How Long To Beat

On this episode, the hosts take a trip down memory lane: They revisit the very first video games they ever played, and then they take a look at "gateway games" that exposed them to new genres or concepts. Tune in as they talk about shiny poop, recount their childhood medical history, and review the rules of alphabetizing! HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forum Discord – h...

With the release of the Nintendo Switch 2 on the horizon, the hosts take a look back at their experiences with the original Switch console. They go over how the platform affected their gaming and remember favorite titles, but also share criticisms and reasons why one might not have purchased a Switch at all. In addition to that, there are also tales of speedrunning the Bible, encountering the myst...

Your S4 hosts are back with another healthy dose of gamer chat! In this episode we share the games we chose for each other to play based on our backlogs, plus our memories of the best, worst, and the weird in licensed and media tie-in video games. Join us for bird games, soundtrack bangers, game hat tricks, sports tangents, a Kardashian or two, and a healthy serving of puns. HowLongToBeat forums -...

Between geese, red pandas, killer clowns, and diapers… This month’s episode contains an especially eclectic collection of games as we talk about the exciting and the frustrating titles that we’ve been playing recently. We also share our experience with tackling the dustiest game on our respective backlogs to see if it really deserved to rot away for so long. How long has it been on there and how w...

Hosts Diallo, Lia, Matt, and Roy are back and ready to share the upcoming 2025 releases that have them excited, as well as discuss how they keep up with video game news! Tune in to hear their takes on disgusting garbage houses, video games about pop stars, and much, much more! HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forum Discord – https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk Email - hltbpodcast@gmail.com...

On this special episode, we welcome back previous guest and thread master Knalb to look back with us at the "Game of the Month" titles that were chosen by the community throughout 2024 as part of one of the oldest traditions on HowLongToBeat. To top it all off, Knalb brought a bunch of interesting facts and numbers for a little trivia game about the statistics of those events! HowLongToBeat forums...

Welcome the new year with a look back at the last games Diallo, Lia, Matt and Roy were able to squeeze through under the 2024 deadline. In this episode, the shiny newly minted hosts of the podcast go over the last games they have beaten, retired, and played before debating the pros and cons of the itchmas ’24 lineup. Get ready for escape rooms, forgotten horror, snowballs and sleds, lots of fallin...

A new beginning is upon us as Josh and Paula are ambushed by a set of new voices who are eager to carry the torch into season 4 of the How Long To Beat Podcast! In this extra big episode, members of the community Diallo, Lia, Matt and Roy begin the new season with a discussion of some games that shaped them as gamers over the years before going into the classic talking points of the games they hav...

The end has come and the season finishes up with this final episode where Josh and Paula take a look to the future. What are they keen to finish? What’s been sitting on the backlog begging to be played? What new releases are they looking forward to in the future? Thanks to everyone who contributed and helped support season three and make it fun. It was a blast to put together, but all good things...

In this penultimate episode of season 3: Josh has been battling insane robotics, meditating with pixel art, and tweaking hardware in search of stability, while Paula continues to catch them all, and till the land in pursuit of abundance and anime. Then they have a special showdown to decide who really is the crowned champion of their guessing game. So far they’ve each won a round, but can a final...

The time has come! Paula’s tenure as educational administrator is at an end, but at what cost?! Has she done enough to justify the hard decisions and moist frogs that frequented the journey? Are we finally witnessing the liberation of indentured students?! Meanwhile Josh has made it to the end of his own journey, but even a murder case in court seems poultry by comparison. Add to that some hard mo...

Is it a myth? Is it real? Can you actually do that amazing thing in that popular game? This week we’re talking about the rumours and myths that make up gaming folklore. Has the internet taken away the mystery? Or are there still exciting surprises to be had? We raise some questions, but do we manage to answer them? Plus, Paula continues her spiral into darkness as she manipulates students for her...

Welcome to the shortest episode description ever, because Josh is tired and the words aren’t working. This week the talk is all about games, and videogame preservation. Enjoy! HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forum Discord – https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk Email - hltbpodcast@gmail.com Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro) and Abatage (incidental) Graphic design – M4thew and Pokepaw 00:00:00...

Come sail the seven seas this week as gaming piracy is up for discussion, with all its swashbuckling and spicy takes. Is there a moral imperative to bend the rules from time to time? Or is it simply misguided righteousness in this topsy-turvy world of easily obtained loot and booty? Before that though, Josh and Paula work through a short list of games they’ve been playing and finishing, as is trad...

Yes, the hot rumours are true and the end of Season 3 has now been set to sometime in the next couple of months. While there are still a good handful of episodes left, the hosts would love to hear from anyone who may be interested in hosting the podcast into Season 4. So get in touch at hltbpodcast@gmail.com. Meanwhile, Paula is continuing her educational rampage of tyranny this week, while also m...

In this episode: Paula brings back an out-dated form of employment, while satiating her power-hungry need for order and conformity. Josh dies repeatedly on alien planets, and dives deep into the lore of weird cults and relics that leave bodies in their wake. Then the discussion turns to open world games, which was totally not a suggested subject that an AI bot came up with. Not at all. Finally, th...

It’s all about games, games, and more games this episode as Paula and Josh have been playing, retiring, and completing a bunch of different titles. For some reason though, there seems to have been a lot of cats involved… which has to be a good thing, right? Plus, it’s Steam sale time, so they both reveal the bargains they picked up and perhaps a few random additions along the way. The budgets are...

This week Josh has been spending most of his time scavenging parts from derelict ships, laughing at renaissance absurdity, and sticking his nose into a new criminal case. While Paula returned to the conflict of world domination, continued to catch them all, solved puzzles with bricks, and went rogue at the start of an epic adventure.  If that wasn’t enough, the pair dive into a discussion about di...

After a little break Josh and Paula are back and they’ve been playing a bunch of games since the last mainline episode. Josh has finally defeated the big boss at the end of his epic adventure, made friends with underwater aliens, and lost his way in the 40K universe. Meanwhile Paula has been chasing cats through time, stuffing dogs into boxes, and delving into a seriously old school dungeon crawle...

This week it gets personal with a special bonus episode within which Josh and Paula get to talk about one of their favourite games of all time. Except these games are perhaps not the most celebrated titles for various reasons, but they love them all the same. Maybe they can pique your interest as well? HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forum Discord – https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk Emai...

Sometimes a game can be so compelling that you can’t help but fire up the passion and go ham on everything you have to say. So it is with Paula’s current otome obsession, bringing an exclusive rant in today’s episode. There’s no discussion topic, there’s no time! Not when there are things that need to be said and stories that need to be told. Meanwhile Josh has completed a few titles this week, re...

This week Josh and Paula are making connections, building relationships, and hopefully growing into better human beings all round. As Paula continues to adventure in the kitchens of hell, Josh has been reconciling with relatives, bridging cultures, and bringing justice to paper cut-out animals. Never fret though, as the weird and wonderful keeps on going as they discuss what the term “indie” might...

Nothing beaten, nothing retired, this week has been all about progress. Paula continues to work her way through the layers and kitchens of hell, while Josh figures out strange languages, explores an underwater city, fights vampires, and rolls race cars. Then the discussion turns to those pieces of plastic that promise a new world of gaming and an extension to the immersive promise of interactivity...

The theme and topic this week is what makes a game worth the time and money it takes to experience whatever it has to offer. Is it as simple as a dollar-per-hour equation? Or are there other factors that come into play? Spoiler: of course there are! Meanwhile Josh has been fighting the jank of large late-game instability, while Paula gets into the groove of a new reality. Plus, could this be the r...

This week Paula and Josh are having some fun and have put together a little game-soundtrack-themed quiz to play. Will they be able to identify the game based on a short clip of music? Or will Josh fail to remember anything at all and maintain his idiocy?! Oh, and there’s the usual games they’ve been playing and the weekly guessing game as well… enjoy! HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.c...