Best NOTlistening.co.uk Podcasts Podcasts (2025)

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The Summer Movie Wager 2025 inc. Fantastic Four, Superman, Thunderbolts & more! 34:37

8d ago34:37

34:37

It's that time of year again when we try to predict which movies will rule the summer. Can Disney work their live action magic once again with Lilo & Stitch or will it be the turn of Dreamworks to capitalise on the same kind of phenomenon with How to Train your Dragon? Meanwhile, it's a two horse race for Marvel after last year's strike-felled show…

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Nintendo Switch 2, Atomfall, Blue Prince, South of Midnight & more! 1:17:45

23d ago1:17:45

1:17:45

There's only really one big story this week and that was the grand reveal and pre-order drama of Nintendo's highly anticipated new console. Suffice it to say, Rob & Will managed to get their pre-orders in, so expect a whole bunch of Switch 2 related coverage later this year. Meanwhile, the gamepass tsunami rages on, Will was looking forward to Atom…

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Monster Hunter Wilds, Avowed & more! 1:21:55

2M ago1:21:55

1:21:55

We had all the news from Microsoft last episode, so we figured Sony might have dropped some by the time we reconvened and sure enough we've not only a fairly jam-packed State of Play, but an equally lengthy Death Stranding 2 panel from SXSW featuring Kojima himself! Our main event this week though is the launch of Monster Hunter Wilds, which Marcus…

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Our favourite TV shows of 2024 inc. Fallout, Slow Horses & more! 1:21:15

3M ago1:21:15

1:21:15

What's this down the back of the sofa that we almost forgot to put out into the world, why, it's our favourite TV shows of 2024, which we absolutely didn't delay in publishing to pad out the gap between our next episode, which might actually feature something from the year that we are in. Nevertheless here is our authoritative take on what from las…

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Nintendo Switch 2, Ninja Gaiden 4, Citizen Sleeper 2 & more! 1:29:07

3M ago1:29:07

1:29:07

Here we are at last with our first proper episode of 2025, but it's far from business as usual with the first official reveal of Nintendo's imaginatively titled Switch 2, which means it can't be long now until Rob get's all his games back - and this time in glorious 4K! There's also been another Xbox Developer Direct to reassure us that 2025 won't …

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Our Movies of 2024 inc. Deadpool & Wolverine, The Substance & more! 1:13:31

4M ago1:13:31

1:13:31

On this week's show we're going over our favourite movies of 2024 and for the first time I am pleased to report we didn't have single pick in common. Has Rob fully disappeared up his arsehole into the Dune metaverse - or was Marcus' fascination with killer swimming pools just too obscure to cope with. All this & more on a most clockwork-like #NOTwa…

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Our favourite games of 2024 inc. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, The Game Awards & more! 1:30:05

4M ago1:30:05

1:30:05

Happy New Year all! We hope you got all the videogames you wanted and most importantly some well earned time to enjoy them! We certainly did, in the gift of Machine Games' remarkable Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, which really didn't need to be anywhere near as good as it turned out in the end. So good in fact to receive full honours from at l…

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Monster Hunter Wilds, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl & more! 1:17:20

6M ago1:17:20

1:17:20

After that disaster-piece of an episode last time around, we thought we'd try super hard to make this one a success, it could be argued even, that we overcompensated. Rob even took one for the team and shelled out an exorbitant sum for a PS5 Pro just to make up for it. He's even had to play Star: Wars: Outlaws in it's newly patched 60FPS + DLC glor…

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Slow Horses, Bad Monkey & more! 49:26

6M ago49:26

49:26

This week we're talking about some of our favourite TV picks of late summer / early autumn including the latest season of Amazon's blockbuster Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and Apple's now appointment level Slow Horses, which is back for it's 4th and grandest arc yet. All this & more on another small-screen focussed #NOTwatching Podcast! Co…

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The Plucky Squire, UFO 50, Ghost of Yōtei & more! 1:03:10

7M ago1:03:10

1:03:10

We can only apologise for this one. If it wasn't connections dropping or random things banging around, it was furiously typing to look things up. It's all a bit of a mess this week sadly :( Amidst the Chaos however, we were able to lay down our highlights from the most recent online presentations from Microsoft & Sony, as well our thoughts on a cou…

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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Alien: Romulus, our Summer Movie Wager results & more! 34:12

8M ago34:12

34:12

This week we’re reconvening after a summer movie season we once again failed to accurately predict and therefore once again commiserating over how badly we did on the Summer Movie Wager this year! We also get into some Alien Romulus, which managed to make the cut despite only releasing a few weeks before the labor day finale, and also the very long…

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Star Wars Outlaws, Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2, Thank Goodness You're Here & more! 1:06:27

8M ago1:06:27

1:06:27

We're back! After an extended summer break in which Rob actually succumbed to the great videogame staff cull of 2024 and therefore played the most disgusting amount of actual videogames possible. And who can blame him the summer took so long to actually begin, but begin it finally did and off went Marcus and Will a frolicking... So yeah - it's most…

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Deadpool & Wolverine 1:21:18

9M ago1:21:18

1:21:18

Apologies for such a long break between episodes, but the hiatus was far from intentional. In the panic of migrating all his files from an old work laptop, Rob accidentally forgot to move across the last couple of episodes that we intended to go out and sadly they are now lost forever. We arrive at the main event though for the summer. Everything b…

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Senua's Saga: Hellblade II & the Summer of Games 2024 1:22:33

11M ago1:22:33

1:22:33

E3 might be dead, but we still got a boat load of trailers last weekend and as usual we're here to talk all about it. We all loved the look of Ubisoft's imminent Star Wars Outlaws, which got two enormous gameplay reveals at their conference, while Monster Hunter Wilds cut through with it's unique beasts and intense weather conditions. Not to mentio…

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The Summer Movie Wager 2024 inc. Furiosa, Deadpool & Wolverine, The Fall Guy & more! 25:49

1y ago25:49

25:49

We're actually with you a little sooner than expected given the sudden realisation that release of The Fall Guy a couple of weeks ago technically spelled the start of the 2024 Summer Movie season. So here we are once again with our takes on how we think this year is going to shake out. Will the good will of Mad Max Fury Road be enough to propel Fur…

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Fallout - Season 1 34:00

1y ago34:00

34:00

Sorry we haven't been around much this year, but have no fear listeners - we will be back very soon with our pick of the best movies and TV shows of 2024 as well as our Annual Summer Movie Wager! In the meantime, we had a bit of chat on our sister show, The #NOTplaying Podcast about the recent Prime Video series, Fallout, based on the beloved video…

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Fallout on Prime Video, Dragon's Dogma 2 & more! 1:06:20

1y ago1:06:20

1:06:20

We don't normally bang on about TV shows (We'd be a man down if we did), but while we have been playing some new stuff, the biggest single event in videogames for the past month or so would have to be the miraculous conversion of Bethesda's beloved videogame series into passive televisual entertainment and who are we to argue with the alleged 65 mi…

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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Helldivers 2, Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden & more! 1:16:34

1y ago1:16:34

1:16:34

So much for a fallow year, for here we are with a brand new potential GOTY contender EACH! And so early in the year we are too! As was very well signposted in our last episode, Marcus has finally polished off 2020's FFVII Remake just in time for it's follow-up, Rebirth, which he has so far been sacrificing sleep for, Will has been diving into hell,…

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Our Favourite TV shows of 2023 inc. Star Trek Picard, The Fall of the House of Usher, Poker Face & more! 1:07:18

1+ y ago1:07:18

1:07:18

So as tardy as it may seem releasing an episode like this so far in to 2024, a lot of the shows we're discussing here didn't even finish until a few weeks ago. And with the lag those strikes are likely to cause this year, you will probably end up scrolling over some older releases so these are the ones we think you should prioritise. Also, we decid…

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Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, FFVII Rebirth, God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla & more! 1:24:03

1+ y ago1:24:03

1:24:03

2024 is off to quite a start with extensive showcases from both Microsoft and Sony within the first few weeks of the year as well as a genuine GOTY contender in Ubisoft's latest refresh of the Prince of Persia franchise, which goes back to it's roots in a supremely slick take on the classic 2D 'metroidvania' action platforming genre. Will's also ha…

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Our Movies of 2023 inc. Godzilla Minus One, John Wick Chapter 4, Across the Spiderverse, Barbie & more! 1:08:56

1+ y ago1:08:56

1:08:56

Barbenheimer, The Writer's Strike & the slow death of Superhero movies could all be attributed to 2023, but there were still quite a decent bunch of movies for us to pick through, as we always do when it comes to this time of year. Indeed, listen on as Marcus and Rob count down their 10 top movies of 2023. Back in a few weeks with our TV picks of t…

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Our favourite games of 2023 inc. Baldur's Gate 3, Alan Wake 2, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora & more! 1:32:21

1+ y ago1:32:21

1:32:21

We were all a bit too busy and/or poorly to get this done over the Xmas break, but we're back in the game now to deliver Rob's Games of 2024, Will's annual Quiz & a special report on the Skull & Bones beta from Marcus. It's that time again, for our review of 2023 and our thoughts on the year to come! Contact us on Email at: notplayingpodcast@gmail.…

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Spider-Man 2, Diablo IV, Alan Wake 2 & more! 1:23:56

1+ y ago1:23:56

1:23:56

The games are coming thick and fast as we approach the end of another year in gaming. And it only feels right that such an incredible 12 months should come to such a crescendo, with Rob having already completed Spider-Man 2 since last episode and moving straight on to Alan Wake 2. On the other hand, Will still hasn't settled on his 'perfect charact…

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Ahsoka, Foundation, Good Omens & more! 51:12

1+ y ago51:12

51:12

On this week's show we're talking about some of our favourite TV shows from the back half of 2023, including the latest installment of Star Wars, Ahsoka, the second season of Apple's gloriously ambitous Foundation, Neil Gaiman's continuation of the much beloved Good Omens and much much more! Contact us on Email at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠…

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Starfield, Assassin's Creed Mirage, Armored Core VI & more! 1:19:43

1+ y ago1:19:43

1:19:43

We're emerging from underneath a gigantic pile of gaming rubble this week to share our thoughts on just a handful of titles amidst the current tidal wave of autumn releases. First up is the almost podcast shattering paradox of Starfield, then we've got the latest (albeit significantly paired back) installment of Assassin's Creed and even Marcus has…

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Barbie, Oppenheimer & The 2023 Summer Movie Wager results! 30:31

1+ y ago30:31

30:31

No one could have predicted the Barbenheimer phenomenon when we were putting together our Top 10 lists for this year's Summer Movie Wager, but here indeed we are after a summer full of surprises amidst a quite chaotically aggressive release calendar. Contact us on Email at: ⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod Yo…

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Baldur's Gate 3, Gamescom 2023 & more! 53:03

1+ y ago53:03

53:03

On this week's show we're catching the last rays of summer from the comfort of Rob's sofa once again as we meet up in person for a change to discuss our usual winning combo of recent gaming news and the games what we have recently been playing. And this time around we're talking Baldur's Gate 3, which recently exited it's state of early access to e…

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The Last of Us, Poker Face, Yellowjackets & more! 43:49

2y ago43:49

43:49

On this week's episode we are going through some of our favourite TV shows of the year, including the monumental adaptation of Naughty Dog's The Last of Us by HBO, Rian Johnson's superb homage to Columbo and Natasha Lyonne starring Poker Face, the return of 90s throwback Yellowjackets & more! Contact us on Email at: ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠…

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Final Fantasy XVI, Sniper Elite 5 & more! 39:14

2y ago39:14

39:14

Rob was going utterly insane at Marcus for buying a copy of Final Fantasy XVI without anything to play it on, but it turned out to be an elaborate hilarious joke! For Marcus has actually joined the PS5 space race after all! Listen on for our thoughts on Square's latest entry in their long running franchise! Meanwhile, Will has been performing open …

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#NOTe3 2023 inc. Starfield, Star Wars Outlaws, Alan Wake 2 & more! 44:06

2y ago44:06

44:06

E3 may not have happened again in 2023, but it's still that time of year again where we are inundated with showcases and trailers. All the main platform holders more than delivered, with Microsoft devoting almost half of their 90+ minute event to the monolithic Starfield and Sony showing off a good 15 minutes of the imminent full sequel to Spider-m…

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3, John Wick: Chapter 4 & more! 30:26

2y ago30:26

30:26

On this week's show we'll be going through some of our favourite movies of the year, including the latest (and possibly final?) installments of some of the most gigantic franchises of recent times! Enjoy! Contact us on Email at: ⁠[email protected]⁠ Follow us on Twitter: @notwatchingpod You can find all episodes at: https://shows.acast.co…

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Our Summer Movie Wager 2023, The Writers Strike & more! 31:38

2y ago31:38

31:38

On this week's episode we're previewing our Summer Movie Wager that we like to do each year. It's a bit late to join in now, but you can find out all the details here, see which one of us is winning and perhaps join in with us next time: https://www.thesummermoviewager.com/index.php?addPlayer=bobiroka%2Ccastiel&year=2023 (That's Rob - bobiroka and …

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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Star Wars - Jedi Survivor, Street Fighter 6 & more! 1:17:01

2y ago1:17:01

1:17:01

Games games and more GAMES. That's all we're talking about this week simply because that's all we have time for, aside from perhaps a quick update on the whole Microsoft Activision saga, which likely will continue to rage on for the rest of 2023. Like I just said though, there's no time for that though on a episode that features likely more than on…

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Dredge, Starfield, Final Fantasy XVI & more! 1:23:31

2y ago1:23:31

1:23:31

E3 might not be happening this year, but we still have plenty to discuss this month, including release dates for Starfield and the much delayed Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League. We've also all been going a bit gooey over Sony's recent Final Fantasy focussed State of Play, so expect much more on that game when it releases in just a couple of sh…

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Hi-fi Rush, Atomic Heart, Baldur's Gate 3 & more! 1:22:13

2y ago1:22:13

1:22:13

After a few understandably slow years it's quite refreshing to have not 1 but 2 significant game releases this early in the year, not to mention some timely updates from the main players in our delightful hobby. These haven't been without controversy though, with the games media understandably frustrated by Microsoft's shadowdrop release of Bethesd…

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2023 Preview inc. John Wick Chapter 4, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3, Indiana Jones & The Dial of Destiny & loads more! 17:44

2y ago17:44

17:44

Once again we're well into the year again before we announce which movies we are most looking forward to, but with release dates still slipping all over the place there's a good chance most of what we're banging on about here still won't be out yet! That cinema schedule is looking bright though and it's about time really that we refocussed our atte…

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Our favourite TV of 2022 inc. Severance, The Sandman, House of the Dragon & more! 1:37:12

2+ y ago1:37:12

1:37:12

On this week's show we're covering our favourite TV shows of 2022, and such a task it was that you've had to wait until now for it. Too many streaming networks & services means too many goddamn shows. Suffice it to say there is very little crossover this year between Rob & Marcus's choices, which doesn't help when we felt obliged to each prepare a …

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Our favourite games of 2022 inc. Marvel's Midnight Suns, A Plague Tale: Requiem, God of War Ragnarok & more! 1:03:55

2+ y ago1:03:55

1:03:55

The moratorium on saying 'Happy New Year' may be up, but we're still only in January so there's time for us to finally share our favourite games of 2022. Well, Rob did anyway. The others have their excuses, but you can wait for them to explain themselves. We're also forecasting the year ahead as is usual for this time in the calendar and also shari…

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Our Movies of 2022 inc. Avatar: The Way of Water, The Batman & more! 1:14:45

2+ y ago1:14:45

1:14:45

It's the first episode of a brand new year and like clockwork here once again are our favourite movies of the last 12 months. It's been another strange year for movies, despite a far healthier calendar of releases at the big screen, more streaming options, narrowing theatrical windows and a decline in living standards have made it difficult for peo…

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The Game Awards 2022 inc. Judas, Jedi Survivor, Streetfighter 6, Death Stranding 2 & more! 39:44

2+ y ago39:44

39:44

In this most festive and final episode of 2022 we pick out some of our highlights from Geoff Keighley's annual advert (and also awards show) extravaganza, catch up on the latest from Microsoft's epic buyout of Activision & weigh in with our opinions on the divisive Forspoken Demo that recently hit PSN. And following on from last year's success, Wil…

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God of War Ragnarök, A Plague Tale Requiem, Marvel Snap & more! 1:04:23

2+ y ago1:04:23

1:04:23

It's not often we all find ourselves in the same room these days, especially given recent events, but as luck would have it, Will happened to be in town around the time our latest episode was due, so we were able to sit round a mike round Rob's and shoot the shit in person. We were also joined by long term friend of the show and #NOTlistening colla…

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, House of the Dragon & more! 1:02:52

2+ y ago1:02:52

1:02:52

While Box office receipts have so far failed to return to pre-pandemic heights the small screen continues to thrive. With a summer dominated by Stranger Things and yet more entires in the Star Wars and Marvel canon, how could we possibly top that? The answer? Not one but two enormous high budget fantasy epics. We're back to Westeros AND Middle Eart…

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Return to Monkey Island, Immortality, Stadia RIP & more! 1:40:20

2+ y ago1:40:20

1:40:20

Bit of a news-heavy episode this month as we chronicle the inevitable demise of Google Stadia, a slew of announcements from the far-east via Tokyo Game Show, Nintendo Direct & Sony's recent State of Play, while in the west Disney un-delay Midnight Suns and Ubisoft let rip with a absolute cavalcade of information regarding the future of the Assassin…

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The Movies of Summer 2022 inc. Top Gun Maverick, Thor Love & Thunder, Elvis & more! 49:09

2+ y ago49:09

49:09

It's been a while, but we've been quite busy over the summer with the world now mostly back in business and that can only mean a fairly packed schedule at the box office. First though, we have all the Marvel Phase 4/5 news that dropped at Comic Con and the results of our summer movie wager. Enjoy! Contact us on Email at: [email protected]…

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Stray, PSVR 2, GTA VI, Gamescom & more! 56:31

2+ y ago56:31

56:31

We didn't think we had a lot to get into this week, but in a moment of supreme scheduling cock-ups we found ourselves recording actually during Geoff Keighley's Gamescom opening night extravaganza, so the miniscule amount of news we did have was ultimately interrupted by a number of unexcepted megatons, including a release date for Return to Monkey…

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Summer of Games 2022 inc. Starfield, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Trek to Yomi & more! 1:07:07

3y ago1:07:07

1:07:07

Sorry for the delay on this episode, but we've all been a bit in the wars lately with various bouts of lingering covid and it's been so hot this week that we plain forgot to put the episode out despite it being in the can for a few days... And it took a while for us to get round to recording our thoughts on what used to consitute E3 in years past, …

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Best TV of 2022 so far inc. Peacemaker, Severance, Better Call Saul & more! 40:59

3y ago40:59

40:59

In the interest of full discretion this episode was recorded back in May, but has there really been much better on since. James Gunn's Suicide Squad spin-off had no right to be this good, blending satire and outright hilarity to glorious effect. And then there's the Ben Stiller difrected Severance, who mad sci-fi concept not only justified every ep…

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Doctor Strange & The Multiverse of Madness, The Batman, Everything Everywhere all at once & the 2022 Summer Movie Wager! 1:04:45

3y ago1:04:45

1:04:45

There's a lot to fit in this week as we welcome the first proper summer movie season for 2 years with the first Marvel offering of the 2022 and a sort of bizarre Spider-man follow-up in more ways than one, for none other than Sam Raimi is behind the camera for this Doctor Strange sequel. We also go over some of the more notable releases so far this…

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Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, Weird West, Tunic & more! 1:05:32

3y ago1:05:32

1:05:32

While the last few weeks has seemed a bit quiet on the game release front compared to the bloodbath in February, we've let rather a lot of news stack up this time. Leading the charge is Sony, with the recently restructured digital membership offerings and a couple of State of Play's covering Hogwarts Legacy and the imminent side-scrolling cousin to…

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Star Trek & Doctor Who rewatch special #1 16:27

3y ago16:27

16:27

On this month's episode we're just focussing on a couple of shows Marcus and I have both been dipping back into recently. Well, we're definitely at different points along a Doctor Who rewatch as has been previously mentioned anyway - it's only a short one, but these two cult retro shows might not be for everyone so we thought we might as well spin …

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