This Game Where

thisgamewhere

This podcast where Ashley and Chris, two game boys, chat about titles from their personal gaming history. Each episode, one of the hosts presents a game from their childhood, including a brief history of its development and any personal anecdotes. After playing the game off-mic, the second half of the podcast is a discussion of how it holds up and whether the nostalgia factor still stands. Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThisGameWhere YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThisGameWhere Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisgamewhere/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThisGameWhere/ Contact us: thisgamewhere@gmail.com read less

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Ep.186 - Broken Sword (PC)

Ep.186 - Broken Sword (PC)

"Paris in the fall, the last months of the year, at the end of the millennium..." So begins the first Broken Sword game (AKA The Shadow of the Templars AKA Broken Sword 1), this game where George Stobbart avoids death in a bomb blast at a café in a trap set by a clown then decides to find out what on earth caused this to happen, triggering all manner of point and clicking around Paris, Ireland, Syria and other locations. It's held in very high regard by all, and both Ashley and Chris have great memories of the game, so give it a listen to find out whether it holds up! Link mentioned in this episode: How Broken Sword was ported to the Game Boy Advance - Eurogamer Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please: Twitter YouTube Instagram Facebook Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

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Ep.186 - Broken Sword (PC)

Ep.186 - Broken Sword (PC)

"Paris in the fall, the last months of the year, at the end of the millennium..." So begins the first Broken Sword game (AKA The Shadow of the Templars AKA Broken Sword 1), this game where George Stobbart avoids death in a bomb blast at a café in a trap set by a clown then decides to find out what on earth caused this to happen, triggering all manner of point and clicking around Paris, Ireland, Syria and other locations. It's held in very high regard by all, and both Ashley and Chris have great memories of the game, so give it a listen to find out whether it holds up! Link mentioned in this episode: How Broken Sword was ported to the Game Boy Advance - Eurogamer Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please: Twitter YouTube Instagram Facebook Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Ep.185 - South Park (Nintendo 64)

Ep.185 - South Park (Nintendo 64)

In the heady days of 1998, with Y2K looming large on the horizon, Napster nary a whisper in the ears of two Seans (or Shawns, depending which one you ask) and Pokémon registering as but a distant rumble for anyone in the West, Matt Stone and Trey Parker were just about hitting their stride in putting the world to rights and making fart jokes with South Park. And then they went and made a game called South Park on the N64, and now we're here, in 2024, telling you if it's any good or not. What a journey! Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please: Twitter YouTube Instagram Facebook Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Ep.184 - Tomb Raider 2 (Sony PlayStation)

Ep.184 - Tomb Raider 2 (Sony PlayStation)

To mark the recent release of Tomb Raider 1, 2 and 3 Remastered, Chris takes Ashley down into some deep dark tombs to do some raiding in Tomb Raider 2. Yes, the remastered collection came out two months ago now. Yes, we only did the first one last year. Yes, we hated it when we played it. What a pair of little scamps we are! The sequel was touted as being bigger and better than the first one in every sense so listen in to find out whether we finally get what all the fuss is about. Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please: Twitter YouTube Instagram Facebook Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Ep.183 - Project Zero 2 (Sony PlayStation 2)

Ep.183 - Project Zero 2 (Sony PlayStation 2)

We're back! After a month or so off, we're coming back this week with Project Zero 2, a survival horror game that gave Ashley the willies back in 2003 when he played it and some spooky goings-on happened during gameplay. Using a camera, your objective is to take photos of ghosts as you explore a mysterious village in order to bust them. Did it make us feel good? Listen in to find out! Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please: Twitter YouTube Instagram Facebook Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Ep.182 - Tekken 3 (Sony PlayStation)

Ep.182 - Tekken 3 (Sony PlayStation)

Biff! Bang! Pow! This week, we're re-appraising Tekken 3, this game where a mystic beast gets unleashed and the only way to appease it is to stage a fighting competition. This is one of the big daddies of fighting games yet Chris hated it as a nipper - what will him and Ashley make of it nowadays? Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please: Twitter YouTube Instagram Facebook Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Ep.181 - Super Mario Sunshine (Nintendo GameCube)

Ep.181 - Super Mario Sunshine (Nintendo GameCube)

We are capping off this year's Mario and Sonic saga with a relaxed trip down memory lane, on to Memory airport where we will catch a short flight over the Memory ocean and come to land on Isle Delfino, along with all our Mushroom Kingdom pals. Then we'll watch as Mario gets banged up abroad for being a hooligan. I don't know where I'm going with this, but I do know that this week's game is Super Mario Sunshine. Is it still any good? Listen in and find out! Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please: Twitter YouTube Instagram Facebook Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Ep.180 - Sonic CD (Sega CD)

Ep.180 - Sonic CD (Sega CD)

We continue our jaunt through Sonic and Mario month 2024 with this game where you play as a blue hedgehog running round collecting rings and that. Time travel and the Mega CD / Sega CD are this game's USPs, and Chris has fond memories of playing the PC re-release in the late 90s. Will this swing Ashley into agreeing that Sonic games are alright, really? Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please: Twitter YouTube Instagram Facebook Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Ep.179 - The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog (PC)

Ep.179 - The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog (PC)

Sonic dies! What more is there to say? The perfect sell. Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please: Twitter YouTube Instagram Facebook Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Ep.178 - Super Mario Wonder (Nintendo Switch)

Ep.178 - Super Mario Wonder (Nintendo Switch)

To kick-start our annual Sonic and Mario month, Chris takes us back to the heady days of October 2023 (a mere 3 months ago at time of release) to wander through Super Mario Wonder, a 2D Switch platformer that harks back to classic Mario and certainly not all the New Super Mario nonsense. Join us as we talk about Wonder Flowers, boost badges and elephant Mario! Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please: Twitter YouTube Instagram Facebook Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

2023 Xmas Special 5 - Best of 2023

2023 Xmas Special 5 - Best of 2023

As 2023 draws to a close, Chris and Ashley take a ramshackle look back at their gaming highlights of the year. At least, that was the brief but neither of us followed it. What a shambles. We then discuss what we're looking forward to in 2024 - see you for for Sonic and Mario month in January 2024! Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please: Twitter YouTube Instagram Facebook Contact us: thisgamewhere@gmail.com Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

2023 Xmas Special 4 - Gift of the Game

2023 Xmas Special 4 - Gift of the Game

It's Chrimbo Limbo, that lull between Christmas and New Year. Ashley and Chris are marking the occasion by recommending a game they have each enjoyed this year, which might make a lovely treat for yourself or someone else during the festive period. This year's choices are Vampire Survivors and Dredge - give us a listen to find out why we think they'd make perfect presents. If you can squeeze it in between the Christmas shopping, please do give us a follow over at: Twitter YouTube Instagram Facebook Contact us: thisgamewhere@gmail.com Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

2023 Xmas Special 3 - Conker’s Bad Fur Day (Nintendo 64)

2023 Xmas Special 3 - Conker’s Bad Fur Day (Nintendo 64)

What is there to say? Conker's Bad Fur Day has made its own reputation and, in 2001 Ashley succumbed to that by putting it on his Christmas list. Alongside American college frat houses, adolescent boys were probably the second-most target for Nintendo and Rare's irreverent team-up, and it certainly went down well with our then-teenage host. But is it any good now? Listen in to find out! If you can squeeze it in between the Christmas shopping, please do give us a follow over at: Twitter YouTube Instagram Facebook Contact us: thisgamewhere@gmail.com Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

2023 Xmas Special 2 - New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo DS)

2023 Xmas Special 2 - New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo DS)

Christmas, Chris says, is for doing whatever you want, so he's gone and thrown his own rules out of the window and brought a Mario game for us to play this festive season. Making its first appearance on the Nintendo DS, New Super Mario Bros. became a staple of every Nintendo console lineup for the next 15 years. Chris gifted it for Christmas in 2007, and now he's trying to spread the festive joy by gifting it to us. But is it any good? Let's find out! If you can squeeze it in between the Christmas shopping, please do give us a follow over at: Twitter YouTube Instagram Facebook Contact us: thisgamewhere@gmail.com Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

2023 Xmas Special 1 - Gamers’ Gift Guide

2023 Xmas Special 1 - Gamers’ Gift Guide

It's the most wonderful time of the year once more and we are back at it with another feast of fancy gaming-related goodies suitable for any gamer. Whether you're buying for yourself or someone you love, this week's episode is packed full of ideas that will help you spread the festive cheer to that special gamer in your life. If you can squeeze it in between the Christmas shopping, please do give us a follow over at: Twitter YouTube Instagram Facebook Contact us: thisgamewhere@gmail.com Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Ep.177 - Bubble Bobble (Sega Master System)

Ep.177 - Bubble Bobble (Sega Master System)

Bubbles are back, baby. Everyone's talking about them, not least of all Chris and Ashley who are this week playing the OG bubble blaster, Bubble Bobble on the Sega Master System. It's a game that's got it all: dinosaurs, bubbles, dragons, more bubbles, questionable pickups, and still more bubbles. But is it any good? Listen in and find out! Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please: Twitter YouTube Instagram Facebook Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Ep.176 - Dexter’s Laboratory: Deesaster Strikes (Nintendo Game Boy Advance)

Ep.176 - Dexter’s Laboratory: Deesaster Strikes (Nintendo Game Boy Advance)

Cartoon Cartoons make a welcome return this week as Chris and Ashley discuss Dexter's Laboratory: Deesaster Strikes on the Game Boy Advance! There is gloom and doom while things go boom in this isometric puzzle-platformer based on the OG 90s cartoon - listen in to find out what we make of it. Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please: Twitter YouTube Instagram Facebook Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Ep.175 - Burnout Revenge (Sony PlayStation 2)

Ep.175 - Burnout Revenge (Sony PlayStation 2)

Normally, Chris and Ashley only ever gotta go fast when they're hanging about with sketchy blue spiny mammals, but this week, just like Markus Zuckybug instructed, they're using cars to proceed quickly and smash stuff in Burnout Revenge! Like a big boy's version of a kart racer, the player is tasked with forcing other racers off the road, into walls and over cliffs so that they can be victorious. Is it any good? Listen in and find out! Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please: Twitter YouTube Instagram Facebook Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Ep.174 - MediEvil (Sony PlayStation)

Ep.174 - MediEvil (Sony PlayStation)

It's Hallowe'en so we're celebrating all things that go bump in the night by visiting MediEvil on what is its 25th anniversary! This 3D platforming-action-hack 'n' slash hybrid was enjoyed by Chris immensely back in the day so join us as we exhume it for a post-mortem. Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please: Twitter YouTube Instagram Facebook Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Ep.173 - Cities: Skylines (PC)

Ep.173 - Cities: Skylines (PC)

Ahead of the imminent arrival of its sequel, Chris and Ashley are taking another look at Cities: Skylines, a game Ashley has been playing on and off for many years (and first discussed back on episode 19). Will Chris finish up with the city-building bug, or will his dream of a town of one's own go up in flames? Listen in to find out! Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please: Twitter YouTube Instagram Facebook Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Ep.172 - Constructor (PC)

Ep.172 - Constructor (PC)

Chris shows Ashley Constructor this week, a game that he may or may not have actually played. A man-sim in which you acquire land, build facilities on said land and then build houses to shelter tenants to work in the factories on said land, its 1997 sensibilities seem a little outdated. Listen in as we tuck into Constructor and deduct whether it sucks or not. Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please: Twitter YouTube Instagram Facebook Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/