Extremely Casual Gamers - With Ellie, Chris & Guy

Extremely Casual Gamers - With Ellie, Chris & Guy

A weekly casual gaming podcast for the everyday gamer. Hosted by mobile gamer Ellie Harwood. Featuring big game trophy hunter Chris Key. And Mr gives-up-halfway-through gamer, Guy Mansell. Throw in a dash of gaming news, personal reviews and you've got the ECG Podcast. This is a Frank Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

November 19, 2025 35 mins
On todays slightly shorter episode, Ellie is fishing for reality TV show ideas, Guy reminds us how immature he is, and Chris has had a response from Nan’s Chutney.

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On today’s slightly shorter episode, Guy discusses GTA 6 being delayed AGAIN, Chris is fuming at Bethesda and Ellie shows off her impressive simpsons knowledge.

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November 9, 2025 11 mins
Thanks to Daniel Simons, we take turns at guessing what video games define us. Join the ECG4ECG group on Facebook to suggest a topic!

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On the show today, Guy is fuming about a man on the internet, Ellie assures everyone that her dog is still alive, and Chris preps the team for podcast sponsorship!

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November 2, 2025 11 mins

The PS2 turned 25 this week so we’re celebrating by talking about our favourite games from this legendary console.


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October 29, 2025 50 mins


On the show today - Ellie wants to know what sound or music from a video game gets you feeling all nostalgic. And Chris is bringing back the VO session for a third time but mixing it up a little bit.




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October 26, 2025 26 mins
Kate is on the DLC this week talking about her contribution to The Sims 4. Kate is an NZ Sims streamer and we had a great time chatting to her about her latest project. 

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October 22, 2025 62 mins
On the show today - Chris is bringing the voice characters back from last week except this time he's got full blown scripts. And Ellie has a quiz of gaming questions pulled from the TV show Jeopardy.

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October 19, 2025 46 mins
Video game royalty is on the DLC this week, Nolan North. He’s been in the industry for years and voiced iconic characters, the most notable being Nathan Drake from Uncharted. The team had a great chat with Nolan ahead of his visit the NZ. 

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On the show today - Guy wants to know that if a genie popped out and granted you one gaming related wish, what would it be. And Chris is testing whether or not Ellie and Guy would be good as voice over artists. 

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We have a very special and very legit guest on the DLC this week. Rob has been in the video game industry for over 20 years and his fingerprints have been on many amazing games we know and love. The most recent being, Ghost Of Yotei.

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On the show today - Ellie is back from her week of being sick and wants to talk about games that we would recommend to the youths of today. Also Guy wants to know what you’ve managed to achieve non gaming related, while gaming.

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October 5, 2025 13 mins
A question from Joshua on the ECG4ECG facebook group this week. What’s a game that you were super excited about pre launch that left you super disappointed. 

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October 1, 2025 59 mins
On the show this week - Ellie is sick so it’s just Chris and Guy, as they discuss the latest news in gaming, your feedback, and Chris wants to know if a certain game has made you want to a pursue a career. Guy also has an early review for the new Ghost Of Yotei game plus the winners of our 100 episode competition. 

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September 28, 2025 6 mins
Bit of a mess this one as something technical went wrong during the recording so it didn't grab everything. But we said some words and you can listen to them

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September 24, 2025 55 mins
On the show this week - Chris has been doing some hard yakka at his house recently and wants to know which game characters you'd ask to help with DIY. And Ellie has a quick little Pokemon game for us to play. 

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September 21, 2025 12 mins
We chat off the back of one of your questions, how many times have you replayed a game? 

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September 17, 2025 51 mins
On the show this week - we’re celebrating the fact we’ve hit 100 episodes! Talking about some of your favourite moments from the last 2 years, a fun couple of games, and giveaways!!

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September 14, 2025 11 mins
A question from Tim came into our DMs this week, wondering what we’ll be talking about on the podcast in a decade's time. What consoles will be around, will VR finally be good? Will Ellie have played more than 4 games? 

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September 10, 2025 58 mins
he show is offroaded by a food challenge that keeps being brought up throughout the episode; however, gaming is still mentioned. Pugs wants to know what movies would make great video games. And Chris is wondering if juggling 3 games at once is the new normal for him. 

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