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Continuing from our earlier Final Fantasy chat, David continues to host as Dawan describes his first impressions of Pal World, the game that's taken steam by storm.
Then we deviate into a large tangeant speaking about pokemon, other games, switch online, xbox and playstation network infrastructures, etc.

Apparently we need Nabz to keep us in check...

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Join us as David hosts this one, questioning Dawan on his first proper Final Fantasy play through - Final Fantasy 7 Remake.
We discuss the differences between it and the original Final Fantasy 7 from almost 30 years ago and delve into other Final Fantasy games.

Spoilers will undoubtedly occur!

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Join us as David Hosts this spolerific episode, springing Priscilla as a surprise film he went to watch while the others watched The boy and the heron as well as the award winning, Poor things.

The boy and the Heron - A young boy named Mahito yearning for his mother ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead. There, death comes to an end, and life finds a new beginning. A semi-autobiographical fantasy from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki.
Poor things - The incredible tale about the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter; a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist, Dr. Godwin Baxter.


Priscilla - When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend.
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Join us as Nabz hosts this one, while David recovers from being under the weather.

We look into the nominations and winners of the golden globes and attempt to discuss a series of films that have not yet come to the UK.
Luckily Oppenheimer, Killers of the flower moon and a few others had already aired over here.

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Join us as David hosts this one, while Dawan is still away, enjoying his Christmas holiday.

We look to discuss the recently released Ferrari film, depicting the life of Enzo Ferrari and the true story behind the crash that took Alfonso de Portago's life.

Following from that, we look to discuss the films we have seen this past Christmas and the ones we hope to see and discuss later this year.

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Join us as Dawan hosts this one where we discuss our annoyances and hates in games, as well as what games we wish would make a comeback or have a sequel.

Join us as David hosts this one, where we look to discuss our favourite games over the years and different console generations.

Join us as Nabz hosts this one where we celebrate Christmas by discussing our favourite heroes and villains across the different mediums.

Join us as Dawan hosts this one where we discuss our top 5 movies of the year.

One of us has Barbie in the list...

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Join us as David hosts this one to discuss the Game Awards winners and announcements.

Innovation and accessibility - forza motorsport
Esports athlete - Faker
Esports coach - Potter
Esports event - 2023 LOL world championship
Esports game - Valorant
Esports team - JD gaming
Best performance - Neil newbon - BG3
best narrative - Alan wake 2
Best debut indie game - cocoon
Best action game - armored core 6
Best art direction - Alan wake 2
Best VR game - resident evil village vr mode
Best mobile game - honkai star rail
Best audio design - hi-fi rush
Best score & music - final fantasy 16
Best independent game - sea of stars
Best community support - BG3
Best fighting game - Street fighter 6
Most anticipated game - FF7 Rebirth
Best adaptation - the last of us
Best action/adventure game - Zelda, tears of the kingdom
Best RPG - BG3
Best Sim/strategy - pikmin 4
Best sports/racing - forza motorsport
best multiplayer - BG3
Player’s voice - BG3
Best game direction - Alan wake 2

Game of the year - BG3

Dawan hosts this episode as Rockstar finally unveil GTA VI to the world, giving us the first look of this new Vice city.

In addition, we discuss some of the classics that came out along with GTA V back on the PS3 and Xbox 360, such as The Last of Us, Bioshock, Skyrim, etc.

Welcome to our first episode as we reboot the show.
This week we will be discussing Apple TV's latest blockbuster, Napoleon.

A film that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.

A quick reference to the historical dates of the Napoleon regime:


1793 Napoleon is in charge of the battle of Toulouse - overthrowing the British and reclaiming their forts back
1798 battle of the pyramids - Invaded Egypt (9 miles away from the pyramids) Returned to France as: army and navy were defeated by the British and the Egyptians

1799 Talked his way into becoming consul: an official appointed by a government to reside in a foreign country to represent the commercial interests of citizens of the appointing country.
1802 Consul for life
1803 England declared war on France
1804 Declared himself emperor

1807 Napoleon wanted to stop England’s power/dominance so seized to stop trade from all the countries; Invaded Portugal via Spain and demanded ties with England were cut 1808 Portugal revolted and England came from the sea to flank
1812 tried to invade Russia. - Scorched earth tactics
1813 arrived in Poland (started off with 600,000, was left was 100,000 by the time winter arrived, and only 40,000 made it into Poland.
This sparked Britain to finance armies in: Sweden, Prussia, Austria, Russia

1815 Battle of Waterloo


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