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The Start Cast
by LiSTNR
We only ever hit pause to talk about the games we love. Each week on the Start Cast, a bunch of us Aussies get together and chat in-depth about the latest news and releases, all in the name of Press Start Australia. Come hangout and geek-out with us; nothing is better than talking video games with your mates... except playing them of course!For more episodes download the free LiSTNR app
Episodes
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Our most anticipated games of 2020
On this episode, Ewan, Shannon, James and Steven share the games they’re most excited for in 2020 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Game Awards Reactions
On this episode, the team discuss all the announcements and awards from the Game Awards. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Our favourite PlayStation memories
On this episode, we mark PlayStation’s 25th birthday by sharing our favourite memories with Sony’s home consoles. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Thank you for 200 episodes!
On our 200th episode of the Start Cast, we celebrate and debate which game deserves Game of the Year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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What is a janky game?
On this episode, the team debate the meaning of the word ‘janky’ and discuss Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Pokémon Sword and Shield, and Half-Life: Alyx. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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A week with Death Stranding
On this episode, the team share their evolving thoughts on Death Stranding, the redesigned Sonic and the upcoming Xbox event. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Remake or Remaster
On this episode of the Start Cast, Brodie shares some exciting news, Steven spots a hell of a deal, Ewan wonders if we should be worried about class warfare breaking out, and James asks if games should be remade, or remastered? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Why do game always come out at the same time?
On this episode, Jake returns from LA to tell us about Galaxy’s Edge and Jedi: Fallen Order, and James wants to know why games always seem to come out at the same time. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Best Games of the Decade
On this episode, we swap PAX stories, Brodie talks Shannon Noll entering esports and we debate the top games of the decade. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Politics and Games
On this episode, Steven shares his concerns about the Hearthstone player banned for talking politics, and Ewan gives advice about going to video game conventions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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What if games had a fast-forward button?
On this episode, James talks fast-fowarding, Ewan discusses The Last of Us multiplayer, Brodie questions the new Mortal Kombat movie logo and Steven celebrates game archiving. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Is Apple Arcade Sustainable?
On this episode, James wonders whether Apple Arcade is good for the industry and Ewan gets SUPER excited about the Last of Us Part II. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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We’re not sure about Borderlands
On this episode, Ewan and James discus their time with Borderlands 3, Steven’s excited about Apple Arcade and Brodie is still unsure about Death Stranding. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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What are Nintendo up to?
On this episode: Ewan shares his thoughts on Control; Brodies wonders what Nintendo’s new accessory might be; James is hopeful Project Resistance looks good, and we settle the PlayStation X vs Cross debate once and for all. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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We review Gears 5 and Blair Witch
On this episode, Brodie and James share their reviews of Gears 5 and Blair Witch whilst Steven gets excited about the rumoured return of Resident Evil. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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We’re back from Gamescom!
On this episode, Brodie joins us fresh from Germany where he played a tonne of exciting unreleased games and we do a deep dive into James’ review of Control. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Start Cast 187 – Will the new Need for Speed be good?
On this episode, we talk about what surprised us about this generation, the Doom remasters and the new Need for Speed game. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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What games won you back?
On this episode, we talk about games we came back to and discuss the last game to be banned from Australia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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What are the best gaming snacks
On this episode, Ewan and James share their favourite gaming snacks, Ninja’s move to Mixer and do another Buzzfeed quiz. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Why do we play video games
On this episode of the Start Cast, we discuss the mixed impressions of Wolfenstein: Youngblood, the Fortnite World Cup and how the most recent data on Australian gamers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Should you buy the new Switch Lite?
On this episode, we preview Fire Emblem: Three Houses and share our thoughts on the newly announced Nintendo Switch Lite. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Have Gamers Ruined the Internet?
On this episode, we discuss Disney games, how to balance games and the latest NBN woes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Which iconic video game characters are we?
On this episode, Ewan and James do Buzzfeed quizzes and discuss James’ Mortal Kombat predicament. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Our CTR remake review
On this episode, we discuss advertising in games, lootboxes as ‘surprises’, Crash Team Racing and the latest Switch Mini rumours. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The E3 2019 special
On this special episode of the Start Cast, the team recap E3 2019 and their favourite announcements. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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We’ve played Doom Eternal
On this episode of the Start Cast, we discuss Steven’s time with Doom Eternal, the Uncharted movie finally getting a release date and the Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order gameplay reveal. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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E3 predictions 2019
On this special episode of the Start Cast, we share what we think we’ll see at E3 2019, and what our dream announcements would be. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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What the wiki is back!
On this episode of the Start Cast, we discuss the latest Death Stranding reveal and the return of Captain Price in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, but most importantly, What the Wiki is back! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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George R. R. Martin is making a video game?
On this episode of the Start Cast, we discuss A Plague Tale: Innocence and Days Gone, the rumours surrounding George R. R. Martin contributing to a video game in Japan, and the latest news regarding the next generation of PlayStation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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What are Ubisoft up to?
On this episode of the Start Cast, we discuss James’ Rage 2 review. everything Ubisoft has been up to this week stirring the pot and the new partnership between Sony and Microsoft. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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We’ve played the new Ghost Recon
On this episode of the Start Cast, we finally share our thoughts on Avenger’s Endgame and the new Spider-Man trailer, as well as our thoughts on the new Ghost Recon game which James recently had the chance to play. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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May contain microtransactions
On this episode of the Start Cast, Ewan and James discuss Mortal Kombat 11, the dreaded microtranscations, the upcoming Star Wars game and the horrific Sonic movie trailer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Virtual reality resurgence and hard games
On this episode of The Start Cast, Shannon, James and Brodie discuss April Fool’s Day gags, Virtual Reality’s resurgence and Sekiro needing an easy mode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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How was PlayStation’s direct?
On this episode of the Start Cast, Ewan, James and Brodie discuss the announcement of Borderlands announcement (and other announcements), our thoughts on PlayStation’s State of Play stream, Apple Arcade and some breaking news! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Will we ever get Google Stadia?
On this episode of the Start Cast, Ewan, James and Brodie discuss our review of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and The Division 2, offer our opinion of Google Stadia and anticipate what Bethesda might reveal at E3. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Is E3 gonna suck this year?
On this episode of the Start Cast, Ewan, James and Steven discuss the ugly looking Google controller, EA pulling out of E3, day one patches and VR coming to the Switch. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Pokémon needs to change
On this episode of the Start Cast, Ewan, James and Steven discuss the Borderlands 3 rumours, Cyberpunk 2077, Overkill’s The Walking Dead and our frustration with the latest Pokémon announcements. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Our anthem review
On this episode of the Start Cast, Brodie, James, Steven and Ewan discuss our reviews of Anthem and Trials Rising, as well as Google and Xbox’s gaming futures and Reggie Fils-Aime’s retirement from Nintendo. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Gaming relationships
On this episode of the Start Cast, Ewan, Brodie, Steven and James discuss Metro Exodus and Crackdown 3’s reviews, Anthem’s review in progress, all the latest Nintendo announcements, Hollow Knight’s sequel and “games as a relationship”. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Activision’s layoffs
On this episode of the Start Cast, Ewan, Matt and Steven discuss Far Cry New Dawn, the massive layoffs at Activision and Apex Legends rise to power. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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We’ve played Respawn’s battle royale
On this episode of the Start Cast, Brodie tells us all about his experience with Respawn’s battle royale, Apex Legends, and we discuss Anthem’s staggered launch and Marshmello playing a live set in Fortnite. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Resident Evil 2 review discussion
On this episode of the Start Cast, we delve deep into James’ review of Resident Evil 2 and chat about Netflix’s concerns with Fortnite. We also shake up the rules for What the Wiki quite dramatically. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Start Cast 161
On this episode of the Start Cast, Ewan, Steven, Matt and Brodie return to discuss EA’s cancellation of their open-world Star Wars game, their Game of the Year 2018 picks and what games they are looking forward to most in 2019, as well as kicking off a new season of What the Wiki! See...
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Crash Team Racing is back!
On this episode of the Start Cast, Ewan, James and Steven discuss the award winners and announcements from the Game Awards, as well as PlayStation's mysterious future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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We interview Pete Hines
On this episode of the Start Cast, Ewan, Brodie and James discuss our reviews of Red Dead Redemption 2, Diablo III: Eternal Collection and Call of Cthulhu, our thoughts on the PlayStation Classic line-up, and MediEvil getting a ranking. Included is our interview with Bethesda’s Senior Vice...
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Game streaming is the future
On this episode of the Start Cast, Steven and Ewan discuss Xbox's Project xCloud game streaming service, the PlayStation 5 rumours, Black Ops 4 releasing early, Fortnite getting a retail release and Borderlands VR. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Gimme that Harry Potter game
On this episode of the Start Cast, Ewan, Steven, Matt and James discuss PlayStation finally allowing cross-platform play, the possibility of a new Switch, Nintendo making movies and the leaked Harry Potter game the internet has gone crazy over! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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AC Odyssey and Forza Horizon 4 reviewed
On this episode of the Start Cast, Ewan, James and Shannon discuss our reviews of Assassin's Creed Origins and Forza Horizon 4, the aftermath of Telltale Games' closure, Troy Baker's character reveal ing Death Stranding and Mario Party Switch selling for nearly $10,000 on eBay. See...
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What happened to Telltale?
On this episode of the Start Cast, Ewan and James discuss the saddening news of Telltale's closure, what games we'd want on the newly announced PlayStation Classic and the death of the PS Vita. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The problem with Nintendo Switch Online
On this episode of the Start Cast, Ewan, James and Steven discuss all the announcements from last week's Nintendo Direct and PlayStation's Tokyo Game Show conference, the problem with Nintendo's online service and our thoughts on Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Spider-Man and Valkyria Chronicles 4.…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
We only ever hit pause to talk about the games we love. Each week on the Start Cast, a bunch of us Aussies get together and chat in-depth about the latest news and releases, all in the name of Press Start Australia. Come hangout and geek-out with us; nothing is better than talking video games with your mates... except playing them of course!For more episodes download the free LiSTNR app
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We only ever hit pause to talk about the games we love. Each week on the Start Cast, a bunch of us Aussies get together and chat in-depth about the latest news and releases, all in the name of Press Start Australia. Come hangout and geek-out with us; nothing is better than talking video games with...
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