The Staying In Podcast - four pals talk video games, board games, movies, and nonsense

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Join four lifelong friends on this award-nominated comedy podcast about board games, video games, comicbooks, movies, TV and more; uncovering the hidden indie gems you’ll wonder how you ever lived without, and diving deep into the franchises you already know and love.

Episodes

Thursday Nov 15, 2018

Hamilton: An American Musical, Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt, and GRIP: Combat Racing - Ep67

Thursday Nov 15, 2018

00:14 - How to deal with trick-or-treaters AND carol singers.

05:00 - ALEXANDER HAMILTON! And also Hamilton: An American Musical.

20:11 - The fantastic and fascinating Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt exhibit.

31:10 - Does anyone feel like Chicken Tonight anymore?

35:46 - Getting to grips with GRIP: Combat Racing on Nintendo Switch and PC.

48:48 - Discussing the benefits of occupying Australia, thanks to a great question from @Cromerty.

And why it's always good to carry a pack of Sesame Snaps with you, with Dan (@ThisDanFrost), Kris (@DigitalStrider), Peter (@XeroXeroXero), and Sam (@MrSamTurner).

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Thursday Nov 01, 2018

Wolverine: The Long Night, Istanbul: Digital Edition, and Night in the Woods - Ep66

Thursday Nov 01, 2018

00:00 - "The talk" and just one of the perils of modern living.

05:37 - Kris has been playing Night in the Woods, and we find out what kind of a Mae he is.

14:37 - Seasonal teas, hot chocolates, and whether Horlicks is an international brand.

19:16 - Istanbul: Digital Edition, and why this straight adaptation of the board game is a winner.

36:44 - Peter's chamomile teas, and a particularly memorable "date".

41:08 - Wolverine: The Long Night is a podcast from Marvel that comes thoroughly recommended.

51:12 - Our listener question this episode comes from @purple_steve who asks us a question about coals, LEGO, and plugs.

Plus some farmers who don't like the dark, with bright sparks Kris (@DigitalStrider) and Peter (@XeroXeroXero).

Monday Oct 15, 2018

Doctor Who Series 11, Transformers Trading Card Game, and 1 Screen Platformer - Ep65

Monday Oct 15, 2018

00:00 - Appropriate attire for when working from home.

06:07 - Doctor Who Series 11 is here, Jodie Whittaker is at the helm, and this show might just be worth the TV licence fee alone.

19:12 - A very special blanket.

21:41 - Transformers Trading Card Game is either truly wonderful or totally awful, depending on how you approach it.

39:36 - 1 Screen Platformer is the new indie platforming hotness from Return To Adventure Mountain and we've played it early.

48:01 - Big thanks to @Fatboy_Rob, who provides this episode's question, which is... "what's the 'greatest' film of all time?".

Plus revelations about tea drinking and T-shirt rubbing, with Kris (@DigitalStrider), Dan (@ThisDanFrost), and Peter (@XeroXeroXero).

Monday Oct 01, 2018

Marvel's Spider-Man, Abzû, and Megaquarium - Ep64

Monday Oct 01, 2018

00:00 - Kris's "discrete toolbox" and "top half jobs".

06:22 - Board game order woes, why the board game industry gets so slapdash so regularly, and the marketing funnel.

14:51 - Abzû, scuba diving, meditative games, and having a little cry at a lottery advert.

30:54 - Marvel's Spider-Man, how Peter Parker and New York are intertwined, and being a comic book hero.

41:50 - Our regular Listener Question comes via e-mail from Rebecca this week, who asks "what's your perfect Sunday?"

49:28 - Yes, you should buy Megaquarium, and no, puns about cheese don't make you big or clever.

All that, plus a very special mustard yellow chair, with Kris (@DigitalStrider), Peter (@XeroXeroXero), and Sam (@MrSamTurner).

Saturday Sep 15, 2018

KeyForge, Destiny 2, and REKT! - Ep63

Saturday Sep 15, 2018

00:00 - Charity shop shenanigans and a TV show called Eat Well For Less.

07:31 - Pre-order woes and the "truly fascinating" logistics of shipping physical goods.

11:56 - Halloween and why Dan and Peter really don't like it.

16:38 - Roland Wright... or... roll and write...? ... and his game Welcome To...

18:40 - Richard Garfield's KeyForge: Call of the Archons and why Sam's excited to get his unique decks onto the table.

29:27 - PS Plus and Destiny 2 and co-op gaming loveliness.

37:54 - Peter's favourite game at Gamescom was REKT! For the Nintendo Switch, a combination of Tony Hawks and Rocket League.

43:57 - Sam's exercise-induced asthma, an update on the Around the Houses Challenge™, and Kris's Gaviscon era.

52:14 - Dan's truly incredible party trick.

1:01:33 – A lovely little town called Towcester.

All that, plus the floaty elf lad from the Lord of the Rings, with Dan (@ThisDanFrost), Kris (@DigitalStrider), Peter (@XeroXeroXero), and Sam (@MrSamTurner).

Saturday Sep 01, 2018

Ant-Man and the Wasp, Voltron: Legendary Defender, and Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes - Ep62

Saturday Sep 01, 2018

0:00 - The Scafell Pike adventure, the nice sights we saw, and the lovely folks we met along the way.

16:10 - Kris has been watching Voltron: Legendary Defender and, you know what? That's alright.

24:25 - Ant-Man and the Wasp is out and we've watched it and it also is alright.

34:00 - Feeling stressed? No? Well play Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes and you soon will be.

49:02 - Our listener question comes from @Alexgol95, who asks us "when will first person cRPGs be more popular?"

All that, plus a VERY TIRED MAN, with Dan (@ThisDanFrost), Kris (@DigitalStrider), Peter (@XeroXeroXero), and Sam (@MrSamTurner).

Wednesday Aug 15, 2018

Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Sails of Glory, and The Betway Reds - Ep61

Wednesday Aug 15, 2018

00:12 - How to make homemade mud (with Milliput, for Burrows & Badgers miniatures).

03:26 - Things get Napoleonic with Sails of Glory from Ares Games.

17:06 - Mission: Impossible - Fallout is the sixth outing for the film series. Weirdly put together, apparently, but still great, it turns out.

25:31 - Our fantasy football league is going well, but weirdly, so here's a Game Week 1 update.

31:01 - Dan's gone and bought his first graphic novel, which is The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins.

36:35 - Kris and Sam have been on their holidays and they will not shut up about it.

48:09 - Great holiday games? Survive: Escape from Atlantis!, Cobra Paw, Carcassonne, and The Mind, so sayeth Kris and Sam.

51:29 - The Exit: The Game series is great, we've said as much on previous episodes, but Sam's just taken on The Sunken Treasure and Dead Man on the Orient Express, and they come thoroughly recommended.

53:32 - Barbie Horse Adventures or Britney's Dance Beat? That's the question you've asked us, and by gosh that's the question we're going to answer. Got another one for us? Mail us on stayinginpod@gmail.com or DM us on Twitter or Facebook.

All that, plus interspersed sounds of tea being brewed, with Dan (@ThisDanFrost), Kris (@DigitalStrider), Peter (@XeroXeroXero), and Sam (@MrSamTurner) in a somewhat topsy-turvy episode of our silly little podcast.

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Wednesday Aug 01, 2018

The Mind, Fantasy Football, and Cities: Skylines - Ep60

Wednesday Aug 01, 2018

0:00 - Dan's going to be running a fantasy football league, and is hoping you'll take part! Prove him right by heading to fantasy.premierleague.com, nabbing an account, and entering 1089139-244175 as the code to get involved!

5:00 - Kris has gotten himself into a pickle with a christening card. No, we didn't think it was possible either.

13:35 - Should The Mind have won the Spieles des Jahres for 2018? Maybe! Sam certainly makes a good case for it.

22:17 - Yorkshire puddings and toffee sauce, the concept of “post-modern snacking”, and why you need to think like a child to truly appreciate genius.

28:15 - Look, yes, sure, we talk about Civilization V AGAIN in this episode, but it's a good game! Unless you're a complete beginner, which is one of the subjects around that title that we try and tackle.

37:30 - Another subject is how games can encourage you to learn through failure, and why that can work if done well, like in Cities: Skylines. Sam and Peter have been hard at work managing their citizens needs and wants in a manner that's got them thinking about whether a game can ever truly escape being “political”.

45:33 - “What would you dive into a pool of?” That's the question posed to us by @Adamski_UK via Twitter, and the answers are... well... you'll hear soon enough. And if you've got a question for the chaps then please DM them to us on Twitter or Facebook, or mail them via stayinginpod@gmail.com

That, plus the story of two prawn cocktails, with Dan (@ThisDanFrost), Kris (@DigitalStrider), Peter (@XeroXeroXero), and Sam (@MrSamTurner).

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Sunday Jul 15, 2018

Loffee, FTL: Faster Than Light, and Into the Breach - Ep59

Sunday Jul 15, 2018

01:06 - We've not talked about it before, but Sam absolutely LOVES vinegar. So much so that he gives his chips a "double soak", which is about as eye-wateringly acidic as you think.

05:24 - What we HAVE talked about before is seasonal playlists for music, and it being Summer, we think Loffee is the perfect accompaniment to this time of year.

10:23 - Kris went to Dortmund and had a lovely time of it, but he discovered two shocking things. 1) that he actually does like beer (when it's accompanied by fruit and / or vodka), and 2) that you can swap out the sausage from “pigs in blankets” for an entirely unexpected ingredient and it's pretty hecking tasty.

16:05 - XCOM 2 is "probably my favourite game" says Sam, and it's got to partly be due to the fact you can name your characters. And on that note...

17:58 - Dan's been playing FTL: Faster Than Light and Sam's been playing Into the Breach, both of which are from Subset Games and in both of which you can re-name your characters (so that's an immediate thumbs up, obviously). They both talk about why they're enjoying these games so much, delving into FTL's roguelike spaceship-em-up and Into the Breach's mech puzzle strategy.

35:36 - This section is all about Sam’s Leaking Pipe™.

41:00 - Dan's thrown more money at the upcoming Shenmue III, to snag himself a physical copy of the game. So it feels like a good time to discuss why the originals were so pioneering back in the day and, to some extent, how they were very demanding of their players.

52:09 - And we have another question to read out, this time courtesy of Richard from We're Not Wizards, and it's all about tattoos and cannibalism, so that's nice.

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So catch up with Dan (@ThisDanFrost), Kris (@DigitalStrider), and Sam (@MrSamTurner) in this episode and, if you've got this far in the description of this podcast then, hello friend, we would love for you to vote for us over on the PodcastAwards.com, full details of how to do so are right at the start of this episode.

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Sunday Jul 01, 2018

The Last of Us Part II, Gain Ground, and McQueen - Ep58

Sunday Jul 01, 2018

Take me down to time stamp city, where the times are stamped and it's not actually a city;

0:00 - We find out all about a very special carb-based de-stress routine and a very exciting (?) Bristol corner shop.

4:40 - It's back to the late 80s and early 90s for a spot of reminiscing on Seinfeld, as well as Peter's secret favourite subject, Gain Ground, on account of him currently playing SEGA Mega Drive Classics. There's also an explanation of how evolution works that probably has Darwin spinning in his grave.

20:35 - Yeah yeah, E3 2018 is long gone, but by jove Kris wants to talk about Spyro Trilogy Reignited as he's a huge fan of that purple dragon. We also decide that both the Resident Evil 2 Remake and the Final Fantasy VII Remake are poisoned chalices, and relate all this to Gus Van Sant's 1998 remake of Psycho, because we're fancy like that.

32:00 - More E3 chat here, focused on some god tier trolling by certain video game studios, and Dan's love of the look of The Last of Us Part II. We go into the important questions: does the original need a sequel when it has THAT ending? Will it deliver something the first one didn't? And why have a load of dorks got all flustered about a kiss?

43:10 - Kris has been off to the cinema (no details on if he used The Grift or not, sadly) and he's seen a documentary called McQueen. Appropriately it's a documentary about legendary fashion designer Alexander McQueen who, from all accounts, was a right cheeky chancer. Kris thought the film was great, and he'll tell you why.

46:53 - Oh my gosh, it's our first ever listener question and it's a strong one. A huge thank you to @Laneit360 for sending us it, and if you have one for us, you can get in touch via direct message on Facebook or Twitter, or e-mail us via the address listed on our Contact Us page.

And then at the fifty seven minute and thirty eight seconds mark, all the wittering from Dan (@ThisDanFrost), Kris (@DigitalStrider), and Peter (@XeroXeroXero) is over for, oh, about another two weeks from now.

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