The Bonus Points

A new podcast where Oli (@oliguy91) and Joe (@stampylongnose) decide which are their greatest video games of all time. Way more casual than it sounds. Contact us @TheBonusPoints !

Game of the Year 2025 and Goodbye 01/01/2026

Game of the Year 2025 and Goodbye The big finale. Game of the Year 2025. We discuss our personal top 10s, then figure out the joint pick for our Game of the Year before wrapping this thing up! Thanks for the wild ride, it's been a fun 4 years. Of course, it wouldn't have been the same without you all. Thank you for everything. You can follow Oli on Bluesky here: Or on Instagram here: -- TBP /episode/index/show/thebonuspoints/id/39575105

The Final Annual Christmas Quiz with Jack Marshall 12/12/2025

The Final Annual Christmas Quiz with Jack Marshall Jack is back to quiz the boys in our final annual Christmas quiz! Huge thanks to Jack for helping out again this year, and our community for submitting questions! You can follow Jack here: https://bsky.app/profile/ayoitsjack.bsky.social SUPPORT US ON PATREON: [£3/$4 tier = TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] [£5/$6 tier = Early access, name in video of podcast, TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] Blue Sky: Tiktok: /episode/index/show/thebonuspoints/id/39380285

The Big List Reshuffle 11/28/2025

The Big List Reshuffle The boys take a look at the list and how its warped and grown out of shape over the last 4 years to try to right some wrongs, with big rises and huge falls. Also includes listener comments and questions! SUPPORT US ON PATREON: [£3/$4 tier = TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] [£5/$6 tier = Early access, name in video of podcast, TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] Blue Sky: Tiktok: /episode/index/show/thebonuspoints/id/39179025

Enter the Gungeon with Neil Watts 10/03/2025

Enter the Gungeon with Neil Watts The lads venture in to the Gungeon with community hero Neil Watts (aka Muppet). Neil is our discord moderator, the gatekeeper of our website but most of all a dear friend and a sweet soul. Enter the Gungeon is a topdown roguelike where everything is based around guns. Guns and puns. Imagine the structure of pretty much any roguelike, then PERFECT IT, and you'd be well on your way to envisioning what the Gungeon has to offer. Also its hard as hell. DEATH STRANDING 2 SPOILERS 1:18:00 - 1:25:40 As a reminder there is no main podcast episode in October, so we will see you on November 28th! (unless you're in our Patreon - Extra Credit runs as normal). SUPPORT US ON PATREON: [£3/$4 tier = TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] [£5/$6 tier = Early access, name in video of podcast, TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] Blue Sky: Tiktok: /episode/index/show/thebonuspoints/id/38453465

Alba: A Wildlife Adventure with Andy Robertston 09/05/2025

Alba: A Wildlife Adventure with Andy Robertston This time the boys jump in to the world of Alba: A Wildlife Adventure with Andy Robertson. Alba is a 'chillectathon' on a fictional Spanish island where you are tasked with cataloging the local wildlife as well as fixing up the nature reserve, and other attractions, to their former glory. The game started life on iOS and was developed in the UK, but has since been ported to pretty much every single modern platform. Ludocene: Follow Andy on Bluesky: Mentioned in-depth development article: SUPPORT US ON PATREON: [£3/$4 tier = TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] [£5/$6 tier = Early access, name in video of podcast, TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] Blue Sky: Tiktok: /episode/index/show/thebonuspoints/id/38083320

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach 08/08/2025

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach The boys don their backpacks once again to walk the walk with Death Stranding 2. Death Stranding 2: On the beach sees brooding blue-collar worker Sam Porter Bridges deliver packages to stop the extinction of humanity (again). Although this time, he has a serious chip on his shoulder... and a ladder, a pair of boots, a silenced assault rifle, a bridge, 10 grenades, 5 health packs, 400 units of metal, a pizza, some vials etc etc. SUPPORT US ON PATREON: [£3/$4 tier = TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] [£5/$6 tier = Early access, name in video of podcast, TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] Blue Sky: Tiktok: /episode/index/show/thebonuspoints/id/37715960

Medieval Madness - Pinball Special! 07/22/2025

Medieval Madness - Pinball Special! This week the lads take a deep dive in to Joe's hobby, Pinball! We focus on real pinball but also touch on virtual pinball, covering how to play, how they are built, what the industry and the community is like and more. Then we deep dive in to Medieval Madness as the focus for the episode and the list addition. The youtube version of this episode can be found SUPPORT US ON PATREON: [£3/$4 tier = TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] [£5/$6 tier = Early access, name in video of podcast, TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] Blue Sky: Tiktok: /episode/index/show/thebonuspoints/id/37505730

Doom: The Dark Ages with Revios 06/13/2025

Doom: The Dark Ages with Revios The lads take a trip to hell with the Doom Slayer himself . Harry is a bit of an FPS aficionado and a modern Doom super fan so who could be better to shepherd us through the gates of hell? Doom: The Dark Ages is a 2025 first person shooter in the long running Doom franchise (and the second Doom game on the show), developed by id software and Bethesda. SUPPORT US ON PATREON: [£3/$4 tier = TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] [£5/$6 tier = Early access, name in video of podcast, TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] Blue Sky: Tiktok: /episode/index/show/thebonuspoints/id/36996280

Batman: Arkham Asylum 05/16/2025

Batman: Arkham Asylum Batman: Arkham Asylum is a 2009 action adventure game where you play as the Dark Knight on what the developers describe as "the worst night of his life". Trapped on an island with literally all the villains, Batman must survive the night as well as putting a stop to Jokers evil scheme to poison Gotham. Between kicking and punching, climbing, gadget-ing and detectiving, it's safe to say Bats is a busy boy. SUPPORT US ON PATREON: [£3/$4 tier = TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] [£5/$6 tier = Early access, name in video of podcast, TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] Blue Sky: Tiktok: /episode/index/show/thebonuspoints/id/36534190

Dead Island 2 04/18/2025

Dead Island 2 After surviving a plane crash during an escape from a zombie ridden LA (known as Hell-A) you are left to fend for yourself alone, or with 2 friends in co-op. The journey takes you through famous LA locations and you team up with lots of characters who are there for a good time, not a long time. This game surprised us with its witty writing and up-beat attitude, as well as being a technical showcase. Good stuff! SUPPORT US ON PATREON: [£3/$4 tier = TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] [£5/$6 tier = Early access, name in video of podcast, TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] Blue Sky: Tiktok: /episode/index/show/thebonuspoints/id/36204250

Natsu-mon: 20th Century Summer Kid 04/04/2025

Natsu-mon: 20th Century Summer Kid Natsu-mon is a vacation simulator that puts you in the shoes of 10 year old Satoru, as he ventures to the countryside as part of a travelling circus with his family. From your basecamp at the holiday home, Satoru goes out each day and finds something new to do, gamifying things a kid might do in August, 1999. A very sweet idea with a fantastic art style too! SUPPORT US ON PATREON: [£3/$4 tier = TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] [£5/$6 tier = Early access, name in video of podcast, TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] Blue Sky: Tiktok: /episode/index/show/thebonuspoints/id/36002945

F.E.A.R. 03/21/2025

F.E.A.R. F.E.A.R. is a 2005 first person shooter from the unfortunately recently shuttered studio Monolith Productions. The game blends horror and fps gameplay to create a 'playable action movie'. A lot of attention was paid to the AI in game using a system known as GOAP, Goal Oriented Action Planning, and this system is still used today. With dynamic lighting and real-time physics, the game was no slouch in its presentation either. SUPPORT US ON PATREON: [£3/$4 tier = TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] [£5/$6 tier = Early access, name in video of podcast, TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] Blue Sky: Tiktok: /episode/index/show/thebonuspoints/id/35788125

Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime 03/07/2025

Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime This week we are talking about Dragon Quest Heroes Rocket Slime on the Nintendo DS. This game has charm, fun and great ideas in buckets and was a great first DS game for the show. A very different vibe to the previous couple of episodes for sure! SUPPORT US ON PATREON: [£3/$4 tier = TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] [£5/$6 tier = Early access, name in video of podcast, TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] Blue Sky: Tiktok: /episode/index/show/thebonuspoints/id/35557830

Talking Video Game Discoverability, Accessibility & Ludocene with Andy Robertson 03/05/2025

Talking Video Game Discoverability, Accessibility & Ludocene with Andy Robertson We have recently crossed paths with Andy Robertson, a games journalist writing for Forbes, the BBC and previously the Guardian and Wired. Andy is on his way to creating a new app called Ludocene, which has its foundations built on the Family Gaming Database. Ludocene is a video game discoverability app that hopes to cut through the thousands of games made available each day using human tags and recommendations, not with AI. The Family Gaming Database is a HUGE database that not only shows parents what content is in a game beyond its PEGI rating, but also goes through accessibility for a lot of its titles, which is something everyone can benefit from. Back Ludocene on Kickstarter: Family gaming database: Follow Andy on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/geekdadgamer.bsky.social TBP on Patreon: https://patreon.com/thebonuspoints /episode/index/show/thebonuspoints/id/35542360

Alpha Protocol 02/21/2025

Alpha Protocol In Alpha Protocol, players take on the role of Micheal Thorton, a weird geezer who can't have a regular conversation. Or aim his gun straight. Or move quietly. Or do anything his job requires of him with any degree of consistency or success... Come on this globe trotting mis-adventure with us in a classic "we played it so you don't have to" episode! SUPPORT US ON PATREON: [£3/$4 tier = TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] [£5/$6 tier = Early access, name in video of podcast, TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] Blue Sky: Tiktok: /episode/index/show/thebonuspoints/id/35375970

World of Goo 02/07/2025

World of Goo World of Goo is a 2008 indie game in which you build structures using squishy, springy goo balls and strands. It is considered one of the first widely successful indie games ever, and found its success as gaming really hit the mainstream with the birth of smartphones and the Nintendo Wii. Chances are a lot of you played it when you were younger, and this will be a nostalgia blast for an hour! SUPPORT US ON PATREON: [£3/$4 tier = TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] [£5/$6 tier = Early access, name in video of podcast, TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] Blue Sky: Tiktok: /episode/index/show/thebonuspoints/id/35162440

1000xRESIST 01/24/2025

1000xRESIST 1000xResist is a narrative adventure game set in a future where humanity has been wiped out and replaced with a small society of clones, these clones are all strands of a single teenage girl but over 100s of years built their own religious beliefs, systems and governments, while under the constant threat of a larger entity. If this at all sounds interesting to you we can recommend you play the game first, then come back and check this episode out as it's impossible not to spoil. However we kept the list section spoiler free, if you'd like to see where it lands. (skip to 1:20:30) SUPPORT US ON PATREON: [£3/$4 tier = TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] [£5/$6 tier = Early access, name in video of podcast, TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] Blue Sky: Tiktok: /episode/index/show/thebonuspoints/id/34976920

Helldivers II 01/10/2025

Helldivers II This week we spread managed democracy as rookie shock troopers in Helldivers II! This game was our Community voted Game of the Year so we figured we should probably find out what that mucky lot have been up to, and get familiar with Super Earth. Helldivers II is a cooperative third person shooter that took the gaming world by storm last year, selling 12 million copies in 3 months. SUPPORT US ON PATREON: [£3/$4 tier = TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] [£5/$6 tier = Early access, name in video of podcast, TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] Blue Sky: Tiktok: /episode/index/show/thebonuspoints/id/34753795

Game of the Year 2024 12/27/2024

Game of the Year 2024 We run down our top games of the year, a TBP 'official' Game of the Year and our community picks! Thanks for all your support in 2024 and for watching along, we will see you in the new year! SUPPORT US ON PATREON: [£3/$4 tier = TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] [£5/$6 tier = Early access, name in video of podcast, TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] Official site: Blue Sky: Tiktok: /episode/index/show/thebonuspoints/id/34579000

The 4th Annual Christmas Quiz with Jack Marshall 12/13/2024

The 4th Annual Christmas Quiz with Jack Marshall Video version over on Youtube is recommended : https://youtu.be/YasaY7-9S6Q Jack is back to quiz the boys in our fourth annual Christmas quiz! Huge thanks to Jack for helping out again this year, and our community for submitting questions! You can follow Jack here: SUPPORT US ON PATREON: [£3/$4 tier = TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] [£5/$6 tier = Early access, name in video of podcast, TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] Blue Sky: Tiktok: https://tiktok.com/@thebonuspointsyt /episode/index/show/thebonuspoints/id/34362275

Papers, please 11/29/2024

Papers, please Take a trip to the glorious (maybe?) country of Arstotzka with the boys in this weeks episode covering 2013's check-em-up Papers, please. Papers, please puts you in the role of a border control officer checking passports, documents and other things before choosing wether or not to let these poor souls in to the fictional country of Arstotzka. Expect your heart strings to be pulled and your red REJECTED stamp to be pushed liberally. SUPPORT US ON PATREON: [£3/$4 tier = TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] [£5/$6 tier = Early access, name in video of podcast, TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] Blue Sky: Tiktok: /episode/index/show/thebonuspoints/id/34190995

Metal Gear Rising Revengeance 11/15/2024

Metal Gear Rising Revengeance Metal Gear Rising is a 2013 slash-em-up with a pretty cool feature in "blade mode". Blade mode allows enemies and objects in the world to be carved in real time, and the tech is still impressive today, 11 years on. I guess you could say it was... cutting edge. It's a very "Bonus Points" thing to have one of the biggest franchises in gaming (Metal Gear Solid) represented on the list by its spin-off, but thats how we be. SUPPORT US ON PATREON: [£3/$4 tier = TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] [£5/$6 tier = Early access, name in video of podcast, TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] Blue Sky: Tiktok: /episode/index/show/thebonuspoints/id/33926492

Silent Hill 2 Remake 11/01/2024

Silent Hill 2 Remake In my restless dreams, I hear that podcast... We take a little holiday to Silent Hill to help leading man James find his missing/dead (???) wife Mary, following the delivery of a mysterious letter. This episode is pretty full-on so those with a sensitive disposition should probably skip! Grab your pipe (steel, for beating monsters) and join us on a trip to our special place. SUPPORT US ON PATREON: [£3/$4 tier = TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] [£5/$6 tier = Early access, name in video of podcast, TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] Blue Sky: Tiktok: /episode/index/show/thebonuspoints/id/33670922

Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster 10/18/2024

Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster Dead Rising is 2006s divisive open world game set in a zombie infested shopping mall, starring the strange, troll-like man Frank West. Armed with a camera (and anything else you can get your hands on) players must survive 72 hours against the zombie horde and even worse… other survivors. This episode we are talking about the Deluxe Remaster, but its very close to the original. SUPPORT US ON PATREON: [£3/$4 tier = TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] [£5/$6 tier = Early access, name in video of podcast, TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] Twitter: Tiktok: /episode/index/show/thebonuspoints/id/33496877

The Plucky Squire 10/04/2024

The Plucky Squire This week we are talking about The Plucky Squire, a game we were both super excited about the release of. The games main hook is that you can jump in and out of a story book, exploring the room the book is in. Maybe we were a little bit too excited for this one however... SUPPORT US ON PATREON: [£2/$3 tier = TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] [£5/$6 tier = Early access, name in video of podcast, TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] Twitter: Tiktok: /episode/index/show/thebonuspoints/id/33298887

Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP 09/20/2024

Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP This might be the most obscure game we've done (despite it selling 1.5 million copies). Maybe more of an audio/visual art piece than a game, we dive in to the short and experimental world of Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP and see what was 'cutting edge' in 2011. Developer interviews referenced: SUPPORT US ON PATREON: [£2/$3 tier = TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] [£5/$6 tier = Early access, name in video of podcast, TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] Twitter: Tiktok: /episode/index/show/thebonuspoints/id/33130267

Donkey Kong '94 09/06/2024

Donkey Kong '94 This game is an absolute BANGER and somewhat forgotten by Nintendo themselves. The first game where Mario is truly 'acrobatic', it twists after the 4th (and normally final) stage of the game to reveal a whopping 97 more stages to complete. Made for a fun episode, it's always an easy going one when the game is good! Developer interview referenced: SUPPORT US ON PATREON: [£2/$3 tier = TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] [£5/$6 tier = Early access, name in video of podcast, TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] Twitter: Tiktok: /episode/index/show/thebonuspoints/id/32940647

Splinter Cell: Blacklist 08/23/2024

Splinter Cell: Blacklist This episode we talk Splinter Cell Blacklist and have a giggle and all the silly fake military stuff and "tacti-cool" vibe of the whole game. Also some big moves on THE LIST SUPPORT US ON PATREON: [£2/$3 tier = TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] [£5/$6 tier = Early access, name in video of podcast, TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] Twitter: Tiktok: /episode/index/show/thebonuspoints/id/32640617

Indika 08/09/2024

Indika Indika is a strange third person narrative adventure game from Russian development team Odd Meter. The game is story driven, so if you're interested in the title please play it first as we spoil the entire thing! SUPPORT US ON PATREON: [£2/$3 tier = TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] [£5/$6 tier = Early access, name in video of podcast, TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] Twitter: Tiktok: /episode/index/show/thebonuspoints/id/32498532

Titanfall 2 07/26/2024

Titanfall 2 This episode is a fun one, and if you've not blasted through Titanfall 2, we recommend you should! It's about 4 hours long and £3 on LOTS of platforms. A real rollercoaster of a game. We go in depth on each stage of the game which is an unusual format for us but the game is so short its possible here. The Elden Ring DLC giveaway is a PS5 code redeemable in the UK only! SUPPORT US ON PATREON: [£2/$3 tier = TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] [£5/$6 tier = Early access, name in video of podcast, TBP Discord, Extra Credit Podcast and behind the scenes content] Twitter: Tiktok: /episode/index/show/thebonuspoints/id/32304117

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