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

Dysmantle 03.04.2025 35:20

Episode 93 - Dysmantle . Timestamps: (1:12) Basic Info (4:33) Gameplay (26:20) Vibe (32:51) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Main Menu Theme . Music by Unknown . 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 !

Ara Fell 20.03.2025 38:33

Episode 92 - Ara Fell (Enhanced Edition) . Timestamps: (1:30) Basic Info (5:04) Gameplay (27:37) Vibe (34:50) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: The Adventure Begins Niro Caves and Ruins Aloria Moonstone Dungeon 2 . Music by Louise Heaney & Michael Donner . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofiles.com/XenoLink Got feedback? Email us at FoundBytesGRS@gmail.com...

Nine Sols 06.03.2025 36:24

Episode 91 - Nine Sols . Timestamps: (1:40) Basic Info (4:59) Gameplay (25:30) Vibe (33:03) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Memory of You Crossing Blades Tempo of Growth Hide and Seek Inner Voice . Music by FFXX, Im Baek Hun, Troy Lin . 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 @foundbytesgr...

Conscript 20.02.2025 36:39

Episode 90 - Conscript . Timestamps: (1:32) Basic Info (4:43) Gameplay (27:36) Vibe (33:54) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Brother Supply Line Carrying the Flame Refuge The Blue Flame . Music by Sonny Igusti . 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 conten...

Indika 06.02.2025 28:20

Episode 89 - Indika . Timestamps: (1:23) Basic Info (5:51) Gameplay (14:57) Vibe (24:59) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Genesis Nahum Deuteronomy Samuel Daniel . Music by Mike Sabadash, Daniil Tsovin, Aleksey Stepanov (Paluca) . 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...

Jusant 23.01.2025 35:26

Episode 88 - Jusant . Timestamps: (1:33) Basic Info (5:46) Gameplay (23:36) Vibe (32:35) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Jusant Mirage Sémaphore Amer Solstice . Music by Guillaume Ferran . 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 !

Bloodless 09.01.2025 36:58

Episode 87 - Bloodless . Timestamps: (1:44) Basic Info (5:34) Gameplay (27:23) Vibe (34:01) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Of Hopes and Regrets A Day in Bakugawa Dancing Shadows Sharphead Mountain A Bloodless Path . Music by Felipe Barbosa . 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 @foundb...

Nobody Saves the World 26.12.2024 32:13

Episode 86 - Nobody Saves the World . Timestamps: (1:34) Basic Info (4:52) Gameplay (22:50) Vibe (29:10) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: The Greatest Wizard of Them All Road to the Shards The Calamity A Wizard Has Work To Do The Wrong Choice . Music by Jim Guthrie . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofiles.com/XenoLink Got feedback? Email us at FoundBytesGRS@gm...

Grindstone 12.12.2024 33:12

Episode 85 - Grindstone . Timestamps: (1:36) Basic Info (5:23) Gameplay (24:01) Vibe (30:27) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Backpack Jungle Gems Jorj Temple Tip Magic Sauce . Music by Sam Webster . 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...

To The Moon 28.11.2024 31:33

Episode 84 - To The Moon . Timestamps: (1:59) Basic Info (6:55) Gameplay (17:17) Vibe (27:55) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Main Theme Between a Squirrel and a Tree For River - Piano (Johnny’s Version) Take Me Anywhere Once Upon a Memory . Music by Kan Gao . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofiles.com/XenoLink Got feedback? Email us at FoundBytesGRS@gmail.co...

Crow Country 14.11.2024 34:08

Episode 83 - Crow Country . Timestamps: (1:47) Basic Info (5:26) Gameplay (24:12) Vibe (31:16) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: You Came Back Fairytale Town Haunted Hilltop Maybe Everything Will Be Okay… An Act of Mercy . Music by Ockeroid . 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 @foundbyt...

Hauntii 31.10.2024 44:05

Episode 82 - Hauntii . Timestamps: (1:48) Basic Info (5:30) Gameplay (29:48) Vibe (40:40) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Hauntii The Mushroom Spirit Wood Rickety Ride to Wickland Reflection Where We Gather . Music by Michael Kirby Ward . 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 @foundbytes...

Guacamelee! 17.10.2024 35:50

Episode 81 - Guacamelee! . Timestamps: (1:37) Basic Info (6:48) Gameplay (25:03) Vibe (32:16) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Main Menu Temple of Rain Santa Luchita Canal de las Floras Pueblucho . Music by Peter Chapman & Ro Di Prisco . Missing Bits: Guacamelee had a vinyl OST release from Mondo . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofiles.com/XenoLink Got fe...

Edge of Sanity 03.10.2024 41:32

Episode 80 - Edge of Sanity . Timestamps: (1:42) Basic Info (5:34) Gameplay (30:15) Vibe (38:39) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Voices in the Trees On the Path to Insanity Roots of Madness A Moment of Respite Voices in the Trees (again) . Music by Kyle Misko & Kacper Kajzderski . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofiles.com/XenoLink Got feedback? Email us...

Kingdom: Two Crowns 19.09.2024 41:24

Episode 79 - Kingdom: Two Crowns . Timestamps: (1:45) Basic Info (8:29) Gameplay (31:15) Vibe (38:52) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Into the Green Vale Mischievous Alchemy The Blue Archer Solstice Morning Flight . 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 @foundbytesg...

Chasm 05.09.2024 31:24

. Episode 78 - Chasm . Timestamps: (1:27) Basic Info (5:45) Gameplay (23:15) Vibe (28:23) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Altar Mines Temple Backersroom End Credits . Music by James Stevulak . 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 !

Braid 22.08.2024 33:15

Episode 77 - Braid (Anniversary Edition) . Timestamps: (1:52) Basic Info (7:52) Gameplay (22:36) Vibe (29:55) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Maenam Downstream Lullaby Set Undercurrent Tell It By Heart . Music by Jami Sieber, Shira Kammen, & Cheryl Ann Fulton (Licensed by Magnatune) . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofiles.com/XenoLink Got feedback? Email...

Withering Rooms 08.08.2024 43:13

Episode 76 - Withering Rooms . Timestamps: (1:36) Basic Info (5:06) Gameplay (30:09) Vibe (40:06) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Nightingale Rear House Entrance Nowhere Study False King’s Blood . Music by Moonless Formless . 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...

Tales & Sales - Ep. 18 01.08.2024 14:54

Tales and Sales - August 2024 . Tales (0:49) : Carrion Fran Bow In Stars and Time Railbound The Swapper . Sales: PSN - (8:19) Switch - (11:12) Steam - (13:07) . Music - Let the Games Begin by Psychronic (pixabay) . 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 t...

Nova-111 25.07.2024 36:28

Episode 75 - Nova-111 . Timestamps: (1:36) Basic Info (5:57) Gameplay (25:57) Vibe (33:17) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Nova-111 Patel Frequency Henphrie Assembly Nowde Tails Lee’s Motion Principal . Music by Jack Menhorn . 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...

Cocoon 11.07.2024 30:15

Episode 74 - Cocoon . Timestamps: (1:47) Basic Info (5:58) Gameplay (21:43) Vibe (27:36) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Signal Journey II A Dance in Phases Approval Leviathan . Music by Jakob Schmid . 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 YouT...

Animal Well 27.06.2024 32:59

Episode 73 - Animal Well . Timestamps: (1:48) Basic Info (5:24) Gameplay (24:28) Vibe (30:08) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Animal Well Flames Heraldic Mantencore Time Capsule . Music by Billy Basso . 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 You...

Tales & Sales - Ep. 17 20.06.2024 13:01

Tales and Sales - June 2024 . Tales (0:49) : Cookie Cutter Bendy and the Ink Machine Saviorless Inkulinati Donut County . Sales: PSN - (8:11) Switch - (10:24) Steam - (11:04) . Music - Let the Games Begin by Psychronic (pixabay) . 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...

Balatro 13.06.2024 39:22

Episode 72 - Balatro . Timestamps: (1:39) Basic Info (6:17) Gameplay (31:28) Vibe (36:43) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Main Theme Shop Theme Arcana Theme Celestial Theme Boss Theme . Music by LouisF . 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 Yo...

Wavetale 31.05.2024 35:02

Episode 71 - Wavetale . Timestamps: (1:50) Basic Info (5:30) Gameplay (23:30) Vibe (31:59) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Enter the Night Orchard Journey to Candle Hill At the Plaza The Serpent Oceans . Music by Joel Bille . 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...