GameEngineStart Podcast

It’s that time of year again. It’s time to talk about Destiny for an inordiante amount of time. Spoiler Warning – We talk about the story of Destiny 2: Lightfall between 16:24 and 22:33. Intermission Music Calling Upon Bravery – Eddie Marianukroh – Chained Echoes (Original Game Soundtrack) Bandcamp We Played… Calum talks Destiny 2: Lightfall , the latest expansion. That’s it, that’s all he talks a...

It’s 2023 and we are back doing what we do best. Making mediocre content. Welcome in. We Played… It’s 2008 again as Euan plays the Dead Space remake, gets in some cel shaded music action in Hifi Rush, and deals with the baffling experience that is Atomic Heart. When not prepping to spend the next few weeks in a Destiny 2 hole with the new expansion, Calum has been putting time into modern retro JR...

Grab yourself a warm drink and a blanket, shuffle up next to us as we talk about the year gone past in video games. The good, the bad, and the existential crises Spoiler Warning We were pretty good at calling out when we are going to talk about endings and the like, but maybe don’t give a huge amount of notice. You have been warned. Timestamps… Sifu – 0:02:29 Hardspace: Shipbreaker – 0:07:39 Xenob...

For the last podcast of the year, we have a lot of news to talk about and even some new games. Intermission Music Cloud Nine – Machine Girl – Neon White OST 1 – The Wicked Heart Bandcamp We Played… We wrap up The Game Awards and all the announcements there in We both catch up on our god killing progress in God of War Ragnarok Calum prevents a chaos incursion in Warhammer 40k: Darktide and becomes...

It’s getting towards the end of the year which means god there are so many games to play. Intermission Music Ember’s Wake – Amos Roddy – Citizen Sleeper Bandcamp We Played… Euan plays PS1 style sci-fi thriller Signalis Calum plays the “perfectly 6/7 out of 10” Harvestella and tells us the story of attending the Scottish Esports League We both become gods once again in God of War: Ragnarok Timestam...

One of us went on holiday and still managed to play loads of video games. Isn’t the modern world fantastic? Intermission Music Customer Service – Eli Rainsberry – Wilmot’s Warehouse OST Bandcamp | Itch.io We Played… Calum talks professional DOTA with TI Final , and plays yet another card game in Marvel Snap , and is really presently surprised. Euan checks the rat tech in A Plague Tale: Requiem , a...

Real world delivery issues are key to this weeks podcast. Intermission Music Murky Brew – Alberto Sueri and Johnny Moutzouris – Eville OST Steam Also we talk about Brandon Acker before the break, and you should go check out his YouTube channel We Played… Calum played stuff on a Steam Deck . Various games, of varying quality, just had a grand old time. Euan solves puzzles in Egression and hates sol...

It’s a short pod as we venture into Autumn, with a good mix of old, new and new that reminds you of old. We Played… Euan finishes We Are OFK, and ventures into some modern nostalgia with Return to Monkey Island Calum is preparing to get a Steam Deck and keeps busy in Guild Wars 2 when not continuing doing Savage Raids in Final Fantasy XIV Timestamps… 0:46 – Guild Wars 2 is still a franchise 4:30 –...

Calum took some time off to play one video game a lot. Luckily we have a space to talk about that experience. Intermission Music The Disaster of Passion – AISHA & Arc System Works – GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE- ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK VOL.1 Amazon We Played… Euan played tiny platformer Tinykin and the latest Sam Barlow epic Immortality Calum goes in-depth of the ins and outs of Final Fantasy XIV Savage Raidi...

It’s finally time to talk openly about one of our favourite games of the year. Calum wasn’t available, so Euan has drafted in friend of the site, and narrative game connoisseur, Vaida to talk about the world of The Eye, the incredible characters we meet there, and just how well this game uses mechanics from tabletop games to add to the storytelling. This is a spoilercast, so we talk openly about t...

Euan got COVID, so this is the first podcast for a while. He’s fine now, so we’re back to video games Intermission Music Follow/Unfollow – OFK – We Are OFK E.P. We Played… Calum writes this part of the post so he gets to type such sentences as “Euan plays a new ‘sad teen game'” We Are OFK , and talks about old favorites GTFO and Boneworks with Metal Gear Solid mods Calum plays out his wrestler fan...

Hopefully you all should be still be able to see this message. Hopefully you can also still hear us talk about video games. NOTE - There are mild spoilers for the ending of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 during the discussions of Xenoblade Chronicles 3. There is a warning before hand. Intermission Music Blueprint For A Slow Machine – 65daysofstatic – No Man’s Sky- Music For An Infinite Universe Amazon We...

As I type this it is over 30 degrees, and I can't think. So yea, video games. We Played... Euan plays space thriller Deliver Us The Moon, adorable adventure Tunic and, of course, the latest and last Zachtronics joint, Last Call BBS. Calum wishes he could break the actual sun, and instead settles for more Monster Hunter: Sunbreak and watches teens get murdered in video game format in The Quarry Tim...

Been a while since we sat down and talked about some video games, so let's fix that! We Played... Euan took the hit for the site and played Elden Ring. A long conversation ensues. Calum hunts continually bigger beasts in Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak and selects and makes his first pick in DNF Duel. We both played the fantastic Neon White and Euan gets mad Calum keeps beating him. Timestamps... 0:...

We're back to talk all things Keigh3. Summer Game Fest? This was eaiser when it was just E3. Timestamps... 1:22 - Mask assholes exist in Europe too 8:12 - Summer Game Fest 20:47 - Future Games Show 25:20 - Xbox & Bethesda, and a lot about Starfield 1:09:11 - PC Gaming Show 1:15:40 - Round up, Capcom, What's out soon? Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music - Honey B...

A new audio quality for the same old podcast! We Played... Euan plays a lot with Citizen Sleeper, Furi, Card Shark and Hunt: Showdown. All at the same time! (not really) Calum hints opinions of Songs of Conquest to be expanded later, and does some vampire killing with Vampire the Masquerade: Blood Hunt Timestamps... 0:30 - Microphone Chat, ASMR and ambient noise 8:14 - Citizen Sleeper 11:20 - Half...

With not many video games to talk about we resort to....other things. We Played... Euan talks to the voice in his head in Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, shoots xenos in Aliens: Fireteam Elite and rolls dice in a strange new VN way in Citizen Sleeper Calum talks about F1, apparently? Timestamps... 0:00 - Celebrating 30 with Taco Bell 1:40 - Game Tumbleweed 3:12 - Diablo Immortal, and why people che...

We're already starting to hit the dry spell, so we're talking about the games we haven't stopped playing this week. We Played... Euan becomes a ghost hunter in Ghostwire: Tokyo and looks for answers in Norco Calum stands on his soapbox and has a lot of things to say about the Dragon Age series We both started brick based comedy-fest Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Timestamps... 3:56 - Go get va...

We're already starting to hit the dry spell, so we're talking about the games we haven't stopped playing this week. We Played... Euan continues to play Horizon: Forbidden West and plays to type in cyberpunk narrative character action game ANNO: Mutationem Calum continues his first Fromsoft game Sekiro and gushes over new Destiny 2 raid, Vow of the Disciple Timestamps... 1:53 - Early Morning Podcas...

After a one week break there's A LOT to talk about. Well two games, but there's A LOT to say. We Played... Euan explores and is perplexed by the imapct of the story in Horizon: Forbidden West Calum talks at length about the good and bad in Destiny 2: The Witch Queen Euan dicusses the SteamFest Demos Timestamps... 0:30 - This is an Elden Ring free podcast 3:36 - Horizon: Forbidden West 43:56 - Musi...

Since everything got delayed last year, the next few months are about to get real busy. We Played... Calum martial arts some fools in Sifu, and confirms that he's pretty good at Final Fantasy XIV After messing with Apex for the first time in 6 months, Euan does some rhythm action John Woo in Pistol Whip, then pilots a steampunk mech with no manual both in and out of VR with Nauticrawl and A Rogue...

It's that time again where we talk best and least best of 2021. We ran a different format this year partially because we felt like it, partially because (as you will hear) we couldn't really fill out our normal categories with the games we had in front of us. Instead we just hit record and talked about what we liked and what we didn't, as well as the happenings in the industry. There is a podcast...

It's that time again where we talk best and least best of 2021. We ran a different format this year partially because we felt like it, partially because (as you will hear) we couldn't really fill out our normal categories with the games we had in front of us. Instead we just hit record and talked about what we liked and what we didn't, as well as the happenings in the industry. There is a podcast...

We're back in 2022 and there's still games to talk about. It is never ending. We Played... Euan played space co-op shooter The Anacrusis and chucks heavy objects in first person in Hitman 3 VR. Calum talks in depth about the dynamics of high level raiding in Final Fantasy 14 - Endwalker We both played fake (but should be real) e-sport Windjammers 2 and shoot off about Guardians of the Galaxy Times...

This will probably be the last podcast for a while, so we better talk about some video games. We Played... Euam finished SPG (that's shread playing game) Artful Escape and checks out Enigma Machine. He also attempts to play Oxenfree, but it does not go well. Calum talks new Apex Legends season content. Timestamps... 3:14 - We are very tired 5:26 - Local COVID Updates 13:45 - The Artful Escape 18:1...