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Naughty Dog made a game called the Last of Us. Then they remade it. Then they remade it again.

Not content with camping at the top pretty of much all ‘reasons to buy a Playstation 3, 4 and 5’ articles published over the last decade, is The Last of Us’ marquee television serialisation reason to subscribe to Now TV, HBO Max, or Hulu?

Joining Jonathan Dunn to chat game and show is special guest Lewiss Norman. How does the series compare to the game? Is this proof positive that Naughty Dog and Neil Druckmann’s efforts were pretty much just interactive cutscenes anyway?

(Chris sits this one out as he’s a massive weenie a bit too scared to play the full game, and a bit too lazy to watch the full series.)

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Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Ross Ewing, Roger Swan, The Giraffe, Thomas Duncan, Dominic Kemp, William Worthington and the gang at Chat of the Wild!

Look out for two bonus episodes winging their way to the Patreon feed in May covering The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Apple TV’s Tetris movie.

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Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunn
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It’s the penultimate week of the ‘oh oh, blue light means there’s new games to play!’ Playdate season, and we’re here, as you rightfully now EXPECT to give our thoughts on the bizarro pairing of Battleship Godios and Forrest Byrnes: Up in Smoke.

A shmup-come-Arkanoid clone with modern racer style rewind? A procedurally generated platformer that tangentially connects to the first person narrative game Firewatch? Quite literally, ONLY on the Playdate.

As a bonus for fans of lil’ cranky, Jonathan also lays down thoughts on Core Fault, Word Trip, and Gravity Express, all available via the machine’s on board Catalog store, and a sideloaded port of indie darling Celeste.

Chris bores us with updates on an Evercade favourite, starts It Takes Two, the third in the loosely connected Josef Fares co-op trilogy, and regales tales from a recently Steam Deck compatible Forza Horizon 4.

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Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Ross Ewing, Roger Swan, The Giraffe, Thomas Duncan, Dominic Kemp, William Worthington and the gang at Chat of the Wild!

Reach out to us individually:
Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunn
Chris - www.twitter.com/Chas_Hodges

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Chris and Jonathan play a boat load of videogames.

How ‘bout we do this in alphabetical order, eh?

Alwa’s Awakening, Canon - Legend of the New Gods, Chime, Cruisin’ Blast, Dragon Spirit, Farmside, Gato Roboto, Have a Nice Death, Lone Fungus, Marvel’s Avengers, Pac Attack, Plants vs Zombies, Tomb Raider Reloaded… is that it?!

YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT

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Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Ross Ewing, Roger Swan, The Giraffe, Thomas Duncan, Dominic Kemp, William Worthington and the gang at Chat of the Wild!

Reach out to us individually:
Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunn
Chris - www.twitter.com/Chas_Hodges

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SNAKE + JUMP = SNAK

ADVANCE WARS + POKÉMON SNAP = SASQUATCHERS

Allow us to expand on these derivative X plus Ys and give you the lowdown on whether this week’s Playdate offerings ought tickle your pickle.

ALSO!

Resident Evil 4 still doing the business for Jonathan? Is the steady drip of Theatrhythm DLC satiating Chris’ rhythm game urges? How’s the videogames music on vinyl community getting on in 2023? Has Chris got bought of Canon on the Evercade yet? And when on earth did Netflix start offering mobile games with their streaming subscriptions?

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Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Ross Ewing, Roger Swan, The Giraffe, Thomas Duncan, Dominic Kemp, William Worthington and the gang at Chat of the Wild!

Reach out to us individually:
Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunn
Chris - www.twitter.com/Chas_Hodges

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Jonathan bests a potential addiction to a new F2P money sink and decorates his attaché case in Resident Evil 4 Remake as Chris mines the Evercade library for shiny jewels.

Can you AFFORD to miss this?

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Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Ross Ewing, Roger Swan, The Giraffe, Thomas Duncan, Dominic Kemp, William Worthington and the gang at Chat of the Wild!

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Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunn
Chris - www.twitter.com/Chas_Hodges

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Would you believe that there’s more bleedin’ Dead Cells talk in here?

Jonathan approaches his final form in the little roguelite that could whilst Chris curses the in-house focus groups at Sega for making Sonic Frontiers into… whatever it is.

On the Playdate this week: RPG adjacent not-quite-em-up Inventory Hero, and Cooking Mama: Cauldron Edition (otherwise known as Spellcorked).

There’s also a lot of laughing, so y’know, if you hate fun, get lost.

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Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Ross Ewing, Roger Swan, The Giraffe, Thomas Duncan, Dominic Kemp, William Worthington and the gang at Chat of the Wild!

Reach out to us individually:
Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunn
Chris - www.twitter.com/Chas_Hodges

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What’re ya buyin’? What’re ya’ playin’?

Not the RE4 Remake demo, that’s for sure.

Jonathan Dunn enjoys returning to Dead Cells and its expansive, luxurious Castlevania inspired makeover.

Chris continues Harvestella, grinds his head against the rough surface of Monster Jam Crush It, and gets back into the Evercade in anticipation for receiving the new EXP handheld.

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Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Ross Ewing, Roger Swan, The Giraffe, Thomas Duncan, Dominic Kemp, William Worthington and the gang at Chat of the Wild!

Reach out to us individually:
Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunn
Chris - www.twitter.com/Chas_Hodges

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Is this the best week of the Playdate’s season so far?

(spoilers: probably!)

Jonathan and Chris pick apart what makes the arcadey, Nights Into Dreams-inspired Star Sled such a riot, and gawp at the sheer artistry on show in traditional point and click Saturday Edition.

Plus! More Theatrhythm! Some highlights from the Nintendo Switch Online emulation suite! Post-patch shrugs for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet! A soft recommend for the jank of Road Redemption! As well as some initial confusion as to what farm ‘em up, slash ‘em up Harvestella is and / or wants to be.

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Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Ross Ewing, Roger Swan, The Giraffe, Thomas Duncan, Dominic Kemp, William Worthington and the gang at Chat of the Wild!

Reach out to us individually:
Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunn
Chris - www.twitter.com/Chas_Hodges

Support us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here.

After a wee break for holibobs, the boys reconvene to catch up on The Callisto Protocol Dead Space worship, Chocobo GP’s sunset months, Farmside’s Premium-Freemium bucolia, and Theatrhythm’s ludicrous generosity.

Plus, a huge segue about guns and the UK postal service for some reason.

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Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Ross Ewing, Roger Swan, The Giraffe, Thomas Duncan, Dominic Kemp, William Worthington and the gang at Chat of the Wild!

Reach out to us individually:
Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunn
Chris - www.twitter.com/Chas_Hodges

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Thoughts and opinions on Nintendo’s recent Direct are HERE, baby! What are we excited for? What were we surprised by? What do we laugh at?

THEN:

Jonathan completes his romp through the Metroid Prime trilogy with his first playthrough of the third entry in the series, and garnishes his time with Retro Studio’s take on Samus Aran with a revisit to the inaugural entry via newly released Metroid Prime Remastered.

Chris gets nostalgic for Xbox Live Indie Games classics like Apple Jack, weeps into his palms at the relentlessness of The Sims on Playstation 2, and reappraises 2016’s The Division in light of the real world pandemic.

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Massive thanks to our Patreon subscribers Andy Smith, Gene Limbrick, Debbie Booth, David Boys-Layton, Darren Hughes, Rob Wade, Ross Ewing, Roger Swan, The Giraffe, Thomas Duncan, Dominic Kemp, William Worthington and the gang at Chat of the Wild!

Reach out to us individually:
Jonathan - www.twitter.com/jonathandunn
Chris - www.twitter.com/Chas_Hodges

Support us either via Patreon or with a one off donation here.