Truly, it has been a while. It’s me, Ed, the guy who adores orange and mango squash. 

And it’s my pleasure to announce that Liam and I sat in front of some microphones and ejected noise into them, which should’ve produced an episode you can listen to. Why did we do such a thing? Because it’s Q2 now and we had to submit a quarterly report to our corporate overlord: Gregg demands and we supply (no I haven’t been hired by Greggs, but go with it for this joke).

There’s no time for pleasantries, only illegal triple AAA video games. We mercilessly hammer through what we’ve been playing over the last few months, as I quickly reveal that I haven’t actually played all that much. Liam reveals he has played a little too much Overwatch 2.

No but really, we touch on Destiny 2’s demise and our fond memories of the Engramminator. After a bit of “Is Overwatch 2 actually back?”, we delve into our thoughts on Resident Evil Requiem’s whole bouncing between vulnerable Grace and very violent Leon. There’s also a bit of 007: First Light chat, in which we both contemplate the dissonance between its positively glowing critical reception and its entire inability to capture our attention beyond the first main mission.

To round the report off, we ran through some quick thoughts on The Evil Within 2’s unorthodox nature, Ninja Gaiden 6, Grand Theft Auto 6, the Nintendo Switch 2, Mario Kart World, and assorted highlights from our holiday together in The Van – the highlight was Ninja Gaiden 6.

Hyperfixations feature at the end, with mine being the Emmy-nominated Rafael Nadal documentary that’s currently airing on Netflix (here’s the trailer). Liam’s is the sad collection of essays “Love And Other Ways Of Dying” by Michael Paterniti (here’s a Goodreads link). We are nothing but on brand, let me tell you.

Oh, and we also mention a magnificent trip to Duck Shack in York, a Hong Kong-style BBQ restaurant. If you ever find yourself in the home of precisely one thousand Harry Potter shops and you’re into succulent duck, do drop by.

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Writing and gaming motivation may ebb and flow, but starring on the Indieventure pod remains a thorough treat. ‘Til next time folks xoxo