Brian McGinly

Found Bytes: A Game Review Series

Leisure EN ↓ 138 episodes

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 !

Author

Brian McGinly

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Leisure

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Latest episode

Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

Return of the Obra Dinn 20.04.2023

Episode 32: Return of the Obra Dinn . Timestamps: (2:00) Basic Info (6:31) Gameplay (20:00) Vibe (27:29) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Loose Cargo Soldiers of the Sea The Doom Murder Credits . Music by Lucas Pope . Missing Bits: The game has a platinum trophy on Playstation . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofiles.com/XenoLink Got feedback? Email us at Foun...

Tales & Sales - Ep. 4 13.04.2023

Tales and Sales - April 2023 . Tales (1:24) : Typoman Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling Claire Timelie . Sales: PSN - (6:31) Steam - (10:54) Switch - (12:12) . 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 o...

Sparklite 06.04.2023

Episode 31: Sparklite . Timestamps: (2:00) Basic Info (6:36) Gameplay (24:02) Vibe (28:40) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Gear Up For Adventure The Vinelands The Refuge The Founders’ Vaults Credits . Music by Dale North . Missing Bits: Sparklite has a platinum trophy on PS4 . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofiles.com/XenoLink Got feedback? Email us at Found...

Wintermoor Tactics Club 30.03.2023

Episode 30: Wintermoor Tactics Club . Timestamps: (1:54) Basic Info (5:20) Gameplay (21:37) Vibe (26:56) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Dear World Not Goblins Walking Around Club March Into The Snow Club Is Unbreakable . Music by Mike Sennott . 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 @fou...

Gris 23.03.2023

Episode 29: Gris . Timestamps: (2:00) Basic Info (7:50) Gameplay (24:12) Vibe (31:12) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Gris, Pt. 1 Karasu Chiasm In Your Hands Komorebi . Music by Berlinist . 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

Tales & Sales - Ep. 3 16.03.2023

Tales and Sales - March 2023 . Tales (1:44) : Blue Fire 2064: Read Only Memories Lost in Random Skautfold: Shrouded in Sanity The Darkside Detective . Sales: PSN - (7:35) Steam (Spring Sale!) - (9:24) Switch - (14:25) . Missing Bits : Steam Spring Sale ends 3/23 . Music - Let the Games Begin by Psychronic (pixabay) . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofile...

Inscryption 09.03.2023

Episode 28: Inscryption . Timestamps: (1:58) Basic Info (6:38) Gameplay (28:31) Vibe (32:51) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Deathcard Cabin The Angler Leshy’s Theme The Four Scrybes Grimora’s Crypt . Music by Jonah Senzel . 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

A Hat in Time 02.03.2023

Episode 27: A Hat in Time . Timestamps: (1:53) Basic Info (6:35) Gameplay (24:49) Vibe (30:58) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Title Screen Her Spaceship Dead Bird Studio Clocktowers Beneath the Sea Get Lost . Missing Bits: The game has couch co-op where you can play the entire campaign with another player . Music by Pascal Michael Stiefel . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming...

Developer Spotlight: Long Hat House 27.02.2023

Developer Spotlight: João @ Long Hat House . Bits of Info: Raw Fury is the publisher of Dandara Slipstream is an arcade racing game inspired by the late 80s and early 90s made by Brazilian developer Ansdor for PC, Switch, PS4/5, XBO S/X . 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 @found...

Golf Club: Wasteland 23.02.2023

Episode 26: Golf Club: Wasteland . Timestamps: (2:02) Basic Info (7:15) Gameplay (21:14) Vibe (26:23) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Take My Hand (Feat. Ana Curcin) Creatures of the World Surveillance Love Song (Feat. Sofijazz) Blue Horizon (Feat. Sara Renar) Aftermath . Music by Shane Berry . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofiles.com/XenoLink Got feedback?...

Tales & Sales - Ep. 2 16.02.2023

Tales and Sales - February 2023 . Tales (1:28) : Subterrain Tails of Iron Slain: Back From Hell Darkest Dungeon Aspire: Ina’s Tale . Sales: PSN - (7:42) Switch - (11:37) Steam - (14:48) . 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 @fo...

UnderDungeon 09.02.2023

Episode 25: UnderDungeon . Timestamps: (1:50) Basic Info (4:31) Gameplay (19:22) Vibe (23:20) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Kimuto Nature is Not Easy Disco Time! Headquarters Yeah Science! . Music by José Ramón "Bibiki" García . 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

Apotheon 02.02.2023

Episode 24: Apotheon . Timestamps: (1:58) Basic Info (5:56) Gameplay (25:04) Vibe (28:15) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: King of the Gods The Deer In the Forests of Olympus Trojan Shores Atlantis . Music by Marios Aristopoulos . 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

Tales & Sales - Ep. 1 26.01.2023

Tales and Sales - January 2023 . Tales (1:32) : The Serpent Rogue Source of Madness Fell Seal: Arbiter’s Mark Cosmic Star Heroine Darkwood . Sales: PSN - (9:01) Steam - (12:05) Switch - (13:57) . 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 T...

Katana Zero 19.01.2023

Episode 23: Katana Zero . Timestamps: (1:46) Basic Info (5:45) Gameplay (19:42) Vibe (24:14) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Katana Zero (OST-Version)* Third District* You Will Never Know** Silhouette** Sneaky Driver** . Music by LudoWic* & Bill Kiley** . Missing Bits: The gameplay also includes infinite wall jumping . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofil...

Developer Spotlight: Rese Games 16.01.2023

Developer Spotlight: Ruben @ Rese Games . Bits of Info: Ratalaika Games is the publisher of Ganbare! Super Strikers Play Asia/East Asia Soft is a company that publishes physical releases of games (often on PS Vita) “PAL games” refers to versions of games published in Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, and Australia, prior to the “digital switchover” Tank Controls is a system used in games where...

Black Book 12.01.2023

Episode 22: Black Book . Timestamps: (1:47) Basic Info (5:16) Gameplay (26:43) Vibe (30:07) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Title Theme Exploring Uyezd Boss of the Evil Spirits Old Egor’s Izba Proshka’s Theme . Music by Mikhail Shvachko . 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...

A Short Hike 05.01.2023

Episode 21: A Short Hike . Timestamps: (1:52) Basic Info (6:05) Gameplay (16:43) Vibe (20:52) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: A Short Flight Somewhere in the Woods See You at the Top Snow, Lots of Snow Beach Buds . Music by Mark Sparling . 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 @foundbyte...

Death's Gambit (Afterlife) 29.12.2022

Episode 20: Death’s Gambit (Afterlife) . Timestamps: (1:02) Housekeeping! (4:08) Basic Info (10:08) Gameplay (26:31) Vibe (30:28) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Forest Meadow Gaian’s Cradle Endless Inside the Hub A Contract . Music by Kyle Hnedak . 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...

Dicey Dungeons 22.12.2022

Episode 19: Dicey Dungeons . Timestamps: (1:02) Housekeeping! (3:50) Basic Info (7:53) Gameplay (22:16) Vibe (25:53) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Your Host For Tonight Fighting Chance Step Right Up What You Could Have Bonus Round . Music by Chipzel . Missing Bits: The game is now available on PS4 and PS5 Terry's developer/company name is Distractionware . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Foll...

Dodgeball Academia 15.12.2022

Episode 18: Dodgeball Academia . Timestamps: (1:02) Housekeeping! (3:50) Basic Info (7:30) Gameplay (24:15) Vibe (28:29) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Title Screen Battle 2 Leisure Area School Grounds 1 We Won, Friends! . Music by Leonardo Lima . 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 @...

Through the Darkest of Times 08.12.2022

Episode 17: Through the Darkest of Times . Timestamps: (1:51) Basic Info (5:22) Gameplay (23:46) Vibe (28:48) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: *tracks are not named or released (captured from gameplay) . Music by Almut Schwacke . Missing Bits: The voice-over between chapters is Nora Hespers: German author and journalist who has written about stories of her grandfather, Theo: a resistance fighter during...

Skul: The Hero Slayer 01.12.2022

Episode 16: Skul: The Hero Slayer . Timestamps: (1:30) Basic Info (5:39) Gameplay (23:46) Vibe (27:08) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: Skul - The Hero Slayer The Forest of Harmony Fallen Demon Castle Black Market Sacred Grounds . Music by EIM Studio . Missing Bits: SouthPAW is a Korean development studio . Found Bytes Intro Song by Brian McGinly Follow Brian's gaming! https://psnprofiles.com/XenoLink G...

Dread Nautical 24.11.2022

Episode 15: Dread Nautical . Timestamps: (1:39) Basic Info (4:42) Gameplay (25:05) Vibe (28:27) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: *tracks are not named or released (captured from gameplay) . Sound by Tamás Hojsz . 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

The Pathless 17.11.2022

Episode 14: The Pathless . Timestamps: (1:39) Basic Info (5:46) Gameplay (19:34) Vibe (24:39) Wrap Up . Featured Tracks: None Have Returned Sauro The Rain Infects All Waters A Chill That Infests the Bones A Land, Which Was Not My Own . Music by Austin Wintory . Missing Bits: The game has auto-saves and manual saves The game will be available on Switch and Xbox platforms after 2/2/23 A physical Swi...

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