SIPTG 331: I Like Smelling Rolls (17/11/2025)
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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: Episode's YouTube Video: SIPTG YouTube...
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SIPTG 330: That's Capitalism, Baby! (03/11/2025)
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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: Episode's YouTube Video: SIPTG YouTube Channel: Music by...
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SIPTG 329: Turnip Butt Jiggles (20/10/2025)
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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: Episode's YouTube Video: SIPTG YouTube Channel: Music by Kevin MacLeod:
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SIPTG 328: All Into Satan (06/10/2025)
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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: Episode's YouTube Video: SIPTG YouTube Channel: Music by Kevin MacLeod:
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SIPTG 326: Turnip Butt (01/09/2025)
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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: Episode's YouTube Video: SIPTG YouTube Channel: Music by Kevin MacLeod:
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SIPTG 325: (whisper) Wildlands (18/08/2025)
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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: Episode's YouTube Video: SIPTG YouTube Channel: Music by Kevin MacLeod:
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SIPTG 324: Garbage Guts Fishies (04/08/2025)
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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: Episode's YouTube Video: SIPTG YouTube Channel: Music by Kevin MacLeod:
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SIPTG 323: SPEEDTREE IS AI!!! (21/07/2025)
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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: Episode's YouTube Video: SIPTG YouTube Channel: Music by Kevin MacLeod:
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SIPTG 322: No Fun Time (07/07/2025)
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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: Episode's YouTube Video: SIPTG YouTube Channel: Music by Kevin MacLeod:
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SIPTG 321: Lift Off! (23/06/2025)
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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: Episode's YouTube Video: SIPTG YouTube Channel: Music by Kevin MacLeod:
info_outlineIt'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
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Music by Kevin MacLeod:
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