Synopsis
Join us in our weekly discussion on the latest (and sometimes oldest) gaming news. You'll marvel at our wonderful tangents into the darkest corners of gaming and geekery.
Episodes
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Episode 118 - PrescriptionPixel Watches A Fish With Us
10/08/2014 Duration: 01h38minPrescriptionPixel joins us in todays fun filled episode. Screen cheating, crawling, taking roads, hearthing stones, shocking bios and metricoing? I dunno I'm starting to stretch the bit. We do all of that stuff anyway! Cheapskate's Game Club: 8BitMMONext week: World of Guns: Gun Disassembly Crowd Funding PicksJames, Ben, Paul: Hard WestJenny: Kona
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Top 5 - Uses of Drugs in Video Games
05/08/2014 Duration: 33minI want a new drug One that won't make me sick One that won't make me crash my car Or make me miss eight and a half bit. Next Week: Top 5 video game protagonists you think you could take in a fight
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Episode 117 - The podcast that's not Free2Play (although it is free for you to play... this is confusing)
03/08/2014 Duration: 01h24minYou won't believe the value present in today's episode! Crypt of the Necrodancer, Little Raiders, The Last of Us Remastered, EA Access, Rick and Morty's Rushed Licensed Adventure, banter and even a surprised fish. All that for the premium price of nothing. Chepskate's Game Club: Rick and Morty’s Rushed Licensed AdventureNext Week: 8BitMMO Crowd Funding PicksJames: Aegis DefendersBen: VoidExpansePaul: Gryphon Knight
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Top 5 - Games with which you would reboot the game industry
29/07/2014 Duration: 32minWhen the revolution comes and all history of games is wiped out, how will we rebuild? Next week: Top 5 uses of drugs in games
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Episode 116 - Bang, Bang, Vroom, Vroom, Blah, Blah
27/07/2014 Duration: 01h14minThe Destiny Beta went public this weekend and we got all over that Halo-esque MMO inspired FPS epic. We have varied feelings on the subject! Is obsession the result of this week’s Cheapskate’s Game Club Trials Frontier? Fine out with your ears. Also some Darkwood, Star Wars: Commander, Magic 2015, Battlefield Hardline and some great crowd funding projects. Cheapskate’s Game Club: Trials FrontierNext week: Rick and Morty’s Rushed Licensed Adventure Crowd Funding PicksJames: NorthwardBen: Disciples of the StormPaul: Fa’el: Beyond the Gate
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Top 5 - Score Attack Games
22/07/2014 Duration: 40minGet dem numbers as big as y'all can now. Next week: Top 5 games with which you would reboot the game industry
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Episode 115 - Opportunistic Marketing
20/07/2014 Duration: 01h15minHalf the crew is missing! But that's ok, James and Ben joined by the ever dashing Cameron Owen to help fill the ranks. Ben poorly describes he wanted to share, James sells out for Tail Drift, and Cam just classes up the joint. We talk a bunch of Magic: The Gathering 2015, a whole bunch of Microsoft things, mathamatics, and DOOOOOOOM! Cheapskate Game Club: Postponed 'til next week when everyone is back! Crowd Picks James: SnotBen: Knuckle ClubCam: Bacon Man - An Adventure
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Top 5 - Novel uses of Death
15/07/2014 Duration: 39minSometimes death isn't all it's cracked up to be. Next week: Top 5 score attack games
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Episode 114 - Toddlers and Pools
13/07/2014 Duration: 01h10minI'm leaving for my honeymoon in a few minutes... do you really think I have time to write a description? Wolf Among Us, Wildstar, Sims 4, Highgrounds and other things! Chepskate's Game Club: Highgrounds Next Week: Trials Frontier (Android/iOS) Crowd Funding Picks: Ben: After Reset Simone and James: Joan Mad Run Paul: A.V.
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Top 5 - Games Where Swimming Can Kill You
08/07/2014 Duration: 32minThe water looked so inviting but now you're dead. Who's laughing now? Next Week: Top 5 novel uses of death
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Episode 113 - Wizards and Hitler
06/07/2014 Duration: 01h22minWe're all mad for and at Magicka: Wizard Wars this week. We talk WW1 with Valiant Hearts, WW2 with Double Hitler and while discussing controversy in the e-sports world we touch on the upcoming Gender Wars. Who will you fight for? Cheapskate's Game Club: Magicka: Wizard Wars Next Week: Highgrounds Crowd Funding Picks Ben: Radial-G Simone: Rock Simulator 2014 James: Mighty Tactical Shooter Paul: Rampage Knights
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Top 5 - Games of E3 2014
01/07/2014 Duration: 45minE3 has come and gone for another year and I think it was a pretty good show all round. But good isn't good enough for us. Only the best is worth “good enough” on the wild plains of Eight and a Half Bit. Next Week: Top 5 games where swimming will kill you.
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Episode 112 - Tobias and Paul Vs The World
29/06/2014 Duration: 01h33minTobias and the Dark Sceptres is this week's Cheapskate's Game Club and it brings the controversy! Finally some blood on this podcast. We get our Wildstar hamsters love on, Simone gets into the new Thomas Was Alone expansion, Ben plays Madden, James builds a Steambox and Paul is all about Kiwanuka. Cheapskate’s Game Club: Tobias and the Dark Sceptres Next Week: Magicka: Wizard Wars Crowd Funding Picks Ben: Pixel Soccer James: Timespinner Simone: Bulb Boy Paul: InSomnia
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Top 5 - Worst Tacked On Multiplayer
24/06/2014 Duration: 34minIt's not there for a good reason and it's not even good! Damn it. Next week: Top 5 Games of E3 2014
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Episode 111 - Eleventy One
22/06/2014 Duration: 01h23minIt's sale season and in response Paul's been playing everything, but mainly Signal Ops. James gets into Wildstar while Simone plays Haunt the house leaving Ben to dwell about how much he loves his new Wii-U. The team discusses the controversy magnet who is Phil Fish, lust after Dreadnought and everyone gives this week's Cheapskate's Game Club a go with Floating Point. Cheapskates Game Club: Floating Point Next Week: Tobias and the Dark Sceptres Crowd Funding Picks Ben and James: Voidspace Simone: Paparazzi Paul: Glitch
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Top 5 - Monsters
17/06/2014 Duration: 38minAs I child I had an imaginary friend. He was a wolf that tried to kill me at every opportunity. I was a messed up kid. Will the wolf make this weeks' list? Not unless my life is a video game but then I've never seen a videogame about a guy who hosts a video game podcast. Maybe I'm a new genre... Next Week: Top 5 - Worst tacked on multiplayer
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Episode 110 - Stealing Sheep and Other Tales of E3 2014
15/06/2014 Duration: 01h43minE3 2014 is over and I think it's safe to say a pretty good event all round. Lots of new titles and information on already revealed titles to talk about... and so we do in this extra bloated episode! Did I say bloated? I mean incredible informative and insightful episode that will delight and excite you, the listeners! All this for a very affordable price so send us your Dogecoins. Next Cheapskate's Game Club: Floating Point
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Top 5 - Games I bet you forgot
10/06/2014 Duration: 42minYou've been forgetting a lot of stuff recently. These games for instance. Now we can help you remember them with a fun competition. Next week: Top 5 Enemies
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Episode 109 - A Bunch of Card Nerds
08/06/2014 Duration: 01h19minIt's only aw fe days until E3 and how will we pass the time? The boys are still karting with Mario while Simone gets her goat on. James gets into Dragon's Crown on Vita and plays with some dogs and cats on his 3DS while everyone gets into this week's fantastic Cheapskate's Game Club with Card Hunter. No Cheapskate's Game Club next week as E3 will consume us all Crowd Funding Highlights: EMERGENYC Mechagami Franknjohn Bearzerkers
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Top 5 - Villains
03/06/2014 Duration: 34minGentlemen(and gentlewomen)? To Evil! Next Week: Top 5 Games I bet you forgot about