Category: Special

SIPTG Special : Day One Game Pass – The E3/not-E3/Keigh-3 Review Part 2 (27/06/2022)

In Part 2 of our review of Keigh-3, the boys look at Microsoft’s showcase, some highlights of the PC Gaming Show, and some of the games not at Keigh-3!‬

SIPTG Special : Truman Shoe – The E3/not-E3/Keigh-3 Review Part 1 (13/06/2022)

10 streams from Keigh-3 have been strummed already, so the boys are going to go through them, pointing out personal highlights from them all, while also trying to soak up some of the leakages that have dripped for the other shows slated.‬

SIPTG Special : E3 2022 Preview – Wu-Tang. For The Kids. (06/06/2022)

With the bulk of Geoff Keighley’s ‘E3’ on the very near horizon, Graham and Steve take a punt at predicting the two main shows, and also run down Sony’s most recent State of Play. From the reasonable to the ridiculous, what do the boys think is coming? Find out!‬

SIPTG Special – Sad Panda: The E3 Review 2021 (21/06/2021)

Graham and Steve run through the most interesting announcements from the last week and a half, including Microsoft’s, Ubisoft’s, and Nintendo’s shows, and a whole bunch more!‬
Sources used during the episode:

SIPTG Special : JD Panda and the 2021 E3 Preview (07/06/2021)

The boys look ahead to the biggest news period of the year for video games and try to predict what we’ll see and be shown by a number of big companies, such as Microsoft, Nintendo, Take-Two, and plenty more‬

Game of the Year 2020 (25/01/2021)

The boys are back for a new year, but, as always, before you can move forward… You need to look back upon whence you came! So before digging into 2021 and all of it’s news and games, the boys must hand out some of the most prestigious awards in gaming media! Find out who won what in the SIPTG GOTY spectacular!‬

  • Show Notes:
  • Intro: -> 3m11s
  • Best Non-2020 Game: 3m11s -10m28s
  • Best Auditory Experience: 10m28s -> 50m24s
  • Best Game We Didn’t Get Time To Finish: 50m24s -> 59m10s
  • Best New Thing: 59m10s -> 1h9m
  • Best The Last of Us Part 2 Moment/Mission: 1h9m -> 1m28m42s
  • ‘Spring Breakers’: 1h28m42s -> 1h31m18s
  • Graham’s Sporting Moment/Podcast Recommendations:
    1h31m18s -> 1h41m31s
  • Steve’s Album of the Year: 1h41m42s -> 1h47m18s
  • Best Game Name, presented by Budi: 1h47m18s -> 1h50m29s
  • Best Story/Writing: 1h50m29s -> 2h6m34s
  • Best Looking Game: 2h6m34s -> 2h19m31s
  • Best New Character/NPC: 2h19m31s -> 2h41m7s
  • Best Moment/Mission: 2h41m7s -> 3h11m45s
  • Steve’s Top Ten: 3h11m45s -> 3h17m38s
  • Graham’s Top Ten: 3h17m38s -> 3h22m51s
  • Site Top Ten: 3h22m51s -> 3h42m20s
  • Outro: 3h42m20s ->

Nominees and Winners

Top 3 are in bold, game with * is winner.

Best Non 2020 Game

State of Decay 2
Remnant: From The Ashes *
Disco Elysium
XCOM 2
Shadow Warrior 2
Apex
Assassins Creed: Syndicate
Grim Dawn
Astroneer

Best Auditory Experience

Streets of Rage 4
Fall Guys
Neversong
Teenage Blob
The Last Campfire
Umurangi Generations
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Paradise Killer *
Hades
THPS 1&2 Remake
Desperados III
The Last of Us Part II
The Pedestrian
Call of the Sea
Spiritfarer
Immortals Fenyx Rising
Gears Tactics

Best Game we Didin’t Get Time to Finish

Immortals
Desperados 3
Gears Tactics
Ori and the Will of the Wisps *
Hades
Beatuiful Desolation
Relicta

Best New Thing

Roundguard
Journey to the Savage Planet
Treachery in Beatdown City
Colt Canyon
Good Job!
Fall Guys
Roki
Sheepo
Wintermoor Tactics Club
The Last Campfire
Hades *
Spirtfarer
Call of the Sea
The Pedestrian
Gears Tactics
Immortals Fenyx Rising
The Solitaire Conspiracy

Best Last of Us Part 2 Moment

Playing a guitar
Ellie playing Take On Me
Finding PS3s with Uncharted 2 and Jak
Abby’s rescue/betrayal
‘Hey! Watch your language! This is a house of worship’ ‘We got some gas!’ ‘Oh, fuck yeah!’
The museum flashback – “Holy shit! It’s a motherfucking dinosaur!”
Ganking a WLF soldier while they’re playing Hotline Miami on Vita
Ellie learns the truth about what would have happened to her in the first game
Chasing Nora
Abby gets in to the theatre
Finding the truck shrine to the prophet of the Seraphites
Lev asking Abby what’s going on between her and Owen… while they’re crossing a rickety-ass beam bridge 40+ stories up
Finding Lev
Escaping Haven
Abby finds Owen and Mel, and the map
Abby/Ellie fight
Tommy comes to the farm/Ellie goes after Abby
The final Abby/Ellie confrontation
Returning to an empty house
Museum flashback sequence *
Aquarium/theatre sequence
Dina/Ellie/JJ on the farm
Joel and Ellie space capsule scene at the museum
Ellie discovers that Mel is pregnant after killing her

‘Spring Breakers’

Split or Steal
Drawkanoid
Fall Guys
Teenage Blob
Post Void
Deep Rock Galactic
Blaseball *
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure

Steve’s Album and EP of the Year

Album
The Ghost Inside – Self-titled *
Ingested – Where Only Gods May Tread
Protest The Hero – Palimpsest
Babirusa – Humanoid
Deftones – Ohms
Svalbard – When I Die, Will I Get Better?
Killer Be Killed – Reluctant Hero

EP of the Year
Sensory Amusia – Bereavement *
Thirty Nights of Violence – You’ll See Me Up There
Protosequence – A Blunt Description of Something Obscene
Omni Express – Florida Man
Carcosa – Absent
Filth – Self-titled
Defamed – Aeon

Spotify Playlist

Best Game Name, presented by Budi

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Familia Myth: Infinite Combate
The Last of Waifus *
Re:Turn – One Way Trip
Remothered: Broken Porcelain
Robotics;Notes DaSH
Shiren The Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
Bubble Bobble 4 Friends: The Baron Is Gold
Who’s Your Daddy?

Best Story/Writing

Treachery in Beatdown City
Last of Us Part 2
Journey to the Savage Planet
Lair of the Clockwork God
Roki
Wintermoor Tactics Club
Evergate
The Last Campfire
Paradise Killer
Call of the Sea
Immortals Fenyx Rising
Hades *

Best Looking Game

Bloodroots
Journey to the Savage Planet
The Pedestrian
Ori and the Will of the Wisps *
Granblue Fantasy Versus
Roundguard
Streets of Rage 4
The Last of Us Part 2
Good Job!
Roki
Neversong
Teenage Blob
Sheepo
The Last Campfire
Call of the Sea
Spiritfarer
Immortals Fenyx Rising
Desperados III

Best New Character

Martin Tweed (Journey to the Savage Planet)
E.K.O (Journey to the Savage Planet)
Tabby (Kunai)
Ku (Ori and the Will of the Wisps)
The Dodos (Animal Crossing)
Fake Orange Cassidys (Streets of Rage 4)
Dina (The Last of Us Part 2)
Abby (The Last of Us Part 2) *
Lev (The Last of Us Part 2)
Tove (Roki)
Baphomet (Wintermoor)
Jarek the Mechanic (Beautiful Desolation)
Jerry (Beautiful Desolation)
Ember (The Last Campfire)
Shinji (Paradise Killer)
Stanley (Spiritfarer)
Atul (Spiritfarer)
Fenyx (Immortals Fenyx Rising)
Sid (Gears Tactics)
Norah (Call of the sea)
Harry (Call of the Sea)

Best Moment/Mission

Trying to roll over on your bed, rolling into the wall, and the look on your villager’s face – Animal Crossing
Getting nailed by a scorpion – Animal Crossing
Swinging a demolition ball on a crane and letting it fly – Good Job!
Drifting on a forklift – Good Job!
Solving a loud music puzzle by turning music down in the options (Lair of the Clockwork God)
The Walking Simulator, and all of its overly-complex bullshit that amazes Dan (Lair of the Clockwork God)
The commentary on reviews (Lair of the Clockwork God)
Getting your reward/learn that work is its own reward in the tutorial (Unfortunate Spacemen)
Launching yourself into space and dying, which you’re not meant to do, after being specifically told not to… (Unfortunate Spacemen)
The monster attacks/Dad dies/Getting away (Roki)
Henrik rises! (Roki)
The conversation between Tove and Henrik before the final ascent (Roki)
The third nightmare (Roki)
Aaaaa aaaaaaaaaac (Wintermoor Tactics Club)
The end/‘Jacob is Banksy’ (Wintermoor)
Finishing a run/beating Hades (Hades)
The credits/10th completed run (Hades) *
The ‘shift’ at the end (The Pedestrian)
The trial (Paradise Killer)
Introduction to Ares – Immortals Fenyx Rising
Incidental Dialog – Immortals Fenyx Rising
Hephaistos Celebrates Fenyx breaking through to locate Vault
Spiritfarer – First trip the Everdoor
Ending of Call of the Sea

Steve’s Top Ten

  1. Hades
  2. Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 + 2
  3. Deep Rock Galactic
  4. Black Mesa
  5. Animal Crossing
  6. Good Job!
  7. The Last Campfire
  8. TLoU2
  9. Umurangi Generation
  10. Trackmania

Graham’s Top Ten

  1. Satisfactory
  2. Desperados III
  3. Call of the Sea
  4. Spiritfarer
  5. Immortals: Fenyx Rising
  6. The Last of Us Part II
  7. The Pedestrian
  8. The Solitaire Conspiracy
  9. Mafia: Definitive Edition
  10. Gears Tactics

Site Top 10

  1. Hades
  2. Desperados 3
  3. Immortals: Fenyx Rising
  4. The Pedestrian
  5. Gears Tactics
  6. THPS 1&2
  7. Deep Rock Galactic
  8. The Last of Us Part 2
  9. Call of the Sea
  10. Satisfactory

SIPTG Special : Games of the Generation – Part 5 (18/01/2021)

Graham and Steve reconvene to discuss the best games of 2019, and what games from 2019 you should play!‬

Slay The Spire (23/01/2019)
RE2 Remake (25/01/2019)
Apex (04/02/2019)
Tetris 99 (13/02/2019)
Devil May Cry 5 (08/03/2019)
The Division 2 (15/03/2019)
Sekiro (22/03/2019)
Islanders (04/04/2019)
My Time at Portia (16/04/2019)
Katana Zero (18/04/2019)
Mortal Kombat 11 (23/04/2019)
A Plague Tale: Innocence (14/05/2019)
Outer Wilds (30/05/2019)
Cadence of Hyrule (13/06/2019)
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (18/06/2019)
Super Mario Maker 2 (28/06/2019)
Remnant: From The Ashes (20/08/2019)
Control (27/08/2019)
Gears of War 5 (10/09/2019)
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (20/09/2019)
Concrete Genie (08/09/2019)
Grindstone (16/09/2019)
Assemble With Care (19/09/2019)
Disco Elysium (15/10/2019)
Outer Worlds (25/10/2019)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (25/10/2019)
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (15/11/2019)
The Touryst (21/11/2019)

SIPTG Special : Games of the Generation – Part 4 (14/01/2021)

We’re getting closer to the end of our overview of the PS4/XONE generation, as we look over the games to play for the year 2018!‬

Celeste (25/01/2018)
Monster Hunter: World (26/01/2018)
Into The Breach (27/02/2018)
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 (08/03/2018)
Burnout Paradise Remastered (16/03/2018)
Sea of thieves (20/03/2018)
Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom (23/03/2018)
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (17/04/2018)
God of War (20/04/2018)
Super Mega Baseball 2 (01/05/02018)
State of Decay 2 (22/05/2018)
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon (24/05/2018)
SF 30th Anniversary Collection (29/05/2018)
Yoku’s Island Express (29/05/2018)
Onrush (05/06/2018)
Unravel Two (09/06/2018)
Jurassic World Evolution (12/06/2018)
Wreckfest (14/06/2018)
WarioWare Gold (03/06/2018)
Dead Cells (07/08/2018)
Guacamelee! 2 (21/08/2018)
The Messenger (30/08/2018)
Destiny 2:Forsaken (04/08/2018)
Marvel’s Spider-Man (07/09/2018)
Forza Horizon 4 (02/10/2018)
AC Odyssey (05/10/2018)
Mark of the Ninja: Remastered (09/10/2018)
StarLink: Battle for Atlas (16/10/2018)
Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales (23/10/2018)
Red Dead Redemption II (26/10/2018)
Tetris Effect (09/11/2018)
Hitman 2 (13/11/2018)
Spyro Reignited Trilogy (13/11/2018)
Mutant Year Zero (04/12/2018)
Ashen (06/12/2018)
Dragon Quest Builders 2 (20/12/2018)

SIPTG Special : Games of the Generation – Part 3 (11/01/2021)

We’ve hit one of the bigger years of the generation, as 2017 brought some MONSTERS to the party! What are the games from 2017 to pay attention to? Well, glad you asked…‬

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (24/01/2017)
Yakuza 0 (24/01/2017)
Nioh (07/02/2017)
Sniper Elite 4 (14/02/2017)
Halo Wars 2 (21/02/2017)
Night In The Woods (21/02/2017)
Hollow Knight (24/02/2017)
Horizon Zero Dawn (28/02/2017)
Zelda BOTW (03/03/2017)
Nier: Automata (07/03/2017)
Ghost Recon Wildlands (07/03/2017)
Persona 5 (05/04/2017)
Full Throttle Remastered (18/04/2017)
Prey (05/05/2017)
Tekken 7 (02/06/2017)
Dirt 4 (06/06/2017)
Pyre (25/07/2017)
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (08/08/2017)
Uncharted: Lost Legacy (22/08/2017)
Everybody’s Golf (29/08/2017)
Destiny 2 (06/09/2017)
Divinity: Original Sin 2 (14/09/2017)
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider (15/09/2017)
Steamworld Dig 2 (21/09/2017)
Golf Story (28/09/2017)
Cuphead (29/09/2017)
South Park: The Fractured But Whole (17/10/2017)
The Mummy Demastered (24/10/2017)
Super Mario Odyssey (27/10/2017)
Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus (27/10/2017)
AC: Origins (27/10/2017)
Never Stop Sneakin’ (14/12/2017)
PUBG (PC: 20/12/2017)