Graham and Steve are back, like they never left, to talk about Graham's Melbourne trip and the games played within, the evolution of the Match-3 genre since the first Puzzle Quest, the games of note for December, and plenty more! Programming Note: Graham will be out for a couple of weekends coming up, so there won't be a podcast recorded - hence the games of December! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 8:37 - Graham's Games 31:30 - Steve's Games 1:05:30 - Upcoming Games of December 2025 1:08:58 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 Satisfactory The Drifter Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream The Alters Anno 117: Pax Romana Titan Quest II Fretless: The Wrath of Riffson Doom: The Dark Ages Wuchang: Fallen Feathers Hades II The Rogue Prince of Persia Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound Chip ‘n Clawz vs. The Brainioids Metal Eden Easy Delivery Co. ARC Raiders Puzzle Quest: Immortal Edition Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 1 Re-Raptored It Takes a War Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
Graham and Steve hold an executive summary meeting to explore the varying degrees of appeal of 2025's bigger Rogue-ish games, a scientist clone that sucks, the games of note for the month of November, and a bit of an overview/exploration of some of Microsoft's recent business decisions, and their implications on the business moving forward. Whoa, existential bro. Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 2:06 - Steve's Games 42:34 - Graham's Games 57:07 - Upcoming Games of November 2025 1:09:06 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Satisfactory The Alters Doom: The Dark Ages Stellar Blade The Rogue Prince of Persia Hell Clock Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor Lies of P: Overture Unfair Flips Hades II Battlefield REDSEC System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster Fretless: The Wrath of Riffson Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
Graham and Steve get futuristically historical this time around on the SIPTG podcast, with quite the number of games played to discuss - with 20 games in total! What a time to be hanging out! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 1:15 - Graham's Games 35:25 - Steve's Games 1:15:47 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Satisfactory The Alters Lighthaze World Metropolis 1998 Minos Barkour Keeper Tower Dominion Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor Doom Eternal Sword of the Sea Gemporium Little Laps Herdling Letters to Arralla Hell Clock The Rogue Prince of Persia Doom: The Dark Ages - Premium Edition ARC Raiders Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
After completing the annual ritual sacrifice, Graham and Steve gather around the pyre for discussion of 'cozy' games, the games of note for October, and Steve's internet odyssey! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 2:47 - Steve's Games 34:00 - Graham's Games 36:55 - Upcoming Games for October 2025 45:40 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Tower Dominion Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Wheel World Rekindled Trails Drill Core Islanders: New Shores Tall Trails Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor Primal Planet Misc. A Tiny Tale Bullets & Brains Reflex Unit: Strike Ops Satisfactory Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
Graham and Steve step in from the cold to have a look at the substantial list of the games of September, just what the hell a game named 'DarkSwitch' could possibly be, accidental file deletions, and plenty more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 1:32 - Steve's Games 25:56 - Graham's Games 39:29 - Upcoming Games for September 2025 59:52 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Satisfactory Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands DarkSwitch Gears of War: Reloaded Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Driftwood Revenge of the Savage Planet Chronicles of the Wolf Astro Prospector Super Roboy Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo Pip My Dice Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
The boys have convalesced enough for another episode of Australia's longest running amateur video game podcast (maybe?)! This time around, the difficult balance of difficulty in games, the even-greater difficulty in trying to balance fun and 'depth' in games, and the most-difficult of all: stepping into the job of sending the right superhero to the right crime-in-progress! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 2:46 - Graham's Games 20:09 - Steve's Games 52:45 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Satisfactory Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands Dispatch Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Somber Echoes Haneda Girl Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo Super Roboy Cyber Knights: Flashpoint Achilles: Survivor Revenge of the Savage Planet Squeakross: Home Squeak Home Driftwood Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
Graham and Steve return to a seated and upright position to talk about the upcoming games of note for August, a return to the (whisper) Wildlands, games breaking and the bummer that becomes, word games that 'borrow' some Balatro elements, and plenty more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 01:03 - Graham's Games 09:36 - Steve's Games 43:40 - Upcoming Games for August 2025 55:14 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: The Drifter Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands Satisfactory Word Play Capcom Fighting Collection 2 Nice Day for Fishing Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown Reality Break Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
Graham and Steve batten down the hatches for some more video game-related talky-talk, including the use of 'AI' in the new Everybody's Golf (and the 'nature' of this whole 'AI' malarky), the peaks and valleys of Deliver At All Costs, the interesting new XCOM-like Early Access title Every Day We Fight, and much more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 5:44 - Graham's Games 40:00 - Steve's Games 1:12:38 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Every Day We Fight Pioneers of Pagonia Split Fiction The Drifter Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream Dawn Apart Nice Day for Fishing Zombie Rollerz: The Last Ship Skin Deep Shotgun Cop Man Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping No Way Home Last Vanguard Deliver At All Costs Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
Graham and Steve take time out of dimensional (and generical!)-hopping, bring tales of Microsoft's most recent layoffs, the upcoming games of July, the implications of 'artificial intelligence', and plenty more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro & News 19:30 - Steve's Games 51:30 - Graham's Games 58:00 - Upcoming Games for July 2025 1:11:15 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Split Fiction Sacre Bleu Tempest Rising Promise Mascot Agency Soulstone Survivors Skin Deep Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
Graham and Steve countdown to blast off by running through some of the highlights of Not-E3 and the recent Steam Next Fest, the problem with game discoverability, and the played games of the last few weeks as well! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 3:38 - Graham's Games 49:39 - Steve's Games 1:23:33 - Summer Games Fest 2025 Review 1:53:56 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Hell Clock Life Below Stario: Haven Tower Town to City TerraTech Legion Rollick N' Roll Match & Mastery Formula Legends Modulus Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream The First Berserker: Khazan Wings of Endless FBC: Firebreak Atomfall Mandragora Promise Mascot Agency Jump Ship Tempest Rising Bloodshed Bionic Bay Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
Steve and Graham hop back in the saddle, after a few weeks of real-lifin', to look at the incoming games of June, Steve's PC 'fun times', contrasting Deliver At All Costs and The Precinct, and plenty more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 09:07 - Steve's Games 41:38 - Graham's Games 1:26:54 - Upcoming Games for June 2025 1:33:04 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping The Precinct Deliver At All Costs South of Midnight Nice Day for Fishing Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 Tempest Rising Republic of Pirates AI Limit Gunbot Diplomacy Stickman Strikes: Conquer Fantasy World South of Midnight StarVaders The First Berserker: Khazan Blue Prince Traveler's Refrain Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
Off the back of trips of different kinds, Graham and Steve see fit to talk about a number of games, being wrong about games of the past, and more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 4:45 - Graham's Games 39:50 - Steve's Games 55:15 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Satisfactory South of Midnight Nice Day for Fishing Spilled! Revenge of the Savage Planet AI Limit Assassin's Creed Shadows Peglin Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 StarVaders Doom Eternal Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
Graham and Steve are right back at it again, this time to talk about the upcoming games of note for May, the dangers of hidden origami butterflies, and a whole heap more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 2:38 - Steve's Games 29:17 - Graham's Games 32:55 - Upcoming Games for May 2025 59:31 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Satisfactory Wanderstop Assassin's Creed Shadows Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Spilled! Twilight Monk Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
After renovations and real life got in the way, the boys are back to talk (more) Switch 2, the very concept of sin, the other Nintendo Direct that happened, and a whole lot more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro and Nintendo Switch 2 16:01 - Graham's Games 29:04 - Steve's Games 1:03:11 - Graham - Dust Raiders 1:09:02 - The Triple-i Initiative 2025 and Nintendo Switch Direct 1:14:55 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Dust Raiders Satisfactory Sintopia All Will Fall Nubby's Number Factory Wanderstop Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Breakout Beyond River Towns Tails of Iron II: Whiskers of Winter Cataclismo Avowed Rogue: Genesia I Am Legion: Stand Survivors A Game About Digging A Hole Cosmic: A Journey Among Shadows Guns of Fury Keep Driving Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
Austin 3:16 says to check out Graham and Steve coming together to conduct promos that address recording difficulties, the games of the last couple of weeks, and the upcoming games of note for April! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 00:56 - Steve's Games 17:10 - Graham's Games 26:35 - Upcoming Games for April 2025 40:25 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Mars Attracts Satisfactory Avowed Zombieville USA 3D Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 PGA Tour 2K25 Longvinter Tails of Iron II: Whiskers of Winter Sniper Elite: Resistance Doom Eternal Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
The boys are back in town (back in tooo-oooww-oowwn) to talk renovations, several forms of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, some of the demos of note from the latest Steam Next Fest, and the games of March that are worth looking forward to! Plus! Plenty more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 06:11 - Graham's Games 40:18 - Steve's Games 1:07:04 - Upcoming Games for March 2025 1:16:58 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Recharge Chains of Freedom Chip ‘n Clawz vs. The Brainioids Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 PGA Tour 2K25 Lost Skies Wanderstop Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Zombieville USA 3D Promise Mascot Agency Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 PGA Tour 2K25 FlyKnight Avowed Sniper Elite: Resistance Mini City: Mayhem Pairs & Perils Oirbo Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist Beat Around the Bush Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
For the first regularly scheduled episode of the podcast for 2025, Graham and Steve convene to discuss the games of the last 8ish weeks, the most recent Sony State of Play, and a whole bunch more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 09:37 - Steve's Games 42:47 - Graham's Games 1:10:10 - Sony's February State of Play 1:18:55 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Satisfactory Lou's Lagoon Mini City: Mayhem Void Sols Wild Bastards Echo Point Nova Kill Knight Demon's Souls UFO 50 Into the Emberlands Runa & the Chaikurú Legacy Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders Dredge: The Iron Rig Nodebuster Ninja Gaiden II Black Hello Kitty Island Adventure Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
And the final curtain on 2024 draws to a close, as Graham and Steve finish off establishing, definitively (in their opinion) what the best games of 2024 were! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro and Spoiler Warning 2:46 - Best Story/Writing 23:49 - Best Hand Feel 51:32 - Best New Character/NPC 1:16:51 - Best Campaign 1:29:25 - Graham and Steve's Top Ten 2:13:15 - Overall Top Ten 2:25:52 - Thanks for Watching and Outro Nominees: Best Story/Writing: The Plucky Squire Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden Tactical Breach Wizards Lil' Guardsman Thank Goodness You’re Here! SteamWorld Heist II Bears In Space Duck Detective: The Secret Salami Horizon Forbidden West Helldivers 2 Nobody Wants to Die Caravan SandWitch Fear the Spotlight Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Tales of Kenzera: Zau Cat Quest III Best Hand Feel: Minishoot' Adventures Astro Bot SteamWorld Heist II Anger Foot Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom Black Myth: Wukong Tactical Breach Wizards Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut Animal Well Dungeons of Hinterberg Helldivers 2 Promenade Turbo Kid Nine Sols Anomaly Agent Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Pacific Drive Best New Character/NPC: Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden Nobody Wants to Die Nine Sols Minishoot' Adventures Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Duck Detective: The Secret Salami Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut The Plucky Squire Crow Country Pacific Drive Lil' Guardsman Fear the Spotlight Megacopter: Blades of the Goddess Best Campaign: The Plucky Squire Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden SteamWorld Heist II Is This Game Trying to Kill Me? Astro Bot Fear the Spotlight EcoGnomix Minishoot' Adventures Turbo Kid Horizon Forbidden West Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Steve's Top Ten: Nine Sols Black Myth: Wukong Tactical Breach Wizards Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 SteamWorld Heist II Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Minishoot' Adventures Astro Bot Pacific Drive Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden Dungeons of Hinterberg Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Anger Foot Balatro Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut Cat Quest III Anomaly Agent Lil' Guardsman I Am Your Beast Helldivers 2 Graham's Top Ten: Star Wars Outlaws Astro Bot Magic Archery Satisfactory The Plucky Squire I am Future Horizon Forbidden West Sumerian Six Cat Quest III Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Luma Island Caravan SandWitch SteamWorld Heist II Overall Top Ten: Pacific Drive Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden Cat Quest III Minishoot' Adventures Tactical Breach Wizards The Plucky Squire Satisfactory Astro Bot SteamWorld Heist II Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Horizon Forbidden West Star Wars Outlaws I am Future Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Black Myth: Wukong Nine Sols Magic Archery Sumerian Six Episode's YouTube Video: Watch this episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
It's February! So what better time to reflect on 2024 and the games within, as Graham and Steve raise the curtain on the first half of the Game of the Year Spectacular! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro and Spoiler Warning 5:46 - Best Game We Didn't Get Time to Finish 11:47 - Best Noise 58:42 - Best New Thing 1:23:07 - Best Surprise 1:46:15 - Best Looking Nominees: Best Game We Didn't Get Time To Finish: Star Wars Outlaws Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Astro Bot Dragon Age: The Veilguard Best Noise: Astro Bot Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Fear the Spotlight Pacific Drive Turnip Boy Robs a Bank Duck Detective: The Secret Salami Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom Thank Goodness You're Here! Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Anomaly Agent SteamWorld Heist II Anger Foot Lil' Guardsman Turbo Kid Best New Thing: Tactical Breach Wizards Minishoot' Adventures The Plucky Squire I am Future Caravan SandWitch Sixty Four Balatro Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden Magic Archery Dungeons of Hinterberg Nine Sols Nobody Wants to Die I Am Your Beast Duck Detective: The Secret Salami Luma Island Sumerian Six Lightyear Frontier Best Surprise: Nobody Wants to Die Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Helldivers II: Super Citizen Edition Instruments of Destruction Magic Archery Best Looking Game: Astro Bot Nobody Wants to Die The Plucky Squire Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden Minishoot' Adventures Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Tekken 8 Instruments of Destruction SteamWorld Heist II Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Sixty Four Helldivers II: Super Citizen Edition Dungeons of Hinterberg Dragon's Dogma II Neva Ufouria: The Saga 2 Black Myth: Wukong Animal Well Episode's YouTube Video: Watch this episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music
For the last episode of 2024, Graham and Steve talk about, among other things, the The Game Awards (the announcements, the awards, and the 'position' it has in the industry), the impending games of January (of which there are some bangers coming!), and catching up for Game of the Year! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 2:31 - Graham's Games 17:09 - Steve's Games 54:05 - The 2024 Game Awards Review 1:12:17 - January 2025 Games 1:18:10 - Games we want to play for GotY 1:22:22 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Cat Quest III Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Star Wars Outlaws I am Future Astro Bot Satisfactory Star Wars Outlaws Caravan SandWitch What the Car? Thank Goodness You’re Here! Cat Quest III Black Myth: Wukong Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita’s Rewind Antonblast Ballionaire I Am Your Beast Gori: Cuddly Carnage Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Crypt Custodian Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music