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This week, Joseph and Luke give their thoughts on the 2025 Game Awards! From award winners to game announcements, the crew unpacks their reactions.

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• 0:00 - Intro

• 1:11: Ice Breaker Question: What are your overall thoughts on the Game Awards 2025?

• 5:25: Breaking down the winners

• 31:42 - Announcement highlights

• 1:04:42 - Outro

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This week, Jacob and Luke dive into five 2025 indie games that you may have missed as they prep for Indie Game Awards!

Timestamps:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 1:40 - Icebreaker: What’s a trend in gaming that you think 2025 will be remembered for?
• 9:40 - Tall Trails
• 15:05 - Discounty
• 20:00 - The King is Watching
• 25:10 - Megabonk
• 29:45 - Absolum
• 34:00 - Housekeeping & Outro

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This week, the crew gives their review on five recent fall releases including: Hollow Knight: Silksong, Hades II, Ball x Pit, Keeper, and Sword of the Sea! Get those wishlists ready and prepare for some good game discussion as the crew prepares for Game of the Year voting.

Games Discussed During Today’s Episode:

• Hollow Knight Silksong

• Hades II

• BALLxPIT

• Keeper

• Sword of the Sea

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This week, the crew builds a list of the 16 best games to play during the month of October! From horrific scares to a cozy fall vibe, this discussion has a game for everyone. Pour a hot beverage, sit back, relax, and let’s get spooky.

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• 0:00 - Intro
• 1:34 - Ice Breaker Question: What video game would you like to dress up as for Halloween?
• 7:01 - How do we fare with sp...

This week, Joseph, Claire and Luke finally dive deep on Blue Prince! This is a no-holds-barred spoiler-filled chat! If you're looking for something lighter about Blue Prince, check out our Game of the Year So Far show (Ep. 48)!

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• 0:00 - Intro
• 2:00 - Icebreaker: Where is Blue Prince on your GOTY list?
• 7:00 - Final Spoiler Warning
• 7:10 - Hour/Day Counts
• 16:20 - The Post-Game Approach
• 26:00 ...

This week, Jacob and Luke are joined by Kate Hunter (aka Katerblossom) from No Small Games and Travis Colenutt from the Left Behind Game Club to test-drive our brand new format: the 5 Tens!

We break down 5 topics over ten minutes each and this week it's five short indie game reviews. The games are And Roger, Dark Queen of Mortholme, Many Nights a Whisper, No I'm Not a Human and Henry Halfhead!

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On this bonus episode of the show, Jacob breaks down his 30-hour journey through the upcoming FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles with help from Luke!

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• 0:00 - Intro
• 2:00 - Jacob's History with SRPGs and FF: Tactics
• 3:40 - High-Level Impressions about the Game
• 6:15 - QOL Improvements with the Remaster
• 8:50 - Voice Acting
• 11:45 - Gameplay Deep Dive (Units, Jobs, Battles)
• 18:50 - ...

This week, the crew breaks down their favorite games from PAX West 2025. From new indie gems to impressions on the latest titles from CAPCOM, this episode has a game for everyone. Sit back, relax, and get those wishlists ready!

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• 0:00 - Intro
• 3:50 - How was PAX West 2025 overall, and how did it compare to previous shows?
• 8:47 - Jacob’s Game of the Show: Terrible Lizards
• 13:33 - Luke’s Game...

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This week, the crew breaks down their time going hands-on with some upcoming titles from Xbox including Hollow Knight: Silksong on the ROG Xbox Ally X, High on Life 2, Invincible VS, Super Meat Boy 3D, There are no Ghosts at the Grand, and NINJA GAIDEN 4. Look forward to one additional episode this week with the annual Crossplay Conversations Best of PAX West episode.

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This week, the crew breaks down their time playing some upcoming titles from Square Enix including: FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles, OCTOPATH TRAVELER 0, and DRAGON QUEST I + II HD-2D Remake! Look forward to two additional episodes this week covering the special Xbox event that the crew attended as well as the annual Best of PAX West episode.

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• 0:00 - ...

This week, the crew is finally back together to talk Donkey Kong Bananza! The crew provides a comprehensive review, along with their thoughts on the Switch 2 after 60 days. We still can't explain how Game Key Cards work. At the end of the episode, we jump into a Mini Indie Roundup and give you our thoughts on Is This Seat Taken? from Poti Poti Studio and Birdigo from John August and Corey Martin.

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This week, Luke returns from vacation with super special guest his WIFE Claire Lewis (The LukeWarmGames Podcast) to chat about the latest and greatest in indie gaming. Get your wishlists ready for hot indie summer. Review discussion includes Wheel World developed by Messhof, Expelled! Developed by inkle Ltd, and MakeRoom developed by Keeney. A big thanks to Popagenda, inkle Ltd, and Wholesome Games for providing review code for thi...

Jacob is joined by Tofr from the Playlog Podcast to talk about Ape Out in anticipation of the upcoming Baby Steps! We also cover recent releases like Everdeep Aurora, Trash Goblin and Missile Command Delta in yet another indie round-up!

You can find Tofr's socials, reviews and shows here!

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• 0:00 - Intro
• 2:30 - Ape Out, Six Years Later
• 31:20 - Indie Roundup
• 31:35 - Everdeep Aurora
• 40:30 - T...

This week, Jacob and Joseph come up with the list of the four best video game console launches of all-time.

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• 0:00 - Intro
• 2:05 - Icebreaker:
• Death Stranding 2 Initial Impressions
• 8:25 - Main Topic: The Best Console Launches of All-Time
• 11:45 - Locking in Pick 1
• 16:30 - Locking in Pick 2
• 21:55 - Consoles To Consider for 3 & 4
• 47:00 - We Get the Doc Out for Picks 3 & 4
• 59:...

This week, Jacob and Joseph talk about their favourite demos from Steam Next Fest June 2025 Edition and give you their thoughts after two weeks with the Switch 2.

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• 0:00 - Intro
• 1:30 - Switch 2 After 2 Weeks (Hardware, Mario Kart World, Game Key Cards & Switch 2 Welcome Tour)
• 23:05 - Steam Next Fest: June 2025 Edition
• 24:50 - Dead as Disco
• 29:35 - VOID/BREAKER
• 36:20 - CloverPit
• 43:45 -...

This week, Jacob and Joseph celebrate 50 episodes with a deep dive on every game that was showcased during Summer Game Fest weekend! Just kidding, but we did talk about a lot of them!

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• 0:00 - Intro
• 0:45 - Icebreaker: "How do we feel about 50 episodes? ft. Luke Lewis"
• 10:30 - Summer Game Fest Overall
• 18:25 - Felt That Boxing
• 19:20 - Out Of Words
• 20:55 - End of Abyss
• 22:05 - Ill
• 2...

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This week Luke and Claire (LukeWarmGames Podcast) interview Senior Art Director Gavin Whelan and Associate Art Director David Levy from Funcom about their work on Dune: Awakening! From their inspirations when realizing the world of Arrakis to what players can expect at launch, this is an exciting chat you won't want to miss.

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This week, the Lads talk about their experiences at PAX East 2025! We also dive in on the recent Six One Indie Showcase! Remember to wishlist all the games you think sounded cool, it helps!

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• 0:00 - Intro
• 3:00 - Icebreaker: "How Was Your PAX East 2025?"
• 7:50 - Our Games of Show
• 8:00 - GIGASWORD
• 12:40 - Fretless - The Wrath of Riffson
• 17:00 - Tanuki: Pon’s Summer
• 20:55 - Fresh Tra...

In this episode, it's an Indie Game Roundup! We chat about Blue Prince, Wanderstop, Despelote, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Split Fiction. We also talk about our games of the year so far!

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• 0:00 - Intro
• 1:00 - Icebreaker: "How is 2025 comparing to 2024 in gaming?"
• 8:50 - Blue Prince
• 20:20 - Wanderstop
• 26:00 - Despelote
• 29:30 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• 47:45 - Split Fiction
• 54:05 - Ou...