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We've released 28 episodes about Video game culture:

Sound-byte 095: Arcades and game bars

Sound-bytes are our shorter episodes about what we’ve been up to recently. This week we've...not been up to much. We've got a bunch of stuff in the pipeline but it's just not ready to share yet, so for now we discuss some of the new arcades and game bars that have sprung up that we've been to recently.

134: World of Warcraft Retrospective Part 2

We're concluding our multi-part retrospective this episode with part two of our look back at the behemoth that is World of Wacraft.

133: World of Warcraft Retrospective Part 1

We're starting a multi-part retrospective this episode with a look back at the behemoth that is World of Wacraft.

129: Translation & Localisation; effects

In this episode we conclude the discussions from episode 128 and episode 116 by discussing the effects of translation & localisation on the games that we play. One game in particular, which inspired this whole series, is the discussion of this episode: Xenoblade Chronicles 2.

124: Year in Gaming; 1987

In this episode we continue our recurring segment where we discuss the most important and interesting games of a particular year. In episode 117 we covered 1986. This episode we take a look at the games of 1987.

Games discussed:
  • Metal Gear
  • Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei
  • Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link
  • Mega Man
  • Final Fantasy

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