Show Notes
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If you hadn't guessed already, this week the Boys have headed off to the market on the hunt for the best cheap games they can get their hands on. Armed with £15, they've been haggling and bartering to find the most appealing game. Will they strike gold in the bargain bins or be fleeced like fools?
Before all that though, we're due a big catch-up. Sarah's gone as far Inside as they can go, Pierre's not playing a war OR strategy game and Glenn's stuck deciding between an early access blockbuster and a game about someone being stuck making decisions.
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Games Mentioned in this week's episode:
Inside
LIMBO
Somerville
Dorfromantik
Hell Let Loose: Vietnam
Resident Evil 2
9 Kings
Mixtape
What Remains of Edith Finch
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
The Last of Us: Part II
The Artful Escape
Forza Horizon 6
Gears of War
Halo
Forza Horizon
Mario Kart
Directive 8020
Until Dawn
The Quarry
The Dark Pictures
The Thing Remastered
Detroit: Become Human
Alien: Isolation
Darkwood
Visage
Amnesia: The Bunker
Grand Theft Auto V
King's Field
Deathloop
Unknown 9: Awakening
Stardew Valley
Jack Holmes: Master of Puppets
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Dead by Daylight
Friday the 13th: The Game
Duskers
Command & Conquer: Generals
Wax Heads
Dark Souls III
Locomoto
Hitman World of Assassination
007: First Light
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