As the dawn of the Switch 2 approaches, our heroes find themselves playing non-Nintendo products both old and new! We Played... Euan discusses further VR adventures with Defector & Wanderer, and reflects back on some old Blendo Games hits with Quadrilateral Cowboy Calum briefly talks Warhammer 40k CRPG Rogue Trader and the new release of the season…

Its just turned May and we are already on our third GOTY candidate. Also, it's one we might actually agree on! We Played... It's been a rough week for games media, so we start the podcast with some reminiscing on the good old days of Giant Bomb and mourn the passing of the institution that was Polygon. We found Room 46 in Blue Prince, and Euan spen…

Blue Prince has caused some differing opinions on the show this week. It's an interesting discussion but I worry about the outcomes... We Played... Euan talks about the new game from Paradise Killer developers Promise Mascot Agency and wonders if the series can be saved in Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Tape 2 We both talk all things Blue Prince and it…

If you're listening to this podcast, I hope you're maximising your sleep and you're on your eighth bottle of sparkling water by now... We Played... Calum does a check in with Monster Hunter Wilds and is in full preparation mode for the next raid tier in Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail Euan also wraps up Citizen Sleeper 2 and Split Fiction, and talking …

After a two week break for two big games the two host return to (read as two) talk about them. Two. We Played... Calum has played both rather large games of the past month in Obsidian's latest Avowed and continuing culling of ancient enemies in Monster Hunter Wilds Euan returns to teen type in Lost Records and gives a brief overview of Split Fictio…

It's 2025 and we emerge from our winter hibernations. Turns out all we did was play video games. Funny how that works. We Played... Euan has been stuck in the virtual world with Contractors: Exfil. He also tries to go to the stars in the highly anticipated Citizen Sleeper 2 Calum played newest Atlus offering Metaphor: ReFantazio, the same game 90% …

It is the time of year to put another log on the fire, grab your drink of choice, and listen to us talk about our favourite games of the year. Or in one case spend 20 minutes just quoting it. Timestamps 00:06:13 - Euan - #5 00:10:44 - Calum - #5 00:17:42 - Euan - #4 00:24:13 - Calum - #4 00:34:06 - Euan - #3 00:43:54 - Calum - #3 & #2 00:56:21 - Eu…

The world has conspired so that we both got a game from a series we love in one week, so it's a long one. We Played... After months of discourse, Calum digs into Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and seems to like it a lot. Life is Strange: Double Exposure takes Euan into his Pacific North West feelings, even though this installment takes place in Vermont…

Nostalgia is a double edged sword, make sure your not falling for it. Also some quirky hardware with a crank. Real hard swings this episode. We Played... Silent HIll 2 is a foundational game for Euan, so his time with the Bloober Team remake is complicated. Awful delivery companies aside, Calum finally got a Playdate. It seems cool! We realised we …

We took some time away. We've come back. There are video games. It never changes We Played... Calum talks now real video game Deadlock. We all thought it was a secret, but it was just a MOBA Euan talks about the seemingly perfectly average Star Wars Outlaws Timestamps 00:02:00 - Sony announced a £700 PlayStation Pro 00:11:48 - Concord has been take…

We saw some video games happen, some people are denying video games are happening, and some people appear to be doing whatever they can to ensure they don't make another video game happen again. We Played... Euan investigates some sci-fi murders with mixed results in No One Wants To Die Calum conquers his demons, namely the new Final Fantasy XIV Sa…

The games are sparse so we revert to type with RPGs and VR galore We Played... Calum plays hot new release Elden Ring. This is a lie but he hasn't heard anyone talk about this game, so it's worth a go. This was also a lie. Euan forgets reality for one of a virtual kind with Contractors Showdown and Ghosts of Tabor We both tried The First Decendant.…

We haven't heard from Calum in a while. He said he was exploring Tural? Don't know what that means but hopefully he's ok. We Played... Calum explores the latest Final Fantasy 14 expansion, Dawntrail Euan does what every Scottish person has to consider at one point in their life, and decides to work on an oil rig in Still Wakes the Deep Timestamps 0…

A long one for everyone this week. Between the Summer Keighley Fest and a new Destiny expansion, it's a new season for games. We Played... We talk about the things we care about from Summer Games Fest, including the new Dragon Age, slow female vocal covers in trailers, and many other smaller items. Calum takes up his mantle of Destiny editor and go…

As summer approaches, one of us prepares for months of MMO gameplay and the other does what he always does. Plays weird indie games. NOTE - We talk about minor spoilers from Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, we are explicit when we are about to start, and there is a timestamp in the podcast description. We Played... We both played XDefiant, and had a sur…

We return with video games to talk about. Some of them are even current and relevant! We Played... Euan plays the unexplainable Indika and the very explainable cat sim Little Kitty, Big City Calum substitutes his lack of raiding with raiding roguelike Rabbit and Steel and "anime Monster Hunter" Granblue Fantasy Relink Timestamps 00:02:00 - Little K…

This is the last week of games coming out for a while, so we're going to spend it letting Calum talk about Dragon's Dogma 2. We Played.. Euan plays tarot based story telling game The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood and slasher inspired puzzle narrative game Killer Frequency Calum talks all things Dragons Dogma 2. That's all. Timestamps 00:06:20 - The Cosmi…

After a brief hospital visit, we're back again with some actual video games. Editors Note: We realised later that the Helldivers 2 GM is actually named Joel. Too late to change the title now. Intermission Music The Woods - Wilbert Roget, II - Pacific Drive: Official Game Soundtrack Steam | Epic Games Store We Played... Euan rumbles around a messed …

No new games to talk about this week, so instead we talk about the Xbox Business Update and its ramifications on the gaming space Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com) All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribut…

We're back! After a holiday/sickness break, we return to talking about video games. Spoiler Warning We spoil some of the Tekken 8 story mode in this episode (1:00:00 -> 1:07:17). Timestamps are below if you want to avoid it. We Played... Euan talks life after Yakuza in Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, and is saddened once again by Konami's decisions…

We may have finally hit the end of the year for video games, but jesus there is still so much to play. We Played... Euan talks about the co-op perspective of Baldur's Gate 3, and the atrocity that is Silent Hill: Ascension. Calum briefly discusses the Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising Playtest, more to follow in December when the game releases in ful…

BOO! It's so spooky. It's a spooky show for the spooky day. Music Intermission Music The Crystal Bot - Arnaud Roy - Endless Dungeon (Original Game Soundtrack) Bandcamp We Played... We both discuss the conversion of old nanomachines to the nanomachines running on current gen platforms in Metal Gear Solid Collection Vol 1, continuing adventures in Cy…

A couple of weeks has given the chance to catch up on some current video games, so now we can talk about it! Intermission Music Last Light - Borislav Slavov - Baldur’s Gate 3: Original Soundtrack Steam We Played... Euan talks eat theivery simulator Pizza Possum and noir hell-em-up El Paso, Elsewhere Calum talks about his journey into custom fight g…

It's a space heavy episode. Exploration in space Disneyland, the end of the world from a space rock, and changes to pricing structures that should be launched into space. Intermission Music Reunion - Reunion (Ft. Brigitte Naggar) - Goodbye Volcano High (Original Game Soundtrack) Bandcamp We Played... Euan plays music while facing the end of the wor…

These games. They never end. There's more on the way too. I'm so tired. Intermission Music DA PEOPLE - Hideki Naganuma - Bomb Rush Cyberfunk Soundtrack We Played... Euan plays puzzle slasher Homebody, narrative explorer The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales and hot mech game of the moment Armored Core 6 We both talk about the absolute coolest game on the …

What? Huh? Oh right you're here. Yes, there's a podcast, Calum talks about Baldur's Gate 3. Listen to it, or don't. I'm going back to playing Baldur's Gate 3. We Played... Baldur's Gate 3. Yep that's it. It's an hour of Baldur chat. Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)…

Going to be honest, Calum writes these and he's just killing time till Baldur's Gate 3. So, yea, video games, check them out. Music Intermission Music No Exit - scntfc - Oxenfree II: Lost Signals OST Bandcamp We Played... Euan experiences Sludge Life 2 and is sadly disapointed by the return of confused teens in Oxenfree II Calum explores the deep b…

We're at an ebb in the ebb and flow of video game releases. Nice relaxed podcast today. We Played... Euan gives all the updates this week with Mars First Logistics and System Shock Timestamps 00:08:02 - Final Fantasy XVI 00:09:07 - System Shock 00:13:18 - Mars First Logistics 00:21:38 - News - Baldur's Gate 3 doesn't have a release date on Xbox yet…

The weather is hot and so are the video games. Actually, not really we've hit the end of the big new releases. There's more to talk about! We Played... Euan talks about several Steam Next Fest demos, and continues to wander around in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Calum talks newest release Final Fantasy XVI. It's the sixteenth Final Fantasy game and …

It's the start of video game releases. The heavy hitters start now! We Played... Calum talks the two big releases in Diablo 4 and Street Fighter 6. Busy time for fans of ARPGs and fighting games across the land. Euan gives his opinion on Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Will it be different from the majority? Listen to find out! Timestamps 00:02:13 - Z…

The conversations went long this week. More to enjoy! Music Intermission Music Jack Da Funk - Hideki Naganuma - Bomb Rush Cyberfunk Side 1 Bandcamp We Played... Euan talks about his Jedi Survivor experience, and playing Dead by Daylight on a Steam Deck Calum talks Idol Showdown, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous and hot game of the moment Zelda: T…

Returning from a holiday and games start coming out. What a time to have a podcast We Played… Euan plays Shadows of Doubt, a game with more genres than time I have to type them out here. You’ll just have to listen. We both “played” Redfall and have some thoughts. They are not good thoughts, but they are thoughts. Calum talks at length about Star Wa…

Shorter catch up this week as we lie in wait for the release hellscape of May/June. Also Euan has holidays to go on so we didn’t want to leave you good people hanging. We Played… Euan played a variety of smaller games, including Drop: System Breach, Dredge, A Little To The Left Calum has a Destiny 2 Catchup as the seasonal story ends and talks mass…

It’s been a while since we did this. Luckily, there are games to talk about. Intermission Music Photosynthetic Skin – Amos Roddy – Citizen Sleeper (Original Soundtrack) Bandcamp We Played… Calum played in the weekend limited Diablo 4 Beta. Euan played maze building PvP game Meet Your Maker by the creators of Dead by Daylight We both played Resident…

It’s that time of year again. It’s time to talk about Destiny for an inordiante amount of time. Spoiler Warning – We talk about the story of Destiny 2: Lightfall between 16:24 and 22:33. Intermission Music Calling Upon Bravery – Eddie Marianukroh – Chained Echoes (Original Game Soundtrack) Bandcamp We Played… Calum talks Destiny 2: Lightfall, the l…

It’s 2023 and we are back doing what we do best. Making mediocre content. Welcome in. We Played… It’s 2008 again as Euan plays the Dead Space remake, gets in some cel shaded music action in Hifi Rush, and deals with the baffling experience that is Atomic Heart. When not prepping to spend the next few weeks in a Destiny 2 hole with the new expansion…

Grab yourself a warm drink and a blanket, shuffle up next to us as we talk about the year gone past in video games. The good, the bad, and the existential crises Spoiler Warning We were pretty good at calling out when we are going to talk about endings and the like, but maybe don’t give a huge amount of notice. You have been warned. Timestamps… Sif…

For the last podcast of the year, we have a lot of news to talk about and even some new games. Intermission Music Cloud Nine – Machine Girl – Neon White OST 1 – The Wicked Heart Bandcamp We Played… We wrap up The Game Awards and all the announcements there in We both catch up on our god killing progress in God of War Ragnarok Calum prevents a chaos…

It’s getting towards the end of the year which means god there are so many games to play. Intermission Music Ember’s Wake – Amos Roddy – Citizen Sleeper Bandcamp We Played… Euan plays PS1 style sci-fi thriller Signalis Calum plays the “perfectly 6/7 out of 10” Harvestella and tells us the story of attending the Scottish Esports League We both becom…

One of us went on holiday and still managed to play loads of video games. Isn’t the modern world fantastic? Intermission Music Customer Service – Eli Rainsberry – Wilmot’s Warehouse OST Bandcamp | Itch.io We Played… Calum talks professional DOTA with TI Final, and plays yet another card game in Marvel Snap, and is really presently surprised. Euan c…

Real world delivery issues are key to this weeks podcast. Intermission Music Murky Brew – Alberto Sueri and Johnny Moutzouris – Eville OST Steam Also we talk about Brandon Acker before the break, and you should go check out his YouTube channel We Played… Calum played stuff on a Steam Deck. Various games, of varying quality, just had a grand old tim…

It’s a short pod as we venture into Autumn, with a good mix of old, new and new that reminds you of old. We Played… Euan finishes We Are OFK, and ventures into some modern nostalgia with Return to Monkey Island Calum is preparing to get a Steam Deck and keeps busy in Guild Wars 2 when not continuing doing Savage Raids in Final Fantasy XIV Timestamp…

Calum took some time off to play one video game a lot. Luckily we have a space to talk about that experience. Intermission Music The Disaster of Passion – AISHA & Arc System Works – GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE- ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK VOL.1 Amazon We Played… Euan played tiny platformer Tinykin and the latest Sam Barlow epic Immortality Calum goes in-depth of …

It’s finally time to talk openly about one of our favourite games of the year. Calum wasn’t available, so Euan has drafted in friend of the site, and narrative game connoisseur, Vaida to talk about the world of The Eye, the incredible characters we meet there, and just how well this game uses mechanics from tabletop games to add to the storytelling…

Euan got COVID, so this is the first podcast for a while. He’s fine now, so we’re back to video games Intermission Music Follow/Unfollow – OFK – We Are OFK E.P. We Played… Calum writes this part of the post so he gets to type such sentences as “Euan plays a new ‘sad teen game'” We Are OFK, and talks about old favorites GTFO and Boneworks with Metal…

Hopefully you all should be still be able to see this message. Hopefully you can also still hear us talk about video games. NOTE - There are mild spoilers for the ending of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 during the discussions of Xenoblade Chronicles 3. There is a warning before hand. Intermission Music Blueprint For A Slow Machine – 65daysofstatic – No Ma…

As I type this it is over 30 degrees, and I can't think. So yea, video games. We Played... Euan plays space thriller Deliver Us The Moon, adorable adventure Tunic and, of course, the latest and last Zachtronics joint, Last Call BBS. Calum wishes he could break the actual sun, and instead settles for more Monster Hunter: Sunbreak and watches teens g…

Been a while since we sat down and talked about some video games, so let's fix that! We Played... Euan took the hit for the site and played Elden Ring. A long conversation ensues. Calum hunts continually bigger beasts in Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak and selects and makes his first pick in DNF Duel. We both played the fantastic Neon White and Euan …

We're back to talk all things Keigh3. Summer Game Fest? This was eaiser when it was just E3. Timestamps... 1:22 - Mask assholes exist in Europe too 8:12 - Summer Game Fest 20:47 - Future Games Show 25:20 - Xbox & Bethesda, and a lot about Starfield 1:09:11 - PC Gaming Show 1:15:40 - Round up, Capcom, What's out soon? Intro Music - There It Is - Kev…

A new audio quality for the same old podcast! We Played... Euan plays a lot with Citizen Sleeper, Furi, Card Shark and Hunt: Showdown. All at the same time! (not really) Calum hints opinions of Songs of Conquest to be expanded later, and does some vampire killing with Vampire the Masquerade: Blood Hunt Timestamps... 0:30 - Microphone Chat, ASMR and…