogobo.bsky.social), but @Bradigor is hanging out in Grimoire Groves (@stardustgames.bsky.social) & is cleaning up our waterways in Spilled! (@lente.me)
SHOWNOTES00:00:10 - Intro00:03:17 - Grimoire Groves (@stardustgames.bsky.social)00:11:33 - Lego Horizon Adventures (Guerrilla Games, @studiogobo.bsky.social)00:21:49 - Spilled! (@lente.me)00:30:35 - Outro
7 days ago
7 days ago
Whilst TrebleStrikes patrols the streets of Old Detroit in RoboCop: Rogue City (@teyongames.bsky.social), @Bradigor gets all factorial & miner-y with Astronomics (@astronomics.bsky.social, Numizmatic) + Microtopia (Cordyceps Collective). Stay out of trouble.
SHOWNOTES:00:00:10 - Intro00:00:49 - MHG Chat: Austerity & PIP Boy00:05:50 - Astronomics (@astronomics.bsky.social, Numizmatic)00:12:53 - RoboCop: Rogue City (@teyongames.bsky.social)00:22:03 - Microtopia (Cordyceps Collective)00:30:26 - MHG Chat: MHG update & social positives00:35:15 - Outro
Sunday Mar 16, 2025
Sunday Mar 16, 2025
Stu gets the meaning of ‘pixel perfect’ wrong, but skating quickly past this we talk Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (@dontnod.bsky.social), Odinfall (Ember Paw Games), Knights in Tight Spaces (@groundshatter.bsky.social)
SHOWNOTES:00:00:10 - Intro00:00:34 - MHG Chat: Stu gets the meaning of ‘pixel perfect’ wrong00:04:38 - Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (@dontnod.bsky.social)00:12:28 - Odinfall (Ember Paw Games)00:23:48 - Knights in Tight Spaces (@groundshatter.bsky.social)00:33:45 - Outro
Sunday Mar 09, 2025
Sunday Mar 09, 2025
Wildly different genres this week, from evil aliens to niche sports. Stone of Madness (@thegamekitchen.com), Narcissus (Mad Jackal Games), STAR WARS: Episode I: Jedi Power Battles (@aspyr.com) & Rugby 25 (@bigant.com)
SHOWNOTES:00:00:10 - Intro00:04:06 - Stone of Madness (The Game Kitchen)00:10:59 - Narcissus (Mad Jackal Games)00:15:33 - STAR WARS: Episode I: Jedi Power Battles (Aspyr)00:21:14 - MHG Chat: PlayStation remasters00:25:09 - Rugby 2500:31:16 - Outro
Sunday Mar 02, 2025
Sunday Mar 02, 2025
Cat Detective Albert Wilde (@beyondthosehills.bsky.social) makes @Bradigor purr & Piczle Cross: Rune Factory (@scorestudios.bsky.social) produces enjoyment. Meanwhile TrebleStrikes S(i)NKs a lot of time into Guns of Fury (Gelato Games Ltd).
SHOWNOTES:00:00:10 - Intro00:00:44 - MHG Chat: Misery (film & book)00:02:53 - MHG Chat: Michelle Trachtenberg & Gene Hackman00:06:43 - Cat Detective Albert Wilde (@beyondthosehills.bsky.social)00:14:21 - Guns of Fury (Gelato Games Ltd)00:19:40 - Piczle Cross: Rune Factory (@scorestudios.bsky.social)00:29:27 - MHG Chat: Steam Nextfest00:31:30 - Outro
Sunday Feb 23, 2025
Sunday Feb 23, 2025
More than meets the eye this week, with indie newbies Urban Myth Dissolution Center (Hakababunko) & Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector (Jump Over The Age), plus a rewind 10 years to experience Transformers: Devastation (PlatinumGames)
SHOWNOTES:00:00:10 - Intro00:02:50 - Urban Myth Dissolution Center (Hakababunko)00:12:10 - Transformers: Devastation (PlatinumGames)00:20:41 - Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector (Jump Over The Age)00:34:35 - Outro
Sunday Feb 16, 2025
Sunday Feb 16, 2025
Simulated realities & presidential cuckolding make up the reality part of this week’s chat, but game-wise we have Ambulance Life: A Paramedic Simulator (Aesir Interactive), Jitsu Squad (Tanuki Creative Studio), City Transport Simulator: Tram (ViewApp) & Keep Driving (YCJY Games)
SHOWNOTES:00:00:10 - Intro 00:00:39 - MHG Chat: Trump & the Cuck Chair00:06:12 - Ambulance Life: A Paramedic Simulator (Aesir Interactive)00:13:45 - Jitsu Squad (Tanuki Creative Studio)00:18:25 - City Transport Simulator: Tram (ViewApp)00:25:17 - Keep Driving (YCJY Games)00:33:15 - Outro
Saturday Feb 08, 2025
Saturday Feb 08, 2025
No George Clooney but plenty of top, top experiences this week such as The Invincible (Starward Industries), Eternal Strands (Yellow Brick Games), Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To (Soft Not Weak, LLC) & loads more!
SHOWNOTES:
00:00:10 - Intro
00:02:04 - Aloft (Astrolabe Interactive Inc.)
00:08:46 - The Invincible (Starward Industries)
00:16:34 - Eternal Strands (Yellow Brick Games)
00:25:09 - Stormland (Insomniac Games)
00:37:16 - Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To (Soft Not Weak, LLC)
00:40:31 - MHG Chat: Nightmare Kart & the anti-woke joke
00:42:56 - Outro
Sunday Feb 02, 2025
Sunday Feb 02, 2025
What do you get when you strip the X’s from BMX XXX? Legends BMX, apparently. Also Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap (Robot Entertainment), Rift of the Necrodancer (Brace Yourself Games, Tic Toc Games) & Dynasty Warriors: Origins (KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD)
SHOWNOTES:00:00:10 - Intro00:01:11 - MHG Chat: ‘putee Life00:03:43 - Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap (Robot Entertainment)00:09:53 - Rift of the Necrodancer (Brace Yourself Games, Tic Toc Games)00:16:31 - Dynasty Warriors: Origins (KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD)00:25:59 - Legends BMX (Saga Legends Games)00:31:30 - Outro
Saturday Jan 25, 2025
Saturday Jan 25, 2025
To quote Sonic Youth, “A sieg heil-in' squirt, you're an impotent jerk. Yeah, a fascist twerp”. Escape the world news with us, as we play Blade Chimera (Team Ladybug) & Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders (Megagon Industries)
00:00:10 - Intro00:03:42 - Blade Chimera (Team Ladybug)00:11:58 - Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders (Megagon Industries)00:21:30 - Outro