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Episode 359: The Least Nourishing Bant

An Episode posted by Marsh Davies on February 26, 2021
Alex, Tom S and Graham push right in the wordless storyworld of Voyage, bash chitin in the bullet hell of Mushihimesama and gush over affectionate genre-hopping satire Lair of the Clockwork God. If you feel you’ve been harmed by the discussion of pizza in this podcast, please contact our Culinary Crime Office on 1800-DONT-AT-ME. Anthem, [...]
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Episode 358: A Messy Appendage That Can’t Ever Satisfy Itself

An Episode posted by Marsh Davies on February 19, 2021
Both Toms, Graham and Marsh defy death in timeloop horror House, deal death in globetrotting trilogy Hitman, dodge death in smart shmup Bezier and become death in Death Crown. Also: streamlined space strat Slipways and the joy of City Guesser. It’s reverse-Hitman: House. Reverse-reverse-Hitman: 360 Hitman / Hitman III / Hitman 8 / World of [...]
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Episode 357: A Trite, Shapeless Opinion Of Indeterminate Size

An Episode posted by Marsh Davies on February 12, 2021
Chris, Alex and Marsh boot up modern games made for ye olde machines (Micro Mages, Nox Archaist and Tanglewood), put the boot into baddies in Shady Knight, woodchip birdies in Journey to the Savage Planet and chop wood in Nordic survival hit Valheim. Marty O’Donnell primes his Plangent Hero Horn for the return of Six [...]
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Episode 356: Maggots, Leggings, Wizards… Diablo!

An Episode posted by Marsh Davies on February 5, 2021
Graham, Tom S, Alex and Chris numb themselves with Hexceed and Dungeon & Puzzles; inexplicably return to Syberia; defy the predictions of Gods Will Fall; hop, skip and jump through Olija; and holiday in Hitman III. Stadia shutters its game-making efforts. “Google was a terrible place to make games. Imagine Amazon, but under-resourced.” Oof. A [...]
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  • What?

    The Crate and Crowbar is a weekly PC gaming podcast produced by a group of friends who live in Bath, UK and work in the games industry. We also do spinoff podcasts about miniatures, TV, and whatever else comes to mind.

    Caution: we swear quite a lot.

  • When and where?

    Once a week, normally on a Friday. You can download the MP3s or stream each episode from this very website, or subscribe via the podcast RSS feed.

    Click here to subscribe on iTunes, if you're that way inclined.

  • Who?

    Tom Francis (@pentadact) is an indie developer and former PC Gamer writer. His new game Heat Signature is out now.

    Tom Senior (@PCGLudo) is the online editor of PC Gamer and occasionally writes about things that have gone into his eyes, ears or mouth on his blog, BlamBlamBoom. 6/10.

    Philippa Warr (@philippawarr) is a creator of miscellany. Her expertise spans wildlife photography, biscuits, IP law, opposites, art, and counting.

    Marsh Davies (@marshdavies) is an illustrator, game developer, and former words person for Mojang.

    Chris Thursten (@cthursten) is a writer, presenter, and game developer. He's a writer and designer on the indie hacking MMO Hackmud and publishing lead for Hytale.

    Alex Wiltshire (@rotational) writes about games for PC Gamer, RPS and Edge, and is also the author of some books. He is always sure to grab at only the low hangingest of flutes.


    PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAD TO US NOW


    Graham Smith (@gonnas) is the managing editor of Rock, Paper, Shotgun. He is tall, Scottish, and has a beard.

  • Who do I talk to about all of this?

    If you'd like to hang out with the Crate & Crowbar community, you can do so on our Discord server!
  • I have so many questions!

    Then send them to us! You can mail us at questions@crateandcrowbar.com or tweet us @crateandcrowbar.

    We'll answer a bunch of questions in each episode, but we won't always get through all of them. Don't worry! We keep a backlog.