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We talk about fighting game accessibility. For a really long time. And then later on the most accessible AAA game on the market.

Support the show on Patreon!

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Danganronpa
Pokemon, but, like, just one pokemon specifically
Farcry 4
Captain Toad
Framed
no-one has to die
Monument Valley
Crossy Road
Jackbox Party Pack

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That PBS Idea channel video
Waluigi: The Reflection Of Two Reflections

Laura returns! Josh isn't around! It's the perfect ON!VG! line-up!

Our new show art is by Wicked-Draws! We talk about Contextual Maps! Amiibos! We do our most unsettling Patreon Advertisement so far!

Closing out the episode is the track Werewolf on the Dance Floor by The Robot Knights! We briefly talked about the Jetta Rae interview with Christine Love and Maddy Myers. The Robot Knights is a band that Myers is in! They're rad, it turns out!

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Starcraft 2: Heart Of The Swarm
Game Of The Year: 420BLAZEIT
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Alien: Isolation
Seventh Hero / Android: Infiltration
Smash Bros / Amiibos
Endless Legend
Tales From The Borderlands (and other recent telltale stuff)

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When Cheese Fails Episode 8
Please Let Me Get What I Want
That Maddy Myers/Christine Love Interview

The Game City episode! We have some things to say about space! And SMTV live!

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A Bunch Of Stuff From Game City!
Civ:BE
Elite: Dangerous / Spore
Burn Band
Shadow Of Mordor

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The Trailer For Chappie
Steven Universe
That Cara Piece On Graffiti In Alien
Pachinko Man
Run The Jewels 2
A Measured Response

Did you guess the right Word Of The Week? Who is Tinchy Stryder? Who will be my Nate Dogg?

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Civ:BE
Grimrock 2
Shadowrun Returns
TNG TWSTRS / Realistic Kissing Simulator
12$
Speed Chess
Dota 2
Hexic Helix

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The Tinchy Stryder Song With The Chuckle Brothers In It
Boss Fight Books

We have a long conversation about Guards in stealth games and Mint Condition Gamecube Controllers

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Heat Signature
Volume vs The Marvelous Miss Take
How To Be A Tree
Envirogolf
kooltool
Life Is Strange
Remember Me
King Of Dragon Pass

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Tim Skew's Remember Me Review In A Twine Game

This Is Why We Video Gaming

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Smash Bros Demo!
Crypt Of The NecroDancer
Betrayal At House On The Hill
Angel: The Board Game
Subjective Guess Who
Hyrule Warriors
Coming Out Simulator 2014
Conversations With My Mother
Tampon Run
Desert Golfing

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This Is Why We Video Gaming
Misanthrope

Which is cooler, Racoons or Foxes?

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Elite Dangerous
Mini Metro
Crypt Of The Necrodancer
Desert Golfing
Alone
Lethal League
Gang Beasts
TowerFall
Cameron Kunzelman's The Sun

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Mutant Spider Dog
Wanna Buy A Little Pot?

Hello! It's two men, again!

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Crawl
Towerfall
VA-11 HALL-A
Fire Emblem: Awakening
Finger Simulator
Road Not Taken
Swing Copters

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Oh Node! Video Games!
Borrow My Doggy

The remake of the remaster.

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Road Not Taken
Bonza
Dota 2
Chess 2: The Sequel
The Lonely Sphincter
Mega Man Battle Network
Citadels
sds

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Neuroses
Anime First Kiss
Trestle

Is there any way Homefront could be interesting?

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Mount Your Friends
Dota 2
Hearthstone
Twilight Struggle
Artemis
Ledoliel
My Ex-Boyfriend the Space Tyrant

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Nah.

The world's foremost vaporwave podcast continues with discussions of Mat Jones' new Pet Frog.

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Shovel Knight
Fire Emblem: Awakening
The Walking Dead
Beyond: Two Souls
The Lady / Three Fourths Home
Boss Monster
Kerbal Space Program

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Knights of Sidonia
Moon Animate Make-Up
Star Wars: Uncut
Unmanned

Laura is still willing to hang out with us! Wow! Yay! We talk about Vaporwave for way too long!

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Mighty Tactical Shooter
Swap Quest
Appointment With Fear
4PM
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Shovel Knight
Ace Maverick (Stefan Jo-Handsome)
Trash TV
Gang Beasts
Hashtag Dungeon
Coming Out Simulator 2014
Ghost Wheel?
You Are The Reason
Video Game Critic Simulator
Electronic Super Joy
Scrollin' Adventure

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Fred Durst On Twitch
A Good Vaporwave Album
Clickhole

It's a show that Cameron Kunzelman is on, you know, CKUNZLEMAN! It is UNMISSABLE due to this fact!

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Mountain
4PM
The Floor Is Jelly
Shovel Knight
Nuclear Throne
Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise
Call Of Duty: Ghosts
Tengami

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Ben Kuchera's Piece On Mountain
On formalism (re: Mountain; videogames; watching ice melt)

Aaa! Our pal Laura is a regular member of the show now! Yay!

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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Kim Kardashian: Hollywood
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Cyber-Lasso
Space Valet / Roundabout
Bovine Engagement Algorithm
Space Dad
Counterfeit Monkey
Mountain
Goat Simulator
Valiant Hearts

We've got some Damn Things To Say about why Kentucky Route Zero and The Walking Dead are good while The Wolf Among Us is not.

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Konami Krazy Racers
Depict1
Expat
Corgi Simulator 2071 
WarioWare
Kentucky Route Zero
The Wolf Among Us / The Walking Dead
Glitchhikers
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Nuclear Throne

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Summer Games Done Quick
Dark Souls 2 Broken Run
Tim Rogers' Kotaku Review Of Soccer
Added Time Multiball
Fidget Rings

Thanks to Phoebe for hangin' out with us and talkin' about her amazing HB Deck and which of the Sysops is the cutest.

We also have a chat about Android: Infiltration and the card game that Mat invented called Martin Vs Simon!

Shout out to our cool retail pals at Langleys Toys in Norwich and Inner Sanctum Collectables in Cambridge!

We talk about Diversify Your Panel and Indie3!

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Kinectectonic
Safety Blanket
The Sun And Moon /Verge
MirrorMoon EP
Android: Infiltration
String Railway
Sanctum 2
English Country Tune
Perfect Paths
Space Pants
Morning Coffee
Kerbal Space Program
BECOME A GREAT ARTIST IN JUST 10 SECONDS

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BFXR
Kreayshawn Talks About E3
This Is Phil Fish
Liz Ryerson on Indie Entitlement
Liz Ryerson's Bioshock Video
Cara's Profile Of Liz
Night In The Woods Trailer

Martin and Mat are joined by our good friend Patrick Kidd in the latest episode of our ongoing Netrunner podcast to chat about how to fix The Monolith, unnecessary pawns, double-dip deck protectors and our history with deck building games. As always, we'd appreciate it if you could leave a review for our podcast on iTunes, because it makes us feel hunky and good at our jobs. Cheers pals!

This week's smart topics are about how you curate user-messages to retain fun but stamp out misogyny. Also: How making a game about insurgency set in America can't properly make any meaningful statements about that topic.

But, I mean, the BEST conversation is about fuckin' Waluigi driving a Mercedes Benz.

Oh Hey: At An Hour and Thirty Five Minutes into this we play a game of Fuck Marry Kill using some Abstract Video Game Things. I was informed after the episode had been recorded that this kinda discussion can be potentially upsetting. Rather than cut it out I'm choosing to draw attention here and let you make your own mind up if you want to listen.

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Mario Kart 8
Pikmin 3
Dark Souls II
Watch_Dogs
Sleeping Dogs
Homefront: The Revolution
Wildstar
Space Cadets: Dice Duel
Eight-Minute Empire
Android: Netrunner
OQUONIE
Fez / Starseed Pilgrim
Purgateus
Bam Fu
Transistor

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The Idle Thumbs Episode With The Poem About Waluigi
Ice Analyser Episode 1
The Touch Tone Symphony

We're literally pushing the definition of our website's name, here.

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The Pokémon Trading Card Game (Video Game)
Netrunner
Dark Souls II
Transistor

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Running Man
That Polygon Wolfenstein Video
Bombshell Trailer
why hip hop sucks in 96
Bit Brigade Plays Mega Man 2's Soundtrack While Mega Man 2 Is Played
Pokémon Snap on the Oculus Rift!

Mat and Martin discuss Netrunner! This episode is aimed to give a little 101-level discussion of what we love about Netrunner, a few insights into our preferred corps and runners, and some general chat about the mechanics which we like the most. We're hoping to gradually ramp up the complexity as we get further in, so this is a good place to start if you're interested in Why We Like Netrunner So Dang Much!

We don't try and explain the offside rule. We try and explain the idea of the offside rule ever coming up.

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Dark Souls 2
Netrunner
Civ V: Brave New World
Blood Bowl Team Manager
Persona 4 Arena
Super Hot

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Bonfireside Chat
Project Beast
Super Hot Kickstarter

Mat and Phoebe talk about the Tomodatchi Life bug from a purely programming perspective.

Oh Gosh! Thanks to Laura Kate Dale for hangin' out with us!

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Tomodachi Life  / The Sims
Kevin Spacey: The Game
To Build A Better Mousetrap
Mission / EAT
Auti-Sim
The Doom That Came to Atlantic City
Splendor / Machi Koro / Arctic Scavengers
Eldritch Horror
Flappy48
RETRY
PVZ: Garden Warfare
Trials Frontier
Speedrunners
Sportsfriends
Bubsy 3D

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Rise of the Videogame Zinesters
I Have Decided To Run For President
Bombin' the A.M. With Rami
Zoe Quinn Is A Cyborg
Slightly Wrong Quote Friends Shirt
Pokémon Millennial Edition
Saints Row IV and Kitsch

You heard it here first: Martin hates Subtext. We talk about the difference between a Good Idea and a Rad Idea, gratuitous Chess violence and, sorry, like, a fuckin' 30 minute chunk about Dark Souls 2

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The Westport Independent
Tropico / Papers Please
Prison Architect
Dark Souls 2
Hitman GO
Netrunner
Ben Eath: The Surf Ace

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The Destiny Feature / The Guardian Feature About That Feature
Our Patreon!

We went to Rezzed and didn't record a show after because we were too busy! Shit!

This week our Big Conversation is about Random Puzzle Generation Vs Authored Design!

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Towerfall: Ascension / Nidhogg / Divekick / Smash Bros / Skullgirls / Marvel Vs Capcom / Gang Beasts
Dota 2
Sumotori Dreams
A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build
Hotline Miami 2
Alien: Isolation
Biome  / TerraTech  / Skies of Saturn 
Dobble / Jungle Speed
Helsing's Fire
Monument Valley / Naya's Quest / Miegakure
Changetype() / Glitchspace / Starseed Pilgrim
Jazzpunk
FTL: Advanced Edition / Brogue
Bubsy 3D / Perfect Stride

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Our Patreon!
Mat's Dota 2 Tumblr!
The Vlambeer Games You Never Played (it's on Kotaku not Polygon. Sorry!)

Is deck building actually any good? Should Mat focus his entire games journalism attention on minutely discussing PR Bullshit?

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Hearthstone
...Netrunner
Dominion
Escape Goat 2

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Source For The Show Art
The Other Video Of Pac Being Back
A Poster Of Ninja Gaiden Z: Yaiba
Anne Hathaway: An Erotic Mouthscape
I Love You But You Kiss Like A Girl
queers in love at the end of the world

Oh my gosh! We've got a dang Patreon! If you like the show, maybe think about kicking us some dollars? We'll use it! To make the show better and do more stuff! We'll be more specific next month!

This week we get a little too in-depth about player action feedback design. That's the part where we sound smart. Watch for that.

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Netrunner
Lunerun
Luftrausers
Titanfall
Hearthstone
A Dark Room
Jazzpunk
7 Wonders
Gang Beasts
Out There

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The Art Of Screenshake
Game Feel by Steve Swink
Wizard People Dear Reader
Fuck Videogames
The New Street Fighter Character
That Out Of Place Hitman Absolution Scene
Icarus Proudbottom's World Of Typing

Is... Martin... actually a flower?

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Nicolas Cage The TTRPG
Pin The John Travolta On Nicolas Cage
Threes!
Frog Fractions
Android: Netrunner
Waking Mars
Cargo: The Quest For Gravity
Titanfall
Dominion
Hoplite
Flappy Bird
Ghost Trick
Far Cry 3
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Gone Home
The Witness
Gunpoint
Triad

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A Video Of A Wisdom Tooth Being Taken Out
Steve Hogarty Eats A Melon In Skyrim
Leigh's Thing On Netrunner
Some Kentucky Route Zero Act 3 Art
The Man Hit With A Particle
The Insert Credit With The Frog Fractions Dude On It
The Tone Control Podcast
Crate and Crowbar

REQUISITE USER INTERACTION:

What's the best dog in a video game?

Hello!

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Broken Age
The Wolf Among Us Episode 1
The Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 1
Super Mario 3D World
Escape The Curse Of The Temple
Dominion
Netrunner
Cutthroat Caverns
XCOM: Enemy Within
Payday 2
Papo & Yo
ROFLPILLAR
MEGA ALPHABET
TURNOVER
TETHER
LHS BIKESHED

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Go to Scenario Bar in Dalston on Sunday 16th of  February for the Table Top Jam hosted by Martin!
Go to Loading Bar in Soho on Tuesday 25th of February for a Netrunner Tutorial Event hosted by Mat!
Here's our good friend Tom playing La Mulana!

Hello! We are a couple! We live together! We like board games and our own voices! We talk about Netrunner for nearly a half hour!

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Android: Netrunner
Love Letter
Liar's Dice
Werewolf
Ladies & Gentlemen
Masquerade

We reveal the latest #MatJonesHornyLevel, discuss our burgeoning love for Games Dean, Martin's fancy fish recipé and try to settle Josh's Spelunky Crisis.

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Video Game High School
The Resistance (and Avalon)
Coup
Hatoful Boyfriend 2
Greedy Wizards
Two Rooms And A Boom
Starcraft 2 Mafia
Divinare
Perudo
Smash Up
Dominion Vs DC Comics Deck-Building Game
Netrunner
Super Hot Vs Mirror's Edge
Borderlands 2
Torchlight 2
Path Of Exile
Rogue Legacy
Dead Space 3
FJORDS
The Entertainment
Device 6
Super Mario 3D World
Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons
Payday 2: The Heist
Where's My Water 2
State Of Decay
The Walking Dead: 400 Days
The Wolf Among Us
The Stanley Parable
Spelunky
868-HACK
Nidhogg
The Last Of Us

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Wood Chopping Video #1
Wood Chopping Video #2
Fireplace For Your Home
It's Time To Get Classy
Shirokuma Cafe
Orc's Nest
Giant Bomb's Game Of The Year Stuff
BIOSHOCK INFINITE AND SHREK ARE THE SAME STORY
Errant Signal: Sleeping Dogs
More Giantbomb GOTY Stuff