The Mimic's Veil

As expected, we're all over the shop this week, playing a little bit of this, and a little bit of that. The big 'un is The Midnight Walk , but we also share our thoughts on Drop Duchy, Preserve, Despelote, Bionic Bay, Fireball 2 , and Deck of Haunts . If you'd like to support us, receive a monthly bonus podcast, and join our members-only Discord, throw a pound in the pint glass on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

It's 'French Night' in The Mimic's Veil, so Alex and Ben put on their most stylish outfits and sit down for a candlelit dinner as they discuss Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 . High on cheese and wine, they stumble into Survivor's Corner on the way home, and proceed to chat about Yet Another Zombie Survivors; Gunbot Diplomacy ; and Hordes of Fate: A Hand of Fate Adventure . Oh, and SpreadCheat . If yo...

Well howdy folks, this here's a tale o' three boys who shoulda known better than to mess with ol' Two-Toed Tom down by the river... ahem... You'll need to read that in a deep south accent for it to make sense. Or just listen to us talk about South of Midnight , as well as Rogue: Genesia and TT Isle Of Man: Ride on the Edge 3 . The Mimic's Veil is sponsored by Taste Invader tea. You can get 15% off...

With the Switch approaching end of life, we cast a critical eye over where it stands next to its ancestors, as we rank every Nintendo home console. We also discuss Promise Mascot Agency, Asgard’s Fall, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, and Wandersong . The Mimic's Veil is sponsored by Taste Invader tea. You can get 15% off your order at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠tasteinvader.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ using code TMV Send in your Gues...

This week in The Veil, the regulars have a big old chinwag about the alleged Game of the Year contender, Blue Prince . There's also talk of Puffies, Star Overdrive and more random tangents than you can shake a turnip at. The Mimic's Veil is sponsored by Taste Invader tea. You can get 15% off your order at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠tasteinvader.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ using code TMV Send in your Guess the Outro suggestions, a...

Loads of games to chat about this week - Nubby's Number Factory; The First Berserker: Khazan; Under Defeat; Fire Emblem: Awakening; Dungeon Encounters; Breakout Beyond and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 . Strap in for a big one. The Mimic's Veil is sponsored by Taste Invader tea. You can get 15% off your order at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠tasteinvader.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ using code TMV Send in your Guess the Outro suggestions, alo...

We're all about the Nintendo Switch 2 this week - the games, the hardware, the pricing, and everything in between. Let us know what you think of all the Nintendo Switch 2 news and the subsequent discourse, and if you're pre-ordering one directly from Nintendo, you can help us out by using our ⁠affiliate link⁠ . The Mimic's Veil is sponsored by Taste Invader tea. You can get 15% off your order at ⁠...

This week, the pub is abuzz with idle chatter about last week's Nintendo Direct, Assassin's Creed Shadows; Mullet Mad Jack; Wanderstop and various other odds and sods. The Mimic's Veil is sponsored by Taste Invader tea. You can get 15% off your order at ⁠⁠⁠⁠tasteinvader.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠ using code TMV Send in your Guess the Outro suggestions, along with other questions, discussion topics and feedback ⁠⁠⁠...

In the world's most suspiciously quiet pub this week, the regulars discuss the coolest games of the first quarter of 2025, including Avowed and Two Point Museum , and look back on the 2024 hidden gem, Children of the Sun . The Mimic's Veil is sponsored by Taste Invader tea. You can get 15% off your order at ⁠⁠⁠tasteinvader.co.uk⁠⁠⁠ using code TMV Send in your Guess the Outro suggestions, along wit...

In The Veil this week, there's talk of one hot new game - Split Fiction - and two stone cold Nintendo classics, Metroid Dread and Fire Emblem: Awakening . Lewis also confesses to his Skyrim dalliances before we discover if the guys can maintain their phenomenal winning streak in Guess the Outro. The Mimic's Veil is sponsored by Taste Invader tea. You can get 15% off your order at ⁠⁠tasteinvader.co...

This time around in The Veil, our merry band of barflies talk Keep Driving; Skyrim; Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii and Chroma Squad . There's also highlights of the recent Steam Next Fest, including Is This Seat Taken? ; Promise Mascot Agency and Asgard's Fall - Viking Survivors. The Mimic's Veil is sponsored by Taste Invader tea. You can get 15% off your order at ⁠tasteinvader.co.uk⁠ usin...

This week in the Mimic’s Veil, we give our first impressions of Avowed , as well as our thoughts on (deep breath) Coffee Talk; Avowed; Karate Survivor; Unicorn Overlord; Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders; Dogman: Missions Impawsible; Mad Streets and Death Howl. Surely we can't squeeze in a game of Guess the Outro at the end? Can we??? The Mimic's Veil is sponsored by Taste Invader tea. You can get 15%...

This week we bang our heads against the brick wall that is Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice , before calming our frayed nerves with some chat about Achilles Survivor; Sea of Stars and Final Fantasy VII Remake . Send in your Guess the Outro suggestions, along with other questions, discussion topics and feedback ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . If you'd like to support us, receive a monthly bonus podcast...

Last week, we came up with a rather long shortlist of the coolest games of the decade so far. Today, we chop that list in half and rank the remaining ten, using the most objective and scientific methods available. Send in your Guess the Outro suggestions, along with other questions, discussion topics and feedback ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . If you'd like to support us, receive a monthly bonus...

Since we're just over the halfway point of the decade, we take a look back and build a shortlist of the games of the decade so far. Oh, and we discuss Eternal Strands , which probably won't be on that list. Send in your Guess the Outro suggestions, along with other questions, discussion topics and feedback ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . If you'd like to support us, receive a monthly bonus podcas...

This week, there's a big old review discussion about Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector , a teeny bit of Sociable Soccer 25 and a one-man gushfest on Final Fantasy VII Remake . Send in your Guess the Outro suggestions, along with other questions, discussion topics and feedback ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . If you'd like to support us, receive a monthly bonus podcast, and join our members-only D...

This week, your TMV regulars discuss last week's quite-good-actually Xbox Developer_Direct, as well as other hot topics like which Power Rangers they used to pretend to be. Send in your Guess the Outro suggestions, along with other questions, discussion topics and feedback ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . If you'd like to support us, receive a monthly bonus podcast, and join our members-only Discord...

This week in The Veil (that's what the cool kids are calling it) the regulars are buzzing about the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal, along with everything they've played this week, including Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel; Nine Sols and Neva . Send in your Guess the Outro suggestions, along with other questions, discussion topics and feedback ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . If you'd like to support us, receive...

The Mimic's Veil opens its doors once again, to welcome all manner of gaming chat and relentless buffoonery, including Ballionaire, Clickolding, Sea of Stars, Diceomancer and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle . Send in your Guess the Outro suggestions, along with other questions, discussion topics and feedback ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . If you'd like to support us, receive a monthly bonus podcast...

It's January. It sucks. We get it. But the fire is warm in The Mimic's Veil, so plonk yourself down and enjoy listening to three blithering idiots talk about the upcoming gaming releases of 2025. Send in your Guess the Outro suggestions, along with other questions, discussion topics and feedback ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . If you'd like to support us, receive a monthly bonus podcast, and join our m...

Happy new year! We kick off 2025 by catching up about what we've played over the festive period, including Yakuza 0, Entropy Survivors, Arctic Eggs, Halo and Diablo IV. Send in your Guess the Outro suggestions, along with other questions, discussion topics and feedback ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . If you'd like to support us, receive a monthly bonus podcast, and join our members-only Discord, throw a...

The festive spirit is in full swing at The Mimic's Veil this week, as we have a little chat about Stellar Blade before the Bucks Fizz kicks in and the usual tightly structured professionalism goes out of the window. Send in your Guess the Outro suggestions, along with other questions, discussion topics and feedback ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . If you'd like to support us, receive a monthly bonus podcast...

This week we give our thoughts on Indiana Jones and The Great Circle, Loco Motive, Is This Game Trying to Kill Me? and The Lamplighters League , amongst all the usual shenanigans. Send in your Guess the Outro suggestions, along with other questions, discussion topics and feedback ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . If you'd like to support us, receive a monthly bonus podcast, and join our members-only Discord, t...

Game of the year season is in full swing, and it's the talk of The Mimic's Veil this week, as we gush over nothing but the coolest games of 2024, before plummeting back down to earth to play Guess the Outro TURBO. Send in your Guess the Outro suggestions, along with other questions, discussion topics and feedback ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . If you'd like to support us, receive a monthly bonus podcast, an...

It's a packed one this week, folks. We get all nostalgic for the PS1, Wipeout and, to a lesser extent, Homebase. We also discuss Dead Cells, Thronefall, Yakuza 0 and Nine Sols before descending into the madness that is Guess the Outro TURBO. Send in your Guess the Outro suggestions, along with other questions, discussion topics and feedback ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . If you'd like to support us, receive a...