MHG Podcast

154 : Pac-Man Apocapunk

A shorter episode but still packed with the newness & hotness, feat. @GamesForTutti's Scrap Riders, @rocket_flair's Surviving the Abyss & @PlaysideStudios's Age of Darkness: Final Stand. Also, the importance of friendship! (awww)
SHOWNOTES:
00:00:10 - Intro00:01:08 - MHG Chat: Liverpool Meet00:03:25 - Scrap Riders @GamesForTutti00:08:42 - Surviving the Abyss @rocket_flair00:13:48 - Pac-Man 25600:19:38 - Age of Darkness: Final Stand @PlaysideStudios00:30:22 - MHG Chat: the importance of friends00:31:35 - Outro

153 : Dwayne ’The Emotional Rock’ Johnson

This week @TrebleStrikes contemplates Hubris (#cybornbv), @bradigor discovers there’s nothing greater than a Lil’ Gator (@LilGatorGame) and there’s a great hands-on review of the new Retro Pocket 3+ & much more.
SHOWNOTES:00:00:12 - Intro00:02:00 - MHG Chat: The Rock & SHOWNOTES:00:00:12 - Intro00:02:00 - MHG Chat: The Rock & Z-O-M-B-I-E-S00:08:03 - Hubris VR00:14:51 - Against the Storm00:22:44 - Rez Infinite VR00:23:53 - Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus VR00:29:31 - Lil Gator Game00:37:00 - The Callisto Protocol00:48:27 - Retro Pocket 3+01:00:41 - Outro

152 : Brad ‘n’ Stu Review ‘22

A bumper episode covering everything from the smallest indies - like Patrick’s Parabox, Lunistice, The Block - right up to AAA monsters - Xenoblade Chronicles 3, God of War Ragnarök, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - all wrapped up with a neat chat bow!
SHOWNOTES:00:00:10 - Intro00:00:56 - MHG Chat: Kids’ holidays00:04:35 - Review of 2022, including:00:06:43 - Oli Oli World00:08:11 - Neon White00:09:54 - Elden Ring00:13:49 - Tunic00:14:25 - Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus?00:15:29 - Horizon Forbidden West00:17:55 - Patrick’s Parabox00:20:19 - Abriss00:22:00 - Dorfromantik00:25:19 - Citizen Sleeper00:27:03 - Steam Deck release00:34:59 - Rail Route00:37:33 - Stray00:40:42 - Cult of the Lamb00:41:10 - Spider-Man Remastered00:43:55 - Rollerdrome00:50:30 - Cyberpunk 207700:53:06 - Prodeus00:56:52 - LEGO Brick Tales00:59:12 - Pixel Cup Soccer01:02:00 - Sackboy01:05:29 - Lunistice01:06:57 - God of War Ragnarök01:08:42 - ZERO Sievert01:10:13 - Resident Evil Village DLC01:10:13 - Marvel’s Midnight Suns01:13:28 - Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Remaster01:14:47 - The Block 01:15:57 - Xenoblade Chronicles 301:19:39 - Hubris01:20:12 - Out-There 2023 Predictions01:25:15 - Outro

151 : Games of the Year 2022

It's that time again, the one where @Bradigor & @TrebleStrikes pick their top 3 faves from gaming's heaping bounty. Space year 2022 has seen some strong AAAs & fascinating indies, but which one will come out on top? And will the two friends agree or be divided?! Listen on to find out, and Happy New Year!
SHOWNOTES:00:00:12 - Intro 00:00:40 - Christmas retrospective00:05:55 - Stu’s first selection00:20:08 - Brad’s first selection00:29:53 - Stu’s second selection00:40:03 - Brad’s second selection00:50:10 - Brad & Stu’s joint third selection01:08:09 - MHG Chat: (not) supporting dodgy publishers01:12:05 - Outro

150 : Juggling with One Ball

We’re packing a lot into Festivus, starting with @Thunderfulgames Wavetale, old stuff like TMNT Cowabunga collection & Xenogears, then zipping back to the future with @WayForward River City Girls 2 & landing back on two feet with @bulwarkStudios Ixion. Happy Christmas!
SHOWNOTES:00:00:10 - Intro00:01:16 - MHG Chat: Homelessness00:08:40 - Wavetale00:14:55 - Xenogears00:23:20 - River City Girls 200:31:35 - TMNT: Cowabunga Collection00:38:21 - Ixion00:52:25 - Outro

149 : Who is this ‘Raymond Trace’ Anyway?

@TrebleStrikes finally gets some (Lady) D(imitrescu) in his life, gets oily converting his TIE Fighter and injects rays into his Quake. @Bradigor is ill, poor chap, so sits this one out. Hugs!
SHOWNOTES:00:00:12 - Intro00:00:58 - Resident Evil Village + Third Person Perspective DLC00:10:48 - TIE Fighter - Total Conversion PC Mod00:19:09 - Quake RTX00:26:12 - MHG Chat: Illness00:30:40 - Outro

148 : The John Lennon of Pokémon

Brad & Stu try to pronounce the unpronounceable (Togg-iz? Toe-ges? Toggess? @Thunderfulgames) build a fort with Dwarves @Bay12Games, impale fools with massive tools (!) @apptivus + decide that once a witch, a witch but once a knight is enough @SuperMegaTeam  
SHOWNOTES:00:00:12 - Intro00:01:05 - MHG Chat: Charmander00:05:19 - Impaler @apptivus00:17:33 - Dwarf Fortress @Bay12Games00:27:34 - The Knight Witch @SuperMegaTeam00:36:35 - Togges @Thunderfulgames00:44:21 - MHG Chat: Christmas ‘advice’00:56:01 - Outro

147 : Sicker Story

@TrebleStrikes battles ‘rona ‘n’ Wanzers (@ForeverEntert) whilst @Bradigor encounters  Soccer Story @PanicBarn, Stardeus @KodoLinija and an Erasure-less Ship Of Fools @FikaProductions. Why IS life so precious & so cruel…?!
SHOWNOTES:00:00.07 - Intro00:03:53 - Front Mission 1st: Remake @ForeverEntert00:18:31 - Soccer Story @PanicBarn00:31:45 - Stardeus @KodoLinija00:36:57 - Ship Of Fools @FikaProductions00:48:45 - MHG Chat: Accessibility reviews00:51:35 - Outro

146 : Addle or Lidli?

@Bradigor battles with the @lastkidsonearth, and discovers ZERO Sievert (@ModernWolfLtd). @TrebleStrikes gets assaulted by Ninjas in, um, Ninja Assault and tries escaping Wesker’s machinations in Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles.
SHOWNOTES:00:00:12 - Intro00:05:03 - Games Awards discussion00:10:41 - MHG Chat: Ragnarök & Persona 5 Royal00:25:40 - ZERO Sievert @ModernWolfLtd00:39:13 - Ninja Assault & Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles00:46:30 - The Last Kids on Earth: Hit the Deck! @lastkidsonearth00:55:15 - MHG Chat: WSL and smelly boots01:01:38 - Outro

145 : Geordie Racer

Please tell me you wanted to hear about UK children’s TV dramas set in the North East of England in the 80s. Whaddya mean, ‘niche’?! Also featuring Persona 5 Royal, @MonkeyMoonGames’s Flat Eye + @jumpshipstudio’s Somerville.
SHOWNOTES:00:00:08 - Intro00:02:58 - MHG Chat: Byker Grove/Geordie Racer00:05:27 - Persona 5 Royal @Atlus_West00:19:42 - Flat Eye @MonkeyMoonGames00:29:39 - Dead Space 200:35:40 - Somerville @jumpshipstudio00:46:26 - Bethesda/id controversy/late-stage Capitalism00:50:55 - Outro