The Staying In Podcast - four pals talk video games, board games, movies, and nonsense show

The Staying In Podcast - four pals talk video games, board games, movies, and nonsense

Summary: Join four lifelong friends on this award-nominated comedy podcast about board games, video games, comicbooks, movies, TV and more; uncovering the hidden indie gems you’ll wonder how you ever lived without, and diving deep into the franchises you already know and love.

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 Reacher, Hot Lap League, and Free Radicals - Ep150 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:09:29

Putting in times with Hot Lap League on Android and iOS, taking board games Free Radicals and Photosynthesis (and maybe some new gamers?) to the table, watching Reacher pop bottle caps with his biceps, and getting hot but not steamy with a sauna.

 Is it Cake?, Sobek: 2 Players, and Richard Simpson from We’re Not Wizards - Ep149 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:00:26

Richard from We’re Not Wizards joins us as we ask Is It Cake?, bag a review of Cryptid: Urban Legends, discuss the worldwide shortage of Lorne Sausage, corrupt ourselves with Sobek: 2 Players, and get all nostalgic over The Matrix Resurrections and Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Plus, sandwiches.

 The Batman, AireCon, and Switch & Signal - Ep148 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:26:23

With full reviews of The Batman movie, Airecon board game convention, getting Sobek 2 Players, Ganymede, and Switch & Signal to the table. Plus, soup.

 Elden Ring, Black Hole Rainbows, and Eyes : Nonogram - Ep147 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:00:04

A lovely natter between pals about the Lovecraftian delights found in Elden Ring, the delightful indie board game Black Hole Rainbows, and the true value found in games like Eyes : Nonogram. Plus, a car breaks down, and a book is lost.

 Uncharted, Roll Camera!: The Filmmaking Board Game, and Horizon Forbidden West - Ep146 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:12:45

00:00 - “I’ll allow a Magnum”. 08:34 - It’s been in development Hell, but Uncharted’s tale of stealing a lost treasure is fun. It stumbles here and there, but the thrill of seeing the series on the screen, and some fleeting moments of excellence, means we’re excited for the inevitable sequel. 19:00 - The Blustery Day. 27:09 - Being back in the world of Aloy is lovely, as long as you’ve played the first game… and we have, so we’re really enjoying Horizon Forbidden West. And gosh it looks glorious with some incredible acting and character animations. 35:06 - High Score lets you gamble in a safe space (it’s a push your luck dice game), with that typical level of polish and quality you’d expect from Reiner Knizia and Kosmos. 39:43 - Almadi is from Funnyfox, via Hachette, and while it’s a teensy bit like Carcassonne, a smidgen like Wingspan, but it’s definitely its own experience. 44:42 - Roll Camera!... oh my word. This is quite possibly the most well-implemented themes-to-mechanics board game we’ve played. Completely co-operative, it’s your job to make a “successful” film from five scenes… but what does “successful” mean? 54:37 - Taking a moment to say thank you. 56:36 - Paratopic is an absurdly high quality cheap thrill from Arbitrary Metric and Baltoro Games. It’s smart and creepy, with looks ripped straight out of the late PS1/N64 era, and Silent Hill sensibilities. All that, and the origins of Poirot’s moustache, with Dan (@ThisDanFrost), Kris (@DigitalStrider), Peter (@XeroXeroXero), and Sam (@MrSamTurner). Our Spotify Playlist is over on Spotify, and gathers together lots of great thematic music inspired by the stuff we talk about. Links to where you can find us - StayingInPodcast.com Note: sometimes we'll have been sent a review copy of the thing we're talking about on the podcast. It doesn't skew how we think about that thing, and we don't receive compensation for anything we discuss, but we thought you might like to know this is the case.

 Archive 81, The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, and Iki - Ep145 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:01:15

Reviews and chat of Guerrilla Games’ Horizon Forbidden West, Capcom’s Resident Evil Village and The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, Netflix’s new Archive 81, and Hachette’s Iki.

 Paper Girls, Encanto, and Brian Boru: High King of Ireland - Ep144 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:08:15

Reviews and chat around Disney’s Encanto, The Design Mechanism’s Casting the Runes, Peer Sylvester’s Brian Boru: High King of Ireland, and Brian K. Vaughan’s Paper Girls.

 Unpacking, Above and Below, and Big Potato TV - Ep143 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:00:35

With reviews of, and chat about, Unpacking from Witch Beam Games, Above and Below from Ryan Laukat and Red Raven Games, In: The Graphic Novel from Will McPhail, Snakesss and Big Potato TV from Big Potato Games, and rediscovering the joy of browsing. Plus how to sleep properly, with solid gold nap strats.

 Spider-Man: No Way Home, The Taverns of Tiefenthal: Open Doors, and Super-Skill Pinball: Ramp it Up! - Ep142 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:33:54

Reviews of Marvel’s latest movie Spider-Man: No Way Home, the Open Doors expansion for board game The Taverns of Tiefenthal, and the Super-Skill Pinball: Ramp it Up! expansion too. Plus New Year’s resolutions and the roulette wheel of life.

 Hawkeye, Exit: The Game - Advent Calendar: The Mystery of the Ice Cave, and Secret Santa - Ep141 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:01:41

Reviews of Exit: The Mystery of the Ice Cave advent calendar from Kosmos and Marvel’s TV series Hawkeye. Plus Secret Santa and a can of Ollie’s.

 Dune: Imperium, For the King (and Me), and Eternals - Ep140 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:01:00

With reviews of Dire Wolf Digital’s Dune: Imperium board game, Coiledspring Games and Iello’s For the King (and Me), Marvel’s latest movie Eternals, and our experience with The Storytelling Collective’s Call of Cthulhu RPG writing course.

 Dungeon Scrawlers: Heroes of Undermountain, Disco Elysium, and Call of Cthulhu Starter Set - Ep139 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:01:47

00:00 - Buying an apartment is boring. And very very expensive. 08:28 - The Call of Cthulhu Starter Set is one of the neatest pieces of introductory design; a great way to get into Chaosium’s legendary roleplaying game, which gets across the writings of Lovecraft really well, in an all-round excellent package. 29:32 - Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Scrawlers: Heroes of Undermountain is another great introduction to RPGs, but in this instance, to the world of Dungeons & Dragons itself, rather than the rules of D&D. A light, lovely experience. 42:20 - You can trust in Disco Elysium. ZA/UM’s hard-edged CRPG is challenging and dangerous in all the right ways, with fascinating choices, brilliant writing, and a wonderfully grim playground to explore. 55:36 - Hospitals and bananas. All that, and a £3 meal deal, with Dan (@ThisDanFrost), Peter (@XeroXeroXero), and Sam (@MrSamTurner). Like nice music curated into lovely curated lists? Give our Spotify Playlist set a listen. Links to where you can find us - StayingInPodcast.com Note: sometimes we'll have been sent a review copy of the thing we're talking about on the podcast. It doesn't skew how we think about that thing, and we don't receive compensation for anything we discuss, but we thought you might like to know this is the case.

 Dune, No Time to Die, and Little Factory - Ep138 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 59:59

We watch the Dune film and realise it‘s the small things in this Hollywood blockbuster that really matter, watch No Time to Die and wonder why the best Bond is Pierce Brosnan, and play Iello‘s Little Factory which is a really lovely light resource management board game.

 Super Arcade Football, Midnight Mass, and Greece Lightning - Ep137 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 56:51

00:00 - Willington Day, our favourite seasons, and the number five. 03:46 - "You couldn't read it". 07:04 - Super Arcade Football is from OutOfTheBit - of Super Arcade Racing (as heard on Ep77) fame - and it’s a delightful “jumpers for goal posts” game that feels like a spin on Sensible Soccer, but given a modern fit and finish. 28:57 - WizKids’s latest is Greece Lightning, which is somewhat of a racing board game simulation of Wacky Races in that it requires deviousness, cunning, and a little bit of luck. 40:43 - We’ve been chomping through Midnight Mass, which has a Jamesian “pleasing terror” to it, and is, in many ways, more unsettling than Midsommar. Perfect for a bit of Hallowe’en spookin’. All that, and some unacknowledged hiccups, with Kris (@DigitalStrider), Peter (@XeroXeroXero), and Sam (@MrSamTurner). Oh and hey! Give our Spotify Playlist set a go if you’re after something else to listen to after this episode. Lots of good stuff in there. Links to where you can find us - StayingInPodcast.com Note: sometimes we'll have been sent a review copy of the thing we're talking about on the podcast. It doesn't skew how we think about that thing, and we don't receive compensation for anything we discuss, but we thought you might like to know this is the case.

 Deathloop, Squid Game, and Last Message - Ep136 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:02:04

00:00 - Butter spreading dangers. 02:07 - We hop on the Deathloop bandwagon and talk about why this cyclical murder sim from the folks at Arkane Studios is inspired by old school roleplaying games. 23:55 - Sam’s wild claims of popularising Pogs at his school, plus talk of Squid Game, which is a deadly version of Taskmaster directed by Lady Gaga. 36:51 - After aggressively competitive games with names like Boom Beach and Clash of Clans, Supercell’s latest is called Everdale, which is the nicest ever logistics simulator. 44:49 - Absolutely obscene tea drinking. 48:13 - How the Where’s Wally? trend is propelling the board game industry forward, as evidenced by whiteboard-based detective ‘em up Last Message from Coiledspring and Iello. All that, and the other zeitgeists, with Dan (@ThisDanFrost), Kris (@DigitalStrider), Peter (@XeroXeroXero), and Sam (@MrSamTurner). Links to where you can find us - StayingInPodcast.com Note: sometimes we'll have been sent a review copy of the thing we're talking about on the podcast. It doesn't skew how we think about that thing, and we don't receive compensation for anything we discuss, but we thought you might like to know this is the case.

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