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Jul 20 2014

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 16 2014

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Top 5 – Novel uses of Death

Sometimes death isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

Next week: Top 5 score attack games

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Tagged Death mechanics, Quirky

Jul 13 2014

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Episode 114 – Toddlers and Pools

I’m leaving for my honeymoon in a few minutes… do you really think I have time to write a description? Wolf Among Us, Wildstar, Sims 4, Highgrounds and other things!

Chepskate’s Game Club: Highgrounds
Next Week: Trials Frontier (Android/iOS)

Crowd Funding Picks:
Ben: After Reset
Simone and James: Joan Mad Run
Paul: A.V.

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Tagged A.V., Abyss Odyssey, After Reset, Battleborn, Crawl, Cry Wolf, Fortnite, Highgrounds, Joan Mad Run, Kirby Triple Deluxe, Sims 4, Solarix, Streetpass, Subject 13, The Wolf Among Us, Wildstar

Jul 09 2014

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Top 5 – Games Where Swimming Can Kill You

The water looked so inviting but now you’re dead. Who’s laughing now?

Next Week: Top 5 novel uses of death

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Tagged boundary restrictions, death, sharks, swimming, water

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

Jul 02 2014

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Top 5 – Games of E3 2014

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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Tagged E32014

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