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Episodes
Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
00:00 - Loyd Grossman impressions and other things that show our age.
05:55 - Some of our favourite things to enjoy during lockdown so far have been the comforting certainty of MasterChef and the relationship-testing Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
11:30 - "To have theatre in the house is amazing" - National Theatre Live at home is a thing of wonder and a super accessible way of seeing the stage.
16:19 - The Darby Family Quiz, and a very prescient video game-doing-good: Kind Words (lo fi chill beats to write to).
27:06 - 1 Survives is an indie gem from Tip the Table Games that blends set collection with slasher horror, and is a perfect opener to a spooky games night.
34:53 - NSV and Phil Walker-Harding's Silver & Gold is keeping the roll and write (or is that flip and write?) addiction going.
42:45 - Our question this episode comes from our pal @baileyneil, who asks "as a solo player of console games and a non-board game player: are there any great board games for solo playing?"
All that, and Lady Macbeth on a trampoline, with Dan (@ThisDanFrost), Kris (@DigitalStrider), Sam (@MrSamTurner), and Peter (@XeroXeroXero).
Links to where you can find us - StayingInPodcast.com
Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
00:11 - Arguing about The Bee Gees.
04:13 - We decide upon our favourite video games, board games, TV, and films from the previous 100 episodes. We each chose our personal top tens - including fantastic things that you should absolutely check out - and then attempted to get the complete list down to just the very best of the bunch as a collective ten we can all agree on. The full list was;
- Bart Bonte Games (Ep80)
- Batman Role-Playing Game (Ep57)
- Burgle Bros. (Ep1)
- Celeste (Ep81)
- Cosmic Encounter (Ep51)
- Dear Esther: Live (Ep49)
- Dread (Ep13)
- Hamilton (Ep67)
- His Dark Materials (TV Series) (Ep92)
- Keep Talking & Nobody Explodes (Ep62)
- Knives Out! (Ep93)
- Mary Poppins Returns (Ep72)
- Monikers (Ep50)
- Night in the Woods (Ep66)
- Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty (Ep7)
- Oxenfree (Ep40)
- Pandemic Legacy (Ep30)
- Project Highrise (Ep70)
- Return of the Obra Dinn (Ep77)
- Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective (Ep6)
- Star Realms (Ep31)
- Stardew Valley (Ep46)
- Taverns of Tiefenthal (Ep88)
- The Adventure Zone (Ep39)
- The Crew (Ep98)
- The Good Place (Ep44)
- The Mind (Ep60)
- TowerFall Ascension (Ep75)
- Trackmania Turbo (Ep4)
- UK Games Expo (Ep81)
- Uncharted 4 (Ep4)
- Uncharted: The Collection (Ep6)
- War of the Ring (Ep35)
- Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team (Ep98)
- XCOM 2 (Ep42)
28:35 - The man who used to be James Bond, and further deliberation.
41:40 - The game at the core of all of Sam's family gatherings, a Wolfgang Warsch lovefest, and more.
54:36 - An off-brand topic.
All that, and things that are totally "off the top of our heads", with Dan (@ThisDanFrost), Kris (@DigitalStrider), Sam (@MrSamTurner), and Peter (@XeroXeroXero).
Links to where you can find us - StayingInPodcast.com
Quick note: though this episode was released on April 1st 2020, we actually recorded it in late February 2020, which was before the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic reached the UK. So while it's nice to get together with pals normally, under these circumstances we recommend you check the advice of local authorities before considering whether to do so.