MHG Podcast

A special episode covering Nextfest! Feat. Tray Racers, Flight Level, System Shock, Planet of Lana, Forklift Extreme and loads more. SHOWNOTES: 00:00:08 - Intro 00:02:03 - Nocturnal 00:06:03 - Planet of Lana 00:07:56 - Gravity Circuit 00:11:07 - Slope Crashers & Tray Racers! 00:17:27 - Dad by the Sword 00:21:26 - Flight Level 00:25:00 - Oblivion Override 00:25:00 -  Roundup: Void Train Darkest Dun...

@TrebleStrikes recounts a curious (but fun) encounter with an eBay retro seller, whilst @Bradigor knuckles-down to two potential classics in @superbrothersHQ's Jett: The Far Shore + @hellogames The Last Campfire. 

Some heavy but fascinating chat this week, covering Hogwarts Legacy & the impact of creators. Also @DreamnautsGames Grid Force, @BitmapBureau Final Vendetta, Persona 3 Portable + more. CW: discussion on SA & violence; check shownotes for timestamps SHOWNOTES: 00:00:12 - Intro 00:01:14 - MHG Chat: Threads (film) 00:09:58 - Grid Force - Mask of the Goddess @DreamnautsGames 00:19:49 - Persona 3 Porta...

A shorter episode but still packed with the newness & hotness, feat. @GamesForTutti's Scrap Riders, @rocket_flair's Surviving the Abyss & @PlaysideStudios's Age of Darkness: Final Stand. Also, the importance of friendship! (awww) SHOWNOTES: 00:00:10 - Intro 00:01:08 - MHG Chat: Liverpool Meet 00:03:25 - Scrap Riders @GamesForTutti 00:08:42 - Surviving the Abyss @rocket_flair 00:13:48 - Pac-Man 256...

This week @TrebleStrikes contemplates Hubris (#cybornbv), @bradigor discovers there’s nothing greater than a Lil’ Gator (@LilGatorGame) and there’s a great hands-on review of the new Retro Pocket 3+ & much more. SHOWNOTES: 00:00:12 - Intro 00:02:00 - MHG Chat: The Rock & SHOWNOTES: 00:00:12 - Intro 00:02:00 - MHG Chat: The Rock & Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 00:08:03 - Hubris VR 00:14:51 - Against the Storm 00:2...

A bumper episode covering everything from the smallest indies - like Patrick’s Parabox, Lunistice, The Block - right up to AAA monsters - Xenoblade Chronicles 3, God of War Ragnarök, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - all wrapped up with a neat chat bow! SHOWNOTES: 00:00:10 - Intro 00:00:56 - MHG Chat: Kids’ holidays 00:04:35 - Review of 2022, including: 00:06:43 - Oli Oli World 00:08:11 - Neon Whit...

It's that time again, the one where @Bradigor & @TrebleStrikes pick their top 3 faves from gaming's heaping bounty. Space year 2022 has seen some strong AAAs & fascinating indies, but which one will come out on top? And will the two friends agree or be divided?! Listen on to find out, and Happy New Year! SHOWNOTES: 00:00:12 - Intro  00:00:40 - Christmas retrospective 00:05:55 - Stu’s first selecti...

We’re packing a lot into Festivus, starting with @Thunderfulgames Wavetale, old stuff like TMNT Cowabunga collection & Xenogears, then zipping back to the future with @WayForward River City Girls 2 & landing back on two feet with @bulwarkStudios Ixion. Happy Christmas! SHOWNOTES: 00:00:10 - Intro 00:01:16 - MHG Chat: Homelessness 00:08:40 - Wavetale 00:14:55 - Xenogears 00:23:20 - River City Girls...

@TrebleStrikes finally gets some (Lady) D(imitrescu) in his life, gets oily converting his TIE Fighter and injects rays into his Quake. @Bradigor is ill, poor chap, so sits this one out. Hugs! SHOWNOTES: 00:00:12 - Intro 00:00:58 - Resident Evil Village + Third Person Perspective DLC 00:10:48 - TIE Fighter - Total Conversion PC Mod 00:19:09 - Quake RTX 00:26:12 - MHG Chat: Illness 00:30:40 - Outro

Brad & Stu try to pronounce the unpronounceable (Togg-iz? Toe-ges? Toggess? @Thunderfulgames) build a fort with Dwarves @Bay12Games, impale fools with massive tools (!) @apptivus + decide that once a witch, a witch but once a knight is enough @SuperMegaTeam   SHOWNOTES: 00:00:12 - Intro 00:01:05 - MHG Chat: Charmander 00:05:19 - Impaler @apptivus 00:17:33 - Dwarf Fortress @Bay12Games 00:27:34 - Th...

@TrebleStrikes battles ‘rona ‘n’ Wanzers (@ForeverEntert) whilst @Bradigor encounters  Soccer Story @PanicBarn, Stardeus @KodoLinija and an Erasure-less Ship Of Fools @FikaProductions. Why IS life so precious & so cruel…?! SHOWNOTES: 00:00.07 - Intro 00:03:53 - Front Mission 1st: Remake @ForeverEntert 00:18:31 - Soccer Story @PanicBarn 00:31:45 - Stardeus @KodoLinija 00:36:57 - Ship Of Fools @Fika...

@Bradigor battles with the @lastkidsonearth, and discovers ZERO Sievert (@ModernWolfLtd). @TrebleStrikes gets assaulted by Ninjas in, um, Ninja Assault and tries escaping Wesker’s machinations in Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles. SHOWNOTES: 00:00:12 - Intro 00:05:03 - Games Awards discussion 00:10:41 - MHG Chat: Ragnarök & Persona 5 Royal 00:25:40 - ZERO Sievert @ModernWolfLtd 00:39:13 - Nin...

Please tell me you wanted to hear about UK children’s TV dramas set in the North East of England in the 80s. Whaddya mean, ‘niche’?! Also featuring Persona 5 Royal, @MonkeyMoonGames’s Flat Eye + @jumpshipstudio’s Somerville. SHOWNOTES: 00:00:08 - Intro 00:02:58 - MHG Chat: Byker Grove/Geordie Racer 00:05:27 - Persona 5 Royal @Atlus_West 00:19:42 - Flat Eye @MonkeyMoonGames 00:29:39 - Dead Space 2...

We cover a huuuge release this week… @MaxInfernoGames’ A Little to the Left! There’s also a tiny indie out called GoW Ragnarök and yeah, it gets hefty chat time. We also reminisce about Namco. Ah, the good ol’ days… SHOWNOTES: 00:00:10 - Intro 00:02:17 - God of War Ragnarök, spoiler-free discussion  00:08:19 - God of War Ragnarök, SPOILER discussion 00:31:45 - A Little to the Left  00:42:50 - MHG...

MHG Towers is already considering @CheckmatyDev’s Nightmare of Decay for its top ten of ‘22! Also great convos around #Oakenfold, WRC Generations (@kylotonn_games) & The Pinball Wizard (@frostypopgames). SHOWNOTES: 00:00:10 - Intro 00:01:00 - MHG Chat: Superlambanana 00:06:27 - Castlevania Advance Collection 00:12:49 - MHG Chat: Remasters/Remakes/Re-releases 00:21:33 - #Oakenfold  00:31:48 - Night...

A Halloween spooktacular this week! Well, not really…@TrebleStrikes plays 1 scary game - Aydan Watkins’ Resident Evil (@ClassicREMods) + the horror genre is debated, but the rest are newbs inc. @BkomStudios’ Sunday Gold & @ToxicGames’ @ToxicGames’ Q.U.B.E. 10th Anniversary. SHOWNOTES: 00:00:10 - Intro  00:02:53 - Resident Evil - ‘The Prison’ total conversion mod 00:09:54 - Sunday Gold 00:15:23 - B...

Revelations abound as @Bradigor discovers chilly posteriors in @SquareEnix Triangle Strategy & the unsettling side of throwback gfx in @GlowfishInt's Trifox. @Treble_Alpha goes OK boomer with Chasm: The Rift (@generalarcade) + a lively discussion about Twitter swarms. SHOWNOTES: 00:00:12 - Intro 00:02:13 - MHG WSL chat 00:04:36 - Chasm: The Rift @generalarcade 00:17:12 - Trifox @GlowfishInt 00:22:...

@Bradigor is caught telling tales - LEGO® Bricktales, this time around (#ClockStone) - whilst Stu goes Greek with @tinyBuild's Asterigos: Curse of Stars. Tactics, Chiaki by @thestr4ng3r & Stadia are also in the melee. SHOWNOTES: 00:00:10 - Intro 00:03:41 - Asterigos: Curse of Stars @tinyBuild 00:13:13 - LEGO® Bricktales #ClockStone  00:24:21 - DOOM Eternal @idSoftware 00:30:09 - Google Stadia & ga...

Funky stuff this week with cat chat,@Andrade_Games Sturmfront (with inevitable The Boys tangent), @BippinBits Dome Keeper, @Stubby_Games Entropy Project, @PlayHumbleGames Moonscars & an #EnoughIsEnough report. SHOWNOTES: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:44 - MHG Chat: cats! 00:05:50 - Sturmfront - The Mutant War @Andrade_Games 00:13:44 - Dome Keeper @BippinBits 00:21:15 - The Entropy Project @Stubby_Games 0...

New releases Serial Cleaners (@DrawDistanceDev) & Foretales (@alkemigames) get the Brad touch, whilst Stu revisits Cyberpunk 2077 post-patch 1.06 & talks IMMORTALITY (@mrsambarlow). Also, don't miss the charming story of the Bradley clan's Anfield visit courtesy of the fabulous @bokearnsxxx SHOWNOTES: 00:00:10 - Intro 00:02:48 - Cyberpunk 2077 @CDPROJEKTRED 00:21:55 - Serial Cleaners @DrawDistance...

In this episode @Bradigor & @Treble_Alpha discuss representation in the media, following the Little Mermaid reveal. They range over Disney & 'WOKE', gaming, changes since BLM in films such as Sorry to Bother You & Get Out, Spider-Men & women, trans and enby superheroes & tons more in an interesting debate! SHOWNOTES: 00:00:10 - Intro 00:04:09 - Little Mermaid live action & online responses 00:12:4...

Is gaming creating its own Hollywood-style ‘Studio System’? This and much more’s discussed, inc. @BoxBounding’s Prodeus, upcoming Hollow Knight: Silksong & the latest Destiny 2 content, The Witch Queen. SHOWNOTES: 00:00:09 - Intro 00:02:48 - Prodeus 00:08:30 - Hollow Knight 00:17:35 - Destiny 2: The Witch Queen 00:24:40 - IP, streaming & the studio system 00:27:39 - Gaming Hardware & its future  

Haptics, paddles, wands & controller tech gets the deep focus treatment this week, with @theHunterCOTW's The Angler prompting debate. We also spotlight @Crytivo's Trail Out + @snowcastlegames's Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure  SHOWNOTES: 00:00:00 - Codemasters + EA 00:03:28 - Trail Out @Crytivo 00:10:50 - Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure @snowcastlegames 00:15:42 - Call of the Wild: The...

The most anticipated game of the year - in Brad's house, at least - gets a thorough examination (@mrsambarlow) whilst Treb settles for older stuff like Terminator: Resistance (@Reef_Games), and we take a gander at newbie You Suck at Parking™ by @hvgames SHOWNOTES: 00:03:31 - Terminator: Resistance + franchising discussion 00:25:47 - You Suck at Parking™ @hvgames 00:33:29 - Demon’s Souls 00:48:29 -...

Loads discussed this week, inc. Koumajou Remilia: Scarlet Symphony (@Koumajou_EN), the ever-fabulous Don’t Die, Mr Robot! DX @InfiniteStates, We are OFK (@OFKband) + Treb gets a PS5. CW: we discuss difficult subject matter this week, so please refer to the shownotes. SHOWNOTES: 00:00:12 - Intro 1: Content warning: the death of Olivia Pratt-Korbell 00:10:00 - Intro 2: MHG Gaming Chat 00:10:51 - Kou...