Episode 168: Grainy Wizard Vision
Tom F, Pip and John gather to discuss the big No Man’s Sky update, adventure games convention Adventure X, Watch Dogs 2, strange interactive scenes in ISLANDS, and yes, inevitably a bit of Dishonored...
View ArticleEpisode 169: USB Hub Mikkelsen
Chris and Tom discuss Death Stranding, Prey, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor, Future Unfolding, Inside, and more. Plus: Darkest Dungeon (again), Spelunky (again), FTL (again),...
View ArticleEpisode 170: He Used To Be A Cowboy, Now He’s A Butternut Squash
Pip, Chris and both Toms convene for a comprehensive look back at 2016. By which we mean that this episode is three hours long and involves 30-odd games. This is our last episode for 2016, and per...
View ArticleHappy new year! We’ll be back next week
Happy new year, gang. This year, our Christmas break has coincided with two sets of departures: Pip and I are in Atlanta for the next week covering the Hi-Rez Expo, and the day we return is the day...
View ArticleEpisode 171: HAR$H MELON
Pip, Tom and Chris discuss the future of the podcast, the future of Half-Life, Stellaris, Paladins, Ludum Dare and more. Plus: we attempt to tackle the questions backlog, a hubristic folly that results...
View ArticleEpisode 172: Mysterium Girl
Chris, Tom and Pip discuss Mysterium, XCOM 2’s Long War 2 mod, Elite Dangerous, She Remembers Caterpillars, and more. Plus: your questions about lore, achievements, replayability, our experience of...
View ArticleThe return of the Patreon – plus a new podcast!
Hi, gang! As we discussed at the beginning of episode 171 – before things got out of hand – we’re bringing back the Patreon. There’s plenty of information about our plans on the Patreon page itself,...
View ArticleEpisode 173: Diane, The Kobolds Here Are Excellent
Pip, Tom and Chris discuss Resident Evil 7, Unity of Command, Blood Bowl 2, videogame marketing, surviving long RPGs, and more. The Crate & Crowbar is once again supported by our Patreon backers!...
View ArticleEpisode 174: Dogs Are Naked
Chris, Tom and special guest Alex Wiltshire settle in to discuss Mass Effect controversy existentialism, Resident Evil 7, Conan: Exiles, Card Quest and much more. Plus: the dystopia we live in, the...
View ArticleEpisode 175: Amn And Pickle Sandwich
Tom, Chris and Pip discuss FIFA gambling legal business, House of Many Doors, Valley, Pit People, and more. Plus: your questions, your grudges, your 90s celebrity pairings, your unprofessional...
View ArticleEpisode 176: Tearaway Thomas Was Alone
Chris, Pip and Tom discuss Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments, Sniper Elite 4, For Honor, and many, many grudges. Plus: good and bad sound-based puzzles, the correct way to eat a Jaffa Cake, and...
View ArticleEpisode 177: The Unending Terror of Flavourtown
Chris is joined by special guests Alex Wiltshire and John Roberts to discuss Sniper Elite 4, Night In The Woods, Killing Floor: Incursion, and flavourtown. Plus: Mass Effect excitement, the lamentable...
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Miniatures Monthly 001: Tiny Plastic People
In this debut episode of the Crate and Crowbar’s spinoff miniatures podcast, Chris and Tom discuss Age of Sigmar and how they returned to hobby gaming. We talk about what we’ve found valuable about...
View ArticleEpisode 178: We Don’t Make The Rules In The Void
Chris and Tom’s timelines converge for a chat about open-world design in Sniper Elite 4 and a deep-dive into Torment: Tides of Numenera. Plus, we’ve got some exciting podcast news to share! Any...
View ArticleEpisode 179: Tom Clancy’s Club Penguin
Chris, Pip and Alex recap GDC, find various uses for a Steam Link and double-tap Ghost Recon: Wildlands. Plus! Our favourite history podcasts, goat-bonking Bloodbowl 2 action, the world circa 2003 and...
View ArticleEpisode 180: ‘Til I See Marianne Despawn
Pip, Tom and Chris discuss Dawn of War III, No Man’s Sky, Mass Effect: Andromeda and other space things besides. Plus: things that are more than a feeling, the joy of jumping, delicious salt, the...
View ArticleEpisode 181: Bros Before Bows
WALLOPING HOWDY and welcome to episode 181, in which Pip, Chris and Tom S gather to very carefully not spoil Mass Effect: Andromeda, Future Unfolding and Nier: Automata. THEN, questions! What would...
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Miniatures Monthly 002: Bird Henchmen, Hench Birdmen
Chris and Tom’s spinoff miniatures podcast returns! We discuss a gigantic amount of Age of Sigmar news, a little 40K, a little X-Wing, and our experience of hobby games over the last month or so....
View ArticleHorizon Zero Dawn: A Lock-In at The Crate and Crowbar
A little bonus pod for you this week: Tom F dials in from Seattle with an hour of his thoughts on free-roaming robot dinosaur adventure Horizon: Zero Dawn. Tom will be returning to the podcast proper...
View ArticleEpisode 182: An Enduring Wahey
Chris and Alex talk Destiny 2, Night in the Woods, Stories Untold, and pioneer a predominantly grunt-based review scale. Also: game soundtracks, people-as-limited-content-nodes, sports (?!), lore and...
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