Brian McGinly

Found Bytes: A Game Review Series

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Welcome to Found Bytes! We're all about finding small, high-quality video games. This is a podcast that aims to respect your time and money as a gamer and consumer by sifting through storefronts and sales to find gems that may be worth your precious resources. We hope to provide a curation service, accommodating many genres and skill levels. Check for new episodes weekly, and follow Brian on PSN Profiles under "XenoLink", and on Twitter @foundbytesgrs! Also, we are on YouTube here !

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Brian McGinly

Episodes

Crisol: Theater of Idols 09.07.2026 46:59

Episode 118 - Crisol: Theater of Idols . Timestamps: (1:29) Basic Info (4:50) Gameplay (33:39) Vibe (43:26) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Main Menu Theme Semana de Marea Save Room Theme Romance del Conde Niño Romance del Cazador Cazado . Music by Xavi Qués . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofiles.com/XenoLink Got feedback? Email us at FoundBytesGRS@gmail.co...

Ball X Pit 12.06.2026 42:30

Episode 117 - Ball X Pit . Timestamps: (1:30) Basic Info (5:25) Gameplay (33:13) Vibe (39:26) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: A Pit Remains Bone x Yard Bountiful Harvest Snowy x Shores Scroll of Names . Music by Amos Roddy . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofiles.com/XenoLink Got feedback? Email us at FoundBytesGRS@gmail.com or Tweet @foundbytesgrs and check...

Exographer 14.05.2026 35:37

Episode 116 - Exographer . Timestamps: (1:37) Basic Info (5:08) Gameplay (22:23) Vibe (31:59) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: The Natitan Academy Cathode Rays Temple of Mistake In The Absurd World Inl’s Farewell . Music by Yann van der Cruyssen . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofiles.com/XenoLink Got feedback? Email us at FoundBytesGRS@gmail.com or Tweet @fo...

Escape From Ever After 09.04.2026 43:47

Episode 115 - Escape From Ever After . Timestamps: (1:31) Basic Info (5:26) Gameplay (33:45) Vibe (40:06) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Title Theme Mellow Meadows Battle Theme - Big Band Mix (Castle) Captain Silver’s Ship Happy Howl Hollow . Music by Daniel Whitworth . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofiles.com/XenoLink Got feedback? Email us at FoundBytesG...

Bye Sweet Carole 12.03.2026 37:03

Episode 114 - Bye Sweet Carole . Timestamps: (1:33) Basic Info (6:20) Gameplay (21:00) Vibe (31:26) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Corolla The Breach Dancing Lessons Carried by the Wind Bye Sweet Carole . Music by Luca Balboni . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofiles.com/XenoLink Got feedback? Email us at FoundBytesGRS@gmail.com or Tweet @foundbytesgrs and c...

Pizza Tower 12.02.2026 41:53

Episode 113 - Pizza Tower . Timestamps: (1:30) Basic Info (5:21) Gameplay (31:39) Vibe (38:53) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Pizza Deluxe Leaning Dream (Space) It’s Pizza Time Mondays Delivery For The City . Music by Mr. Sauceman, ClascyJitto, & Post Elvis . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofiles.com/XenoLink Got feedback? Email us at FoundBytesGRS@gmai...

The Alters 15.01.2026 45:38

Episode 112 - The Alters . Timestamps: (1:35) Basic Info (7:24) Gameplay (32:52) Vibe (42:46) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: The Alters Theme Project Dolly Home Far Away Going Home Running In Circles . Music by Piotr Musial . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofiles.com/XenoLink Got feedback? Email us at FoundBytesGRS@gmail.com or Tweet @foundbytesgrs and chec...

Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound 25.12.2025 42:38

Episode 111 - Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound . Timestamps: (1:37) Basic Info (6:33) Gameplay (31:36) Vibe (38:57) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Ragebound Kumori’s Theme Lurking in the Forest Three Crystals Black Spider Clan . Music by Sergio de Prado, Ryuichi Niita, Kaori Nakabai, Keiji Yamagishi . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofiles.com/XenoLink Got feedback?...

Another Crab's Treasure 04.12.2025 49:55

Episode 110 - Another Crab’s Treasure . Timestamps: (1:33) Basic Info (5:54) Gameplay (35:44) Vibe (46:35) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Another Crab’s Treasure The Shallows The Upper Crust The Great Buoy Chant The Sands Between . Music by Felix Peaslee . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofiles.com/XenoLink Got feedback? Email us at FoundBytesGRS@gmail.com o...

Haiku the Robot 13.11.2025 39:36

Episode 109 - Haiku the Robot . Timestamps: (1:30) Basic Info (5:12) Gameplay (28:31) Vibe (35:40) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Factory Facility Forgotten Ruin Travelling Town The Last Bunker The Aid of the Creators . Music by Guy Jones, Zeebo Digital . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofiles.com/XenoLink Got feedback? Email us at FoundBytesGRS@gmail.com or...

El Paso, Elsewhere 30.10.2025 32:25

Episode 108 - El Paso, Elsewhere . Timestamps: (1:31) Basic Info (4:55) Gameplay (20:11) Vibe (29:42) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: a forty-six story motel goblin BREAK SH*T motel dusk yesterday’s sobriquet is tomorrow’s sorrow . Music by RJ Lake . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofiles.com/XenoLink Got feedback? Email us at FoundBytesGRS@gmail.com or Tweet...

Marfusha: Sentinel Girls 16.10.2025 33:06

Episode 107 - Marfusha: Sentinel Girls . Timestamps: (1:30) Basic Info (6:16) Gameplay (24:35) Vibe (30:16) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Title Stage 1 GENIX (Stage 2) Closed Park (Challenge Mode) Peritune Material (Rapid 2) . Music by Masahiko Harigae, motofuji, Kazuchi, & Keisuke Ito . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofiles.com/XenoLink Got feedback?...

Reverie 02.10.2025 29:37

Episode 106 - Reverie (Sweet As Edition) . Timestamps: (1:27) Basic Info (6:18) Gameplay (19:40) Vibe (27:13) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Reverie Humble Harikoa A Test of Spirit Kiwifruit Jaunt The Final Fisherman . Music by Alexander Gleich . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofiles.com/XenoLink Got feedback? Email us at FoundBytesGRS@gmail.com or Tweet @f...

Wall World 18.09.2025 37:10

Episode 105 - Wall World . Timestamps: (1:28) Basic Info (5:56) Gameplay (26:35) Vibe (34:15) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: A Thirst For Research The Surface Time To Go To Work Return Of Hope Desert Chorus . Music by Igor Galakhov (Deallry) . Missing Bits: Wall World is also on PC! (duh) . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofiles.com/XenoLink Got feedback? Em...

Door Kickers: Action Squad 04.09.2025 40:39

Episode 104 - Door Kickers: Action Squad . Timestamps: (1:28) Basic Info (5:52) Gameplay (31:42) Vibe (38:06) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Action Squad Training Day (Montage) Ready To Roll Stakeout Word On The Street . Music by Gavin Harrison . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofiles.com/XenoLink Got feedback? Email us at FoundBytesGRS@gmail.com or Tweet @f...

Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars 21.08.2025 44:06

Episode 103 - Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars . Timestamps: (1:35) Basic Info (6:33) Gameplay (32:49) Vibe (41:24) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Pursuing the Dragon (Field Edit Version) Pulsating Power Where Monsters Nest Adventure of the Would-Be Hero Twin Recollections (Field Edit Version) . Music by Keiichi Okabe . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnpro...

Shogun Showdown 07.08.2025 39:58

Episode 102 - Shogun Showdown . Timestamps: (1:33) Basic Info (6:17) Gameplay (31:13) Vibe (36:45) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Prologue Bamboo Grove Tatakai Whispering Caves Ieyasu’s Garden . Music by Oscar di Mondogemello . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofiles.com/XenoLink Got feedback? Email us at FoundBytesGRS@gmail.com or Tweet @foundbytesgrs and ch...

Pepper Grinder 24.07.2025 31:13

Episode 101 - Pepper Grinder . Timestamps: (1:25) Basic Info (4:37) Gameplay (23:42) Vibe (28:17) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Pepper Grinder Hot Hot Horns Ice Flow Hot Licks (Map Theme) Play It Cool . Music by Xeecee . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofiles.com/XenoLink Got feedback? Email us at FoundBytesGRS@gmail.com or Tweet @foundbytesgrs and check ou...

Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo 10.07.2025 44:27

Episode 100 - Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo . Timestamps: (1:33) Basic Info (5:28) Gameplay (34:14) Vibe (41:04) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Title Faria Slimer Borough The Big City Safe House Plaza Roquefort . Music by Leonardo Lima & Yoko Shimomura . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofiles.com/XenoLink Got feedback? Email us at FoundBytesGRS@gmail.c...

Tunic 26.06.2025 41:57

Episode 99 - Tunic . Timestamps: (1:30) Basic Info (6:48) Gameplay (31:05) Vibe (38:02) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: To Far Shores Memories of Memories Ocean Glaze Sunset Breakfast Sageless . Music by Lifeformed & Janice Kwan . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofiles.com/XenoLink Got feedback? Email us at FoundBytesGRS@gmail.com or Tweet @foundbytesgrs...

Kaze and the Wild Masks 12.06.2025 30:35

Episode 98 - Kaze and the Wild Masks . Timestamps: (1:26) Basic Info (4:26) Gameplay (21:18) Vibe (27:29) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Main Theme Cranky Carrots Raining Dream Challenge Accepted! Igloo Kazoo . Music by Paulo Bohrer . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofiles.com/XenoLink Got feedback? Email us at FoundBytesGRS@gmail.com or Tweet @foundbytesgrs...

Pirates Outlaws 29.05.2025 33:51

Episode 97 - Pirates Outlaws . Timestamps: (1:30) Basic Info (5:08) Gameplay (25:36) Vibe (30:41) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Captain’s Journey Begins In the Euphoria of Combat Docking at Pirates Bay Relaxing Day at the Tavern Calm Before the Storm . Music by Fabled Game Studio . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofiles.com/XenoLink Got feedback? Email us a...

Anomaly Agent 15.05.2025 32:25

Episode 96 - Anomaly Agent . Timestamps: (1:28) Basic Info (4:51) Gameplay (22:26) Vibe (29:59) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Anomaly Mayhem Can’t Stop Dancing The Guardian Secrets and Time Loops Kicking it on the Rooftops . Music by Ali Barutçuoğlu . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofiles.com/XenoLink Got feedback? Email us at FoundBytesGRS@gmail.com or Tw...

Crypt Custodian 01.05.2025 29:47

Episode 95 - Crypt Custodian . Timestamps: (1:27) Basic Info (5:00) Gameplay (19:35) Vibe (26:27) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: The Palace The Sinner’s Inn Pearl’s Shrine Night Breeze Dark Vessel . Music by Eric Thompson . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofiles.com/XenoLink Got feedback? Email us at FoundBytesGRS@gmail.com or Tweet @foundbytesgrs and check...

Turmoil 17.04.2025 38:17

Episode 94 - Turmoil . Timestamps: (1:31) Basic Info (5:16) Gameplay (29:17) Vibe (35:32) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Main Music Desert Street Last Month Rotsotd . Music by Jan Jaap Doeven . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofiles.com/XenoLink Got feedback? Email us at FoundBytesGRS@gmail.com or Tweet @foundbytesgrs and check out the content on YouTube !