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After a week's break for Melbourne business, the boys are back in town (ooooww-nnnn-owwwww-nnnnnnnnn) to break bread over Dive the Diver, the finishing of Pragmata, and the other games of note from the last three weeks! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 1:32 - Steve's Games 35:12 - Graham's Games 1:05:58 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Lou's Lagoon Midwest 90: Rapid City Dave the Diver Corsair Cove Incrempire Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy Star Wars Zero Company 007 First Light Lunarium Pro Jank Footy Ground Zero Hero Loot Frog Pragmata PengPong Vholume Cicadamata" Blood Dungeon Choppa: Rescue Rivals Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music

Graham and a slightly sickly Steve get back from gachaing to talk about Gamescom Opening Night Live, the upcoming games of note for September, and some 20 plus games played in the last two weeks! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 1:02 - Graham's Games 51:12 - Steve's Games 1:28:38 - Gamescon 2026 Review 1:34:54 - Upcoming Games for September 2026 1:47:20 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Click the Button Rivage Aethus The Road of Dust and Sorrow Age After Age Fortune Mill Sludgineers Smashing Bottles Endless Rails Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy Star Wars Zero Company Pragmata Penguin Lifter Hole Is Mine Call of Duty: Warzone Helldivers 2 Lifted Dodo Duckie Rubinite Yet Another Zombie Survivors Greedy Greedy Gnomes Ultrapool Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music

Graham and Steve incrementally upgrade their video game talking skills by talking about a bunch of incremental games, while also talking about some of the bigger 2026 games like Pragmata, Corsair Cove, that new Lego Batman, and more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 00:54 - Steve's Games 55:05 - Graham's Games 1:16:59 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Pick Ball Factory Town 2: Paradise Farewells Clicker Master Healer Kale With Useless Party Corsair Cove Powerplay LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Diggin Bills Must Be Paid Dave the Diver: In the Jungle Blast'N Bounty Pragmata Big Walk Chef Knight Berry Bury Berry The Last Cat in the Universe Bit Breaker Sunder Siege Spiritstead Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music

Law-manager Graham and a law-abiding Steve provide the most important of public services by talking about a rather voluminous number of games played, mostly watching numbers go up in various forms, and have a look at the start of the video game monsoon with the games of note scheduled to release in August! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 2:03 - Graham's Games 59:05 - Steve's Games 1:31:18 - Upcoming Games for August 2026 1:40:33 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Order of the Sinking Star Global Rescue Happy Bastards Rock Bottom Mining Merchant Chef Knight Diggin Bills Must Be Paid Forza Horizon 6 Rose and Locket Clockwork Ambrosia Vultures: Scavengers of Death Bubsy 4D Teller's Duty Xanthiom 2 Grumpy Jack Stonemachia Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music

Graham and Steve explore the depths and puzzle out the last two weeks of games, including the discovery of wonderous abilities, genre similarity in the backloogging process, and way more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 1:57 - Steve's Games 39:04 - Graham's Games 1:02:14 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Mining Merchant Moss: The Forgotten Relic The Rusted Grime II Industria II TerraTech Legion Elementallis Echo Isle TetherGeist Junkster Luna Abyss Tombwater Before I Go Lost and Found Co. Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music

Graham and Steve dig their way out their holes for another SIPTG podcast, and try to sell the crafted jewelry of Mining Merchant, the continued appeal of Forza Horizon 6, and much, much more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro and News 10:26 - Graham's Games 45:38 - Steve's Games 1:10:38 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Mining Merchant Screenbound Lost in Tandem Normal Golf Game Mouse: P.I. For Hire Grime II Opus: Prism Peak Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors Empulse Forza Horizon 6 TerraTech Legion Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music

Graham and Steve settle back in for some rebellious devil worship in the library, while at the same time talking about the games of the last 4 weeks and the upcoming games of note for July! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 1:22 - Steve's Games 31:06 - Graham's Games 1:10:10 - Upcoming Games for July 2026 1:19:14 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Ascenders: Beyond the Peak BioEden Star Trek: Outposts Unknown Hack '95 There Are No Ghosts at the Grand Corsair Cove Forza Horizon 6 Raider Kid and the Ruby Chest Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland All Hail the Orb Saint Slayer: Spear of Sacrilege Mouse: P.I. For Hire Mining Merchant Voidling Bound Scritchy Scratchy Nautical Survival You Know The Drill Dungeon Clawler Froggy Hates Snow Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music

Graham and Steve survey the aftermath of the 'Summer' of new game announcements, going over no less than 8 different showcases and the games of interest, and then casting a wistful eye over the last few months of the year to see just how intense the pre-GTA6 release period actual is! Show Segments: 0:00 - Intro 2:53 - Sony State of Play 14:30 - Summer Gast Fest 2026 29:22 - Frosty Games Fest 34:12 - XBOX Games Showcase 43:32 - Nintendo Direct June 2026 46:57 - Day of the Devs SGF 2026 51:20 - PC Gaming Show 2026 1:09:57 - Future Games Show Summer Showcase 2026 1:28:34 - Outro Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music

Graham and Steve, fresh off of hooning around Japan, gather at the Festival site to decompress and digest the smaller suite of upcoming games of June, a spot of rapid-fire Should I Play This Game Actual, the comfort of numbers going up, and heaps more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 2:26 - Steve's Games 42:29 - Graham's Games 1:03:25 - Upcoming Games for June 2026 1:09:24 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Forza Horizon 6 Call of the Elder Gods Alabaster Dawn Cleared Hot Keep on Mining!: Worlds Resident Evil Requiem Mewgenics Solateria Mixtape Replaced Vehicle No. 4 The Spell Brigade Gambonanza Midnight Billiards Augment Anthem Shattered Divinities Boomerang Jack Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music

The boys are back in (their) town(s) to collaborate and listen about the upcoming games of May, the Satisfactory-al potential of Modulus, the goodness of digging holes and mining, and plenty more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 1:28 - Graham's Games 27:24 - Steve's Games 53:55 - Upcoming Games for May 2026 1:05:31 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Replaced Modulus: Factory Automation Keep on Mining!: Worlds Nioh 3 Relooted Mewgenics The Spotter: Dig or Die Mythmatch Screamer Alabaster Dawn Resident Evil Requiem Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music

Graham and Steve hoot and holler about Greek mythological dungeons, modularly automating factories, and more of the last couple of week's worth of game-playing! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 2:19 - Steve's Games 35:28 - Graham's Games 1:01:39 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Modulus: Factory Automation Minos Tom Clancy's The Division 2 Replaced Nioh 3 Temtem: Swarm Esoteric Ebb Deadline Delivery Tower Wizard Raccoin: Coin Pusher Roguelike Beyond Words Dragonkin: The Banished Mewgenics Relooted Mouse: P.I. For Hire Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music

Graham and Steve might actually be back to some semblance of a schedule now, as they command some microphone time to wax poetic on the potential for coziness with guns, how one should Keep on Mining, the upcoming games for April, and much more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 2:30 - Graham's Games 19:20 - Steve's Games 50:49 - Upcoming Games for April 2026 1:02:26 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: The Outer Worlds 2 Galactic Vault Split Fiction Rotwood Under the Island Grind Survivors Sealed Bite: Extended Keep on Mining!: Worlds Tom Clancy's The Division 2 Nioh 3 Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music

After real-lifing it for the last few weeks, Graham and Steve are back are it to discuss, among other things, weird design decisions impacting on game enjoyment (in multiple ways!), Sid Meier's SimGolf (tangentially), and another, cooler video game Pig! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 1:12 - Steve's Games 40:44 - Graham's Games 56:26 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: The Outer Worlds 2 Generation Exile Under Par Golf Architect IdleOn Super Battle Golf Escape from Ever After Marathon Lovish Hermit and Pig Mio: Memories in Orbit Jackal Tearscape iRacing Arcade The Perfect Pencil Galactic Vault Nioh 3 Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod:

Graham and Steve reconvene for the first time propers in 2026 to talk about the upcoming games of March, the use (or rather the questionable re-usage) of old PC game franchises, a bizarre number of Metroidvania and idle games, and a whole heap more! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 1:55 - Graham's Games 28:42 - Steve's Games 1:01:09 - Upcoming Games for March 2026 1:08:44 - Beginning of the End Games Mentioned: Call of the Elder Gods The Eternal Life of Goldman The Outer Worlds 2 Marvel Cosmic Invasion Big Hops RogueJack21 Super Woden: Rally Edge Kotama&Academy Citadel Carmageddon: Rogue Shift IdleOn Mio: Memories in Orbit Escape from Ever After Episode's YouTube Video: This episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music

In the second, and final, part of the Game of the Year series, Graham and Steve drill down the best stories, new characters/NPCs, campaigns, and overall games of 2025! Big ol' SPOILER warning for this part, so know that going in! Show Segments: 00:00 - Intro 3:01 - Best Story/Writing 33:25 - Best New Character/NPC 45:28 - Best Campaign 1:14:03 - Graham and Steve's Top Ten 1:56:51 - Overall Top Ten Best Story/Writing Nominees: Dispatch Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 South of Midnight Fretless: The Wrath of Riffson Promise Mascot Agency Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream The Outer Worlds 2 Revenge of the Savage Planet The Drifter Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 1 Re-Raptored Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 Best New Character/NPC Nominees: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 South of Midnight The Drifter South of Midnight Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream Dispatch Promise Mascot Agency Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 The Alters The Drifter The Outer Worlds 2 Best Campaign Nominees: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Promise Mascot Agency Doom: The Dark Ages South of Midnight Wanderstop Avowed Lies of P: Overture Revenge of the Savage Planet Shinobi: Art of Vengeance Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 The Outer Worlds 2 Steve's Top Ten Nominees: Tower Dominion The Outer Worlds 2 Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor Lies of P: Overture Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Dispatch Promise Mascot Agency The First Berserker: Khazan Doom: The Dark Ages Shinobi: Art of Vengeance AI Limit Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist Avowed Skin Deep Graham's Top Ten Nominees: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Keeper Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream Split Fiction The Precinct The Outer Worlds 2 The Alters The Drifter South of Midnight Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 Anno 117: Pax Romana Nice Day for Fishing Overall Top Ten Nominees: Promise Mascot Agency South of Midnight Shinobi: Art of Vengeance Dispatch Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream The Outer Worlds 2 Keeper Doom: The Dark Ages Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 The Drifter The Precinct Tower Dominion Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 Split Fiction Lies of P: Overture Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor The First Berserker: Khazan The Alters   Episode's YouTube Video: Watch this episode on YouTube SIPTG YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/shouldiplaythisgamequestionmark Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.com/music