# Lapsed Gamer Radio ## Posts - [297.5 - Checkpoint: Italian Genesis Evangelion](https://lapsedgamer.com/297-5-checkpoint-italian-genesis-evangelion/): Nick is back and joins Mark and Chazzee to talk about defunct music venues, the recent Xbox partner showcase, Epic Games layoffs, some other old news, and all the games they’ve been enjoying recently. - [297 - Checkpoint: Emergency Doug](https://lapsedgamer.com/297-checkpoint-emergency-doug/): Mark and Chazzee are joined by our friend and yours Doug to discuss Xbox’s “Project Helix”, layoffs at Battlefield Studios, Jeff Kaplan’s tell-all podcast appearance, and of course all the games we’ve been playing recently. - [296 - Side Quest: The Legend of Zelda Tier List](https://lapsedgamer.com/296-side-quest-the-legend-of-zelda-tier-list/): It’s the 40th anniversary of the Legend of Zelda franchise, and seeming as Nintendo are doing nothing to celebrate that milestone we decided to. So join Nick, Chazzee, and Mark as they go through the entire franchise and rank the games on a tier list. - [295.5 - Checkpoint: Tin Cup](https://lapsedgamer.com/295-5-checkpoint-tin-cup/): Mark is joined by Nick and Chazzee to discuss regional chip shop cuisine, Upcoming Nintendo releases, more bad news about hardware shortages, and of course all the games they’ve been playing over the last month or so. - [295 - Checkpoint: Whelmed](https://lapsedgamer.com/295-checkpoint-whelmed/): Mark is joined by Nick and Chazzee to talk about some video game news, rant again about how much Tim Sweeney sucks, discuss the Xbox Developer Direct, and all the games they’ve played over the last month or so. - [294 - Checkpoint: Two Tomb Raiders, Jeremy?](https://lapsedgamer.com/294-checkpoint-two-tomb-raiders-jeremy/): Mark is joined by Nick and Chazzee to look back on our 2025 predictions, make some new ones for 2026, and preview all the games we’re looking forward to this year. - [Nick's Top 10 Games Played in 2025](https://lapsedgamer.com/nicks-top-10-games-played-in-2025/): 2025 was a rocky year for the games industry. Major publishers and studios continued to shrink or restructure, and layoffs rippled through both small and large development teams. At the same time, Generative AI has emerged from being a novelty chatbot, and has now become a central talking point pretty much everywhere. This has already reportedly led to layoffs in multiple sectors, with both creative and non-creative roles seemingly being replaced with a glorified guessing machine. More personally, I had my ups and downs with gaming, starting out strong, but losing focus somewhere along the way. My back issues didn’t […] - [Mark’s Top 10 Games Played in 2025](https://lapsedgamer.com/marks-top-10-games-played-in-2025/): The last few years the video game industry has been in somewhat of a crisis – mass layoffs, studio closures, cancelled games – and that continued this past year with yet more layoffs, union busting, and generative AI in game development. If that wasn’t enough then one of the biggest publishers in the industry is being acquired by a shady consortium including Trump’s son-in-law and the sovereign wealth fund of a royal family that commits war crimes, pacifies its population with mass executions, and murders journalists. It’s enough to make anyone lose faith in the entire industry. - [293 - Side Quest: Games of the Year, Part 2](https://lapsedgamer.com/293-side-quest-games-of-the-year-part-2/): It’s time to conclude the annual LGR “best games we played this year that might have come out this year but not necessarily because we have jobs and lives and kids and can’t keep up with all the newest games extravaganza 2025”. In this episode the boys run down their honourable and dishonourable mentions, before revealing their top two games of the year. - [292 - Side Quest: Games of the Year, Part 1](https://lapsedgamer.com/292-side-quest-games-of-the-year-part-1/): The boys are here for their annual “best games we played this year that didn’t necessarily come out this year but most of them did except for Andy who doesn’t play games newer than 2005 extravaganza part 1”. In this first part we run down our 5th, 4th, and 3rd favourite games that we played this year. - [291 - Checkpoint: Brass Monkey](https://lapsedgamer.com/291-checkpoint-brass-monkey/): Mark is joined by Nick and Chazzee to talk about Tim Sweeney’s latest crashout, the weird story around Horses being blocked from Steam, JRPG 3.0, Battlefield sales figures, and of course all the games they’ve been playing recently. - [290 - Side Quest: WW2 Video Games](https://lapsedgamer.com/290-side-quest-ww2-video-games/): To mark  80 years since the end of the end of World War 2, Mark is joined by Nick, Chazzee, and Andy to talk about the history of its depiction in video games. - [289.5 - Checkpoint: The Game Awards Predictions](https://lapsedgamer.com/289-5-checkpoint-the-game-awards-predictions/): In this bonus extrasode Mark and Nick get together to talk about the nominations for all the categories in this year’s Game Awards, pick their preferred winners, and predict who will win. - [289 - Checkpoint: Masklophobia](https://lapsedgamer.com/289-checkpoint-masklophobia/): Mark is joined by Nick and Chazzee to discuss some now comically outdated news, Chazzee’s fear of mascots, back pain, the World Series, and all of the games they’ve been playing over the past month. - [288 - Checkpoint: All My Homies Hate Quantic Dream](https://lapsedgamer.com/288-checkpoint-all-my-homies-hate-quantic-dream/): Quiet one this week, Mark and Chazzee get together to further discuss the EA buyout and union pushback against it, the latest David Cage bowel movement, a whole bunch of other news, and all the games they’ve been playing recently. - [287 - Checkpoint: The Customer Is Always F*cked](https://lapsedgamer.com/287-checkpoint-the-customer-is-always-fcked/): Nick is joined by Andy and Chazzee to talk about EA being bought by the worst people on the planet and the implications for their IP, the Game Pass price increases and the future of Xbox, all the new game releases, and run down all the games they’ve been playing recently. - [286 - Checkpoint: Pit Beef](https://lapsedgamer.com/286-checkpoint-pit-beef/): Mark is joined by Nick and Chazzee to laugh at Randy Pitchford, moan about the state of video game optimisation, ruminate on the nature of mosh pits, talk about upcoming Nintendo releases, and run down all the games they’ve been playing over the last few weeks. - [285 - Side Quest: Best Launch Lineup](https://lapsedgamer.com/285-side-quest-best-launch-lineup/): We heard the internet loves tier lists, so we decided to get in on the action. Join Nick, Chazzee and Mark as they build a tier list of the best console launch lineups while doing a lot of reminiscing. - [284 - Checkpoint: Showdown](https://lapsedgamer.com/284-checkpoint-showdown/): Worlds collide as Doug and Nick appear on an episode together! Join them and Mark as they talk a little about some very old news, Nick tortures the boys with a quiz, and they run down all the games they’ve been playing over the past month or so. - [283 - Side Quest: Video Game Music](https://lapsedgamer.com/283-side-quest-video-game-music/): Mark is joined by Nick and Chazzee for an extra special episode where they listen to, and talk about, some of their favourite pieces of video game music. - [282 - Checkpoint: Skunk](https://lapsedgamer.com/282-checkpoint-skunk/): Nick is on holiday so Doug makes his annual appearance, joining Mark and Chazzee to discuss the fallout from the mass layoffs at Microsoft, how utterly useless Copilot is, some video game movie adaptation news, a brief review of the Switch 2, and of course all the games they’ve been playing recently. - [281 - Checkpoint: Wet Hot Gamer Summer](https://lapsedgamer.com/281-checkpoint-wet-hot-gamer-summer/): Mark is joined by Nick and Chazzee to talk about yet more layoffs in the video game industry, how hot weather just hits different in the UK, midge protection, and to run down all the video games they’ve been playing over the last month or so. - [280 - Checkpoint: Summer Game Fest 2025](https://lapsedgamer.com/280-checkpoint-summer-game-fest-2025/): Mark is joined by Chazzee and Nick to talk about all the games that were shown at the 2025 edition of Geoff Keighley’s video games circle jerk, plus the Playstation and Xbox showcases and some of the smaller ones. - [The Uneasy Comfort of Empty Houses](https://lapsedgamer.com/the-uneasy-comfort-of-empty-houses/): Exploring a haunting subgenre of narrative games where eerie empty houses, immersive sound design, and quiet tension tell unforgettable stories. Featuring Gone Home, Blue Prince, and more. - [279 - Checkpoint: In This Economy?!](https://lapsedgamer.com/279-checkpoint-in-this-economy/): Nick is joined by Chazzee and Andy to discuss the cancellation of the Black Panther game and further job losses at EA, critical reception of Elden Ring: Nightreign, and the rumoured Cyberpunk 2077 sequel, before running down all the games they’ve played recently. - [278 - Side Quest: Movie Tie-In Games](https://lapsedgamer.com/278-side-quest-movie-tie-in-games/): Mark, Nick, Chazzee, and Andy explore the world of video games released to coincide with movie releases - their history from the the 80's through the golden age of the 90's and into the doldrums of the 2000's, why they aren't made any more, and discuss our favourites. - [277 - Poly Gone](https://lapsedgamer.com/277-poly-gone/): In this episode Mark and Chazzee sit down for a chat about the latest turmoil in the world of video game journalism, talk about Arc Raiders and the state of the extraction shooter genre as a whole, and discuss the surprise smash hit of the year – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. - [276 - Out Of Date](https://lapsedgamer.com/276-out-of-date/): Join Mark, Nick, and Chazzee for an episode recorded two weeks ago as they talk about now very old news, argue about Blue Prince, wonder whether we needed an Oblivion remake, and talk about a bunch of other games. - [275 - LGR Hall of Fame episode 6 - Dishonored 2](https://lapsedgamer.com/275-lgr-hall-of-fame-episode-6-dishonored-2/): It’s time to induct another game into the LGR Hall of Fame, so join Mark, Nick, and Chazzee as they embrace The Outsider, pull on their masks, and descend into the murky whalepunk world of Dishonored 2. - [274 - Shenwho?](https://lapsedgamer.com/274-shenwho/): Mark is joined by Nick, Chazzee, and Andy to discuss some video game news, including a lengthy discussion about the Switch 2 Nintendo Direct, what looks good about it, and how the game price might end up costing Nintendo, before running down all the games they’ve been playing recently. - [273 - Lara Croft: Tomb Raider 1 & 2](https://lapsedgamer.com/273-lara-croft-tomb-raider-1-2/): It’s time to look at another terrible video game movie adaptation, and in this episode we’re covering two for twice the misery. So join Mark, Nick, and Andy as they delve into the incredibly dated early 2000’s action schlock that is the Angelina Jolie Tomb Raider movies. - [272.5 - Monster Hunter Wilds Extrasode](https://lapsedgamer.com/272-5-monster-hunter-wilds-extrasode/): Rather than bore you and everyone else on the team with an hour of rambling about the new Monster Hunter game, Mark and Chazzee recorded a bonus episode so you can skip it if you don’t care. - [272 - Wilhelm Scream](https://lapsedgamer.com/272-wilhelm-scream/): Sorry this one is so late, life got in the way. In this episode Mark is joined by Nick and Chazzee to discuss the finer details of flat pack furniture, talk about yet more layoffs and studio closures in the industry, and chat about all the games they’ve playing over the past few weeks. - [LGR Presents: Backlog Busting - Episode 1](https://lapsedgamer.com/lgr-presents-backlog-busting-episode-1/): In the first proper episode of Backlog Busting, Adam talks about all the weird and wonderful, books, tv shows, and of course video games, that he has been enjoying over the past month or so. - [271 - Bottleneck](https://lapsedgamer.com/271-bottleneck/): Mark is joined by Nick and Chazzee to run down some video game news, discuss how live service games have rotted gamer brains, and complain about poorly optimised modern PC games, before running down all the games they’ve been playing over the last few weeks. - [270 - Great American Food](https://lapsedgamer.com/270-great-american-food/): Severely delayed by technical issues, in this episode Mark is joined by Nick, Chazzee, and not Andy to discuss the Xbox Developer Direct, the Switch 2 reveal, spend a few brief moments eulogising the much maligned WiiU, and run down all the games they’ve been playing over the past month or so. - [269 - 2025 Preview](https://lapsedgamer.com/269-2025-preview/): It’s time for the traditional new year preview episode, so join Mark, Nick, Chazzee, and Andy as they talk about all the games they are looking forward to in 2025, plus a little bit of chat about new hardware, potential industry upheaval, and some predictions for the year ahead. Note: this episode was recorded before the Switch 2 reveal. - [LGR Presents: Backlog Busting - Episode 0](https://lapsedgamer.com/lgr-presents-backlog-busting-episode-0/): It’s a new year and Adam is feeling guilty about his backlog, so to help him clear it (and because getting on regular podcast recordings is difficult) he’s going to catalog his quasi year of shame with a new solo show: Backlog Busting. In this special Episode 0 Adam explains the concept and the rules of this format. Episode 1 coming soon! - [268 - Games of the Year, Part 2](https://lapsedgamer.com/268-games-of-the-year-part-2/): It’s time to conclude the annual LGR “best games we played this year that might have come out this year but not necessarily because we have jobs and lives and kids and can’t keep up with all the newest games extravaganza 2024”. In this episode Andy, Chazzee, Mark, and Nick run down their honourable and dishonourable mentions, before revealing their top two games of the year. - [267 - Games of the Year, Part 1](https://lapsedgamer.com/267-games-of-the-year-part-1/): The boys are here for their annual “best games we played this year that might have come out this year but not necessarily because we have jobs and lives and kids and can’t keep up with all the newest games extravaganza 2024 part 1”. In this episode we are joined by Adam in person for the first time in a long time to hear all of his games of the year, before Mark, Nick, Chazzee, and Andy run down the 5th, 4th, and 3rd best games they played this year. Stay tuned for part two in a few days. - [266 - Big Light](https://lapsedgamer.com/266-big-light/): It’s our last regular episode of the year before GOTY deliberations, so join Mark, Chazzee, and Nick as they discuss the legacy of the Game Awards and predict who they think will win the big categories, before running down all the games they’ve been playing over the last few weeks, and laughing at some losers who complain about games being “too woke”. - [265 - Cryptic](https://lapsedgamer.com/265-cryptic/): In the latest episode Nick is joined by Mark and Chazzee to talk about sick kids, video game worker unionisation, culture war bullsh*t, PS5 Pro sales, and of course all the games they’ve been playing over the last few weeks, plus Nick has a fiendish quiz. - [264 - Personal Parking Space](https://lapsedgamer.com/264-personal-parking-space/): After finally breaking free from editing limbo, the latest episode finds Nick, Chazzee, and Mark as they discuss residential fireworks displays, Halloween costume angst, preferential parking, a whole host of now very outdated news, and of course all the games they’ve been playing over the last month or so. - [263 - LGR Hall of Fame episode 5 - Persona 4 Golden](https://lapsedgamer.com/263-lgr-hall-of-fame-episode-5-persona-4-golden/): It’s time to induct another game into the LGR Hall of Fame, so join Mark, Nick, and Chazzee as they confront their inner demons, strengthen their social links, and jump into the midnight channel to discuss the ground-breaking JRPG gem – Persona 4 Golden. - [262 - Heresy](https://lapsedgamer.com/262-heresy/): Nick is joined by Chazzee and Mark to discuss kerbside car maintenance, Nintendo’s very belated legal action against Palworld, the PS5 Pro announcement, chaos at Annapurna, and a bumper list of games that we’ve been playing over the last few weeks. - [261 - Forza Titani](https://lapsedgamer.com/261-forza-titani/): Nick is joined by Andy, Chazzee, and Mark to discuss the short and miserable life of Concord, more layoffs in the game industry, the end of Brat Summer, unlikely football results, Andy finally joining the current gen (sort of), and of course all the usual chat about what we’ve been playing over the last few weeks. - [260 - Sprechen sie Deutsch](https://lapsedgamer.com/260-sprechen-sie-deutsch/): In this severely delayed episode, Mark is joined by Nick and Chazzee to discuss everything we saw at Gamescom 2024, laugh at how bad the Borderlands movie has gone down, tell Pete Parsons to go f**k himself, and of course run down all the games they’ve been playing over the last few weeks, included an extended discussion on Thank Goodness You’re Here. - [259 - Super Mario Bros.](https://lapsedgamer.com/259-super-mario-bros/): It’s taken us a long time, but the boys finally sit down to talk about the movie that started it all, the first video game adaptation to hit the big screen – 1993’s Super Mario Bros. So join Mark, Nick, and Andy as they delve into a film so bad the lead actors spent the whole shoot drunk, a film so bad it nearly tanked an entire genre before it could start, a film so bad Nintendo kept their IP under lock and key for 20 years. - [258 - Bag Chat](https://lapsedgamer.com/258-bag-chat/): In the latest episode Mark is joined by Nick and Chazzee to talk about backpacks, water bottles, Scottish roads, the video game voice actors strike, Blizzard devs unionising, and all the games they’ve been playing over the last few weeks. - [257 - Brain Fart](https://lapsedgamer.com/257-brain-fart/): Mark is back from holiday and is joined by Chazzee and returning guest Doug to discuss ice hockey, football, elections, Game Pass, and much much more, as well as all the games we’ve been enjoying over the last few weeks. - [256 - Dr No](https://lapsedgamer.com/256-dr-no/): In the latest episode Nick is joined by Chazzee and Andy to get unreasonably excited about the upcoming new Assetto Corsa, to talk about the latest in a long line of Dr Disrespect controversies, complain about yet more pointless remasters, and of course to run down all the games they’ve been playing recently. - [255 - Summer Games Fest 2024](https://lapsedgamer.com/255-summer-games-fest-2024/): Mark, Nick, and Chazzee are here to run down all the games they saw at the various not-E3 press conferences, and the great and good of upcoming indie titles showcased in the Steam Next Fest, plus Nick lets us know what mystery game he’s been playing and Mark reveals if the final Destiny expansion is any good. One thing we can reveal here – Geoff Keighley is still a soulless husk of a man. - [254 - Fallout Series 1](https://lapsedgamer.com/254-fallout-series-1/): Mark and Nick are joined by our good friend Doug to talk about season 1 of the Amazon Prime Video adaptation of the Fallout games, dig into the franchise in general, and talk about other potential prestige adaptations, and rag on Todd Howard a bit. - [253 - DO IT LIVE!](https://lapsedgamer.com/253-do-it-live/): Mark is joined by Nick and Andy to talk about TV presenter meltdowns, shitty British summers, rooms only posh people have in their houses, and of course the latest depressing round of video game layoffs. As always the boys run down all the games they’ve been playing over the last few weeks, plus there’s some uplifting news about a new video game studio being opened. - [252 - Slow Lane](https://lapsedgamer.com/252-slow-lane/): Mark and Chazzee are joined by past and future guest Doug to discuss yet more layoffs in the video game world, the Helldivers 2/PSN debacle, the hilariously bad Fallout 4 next gen patch, and much more, plus of course all the games they have been playing over the last few weeks. - [251 - Covered in Dogs](https://lapsedgamer.com/251-covered-in-dogs/): Baseball! Poker! Hailstorms! D&D! All this and more as Mark and Chazzee run down all the news in the video gaming world over the past few weeks before chatting about all the games they’ve been playing. - [250 - Honourable Mentions](https://lapsedgamer.com/250-honourable-mentions/): It’s our 250th episode and we wanted to do something special, so join Chazzee as he resurrects the Honourable Mentions podcast for a one-off show where he talks to Mark, Andy, and Nick about their favourite games that don’t quite make their top ten. - [249 - Creamy Sauce](https://lapsedgamer.com/249-creamy-sauce/): Mark is joined by Nick, Chazzee, and Andy to discuss another round of layoffs in the video game industry (this time with bonus cancelled games), and Marty O’Donnell’s bizarre shift into the world of right-wing politics, before running down all the games we’ve been playing over the last few weeks. - [248 - Hypercapitalism & Managed Democracy](https://lapsedgamer.com/248-hypercapitalism-managed-democracy/): In the latest episode Mark is joined by Chazzee and Nick to discuss the news that Microsoft exclusives will be ported to other consoles, bask in the wonder that is the Steam Deck, and run down all the games they’ve played over the past few weeks, before digging into the cultural phenomenon that is Helldivers 2. - [247 - The Super Mario Bros. Movie](https://lapsedgamer.com/247-the-super-mario-bros-movie/): Mark, Andy and Nick are here again, which means it’s time to talk about another video game movie. This time it’s the The Super Mario Bros. Movie and we’ll be honest with you, there’s not a lot to talk about. The movie is fine, its not terrible, it’s not great, but it’s also not memorable. We’ll do the Bob Hoskins one next. - [246 - Fauxkémon](https://lapsedgamer.com/246-fauxkemon/): Mark, Chazzee, and Nick are here to talk about ongoing Palworld controversy, the latest round of depressing layoffs in the video game world, shooting Nazis in the testicles, and all the games they’ve been playing over the last few weeks. - [245 - Space Llama](https://lapsedgamer.com/245-space-llama/): The boys are here for our traditional late start to the year, so settle in and let the January blues wash away as the team run down all the games they played over the festive period before breaking down all the games we are looking forward to in 2024. - [244 - Games of the Year, Part 2](https://lapsedgamer.com/244-games-of-the-year-part-2/): It’s time to conclude the annual LGR “best games we played this year that might have come out this year but not necessarily because we have jobs and lives and kids and can’t keep up with all the newest games extravaganza 2023”. In this episode Adam, Andy, Chazzee, Mark, and Nick run down their honourable and dishonourable mentions, before revealing their top two games of the year. - [243 - Games of the Year, Part 1](https://lapsedgamer.com/243-games-of-the-year-part-1/): The boys are here for their annual “best games we played this year that might have come out this year but not necessarily because we have jobs and lives and kids and can’t keep up with all the newest games extravaganza 2023 part 1”. In this episode Adam, Andy, Chazzee, Mark, and Nick run down the 5th, 4th, and 3rd best games they played this year. Stay tuned for part two in a few days. - [242 - 8-Bit Christmas](https://lapsedgamer.com/242-8-bit-christmas/): Not gonna lies boys, this one is tenuous at best. It’s the last episode before the annual GOTY bonanza so Andy, Mark, and Nick decided to watch a video game Christmas movie, but there aren’t any video game movie adaptations set at Christmas. So they watched 8-Bit Christmas, a movie about a kid trying to get an NES at Christmas. It was pretty good. - [241 - Flesh World](https://lapsedgamer.com/241-flesh-world/): Mark, Nick, and Andy have a good chat about entitled content creators, Steam bloat, virtual reality, and a plethora of games. - [240 - F*ck Pete Parsons](https://lapsedgamer.com/240-fck-pete-parsons/): Mark, Nick, and Chazzee chat about the layoffs at Bungie, the latest in a series of job losses that have rocked the industry this year (there’s been two more since we recorded this episode), before running down all the games they’ve been playing recently. - [239 - Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City](https://lapsedgamer.com/239-resident-evil-welcome-to-raccoon-city/): As a mysterious illness sweeps through LGR towers, join Nick, Andy, and Mark as they celebrate Halloween with a look at another video game movie adaptation, this time it’s 2021’s soft reboot of the Resident Evil franchise – Welcome to Raccoon City. - [238 - Happy Campers](https://lapsedgamer.com/238-happy-campers/): In this episode Mark is joined by Chazzee and special guest Doug to discuss camper vans, festivals, getting old, and retro gaming, before breaking down the long, drawn out acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft and what IP might be resurrected, and of course running down all the games they’ve been playing over the last few weeks. - [237 - LGR Hall of Fame episode 4 - Firewatch](https://lapsedgamer.com/237-lgr-hall-of-fame-episode-4-firewatch/): It’s time to induct another game into the LGR Hall of Fame, so join Nick, Andy, Chazzee, and Mark as they grab their backpacks and head to the Rocky Mountains to yell at teenagers, uncover mysteries, and try real hard not to burn the forest down. - [236 - Old Men](https://lapsedgamer.com/236-old-men/): Join Mark, Chazzee, and Nick as they complain about how hangovers take much longer to go away than they used to when they were young, before running down the disastrous couple of weeks Unity have had. They also chat about some video games before settling into an extended rant about Starfield. - [235 - Accidental Genocide](https://lapsedgamer.com/235-accidental-genocide/): Join Mark, Nick, and Chazzee as they chat about house moves, digital libraries, chunky athletes, and a brief chat about some other games they’ve been playing before settling into a lengthy and almost entirely spoiler-free discussion about Baldur’s Gate 3. - [234 - Castlevania Season 4](https://lapsedgamer.com/234-castlevania-season-4/): Andy is joined by the lovely Colm Sheridan from the Last Save Loaded podcast to talk about the 4th and final season of Netflix’ animated adaptation of the Castlevania series. - [233 - Danny Burgers](https://lapsedgamer.com/233-danny-burgers/): It’s your boys back again for another podcast, Mark and Chazzee are here to discuss cricket, chubby athletes, playing video games with your son, plus a run down of everything we’ve been playing recently including Baldur’s Gate 3, Crusader Kings III, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and the hot new video game all the kids are wild about – Donkey Kong Country. - [232 - LGR Hall of Fame episode 3 - Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare](https://lapsedgamer.com/232-lgr-hall-of-fame-episode-3-call-of-duty-4-modern-warfare/): It’s time to induct another game into the LGR Hall of Fame, so join Mark, Nick, and Andy, as they drop a claymore and settle down in a foxhole to spawn camp some noobs while they talk about Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. The game that catapulted the Call of Duty franchise into the stratosphere, Modern Warfare was a genuine culture milestone in gaming and one which the boys have many fond memories of. - [231 - An Episode](https://lapsedgamer.com/231-an-episode/): We’re back from an impromptu summer break, so join Mark and Chazzee as they discuss a bunch of video games including Final Fantasy XVI and Diablo IV and possibly some other games with roman numerals in the title. - [230 - Not E3 2023](https://lapsedgamer.com/230-not-e3-2023/): Join Mark and Nick for a very sweaty rundown of everything shown at the Summer Game Fest 2023, including the Microsoft, Devolver Digital, PC Gaming, Ubisoft, and Day of the Devs conferences. - [229 - Flaming Dick Robot](https://lapsedgamer.com/229-flaming-dick-robot/): Mark is back from holiday and has wrangled Chazzee and Andy to talk about the future of Overwatch and the mess Blizzard are in, plus all the games shown off at the Playstation Showcase, and we run down all the games we’ve been playing over the past few weeks. - [228 - Mummy Bear](https://lapsedgamer.com/228-mummy-bear/): Mark is on holiday and has left the children in charge, so join Nick as he tries to wrangle Andy and Chazzee into talking about a huge number of video games. - [227 - LGR Hall of Fame episode 2 - Batman: Arkham Asylum](https://lapsedgamer.com/227-lgr-hall-of-fame-episode-2-batman-arkham-asylum/): We’re back for another special episode, so join Mark, Chazzee, and Andy as they induct another game into the Lapsed Gamer Radio Hall of Fame. This time around it’s Rocksteady Studios’ 2009 classic Batman: Arkham Asylum. - [226 - Apologies To Sheffield](https://lapsedgamer.com/226-apologies-to-sheffield/): Another week, another pod. Mark is joined by Nick and Chazzee to discuss regional beefs, insufficient frames per second, the death of E3 (again), and of course lots of video games. - [225 - Dibbles](https://lapsedgamer.com/225-dibbles/): Mark and Nick are joined by the lovely Ger (Geekachu, A Little Pod of Everything) to talk about our favourite cocktails, spicy food, expensive gaming peripherals, plus lots of chat about video games including an extended discussion on the Diablo IV open beta. - [224 - CIA Alerted](https://lapsedgamer.com/224-cia-alerted/): The boys are back to cover another video game movie adaptation, and this one isn’t completely terrible. So join Mark, Nick, and Andy as they delve into the world of martial-arts tournaments, beach volleyball, and sinister global plots in 2006’s DOA: Dead or Alive. - [223 - Sonic Jail](https://lapsedgamer.com/223-sonic-jail/): In the latest episode Mark is joined by Nick and Chazzee to discuss the many crimes of Yuji Naka, Formula One driver poses, the joys of being miniature in video games, and whether the term JRPG is a slur, plus lots of chat about what we’ve been playing. - [222 - LGR Hall of Fame episode 1 - Half-Life 2](https://lapsedgamer.com/222-lgr-hall-of-fame-episode-1-half-life-2/): In a special episode Mark, Nick, and Chazzee induct the first game into the Lapsed Gamer Radio Hall of Fame, a place where we celebrate the pinnacles of gaming world. So join us as we celebrate Half-Life 2, one of the most important games to ever be released, and one which still holds up nearly 20 years later. - [221 - Raging Boll](https://lapsedgamer.com/lgr-episode-221-raging-boll/): In a change to our schedule, we’ve got a special crossover episode as LGR meets At Little Pod of Everything. So join Mark, Nick, and special guest Ger for a brief chat about elite dickheads, not understanding the assignment, and Welsh pronunciations, plus the usual chatter about what we’ve been playing, before switching it up and talking about what video-game related movies and tv shows we’ve enjoyed recently. - [220 - 2023 Preview](https://lapsedgamer.com/lgr-episode-220-2023-preview/): Having recovered from a festive period full of illness, too much food, and lots of video games, the boys are back. Join Mark, Chazzee, and Nick as they run down what they played over the last month, look forward to the new games coming out over 2023, and preview some new shows we’ll be bringing you this year too. - [LGR: Episode 219 - Games of the Year Part 2](https://lapsedgamer.com/lgr-episode-219-games-of-the-year-part-2/): First of all, sorry this episode is so late, our editor has been ill. Secondly, sorry for the technical issues, Andy’s audio for this episode didn’t record for some reason so his part will be played by the HR robot. So with that out of the way, please enjoy the second half of The Best Games We Played In 2022 That Didn’t Necessarily Come Out In 2022 Extravaganza. - [LGR: Episode 218 - Games of the Year Part 1](https://lapsedgamer.com/lgr-episode-218-games-of-the-year-part-1/): The gang is all here for the annual “Top Games We Played This Year That Didn’t Necessarily Come Out This Year Extravaganza Part 1”. In this episode Mark is joined by Andy, Chazzee, Nick, and Adam’s AI butler from the future, to run down numbers 5, 4, and 3 in our top fives. - [LGR: Episode 217 - New Toys](https://lapsedgamer.com/lgr-episode-217-new-toys/): Exciting times over at LGR Towers as Mark and Nick have finally joined Chazzee in the current console generation (kinda), so there’s lots of Xbox chat plus lots and lots of games, including Need for Speed: Unbound, Somerville, A Memoir Blue, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, more CoD chatter, even more Marvel Snap chatter, plus a bit of a Yakuza: Like a Dragon love-in. - [LGR: Episode 216 - Sports Ball](https://lapsedgamer.com/lgr-episode-216-sports-ball/): The boys are back and ready to chat. Join Mark, Chazzee, and Andy as they discuss the incredibly problematic World Cup before getting down to business for some hardcore video game chat. Games discussed include Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate, SSX, Wolfenstein: Youngblood, Fifa Street, Ridge Racer 5, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, Marvel Snap, and Football Manager 2023. - [LGR: Episode 215 - Piddle Pants](https://lapsedgamer.com/lgr-episode-215-piddle-pants/): Mark is joined by Nick and Andy to discuss testing the intelligence of trick-or-treaters, Xbox 360 avatars, what horror films would make good video games, and there’s more puppy chat (sorry). There’s also a lot of talk about games, including Batman: The Telltale Series, Multiversus, The Quarry, Marvel Snap, Mario + Rabbids; Sparks of Hope, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (the new one, not the old one). - [LGR: Episode 214 - More Like Overwatch Poo, Amirite?](https://lapsedgamer.com/lgr-episode-214-more-like-overwatch-poo-amirite/): Back again, it’s your boys Mark and Chazzee here with another pod, and they are joined once again by our friend and yours, Doug. The guys discuss Overwatch 2 for far too long (sorry), plus the joys of holidaying with a Steam Deck, the crazy places Dragon Quest Builders 2 goes, the joys of OlliOlli World, justified murder in Cult of the Lamb, the wonders of Xenoblade Chronicles 3, and the heart-warming earnestness of Yakuza: Like A Dragon. - [LGR: Episode 213 - Puppy Brain](https://lapsedgamer.com/lgr-episode-213-puppy-brain/): Mark is back from holiday, but he’s got a new puppy so his brain is broken. Nevertheless he is here with his trusty companions Nick and Chazzee to talk about the handful of games they’ve managed to play over the last couple of weeks, and treat us to a live reaction to the Mario Movie trailer reveal. - [LGR: Episode 212 - Substitute Teacher](https://lapsedgamer.com/lgr-episode-212-substitute-teacher/): Our usual host had the temerity to go on holiday, and the kids have been left in charge. So join Nick, Chazzee and Andy as they discuss all the hottest video game news, plus a lot of chatter about what they’ve been playing, including Dragon Quest Builders 2, Immortals: Fenyx Rising, Multiversus, Stray, and F1 Manager ’22. - [LGR: Episode 211 - Black Pants](https://lapsedgamer.com/lgr-episode-211-black-pants/): In this extremely respectful edition of Lapsed Gamer Radio, Mark is joined by Nick and Andy to discuss lots and lots of games, including F1 Manager 22, Splatoon 3, Lego Incredibles, Puyo Puyo Tetris, and more. The guys also look forward to all the games set to come out over the rest of the year. - [LGR: Episode 210 - Circle Jerk](https://lapsedgamer.com/lgr-episode-210-circle-jerk/): Mark is joined by Nick and Chazzee to run down all the announcements from the opening night of Gamescom 2022 and before running down all the games we’ve been playing, including Destiny 2 (yawn), Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, Ghost Recon: Wildlands, Two Point Campus, GTA V, and Payday 2. - [LGR: Episode 209 - Warcraft Ballyhoo](https://lapsedgamer.com/lgr-episode-209-warcraft-ballyhoo/): Mark is joined by Nick and Andy to talk about the 2016 big screen adaptation of Blizzard’s mammoth MMO, Warcraft. Bit of a first for us, one that actually takes the source material seriously. Is that a good thing or not? You’ll have to listen to find out. LOK’TAR OGAR! - [LGR: Episode 208 - Words and Deeds](https://lapsedgamer.com/lgr-episode-208-words-and-deeds/): Mark is joined by Chazzee and returning guest Dougie Baby to discuss asking permission to poop, the guilt of owning an AC unit, feline astral projection, and creepy Kojima. Games talked about include Stray, Neon White, Paladins, Mini Motorways, and Metal Gear Solid V. - [LGR: Episode 207 - Swamp Nuts](https://lapsedgamer.com/lgr-episode-207-swamp-nuts/): With most of the world melting Mark is joined by Andy and Adam for a spot of gardening chat before Adam gives us his impressions so far of the Steam Deck, and the boys conduct a 6 month review and run down the best games they’ve played so far this year. 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