TMA 264 – Allrena fighters

The boys are back after Christmas to discuss literature! Mat’s been reading Kazuo Ishiguro’s excellent nove- wait, wait what’s going on here?! No, the boys have been playing MANY video games over the break: Tom’s played every Arena Fighter ever made with anime characters in it as well as classics like Uncharted 2. Mat meanwhile has played some more Spiderman, Deep Rock Galactic and Light Fairytale Episode 1.

Games discussed in this episode: Spiderman (PS4/5), Uncharted 2 (PS3/4/5), Distrust (PS4,Xbox, PC), Crusin’ Blast (Switch), GTA: Definitive Edition (PS5/XBox/Swithch/PC), Light Fairytale Episode 1 (PS4/Xbox/PC), One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 & 4 (PS4/Xbox/PC), Every One Piece Game Ever Made (various), Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 (PS4/Xbox/PC), My Hero Academia: One’s Justice (PS4/Xbox/Switch), Jump Force (PS4/Xbox/Switch/PC), Deep Rock Galactic (PS4/Xbox/PC), Dirt 5 (PS4/PS5/Xbox/PC), Halo Infinite (Xbox), Halo ODST (Xbox), The Gunk (Xbox), Destiny 2 (all).

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TMA 263 – Too Many T’s

On a pre-Christmas TMA you’ll find no mention of Game of the Year, but Tom’s been playing The Last of Us 2, Halo Infinite and The Matrix Awakens, while Mat’s finally cracked into Spider-Man and finished off End Walker!

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TMA 262 – Curmudgeon’s Corner

On this week’s TMA, the boys complain about everything! While the podcast starts off complimentary with talk of the recent re-release of Gynoug, no scared cows are left standing as the boys talk Control, Exo-One, The Last of Us 2 (Spoilers from 36 mins – 52), Halo Infinite and Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker.

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TMA 261 – Ear Hoover

On this week’s TMA, Tom discusses the newest releases in Forza Horizon 5 and GTA Trilogy: Definitive edition, while Mat’s been thinking and playing more Pikmin Bloom & Ratchet and Clank, before Tom takes us on a tour through the history of One Piece Games…

Games discussed int this episode: Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart (PS5), Pikmin Bloom (Mobile), Forza Horizon 5 (Xbox/PC), ALMOST ALL OF THE ONE PIECE GAMES, GTA Trilogy: Definitive Edition (everything), Peter Jackon’s King Kong The Game of The Movie (PS2, XBOX, XBOX 360, Gamecube).

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TMA 260 – Pikachu Pie

Back after popular demand, the boys are here to discuss what they’ve been up to and playing! Mat’s finally started playing Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart, while Tom’s been diving into Fallout 4. Join us as we discuss Niantic’s newest AR mobile game Pikmin Bloom, the update to Nintendo Online and the insanity that is Playstation 2 pricing in 2021…

Games discussed in this episode: Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart (PS5), Fallout 4/76 (PS4/Xbox/PC), Pikmin Bloom (Mobile), Other Niantic Games (Mobile), Minecraft World (Mobile), The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64 / GC / 3DS / Switch), Lylat Wars (N64, 3DS, Switch), Iggy’s Wrecking Balls (N64), 1080 Snowboarding (N64), Wave race (N64), Golden Eye (N64), Singstar Kent (PS2/PS3), White Van Racer (PS2)

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TMA 259 – Flimflam-a-doozle

The boys (and the laptop fan) are back! On this week’s TMA, the boys explain where they’ve been, get into the weeds on the PS5 by discussing Astro’s Playroom, Returnal, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, as well as the data transfer process and the Dual Sense controller.

Besides that, Mat continues to rant about the price of games and bad gaming stories, while Tom’s been enjoying some games on Game Pass like The Evil Within and being bored by others like Control…

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TMA 258 – Stars, Stars, Stars!

On this week’s TMA, Tom breaks Mat’s heart by buying a PS5, playing Yuji Naka’s final (?) game in Balan Wonderworld and dipping his toe into Outriders, while Mat’s been weeping into a web browser, making stuff in Game Builder Garage and finally stopping the Final Fantasy XIV talk on the podcast! The boy’s talk a little bit about Ubisoft Forward before wrapping things up!

Games discussed in this episode: Game Builder Garage (Switch), Balan Wonderworld (Everything) Outriders (Xbox/PS4/PC) World End Club (iOS / Switch), Final Fantasy XIV (PS4/PS5/PC)

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TMA 257 – Digital David Dickinson

On this week’s TMA, Tom’s been playing and enjoying(!) Biomutant and revisiting the classics with Halo: ODST, while Mat’s coming to the end of his Final Fantasy XIV adventure and World’s End Club on the Switch. Elsewhere the boys have both been trying and failing to pick up PS5’s and question the future of gaming…

Games discussed in this episode: Biomutant (PS4/Xbox/Steam), Final Fantasy XIV (PS4/PS5/PC), Star Wars Squadrons (PS4/Xbox/Steam), Halo: ODST (Xbox 360), World End Club (iOS / Switch), Virtual Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown (PS4)

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TMA 256 – No Beans in the Microwave!

On this week’s TMA, the boys pick apart how to use a Microwave in The Suicide of Rachel Foster, it’s taken a fighting game to get Tom into RPGs, as well as fishing out his PSP for Dead or Alive Paradise, Cars: Race-o-Rama and Medal of Honor Heroes, before leading the conversation down the road of favourite portable consoles…

Games discussed in this episode: The Suicide of Rachel Foster (PS4/Xbox/Steam), Final Fantasy XIV (PS4/PS5/PC), Soul Calibur VI (PS4/Xbox/PC), New Pokémon Snap! (Switch), Firewatch (everything), Everybody’s Gone to The Rapture (PS4), Gone Home (everything), Dead or Alive Paradise (PSP), Medal of Honor Heroes (PSP), Cars: Race-o-Rama (PSP), Gravity Rush (PS Vita/PS4), Persona 4 Golden (PS Vita).

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TMA 255 – Gaming Pick ‘n’ Mix

On this week’s episode, the boy’s lead off with a discussion about varying your gaming before getting down to what they’ve been playing!

Mat’s been learning to Say No! More, embracing dystopia with Not Tonight: Take Back Control Edition and getting back on the rails with New Pokémon Snap! Tom on the other hand has been enjoying some Horace and Paratopic, before the boys go off the rails discussing collecting for the sake of it, The Pokémon Trading Card Game Battle Academy and the history of Polaroid cameras…

Games discussed in this episode: Say No! More (Switch/Steam/iOS), Not Tonight (Switch/Steam), New Pokémon Snap! (Switch), Horace (Switch / Steam), Paratopic (various), Rip Them Off! (various) Nirvana Pilot Yume (Switch / Steam).

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TMA 254 – Gengar with a Moustache!

On this week’s episode, the boy’s haven’t been playing a lot! Mat’s been cracking on with Final Fantasy XIV and finally hit 40 in Pokemon Go, while Tom’s been holding down the fort with Granblue Fantasy Versus, No Straight Roads and earning himself a lifetime of Game Pass…

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TMA 253 – The Un-Lost Episode!

On this week’s TMA, Tom joins the NEXT GEN® with his purchase of the Xbox Series S, after which the boys get on their soap boxes’ to rant about the state of collecting and the PSN store delisting… which has in classic TMA fashion, been reversed since we recorded this…

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TMA 252 – Pokémon Spectacular Part 2

Continuing where they left off, the boys get back into the world of Pokémon from the 4th Generation. In Part 2, we discuss everything we didn’t cover last time (Diamond/Pearl/Platinum, Black and White 1 & 2, X&Y, Sun and Moon, then briefly Sword and Shield), a bit of Pokémon Go and how we feel about the future of the franchise.

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TMA 251 – Pokémon Spectacular Part 1

On a landmark TMA, the boys get down to discussing Pokémon in the first part of an epic retrospective.

In Part 1, we discuss the original three gens (Red/Blue/Green/Yellow, Silver/Gold/Crystal & Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald), their subsequent remakes, as well as the spin offs in between (Pokémon Stadium, The Trading Card Game, Puzzle League and Pinball).

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TMA 250 – The Final Fantasy 7 Cinematic Universe

On this landmark episode, the boys discuss what they’ve been playing and buying! Mat’s beaten Persona 5 Strikers and still feeling down about Sakura Wars, while Tom’s played the proto-Dead Eye Jim that is Shoot for the PS1 and completed Dead or Alive 6! We discuss the state of play, the 8 or so new FFVII spin offs and the Pokémon Direct.

Games discussed in this episode: Toy Story Racer (PS1) Kula World (PS1), DOA 6 (Xbox One), Shoot (PS1), Rage Racer (PS1), Tokobot Plus (PS2), SEGA Superstars (PS2), You’re in the Movies (Xbox 360), Codebreaker Puzzle 1000 (Switch), Persona 5 Strikers (PS4), Persona 5 Royale (PS4), Speedball (MS), Dogs Fashion (GBA), Sakura Wars (PS4), Final Fantasy 7-Remake (PS4,PS5), New Pokemon Snap (Switch) Pokemon Legends: Arceus (Switch), Pokemon: Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl (Switch).

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TMA 249 – The Sonic the Comic Archives

On this week’s episode, the boys discuss the latest Nintendo Direct at length, before talking more about Sakura Wars, Rise of the Robots for the Philips CD-i and our various other pick-ups!

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TMA 248 – Time Has No Meaning!

On the latest TMA, the boys get into what they’ve been playing over the last two weeks! Mat can’t remember when most games were released or their names (Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker), but manages to recall playing A Short Hike and Sakura Wars (2019). Tom’s been finishing(!) games like Part Time UFO and A Short Hike himself, while also getting stuck into Super Mario 3D World’s new launch on the Switch to enjoy Bowser’s Fury! It’s a full on podcast for sure!

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TMA 247 – American Turrican

On this TMA, the boys talk about the games getting released in the year 2021, as well as playing a few things in between! Mat’s been tediously translating the new Japanese Switch game ‘Buddy Mission BOND’, while Tom’s been getting excited about Biomutant and picked up a Sunsoft classic for the Super Nintendo!

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TMA 246 – Nintendo Wii Retrospective

On this week’s TMA, the boys do something a little different: spend over an hour talking about the Nintendo Wii: the system, the games, the plastic tat et all! Let us know if you like this kind of format and we might well do some more!

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TMA 245 – Supermarket Secrets

On this week’s TMA, the boys have been getting some Switch bargains in! Mat’s bought a few physical titles, while Tom’s been playing some great titles like A Short Hike, Super Arcade Racing and some not so great titles like Fight of Animals. Mat beat Ghost of Tsushima and played a little of the ‘Legends’ mode, while Tom’s taken an unexpected trip into the apocalypse in Fallout 76.

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