The Staying In Podcast - four pals talk video games, board games, and movies

00:00 - Dan's feeling a bit poorly, bless. 02:04 - The first 30 mins or so of Captain Marvel . 08:50 - How late is too late for someone to write a groomsman’s speech? 21:30 - We go on an Old Man's Journey , with the perfectly slow-paced adventure from Broken Rules. 27:36 - Railroad Ink and other games to play with a cup of tea. 33:38 - Another episode, another Charity Miles update. 37:54 - The pro...

00:00 - Super Mario Odyssey is great, with a surprisingly compelling narrative hook, and has convinced us that maybe, just maybe, 3D Mario games can work as well as the 2D ones. 09:29 - Stag Part 1: fun and games  and fizzy beverages at Sam's stag in York, plus  RAF facts. 14:41 - Stag Part 2: Sam Bingo came to a rapid end, the best salt and vinegar crisps , and "the great normaliser" that is Foot...

00:00 - White chocolate and matcha brownies, some sort of cheddar abomination, and a spot of Have I Got News For You via @CrapLocalNews . 7:25 - An ear worm and a return to form for Assassin's Creed in Odyssey . 20:53 - A Charity Miles update and a big thank you. 25:30 - Who among us is the Kebab King? Find out in this episode. 27:25 - Rise of Industry 's extreme detail can feel like a second job,...

00:10 - Revealed: our favourite Twitter accounts (spoilers, it's @leastusedemoji & @darkstockphotos ). 06:21 - The chaps went to Frankfurt , or as it shall now forever be known, "Coventry Gone Crazy". Plus a visit to the incredible T3 Terminal Entertainment . 18:32 - Charity shop find Risk Express is a dangerous game for friendships, from Hasbro and Reiner Knizia. 27:17 - We get drawing and schemi...

00:00 - Our time with Charity Miles continues, and there's still space for you in our #StayingInPod group if you fancy joining us. 04:35 - Into the Inferno is not an easy going watch, Mary Poppins Returns absolutely is, and things get really really real. 19:59 - Feldherr foam is a joy-sparker for tabletop gamers. 27:33 - Mayor Contests in SimCity: Build It keep us coming back for more of this slic...

00:00 - Do people do New Year's resolutions any more? 06:58 - Sparking joy in us all is the TV series Tidying Up with Marie Kondo . 16:17 - You can get involved with our big challenge this year: raising money for charity, through exercise, via a smashing social good app called Charity Miles . We need your help to hit our target, so please join us! 25:46 - We crack into Escape Room In A Box: The We...

00:00 - We start off 2019 with our best foot forward, chatting about cycling naked. 09:13 - Project Highrise from Kasedo Games is a ridiculously compelling, meditative tower management game on PC, mobile, and console. 19:03 - Kris and Sam have been getting their deduction on with Cryptid from Osprey Games. 26:16 - We open our Secret Santa gifts which, as you'll all remember, is a nice thing we oft...

00:10 - Saint Nicholas Day (hooray!) and Dan's Deep Clean Dentistry (boo). 09:26 - Another cause for celebration is that Peter has finally completed Mass Effect: Andromeda . 20:58 - Kris thinks Spyro Reignited Trilogy is some pretty hot stuff. 31:27 - Fallout 76's nylon bag sure is something. 36:17 - Dragonmeet 2018 was a tabletop RPG fan's dream convention. 47:33 - The ever-so lovely Neil Bailey...

00:00 - Krismas Eve (not Christmas Eve!), and the start of Secret Santa preperations, as we do every year . 10:10 - Keyforge: Call of the Archons is here and we have opinions about Richard Garfield's latest for Fantasy Flight. 23:10 - Reminiscing about The Incredible Crash Dummies . 28:00 - Human: Fall Flat is an unmissable, playful, an wonderfully silly comedy game. 34:44 - Killing Eve is Phoebe...

00:14 - How to deal with trick-or-treaters AND carol singers. 05:00 - ALEXANDER HAMILTON ! And also Hamilton: An American Musical . 20:11 - The fantastic and fascinating Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt exhibit. 31:10 - Does anyone feel like Chicken Tonight anymore? 35:46 - Getting to grips with GRIP: Combat Racing on Nintendo Switch and PC . 48:48 - Discussing the benefits of occupying Australia,...

00:00 - "The talk" and just one of the perils of modern living. 05:37 - Kris has been playing Night in the Woods , and we find out what kind of a Mae he is. 14:37 - Seasonal teas, hot chocolates, and whether Horlicks is an international brand. 19:16 - Istanbul: Digital Edition , and why this straight adaptation of the board game is a winner. 36:44 - Peter's chamomile teas, and a particularly memor...

00:00 - Appropriate attire for when working from home. 06:07 - Doctor Who Series 11 is here, Jodie Whittaker is at the helm, and this show might just be worth the TV licence fee alone. 19:12 - A very special blanket. 21:41 - Transformers Trading Card Game is either truly wonderful or totally awful, depending on how you approach it. 39:36 - 1 Screen Platformer is the new indie platforming hotness f...

00:00 - Kris's "discrete toolbox" and "top half jobs". 06:22 - Board game order woes, why the board game industry gets so slapdash so regularly, and the marketing funnel . 14:51 - Abzû , scuba diving, meditative games, and having a little cry at a lottery advert. 30:54 - Marvel's Spider-Man , how Peter Parker and New York are intertwined, and being a comic book hero. 41:50 - Our regular Listener Q...

00:00 - Charity shop shenanigans and a TV show called Eat Well For Less . 07:31 - Pre-order woes and the "truly fascinating" logistics of shipping physical goods. 11:56 - Halloween and why Dan and Peter really don't like it. 16:38 - Roland Wright... or... roll and write...? ... and his game  Welcome To... 18:40 - Richard Garfield's KeyForge: Call of the Archons and why Sam's excited to get his uni...

0:00 - The Scafell Pike  adventure, the nice sights we saw , and the lovely folks we met along the way. 16:10 - Kris has been watching Voltron: Legendary Defender and, you know what? That's alright. 24:25 - Ant-Man and the Wasp is out and we've watched it and it also is alright. 34:00 - Feeling stressed? No? Well play Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes and you soon will be. 49:02 - Our listener ques...

00:12 - How to make homemade mud (with Milliput , for Burrows & Badgers miniatures). 03:26 - Things get Napoleonic with Sails of Glory from Ares Games . 17:06 - Mission: Impossible - Fallout is the sixth outing for the film series. Weirdly put together, apparently, but still great, it turns out. 25:31 - Our fantasy football league is going well , but weirdly, so here's a Game Week 1 update. 31:01...

0:00 - Dan's going to be running a fantasy football league, and is hoping you'll take part! Prove him right by heading to fantasy.premierleague.com , nabbing an account, and entering 1089139-244175 as the code to get involved! 5:00 - Kris has gotten himself into a pickle with a christening card. No, we didn't think it was possible either. 13:35 - Should The Mind have won the Spieles des Jahres for...

01:06 - We've not talked about it before, but Sam absolutely LOVES vinegar. So much so that he gives his chips a "double soak", which is about as eye-wateringly acidic as you think. 05:24 - What we HAVE talked about before is seasonal playlists for music, and it being Summer, we think Loffee is the perfect accompaniment to this time of year. 10:23 - Kris went to Dortmund and had a lovely time of i...

Take me down to time stamp city, where the times are stamped and it's not actually a city; 0:00 - We find out all about a very special carb-based de-stress routine and a very exciting (?) Bristol corner shop. 4:40 - It's back to the late 80s and early 90s for a spot of reminiscing on Seinfeld , as well as Peter's secret favourite subject, Gain Ground , on account of him currently playing SEGA Mega...

We're doing time stamps now? How F.A.N.C.Y. 0:00 - We kick things off with hot takes about pomegranate juice and other awful concoctions that only fools and children would make, like blackcurrant and milk, and apple juice with orange juice. There's also a combination that only Kris's brother would make, and you'll find out about that in this section too. 2:50  Then it's off to the UK Games Expo at...

  Everyone remembers Kuri Kuri Mix , right? Sure you do! Just as well, as we'll refer to it when talking about A Way Out , the latest game from those folks at Hazelight Studios . And on the subject of making a getaway, we've also been playing various entries in the Exit: The Game series, which are essentially tabletop game escape rooms. Elsewhere there's a whole bunch on the Games Media Brit List...

Kerby is a great street game to play after dark, we all know that. That's obvious. Bushido from GCT Studios is pretty strong too it turns out, as is that God of War jam from Santa Monica Studios . The latest performance of Macbeth by the RSC ? That's good too. And so are Anthony Horowitz's The Magpie Murders , Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem , and Frank Herbert's Dune . All the things mentioned...

Oh good lord, where to begin? You should know straight off the bat that there are huge Avengers: Infinity War spoilers in the last 30 minutes of this episode - which happens to be our longest ever episode! But don't worry, we give you plenty of advance warning before they hit. Seriously though, don't listen to that section if you haven't seen the film yet. Also the language used in this episode is...

We do our best to not be absolutely insufferable about our Games Media Brit List nomination in this podcast. Are we successful? Probably not. What else? Oh yes! We've been playing The Battle of Polytopia 's multiplayer for months now - since the beta even - and we're ready to talk about how this update adds to our impressions of the single player offering . Be prepared for INTENSE DISCOURSE. On a...

Up for some hot new video games action? Well tough, because we're talking about why the shooting in Titanfall 2 is so gosh darn good. Sorry to pull a fast one on you like that. We cool? Cool. There's also Assassin's Creed Origins talk too, that's kind of new, right? Regardless, it's providing us some excellent opportunities to wander around Egypt and partake in a little digital tourism, a thing we...