The Other Castle Podcast: Video Game Plot, Lore and More

Season 12 Episode 9

Tom & Andrea head back in time to 1940's Los Angeles for a dark mystery in LA Noire. We follow police officer Cole Phelps as he works through the ranks of the LAPD solving case after case of some truly gruesome crimes. Everything is connected in this thriller, as old friends and enemies come into his life to cause more drama than Cole can handle. Not to mention the drama he creates for himself on to...

Season 12 Episode 8

Tom & Andrea head to the mean streets of Hong Kong as undercover detective Wei Shen in Sleeping Dogs. The Sun On Yee Triad gang needs to be taken down, and there's only one man for the job. This action-packed GTA style game packs more punches and kicks than you could imagine, and for some reason, Emma Stone too! Listen in if you want to relive or find out what happens in Sleeping Do...

Season 12 Episode 7

Tom & Andrea get stuck in another loop (or is it a spiral?) in Slay the Princess. We need a hero, a princess, a narrator, and the gamer to complete this visual novel turned gaming experience. It gets plenty cerebral in this one, so be sure you're paying attention. We take on the path Andrea went down for this one, as there are several you can take. Regardless, there's always a fores...

Season 12 Episode 6

Tom & Andrea set out to discover what the numbers mean in Call of Duty: Black Ops. Alex Mason wakes up to find himself being tortured for information. He has to recount his past, fighting through many battles during the Cold War era. From the Bay of Pigs, to Vietnam, Mason hunts down his target with his best friend and brother in arms, Viktor Reznov. It's a spy thriller and a war st...

Season 12 Episode 5

Tom & Andrea kick it old school slasher style in Killer Frequency. Come along as we join DJ Forrest Nash on his late night call-in radio show in the tiny town of Gallows Creek. A mysterious killer is on the loose, and for some reason, Forrest is the only person who can save the town from his wrath. Who will survive the night? Who is the Whistling Man? Let's find out together as we d...

Season 12 Episode 4

Tom & Andrea make a return to the Underworld with Supergiant's first ever sequel, Hades 2. This time we play as Melinoe, daughter of Hades and Persephone, sister to Zagreus. The Titan Chronos has taken over the House of Hades, and locked away the entire family. Now it's our job to rescue them in this Roguelike Masterpiece. Come along if you've ever wondered...

Season 12 Episode 3

Tom & Andrea join La Familia in the official first game in the Mafia franchise. Mafia: Definitive Edition. We join up with Tommy, a cabby in the windy city of Lost Heaven (it's Chicago) as he descends into the world of organized (and often disorganized) crime. It's the height of prohibition, and Tommy has to ask himself, how far is he willing to go for his ...

Season 12 Episode 2

Tom & Andrea take on one of the most complex games ever made with Baldur's Gate 3. A CRPG that changed the genre forever, setting a new standard. Come along with us as we awaken in a strange place, with no memory of how we got there. From there, we go on one of the most intense (and quite frankly, sexy) adventures in gaming. Have you ever wondered what happens in Baldur's Gate 3? Come along with us and find ...

Season 12 Episode 1

Tom & Andrea take on the role of hero in Dispatch. We team up with Robert Robertson, former superhero, as he starts his new job as a dispatcher at the Superhero Dispatch Network in danger-ridden Los Angeles. With his Mechaman suit destroyed, he helps the city the only way he can: by sending out the Z Team to handle the city's crime. The problem is, Z Team is full of former supervillains, all trying to turn o...

Bonus Episode

Tom & Andrea settle in for the Holidays with Spider-Man: Miles Morales. Peter Parker is on winter break from superhero duty, so freshman crime fighter Miles Morales is all alone this Christmas as he defends NYC from a new villain. A mysterious figure known as the Tinkerer. Even worse, it seems this new baddie may have ties to Miles himself. Come along for this special gift of a Bonus Episode!

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Season 11 Episode 10

Tom & Andrea join forces with Sam Porter Bridges and his trusty infant sidekick, Lou, for another adventure in Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. Listen along as we had back into the Chiralverse. This time, an old enemy has returned from the other side. Still hellbent on destroying the world, but this time with a little more motivation. Come find out why thi...

Interlude

While Tom & Andrea deal with some technical difficulties, you get to enjoy an episode out of our Patreon vault. We return to the wild west to battle the rising zombie masses in Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare. John Marston is once again on a mission to save his family. Only this time, with a horror twist. We'll see our old friends, both living and undead, for a surprisingly funny expansion to the base game.
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Season 11 Episode 9

Tom & Andrea join back up with Nathan Drake for his third adventure in Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. This time, Sully has a mission for us that he's spent his entire life chasing. It brings in family, friends, lovers, and haters alike. This time we traverse the desert in search of a city, long thought to have been lost. Is it magic, or something far more sinister at play? Listen t...

Season 11 Episode 8

Tom & Andrea threw on their school robes for Hogwarts Legacy. A hundred years before the events of Harry Potter, you take on the role of a new student at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. To make matters more complicated, you also have the ability to access long forgotten magic that hasn't been seen in 400 years. Oh, and there's also a goblin rebellion, and school work. Plenty to keep you busy.

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Season 11 Episode 7

Tom & Andrea take a trip behind the iron curtain in Atomic Heart. Come join P3 and his AI companion as they trek around Russia in an altered-history where Russia saved the world after WW2. There are robots, diseases, and more Bioshock references than an actual Bioshock game. All that being said, there are concerns about this title supporting Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The...

Season 11 Episode 6

Tom & Andrea team back up with Marcus Fenix and the other members of Delta Squad to kill some Locusts in Gears of War 2. It's been 6 months since the events of the previous game, and the enemy is coming back stronger than ever. Or at least it appears they are stronger than ever. But perhaps there's more to this sudden invasion? Come along and find out for yourself. There's plen...

Season 11 Episode 5

Tom & Andrea join forces with the world's most famous whip-wielding archeologist in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Come along on an adventure fit for the big screen, as Indy battles giants in his hunt for the largest ancient relic of his already storied career. Come find out if Machine Games managed to transition from Wolfenstein to a property owned by the house of mou...

Season 11 Episode 4

Tom & Andrea take's on the most world's most notorious crime fighter during his early days in Batman: Arkham Origins. Someone has put out a hit on Batman's head, and every assassin in Gotham City is out for a piece of the action. Come find out why crime boss Black Mask has suddenly taken an interest in the masked man overseeing the doomed city, offering a staggering sum of money to ...

Season 11 Episode 3

Tom & Andrea return to rat-plague-infested France in A Plague Tale: Requiem. We join back up with Amicia and her little brother Hugo, this time as they battle a medievil doomsday cult. One that has made a shocking prediction. Come along as Hugo unleashes the macula, and teaches some bad guys a lesson or two.

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