SIPTG 299: It's Gonna Be May (13/05/2024)

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05/13/24 • 96 min

Graham and Steve channel their inner Justin Timberlake this week on the SIPTG podcast, looking at some of the games of note for the rest of May, Sony's Helldivers fiasco, and the state of the video game industry in the wake of yet more studio closures!

Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 2:46 - Graham's Games 19:49 - Steve's Games 42:42 - Helldivers 2 and State of Gaming Industry 1:28:58 - Beginning of the End (including May releases)

Games Mentioned: Horizon Forbidden West Satisfactory Harold Halibut Manor Lords Lightyear Frontier Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden Balatro Berserk Boy TimeMelters Rebel Transmute Raw Metal Bears In Space The Surge 2

Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube

SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark

Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music

Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 2:46 - Graham's Games 19:49 - Steve's Games 42:42 - Helldivers 2 and State of Gaming Industry 1:28:58 - Beginning of the End (including May releases)

Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube

SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark

Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music

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SIPTG 298: Numb3rs Didn't Help... At All! (22/04/2024)

Following another hospital adventure, Steve and Graham contemplate how mini-golf works in four dimensions, how weapon durability should actually work, how boating around a post-apocalypse could have possibly gone wrong, and quite a bit more!

Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 06:55 - Steve's Games 59:13 - Graham's Games 1:16:51 - Beginning of the End

Games Mentioned: SteamWorld Heist No Rest for the Wicked Satisfactory Horizon Forbidden West Slavania Sker Ritual Bzzzt Balatro Ufouria: The Saga 2 Highwater Pesticide Not Required 4D Golf Cricket Through the Ages Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden Sixty Four Promenade Penny's Big Breakaway Lightyear Frontier Maniac

Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube

SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark

Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music

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SIPTG 300: Let Me Tell You About My Secret Salami (27/05/2024)

Graham, Steve, and a very special guest convene for the 300th episode of the SIPTG podcast to talk about the state of Destiny and Bungie, the upcoming games of June, and what the boys have been up to for the last few weeks!

Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 01:05 - It's Mike! 06:37 - Balatro and Destiny 2 with Mike 22:08 - Steve's Games 1:01:58 - Graham's Games 1:17:29 - Beginning of the End

Games Mentioned: Manor Lords I am Future Dave the Diver Duck Detective: The Secret Salami Turbo Golf Racing Super Video Golf Satisfactory Horizon Forbidden West Twilight Survivors Last Hope Bunker: Zombie Survival Quit Today Rebel Transmute Death Noodle Delivery Bears In Space The Surge 2 Turbo Golf Racing Super Video Golf XDefiant Pepper Grinder