O3C Games

Three men sit; crumpled, folded. A door opens purposefully. A figure enters and takes a seat across from the trio. The group's eyes meet. There is measured silence. Words fall softly into the room. "Tell me about… Amnesia." The first man shuffles in his chair before speaking with quivering voice. "The digital dark has made me fear the literal dark". The second interjects ."It's a Lovecraftian nigh...

This week, the boys hit the ground running with motors purring: Jonathan races through Mario's 3D ouevre at a rate of knots! Minty sets our faithful plumber to one side to race through Xenoblade Chronicles! Chris disappoints everyone by racing through Big Bobby Car: The Big Race! Travelling back in time, let Jonathan tell the story of a trendsetting Christopher Dow (aged 11 years old) importing Po...

Spoopy poops the second! This week the gang tackle Bioshock - 2K Games' seminal first person underwater-dystopia-em-up. Played across PC, Switch and PS4, how does the game hold up 13 years after its initial release? Will Jonathan brave the shadows, or recoil under a metaphorical childhood blankie? Will Minty best the horrors of the depths, or sink without trace to a Big Daddy's fist? Will Chris sh...

Oh, hello! New here, are ya? Not worry, not to worry. Just do your best to follow along, and you'll feel right at home in no time. You've heard of these things called video games, right? No?!! Well, you press buttons and things happen. And there's these three guys named Jonathan, Minty and Chris who like them an awful lot. Perhaps they could entice you to give them a try with their rambling superl...

It's Spooktober! To celebrate the month of spoops and ghostly boops, we're pumping out F I V E (count 'em!) bonus episodes dedicated to playing horror games. This week - Slender: The Arrival! Will Jonathan put up with having to use a controller rather than a mouse and keyboard? Will Minty's current location, an isolated holiday cottage, help or hinder his playthrough? Will Chris drop an unexpected...

Like the perpetual turn of the earth, so Monday brings a new episode of Our Three Cents. Minty huffs unjustly after having Super Mario 3D All-Stars sent to the wrong address, so instead spends his week romping through Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition. Jonathan continues his Mario marathon by beating New Super Luigi U, before starting what promises to be an extended suckle at the teat of Mar...

Want to know what we think of eSports? It's a topic we're all fantastically ill-qualified to discuss, but has that ever stopped us jumping headfirst into a listener question before? The boys excitedly await Super Mario 3D All-Stars imminent release, passing the time with games as varied as the ludicrous Saints Row IV, a smorgasbord of 2D Mario titles, the organically cinematic Sea of Thieves, a sm...

Mario! It's Super Mario! Find out just how much money our trio are preparing to tip into Nintendo's coffers in celebration of Mr Mario Mario's 35th anniversary! A totally unnecessary Game and Watch! eShop treats! Remasters! Reissues! Karts with cameras! Jonathan gets to the end of Raji on the Switch, and begins his journey with Spiritfarer. Minty romps through some of Doom 64's bonus episode, befo...

Are you a gaming virgin? Let the chaps direct you to the very best starter games for those approaching the hobby, tabula rasa. This week: Minty chips through his backlog, Jonathan fills in gaps in his knowledge of 16-bit movie tie-ins, and Chris explores a parody game. 23rd favourite games of all times, you say? Chris dehydrates himself talking about the hyper stylised, ultra violent Hotline Miami...

This week on the podcast, our net games played is well into the minus figures as Chris finally clears out his closet of all his repeats! Thankfully Jonathan is on hand to indulge in a plethora of games featured in the recent Nintendo Indie World Direct and samples such off piste delights as A Short Hike, Overland, Evergate and Raji: An Ancient Epic. And Minty, inspired by last week’s episode, has...

The last quartile. Can you believe it? Jonathan digs into Owlboy's tantalising lore, and leaps into wireless VR with the Oculus Quest. Minty vanquishes Doom 64, after eating away at hell's offerings chip by chip for months. Chris dabbles with player-made PC mods and digs up Telltale's long delisted Jurassic Park game. How did a teenage Jonathan become the 10th best Super Monkey Ball player in the...

As the weeks go by, And our thoughts grow stronger, Much as we may try, Our show grows longer. A quiz, with cheers, The games we've played, A selection of memories, That will not fade. Bugs, a PC, a pirate's knell, An awakening, body horror, and a blue shell. www.ourthreecents.co.uk — — — — — Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, CJ Anderson, Debbie Booth, Guy Lochhe...

Bloomin' 'eck it's been hot, hasn't it?! Find out what the boys think about the recent Nintendo 'Gigaleak' courtesy of a listener question. Then hear of the chaps' gaming efforts for the week. Paper Mario, Alice, Forager: DONE! Carrion: STARTED! Slay the Spire: REVISITED! Tales of Vesperia: SEGUED SEAMLESSLY INTO A LIST ENTRY! Vesperia is Minty's 27th favourite game of all time! Eternal Darkness i...

This week Jonathan Dunn sails towards the end of his time with Paper Mario: The 'Orange Army' King lumping high praise on Mario's latest papery adventure. Minty Booth swings back towards loving rather than loathing the same title, allowing it to leap frog the inconsistent Colour Splash in his hypothetically revised list. Christopher Dow nears the end of Alice: Madness Returns, and revisits Deadly...

This week: Chris attempts to chip through his backlog, SMASHING through Thumper with the highest possible ranks, MEANDERING through the middle third of Alice: Madness Returns, RESETTING and RESTARTING Forager, one of the trio's favourites of yesteryear. Minty YO-YOs between loving and loathing the new Paper Mario and the Origami King, praising some of the changes to the series wider design whilst...

Knowing me, the writer of this O3C episode blurb, knowing you, our humble listeners. Aha! We've played a lot of games this week. Oh boy have we played a lot of games! Super Mario Maker 2! American McGee's Alice: Madness Returns! The NES de-make of Pacman Championship Edition! The Last of Us! God of War! Superliminal! Probably others! Some very, very good games, and yet… AND YET… none of these game...

THIS WEEK: Minty has popped back to Skyrim's Tamriel as a man with magic mitts. Chris has popped Super Mario Maker into his 3DS, and found what is perhaps the only 'hidden gem' in the core Mario franchise. Jonathan has popped between Animal Crossing and the Last of Us, seesawing between glorious climes and azure waters, and bleak, post-apocalyptic ruins. ALSO THIS WEEK: Chris goes biblical with hi...

Kick off this week's festivities with a 'double pointer' quiz question! Then journey with Jonathan to the Isle of Armor, before commiserating with him as he throws in the towel with first person shooters on console; share in Chris' excitement as he watches his brother dominate a 20+ year old handheld football game; and sit patiently with Minty as he 'potters around, enjoying his life' as he antici...

Two thirds of the list down. Two ENTIRE thirds, now in the past. But with a final third starting THIS strongly, we hope your tears are short-lived. Minty makes friends with a Kung Fu bear, Jonathan wraps up Xenoblade Chronicles with a gaggle of Nopon tag-alongs, and Chris… moves house? Is Summer in Mara any cop? How many levels of Doom 64 did Minty get through this week? Is there any chance whatso...

It’s Monday. You all know what that means? Time to wrap your willing ears around a new episode of this absolute wallop of a podcast! How have these three gents enjoyed video games this week? Chris has a boo boo back :( and as such has resorted to less taxing games in easy-to-play forms, such as a classic card game on the Switch that has captured his imagination, and continued forays into his handh...

Minty is in a hole - a GOLF hole! - in Team 17's Golf with Friends. Jonathan details his Reyn time in Xenoblade Chronicles, as well as a late night foray into the recently Chris-approved VVVVVV. Chris commits to collecting physical games for yet another console with the brand new portable retro-tech, Evercade! FROTH AT THE MOUTH as Chris says that Timesplitters 2 is a better console first person s...

…oh, hello! Didn't see you there. I was just listening to the latest episode of Our Three Cents here. You won't believe it, but in this podcast, these three little boys tell stories about their favourite games of all time, and in this very episode they're talking up the games they proclaim to be their 36th favourite games ever made. In addition, they talk about some of the current games they've be...

After almost two years in the video game trenches, our heroes, Jonathan, Chris and Minty, have reached number 37 on their lists. Jonathan strikes fear into Chris' heart as he nears the end of construction on his Super Mario Maker 2 Super World, and then invites us all to Golf with Friends. Chris tarts up his Animal Crossing island, and beams with admiration at two indie games: Gone Home and Desert...

The games start coming, and they don't stop coming, eh? Tetris Attack, a game in no way connected to Tetris entertains Mr Dow. Mr Booth continues to flit merrily through Labyrinth of Refrain, but also returns to Dead Cells. Mr Dunn brings a veritable cavalcade of games to the table as he continues to make progress in Lonely Mountains, New Horizons, as well as his magnum epic Super World opus in Su...

It's a week of - q u e s t i o n s - ROUND ONE Will Minty continue his meteoric quiz comeback? How is Minty doing with the big bees of Labyrinth of Refrain, a dungeon crawler he hasn't picked up since the beginning of the podcast? How many games has Jonathan beaten during a fallow period of self-employment due to lockdown? Can you count the number of racing games the boys lavish praise upon in the...