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Jul 27 2014

Episode 116 – Bang, Bang, Vroom, Vroom, Blah, Blah

The Destiny Beta went public this weekend and we got all over that Halo-esque MMO inspired FPS epic. We have varied feelings on the subject! Is obsession the result of this week’s Cheapskate’s Game Club Trials Frontier? Fine out with your ears. Also some Darkwood, Star Wars: Commander, Magic 2015, Battlefield Hardline and some great crowd funding projects.

Cheapskate’s Game Club: Trials Frontier
Next week: Rick and Morty’s Rushed Licensed Adventure

Crowd Funding Picks
James: Northward
Ben: Disciples of the Storm
Paul: Fa’el: Beyond the Gate

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Tagged Battlefield Hardline, Braven Arts, Darkwood, Destiny, Disciples of the Storm, Fa’el: Beyond the Gate, Games of Glory, Google, indiegogo, Jenny LeClue, Jotun, Kickstarter, magic 2015, Net Storm, Northward, Star Wars: Commander, Twitch, Vanguard Valkyrie

Jul 20 2014

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Episode 115 – Opportunistic Marketing

Half the crew is missing! But that’s ok, James and Ben joined by the ever dashing Cameron Owen to help fill the ranks. Ben poorly describes he wanted to share, James sells out for Tail Drift, and Cam just classes up the joint. We talk a bunch of Magic: The Gathering 2015, a some Microsoft things, mathamatics, and DOOOOOOOM!

Cheapskate Game Club: Postponed ’til next week when everyone is back!

Crowd Picks

James: Snot
Ben: Knuckle Club
Cam: Bacon Man – An Adventure

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Tagged bacon man, doom, dota, DOTA2, espn, fatal frame, fire with fire, gigantic, inherit the earth, Kickstarter, kim kardashian, knuckle club, magic, magic 2015, magic the gathering, magic2015, ninja pizza girl, PS4, quakecon, snot, the hole story, wii-u, wiiu, without memory, yogcast, yogventure

Jul 06 2014

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Episode 113 – Wizards and 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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Tagged Advent Saga, Battleblock Theatre, CliffyB, Coffin Dodgers, Double Hitler, Dynasty Football, E-Sports, Escape Dead Island, Gender, indiegogo, Kickstarter, Magicka: Wizard Wars, Mighty Tactical Shooter, Next Gen Rock Simulator, OUYA, Pyrella, Radial-G, Rampage Knights, Rock Simulator 2014, Strider, The Robot Apocalypse, The Witcher Battle Arena, Towerfall: Ascension, Valiant Hearts, Wildstar

Jun 29 2014

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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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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

Jun 24 2014

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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”.

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

Jun 22 2014

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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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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

Jun 19 2014

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Elevator Pitch Video

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.

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

Jun 08 2014

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Episode 109 – A Bunch of Card Nerds

It’s only a few days until E3 and how will we pass the time? The boys are still karting with Mario while Simone gets her goat on. James gets into Dragon’s Crown on Vita and plays with some dogs and cats on his 3DS while everyone gets into this week’s fantastic Cheapskate’s Game Club with Card Hunter.

No Cheapskate’s Game Club next week as E3 will consume us all

Crowd Funding Highlights:
EMERGENYC
Mechagami
Franknjohn
Bearzerkers

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Tagged Bearzerkers, Card Hunter, Dead Rising 3, Dragon's Crown, e3 2014, Early Access, EMERGENYC, franknjohn, Goat simulator, GOG Galaxy, Homefront: The revolution, Hunt: Horrors of the gilded age, indiegogo, Juju, Kickstarter, Land of Labyrinth, Loadout, Mario Kart 8, Mario Maker, Mechagami, Nintendogs and Cats, Nintendoland, PS4, See No Evil, Sheltered, Skara, Spaceteam Admiral’s Club, Steam, Super Mario 3D World, The Aegis Effect, The Dark Nebulus, Tormentum: Dark Sorrow, Witcher 3, Xbone controller

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Episode 116 – Bang, Bang, Vroom, Vroom, Blah, Blah

Episode 115 – Opportunistic Marketing

Episode 113 – Wizards and Hitler

Episode 112 – Tobias and Paul Vs The World

Elevator Pitch – Icarus Proudbottom: Starship Captain

Episode 111 – Eleventy One

Elevator Pitch – FrankNJohn

Episode 109 – A Bunch of Card Nerds