How Long To Beat

This week on the How Long To Beat Podcast, Ric, Alex, and Paula tackle the subtle differences between craftsmanship and artistry in video games. As usual, they discuss what they've Beaten, Retired, and Played over the past week before embarking on this week's instalment of How Long To Beat? The Game! You can find us all on the HowLongToBeat forums, or email us at hltbpodcast@gmail.com Music - Ian...

This week on the How Long To Beat Podcast, Ric, Alex, and Paula have the pleasure of welcoming on the mind behind Go! Go! Kokopolo, Keith Webb! Their conversation is bookended by the gang's Beaten, Retired, and Played games - as well as this month's Fantasy Critic League update by Abatage - and this week's instalment of How Long To Beat? The Game! You can find us all on the HowLongToBeat forums, o...

Welcome to ... OtoMay! - - - This week on the How Long To Beat Podcast, Ric, Alex, and Paula have Beaten, Retired, and Played loads of games -again-!! They forgo the usual topic and question, and share their thoughts on this year's OtoMay game "Psychedelica of the Ashen Hawk". Paula shares some Otome games for beginners, as recommended by friends of Otome Twitter. They finish the episode with the...

This week on the How Long To Beat Podcast, Ric, Alex, and Paula are joined by a very special guest: HLTB Founder Randy (aka Everdred. We interviewed Randy about his gaming history and the history of the HLTB. We then discuss what he's beaten, retired and been playing before moving onto a discussion of memorable stories in games. We round it all off by playing TWO hit games: Guest the Game and How...

Welcome to ... OtoMay! - - - This week on the How Long To Beat Podcast, Ric, Alex, and Paula have Beaten, Retired, and Played loads of games!! With time running out, the gang squeeze in a discussion on their picks for the one game everyone should play, and sprint to the finish line with another instalment of How Long To Beat? The Game! You can find us all on the HowLongToBeat forums, or email us a...

Welcome to ... OtoMay! - - - This week on the How Long To Beat Podcast, Ric, Alex, and Paula discuss their week in games Beaten, Retired, and Playing. They then ditch the usual episode format and pitch each other games - some with ill intentions. They then finish the episode off with everyone's favorite game: How Long To Beat? The Game! You can find us all on the HowLongToBeat forums, or email us...

Welcome to ... OtoMay! - - - This week on the How Long To Beat Podcast, Ric, Alex, and Paula are joined by forum buddy Uvehj. After a brief interview with Uvehj, they learn more about what he's beaten, retired and been playing. They then discuss cheating and all its implications before playing TWO hit games: Guest the Game and How Long To Beat? The Game! You can find us all on the HowLongToBeat fo...

Next month, prepare yourself for... OtoMay! - - - This week on the How Long To Beat Podcast, Ric, Alex, and Paula discuss their week in games Beaten, Retired, and Played, before considering the current state of gaming and whether or not things have been going downhill lately... As always, things are rounded out with a question from the community, and the latest round in the OSCAR-Nominated game, H...

Welcome back to another week of the How Long To Beat Podcast! Your hosts Ric, Alex, and Paula take you once again through the games they've Beaten, Retired, and Played this week. They also tackle a tricky and cancel-able topic: they share their not-so-popular gaming opinions. Finally, thay take a question from the forum, and play the best-selling game of all time: How Long To Beat? The Game! 00:00...

Welcome back to another week of the How Long To Beat Podcast! Your hosts Ric, Alex, and Paula take you once again through the games they've Beaten, Retired, and Played this week. They also tackle the topic of "respecting the player's time", take a question from the forum, and play the best-selling game: How Long To Beat? The Game! 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:58 - Games we've Beaten 00:37:57 - Games we'...

Regular hosts Alex, Paula, and Ric are joined by guest and Fantasy Critic League admin extraordinaire, abatage! After the customary guest interrogation/interview, talk turns to games beaten, retired, and played in the last week. Our guest brings with them a question and a new segment: Guest The Game! Regular listeners shouldn't worry, as this a supplement to- not a replacement for - the ever-prese...

This week, Alex, Paula, and Ric discuss the up´coming disappearance of the PS3/PSP/PS Vita stores and how - sadly - digital isn't forever. They discuss what they've beaten, retired, played, take a "light" question from the listeners, and finish off with everyone's favorite game... Say it with me! : How Long To Beat? The Game! You can find us all on the HowLongToBeat forums, or email us at hltbpodc...

This week, Alex, Paula, and Ric discuss flavour text in games as well as all the usual tasty segments. They discuss what they've beaten, retired, played, take a question from the listeners, and play the best-selling game: How Long To Beat? The Game!

This week, Alex, Paula, and Ric take a journey down the rabbit hole that is itch.io and explore a range of (mostly) excellent indie games and experiences!! This one-off discussion is bookended by their 'currently playing' games and the latest instalment of How Long To Beat? The Game! All of the itch.io games discussed on this episode are collected at - https://hltbpodcast.itch.io/ You can find us...

We are back to our usual format! This week Ric, Paula and Alex discussed talked about what they've been playing, and what they've beaten and retired, and share their thoughts on Cinematic Games. Abatage is also here to report what has happened on the HLTB Fantasy critic League. We finish off with everyone's favourite game: How Long To Beat? The Game! You can find us all on the HowLongToBeat forums...

Welcome to the first HLTB Podcast Mailbag!! This week Alex, Paula, and Ric forego a topic and speedrun their currently playing games to make room for three (yes, three!) listener questions. But don't worry, there's still enough time in the episode for another round of How Long to Beat? The Game! You can find us all on the HowLongToBeat forums, or email us at hltbpodcast@gmail.com Music - Ian Edwar...

Regular hosts Alex, Paula, and Ric are joined by guest and fellow forum user letstalkaboutdune! After the customary guest interrogation/interview, talk turns to games beaten, retired, and played in the last week. The discussion segment this time centres on how we evaluate old games we're playing for the first time today, and as always the episode concludes with an instalment of the hit podcast-bas...

As you may be able to tell from the title, this week Ric, Paula and Alex discussed the new Nintendo Direct! We also talked about what we've beaten, retired, recent demos from the Feb. Steam Game Festival and everyone's favourite game: How Long To Beat? The Game! You can find us all on the HowLongToBeat forums, or email us at hltbpodcast@gmail.com. Music - Ian Edward Graphic design - M4thew Timesta...

This week, Alex, Paula, and Ric discuss the quirks of localization and share some of the interesting tidbits they've learned over the years. They breakdown what they've beaten, retired and played recently before jumping into the Game of the Year, according to Geoff Keighley, that's right it's How Long to Beat? The Game! You can find us all on the HowLongToBeat forums, or email us at hltbpodcast@gm...

This week, Alex, Paula, and Ric discuss what they've... Wait.. a new challenger has appeared! This week, a friend of the forums, Dragonh89, joins the cast! Dragon gets subjected to a little interview by the usual crew, before joining the usual discussion of games beaten/playing. Then everyone talks about games that can help to ease a new player into the world of gaming. Rounding off the episode is...

This week, Alex, Paula, and Ric discuss when is a game consider "new" (Part 2: Electric Boogaloo!). As usual, they discuss what they've beaten, retired. Rounding off the episode is How Long To Beat? The Game!, which recently featured in GQ's 30 under 30. You can find us all on the HowLongToBeat forums, or email us at hltbpodcast@gmail.com Music - Ian Edward Graphic design - M4thew Timestamps: 00:0...

This week, Alex, Paula, and Ric discuss when is a game consider "new", and the road they'd like the gaming industry to walk down. As usual, they discuss what they've beaten, retired, and are playing before taking a question from the forums - this week, about games they wish they hadn't beaten! Rounding off the episode is How Long To Beat? The Game!, which recently featured in GQ's 30 under 30. You...

Links: Tiny Echo OST - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGD_shHD8LhrAn-CY-PR8ifSedq1uIllW Dark Heritage CGI - https://youtu.be/6lMsF7jNAaU?t=65 Grapple Hoops - https://gamedevandrew.itch.io/grapple-hoops This week, Alex, Paula, and Ric look back on the games that got them into gaming. As usual, they discuss what they've beaten, retired, and are playing before taking a question from the forums -...

This week, Alex, Paula, and Ric reveal their gaming goals for 2021. As usual, they discuss what they've beaten, retired, and are playing before taking a fascinating question from the forums about game clones! You better believe that the greatest game show known to man, How Long To Beat? The Game! returns! You can find us all on the HowLongToBeat forums, or email us at hltbpodcast@gmail.com Music -...

This week, Alex, Paula, and Ric give out the first HLTB Podcast Gaming Awards! A very prestigious and important set of awards. We discuss a number of games we've beaten recently and of course our weekly session of How Long To Beat? The Game! returns! Check out the forums to learn more about the 2021 Gaming Challenge and the HLTB Fantasy Critic League. You can find us all on the HowLongToBeat forum...