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Very simple question this week. Is it worth the bother getting the next big game on day one? Is it worth playing a broken or overpriced game just to be "part of the conversation"? The same questions are also asked of new consoles, especially when the two big dogs are coming out before years end. 

We all hit that time where games just don't do it for us anymore. We hit that point where we are just tired with the idea of gaming, that is gaming fatigue. If you've been playing video games for long enough, you'll have experienced it at least once. In this episode of Impossible Mission, we talk about times we've experienced and a few tricks for how to come back from it.

Why do we Love(?) is a series within Impossible Mission where we talk about a specific style of game and discuss why we love them. Does what it says on the tin. This time, we talk about the humble and historied Platformer. 

 Apologies about the delay in between this episode and the last, but I can guarantee you that normal service will be resuming here on Impossible Mission. In the first half of the show, we talk about what sort of company SEGA have become since the Dreamcast bombed. And how they do more than ride on the coattails of a certain world-famous hog. Then, in the back half, we discuss the switch, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Specifically, who exactly are they for? Because, let's be honest - there's no such thing as a console for every single type of gamer. Never has been, never will be, and if there is it would truly be awful. If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. The more feedback we have, the more people can enjoy our video game chatter. Want to suggest a topic for a future episode? Email me at info@thegeekshow.co.uk, we'd love to hear from you.   

Welcome back to Impossible Mission, the Geek Show Video Game podcast in which two YouTube videos combine to make one mega podcast. Or something like that... This time out we open the show by talking about the upcoming TV adaptation of the Last of Us and the Netflix version of The Witcher. We expand that topic to talk about Video Games that'd make good TV Shows too. We even remember some of the games we've played in this section too, lucky us. Then, in the back half, we talk about Videogames as a form of relaxation. It was originally sold as VideoGames Chewing Gum, but upon further SEO investigation that turned out to be an ASMR thing - which is an internet kink too far for us; thank you very much.  If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. The more feedback we have, the more people can enjoy our video game chatter. Want to suggest a topic for a future episode?

This time out on Impossible Mission we talk about games that have long been lost to the history vaults, Rob and Prob talk about games that we'd like to see make a return - whether this is for next-gen or not, we just want them back. When we aren't calling the gaming gods cowards, we also talk about terrible games with bold control systems, extreme sports, the PSone JRPG landscape and much, much more. We should probably bring back the geek show drinking game at some point, huh? If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. The more feedback we have, the more people can enjoy our video game chatter. Want to suggest a topic for a future episode? Email me at info@thegeekshow.co.uk, we'd love to hear from you. 

Impossible Mission confirmed by YouTube commenter? You bet your sweet **** it is. This episode would've been out a week earlier, but we delayed it on account of the coronavirus/ e3 episode we did already dating horribly. Stay safe everyone. So instead, we laser-focused this latest podcast around the specs drop that we've recently had for both the Playstation 5 and the Xbox Series X. The console war has officially kicked off. In the first half, we focus on Microsoft's new powerhouse of a machine, then, we jump ship to Sony for their fifth station of play. Where does the sand lay at this point in time? Tune in to find out what we think. For all this and more check it on Impossible Mission, 'cause it is impossible to talk about video games without p*ssing someone off. If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a 5-star rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. The more feedback we have, the more people can

People are so territorial when it comes to video games, so join us as we jump right in feet first to this impossible mission with little care. In the first half of this latest episode, we talk about Yakuza. From its origins as a game that climbed out of the shadow of Shenmue to the dadding antics of today. Its been a rocky, weird road and we tell you just why it's one of our favourite stealth AAA titles. Then in a complete change of direction, we follow that up by talking about balls, wheels, more balls and how all games developers are cowards that will totally play into my obvious ploy. Maybe? Probably? Hopefully? Enough of that, in the back half of the show we talk about sports games in all their many different guises and just why we keep coming back to them over and over again. For all this and more check it on Impossible Mission, 'cause it is impossible to talk about video games without p*ssing someone off. If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a 5-s

Press X is dead long live Press X. There's a new king in town, Impossible Mission - and going forward that is what we will forevermore be known as. Now that's out of the way, what games are we talking about on this episode? In the front half, we talk about weird names for games as well as games that changed their names for some reason or another. Not looking at Legend of Zelda in any way shape or form here, no way, no how. *Cough*Cough* Then in the back half, we look at Media Molecule's LONG anticipated game-em-up, Dreams. We talk about whether the Playstation exclusive developer has made something their own genre and much, much more.  For all this and more check it on Impossible Mission, 'cause it is impossible to talk about video games without p*ssing someone off. If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a 5-star rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. The more feedback we have, the more people can

Sorry for bombarding and putting out so many episodes so quick, but when you are excited about relaunching a podcast - you have to cross all the Ts and dot all the Is. In this triple bill, to close out Press X's tenure we have one eye trained on the past for all of them. In part 1 we talk about the nostalgia of Shenmue III and the new Bard's Tale. In part 2, we talk about pure gameplay in games. None of this story nonsense, thank you very much. And, in part 3, we talk about when a golden age for games could conceivably be.  Which, obviously, we don't answer properly. Instead, we give you three different answers. If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a 5-star rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. The more feedback we have, the more people can enjoy our video game chatter. thegeekshow.co.uk

South Park's Kyle Brofolvski is always learning things and this week on Press X, we are too. We open this episode of the geek show's exclusive video games podcast by talking about the games that have helped us discover something about ourselves or something new and cool that we didn't know existed beforehand. Games can be great like that. Then in the backend, we dig into why we have always loved the point and click adventure game. Simple answer? They're awesome, no, but seriously. there's much more than that to dig into. Just one more episode of Press X before the relaunch and its a big episode. Turns out, E3 screwed us just as much as Sony has screwed them - two years on the bounce now. If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a 5-star rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. The more feedback we have, the more people can enjoy our video game chatter. thegeekshow.co.uk

Not many more episodes of Press X until we are up to date and cross over to the new podcast name, now. In this episode, we open by talking about one of 2019's most divisive games - Death Stranding. Which, contrary to youtube comments threads, segues nicely into a conversation about the humble walking simulator. Such an odd moniker for a videogame genre, that. And, keeping that controversial energy flowing,  we follow it up by talking about why we love fighting games. Well, one of us does, anyway. Did I almost start this paragraph by typing regards, like this was an email? No, don't be ridiculous, of course, I never. Tracks successfully covered. Now. If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a 5-star rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. The more feedback we have, the more people can enjoy our video game chatter. thegeekshow.co.uk

Sagely advice from Resident Evil's Barry there, don't be a jill sandwich. This time on Press X, we continue or look at horror in video games by going through the entire history of the franchise. Well, as much as you can with a 30 minute YouTube Video/Segment, anyway. We touch on the important footnotes, like how Code Veronica needs the fancy remake treatment next. Then in the back half of the show, we talk about folk horror in video games. Which, on paper, sounds boring. However, in reality, we get into the nitty-gritty of how you could actually pull off a werewolf game. Good episode, all in all.  If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a 5-star rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. The more feedback we have, the more people can enjoy our video game chatter. thegeekshow.co.uk

Horror is the name of the game this week on the Geek Show's video game exclusive pod. In the first half of Press X, we talk about how horror video games made in Japan are different from those made in the West. A fascinating topic that you don't really contemplate until it is right there, in front of you. Then in the back half, we narrow our gaze on the most over-saturated monster in all of pop culture, never mind games - the zombie. Whether TV, Movies, Comics or Games, we've had enough. So, we take the mammoth task upon ourselves to create a zombie game that would get rid of all that fatigue. Yes, try. If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a 5-star rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. The more feedback we have, the more people can enjoy our video game chatter. thegeekshow.co.uk

Time for more video games chattery with the Rob's on Press X. This time we open the show by swerving the topic of video games as an art form by talking about video games that use art as a component of their gameplay. Sneaky, right? Then in the second half, we engage in a friendly bit of clickbait by talking about facilities and tycoon games and suggest that they are the scariest games in the world? No, not horror, but managing a theme park of hospital. Stick with us, though, there is a method in this madness. If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a 5-star rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. The more feedback we have, the more people can enjoy our video game chatter. thegeekshow.co.uk

Time for more chitty-chitty-chat-chat with the geek show's exclusive video games podcast, Press X. This time we talk about the emergence of indie games as a legitimate force in gaming, as proven by the number of smaller, forgotten genres they have saved or championed. And, in the back half, we talk about the rise of Focus Home Interactive as a publisher of mid-range games. Rob opens the show with a caveat about that, but the points we make still stand the test of time. If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a 5-star rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. The more feedback we have, the more people can enjoy our video game chatter. thegeekshow.co.uk

Press X-asauraus Rex. On this double blast of Video Game Podcast Chats, we talk about two new things in or around the world of games. First up we talk about having total open-world fatigue. Fairly self-explanatory, no need to over embellish that. We follow that with something that does need explaining, cast your minds back to when Yukes were basically fired by 2K on the WWE games. In the back half of this episode, we discuss what this means for other franchised sports games. Here's looking at you, FIFA. If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a 5-star rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. The more feedback we have, the more people can enjoy our video game chatter. thegeekshow.co.uk

It's funny how quick a news story goes from being hot stuff to sand in the wind. On this edition of the Geek Show's Video Game podcast, we have one such story in the first half of the show. A head honcho on the PlayStation brand talked about how the PS5 will have a very different relationship with Indie Games as compared to the PS4. And, being the purveyors of content hunting for those hot, hot clicks, you bet we made a video about it. Plenty of Indie Games talk in the first half, which is the absolute opposite to the second half. In the back end, we talk about whether there is actually an appeal to the much-maligned (these days anyway) AAA game. There is, but we need to do some digging to find it. If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a 5-star rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. The more feedback we have, the more people can enjoy our video game chatter. thegeekshow.co.uk

This time out, we are dropping a big long whamma jamma of a Press X episode. Nothing complicated to explain here, it's an episode about E3 2019. Electronic Entertainment Expo, in its final throes of clinging onto relevance. In the first part, we talk about Microsoft. In the second its the turn of the other main conferences. And the last part is the PC gaming show. Best listen to this with a pen and a piece of paper, or, you know, modern implements - it's not the 1970s anymore. The featured image is from Cyberpunk 2077. If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find us. The more feedback we have, the more people can enjoy our video game chatter. 

This time on the geek show's video game podcast, there's a change in cast. In the first half of the show, Producer Rob was in foreign waters having a nice paddle. So, in his stead, Andy subbed in and he and Rob talked about how they'd fix the WWE and FIFA Games. Fun fact, fun fact fans, still completely relevant too - which is just embarrassing. In the second half, Produced Rob returned, and the two Rob's discussed Augmented Reality Vs Virtual Reality. Nothing fancy there, fairly straight forward talking point. I'm sure it plays out that way too, yep, absolutely certain. If you like the podcast, send some support by visiting our PATREON. Alternatively, give us a 5-star rating and/or review wherever you get your podcasts from, it helps other people find our podcast. The more feedback we have, the more people can enjoy our video game chatter. Or shout at us, you know, whatever floats your boat. www.thegeekshow.co.uk