NB: We recorded this podcast in a car so the audio isn't quite our usual high standards so apologies in advance!

00:30 PSA about the audio
01:25 Road Trips, Piles of Meat and Barrack Obama Plaza
07:05 Matt Smith era Dr Who
16:00 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
28:55 Asteroid City
43:05 Beau is Afraid and Ari Aster
45:30 Dave's finally got his Elden Ring platinum
47:15 Final Fantasy XVI
58:55 Mark beats MGS2
1:05:40 AEW Fight Forever
1:22:55 Dave the Diver
1:34:15 Top 20 Rated Metacritic Games at Midpoint of 2023

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Link to the Cast

Link to the Cast #306: Barrack Obama Plaza

00:30 Beaches, Comedy and Garrett's hand hurts
09:50 Jack's review of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
15:10 Beetle Juice
18:35 The Bear Season 2
24:10 Abbott Elementary Season 2
26:55 People still watch a lot of sitcoms... so why don't we have more?
34:40 Secret Invasion
37:35 Final Fantasy XVI and it's biggest fan: Mark Robinson
55:50 Doomblade and the Garrett method
59:00 Dave the Diver
1:04:30 Garrett's Fight Forever takes and wrestling games in general
1:16:20 Yuji Naka (Sonic Creator) guilty of insider trading
1:19:50 Peter Molyneux teases new game with never before seen features
1:23:15 Sega promises no third-party blockchain projects for its biggest franchises
1:35:20 iO opens new studio in Brighton
1:42:20 Life's waiting to begin

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Link to the Cast #307: A Tight Five

00:30 Garrett coward, acoustic equalisers and Panic! in the face
12:40 Jack rewatches all the Rush Hour despite the problems
22:25 Studio Ghibli movies
41:10 Driftwood
49:40 Mark finishes Final Fantasy XVI - clive alive
54:45 Mark jumps into some GamePass and French
1:01:30 Venba and spice lords
1:12:05 Dordogne
1:19:15 Pokemon Presents predictions
1:27:25 Fantasian heads to Steam?
1:34:45 Nintendo has record quarter (TOTK)
1:41:35 An exchanging of words...

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Link to the Cast #310: Acoustic Equaliser

00:30 A new host, some odd questions and Ireland's neutrality
08:15 The Succession debate
32:30 The Bear
37:35 Joy Ride
42:05 The Meg 2
47:00 TMNT: Mutant Mayhem
1:00:15 What have Jack and Garrett played this week?
1:01:35 Are we Baldur's Gate guys?
1:05:10 Netflix releases game controller app
1:09:55 Pokemon Direct
1:14:30 Pokemon release... uh... "Wigglet toy"
1:19:20 Nintendo patenting Tears of the Kingdom things
1:27:00 Valve offers cheaper refurbished Steam Decks
1:31:00 Garrett on aliens and half house/half cars
1:35:35 All things go

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Link to the Cast #311: Every Hour it Comes Out

w/ Kefin Mahon of How 2 Wrestling, Cinema Swirl and The Attitude Era podcast!

00:30 Dark research, home Christmas and Irish supermarkets
13:15 RIP Andre Braugher and Brooklyn Nine-Nine
20:50 Napoleon
27:00 Fargo (TV series)
30:00 Hbomberguy, Todd in the Shadows and Plagiarism
54:30 Kefin's AEW Fight Forever takes
1:05:55 Lonely Mountains: Downhill
1:14:30 Kefin and Hitman World of Assasination
1:21:35 Cyberpunk
1:23:40 Grandia
1:27:35 Mark's on GTA IV
1:35:55 Armored Core 6
1:41:10 E3 Officially Dead
1:50:15 GTA 6 Trailer

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Link to the Cast #325: Home Improvement and Ernest Movies For the Young

00:30 Festive frolics, haircuts, extortion and pet monkeys
16:15 Godzilla Minus One
25:45 Modern Star Wars
27:45 Bit more Godzilla
30:25 The Morning Show through Dave's eyes
38:30 Jet Lag Season 8
46:30 Wonka
56:55 Jack's casual GTA IV replay
1:02:05 Dave playing Alan Wake 2 final chapter
1:03:35 Dave wanders back into GTA V
1:08:00 Link’s Awakening DX HD
1:12:45 Tekken 8 Demo
1:23:30 Insomniac Hacks... Insomnihacks
1:34:00 Starfield is being improved every six weeks
1:39:45 Bobby Kotick is gone
1:47:55 Two f'n presents

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Link to the Cast #326: You Look Like You Know Where The Cheese Is

2023... was a good video gaming year! Welcome to our extensive GOTY breakdown which we're joined for, as always, by Barry Murphy (@TheBarryLad on Twitter, twitch.tv/Barrylad).

This is part 1 of 4 (we did say extensive!) and we cover the following topics below:

00:55 Intro and games we missed in 2023
13:20 Rules of Engagement - a few mentions of Pitchford
20:30 Disappointment of the Year - introduction of the wheel
01:30:40 Character of the Year

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Link to the Cast: Game of the Year 2023, Part 1

2023... was a good video gaming year! Welcome to our extensive GOTY breakdown which we're joined for, as always, by Barry Murphy (@TheBarryLad on Twitter, twitch.tv/Barrylad).

This is part 2 of 4 (we did say extensive!) and we cover the following topics below:

00:55 Gaming Moment of the Year
1:08:45 Best Storytelling
2:07:50 Best Looking

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Link to the Cast: Game of the Year 2023, Part 2

2023... was a good video gaming year! Welcome to our extensive GOTY breakdown which we're joined for, as always, by Barry Murphy (@TheBarryLad on Twitter, twitch.tv/Barrylad).

This is part 3 of 4 (we did say extensive!) and we cover the following topics below:

00:55 Best Music or Soundtrack
37:45 It's Like a Ham Sandwich or Keane Award for Okayest Game of the Year
1:15:05 2023's Game of... Not 2023 (Best Remake/DLC/Remaster)
2:11:20 Best Multiplayer
2:36:30 Goodest Boi

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Link to the Cast: Game of the Year 2023, Part 3

2023... was a good video gaming year! Welcome to our extensive GOTY breakdown which we're joined for, as always, by Barry Murphy (@TheBarryLad on Twitter, twitch.tv/Barrylad).

This is part 4 of 4 (we did say extensive!) as we simply cover:

GAME OF THE YEAR 2023

Picking from the following:
Alan Wake 2
Baldur’s Gate 3
Cocoon 3
Dave The Diver
Dredge
F-Zero 99
Ghostrunner II
Hi-Fi Rush
Humanity
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of The Kingdom
Lies of P
Mortal Kombat 1
Octopath Traveler 2
Pizza Tower
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Star Wars Jedi Survivor
Super Mario Wonder
Thirsty Suitors

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Link to the Cast: Game of the Year 2023, Part 4

We're back for a brand new year of Link to the Cast and already rehashing the horror that was GOTY 2023. 

00:40 - 2PSP Daddy
04:20 - Garrett’s GOTY grievances
13:15 - Mad Max Fury Road
17:42 - Ferrari
18:40 - The Holdovers
19:30 - May December
20:55 - Saltburn
24:00 - Poor Things
27:20 - Dropout
38:46 - Elemental
41:57 - The Boy and The Heron
47:00 - The Witcher 3
48:15 - PalWorld
1:04:10 - Super Mario Odyssey
1:10:35 - Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
1:25:12 - Palworld tops 8 million sales on Steam alone
1:30:35 - 25 Days Into 2024 And 5,900+ Video Game Layoffs Have Been Announced

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Link to the Cast #329: UMDeezNutz

A podcast about video games. What a novel idea. Dave Ryan, Mark Robinson, Jack Layzell and Garrett Kidney bring you the latest in video games and nerd culture ephemera.

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Link to the Cast #329: UMDeezNutz

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