stantongrouse

Thanks for taking the time for this, it's an excellent summary. I've put a few hours in, and have been enjoying it but feel the failure punishment and reward payout are a little imbalanced, especially in the early stages of a campaign. I think my own judgement was a little off as the setup for it is a little different to what I was reviewing from it, partly down to me avoiding coverage until it came out. But now I'm in it I certainly enjoying the funneling that makes me step away from my usual go to style of play.

One sports programme to rule them all - Trans World Sport. It's all the sport in one package.

I like a well made racing game from any of the genres really, if it works well I'll likely get very engaged with it. If I had to pick a favourite it would be somewhere between Traditional Arcade Racers and Futuristic Racers, but everything else is very close behind. I just like to drive stuff - I played Grand Theft Auto 4 like it was a NY Taxi sim.

@syndrom: Yup - I second that statement.

Alex if he'd gotten into folk music instead of the slightly louder forms of music would probably be the best fit. I have Brad's hair though, in both long and short form in the last two years.

I used to spend hours weighing up the pros and cons of the various pack-in games that would be advertised in magazines. In the process of thinking about this question I realise a lot of the systems I have had I got as free hand-me-downs so they usually came with quite a few games. The ones I definitely remember getting new/buying myself are:

Master System - Hang On and Safari Hunt built in and a Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse cart.

Amiga 500 - I got the Cartoon Classics pack which had the amazing Lemmings and the terrible Captain Planet and Bart vs the Space Mutants. I also got Lotus Esprit with it too which I probably played the most.

PlayStation - WipeOut and Destruction Derby

Dreamcast - Chu Chu Rocket and Ready to Rumble

Xbox - Halo

Gamecube - Luigi's Mansion

Xbox 360 - The Orange Box

And that was the last console I bought.

I genuinely can't thank Vinny, Brad and Alex enough for all the great things that they have filled my eyes, ears and brain with. You've seen me through some tough times and that will always be remembered and I will always be thankful for. Sending you the best of luck in all that you do next to each of you.

I generally have a soft spot for games in the work simulation genre, some of those get really drubbed in reviews, especially yearly sequels, and I'll happily plug away at them in their 7th iterative version. I also played way more of Borderlands 2 which was generally reviewed as worse by the sites I check reviews on.

This is one of those concepts that makes me feel old, as the thought of doing it (audio even more so than video) just baffles me completely. Each to their own of course, but if I don't have the time to do something I just don't do it rather than speed it up just to fit it in. But then I have the same feeling about people who take it too far the other way (i.e. preserving the intention of the creator), telling people unless you've see 2001: A Space Odyssey in Cinerama you've not really seen it. I genuinely love that people can consume art and entertainment how they like these days, I just don't always understand the paths some people go down when doing it.

@regal: I came here to basically write the same - so thanks. I've struggled with my mental health all my life, but the last 18 months have been the worst for me in that regard in my 41 years. Those podcasts have been a fantastic source of getting myself up and going fuel, and feeling a part of casual conversation, which I've basically missed since last March.

I realise me saying "the status quo is fine by me" isn't much help to those that don't like it but I can't thank the team enough for what I think has been an exceptional output given the circumstances the world finds itself in.