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How Long To Beat

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A biweekly gaming podcast by and for members of the HowLongToBeat community. Hosts Diallo, Lia, Matt and Roy discuss various topics surrounding all genres and eras of video games, as well as current events in the HLTB community. Each episode they delve into their backlogs to explore games they"ve beaten or retired, discuss a range of gaming related topics, and test each other on their knowledge of games they have beaten in the past!

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All Episodes

01:45:38

S4 E23 - Flash is Dead, Long Live Flash

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2026/03/02

This week the podcast goes into the past with Flash, everyone's favorite old internet game platform. What were our favorite Flash games and the sites where we gathered to play them on? Were any of these actually Javascript or Macromedia? Did we actually go out to purchase any retail versions of these masterpieces? Which games are we hoping to get revisited in the future by us or some other dev that decided to dig into the past themselves?Come along on a journey of very few games, what bathroom

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02:42:22

S4 E22 - My Funemployment Era (GOTY Edition)

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2026/02/16

It's that time again! The HLTB Podcast hosts are back to discuss our very favorite games that we played in 2025! Join us for a radical retrospective, in which we talk repeatedly about Pokémon, commiserate about the agony of filing taxes, and attempt to pronounce Nietzsche quotes. Which games will come out on top? Tune in to find out!HowLongToBeat forums - ⁠https://howlongtobeat.com/forum⁠Discord – ⁠https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk⁠Email - ⁠hltbpodcast@gmail.com⁠Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro), Abatage

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04:03:19

S04 E21 - 2025 HLTB GotM Retrospective (feat. Knalb)

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2026/02/02

Another year passed and the hosts welcome back thread master Knalb to recount the "Game of the Month" winners of the community throughout 2025. Knalb also brings the stats and trivia to play a guessing game around the community's activity!Did the community choose better games than the year before? Who actually played Hatris? Why has there never been a racing game as GOTM before? And what might be in store for us in 2026? Let's discuss in this extra thick episode!Feel free to use

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02:32:58

S4 E20 - Existentialism & Kickflips

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2026/01/19

With another HLTB community event having wrapped up not too long ago, your trusty hosts Lia, Matt and Roy look back and discuss the games of Itchmas 2025, the annual indie game extravaganza!Additionally, Matt finally dusts off a game that’s been backlogged for over 10 years, Lia rectifies the error of her ways and retires some brand slop, and Roy finally graduates from Hatsune Miku’s school of bomb defusal!Wasp simulations, edging in videogames, language roguelites, and another round of the

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02:42:51

S4 E19 - That Goddamn Holiday Feeling

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2026/01/05

New year, new me, new ...games? The HLTB podcast hosts ring in the new year with everything we've left in 2025 and what we're bringing into 2026. In addition, we recount all the old childhood games we've tested out as adults and debut a whole new Guess the Game: The Collection Game.Listen in as we discuss those games that are just not easy no matter how old you are, learn how our childhood imaginations created games that don't actually exist, franchises that took us on a ride, and

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02:25:40

S4 E18 - Of the Birds That I’ve Met

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2025/12/22

As the year draws closer to STAGE COMPLETE, the HLTB Pod hosts gathered one last time in 2025 to discuss everything video and games, especially the elusive freebie known as gifted games. What holidays and event do get them for as well as memorable gift and moments. Who finished off their gifted games too fast and who let their gifts gets dusty?HowLongToBeat forums - ⁠https://howlongtobeat.com/forum⁠ Discord – ⁠https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk⁠ Email - ⁠hltbpodcast@gmail.com⁠ Music – Ian Edward

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01:58:35

S4 E17 - Poo-yo Poo-yo Tetris

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2025/12/08

Some games, like the timeless masterpiece that is Tetris, are eternally replayable. So in this episode the hosts discuss if and when they replay games, remember moments when a return to a game changed their experience significantly, and chat about what games entice them to revisit in the future.Furthermore expect discussions about exciting topics like rainbow waffles, first person pooper games, and emulating fast food restaurant toys!Also: Support your local library!HowLongToBeat forums -

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02:30:19

S4 E16 - Tummy Tetris

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2025/11/24

As Americans prepare to stuff their faces this Thursday, your trusty hosts turn their attention to the world of cooking and crafting in video games! We hope you brought your appetite, because our Thanksgiving dinner features Sonic blue curry, haunted pickles, the world’s worst mac and cheese, and of course, wall chicken in lieu of the traditional turkey! Need to tune out your drunken uncle? Listen to our (only slightly more coherent) ramblings instead!HowLongToBeat forums -

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02:49:28

S4 S15 - The DOOM of Germany

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2025/11/15

Get ready for another edition of everyone's favorite podcast! This time we're discussing ROM Hacks and Fan Games and finding out which freakish fan hacks have a special place in our hearts.Stream along as Lia becomes a billionaire, Matt chases Justin Bieber, Roy plays multiple Pokemon and experience the return of Diallo, with the shiniest of nightmares and newest of consoles.HowLongToBeat forums - ⁠https://howlongtobeat.com/forum⁠ Discord – ⁠https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk⁠ Email -

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02:08:03

S4 E14 - As Usual, Matt Loves Piss

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2025/10/27

As it is Spooky Season™️, Lia, Matt and Roy follow their content creator obligation to talk about fitting things like games that actually managed to scare them and, of course, the best Halloween candy!Between the usual yapping about video games and another round of "Guess the Game", you will also witness a rare return of the soap box segment!Expect further escapades into different trading card games, a shoutout to Candy Crush players, a yearning for vocaloid games, and reports of mild

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02:17:34

S4 E13 - S4 E13 - I’m Actually Having Social...

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2025/10/15

It's time for another descent into gaming madness, wherein we brave hosts discuss all things video games and what presence sports games have on our backlogs and completed. Who has the most sports games in their catalog?Join in as Roy gets destroyed by collegiate football simulations, Matt pulls back on emulations, and digital trading card games become Lia's new recreation.HowLongToBeat forums - ⁠https://howlongtobeat.com/forum⁠ Discord – ⁠https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk⁠ Email - ⁠hltbpodcast@gmail.com⁠

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02:37:33

S4 E12 - What a Curse the Internet is

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2025/09/29

Welcome, fellow web surfer, to another episode of the How Long To Beat podcast!Today Lia, Matt and Roy chat about how the proliferation of information through modern technology has impacted the gaming space, as well as the games that they’ve been spending time with recently and playing another round of “Guess the Game”!Expect a yearning for Big Head Mode, criticisms towards videogame representations of New York City, news about pigeon DLC, and tragic tales of IRL Magic: The Gathering

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01:46:18

S4 E11 - The Ballad of Gay Citizen Kane

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2025/09/15

The whittled down hosting trio are back for another round of video game chat, this time with slightly more Lia than required! Listen in as they discuss which seasons go with which games and why, and who is the freak who decided this topic was a good one? Follow for discussions on great franchise deals, the issue of meta overtaking storylines, which gacha is good, and whether or not they're all still doing Wordle.HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forumDiscord –

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02:08:58

S4 E10 - The Ninja Gaiden Birds Have Been Nerfed

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2025/09/01

The birds are angry these days!But that doesn't stop us from blabbering on about videogames that we are playing. Or lack thereof, as we'll also be discussing gaming droughts, what might cause them, what might get us out of them, and what else we do when we're not spending our precious free-time with games.Join us as we chat about rodents, complain about popping wheelies, and experience becoming one with the Wordle.HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forumDiscord –

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03:06:06

S4 E9 - The F*cking Rat Episode

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2025/08/01

It's time for another round of chatting about video games! This month we are without Diallo but the remaining hosts gather to discuss the community event Itchmas in July and other stuff that's holding their fancies this month. Including but not limited to: the pros and cons of gamepass and cooking sims, pinball tables real and virtual, racing games real and imagined, and all things historical and current in the world of rats.HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forumDiscord –

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02:42:24

NG+ - Showcase Showcase! (Summer Game Fest 2025 & More)

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2025/07/15

Join us on a sidequest through the recent videogame showcases, including the big Summer Game Fest schedule as well as a couple individual events outside of that.We talk about how we engage with showcases in general and reveal our most anticipated new games discoveries through these recent live events!Be ready for disingenuous eco games, tangents on horse-breeding games, doing backflips in games, a teardown of wholesomeness, and the state of bodily fluids in gaming.HowLongToBeat forums -

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03:00:51

S4 E8 - So Cool! You're in the Hospital!

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2025/07/01

On this episode, the hosts take a trip down memory lane: They revisit the very first video games they ever played, and then they take a look at "gateway games" that exposed them to new genres or concepts. Tune in as they talk about shiny poop, recount their childhood medical history, and review the rules of alphabetizing!HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forumDiscord – https://discord.gg/v5F26DkEmail - hltbpodcast@gmail.comMusic – Ian Edward (intro/outro), Abatage

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03:09:26

S4 E7 - 900 F*cking Nuts

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2025/06/01

With the release of the Nintendo Switch 2 on the horizon, the hosts take a look back at their experiences with the original Switch console. They go over how the platform affected their gaming and remember favorite titles, but also share criticisms and reasons why one might not have purchased a Switch at all.In addition to that, there are also tales of speedrunning the Bible, encountering the mysterious Bubble Bobble Baron, re-experiencing the stress of high school romance, and being nostalgic over

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02:50:12

S4 E6 - My Tip is: Uninstall

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2025/05/01

Your S4 hosts are back with another healthy dose of gamer chat! In this episode we share the games we chose for each other to play based on our backlogs, plus our memories of the best, worst, and the weird in licensed and media tie-in video games. Join us for bird games, soundtrack bangers, game hat tricks, sports tangents, a Kardashian or two, and a healthy serving of puns.HowLongToBeat forums - ⁠https://howlongtobeat.com/forum⁠Discord – ⁠https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk⁠Email -

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03:47:49

S4 E5 - Victim of the Clown Hype Cycle

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2025/04/01

Between geese, red pandas, killer clowns, and diapers…This month’s episode contains an especially eclectic collection of games as we talk about the exciting and the frustrating titles that we’ve been playing recently.We also share our experience with tackling the dustiest game on our respective backlogs to see if it really deserved to rot away for so long. How long has it been on there and how was it to finally check it off the list?The perfect background noise for your very own spring

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