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Should I Play This Game Podcast

www.shouldiplaythisgame.com

A couple of guys from across Australia come together on Sunday evenings to discuss video games. Meet the team: Steve Francis - working full-time as a teacher in Perth, mostly playing fighting games, having occasional obsessions with epic fantasy adventure games Graham Banks - working full-time in IT for a Melbourne based software company, lives in Hobart, meddling with every modern console, occasionally upside-down in video chat

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All Episodes

01:17:54

SIPTG 329: Turnip Butt Jiggles (20/10/2025)

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2025/10/20

Graham and Steve get futuristically historical this time around on the SIPTG podcast, with quite the number of games played to discuss - with 20 games in total! What a time to be hanging out! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 1:15 - Graham's Games 35:25 - Steve's Games 1:15:47 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Satisfactory The Alters Lighthaze World Metropolis 1998 Minos Barkour Keeper Tower Dominion Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor Doom Eternal Sword of the Sea Gemporium

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01:03:32

SIPTG 328: All Into Satan (06/10/2025)

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2025/10/06

After completing the annual ritual sacrifice, Graham and Steve gather around the pyre for discussion of 'cozy' games, the games of note for October, and Steve's internet odyssey! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 2:47 - Steve's Games 34:00 - Graham's Games 36:55 - Upcoming Games for October 2025 45:40 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Tower Dominion Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Wheel World Rekindled Trails Drill Core Islanders: New Shores Tall Trails Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor Primal Planet Misc

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01:02:14

SIPTG 326: Turnip Butt (01/09/2025)

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2025/09/01

Graham and Steve step in from the cold to have a look at the substantial list of the games of September, just what the hell a game named 'DarkSwitch' could possibly be, accidental file deletions, and plenty more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 1:32 - Steve's Games 25:56 - Graham's Games 39:29 - Upcoming Games for September 2025 59:52 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Satisfactory Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands DarkSwitch Gears of War: Reloaded Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Driftwood Revenge

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56:40

SIPTG 325: (whisper) Wildlands (18/08/2025)

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2025/08/18

The boys have convalesced enough for another episode of Australia's longest running amateur video game podcast (maybe?)! This time around, the difficult balance of difficulty in games, the even-greater difficulty in trying to balance fun and 'depth' in games, and the most-difficult of all: stepping into the job of sending the right superhero to the right crime-in-progress! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 2:46 - Graham's Games 20:09 - Steve's Games 52:45 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned:

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56:15

SIPTG 324: Garbage Guts Fishies (04/08/2025)

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2025/08/04

Graham and Steve return to a seated and upright position to talk about the upcoming games of note for August, a return to the (whisper) Wildlands, games breaking and the bummer that becomes, word games that 'borrow' some Balatro elements, and plenty more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 01:03 - Graham's Games 09:36 - Steve's Games 43:40 - Upcoming Games for August 2025 55:14 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: The Drifter Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands Satisfactory

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01:15:08

SIPTG 323: SPEEDTREE IS AI!!! (21/07/2025)

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2025/07/21

Graham and Steve batten down the hatches for some more video game-related talky-talk, including the use of 'AI' in the new Everybody's Golf (and the 'nature' of this whole 'AI' malarky), the peaks and valleys of Deliver At All Costs, the interesting new XCOM-like Early Access title Every Day We Fight, and much more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 5:44 - Graham's Games 40:00 - Steve's Games 1:12:38 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Every Day We Fight Pioneers of Pagonia Split Fiction The Drifter

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01:14:11

SIPTG 322: No Fun Time (07/07/2025)

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2025/07/07

Graham and Steve take time out of dimensional (and generical!)-hopping, bring tales of Microsoft's most recent layoffs, the upcoming games of July, the implications of 'artificial intelligence', and plenty more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro & News 19:30 - Steve's Games 51:30 - Graham's Games 58:00 - Upcoming Games for July 2025 1:11:15 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Split Fiction Sacre Bleu Tempest Rising Promise Mascot Agency Soulstone Survivors Skin Deep Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3

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01:56:39

SIPTG 321: Lift Off! (23/06/2025)

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2025/06/23

Graham and Steve countdown to blast off by running through some of the highlights of Not-E3 and the recent Steam Next Fest, the problem with game discoverability, and the played games of the last few weeks as well! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 3:38 - Graham's Games 49:39 - Steve's Games 1:23:33 - Summer Games Fest 2025 Review 1:53:56 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Hell Clock Life Below Stario: Haven Tower Town to City TerraTech Legion Rollick N' Roll Match & Mastery Formula Legends Modulus

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01:35:17

SIPTG 320: I Feel Bad For Officer No-Dad (02/06/2025)

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2025/06/02

Steve and Graham hop back in the saddle, after a few weeks of real-lifin', to look at the incoming games of June, Steve's PC 'fun times', contrasting Deliver At All Costs and The Precinct, and plenty more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 09:07 - Steve's Games 41:38 - Graham's Games 1:26:54 - Upcoming Games for June 2025 1:33:04 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping The Precinct Deliver At All Costs South of Midnight Nice Day for Fishing Creepy Redneck Dinosaur

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57:19

SIPTG 319: ihurtallover dot com (12/05/2025)

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2025/05/12

Off the back of trips of different kinds, Graham and Steve see fit to talk about a number of games, being wrong about games of the past, and more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 4:45 - Graham's Games 39:50 - Steve's Games 55:15 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Satisfactory South of Midnight Nice Day for Fishing Spilled! Revenge of the Savage Planet AI Limit Assassin's Creed Shadows Peglin Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 StarVaders Doom Eternal Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube SIPTG

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01:01:52

SIPTG 318: Driving Motorvation (28/04/2025)

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2025/04/28

Graham and Steve are right back at it again, this time to talk about the upcoming games of note for May, the dangers of hidden origami butterflies, and a whole heap more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 2:38 - Steve's Games 29:17 - Graham's Games 32:55 - Upcoming Games for May 2025 59:31 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Satisfactory Wanderstop Assassin's Creed Shadows Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Spilled! Twilight Monk Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus Episode's YouTube

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01:16:51

SIPTG 317: Evil Is Bad! (14/04/2025)

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2025/04/14

After renovations and real life got in the way, the boys are back to talk (more) Switch 2, the very concept of sin, the other Nintendo Direct that happened, and a whole lot more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro and Nintendo Switch 2 16:01 - Graham's Games 29:04 - Steve's Games 1:03:11 - Graham - Dust Raiders 1:09:02 - The Triple-i Initiative 2025 and Nintendo Switch Direct 1:14:55 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Dust Raiders Satisfactory Sintopia All Will Fall Nubby's Number Factory Wanderstop

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44:09

SIPTG 316: And That's The Bottom Line! (24/03/2025)

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2025/03/24

Austin 3:16 says to check out Graham and Steve coming together to conduct promos that address recording difficulties, the games of the last couple of weeks, and the upcoming games of note for April! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 00:56 - Steve's Games 17:10 - Graham's Games 26:35 - Upcoming Games for April 2025 40:25 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Mars Attracts Satisfactory Avowed Zombieville USA 3D Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 PGA Tour 2K25 Longvinter Tails of Iron II: Whiskers of Winter Sniper

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01:19:31

SIPTG 315: Hol' Dat Pluffin! (10/03/2025)

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2025/03/10

The boys are back in town (back in tooo-oooww-oowwn) to talk renovations, several forms of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, some of the demos of note from the latest Steam Next Fest, and the games of March that are worth looking forward to! Plus! Plenty more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 06:11 - Graham's Games 40:18 - Steve's Games 1:07:04 - Upcoming Games for March 2025 1:16:58 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Recharge Chains of Freedom Chip â€˜n Clawz vs. The Brainioids Teenage Mutant

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01:21:19

SIPTG 314: Hate It When Buttons Don't Work! (17/02/2025)

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2025/02/17

For the first regularly scheduled episode of the podcast for 2025, Graham and Steve convene to discuss the games of the last 8ish weeks, the most recent Sony State of Play, and a whole bunch more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 09:37 - Steve's Games 42:47 - Graham's Games 1:10:10 - Sony's February State of Play 1:18:55 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Satisfactory Lou's Lagoon Mini City: Mayhem Void Sols Wild Bastards Echo Point Nova Kill Knight Demon's Souls UFO 50 Into the Emberlands Runa &

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02:28:21

SIPTG Game of the Year 2024 - Part 2

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2025/02/04

And the final curtain on 2024 draws to a close, as Graham and Steve finish off establishing, definitively (in their opinion) what the best games of 2024 were! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro and Spoiler Warning 2:46 - Best Story/Writing 23:49 - Best Hand Feel 51:32 - Best New Character/NPC 1:16:51 - Best Campaign 1:29:25 - Graham and Steve's Top Ten 2:13:15 - Overall Top Ten 2:25:52 - Thanks for Watching and Outro Nominees: Best Story/Writing: The Plucky Squire Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden Tactical

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02:19:03

SIPTG Game of the Year 2024 - Part 1

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2025/02/03

It's February! So what better time to reflect on 2024 and the games within, as Graham and Steve raise the curtain on the first half of the Game of the Year Spectacular! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro and Spoiler Warning 5:46 - Best Game We Didn't Get Time to Finish 11:47 - Best Noise 58:42 - Best New Thing 1:23:07 - Best Surprise 1:46:15 - Best Looking Nominees: Best Game We Didn't Get Time To Finish: Star Wars Outlaws Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Astro Bot Dragon Age: The Veilguard Best Noise:

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01:26:47

SIPTG 313: Let Me Go To The Question Mark! (23/12/2024)

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2024/12/23

For the last episode of 2024, Graham and Steve talk about, among other things, the The Game Awards (the announcements, the awards, and the 'position' it has in the industry), the impending games of January (of which there are some bangers coming!), and catching up for Game of the Year! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 2:31 - Graham's Games 17:09 - Steve's Games 54:05 - The 2024 Game Awards Review 1:12:17 - January 2025 Games 1:18:10 - Games we want to play for GotY 1:22:22 - Beginning of the End Games

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01:10:55

SIPTG 312: untitled (09/12/2024)

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2024/12/09

Graham and Steve throwdown once again to talk about YET more controllers, what's been played over the last few weeks, and what December/the rest of the year brings! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 06:42 - Steve's Games 20:42 - Graham's Games 59:13 - December's Games 1:05:50 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Satisfactory I am Future Astro Bot The Thaumaturge Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Tactical Breach Wizards Black Myth: Wukong Crypt Custodian Balatro Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube

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54:53

SIPTG 311: Scrappy Doo Yoshi (18/11/2024)

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2024/11/18

Graham and Steve come together to 'Remember 311' on this, the 311th episode of the SIPTG podcast! Beyond tributes for terrible bands, there's new internet and controllers to talk about, as well the games played during the last couple of weeks as well! What a grand ol' time! #HeavenIsNOTaHalfpipe Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 16:55 - Graham's Games 35:16 - Steve's Games 53:05 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Satisfactory Magic Archery Sumerian Six Forge of the Fae I am Future Age of Mythology:

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