Severely delayed by technical issues, in this episode Mark is joined by Nick, Chazzee, and not Andy to discuss the Xbox Developer Direct, the Switch 2 reveal, spend a few brief moments eulogising the much maligned WiiU, and run down all the games they've been playing over the past month or so.

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It's time for the traditional new year preview episode, so join Mark, Nick, Chazzee, and Andy as they talk about all the games they are looking forward to in 2025, plus a little bit of chat about new hardware, potential industry upheaval, and some predictions for the year ahead. Note: this episode was recorded before the Switch 2 reveal.

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The Lapsed Gamer Radio Team created this episode. Edited by Mark Hamer

Original LGR themes, FX and music cues created and composed by Mark Hamer.

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It's a new year and Adam is feeling guilty about his backlog, so to help him clear it (and because getting on regular podcast recordings is difficult) he's going to catalog his quasi year of shame with a new solo show: Backlog Busting. In this special Episode 0 Adam explains the concept and the rules of this format. Episode 1 coming soon!

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The Lapsed Gamer Radio Team created this episode. Edited by Mark Hamer

Theme tune is Take The Wheel by Pecan Pie, other music by Snail Music

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It's time to conclude the annual LGR "best games we played this year that might have come out this year but not necessarily because we have jobs and lives and kids and can't keep up with all the newest games extravaganza 2024". In this episode Andy, Chazzee, Mark, and Nick run down their honourable and dishonourable mentions, before revealing their top two games of the year.

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The Lapsed Gamer Radio Team created this episode. Edited by Mark Hamer

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The boys are here for their annual "best games we played this year that might have come out this year but not necessarily because we have jobs and lives and kids and can't keep up with all the newest games extravaganza 2024 part 1". In this episode we are joined by Adam in person for the first time in a long time to hear all of his games of the year, before Mark, Nick, Chazzee, and Andy run down the 5th, 4th, and 3rd best games they played this year. Stay tuned for part two in a few days.

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The Lapsed Gamer Radio Team created this episode. Edited by Mark Hamer

Original LGR themes, FX and music cues created and composed by Mark Hamer.

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It's our last regular episode of the year before GOTY deliberations, so join Mark, Chazzee, and Nick as they discuss the legacy of the Game Awards and predict who they think will win the big categories, before running down all the games they've been playing over the last few weeks, and have a good laugh at some losers who complain about games being "too woke".

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The Lapsed Gamer Radio Team created this episode. Edited by Mark Hamer

Original LGR themes, FX and music cues created and composed by Mark Hamer.

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In the latest episode Nick is joined by Mark and Chazzee to talk about sick kids, video game worker unionisation, culture war bullsh*t, PS5 Pro sales, and of course all the games they've been playing over the last few weeks, plus Nick has a fiendish quiz.

The episode of Western Kabuki referenced in the show can be found here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PH2EkY0nl4

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The Lapsed Gamer Radio Team created this episode. Edited by Mark Hamer

Original LGR themes, FX and music cues created and composed by Mark Hamer.

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After finally breaking free from editing limbo, the latest episode finds Nick, Chazzee, and Mark as they discuss residential fireworks displays, Halloween costume angst, preferential parking, a whole host of now very outdated news, and of course all the games they've been playing over the last month or so.

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The Lapsed Gamer Radio Team created this episode. Edited by Mark Hamer

Original LGR themes, FX and music cues created and composed by Mark Hamer.

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It’s time to induct another game into the LGR Hall of Fame, so join Mark, Nick, and Chazzee as they confront their inner demons, strengthen their social links, and jump into the midnight channel to discuss the ground-breaking JRPG gem - Persona 4 Golden.

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The Lapsed Gamer Radio Team created this episode. Edited by Mark Hamer

Original LGR themes, FX and music cues created and composed by Mark Hamer.

Additional music from the Persona 4 Golden official soundtrack composed by Shoji Meguro, all rights reserved by Atlus Co., Ltd. and the Sega Corporation.

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Nick is joined by Chazzee and Mark to discuss kerbside car maintenance, Nintendo's very belated legal action against Palworld, the PS5 Pro announcement, chaos at Annapurna, and a bumper list of games that we've been playing over the last few weeks.

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The Lapsed Gamer Radio Team created this episode. Edited by Mark Hamer

Original LGR themes, FX and music cues created and composed by Mark Hamer.

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Nick is joined by Andy, Chazzee, and Mark to discuss the short and miserable life of Concord, more layoffs in the game industry, the end of Brat Summer, unlikely football results, Andy finally joining the current gen (sort of), and of course all the usual chat about what we've been playing over the last few weeks.

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The Lapsed Gamer Radio Team created this episode. Edited by Mark Hamer

Original LGR themes, FX and music cues created and composed by Mark Hamer.

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