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Total Playtime

Total Playtime is a podcast about videogames, mostly, hosted by games industry veterans Alice Bell, Nate Crowley and Jon Hicks. Join them for discussion of the latest and most interesting PC and indie games, grumbles about the state of games media, and impromptu quizzes dredged from the unknowable depths of Nate"s brain. Public episodes are released every two weeks, and if you support us on Patreon you"ll get weekly episodes. Send us questions, ideas and feedback at totalplaytimepod@gmail.com, and

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All Episodes

1:06:04

Episode 21: An Xbox Where His Hand Should Be

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2025/10/30

This week we're down a Jonty (not permanently, don't worry) but up a new chair, thanks to our Patreon pals! And it's been a week of upheaval elsewhere, as Microsoft and Xbox has been the focus of a lot of news. Halo is re-back, but also on PlayStation!? What do we think this means for hexboks? Nothing particularly encouraging, but Brendy is annoyed by some Halo rocks. PLUS Nate makes fun of AI, and Alice has been playing Bloodlines 2, as is her curse.A big thank you to God Ribbon for our music,

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1:07:54

Episode 20: A Series of Developer Complaints

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2025/10/17

Alice is unavailable so we are joined by another voice of podcasts past: James Archer, the RPS master of waring hard. He assists us in considering the latest collection of furious developer commentary and shares his judgement on the handheld Xbox thing, for which he is rewarded by being anointed Archbishop of Games Canterbury. You may think these freeform attempts at rolling our own belief system are unsustainable but we're British (derogatory), this stuff is in our blood.Thanks to God Ribbon for

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1:07:57

Episode 19: I Thought It Was A Joke When You Said...

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2025/10/02

Circumstances forced us to once again talk about serious things this week, as EA has (subject to approval, lol) been bought by a consortium of definitely not the worst people you don't know. Meanwhile, we got a first look at Insomniac's Wolverine game, and for a 'cat rescued from a tree' sorry of levity, Randy Pitchford posted through Borderland's 4's PC optimisation problems.Thanks to our Patreon backers for making this podcast possible! Please consider joining them so that we can start our own

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1:12:54

Episode 18: Thematic Insect Attack

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2025/09/22

Alice has been Nic Cage Wickerman'd by her own dog, a sorry state of affairs, but one that does at least tie in with talking about Hollow Knight: Silksong, a somewhat popular game, as we understand it. You know who else is popular? That Mario fella. He turned 40 this past weekend (sort of, if you start counting from Super Mario Bros. rather than Donkey Kong, which is technically Mario's first appearance even though he was called Jumpman at the time) [deep breath]. Also Nate torments us with a

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1:07:04

Episode 17: A Motorhead Tour in Reverse

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2025/09/04

Alice went to Gamescom and she's here to tell us all about it: games, German KFC, stealing from the Capcom booth and posing with the Farming Simulator tractor. A pretty standard Gamescom experience, all told, although she didn't go to the shitty bar that all the other Brits attend or get completely screwed by the German rail system so there's still room for improvement. Plus: the in-game currency for life, big worm, and forcing Jonty to cosplay as a militarised squid-dog.Thanks to our Patreon

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1:10:04

Episode 16: Goo-Pilled To The Max

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2025/08/21

Nate's on deadline so it's just Alice and Jonty this week, considering the newly independent Digital Foundry, the not-at-all-newly-scandal-engulfed Roblox, the latest on the Subnautica 2 and Itch.io drama, and all the games we've been playing. Anybody would think this is a podcast about videogames or something.You can listen to the episode directly right here, or find it in your pod catching

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1:06:35

Episode 15: What Fight Have Been

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2025/08/07

Alice was out of action this week, so Jonty and Nate met up to ponder Battlefield 6, cringe over Jonty's new collection of sex games, and reposition the Bioshock jar in the fridge. Plus: the thicc man of Europe, the best artillery in videogames, and another attempt at deal-making. You can listen to the episode directly right here, or find it in your pod catching

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1:02:38

Episode 14: Very Effective Form of Censorship

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2025/07/25

In a first for us, this week we end up discussing a developing news story, which then further developed after we recorded on Monday night. Had we recorded after Itch also took down adult content we would probably have been less complacent and more angry. As it is, we're still pretty angry about payment processors leveraging their Victorian prudishness to censor the internet. We're also angry at the UK government, the wizard lady author, and Alice's older brother - but that's sort of not his fault.In

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1:02:37

Episode 13: Can't Live Without A Grunger

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2025/07/10

It would be nice to do an episode in which we don't talk about layoffs, wouldn't it, but it's once again the main news event so we have to. Jonty and Nate conferred to despair over Microsoft's cutbacks, consider potential comedy games, and commend some actually good news about games media. Alice is both unwell and furious, for unrelated reasons, but will return for future episodes. You can listen to the episode directly right here, or find it in your pod catching

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1:29:53

Episode 12: You're Late, Here's Your Gun

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2025/06/26

We catch up on the undrama around Mindseye, a game that was both unexpected and unexpectedly terrible. Plus, all of us have actually been playing games this week, and Jonty has his first game of Sweeten The Deal (with poor attempts at speaking French).You can listen to the episode directly right here, or find it in your pod catching

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1:01:19

Episode 11: The Weekend Showcase Showcase

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2025/06/12

We're all thoroughly exhausted from Keigh 3, a weekend containing an interminable number of videogame presentations. Join us as we navigate what actually happened at Summer Game Fest, State Of Play, the Xbox Showcase, et al. There are several games we liked!You can listen to the episode directly right here, or find it in your pod catching

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1:04:26

Episode 10: Bespoke Farm-To-Table Art Theft

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2025/05/29

This week we, despite all being busted, discuss Palworld's woes, Marathons woes, and also the philosophical question of what it means to be a 'beasted butler'. Plus! Jonty has been playing Helldivers II and getting grit in his shower (the two events are unrelated).You can listen to the episode directly right here, or find it in your pod catching

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1:12:57

Episode 9: Grand Jeff Auto

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2025/05/16

This week there was even more news about what remains of games media, and a new GTA 6 trailer following the delay of GTA 6, which itself is probably bad news for games media. It's rough out there, folks. We discuss all of these things plus Sean Bean, the joke that will kill Nate, and the GTA feature requests of the Gaming Anti-Pope. Artwork by Marsh Davies. Music by God Ribbon.Links!Will Alice ever outrun the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Pope Crave accidentally became a real media outlet. Giant Bomb

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1:09:11

Episode 8: Revenge Of The Ouibs

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2025/05/01

The internet briefly tore itself apart over how good games are allowed to be, most specifically Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, a French JRPG (??) that everyone loves - or possibly loves too much. We discuss this, Todd Howard cucking us (and indie games) by shadow-dropping the Oblivion remaster, plus our reviews of Blue Prince and Old Skies.You can listen to the episode directly right here, or find it in your pod catching

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Episode7: Running A Marathon

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2025/04/17

This week Jonty is away in Europe not doing counter espionage, so Alice and Nate talk about Bungie's new game Marathon, which looks fine, I guess. We discuss whether it's worth going to see the A Minecraft Movie (no). Also, Nate explains Civ 7 and Age Of Empires patches, and forces Alice to design an absurd breakfast.You can listen to the episode directly right here, or find it in your pod catching

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1:06:16

Episode 6: Ubisoft Is Doing Fine, Why Do You Ask?

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2025/04/03

Ubisoft's latest stab-fest did really well, hurrah! But they still did that weird subsidiary plan with Tencent, hurroo. At least the official Ass Creed social media account got in a few shots. Plus: Bloodlines 2 delayed again, Game Informer is back, and we prepare to fight Gul'dan.You can listen to the episode directly right here, or find it in your pod catching

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1:06:08

Episode 5: Everyone Hates Sony's Leaked A.I.loy

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2025/03/20

This week everyone is trying to make fetch happen, from the leaked demo of an infinitely genAI small-talking NPC, to Ubisoft finally launching the rumoured Animus Hub alongside Assassin's Creed Shadows. Sometimes you just have to do something to get your manager off your back. Plus: we've been playing Wanderstop and looking at Split Fiction.You can listen to the episode directly right here, or find it in your pod catching

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Episode 4: Digital Ownership and Discoverability

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2025/03/06

The I've had three hours of sleep and can't think of a better title edition! This time we discuss Warner Bros. doing more redundancies and how digital ownership is an illusion. Plus! Steam Next Fest demos, and the new discoverability app everyone's talking about. And more! We've been playing Avowed, and a cool free text-based puzzle game feat. mysterious deaths.You can listen to the episode directly right here, or find it in your pod catching

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1:07:16

Episode 3: The Great Review Score Debate (Forever)

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2025/02/20

Our episode this week was recorded... this week! Regular episodes are back on current events schedule. We talk about techxecutives, trying to make Meta happen, and argue about review scores, as games media are cursed to do until the sun explodes. Plus! We've been playing Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, My Summer Car, and Spirit Swap.You can listen to the episode directly right here, or find it in your pod catching

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1:04:18

Episode 2: Most Anticipated Game Things Of 2025

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2025/02/06

It's another catchup episode we recorded far too long ago! The next one will be more timely, but here we're discussing the games that we're most looking forward to in 2025. Mushrooms! Dinosaurs! Kings! Some of these games have already come out and we take no responsibility for their quality. You can listen to the episode directly right here, or find it in your pod catching apps.Artwork by Marsh Davies. Music by God Ribbon.Links!Jonty's picks: GTAVI! Fable! Doom: The Dark Ages! Commandos Origins

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