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It’s only another ruddy Monday and we’re at the end of an octagonal triptych - it’s the last eighth-favourite-video-game-of-all-time from us three cents! But before we do that - the Our Three Cents Quiz spectacular reaches the finish line - who will carry the baton over it? Will either of them? Will both of them?! What will we quiz upon now?! Gosh darn it if you don’t just want to know the answer...

In the latest smackerooney of an episode, Chris returns to work and suffers an inevitable dip in his gameplay activity, and Minty, as is his Default, is adventuring Bravely on in his latest JRPG epic! Meanwhile, Jonathan is still making babies cry in every direction for the sake of the podcast’s YouTube channel, and he also ventures to The Outer Worlds to discover an adventure that is more Firefly...

Want to know the gaming imagery We Three Cents would have permanently etched onto our buttocks? Want to know how Chris has got on with a number of games like Lonely Mountains: Downhill, awe-inspiring Vita ports of the PS2's Grand Theft Auto trilogy, or 3DS ports of some pixel art classics? Want to know how Jonathan has got on with a bigger number of games like a 3DS platforming triumvirate, the Ch...

Do you like typing?  Smashing your little fingies down on your keyboard, laptop or touchscreen to make wonderful words manifest into being? How about typing to play a game? Not just bouncing across W, A, S and D as you whip your mouse around for frags, but using the actual letters themselves to manipulate on-screen action? Join the Our Three Cents team, as well as members of the developer RNG...

Number 9 (Jonathan Dunn) - The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening 'ERE WE, 'ERE WE, 'ERE WE FACKIN' GO! What are our intrepid podcast heroes thoughts on the recent Nintendo Direct? More Hyrule Warriors? A new Mario Golf? A weird Octopath Traveller follow-up come sequel? Stubbs the Zombie DELUXE? Jonathan finds a new ball-rolling indie obsession in Glyph. Minty blasts through Bowser's Fury in the fl...

bang, bang, shoot 'em up, cops and robbers Minty goes blat, blat with his gat, gat as he talks up Saints Row 2, his ninth favourite video game, and perhaps Volition's crowning glory as the game that transformed the Saints Row franchise from a soulless GTA-copy, to the fun-loving series it would become! ALSO THIS WEEK: the trio get stuck back into The Binding of Isaac in a big way; Minty asks for s...

How many references to Handforth Parish Council can our trio slip into this bumper episode as Chris breaches the TOP 9s? Chris and Minty tussle quizzically as part of the, y'know, quiz. The boys attempt to explain their approaches to fitting gaming into modern living. Jonathan does his damnedest to sell Chris on his recently acquired PlayStation 5! Thoughts on games as far reaching as: THE BINDING...

To break up Season 3 (and make sure the grand reveals of our number one games gets further and further away), we invite you to meet the first of our guest stars: JP of Premium Edition Games and JP's Switchmania fame! In a SPECIAL EPISODE dedicated to physical games and their collection, hear how, why and what our group and guest collects; personal memories of standout releases over the years; as w...

Starter The boys think on bad games they played for just that bit too long - a cavalcade of handheld ports and novelties that our trio defended vehemently, until they just couldn’t! Main Chris plays some punishing platformers on the Vita courtesy of Ratalaika Games and endless runners on the Switch courtesy of the dregs of eShop sales past to distract himself from home working.  Jonathan cont...

Another week, another NUMBER TEN, this time courtesy of Master Minty Booth! The original Doom ranks as MB's game for your consideration on this drizzly January day. Find out why it's so much more than a 'legacy entry' chosen only for its historical value, and remains a bloody (no pun intended!) good time, even today! But of course, we shan't be allowing any of that ripping and tearing payoff, befo...

Can you believe it? I mean, seriously, can you believe it? It's the top bloody ten, gals an' guys! The quiz returns with a fantastic new theme tune! The trio discuss some of the weirdest games they've ever played, giving separate nods to Desert Child, Horace and Humanoid 47 for your consideration. Chris and Jonathan try to sell Minty on the mobile magic that is Grindstone. And, of course, the gang...

SEASON THREE BEGINETH!! AS PROPHECY HAS FORETOLD, JONATHAN DUNN, THE PRODIGAL SON, HAS RETURNED!! After a week’s break, we’ve missed you all, and maybe you’ve missed us? ————— 2020, eh? It was certainly a year. Allow Jonathan, Chris and Minty, your good pals from the Our Three Cents towers, to: > tell you which games they used to ring in the New Year! > tell you which games made them feel a...

CHRIS IS A BAD FRIEND (™)  MINTY IS A GOOD FRIEND (™) Minty bought Chris a Christmas present last year. He’s only just split the cellophane. Chris bought Minty a birthday present a few weeks back. He had it up and running within 60 minutes of its arrival. Hear Chris’s (late) thoughts on Tales of Zestiria, and Minty’s (timely) thoughts on Heroland. ALSO! Thoughts on the Lost Lands mobile serie...

welcome to T H E I N T E R N E T Chris and Minty, two cool-kid millennials recount their time on the early mainstream web. Flash! Neopets! MUDs! Optimism! Klik 'n' Play! Discworld! Pickles! Listen to the boys feel warm and fuzzy in remembrance of the wave of positivity that accompanied the dial up internet, and then share in their crushing sense of despair when considering how the web has splinter...

Chris was a Sega kid, and Minty was a Nintendo kid. Two childhoods characterized by conflict; the blood and sweat of frontline fighting in the console wars. Can the boys sell one another on the consoles they weren't conscripted to support as wee'uns? Chrissy-Wissy presents Minty with a veritable platter of Mega Drive classics in Streets of Rage 2, Rocket Knight Adventures and Toejam and Earl. Boot...

The Chris and Minty Adventure Month begins NOW . Whilst Jonathan rears an actual human child, Chris and Minty get together to discuss what they've been playing and their favourite digital babies. In the first of a mini-series of episodes some are calling “a little bit silly”, and “a stark departure from the show's usual format”, the Our Three Cents B-Team do their best to entertain, inform, and di...

Minty yonders around, well, Yonder, as well as the Pokemon DLC. Chris beats Yonder, and blasts through a few stages of The Master Chief Collection. Jonathan has a baby. -- Jonathan bigs up a pocket-rocket of a Zelda adventure in Oracle of Ages, one half of Capcom's Gameboy Color duology. Minty flashes back to The Binding of Isaac's initial release. Chris points in the direction of Full Throttle, a...

J. DUNN has some STRONG opinions on GLASS MASQUERADE and multitasks Mike Bithell's SOLITAIRE CONSPIRACY when he OUGHT TO BE WORKING! C. DOW draws near the end of YONDER, takes a bunch of SILLY PICTURES and plays the SONY PLAYSTATION VITA in his BED! M. BOOTH also begins his journey through YONDER and questions the VALUE of his POTATOES!  And then… Hear about crafting, resource management, and...

To celebrate seven full rotations of the earth, we've prepared a new podcast. About video games. For you! The quiz delivers a cruel twist… (CRASH!)  Chris picks up Yonder, a soft pillow of a game… (BANG!)  Minty vanquishes Xenoblade… (WALLOP!)  Jonathan gives a seasonal update on Animal Crossing… (WHAT A VIDEO GAME!)  Unlucky number 13? Nah, mate… All killer! Did you know that...

Oh my golly gosh, would you wrap your ears around this WHOPPER of an episode! Jonathan masters Resident Evil Revelations, is undone by the architectural malaise of Doom 3, enjoys Pokémon's recent DLC drop, hypes himself into the ionosphere with Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity's demo, bumbles around as a Part Time UFO, AND STILL finds time to dump a million hours into Pic Pic on the DS after Chris...

Today you're going to hear about some good games. I mean, last week's games were good, sure, but these are a whole week's worth of good better! ...but before we do that... Why not let us tell you little bits and pieces about our weekly efforts through Super Mario 64, Tetris 99, Mario 35, Pokémon Sword and/or Shield, and a wee snifter of Resident Evil! Let Minty tell you just how good Star Wars Rog...

WHAT ARE YOU BUYIN'?! WHAT ARE YOU SELLIN'?! As Spooktober draws to a close, the gang tackle a veritable moaning horde of Resident Evil titles! Will Chris surpass his previous, pathetic efforts to stomp through Resident Evil 4? Will Minty enjoy his first exposure to the series with its earliest canonical entry, Resident Evil Zero? Why has Jonathan thrown the towel in with Resident Evil Remake and...

Trials and tribulations in the quiz, perchance? Jonathan has a busy work week, yet still finds some time to drown in Hades' extended lore, and evolve a shiny Charmander in Pokemon Go. Minty chugs along with Xenoblade Chronicles, making his way to the Mechonis, mopping up sidequests in the wake of his relentless forward progress. Chris revisits two old favourites, the minimalist platformer Love, an...

DOOM 3 then, eh? A game initially defined by being built around the question 'VISION or AMMUNITION?', today's modern suite of ports retools the vanilla game as a pretty straightforward horror-themed action title. Has this been a week of all guns blazing, demon popping pow pows? Or has the game retained elements of its early 2000s spook factor with its soupy shadows and shambling hordes? Find out b...

Urghh, Mario!? They're not still playing Mario are they? This week, we're going interactive with our blurb! ——— 1) Please answer the following questions by selecting the appropriate answers from the well below. [3 Marks] What's Jonathan finished or started this week? What's Minty gone back to this week? What's Chris got running in a window behind Powerpoint on his laptop this week? (Hades / MO:Ast...