O3C Games

You all know what time it is, right? C’mon, check your watches, we’ll wait.It’s a new episode of the O3C Podcast! And boy howdy is it a chunky boy. Limber up and stretch out to extended thoughts on THE OUTER WORLDS, ANIMAL WELL, BALATRO, LOOP HERO, DRAGON SINKER and OTHERS, and then take on the main AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 GAMES event as we visit India to sample LOVELY PLANET and RAIJI: AN ANCIENT EPIC.You won’t be disappointed. Although to be honest, even if you are, this is free, right? Unless you’re paying into the show using links at o3c.games/support in which case we’re sorry, we apologise, please don’t report us to trading standards.ENJOY IT-HUGE THANKS to our AMAZING Patreon Subscribers!!Join us all in the O3C Discord server here!Support us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here!Sign up to our newsletter here.Follow us on social media:O3C FacebookO3C Twitter / XO3C InstagramO3C YouTubeO3C TikTokReach out to us individually:Jonathan - Twitter / XChris - Bluesky

After a long flight, our plane descends, loops the outstretched arms of Christ the Redeemer as we touch down in Brazil.What treats will South America offer on our videogames tasting menu?Chris gets stuck into indie racer Horizon Chase Turbo, and Jonathan picks through the tabletop referencing Knights of Pen and Paper.There’s loads more though, OF COURSE.But, rather than spoil it here, why not give this month’s globetrotting episode a listen? We PROMISE that the episode includes: videogames; jokes that may or may not be funny; and spuriously researched facts.ENJOY IT-HUGE THANKS to our AMAZING Patreon Subscribers!!Join us all in the O3C Discord server here!Support us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here!Sign up to our newsletter here.Follow us on social media:O3C FacebookO3C Twitter / XO3C InstagramO3C YouTubeO3C TikTokReach out to us individually:Jonathan - Twitter / XChris - Bluesky

We’re off to Australasia to check out the videogames of New Zealand!Jonathan staves off ichthyic madness in Dredge, and Chris revisits Shatter, a modernised take on a the brick breaker genre.But before any of that, OF COURSE there’s a good 45 minutes of waffle about other games we’ve been playing!Chris has a right old moan about Starfield’s bizarre design missteps. Jonathan plays through almost the entirety of The Legend of Zelda’s formative 2D past. Chris realises that ‘scoring goals, goals, goals is what he does best’ in recent indie release Sociable Soccer. Jonathan sinks 550,000 hours into game du jour Balatro.There’s more, naturally, but you’ll have to do a bit of the work and actually listen to the fruits of our mouths and brains to find it. Is that alright? Yeah? GOOD.-HUGE THANKS to our AMAZING Patreon Subscribers!!Join us all in the O3C Discord server here!Support us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here!Sign up to our newsletter here.Follow us on social media:O3C FacebookO3C Twitter/XO3C InstagramO3C YouTubeO3C TikTokReach out to us individually:Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunnChris - www.twitter.com/Chas_Hodges / Blue Sky

POLAND! There are so many great titles produced in Poland: Cyberpunk 2077, This War of Mine, Dead Island, Outrunners; the list goes on. which is OF COURSE why Chris spent a chunk of the month playing Teyon’s execrable Rambo: The Game. Jonathan tries a little harder with his homework, smashing through One More Level’s sublime Ghostrunner 2.Also! Thoughts on modern games like Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Palworld, and Playdate treat Under the Castle as well as thoughts on old games like Rez (zzz), Lumines (double zzz) and Screaming Mad George’s Paranoiascape (!!!).VIDYA GAMES - THEY’RE CRACKIN’-HUGE THANKS to our AMAZING Patreon Subscribers!!Join us all in the O3C Discord server here!Support us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here!Sign up to our newsletter here.Follow us on social media:O3C FacebookO3C Twitter/XO3C InstagramO3C YouTubeO3C TikTokReach out to us individually:Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunnChris - www.twitter.com/Chas_Hodges / Blue Sky

Welkom allemaal!We’re back on our globe trotting adventure, exploring the games of the Netherlands with special focus on Guerrilla Games’ Horizon series, and Rusty Lake’s… well, Rusty Lake series.Plus - because we’re good to you lot - Jonathan’s here to tell you all about his recent romp through Dark Souls 3 on the Steam Deck as well as Vampire Survivors copycat Halls of Torment, and Chris has some long tedious updates about his emulation setup. He’s been playing some old tosh via Wii emulation apparently?GAMES, GAMES, and would you Adam and Eve it, MORE BLEEDIN’ GAMES.(Bleedin’ Games Murphy? Is that a thing?)-HUGE THANKS to our AMAZING Patreon Subscribers!!Join us all in the O3C Discord server here!Support us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here!Sign up to our newsletter here.Follow us on social media:O3C FacebookO3C Twitter/XO3C InstagramO3C YouTubeO3C TikTokReach out to us individually:Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunnChris - www.twitter.com/Chas_Hodges / Blue Sky

OFF WE GO!Back on the plane, folks, we’re off to South Korea. Perhaps most famous for their mobile titles and MMORPGs, what other games has the land of K-Pop produced?Dave the Diver! DJMax Respect! …Metal Slug 4?!ALSO: Loads of top gaming chat covering the new Steam Deck OLED, Sony’s Insomniac’s Marvel’s Sony’s Spider-man 2, Fae Farm, some Evercade and Playdate updates, and a truck load more we weren’t permitted to take as carry on luggage.Prepare for boarding!—HUGE THANKS to our AMAZING Patreon Subscribers!!Join us all in the O3C Discord server here!Support us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here!Sign up to our newsletter here.Follow us on social media:O3C FacebookO3C Twitter/XO3C InstagramO3C YouTubeO3C TikTokReach out to us individually:Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunnChris - www.twitter.com/Chas_Hodges / Blue Sky

As the plane wheels touch down at CPH, season 6 starts proper. Around the World in 80 Games starts in earnest, TODAY. It’s got a bleedin’ jingle and everything!There’s Danish facts, Danish games, and Danish jokes. But also, in depth looks at Hitman: World of Assassination (as well as the franchise as a whole) as well as the brand spanking new puzzler from former-Playdead lead Jeppe Carlsen: Cocoon!Of course, we also update on what we’ve been playing in the last month with thoughts a selection of games including: Windowsill, a Playdate grab bag, Lies of P, and the sometimes nauseatingly bright and colourful (but in a good way) Super Mario Bros Wonder.Prepare for boarding!—HUGE THANKS to our AMAZING Patreon Subscribers!!Join us all in the O3C Discord server here!Support us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here!Sign up to our newsletter here.Follow us on social media:O3C FacebookO3C Twitter/XO3C InstagramO3C YouTubeO3C TikTokReach out to us individually:Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunnChris - www.twitter.com/Chas_Hodges / Blue Sky

Once more into the breach! Jonathan and Chris lay down their thoughts on 7 or so games they’ve played recently: The shared-world twofer of Aeterna Noctis and Summum Aeterna; a bunch of Vampire Survivors clones; Super Mario Land 2’s gorgeous DX rom hack; the breezy knockabout that is TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge; LaserCat (?); and the calmingly bucolic Farm Together.And… AND… make sure you listen in to find out our intended format for Season 6 proper, kicking off in just a few short weeks!o3c.games—Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Debbie Booth, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Thomas Duncan, Jason Scott , Thom Wilding, and the gang at Chat of the Wild!Reach out to us individually:Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunnChris - www.twitter.com/Chas_Hodges // https://bsky.app/profile/chashodges.bsky.social Support us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here.

Hey, hey, hey!Would you like to know what we’ve been playing over our extended Summer hiatus?How far into his Master Mode run of Breath of the Wild did Jonathan get?How many consecutive days has Chris played Daily Dadish?Has Mr Dunn gone Playstation 5 or Steam Deck for Diablo IV?What about the recent Switch port made Vampire Survivors suddenly click for Chris?How does Brotato hold up against its vampiric inspiration?What on earth is the Uzebox, and why has Mr Dow been playing Tetris upon it?What makes Tents and Trees Jonathan’s logic puzzle du jour?How does New Star GP hold up against its sibling, the GOAT New Star Soccer?Is Blasphemous 2 a trim too far when compared to its predecessor?Have the brothers Dow actually finished their 2 year long playthrough of Plants Vs Zombies?!o3c.games—Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Thomas Duncan, Dominic Kemp, Jason Scott and the gang at Chat of the Wild!Reach out to us individually:Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunnChris - www.twitter.com/Chas_HodgesSupport us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here.

We’re back!Kind of!In this pre-season, episode zero kind of dealio, we lay out a few changes that will be part of the upcoming season 6, and try to be as honest as we can about why we’ve had to rock the boat a little in order to keep the ol’ girl sailing.Please, please, please, join us in the now public Discord, and sign up for the continuing newsletter by visiting o3c.games.We love each and every one of you!o3c.games—Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Ross Ewing, Roger Swan, The Giraffe, Thomas Duncan, Dominic Kemp, William Worthington, Jason Scott and the gang at Chat of the Wild!Reach out to us individually:Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunnChris - www.twitter.com/Chas_HodgesSupport us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here.

Bing bleedin’ bong, it’s the end of the season, and by GUM do we have a lot stuffed into this finale for you.A FULL RUNDOWN AND RANKING OF ALL 26 PLAYDATE SEASON ONE GAMESA BEST OF THE REST TOP FIVE RANKING OF SIDELOADED / CATALOG PLAYDATE TITLESBARELY A BREATH BETWEEN USWhich games ended up tippity top and which games ended up bippity bottom? How many times does Chris mention Fish’n Feathers? Can anything save Lost Your Marbles from taking the bottom spot?o3c.gamesA reminder! We’re going to be taking a month’s break from producing the podcast, but will still be keeping in touch via the new O3C Games newsletter - sign up from the front page of o3c.games to be kept in the loop and receive this exclusive content!—Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Ross Ewing, Roger Swan, The Giraffe, Thomas Duncan, Dominic Kemp, William Worthington, Jason Scott and the gang at Chat of the Wild!Reach out to us individually:Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunnChris - www.twitter.com/Chas_HodgesSupport us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here.

Boy oh boy! How are these two boys getting on with The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom? What new marvels have they unearthed? What new ways of solving puzzles have they found? Just how mad are their respective strategies for approaching every single little thing in the game? Find out!!But also find out:How Chris is faring with Dadish - a daily GBA-inspired run-based charm-em-up!How Jonathan is faring with Tomb Raider: Reloaded - the ongoing microtransaction-free freemium game.How Chris’ lizard brain is being satiated with the repetitive cleansing of Power Wash SimulatorYou better believe there’s more too!Enjoy!o3c.gamesMassive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Ross Ewing, Roger Swan, The Giraffe, Thomas Duncan, Dominic Kemp, William Worthington, Jason Scott and the gang at Chat of the Wild!Reach out to us individually:Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunnChris - www.twitter.com/Chas_HodgesSupport us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here.

Just as Panic saw fit to bestow Playdate owners with 2 free games via their on-device Catalog store, so too do we at O3C bestow upon you reviews of said free games to extend our season coverage of the Playdate.Reel Steal and Recommendation Dog both arrive via a mentorship programme run in conjunction between Sweet Baby Inc and Panic that looks to give industry opportunity to fledging designers, artists and musicians, but are the two games actually any good?ALSO: Thoughts on a whole range of Catalog releases including Skwish, Down the Oubliette, A Balanced Brew and MORE.ALSO ALSO: That Zelda is still incredible, right? (No big spoilers here, but skip to 12:10 if you’ve yet to start Nintendo’s epic and want to go in ICE COLD.)o3c.games———Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Ross Ewing, Roger Swan, The Giraffe, Thomas Duncan, Dominic Kemp, William Worthington, Jason Scott and the gang at Chat of the Wild!Reach out to us individually:Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunnChris - www.twitter.com/Chas_HodgesSupport us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here.

I know it’s only May, but shall we just announced our Game of the Year now?Let Chris and Jonathan fill you in on their initial thoughts on Tears of the Kingdom’s opening few hours. (It’s astonishing.)SPOILER WARNING: Whilst we don’t go into serious detail about the game’s plot or questlines outside of vague allusions to opening tasks and challenges, we do talk about mechanics and the general topography of the world. If you want to play TotK cold, maybe wait until you’ve played for a few hours before listening!o3c.games———Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Ross Ewing, Roger Swan, The Giraffe, Thomas Duncan, Dominic Kemp, William Worthington, Jason Scott and the gang at Chat of the Wild!Reach out to us individually:Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunnChris - www.twitter.com/Chas_HodgesSupport us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here.

And with that, we reach games number 23 and 24 in Playdate’s Season One.Jonathan and Chris tackle both the rotational take on Arkanoid that is b360, and the Link’s Awakening love letter that is Ratcheteer.Are we going out on a high?Also! The boys cover a billion other Playdate games released via outside of the main season, as well as the official Playdate Podcast.How did they fare with The King’s Dungeon? Tapeworm Disco Puzzle? Skew? Grand Tour Legends? And why is Sparrow Solitaire so, so, so, SO, SO good?!o3c.games———Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Ross Ewing, Roger Swan, The Giraffe, Thomas Duncan, Dominic Kemp, William Worthington, Jason Scott and the gang at Chat of the Wild!Reach out to us individually:Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunnChris - www.twitter.com/Chas_HodgesSupport us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here.

What better way to celebrate the coronation of KING CHARLES THE RUDDY THIRD than by wrapping your oversized plate-ears around this latest offering from O3C Games! We’re filling each other in on our gaming activity of the last fortnight since last we chatted - and it’s the usual eclectic mix of genres and qualities!JD chats Vampire Survivors, Tomb Raider and a variety of indie games and Metroidvanias!CD chats Minecraft, Sonic Frontiers, Mixalumia and Shadows of the Damned! Obviously!Enjoy!o3c.games———Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Ross Ewing, Roger Swan, The Giraffe, Thomas Duncan, Dominic Kemp, William Worthington, Jason Scott and the gang at Chat of the Wild!Reach out to us individually:Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunnChris - www.twitter.com/Chas_HodgesSupport us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here.

It’s the penultimate week of the ‘oh oh, blue light means there’s new games to play!’ Playdate season, and we’re here, as you rightfully now EXPECT to give our thoughts on the bizarro pairing of Battleship Godios and Forrest Byrnes: Up in Smoke.A shmup-come-Arkanoid clone with modern racer style rewind? A procedurally generated platformer that tangentially connects to the first person narrative game Firewatch? Quite literally, ONLY on the Playdate.As a bonus for fans of lil’ cranky, Jonathan also lays down thoughts on Core Fault, Word Trip, and Gravity Express, all available via the machine’s on board Catalog store, and a sideloaded port of indie darling Celeste.Chris bores us with updates on an Evercade favourite, starts It Takes Two, the third in the loosely connected Josef Fares co-op trilogy, and regales tales from a recently Steam Deck compatible Forza Horizon 4.o3c.games———Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Ross Ewing, Roger Swan, The Giraffe, Thomas Duncan, Dominic Kemp, William Worthington and the gang at Chat of the Wild!Reach out to us individually:Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunnChris - www.twitter.com/Chas_HodgesSupport us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here.

Chris and Jonathan play a boat load of videogames.How ‘bout we do this in alphabetical order, eh?Alwa’s Awakening, Canon - Legend of the New Gods, Chime, Cruisin’ Blast, Dragon Spirit, Farmside, Gato Roboto, Have a Nice Death, Lone Fungus, Marvel’s Avengers, Pac Attack, Plants vs Zombies, Tomb Raider Reloaded… is that it?!YOU BETTER BELIEVE ITo3c.games———Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Ross Ewing, Roger Swan, The Giraffe, Thomas Duncan, Dominic Kemp, William Worthington and the gang at Chat of the Wild!Reach out to us individually:Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunnChris - www.twitter.com/Chas_HodgesSupport us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here.

SNAKE + JUMP = SNAKADVANCE WARS + POKÉMON SNAP = SASQUATCHERSAllow us to expand on these derivative X plus Ys and give you the lowdown on whether this week’s Playdate offerings ought tickle your pickle.ALSO!Resident Evil 4 still doing the business for Jonathan? Is the steady drip of Theatrhythm DLC satiating Chris’ rhythm game urges? How’s the videogames music on vinyl community getting on in 2023? Has Chris got bought of Canon on the Evercade yet? And when on earth did Netflix start offering mobile games with their streaming subscriptions?o3c.games———Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Ross Ewing, Roger Swan, The Giraffe, Thomas Duncan, Dominic Kemp, William Worthington and the gang at Chat of the Wild!Reach out to us individually:Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunnChris - www.twitter.com/Chas_HodgesSupport us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here.

Would you believe that there’s more bleedin’ Dead Cells talk in here? Jonathan approaches his final form in the little roguelite that could whilst Chris curses the in-house focus groups at Sega for making Sonic Frontiers into… whatever it is. On the Playdate this week: RPG adjacent not-quite-em-up Inventory Hero, and Cooking Mama: Cauldron Edition (otherwise known as Spellcorked).There’s also a lot of laughing, so y’know, if you hate fun, get lost.o3c.games———Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Ross Ewing, Roger Swan, The Giraffe, Thomas Duncan, Dominic Kemp, William Worthington and the gang at Chat of the Wild!Reach out to us individually:Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunnChris - www.twitter.com/Chas_HodgesSupport us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here.