Gamers of the Lost Spark

PlayStation 5 Reveal Coming Soon

This week Stuart and Antony are back together to chat about all the latest happenings in the world of games.  PlayStation have launched the PlayStation 5 website which means that a PS5 reveal is imminent, we can only hope.  Nvidia have launched their game streaming platform, GeForce and Xbox Game Quests has had a major update giving you even more chances to turn those achievements into cash. In what we’ve been playing Stuart has taken on the Crystal Maze in real life and in the gaming world taken on demons in DOOM.  Antony gives his final hands-on impression of A Plague Tale as he rolls the credits on this Xbox Game Pass gem. All this and more on episode 176 of the Lost Spark Podcast, enjoy! If you want more information on some of the items in this weeks Podcast here are some handy links:

First Ever Video Game Themed Hotel

This week on the Lost Spark Podcast Stuart and Antony discuss all the latest gaming news including Atari getting into the Hotel Business, Media Molecule holding the first IMPY awards, their own award ceremony for content created in Dreams and Nintendo’s smartphone games have made over $1 billion!! In the hands-on section Stuart has gone back to the voxel hack-n-slash Riverbond to finish the story and mop up those final achievements.  Antony has also been enjoy the voxel graphic style with Touryst, a action adventure game on the Switch. Also this week Antony has been playing a new Xbox Game Pass gem A Plague Tale: Innocence; this stealthy adventure game set in France during the Hundred Year War tells the tale of a brother and sister escaping the Inquisition and the hordes of rats that have evade the french countryside. All this and more on episode 175 of the Lost Spark Podcast, enjoy! If you want more information on some of the items in this weeks Podcast here are some handy links: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BIGsheep https://blog.eu.playstation.com/2020/01/27/media-molecule-announces-the-impy-award-winners/ https://www.cdkeys.com/nintendo/switch/animal-crossing-new-horizons-switch https://www.cdkeys.com/nintendo/switch/animal-crossing-new-horizons-switch

Delays, Delays, Delays

This week on the Lost Spark Podcast Stuart and Antony are back to discuss the delays that have hit some key titles in 2020; what does this mean for the start of the year? How does this affect the next generation of consoles and can they remember to the quote from Shigeru Miyamoto about a delayed game (spoiler: NOPE!). In the hands-on section this week Stuart recounts his epic achievement hunt over Christmas, playing a whopping 11 games and bumping his gamer score by 17,000 points!!  This week Antony has been deep into the city-building survival game, Frostpunk and the incredibly impactful Sea of Solitude, now available on EA Access. All this and more on episode 174 of the Lost Spark Podcast, enjoy! If you want more information on some of the items in this weeks Podcast here are some handy links: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BIGsheep https://youtu.be/zZ6aIjGqJRE https://youtu.be/2UA74pqFY_U

Lost Spark Game of the Year 2019

It’s here, it’s the Lost Spark game of the year 2019 podcast!  This week James, Steve and Antony run through their top 3 games of the year, discuss the highs and lows of 2019 and try to predict what’s ahead in 2020. Also in the hands-on section this week the guys recap the games they played and bunny forts they built (well James did) over the Christmas break.  James has discovered a game that scratches the Pokemon Snap itch he didn’t know he had, Toripon and also jumps back into Jurassic World Evolution to play the new Jurassic Park expansion.  He also talks about his time with Outer Wilds, a game that took a while to get there but has really hooked him and the rest of the Sparks. Steve has been jumping into God of War, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Luigi’s Mansion and Antony has been decorating up a storm with Tool’s Up and platforming around the world with Yooka Laylee. If you want more information on some of the items in this weeks Podcast here are some handy links: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BIGsheep

First Look At Xbox Series X

In our final Lost Spark Podcast of 2019 Stuart and Antony take to the mics to talk about the arrival of the next Xbox, Xbox Series X.  This week the guys talk about the Game Awards announcement, the specs and just how awesome it looks! Hands-on this week include more Demon’s Tilt as the leaderboard battles heat up and Stuart has previews of both  Tool’s Up, the Overcooked style DIY game and Terminator: Resistance.  Antony is up to mischief in the Untitled Goose Game, now available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox Game Pass. All this and whole lot of Star Wars chatter in episode 172 of the Lost Spark Podcast – enjoy! If you want more information on some of the items in this weeks Podcast here are some handy links: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BIGsheep https://youtu.be/boCKFlLowNE