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The April Achievement Challenge has come to an end, and now it's time to declare our winners, losers and Lee.  And we even have a special guest. One who's not really a guest.    If you like stats, and nail-biting stories of will-they-won't-they, then this year's April Achievement Challenge has it all. Every day was a battle, with some contestants only entering halfway through and then blazing up t...

A weird week of news lies ahead. But what else do you expect when it's been contaminated by the Fallout?    Thats right - from Fallout in Excel to Fallout's next-gen update, this week is dominated by Fallout news. All thanks to the fact that the Fallout TV show was... good? Wait? Are TV Shows based on games allowed to be good these days? Someone tell Halo!    Xbox had an indie game show - and show...

Oh, frabjous day! My Xbox podcast is obsessed with cheese!   Kyle is accused of being a Facebook fan. Lee wants to take away all of his tech. We're reading from wrong episode notes. And the answer to life is more KFC. Can you tell what kind of episode this is going to be?   Lee is on his way to 300K Gamer Score for April Achievement Challenge, and by jove, he just might make it! From Harold Halibu...

Lee has found a love for finishing games.  All thanks to April Achievement Challenge !   April Achievement Challenge is heating up. Who's in the lead? Who has the most steps? And who will get themselves a commemorative coin this year? No one knows just yet! But all we do know is that Lee has discovered a love for finishing games. Who would have thought that his completion percentage would go up? N...

It's been three weeks of constant cheese talk.  So, let's break the pattern by talking about a dog-napping!   April Achievement Challenge is here, and Lee is on the path to get 100k Gamer Score in one month. And he's doing it by playing really bad and baby games. That isn't t say there aren't some gems hidden in the slog. How are you going through April?    Hellblade II looks like it's going to be...

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Brie first. Feta second.    NVidia has bought Xbox! While details are a bit sketchy at the moment in terms of if it's the brand or the whole division. While it makes sense from Microsoft's point of view to remove the gaming brand from its portfolio, we are interested to see where this takes the industry. And will this mean that that this will break the Xbox Tax?  And while we may be late - happy A...

Lee has a fascination with getting his news from articles.  No one reads articles anymore! It's all about the headlines.    Join us for the April Achievement Challenge! It's a new year, a new challenge, and even bigger and better competitions! Time to represent your country, get your game on, and win the month of April! Sign up now , join the Discord, and do it for your country. Keep in mind, Patr...

Plastic cheese is some of the best cheese!  This is a hill Kyle will die on.    Join us for the April Achievement Challenge! It's a new year, a new challenge, and even bigger and better competitions! Time to represent your country, get your game on, and win the month of April! Sign up now , join the Discord, and do it for your country. Keep in mind, Patrons and Discord boosters get bonus points......

Do you remember Skype?  Because Microsoft does. And they're still updating it!    We're deep into some tech talk this episode as we play around with a new way to record this podcast! We have gone from using Zoom to Discord and now even Microsoft Teams. Which one sounds best? We want to hear from you. Do we sound or look better? Do we sound the same? Please give us feedback!    April Achievement Ch...

We are yet again asking Bioware to be sold to Xbox.  We deserve to get Anthem II!    Xbox admitting an ugly truth about Game Pass? How much more rage bait could we possibly put up with? Some games on Game Pass don't sell as well as expected after being added to Game Pass. What a twist!   Studios are going independent left and right! Embracer is spinning out Saber Interactive for $500 Million, Toys...

Pounds? Euros?  They're the same thing, right?    Kyle and Lee get stuck talking about A.I. Almost as if they are a bunch of nerds... Can you tell we're amazed with ChatGPT? And with Microsoft shoving this A.I. all over Windows and Office and Azure, will we ever see this tech come to Xbox? Or are we wanting to keep the A.I. out of our games?   Friendly Feb has come to an end, and we have a bunch o...

Everything you need to know about #75Hard. Or at least everything about drinking almost 4 liters of water a day. Including all the toilet breaks... We promise we're an Xbox podcast!    The charts are back to normal as Palworld slowly drops off. Now we wait for another chart disruptor to be released... And we keep control with a bunch of new controller releases, including the Retro Fighters control...

After all the rumors, can we rest easy?  Or are we still at Panic Station Red?    We're joined today by the one, the only - Shane Bailey ! And boy, is he needed, as we take apart everything to do with the Xbox Business Update. From the podcast itself, to the interviews with The Verge and Windows Central, we (almost) dissect every word from the CEO of Microsoft Gaming himself.    If you want to sup...

It's half past the hour of fun!    Rumors and rumors of rumors have the Xbox community melting down. From Sea of Thieves going to PlayStation, to Xbox going all in on Third Party, it seems like Xbox is preparing to change the entire game. Could we see Starfield on PlayStation? Who knows. We have to wait for next week to see what Phil says. But while weeks have passed where these rumors have escala...

Welcome to Season 8!  We're happy to have you here.   Because its "New Year, Same Us", we've decided to re-introduce ourselves to the world, for all the new listeners who've joined us recently. If you know and love us already, then let us know what we've missed out!    February is Friendly Feb ! This is your excuse to play a game that doesn't hurt a digital fly. So, violence is right out. Shooting...

It's time to play the music It's time to light the lights It's time to hand out awards On the Game Awards tonight   It's time to put on makeup It's time to dress up right It's time to raise the curtain    On the most sensational inspirational celebrational XboxCastational Game Awards tonight     Joining us is a very special guest to help hand out our awards - Keo Live @ Home from the Hall of Gamer...

We're here to keep you regular. With your daily dose of secondhand cringe!    The (unofficial) Game Awards happened! And there wasn't much fanfare, because it's now become a giant advert. However, we were still treated some juicy announcements, along with those pesky games that win some awards. So, what better way to celebrate than to go over every announcement, in detail, almost as it happened! I...

Apparently, q-tips are not supposed to clean your ears. Thats our Top Tip of the Week!   Lee is stuck in Diablo IV but we're in no danger of becoming a Diablo IV podcast! Kyle is sailing away in FAR: Changing Tides, because it seems he is now the new gamer player. Oh how the turn tables.    Season 10 is here for Sea of Thieves and comes with guilds and private servers! This is exciting as you can...

We have received a photo of our biggest fan!  But it's not a big fan. It's just a small fan that's been enlarged!    The Golden Joystick reveals their winners for this year's Game Awards and all we can say is thank goodness there remains some sanity in these award shows. If you're unsure what this means, then you clearly haven't listened to last weeks' episode. There's a bunch of games who totally...

Barney will never visit Bali. And Bali will never experience Barney.  What a sad state of affairs.   Apart from the fact that Lee's dog, Barney, will never travel to Bali, the rest of this week's Regular Show is much more upbeat! That we can promise you. Balder's Gate 3 has gotten a massive win on the Xbox side of things, allowing the Larian Studios to make the game more optimized across all platf...

We have a Starfield Discord Thing! Some even call it a forum...   Cities: Skylines II has a great game loop. You build a village, run out of money, lose the game and then start again. At least that's how Kyle has been playing it. All the while Lee is firmly stuck in Diablo IV. He has been running around in Season 2 and having a blast by the sounds of it.    Microsoft is banning unofficial Xbox acc...

In a surprise twist, it turns out Bethesda games have bugs!  Almost like all games have bugs!   Sea of Thieves is getting a big update with Season 10 - private servers, guilds and a whole lot more! Looks like this game has found its sea legs. We love to sea Xbox continuing to support such a fantastic endeavor. Will these changes make you dive back in, or are you waiting for a boarding pass?    Fal...

It's finally done.  Activision Blizzard are now officially under the Xbox umbrella!   Prepare to melt faces as Robocop! The dark dystopian sci-fi epic is coming to Xbox soon, and everyone will be able to play as their favourite cyborg cop. The demo captures everything that made the cult movie great and Lee of one is super excited. But then again, when isn't Lee excited about shooting people in the...

Have you ever stolen so much stuff you just needed to sit at the bar for a day?  Paul has.    Lee is still stuck in Cyberpunk, and is urging everyone to get the expansion - Phantom Liberty and he's trying to convince Paul to abandon Starfield. However, Paul has some incredible hours in Starfield, so he's in no danger of straying off the path. We're so proud of Paul!    There's a new Xbox Series X,...