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Episode 112 – Tobias and Paul Vs The World

Tobias and the Dark Sceptres is this week’s Cheapskate’s Game Club and it brings the controversy! Finally some blood on this podcast. We get our Wildstar hamsters love on, Simone gets into the new Thomas Was Alone expansion, Ben plays Madden, James builds a Steambox and Paul is all about Kiwanuka.

Cheapskate’s Game Club: Tobias and the Dark Sceptres
Next Week: Magicka: Wizard Wars

Crowd Funding Picks
Ben: Pixel Soccer
James: Timespinner
Simone: Bulb Boy
Paul: InSomnia

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Show notes after the jump.

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Tagged Areal, Benjamin’s Flight, Bulb Boy, Carbon Design Groups, Civilisation Revolution 2, DANGERZONE, Ghost Control Inc, InSomnia, Kickstarter, Kirby Triple Deluxe, Kiwanuka, Madden 25, Natural Selection 2, Octodad Shorts, Oculua, Pixel Soccer, Platinum Games, Primal Rage 2, Silly Walks, Splee and Glob: Monster Defence, Steambox, TerraTech, The Deer God, The Hit, The Legend of Korra, Thomas Was Alone, Timespinner, Tobias and the Dark Sceptres, We are the Dwarves, Wild Warfare, Wildstar

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Top 5 – Worst Tacked On Multiplayer

It’s not there for a good reason and it’s not even good! Damn it.

Next week: Top 5 Games of E3 2014

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Tagged tacked on multiplayer

Elevator Pitch Video

Elevator Pitch – Icarus Proudbottom: Starship Captain

Dan and Jackie of Holy Wow Studios join us to discuss the newest entry in their cult Icarus Proudbottom series “Starship Captain”.

Holy Wow Studios

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Tagged Curse of the chocolate fountain, Holy Wow Studios, Icarus Proudbottom, Kickstarter, Star Trek, Starship Captain, Typing Tutor

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Episode 111 – Eleventy One

It’s sale season and in response Paul’s been playing everything, but mainly Signal Ops. James gets into Wildstar while Simone plays Haunt the house leaving Ben to dwell about how much he loves his new Wii-U. The team discusses the controversy magnet who is Phil Fish, lust after Dreadnought and everyone gives this week’s Cheapskate’s Game Club a go with Floating Point.

Cheapskates Game Club: Floating Point
Next Week: Tobias and the Dark Sceptres

Crowd Funding Picks
Ben and James: Voidspace
Simone: Paparazzi
Paul: Glitch

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Show notes after the jump.

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Tagged Battliefield, Catlateral Damage, Defence Grid 2, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Dreadnought, Early Access, Ether One, Floating Point, Glitch, GOG sales, Grim Fandango, Halo Spartan Assault, Harvester, Haunt the House, Homemake, Kickstarter, Midora, Paparazzi, PewDiePie, Philfish, Quantum Rush: Champions, Red Faction, Risk of Rain, Signal Ops, Steam Sales, Temporus, Tobias and the Dark Sceptres, Twin Souls: The Path of Shadows, Voidsapce, Wildstar, youtube, Zelda Wind Waker

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Elevator Pitch – FrankNJohn

We chat to the Paul Conway of Bit Smith Games about FrankNJohn. Part frank, part John but all fun action roguelike insanity.

FrankNJohn on Kickstarter

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Tagged Binding of Isaac, Bit Smith Games, elevator Pitch, franknjohn, hats, indie game, Kickstarter, Roguelike, Spelunky

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Top 5 – Monsters

As I child I had an imaginary friend. He was a wolf that tried to kill me at every opportunity. I was a messed up kid. Will the wolf make this weeks’ list? Not unless my life is a video game but then I’ve never seen a video game about a guy who hosts a video game podcast. Maybe I’m a new genre…

Next Week: Top 5 – Worst tacked on multiplayer

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Tagged enemies, Monsters

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Episode 110 – Stealing Sheep and Other Tales of E3 2014

E3 2014 is over and I think it’s safe to say a pretty good event all round. Lots of new titles and information on already revealed titles to talk about… and so we do in this extra bloated episode! Did I say bloated? I mean incredible informative and insightful episode that will delight and excite you, the listeners! All this for a very affordable price so send us your Dogecoins.

Next Cheapskate’s Game Club: Floating Point

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Show notes after the jump.

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Tagged 3DS, Abzu, Amiibo, Assassin’s Creed Unity, Batman: Arkham Knight, Battlefield Hardline, Bayonetta 2, Bloodborne, Broforce, Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Crackdown, Criterion Racing Game, Cuphead, Dead Island 2, Destiny, E32014, EA, Entwined, Fable Legends, Far Cry 4, FIFA 15, Grand Theft Auto 5, Grim Fandango Remastered, Halo 5: Guardians, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number, inFamous: First Light, Inside, Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, Let It Die, LittleBigPlanet 3, Madden NFL 15, Magicka 2, Mario Maker, Mario Party 10, Mass Effect 4, Metal Gear Solid: The Phantom Pain, Microsoft, Mirrors Edge 2, NHL 15, Nintendo, No Man’s Sky, Not a Hero, Ori and the Blind Forest, Project Giant Robot, Project Guard, Project Steam, PS+, PS4, Rainbow Six: Siege, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Scalebound, Shape Up, Sony, Splatoon, Star Fox Wii U, Star Wars Battlefront, Super Mario 3D World K’Nex, Super Smash Bros., Tesla Effect, The Legend of Zelda Wii U, The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 15, Tom Clancy's The Division, Ubisoft, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Vita, wii-u, xbone, Xenoblade Chronicles X, Yoshi's Wooly World

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Top 5 – Games I Bet You Forgot

You’ve been forgetting a lot of stuff recently. These games for instance. Now we can help you remember them with a fun competition.

Next week: Top 5 Enemies

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Tagged forgotten gems, Obscure games