Episode7: Running A Marathon

Explicit content warning

04/17/25 • 59 min

This week Jonty is away in Europe not doing counter espionage, so Alice and Nate talk about Bungie's new game Marathon, which looks fine, I guess. We discuss whether it's worth going to see the A Minecraft Movie (no). Also, Nate explains Civ 7 and Age Of Empires patches, and forces Alice to design an absurd breakfast.

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Artwork by Marsh Davies. Music by God Ribbon.

Links!

Why hello there, Marathon. Civ 7 and AoEII are both getting updated. Critical support for Phoebe Waller Bridge. No support for Jared Hess.

Games!

Promise Mascot Agency. It's really good!

Recommendations

Nate recommends Maskwitches of Forgotten Doggerlands and Alice recommends Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis.

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You can listen to the episode directly right here, or find it in your pod catching apps.

iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/total-playtime/id1790845149

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1jPv8y9BRzqATFT7zXRxKW

RSS: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6786cf573ceecdbe85eac067

Acast: https://shows.acast.com/total-playtime

Artwork by Marsh Davies. Music by God Ribbon.

Links!

Why hello there, Marathon. Civ 7 and AoEII are both getting updated. Critical support for Phoebe Waller Bridge. No support for Jared Hess.

Games!

Promise Mascot Agency. It's really good!

Recommendations

Nate recommends Maskwitches of Forgotten Doggerlands and Alice recommends Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis.

Support the podcast and get additional episodes on Patreon

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Previous Episode

Episode 6: Ubisoft Is Doing Fine, Why Do You Ask?

Ubisoft's latest stab-fest did really well, hurrah! But they still did that weird subsidiary plan with Tencent, hurroo. At least the official Ass Creed social media account got in a few shots. Plus: Bloodlines 2 delayed again, Game Informer is back, and we prepare to fight Gul'dan.

You can listen to the episode directly right here, or find it in your pod catching apps.

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Artwork by Marsh Davies. Music by God Ribbon.

Links!

The CWA formed a games union! Cool! Game Informer is back, but at what cost? AC: Shadows did good numbers, and so did this burn on Elon Musk, but Ubi still sold 25% of their best franchises to Tencent, in a move that just kind of instinctively feels bad. FightinCowboy going off on his Shadows stream, however, felt good. Bloodlines 2 is delayed again. I first previewed it like 6 years ago, lol.

Games!

Schedule I. The Beekeeper's Picnic. AC: Shadows.

Recommendations

Jonty recommends Father John Misty, Nate recommends the Shamrock Shake, although it is now no longer available in the UK so here is its Wikipedia page, and I recommend Out There Screaming: An Anthology of Black Horror.

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