How Long To Beat

Time for the next instalment of New Game+! This is a series where we occasionally revisit a topic from the podcast in more depth for an unedited mini-episode. These episodes run around 45 minutes to an hour. Sometimes our lives get in the way of our recording but we always want to make sure you've got something to enjoy each week! These aren't released on a regular schedule but on an as-needed bas...

Happy New Year… and Happy Episode 100!! Between the usual beaten/retired/playing coverage and a new instalment of How Long To Beat? The Game!, Ric, Alex, and Paula look back on 100 episodes of the podcast. Let us know what your favourite moments or memories were in the comments below! HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forum Discord – https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk Email - hltbpodcast@gm...

Merry Christmas! Last week, Alex, Paula, and Ric reflected on the games they played in 2022. This week, they talk about the games they plan to tackle in 2023! Will they be able to stick to their plans this time around? You’ll have to wait until next year to find out! They finish off this special episode with another round of HLTB?: The Game! HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forum D...

Alex, Paula, and Ric are back again with the year's most anticipated awards show ever: the HLTB Podcast's GOTY Awards! We go through all your favourite categories we introduced last year and reflect on the games we played in 2022. There are some real gems in here! We finish it off with another round of HLTB?: The Game!   HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forum   Discord –...

Alex, Paula, and Ric are back again to talk about the games they've beaten, retired, and are playing. This week’s topic is ‘intense gaming moments’, and the show is rounded out with an appropriately intense round of How Long To Beat? The Game! HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forum Discord – https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk Email - hltbpodcast@gmail.com Music – Ian Edward Graphic design...

Alex, Paula, and Ric are back again to talk about the games they've beaten, retired and been playing. They then talk about the new Pokemon releases and how buggy they are and: is the Switch lacking power?, before finishing it all off with a round of How Long To Beat? The Game! HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forum Discord – https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk Email - hltbpodcast@gmail.com...

Time for the next instalment of New Game+! This is a series where we occasionally revisit a topic from the podcast in more depth for an unedited mini-episode. These episodes run around 45 minutes to an hour. Sometimes our lives get in the way of our recording but we always want to make sure you've got something to enjoy each week! These aren't released on a regular schedule but on an as-needed bas...

This week Ric, Alex, and Paula are joined by community member knalb AKA Tom! He brings with him a humorous topic, a fresh round of Guest The Game, and weighs in on the usual podcast content, including How Long To Beat? The Game! HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forum Discord – https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk Email - hltbpodcast@gmail.com Music – Ian Edward Graphic design – M4thew 00:00:...

Alex, Paula, and Ric are back again to talk about the games they've  beaten, retired and been playing. They then talk about fixing their  favorite game (can they fix perfection?), before finishing it all off  with a round of How Long To Beat? The Game! HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forum Discord – https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk Email - hltbpodcast@gmail.com Music – Ia...

Alex, Paula, and Ric are back again to talk about the games they've beaten and are playing. No retirements this week! They then talk about the logic and rationale of game releases before finishing it all off with a round of How Long To Beat? The Game!    HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forum   Discord – https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk   Email - hltbpodcast@gmail.com...

This week’s episode sees the return of Matt - HLTB’s resident cock(roach) - just in time for Halloween! He brings with him an appropriately spooky topic, a fresh round of Guest The Game, and weighs in on the usual podcast content, including How Long To Beat? The Game! HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forum Discord – https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk Email - hltbpodcast@gmail.com Music – I...

Alex, Paula, and Ric are back again to talk about the games they've  beaten, retired, and are playing. They then talk about some upcoming  games they tried out during the Steam Next Fest, and they finish it all  off with a round of How Long To Beat? The Game! HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forum Discord – https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk Email - hltbpodcast@gmail.com Mus...

Alex, Paula, and Ric are back again with a very special guest, the head honcho moderator himself: Tiamat! We grilled Tiamat on all his gaming preferences while enjoying his excellent physical collection before discussing games they've beaten, retired, and are playing. They then cast their gaze back to the past to talk about nostalgia in games. They finish it all off with a round of How Long To Bea...

Time for the next instalment of New Game+! This is a series where we occasionally revisit a topic from the podcast in more depth for an unedited mini-episode. These episodes run around 45 minutes to an hour. Sometimes our lives get in the way of our recording but we always want to make sure you've got something to enjoy each week! These aren't released on a regular schedule but on an as-needed bas...

Alex, Paula, and Ric are back again to talk about the games they've beaten, retired, and are playing. They then tackle the topic of all things gaming adjacent. Fan communities? Video essays? Fan art? The list goes on! They finish it all off with a round of How Long To Beat? The Game! HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forum   Discord – https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk    Ema...

Alex, Paula, and Ric pick up this week on a thread left dangling during last week’s topic and delve into what it means to have an enthusiast or collector’s mindset about gaming. This is nestled neatly between the hosts covering their beaten, retired, and currently playing games, and a new round of How Long To Beat? The Game!    HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forum &nbsp...

Alex, Paula, and Ric take a dive into palette cleanser games. What are they? Why are they? And how can you enjoy them to? This is nestled neatly between the hosts covering their beaten, retired, and currently playing games, and a new round of How Long To Beat? The Game! HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forum Discord – https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk Email - hltbpodcast@gmail.com Music –...

Alex, Paula, and Ric are back once again to discuss the games they've beaten, retired  and are playing and take a little detour to talk about the current Game of the Month. They roll along a more serious topic: gamifying politics! Should we even be doing that? They round it all off with another round of How Long To Beat? The Game! HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forum Discord...

Last week the gang tackled vacation gaming and so it only seemed fitting to talk about the reverse this week: gaming while busy! Alex, Paula, and Ric once again discuss the games they've beaten and are playing, but no retirements this week. They round it all off with another round of How Long To Beat? The Game!   HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forum Discord – https://discord...

As the summer holidays draw to a close, Alex, Paula, and Ric discuss holiday gaming in this week’s episode topic. You can see in the timestamps that the topic falls after discussing the hosts’ beaten, retired, and currently playing games, but before your weekly dose of How Long To Beat? The Game! [the timestamps do render this paragraph somewhat redundant but that’s the format and I’m not about to...

Ric, Paula and Alex are back once again with a - probably - unhealthy dose of games to talk about! As always, they talk about the games they’ve beaten, retired and been playing; then Paula sings the song of her people, as they tackle the topic of Age of Empires IV; and they finish off the episode with the hit game How Long To Beat? The Game! HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forum D...

Time for the next instalment of New Game+! This is a series where we occasionally revisit a topic from the podcast in more depth for an unedited mini-episode. These episodes run around 45 minutes to an hour. Sometimes our lives get in the way of our recording but we always want to make sure you've got something to enjoy each week! These aren't released on a regular schedule but on an as-needed bas...

It’s an arcade-themed episode this week as Alex, Paula, and Ric discuss arcade gaming in the modern age. This topic is the meat sandwiched between the bread that is our hosts’ beaten/retired/playing games, and the hit game How Long To Beat? The Game! HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forum Discord – https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk Email - hltbpodcast@gmail.com Music – Ian Edward Graphic...

Back at it again for another week of games! This week, Alex, Paula, and Ric talked about games we're playing,  have retired and beaten. Then they the topic of characters in videogames before finishing things off with a round of HLTB: The Game! Spoiler alert: we get a winner this week for round 2! HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forum Discord – https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk Email...

Back at it again for another week of games! This week, Alex, Paula, and Ric talked about games we're playing,  have retired and beaten. Then they grab a nice warm blanket and get all cuddled up to talk cozy games before finishing things off with a round of HLTB: The Game! Spoiler alert: we get a winner this week for round 2!   HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forum Discor...