HowLongToBeat.com
How Long To Beat
A biweekly gaming podcast by and for members of the HowLongToBeat community. Currently hosted by Diallo, Lia, Matt and Roy to discuss various topics surrounding all genres and eras of video games, as well as current events in the HLTB community. Each episode they delve into their backlogs to explore games they've beaten or retired, discuss a range of gaming related topics, and test each other on their gaming knowledge using the tools of the HowLongToBeat website!
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Jul 6, 2026
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Episodes
S2 E95 - Beating Up Your Son (ft. knalb) 20.11.2022 2:06:06
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:...
S2 E94 - Sentry Guns Go Brrrrrrrrrr 15.11.2022 2:05:23
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...
S2 E93 Just Youngins Being Stupid 07.11.2022 1:19:33
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...
S2 E92 - THE GUEST HAS SPOKEN (ft. Matt) 31.10.2022 2:26:05
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...
S2 E91 - It’s Been Ages of Empires 24.10.2022 2:10:40
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...
S2 E90 - The Ban Hammer Holder: Tiamat! 16.10.2022 2:20:32
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...
NG+ - Rhythm Games 10.10.2022 59:06
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...
S2 E89 - They Gacha 02.10.2022 1:54:08
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...
S2 E88 - On a Scale of 1 to Bethesda 26.09.2022 1:42:02
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  ...
S2 E87 - Just Otome Things 21.09.2022 1:39:34
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 –...
S2 E86 - Geographically and Topically Everywhere 13.09.2022 1:58:17
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...
S2 E85 - Like Gordon Ramsay Making Pot Noodles 03.09.2022 1:48:42
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...
S2 E84 - That is a Huge 'Siege Unit' 27.08.2022 1:49:52
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...
S2 E83 - Noel Fielding as an Owl 21.08.2022 2:09:30
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...
NG+ - Point & Click Games 13.08.2022 49:17
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...
S2 E82 - Find Willy 06.08.2022 1:48:45
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...
S2 E81 - MEME CITY 31.07.2022 1:51:14
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...
S2 E80 - Kids are Simple 23.07.2022 1:39:45
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...
S2 E79 - V I B E S 18.07.2022 1:57:16
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. They then shout out the game of the month: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, before finishing things off with a round of HLTB: The Game! HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forum Discord – https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk Email - hltbpodcast@gmail....
S2 E78 - People Just Don't Like to Read (ft. Cecile Richard) 09.07.2022 2:15:17
This week, we were joined by the wonderful Cecile Richard AKA Haraiva, to talk about her body of work and her evolution as a writer and game developer. Some of the games we discuss might be familiar to regular listeners as we have have talked about some of Cecile's games on previous episodes. We hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed recording it! You can find Cecile and he...
S2 E77 - Mi Español se está escapando (My Spanish is escaping) 03.07.2022 1:38:36
Back at it again for another week of games! This week, Alex, Paula, and Ric talked about games we're playing and have beaten (no retirements this time around)! Alex came around on Dungeon of the Endless thanks to the PC version and the gang discussed all things licensed games before finishing things off with a round of HLTB: The Game! HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forum Discord...
S2 E76 - What Would Ric Do? 28.06.2022 1:49:20
Here at the HLTB Podcast, we focus on the games: -Games (Beaten) -Games (Retired) -Games (Playing) -Games (Demos via Steam Next Fest) -Game (How Long To Beat: The Game) -Alex is a poo poo head. HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forum Discord - https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk Email - hltbpodcast@gmail.com Music - Ian Edward Graphic design - M4thew 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:37 - Beaten 00:24:...
S2 E75 - I Have the Attention Span of a Nugget 19.06.2022 1:42:04
Hello everyone, Paula here! Time to go back to our good ol' description format, without the nonsense... ok with SOME nonsense, but you get it. Join Paula, Ric and Alex as they talk about, like usual, about the games they've beaten, retired and been playing. They then discuss their time with Dungeon of the Endless (the chosen game from the first round of the all-new HLTB The Game!). For the topic o...
S2 E74 - I mean I get it, but WHYYYYYY 11.06.2022 1:47:34
This week, Alex edited the episode and thus you'll have a very loquacious and decidedly not lazy description. Buckle up my podcast patrons for we're about to go on an audio odyssey. Since we last checked in with our eloquent hosts, Alex, Ric, and Paula have beaten, retired, and played many a video game. Join them as they wax lyrical about their gaming escapades. They then discuss their unending ad...
S2 E73 - "A little violent, a little sexy, and a ton of fun!" 05.06.2022 1:54:36
Alex, Paula, and Ric... yada yada yada, it's episode 73 you know the drill by now. This week's topic is negative videogame tropes. ...something something 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 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:39 - Beaten 00:11:35 - Retired...
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