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After a long flight, our plane descends, loops the outstretched arms of Christ the Redeemer as we touch down in Brazil. What treats will South America offer on our videogames tasting menu? Chris gets stuck into indie racer Horizon Chase Turbo, and Jonathan picks through the tabletop referencing Knights of Pen and Paper. There’s loads more though, OF COURSE. But, rather than spoil it here, why not give this month’s globetrotting episode a listen? We PROMISE that the episode includes: videogames; jokes that may or may not be funny; and spuriously researched facts. ENJOY IT - HUGE THANKS to our AMAZING Patreon Subscribers!! Join us all in the O3C Discord server here! Support us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here! Sign up to our newsletter here. Follow us on social media: O3C Facebook O3C Twitter / X O3C Instagram O3C YouTube O3C TikTok Reach out to us individually: Jonathan - Twitter / X Chris - Bluesky

Jonathan and Kaspar are back AGAIN for Part 4 of an originally planned duology of episodes. Just how long can this casual chat continue? AD INFINITUM when you’re discussing one of the very greatest games of all time! - HUGE THANKS to our AMAZING Patreon Subscribers!! Join us all in the O3C Discord server here: https://discord.gg/yWkekkk3fc Support us either via Patreon or with a one off donation at o3c.games/support Follow us on social media - we're @o3cgames on pretty much EVERYTHING. Reach out to us individually: Jonathan - https://twitter.com/jonathandunn Kaspar - www.twitter.com/KasparMairowitz Chris - https://bsky.app/profile/chashodges.bsky.social

We’re off to Australasia to check out the videogames of New Zealand! Jonathan staves off ichthyic madness in Dredge, and Chris revisits Shatter, a modernised take on a the brick breaker genre. But before any of that, OF COURSE there’s a good 45 minutes of waffle about other games we’ve been playing! Chris has a right old moan about Starfield’s bizarre design missteps. Jonathan plays through almost the entirety of The Legend of Zelda’s formative 2D past. Chris realises that ‘scoring goals, goals, goals is what he does best’ in recent indie release Sociable Soccer. Jonathan sinks 550,000 hours into game du jour Balatro. There’s more, naturally, but you’ll have to do a bit of the work and actually listen to the fruits of our mouths and brains to find it. Is that alright? Yeah? GOOD. - HUGE THANKS to our AMAZING Patreon Subscribers!! Join us all in the O3C Discord server here! Support us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here! Sign up to our newsletter here. Follow us on social media: O3C Facebook O3C Twitter/X O3C Instagram O3C YouTube O3C TikTok Reach out to us individually: Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunn Chris - www.twitter.com/Chas_Hodges / Blue Sky

POLAND! There are so many great titles produced in Poland: Cyberpunk 2077, This War of Mine, Dead Island, Outrunners; the list goes on. which is OF COURSE why Chris spent a chunk of the month playing Teyon’s execrable Rambo: The Game. Jonathan tries a little harder with his homework, smashing through One More Level’s sublime Ghostrunner 2. Also! Thoughts on modern games like Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Palworld, and Playdate treat Under the Castle as well as thoughts on old games like Rez (zzz), Lumines (double zzz) and Screaming Mad George’s Paranoiascape (!!!). VIDYA GAMES - THEY’RE CRACKIN’ - HUGE THANKS to our AMAZING Patreon Subscribers!! Join us all in the O3C Discord server here! Support us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here! Sign up to our newsletter here. Follow us on social media: O3C Facebook O3C Twitter/X O3C Instagram O3C YouTube O3C TikTok Reach out to us individually: Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunn Chris - www.twitter.com/Chas_Hodges / Blue Sky

Welkom allemaal! We’re back on our globe trotting adventure, exploring the games of the Netherlands with special focus on Guerrilla Games’ Horizon series, and Rusty Lake’s… well, Rusty Lake series. Plus - because we’re good to you lot - Jonathan’s here to tell you all about his recent romp through Dark Souls 3 on the Steam Deck as well as Vampire Survivors copycat Halls of Torment, and Chris has some long tedious updates about his emulation setup. He’s been playing some old tosh via Wii emulation apparently? GAMES, GAMES, and would you Adam and Eve it, MORE BLEEDIN’ GAMES. (Bleedin’ Games Murphy? Is that a thing?) - HUGE THANKS to our AMAZING Patreon Subscribers!! Join us all in the O3C Discord server here! Support us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here! Sign up to our newsletter here. Follow us on social media: O3C Facebook O3C Twitter/X O3C Instagram O3C YouTube O3C TikTok Reach out to us individually: Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunn Chris - www.twitter.com/Chas_Hodges / Blue Sky

2023 may well be DEAD and BURIED, but what of its gaming legacy? Join ol’ Jonathan and Chris for their thoughts on the year that was. How many games did the boys finish between them over the last 12 months? What were the best games of 2023? What were the best games not of 2023 that we played in 2023 for the first time? How’s the Playdate ecosystem getting on? What’s on the gaming docket for 2024? A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL! — HUGE THANKS to our AMAZING Patreon Subscribers!! Join us all in the O3C Discord server here! Support us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here! Sign up to our newsletter here. Follow us on social media: O3C Facebook O3C Twitter/X O3C Instagram O3C YouTube O3C TikTok Reach out to us individually: Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunn Chris - www.twitter.com/Chas_Hodges / Blue Sky

OFF WE GO! Back on the plane, folks, we’re off to South Korea. Perhaps most famous for their mobile titles and MMORPGs, what other games has the land of K-Pop produced? Dave the Diver! DJMax Respect! …Metal Slug 4?! ALSO: Loads of top gaming chat covering the new Steam Deck OLED, Sony’s Insomniac’s Marvel’s Sony’s Spider-man 2, Fae Farm, some Evercade and Playdate updates, and a truck load more we weren’t permitted to take as carry on luggage. Prepare for boarding! — HUGE THANKS to our AMAZING Patreon Subscribers!! Join us all in the O3C Discord server here! Support us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here! Sign up to our newsletter here. Follow us on social media: O3C Facebook O3C Twitter/X O3C Instagram O3C YouTube O3C TikTok Reach out to us individually: Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunn Chris - www.twitter.com/Chas_Hodges / Blue Sky

As the plane wheels touch down at CPH, season 6 starts proper. Around the World in 80 Games starts in earnest, TODAY. It’s got a bleedin’ jingle and everything! There’s Danish facts, Danish games, and Danish jokes. But also, in depth looks at Hitman: World of Assassination (as well as the franchise as a whole) as well as the brand spanking new puzzler from former-Playdead lead Jeppe Carlsen: Cocoon! Of course, we also update on what we’ve been playing in the last month with thoughts a selection of games including: Windowsill, a Playdate grab bag, Lies of P, and the sometimes nauseatingly bright and colourful (but in a good way) Super Mario Bros Wonder. Prepare for boarding! — HUGE THANKS to our AMAZING Patreon Subscribers!! Join us all in the O3C Discord server here! Support us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here! Sign up to our newsletter here. Follow us on social media: O3C Facebook O3C Twitter/X O3C Instagram O3C YouTube O3C TikTok Reach out to us individually: Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunn Chris - www.twitter.com/Chas_Hodges / Blue Sky

Jonathan and Kaspar are back for Part 3 of an originally planned two-part spoiler episode. This time we managed to get through half of our planned discussion, which is only fitting when you are talking about a game where you set off to do one thing and 10 hours later you still haven’t done that one thing, but you’ve done a million other things, and they were all extremely fun! So come join us in the meandering delight that is Tears of the Kingdom! In part 3: - We discuss all of Link’s new world-bending, and mind-blowing abilities! We share our favourite use for each one, and no, it’s not just messing with the Koroks!! Well… not just that! - We talk about the shrines, shrine-quests, how they changed from Breath of the Wild; and which ones were stand-outs for Jonathan and Kaspar. —————— HUGE THANKS to our AMAZING Patreon Subscribers!! Join us all in the O3C Discord server here! Support us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here! Sign up to our newsletter here. Follow us on social media: O3C Facebook O3C Twitter/X O3C Instagram O3C YouTube O3C TikTok Reach out to us individually: Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunn Kaspar - www.twitter.com/KasparMairowitz Chris - www.twitter.com/Chas_Hodges

Once more into the breach! Jonathan and Chris lay down their thoughts on 7 or so games they’ve played recently: The shared-world twofer of Aeterna Noctis and Summum Aeterna; a bunch of Vampire Survivors clones; Super Mario Land 2’s gorgeous DX rom hack; the breezy knockabout that is TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge; LaserCat (?); and the calmingly bucolic Farm Together.And… AND… make sure you listen in to find out our intended format for Season 6 proper, kicking off in just a few short weeks! o3c.games — Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Debbie Booth, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Thomas Duncan, Jason Scott , Thom Wilding, and the gang at Chat of the Wild! Reach out to us individually: Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunn Chris - www.twitter.com/Chas_Hodges // https://bsky.app/profile/chashodges.bsky.social Support us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here.

What ho adventurers! It’s Part 2 of the Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Spoiler Special! And in this episode, our intrepid gamers Jonathan & Kaspar are diving even deeper in the stories and the world of Hyrule 7 years post-Calamity! They discuss their favourite Side Quests, Side Adventures & NPCs. They discuss the evolution of the world, and why Nintendo ‘re-using’ the Hyrule map of Breath of the Wild is a stroke of genius! So many wonderful characters to love and so many incredible stories to be a part of, and J&K are here to tell you about ALLLLLLL of it! —————— HUGE THANKS to our AMAZING Patreon Subscribers!! Join us all in the O3C Discord server here! Support us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here! Sign up to our newsletter here. Follow us on social media: O3C Facebook O3C Twitter/X O3C Instagram O3C YouTube O3C TikTok Reach out to us individually: Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunn Kaspar - www.twitter.com/KasparMairowitz Chris - www.twitter.com/Chas_Hodges

Hey, hey, hey! Would you like to know what we’ve been playing over our extended Summer hiatus? How far into his Master Mode run of Breath of the Wild did Jonathan get? How many consecutive days has Chris played Daily Dadish? Has Mr Dunn gone Playstation 5 or Steam Deck for Diablo IV? What about the recent Switch port made Vampire Survivors suddenly click for Chris? How does Brotato hold up against its vampiric inspiration? What on earth is the Uzebox, and why has Mr Dow been playing Tetris upon it? What makes Tents and Trees Jonathan’s logic puzzle du jour? How does New Star GP hold up against its sibling, the GOAT New Star Soccer? Is Blasphemous 2 a trim too far when compared to its predecessor? Have the brothers Dow actually finished their 2 year long playthrough of Plants Vs Zombies?! o3c.games — Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Thomas Duncan, Dominic Kemp, Jason Scott and the gang at Chat of the Wild! Reach out to us individually: Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunn Chris - www.twitter.com/Chas_Hodges Support us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here.

Are you still knee-deep into Tears of the Kingdom and perhaps crafting that perfect Hoverbike, hunting those nefarious Bubbulfrogs, or diving to grab a Korok seed instead of destroying Ganondorf and finding the princess? Then you might want to stay clear of this episode for now, because we are talking about EVERYTHING! Consider yourself warned, this is the spoileriest of spoiler episodes. In part 1: - We talk about the first Zelda game we played and why we love the series. - Find out which one of us tackled the geoglyph memories out of order and which one did it chronologically. - Find out where we think TotK falls on the Zelda Timeline (nah, not really, who cares?) - Hear us explore the story beat by beat and share why we think the narrative in this game is so much more compelling than in Breath of the Wild. - Hear us talk about what we think is the single greatest moment in video game history. (hint: It’s vertiginous!) We originally planned on talking about many more things in episode 1, but it turns out we love this game so much and praising every aspect takes a lot of time, so please come join us for the next ones, where we will be talking about Side-Adventures, Side-Quests, Shrines, Temples, Purah, Sidon, Thirst Traps and everything in between! Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Ross Ewing, Roger Swan, The Giraffe, Thomas Duncan, Dominic Kemp, William Worthington, Jason Scott and the gang at Chat of the Wild! Reach out to us individually: Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunn Chris - www.twitter.com/Chas_Hodges Support us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here.

We’re back! Kind of! In this pre-season, episode zero kind of dealio, we lay out a few changes that will be part of the upcoming season 6, and try to be as honest as we can about why we’ve had to rock the boat a little in order to keep the ol’ girl sailing. Please, please, please, join us in the now public Discord, and sign up for the continuing newsletter by visiting o3c.games. We love each and every one of you! o3c.games — Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Ross Ewing, Roger Swan, The Giraffe, Thomas Duncan, Dominic Kemp, William Worthington, Jason Scott and the gang at Chat of the Wild! Reach out to us individually: Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunn Chris - www.twitter.com/Chas_Hodges Support us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here.

Bing bleedin’ bong, it’s the end of the season, and by GUM do we have a lot stuffed into this finale for you. A FULL RUNDOWN AND RANKING OF ALL 26 PLAYDATE SEASON ONE GAMES A BEST OF THE REST TOP FIVE RANKING OF SIDELOADED / CATALOG PLAYDATE TITLES BARELY A BREATH BETWEEN US Which games ended up tippity top and which games ended up bippity bottom? How many times does Chris mention Fish’n Feathers? Can anything save Lost Your Marbles from taking the bottom spot? o3c.games A reminder! We’re going to be taking a month’s break from producing the podcast, but will still be keeping in touch via the new O3C Games newsletter - sign up from the front page of o3c.games to be kept in the loop and receive this exclusive content! — Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Ross Ewing, Roger Swan, The Giraffe, Thomas Duncan, Dominic Kemp, William Worthington, Jason Scott and the gang at Chat of the Wild! Reach out to us individually: Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunn Chris - www.twitter.com/Chas_Hodges Support us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here.

Boy oh boy! How are these two boys getting on with The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom? What new marvels have they unearthed? What new ways of solving puzzles have they found? Just how mad are their respective strategies for approaching every single little thing in the game? Find out!! But also find out: How Chris is faring with Dadish - a daily GBA-inspired run-based charm-em-up! How Jonathan is faring with Tomb Raider: Reloaded - the ongoing microtransaction-free freemium game. How Chris’ lizard brain is being satiated with the repetitive cleansing of Power Wash Simulator You better believe there’s more too! Enjoy! o3c.games Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Ross Ewing, Roger Swan, The Giraffe, Thomas Duncan, Dominic Kemp, William Worthington, Jason Scott and the gang at Chat of the Wild! Reach out to us individually: Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunn Chris - www.twitter.com/Chas_Hodges Support us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here.

Just as Panic saw fit to bestow Playdate owners with 2 free games via their on-device Catalog store, so too do we at O3C bestow upon you reviews of said free games to extend our season coverage of the Playdate. Reel Steal and Recommendation Dog both arrive via a mentorship programme run in conjunction between Sweet Baby Inc and Panic that looks to give industry opportunity to fledging designers, artists and musicians, but are the two games actually any good? ALSO: Thoughts on a whole range of Catalog releases including Skwish, Down the Oubliette, A Balanced Brew and MORE. ALSO ALSO: That Zelda is still incredible, right? (No big spoilers here, but skip to 12:10 if you’ve yet to start Nintendo’s epic and want to go in ICE COLD.) o3c.games ——— Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Ross Ewing, Roger Swan, The Giraffe, Thomas Duncan, Dominic Kemp, William Worthington, Jason Scott and the gang at Chat of the Wild! Reach out to us individually: Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunn Chris - www.twitter.com/Chas_Hodges Support us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here.

I know it’s only May, but shall we just announced our Game of the Year now? Let Chris and Jonathan fill you in on their initial thoughts on Tears of the Kingdom’s opening few hours. (It’s astonishing.) SPOILER WARNING: Whilst we don’t go into serious detail about the game’s plot or questlines outside of vague allusions to opening tasks and challenges, we do talk about mechanics and the general topography of the world. If you want to play TotK cold, maybe wait until you’ve played for a few hours before listening! o3c.games ——— Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Ross Ewing, Roger Swan, The Giraffe, Thomas Duncan, Dominic Kemp, William Worthington, Jason Scott and the gang at Chat of the Wild! Reach out to us individually: Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunn Chris - www.twitter.com/Chas_Hodges Support us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here.

And with that, we reach games number 23 and 24 in Playdate’s Season One. Jonathan and Chris tackle both the rotational take on Arkanoid that is b360, and the Link’s Awakening love letter that is Ratcheteer. Are we going out on a high? Also! The boys cover a billion other Playdate games released via outside of the main season, as well as the official Playdate Podcast. How did they fare with The King’s Dungeon? Tapeworm Disco Puzzle? Skew? Grand Tour Legends? And why is Sparrow Solitaire so, so, so, SO, SO good?! o3c.games ——— Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Ross Ewing, Roger Swan, The Giraffe, Thomas Duncan, Dominic Kemp, William Worthington, Jason Scott and the gang at Chat of the Wild! Reach out to us individually: Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunn Chris - www.twitter.com/Chas_Hodges Support us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here.

What better way to celebrate the coronation of KING CHARLES THE RUDDY THIRD than by wrapping your oversized plate-ears around this latest offering from O3C Games! We’re filling each other in on our gaming activity of the last fortnight since last we chatted - and it’s the usual eclectic mix of genres and qualities! JD chats Vampire Survivors, Tomb Raider and a variety of indie games and Metroidvanias! CD chats Minecraft, Sonic Frontiers, Mixalumia and Shadows of the Damned! Obviously! Enjoy! o3c.games ——— Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Ross Ewing, Roger Swan, The Giraffe, Thomas Duncan, Dominic Kemp, William Worthington, Jason Scott and the gang at Chat of the Wild! Reach out to us individually: Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunn Chris - www.twitter.com/Chas_Hodges Support us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here.