O3C Games

Right. The dust has settled. We’ve spent a good chunk of time with Nintendo’s new hybrid console and we have thoughts. Lots of thoughts. How many games has Jonathan already managed to power through? How many games is Chris already hoarding on his shelves? Expect tired voices offering opinions, reviews, and feelings on everything hardware, software, past, present and future in this EXTRA SPECIAL rubber baby buggy bumper of an episode. The Switch 2, everyone! The future is NOW! - 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! Follow us on social media: O3C Facebook O3C Bluesky O3C Instagram O3C YouTube O3C TikTok Reach out to us individually: Jonathan - Bluesky Chris - Bluesky

With Playdate’s second season in the rear view mirror, the airship takes off once more as Chris and Jonathan zip to Switzerland for a little bit of The Bug Butcher, and a wee nibble of Isle of Arrows. But, with several months having now passed since our last Around the World episode, surely we’ve played some other games too? Doom: The Dark Ages, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4, Limbo, Reed Remastered, Dragon Quest Heroes, Rally Arcade Classics, AND Elden Ring Nightreign are all videogames that we have played. And enjoyed. And now we’re going to talk about. - 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! Follow us on social media: O3C Facebook O3C Bluesky O3C Instagram O3C YouTube O3C TikTok Reach out to us individually: Jonathan -Bluesky Chris - Bluesky

Already missing the sweet weekly Playdate drops from Panic? NEVER FEAR, O3C IS HERE It’s the finale of our Season 2 coverage, and blimmin’ eck have we stuffed this one full! What a season. It's been emotional, gang! Joining us this week to talk Playdate is handheld aficionado and host of Podcast Advance, Jeremy Harvey. Here to round off Season 2 of the Playdate are the divisive-but-still-excellent-narrative-led-grapple-hook-platformer Taria & Como, as well as the Newgrounds-inspired-single-screen-arcade-nonsense of Black Hole Havoc. AND THEN Our personal rankings for the 12 games of Season 2. As well as some musings on Blippo+. The Playdate, everyone. Quite literally nothing else like 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! Follow us on social media: O3C Facebook O3C Bluesky O3C Instagram O3C YouTube O3C TikTok Reach out to us individually: Jonathan - Bluesky Chris - Bluesky

Already missing the sweet weekly Playdate drops from Panic? NEVER FEAR, O3C IS HERE It’s the finale of our Season 2 coverage, and blimmin’ eck have we stuffed this one full! What a season. It's been emotional, gang! Joining us this week to talk Playdate is handheld aficionado and host of Podcast Advance, Jeremy Harvey. Here to round off Season 2 of the Playdate are the divisive-but-still-excellent-narrative-led-grapple-hook-platformer Taria & Como, as well as the Newgrounds-inspired-single-screen-arcade-nonsense of Black Hole Havoc. AND THEN Our personal rankings for the 12 games of Season 2. As well as some musings on Blippo+. The Playdate, everyone. Quite literally nothing else like 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! Follow us on social media: O3C Facebook O3C Bluesky O3C Instagram O3C YouTube O3C TikTok Reach out to us individually: Jonathan - Bluesky Chris - Bluesky

Can you believe it? We’re back again! Two more Playdate Season 2 games = another episode! (You lucky sods.) This week: a lovely interview with Panic’s head of video and media, Christa Mrgan; a bonus review of Catalog title TOP BINZ!; and of course, as is now standard, some lavish praise for this week’s seasonal offerings, Tiny Turnip and Chance’s Lucky Escape. - 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! Follow us on social media: O3C Facebook O3C Bluesky O3C Instagram O3C YouTube O3C TikTok Reach out to us individually: Jonathan - Bluesky Chris - Bluesky

The boys chat with Jan Martinek, AKA Mouflon Cloud, AKA the developer behind podcast favourites Stars of the Screen and Be Kind To Yourself. Windows 3.1 screensavers! Feature creep! Playdate hidden gems! Oh, and this week’s divisive Season 2 entries, Shadowgate PD and CatchaDiablos. IT’S A YELLOW CRANKY HANDHELD AND WE LOVE TO PLAY IT If you want to play any of the cool games Jan mentions in the episode, check out the following links: -Games by others for Playdate- Microwave Story https://samfeng.itch.io/microwave-story Playing With Our Lives https://florianliesenfeld.itch.io/pwol Eyeland https://play.date/games/eyeland/ Off-Planet Dreams https://play.date/games/off-planet-dreams/ Hana: Spacetime Fantasy https://play.date/games/hana/ Resonant Tale https://play.date/games/resonant-tale/ Angel Pop https://play.date/games/angel-pop/ -Games by Mouflon Cloud for Playdate- Stars of the Screen https://play.date/games/stars-of-the-screen/ KYE for Playdate https://mouflon-cloud.itch.io/kye Be Kind To Yourself https://play.date/games/be-kind-to-yourself/ Comet https://play.date/games/comet/ Gotta Bounce https://www.mouflon.cloud/gotta-bounce/ - 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! Follow us on social media: O3C Facebook O3C Bluesky O3C Instagram O3C YouTube O3C TikTok Reach out to us individually: Jonathan - Bluesky Chris - Bluesky

This week, Jonathan and Chris chat with Arisa Sudangnoi, Panic’s lead for developer relations to talk Playdate’s Season One, Season Two and beyond. The boys get DOWN AND DANCE with Otto’s Galactic Groove, and deposit their dog’s defecations for MAD SCORE in Long Puppy. What’s that? The Playdate Season 2 serving up another two absolute rippers? YOU BET YER BOTTOM - 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! Follow us on social media: O3C Facebook O3C Bluesky O3C Instagram O3C YouTube O3C TikTok Reach out to us individually: Jonathan - Bluesky Chris - Bluesky

The boys chat with Gregory Kogos, creator of Playdate games OMAZE and OOM, covering Playdate development, the importance of playtesting, and brand spanking new Season 2 games Wheelsprung and The Whiteout. Physics engines! Dithering! Walk cycles! It’s all here! If you want to play any of the cool games Gregory mentions in the episode, check out the following links: Leap Year - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2951770/Leap_Year/ UFO 50 - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1147860/UFO_50 Utopia Must Fall https://store.steampowered.com/app/2849680/Utopia_Must_Fall/ Moon Is Our Friend - https://paigeruten.itch.io/moon-is-friend - 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! Follow us on social media: O3C Facebook O3C Bluesky O3C Instagram O3C YouTube O3C TikTok Reach out to us individually: Jonathan - Bluesky Chris - Bluesky

OH DAY OF DAYS! Playdate Season 2 is HERE. And what a barnstorming first week, with Fulcrum Defender, Dig Dig Dino and Blippo+ gracing our little yellow squares. Crank to survive in rogue-like score chaser Fulcrum Defender, get excavating with Dig Dig Dino, and have your brain frazzled by the interdimensional cable of Blippo+. Panic! We love you! - 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! Follow us on social media: O3C Facebook O3C Bluesky O3C Instagram O3C YouTube O3C TikTok Reach out to us individually: Jonathan - Bluesky Chris - Bluesky

How's Jonathan finding that new Oblivion remaster? And how does it compare to the semi-recent PS5 port of Skyrim? What exactly is Harold's Walk and why is Chris so keen to get people to check it out? What about Blue Prince is making Jonathan and Chris all giddy? And Finland? Baba is You! Sega Rally Revo (on a technicality)! Videogames! - - 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! Follow us on social media: O3C Facebook O3C Bluesky O3C Instagram O3C YouTube O3C TikTok Reach out to us individually: Jonathan - Bluesky Chris - Bluesky

No way! It’s NORWAY! The boys touch down in Scandinavia to big up pairing of Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley and Draugen, two lovely games of Norwegian developmental descent. But that’s not it. OH NO. Ruminations of Playdate Season 2! Extended (and late) thoughts from Jonathan on Diablo IV! Micro reviews of a whole bunch of Steam games that Chris claims you should care about! - 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! Follow us on social media: O3C Facebook O3C Bluesky O3C Instagram O3C YouTube O3C TikTok Reach out to us individually: Jonathan -Bluesky Chris - Bluesky

Surprise! We’re back a few days early with a bonus episode all about the Switch 2. The PRICE! The POWER! The POTENTIAL! What are the boys happy about? What are the boys unsold on? And what’s ruffled Chris’ feathers specifically about Nintendo’s retail strategy for this next gen? YOU CAN PLAY AS A COW IN MARIO KART WORLD - 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! Follow us on social media: O3C Facebook O3C Bluesky O3C Instagram O3C YouTube O3C TikTok Reach out to us individually: Jonathan - Bluesky Chris - Bluesky

We’re in Croatia, ladies and gents, and we’re checking out a Croteam double bill: The Talos Principle and Serious Sam. Also! Can Chris talk about Tetris Forever without getting weepy and emotional? How has Jonathan found the brand spanking new Monster Hunter Wilds? And what’s possessed Chris to boot up the original Call of Duty 2 (as well as Sonic ‘06?!). - 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! Follow us on social media: O3C Facebook O3C Bluesky O3C Instagram O3C YouTube O3C TikTok Reach out to us individually: Jonathan -Bluesky Chris - Bluesky

It’s March! Jonathan and Chris visit Taiwan to sample gaming delights, both old and new. How’s that new ‘Tao-punk’ metroidvania Nine Sols? And what was going on in China and Taiwan in the 90s with bootleg games development and publishing? Of course, before we get to slurp down this bubble tea of regional content, there’s other games to cover. Chris becomes re-enamoured (or is that re-obsessed?) with the Nintendo 3DS and its many post-Nintendo homebrew charms and Jonathan struggles to fill the post Xenoblade lull with dribs and drabs of mobile runner Rodeo Stampede and the Elden Ring Nightreign network test. - 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 Bluesky O3C Instagram O3C YouTube O3C TikTok Reach out to us individually: Jonathan - Bluesky Chris - Bluesky

WELCOME TO TWENTY TWENTY FIVE How are you all doing? Settled in to 'FRESH HELL: 25 Edition’? We’ve been playing games. Some of them are from Austria. Listen to us waffle about: DISNEY SPEEDSTORM, LOST FOR SWORDS, LETTERLIKE, MONSTER TRAIN, WILDFROST, GUNFIELD, VAMPIRE SURVIVORS, MARIO AND LUIGI: BROTHERSHIP, EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5, MONSTER ATTACK, XENOBLADE CHRONICLES 3, DUNGEONS OF HINTERBERG, SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS: BATTLE FOR BIKINI BOTTOM REHYDRATED - 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 Bluesky O3C Instagram O3C YouTube O3C TikTok Reach out to us individually: Jonathan - Bluesky Chris - Bluesky

We did it! And by ‘it’, we mean ‘2024’. And by ‘did’ we mean ‘survived’. Videogames helped. Videogames always help. And so we’ve opted, as is tradition, to get together to regale and delight one another as well as YOU fair listener, with tales of the games that made 2024. Big AAA games! Indie games! Games exclusive to the Playdate! Games that came out a few years ago! Games that came out 20 years ago! Games that may come out next year, or beyond! FUN What will we crown as our individual games of the year? - 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

Y’know how in these episodes we always talk about a bunch of games? Well this month we REALLY talk about a bunch of games, no foolin’, NO CAP. Here is a list of the games we discuss in case you want to play along like a book club or something. Would you believe that some of them are developed in Spain too so that we can maintain the central conceit of this season’s over-arcing narrative premise? Deadly Premonition 2 Tokyo Xtreme Racer Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light Dragon Sinker UFO 50 Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus New Super Mario Land QOMP QOMP 2 Please Touch the Artwork Cat Quest 3 Little Kitty Big City A Match Made in Hell Sonic x Shadow Generations Dininho's Space Adventures Habroxia Cozy Space Survivors Razion EX Luigi's Mansion 2 HD NEVA TemTem TemTem Swarm GO FORTH, PLAY VIDEOGAMES, BE MERRY DECEMBER IS UPON US - 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

It's that time again! A brand spanking new episode of the O3C Podcast. This month, Chris and Jonathan check out the games of Indonesia including Rage in Peace and Coffee Talk, but not before catching one another up on a month's gaming activity including retro obsessions on the Anbernic RG35XXSP, a final verdict on Astro Bot, and big thumbs up for The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. Not enough? What about a review of Eyeland for the Playdate? Or a breakdown of how modding tool Seventh Heaven ensures the original version of Final Fantasy VII remains relevant and accessible to players no matter Square's remake efforts? Or Chris boring everyone to tears talking about Tetris again? OH BOY - 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

Bonjour! We’re in France. Well not really, but within the fiction of this series we’re sat at a nice Parisian café and ready to tackle a couple games from the incredible well of French development. How did Jonathan get on with The Rogue Prince of Persia? How did Chris get on with Jusant? But naturally, that is NOT all. There’s a big discussion on the current State of Sony as the company publicly juggles massive highs and lows that run the gamut from Astro Bot to Concord. Chris gets stuck into 2018’s Dad of War. Jonathan updates us on a swathe of mobile games that have been entertaining him as he moves house. And then there’s a load of waffle from Chris detailing why cheap retro handhelds from companies like Anbernic and Miyoo might actually be pretty great now? VIDEOGAMES - THEY’RE 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 - Twitter / X Chris - Bluesky

Just a small trip this month as we hop over to our nearest neighbours in Ireland. What gaming delights does the Republic have to offer? And what of this offering will Jonathan and Chris be quaffing? (A turn based Dungeon Crawler and a tetralogy of dross PS1 racing games, of course). PLUS, a whole bunch of semi-contemporary videogame chat, as per. Final Fantasy XIV! Slice and Dice! Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League! Bleak Sword DX! Thank Goodness You’re Here! These are games that we’ll be talking about! - 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