Lapsed Gamer Radio

Finally.... The Time Has Come… Drumroll… In this special show (the second of two instalments) the entire podcasting team get together to discuss their favourite games played in 2016. Join Mark, Cev, Lee, Andy, Stuart N, Adam, Ali and Stuart C... It’s time to see what gets the silver and the gold... As you will know by now, valued listener, we are not a typical videogame podcast: LGR is comprised o...

Switch on for an LGR Extrasode in which Ali, Lee, Mark and returning guest, friend of the show, Colm Sheridan from Last Save Loaded offer their thoughts and reactions to the recent Nintendo Switch presentation in Japan. Plus we touch on some of the information that followed in its aftermath and play some pre-recorded MP3s from other LGR crew members detailing their feelings on this Switch event. A...

Welcome to the first LGR episode of the New Year and what better way to begin than by getting the entire podcasting team together to discuss their favourite games played in 2016. In this special show (part one of two instalments) Mark, Cev, Lee, Andy, Stuart N, Adam, Ali and Stuart C begin their Top 5 countdown, each team member revealing their picks 5, 4 and 3. Our top game and runner-up spots ar...

Warmest seasons greetings dear listener, it’s that time of the year when the sherry flows freely,  the minced pies soak up whatever they can and the entire crew get together at the office party with some surprise special guests, open presents and generally get gradually less sober than normal. The Lapsed Gamer Radio Team created this episode. Edited by Mark Hamer. Original LGR themes, FX and music...

Hello and welcome back to Lapsed Gamer Radio, on this occasion we have a special 'awards experience' Extrasode. I am your host Mark Hamer and in this episode we will be discussing the 2016 edition of the now annual end of year gaming events: Geoff Keighley’s Game Awards Extravaganza, and the PlayStation Experience. Here to help me trawl through the results, the news and to help me clean Geoff Keig...

Alistair 'Corn Wolf' is back, hosting this week's Lapsed News show having been away for a few weeks and he is joined by fellow co-hosts Mark, Stuart N and Stuart C to talk primarily about their games played and some news stories. We apologise about the dip in audio quality about halfway through, unavoidably we had to go to a back-up recording. The Lapsed Gamer Radio Team created this episode. Edit...

Back to normality this week as Mark plugs his mic in and discusses with Adam, Andy & Cev some fiendish listener questions, what they’ve been up to lately and joysticks covered in gold. The Lapsed Gamer Radio Team created this episode. Edited by Cevin Moore Original LGR themes, FX and music cues created and composed by Cevin Moore. For more details about this episode as well as our full contact inf...

A funny old week in LGR towers as Mark goes all sub-aqua on Andy & Cev. The trio are joined by special guest Stevie Patmore of @TheMoncast & @YearOfSteam’s Little Sister Podcast. Together they offer an update on the games they’ve played recently as well as discussing particular gaming news stories of interest. The Lapsed Gamer Radio Team created this episode. Edited by Mark Hamer, with music and a...

So Halloween has come and gone for another year and we tentatively peek from behind the cushion, having survived the scares and frights of ‘Silent Hill’ and ‘Resident Evil 4’, to welcome you all to another ‘lapsed news’ show. Join Mark, Stuart, Lee and LGR alumni Mark ‘Chazzee’ Reay as they offer an update on games they’ve played recently as well as discussing a selection of gaming news stories of...

Welcome listeners to our second horror themed special for Halloween, hot on the hellish heels of our Ballyhoo! SILENT HILL movie double-bill. Today it’s another entry in our Playlist series where the team play-through an older game and give our thoughts and feelings about it. On this episode Andy, Mark, Adam & Stuart fend off zombies and rescue Ashley in the critically acclaimed RESIDENT EVIL 4. R...

Welcome listeners to another instalment of Ballyhoo! Our spin-off series where we look at other forms of media connected to gaming properties. In celebration of Halloween we’re talking horror movies, so join Cev, Lee, Andy and community guest Nick @Laneit360 Jones as they visit the eerie town of Silent Hill as envisaged by filmmakers Christophe Gans (SILENT HILL, 2006) and Michael J. Bassett (SILE...

You might well be aware of this but Nintendo are releasing a new console in March 2017 with the snappy moniker "Switch". Some of the crew are giddy with anticipation whilst others have serious misgivings join them to find out who... LGR still have a few free games to give away and the doc can be found at: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1HTHbVerYJ2PF1gTcDMmBL24HeuIrN67896Ncn3R_1l4 The Lapsed Game...

A slightly different Extrasode this week. Team LGR are going VR crazy and talking about all things PSVR. Hosted by Ali Cornwall, Cev and Stu Cullen, the trio chat about this new peripheral and its games. If you're looking at picking one up this holiday season, or it's on your child’s Santa list already, this episode might just help you with that "to buy or not to buy" decision. LGR still have a fe...

The trees are taking on their resplendent Autumnal colours and the night are drawing in so get yourself cosy with a hot beverage and settle down with a new episode of LGR. On this week’s show Mark, Stuart and Ali contemplate what it would take for games to be taken more seriously as art, chat about some of the games they’ve been playing, and discuss some the news that caught their eye. LGR still h...

Despite the world going crazy all around us Mark, Adam and the Stuarts have relocated to the LGR gaming bunker and maintain a relative sense of calm while discussing the games we’ve been playing. We also discuss some of the gaming news that came out this week and caught our eye. Any rumours of the LGR team relocating to the LGR International Space Station are completely unsubstantiated…   LGR stil...

After a fun weekend at EGX Mark, Ali, Cev and the Stuarts run through the games they played and discuss their highlights, their lowlights, their beverage consumption and their thoughts on VR as a platform and the very noticeable absence of some major players in the games industry. All the games that we cover and all the rest of the games that were at EGX are listed at this link https://www.egx.net...

Welcome back to another LGR PlayList episode. Today it’s all about the gold rings as we race through every level of the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive classics SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 1 + 2, before briefly touching upon SONIC 3 + KNUCKLES along with the everlasting legacy of Sega’s spikey blue blur mascot. For this 16-bit, nostalgia infused show, our resident Sonic fanboy Adam Ducker is joined by the ageing a...

In the fastest turnaround in LGR history, seasoned EGX vets Stuart Cullen and Ali Cornwall prepare to pop Mark Hamer’s EGX cherry and offer us all an invaluable survival guide to boot. There’s a contingent of the LGR crew making an appearance throughout the event, so keep your Twitter app open on @LapsedGamer LGR still have a few free games to give away and the doc can be found at: https://drive.g...

Last week was the drawback before the oncoming tsunami. It’s arrived with this episode. Horns are locked over the latest news from Sony. In the blue corner we have Mark Hamer with Stuart Cullen in the green while Andy Pidhajeckyj tries desperately to keep it a good clean fight. Normally there’s a look at what’s going on in the game world this week, but sometimes things don’t quite go to plan... LG...

Like a drawback before an oncoming tsunami, this episode is a quiet, easy going skeletal affair hosted by Stuart with Cev & special guest Connor McKervey, writer and podcaster for JoyPadAndMe.com. The crew salvage what they can from the constant slew of games news whilst having a chat about what’s floating their boats just lately. LGR still have a few free games to give away and the doc can be fou...

After the mammoth Gamescom review episode Mark and the rest of the team kick back and discuss some games they’ve been playing recently. They also have a look at the news and try our best to answer some listener questions which uncovers the true addiction that plagues some of the LGR team. LGR still have a few free games to give away and the doc can be found at: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1HT...

Joining Captain Mark T. Hamer behind the mic for this two week space odyssey is a real rag tag band of space marines who have little hope of seeing home again. Instead of worrying about their situation, they decide to have a healthy chat about their latest gaming adventures, listener questions and Gamescom 2016. LGR still have a few free games to give away and the doc can be found at: https://driv...

Welcome again to LGR Ballyhoo! Our spin-off series where we look at other forms of media connected to gaming properties. Put on your reading glasses and join Lee, Mark, Andy and Adam, as we follow-up on our recent enjoyment of TellTale’s THE WOLF AMONG US by reading the first volume of ‘Fables’: the comic book series written by Bill Willingham and published by Vertigo. WARNING: The discussion on t...

Joining Mark, the regular man behind the mic, on this bumper package of an episode are the LGR stalwarts Stuart Cullen and Stuart Neill, and from across the pond, special guest Dr. Lorin Grieve from the Year Of Steam podcast. Very weighty listener questions are addressed by the team with the usual levels of insight and bewilderment. With the quest to find out if Aliens: Colonial Marines is the wor...

... Not the Lapsed Gamer Radio crew! Welcome back to another LGR PlayList episode. Under investigation this time is TellTale’s THE WOLF AMONG US, so please join the residents of Fabletown and have a howling good time with our wolfpack Sheriff, Lee, and his lycanthrope deputies Cev, Mark, Andy, Ali ‘Corn Wolf’ and Stuart ‘Furry’ Cullen. WARNING: The discussion on this episode covers the entire game...