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Eight and a Half Bit
by The Halfbits
Join us in our weekly discussion on the latest (and sometimes oldest) gaming news. You'll marvel at our wonderful tangents into the darkest corners of gaming and geekery.
Episodes
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Episode 304 - Suckers and Ghosts
Sam is gone but still here... actually too much so expect some surprises! Paul certainly didn't expect, or notice. Anyway enough of that guff how about games like kirby? Ghostwire Tokyo? Tentacular? Ohh boy howdy. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Elden Ring, Tunic, Ghost Wire Tokyo, Trek To...
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Episode 303 - New Look, New Souls
It's been an unexpected hiatus and the show has... oh who cares? Games and stuff! You heard of Elden Ring? So did we! And Shadow Warrior 3 and Elsto Mania, well I mean that's really old but it's good. Oh god I just missed talking so much! All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: OlliOlli World…
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Episode 302 - The Actiblizking is dead! Long live the whatever
In this episode of video games talking about video games happens. Do you like Magicdweedoo? We do. Also things you might be more aware of Like God of War, Supraland and Outer Wilds... Oh I think we've gone back in time again. WATCH OUT MR LINCOLN! Oh and Activision getting bought blah blah blah....
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GOTGOTY 2021!
It's that time again! Time for Eight and a Half Bit's annual Game of the Game of the Year! The most fabulous game show for the most fabulous games! Check out your fabulous hosts being fabulous with their fabulous picks! WONDERFUL!
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Episode 301 - Christmas Rat
Christmas Rat is back with gifts for all the kiddies! And as the three video game mice we've got video games to discuss like Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon! And others! By golly there's a lot actually. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon, Matrix Awakens, Shot 2048…
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Episode 300 - The 300ist
In our most labelled 300 episode ever we discuss the films of Zack Snyder, a hundred less blows than you expect and a third thing. HUMOUR! ? Anyway it's just about video games still. Pokemon, Radiohead and the HOTTEST SCOPES ON STAR CITIZEN AND STARFIELD!? Can you believe it? You shouldn't. All...
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Episode 299 - Wiggle it around until it grows big
After a hiatus of some sort we're back with an ethical discussion of Unpacking, Inscryption and Metroid dread among many many other subjects. How time flies when you go on hiatus for a while... All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Metroid Dread, Unpacking, Inscryption, Jett: The Far Shore, Mon...
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Episode 298 - We're on the Web
We play Webbed, Deathloop and Outer Wilds and webs or somehting. Discriptions are hard but hey! I love you? All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Psychonauts 2, Webbed, The Artful Escape, Deathloop, Inscryption, Warioware: Get it Together, Snowrunner, Spookware, Golf Club Wasteland, The Outer…
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Episode 297 - Psychonaughties
We've all finished Twelve Minutes and we're going to have to spoil the hell out of it to discuss it correctly, at the end of the show! Everything up until then is spoiler free. Spoilers for Psychonauts 2? Nope! Arcsmith? Not on your life!? QUAKE?!!!1 WE WOULD NEVER! All this AND MORE™! Games...
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Episode 296 - TWO TIME LOOPS!
Tonight we get all loopy with 12 Minutes and The Forgotten City, discover the secrets that lay inside Axiom Verge 2 and find our forever dagger in Boyfriend dungeon. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: The Forgotten City, Death's Door, Axiom Verge 2, Not for broadcast, Boyfriend Dungeon, Wario...
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Episode 295 - Peaceful Jet Skid
There have been a lot of games since our last episode and the Switch Pro is dead, long live the Valve Switch Pro (AKA Steam Deck)! All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Mario Golf: Super Rush, Chicory: A Colorful Tale, Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart, Phantom Abyss, DnD Dark Alliance, Death's Door,...
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Episode 294 - E3 Chaos
I'm here to talk about E3. That's my mission. I only know one thing. I want to talk about E3. I need to. It's not a hope or a dream. It's like a hunger. Thirst. This is the shrine of E3. It's here. I just have to talk it out. The game announcements are so thick I can taste it. This is it. No…
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Episode 293 - Let's not go Overboard
It might be time for E3 but we recorded this in the beforetimes where we could only search for the past in The Magnificent Trufflepigs, explore horrible mutated worlds in Biomutant and kill our husbands in Overboard. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Biomutant, Stonefly, Overboard, The...
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Episode 292 - I'm so glad we've moved to Europe
While in merry old Europe we can enjoy the European villages and the European residents who inhabit them in Resident Evil: Europe! I mean Village. Also We discuss Returnal which is cool and definitely a word! All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Returnal, Resident Evil Village, Death Crown…
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Episode 291 - Our Entire Allocation of Pokemon
Snap, Pull and Root in Pokemon Snap, Filament and Root respectively! Also let's look at Nintendo Indies, Oculus announcements Sony's State of Play. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Root, Filament, RE Village Demo, Pokemon Snap, The Longing, Juice Galaxy, Pokemon Sword, Jaipur, Onirim, Days...
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Episode 290 - 25% More
It's time to talk about some of them there videoed games! Some new, some old, some on Apple Arcade and even some games never even were. Damn this multiverse! All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Darq, Good Job, Red Faction Guerilla, Maquette, Disco Elysium, Oddworld: Soul Storm, Paper Beast,...
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Episode 289 - World of Wonder
What fun we have for you today! Co op fun, porn games, ID@Xbox, Future Games Show, VR and controversy... IT'S A WORLD OF WONDER! All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Balan Wonderworld, It Takes Two, Blood and Truth, Subverse, Disco Elysium, Dyson Sphere, Forspoken, Life is Strange True Colors...
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Episode 288 - Feeling a Little Loopy
We take a few turns around the circuit in Loop Hero, decided to play Remnant from the Ashes instead of Outriders and go back to the mountain in Celeste Classic 2! All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Loop Hero, Valheim, Outriders, Remnant from the ashes, Olija, Heaven's Vault, Unrailed, My Hidden...
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Episode 287 - Is Skrillex the Susan Boyle of Dubstep?
Has Nintendo made 3D World a compelling enough package to warrant a rebuy? Are Viking environmentally sustainable? Does Huniepop 2 double the guilt? All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: GORN, Bowser's Fury, Valheim, RE Village Demo,Huniepop 2, Cyberpunk 2077, Mass Effect Legendary Edition,...
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Episode 286 - The Year is 2021 and Everything is New Again
The new year is here but what does it hold for the little game that lives inside us? Shall it find satisfaction or be driven to escape from its fleshy prison? Only time can tell. Games discussed: Doom3, Monster hunter rise, Singularity, There is no game: Wrong Dimension, Indiana Jones, Minecraft...
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Episode 285 - GOTGOTY 2020
It's that time again! Game of the game of the year! Who will reign supreme?! What game will come out on top?! WHAT IS IT! All this AND MORE™! Join us on Discord: discord.eightandahalfbit.com Follow us on twitter! Eight and a Half Bit: @8AndAHalfBit James: @JamesBowling Paul: @MrParoxysm Sam:...
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Episode 284 - A lot of stuff
It's been a while. We've missed the console launches, Cyberpunk 2077, The Game Awards and even BUGSNAX! All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Bugsnax, Maneater, No more Heroes 2, Carto, Cyberpunk 2077, Call of the Sea, Kingdom: Two Crowns, PS5,Destruction Allstars, Perfect Dark, Dragon Age 4, Ark...
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Episode 283 - Sam has never been so excited!
Sam revisits the world of the dungeons and the dragons in Baldur's Gate 3, James strapped into his cockpit in Star Wars Squadrons and Paul is Dead. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: I Am Dead, Fights in Tight Spaces, Finders Keepers, Strobophagia, Conscript, Of Bird and Cage, Super Mario 35,...
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Episode 282 - Hell is so hot right now
With 2020 going the way it is, the crew finds solace in a delightful trip to the underworld. Microsoft just bought everyone? That's ok cause I'm stabbing spooky hands with a magic spear. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Hades, Among Us, Necrobarista, Struggling, Paradise Killer, MO Astray,...
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Episode 281 - James likes fishing (also a bunch of "important" game stuff)
It's dangerous to skip and episode when so much is going on. Don't worry though we're here to talk about the same thing everyone else is talking about... and Witcheye? PS5 and Xbox Series X too I guess. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Spiritfarer, Witcheye, Operation Tango, We were here too,...
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Episode 280 - DEATH HUGS!!!
Journey with us toward oblivion in the completely lovely Spiritfarer, shoot everything that moves in Risk of Reign 2 and do something better than play The Avengers. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Fall Guys, Frog Fractions, The Avengers, Spiritfarer, Boomerang Fu, Risk of Rain 2, Takeshi and...
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Episode 279 - Weeny is just a third word
These naughty boys have been Grounded but that's ok because that just means more time for video games! All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Grounded, Bartlow's Dread Machine, Paper Mario: The Origami King, Jedi: Fallen Order, More Thronebreakers, Halo apology, Cuphead, The Avengers Join us on...
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Episode 278 - Carry On Xbox
In this episode Paul leaves halfway through to rescue his wife from the dog park. Also there's the Xbox Series X Lineup, Carrion and Paper Mario! All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Paper Mario: The Origami King, Carrion, Neversong, Superhot: Mind Control Delete, Devolverland Expo, Blightbound,...
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Episode 277 - The Blast of Us Pt.2
Some people on the internet have passionate and somewhat hyperbolic feelings about certain video games!!! Not us. We're dead inside. In the last episode Paul said Nietzsche instead of Kafka and feels like a real jerk. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Phantom Covert Ops, The Last of Us Part…
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Episode 276 - Cats is the Cube of the real world
Not E3 continues and this week the Steam Game Festival has brought us an unconscionable number of demos to play. Shame on them All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Deep Rock Galactic, Desperados III, Titanfall 2, Super Smash Bros Ultimate, Pokemon Snap, Lost in Random, Star Wars: Squadrons, Skate...
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Episode 275 - Not E3 Part One of... God knows
What's black and white and reads 4k Blu-ray discs all over? Not E3 is here and with it comes the PS5 and a bunch of new games! Don't limit your excitement though because James and Paul have been playing slightly older games that are new to us so you can just deal with it! Ok? OK! All this AND...
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Episode 274 - Risking it all for love of the games
Paul and James maintaining their distance socially in order to discuss all the exciting gameplay of the next generation! Also various other generations! All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: XCom Chimera Squad, Gears Tactics, Animal Crossing, Assassin's Creed: Odyssey, Sunless Sea: Zubmariner...
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Episode 273 - Technical limitations
The Bits are back, kinda! We've made the same leap as everyone else has and achieved mixed results! We'll get there in the end though. Oh and something about video games?! All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Murder By Numbers, skribbl.io, Doom Eternal, Animal Crossing, Half Life Alyx…
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Episode 272 - Kicking Phat Birds
We travel to a distant planet, explore amazing places, discover new species and kick the shit out of them. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Journey to the Savage Planet, We Were Here, A Plague Tale: Innocence, Kentucky Route Zero, Dreams, Persona 5 Scramble, Wands, Red Matter, Moss, King's...
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Episode 271 - Delays of the Day
So many games that were coming out on one day that will now come out on another! WHATEVER WILL WE DO!? Sam gets all systems driven with Noita while Paul and James pretty much have buggered off from the real world and keep banging on about VR. Sorry about that. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed:...
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Game of the GOTY 2019!
It's time to talk Game of the Year and what better way then to make it into a game? We invite you to join us for the first annual GAME OF THE GAME OF THE YEAR! Join us on Discord: discord.eightandahalfbit.com Follow us on twitter! Eight and a Half Bit: @8AndAHalfBit James: @JamesBowling Paul:...
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Episode 270 - Cross-Mas Special!
Well if it isn't the Eight and a Half Bit Christmas episode. Why is it posted so far after Christmas? Did Paul forget to release it even though it was recorded and uploaded? We'll never tell. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: A Short Hike, Ring Fit Adventure, Arise, Yooka-Laylee and the...
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Episode 269 - My Most Powerful Mesh Tank Top
It's Christmas! And what better way is there to celebrate than with a podcast about video games? We've got games galore, the game awards with games and some extra games! All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Disco Elysium, The Talos Principle: Deluxe Edition, Remnant From the Ashes, Wattam,...
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Episode 268 - John Podcaster Gamefan
After a career of subtle and reserved game design Hideo Kojima finally gets a chance to express himself, indie hit Pokemon hits the big time and Star Wars breaks new ground with a spin off! All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Death Stranding, Luigi's Mansion 3, Black Future 88, The Touryst,...
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Episode 267 - Luigi is a Goo Boy
In this week's action packed episode of Eight and a Half Bit we talk about Videogames! A space game, a spooooky game and a bicycle game! EXCITING TIMES WE LIVE IN! All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: The Outer Worlds, Lonely Mountains: Downhill, Decenders, Luigi's Mansion 3, Horizon Shift '81,...
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Episode 266 - The episode recorded before the launch of The Outer Worlds but released afterwards
Back from PAXAus and there are games to play. Explore the fractal infinite of Manifold Garden, express yourself in the wholesome adventure Concrete Genie and get the band in time with the jazzy puzzle game Kine. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Manifold Garden, Concrete Genie, John Wick Hex,...
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The Spaghetti Boys Return - PaxAus 2019
PAX Australia 2019 is complete and our tired and slightly tipsy Spaghetti boys are here to give you the run down. From Final Fantasy 7 Remake to CyberMonk if it was at PAX and we saw it and we remembered to talk about it, you'll find it here! Join us on Discord: discord.eightandahalfbit.com…
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Episode 265 - Touchy Touchy
The Apple Arcade is open and we're stuffed full of fruity goodness but we're saving room for an Untitled Goose with our friend Link... in a Borderland? These summaries are tough. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Link's Awakening, Untitled Goose Game, Borderlands 3, RingFit Adventure, What the...
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Episode 264 - Catholic Edgelord Chic
Curse your god's name, throw out your magical beast from another dimension and stand in the corner because we played Blasphemous, Astral chain and Blair Witch! Warning we lost the audio and then fixed it. The mysterious bad audio segment can be found at the end of the episode. All this AND MORE™!...
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Episode 263 - Dusty Loves to Dance
The games are here so get ready for the smash hit Witch Eye! Our boys get handsy with Heave Ho and we toss in a little indie game called Control. All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Rad, Control, Witch eye, Hotline Miami Collection, Heave Ho, pinstripe, Super Smash Bros Ultimate, FFXIV, No Man's...
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Episode 262 - A random selection of video games for the day
A week for Indie heavyweights to battle! Terry Cavanagh (Dicey Dungeons) and Zachtronics (Eliza) will fight to the death. There will be no survivors! Except for the winner. And also the loser will survive. Surprise! 3D Realms is here with the fine maiden Bombshell in Ion Fury. All this AND MORE™!...
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Episode 261 - Virtual analog sticks are just plain terrible
If killin' Nazis is wrong I don't wanna be right. Other than enjoying the bond of Nazi slaying sisterhood in Wolfenstein: Youngblood we head back to school with the new Fire Emblem: Three Houses and learn to fly with the crowd in thatgamecompany's follow-up to Journey, Sky: Children of light. All...
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Episode 260 - Mr Mario is back
After decades of obscurity Mario Mario is finally getting his turn in the spotlight in two exciting new projects! This time you can make your own game or prescribe drugs. He's not in Bloodstained: Ritual of the night however. Now that's an episode description! [Please take another pass before...
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Episode 259 - You can Cadence if you want to
James is back from being married and he's brought all sorts of things with him while avoiding quarantine. We get musical with Cadence of Hyrule, avoid the Void Bastards and Underlords exists I guess! All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Cadence of Hyrule, Kids, American Fugitive, My Friend Pedro,...
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Episode 258 - E3 2019
Outer Wilds time! Also... everything from E3... All this AND MORE™! Games discussed: Outer WIlds, Devolver Bootleg, Kingsway, Luigi's mansion 3, 12 Minutes, Deathloop, Lucifer Within Us, Elden Ring, Watch Dogs Legion, Astral Chain, Uplay+, Freedom Finger, Rawmen, Trials of Mana, Empire of Sin,...
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Join us in our weekly discussion on the latest (and sometimes oldest) gaming news. You'll marvel at our wonderful tangents into the darkest corners of gaming and geekery.
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