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Is Shadow of the Erdtree too hard? Oh, and Fire Sticks are getting Xbox Game Pass!

This week on The Finger Guns Podcast we're back to our nonsense talking the latest game news and quizzes and what we're playing and all the stuff that you love. Rossko, Miles, Kat and Josh talk the difficulty of Shadow of the Erdtree, Xbox Game Pass coming to Amazon Fire Sticks and Konami staff wanting Kojima back for good. In Game of the Week Josh (and Miles) have been checking out the Valorant PS5 Beta (and well, it's very good...), Miles has been playing the terrible The Sinking City but keeps going back to it even though it's terrible (who is writing this anyway?) while Kat has dropped 27 hours into Red Dead Redemption 2 after Miles made her play it. Nice Miles. Nice. Oh, and Rossko has fallen back in love with the gorgeous Tetris Effect. Josh is recommending not going to The Trafford Centre as it's a 's***hole', apparently. Ugh. Miles leans into recommending House of Leaves, which is a book. Weirdo. Oh and Kat recommends an app called Family Wall, which is an app for couples to organise a sharedlist. We're here for the people folks.Also Rossko is the head of a new kind of quiz this week which hopefully gets you thinking / screaming at your podcast playing devices. May the odds be ever in your favour. Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 1, 20241h 31m

In Tribute to Jonathan 'Yogdog' Brown. Goodbye, friend.

In this special episode, join Rossko, Kat, Miles and Josh as we remember and say goodbye to our colleague and our friend, Jonathan Brown, otherwise known as Yogdog. We'll miss you friend. Thank you for making us smile every single week. You were a huge part of this podcast and we'll never forget your contributions. Our love to his family and closest friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 24, 202425 min

Embracer drop the axe on yet another studio, Sea of Thieves has ruled the PlayStation seas

After last weeks showcase shenanigans we're back on traditional podcast duty talking the weeks biggest news including Nintendo returning with a shiny new Direct showcase (though no mention of their new console is confirmed). What on earth have they got up their sleeve to show us? We're a little dumbfounded so it's gonna be a hugely interesting show.Elsewhere Embracer have closed Alone in the Dark remake studio Pieces Interactive after 'disappointing sales'. Are games really selling poorly or are expectations too high?Finally we talk Sea of Thieves and how it's ruling the PlayStation seas in the US and Europe.In Game of the Week Kat has been checking out the PlayStation edition of Sea of Thieves and it may have turned into a slight obsession. Josh has been finally playing the absolute banger that is Persona 3 Reload, Miles has smashed out the very 'Miles' game V Rising. whilst Rossko has been checking out some Steam Next Fest demos such as The Alters, Parcel Corps and well, Building Relationships. Yikes.And in recommendations Kat talks The Last Campfire, Josh recommends a documentary about real estate developer Robert Durst, whilst Miles recommends sea-faring horror Still Wakes the Deep.Hey if you like our podcast why not leave us a review?! You can do it on Apple where you can also spread the love and on Spotify with their star ratings. Everything helps and we'd really appreciate it. Thank you!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 17, 20241h 43m

What a Weekend! Our highlights from every showcase!

Phew! Well that was a weekend wasn't it? My goodness. Join Rossko, Kat, Miles and Josh as they talk their highlights of every single game showcase and get very, very excited about what's to come in our favourite hobby. There's games chat aplenty from the Summer Game Fest, the Xbox Showcase, Ubisoft Forward along with our highlights that you absolutely have to check out from Day of the Devs, Guerrilla Collective, Next Fest, Devolver Direct and more. So. Many. Games. Join us, won't you?Hey if you like our podcast why not leave us a review?! You can do it on Apple where you can also spread the love and on Spotify with their star ratings. Everything helps and we'd really appreciate it. Thank you!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 10, 20241h 22m

State of Play Reactions and other things we've missed over the bank holiday

We're back! Huge apologies for missing an episode last week - life very much got in the way for all of us - but now Rossko, Miles, Kat and Josh are back and we're talking up all the latest news and catching up on what we missed. First up we all get our teeth into the State of Play from last week, sharing what we thought our favourite reveals were along with stuff we're surprisingly excited by (apart from Rossko, who goes on quite the existential tangent). We all get a little bit hyped for Astro Bot and wonder what on earth Concord really has to offer anyone. Oh, and the other stuff in between. We also get into the reveal of Call of Duty Black Ops 6, the Game Pass confirmation and the controversy already surrounding the game regarding content. There's a fair bit to get into so we delve in as far as we can without knowing an awful lot. Oh, and Toys For Bob are so obviously making a new Spyro game now that they've confirmed a publishing deal with Xbox. Can you take a guess at who is super excited about that one? Kat has been checking out Little Hope from the Dark Pictures Anthology, Josh has used his well deserved days off to play cyberpunk roguelite The Land Beneath Us and Miles has finally got his hands on Hades II and well, he likes it alot. Oh, and Rossko has turned on his Xbox and played the glorious Hypercharge Unboxed!In recommendations Miles has finally seen The Boys (well the first few eps), Josh is recommending a Netflix show called Scavengers Reign, the animation that everyone is talking about and it finally gets to us (we get to all the cool stuff...eventually). Rossko wants everyone in the world to check out the brand new Eminem track and Kat watched most of the new J-Lo film Atlas..but not all of it.Hey if you like our podcast why not leave us a review?! You can do it on Apple where you can also spread the love and on Spotify with their star ratings. Everything helps and we'd really appreciate it. Thank you!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 2, 20241h 40m

The State of Gaming in 2024 (So Far...)

This week it's another rough one for news so the gang (the gang being Rossko, Miles, Kat and Josh) get together to talk everything 2024 so far and what our highlights and lowlights have been along with our possible Game of the Year so far (hint: we all pick exactly the same one). Whilst it's been a quality year for games so far it's been a very difficult one for the industry, and we do our best to celebrate what those amazing developers have made for us whilst raising a glass to those who have been unceremoniously removed from their jobs along the way.In our one bit of news (ironically announced minutes after we finished up last week) we talk the announcement of Assassin's Creed Shadows, the brand new iteration of the series and the very first set in Japan. We like what we're hearing so far coming from the Ubisoft camp about this one, so hopefully there's plenty to get excited about in this upcoming entry. Will it get the naysayers back on board? We discuss. Oh, and the traditional question quiz returns and it's absolute bloody chaos from question one as ever. You've missed it, right? Tell us you have, we didn't go through that for nothing, we hope.In Game of the Week Josh talks about the top down puzzler Paper Trail, Miles has very nearly completed Senua's Saga: Hellblade II and tells us all about it (along with the super fun Galacticare) and Kat is back on her Dead by Daylight train whilst Ross is getting hyped for the next season of Fortnite. Who knew?!In recommendations Kat does NOT recommend watching the Uncharted film (we've been sayin'), Miles recommends POOLS, a game that's not a game but is a game but it's cool (reviewed now on Fingerguns.net!), Josh has been checking out The Curse on Paramount+ whilst Rossko finally gets to talk about Doctor Who for a bloody change and it goes about as well as you can imagine..Hey if you like our podcast why not leave us a review?! You can do it on Apple where you can also spread the love and on Spotify with their star ratings. Everything helps and we'd really appreciate it. Thank you!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 21, 20242h 0m

Xbox's Horrible No Good Very Bad Week

We're back once again to talk all things video games and probably Taylor Swift in episode 252 of The Finger Guns Podcast. Join Rossko, Miles and Kat as they dredge through the weeks news which is primarily focused on the fallout of Microsoft huge studio closures from last week and what the hell came next.First up, Xbox president Sarah Bond came out to try to defend the companies decision to sack hundreds of employees through closing award winning studios and breaking down award winning companies so yeah, there's that. Oh and Xbox announced, the day after closing Tango Gameworks (the one who made BAFTA-winning small game Hi-Fi Rush) that they want to focus on games which are small and award winning. You couldn't make this up, we are truly bereft with Xbox right now. They've certainly fudged around and found out, indeed. Oh, and there's a third Jurassic Park Evolution on the way and Miles is, weirdly hyped? We find out more. A FLYING T-REX. In Game of the Week Miles has been playing Dredge and the latest rhythm shooter that we call Robobeat while Kat has stuck out Fallout Shelter for a second week running whilst Rossko has been checking out Crow Country and the wonderful Animal Well.In recommendations Miles talks up the latest Saw movie, Kat recommends the Natural History Museum (don't get married there though, tis pricey) and Rossko wants everyone check out the demo for the lovely little indie Fishbowl.Oh, and don't miss Kat's Candy Crush Saga story. It's one for the ages.Hey if you like our podcast why not leave us a review?! You can do it on Apple where you can also spread the love and on Spotify with their star ratings. Everything helps and we'd really appreciate it. Thank you!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 13, 20241h 20m

Crow Country Special With SFB Games' Tom Vian and Adam Vian

Hello everyone! Josh here, don't we have a treat for you this week? Not only do our dear listeners now have two episodes, but we've also got the co-founders of SFB Games, Tom Vian and Adam Vian talking about their new release Crow Country. Crow Country is a retro-inspired survival horror. We go through the process of the game's development, how the influences played a part in paying homage to those and all the potential secrets to discover throughout the game. Make sure to check SFB Games on their socials:Tom: https://twitter.com/SFBTomAdam: https://twitter.com/SFBDimThank you to SFB Games for spending the time to talk to us; thank you to Neonhive (https://twitter.com/Neonhive) for helping make this episode happen. And thank you all for listening to this special episode of the Finger Guns Podcast!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Joshua Thompson | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 8, 202448 min

So, Xbox have closed Tango Gameworks and Arkane Austin, Sony backtrack on Helldivers II and what do we want from Resi 9?

The Finger Guns Podcast returns after a week off with the full team back back back to get into the weeks news and well, there's a fair amount of it this week. First up, a few hours before we recorded Microsoft announced that they have closed Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks and Redfall's Arkane Austin. We talk about this shocking reveal and what the bloodyhell is going on with Xbox right now and what - if anything - they have planned for the future. On the other side of the war PlayStation have another rough week culminating in a rather surprising u-turn after the huge backlash of announcing that Helldivers II Steam players will need to have a PSN account in order to keep playing. Sony have announced this will no longer be the case, much to the celebration of gamers around the world. At least 100,000 of them, at least. We also get into what we'd like to see from Resident Evil 9 and if we really need a Horizon Zero Dawn remaster after the original game is being taken down from PS Plus this month. In Game of the Week Josh has been checking out Another Crabs' Treasure, Kat has been checking out the glory of Fallout Shelter thanks to the TV show whilst Miles has nerded out in King Arthur Legion IX. Rossko has been checking out Fallout 4, Fallout New Vegas (for the first time ever?!) and a glorious little footy RPG called Bang Average Football.In recommendations Kat talks Queenpins, the Kristen Bell fronted film which is now on Netflix, Miles talks about Hexguardian and Harvest Hunt, a roguelike horror game from the glorious folk at Neonhive. Josh talks about the glorious new film from Alexander Payne, The Holdovers whilst Rossko recommends not watching Strays. Yikes. Hey if you like our podcast why not leave us a review?! You can do it on Apple where you can also spread the love and on Spotify with their star ratings. Everything helps and we'd really appreciate it. Thank you!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 7, 20241h 43m

IT'S ONLY EPISODE 250 with CHRIS SCULLION AND ETHAN LAWRENCE!

We did it! The Finger Guns Podcast Episode 250 is here! Join Rossko, Josh, Kat and our very special guests, VGC's Chris Scullion and our boy, the fantastic Ethan Lawrence (of Bad Education, Horrible Histories, Boat Story and After Life fame) as we talk all things video games with an extra dash of absolute nonsense and sliding very far off kilter but for the absolute lols in an absolute 250 megacast celebration of all things nonsensical. it's what we do init. In an attempt to talk news from the week we scrape the bottom of the barrel of updates in our favourite industry to talk petitions about games staying active long after developers are done with them, we raise a glass to LittleBigPlanet 3 and Media Molecule as a whole as the formers servers are shut off for good and absolutely nobody gets excited for the announcement of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. In Game of the Week Josh talks checking the latest EA Oiriginal Tales of Kenzera and the fascinating Harold Halibut, Kat gets exactly what it says on the tin in Wizard with a Gun, Ethan has his eyes set on the glorious Octopath Traveler II whilst Rossko and Scully check their embargoes so they can talk the brand new Top Spin. It's quite amazing we've made it this far with such a passionate group of listeners and really couldn't have done it without you. A huge thank you to everyone who has listened to this show from its inception and continue to support it to this day. This episode is a huge celebration of the nonsense we've been selling for nearly five years now and we're so grateful we still get to do this on a weekly basis. Here's to pod 500! Oh jeez...Hey if you like our podcast why not leave us a review?! You can do it on Apple where you can also spread the love and on Spotify with their star ratings. Everything helps and we'd really appreciate it. Thank you!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 22, 20242h 55m

Would You Tip Game Developers? | BAFTA Game Award Winners | Dave The Diver arrives on PlayStation

The Finger Guns Podcast returns once again with our pre-250 episode which incredibly, is episode 249! Join Rossko, Kat and Miles on this (unintentionally) shorter episode as we jump through the weeks interesting news and talk about all the wonderful games we've been playing this week (or, well, two of them). This week then we talk through the BAFTA Game Awards winners after the ceremony took place this week. Were there any surprises? We jump into find out. Also this week ex-Blizzard boss Mike Ybarra has been on Twitter this week discussing the possibilities of 'tipping' game developers at the end of a game you like. The three of us weigh in on whether or not we could see this idea moving forward and if we could see it happening with such strong regulation on monetisation in gaming already. Will the tips end up it the hands on the right people? Will it cause bosses to pay their developers less? We try and work out a way through to a satisfying end. In Game of the Week Miles sings the praises of the awesome Dave the Diver now it's finally landed on PlayStation and Kat concurs as she also praises the wonderful Dave the Diver and surprises Rossko with a beautiful Dave the Diver remix of one of his own songs. It's quite something. Rossko? Well he's been playing the Sea of Thieves Private Beta on PlayStation.In recommendations Kat talks The Octopus Murders on Netflix (true crime! octopuses and stuff! databases!) whilst Miles wants to share with the world the wonders of Kat's banana bread and Nolan's InterstellarHey if you like our podcast why not leave us a review?! You can do it on Apple where you can also spread the love and on Spotify with their star ratings. Everything helps and we'd really appreciate it. Thank you!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join her Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 15, 20241h 4m

Deck-Nine Toxic Studio Culture Revealed, Microsoft plan Gears and Call of Duty updates and Xbox preservation

This week on The Finger Guns Podcast we're getting a bit excited for episode 250 and talk all about the weeks gaming news whilst derailing the entire podcast to talk football and Taylor Swift. Because of course it did.We get into the news that Xbox are taking game preservation very seriously by establishing a new team to work on just that. We also get into the unfortunate news that Finger Guns favourite Deck Nine Studio have been accused of a toxic studio environment by developers. We get into this rather horrid story with huge Life is Strange fans talking about their sadness hearing the story.We also get into what the hell we wanna see from Gears of War 6 and the next Call of Duty game as they're due to be revealed very soon. Basically, more guns and better everything. Over at Game of the Week Kat has jumped into her backlog to check out Hades, Josh has carried on his time with Rise of the Ronin. Miles has checked out the demo for Knights in Tight Spaces, the Ground Shatter spin-off to Fights in Tight Spaces and checking out the mellow chill of Spirit City: Lofi Sessions. Rossko has been playing Fortnite. Sorry.And in recommendations Miles talks about heading to a Hans Zimmer concert and losing his freakin' mind. Kat has been checking out Fletcher's new album In Search of the Antidote. Josh recommends another Paramount+ film with the superb Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutant Mayhem and Rossko gets his yeehaw on with the brand new Beyonce album Cowboy Carter.Hey if you like our podcast why not leave us a review?! You can do it on Apple where you can also spread the love and on Spotify with their star ratings. Everything helps and we'd really appreciate it. Thank you!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join her Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 8, 20241h 30m

Beat Slayer Special featuring Byterocker Games' Maximilian Graustein

On this very special episode of The Finger Guns Podcast Miles sits down with Byterocker Games' Maximilian Grausteint to talk about their upcoming rhythm slayer-em-up Beat Slayer, a game we've had on our radar for a while and finally due for release this week. Miles chats with Max all about the creation of the game, the inspirations and what they hope to do in the future with the game. Before that though Miles is joined by Rossko to talk about the full game and their impressions, and of course they fly off topic discussing what other games should be rhythm based. We're so sorry. Hey if you like our podcast why not leave us a review?! You can do it on Apple where you can also spread the love and on Spotify with their star ratings. Everything helps and we'd really appreciate it. Thank you!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join her Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 1, 20241h 35m

Take Two buy Gearbox, PS2 hits 160 million sales so says Jim Ryan and Game Help expands to user videos?!

It's all the lads this week on The Finger Guns Podcast as Rossko, Miles, Josh and the returning FFG himself Sean Davies get into the weeks news and tear it to pieces starting with the announcement of Take Two buying Gearbox from Embracer. What does this mean for future Gearbox titles? We speculate. Oh, did you know the PS2 has sold close to 160 million units since launch? So says departing CEO Jim Ryan. We get into the wonders of the PS2 and debate whether or not the Switch will be able to reach such high numbers. Elsewhere PlayStation have announced user generated Game Help videos will be coming to the dashboard soon, ensuring absolutely no trolling videos will take you over a cliff in Elden Ring. Nope. Not gonna happen. Yeesh. In Game of the Week Josh has been cranking out the madness of OTXO, Miles has been playing early access title Sentry (NERD GAME ALERT) whilst Rossko has been checking out the Stellar Blade demo with thoughts from him, Josh and Miles on this one Oh, and Sean has been enjoying the wonders of Football Manager 2024. In recommendations Miles doesn't recommend Planet Zoo on console, Sean does indeed recommends Assassin's Creed Gold, an audiobook about a blind Assassin which is available now on Audible. Josh has recommended the ultimate recommendation in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning along with Twisted Metal, the TV series based on the game which is now available on Paramount+.Hey if you like our podcast why not leave us a review?! You can do it on Apple where you can also spread the love and on Spotify with their star ratings. Everything helps and we'd really appreciate it. Thank you!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join her Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 31, 20241h 17m

Dragons Dogma II controversy, Toys for Bob return to Microsoft and Marvel 1943 looks rad!

This week on The Finger Guns Podcast Josh takes hosting duties as Rossko is otherwise engaged, along with Kat and Miles as they talk through the weeks gaming news and what they've been playing.The gang get into the huge reveal of the Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra project from Amy Hennig and her team and it looks absolutely stunning and get super hype awaiting some brand new Marvel goodness from Skydance Studios. Elsewhere Kat gets very excited as the news is revealed that Toys for Bob have reportedly joined forces with Microsoft to work on their latest title. There's too much to get hyped about here and we speculator what they could be working on now they have access to the IP they brought back to life so brilliantly. In Game of the Week Miles can finally talk about his adventures in Dragons Dogma II (along with discussing the microtransaction controversy), Kat talks the wondrous Tinykin whilst Josh spills his guts over the brand new Alone in the Dark remake along with Rise of the Ronin.And in recommendations Kat invites us all to check out Hickories, a smokehouse restaurant chain that is apparently 'so juicy'. Miles gets lo=fi once again as he recommends a Dark Souls Ambient Lo-Fi album you can find on YouTube. Wonderful to do notes to apparently whilst Josh actually recommends a game and that game is infact Hi-Fi Rush now it's on PlayStation. Hey if you like our podcast why not leave us a review?! You can do it on Apple where you can also spread the love and on Spotify with their star ratings. Everything helps and we'd really appreciate it. Thank you!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join her Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 24, 20241h 19m

Helldivers 2 sells 8 million, Gameloft go from Disney to D&D and MultiVersus returns! Are you ready for it?

This week on The Finger Guns Podcast we're recording a little earlier in the day so we apologise for the live updates of the Manchester United v Liverpool game throughout (Rossko is not sorry, he wanted me to make that clear), but we still managed to squeeze in some gaming news such as Helldivers Ii selling 8 million copies, Dreamlight Valley creators Gameloft attempting a Dungeons and Dragons game and the return of MultiVersus!In Game of The Week Kat has been talking her way through her current rotation of games including FFVII Rebirth, Dead by Daylight, Dreamlight Valley, Tomb Raider and Among Us. Josh has been finishing up Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Miles has been tearing his way through [REDACTED] but has also played the remastered Star Wars Battlefront Collection whilst Rossko has been boring his way through Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator.In recommendations Kat is telling the entire world to season your sandwich, dammit. Miles reocmmends Star Wars Cards Against Humanity, Josh has been playing What The Golf? now it's finally released on PlayStation 5 and Rossko shares his review of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour which is now live on Disney+. Are you ready for it? You'll find out. Hey if you like our podcast why not leave us a review?! You can do it on Apple where you can also spread the love and on Spotify with their star ratings. Everything helps and we'd really appreciate it. Thank you!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join her Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 17, 20241h 22m

The BAFTA Games Nominations have been announced, Xbox Partners have new games and Capcom rule!

It's another pod and it's a day early! What about that! Rossko, Josh, Miles and Kat had to record a day early this week due to reasons. Still! There's plenty of news to get through such as the BAFTA Games nominations which have been announced this week, where we pick our winners for each category..Elsewhere we've been talking the Xbox Partner Showcase and our highlights from there along with finally getting hype about game developer news as Capcom reveal they're raising the salaries of their employees! Incredible!In recommendations Kat tells us all about the new album from Ariana Grande, Miles has finally seen the Foo Fighters horror comedy movie Studio 666, Josh recommends the YouTube channel Boi Boi whilst Rossko gets all Britney Spears on us by recommending the Tenacious D version of ...Baby One More Time.Hey if you like our podcast why not leave us a review?! You can do it on Apple where you can also spread the love and on Spotify with their star ratings. Everything helps and we'd really appreciate it. Thank you! Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join her Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 10, 20241h 28m

Korina from Neonhive joins us for a chat, Toys for Bob are finally free and Rockstar are forcing their devs back to the studio.

Another week, another Finger Guns Podcast! Hello again everyone, it's always a pleasure to be here though eh? Join Rossko, Kat, Josh and Miles for another bout of gaming news and nonsense from your favourite Finger Guns crew talking all about the wonders of Crash and Spyro developer Toys for Bob going independent and free from Activision at last. What are we gonna see them make next? The possibilities are endless and it's a nice bit of good news in the never-ending sadness that is the games industry these days. Still! We also talk about Rockstar forcing their employees back full time to finish up Grand Theft Auto 6, and well, let's say we have some opinions on this. And in rare but most exciting news we have an interview! This week Rossko sat down with Neonhive boss Korina Abbott to talk all about their new publishing wing and how on earth that came about, along with Neonhive as a whole and their hand in some of the biggest indie games of the last few years and Korina's history in the gaming industry. It's a cracking chat that's well worth a listen! Over at Game of the Week Josh has been tearing his way through the terrifying Outlast Trials. The Thaumaturge has kept Miles busy in the ol' review codes, Kat has jumped into Final Fantasy for the FIRST TIME EVER with...er, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth whilst Rossko has been crushing it in the ring in WWE 2K24. In recommendations Miles shares his thoughts on FFVII Rebirth, Kat talks to us about a ghost story podcast named Ghost Huns, whilst Josh takes us to the spice wars in Dune Part Two. And then there's some Taylor Swift chat, because of course there is. Hey if you like our podcast why not leave us a review?! You can do it on Apple where you can also spread the love and on Spotify with their star ratings. Everything helps and we'd really appreciate it. Thank you!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join her Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 4, 20242h 3m

WB Games Tank Kill The Justice League, Microsoft announce their PS5 games and Little Devil Inside is back?!

This week on The Finger Guns Podcast Rossko returns to the hosting chair - after a bit of an altercation with Josh - with Kat, Miles and the returning Yogdog all joining in to get through the weeks news as quick as possible. And boy there is a lot this week. First up we talk the disappointing sales of Suicide Squad Kill The Justice League and the factors that may have made it happen. WB Games are not happy with how well it's done and we try and break down the reasons why (reason one - WB Games). We also talk the possibility of PSVR 2 becoming compatible on PC's to allow users to play PC VR games. We talk to Josh about this one and it opens an interesting discussion regarding ballooning budgets in games which may have lead to this decision. Well, that and PlayStation are not supporting the device well enough. We also head back to the Nintendo Director Showcase to work through our highlights and follow that up with the four games Microsoft are bringing to PlayStation in the next few months - namely Grounded, Pentiment, Sea of Thieves and Hi-Fi Rush. Oh, and we also get into the brand new DLC trailer for Elden Ring. PHEW! And in Game of the Week Josh has been playing a hell of a lot more of Helldivers II, Kat played a ton of Detroit: Become Human, Miles has been spreading democracy with Helldivers but also checking out the almighty Terminator Dark Fate Defiance, Yogdog has been playing his favourite game of all time in Battle Brothers whilst Rossko has been getting his PC gaming on in Minecraft?! Hey if you like our podcast why not leave us a review?! You can do it on Apple where you can also spread the love and on Spotify with their star ratings. Everything helps and we'd really appreciate it. Thank you!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join her Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 26, 20241h 27m

Are Xbox are sharing their games whilst PlayStation don't have any this year? Also, no Nintendo Switch 2 till 2025?

Hello everyone, it's me again, the harbinger of podcast nightmares to once again tell you about this week's episode of the Finger Guns Podcast - but you can call me Josh. This week the gang are back! Discussing the cryptic business lingo Phil Spencer talked at minimal length about the future of Xbox, during their special podcast. Shorter than my solo one last week, just saying Phil.Moreover, Nintendo Switch 2's launch has been pushed into 2025, along with no major first-party PlayStation releases for this year! How will we all cope? Probably by cleaning up our backlogs that have been tutting at us in the corners of our gaming library for 2 years.We see the return of Miles' wonderfully whacky picture quiz, the perfect formula for an audio platform. Am I the winner? Silly question, I'm always the winner. Games of the Week include the brilliantly understated puzzle adventure Röki, of course, Helldivers 2, Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered and Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden. All that, as well as some purr-fect recommendations and more on this week's Finger Guns Podcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 20, 20241h 24m

Is this the first AAAA? What is going on over at Xbox? Where has everyone gone?!

Hi there, everyone. I know it must be weird to see Rossko's name not on the publishing for this. Instead, you have me! Josh, taking over for hosting duties whilst the gang go on a well-deserved holiday. In this episode of the Finger Guns Podcast, I hog all of the games of the week, because it's MY show and I'll talk about as many games that I've played as I want. I talk about the newly anticipated title from Don't Nod, Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, and the recent demo for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and I update everyone on Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth.More importantly on the news side of things, Ubisoft's CEO Yves Guillemot claims that the $70 price tag for a game that features live-service elements is warranted. As the game itself is worthy of the AAAA status. What does that mean? I champion Helldivers 2 from a distance in the name of Miles as it breaks Sony's launch number records.And I thoroughly recommend not taking on a podcast by yourself, always do it with some friends it's probably much better that way. Unless you make enough fuss that this episode is awesome. Inflate my ego, please. Enjoy the latest episode of The Finger Guns Podcast.Hey if you like our podcast why not leave us a review?! You can do it on Apple where you can also spread the love and on Spotify with their star ratings. Everything helps and we’d really appreciate it. Thank you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 12, 202436 min

Are Xbox readying a PlayStation related announcement? Also, Sony's State of Play Highlights and Suicide Squad Impressions!

This week on The Finger Guns Podcast, Rossko, Miles, Kat and Josh kick back and talk some of the weeks biggest news including the reaction to Sony's midweek State of Play and our highlights from the show along with the news that Starfield could be on its way to PlayStation along with a number of Xbox exclusives. What does this mean for PlayStation and, more importantly, Xbox going forward? We discss this wild rumour mill which seems to have been confirmed by Phil Spencer by announcing an event next week. Time will tell on this one. In Game of the Week at has taken on Ross' game of the week last week with Among Us, Miles has been sinking his teeth into Lysfanga: The Time Shift Warrior, Rossko has checked out the demo of one of this most anticipated games in Lightyear Frontier and Josh had the task of murdering the Justice League in Rocksteady's Suicide Squad. Kat recommends a car wash, clean your car you mothers. Rossko recommends the waffle sandwich and the multi purpose uses of the wonder sandwich whilst Miles has been checking out Signalis. And there's and there's another picture quiz, on this audio podcast. We don't know why, you seem to love them so let's just keep doing it eh?Hey if you like our podcast why not leave us a review?! You can do it on Apple where you can also spread the love and on Spotify with their star ratings. Everything helps and we'd really appreciate it. Thank you!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 5, 20241h 57m

Layoffs have rocked the industry again, Sony have announced a new State of Play and the Switch 2 gets a screen!

This week on The Finger Guns Podcast Rossko, Kat, Miles and Josh delve into the weeks news (cus that's what we do, init) and share their thoughts on Sony's upcoming State of Play and what we'd like to see along with what we're likely to see and whatnot, get serious (or attempt to) about the huge layoffs from Microsoft and the industry as a whole and how goddamn rubbish it all is and we try to get excited about the rumour that Switch 2 is going to have an 8-inch LCD screen. Yay? This then leads to conversations about launch titles which is vastly more interesting.What else? Well, Kat has been riding out her illness so there's a DBD GotW recommendation from her, Miles has been playing PSP classic Pursuit Force whilst Josh has been tearing through Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth as Rossko retreads the spaceship boards of Among Us to see where the current shape of the game. Good shape, is the answer.Find the screenshots for the quiz here!Hey if you like our podcast why not leave us a review?! You can do it on Apple where you can also spread the love and on Spotify with their star ratings. Everything helps and we'd really appreciate it. Thank you!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 29, 20241h 42m

Indiana Jones arrives on Xbox, Senua gets a release date and also what the heck is Palworld?

This week Rossko, Miles and Josh get to grips with the weeks biggest gaming news including a look back at the Xbox Developer Direct. Are we hyped for Indiana Jones? Well, you're going to have to find out by listening because otherwise why would I bother telling you here? I need you to listen to the podcast for the numbers otherwise they'll cancel it and nobody wants that you see. So please do listen in order to find out the answer to that particular question.We also delve deep into the madness of Palworld. What on earth is this thing? Where did it come from? How did it generate over six million players in a weekend? Is it simply a Pokemon rip-off? We delve very deep into the wonders of this mysteriously successful game and see if Nintendo have any kind of case here.Miles has finally been checking out Robocop: Rogue City whilst Josh has been exploring the wonders of Immortality which has just landed on PS5, and Rossko has been playing The Last of Us Part II Remastered, Stumble Guys on Xbox and of course, Fortnite. Shocking really.In recommendations Miles says you better check out the ambient music of Flawed Mangoes, Josh and Rossko celebrate the wonder of Emma Stone movie Poor Things, and Rossko recommends the second series of Marvel's animated MCU series What If...?Hey if you like our podcast why not leave us a review?! You can do it on Apple where you can also spread the love and on Spotify with their star ratings. Everything helps and we'd really appreciate it. Thank you!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 23, 20241h 43m

Our 2024 Metacritic Predictions Episode! Also, GAME are ceasing trade-ins?!

Back one again with the renegade podcast masters with the ill behaviour...or something? It's The Finger Guns Podcast! And we're back with our 2024 Metacritic Predictions episode which sees us take a wild guess at the final Metacritic scores for this years biggest releases. Join Rossko, Miles, Kat, Josh and Yogdog as we tear through our initial list before adding a bunch later on in the year after they're announced. It's a whole lot of fun. Elsewhere, Josh has been checking out the cracking Thirsty Suitors and Kat has been thoroughly enjoying the current PS Plus offering Nobody Saves The World. Yogdog has been checking out Against The Storm, Miles has played possibly the worst game Rossko could ever imagine with RTS-top-down-Trebuchet-soldiers-turn-based-strategy title called Lost Eidolons, whilst Rossko himself has played the Prince of Persia: The Last Crown demo and of course, Fortnite. What else is he gonna do. Oh, and UK games retailer GAME are stopping trade-ins! What does this mean for the industry and will they survive without Kev from down the road bringing in a bunch of CoD games to pay for EA FC25?! We discuss. Hey if you like our podcast why not leave us a review?! You can do it on Apple where you can also spread the love and on Spotify with their star ratings. Everything helps and we'd really appreciate it. Thank you!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 15, 20242h 6m

The 2024 Metacritic 2023 Predictions Results Episode

We're back! It's only frikkin' 2024 and The Finger Guns Podcast returns with yet another absolute banger of a podcast because we're just so damn good to you. In our first episode back we're coming back in style with our annual Metacritic Predictions Results episode! If you remember our second episode of 2023 was us predicting what we think the final Metacritic scores are going to be for the biggest games of the year and this episode is all about discovering just how poorly (or brilliantly) we predicted the scores. We have an outright winner this year but you'll have to have a listen to find out who that is! It's another belter, and we're very happy to be back together podding about video games again. To the year! See you out there.Hey if you like our podcast why not leave us a review?! You can do it on Apple where you can also spread the love and on Spotify with their star ratings. Everything helps and we'd really appreciate it. Thank you!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 8, 20242h 6m

The Games of the Year 2023 | Honourable Mentions | 2024 Hype Mode!

This is it. The final episode of The Finger Guns Podcast (this year, at least) is here! Join Rossko, Kat, Miles, Josh and the returning Yogdog for a bumper episode where we talk our Games of the Year, along with honourable mentions exclusive to this pod and what we're hyped for in 2024!In our final Game of the Week Kat introduces us all to Bear and Breakfast, Josh has completed Alan Wake 2, Yogdog talks everything Warhammer 40k Rogue Trader, Rossko has returned to Dreamlight Valley and also hit the seven seas in Skull & Bones whilst Miles has checked out a top down RPG called Svarog's Dream.And in recommendations Kat talks chocolate and Christmas cheer, Josh recommends the wonderful Christmas movie Violent Night, Miles gets hyped for Samurai Warrriors 5, Yogdog talks the brilliant The Last Spell and Rossko just shares the love. Cus it's all love, friends.Hey if you like our podcast why not leave us a review?! You can do it on Apple where you can also spread the love and on Spotify with their star ratings. Everything helps and we'd really appreciate it. Thank you!We'll see you in 2024 with our Metacritic results episode. We can't wait. See you there!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 18, 20232h 24m

The Day Before Studio Shuts Down! | The Game Awards 2023 Reaction and Highlights | GTA 6 Trailer

This week on the penultimate episode of The Finger Guns Podcast Rossko, Kat, Miles and Josh get together once again to talk the weeks news including The Day Before studio Fntastic shutting down four days after the release of the terrible, awful, dreadful game that deserves to rot for all eternity. We also talk the biggest announcements at The Game Awards along with the show overall and well, we have some thoughts. Oh! And we get rather giddy about Grand Theft Auto VI after the early release of that fantastic trailer. Kat talks the massive new update for Dreamlight Valley and the Chucky DLC for Dead by Daylight, naturally. Miles has been checking out the delightfully charming chess puzzler Chesserama and Josh has been reviewing Arizona Sunshine 2 on PSVR 2 whilst Rossko has been exploring the delights of Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and talks up the brand new Fortnite modes.Kat recommends another hot chocolate as her recommendation, Miles has checked out Anthology of Fear with erm, mixed results...whilst Josh reminds us all to look out for each other and reach out to people as and when you need it (it's super important friends, be sure to check in on each other). Oh, and Rossko recommends Doctor Who, because of course he does.Hey if you like our podcast why not leave us a review?! You can do it on Apple where you can also spread the love and on Spotify with their star ratings. Everything helps and we'd really appreciate it. Thank you!Enjoy the episode!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 11, 20231h 48m

BOAT STORY Spoiler Special with Ethan Lawrence

On this very special episode of The Finger Guns Podcast, Rossko sits down with our friend Ethan Lawrence to talk absolutely everything there is to talk about his latest televisual project, Boat Story (available now on BBC iPlayer). We get into the spoilery nitty gritty and talk absolutely everything about the show, some behind-the-scenes secrets and we talk about just how nice everyone was on set. Seriously, they were really nice. It's not a joke when we say spoiler special either, this is a mighty, MIGHTY spoiler special so please DO NOT listen if you haven't seen every single episode and don't want to be spoiled. I mean, you can listen to it if you like but it's gonna ruin the show for you and honestly, you're going to want to into the show as blind as possible as it just makes the whole thing more fun. Ethan also talks other projects such as his experience on Magic Mike's Last Dance Hey if you like our podcast why not leave us a review?! You can do it on Apple where you can also spread the love and on Spotify with their star ratings. Everything helps and we'd really appreciate it. Thank you!Enjoy the episode!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 5, 20232h 3m

Fortnite is back on top | Game Awards Announcements Wishlist | Capcom Say More Resi Remakes Are Coming

THIS WEEK! Rossko, Kat, Miles and Josh get together once again to talk the weeks news and, er, there isn't much to talk about so we get into what we think will be revealed at The Game Awards this year and what games we're hoping to see announced! Also, Sega are teasing something and we haven't a clue what they're up to, what could it be?! Oh, and Capcom are starting the Resident Evil remake hype train once again and we speculate on where they could go next. Will they dare Resi 5 and 6? We speculate (yes, we've done this before but again, it's been a very slow news week considering a certain trailer is dropping today that everyone is avoiding like the actual plague...)In the Game of the Week Kat has restarted and fallen back in love with Disney's Dreamlight Valley, Miles and Rossko (and Josh, and Kat tbf..) have been having a blast on the new Fortnite Chapter 5 map and Josh has been playing Born of Bread, a cutesy cosy RPG, perfect for this time of year!In recommendations Josh talks up the wonderful Puss in Boots: The Last Wish as it's bloody superb, Kat reminds us all to download Power Wash Simulator this month on PS Plus, Miles talks up a creepy game called Luto and Rossko plays Karma Zoo and now it's up there as a possible GOTY. Good old Ethan Lawrence! Hey if you like our podcast why not leave us a review?! You can do it on Apple where you can also spread the love and on Spotify with their star ratings. Everything helps and we'd really appreciate it. Thank you!Enjoy the episode!Sony lawsuit - https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-set-to-face-5-billion-class-action-lawsuit-over-playstation-store-prices/Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 4, 20231h 16m

Ethan Lawrence Returns! | Sony back in court once again | PlayStation Portal sells out worldwide

This week on The Finger Guns Podcast our good friend Ethan Lawrence returns to talk video games, Boat Story and all the weeks biggest news! Well, there isn't much, but we do our best including talking about Sony returning to court to settle whether or not they've overcharging UK PSN owners. If so, we all get money! Huzzah! We'll see what happens. Elsewhere Bloober Team have come out to say that everything is just fine with the development of Silent Hill 2 thank you very much so you can bloody stop bothering them with your ridiculous Tweets. Oh, and the PlayStation Portal has sold out worldwide and demand is high. How on earth did that happen? We talk out the success of the Remote Play system and actually learn what the hell the thing does with some surprising revelations. In Game of the Week Miles has been checking out Last Train Home, Josh has been riding through the glen with Gangs of Sherwood whilst Ethan has been thoroughly enjoying the cracking little multiplayer darling KarmaZoo. Oh, and Rossko fell asleep playing Immortals of Aveum. Greg was right. Don't tell him. And in recommendations we talk Funko Pops, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, M3GAN, Ethan's own Magic Mike's Last Dance and Rossko goes to bat for Taskmaster - why aren't more people watching it I ask you? Well, he does. And he's definitely not writing this description in the first person. Hey if you like our podcast why not leave us a review?! You can do it on Apple where you can also spread the love and on Spotify with their star ratings. Everything helps and we'd really appreciate it. Thank you!Enjoy the episode!Sony lawsuit - https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-set-to-face-5-billion-class-action-lawsuit-over-playstation-store-prices/Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 28, 20231h 59m

The Last of Us Part II Remastered Announced | Spyro Flying Into CTR | KOTOR Remake is dead?

This week on The Finger Guns Podcast it's been a quiet news week but we've managed to scrape together the news that The Last of Us Part II is getting a remaster and coming in January with a bunch of extra fetures. Is it enough to get us to come back to that mammoth story? And is Rossko gonna buy it just so he can make music with Ellie's guitar? Probably. Elsewhere everyone's favourite dragon Spyro is coming to Crash Team Rumble! Is that enough for fangirl Kat to jump back in? Well, apparently it is and we're probably going to join her. Elsewhere Dragon's Dogma 2 has gotten a possible release date and the Knights of the Old Republic remake is apparently dead in the water. What happened? We suggest some theories. In Game of the Week Kat has been checking out the rather lovely Sonic Superstars, Miles has been checking out F.E.A.R. (can you tell they've been on the Black Friday PSN sale?), Josh has been time looping in the terrific In Stars and Time whilst Rossko has been ultimately disappointed by Dreamworks All Star Kart Racing.In our recommendations we talk Lake's lovely DLC Season's Greets which is just more Lake, but Christmas time! Wonderous. Miles recommends not playing The Kindeman Theory, Josh has been checking out Gubbins on mobile whilst Rossko has been thoroughly enjoying TV this week with the brilliant Boat Story on BBC iPlayer and Scott Pilgrim Takes Off on Netflix. Hey if you like our podcast why not leave us a review?! You can do it on Apple where you can also spread the love and on Spotify with their star ratings. Everything helps and we'd really appreciate it. Thank you!Enjoy the episode!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 20, 20231h 26m

The Game Awards 2023 Nominations Chat | Our Dream Grand Theft Auto 6 game | Final Modern Warfare 3 impressions

This week on a bumper Finger Guns Podcast the team (Rossko, Kat, Miles and Josh) get into The Game Awards nominations and choose their winners from each category and bemoan the lack of a certain beloved Hogwarts-based video game. There are huge numbers for Baldur's Gate 3 and Alan Wake 2 whilst the indies are probably the toughest call they've been in years. We do our best to try and choose our winners for each. Oh, and then there's the small matter of Rockstar announcing that they're revealing the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6 in the first week of December to handle, so we delve into what we'd really like to see from Rockstar's latest behemoth. In Game of the Week this week we've been primarily getting absurdly bored in Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer, Rossko has been rocking the masses in this years iteration of Let's Sing, Kat has redownloaded Dead By Daylight after deleting it and Miles has checked out Dungeons 4 and the wonderfully titled Super Crazy Rhythm Castle. Say it really quickly four times. For our recommendations this week Kat is talking velvetisers for hot chocolate, cus why not. Miles concurs. He also recommends Stronghold: Definitive Edition (if you're a NERD) Josh talks the movies he's seen recently, namtely The Killer, Bottoms and Dream Scenario (Nic Cage turns up in everyone's dreams for no reason) while Rossko delved deep into the Robbie Williams documentary on Netflix with surprising results. Hey if you like our podcast why not leave us a review?! You can do it on Apple where you can also spread the love and on Spotify with their star ratings. Everything helps and we'd really appreciate it. Thank you!Enjoy the episode!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 13, 20232h 14m

The Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Spoiler Special

At last, join Rossko, Miles, Kat and Josh as they talk every single glorious moment from Insomniac's latest, a small game called Marvel's Spider-Man 2. Naturally, this is a spoilertastic conversation so obviously, if you haven't completed the game yet, go complete the game, get the Platinum and then come back and share with us the wonders, the madness and the brilliance of Sony's massive title. It's a little difficult to go into detail about this podcast, purely because it's super deep in spoilerwonderment - the story, the suits, the sidequests, the characters, the easter eggs and so much more, no stone is left unturned (we're pretty sure, anyway...we went as hard as we could). Come and have a listen! Do we think it's a 10/10 (spoiler for the spoiler; no, not all of us..)? Thank you for listening!Hey if you like our podcast why not leave us a review?! You can do it on Apple where you can also spread the love and on Spotify with their star ratings. Everything helps and we'd really appreciate it. Thank you!Enjoy the episode!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 9, 20231h 36m

Fortnite hits 44m in one day | MWIII is bad. Poor start for MS? | Would WOW work on consoles?

This week on The Finger Guns Podcast Rossko, Miles, Kat and Josh talk all the weeks biggest news including the rise of Fortnite and their colossal weekend numbers, the downfall of Call of Duty's terrible MWIII campaign and the possibility of World of Warcraft on consoles. Is there a chance? We don't seem to think so but under Phil Spencer, anything is possible, right? In Game of the Week Kat has jumped into the OG Forntite map (so has Rossko, so has Josh...), Josh has been climbing the walls playing the wonderful Jusant and Miles, along with confirming he's Platinumed Spider-Man 2 he talks Achilles: Legends Untold, which he wasn't as fond of, let's be honest. Rossko also talks us through his trip to the seedy underground of Detroit in the rather brilliant RoboCop: Rogue City.Recommendations? Well, Vanilla Coke from Miles (yeesh), Donald Glover's Atlanta (yay!) and Kat talks going to see Fall Out Boy this weekend and recommends a drama on Netflix whilst Rossko takes us back to 2006 and talks his recent first time watch of The Devil Wears Prada. We're nothing if not way up to date with the current trends on this podcast. Hey if you like our podcast why not leave us a review?! You can do it on Apple where you can also spread the love and on Spotify with their star ratings. Everything helps and we'd really appreciate it. Thank you! Enjoy the episode!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 6, 20231h 31m

What Are Capcom Teasing? | PayDay 3 Devs Finally Speak Up | How's MGS Delta Looking?

This week on The Finger Guns Podcaaaaaaaaast (long a's for scary cus Halloween), Rossko, Kat, Miles and Josh talk through the weeks news once again and get us all hyped for just what Capcom could be teasing right under our noses to be released before March of next year, talk the disappointing community updates coming from Payday 3 developer Starbreeze and have a glance at the brand new trailer for Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater to see just how it's coming along from the viewpoint of series superfans Miles and Josh. Oh, and in a brand new segment Rossko introduces a podcast within a podcast Talkin' Skull and Bones where we check up on whether or not Skull and Bones has been delayed again. You'll be amazed by the firs episode's revelations.In Game of the Week Kat has been playing the rather lovely Wildmender (along with a bit of Spider-Man 2, Josh has been playing the 80’s-inspired text adventure World of Horror, Miles is finally checking out that Spidey game (with Rossko confirming he has 100 percented the game this week) and Rossko, out of some serious FOMO, bought a Switch and checked out the rather terrific Super Mario Wonder. That’s right, we talk about a NINTENDO GAME ON THE FINGER GUNS PODCAST. TAKE THAT, INTERNET.In recommendations this week we get very musical as Miles recommends the brilliant Blink 182 album One More Time... is now available and is awesome, Kat talks about, guess what? The new Taylor Swift rerelease 1989 (Taylor's Version) which leads to a proper education on the upcoming Taylor releases and Josh talks Goosebumps on Netflix. And Rossko issues a Starfield-themed apology.Enjoy the episode!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 30, 20231h 30m

Spider-Man 2 is here! Our thoughts and impressions | Hideo Kojima Left Off MGS Collection Credits | Activision Archives - What Do We Want Back?

In this weeks episode of The Finger Guns Podcast it's a rather special one and Rossko, Kat, Josh and Miles celebrate the release of a certain red and blue superhero as we put on our favourite rubber superhero suit and save New York all over again chatting a whole lot about the wonderful Spider-Man 2, we get a little deep as we talk Hideo Kojima not being included in the Metal Gear Solid Collection credits and wonder what exactly we'd like returned from the annuls of Activision history on Game Pass that isn't CoD, Crash or Spyro.Josh has been playing Stay Out the House, a horror escape room game with them sweet PS1 graphics, Miles gets his hands on Ghostrunner II and has a blast, Rossko finally goes all 2D with the lovely Sonic Superstars, whilst Kat finally begins Cyberpunk 2077.We also get super hyped about this weeks releases with Miles' impressions of the Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 1, Josh reviews his recommendation last week The Fall of the House of Usher, Kat recommends a hamper of ramen noodles(?) and Rossko recommends the Philadelphia Cheese Stack from McDonalds. What a world. There's also a whole lot of love for Pete Davidson, cus why not? Enjoy the episode!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 23, 20231h 39m

EGX 2023 Reviewed | Bobby Kotick to Stay On As Acti CEO | Ubisoft Talk The Future of Physical Games

The Finger Guns Podcast returns after a full weekend at EGX! Join Miles and Josh as they talk to Yogdog and host Rossko all about their weekend along with the games they played, the event itself and much more. There's a great insight into some very cool upcoming indie games that are worth checking out and there's plenty to get into. Elsewhere we talk Just Stop Oil who decided to interrupt EGX this weekend by pouring orange paint over televisions at a Tekken 7 tournament, along with Ubisoft announcing they believe physical media is here to stay. We discuss in regards to how long we see physical media lasting and it what capacity. Oh, and we talk Activision CEO Bobby Kotick, who has announced he's staying on even after the closure of the Microsoft merger. In Game of the Week Rossko talks having a tremendous time with the brilliant Hot Wheels Unleashed 2, Miles is a week late with his Assassin's Creed Mirage impressions, Josh talks playing through the mysterious Vlad Circus and Yogdog talks Warhammer Darktide because, well, of course he does. Enjoy the episode! We've got a fun week of gaming ahead. See you on the other side. THWIP!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 16, 20231h 34m

EGX 2023 Full Recap and Impressions Podcast Special

We made it to EGX 2023 and by joe what a time we had! Join Miles and Josh as they hit the hallowed floors for the very first time and check out some cracking games on display including Robobeat, Billie Bust Up, Bulwark Falconeer Chronicles, Super Mario Wonder (which they both *loved*), Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus, Two Strikes, Stampede Racing Royale, the brand new 2D Prince of Persia and many more.What you wanted more? How about an interview with Benjamin Potts, Animation Director from Assassin's Creed Mirage? Yeah, that happened. We've got that in this episode too.Through travel woes, long queues, our two knackered explorers lived to tell the tale and the entire story is right here. Don't miss it.Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 15, 20231h 41m

PS5 Slim Editions Confirmed | The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered revealed on LinkedIn | Is it Too Late For Redfall?

The Finger Guns Podcast is back! Well, it's only been away for a week but you're excited right?This week it's a two person chat with half of the team moving up and down the country / getting ready for EGX / both so Rossko and Josh tear through the weeks news including the rather wild news that the PS5 has gone and got itself a slim edition. We talk all about what this means for PlayStation and if it may just be a little too soon for these new iterations. Elsewhere we talk the Redfall update and whether or not it may be a little bit too late and we once again get on The Last of Us Part 2 train as we learn that the rumoured Remastered PS5 edition may just be real after all thanks to a LinkedIn post. Tsk. Them leaks are getting out of hand Druckmann, best get the tape out!Josh and Rossko also talk the wonders of small AAA experiences and if we need more like AC Mirage, Miles Morales etc..., is there an audience for these experiences and is it worthy enough for major developers?And what have we been playing? Well Josh has been checking out the rather sweet family title Lil' Gator Game along with the delightful indie Bilkin's Folly whilst Rossko has been thoroughly enjoying Assassin's Creed Mirage. Rossko also talks checking out the tremendous David Beckham documentary. See you next week for EGX!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 10, 20231h 17m

Most Anticipated October Games | Jim Ryan Retires from PlayStation | Remedy Talks Max Payne Remakes

This week on The Finger Guns Podcast we're delving into the wonders of October 2023 with a look at our most anticipated for the month. There's *so much* coming out and we're super excited to see what's to come through our console/PC wires in the next few weeks. Rossko, Kat, Miles and Josh select their top games for the month, from the biggest AAA;s (Spidey!) to indie games designed on Microsoft Paint (World of Horror!). Elsewhere Miles has been checking out the indie pulp horror The Fabulous Fear Machine, Kat's been delving deep into Dave the Diver (one of the years best games), Rossko has begun Phantom Liberty, the much anticipated DLC campaign for Cyberpunk 2077 and Josh has been kicking back with the superb Cocoon.We also talk Foamstars, EAFC24 from Miles and Rossko (any information that Miles beat Rossko in every match is fabricated and absolute nonsense...honest), Josh talks the NOW TV docuseries Telemarketers (get on it, it's awesome), Kat recommends 2021 Angelina Jolie starring Those Who Wish Me Dead and Rossko talks bingeing the final series of Netflix superhit Sex Education.VIDEO GAMES!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 2, 20231h 54m

The Great Xbox Leak | Square-Enix Want To AAA Classic IP | UK Board Approve Activision Takeover

This week on the Finger Guns Podcast we rejoice for Xbox having a cracking start with Starfield only to be derailed once again by an enormous data leak which showcased their plans for the next seven years all over the internet. We take a look and despite Phil Spencer downlplaying their significance, well, we get into them anyway and get giddy about what they shared.We also talk some good news in camp Xbox with the reveal that the UK CMA Regulatory Board have tentatively approved their Activision acquisition, at last. We get excited about this, not only because it means we may no longer have to bloody talk about it.Also, Square-Enix want to update classic IP to AAA status. What games would we like them to upgrade and well, more importantly, what the hell does that even mean?In her limited free time Kat has been finally checking out the glorious Powerwash Simulator, Miles has been checking out Dune: Spice Wars and the Ghostrunner II demo (which killed him 25 times in 26 minutes), Josh talks his multiplayer experience with the gang in Payday 3 and Rossko has been checking out the brand new but still the same EA FC24.We also talk the rather lovely Firewatch as Kat has finally jumped in, Rossko gets excited about Chris Scullion's brand new Dreamcast Encyclopedia, Josh talks wrapping up The Expanse: A TellTale Series, Miles recommends not watching The Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie anytime soon.Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 25, 20231h 56m

State of Play and Direct Reactions Sept 2023 | Unity Backtrack On Percentage Plans | 10 Years of GTA V

This week on The Finger Guns Podcast Rossko, Miles, Josh and Kat have got together once again to talk everything about the gaming week. First up we talk the cracking PlayStation State of Play and get super excited about Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth now that is has an absolutely storming trailer and a release date to boot! We also talk our highlights of the rest of the show along with getting hype about the end of the Switch's life with the terrific Nintendo Direct that featured some exciting announcements that got us all giddy like Diddy Kong. That was a funny joke, ok? You should laugh at it. Elsewhere we get deep into Unity's dirty tactics to take a percentage of every game installed made in their engine and the huge uproar of the games industry rallying against it. It's a big deal. We get into it. Miles has been tearing quite literally tearing fools limb from limb in the brutal and brilliant Mortal Kombat 1, Josh has been checking out the unique and very cool Gunbrella (there's a gun in an umbrella basically...) and Kat and Rossko has been tearing through the almighty Party Animals, coming this week to Xbox and PC!Miles also manages to finally talk about his time with the glorious text adventure game (I) Doesn't Exist, Kat falls into mobile hell with the 'crappy but fun' Total Battle.Also, Josh recommends a cookie and Ross recommends a cheesecake. It's business as usual here at The Finger Guns Podcast. Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 18, 20231h 46m

Donald Mustard leaves Epic Games | Stray Gets Movie Adaptation | 'Exciting and New' Titles Coming from Respawn

This week on The FG Pod Kat takes the hosting reigns with Miles, Yogdog and Josh (with a latecoming Rossko, stupid internet issues..) to talk the weeks biggest news including the mighty Donald Mustard leaving his role at Epic Games as Fortnite's Creative Director, the rather lovely Stray game from Annapurna being turned into an animated movie and we ponder what could be next from Respawn EA report 'exciting and new' projects in the works from the Star Wars Jedi studio. Elsewhere Yogdog and Rossko update the pod on their Starfield progress and what they think so far, Kat, Josh talks Somerville on next-gen consoles, completing the very interesting Goodbye Volcano High and Miles can finally talk about the really rather interesting Desynced which blew Miles' tiny little mind. Rossko also talks his time with Final Fantasy Ever Tactics on mobile, Josh recommends a bagel in Liverpool, Miles has finally completed Sifu and Kat gets all hype about Olivia Rodrigo. And we talk Taylor Swift, because of course we do. What else you think was gonna happen when Kat's hosting?Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 11, 20231h 51m

Starfield Impressions | Volition Have Closed Their Doors | The Chinese Room Take Over Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines 2

This week on the FG Pod Rossko, Kat, Miles and Josh get together to talk everything about the weeks news along with a certain big release that's taken over Rossko and Yogdogs lives. In the news we talk the somewhat surprising news that Everbody's Gone to the Rapture developer The Chinese Room has taken over development on Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 after years of trouble and now aims to release the game in fall next year. Are they the right studio to bring it to life? I guess we'll soon find out. Elsewhere The Elder Scrolls 6 is now officially in development now Bethesda have shipped Starfield, but we've still got a long long wait to see anything from the game. We take bets on when we'll see it and if there will be Skyrim Edition of something released before then. There probably will. We also talk the sad news that Saints Row developer Volition have closed their doors after owners Embracer decided to shut down the studio with immediate effect. Was the writing on the wall after the reception to the Saints reboot? We discuss. Kat has been checking out The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and turns out she's bloody terrified of being hunted, which is rather funny. Josh has been reviewing Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon, Miles has been checking out the uber violent and super fun SPRAWL along with Mediterranean Inferno, from the makers of Saturnalia. while Rossko and Yogdog have been playing that new indie on Xbox called Starfield, but we haven't really spoken about it too much...Enjoy the ep! Also, we're sorry about the delays on Rossko's mic this week. We've tried to cut them down as best we can but there may be one or two we've missed. It's a right pain in the ass and hopefully won't affect next weeks episode. Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 4, 20231h 22m

Starfield Hype Begins! | Xbox Series S Baldur's Gate 3 Missing Features | Switch Has Nearly Outsold PS2

On the enormously positive and not at all misery fuelled (and much more improved than last week...sorry about that one) Finger Guns Podcast this week...oh boy, it's nearly time to turn on our jet engines and tear it into the great unknown with Starfield just around the corner. Our hype levels are at maximum and with Yogdog jumping into early access this weekend, look out for a full analysis of the game on next weeks podcast! Still, this week still had plenty to offer including the Switch now being only 5 million sales behind PS2 to become the biggest selling console of all time and it this point it's not a case of if but when. We discuss how Nintendo pulled this one off and what it could mean for its successor. Elsewhere we talk Xbox pulling the £1 Game Pass deal off the shelves a week before Starfield and the Xbox version of Baldur's Gate 3 being sliced of features to work on Series S. Is this the beginning of the end for the budget next-gen system? We discuss. In Game of the Week Yogdog has been checking out the wonders of Homeworld 3 (we got very lucky and checked out the early press only stuffs) and Kat has been playing [REDACTED] which she's absolutely [REDACTED].Oh and she's also Platinumed the awesome DYSMANTLE in, well, you should probably listen to find out. Rossko has been checking out the super fun RPG Wrestlequest and the bloody delightful Station to Station. Kat and Rossko also gush about the brilliant new Fortnite season and how it's a huge improvement to Season 3. Enjoy the ep!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 29, 20231h 38m

Opening Night Live Reactions | Microsoft Inch Closer To Acti Deal | MGS Specs Aren't Great...

This week on the Finger Guns Podcast we're all absolutely exhausted after failing to get through Gamescom's Opening Night Live without falling asleep (genuinely). Rossko, Miles, Kat, Josh, Yogdog and the returning Toby Andersen get together to talk the highlights of the show and yes, we did find some. No, genuinely! It was a good show, so long as you weren't expecting video games at a particular standard, right?Anyway, elsewhere in this thrown together podcast we get another darn quiz out of the way and it's absolute chaos as ever but somehow even worse on this one. We also talk the Metal Gear Solid framerate issues on Switch along with Ubisoft being dragged into Microsoft Acti-Blizzard acquisition in order for the CMA to finally get this ridiculously drawn out acquisition over the line at last. Who wins in this situation? Does it make Microsoft look weak? We'll be back next week with a far more cohesive and planned out episode, promise. This one may have gotten away from us a tad. A bit. A lot. Quite a lot. Enjoy the ep!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 22, 20231h 25m

#1 - Helen O'Hara

Welcome to a brand new Finger Guns spin-off podcast - Pin Point! Each episode we'll talk one on one with media and entertainment professionals, whether it be from the game, film or music industry to discuss their careers, how they got started, the highs and lows of the job and their own opinions on the industry.To kick off then I'm honoured and frankly a little amazed to be joined by an author, a podcaster, a barrister and writer for Empire Magazine among others but most impressively I think, saw the original Broadway cast production of Hamilton with her own eyes, it's Helen O'Hara!Helen sits down with Rossko (over Zoom, like) to discuss the SAG-AFTRA strikes, the current state of the MCU, getting into the film journalist industry and so much more (including possibly turning for Gal Gadot if you see her in her Wonder Woman costume in the flesh...it's a genuine possibility, we've discovered). Along with Helen's favourite films, her incredible insight into film journalism as a whole and working with her team for nearly 20 years, it's a fascinating insight into the inner workings of Empire Magazine and many more, and it's well worth a listen if you're at all interested in the film journalism industry as a whole. Enjoy the ep!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 21, 20231h 7m

THQ Showcase Highlights - South Park Returns! | MW3 Coming to PlayStation First | Far Cry Has A New Boss

This week on The Finger Guns Podcast Rossko, Kat and Yogdog (with a late coming Miles) get together to talk the weeks news including the highlights of the very good THQ Nordic Showcase, Far Cry getting a new boss, Modern Warfare III demos coming to PlayStation first and a hefty topic discussion on fan expectations vs moving gaming mechanics forwards. Finding the 'essence', as it were. It's a fascinating chat between Yogdog and Kat primarily, and if you're playing BG3 do give it a listen, it may give you a new perspective on how it's being viewed. No quiz this week as Miles was late coming in but over at Game of the Week Yogdog has been checking out [REDACTED] along with War Thunder! That's right, Yogdog has been playing a game we've all heard of! Incredible times. Kat talks how she's been spending the week saving koch in Save Koch and Rossko talks his middling time with Deck13 Interactive's Atlas Fallen.We also get into The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Rossko finally saw Across The Spider-Verse + Jennifer Lawrence comedy No Hard Feelings. Kat also talks Sarah Chalke TV show Firefly Lane. Enjoy the ep!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 14, 20232h 9m

FFXVI Sales Fall Short | RDR Coming to Switch / PS4 | TT Games Returning To Hogwarts?

The Finger Guns Podcast returns with Rossko, Kat, Miles, Josh and Yogdog tearing through the weeks news with reckless abandon, discussing the 'failure' - at least in Square-Enix's eyes - of Final Fantasy XVI and how it feel below their expectations sales-wise, we talk the rather surprising Red Dead Redemption announcement, the reveal of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor coming to PS4 and Xbox One and the possibility of a brand new LEGO Harry Potter title from TT Games.In Game of the Week Kat talks her disappointment in Baldur's Gate III, Miles has been checking out the lovely indie Thronefall, Josh has been enjoying the wonders of [REDACTED] and checking out some indie darlings such as Crawl, Nongunz, Slain Back from Hell and Void Bastards. Yogdog has been checking out the new season of Diablo IV and Rossko has fallen deeply in love with the Sea of Stars demo.And we recommend the rather glorious horror film Talk To Me, Kat talks Barbienheimer after she saw them both this week, Rossko talks his thoughts on Barbie, Miles talks reading a brand new Kojima book and Yogdog recommends some alcohol, cus why hell the not. Sweet Vintage Pear Koppaberg. You're welcome. Enjoy the ep!Theme Music – De Jongens Met de Zwarte Schoenen by RoccoW & xyce. | Edited and produced by Ross Keniston | Published by Acast.Team: @FNGRGNS / Rossko – @RosskoKeniston / Paul – @ThePaulCollett / Greg – @GregatonBomb / Josh - @jshuathompson / Sean – @Omac_Brother / Toby – @toby_andersen / Kat – @RainbowDropx / Tom - @T_Woods93 | Yogdog (Jonathan Brown) - @Yogdog | Facebook: FingerGunsUK / Twitch: twitch.tv/fingergunsdotnet / The Official Finger Guns Discord Discord: Join here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 7, 20231h 52m