Writing on GamesCast

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By: Hamco Bleack

Hamish and Nico discuss goings on in the games industry, wax philosophical about the games they're playing, and rarely notice things going off the rails. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writingongamescast/support

Writing on GamesCast Ep.146 - Armoured Core > Tears of the Kingdom
#146
05/22/2023

Your favourite weekly podcast is back! Some of the most anticipated games have come out in the close to four months (!) we've been on break, but instead of getting right to Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom or Resident Evil 4 remake, we make sure to spend a whole bunch of time waxing philosophical about Armoured Core and remembering that Forspoken was a game that actually released. Well, actually it takes us a while to get to games at all—we first have to talk about Jerry Springer and Type O Negative, of course. Also, this podcast is unlistenable. Go...


The Seventh Annual Writing on GamesCast Game of the Year Bonanza 2022 DAY TWO
#145
12/23/2022

This is it. The second and final day of our Game of the Year deliberations. What game was most momentary? Disappointing? Oldest? Most remade and/or remastered and/or re-released and/or updated? Game of the Year-est?! All this and more answered in a measly... almost seven hours, rounding out to twelve hours total across the two days. Phew. Once again, hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed making it, and a massive thank you to Nico for editing the first day (I edited today's, sorry for the difference in volume between the two days...


The Seventh Annual Writing on GamesCast Game of the Year Bonanza 2022 DAY ONE
#144
12/22/2022

IT'S HERE. The start of our annual Game of the Year deliberations—twelve hours across two days, deciding between us which were the best and worst games of 2022. Today it's the spookiest, the most musical, the worst, the biggest surprise and, of course, the most strand-type game. Oh, also, there's old Bitbusters to be answered... and new ones to be given out?! Hope you have as much fun listening to this as we did making it. You're the best! 

(Also, there's some audio issues—Nico's mic got accidentally turned down for the first thirty minutes, then we corre...


Writing on GamesCast Ep.143 - BITBUSTERS RETURNS
#143
09/26/2022

If you want to know if we're back or not, search "every Joey's World Tour I'm back" on YouTube and watch the first video that comes up. That is to say, we're back. Playing grindcore festivals in the Czech Republic. Rewatching Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul. The Cyberpunk anime is really good, surprisingly (and Cyberpunk 2077 was always good). Immortality is a fascinating, honest, messy rumination on the place of art in modern society. Metal Hellsinger is a game that people seem to enjoy for some reason but is actually maybe the worst thing I've played all year. JoJo Stone...


Writing on GamesCast Ep.142 - Steve's LA Star Wars Deathmatch
#142
05/10/2022

It's been a while, but honestly it's been a while for the last four or five years. You know the drill. Hamish watched Twin Peaks: The Return. Nico watched Batman. Post-game thoughts on Elden Ring, and returning to Dark Souls. Teardown is the best heist game since Quadrilateral Cowboy. Disco Elysium is one of the best novels you can ever play (also light talk of actual books). Lost Judgment: The Kaito Files speaks to the promising future of the Judgment franchise. Mordhau is the most fun you can have with a playerbase of weirdos. Some other neat little games...


Writing on GamesCast Ep.141 - There's a Party Up Here
#141
03/22/2022

We're back and we're spending the first ten to fifteen minutes communicating entirely in Henry Rollins clips from Get in the Van. The show has come full circle. Oh, we also dive into the most talked about game of the moment... Gran Turismo 7, the best Wikipedia article simulator ever created. I guess we spend a long time discussing Elden Ring as well—that game rules. After that it gets a bit hazy, but we get into Rainbow Six Siege, Tunic, the Tekken story, and we do a long-overdue check up on Tomato Way. Twenty-three years of the Writing on Ga...


Writing on GamesCast Ep.140 - Fly Me To Your Jackass
#140
02/16/2022

It's been a couple of months but we're back and ready to talk about... well, films and soundboard bullshit again mainly. The new Jackass film is so unbelievably good. The new Matrix is just... bad. The Sopranos is good but the film is bad. Hamish has played through Horizon Forbidden West and it's very good. He's also played Sifu which is really good but seeing as Nico hates Sekiro he'll probably think it's bad. BUT Nico has played Windjammers 2 which is very, very good. The "difficulty in games" debate is very bad. Harsh real time strategy games are good...


The Sixth Annual Writing on GamesCast Game of the Year Bonanza 2021 DAY TWO
#139
12/23/2021

Well, here it is. Day One was a resounding success I imagine, and here's Day Two to round it out, presented by Gold Bono. Almost six hours of deliberations taking us through the Golden Moments, the Golden Disappointments, the Golden Oldies, the Golden Remakes/Remasters/Re-releases/Updates and finally, the one you've all been waiting for... The Least Shittiest Ass Award. 

A sincere thank you from both Nico and Hamish for your continued support over the last six years and change. This is still immensely fun for us and we hope you get a kick out of i...


The Sixth Annual Writing on GamesCast Game of the Year Bonanza 2021 DAY ONE
#138
12/22/2021

Quick everyone! Gather round the wireless! It's here! It's finally here! Time to be bombarded by loud soundboard clips as the Writing on GamesCast, for the sixth time, spends hours deliberating our picks for the best and worst games of the year! Day One is almost five hours of Scares, Songs and Strands, as well as being Sad for bad games. Things get chaotic a *lot*. We sincerely hope you enjoy it. 

CATEGORIES AWARDED AND TIMESTAMPS

18:22 - Content Creator of the Year

27:51 - Golden Pumpkin (including Top 5 Dread X Games)

56:55 - B...


Writing on GamesCast Ep.137 - Oh That New Cowboy Bebop's Out
#137
11/27/2021

We're back after a month of Nico's life basically exploding! Hamish has been subjecting himself to the live action Cowboy Bebop and it is rough. Joe Pera Talks With You is the most earnest show on TV. Limp Bizkit Still Sucks. Shin Megami Tensei V seems to be very good at what it does even though the Switch can't handle it. Forza Horizon 5 is exactly the same as Forza Horizon 4 with even more shite patter, and it's one of the best games of the year. The Grand Theft Auto Trilogy Definitive Edition is the kind of mess that's hard...