Eight and a Half Bit
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Episode 304 - Suckers and Ghosts
April 10, 2022 00:31 - 1 hour - 81.1 MBSam is gone but still here... actually too much so expect some surprises! Paul certainly didn't expect, or notice. Anyway enough of that guff how about games like kirby? Ghostwire Tokyo? Tentacular? Ohh boy howdy. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Elden Ring, Tunic, Ghost Wire Tokyo, Trek To Yomi, Mario Kart DLC, FixFox, Tentacaular, Kirby and the Forgotten Lands, Hogwarts Legacy, Unreal 5, Monkey Island Returns, Dreamsettler Join us on Discord: discord.eightandahalfbit...
Episode 303 - New Look, New Souls
March 11, 2022 02:56 - 2 hours - 124 MBIt's been an unexpected hiatus and the show has... oh who cares? Games and stuff! You heard of Elden Ring? So did we! And Shadow Warrior 3 and Elsto Mania, well I mean that's really old but it's good. Oh god I just missed talking so much! All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: OlliOlli World, Vampire Survivors, Grapple Dog, Elasto Mania, Elden Ring, Shadow Warrior 3, Aperture Desk Job, Card Shark, Pokemon Arceus, Strange Horticulture, Wordle, Rimworld, Exoprimal, Returnal, Xenoblad...
Episode 302 - The Actiblizking is dead! Long live the whatever
January 30, 2022 04:16 - 1 hour - 110 MBIn this episode of video games talking about video games happens. Do you like Magicdweedoo? We do. Also things you might be more aware of Like God of War, Supraland and Outer Wilds... Oh I think we've gone back in time again. WATCH OUT MR LINCOLN! Oh and Activision getting bought blah blah blah. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Magicdweedoo Thwee Pack, Heaven Dust 2, Supraland Six Inches Under, Pupparazzi, Blackwind, Deep Rock Galactic, God of War, Bitburner, Escape Simulator, The...
GOTGOTY 2021!
January 06, 2022 06:40 - 1 hour - 94 MBIt's that time again! Time for Eight and a Half Bit's annual Game of the Game of the Year! The most fabulous game show for the most fabulous games! Check out your fabulous hosts being fabulous with their fabulous picks! WONDERFUL!
Episode 301 - Christmas Rat
December 30, 2021 12:55 - 2 hours - 127 MBChristmas Rat is back with gifts for all the kiddies! And as the three video game mice we’ve got video games to discuss like Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon! And others! By golly there’s a lot actually. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon, Matrix Awakens, Shot 2048, The Gunk, Mind Scanners, Guardians of the Galaxy, Chivalry 2, Summertime Madness, Resident Evil 4 VR, Baldur’s Gate 3, Control, Potion Craft, Halo Infinite, Stalker 2, FFXIV, Deep Rock Galati...
Episode 300 - The 300ist
December 07, 2021 23:08 - 2 hours - 118 MBIn our most labelled 300 episode ever we discuss the films of Zack Snyder, a hundred less blows than you expect and a third thing. HUMOUR! ? Anyway it's just about video games still. Pokemon, Radiohead and the HOTTEST SCOPES ON STAR CITIZEN AND STARFIELD!? Can you believe it? You shouldn't. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Cosmic Top Secret, Big Brain Academy: Brain Vs Brain, Baba is You, Operation Tango, Superliminal, Exo One, Squingle, Yuki,The Climb 2, Dead Second, Yupi...
Episode 299 - Wiggle it around until it grows big
November 21, 2021 11:32 - 2 hours - 125 MBAfter a hiatus of some sort we're back with an ethical discussion of Unpacking, Inscryption and Metroid dread among many many other subjects. How time flies when you go on hiatus for a while... All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Metroid Dread, Unpacking, Inscryption, Jett: The Far Shore, Mon Amour, Rainbow Billy and the Curse of the Leviathan, Halo Infinite, Forza Horizon 5, Agony of a dying MMO, Deathloop, Lost Ark, Elden Ring, Meta, GTA Trilogy, Warner Bros Multiverse, Wizard...
Episode 298 - We're on the Web
October 04, 2021 13:59 - 2 hours - 122 MBWe play Webbed, Deathloop and Outer Wilds and webs or somehting. Discriptions are hard but hey! I love you? All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Psychonauts 2, Webbed, The Artful Escape, Deathloop, Inscryption, Warioware: Get it Together, Snowrunner, Spookware, Golf Club Wasteland, The Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, New World, Bayonetta 3, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut, Super Mario Movie, Kirby And The Forgotten Land, Chocobo GP,KOTOR Remake, Projec...
Episode 297 - Psychonaughties
September 05, 2021 05:11 - 2 hours - 110 MBWe've all finished Twelve Minutes and we're going to have to spoil the hell out of it to discuss it correctly, at the end of the show! Everything up until then is spoiler free. Spoilers for Psychonauts 2? Nope! Arcsmith? Not on your life!? QUAKE?!!!1 WE WOULD NEVER! All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Twelve Minutes, Psychonauts 2, Arcsmith, Puzzling Places, Haven Park, Omno, Quake, Nobody Saves the world, Dream Cycle, Saints Row, Marvel Midnight Suns, Call of Duty: Vanguard, H...
Episode 296 - TWO TIME LOOPS!
August 22, 2021 01:11 - 2 hours - 125 MBTonight we get all loopy with 12 Minutes and The Forgotten City, discover the secrets that lay inside Axiom Verge 2 and find our forever dagger in Boyfriend dungeon. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: The Forgotten City, Death’s Door, Axiom Verge 2, Not for broadcast, Boyfriend Dungeon, Wario ware: Let’s get it together, 12 Minutes, Back 4 Blood, Pax Aus, Indie Word, ID@Xbox, Blizzard, Battlefield 2042: Portal, Superhot VR, Skyrim, Quake, Pokemon, Realms Deep Join us on D...
Episode 295 - Peaceful Jet Skid
July 20, 2021 13:00 - 2 hours - 120 MBThere have been a lot of games since our last episode and the Switch Pro is dead, long live the Valve Switch Pro (AKA Steam Deck)! All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Mario Golf: Super Rush, Chicory: A Colorful Tale, Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart, Phantom Abyss, DnD Dark Alliance, Death’s Door, Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD, NEO The World Ends With You, Game Maker Garage, Control, Steam Deck, Switch OLED, Company of Heroes 3, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl Join us on Discord: disco...
Episode 294 - E3 Chaos
June 20, 2021 04:51 - 2 hours - 116 MBI'm here to talk about E3. That's my mission. I only know one thing. I want to talk about E3. I need to. It's not a hope or a dream. It's like a hunger. Thirst. This is the shrine of E3. It's here. I just have to talk it out. The game announcements are so thick I can taste it. This is it. No Doubt. E3! All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Lots. So many. Join us on Discord: discord.eightandahalfbit.com Follow us on twitter! Eight and a Half Bit: @8AndAHalfBit...
Episode 293 - Let's not go Overboard
June 13, 2021 05:32 - 1 hour - 102 MBIt might be time for E3 but we recorded this in the beforetimes where we could only search for the past in The Magnificent Trufflepigs, explore horrible mutated worlds in Biomutant and kill our husbands in Overboard. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Biomutant, Stonefly, Overboard, The Magnificent Trufflepigs, Weaving Tides, Sagrada, Dying Light 2, Far Cry 6, Sonic, Two Point Campus, Playdate, God Of War Join us on Discord: discord.eightandahalfbit.com Follow us on...
Episode 292 - I'm so glad we've moved to Europe
May 23, 2021 06:48 - 1 hour - 86.8 MBWhile in merry old Europe we can enjoy the European villages and the European residents who inhabit them in Resident Evil: Europe! I mean Village. Also We discuss Returnal which is cool and definitely a word! All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Returnal, Resident Evil Village, Death Crown, Pokemon Sword, Disco Elysium, RAD, Skull and Bones Join us on Discord: discord.eightandahalfbit.com Follow us on twitter! Eight and a Half Bit: @8AndAHalfBit James: @JamesBowli...
Episode 291 - Our Entire Allocation of Pokemon
May 02, 2021 00:54 - 2 hours - 116 MBSnap, Pull and Root in Pokemon Snap, Filament and Root respectively! Also let's look at Nintendo Indies, Oculus announcements Sony's State of Play. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Root, Filament, RE Village Demo, Pokemon Snap, The Longing, Juice Galaxy, Pokemon Sword, Jaipur, Onirim, Days Gone, That Last of Us Remake, Olli Olli World, Oxenfree 2, Never Yield, GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon, Weaving Tides, House of the Dead Remake, Fez, Resident Evil 4, Star Wars Pinball, Wraith...
Episode 290 - 25% More
April 10, 2021 22:45 - 2 hours - 138 MBIt's time to talk about some of them there videoed games! Some new, some old, some on Apple Arcade and even some games never even were. Damn this multiverse! All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Darq, Good Job, Red Faction Guerilla, Maquette, Disco Elysium, Oddworld: Soul Storm, Paper Beast, Metroid Prime 2D, Oregon Trail, Puzzle Quest: Galactrix, World of Demons, Fantasia, Star Trek: Legends, Elite Dangerous: Odyssey, Magic Legends, BoI Repentance, Crash Bandicoot 4, No Man's S...
Episode 289 - World of Wonder
March 28, 2021 11:59 - 2 hours - 113 MBWhat fun we have for you today! Co op fun, porn games, ID@Xbox, Future Games Show, VR and controversy... IT'S A WORLD OF WONDER! All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Balan Wonderworld, It Takes Two, Blood and Truth, Subverse, Disco Elysium, Dyson Sphere, Forspoken, Life is Strange True Colors ,Super Seducer 3, Artifact, TMNT Shredder’s revenge, Katana Zero DLC, Axiom Verge 2, Moonglow Bay, Nobody Saves The World, Astria Ascending, Lootriver, Soup Pot, Death’s Door, STALKER 2 Join us on...
Episode 288 - Feeling a Little Loopy
March 07, 2021 11:10 - 2 hours - 113 MBWe take a few turns around the circuit in Loop Hero, decided to play Remnant from the Ashes instead of Outriders and go back to the mountain in Celeste Classic 2! All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Loop Hero, Valheim, Outriders, Remnant from the ashes, Olija, Heaven’s Vault, Unrailed, My Hidden Things, Celeste Classic 2, Marquette, baldur's gate 3, Sifu, Solar Ash, Blizzard arcade collection, diablo 2 resurrected, Overwatch 2, Anthem, Bloodlines 2, Aliens: Fireteam Join us on Disco...
Episode 287 - Is Skrillex the Susan Boyle of Dubstep?
February 21, 2021 03:14 - 1 hour - 87.5 MBHas Nintendo made 3D World a compelling enough package to warrant a rebuy? Are Viking environmentally sustainable? Does Huniepop 2 double the guilt? All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: GORN, Bowser’s Fury, Valheim, RE Village Demo,Huniepop 2, Cyberpunk 2077, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, Goldeneye, Borderlands, The Last of Us, Anthem, Six days in Fallujah, Kingdom Hearts Join us on Discord: discord.eightandahalfbit.com Follow us on twitter! Eight and a Half Bit: @...
Episode 286 - The Year is 2021 and Everything is New Again
January 16, 2021 22:07 - 2 hours - 114 MBThe new year is here but what does it hold for the little game that lives inside us? Shall it find satisfaction or be driven to escape from its fleshy prison? Only time can tell. Games discussed: Doom3, Monster hunter rise, Singularity, There is no game: Wrong Dimension, Indiana Jones, Minecraft Earth, The Medium, Destruction All Stars, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, It Takes Two, Monster Hunter Rise, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut, Deathloop, Back 4 Blood, Crimson Desert, Hogwarts Leg...
Episode 285 - GOTGOTY 2020
December 31, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 99 MBIt's that time again! Game of the game of the year! Who will reign supreme?! What game will come out on top?! WHAT IS IT! All this AND MORE™! Join us on Discord: discord.eightandahalfbit.com Follow us on twitter! Eight and a Half Bit: @8AndAHalfBit James: @JamesBowling Paul: @MrParoxysm Sam: @Methrend
Episode 284 - A lot of stuff
December 20, 2020 09:03 - 2 hours - 120 MBIt's been a while. We've missed the console launches, Cyberpunk 2077, The Game Awards and even BUGSNAX! All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Bugsnax, Maneater, No more Heroes 2, Carto, Cyberpunk 2077, Call of the Sea, Kingdom: Two Crowns, PS5,Destruction Allstars, Perfect Dark, Dragon Age 4, Ark II, Mass Effect 4, Tchia, Back 4 Blood, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, Open Roads, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut, Evil Dead: The Game, Super Meat Boy Forever, Road 96, It Takes Two, Happy Game, Grind...
Episode 283 - Sam has never been so excited!
October 18, 2020 02:55 - 1 hour - 94.4 MBSam revisits the world of the dungeons and the dragons in Baldur's Gate 3, James strapped into his cockpit in Star Wars Squadrons and Paul is Dead. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: I Am Dead, Fights in Tight Spaces, Finders Keepers, Strobophagia, Conscript, Of Bird and Cage, Super Mario 35, Hades, Baldur’s Gate 3, Star Wars: Squadrons, No Man’s Sky, Chip’s Challenge, Crucible, Ghosts of Tsushima, Bugsnax Join us on Discord: discord.eightandahalfbit.com Follow us ...
Episode 282 - Hell is so hot right now
October 04, 2020 20:45 - 2 hours - 111 MBWith 2020 going the way it is, the crew finds solace in a delightful trip to the underworld. Microsoft just bought everyone? That's ok cause I'm stabbing spooky hands with a magic spear. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Hades, Among Us, Necrobarista, Struggling, Paradise Killer, MO Astray, Genshin Impact, The Indifferent Wonder of an Edible Place, TGS, Monster Hunter Rise, Lair of the clockwork god, Heave Ho, Banana Fu, Hyrule Warriors: The Age of Calamity, NieR: Replicant Ve...
Episode 281 - James likes fishing (also a bunch of "important" game stuff)
September 21, 2020 22:38 - 2 hours - 117 MBIt's dangerous to skip and episode when so much is going on. Don't worry though we're here to talk about the same thing everyone else is talking about... and Witcheye? PS5 and Xbox Series X too I guess. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Spiritfarer, Witcheye, Operation Tango, We were here too, Paradise Killer, Crusader Kings 3, Crosscode, PS5, FF16, Hogwarts Legacy, Spider-Man Miles Morales, Resident Evil 8: Village, Deathloop, Oddworld Soulstorm, Demon’s Souls, GoW Ragnarok, ...
Episode 280 - DEATH HUGS!!!
August 23, 2020 08:33 - 1 hour - 105 MBJourney with us toward oblivion in the completely lovely Spiritfarer, shoot everything that moves in Risk of Reign 2 and do something better than play The Avengers. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Fall Guys, Frog Fractions, The Avengers, Spiritfarer, Boomerang Fu, Risk of Rain 2, Takeshi and Hiroshi, Disc Room, There Is No Game : Wrong Dimension, Control, Atari VCS, Gotham Knights, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Black Myth: Wu Kong, The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe...
Episode 279 - Weeny is just a third word
August 09, 2020 04:36 - 1 hour - 72.8 MBThese naughty boys have been Grounded but that's ok because that just means more time for video games! All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Grounded, Bartlow's Dread Machine, Paper Mario: The Origami King, Jedi: Fallen Order, More Thronebreakers, Halo apology, Cuphead, The Avengers Join us on Discord: discord.eightandahalfbit.com Follow us on twitter! Eight and a Half Bit: @8AndAHalfBit James: @JamesBowling Paul: @MrParoxysm Sam: @Methrend
Episode 278 - Carry On Xbox
July 26, 2020 10:20 - 2 hours - 122 MBIn this episode Paul leaves halfway through to rescue his wife from the dog park. Also there's the Xbox Series X Lineup, Carrion and Paper Mario! All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Paper Mario: The Origami King, Carrion, Neversong, Superhot: Mind Control Delete, Devolverland Expo, Blightbound, Fall Guys, Death Stranding, Halo Infinite, Avowed,Tetris Effect Connected, Stalker 2, Warhammer 40000: Darktide, The Gunk, Fable, Shadow Warrior 3, Duke 3D, Hiragana Pixel Party, Duolingo, Thron...
Episode 277 - The Blast of Us Pt.2
July 11, 2020 11:26 - 1 hour - 101 MBSome people on the internet have passionate and somewhat hyperbolic feelings about certain video games!!! Not us. We're dead inside. In the last episode Paul said Nietzsche instead of Kafka and feels like a real jerk. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Phantom Covert Ops, The Last of Us Part II, Waifu Uncovered, Animal Crossing, While (true) Learn(), Crucible, Shadow Warrior 3, Hyperscape, Pokemon Unite, Crash Bandicoot 4, Deathground, Trackmania, Boo! Join us on Discord: d...
Episode 276 - Cats is the Cube of the real world
June 28, 2020 08:26 - 2 hours - 128 MBNot E3 continues and this week the Steam Game Festival has brought us an unconscionable number of demos to play. Shame on them All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Deep Rock Galactic, Desperados III, Titanfall 2, Super Smash Bros Ultimate, Pokemon Snap, Lost in Random, Star Wars: Squadrons, Skate 4, NUTS, Drone Swarm, KeyWe, Fling to the Finish, PHOGS!, Fight Crab, Tanknarok, Omno, Cake Bash, Metamorphosis, Paradise Killer, Skellboy, ULTRAKILL, A Monster’s Expedition, Rhythm Doct...
Episode 275 - Not E3 Part One of... God knows
June 14, 2020 10:03 - 1 hour - 96.8 MBWhat's black and white and reads 4k Blu-ray discs all over? Not E3 is here and with it comes the PS5 and a bunch of new games! Don't limit your excitement though because James and Paul have been playing slightly older games that are new to us so you can just deal with it! Ok? OK! All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Barotrauma, Supraland, PS5, Weaving Tides, ESO: Greymoor, C&C Remastered, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Stray, Returnal, Sackboy: A Big Adventure,...
Episode 274 - Risking it all for love of the games
May 24, 2020 06:01 - 2 hours - 129 MBPaul and James maintaining their distance socially in order to discuss all the exciting gameplay of the next generation! Also various other generations! All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: XCom Chimera Squad, Gears Tactics, Animal Crossing, Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, Sunless Sea: Zubmariner Edition, Tetris Effect, Paper Mario: The Origami King, Unreal Engine 5, Tony Hawk, Mafia Remastered, The Last of Us 2, Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, Prince of Persia Redemption, The Culling, Bright Mem...
Episode 273 - Technical limitations
April 27, 2020 04:57 - 1 hour - 109 MBThe Bits are back, kinda! We've made the same leap as everyone else has and achieved mixed results! We'll get there in the end though. Oh and something about video games?! All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Murder By Numbers, skribbl.io, Doom Eternal, Animal Crossing, Half Life Alyx, Roundguard, Risk of Rain 2, Vermintide 2, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Mario Maker 2 Join us on Discord: discord.eightandahalfbit.com Follow us on twitter! Eight and a Half Bit: @8AndAHalfBit James:...
Episode 272 - Kicking Phat Birds
February 23, 2020 13:07 - 2 hours - 119 MBWe travel to a distant planet, explore amazing places, discover new species and kick the shit out of them. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Journey to the Savage Planet, We Were Here, A Plague Tale: Innocence, Kentucky Route Zero, Dreams, Persona 5 Scramble, Wands, Red Matter, Moss, King's Quest 5, Hypnospace Outlaw , Farming Sim 19, satisfactory, Starcraft Ghost, Wonderful 101, Untitled Goose Game Join us on Discord: discord.eightandahalfbit.com Follow us on twitter! E...
Episode 271 - Delays of the Day
February 02, 2020 01:41 - 2 hours - 116 MBSo many games that were coming out on one day that will now come out on another! WHATEVER WILL WE DO!? Sam gets all systems driven with Noita while Paul and James pretty much have buggered off from the real world and keep banging on about VR. Sorry about that. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: DMC5, Virtual Virtual Reality, Beat Saber, Jim’s Moving Out, Glass Masquerade, SELF, Willy Jetman, Rec Room, VRchat, Eleven Table Tennis, Control, Kentucky Route Zero, Audica, Lumini, Bo...
Game of the GOTY 2019!
January 04, 2020 04:55 - 1 hour - 72.3 MBIt's time to talk Game of the Year and what better way then to make it into a game? We invite you to join us for the first annual GAME OF THE GAME OF THE YEAR! Join us on Discord: discord.eightandahalfbit.com Follow us on twitter! Eight and a Half Bit: @8AndAHalfBit James: @JamesBowling Paul: @MrParoxysm Sam: @Methrend
Episode 270 - Cross-Mas Special!
January 03, 2020 19:19 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBWell if it isn't the Eight and a Half Bit Christmas episode. Why is it posted so far after Christmas? Did Paul forget to release it even though it was recorded and uploaded? We'll never tell. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: A Short Hike, Ring Fit Adventure, Arise, Yooka-Laylee and the impossible Lair, After Party, Oculus Quest, Pistol Whip, Surge 2, Phoenix Point, Resident Evil 3 Remake, Cats Join us on Discord: discord.eightandahalfbit.com Follow us on twitter! ...
Episode 269 - My Most Powerful Mesh Tank Top
December 24, 2019 13:06 - 2 hours - 135 MBIt's Christmas! And what better way is there to celebrate than with a podcast about video games? We've got games galore, the game awards with games and some extra games! All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Disco Elysium, The Talos Principle: Deluxe Edition, Remnant From the Ashes, Wattam, Superliminal, Children of Morta, We Were Here, Black Desert Mobile, Phoenix Point, Chicory: A Colorful Tale, System Shock, Spiritfarer, The Drifter, Acid Knife, Eastward, XBox Series X, The Wol...
Episode 268 - John Podcaster Gamefan
November 26, 2019 20:12 - 2 hours - 117 MBAfter a career of subtle and reserved game design Hideo Kojima finally gets a chance to express himself, indie hit Pokemon hits the big time and Star Wars breaks new ground with a spin off! All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Death Stranding, Luigi’s Mansion 3, Black Future 88, The Touryst, Shenmue 3, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Sydney Hunter and the Curse of the Mayan, Strange Telephone, Pokemon Sword and Shield, Half Life Alyx, Path oF Exile 2, Stadia, Hypnospace Outlaw, Met...
Episode 267 - Luigi is a Goo Boy
November 10, 2019 08:50 - 1 hour - 77.7 MBIn this week's action packed episode of Eight and a Half Bit we talk about Videogames! A space game, a spooooky game and a bicycle game! EXCITING TIMES WE LIVE IN! All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: The Outer Worlds, Lonely Mountains: Downhill, Decenders, Luigi’s Mansion 3, Horizon Shift ‘81, Jack Box 6, ArcheAge, Diablo 4, World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, Overwatch 2, Fallout ‘76 Join us on Discord Listen the episode on libsyn, subscribe to us on iTunes or watch on Youtube
Episode 266 - The episode recorded before the launch of The Outer Worlds but released afterwards
October 26, 2019 23:24 - 1 hour - 101 MBBack from PAXAus and there are games to play. Explore the fractal infinite of Manifold Garden, express yourself in the wholesome adventure Concrete Genie and get the band in time with the jazzy puzzle game Kine. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Manifold Garden, Concrete Genie, John Wick Hex, Mario Kart Mobile, Kine, Reventure, Witcher 3, Pokemon Sword and Shield, Biomutant, Luigi’s Mansion3, PS5, Red Dead Redemption 2, Blizzard, Saints Row 2, Stadia, Fortnite, Doom Eternal, O...
The Spaghetti Boys Return - PaxAus 2019
October 20, 2019 01:46 - 1 hour - 94.1 MBPAX Australia 2019 is complete and our tired and slightly tipsy Spaghetti boys are here to give you the run down. From Final Fantasy 7 Remake to CyberMonk if it was at PAX and we saw it and we remembered to talk about it, you'll find it here! Join us on Discord: discord.eightandahalfbit.com Follow us on twitter! Eight and a Half Bit: @8AndAHalfBit James: @JamesBowling Paul: @MrParoxysm
Episode 265 - Touchy Touchy
September 29, 2019 02:34 - 2 hours - 127 MBThe Apple Arcade is open and we're stuffed full of fruity goodness but we're saving room for an Untitled Goose with our friend Link... in a Borderland? These summaries are tough. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Link’s Awakening, Untitled Goose Game, Borderlands 3, RingFit Adventure, What the Golf, Frogger in Toy Town, Cricket Through the Ages, Overland, Word Laces, Pinball Wizard, Bleak Sword, Mutazione, Contra Rogue Corps, Humanity, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Arise, Stardust Ody...
Episode 264 - Catholic Edgelord Chic
September 15, 2019 20:15 - 1 hour - 107 MBCurse your god’s name, throw out your magical beast from another dimension and stand in the corner because we played Blasphemous, Astral chain and Blair Witch! Warning we lost the audio and then fixed it. The mysterious bad audio segment can be found at the end of the episode. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Astral Chain, Blair Witch, Creature in the Well, Gears 5, Super Kirby Clash, Control, Blasphemous, Daemon X Machina, Smash Bros, Super Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo S...
Episode 263 - Dusty Loves to Dance
August 31, 2019 13:04 - 1 hour - 98.5 MBThe games are here so get ready for the smash hit Witch Eye! Our boys get handsy with Heave Ho and we toss in a little indie game called Control. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Rad, Control, Witch eye, Hotline Miami Collection, Heave Ho, pinstripe, Super Smash Bros Ultimate, FFXIV, No Man’s Sky, Rebel Galaxy Outlaw, Rock of ages 3, the Eternal Cylinder, DARQ, The Touryst, Ori and the Blind Forest, Borderlands 3, Gears 5, Kerbal Space Program 2, Death Stranding Join us on Discord:...
Episode 262 - A random selection of video games for the day
August 18, 2019 11:28 - 1 hour - 92.7 MBA week for Indie heavyweights to battle! Terry Cavanagh (Dicey Dungeons) and Zachtronics (Eliza) will fight to the death. There will be no survivors! Except for the winner. And also the loser will survive. Surprise! 3D Realms is here with the fine maiden Bombshell in Ion Fury. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot, Metal Wolf Chaos XD, Dicey Dungeons, Eliza, Rogue Singularity, FF14 Realm Reborn, Ion Fury, DQB2 Join us on Discord: discord.eightandahalf...
Episode 261 - Virtual analog sticks are just plain terrible
July 28, 2019 10:58 - 2 hours - 124 MBIf killin’ Nazis is wrong I don’t wanna be right. Other than enjoying the bond of Nazi slaying sisterhood in Wolfenstein: Youngblood we head back to school with the new Fire Emblem: Three Houses and learn to fly with the crowd in thatgamecompany’s follow-up to Journey, Sky: Children of light. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Wolfenstein: Youngblood, Sky: Children of Light, Warioware Gold!, Gears 5, OniNaki, Dragon Quest Builders 2, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Gears 5, Final Fa...
Episode 260 - Mr Mario is back
July 14, 2019 05:49 - 1 hour - 108 MBAfter decades of obscurity Mario Mario is finally getting his turn in the spotlight in two exciting new projects! This time you can make your own game or prescribe drugs. He's not in Bloodstained: Ritual of the night however. Now that's an episode description! [Please take another pass before publishing - Mario] All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Mario Maker 2, Bloodstained: Ritual of the night, Luna, Stranger Things 3, Dragon Quest Builders 2, Dandy Dungeon, Leaving Lyndow, Dr...
Episode 259 - You can Cadence if you want to
June 30, 2019 09:01 - 1 hour - 108 MBJames is back from being married and he's brought all sorts of things with him while avoiding quarantine. We get musical with Cadence of Hyrule, avoid the Void Bastards and Underlords exists I guess! All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Cadence of Hyrule, Kids, American Fugitive, My Friend Pedro, Reventure, Code Vein, Trover Saves the Universe, FFX HD, Void Bastards, Dota Underlords, CoD Mobile, SoulCalibur 6, Avengers, Phantom Brigade, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Witcher 3, Mewg...
Episode 258 - E3 2019
June 16, 2019 08:10 - 2 hours - 139 MBOuter Wilds time! Also... everything from E3... All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Outer WIlds, Devolver Bootleg, Kingsway, Luigi's mansion 3, 12 Minutes, Deathloop, Lucifer Within Us, Elden Ring, Watch Dogs Legion, Astral Chain, Uplay+, Freedom Finger, Rawmen, Trials of Mana, Empire of Sin, Ikumi Nakamura, Deamon X Machina, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Contra Rogue Corps, Baldur’s Gate 3, Stadia, Death Stranding, The Outer Worlds, Bleeding Edge, Cyberpunk 2077, Blair Witch, LEGO Star...