Author Archives: Paul Bit

Episode 113 – Wizards and Hitler

We're the podcast with the courage to come out against Hitler.

We’re all mad for and at Magicka: Wizard Wars this week. We talk WW1 with Valiant Hearts, WW2 with Double Hitler and while discussing controversy in the e-sports world we touch on the upcoming Gender Wars. Who will you fight for?

Cheapskate’s Game Club: Magicka: Wizard Wars
Next Week: Highgrounds

Crowd Funding Picks
Ben: Radial-G
Simone: Rock Simulator 2014
James: Mighty Tactical Shooter
Paul: Rampage Knights

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Top 5 – Games of E3 2014

Last Guardian?

E3 has come and gone for another year and I think it was a pretty good show all round. But good isn’t good enough for us. Only the best is worth “good enough” on the wild plains of Eight and a Half Bit.

Next Week: Top 5 games where swimming will kill you.

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Episode 112 – Tobias and Paul Vs The World

Bring it on!

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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Top 5 – Worst Tacked On Multiplayer

Why and urgh

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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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”.

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Episode 111 – Eleventy One

So Many Ones

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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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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Top 5 – Monsters

Rawr

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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