How Long To Beat

This week on the How Long To Beat Podcast, Ric, Alex, and Paula comment on the brand new lil' guy on the block: the Playdate! As usual, they discuss what they've Beaten, Retired, and Played over the past week(s) and finish off with the Best Game of all Time(TM): How Long To Beat? The Game! You can find us all on the HowLongToBeat forums, HLTB Discord, or email us at hltbpodcast@gmail.com Music - I...

Today we've got something a touch bit different for you. We're introducing a new series where we'll occasionally revisit a topic from the podcast in more depth for an unedited mini-episode. These episodes will 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 won't be released on a re...

This week on the How Long To Beat Podcast, Ric, Alex, and Paula talk about the new GabeBoy (SteamDeck) and a question from the listeners about gaming communities. As usual, they discuss what they've Beaten, Retired, and Played over the past week and finish off with everyone's favourite game: How Long To Beat? The Game! You can find us all on the HowLongToBeat forums, HLTB Discord, or email us at h...

This week on the How Long To Beat Podcast, Ric, Alex, and Paula talk about console revisions, and take on a listeners' question and talk about their favorite gaming companies. As usual, they discuss what they've Beaten, Retired, and Played over the past week and finish off with everyone's favourite game: How Long To Beat? The Game! You can find us all on the HowLongToBeat forums, HLTB Discord, or...

This week on the How Long To Beat Podcast, Ric, Alex, and Paula are joined by community member and Smash Bros aficionado FrozenRoy AKA Froy! We talked to him about himself and his gaming history as well as the games he has beaten, retired and been playing before turning to a discussion the shifting perception of 'games as art'. We round it all off by playing Guest the Game AND How Long To Beat? Th...

This week on the How Long To Beat Podcast, Ric, Alex, and Paula talk about all the wonderful demos they've played recently and have a spicy chat about 13 Sentinels. As usual, they discuss what they've Beaten, Retired, and Played over the past week and finish off with everyone's favourite game: How Long To Beat? The Game! You can find us all on the HowLongToBeat forums, HLTB Discord, or email us at...

This week on the How Long To Beat Podcast, Ric, Alex, and Paula share their thoughts on this year's E3, and revisit memories of games as gifts. As usual, they discuss what they've Beaten, Retired, and Played over the past week and finish off this week's installment 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...

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...