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  • The Last Storyteller (Tanked Up 364)

    Ben and Lucy return to share their week in video games over a beer. Ben says he hasn’t played anything but is lying and Lucy asks him about The Last of Us Remastered. Lucy has put a little, but impactful time into Storyteller, a short game from Daniel Benmergui....
  • Revisiting Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

    The Lost Legacy is one final slice of Uncharted. It’s not a necessary piece of the puzzle or particularly bold in any of its choices; it’s a smaller, lesser affair than Uncharted 4, and is simply an excuse for one last ride. It almost seems a waste to develop...
  • Revisiting Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End

    Moving straight from Uncharted 3 to Uncharted 4, the truly insane level of innovation between the games is clear to behold. Technologically, A Thief’s End is in another league and it’s difficult to truly compare it against the earlier trilogy other than to say it’s gorgeous and plays wonderfully....
  • Revisiting Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

    Uncharted 3 is a game of great ambitions. It tries to do so much, expand on so much, and if effort was the only metric on which to judge, it would be the best game in the series so far. But, maybe because of its rapid two-year development, it...
  • Revisiting Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

    Nathan Drake goes on an adventure. Following clues left by a legendary explorer, he tracks down an ancient treasure while being hunted by a villain and his army and falling in love with Elena Fisher. He uncovers a previous Nazi expedition before finding his prize guarded by supernatural creatures...
  • Revisiting Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune

    The first time we see Nathan Drake he’s jamming a crowbar into an ancient coffin; it’s hard to think of a more perfect opening image for the Uncharted series. Drake may be a tenacious, unsubtle, rough-around-the-edges everyman with questionable levels of professionalism, but since the release of Uncharted: Drake’s...
  • The Last of Us Part III – Exploring Ideas

    Following Lucy and Ben’s discussion one year on from The Last of Us Part II they explore and discuss what they want from Part III (If it ever exists). They run through possible story ideas, which characters may be the focus and whether it could be a ‘The Last...
  • The Last of Us Part II – One year on

    We are one year on from the release of Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us Part II; one of, subjectively, 2020’s best games. Lucy and Ben get together to discuss the game and the lasting effects it has had on them. The whole game is discussed so, spoilers. ​...
  • Tanked Up 251 – The last Thomas was alone in Mutropolis

    We’ve all been mopping up a few games but we did find time between episodes to return to Thomas Was Alone with Aadil playing the new Switch release (Available now). Ben also delves into his choice of actors to round out the cast of The Last of Us for...