Hey All, * * This week we talk about the Game Awards that went for 3 hours. * * (Really? I mean who can watch corporate masturbation for THAT long?) * * There’s a lot of games we think are very deserving and a lot of games we think are not very deserving. We also talk about some of our favourite games for this year. * * Josh really liked Witcher 3, Duelyst, Stardew Valley and other games that let him listen to podcasts or music while he played. He’s dull like that. * * Paul liked a Podcast called The Cleaning of John Doehttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cleaning-of-john-doe-true-crime/id1298179135?mt=2 . He’s still been spending his life playing Assassins Creed Origins (and NOT buying any MTX) * * We also note a very interesting feature of the Game Awards but to find out what that is, you’ll have to listen. * * As always, Paul can be found @paulomalley, Josh can be found @zugai and at his other podcasthttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/podculture-plays-d-d/id1317528754?mt=2 * * Feel free to drop us a line at2brotherstalkgames@gmail.com. Keep Rolling!

Hey All, this episode we talk about whether there should be any games that shouldn't be allowed out into the wild. We also agree that we need to disagree. So we're going to work on that. Paul has been enjoying more of Assassins Creed Origins and Josh has been enjoying Valley a game about running and jumping. Are we enjoying ourselves? Quite a bit. You can find us @paulomalley @zugai or email us at 2brotherstalkgames@gmail.com Keep rolling!

Hey all, As always we want to thank Gavin Dunne for his music. The man is the patron saint of podcast music needers and you can go and buy his music. Just look up Miracle of sound. Well it seems like the loot crate boom of 2017 might be coming to a wonderful end. We can only hope. It’s pretty obvious what we spoke about this week. But we also talk about some great games! Paul has been playing a sweet little indie game called Assassin's Creed Origins. He’s quite fond of it. My own experience with the series has been somewhat lacking. Who knows if I ever finish the Witcher 3 I might have to have another look at the series. Is Ezio still in it? I’ve been playing Kingdoms! Which is a great little 2d side scrolling game about building your kingdom and defending against monsters at night. It’s a great little way to use your time and very satisfying. We also talk about the X.B.O.X and how having a powerful console is the way to go. Also, I am doing another podcast! If you like DnD come check out podculture plays DnD:http://nerdythingspod.com/podcast/podculture-plays-dd-episode-1-cast-detect-evil-on-the-dm/ As always you can hit us up @paulomalley @zugai and 2brotherstalkgames@gmail.com Kep rolling!

Hey all, We’ve been away/sick the last week so we’ve now had time to catch up with each other. This week we talk about the fact that The Witness is not worth your time. Neither is Borderlands 2. Paul has been kicking it old school with OG Xbox Backwards Compatibility and spending time with Star Wars: KOTOR and Fuzion Frenzy as well as enjoying the awesome free Stranger Things game on Mobile. Also, Fantasy Flight games are no launching into video games. What does this mean? Are we excited? https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/10/26/tabletop-publisher-fantasy-flight-games-has-opened-a-digital-studio/ WoW is going to be opening vanilla servers after years and years of people asking for it. Neither of us are very excited: https://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/11/blizzard-announces-world-of-warcraft-classic/ And which common things in games would we be okay without? Mainly anything that gets in the way of fun. Thanks all and feel free to contact us on 2brotherstalkgames@gmail.com or @zugai or @paulomalley on twitter.

Hi All, As always, a huge thanks to Gavin, the Miracle of Sound Dunne, who done the music we use for our intro! This week we’re glad to have Paul back in town. It’s great to have him back from Japan. This week we bang on more than a little about lootboxes as the UK government says that they have already taken steps: UK government answer loot box questions | Rock, Paper, Shotgun But really what they are saying is that they don’t want to have to worry about it. And if you buy Vermintide 2 you won’t have to worry about lootboxes at all, according to them at least: Vermintide 2 will not sell loot boxes, developer confirms | PC Gamer My opinion? They deserve extra credit for that. A lot of it. In even more nefarious news, Activision has found a way to make microtransactions even worse: Activision patent matchmaking system pushing microtransactions | Rock, Paper, Shotgun There is nothing about this that is okay. Not a thing. RPS does joke about whether gamers should form some kind of collective to patent the worst gaming practises they can consider. Maybe not a terrible idea. Our big question of the week concerns indie games: Are indie games too cheap? | PC Gamer Without getting too much into spoilers, we’re not completely sure. My follow up idea is that much of the problem also comes from a lack of QA with Steam or other online distribution services where dodgy devs could release a product for a few $’s make some quick sales and then bugger off. This of course erodes trust in the indie game sector and brings down the percieved value. How does one fix that? No idea. What have we been playing? Cuphead, which Paul thinks is great! Guild of Dungeoneering, which Josh is still enjoying! Overgrowth, which is not worth your time, unless you got it in a bundle and had no idea! As always, we can be reached at @paulomalley and @zugai and also 2brotherstalkgames@gmail.com Keep rolling!

Hi there all, we're so happy to be allowed to use Gavin Dunne's music for our podcast. If you could buy some of his music that'd be amazing! We have ourselves a good talk about why Shadow of War should be allowed to fail. And neither of us EVER advocate using the Pirate Bay to go and download it illegally because pay to win games like that are the scourge of the industry and should be put down mercifully. But we WOULD advocate that you go and buy the original Shadow of Mordor, maybe even for a friend because it was a good game and you can get it pretty cheap. In fact, why not buy it for 2 friends? We also have a talk about Offworld Trading Co and why it is a better game than Galactic Civilisations 3. Which is a re-skin of an older game, Galactic Civilisations 2. We do however kind of like Sins of a Solar Empire, or at least some of its design. Should you ask us questions at 2brotherstalkgames@gmail.com? Ask and find out!

Hey everyone, this week Paul is away in China and so I am recording with Ethan! We have a jolly good chat about games athat are a lot of fun and some that we think are just wastes of time. What do we like? Ethan likes TW:WH2 and wrote about it here: http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/527421-played-some-total-war-warhammer-2-the-twoening I am enjoying Offworld trading co. and Caveblazers! Again! There's a new Dungeons game coming out this week and Ethan might play it! https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/10/05/dungeons-3-release-date/#more-482597 There's a new game coming from the people that made Stardew Valley, and Ethan probably won't play it! (I might) https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/10/05/spellbound-relationships/#more-482331 Also, should Bethesda maybe not have asked for America to be Nazi free again? https://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/10/bethesda-defends-wolfenstein-2-for-being-a-wolfenstein-game/ Let us know what you think! @zugai

Hello all and welcome to our latest podcast. We shall be always and completely grateful to Gavin Dunne AKA the Miracle of Sound for the use of his music. Unlike last week, both of us are in great health this time, so we were able to record! And we’ve been playing things! Before we get into any games stuff, I’d like to point out that I was on another podcast this week! http://www.talking.fail/631added I’ve mainly been playing Psychonauts and quite a lot of Caveblazers. CB’s is great and great value for a tenner: http://www.rupeck.com/caveblazers I usually don’t go in for roguelikes, but I quite like this one. Paul has been playing a lot of Back to Bed, or how to get Zoolander down for a nap: http://store.steampowered.com/app/308040/Back_to_Bed/ He likes it quite a bit, but thinks you should wait for a Steam sale. He does however think you should stop whatever you are doing and buy Oxenfree and Cuphead straight away: Oxenfree on Steam Buy Cuphead - Microsoft Store We also covered the recent legal goings on with Pewdiepie and the creators of Firewatch: https://www.polygon.com/2017/9/12/16295412/pewdiepie-campo-santo-firewatch-dmca-legal-abuse On a related note: https://www.polygon.com/2017/9/29/16384236/youtube-nintendo-livestream-monetization Nintendo has decided that it is restricting livestreaming. Bold idea. I don’t think it’s going to be their best decision. On a more personal note, we do sometimes like to boil a frog, and by that I mean, convince people to listen to the music we like: http://static.echonest.com/BoilTheFrog/?src=Michael%20Bubledest=Sabaton We can of course, be found @paulomalley and @zugai and also at 2brotherstalkgames@gmail.com Keep rolling!

Hey all, Damn what a week. Lucky for us we have the wonderful stylings of Mr Gavin Dunne to help our podcast with his music. Heaps of new stuff to look at his week. Let’s get into it! Do you like trains? This game looks like what would happen if you had an infinite amount of children train playsets around: publishing.com/collections/indie/products/tracks-the-train-set-game">https://www.excalibur-publishing.com/collections/indie/products/tracks-the-train-set-game In some ways it reminds me of Mini Metro, though MM is far more minimalistic. Don’t like trains? How about spaceships? https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/shortest-trip-to-earth#/ I like the look of this one. If you liked FTL or anything else in space, chances are you would like this. What if your spaceships had steampunk cowboy robots? That would be cool. But what if they were miners? http://imageform.se/game/steamworld-dig-2/ I loved the original of this game and I loved even more Steamworld Heist. And unlike all the others, this one has nothing to do with any form of transport, but everything to do with art and myth, the cornerstones of culture. game.com/">http://www.okami-game.com/ And yes, I do know how to say it Sam. We also talk about Psychonauts, and the latest controversy around the question as to whether lootboxes are a form of gambling that need regulation. Counter-Strike skin gambling: site owners settle with FTC after social media endorsement disclosures | Rock, Paper, Shotgun It Is Time That We Start Referring to Loot Boxes as Gambling : Games It Is Time That We Start Calling Loot Boxes Slot Machines Galapagos syndrome hits Japan's mobile game industry- Nikkei Asian Review As always, we are available @paulomalley @zugai and 2brotherstalkgames@gmail.com Keep rolling!

Hey there sweet things! We’re poppin’ along to The Miracle of Sound who gave us permission to use his music for free. What a guy. This week we’ve been playing quite a few games, some more salacious than others! Mainly because each of us bought some games from the HUmble Bundles! Paul purchased: Humble Hunie Sakura Bundle (pay what you want and help charity) And is not a total deviant. Seriously. From what he says Huniepop is well, quite an uplifting experience. Josh purchased: Humble Jumbo Bundle 9 (pay what you want and help charity) And is having fun teaching a toddler to destroy the landscape. And in game with Human Fall Flat! We have a discussion about This: Cuphead Reignites the "Game Journalists Should Be Good at Games" Debate - GameRevolution Given that neither of us plays games for a living we’d have to say that really we’re not sure, but it would help if journalists who report on games would most likely have better things to say if they at least have a passable level of ability. To at least get past the tutorial. The Witcher is as a series is now 10 years old! http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-09-04-who's-who-in-the-witcher's-wonderful-10-year-anniversary-video Nostalgia is one thing, but being pleasant is quite another. It follows the tone of Blood and wine. Geralt pretty well retires and only goes out to hunt monsters when he feels like it. It’s a good send off for a character and I’m not sure how many other characters it would work with. Probably not Gordon Freeman. Paul likes fighting games and tells us all about this blast from the past eing the first game to pioneer a way for the PC Master Race to dally with the commoners: Killer Instinct on Steam to support cross-play with Xbox One and Windows 10 | Windows Central As always we can be reached on twitter @zugai and @paulomalley and 2brotherstalkgames@gmail.com! Keep rolling!

Hey All, Always, we thanks Mr Gavin Dunne for being the darn fine person he is to let us use his music without paying him anything. You should totally go buy a song from him. We’d like to start by saying that we hope you all had a wonderful father’s day or helped someone else have one. Some pretty cool stuff happened. First off, we found out that Destiny 2 will be playable with decent machines. As someone that has had long periods of no disposable income, this is quite rewarding. Feel free to get into the Beta here: http://us.battle.net/en/app/ Paul has been playing a bunch of cool little games that sound like a lot of fun. Rock of Ages 2 sounds like it has lived up to the hype and good light fun, and yes, Paul will indeed Rock you: Buy Rock of Ages 2: Bigger Boulder™ - Microsoft Store Australia Death by rhythm bug doesn’t quite have the same snappiness of Thumper, though it does a better job of vaguely describing the game. This is a similar vein to Neon Drive, but from what I’ve heard is far more intense. Buy Thumper - Microsoft Store And for those open world people that like robots, this is probably a game you’d like. I quite like when a company gives a new IP a chance to be better. Never a bad thing. Buy ReCore: Definitive Edition - Microsoft Store Australia I’ve been chipping away at Total War: Warhammer and plowing through the greenskins with my dwarf throngs. So far not my best Total War experiences, but certainly my favourite Warhammer experiences in a videogame. Kind of also sorry to be coming to the end of Shadowrun Hong Kong. Sometimes you don’t need a sprawling epic march through tens of hours of text and character development to have a good time. Sometimes you just need to shoot people in the face with a drone. There are a range of things we’re following and looking into, but we’ll talk more about those later, when we know more about them. Till then you can get us @zugai @paulomalley and 2brotherstalkgames@gmail.com Keep rolling!

Hey all, Hoping that you had a better day than Connor McGregor did against Mayfield. As always, Mr Gavin, The Miracle of Sound has allowed us the use of his music without paying! What a cool guy. This week we decided to talk about SPORTS! Well, sports games. Not E-Sports specifically, as neither of us is good enough at any games to compete at that level (maybe Paul could with speedrunners) but there have been some definite areas where sports games shine wonderfully, mainly in the area of emergent narrative as your favourite fictional or non-fictional characters grow and develop. One of my favourite sports games as a kid was Death Track. A wonderful murder romp while race car driving. I can’t believe it didn’t catch on IRL. Anyway, they are available here: http://www.myabandonware.com/game/deathtrack-mr http://store.steampowered.com/app/7840/Death_Track_Resurrection/ Below I’ve listed a bunch of links to the sports games we mentioned (there were more than quite a few): Bloodbowl: http://store.steampowered.com/app/236690/Blood_Bowl_2/ Super blood hockey: http://store.steampowered.com/app/532190/Super_Blood_Hockey/ Faceoff: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_Off! RedCard 20-03 - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RedCard_20-03 Team Buddies - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Buddies Rugby League Live 4 Review - Improvements All Round start.com.au/reviews/playstation4-reviews/2017/07/17/rugby-league-live-4-review-improvements-round/">https://press-start.com.au/reviews/playstation4-reviews/2017/07/17/rugby-league-live-4-review-improvements-round/ News wise there are quite a few things happening. First of all, the people behind the Yakuza series are bringing out a remaster of Yakuza 2 and will be publishing a game based on the very popular Manga (check pronunciation) Fist of the North Star! Yakuza makers making movie: https://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/08/the-yakuza-developers-are-working-on-afist-of-the-north-star-game/ And a remastered game: https://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/08/now-yakuza-2-is-getting-a-hd-remake/ No Mans Sky has a form of multi player. The last player now needs someone to play with them? Maybe just keep the lights on? Paul mentioned a couple of kickstarters he quite likes and after a brief peek I think they are worth looking into! Unstable Unicorns by Ramy Badie — Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ramybadie/unstable-unicorns Final Boss: The card game by Rafael González — Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2137575517/final-boss-the-card-game?ref=recs_featured Paul also brought up the fact that Microsoft have updated the list of titles that are being upgraded with the new Xbox shenanigans! NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja STORM Games Are Now Available For Xbox One | https://majornelson.com/2017/08/25/naruto-shippuden-ultimate-ninja-storm-games-are-now-available-for-xbox-one/ Xbox One X Enhanced | https://majornelson.com/blog/xbox-one-x-enhanced/ And as always we are available by email 2brotherstalkegames@gmail.com @paulomalley and @zugai. Keep rolling!

Hey everyone, I trust you guys had a great week this week. Yeah, that was bad, even by my standards.  But you know what’s good?  Gavin Dunnes’ music!  You should go check it out! There’s a great little example of game theory I found online that is either very depressing or inspiring depending on how full your glass is: http://ncase.me/trust/ Game theory is a fascinating area to look into.  If you have more interest in this area, you should look into Bruce Schneiers work, which you can find at: Schneier on Security: Liars and Outliers As for more games that we think successfully subvert Player’s expectations we can recommend the following: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice on Steam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_Darkness Speaking of IP’s that don’t get to have games made about them, there will no longer be a game based on Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn trilogy.  For what it’s worth I think that is something of a tragedy as it was a well written and conceived series with an excellent lady protagonist. There is a lot of exciting stuff coming out very soon and a lot of it we can recommend looking into it. Final Fantasy 15 will be coming to PC at some point and from what I hear, they’re going to make it a more definitive version.  Cool says I. https://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/08/final-fantasy-15-is-coming-to-pc/ Rock of Ages was a very funny game that needs to be experienced to be understood.  That part where you hurl yourself into David’s nutsack is something I will never forget. Rock of Ages 2: Bigger Boulder re-announcement trailer - Gameplanet Australia Games Workshop is re-releasing Necromunda.  Honestly, I’d like to see a videogame version or a DD version: community.com/2017/08/13/breaking-news-necromunda-returnsgw-homepage-post-1/">https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/08/13/breaking-news-necromunda-returnsgw-homepage-post-1/ More Age of Empires, from Relic, the makers of Company of Heroes and Dawn of War.  You had my curiosity, now you have my attention. Age of Empires Insider Program - Age of Empires And yes, Civilisation is coming out as a brand new boardgame!  The original was pretty good and this newest version looks more fun and far more interesting. https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2017/8/14/a-new-age-dawns/ ReCore being re-released sounds like a lot of fun and Paul will be deep diving into this one as and when he can. gamescom 2017: ReCore Definitive Edition Brings Players HDR, New Adventures and T8-NK Corebot! - Xbox Wire Paul was also very happy to see rhythm death bug simulator 2017 coming out on Xbox 1 as it will give him more reason to link his smart lights to his Xbox, again. Thumper Is Now Available For Xbox One | If there’s anything you want to know about just email us on 2brotherstalkgames@gmail.com or @paulomalley or @zugai And keep yourselves rolling!

Hey everyone, Sorry we’re a little late with this episode but toddlers have a tendency to get sick quite often when it’s cold and when they don’t sleep neither do the parents.  Anyways, as always we’re grateful to Gavin Dunne and the music he does.  His latest songs about Destiny 2 and John Snow are really good and you should check them out. This week I spoke to a somewhat intoxicated Ethan.  It was jolly good fun. We spoke about the best way to train for StarCraft 2.  Apparently the best way is both drunk and upside down.  Ethan has been playing West of Loathing and if you’ve played Kingdom of Loathing, and you really should, you’ll probably have a good time.  What I’ve read about it is very positive so go support a small time dev-team. Speaking of games and how they are migrating all over the darn place, their is a fan made Papers Please movie coming out!  It’s certain to be a happy good fun time set in a universe where everyone has good reason to think the best of everyone and their government. There are however some excellent things coming out soon!  Dragon Age 4 and 5 are in the works according to to Laidlaw, the boss of DA.  Not a bad thing, considering all the fun this series has been.  Valve has a new game coming out.  A card game.  And no one should give a shit.  Also, they are using StarCraft 2 to train killer AI’s: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/08/10/starcraft-2-ai-api-launched/#more-468485 If there’s anything you want to know about just email us on 2brotherstalkgames@gmail.com or @paulomalley or @zugai And keep yourselves rolling!

Hey there, So as always, we’re back to talk about some stuff happening in the gaming over the last 7 days or more. And also as always, we have to thank Mr Gavin Dunne for the use of his music. We’ve been a little strapped for time to play games this week as both Paul and I have had quite a lot of things happening in our respective lives, so please bare with us. I did manage to finish Pyre though and I’m going to give it a write up later this month. I’ve also been reading the DD rulebooks a lot for an upcoming campaign. In Paul’s case he’s still working his way through Brothers, links below for both: Pyre on Steam Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons on Steam News wise, there’s been quite a few things happening over the last while. The first is kind of interesting if you like awesome space operas with fine characterisation: Mass Effect Andromeda studio merging into EA’s Motive It may also be terrifying if you think about what EA does to studios under its banner (it eats them). Also, it may be time to give that sailor talk the old heave ho, especially if you like playing Rocket League. Is it censorship, or just time for us to think of new insults? Rocket League Passes 34 Million Players; New Ban System Additions Coming Speaking of DD, if you’re an American and can’t find a game, maybe you should look into breaking the law? Well, probably not, but this is certainly interesting: Dragons in the Department of Corrections - Waypoint The Cracked Podcast by Earwolf on Apple Podcasts And if you’re anything like us, you might be surprised to think about how gaming has chagned, and how it might change in the future. I for one am looking forward to “Get off my lawn simulator 2067 edition” Digital Australia 2018 (#DA18) - IGEA Greater Gender and Age Diversity in Game Characters Wanted, Finds Survey - IGN Paul has been watching some Anime, which I gu4ess is no surprise, but what is a nice surprise is that he’s willing to share about what he thinks is good anime: paulomalley's Anime List - MyAnimeList.net And what he thinks of his new fuze card (spoiler, he kind of really likes it): FUZE Card Finally, I think it’s worth mentioning that our last little thing to talk about is both heartwarming and breaking. As someone who is lucky to have some audio from an interview with a new passed away relative, being able to listen to it brings them back somewhat. 'Dadbot, do you love me?': How I immortalised my dead father through Facebook messenger - Hack - triple j Please feel free to contact us via email 2brotherstalkgames@gmail.com or by Twitter @paulomalley and @zugai Keep Rolling! 

Hey all, Welcome to another 60 or so minutes of fun and adventure where Paul and I sit down to let the games speak for themselves.  Massive thanks to Gavin, the Miracle of sound, Dunne who done the music wot we use. Anyways, we played some games! I’ve been mucking around with Xenonauts which is an extremely faithful re-creation of the original, down to the lack of direction/tutorial/any useful feedback.  It’s not a deal breaker, but if you’ve not played the old old old XCom you might want to watch some stuff on youtube first.  Still, it’s not a bad time. Xenonauts on Steam Paul and his wife have been playing through the Lego Pirates of the Caribbean and having a darn fine time. Listen to the podcast to find out why I can no longer let myself play this series of games (it’s not because I am bad at games, though that is definitely a thing). LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game I’ve had a quick look at The Road to Gehenna and can confirm that if you liked the original Talos, you would REALLY like this one.  It possesses a very cool kind of charm.  Like Dante’s Inferno, but enjoyable. The Talos Principle: Road To Gehenna on Steam Paul gives a nice talk up about Path of Exile, which is a pretty cool Diablo clone that is completely free to play and worth your time if you have a lot of spare time. Path of Exile Speaking of the afterlife and eternal punishment, I’ve also been playing Pyre a game where you try to escape Limbo by playing 3 vs 3 football, exactly as it was described by St. Messi in the Apocrypha.  It is a gorgeous experience in every way, and it makes me feel very good about the fact that Super Giant Games only release things very rarely.  Can’t have have champagne every day. Pyre on Steam As always, there’s a few things we’re looking forward to that are coming up soon.  The first is this little indie beauty that looks like a lot of fun for certain people, if those people like Super Smash Bros: https://www.fig.co/campaigns/bounty-battle Also, this little game looks like playing Miami Hotline if you were Nightcrawler from the Xmen: Mr. Shifty on Steam And there is an upcoming open Beta for Destiny 2 coming up at the end of August.  From hat I’ve heard at the end of all the DLC, Destiny was a pretty decent game (which I wouldn’t pay $180 for).  Still, might be worth a look: Destiny 2 Beta Is Now Open To Everyone On PS4, Xbox One - GameSpot And yes, there are boardgames we like!  Paul picked up an expansion for one of our favourite games Onitama!  It’s called the Sensei’s path. And in final final final news, someone finally gave Justin Roiland something he’s been waiting for.  Dose this mean fewer seasons of Rick and Morty now?  We hope not. McDonald's Giving 'Rick And Morty' Creator A Jug Of Szechuan Sauce We can be reached at 2brotherstalkgames@gmail.com and ofcourse @paulomalley and @zugai on the twitters and look us up on instagram and Facebook groups. Keep Rolling!

Hey all, Your destiny relies on you going and listening to Miracle of Sounds newest song about Destiny 2.  He also does our intro and outro music and we are massively grateful to him for the use of it. This week we neither of us spent a lot of time playing a lot of games, but we spent a lot of time playing a couple of games.  Paul enjoyed a lot of time with: Oh...Sir!! The Insult Simulator on Steam Oh...Sir! The Insult Simulator – Android Apps on Google Play Which he says is a great intro to a certain comedy routine featuring a parrot that may or may not be dead.  It might just be pining for the fjords. In my case I won’t bore you with what I have been playing a little of, but it is: Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?! on Steam Which is a game you could probably play on Newgrounds or Kongregate and I wouldn’t say is very worth your time.  However my favourite game played this year is easily the Talos Principle: The Talos Principle - Croteam - Croteam To be honest, I can’t talk about this one in enough detail as I don’t want to spoil it.  It does however have some of the best voice acting performances I have heard period ever period.  It’s rare that the makers of a shooty shooty bang bang like Serious Sam, or anyone for that matter, make something like this one.  It’s very special and you should go and buy it.  Otherwise I have this little gem coming up: Save 10% on Pyre on Steam I was a pretty big fan of both Bastion and Transistor.  Both had a great combination of high quality visuals and sound design but also included some great gameplay. If you want some free stuff you should look at this article written by Quintin Smith of Shut up Sit Down: How to build an amazing board game collection for $10! | Shut Up Sit Down This week we also spoke a lot about identity in games and how gaming has changed the way we look at certain areas of self-identity.  To be honest, you’re better off listening to the Out of the Fridge podcast.  Those guys know their stuff much better than we do: http://outofthefridgecomics.com/ In the world of gaming and other pop culture stuff there was quite a lot that happened and rather than fill you in with a lot details, I’d recommend the link dump below: Pokémon Go developer apologizes for glitch-plagued festival chaos - NY Daily News A Pokémon Go bar crawl was one of the best events at Comic-Con - The Verge Razer is launching a chat app for Pokémon Go - The Verge The new Stranger Things trailer is full of Michael Jackson and terror - The Verge The first Justice League trailer is here, and it actually looks great - The Verge The latest trailer for The Defenders promises blood and war - The Verge The first Rocko’s Modern Life TV movie trailer takes on the horrors of the 21st century - The Verge Stargate is coming back as a digital-only prequel series - The Verge Pacific Rim: Uprising’s teaser features John Boyega and a bunch of giant mechs - The Verge Learn – GOJAEGER Gimlet Creative | .future | Gimlet Creative Gimlet Creative | Shows | Gimlet Creative Bears vs Babies | A Monster-Building Card Game from the Creators of Exploding Kittens Keep rolling!

Hey all, Big thank you to Gavin Dunne, the Miracle of sound. He just brought out a new song about Destiny 2, which you should all check out. Anyways, this week we talk quite a lot about games and other nerdy stuff. If you’re into podcasts, and really, I assume you are, you should be listening to How We Roll and maybe Godsfall. Both are great, but I find myself gravitating more to the first than the second. Paul is very into the Darkest Night, but i think I’ll give it a pass. How have you not seen is worth your time, especially if film is your thing. Speaking of film, Paul has seen Baby Driver and doesn’t spoil it! He does however tell you to go and see it. I intend to see it at some point but not sure right now. To check out the Soundtrack on Spotify, follow this link: aka.ms/babydriver Paul also updates us on all the kickstarters I talked him into/made him aware of. I am looking forward to getting into these when possible. Also, we did play a few games this week. I have been playing a hell of a lot of the Talos Principle and can’t recommend it enough, but will talk (at length) about it next week. Paul however has been playing almost everything including a game called Typoman, which I think sounds fun, Runbow and a Tale of 2 brothers (no relation). Feel free to get at us at 2brotherstalkgames@gmail.com or @zugai or @paulomalley. Keep rolling!

Hi there everybody! This week is another bonus episode as we had a couple of friends come over for a Beer and Boardgames night where we played a couple of rounds of Monty Python Fluxx. Obviously hilarity ensues when you put a few nerds in a room with a game inspired by Monty Python... https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/36345/monty-python-fluxx There seems to have been a little bit of audio popping in the latter half of the episode, sorry about that but I have no idea how it got there. It's still worth listening to if you ask me. ;) For those interested in purchasing a copy of the game its available on a ton of different sites and probably at your local Games shop so be sure to support your local game store when you can. :) To get in touch with us either email us at 2brotherstalkgames@gmail.com or connect with us on twitter @paulomalley and @zugai. If you would like to follow our guest Sam, he is available via twitter @_thatnasaguy_ and on Instagram @thatnasaguy. Thanks to Gavin Dunne for letting us associate this show with his music, go search out some more of it! And as always, Keep Rolling!

Hey everyone, We’d like to start this by saying thanks to Gavin Dunne for the use of his music, so go and buy his music please. This week we have a good old talk about the difference between depth and complexity in games, as we think there is a great difference between the two, especially looking at games like Super Giants Transistor, which I’ve been playing over the last week. Paul Highlights the good old games he’s been getting into that you can look into here: Xbox Game Pass - Double Dragon Neon, Alex Kidd, Galaga and Pacman: https://majornelson.com/2017/05/24/xbox-game-pass-launches-june-1-with-100-games-early-access-for-gold-members-starts-today/ We didn’t take a deep dive into the land of Kickstarter this week as there wasn’t a lot that I saw that I thought was worthwhile, but the Imposters is now available and all ya’ll should head on over to http://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/5523/Ginger-Goat to get yourself some games. What are we looking forward to? A few things. Frostpunk, Pyre and Steamworld Dig 2! Some very good stuff. Paul also talks about how to get access to some free games if that’s the kind of thing you might be interested in. Feel free to get to us at email 2brotherstalkgames@gmail.com or twitter @zugai or @paulomalley but we do have a facebook group and instagram group, just use the name to find us. Keep rolling!

Hey there and welcome to a very special feature with the one and only Josh T Jordan. Josh designed a game that myself, Paul and another buddy of mine all sat down and played a little while ago called “The Way of All Flesh” and we had such a darn good time I decided to start talking to him a little more regularly. Damn fine thing too. Josh is probably one of the most chill people on twitter and a very enjoyable guy to talk to. The game we played had a very elegant design to it and I’m looking forward to playing the other games in the Imposters book when it is made available. If you want to find out more about Josh’s games, his website is here: goat.blogspot.com.au/">http://ginger-goat.blogspot.com.au/ His blog is here: https://joshtjordan.com/ And you can find him on twitter here: https://twitter.com/joshtjordan Check his stuff out. And keep rolling!

Hey all,   We were in a huge hurry this week to record that the notes are going to be kind of sparse.  Also, because we covered so many games this week I can’t provide a link to each of the things we spoke about so instead I’ve attached a link below that has a collection of pretty well all the games we spoke about.  However, we do have to thank Gavin Dunne for the music he lets us use for free.  He’s a champ.   Admittedly, neither Paul or I own a PS4 or a Nintendo console, so most of our talking is about what we DO own, which are PC’s (as God intended) or an Xbox (I’m a PC master race member, so I let Paul talk more about console stuff).  But anyways, we did talk about a couple of things on Kickstarter:     Kickstarter links: Aussie game that sounds really good: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/foxtale/lucidity-six-sided-nightmares?ref=category Sounds like Betrayal at house on the hill but easier/more elegant and in my old age, I’ve started to like the idea of a game that tells you how to play it so you’re not looking something up all the time. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/edibudimilic/drinkagon-strategic-drinking-game?ref=category DRINKING!   Useful link https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/06/13/e3-2017-pc-games/49/   What does josh like the look of from E3? Johnny Gat trailer for Agents of Mayhem.  Damn it Saints Row, my heart strings can only tug so far…. On that note, Crackdown 3 looks like a Saints Row Game.  Please have a mod that changes all explosions to being voiced by Terry Crews. It looks like more fun than lawbreakers. Monster Hunter World looks really cool like a platformy version of witcher 3.  Sounds like I would play something like this. Griftlands!  I played invisible inc. earlier this year during a car ride.  It is a pretty decent game. Shadow of Mordor 2.  GOing to ramp up the nemesis system, which is AWESOME! Need for speed looks like fast and the furious.  Not a criticism.  Maybe we could see what a N4S game looks like with a decent plot or understanding of physics? The new colossus trailer.  Bethesda seem to know how to use old timey music in their game intros very very well. My children are NOT named after the protagonist. Oh, and BJ rolling around on a murderspree in a wheel chair?  Okay then.  But, after having gone to a nazi base on the moon?  What’s left?  Marzi? Oh God did Stalin conquer Mars?  RED FACTION! Metro.  Looks like a game.  Looks like it would be fun to watch. Big change of atmosphere and setting.  Less claustrophobic, less survival horror? Beyond good and evil 2.  Hmmm.  Cool visuals and sound.  Not sure about dialogue.  Feels like it is trying to be Guy Ritchie. The Song is Strong Culture by Asian Dub Foundation Anthem.  Okay.  So it’s Mass Destiny?  Played by robots.  OKay then.  But why aren’t I a jedi/grey warden saving the world?  Big departure from their usual clobber. Bannerlord mount and blade 2.  Looks like Mount and Blade.  Would have liked more info not just combat stuff. Tropic 6 looks like fun.  5 was both fun and funny.  Some good puns and whatnot.  The idea of connecting islands together sounds fun.  Perhaps a more complicated economic system this time? More Skyrim.  I don’t care. Spiderman looks like arkham games.  Good move.  As long as the writing and dialogue are good it should be a fine use of fun time. Fallout VR?  Interesting, but not compelling.   Also, Paul got some cool games for free because he watched the Microsoft thing on Mixer.  Certainly something to look into for next year. MIXPOT from Mixer What’s in the MixPot? The MixPot is full of digital goodness. The MixPot will be delivered in waves starting within 24 hours after the end of the briefing, and will include: Rare Replay – full game download. Mature game – will not be awarded to accounts with content restrictions. Halo Wars 2 Kinsano Leader Pack (with special bonus of 3 Blitz Packs for Xbox One players) Minecraft Redstone Specialists Skin Pack (for Minecraft: Xbox One Edition) Halo Warthog in Forza Horizon 3 (unique vehicle not available in the in-game store) HAWKEN – Starter Pack No Time to Explain –  full game download The Final Station – full game download. Mature game – will not be awarded to accounts with content restrictions.     As we said, we are happy to give away the key for No Time to Explain to the first person that emails us at 2brotherstalkgames@gmail.com but I think we’re flexible enough that if you tweet at us on either @paulomalley or @zugai  we’d consider that good enough.   Keep Rolling!!

Hey all, As always before we get started we want to thank Gavin Dunne, whose music ranges from J-pop to some very decent metal. This week, we have a bit of a chat about Logan and Wonder Woman and what we think of them.  There’s also a new movie coming up about the story of the guy who created Diana and it sounds like as far as movies go it’ll be a very hard R indeed.  There may be other hard things involved in a very grey kind of way.   As for what we’ve been playing this week?  We’ve both been putting a bit of time into Outland, which you can get through Steam. http://store.steampowered.com/app/305050/Outland/ We’re both impressed by the aesthetics of this very charming little platformer and both think it’s worth the cash at some point.   Paul has become  un-ashamedly addicted to Speedrunners, even putting his honour and a fiver up for grabs at his work place.  You can get it from here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/207140/SpeedRunners/ and until the 15th of June it’s free as a games with gold: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/speedrunners/c3pb0bp0g04l I’ve been enjoying a golden oldie which I got for $5 last week on Steam.  It’s no longer at that price but it is currently available in a bundle with a bunch of other games: http://store.steampowered.com/app/20500/Red_Faction_Guerrilla_Steam_Edition/ USD$19   Paul is currently more excited by E3 than I am, and I think it shows.  We’ve decided to get more into it next week, so keep your ears peeled for that I’d say.  I did however find a new place to get games obscenely cheap that doesn’t involve either piracy or racketeering (at least as far as I know): https://www.bundlestars.com/en/promotions/sega-genesis-pick-mix-bundle-2   We looked at a few games on kickstarter this week that we liked for different reasons.  I’m a big fan of teaching children new skills so a tactile boardgame that teaches the ideas behind coding sounds like a good idea: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/871405126/turing-tumble-gaming-on-a-mechanical-computer?ref=category And Paul is still something of a cyclopath and it’s showing: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/openroadgames/the-open-road-0?ref=category   We decided to mix up how we talk about kickstarters from here on and decided we’d pick 2 and then decide which we like a lot more.  For boardgames it came down to the boardgame of Left4Dead: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cmon/zombicide-green-horde?ref=category And a new game about helping pre-history people build a civilisation: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/admagic/rise-of-tribes?ref=category Which did we pick?  Listen and find out!   We also looked at these 2 game projects: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chrismdp/ealdorlight?ref=category And https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/owlcatgames/pathfinder-kingmaker?ref=category Well to be honest everyone, this was an unfair fight, which you’ll see when you click the links or listen to us.   Now, depending on how pedantic you are, you might want to look away from the next series of notes as we talked about the fact that rule flubbing isn’t the worst thing in the world.  At least, not yet. Wil Wheaton: http://wilwheaton.net/2015/06/tabletop-kingdom-builder-and-screwing-up-the-rules/ https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/3ac1rp/wil_wheaton_here_i_need_to_address_the/   Why does it even matter, you mess up and have fun anyway, right?: https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/3adknf/why_did_wil_wheaton_write_an_apology_for_breaking/ Reddit post about Rule screw ups: https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/6a0gxn/another_round_of_rules_youve_been_getting_wrong/ Monopoly Rules story on News.com: http://www.news.com.au/finance/money/monopoly-mistakes-weve-all-been-making/news-story/4ffb64c21ab4234d21a07975227a7fdb   I listen to: http://outofthefridgecomics.com/ And I came back with a new perspective on art forms which I’m thinking will increase my enjoyment of comics, movies, games etc etc.  Never a bad thing.   Paul has listened to this one, which, if you’re into animation you’ll quite enjoy: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/animation-is-the-best   As for next week, we’re going to talk up E3 and will be featuring an interview with someone that made a game where we had way too much fun!   Thanks all and keep rolling! @zugai @paulomalley 2brotherstalkgames@gmail.com

Hey all, Of course we want to start by crediting Gavin Dunne with our music intro and outro.  The man has an awesome YouTube channel dedicated to music all about video games and other nerdy stuff.  This week there wasn’t a heap for us to talk about, but we managed to fill an hour of rambling about stuff we’re fairly excited about that we think you should be as well. For a change we spoke about movies for quite a bit.  It turns out Wonder Woman is a pretty decent film that Paul is going to go and see.  It also turns out that Logan is out to watch at home (which I’ll probably try to do soon) and that the genius behind Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and the World’s End has a movie coming out soon, Baby Driver.  The trailers make it look like many different kinds of awesome.  If you’re not familiar with his work you now have three movies to watch.  There may be a test. On the subject of Kickstarters and other crowdfunded nonsense we’re happy to announce that Japan will now be allowed to enter in to Kickstarter.  We’re both looking forward to more toys and gadgets that are…….interesting (or terrifying).  There’s a couple I kinda sorta liked the look of: The Rise of Mooncrest which has a playable demo that I want to look at this week.   And this little gem: Flash Point Fire Rescue which looks like it might be a great game to get some friends around a TV with. On the subject of new stuff coming out soon, Darkest Dungeon will be releasing their DLC in about 2 weeks or so (at the time of this writing). And a little later this month Super Giant Games, the team behind Bastion and Transistor will be releasing their third game Pyre.  I’ll confess to being more excited about the second than the third. What have we been playing?  Quite a few things a little bit.  Paul and I tried Ziggurat.  And we both think you can do better.  At the time of posting we would recommend you get onto Steam and buy yourself a copy of Red Faction Guerrilla  for a fiver.  Damn good times.  I also recommend Beholder simply because I can’t go on in it.  Paul recommends a couple of good rhythm games, notably Thumper and Outdrive, both of which look like a lot of fun and Speed Runners which is also on sale.   We also talk about a bunch of other podcasts you could listen to while waiting for our new episodes.  We give a shout out to the Nerdy Things Podcast, Hello from the Magic Tavern and the Joe Rogan experience, all for different reasons and for the reason of being different.  To cap things off, we talk about how the MP3 will be completely disappearing from the world forever and that no one will be using it any more.  There’s even a book Paul recommends about it: How The Music Got Free  And all ya’ll keep rolling!

Hey all,   We made use of a dynamic new method of recording technique otherwise known as being in the same room  at the same time.  Most likely this is how we are going to do what we do from now on, so please enjoy how good the quality is and how good it’s going to be. We jump straight into some VERY interesting news about the Google award winners: http://m.androidcentral.com/google-announces-2017-google-play-award-winners There’s also a rumbling from Microsoft about their new streaming platform mixer, which could very potentially force Twitch to up their game plan.  Interesting times for E-Sports ahead I think: https://www.engadget.com/2017/05/25/microsoft-beam-is-now-called-mixer-4k-stream/   Also, we found out the setting of the new Far Cry game and both of us are VERY excited.  The new change to the locale and the people you’re coming up against as a very interesting sign of the times and the current zeitgeist of the American political situation.   But what have we been playing?  Well Paul has been re-living much of his childhood in Neon Drive, which is a game about driving to seductive and pumping 80’s synth music while being bombarded by light and colour.  In my case I have been having a damn good time with Steamworld Heist, which is what you would get if you got Worms and XCom drunk and naughty with each other.  In a good way.  I also need to correct something I said in the recording.  I have actually put about 7 hours of gameplay into it, not 4.  Both of these are available in the current Indie Humble bundle and getting both for less than either are on Steam for is a damn good deal in our respective books.  Paul even did  a playlist for you all! Spotify Playlist of music based on Neon Drive: aka.ms/neonroad   We take a look at some very interesting Kickstarters featuring Hand of Fate, a board/card game based on the excellent video/card game! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chaoticpattern/hand-of-fate-ordeals?ref=nav_search We’re also preparing for a VERY political showdown and what will be a great live episode with the Presidential edition of legendary showdown: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/killer-robot-games/legendary-showdown-presidential-edition And for those of you that cannot get enough dungeon crawling we might say you should look into this one: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1746130610/ravage-dungeons-of-plunder-aint-no-heroes-here?ref=3p87dx   Paul will also be co-hosting on an upcoming episode of a new podcast called talking.fail so all ya’ll head on over and say something nice about them: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/talking-fail/id1229502725?mt=2 And as always, feel free to hit us up on our twitters @therealpaulomalley and @zugai or on email with 2brotherstalkgames@gmail.com   And Keep Rolling!

Hey All, This week we have something of a treat for all of you. We play our way through a one-shot table-top RPG called “The Way of All Flesh” a game created by the very cool Josh Jordan and was obtained by me in the Imposters Kickstarter. Gamewise I think it’s a fairly slick system, making use of just a deck of cards, meaning the setup and rules explanation take about 3-4 minutes, which compared to say something like DnD is far better.  It makes a for a great intro to this world and I think that as this was a great start for both Paul and Chris who had never played a game like this before. If you like the sound of how the game went feel contact either ourselves at @zugai or @paulomalley or you should most certainly contact Josh himself @joshtjordan on twitter. And keep rolling!

Hey all, We’d like to thank Gavin Dunne for allowing us to use his music free of charge.  It’s little things like that that help us do what we do. Also this week we tried out zencastr as our recording service.  Paul says the quality and post options are excellent, so if podcasting is something you’re interested in you should definitely look into it. We did a shorter podcast this week as we’re going to be recording a live playthrough of “The Way of All Flesh.” a game created by Josh Jordan and was part of the Imposters Kickstarter.  His website is out at: http://joshtjordan.com/  If interesting one shot RPG’s are your thing look him up and get in on what he’s got going on. We also talk about the upcoming Witcher TV series.  We’re both eager to see how that one goes as the aim is for it to be closer to the books than the game.  Sapkowski might be happy, we’ll see how the CDPR loyalty brigade copes with excessive Eastern European thinking.   We’re also kind of excited for FarCry 5.  Wildly and Westernly excited you could say.  We’re not quite Dancing with Wolves, but we’re quietly confident it’ll be a good time for all concerned. Paul has been branching out into other Podcasts and found a Gem in Dragons, Sexy Robots and Adventures. Check it out at: www.dsrapodcast.com  We’ve both been playing Flinthook and been having a lovely time.  It’s the best almost Spiderman game you can get for a quick $15.00. We also had our first question from a listener!  Exciting stuff and we’d like to get your thoughts! Follow us on twitter with either or both @zugai or @paulomalley and email us 2brotherstalkgames@gmail.com Keep rolling!

Hey all,   We need to thank once more Gavin Dunne who lets us use his music for our intro/outro.     Before you listen, just so you know I had to do some edits to cut out a lot of little silences as someone’s ISP was acting up.  Bonus points if you can guess whose!   We also talk about some interesting stuff this week, including my new project that I will be launching probably near the end of this week!  I hope.  Really.  It has nothing to do with gaming at all, so please feel free to pass this on to your non-gamer friends.  In fact, if any of you want to learn more about this, go have a listen to the Rolistes podcast.   Paul talks up this game: http://store.steampowered.com/app/223220/Giana_Sisters_Twisted_Dreams/Which sounds like a cool combination of Ikaruga and Rayman Legends.  He’s very digging it.  In fact, there’s pretty well no aspect he doesn’t enjoy.   What am I playing?  Not a lot outside of Duelyst and Metro 2033. We also had a good little chat about the ins, outs and side to sides of how to do a good one shot pen and paper game as well as the worst kind of person to play with.  The general theme is that you should not be that person. Did this Podcast get you started up?  THis might: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMTY6qDaqH8 And until then, feel free to catch up with us at 2brotherstalkgames@gmail.com!]]

Hey all and hope you guys had a great Star Wars day!   We also hope you are planning something very nice for your mums or the mother to your children or yourself if you are a mum.  Take care of yourself, seriously.   Anyways, Paul and I have a quick chat about a new non-games podcast  I’m going to be doing.  It’s something I’ll let you find out about.   Mainly though, we have a good chat about how we went from young crazy single guys to being the pillars of matrimonial responsibility.  THere’s quite a lot in there, and really I think that changing yourself to be a better person for the person you love best is a good thing.   Games we mention that are pretty good are The Forest, which I would have to say IS a good game if you like survival horror. It’s not really my thing any more.   We also cover some good looking kickstarters.  Well, some of them look good.   I’m not into MMO’s really any more as being married I kind of live one and to be honest this doesn't sound like my kind of game, but it might be yours; https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1791529601/ashes-of-creation-new-mmorpg-by-intrepid-studios?ref=category   And hey, if you're a budding board game designer, you should check this out: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jefftidball/the-white-box-a-game-design-workshop-in-a-box?ref=category   And this looks like what you would get if you wanted to play a 4x game as a board game: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coe/heroes-of-land-air-and-sea?ref=category   As always, the music was borrowed from The Miracle of Sound and we can be reached at 2brotherstalkgames@gmail.com   We hope all of you do something lovely for the women in your life.   And keep rolling!]]

Hey all,   Our music has been approved for our use by Gavin Dunne.  He is also called The Miracle of Sound and you should go and buy some of his music.   Anyway, for older people like me, a lot of what we’re talking about is stuff you’ll know about!  We look at a lot of older games and how a lot of older properties are getting some great re-launches!   I played Volgarr the Viking!  And I feel pretty good that I got it at the price I got it at: http://store.steampowered.com/app/247240/Volgarr_the_Viking/I’m not sure if it’s something I’d recommend to everyone as to be honest, it does have quite the curve.  Like the Matterhorn!   Paul on the other hand covered a bunch of things because he has more time than me and is probably better at games. Joust - https://marketplace.xbox.com/en-AU/Product/Joust/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584107d8# Wonderboy: The Dragon’s Trap - http://www.thedragonstrap.com/ Xbox 360 Backwards Compatible List - http://www.xbox.com/en-AU/xbox-one/backward-compatibility   We also talk about some great kickstarter/fig projects!   The Imposters is a cool little collection of games that I would certainly ask you to put a few bucks towards: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1080999837/the-impostersJust think, if this gets up, we’ll certainly do an episode on some of these! Phoenix Point is a game from the guy that gave us the original XCom: https://www.fig.co/campaigns/phoenix-point/I don’t need to say anything more really.  You should just go and put some money in this one. Paul tells us about his fixation about men riding very tight and very short shorts: Flamme Rouge - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/199478/flamme-rougeAnd uhhhh, really, I don’t want to know anymore.   And you guys?   Keep rolling!]]

Hey all,   This week we have a very quick talk about the few games one can play on holiday with wives and children, or at least, one of us does.  There’s also a lot of bollocks at the end regarding licensing issues and the fun and games about why Australians probably pirate a lot more than other people.     We also have a quick discussion about exotic teas from this little outlet: https://www.alchimiste.com.au/menuI can’t recommend Clarity enough. Those of us that are older might remember the old classic, Office Space, which was a good little B Grade comedy that still rings true today. They also just brought out a game about it!  Paul thinks it is a pretty darn good little way of spending more time in the bathroom: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kongregate.mobile.officespace.googlehl=en We also go over a lot of gaming news, especially the announcement from Nintendo that history can indeed repeat itself. And while I didn't mention it in the podcast, StarCraft and the Broodwars expansion is now available for free, which is great, and at the time of this writing the HUmble Bundle is selling some really great space games for the princely sum of $1! As always, please feel free to contact us on 2brotherstalkgames@gmail.com or on either of our twitter handles paulomalley or zugai.  Also, anyone that posts a 5 star and review on Itunes will go in the draw to win Paul.  Not like to own, but you can say that you won him.   Keep Rolling!]]

Hey and of course, I would like you all to go and check out the music of Mr Gavin Dunne, the Miracle of sound whose music is used for the intro and outro of this podcast.   This week we’re uncharacteristically serious as we’re looking at games based on real life conflicts, so we’re sorry if we’re a bit flat.  Also, we’re recording on Easter Sunday and both of us are feeling the pressure from having spent the day socialising.  Hope all you listening out there had a great time with loved ones.   Games wise I talk about a game called Afghanistan ‘11 by a studio known as Slitherine and have to say it is a great little game that I would end up recommending to pretty well everyone.  Well, maybe not everyone, but you should listen and see what you think: http://store.steampowered.com/app/580710/   Paul and I also talk about a game called Valkyria Chronicles and both came away saying that you should all go and buy it: http://store.steampowered.com/app/294860/   We do get seriously sad in this episode, so I am going to recommend that all of you go and listen to Harmontown, which is both the funniest and bluest podcast I have ever listened to, which is very different to S-Town, which we spoke about last week.   Anyways, enough about me, you should be listening to us and leaving us a nice review on itunes or contacting us at 2brotherstalkgames@gmail.com. Keep Rolling!]]

The incomparable Mr Gavin Dunne, the Miracle of Sounds music is used in the production of this podcast.  Go look him up and buy some of his music.   Hey all,   This week Paul and I speak about a whole bunch of things, including the question do you prefer to binge on episodic content or retain a certain amount of time between meals, so to speak.  Let us know in comments or shoot us an email.  THe main crux of our conversation though is do you prefer to binge yourself up on something or do you like to take your time?  I use the Telltale Walking Dead season 1 and The Wolf Among Us as my examples.  Let us know what you think! Also I point out this kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rocketjumptechnology/king-under-the-mountain Should you go and give it some money?  Probably.  If you don't then be sure to tell as many people as you can about it, so they can get their cash together.   Have you ever tried to play games with a spouse or partner that just isn't really into it?  It's a tough one and both Paul and I have tried this one and found out that it doesn't really work out for us.  It might however work out well for the couple in the podcast I listened to this week: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/marital-games/id1221001830?mt=2i=383293172 They're called Marital Gaming and rather than being about the games a married couple can get into to spice things up in a very certain context it's more about a man and his wife sharing their experiences around a game each episode.  It's a very charming podcast and nice to see a couple growing together by sharing a nice experience together.  Paul talks up his new favourite S-Town, which is a joint product between This American Life and Serial, which is like hearing that Brad Pitt and Angelina Joile had a baby, which they did, but it's all grown up and has made something VERY interesting. Paul talks up a game called Cubway: http://store.steampowered.com/app/511160/ In the description there on Steam it says it is all about the cycle of rebirth.  Paul says the audio itself makes the game worth playing so if you like good audio then get yourself along. He also talks up a nice sounding little game called Tap Tap Fish: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.idleif.abyssriumhl=en It sounds like a cookie-clicker but it also sounds like a fun and enjoyable entry to the genre, when you need something to zone out with on a bus. This one I really liked the sound of: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quickbytegames.chezzhl=en Chess but interesting.  I mentioned in the podcast that chess has, professionally speaking, anyways become a very stilted game and this game has made me wish that I had the kind of phone that can run this one.  Still have Duelyst though, which I am very much into.   I've bee playing the original System Shock games!  And I don't recommend them.   There's other stuff we talk about, but we'd love to hear from you!  Hit us up at email on 2brotherstalkgames@gmail.com or on twitter with either @zugai or @paulomalley or even our facebook group on: https://www.facebook.com/groups/292830161147220/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel Keep rolling all!]]

Intro and outro music are from Gavin, the Miracle of SOund Dunne whose music makes my heart happy.   Hey all,   Life moves faster than even Ferris Bueller could have predicted, hence this podcast ins a couple of days late.  This is largely because Paul and I tried something new!   We went and saw a movie together the day after we would record and decided to feature it on the podcast so it put everything off.  We’ll try not to let it happen again.   Anyways, this week we talk about some cool news for PC gamers as well as a bunch of cool little mobile games which Paul has been getting into.     The link to John Robertson’s Dark Room series is below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_1095291167feature=ivsrc_vid=YVs2JHXHA6sv=Jm-Kmw8pKXw   Go have yourself some fun in a dark room.   I want to put out here  a quick shout out to both Bob and Luke, 2 cool guys I met and have chatted with because of Duelyst.  IF you haven’t played any Duelyst go and give it a darn good go.  I recently found out that one of the lead designers, Eric Lang was also one of the guys that put together the XCom board game.  It made me happy to know that.   I mention a game about being a dinosaur with rocket boots, as well as working with a cat with perhaps some very questionable fashion sense.  My favourite game of the week also has the best title.  Dangerous Highschool Girls in Trouble.   We also have a good long talk about Ghost in the Shell and honestly, I would recommend pretty well everyone to go and see it, if only when considering how influential it’s been to so much nerd culture in books, movies and games.   I’ll leave it there, but please come and visit us at our facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/292830161147220/?multi_permalinks=292830741147162notif_t=likenotif_id=1491137033892759   Or on twitter at either @zugai or @paulomalley on 2brotherstalkgames@gmail.com   And keep rolling!]]

As always, the intro and now the outro has been sourced from Gavin Dunne, the Miracle of sound who you should go throw your money at!   Hey all,   need to apologise right off the bat for being so late with this podcast.   Also,just to provide a minor correction, a yardglass is 1.4L of liquid, which our former Prime Minister Bob Hawke drained in a world record 11 seconds.   Unfortunately sick children and technical errors have kept me from being able to get things over the line.   This week, Paul and I talk briefly about Finding Tanis, a podcast that both of us leapt straight into being obsessed over the last week.  To be honest we’re glad that both of us have listened to the series in its currently totality so we can get on with other things, like raising children.  Link below: http://www.tanispodcast.com/   We also have a brief look back at the Rising Sun Kickstarter:   https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coolminiornot/rising-sun   It’s looking good guys!   We talk about some games that we found disappointing.  2064, Read Only Memories, Ninja Pizza Girl and Monster Loves you.   Fortunately, we also talk about some games we really enjoy like Dusty Revenge, which is a cool re-birth of the side scrolling beat ‘em up which features some nice little features: http://store.steampowered.com/app/252430/ Paul also spoke about his favourite mobile board games like Tokaido: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.funforgedigital.tokaidohl=en   And the Tinderesque game Reigns: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devolver.reignshl=en   Paul does love him some mobile games.   Also, we’re getting even more social and have started instagramming: https://www.instagram.com/2brotherstalkgames/   Feel free to hit us up at either @zugai, @paulomalley or even 2brotherstalkgames@gmail.com   And all ya'll keep rolling! ]]

Hey all,   this week we discuss a whole mess of things.   We start by discussing a few news items as well as our new favourite podcasts, ths main one being Rabbits, a msytery podcast about an ARG which leads a journalist into a very dark place.  Follow the link:   https://www.rabbitspodcast.com/   We look at the Rising Sun Kickstarter Updates, and will at some point review the game with a playthrough: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coolminiornot/rising-sun I talk about the Pathologic which you can demo for free!  I intend to download and play through it in the next few days. http://store.steampowered.com/app/505230/     I briefly get into Orwell, which is a cool little interactive novel game about working for a state surveillance system.  I'd certainly recommend it, especially as it's a tenner.  We'll have more details about the game next week though. We also talk about Qube a puzzle game that is reminiscent of the Portal series, but without the humour.  My opinion is that it is a lot harder though.  I intend to deep dive on this one at some point with it's mechanics.   We also briefly discuss robot roller derby disco dodgeball which reminds me of the PS2 classic Team Buddies.   Feel free to contact us on twitter on either @paulomalley or @zugai.   Music is, as always provided by Gavin Dunne, the Miracle of Sound.   As always, keep rolling!]]

Intro, as always is from Gavin Dunne, the Miracle of Sound whose music has got me through some times.   Hey all,   this week, Paul and I go back in time a little bit to talk about games we liked and then really really loved afterwards.   Paul talks up the classic KOTOR, which as I say in the podcast, if you haven't yet played it, you certainly should!   I take some time out to talk about how much I love a game called Darkest Dungeon!  I don't want to say again how much I really like their game, but here is the link to their website: http://www.redhookgames.com/   Love me that game!   We also have ourselves a good talk about some boardgames, which include this kick starter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coolminiornot/rising-sun   And I also mentioned this little gem scheduled to be released sometime around when it is finished: http://store.steampowered.com/app/590380/   Any way, this talk of old games put me in mind of the first video game I can remember playing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitfall!   Which was back in the day when we had to put things into other things in order to game.   Keep Rolling!   p.s. Feeling quite a bit better now.]]

As always, the intro is from Gavin Dunne, the Miracle of Sound.  You should go and buy his stuff.   Hey all,   this week Paul and I talk about the freedom bundle!   Did you buy it?  You really should have.  $30US for $600US odd of good quality entertainment.   We look at Mini-metro, Stardew Valley and Inivisible Inc. as well as a cool little game Paul found called Oh, Sir which may be among the best potential party games that could be made.   Good fun times.    We also talk about some cool upcoming tv and movie stuff we're looking forward to.    Don't forget to track either of us down on social media with any questions!   @zugai   And keep rolling!]]

Hey all,   this week, paul and I talk about what we've been playing which has been a nice mix of some pretty cool stuff.  I don't want to ruin it but it may involve gaming in both virtual and actual reality!   For those of you of a thinking bent I cannot recommend enough the link below: http://scottnicholson.com/pubs/erfacwhite.pdf This is a really excellent look at escape rooms around the world as well as the process that goes into creating these great fun experiences.  May wife and I recently had a great time with another couple and would recommend it heartily as a great fun couple activity.   Paul and I also geek out at the end and we both make a purchasing decision that we're going to cover a lot more next podcast!   Keep Rolling!   p.s. may not get a podcast out next week, as I say in the podcast it's been a tough one.]]

Intro is of course provided with thanks and permission from Gavin Dunne.   Hey all,   this week I was joined by my friend and boardgame buddy Paul.   Paul is a great guy who works for the Microsoft store in Pitt St Sydney.  We've gamed together a lot and always had ourselves a damn good time.   Anyways, this week we talk a lot about boardgames and card games as well as the more basic games you can play on your PC, espeically on a budget.   Paul introduced Space Dandy, the game and why a couple of their design decisions should feature in more games.  We also have a good talk about why understanding cultural references can make for better enjoyment of gaming.  I cover more Deadbolt and Duelyst.   I'd like to look more at the topic of cultural referencing.  Believe it or not, a lot of more previous studies revolved around looking at cultures and how they interact and develop around each other and how contact with each other changes them around.  That's probably going to come up more in a future podcast.   Sorry that again we're running late, but I might keep the publish date on a sunday as it gives me more time for edits and what not.   Feel free to contact me on Twitter @ zugai.   Keep Rolling!      ]]

Hey all,   Sorry for how late this podcast was.  John and I both had more than fairly serious weeks at work, so trying to get everything done on time was not really going to happen.   But I think we did a very good job at a podcast this time!   To cover some housekeeping this podcast is the first one to feature an intro using the music created by Gavin Dunne, otherwise known as The Miracle of Sound.  PLease go check out his music, youtube channel etc etc: https://www.youtube.com/user/miracleofsound https://miracleofsound.bandcamp.com/   We talk a bit about Australian and American politics to warm up and then jump us into some gaming.  If those aren’t your thing, skip to about 19:30 or so.   John talks a bit about a pokemon card game tournament he entered on the weekend and also covers how people can get themselves into the scene, both online and offline.   Pokemon event finder http://www.pokemon.com/us/play-pokemon/   Info on the real matches: http://www.pokemon.com/us/play-pokemon/about/   Pokemon Card Game for Mac, PC and Tablets http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/play-online/ (this last one is going on the laptop)   I have a bit of a nerd rant about a board game called Pathologic from a company called Ice-pick Lodge.  Head along to their site to listen to the audio that goes along with this experience: pick.com/en/">http://ice-pick.com/en/   Pathologic is like playing Crime and Punishment.  Which you should read or listen to.   We then devolve back into more nerd things which include a surprise admission of eduation from yours truly.   Feel free to ask us questions and hit us up on twitter.   And keep rolling!   -intro/outro provided by Gavin Dunne, used with permission.]]

Hey all, sorry this episode is a bit late.  Had to get a 6 year olds birthday happening.  Fortunately, it was my six year old. Anyway, a great podcast this week with another person who isn't my brother, John. John was something a celebrity for a few days last year after doing something I will let him explain.  Nevertheless it pertains to intellectual property laws in Australia and how very........not very well put together they are. We have a quick talk about this and then move on to game talk again. Next week Other than having a podcast up and running on time. As always, please send any questions or comments to me at twitter @zugai. And keep rolling! Josh    ]]

Hey all,   this week I spoke with a friend of mine who is certainly not my brother, Jordan Peacock.   We're both in that certain part of life where young children (some of who we helped to make) have become a large part of our day to day lives.  Is there a better way to help kids learn to strategise, think ahead, collaborate and learn how to win or lose than gaming?     If there is, I'm not sure I want to know about it.   Anways, this week we talk about what games we play with our young ones and how we use these games to try and teach them about those more important things I mentioned.  We also go into how to tweak rules to make the game more enjoyable for them and how to temper those hurt feelings when that inevitable loss comes around (so far we don't have to talk about how to cope when your child beats you at chess, but maybe next time).   Anyways, it's a good little show.  Please leave any questions you have in the comments or hit me on twitter @zugai.   Have a great night and keep rolling (i'm working on it).]]

Hey there and welcome to our new podcast channel!   We're 2 brothers talking games!   This episode we look at our favourite or most played games of 2016 and the games we're looking forward to in 2017.  We also discuss Australian politics a bit, because we're boring.]]