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Episode 184: Fatal Frame - Retro Rewind

This week Mike joins Craig and Dave to hide under a blanket while blindly taking photos

This week Mike joins Craig and Dave to hide under a blanket while blindly taking photos.

So yeah, Fatal Frame, 2002s Retro Rewind pic is a bit of a mixed bag as far as the team are concerned. Mike is a bit of a fan, Dave sees it as a curiosity, and Craig would hapilly never touch another game in the series again!

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Episode 183: Dragon Age Origins - Part Two

Spolier alert! As usual Part Two covers story beats, decisions made and our final thoughts!

Spolier alert! As usual Part Two covers story beats, decisions made and our final thoughts!

As above this part of the cast covers all of our thoughts and feelings as we journey through the game! It's a long one sorry!! :)

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Episode 182: Dragon Age Origins - Part One

This month's big game is Dragon Age Origins. As usual Part 1 covers mechanics and overview with little to no spoilers!

This month's big game is Dragon Age Origins. As usual Part 1 covers mechanics and overview with little to no spoilers!

Dave chose this one as he fancied going back to play and thought he would drag Mike and Craig along the way. Let's see how that plays out!!

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Episode 181: Fuzion Frenzy - Retro Rewind

Craig and Dave name all the games they would rather play the 2001's Fuzion Frenzy.

Craig and Dave name all the games they would rather play the 2001's Fuzion Frenzy. No more needs said!

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Episode 180: Rainbow 6 - Retro Rewind

Craig and Dave play both the PC and PS1 classic, Rainbow 6!

Yeah so here we are, Dave picked Rainbow 6 based on the dreamcast release date for our year 2000 Retro Rewind. Yet again another one of those games where we stay on topic!

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Episode 179: Luigi's Mansion 3 - Part Two

Spoilers ahoy! Story, bosses, levels and all matter of spoopy spoilers!

Dave, Mike and Craig get spooped in Luigi's Mansion 3! This time round it is spoiler time! We go level by level and try to google facts on the fly to great success!

As usual on the biggies part one is a review of mechanics, no story or level spoilers.

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Episode 178: Luigi's Mansion 3 - Part One

As usual on the biggies part one is a review of mechanics, no story or level spoilers!

Dave, Mike and Craig get spooped in Luigi's Mansion 3! We talk mechanics and generalities and a bit about our history with the series.

As usual on the biggies part one is a review of mechanics, no story or level spoilers.

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Episode 177: Medal of Honor - Retro Rewind

Craig and Dave crack in to our 1999 Retro Rewind. How do old FPS games stand up? Not too badly it seems!

Craig and Dave crack in to our 1999 Retro Rewind. How do old FPS games stand up? Not too badly it seems!

That's right, Medal of Honor. This classic FPS has a lot going for it and has spurred on the game to play some more oldies and take a trip down memory lane! And this time we stick on topic!

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Episode 176: Metal Gear Solid - Retro Rewind

Craig and Dave play Metal Gear Solid. SNAAAAAAAKE!

Yeah so this Retro Rewind sees us tackle the 1999 classic Metal Gear Solid. We talk game, story and Kojima. And then Craig ruins it all with a 20 minute Death Stranding sales pitch.

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Episode 175: Blether 2020

Dave and Mike have a chat!

Big coverup here, Craig is in hospital and Luke is AWOL so Mike and Dave have to google things for you.

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