This week Paula and Josh are having some fun and have put together a little game-soundtrack-themed quiz to play. Will they be able to identify the game based on a short clip of music? Or will Josh fail to remember anything at all and maintain h

Bonus

NG+ - Our Top 10

12 days ago 2h 3m

Every week Josh and Paula talk about the games they’ve been playing and what’s new in their gaming world, but in this special bonus episode, they get to talk about their favourite games of all time. Strap in for some spicy picks and discover

S3 E36 - They’ve Patched My DNA

19 days ago 2h 18m

A new week is upon us and a new episode has landed!Find out about Paula’s return to some of the more toxic corners of gaming on the internet, along with the wholesome conclusion to an excellent little cultural masterpiece. Witness Josh’s insu

S3 E35 - Driving A Cat

26 days ago 2h 3m

It’s been a long week of gaming and Josh has managed to finish off a few titles that he’s been working through for a while. On the other hand, Paula is still chipping away at a few core games that have been getting better and better as she cont

S3 E34 - A Good Game Will Let The Dumb-asses Have Fun

Apr 15th, 2024 1h 59m

Have you ever reached that point in a game where you find yourself wading through pages and pages of instructional wikis, in an attempt to discover some indication of how to make some kind of progress? This week Paula and Josh are talking about

S3 E33 - Japan Is Next

Apr 7th, 2024 2h 4m

All hail the great leader! Paula has been on a rampage, conquering the world and gaining power until every other nation pledges their loyalty at her feet. Also, Josh retired another game and has been messing about with his PC hardware like a bi

S3 E32 - Money Makes The Monkey Dance

Mar 31st, 2024 2h 10m

The streak has been broken, as Josh finally retired a game this week! There’s still a lot to talk about as he and Paula have been beating and playing a bunch of other titles, including one that they played together along with some friends from

S3 E31 - What’s The Deal With The Dogs?

Mar 24th, 2024 1h 40m

While Paula has stuck to a couple of longer-term adventures, this week Josh has been completing a bunch of shorter games and demos, while dipping a toe into the zombie apocalypse of the old west. Then it’s Game of the Month time again the discu

S3 E30 - Before We Get Too Tissy

Mar 17th, 2024 2h 16m

This week Josh and Paula have been travelling through the same Rusty Lake game, while exploring other strange worlds and stretching their brains into recursive logic and world-wide disease manipulation. It’s been a bit of a week. However, all t

S3 E29 - Looks Kinda Crunchy & It’s Slow

Mar 10th, 2024 2h 4m

The nostalgia is strong again this week as Josh and Paula continue their trip down memory lane and discuss a number of games that may or may not hold up by today’s standards. Plus, they attempt to determine which elements might hold a game back

S3 E28 - The Liver Fights Back

Mar 3rd, 2024 2h 19m

This week Paula has been beating all the games and playing even more, while Josh continues to work through the same old titles, plus a couple of new ones. There are clubs and deportations, cowboys and bears, even some angry organs and walls mad

S3 E27 - Playing Around With The Clouds

Feb 25th, 2024 2h 2m

In this episode Paula and Josh have been spreading their wings and trying out a bunch of different games. Paula has been surviving through different world’s that may or may not be trying to kill her, while Josh has been moseying down memory lan

S3 E26 - She Looked Dead, So I Killed Her

Feb 18th, 2024 2h 9m

This week we get all romantic and have a big chat about everything Otome, Romance, and Valentine-related in video games, but not before we delve into everything we’ve been playing. Paula has levelled up her football skills while dealing with VI

S3 E25 - It Grabbed Me

Feb 11th, 2024 1h 33m

Josh has been drooling over some smooth animations this week, while puzzling in three dimensions and fighting for justice! Paula has spent her time investigating crime and appearing in court, before playing bouncer and turning children away fro

S3 E24 - Memories I Remember

Feb 4th, 2024 2h 3m

This week we’re talking about some Kickstarter and crowd-funding stories from the past and Josh gets quite fired up over a few specific examples; so strap yourself in for a rant a half. Meanwhile Paula has been reliving some glory days in the c

S3 E23 - I Happily Retired Hatred

Jan 28th, 2024 1h 56m

We’re back to regular programming again this week as Paula tackles another series of Otome routes, while Josh gets stuck into a couple of mysteries and some point and click adventures. With only one retirement and a few more on the go, it’s tim

S3 E22 - 2023 HLTB GotM Retrospective

Jan 21st, 2024 2h 46m

For this special episode, Josh and Paula are joined by Knalb, the Lord of the Threads, to discuss the HLTB Game of the Month games that featured in 2023. We discuss the highs and the lows, the good and the bad, and the long and the short, as we

S3 E21 - The First One To Catch Him WIns

Jan 14th, 2024 2h 5m

Back with a long list of games played over the New Year/ Xmas break, Paula and Josh get stuck into some highs and lows of their gaming lives of recent times. Then they have a chat about Special and Limited Edition games that come with all those

Bonus

NG+ - Gaming For Non-Gamers

Jan 7th, 2024 1h 28m

In this bonus episode, Paula and Josh discuss what it’s like to enter the world of gaming as a brand new gamer. What kind of barriers exist and what do developers assume players already know? What kinds of experiences are a good way to introduc

S3 E20 - The 2023 GOTY Extravaganza

Dec 31st, 2023 3h 47m

The year is ending, so we’re going big and rolling out our Game of the Year Extravaganza! Featuring a bunch of our friends from the HLTB community who happened to wander by and offer their own perspectives on the year that’s been 2023. To every

S3 E19 - The Night Before Christmas

Dec 24th, 2023 2h 2m

It’s the night before Christmas and we have a delightfully packed holiday themed episode for you today. Josh has finished off a few games, and been thrown in the deep end of running a galactic empire, with dubious results. While Paula has been

S3 E18 - Bull-Shittery

Dec 18th, 2023 1h 21m

As itchmas comes to a close, Josh has been playing more little itch.io games, along with the usual adventures that never seem to end. Meanwhile Paula has completed a few games that she’s been working on for a while now, and getting back into ot

S3 E17 - You Can’t Buy All The Games

Dec 10th, 2023 1h 55m

As the end of the year draws ever closer, we have a look whether we succeeded with our gaming goals for 2023, as well as setting new ones for 2024. Meanwhile, Paula has been on an emotional rollercoaster while laser focused on her latest Otome.

S3 E16 - I Gave It Half An Hour

Dec 3rd, 2023 1h 21m

This week Paula and Josh have completed the same cat-themed time-travelling hidden-object game, but not a lot else. Once again they’ve avoided retiring anything, but Paula has been playing with clones, while Josh skated his way through some sen

S3 E15 - Bash Them With My Iron Lizard

Nov 26th, 2023 1h 43m

Glory to Paula, as she deals with suspect documentation and terrorist cells at the border; while Josh hacks his way into some kid’s chat logs, and fights no good darn dirty soviet robots. Then they both get stuck into the undeniable impact Unde