How Long To Beat

Once again the podcast hosts have collected their thoughts in audio form and this time they're talking dirty: cheats, mods, and other ways to change up the game. Which one of us is a stinky cheater and who only plays honest? Who among us is just here for the pranks?Listen in while Abby sorts some stuff out, Roy manages a football team of pocket monsters, and Lia rediscovers something about yellow paint.https://youtu.be/mnpepFOPBeEHowLongToBeat forums - ⁠https://howlongtobeat.com/forum⁠Discord – ⁠https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk⁠Email - ⁠[email protected]⁠Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro), Abatage (incidental), call me lethargy. (incidental)Graphic design – M4thew and Matt 0:00:00 - Intro0:01:08 - Beaten0:13:33 - Retired0:17:14 - Playing0:54:04 - News0:59:17 - Discussion1:27:24 - Guess the Game1:35:06 - Goodbye!Games Mentioned:Abby: Dark Fantasy: Jigsaw Puzzle (PC), Logic Town (PC), Restore Your Island (PC), Sort Them Ducks (PC), DinoBones: Tidy Up The Museum (PC), Super Mario Odyssey (Switch 2), World of Art - Learn with Jigsaw Puzzles (PC), Ballionaire (PC), Cast n Chill (PC), Museologist: Tidy Up the Museum! (PC)Lia: Swamp and Luig (PC), Paralives (PC), Baby Steps (PS5), Control Resonant (PS5), Chess (Mobile), Cats & Soup (Mobile), Miitopia (Switch) Roy: [All-22 Pokemon](https://all22pokemon.com/) (Browser), Wordle (PC), NASCAR Thunder 2003 (Gamecube), Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Switch)

It's that time again! Time for a fresh heap of episodey goodness. This time the hosts are discussing that grey world of faux nostalgia and the times video games get it just close enough to make it, and the times it's just laughably off.Catch up with us as Abby puzzles around some sexy ladies, Lia puzzles through some emotions, Matt flies into retro games, and Roy has a shocking Wordle revelation.HowLongToBeat forums - ⁠https://howlongtobeat.com/forum⁠Discord – ⁠https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk⁠Email - ⁠[email protected]⁠Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro), Abatage (incidental), call me lethargy. (incidental)Graphic design – M4thew and Matt0:00:11 - Intro0:02:36 - Beaten0:32:40 - Retired0:40:32 - Playing1:19:33 - News ???1:29:52 - Discussion2:11:54 - Guess the Game2:30:46 - Goodbye!Games Mentioned:Abby: Beltmatic (PC), Dead Island (PC), Cell to Singularity (PC), All-Star Fruit Racing (PC), Sisters in Sin (PC), Dark Fantasy Jigsaw Puzzle (PC), Alice Madness Returns (PC)Lia: Kind Words 2 (PC), Pocky & Rocky Reshrined (PS4), and Roger (Switch), Baby Steps (PS5), Control Resonant (PS5), Rail Route (Switch), Logic Town (PC)Matt: Pac-Man World Re-Pac (PC), Jawbreaker (Atari 8-bit), via Atari 50: Galaxian (2600, 5200, 8-bit), Galaga (7800), Desert Falcon (2600, 7800); via Namco Museum Archives Vol 2: Galaga (NES), Gaplus (NES), Human Fall Flat (PC), via Namco Museum Archives Vol 2: Mendel Palace (NES), Silent Hill Townfall (PC), PachiPals (GBC), Big Walk (PC)Roy: Wordle (PC), NASCAR Thunder 2003 (Gamecube), Tabletop Simulator (PC)

Today the hosts will don their peg legs and eyepatches to discuss the morality of video game piracy as well as personal experiences with it. What are favorite games that we were introduced to through piracy and how did piracy change throughout the years? How much agency does a creator keep over their art once its public and how much can the masses transform media before crossing an ethical line? And why the heck is piracy so popular in the first place?Additionally, expect news about the state of fruit fly brain simulation, a tale of Abby’s Peggle deficiencies, an update on Matt’s biggest stack of weed, Lia’s rock collection, a new gaming setup for Roy, and a complete disaster with a Russian games collection.00:00:00 - Intro00:01:48 - Beaten00:26:08 - Retired00:33:07 - Playing00:54:33 - News01:17:07 - Discussion: Piracy02:14:28 - Untitled Collections Game02:27:16 - Goodbye!Games Mentioned:Abby: InKonbini (PC), Mosaic of the Pharaohs (PC), Rock Simulator (PC), IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator (PC), 30 Birds (PC), Godmode Epochs (PC), Peggle Deluxe (PC), Pinball FX (PC), Pinball FX Midnight (PC), Lia: Sunburn (Gamenora, Browser), Sunburn (by Aaron on itch, Browser), Rock Simulator (PC)Matt: Big Walk (PC), A Pinball Game That Makes You Mad (PC), Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds (PC), PachiPals (GBC), Drug Dealer Simulator (PC)Roy: Wordle (PC), Arknights (Mobile/PC), Madden NFL 07 (Gamecube), Tabletop Simulator (PC), Pikmin 2 (Gamecube)

The Pod hosts are back at it again, this time sharing a collection of hidden game gems that we wanted to bring to a broader audience.Listen in as Abby gives up on leading humans to victory, Matt decides to take a walk, Lia gets frustrated by non-canceling animations, and Roy does a full day's worth of Peggleling.HowLongToBeat forums - ⁠https://howlongtobeat.com/forum⁠Discord – ⁠https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk⁠Email - ⁠[email protected]⁠Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro), Abatage (incidental), call me lethargy. (incidental)Graphic design – M4thew and Matt 00:00:00 - Intro00:02:29 - Beaten00:46:15 - Retired00:55:25 - Playing01:44:57 - News02:07:17 - Discussion03:02:34 - Guess the Game03:19:20 - Goodbye!Games Mentioned:Abby: Passpartout 2: The Lost Artist (PC), Mosaic of the Strange (PC), UMAMI (PC), Senran Kagura Bon Appetit (Vita), Humanity (PS5), PGA Tour 2K21(PS5), Go! Sudoku (Vita), Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (PC), Mosaic of the Pharaohs (PC), InKONBINI (PC)Lia: A Game About Digging a Hole (PC), Whose Lawn Is It Anyway (PC), InKonbini (PC), Still Wakes the Deep: Siren’s Rest (PC), Cyberpunk 2077 (PC), Tetris Forever (PC), sobosuba (PC), Game is Hard (Mobile), EnigmBox (Mobile), Gun Lander (PC)Matt: Skatesterre (PC), Ridge Racer: Unbounded (PC), Rock Simulator 2 (PC), LEGO 2K Drive (PC), F<3ck Capitalism (PC), Big Walk (PC), Drug Dealer Simulator (PC), PachiPals (GBC), Gigabash (PC), Star Wars: Galactic Racer, Bad Magpie, DeadRoot, Trans Theft Horso, Sanierungsgebiet Bülowstraße, Godmode Epochs, F-Zero (SNES), Tetris (GB)Roy: Peggle Deluxe (PC), Peggle Nights (PC), Wordle (PC), Arknights (Mobile), Tabletop Simulator (PC)Hidden Gems:Abby: Observation, Blade Runner (1997), Pineapple Smash CrewLia: Nuts (PC), The List (PC), That Dragon, Cancer (PC)Matt: Bloxorz by Damien Clarke aka Roboman; CLASSIC GAME by iamqqqqqqq; Card City Nights 1 & 2 by LudosityRoy: Star Trek: Armada (PC), Monopoly Tycoon (PC), Bulk Slash (Saturn)

The hosts take up one of the hottest subjects of current times: The importance of and enthusiasm around physical video game releases. Do we need them? Why do we appreciate them? Are there any specific physical editions we love?In other news, expect an investigation on how to beat Tabletop Simulator, the nightmare of waking up to a Ubisoft newsletter, the madness of GTA on GBA, and an anti-capitalist indie game jam!HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forumDiscord – https://discord.gg/v5F26DkEmail - [email protected] – Ian Edward (intro/outro), Abatage (incidental), call me lethargy. (incidental)Graphic design – M4thew and Matt00:00:00 - Intro00:02:08 - Beaten00:41:36 - Retired01:01:05 - Playing01:32:26 - News01:54:13 - Discussion: Physical Game Releases02:45:53 - Untitled Collections Game03:02:07 - Goodbye! Games Mentioned:Abby: A Game About Chopping Trees (PC), Stellar Blade (PC), Borderlands 2 (PC), Ridge Racer Unbounded (PC), Mosaic of the Strange (PC)Lia: Indika (PS5), Still Wakes The Deep (PS5), Two Point Museum (PS5), Rise of the Ronin (PS5), Star Wars Outlaws (PS5), CADDE (PC), Enigmatic (Mobile)Matt: Klonoa: Door to Phantomile via Phantasy Reverie collection (PC), Fowl Legacy (PC), In Sink (PC), The Advent of Content (PC), The Pestine Files (PC), I feel the walls closing in (and I don't know what to do) (PC), Big city life in Berlin and your landlord is an asshole. (PC), Die Original Moorhuhn Jagd (GBC), Moorhuhn Star Karts (NDS), Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015 (PC), Card Hog (PC), 3D Tetris (VB), RACCOIN: Coin Pusher Roguelike (PC), Wanderstop (PC), Drug Dealer Simulator (PC), Ridge Racer Unbounded (PC), Carcassonne (PC)Roy: Wordle (PC), New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Switch), Civilization IV (PC), League of Legends (PC), Pokemon Emerald (GBA), Pokemon Fire Red Randomizer (GBA), Tabletop Simulator (PC)