Link To The Cast
431 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsA 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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Link To The Cast: E3 2016 Preview Spectacular!
June 12, 2016 16:18 - 1 hour - 95.3 MBTwas the night before E3..... It's that time of year again pod people, gaming Christmas is here, and we present to you our special edition of the podcast with all our E3 news, gossip and predictions before the madness kicks off in LA. We'll be livetweeting as many conferences as possible over at http://twitter.com/linktothecast so pop over there and join the fun! [Editor's note: Apologies in advance for a couple of moments where the volume goes weird. Mark's microphone was on a mad one whic...
Giant Sized Annual #3: Euro 2016 Preview (Part 2)
June 08, 2016 17:41 - 2 hours - 143 MBYer boys are back! Part two of our Euro 2016 preview show sees Dave, Mark, and special guest Jack Layzell discuss our final three groups, including Dave's beloved Republic of Ireland. Enjoy, and we'll be back to business as usual in a couple of days with our E3 preview podcast! Listen, like, share, find us on iTunes (rate us there too to be extra nice), and enjoy! 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 post...
Giant Sized Annual #2: Euro 2016 Preview (Part 1)
June 07, 2016 17:17 - 1 hour - 106 MBLove the football, hate bastards. It wouldn't be a summer without the football, and we here at LTTC are here to bring you an in depth look at the tournament before it starts on June 10. To do so we have brought on board friend of the show (and walking football encyclopedia) Jack Layzell. This first part of the show covers groups A, B, and C with a couple of the tournament's heavy hitters. And England too, weeeyyy. Listen, like, share, find us on iTunes (rate us there too to be extra nice), ...
Link To The Cast #28: Super Mario World
June 03, 2016 16:01 - 1 hour - 96.6 MBSummer is officially here, and we have a new podcast fresh off the grill for you lovely people. On this week's show: Mark has pretty much played nothing because being a grown up is unfair. Dave talks Overwatch fun and the glory of the new DOOM, because he is a man child. The lads' experiences at Mark's first Ireland soccer game. Another wonderful night at Dublin-based Over The Top Wrestling was had. All this week's gaming news and views. This week's Book Club is one of the most revered games...
Link To The Cast #27: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
May 20, 2016 15:44 - 2 hours - 131 MBA big big episode of the show this week, with a LOT of news to catch up on. This week: *Dave reflects (spoiler-free) on Uncharted 4 and Lego Marvel Avengers, having polished off both. *Mark discusses the Ratchet & Clank game based on the movie based on the game. * The CoD vs. Battlefield internet garbage fire. *The Uncharted 4 review "controversy" *The return of Konami Korner (Dun-Dun-Duuunnnnn) We also have all the gaming news of the week, and our book club for this episode looks back ...
Link To The Cast #26: DOOM
April 21, 2016 16:15 - 1 hour - 106 MBAloha internet! It's been a whiiiile..... Welcome back for a brand spanking new edition of Link To The Cast! On this week's show *Brian is still hanging with yer boy T-Clance in The Division *Mark is so utterly, hopelessly lost in Stardew Valley addiction. *Is Quantum Break an early shout for Best 7/10 Game Of The Year? Dave reckons so. *Plus all this week's gaming news and views. Our LTTC Book Club this week is a very special one for Dave. It's the first game he ever played (as a chil...
Link To The Cast Giant Sized Annual #1: The Road to RomanRania
March 26, 2016 11:45 - 1 hour - 106 MBIt's a podcast Jim, but not as you know it. The lads are off on a trip to Dallas next week to the Mecca of the pro graps, and rather than maintain radio silence, we thought we'd try something a little different, setting the video games aside briefly, and have a look forward to the trip. Joining us for this show are the dulcet tones of debuting guests and all around FINE MEN Eamonn Dalton and Barry Murphy. On the show, we have a look at: what possessed us to go Ribs for breakfast and selfies...
Link To The Cast #25: Goldeneye 007
March 21, 2016 20:17 - 2 hours - 119 MBA wild podcast appeared! In the midst of a flurry of streams, Link To The Cast has returned to you with grand tidings. This week we sail the good ship Podcast without Brian, but worry not, as we still have much to discuss: *Is there any cure to the Pokémon sickness that has washed over Mark? *Hitting stuff with other stuff in UFC 2 *Is Yo-Kai watch the new Pokémon? *How bad is Dave at covertly assassinating people? A review of a regional St. Patrick's Day Parade by Mark. In addition to ...
Link To The Cast #24: The Neverhood
March 12, 2016 14:11 - 2 hours - 118 MBLink To The Cast returns! On this week's bumper edition of the show (uploaded late because life), we have a metric ton of stuff to get through. Impressions of Hitman and Division Betas Dying Light is still amazing Mark's Pokémon addiction is truly frightening Nintendo newsageddon with two Directs and a bunch of leaks. All that plus a host of other headlines from the world of gaming. This week's Book Club is arguably our most obscure to date, a unique gem that is one of Dave's favourite gam...
Link To The Cast #23: A Love Letter to Portable Gaming
February 15, 2016 10:53 - 2 hours - 142 MBNew podcast! And in a first, all three hosts are in the same room at the same time! This week on the show: The harrowing tale of Dave and Mark vs. The M6 Was Deadpool any good? An anything but timely review of San Andreas. The lads discuss playing through Gone Home, Unravel and Firewatch, among other things. Hideo Kojima becoming a youtuber breaks Dave's brain. Plus all the rest of the news of the week, and a book club that takes a look at our favourite memories of portable gaming. Listen...
Link To The Cast #22: Crash Bandicoot
February 02, 2016 18:58 - 1 hour - 94.8 MBThis week on Link To The Cast, Dave and Mark attempt to bravely soldier on in Brian's absence and see what's been going on in the world of videogames. This week: Dave is deep in the puzzley rabbit hole of The Witness Mark played a Call of Duty game? Has hell frozen over? We answer your tweets and messages in our mailbag. All the latest news in gaming. Our Book Club this week is a look back at a game that has lots of fond memories for the 90's kids out there: Crash Bandicoot on the PS1. List...
Link To The Cast #21: Until Dawn
January 17, 2016 17:01 - 2 hours - 112 MBThe first LTTC of 2016 is here, and what better way to celebrate a new year than by welcoming our favourite Englishman Mark Robinson back to the show! Mark has returned from his time in China and has some GOTY beef to thrash out with Dave and Brian, among other things. Join us this week as we discuss, among other things: the wonder of Five Guys burgers, the death of David Bowie and Alan Rickman, Brian's thoughts on the Revenant, Dave's on The Hateful Eight, Mad Max being the perfect 7/10 gam...
Link to the Cast #20: 2015 Awards Part II
January 08, 2016 20:17 - 1 hour - 90.3 MBDrumroll please! The final part of our awards show spectacular is upon us! So join Dave, Brian and Jack (and Jack's brass section) for our final four awards: Best Game Music, Best Console Exclusive, Best Multiplayer Game, and of course the Game of the Year 2015. It's been a fun 2015 for us here at the podcast, and we hope you join us when we return for the first official podcast of 2016 next week with our first Book Club game of the year- Until Dawn. We have a lot of cool plans for 2016 tha...
Link To The Cast #19: 2015 Awards Part I
January 04, 2016 21:01 - 1 hour - 98 MBBah Humbug and such, Link To The Cast returns for our part Christmas special, part season finale, part end of year awards show! Mark is somewhere up a mountain with his surrogate Irishman while myself, Brian and our special festive guest- the Roman Reigns of audio, our sporting game correspondent, and the only man I know who has a brass section handy, Jack Layzell do all the work. Join us on the first part of a fun and chaotic end of year special as we thrash out our favourite games of the ...
Link To The Cast #18.5- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
December 22, 2015 20:55 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBHo ho ho, merry everyone! Link to the Cast is sort of back! Brian has returned home to the rural Utopia from whence he came for Christmas, and the lack of M&S Turkey sandwiches has made Mark as feral as a coyote, which left me to hold down the fort this week. Fortunately, rather than listen to me prattle on about Silent Hill for two hours (oh believe me, I could), I decided instead to release this week's pre-recorded Game of The Year Book Club feature as a standalone episode. This week is t...
Link To The Cast #18: Dying Light
December 07, 2015 18:21 - 2 hours - 158 MBBoy howdy is this a big show! This week on Link to the Cast, we have a hell of a lot to get through: *What the hell is the Late Late Toy Show, and why is it so amazing? *Brian's Fallout update, and his early wanderings in Destiny. *Both Dave and Brian blow lots of stuff up in Just Cause 3. *Dave gushes over Rise of the Tomb Raider, and returns to Vice City plus, a lot of news this week from both the Game Awards, and Playstation Experience 2015. Then we round off the show with a book club f...
Link To The Cast #17: Fallout 3
November 26, 2015 21:13 - 1 hour - 107 MBReturning from the sickbay, it's a new Link to the Cast! We're back from an extended break after a flu rendered Dave barely human any more. On the show this week, we answer the tough questions: *Marvel's Jessica Jones, was it as good as we'd hoped? *Did Brian keep his pants on when he saw the Captain America trailer? (He did not.) *Has Brian been able to play anything not called Fallout 4? (He has not) In addition, Dave talks about finishing off Telltale's Game of Thrones, and finally ge...
Link To The Cast #16: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
November 11, 2015 20:17 - 2 hours - 119 MBWitcher please! Link To The Cast is back, in spite of all the obstacles in our way (namely dragging Brian away from Fallout for more than five minutes)! Before we get to that, Dave tells us about some of the cool new party games he and the guys have been enjoying over Halloween at home. Then Brian finally gets to wax lyrical about his new life in Fallout 4. On top of that we have all the big news stories of the week, including a couple of very strange ones, and our usual Book Club feature,...
Link To The Cast #15: Far Cry 2
October 31, 2015 12:26 - 1 hour - 99.4 MBWelcome to the Link to The Cast Halloween Spooktacular! ....except, we kinda forgot it was Halloween til we were already recording, so we got nothing..... Join us this week as Brian gives us a quick rundown of Wasteland 2: Electric Boogaloo, Dave celebrates beating The Witcher 3, and also had time to play WWE 2K16 and indie darling The Beginner's Guide. On top of that we have a metric ton of news from Sony at Paris Games Week, a few non-PGW news notes, and Brian takes the reigns of the Boo...
Link To The Cast #14: Bioshock Infinite
October 18, 2015 08:52 - 1 hour - 101 MBBack for more, it's another episode of Link To The Cast! This week we've been playing a lot. Brian took the plunge on GTAV and Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection. Dave talks about Rock Band 4, The Star Wars Battlefront Beta, and Minecraft: Story Mode. On top of that, we have the big headlines from the week in games, and a very special LTTC Book Club feature this week, taking a look at one of Dave and Brian's favourite games of the last several years: Bioshock Infinite. Listen, like, sh...
Link To The Cast #13: Dead Space
October 04, 2015 11:57 - 2 hours - 114 MBNumber 13, unlucky for some! It's another episode of Link To The Cast! On this week's second attempt to record this show (more on that at the start of the show): *Brian willingly subjects himself to Battlefield 4 *Dave weighs in on the FIFA vs. Pro Evo debate *Mark joins us live via satellite for his own update segment (hence the longer show) *All the big news in gaming. and of course this week's Link To The Cast book club, in which Brian is alone in space and would very much appreciate ad...
Link To The Cast #12: Manhunt
September 23, 2015 14:04 - 1 hour - 94 MBDave and Brian are back with another dose of audio goodness! On this week's show: Brian struggles with whether Mad Max is very good or not, Dave makes googly eyes at Metal Gear Solid V, an update on the life and times of Mark Robinson, all the news of the week, a return to Konami Korner (Oh joy...), and for our book club we talk about the influences of video game violence by talking Manhunt. A fun show, so like, share and find us on iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/link-to-the-ca...
Link To The Cast #11- Gears Of War
September 17, 2015 20:54 - 1 hour - 74.3 MBDays late and only a few dollars short, A Link to the Cast returns to kick your weekend off right. Mark Robinson is away on assignment, so into the breach steps new co-host Brian McNamara. On this week’s show: Fallout Shelter, Madden 16 melodrama, Mega Man Musings, all your news for the week, and a look at the bro-iest of bro shooters: Gears of War. A real game. For real men. Based on a real war. With real guns. Listen and enjoy.
Link To The Cast #9- Metal Gear Solid
September 17, 2015 20:54 - 1 hour - 93 MBOn this week’s instalment of a Link to the Cast: Jack Layzell joins us to talk about his thoughts on the new EA Tiger Woods Rory Mcllroy PGA Tour release; Mark gives us a brief rundown on the history of Rayman; and Dave shares words on Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, Rare Replay, and Hatoful Boyfriend. We dive into this week’s news, including the latest instalment of ‘Konami Korner’. Finally, the three of us share a number of opinions and emotions on one of the most important video games ...
Link To The Cast #1- Link To The Past
September 17, 2015 20:53 - 1 hour - 66.1 MBOn the inaugural edition of LTTC – Dave & Mark review Mario Kart 8, Axiom Verge, and Shovel Knight. They also break down the breakdown of Konami, including the recent cancellation of Silent Hills; Ex-Rare employees coming together to make a spiritual successor to Banjo Kazooie; plus the revival of Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Finally, we take a look back at one of the finest games of all time: A Link to the Past.
Link To The Cast #2- Banjo-Kazooie
September 17, 2015 20:53 - 1 hour - 67.8 MBWe’re back for the difficult second album. Mark shares his thoughts on Kirby & The Rainbow Paintbrush, plus breaks down the demo for Splatoon that came out this week, whilst Dave Ryan expresses his feelings on Sunset Overdrive, while also gushing over Ether One. We talk about Konami being Konami *lol*; Nintendo being in conjunction with Universal theme park to make… well, Nintendo Land, we hope; plus keep our fingers crossed on Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5. Finally, we take a look back at one ...
Link To The Cast #3- Bioshock
September 17, 2015 20:53 - 1 hour - 74 MBDave is still alive! This week, Mark tackles Batman: Arkham City, plus he’s finally bought a PS4 and gives his thoughts on Mortal Kombat X. Dave laments his frustrations with Ether One’s current bug issues, though lets out those frustrations with Wolfenstein: The Old Blood. Elsewhere, we give thoughts on the Lego: Jurassic World, Capcom’s current business plan, Grand Theft Auto 5 selling a lot of copies, DOOM 4. Finally, we take a journey back down to Rapture as we explore Ken Levine’s ste...
Link To The Cast #4- Portal
September 17, 2015 20:53 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBOn this week’s show… Dave shares his final thoughts on Ether One & Wolfenstein: Old Blood, gives his opinions on Telltale and their catalogue of games so far, and starts to delve into the mad, mad world of Borderlands 2. Mark praises Guacamelee! And throws himself under the bus with his thoughts on Shadow Of Mordor. Elsewhere, we start to look at how E3 is shaping up, wonder what on Earth a Rock Band RPG game is going to look like and DAWWWW WOOLY YOSHI AMIIBOS! Finally, we look at 2007’s...
Link To The Cast #5- Streets of Rage 2
September 17, 2015 20:53 - 1 hour - 64.4 MBAnd we’re back! Mark throws down the gauntlet on Splatoon and Peggle 2, while Dave gives his thoughts on new Dragon Ball Z – in 2015, The Witcher 3, and GTA Online. In the news we look at a new X-Com game, the latest Nintendo mini-conference, Capcom does a Capcom (again), you can use your old Rock Band equipment, and women in football. DEATH OF FOOTBALL. Lastly, Mark takes us onto the streets of 1992 to talk about Sega’s answer to Final Fight, the superb Streets of Rage 2.
Link To The Cast #7- Metroid Prime
September 17, 2015 20:53 - 1 hour - 88.3 MBSPOILERZ!!! Skip ahead to the 38 minute mark if you don’t want to hear about the Batmans. This week we fully dissect Arkham Knight, and Dave Ryan holds me at gunpoint to play Her Story; we get through all the news including the latest nonsense at Konami HQ; finally, we talk about the incredible Metroid Prime.
Link To The Cast #8- Max Payne
September 17, 2015 20:53 - 1 hour - 90.6 MBA healthy show this week as we quickly jump back into Arkham Knight before heading into The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, the revamped edition of Journey for PS4, Rocket League <3, and Geometry Wars 3. We start to tackle No Man’s Sky and all we know about it so far. We also have time to talk about Ant-Man, Hulk “a wee bit racist” Hogan, Nintendo World Theme Park Land, and share our thoughts on the tragic passing of Satoru Iwata Finally we end the show with our weekly book club segment, as we d...