Cutscenes: Art or Annoyance? | Episode 65 | RIP Game & Physical + More!

🎙️ Join Heather, Stu and Tom for a slightly smaller crew this week as they dive into the world of cutscenes in games. Do you love them or hate them? Are they essential storytelling or just something that gets in the way of the action? We explore the best, the worst, and everything in between — plus the usual pickups, gaming news, and chaos. Stick around for the quiz at the end too!Timestamps:00:00 - Intro & What We've Been Playing31:05 - Gaming News 📰42:27 - Questions from Discord ❓51:34 - Main Topic: Cutscenes in Games 🎬1:24:02 - Gaming Quiz Time!1:30:08 - Shout Outs and Goodbye!Find all of our links here:Linktree: https://linktr.ee/gameolder2024Discord: https://discord.gg/VzmAnSA7xaTwitter/X: https://x.com/GameOlderPodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GameOlder2024Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/game_older_podcast__/Contact us: [email protected] codes and shout-outs:Bitmap Books — 5% off all purchases: OLDER5bitmapbooks.comTimeless Gaming Convention, Liverpool — 12th August. Use code OLDER26 for 15% off tickets!Please don't forget to rate and review us wherever you listen, along with hitting the follow/subscribe button!🎮 What we've been playing:Stu has been living the racing life and dabbling in the macabre:Cruising around and unlocking cars in Forza — "it's just simply good"Hooked on Black Jacket, a Balatro-style blackjack roguelike with a purgatory twistFinally started Resident Evil 4 Remake at Tom's urging, and loving the early village chaosTom had a huge haul of retro pickups:Fixed his Mega CD woes with a new Mega CD 2, picking up Wolf Child, Soul Star/Cobra Command, and a Japanese Resident Evil 5 tinGrabbed Super Famicom copies of Star Fox and A Link to the Past, plus a Dreamcast internet starter packFinished Resident Evil 8 (fun, if a bit frustrating) and dabbled on a friend's Sega 32X and MSX/Sharp X68000 retro rigsCompleted Cannon Spike and started the Kojima classic Snatcher on Mega CDHeather balanced pickups with a surprise return to Assassin's Creed:New Mega Drive grabs including Menace, Spider-Man, Urban Strike and Home Alone, plus PS2 titles Magna Carta and Clock Tower 3Picked up a rare cancelled/unreleased South Park cart for Game Boy Color, complete with a DIY box projectEnded up diving back into Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced despite herself — buggy but beautiful, and a joy to replay 13 years on📰 Gaming News Highlights:Sony's Digital Backlash Overshadows Wolverine: A big new Marvel's Wolverine trailer got buried under continued backlash to PlayStation's all-digital futureUbisoft's Quieter Year Ahead: A lighter release schedule follows Black Flag Resynced, with bigger Assassin's Creed, Far Cry and Ghost Recon entries planned down the lineElder Scrolls 6 Still Years Away: Bethesda confirms it's still in development on the new Creation Engine 3, with no release date yetGAME Goes Into Administration: What's left of the UK retailer is now mostly confined to Sports Direct shelf space🎮 Upcoming Releases:Halo: Campaign Evolved — 28th JulyMistfall Hunter — 29th JulyKusan: City of Wolves — 30th July💬 Side chats & moments:What game ending or character failure stuck with you the most? (Cheers, England's Euro exit)Is the high street dying for gamers? RIP GAME, long live CEXZach from the Discord wrote this week's 1v1 Stu vs Tom quiz — Tom takes the win!