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The only thing tastier than pancakes is a fresh new slice of LTTC! *Mark has been hittin' dem trials *Dave talks about a game where you are an Ape... that has to Escape (it's called Ape Out) *Anthem can brick your PS4 *Steam is wrapped up in its latest PR fiasco *Academics want game companies to share details on lootboxes (good luck with that And in our book club feature, we're talking about a damn fine platformer for the 90s that turned into one of the finest and funniest cartoons of the 90s, as we look back at the utterly insane, Earthworm Jim. _________ Like, listen, share and subscribe, we appreciate any love from you fine people. We are available on most podcast platforms, just search ‘Link to The Cast’. iTunes: itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/link-…d1041159027?mt=2 Now on Spotify!: open.spotify.com/show/2QWaUsReOViuacpts1HcSI Soundcloud: @link-to-the-cast Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/link-to-…-cast?refid=stpr If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to ke

Hello. Video Games. *Mark saw a film *Dave heaps more praise on Resident Evil 2 and we discuss which category it would be applicable come GOTY season *THQ Nordic with the single most boneheaded unforced PR error in YEARS *Anthem has bombed critically, what now? *Detective Pikachu gets quite the trailer. Our book club feature this week is on a game that unfortunately is now unavailable, but it's still an excellent book, an excellent film, and an excellent game! It's Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game. _________ Like, listen, share and subscribe, we appreciate any love from you fine people. We are available on most podcast platforms, just search ‘Link to The Cast’. iTunes: itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/link-…d1041159027?mt=2 Now on Spotify!: open.spotify.com/show/2QWaUsReOViuacpts1HcSI Soundcloud: @link-to-the-cast Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/link-to-…-cast?refid=stpr If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it’s posted

A day late and a dollar short, Link to the Cast eases you into the weekend in characteristic style by talking all the latest and greatest in video games: *Wargroove-cast Week 2 *A sin tax on violent games? *Chernobyl Chat *Division 2 is hopefully ironing the kinks out of its Beta Our book club this week is a tower defence phenomenon that took over the world: Plants vs. Zombies! _________ Like, listen, share and subscribe, we appreciate any love from you fine people. We are available on most podcast platforms, just search ‘Link to The Cast’. iTunes: itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/link-…d1041159027?mt=2 Now on Spotify!: https://open.spotify.com/show/2QWaUsReOViuacpts1HcSI Soundcloud: @link-to-the-cast Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/link-to-…-cast?refid=stpr If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it’s posted, check out the following: linktothecast.eu linktothecast@gmail.com facebook.com/linktothecast @linktothecast on Twi

A new Link to the Cast is here to soothe the savage soul. On the show this week:  *Mark journeys to new realities *WAR-GODDAMN-GROOVE *A studio staffing story that's actually good? In our book club this week, a divisive but memorable one from the N64, the collectathon on cocaine: it's Donkey Kong 64! _________ Like, listen, share and subscribe, we appreciate any love from you fine people. We are available on most podcast platforms, just search ‘Link to The Cast’. iTunes: itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/link-…d1041159027?mt=2 Now on Spotify!: https://open.spotify.com/show/2QWaUsReOViuacpts1HcSI Soundcloud: @link-to-the-cast Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/link-to-…-cast?refid=stpr If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it’s posted, check out the following: linktothecast.eu linktothecast@gmail.com facebook.com/linktothecast @linktothecast on Twitter (the lads are @thedaytodave and @lithiumproject ) twitch.tv/linktothecast

Well fancy seeing you here! We have a special mini Grap Up as a surprise for you all! Recorded in a car somewhere in deepest darkest Monaghan, join Dave, Days of Thunder's Lee Malone ( @Malone_913 on Twitter) and Johnny ( @Bohsjohnny ) as they break down the highs and lows of OTT Unfinished Business in Belfast and where it leaves us on the road to Scrappermania V in March. _________ Like, listen, share and subscribe, we appreciate any love from you fine people. We are available on most podcast platforms, just search ‘Link to The Cast’. iTunes: itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/link-…d1041159027?mt=2 Soundcloud: @link-to-the-cast Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/link-to-…-cast?refid=stpr If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it’s posted, check out the following: linktothecast.eu linktothecast@gmail.com facebook.com/linktothecast @linktothecast on Twitter (the lads are @thedaytodave and @lithiumproject ) twitch.tv/linktothecast ww

Feels like it's been forever, but your regularly scheduled Link to the Cast is back! Listen in as Dave and Mark get all caught up: *What the hell have we been up to? *Resident Evil 2 Remake and Into The Breach *Oh Randy, oh no... *UK Parliament, who definitely aren't busy with anything else right now, begin looking into gambling in video games Our book club looks at a game that tried to make the GTA formula its own, and succeeded more than most: Sleeping Dogs _________ Like, listen, share and subscribe, we appreciate any love from you fine people. We are available on most podcast platforms, just search ‘Link to The Cast’. iTunes: itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/link-…d1041159027?mt=2 Soundcloud: @link-to-the-cast Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/link-to-…-cast?refid=stpr If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it’s posted, check out the following: linktothecast.eu linktothecast@gmail.com facebook.com/linktothecast @linkto

Hello you lovely folks, and welcome back to the Grap Up. Recorded in two parts (before and after the Royal Rumble), Dave, Mark, and first time guest Friend of The Show Keith Broni ( @KeithBroni on Twitter) sit around to talk NXT Takeover Phoenix, Rumble predictions, and post Rumble thoughts. A fun show. Now I must sleep forever.  _________ Like, listen, share and subscribe, we appreciate any love from you fine people. We are available on most podcast platforms, just search ‘Link to The Cast’. iTunes: itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/link-…d1041159027?mt=2 Soundcloud: @link-to-the-cast Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/link-to-…-cast?refid=stpr If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it’s posted, check out the following: linktothecast.eu linktothecast@gmail.com facebook.com/linktothecast @linktothecast on Twitter (the lads are @thedaytodave and @lithiumproject ) twitch.tv/linktothecast www.youtube.com/channel/UC8tQR9nEJw2KbTQ9Xd23D

We're back! This time with something a little different! Mark is joined by special guest Rich Kraetsch from Voices of Wrestling to look at not only one wrestling game, but all of them! (Ok, we may have missed a few on purpose). We go through all the big hitters, some of the lesser known titles, and, of course, discuss some of the very worst games of all time. You can follow Voices of Wrestling at @voiceswrestling on twitter. We'll be back very soon with your regularly scheduled LTTC. _________ Like, listen, share and subscribe, we appreciate any love from you fine people. We are available on most podcast platforms, just search ‘Link to The Cast’. iTunes: itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/link-…d1041159027?mt=2 Soundcloud: @link-to-the-cast Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/link-to-…-cast?refid=stpr If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it’s posted, check out the following: linktothecast.eu linktothecast@gmail.com facebook.co

Pop the giant coke zero, cos the film boys are back! After a long time away, the popcorn social is here to chat about: *The best and worst of what we've seen in the last few months *Our deep dives into films from the past where Jack begins by picking heart-wrenching documentary Amy. *Then Dave goes an entirely different way by picking The Greatest Film of All Time Gone in 60 Seconds *The return of the RT predictions game __________ Like, listen, share and subscribe, we appreciate any love from you fine people. We are available on most podcast platforms, just search ‘Link to The Cast’. iTunes: itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/link-…d1041159027?mt=2 Soundcloud: @link-to-the-cast Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/link-to-…-cast?refid=stpr If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it’s posted, check out the following: linktothecast.eu linktothecast@gmail.com facebook.com/linktothecast @linktothecast on Twitter twitch.tv/linkt

And we are back with our first Grap Up of 2019! We kinda had to as every January 4th we get the other Granddaddy of them all, Wrestle Kindom. New Japan Pro Wrestling offered us another stacked card this year, so Mark and special guest Bryan Rose @br26 sat down to discuss all the happenings from the Tokyo Dome, plus the fallout from the next night's New Years' Dash as well as wondering where the company might be heading in 2019. Thanks for listening! We'll be back to talk about the Rumble at the end of the month. _________ Like, listen, share and subscribe, we appreciate any love from you fine people. We are available on most podcast platforms, just search ‘Link to The Cast’. iTunes: itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/link-…d1041159027?mt=2 Soundcloud: @link-to-the-cast Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/link-to-…-cast?refid=stpr If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it’s posted, check out the following: linktothecast.eu linktothec

We're back for more arguments! Listen in for part 2 as the usual GOTY panel of Dave, Mark, Jack and Barry and our trusty listener vote attempt to determine winners in the following categories: Best Music (Score or Soundtrack) The Peter Willington Memorial ‘It’s like a ham sandwich or Keane’ Award for Okayest Game 2018's Game of...not 2018 (A game released prior to January 1 2018 that got either a new port, HD remake or substantial DLC in 2018) Best Multiplayer Game 2018’s Game of The Year Thank you to everyone who voted to help us decide a couple of clinchers! Also a massive thank you to everyone who has listened over the past 12 months. We'll be back soon with more of your regularly scheduled Link to the Cast, along with a few other treats! _________ Like, listen, share and subscribe, we appreciate any love from you fine people. We are available on most podcast platforms, just search ‘Link to The Cast’. iTunes: itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/link-…d1041159027?mt=2 Soundcloud: @link-to-the-cast Stitcher: 

This one is for all the marbles folks, as a new year brings about our traditional season finale- the Game of the Year extravaganza! Listen in for this part as the usual GOTY panel of Dave, Mark, Jack and Barry and our trusty listener vote attempt to determine winners in the following categories: The Konami Korner Award for Video Game people being Trash Disappointment of the Year Gaming Moment of The Year Best Story Best Looking Game We'll be back on Friday with the final part of GOTY, including the awards for Best Music, okayest game, and of course Game of The Year! _________ Like, listen, share and subscribe, we appreciate any love from you fine people. We are available on most podcast platforms, just search ‘Link to The Cast’. iTunes: itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/link-…d1041159027?mt=2 Soundcloud: @link-to-the-cast Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/link-to-…-cast?refid=stpr If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it’s posted

Ahoy-hoy, Link to the Cast is back, and it's beginning to look a lot like Game of the Year. With preparations will underway, the lads take some time to catch up: *Dave has his recording space back, huzzah! *Mark has been playing Donut County, Dave is exploring new realities. *Sonic movie posters are nightmare fuel. *Epic Games making moves on the PC gaming market Our book club this week continues our tour of our GOTY nominees (which you con vote on at https://goo.gl/forms/5kAeRkgj6x2UxRy23 ) as we talk Minit, Celeste and Spider-Man! _________ Like, listen, share and subscribe, we appreciate any love from you fine people. We are available on most podcast platforms, just search ‘Link to The Cast’. iTunes: itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/link-…d1041159027?mt=2 Soundcloud: @link-to-the-cast Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/link-to-…-cast?refid=stpr If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it’s posted, check out the following:

December already? Link to the Cast is back to start counting out the year, as Dave and Mark catch up and have much to gab about: *Hitman 2 and Guacamelee 2 provide more of the same, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. *Sony pulls out of E3 *Cliffy B takes his chainsaw and goes home *Some early rumours of what we might see at The Game Awards aka The Keighleys this year? Our Book Club this week casts an eye to our year end festivities as we start our look at out Game of The Year nominees with OnRush, Yoku's Island Express, and God of War _________ Like, listen, share and subscribe, we appreciate any love from you fine people. We are available on most podcast platforms, just search ‘Link to The Cast’. iTunes: itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/link-…d1041159027?mt=2 Soundcloud: @link-to-the-cast Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/link-to-…-cast?refid=stpr If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it’s posted, check out the following:

Hey, remember this show? That's right, the Grap off has been dusted off as Dave, Mark and Barry have quite a chunk to talk about: *Becky Lynch holding up an entire company of fallen stars *An NXT roundup *The NXT UK contract bomb that dropped this week. *Assessing OTT's phenomenal 2018. *Anything else we're watching *One month out from the end of the year, what would win our match/wrestler of the year? We'll be back around Royal Rumble time, but in the meantime enjoy yourselves some graps kids! _________ Like, listen, share and subscribe, we appreciate any love from you fine people. We are available on most podcast platforms, just search ‘Link to The Cast’. iTunes: itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/link-…d1041159027?mt=2 Soundcloud: @link-to-the-cast Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/link-to-…-cast?refid=stpr If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it’s posted, check out the following: linktothecast.eu linktothecast@gmail.com f

Oh hey! Thanks for stopping by. It's Dave's turn to a do a disappearing act this week, but don't worry, as usual, Jack is here to keep the ship steady. - Detective Pikachu is kind of amazing - Stan Lee RIP - Mega Man 11 is destroying Mark - Nintendo sue for $12 million about some ROMs - We discuss the latest controversy surrounding YouTube and RDR2 Finally, for a book club this week, we take a chance to talk about a game we couldn't do when Dave is around (he doesn't like it) as Mark and Jack journey back to 2008 to talk about Grand Theft Auto IV - with minimal cousin Nico jokes. _________ Like, listen, share and subscribe, we appreciate any love from you fine people. We are available on most podcast platforms, just search ‘Link to The Cast’. iTunes: itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/link-…d1041159027?mt=2 Soundcloud: @link-to-the-cast Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/link-to-…-cast?refid=stpr If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content

Howdy all,  Link to the Cast here, saddling up for yet another adventure. Tip your ha.....never mind. Jack Layzell stands in for Mark this week as he and Dave talk about all the latest and greatest in video games, including: repeated attempts to derail ourselves into a Popcorn Social episode with a big TV catch up. Some new game about the Old West? Ever think those Pokémon needed some Jesus? And in our Book Club, a game that has been a glaring omission from our hallowed halls thus far: Resident Evil! _______ Like, listen, share and subscribe, we appreciate any love from you fine people. We are available on most podcast platforms, just search ‘Link to The Cast’. iTunes: itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/link-…d1041159027?mt=2 Soundcloud: @link-to-the-cast Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/link-to-…-cast?refid=stpr If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it’s posted, check out the following: linktothecast.eu linktothecast@gmail.com

Greetings traveller, and welcome to another edition of Link to the Cast! The boys return for a much less problematic recording session where they discuss: Mark's thoughts on Spider-Man Dave's early Tomb Raider impressions. PS4 name changes finally on the way. Rockstar put foot in mouth over crunch issues. Our books club this week certainly dates our hosts as 90s kids, as we go back to a time where games on a phone were a mind-blowing concept: Snake! _______ Like, listen, share and subscribe, we appreciate any love from you fine people. We are available on most podcast platforms, just search ‘Link to The Cast’. iTunes: itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/link-…d1041159027?mt=2 Soundcloud: @link-to-the-cast Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/link-to-…-cast?refid=stpr If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it’s posted, check out the following: linktothecast.eu linktothecast@gmail.com facebook.com/linktothecast @linktothecast on Twitter

Dave is off to Germany this weekend, but the lads make sure the pod train keeps on a rollin' with this week's ep: *Some tv chat as Mark actually remembers what the box his furniture points at does. *Dave's revisiting some stuff before jumping into Tomb Raider soon *A Harry Potter RPG is on the way *Seattle PD attempt to tackle the serious issue of swatting. Our book club tackles the game that got Insomniac to the outrageous hit of this year's Spider-Man: the underrated Sunset Overdrive! _______ Like, listen, share and subscribe, we appreciate any love from you fine people. We are available on most podcast platforms, just search ‘Link to The Cast’. iTunes: itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/link-…d1041159027?mt=2 Soundcloud: @link-to-the-cast Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/link-to-…-cast?refid=stpr If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it’s posted, check out the following: linktothecast.eu linktothecast@gmail.com facebook.c

In true cast fashion, a day late and a dollar short, but here we are! Mark and his laptop charger return to the show to discuss a hectic week: *Telltale Games collapses abruptly *Dave's FIFA 19 first impressions *The pissbabies are at it again Our book club this week is an absolute classic as we cast our minds back to childhood fun and platforming (and some light kidnapping in the case of one of our hosts): Super Mario Bros. 3! _______ Like, listen, share and subscribe, we appreciate any love from you fine people. We are available on most podcast platforms, just search ‘Link to The Cast’. iTunes: itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/link-…d1041159027?mt=2 Soundcloud: @link-to-the-cast Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/link-to-…-cast?refid=stpr If you wanna contact us for our mailbag, or just to say hi, or if you just want to keep up to date on our content as it’s posted, check out the following: linktothecast.eu linktothecast@gmail.com facebook.com/linktothecast @linktothecast on Twitter (the lads are @the