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Skill Check

Skill Check

59 episodes

The positive gaming podcast from YMCA Exeter. Talking all things that are positive around video games.

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Safer Internet Day, Fortnite on iPhones, Gris

Published: Feb. 2, 2024, 12:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 38 seconds

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Games That Get You Fit

Published: Jan. 26, 2024, 1:58 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 13 seconds

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Video Gaming on Blue Monday, Game Ownership, and Pikmin 4

Published: Jan. 19, 2024, 11:58 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 21 seconds

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Spiderman, AI, and Introducing Space in Exeter.

Published: Jan. 12, 2024, 12:19 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 1 second

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The Game of The Year Awards and playing Lost Words Beyond The Page

Published: Dec. 8, 2023, 12:42 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 35 seconds

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Netflix into gaming, Youtube and games, all things Party Games, and Sonic Superstars

Published: Dec. 1, 2023, 12:52 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 48 seconds

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Research into mens mental health and video gaming

Published: Nov. 30, 2023, 9:27 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 42 seconds

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Getting Ready For Black Friday

Published: Nov. 17, 2023, 12:26 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 7 seconds

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Games that bring the joy.

Published: Nov. 10, 2023, 1:10 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 42 seconds

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Finding Your Comfort Game

Published: Nov. 3, 2023, 12:53 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 55 seconds

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A Parents Review of Minecraft, What is good about Twitch, and How expensive should a video game be?

Published: Oct. 20, 2023, 1:32 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 14 seconds

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The Twitch Chat Episode

Published: Oct. 13, 2023, 9:11 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 34 seconds

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The Hotwheels Challenge Episode

Published: Sept. 29, 2023, 10:48 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes

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Gaming and Emotional Language

Published: Sept. 22, 2023, 11 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 37 seconds

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Back to School With Educational Video Games?

Published: Sept. 15, 2023, 11:14 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 54 seconds

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Starfield! Switch 2 Rumours? And a chat about eSports...

Published: Sept. 8, 2023, 10:55 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 22 seconds

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Why do video games help with stress? Also - Netflix Gaming, and World of Goo.

Published: Aug. 11, 2023, 9:47 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 16 seconds

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Games for a Rainy Day, PS5 goes cheap, Doctor Who on Sandbox?

Published: Aug. 4, 2023, 11:09 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 5 seconds

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Tips on Kids and Video Games over the Summer.

Published: July 28, 2023, 11:26 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 5 seconds

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Pokemon Sleep, Gaming Accessibility News, and Loot Boxes

Published: July 21, 2023, 10:55 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 5 seconds

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Gaming Addiction, Jedi Survivor, and The Sound of Gaming

Published: July 14, 2023, 11:07 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 33 seconds

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GYLT, Fig - A Playtient Journey, and Gaming in a Car?

Published: July 7, 2023, 9:34 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 12 seconds

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Gaming for mindfulness, Women Players in Football Manager, and Burnout 3.

Published: June 30, 2023, 10:58 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 9 seconds

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Games for Anxiety, All The Games are coming! And... Jedi: Fallen Order

Published: June 23, 2023, 11:01 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 23 seconds

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Is Gaming Good For You?

Published: June 16, 2023, 10:44 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 16 seconds

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Slow Gaming, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Screen Breaks?

Published: June 9, 2023, 10:41 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 44 seconds

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Planet of Lana, Video Games to Play Outside, and Gollum

Published: June 2, 2023, 10:54 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 13 seconds

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Zelda Tears of The Kingdom could be THE Best Ever. (This Week)

Published: May 26, 2023, 10:47 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 37 seconds

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Mental Health Awareness Week, Zelda: Tears of The Kingdom, Games Lonely Mountains: Downhill

Published: May 19, 2023, 11:18 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 57 seconds

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Star Wars Episode 1 Racer, Zelda: Tears of the kingdom, and The 100 Best Games of all time?

Published: May 12, 2023, 11:07 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 51 seconds

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Jedi Survivor, Pokemon Go, Fortnite goes Luna!

Published: May 5, 2023, 11:04 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 30 seconds

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Grief, Jedi Survivor, and the great big Microsoft Activision

Published: April 28, 2023, 11:10 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 16 seconds

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The Mario Movie! Last of Us! Does Sony care? Ubisoft - Little Pricey?

Published: April 21, 2023, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 38 seconds

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The Easter Egg Special

Published: March 31, 2023, 8:01 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 2 seconds

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No Cats Were Harmed In The Making of This Podcast

Published: March 24, 2023, 10:32 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 2 seconds

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That was The Last of Us.

Published: March 17, 2023, 12:09 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 13 seconds

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Games to get you sleeping?

Published: March 10, 2023, 1:42 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 32 seconds

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The Non Gaming Hobbies for Gamers Podcast

Published: March 3, 2023, 12:30 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 44 seconds

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Games that make you want to scream

Published: Feb. 24, 2023, 12:10 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 36 seconds

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Games to play when you're ill.

Published: Feb. 17, 2023, 11:46 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 5 seconds

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Exploring other places through Video Games

Published: Feb. 10, 2023, 12:12 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 22 seconds

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Grandparents and Gaming

Published: Feb. 3, 2023, 12:11 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 10 seconds

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The Last of Us, and saying Goodbye to Stadia

Published: Jan. 20, 2023, 12:22 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 17 seconds

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Blue Monday, and Games to Play Through It

Published: Jan. 13, 2023, 12:03 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 42 seconds

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Video Games That Help You Avoid The Gym

Published: Jan. 6, 2023, noon
Duration: 18 minutes 19 seconds

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Christmas Games to Play At Christmas

Published: Dec. 23, 2022, 12:18 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 29 seconds

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Fall Guys! Just Dance! Rocket League! The Christmas Party Game Edition!

Published: Dec. 16, 2022, 12:12 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 21 seconds

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Sonic Frontiers, Jedi Survivor, Call of Duty on The Switch?

Published: Dec. 9, 2022, 12:11 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 22 seconds

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Gaming for Non Gamers

Published: Dec. 2, 2022, 12:36 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 50 seconds

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Twitch Streaming. What is it, and how do you get started?

Published: Nov. 25, 2022, 11:09 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 11 seconds

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Fortnite Chapter 3 is ending, Wolverine is coming, and going on The Journey of The Broken Circle.

Published: Nov. 18, 2022, 12:03 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 8 seconds

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Playing Golf With Friends, Wondering About Fifa, and Games to Play on Holiday

Published: Nov. 11, 2022, 11:38 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 33 seconds

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Gaming during the cost of living crisis, Catching up with Tomb Raider 2013, and meeting your best Mates on Fifa.

Published: Nov. 4, 2022, 11:25 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 43 seconds

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Video Game Age Ratings, Gaming on a Budget, and Forza Horizons

Published: Oct. 21, 2022, 10 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 34 seconds

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Exploring Dreamlight Valley, Old PlayStations, and The Game Finder

Published: Oct. 14, 2022, 11:24 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 54 seconds

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Exploring Mental Health Through Video Games

Published: Oct. 7, 2022, 10:59 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 20 seconds

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RIP Google Stadia. Houseflip, and Pokemon Music

Published: Sept. 30, 2022, 8:49 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 37 seconds

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You Suck At Parking

Published: Sept. 23, 2022, 10 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 4 seconds

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9th September

Published: Sept. 9, 2022, 11:19 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 27 seconds

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What does the future hold for Mario Kart?

Published: Sept. 2, 2022, 10:41 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 13 seconds

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Microsoft v Netflix

Published: Aug. 16, 2022, 4:09 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 45 seconds

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Video Games at The Commonwealth Games, New Mario Kart Tracks, and Remembering Micro Machines V3.

Published: Aug. 9, 2022, 8:42 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 24 seconds

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Exploring Powerwashing, Link between Video Games and Wellbeing, and VR - Whats it good for?

Published: Aug. 2, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 21 seconds

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Lootboxes, VR Training, and Star Wars

Published: July 26, 2022, 12:23 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 6 seconds

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Can Gaming Help ADHD

Published: July 19, 2022, 9:20 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 6 seconds

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The One Where We Go Geocaching.

Published: July 12, 2022, 4:15 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 32 seconds

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eSports at the Commonwealth Games, Addictive Video Games, and Horizon Zero Dawn

Published: July 5, 2022, 6:22 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 49 seconds

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Medical gaming treating life-changing injuries, Who is the other star in the Mario movie, and Sonic Origins.

Published: June 28, 2022, 3:12 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 39 seconds

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Skill Check Series 2 - Coming Soon

Published: June 20, 2022, 11:45 a.m.
Duration: 42 seconds

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Talking Future of Gaming. Games and tech to look for, and podcast future...

Published: Feb. 23, 2022, 6 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 31 seconds

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Metro 2033! Star Wars 1983! And all things Nintendo!

Published: Feb. 16, 2022, 6 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 18 seconds

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Pokemon Legends: Arceus! Be A Viking! Joe Danger is Back!

Published: Feb. 9, 2022, 12:10 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 21 seconds

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Nobody Saves The World, The Shady Part of Me, Microsoft Buys Everything!

Published: Feb. 2, 2022, 7 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 12 seconds

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Games That Bring The Joy - Again

Published: Jan. 26, 2022, 6 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 42 seconds

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Exploring The Oculus Quest 2

Published: Jan. 18, 2022, 11:49 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 21 seconds

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Animal Crossing. Why it's a positive game to try out.

Published: Jan. 12, 2022, 7 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 7 seconds

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When kids start to play Minecraft

Published: Jan. 5, 2022, 6 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 45 seconds

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"What game should we get for the Switch?"

Published: Dec. 29, 2021, 6 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 19 seconds

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Christmas Games To Play Over Christmas

Published: Dec. 22, 2021, 6 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes

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The Game of The Year Awards

Published: Dec. 15, 2021, 6 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 45 seconds

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Doctor Who: The Edge of Reality, Elex, Stardew Valley, and could Cyberpunk be good?

Published: Dec. 8, 2021, 7 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 20 seconds

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Journey! Halo! New Zealand Story??

Published: Dec. 1, 2021, 7 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 45 seconds

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Halo Infinity! Gris! GTA gone all cyberpunk?

Published: Nov. 24, 2021, 7 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 2 seconds

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Skyrim, Grand Theft Auto, Star Wars Knights of The Old Republic, Animal Crossing version 2, and MORE

Published: Nov. 17, 2021, 7 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 19 seconds

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Forza Horizon 5, Stardew Valley, Playful by Design, and The next Switch?

Published: Nov. 10, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 12 seconds

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Moonglow Bay, Disciples Liberation, The Metaverse?

Published: Nov. 3, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 54 seconds

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New Adventures in Animal Crossing

Published: Oct. 27, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 40 seconds

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Day of the tentacle! Far Cry 6 (Again)! Doctor Who is delayed, The New Switch, and a chat about Tetris.

Published: Oct. 20, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 19 seconds

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Farcry 6, Skyrim, Kingdom Hearts, Cloud Gaming on XBox, and Twitch...

Published: Oct. 13, 2021, 8:44 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 3 seconds

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Doctor Who: The Edge of Reality! Spiderman! Twelve Minutes! And we talk Mario Movie, and cloud gaming...

Published: Oct. 6, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 26 seconds

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Sable! A New Nintendo Switch Controller?

Published: Sept. 21, 2021, 12:58 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 46 seconds

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Tales of Arise! Psychonaughts2! Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous! All The PS5 Games!

Published: Sept. 15, 2021, 7 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 13 seconds

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Pathfinder - Wrath of Righteous, Watchdogs Legion on GeForceNow, And Gaming Dentists

Published: Sept. 8, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 20 seconds

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King's Bounty 2, Midnight Sons, Mario Kart, and Controlling Game Addiction?

Published: Sept. 1, 2021, 12:02 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 56 seconds

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A little chat about a gaming group in Exeter

Published: Aug. 25, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 7 seconds

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Art of Rally, Peggle 2, Doctor Who, And Video Games: The Next Global Pandemic?

Published: Aug. 18, 2021, 10:26 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 49 seconds

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Geforce Now, Cyberpunk revisited, Mario Rabbids, and Pokemon Legends: Arceus

Published: Aug. 11, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 32 seconds

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The Ascent! Ori! And there seems there are no such thing as gamers....

Published: Aug. 4, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 36 seconds

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42 - Recovering with Stardew, Battling in Pokemon Unite, Netflix Gaming, and eFootball going free!

Published: July 28, 2021, 7:32 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 12 seconds

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41 - Baldur's Gate, Unravel 2, SteamDeck, and Are Netflix Going Gaming?

Published: July 21, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 51 seconds

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40 - Sky Children of Light, Scarlet Nexus, Assassin's Creed Infinity, And What Does Gaming Do To Your Brain?

Published: July 14, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 21 seconds

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39 - Greedfall, Firewatch, Indie Games, and The Nintendo OLED "Switch Pro"

Published: July 7, 2021, 12:59 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 46 seconds

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38 - Stardew Valley. Reasons why its good for both kids, and adults to play.

Published: June 30, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 51 seconds

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37 - Getting upset with Zelda Breath of The Wild

Published: June 23, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 54 seconds

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36 - E3 News. A News round up.

Published: June 16, 2021, 12:13 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 49 seconds

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35 - Playing GRIS, Dreaming of E3, and the Switch Pro.

Published: June 9, 2021, 7 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 6 seconds

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34 - Looking forward to E3

Published: June 2, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 58 seconds

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33 - Stardew Valley, Old Mans Journey, and a talk about the weather.

Published: May 26, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 49 seconds

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32 - Mass Effect Legendary Edition, video games helping mental health, and more "Free Games"?

Published: May 19, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 27 seconds

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31 - XBox, Profit, and Resident Evil

Published: May 12, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 14 seconds

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30 - Comfort Games, The Super League and Video Games, and Microsoft meet Nintendo?

Published: April 22, 2021, 11:29 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 45 seconds

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29 - A Video Games News and Rumour Digest

Published: April 15, 2021, 10:09 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 38 seconds

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28 - Video Game Tourism

Published: April 8, 2021, 1:32 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 25 seconds

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27 - Saving Money and Gaming

Published: April 1, 2021, 8:44 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 53 seconds

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26 - Games Played, Game News, and Games we have our eyes on.

Published: March 25, 2021, 10:52 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 16 seconds

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25 - Doom Scroll, And other things to do on your phone

Published: March 18, 2021, 10:58 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 4 seconds

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24 - The Non-Violent Video Game Collection

Published: March 11, 2021, 10:10 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 17 seconds

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23 - Apps To Help Save The World... And save you money!

Published: March 4, 2021, 9:37 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 32 seconds

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22 - Animal Crossing. Why it's great for both kids and adults!

Published: Feb. 25, 2021, 9:35 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 5 seconds

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21 - Controller Drift, Overcooked 2 - for Free, and Gamesmaster Returns

Published: Feb. 11, 2021, 8:52 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 1 second

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Episode 20 - Family Video Games For Half Term

Published: Feb. 4, 2021, 12:25 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 16 seconds

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Episode 19 - Google Stadia, Cloud Gaming, and asking if this is the future?

Published: Jan. 28, 2021, 10:01 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 9 seconds

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Episode 18 - Games that ask, "Are we going outside"?

Published: Jan. 21, 2021, 9:35 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 32 seconds

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Episode 17 - Games And Apps For Wellbeing

Published: Jan. 14, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 16 - Cyberpunk, Disappointment, and Fried Chicken

Published: Jan. 7, 2021, 12:02 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 34 seconds

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Episode 15 - Games That Bring The Joy

Published: Dec. 17, 2020, 10:04 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode 14 - Single Player Mode

Published: Dec. 10, 2020, 2:13 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 11 seconds

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Episode 13 - Time travel with Retro Games

Published: Dec. 3, 2020, 11:42 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 12 - Looking at how Video Games can help children's intellectual and social development.

Published: Nov. 26, 2020, 1:02 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 46 seconds

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Episode Eleven - Are Video Games Terrible?

Published: Nov. 19, 2020, 9:59 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 31 seconds

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Episode Ten - Video Games released for the holiday season

Published: Nov. 12, 2020, 3:28 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode Nine - Grief, Stardew Valley, And Watchdogs Legion

Published: Nov. 5, 2020, 12:03 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 36 seconds

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Episode Eight - Video Games, Dealing with Disappointment and Cyberpunk 2077.

Published: Oct. 29, 2020, 10:35 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 45 seconds

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Episode Seven - What can video games teach us about surviving?

Published: Oct. 22, 2020, 8:13 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 39 seconds

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Episode Six - I Want It All. Gaming and Instant Gratification

Published: Oct. 15, 2020, 10:01 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 14 seconds

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Episode Five - Games to play during Lockdown.

Published: Oct. 8, 2020, 11:22 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 40 seconds

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Episode Four

Published: Oct. 1, 2020, 1:16 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode Three

Published: Sept. 22, 2020, 9:54 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode Two

Published: Sept. 17, 2020, 10:52 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 17 seconds

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Episode One

Published: Sept. 10, 2020, 8:39 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 2 seconds

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Episode Zero

Published: Sept. 3, 2020, 2:13 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 41 seconds

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