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. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get…

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. You can find additional content by us over on the LG…

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. You can find additional content by us…

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. You can find additional c…

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. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get in touch wi…

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. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can g…

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…

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. …

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. …

Mark, Nick, and Andy have a good chat about entitled content creators, Steam bloat, virtual reality, and a plethora of games. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get in touch with us via Twitter at https://twitter.com/lapsedgamer You can also see our videos over on YouTube at http://www.y…

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. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you c…

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. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get …

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. You can f…

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. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get in…

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. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR we…

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. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you c…

Andy is joined by the lovely Colm Sheridan from the Last Save Loaded podcast to talk about the 4th and final season of Netflix's animated adaptation of the Castlevania series. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get in touch with us via Twitter at https://twitter.com/lapsedgamer You can a…

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 Coun…

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 gam…

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. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get in touch with us via Twitter at http…

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. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get in touch with us via Twitter at https://twitter.com/lapsed…

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. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and y…

Mark is on holiday and has left the substitute teacher in charge, so join Nick as he tries to wrangle Andy and Chazzee into talking about a huge number of video games. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get in touch with us via Twitter at https://twitter.com/lapsedgamer You can also see …

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. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get in touch with us via Twitter …

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. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get in touch with us via Twitter at https://twitter.com/lapsedgamer You …

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. Ger can be found on twitter at https://twitter.com/gerdog72 Real Civil Engineer video on T…

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. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com …

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. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can…

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. You can find additional content by us …

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…

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. You can find additional content by …

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…

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. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsed…

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 …

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, an…

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…

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 wo…

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. You can find additional content by us over on the…

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. You can find additional co…

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. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR…

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. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at…

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! You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer…

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. Metal Gear Solid 4 was a Mistake - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93-_r0w7ykI Yo…

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. Stay safe, drink water. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lap…

Mark is joined by Chazzee and our good friend Doug to discuss speedrunning, how hard it is to game ethically, and getting whooped by kids in Fortnite, plus a whole plethora of video games including Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, Citizen Sleeper, Weird West, and a whole lot about Neon White. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR webs…

We have almost the whole LGR team together to talk about the games shown at the event formerly known as E3. An understandably restrained year, but there were still plenty of cool looking games on show and the boys go through (almost) everything from Sony, Microsoft, Summer Game Fest, Tribeca, Capcom, and the PC Gaming Show. You can find additional …

Mark is joined by Chazzee and Andy for a lethargic post-bbq episode in which they discuss excessive bunting, regicide, a distinct lack of high street bank branches, and a whole gaggle of video games including Valorant, Sniper Elite 5, Batman: The Telltale Series, Watch Dogs: Legion, and Star Trek: Shattered Universe. You can find additional content…

Mark is joined by Chazzee and returning guest Ger, from the excellent Geekachu podcast, to discuss randy birds, stealing work supplies, and excessive garden waste. They also discuss a bunch of video games, including Sunless Seas, Unpacking, Hitman VR, Citizen Sleeper, Rainbow Six: Siege, and many more. Geekachu podcast can be found at https://twitt…

Mark is joined by Nick and Chazzee to chat about graphics cards, expensive sim rigs, the weird world of custom mechanical keyboards, and lots of games including more Elden Ring chat, getting spooked in Prey, trying real hard not to crash in Assetto Corsa, and much much more. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapse…

In their first recording for ages Mark, Nick, and Andy stumble their way through a low energy ramble about moving house, buying reptiles, and sucking at a 23-year-old video game for children. You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get in touch with us via Twitter @lapsedgamer You can also se…