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Link To The Cast

431 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 19 ratings

A podcast about video games. What a novel idea. Dave Ryan, Mark Robinson, Jack Layzell and Garrett Kidney bring you the latest in video games and nerd culture ephemera.

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Episodes

Link to the Cast #304: Kurt Angle Laser Tag

June 20, 2023 21:45 - 1 hour - 128 MB

00:30 Humidity, Garrett still hates The Rock and Birthdays 12:00 Mark watches Bullet Train 13:25 Bad CGI and Pirates 20:50 Mark watches Guardians 3 27:10 Dave still watching Frasier 32:50 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 35:45 Black Mirror Season 6 43:45 The Flash SPOILERS 1:06:35 Dave is one boss away from Elden Ring completion 1:13:15 Jack playing old Tony Hawk games on Steam Deck 1:18:25 Planet of Lana 1:22:40 Mark 100 hours into TOTK 1:32:55 Final Fantasy XVI Demo 1:45:45 Ain't nobody dop...

The Grap Up: May 2023

June 14, 2023 12:43 - 1 hour - 108 MB

THE GRAP UP FOR MAY 2023! -WWE Backlash and Night of Champions thoughts -AEW Double or Nothing LIVE THOUGHTS -NJPW BOSJ tournament -AND MORE!

Link to the Cast #303: Never Talked Briefly in his Life

June 05, 2023 19:31 - 1 hour - 127 MB

00:30 Big shows ending and summer blockbuster season beginning 04:45 Barry finale/last season 08:45 Dave's love of Conan and other talk show based chat 13:25 Succession finale 19:55 Poker Face 23:40 Getting shows recommended and making time 25:00 Confess Fletch 31:05 Idiocracy and Mike Judge greatness 42:05 Dave's Elden Ring boss update and could he play Sekiro 52:35 Tears of the Kingdom and Jack's time investment confession 01:06:05 One Two Switch sequel could damage Nintendo's reputation 01...

Link to the Cast #302: Gruseome Twosome

May 30, 2023 21:54 - 2 hours - 149 MB

00:30 Hoarding, Origin Stories and How Much is Enough of a Game? 08:05 Tears of the Kingdom update: how far are we, more likes and dislikes and glitches 33:30 Raiders of the Lost Ark 39:50 Mark's finally on the Frasier Bandwagon 43:30 Fast X 59:10 PlayStation showcase 1:04:25 Fairgame$ 1:08:40 Helldivers 2 1:10:10 Immortals of Aveum 1:11:45 Ghostrunner 2 1:14:05 Phantom Blade Zero 1:16:35 Sword of the Sea 1:18:15 The Talos Principle 2 1:19:40 Neva 1:21:25 Cat Quest: Pirates of the Purribean 1...

Link to the Cast #301: An Aversion to Jackets

May 23, 2023 20:59 - 1 hour - 121 MB

00:30 Eurovision and Garrett Chaos 06:43 Guardians of the Galaxy vol 3 20:05 Humanity 24:35 Tears of the Kingdom 01:18:20 Fastest Selling Game in the Entire Series... 01:25:05 Mortal Kombat "1" release date set for September 01:32:30 SpongeBob x PowerWash Simulator 01:35:45 GTA6 out possibly next year 01:39:10 Kaarija... Like, listen, share and subscribe, we appreciate any love from you fine people. We are available on most podcast platforms, just search ‘Link to The Cast’. linktr.ee/linkto...

Link to the Cast #300: Three Hundo

May 15, 2023 21:23 - 2 hours - 164 MB

00:30 Talking Link to the Cast origins, guests, memories and past moments 21:10 Introduction to the fiendish mega quiz that is episode 300 22:55 Garrett's Quiz: House of Match Games 52:35 Jack's Quiz: The totally legit, 100% about video games, Video Game Quiz 1:20:10 Dave's Quiz: Gettin' Meta and the Zero Bomb Inquisition 1:46:15 Mark's Quiz: Tossed Salad and Scrambled Eggs 2:12:30 Final Scored and Outro Like, listen, share and subscribe, we appreciate any love from you fine people. We are a...

April 2023: The Grap Up

May 10, 2023 12:38 - 1 hour - 89.3 MB

Bryan and Mark are back for APRIL 2023, including: - The 2023 WWE Draft - AEW moves numbers for All In London - The build towards AEW Double or Nothing - NJPW Sakura Genesis - Stardom - And more!

Link to the Cast #299: Gary Cat Two Dogs

May 08, 2023 20:39 - 2 hours - 166 MB

00:30 Mark makes a game, Dave eats burgers and Jack has a hideous milkshake 07:55 A Good Person 14:00 Dave catching up on Ted Lasso 17:45 Dave starts watching Barry 24:10 Interstellar 5555 32:45 Atlanta 39:50 Dave's Elden Ring boss update 44:50 Jedi Survivor 1:01:10 Mark completes MGS for the first time and Dave/Jack have thoughts 1:22:05 Mark's continuing adventures with Cassette Beasts 1:30:20 Niantic report sales being down 1:45:10 Final Fantasy XVI not coming to Saudi Arabia 1:50:45 Games...

Link to the Cast #298: Garrett Hates Foxes

May 01, 2023 17:33 - 1 hour - 135 MB

00:30 Jack's embarrassed, Two Cat Daddy update and Garrett hates foxes 06:30 Garrett's Dungeons and Dragons takes 10:25 Jack runs afoul of Garrett's Brother 12:15 Alien vs Predator 21:25 Renfield 23:45 The Dark Universe that never was 28:55 Nicholas Hoult future cat based projects 30:55 Jack binges Always Sunny for the first time 37:15 Xenoblade Chronicles 3 DLC 41:45 2023 Games and what's reviewing well (it's remasters and DLC) 44:10 Dead Island 2 might be worth a shot 45:20 Final Fantasy II...

Link to the Cast #297: Two Cat Daddy

April 25, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 117 MB

00:30 Two cat daddy, no cat daddy and Garrett's fish 08:40 Mark brief thought on Super Mario Bros (2023) 11:20 Mark watches Super Mario Bros (1993) 18:25 Video game adaptations could get weirder 20:05 Garrett says Power Rangers 20:25 Garrett reviews Power Rangers Once and Always 28:40 Dave's rewatching King of the Hill 30:15 Dave rewatches Deadpool 2 37:00 Barry Season 4 45:10 Games in 2023 - who's playing and Advance Wars remake 48:30 Dave's still carrying on his Elden Ring tear 59:20 Super ...

Link to the Cast #296: Garrettdorf and Doofenshmirtz

April 19, 2023 20:23 - 2 hours - 154 MB

00:30 - Gambling habits, Presidential visits, the Bones syndrome 11:23 - Moana and 21st Century Walt Disney 18:05 - Succession 26:17 - The Super Mario Bros Movie (Garrett’s takes) 32:55 - Unstable and the death of the sitcom 50:37 - EA Sports PGA Tour 2023 53:43 - Octopath Traveller 2 58:00 - Remember Sports Story? 59:15 - Final Fantasy 2 and RPG mechanics 1:09:25 Tchia 1:23:10 Question: How does Garrett feel about no-one playing Mario Galaxy 2 1:31:25 Super Mario Bros theme in US Library of ...

Link to the Cast #295: Windmill of Corpses

April 10, 2023 20:34 - 1 hour - 136 MB

00:30 Random Wrestlemania thoughts and Easter 08:55 Mark's thoughts on the Tetris movie 16:15 Fleishman is in Trouble 29:25 Air 36:05 Super Mario Bros movie 49:50 Dave's Elden Ring boss update 52:35 Mark's hacked Wii adventures 58:25 GTA China Town Wars 1:07:40 EA Sports PGA Tour 2023 1:20:15 EA Sports FC branding revealed 1:26:30 Street Fighter film and TV rights bought by Legendary Entertainment 1:34:45 Catan creator, board game pioneer Klaus Teuber dead at 70 1:37:40 General thoughts on b...

Link to the Cast #294: The Turnips Have Been Great

April 03, 2023 22:12 - 2 hours - 162 MB

00:30 Mark's knees, middle aged men-cast and Sir Elton 07:30 Dave's live Garth Marenghi experience 13:00 Dungeons and Dragons: Honour Among Thieves 24:00 Tetris the movie 31:15 Dave's John Wick 4 takes 42:10 Pearl 47:40 Bert Kreischer: Razzle Dazzle 50:00 Octopath Traveller 2 1:00:15 The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog 1:06:05 Dave's continued quest to smite them all in Elden Ring 1:12:40 Mark tentatively starts Kingdom Hearts 1:13:35 Mark's 3DS, DS and Wii mod Odyssey 1:25:40 Terra Nil 1:32:20 ...

Link to the Cast #293: I Am Klaus

March 28, 2023 09:31 - 1 hour - 112 MB

0:32 Mark is an Always Sunny stan, plane travel, battle scenes in film 10:20 Shazam! Fury of the Gods 21:21 John Wick 4 29:56 Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre 39:08 Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty 48:06 Peglin (early access) 57:55 GDC 2023 attendees were reportedly subjected to abuse, assault, and drink spiking 1:03:00 Counter-Strike 2 is official, coming summer 2023 1:07:25 Amazon Luna game streaming service now available in the UK 1:17:59 MultiVersus Open Beta will close on June 25th 1:23:35 PSA: ...

Link to the Cast #292: Enoch Burke Floats

March 20, 2023 21:07 - 1 hour - 133 MB

00:30 St Patrick's Day, Michael Flatley's movie and some absolute Burkes 07:40 2023 Oscars 19:30 Oscar all time travesties 33:45 Ted Lasso is back and good, Shrinking is good 39:50 Money Shot documentary 50:00 Final Fantasy the original and other Final Fantasy faves 1:01:15 Garrett returns to Dead Cells 1:04:55 RIP Lance Reddick 1:16:50 Disco Elysium ownership row rumbles on 1:25:00 Starfield censored in Australia due to drug use 1:32:45 Happy Birthday Steam Deck 1:44:10 Go Abes! Like, liste...

Link to the Cast #291: ShreXCOM

March 13, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 125 MB

00:30 Mark thinks he's Batman, Jack finally happy and lets all stay with Garrett 05:10 Original Batman movie series 06:45 Batman (1989) 10:35 Batman Returns 15:50 Batman Forever 20:30 Batman and Robin 27:00 Dave is on a Community rewatch 36:15 Creed III 53:20 Mark is deep in the world of Tallon IV [Metroid Prime] 1:04:00 Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon 1:07:25 Mario Kart 8 new tracks released and should it be more like Smash Bros 1:14:55 Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League re...

February 2023: The Grap Up 28

March 13, 2023 11:01 - 1 hour - 80.4 MB

Mark and Bryan are back! Covering Elimination Chamber, the build to Revolution, Battle in the Valley, Mutoh's retirement and much more!

Link to the Cast #290: Out of 5 stars... Cocaine Bear

March 06, 2023 20:29 - 2 hours - 154 MB

00:30 What kind of soup would you be, how is Dave and interviews 10:30 Dave joins the Psychodyssey train 23:45 Cocaine Bear 33:20 Poker Face 39:00 Die Hard Trilogy, Mark's relationship with sequels and Batmen 51:10 Octopath Traveler 2 54:05 Dave is back to Elden Ring again 59:45 Will we play Wo Long? 1:01:40 Kirby Return to Dreamland Deluxe 1:05:20 Mark gets on Metroid Prime Remake 1:11:45 Mark suprises the gang with a timely World Cup quiz 1:14:05 Round One - Group Quiz 1:25:15 Round Two - H...

Link to the Cast #289: My Second Cousin Was An Angry Bird

February 28, 2023 22:07 - 2 hours - 192 MB

0:32 FÍS Games Summit 2023, Privatisation is good?, Dave Does Kerry 12:55 Street Fighter: The Movie (1994) & Mortal Kombat (1995) 24:07 Dave heaps more dirt on the Ant-Man grave 41:10 Double Fine PsychOdyssey is Double Fiiiiine 50:29 Shrinking (oh wait no let’s talk about Matt Damon for a few minutes 54:18 Shrinking 1:02:54 Hi-Fi Rush 1:07:52 Atomic Heart and the potential problematic nature of Mundfish 1:32:05 Someone can’t stop playing Hitman Freelancer 1:34:12 Question Time (Modern wrestli...

Link to the Cast #288: Father Matthew This Butter is For You

February 20, 2023 21:41 - 2 hours - 147 MB

00:30 Butter with foods and TikTok vs Vine 08:15 Secret Dave Ryan attack 11:55 Garrett's surprise quiz 19:45 Jack's surprise quiz 36:15 Tiebreaker - for fun or to win? 40:45 Psychonauts 2 Documentary and game development in general 59:50 AntMan Quantummania - no real story spoilers and MCU critical woes 88:20 Metropolis 98:05 More fun with Hitman 102:45 Octopath Traveller 2 Demo 111:05 Theatrhythm Final Fantasy 119:20 Swordship 126:35 I missed the last bus, I'll take the next train Like, lis...

January 2023: The Grap Up 27

February 16, 2023 14:25 - 1 hour - 72.9 MB

January has come and gone. Bryan and Mark discuss all the big news from January including Vince McMahon returning to power in WWE, the death of Jay Briscoe, Bryan Danielson's hot streak in AEW, the latest with The Bloodline in WWE, and much more.

Link to the Cast #287: Honk Piece

February 13, 2023 12:59 - 2 hours - 141 MB

00:30 Garrett finally hears Tenacious D and pop culture retention 08:50 White Lotus 14:10 Garrett's thoughts on The Fabelmans 21:05 National Treasure - Edge of History 27:45 Puss in Boots - The Last Wish 34:45 Mark gets Severance 43:50 Metroid Prime Remaster 51:50 Mark's on multiple versions of Goldeneye 62:10 Mark hates the Pokemon 70:10 Jack persuades Mark to download/stream Hitman Freelancer 74:45 A little more Hi-Fi Rush 78:55 Nintendo Direct and what people expect 83:45 Pikmin 4 (Direct)...

Link to the Cast #286: Spillin' Chili

February 06, 2023 20:54 - 2 hours - 160 MB

00:30 Billy Dave Cyrus 04:45 Far Cry Villains 05:35 One Hit Wonders and potential sequels 12:00 Fall Out Boy 14:00 Last of Us episode 3 and Nick Offerman appreciation 24:30 Babylon 31:40 Brendan Fraser 34:55 The Fabelmans 47:15 Batista and M. Night 50:10 Pamela Anderson Documentary 66:00 Talk Show dudes 69:00 Drive to Survive 88:20 Hi-Fi Rush 96:10 Hitman Freelancer 111:30 Rumbleverse and Knockout City deep sixed 120:15 Activision fined $35m 125:15 Good sandwiches 131:50 All day and all night...

Link to the Cast #285: Don't Work for the BAU

January 31, 2023 23:51 - 1 hour - 137 MB

It’s a new year, and we’re kicking it off with an all Irish pod! With Mark celebrating his birthday, and Jack researching what players haven’t yet been signed by Chelsea, it was on Garrett and Dave to step into the breach and begin our new season: 00:00:40 - Intros, GOTY Fallout 00:07:10 - Dave wrestles with the Criminal Mind. 00:20:55 - How bad is Velma? Very. 00:38:00 -The Last of Us E1 & 2 00:48:12 -Garrett hears the Voice in the Machine 00:52:33 -Dave is playing anything but current game...

Link to the Cast #284: Performance Review

January 23, 2023 18:36 - 2 hours - 153 MB

w/ Sean McGee (don't @ him) NB: We had real audio issues with this one, I did my best to salvage but thought it was better to have some pod than no pod - Jack 00:30 Intro, Sean McGee and fitness in your 30s 06:45 Jay Briscoe tribute 15:10 Sean McGee's GOTY 2022 Performance Review 50:00 Last of Us TV show and streaming companies 63:24 Avatar: The Way of Water 71:20 Robin Hood Prince of Thieves 78:40 Bryan Adams and Sean McGee's most hated songs 82:50 Jack's been playing old Championship Man...

The Grap Up: 2022 Year End Awards, Part Two

January 11, 2023 09:01 - 1 hour - 79.3 MB

Bryan Rose and Mark Robinson are joined by Fightful's Joel Pearl as they discuss their end-of-year awards based on the Wrestling Observer Awards, including the rest of the B Awards and all of the A Awards, like the match of the year and wrestler of the year.

The Grap Up: 2022 Year End Awards, Part One

January 07, 2023 08:45 - 2 hours - 110 MB

Bryan, Mark, and special guest Joel Pearl (@JoelPearl) of Fightful share their potential Wrestling Observer Awards ballots, first focusing on most of the B Awards. Like, listen, share and subscribe, we appreciate any love from you fine people. We are available on most podcast platforms, just search ‘Link to The Cast’. linktr.ee/linktothecast If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it’s posted, check out the follow...

Link to the Cast: Game of the Year 2022, Part 4

January 04, 2023 12:00 - 3 hours - 261 MB

2022... completed it mate. But this year wasn't the only thing we completed, there were lots of excellent video as usual! Welcome to our extensive GOTY breakdown which we're joined for, as always, by Barry Murphy (@TheBarryLad on Twitter, twitch.tv/Barrylad). This is part 4 of 4 (we did say extensive!) and we cover the following topics below: 00:55 Game of the Year! Shortlist - Elden Ring Splatoon 3 SiFu Vampire Survivors Immortality Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Norco Live A Live Signalis Citi...

Link to the Cast: Game of the Year 2022, Part 3

January 03, 2023 12:00 - 2 hours - 192 MB

2022... completed it mate. But this year wasn't the only thing we completed, there were lots of excellent video as usual! Welcome to our extensive GOTY breakdown which we're joined for, as always, by Barry Murphy (@TheBarryLad on Twitter, twitch.tv/Barrylad). This is part 3 of 4 (we did say extensive!) and we cover the following topics below: 00:55 Ham Sandwich Award for most average game 34:45 Best Game of not 2022 (remake/remaster/DLC) 92:00 Best Multiplayer 131:10 Goodest Boi (best anima...

Link to the Cast: Game of the Year 2022, Part 2

January 02, 2023 13:36 - 2 hours - 192 MB

2022... completed it mate. But this year wasn't the only thing we completed, there were lots of excellent video as usual! Welcome to our extensive GOTY breakdown which we're joined for, as always, by Barry Murphy (@TheBarryLad on Twitter, twitch.tv/Barrylad). This is part 2 of 4 (we did say extensive!) and we cover the following topics below: 00:55 Best Looking Game 48:30 Best Story 123:20 Best Music Like, listen, share and subscribe, we appreciate any love from you fine people. We are ava...

Link to the Cast: Game of the Year 2022, Part 1

January 01, 2023 11:57 - 3 hours - 230 MB

2022... completed it mate. But this year wasn't the only thing we completed, there were lots of excellent video as usual! Welcome to our extensive GOTY breakdown which we're joined for, as always, by Barry Murphy (@TheBarryLad on Twitter, twitch.tv/Barrylad). This is part 1 of 4 (we did say extensive!) and we cover the following topics below: 00:55 Intro and games we missed in 2022 10:00 Rules of Engagement - elimination of Pitchford award 12:35 Disappointment of the Year - introduction of...

Link to the Cast #283: Hamsammich

December 25, 2022 17:43 - 2 hours - 158 MB

Merry Christmas, folks! Thank you for another year of listening to Link to the Cast. We're wrapping up our Game of the Year recordings, which will be ready from Jan 1st. In the meantime, we have a Christmas special as we are delighted to be joined by Peter Willington @xeroxeroxero to talk about our favourite average games of all time. We discuss how we got to 7/10 as the apex of average in review scoring, Suda 51, the influence of the sandbox genre, Dave Mirra, Robot Wars, Syberia, Walking s...

Link to the Cast #282: Daddy's Tired

December 19, 2022 18:18 - 1 hour - 126 MB

00:30 Gearing up for Game of the Year 10:45 The Menu 18:20 Ronaldo O Fenomeno 23:40 Home Alone 2 35:00 High on Life 43:30 Wind Waker 20th Anniversary 48:40 PS5 Witcher 3 53:20 God of War Ragnarok 58:25 Geoguesser 71:50 Steam Deck emulation fun 78:20 Dave's weird quiz segment with a twist ending! Like, listen, share and subscribe, we appreciate any love from you fine people. We are available on most podcast platforms, just search ‘Link to The Cast’. linktr.ee/linktothecast If you wanna cont...

Link to the Cast #281: The Anime Industrial Complex

December 13, 2022 21:07 - 2 hours - 86.4 MB

Polling now open for our Game of The Year tie-breaker poll! https://forms.gle/hiC92N6q1MQSzX2J8 In a new Link to the Cast, someone left Dave and Garrett unsupervised for a week to talk all manner of nonsense: 00:00:35 - Topical Brexit Gags, Seasonal Weather 00:04:40 - Christmas Part Capers 00:10:20 - Criminal Minds is back, in Pog Form! 00:21:50 - Dave is a stranger in a Strange World 00:30:30 - Xenoblade is Garrett's Game of The Year of The Week 00:43:00 - Dave's Elden Ring Update 00:52:0...

Link to the Cast #280: Wario Work Place Comedy

December 05, 2022 21:14 - 1 hour - 121 MB

00:30 Humming, attempting to live without sleep and breaking cages 09:20 Mario trailer number 2 and will it be better than Sonic 18:20 What We Do in the Shadows 25:20 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 35:35 Guardians of the Galaxy Xmas Special 38:00 Garrett's post Frasier devastation 39:40 Beavis and Butthead 40:55 Julia 41:50 Mark's still hooked on Marvel Snap 48:00 Jackass: The Game 56:50 Sonic Frontiers 67:25 Jack finishes Pokemon and Garrett's thoughts 91:30 Microsoft to make EU concessio...

The Grap Up #25: AEW Full Gear, WWE Survivor Series, NWA, NJPW and more

December 03, 2022 19:04 - 2 hours - 107 MB

2022 is almost over as Bryan and Mark talk all the big wrestling news of November including: - WWE Survivor Series WarGames - AEW Full Gear - NJPW/Stardom Historic X-Over - NWA Hard Times - And more!

Link to the Cast #279: Dragnarok

November 28, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 136 MB

00:30 World Cup watching habits, what we're wearing and has Mark outgrown band shirts 14:10 White Chicks and Vanessa Carlton 16:30 Andor is awesome and Disney Plus Star Wars content 32:15 Confess, Fletch! 37:10 Evil West 44:35 Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, jank and Gamefreak's future 71:30 Mark's God of War Ragnarok thoughts 88:00 Jack debates Mark's view GOW points and Game of the Year thoughts 99:45 High first week sales on GOW and Pokemon show game industry alive 104:05 Netflix dip into AAA ...

Link to the Cast World Cup 2022 Preview Spectacular

November 19, 2022 11:47 - 2 hours - 193 MB

00:30 Strange old time for a World Cup and effect on players 07:15 The numerous issues with playing a World Cup in Qatar 15:20 Missing names we wish were there 19:15 Group A (Ecuador, Netherlands, Qatar, Senegal) 33:40 Group B (England, Iran, USA, Wales) 52:45 Group C (Poland, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Argentina) 68:35 Group D (Denmark, Tunisia, France, Australia) 83:00 Group E (Costa Rica, Germany, Japan, Spain) 98:55 Group F (Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Morocco) 115:35 Group G (Brazil, Cameroon,...

Link to the Cast #278: A Brain in his Head

November 14, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 98.6 MB

00:30 Twitter shambles ongoing, parody accounts and Musk exposure 06:45 Wakanda Forever [No major spoilers] 19:40 Smile 23:20 Once Upon a Jester 30:10 Mark's still on the Marvel Snap train 39:40 Signalis 54:55 God of War Ragnarok early impressions 66:00 RIP Kevin Conroy 71:10 George Clooney for some reason 72:05 God of War Ragnarok day one sales bigger than previous 76:30 Nintendo Switch redesigned to be more energy efficient 83:00 Worst ending to the show ever 88:00 Let's talk about love Li...

Link to the Cast #277: One Step Away From Zoidberg

November 08, 2022 00:36 - 2 hours - 155 MB

00:30 Reclaiming "gamer", full names and more bad Bane 07:20 Weird - The Al Yankovic Story 13:00 The Devil's Hour and Peter Capaldi 19:20 Hocus Pocus Two...cus 24:35 24 (Jack Bauer init) 34:50 Bayonetta 45:25 Dave's Elden Ring adventures 61:10 Game of the Year thinking and an exclusive 62:50 Railbound and Jack bought a Steam Deck 69:25 Mario and Rabids 73:30 Playstation Plus loses 2 million subscribers 86:45 PSVR2 is £530 and Sony dodging retail 100:45 Musk Twitter meltdown continues with Nib...

The Grap Up #24

November 04, 2022 23:37 - 1 hour - 80.2 MB

Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online editor Bryan Rose and Mark Robinson discuss all the major events from October, including Extreme Rules, AEW's build to Full Gear later this month, everything going on in New Japan Pro Wrestling, Triplemania XXX in Mexico City, and more!

Link to the Cast #276: Wahhh Bane

October 31, 2022 12:00 - 2 hours - 155 MB

00:30 Halloween Plans, Garrett is a fraud and Mark has two announcements 11:00 Garrett's Halloween Ends takes 16:30 Garrett's Black Adam takes 20:50 Future of the DC Universe 25:35 Doctor Who regeneration and a familiar friend 34:00 28 Days Haunted 41:40 The Banshees of Inisherin 49:05 Minimal bells and whistles, great scripts and good actors = win 52:55 The Captain (Jeter documentary) 56:45 Twilight Zone and so much Goosebumps 64:45 Mario and Rabids Sparks of Hope 71:10 Brief Bayonetta 3 tho...

Link to the Cast #275: We Don't Need Sol Campbell

October 24, 2022 19:06 - 2 hours - 152 MB

00:30 Mark's retro sickness and Jack's retro laziness 04:15 Konami's Silent Hill remakes and showcase 19:05 Will there be an MGS remake from Konami 24:35 Resident Evil 4 remake looks great 28:10 Black Adam [Spoiler Free], DC movies and needle drops 41:15 Halloween Ends and the Halloween sequels 59:25 Ringu 65:10 Thor Love and Thunder rewatch 72:00 Vanquish 79:50 Cultic 83:25 PGA 2K23 and EA games licensing and franchises 99:00 Dave resampling Cyberpunk again 103:00 Dave's reconnnecting with ...

Link to the Cast #274: The Robot Had a Little Hat On

October 17, 2022 11:00 - 2 hours - 166 MB

00:30 Mark's games bunker, Jack's been to Milan and European travel 9:40 She-Hulk finale, a Garrett Kidney rant 26:25 Amsterdam, a Jack Layzell rant 41:50 Vengeance 48:00 Dave's spooky movie rundown 61:00 The Midnight Club and Mike Flanagan 66:20 Roise and Frank 68:45 Rings of Power finale 74:30 Dave was at a religious fireworks festival in Malta 76:30 Elden Ring and Mark's a Souls guy now 95:50 Batman Arkham Knight 102:00 Jack starts Live a Live and Mark finishes Live a Live 117:45 Garrett p...

Link to the Cast #273: Hadouken Would've Been Singing About You in 2006

October 10, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 127 MB

00:30 Garretts Kidney, Mark eats the dumb crisps, Matt Berry and 2006 culture 14:00 Super Mario Bros Trailer 23:05 Daredevil is the only good thing about She-Hulk 29:15 Taskmaster Season 14 38:00 Mark reads BossFight book on GoldenEye: 007 50:10 Mark gets his Steamdeck and emulation 71:10 Tinykin 77:00 Metal Hellsinger 88:30 Fandom obtains RedVentures (inc GameFAQs, Game Spot and Giant Bomg) 98:00 Tattoo artist wins claim against TakeTwo over Orton's tattoos 103:50 New Pokemon trailer with sp...

The Grap Up #23

October 08, 2022 11:43 - 1 hour - 84.9 MB

Mark and Bryan are back to discuss Return to Monkey Island, Clash at the Castle, CM Punk, All Out, Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix, and much more! Like, listen, share and subscribe, we appreciate any love from you fine people. We are available on most podcast platforms, just search ‘Link to The Cast’. linktr.ee/linktothecast If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it’s posted, check out the following: The Grap Up on Tw...

Link to the Cast #272: Where's Pughchie

October 03, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 117 MB

00:30 Mark has a hangover, Jack gains a PigRock and Mark's confidence 06:45 Suprise segment intro: Top 10 songs from movies that sucked or failed 09:00 Song number 1 10:45 Song number 2 14:15 Song number 3 16:35 Song number 4 19:00 Song number 5 22:15 Song number 6 24:25 Song number 7 26:30 Song number 8 29:10 Song number 9 32:15 Song number 10 36:10 Dave's honourable mention and other assorted tidbits 40:30 Moonage Daydream 50:45 Dave catches up with She-Hulk 59:50 Don't Worry Darling 70:00 ...

Link to the Cast #271: Teabagger

September 26, 2022 20:51 - 1 hour - 122 MB

00:30 Garrett vs Sleep, Dave Ryan's dark hotel adventures and Known Cowards in the post office 10:30 Dave intros the Cola Bottle Tayto payoff 15:20 The best flavours of crisps and which cola bottles are best 17:00 Jack tries the crisps 21:45 Garrett tries the crisps 25:45 Bodies, Bodies, Bodies 33:30 Andor first episode vibes 37:45 Garrett is on Season 7 of Frasier 43:00 Dave goes on a Kevin Smith mini-marathon 55:30 The lads are obsessively playing Splatoon 3 feat. Teabagger 75:15 John Allen...

Link to the Cast #270: It's Very Easy to Get Back to Limp Bizkit

September 19, 2022 13:58 - 1 hour - 127 MB

00:30 Limp Bizkit, Dave's a Chargers guy now and Garrett disapproves 05:50 Promising Young Woman 10:45 Devil in Ohio 17:10 Dave has a Jack Black movie marathon (School of Rock, Tropic Thunder, Pick of Destiny) 26:50 Garrett has not seen many Jack Black move, has no idea who Tenacious D are and hates The Rock now 36:20 See How They Run 40:55 Clerks 3 and Kevin Smith in 2022 56:45 Splatoon 3 absolutely slaps 69:55 Mark finishing off Rogue Legacy 2 72:50 Midnight Fight Express 76:30 Layoffs at v...

LTTC Presents The Grap Up #22

September 16, 2022 19:07 - 1 hour - 90.9 MB

Mark and Bryan are back chatting HHH's booking, Karrion Kross, the G1, AEW, Rev Pro's 10th Anniversary and much more! Like, listen, share and subscribe, we appreciate any love from you fine people. We are available on most podcast platforms, just search ‘Link to The Cast’. linktr.ee/linktothecast If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it’s posted, check out the following: The Grap Up on Twitter ► @lithiumprojec...

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