As it is Spooky Season™️, Lia, Matt and Roy follow their content creator obligation to talk about fitting things like games that actually managed to scare them and, of course, the best Halloween candy!
Between the usual yapping about video games and another round of "Guess the Game", you will also witness a rare return of the soap box segment!
Expect further escapades into different trading card games, a shoutout to Candy Crush players, a yearning for vocaloid games, and reports of mild enjoyment of German politics simulation.
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Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro), Abatage (incidental), call me lethargy. (incidental)
Graphic design – M4thew and Matt
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:05 - Beaten
00:10:57 - Retired
00:30:48 - Playing
01:18:36 - Soap Box
01:24:29 - Halloween Candy & Scary Games
02:02:47 - Guess the Game
02:06:45 - Goodbye!
Games Mentioned:
Lia: Quetzal (Mobile), Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel (Mobile), Magic the Gathering Arena (PC), Warhammer Warpforge (Mobile), Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links (Mobile), Marvel Snap (Mobile), Disney Lorcana (Browser), Mahjong Soul (Mobile), Tricky Bridge (Mobile), Magarena (PC), Magic the Gathering Arena (Mac/Mobile), Tabletop Simulator (PC/Mac)
Matt: Silent Hill 2 [2001] (PC), Kind Words 2 (PC), Pokémon Ultra Moon (3DS), Dino Crisis (PC), Magic the Gathering Arena (PC/Mobile), Vox Populi: Germany 2025 (PC)
Roy: Wordle (PC), Pokemon Stadium (Switch), Tabletop Simulator (PC), Sid Meier’s Civilization IV (PC), Hatsune Miku Bomb Squad (GBC/PC)
It's time for another descent into gaming madness, wherein we brave hosts discuss all things video games and what presence sports games have on our backlogs and completed. Who has the most sports games in their catalog?
Join in as Roy gets destroyed by collegiate football simulations, Matt pulls back on emulations, and digital trading card games become Lia's new recreation.
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Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro), Abatage (incidental), call me lethargy. (incidental)
Graphic design – M4thew and Matt
00:00:09 - Intro
00:01:03 - Beaten
00:09:23 - Retired
00:30:59 - Playing
01:19:03 - Sports Games
02:10:38 - Guess the Game
02:16:48 - Goodbye!
Games Mentioned:
Lia: Assassin’s Creed III Remastered (PS5), Pokemon TCG Live (Mobile), Max Payne (PC), Red Dead Online (PC), Nier Automata (PS4), Hairdresser Simulator (PC), Magic: The Gathering Arena (PC/Mobile), Disney Lorcana (Browser), Star Wars Unlimited (Browser), One Piece TCG (Browser), Tabletop Simulator (PC), Marvel Snap (Mobile), Wordle (Discord)
Matt: Time Flies (PC), Hatsune Miku Bomb Squad! (GBC/Browser), Backgammon + Checkers + Mills (PC), Murky Divers (PC), Wakeboarding Unleashed featuring Shaun Murray (PS2), Magic: The Gathering Arena (PC), Vox Populi: Germany 2025 (PC), Wordle (PC)
Roy: Wordle (PC), NCAA Football 10, Tabletop Simulator, Madden NFL 10
Welcome, fellow web surfer, to another episode of the How Long To Beat podcast!
Today Lia, Matt and Roy chat about how the proliferation of information through modern technology has impacted the gaming space, as well as the games that they’ve been spending time with recently and playing another round of “Guess the Game”!
Expect a yearning for Big Head Mode, criticisms towards videogame representations of New York City, news about pigeon DLC, and tragic tales of IRL Magic: The Gathering experiences!
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Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro), Abatage (incidental), call me lethargy. (incidental)
Graphic design – M4thew and Matt
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:09 - Beaten
00:27:59 - Retired
00:34:14 - Playing
01:30:25 - The Proliferation of Information and its Impact on Games
02:26:30 - Guess the Game
02:36:40 - Goodbye!
Games Mentioned:
Lia: GTA: San Andreas Definitive Edition (PS4/5), He F*cked The Girl Out Of Me (PC), Death Rally (Classic) (PC), Death Rally (PC), Hitman 3 World of Assassination (PC), Spirit City: Lo-Fi Sessions (PC), Power Wash Simulator (PC), Max Payne (PC), Marvel Rivals (PC), Red Dead Online (PC), Nier Automata (PS4)
Matt: Need for Speed: ProStreet (PC), Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound (PC), Align It (Mobile), Magic: The Gathering - Arena (PC/Mobile), Wakeboarding Unleashed featuring Shaun Murray (PS2), Wordle (PC)
Roy: Wordle (PC), Arknights (PC), Madden NFL 10 (PS2), Tabletop Simulator (PC), Touhou 6 - Embodiment of Scarlet Devil (PC)
The whittled down hosting trio are back for another round of video game chat, this time with slightly more Lia than required! Listen in as they discuss which seasons go with which games and why, and who is the freak who decided this topic was a good one? Follow for discussions on great franchise deals, the issue of meta overtaking storylines, which gacha is good, and whether or not they're all still doing Wordle.
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Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro), Abatage (incidental), call me lethargy. (incidental)
Graphic design – M4thew and Matt
00:00:12 - Intro
00:01:33 - Beaten
00:31:24 - Retired
00:39:15 - Playing
01:11:11 - Seasonal Gaming
01:37:09 - Guess the Game
02:07:24 - Goodbye!
Games mentioned:
Lia: A Plague Tale: Requiem (PS4/5), A Plague Tale: Innocence (PS4/5), Infinity Nikki (PS5), Alan Wake 2 (PS5), we should talk (PC), GTA: Vice City Definitive Edition (PS4/5), Spider-Man 2 (PS5), nour (PC), The Pathless (PS5), Supermarket Simulator: Prologue (PC), Genshin Impact, Wuthering Waves, Zenless Zone Zero, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order/Survivor (PS5), Tower of Fantasy (PS5), GTA: San Andreas Definitive Edition (PS4/5)
Matt: How Do You Do It? (PC), Backgammon + Checkers + Mills (PC), Murky Divers (PC), Magic: The Gathering - Arena (PC/Mobile), Kind Words 2 (PC)
Roy: Wordle (PC), Tabletop Simulator (PC), Balatro (PC), Arknights (Mobile)
The birds are angry these days!
But that doesn't stop us from blabbering on about videogames that we are playing. Or lack thereof, as we'll also be discussing gaming droughts, what might cause them, what might get us out of them, and what else we do when we're not spending our precious free-time with games.
Join us as we chat about rodents, complain about popping wheelies, and experience becoming one with the Wordle.
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Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro), Abatage (incidental), call me lethargy. (incidental)Graphic design – M4thew and Matt
00:00:00 - Intro
00:28:44 - Beaten
00:49:44 - Retired
00:29:46 - Playing
01:36:29 - Gaming Droughts
02:01:30 - Guess the Game
02:07:24 - Goodbye!
Games Mentioned:
Lia: It Takes Two (PS4/5), Broforce (Switch), Jumanji Wild Adventure (Switch), Tetris 99 (Switch), A Plague Tale Requiem (PS4/5), Power Wash Simulator Wallace & Gromit DLC (PC), Game Demos (Holy Gosh Darn, Squeakross, Until Then, Fix This House)
Matt: The House of the Dead: Remake (PC), Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 (PC), Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater (PS1), Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2010 (PC), Backgammon + Checkers + Mills (PC), Murky Divers (PC), Align It (Mobile), Ninja Gaiden Ragebound (PC), Need for Speed: ProStreet (PC), Pokémon Ultra Moon (3DS), Kind Words 2 (PC)
Roy: City Connection (NES/Switch), Mimi’s Delivery Dash (PC), Tabletop Simulator (PC), Wordle (PC)
It's time for another round of chatting about video games! This month we are without Diallo but the remaining hosts gather to discuss the community event Itchmas in July and other stuff that's holding their fancies this month.
Including but not limited to: the pros and cons of gamepass and cooking sims, pinball tables real and virtual, racing games real and imagined, and all things historical and current in the world of rats.
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Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro), Abatage (incidental), call me lethargy. (incidental)
Graphic design – M4thew and Matt
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:02 - Beaten
00:41:39 - Retired
1:02:49 - Playing
1:54:57 - Itchmas in July
3:00:14 - Guess the Game
3:05:24 - Goodbye!
Games Mentioned:
Lia: We Should Talk., Pizza Maker, A Plague Tale: Requiem (PS5), Cook For Love (Switch)
Matt: Ultimate Mill (Mobile), The Birdcage (Mobile), The Birdcage 2 (Mobile), Face Racers: Photo Finish (3DS), Worms Pinball (PC), Daytona Championship USA (Arcade), Mills of Morris (PC), Counter-Strike 1.6 (PC), Varooom 3D (GBA/Arcade), Pokémon Ultra Moon (3DS), Backgammon + Checkers + Mills (PC), Murky Divers (PC), Stern Pinball Arcade (PC), Ragnaröck (PC VR), Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 (PC)
Roy: Pinball (NES/Switch), Battleship (NES), Hypnospace Outlaw (PC), Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (PC), Sewer Tales (Itch/PC), The Dark Queen of Mortholme (Itch/PC), Desierto (Itch/PC), Sparvagn (Itch/PC), Need For Speed Most Wanted 2012 (PC), Wordle (PC), Vampire Survivors (PC), Duelists of Eden (PC), Tabletop Simulator (PC)
Itchmas in July 2025: Sewer Tales, The Fall of Lazarus, Desierto, Divorce Chatroom, SPÅRVAGN, Packing Up The Rest of Your Stuff on the Last Day at Your Old Apartment, Formless Star, one night, hot springs, individualism in the dead-internet age: an anti-big tech asset flip shovelware r̶a̶n̶t̶ manifesto, The Dark Queen of Mortholme
Join us on a sidequest through the recent videogame showcases, including the big Summer Game Fest schedule as well as a couple individual events outside of that.
We talk about how we engage with showcases in general and reveal our most anticipated new games discoveries through these recent live events!
Be ready for disingenuous eco games, tangents on horse-breeding games, doing backflips in games, a teardown of wholesomeness, and the state of bodily fluids in gaming.
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Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro), Abatage (incidental), call me lethargy. (incidental)
Graphic design – M4thew and Matt
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:53 - General Thoughts on Game Showcases
00:10:39 - SGF: State of Unreal
00:12:23 - SGF: State of Play (Sony)
00:21:39 - SGF: Main Show
00:36:33 - SGF: Day of the Devs
00:44:38 - SGF: Ball x Pit (Devolver Digital)
00:49:18 - SGF: IOI Showcase
00:50:20 - SGF: Wholesome Direct
00:58:21 - SGF: Women-led Games
01:06:39 - SGF: Latin American Games
01:11:58 - SGF: Southeast Asian Games
01:21:22 - SGF: Green Games
01:30:54 - SGF: Frosty Games Fest
01:34:52 - SGF: Xbox Showcase
01:41:30 - SGF: PC Gaming Show
01:42:13 - SGF: Death Stranding 2 Premiere
01:43:21 - SGF: Black Voices In Gaming
01:48:35 - Donkey Kong Bananza Nintendo Direct
01:55:45 - Arc System Works Showcase
01:57:07 - Capcom Spotlight
01:57:26 - Bandai Namco Summer Showcase
01:57:36 - The Horror Games Awards
02:01:15 - Our Most Anticipated New Discoveries
02:40:05 - Outro
On this episode, the hosts take a trip down memory lane: They revisit the very first video games they ever played, and then they take a look at "gateway games" that exposed them to new genres or concepts. Tune in as they talk about shiny poop, recount their childhood medical history, and review the rules of alphabetizing!
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Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro), Abatage (incidental), call me lethargy. (incidental)
Graphic design – M4thew and Matt
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:00 - Beaten
01:01:24 - Retired
01:21:03 - Playing
01:57:40 - Our First Video Game + Gateway Games
02:51:44 - Guess the Game
02:59:25 - Goodbye!
Games Mentioned:
Diallo: Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals TimeLia: Ghost of Tsushima (PS5), Forspoken (PS5), Fashion League (Mobile), Influencer Story (Mobile), A Plague Tale: Requiem (PS5), Helldivers 2 (PC), Infinity Nikki (PS5), GTA: Chinatown Wars (Mobile), Harvest Moon (NSO, SNES), Assassin’s Creed III Remastered (PS5), Kind Words 2 (PC), The Pathless (PS5)Matt: Aquadelic GT (PC), Frog Legs (PC), Purple (Mobile), Pinball of the Dead (GBA), Pinball (NES), HEADACHE (PC), The Amazing Spider-Man (GB), The Little Mermaid 2: Pinball Frenzy (GBC), Need for Speed: ProStreet (PC), Backgammon + Checkers + Mills (PC), Murky Divers (PC)Roy: one night, hot springs (PC), Persona 3 Reload (PC), Citizen Sleeper (PC), Drake of the 99 Dragons (PC), Mona and the Witch’s Hat Deluxe (GBC), Mona and the Witch’s Hat (GB), Mario Party 3 (Switch/N64), StarVaders (PC), Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (PC)
With the release of the Nintendo Switch 2 on the horizon, the hosts take a look back at their experiences with the original Switch console. They go over how the platform affected their gaming and remember favorite titles, but also share criticisms and reasons why one might not have purchased a Switch at all.
In addition to that, there are also tales of speedrunning the Bible, encountering the mysterious Bubble Bobble Baron, re-experiencing the stress of high school romance, and being nostalgic over stick figure fights. So, stick around!
This episode is dedicated to all the random chickens crossing our path in life. Cherish them!
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Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro), Abatage (incidental), call me lethargy. (incidental)
Graphic design – M4thew and Matt
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:11 - Beaten
00:49:44 - Retired
01:00:11 - Playing
01:58:11 - Nintendo Switch Retrospective
03:03:00 - Guess the Game
03:08:17 - Goodbye!
Games Mentioned:
Diallo: Mario’s Picross, Felvidek, Oxenfree, Dinner with an Owl, Tokimeki Memorial: forever with you Emotional, Blue Prince, Mother 3
Lia: Bubble Bobble 4 Friends: The Baron is Back! (Switch), Nier Automata (PS5), Hollywood Story (mobile), RuPaul’s Drag Race (mobile), Stardew Valley (mobile), The Falconeer, Super Metroid (Switch), Infinity Nikki (PS5), Ghost of Tsushima (PS5), Connect Word (mobile), Influencer Story (mobile), Heave Ho (Switch), Run Jesus Run a.k.a. The 10 Second Gospel (PC)
Matt: Dead or Alive 6 (PC), Hooters: Road Trip (PS1), Redout: Enhanced Edition (PC), Xiao Xiao No. 2 & 4 & 6 & 9 (PC), Championship Cock Fighter (PC), Time Fcuk (PC), Aqua Moto Racing Utopia (PC), Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom (NES), Backgammon + Checkers + Mills (PC), Murky Divers (PC), Purple (Mobile), Aquadelic GT (PC), Need for Speed: ProStreet (PC)
Roy: Balatro (PC), Run Jesus Run a.k.a. The 10 Second Gospel (PC), Persona 3 Reload (PC), Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones (Switch/GBA), Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (PC), Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword (PC), Summon Night: Swordcraft Story (PC/GBA), Wordle (PC)
Your S4 hosts are back with another healthy dose of gamer chat! In this episode we share the games we chose for each other to play based on our backlogs, plus our memories of the best, worst, and the weird in licensed and media tie-in video games. Join us for bird games, soundtrack bangers, game hat tricks, sports tangents, a Kardashian or two, and a healthy serving of puns.
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Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro), Abatage (incidental), call me lethargy. (incidental)
Graphic design – M4thew and Matt
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:02 - Beaten
00:37:28 - Retired
00:58:03 - Playing
01:47:31 - Secret Santa
02:02:01 - Licensed and Media Tie-In Games
02:41:10 - Guess the Game
02:49:50 - Goodbye!
Games Mentioned:
Diallo: Aviary Attorney, Indika, Mario’s Picross, Felvidek
Lia: Disney Speedstorm, Snakebird, PowerWash Simulator (DLC only, Spongebob and Shrek), Them’s Fightin’ Herds, Hatris (NES, Game Boy, Famicom, Arcade/TurboGrafx-16), Helldivers 2 (PS5/PC), Infinity Nikki (PS5), Ghost of Tsushima (PS5), Nier: Automatica (PS5)
Matt: Wakamarina Valley, New Zealand (PC), Hatris (GB) via Tetris Forever (PC), Welltris (DOS) via Tetris Forever (PC), Yeah! You Want "Those Games", Right? So Here You Go! Now, Let's See You Clear Them! (PC), Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Hacker's Memory (PC), Ailuri (PC), Redout (PC), AEW: Fight Forever (PC), Murky Divers (PC), Purple (Android), Hooters: Road Trip (PS1)
Roy: Götzendiener (TurboGrafx-16), Little Kitty Big City (PC), Ice Climber (Switch/NES), Balloon Fight (Switch/NES), Super Tennis (Switch/SNES), Persona 3 Reload (PC), Wordle (PC)
Between geese, red pandas, killer clowns, and diapers…
This month’s episode contains an especially eclectic collection of games as we talk about the exciting and the frustrating titles that we’ve been playing recently.
We also share our experience with tackling the dustiest game on our respective backlogs to see if it really deserved to rot away for so long. How long has it been on there and how was it to finally check it off the list?
The perfect background noise for your very own spring cleaning!
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Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro), Abatage (incidental), call me lethargy. (incidental), Bit By Bit Sound (in this episode)
Graphic design – M4thew and Matt
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:49 - Beaten
01:34:13 - Retired
02:11:41 - Playing
03:16:56 - Tackling The Dustiest Backlog Game
03:41:41 - Guess the Game
03:46:17 - Goodbye!
Games Mentioned:
Diallo: Virtual Goose 5.0, Pokémon TCG Pocket, Dead by Daylight, Mario’s Picross
Lia: Sackboy: A Big Adventure (PS5), Peggle Extreme, Psych (2014), Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion, Freshly Frosted, The Birdcage 1-3 (Mobile), Wizard of Wings, A Little to the Left Snack Pack, Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty!, 7 Second Haircuts, Everything is Garbage, The League of Lonely Geologists, Off Day, Friendly Fire, GTA Vice City (PS5), Yeah! You Want "Those Games", Right? So Here You Go! Now, Let's See You Clear Them! (Switch), The Elder Scrolls: Blades (Switch), Tchia, SELF, Grey Box Testing, Diapers Please!, Ghost of Tsushima (PS5), Crossing Souls, Kind Words 2, I Love Finding Birds, various too similar to differentiate shop simulator games, Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker (Genesis), Metroid Zero Mission, Mappy vs Mickey, Oddworld: Soulstorm, Peggle Extreme
Matt: Celeste (PC), Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion (PC), Smalland (PC), Inertial Drift (PC), Cadde (PC), PISS (PC), Future Aero Racing S Ultra (PC), Monsters, Inc. (PS2), Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game (PC), Audiosurf (PC), Audiosurf 2 (PC), Hatris 3D (N64), Minecraft (PC), Ailuri (PC), Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Hacker’s Memory (PC), Redout (PC), Breath of Death VII (PC)
Roy: GAR-TYPE (PC), Daytona USA (Saturn), Golden Axe (Switch/Genesis), Sega Rally Championship (Saturn), Donkey Kong (Switch/NES), Ridge Racer 64 (Switch/N64), Crazy Taxi: Catch a Ride (GBA), Mario 4: Kosmichyeskaya Odissyeya (Genesis), Pokemon Yellow (Game Boy), Kingdom Hearts Final Mix (PC), Fortune’s Favor! (GBA), Double Dragon II: The Revenge (Switch/NES), Snake Rattle ‘n’ Roll (Switch/NES), Golden Axe II (Switch/Genesis), Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel (PC), Dr. Mario (NES), Wordle (PC), Arknights (Mobile), Summon Night: Swordcraft Story (GBA), Metroid: Zero Mission (Switch/GBA), Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones Randomizer (GBA), Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade Randomizer (GBA), Doc Clock and the Toasted Sandwich of Time (PC), Doc Clock: The Toasted Sandwich of Time (PC)
Hosts Diallo, Lia, Matt, and Roy are back and ready to share the upcoming 2025 releases that have them excited, as well as discuss how they keep up with video game news!
Tune in to hear their takes on disgusting garbage houses, video games about pop stars, and much, much more!
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Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro), Abatage (incidental), call me lethargy. (incidental)
Graphic design – M4thew and Matt
00:00:12 - Intro
00:00:34 - Beaten
00:41:12 - Retired
00:54:15 - Playing
01:35:50 - What We're Looking Forward to in 2025
02:26:35 - Guess the Game
02:36:53 - Goodbye!
Games Mentioned:
Diallo: Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club, Animal Well
Lia: Poopy Philosophy, Sheepy, Railbound, GTA III (Definitive Edition, PS5), Mimi’s Delivery Dash, NSYNC Get to the Show (GBC), Britney’s Dance Beat (GBA), Boomerang X, Bus Simulator 21, Infinity Nikki, Freshly Frosted, The Geology Game, Abe's Oddysee New N Tasty, Mini Motorways, Marvel Rivals, GTA: Vice City (Definitive Edition, PS5), Crossing Souls, Sackboy: A Big Adventure
Matt: Disgusting Garbage House Escape (PC), Hot Wheels: Stunt Track Challenge (PS2), Ink (PC), Limbo (PC), Super Meat Boy (PC), Mr. Run and Jump (PC), Carly and the Reaperman (PC), Forspoken (PC), Flambeau Deluxxx (PC), Smalland (PC), Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Hacker’s Memory (PC), Celeste (PC)
Roy: Delia: The Traveling Witch, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword, Wordle, Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
On this special episode, we welcome back previous guest and thread master Knalb to look back with us at the "Game of the Month" titles that were chosen by the community throughout 2024 as part of one of the oldest traditions on HowLongToBeat.
To top it all off, Knalb brought a bunch of interesting facts and numbers for a little trivia game about the statistics of those events!
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Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro), Abatage (incidental), call me lethargy. (incidental)
Graphic design – M4thew and Matt
00:00:00 Intro
00:04:23 What has Knalb been playing recently?
00:17:38 Pony Island
00:22:46 Final Fantasy XII
00:27:40 Return of the Obra Dinn
00:32:57 Valiant Hearts
00:37:00 Hatoful Boyfriend
00:41:23 Ori and the Will of the Wisps
00:43:45 The World Ends With You
00:53:24 Sunset Overdrive
00:56:44 Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
01:05:04 Bully
01:12:59 Inside
01:15:25 Death's Door
01:20:13 Resident Evil 7
01:32:25 Doom Eternal
01:36:12 Outer Wilds
01:44:50 GOTM Trivia Game
02:14:45 Conclusion & Looking Forward
Welcome the new year with a look back at the last games Diallo, Lia, Matt and Roy were able to squeeze through under the 2024 deadline. In this episode, the shiny newly minted hosts of the podcast go over the last games they have beaten, retired, and played before debating the pros and cons of the itchmas ’24 lineup.
Get ready for escape rooms, forgotten horror, snowballs and sleds, lots of falling blocks, super short games, and the dawn of a new era in vtubers?
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Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro), Abatage (incidental), call me lethargy. (incidental)Graphic design – M4thew and Matt
00:00:10 - Intro
00:00:42 - Beaten
00:53:30 - Retired
01:04:30 - Playing
01:39:00 - itchmas December 2024
02:24:29 - Guess the Game
02:27:35 - Goodbye!
Games Mentioned:
Diallo: Crow Country, Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties, Who’s Lila?, Emio - The Smiling Man, Outer Wilds (Echoes of the Eye DLC), Metaphor: ReFantazio
Lia: Lake: Seasons Greetings, Dredge, Spirit City: Lo Fi Sessions, Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee, Doom Eternal, Dragon Age: Veilguard: Character Creator, Tiny Bookshop Demo, Boomerang X, Red Dead Online, Bus Simulator 21, Infinity Nikki
Matt: Snow Moto Racing Freedom, Polaris Snocross (PS1 & GBC), Sled Storm (PS1), Ski-Doo Snowmobile Challenge, The Whisperer, That Which Gave Chase, Praey For The Gods, Mission in Snowdriftland, Glacier 3: The Meltdown, Tram Simulator Urban Transit, Liyla and the Shadows of War (Android), Zool: Redimensioned, Via Tetris Forever: Tetris Battle Gaiden (NES), Tetris 2 + Bombliss (NES), Hatris (Famicom/GB//US NES),Tetris (CD-i) (shelved), Tetris Christmas, Chris Rea’s Driving Home For Christmas YT, Via Tetris Forever: Super Tetris 3 (SNES) (shelved), Super Bombliss DX (GBC) (shelved), Igo: Kyū Roban Taikyoku (NES), Tetris [1988] (MS-DOS), Super Tetris 2 + Bombliss (SNES), Super Tetris 2 + Bombliss: Gentei Hen (SNES), Super Bombliss (GB/SNES), Tricky Towers
Roy: Golf (1984), Donkey Kong Jr., Hearthstone, Live A Live, Holocure, Pokemon Silver, Eragon (GBA), Arknights, Civilization IV, Delia: The Traveling Witch, Tetris DX
Itchmas 2024: Arcane Beak, P.E. Noire, LODGE, | aka pipe, What Never Was, Creature Packets, Rental, Nightmare Kart, The world had been sad since Tuesday, A Good Gardener, Delia: The Traveling Witch, Pakke-Is, Off-Peak, Sheepy: A Short Adventure
A new beginning is upon us as Josh and Paula are ambushed by a set of new voices who are eager to carry the torch into season 4 of the How Long To Beat Podcast!
In this extra big episode, members of the community Diallo, Lia, Matt and Roy begin the new season with a discussion of some games that shaped them as gamers over the years before going into the classic talking points of the games they have beaten, retired, and played.
Be ready for dark Pikmin roleplay, Yu-Gi-Oh nerd rage, and the occasional chirp from the new podcast mascot, Lizza the bird!
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Email - hltbpodcast@gmail.com
Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro), Abatage (incidental), call me lethargy. (incidental)
Graphic design – M4thew and Matt
00:00:00 - Ambush!
00:37:05 - Intro
00:39:10 - Games That Shaped Us
02:00:27 - Beaten
02:49:57 - Retired
03:08:07 - Playing
03:36:23 - Soap Box: Roy on Yu-Gi-Oh!
03:42:41 - Goodbye!
Games Mentioned:
Diallo: 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, Pokémon HG/SS, We <3 Katamari, Hypnospace Outlaw, Resident Evil 2, Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Dead by Daylight, Pokemon TCGP, Crow Country
Lia: The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past, GTA: San Andreas, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island, The Last Of Us, Echoes of Wisdom, i’ll be brave tomorrow, We Are OFK, Winnie the Pooh, Railbound, Growing Up, Lake: Season’s Greetings (DLC), Dredge, Doom Eternal, Death’s Door
Matt: Grounded, F-Zero, Inscryption, Spore, Die Maus, Tetris (Game Boy), Shinkansen 0, Tanuki Sunset, Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories, Gubble Buggy Racer, Super Tetris, Tetris 2, Acorn Pinball, Little Mermaid 2: Pinball Frenzy, Yoshi, Snow Moto Racing Freedom, Pinball of the Dead
Roy: Summon Night: Swordcraft Story, Persona 3: FES, Pikmin 2, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Automobili Lamborghini, Helltaker, Star Fox 64, Cruis’n USA, Cruis’n World, Pokemon FireRed, Urban Champion, Sonic Adventure 2, Hearthstone, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3, Wordle, Sonic Generations
The end has come and the season finishes up with this final episode where Josh and Paula take a look to the future. What are they keen to finish? What’s been sitting on the backlog begging to be played? What new releases are they looking forward to in the future?
Thanks to everyone who contributed and helped support season three and make it fun. It was a blast to put together, but all good things must come to an end. Who knows what will happen in the future, but for now, it’s done!
Thanks for listening.
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Email - hltbpodcast@gmail.com
Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro) and Abatage (incidental)
Graphic design – M4thew and Pokepaw
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:36 - Backlog Games We’re Hyped to Finish
00:18:32 - Backlog Games We’re Hyped to Start
00:43:41 - Upcoming Releases We’re Hyped For
01:36:54 - A Look Back On Season 3
01:45:04 - Final Thoughts
Games Mentioned:
Josh: Dredge, Starfield, Paradise Killer, Need For Speed Heat, Outer Wilds, Republique, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes, The Operator, Terminator: Resistance, Coffee Talk, Coffee Talk 2, Deliver Us Mars, American Arcadia, Steelrising, Metal Gear Solid Master Collection, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, Grand Theft Auto 6, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Death Stranding 2, The Wolf Among Us 2, The Sims 5, Doom: The Dark Ages, Light No Fire
Paula: The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kindgom, Wargroove 2, Shin Megami Tensei V, The Cruel King and the Great Hero, Elden Ring, Fire Emblem: Engage, Cupid Parasite: Sweet and Spicy Darling, Radiant Tale Fanfare, Lakeburg Legacies, Taisho X Alice, Catherine, CharadeManiacs, JackJeanne, Ace Attorney: Miles Edgeworth Invetigations Collection, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Meiji Tokyo Renka Full Moon, 9 RIP, Virche Evermore: Epic Lycons, Steam Prison: Beyond The Steam, Bustafellows Season 2, Professor Layton and the New World of Steam, Pokemon Legends: Z-A, Utakata no Uchronia
In this penultimate episode of season 3: Josh has been battling insane robotics, meditating with pixel art, and tweaking hardware in search of stability, while Paula continues to catch them all, and till the land in pursuit of abundance and anime.
Then they have a special showdown to decide who really is the crowned champion of their guessing game. So far they’ve each won a round, but can a final battle sort the wheat from the chaff? This isn’t Stardew Valley…
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Discord – https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk
Email - hltbpodcast@gmail.com
Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro) and Abatage (incidental)
Graphic design – M4thew and Pokepaw
00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:06 - Beaten
00:11:57 - Retired
00:15:02 - Playing
00:51:17 - The Final Showdown
01:45:01 - Final Thoughts
Games Mentioned:
Josh: Atomic Heart [PC], High On Life [PC], Coloring Pixels [PC], WRC 8 [PC], Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty [PC], Lords Of The Fallen [PC], Win 11 Minesweeper [PC]
Paula: Pokemon Scarlet [Switch], PokeRogue [Browser], Fields of Mistria [PC]
The time has come! Paula’s tenure as educational administrator is at an end, but at what cost?! Has she done enough to justify the hard decisions and moist frogs that frequented the journey? Are we finally witnessing the liberation of indentured students?!
Meanwhile Josh has made it to the end of his own journey, but even a murder case in court seems poultry by comparison. Add to that some hard moral decisions and wartime carnage, and he still doesn’t seem like the worst dictator we’ve seen.
Finally, the topic this week turns to the HLTB Game of the Month, which Josh is definitely a fan of and has a lot to speak on and in no way leaves it all up to Paula.
Enjoy the episode!
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Email - hltbpodcast@gmail.com
Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro) and Abatage (incidental)
Graphic design – M4thew and Pokepaw
00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:39 - Beaten
00:56:08 - Playing
01:22:56 - GotM - The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
01:43:28 - Final Thoughts
Games Mentioned:
Josh: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney [PC], WRC 7 [PS5], été [PC], Field Hospital: Dr. Taylor’s Story [PC], inbento [PC], Beltmatic [PC], WRC 8 [PC], Command & Conquer: Remastered [PC]
Paula: Let’s School [PC], PokeRogue [browser], The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening [Switch]
Is it a myth? Is it real? Can you actually do that amazing thing in that popular game? This week we’re talking about the rumours and myths that make up gaming folklore. Has the internet taken away the mystery? Or are there still exciting surprises to be had? We raise some questions, but do we manage to answer them?
Plus, Paula continues her spiral into darkness as she manipulates students for her own benefit, and rules her colony of beavers with an iron fist. Before diving back into an old favourite for some more Otome adventures.
Meanwhile Josh has been trying some new things and making new friends after finding them in a strange new world. He’s still convinced that he’s nearly reached the end of the ongoing courtroom drama, and has been avoiding nightmares while fishing for gold in the fog.
All this and more in this latest episode!
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Discord – https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk
Email - hltbpodcast@gmail.com
Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro) and Abatage (incidental)
Graphic design – M4thew and Pokepaw
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:25 - Beaten
00:06:14 - Playing
01:00:41 - Videogame Preservation
01:47:41 - Final Thoughts
Games Mentioned:
Josh: Beltmatic [PC], WRC 7 [PS5], Flock [XSX], Dredge [PS5], Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney [PC]
Paula: Beltmatic [PC], Timberborn [PC], Let’s School [PC], Norn9: Last Era [Switch]
Welcome to the shortest episode description ever, because Josh is tired and the words aren’t working.
This week the talk is all about games, and videogame preservation.
Enjoy!
HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forum
Discord – https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk
Email - hltbpodcast@gmail.com
Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro) and Abatage (incidental)
Graphic design – M4thew and Pokepaw
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:25 - Beaten
00:06:14 - Playing
01:00:41 - Videogame Preservation
01:47:41 - Final Thoughts
Games Mentioned:
Josh: Ship Graveyard Simulator [PC], WRC 7 [PS5], Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney [PC], Ete [PC]
Paula: Zodiacats [PC], Timberborn [PC], Let’s School [PC], Beltmatic [PC]