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Merry Christmas, folks! Thank you for another year of listening to Link to the Cast. We're wrapping up our Game of the Year recordings, which will be ready from Jan 1st. In the meantime, we have a Christmas special as we are delighted to be joined by Peter Willington @xeroxeroxero to talk about our favourite average games of all time. We discuss how we got to 7/10 as the apex of average in review scoring, Suda 51, the influence of the sandbox genre, Dave Mirra, Robot Wars, Syberia, Walking simulators, and much more! 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’. linktr.ee/linktothecast 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.wordpress.com / linktothecast@gmail.com @linktothecast on Twitter The lads are: ► @thedaytodave ► @lithiumproject ► @jacklayzell ► @garrettkidney

00:30 Gearing up for Game of the Year 10:45 The Menu 18:20 Ronaldo O Fenomeno 23:40 Home Alone 2 35:00 High on Life 43:30 Wind Waker 20th Anniversary 48:40 PS5 Witcher 3 53:20 God of War Ragnarok 58:25 Geoguesser 71:50 Steam Deck emulation fun 78:20 Dave's weird quiz segment with a twist ending! 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’. linktr.ee/linktothecast 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.wordpress.com / linktothecast@gmail.com @linktothecast on Twitter The lads are: ► @thedaytodave ► @lithiumproject ► @jacklayzell ► @garrettkidney The Grap Up- a once in a while pro wrestling podcast with Mark and Bryan Rose Many thanks to Aaron Good @tbone_doog for our intro theme.

Polling now open for our Game of The Year tie-breaker poll! https://forms.gle/hiC92N6q1MQSzX2J8 In a new Link to the Cast, someone left Dave and Garrett unsupervised for a week to talk all manner of nonsense: 00:00:35 - Topical Brexit Gags, Seasonal Weather 00:04:40 - Christmas Part Capers 00:10:20 - Criminal Minds is back, in Pog Form! 00:21:50 - Dave is a stranger in a Strange World 00:30:30 - Xenoblade is Garrett's Game of The Year of The Week 00:43:00 - Dave's Elden Ring Update 00:52:00 -Emulation Station 01:00:42 - Marvel Snap hype 01:15:05 - The Keighleys - All The Winners 01:33:30 - Announcements and trailers from The Game Awards 01:53:30 - Bad Game Man makes Bad Tweets

00:30 Humming, attempting to live without sleep and breaking cages 09:20 Mario trailer number 2 and will it be better than Sonic 18:20 What We Do in the Shadows 25:20 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 35:35 Guardians of the Galaxy Xmas Special 38:00 Garrett's post Frasier devastation 39:40 Beavis and Butthead 40:55 Julia 41:50 Mark's still hooked on Marvel Snap 48:00 Jackass: The Game 56:50 Sonic Frontiers 67:25 Jack finishes Pokemon and Garrett's thoughts 91:30 Microsoft to make EU concessions in Activison/Blizzard deal 97:00 Nintendo acknowledge Pokemon issues, release patch 100:25 Gamepass December selection 106:25 Catch the mouse, don't look down... 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’. linktr.ee/linktothecast 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.wordpress

2022 is almost over as Bryan and Mark talk all the big wrestling news of November including: - WWE Survivor Series WarGames - AEW Full Gear - NJPW/Stardom Historic X-Over - NWA Hard Times - And more!

00:30 World Cup watching habits, what we're wearing and has Mark outgrown band shirts 14:10 White Chicks and Vanessa Carlton 16:30 Andor is awesome and Disney Plus Star Wars content 32:15 Confess, Fletch! 37:10 Evil West 44:35 Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, jank and Gamefreak's future 71:30 Mark's God of War Ragnarok thoughts 88:00 Jack debates Mark's view GOW points and Game of the Year thoughts 99:45 High first week sales on GOW and Pokemon show game industry alive 104:05 Netflix dip into AAA video games market 110:20 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC Wave 3 112:25 Tetris the Grand Master 116:05 Making my way down town... 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’. linktr.ee/linktothecast 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.wordpress.com / linktothecast@gmail.com @linktotheca

00:30 Strange old time for a World Cup and effect on players 07:15 The numerous issues with playing a World Cup in Qatar 15:20 Missing names we wish were there 19:15 Group A (Ecuador, Netherlands, Qatar, Senegal) 33:40 Group B (England, Iran, USA, Wales) 52:45 Group C (Poland, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Argentina) 68:35 Group D (Denmark, Tunisia, France, Australia) 83:00 Group E (Costa Rica, Germany, Japan, Spain) 98:55 Group F (Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Morocco) 115:35 Group G (Brazil, Cameroon, Serbia, Switzerland) 133:20 Group H (Ghana, Portugal, South Korea, Uruguay) 149:30 Tournament Bracket Picks 158:55 Our individual picks (Winner, Top Scorer, Dark Horse, Potential Flop) 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’. linktr.ee/linktothecast 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: li

00:30 Twitter shambles ongoing, parody accounts and Musk exposure 06:45 Wakanda Forever [No major spoilers] 19:40 Smile 23:20 Once Upon a Jester 30:10 Mark's still on the Marvel Snap train 39:40 Signalis 54:55 God of War Ragnarok early impressions 66:00 RIP Kevin Conroy 71:10 George Clooney for some reason 72:05 God of War Ragnarok day one sales bigger than previous 76:30 Nintendo Switch redesigned to be more energy efficient 83:00 Worst ending to the show ever 88:00 Let's talk about love 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’. linktr.ee/linktothecast 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.wordpress.com / linktothecast@gmail.com @linktothecast on Twitter The lads are: ► @thedaytodave ► @lithiumproject ► @jacklayzell ► @garrettkidney The Grap Up- a once in a while

00:30 Reclaiming "gamer", full names and more bad Bane 07:20 Weird - The Al Yankovic Story 13:00 The Devil's Hour and Peter Capaldi 19:20 Hocus Pocus Two...cus 24:35 24 (Jack Bauer init) 34:50 Bayonetta 45:25 Dave's Elden Ring adventures 61:10 Game of the Year thinking and an exclusive 62:50 Railbound and Jack bought a Steam Deck 69:25 Mario and Rabids 73:30 Playstation Plus loses 2 million subscribers 86:45 PSVR2 is £530 and Sony dodging retail 100:45 Musk Twitter meltdown continues with Nibel leaving among others 119:00 Twitter taking over from message boards 125:25 Who's tweeted the most from the pod 133:25 Ham On 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’. linktr.ee/linktothecast 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.wordpress.com / linktothecast@gmail.com @linkt

Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online editor Bryan Rose and Mark Robinson discuss all the major events from October, including Extreme Rules, AEW's build to Full Gear later this month, everything going on in New Japan Pro Wrestling, Triplemania XXX in Mexico City, and more!

00:30 Halloween Plans, Garrett is a fraud and Mark has two announcements 11:00 Garrett's Halloween Ends takes 16:30 Garrett's Black Adam takes 20:50 Future of the DC Universe 25:35 Doctor Who regeneration and a familiar friend 34:00 28 Days Haunted 41:40 The Banshees of Inisherin 49:05 Minimal bells and whistles, great scripts and good actors = win 52:55 The Captain (Jeter documentary) 56:45 Twilight Zone and so much Goosebumps 64:45 Mario and Rabids Sparks of Hope 71:10 Brief Bayonetta 3 thoughts 74:15 Jack went back to Burnout 3 80:40 Mark hits an Elden Ring wall 83:35 Trombone Champ 88:45 Final Fantasy (NES) 96:10 Marvel Snap 106:25 Modern Warfare 2's disc has 70MB of data on it 117:25 The Calisto Protocol cancelled in Japan 122:45 Algorithmic suggestions 126:25 Metaverse, legs and social media 128:45 Sega aiming to create "super game" 136:35 A graveyard smash 137:20 Woofbius Like, listen, share and subscribe, we appreciate any love from you fine people. We are available on most podcast platforms, just s

00:30 Mark's retro sickness and Jack's retro laziness 04:15 Konami's Silent Hill remakes and showcase 19:05 Will there be an MGS remake from Konami 24:35 Resident Evil 4 remake looks great 28:10 Black Adam [Spoiler Free], DC movies and needle drops 41:15 Halloween Ends and the Halloween sequels 59:25 Ringu 65:10 Thor Love and Thunder rewatch 72:00 Vanquish 79:50 Cultic 83:25 PGA 2K23 and EA games licensing and franchises 99:00 Dave resampling Cyberpunk again 103:00 Dave's reconnnecting with Tetris 106:00 Dave retries Elden Ring and Mark gets deeper into the madness 113:40 Bayonetta 3 controversy 122:00 Perfect Dark Decomplied 128:50 No colours any more 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’. linktr.ee/linktothecast 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.wordpress

00:30 Mark's games bunker, Jack's been to Milan and European travel 9:40 She-Hulk finale, a Garrett Kidney rant 26:25 Amsterdam, a Jack Layzell rant 41:50 Vengeance 48:00 Dave's spooky movie rundown 61:00 The Midnight Club and Mike Flanagan 66:20 Roise and Frank 68:45 Rings of Power finale 74:30 Dave was at a religious fireworks festival in Malta 76:30 Elden Ring and Mark's a Souls guy now 95:50 Batman Arkham Knight 102:00 Jack starts Live a Live and Mark finishes Live a Live 117:45 Garrett plays Tinykin 120:45 Garrett gets a SteamDeck 124:00 Niantic customer service 125:40 Final Fantasy Distant Worlds 129:40 FIFA partner with Roblox 133:10 ZA/UM talent exodus 143:00 Garrett's last knife in on She-Hulk 144:35 Hulk sad 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’. linktr.ee/linktothecast 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

00:30 Garretts Kidney, Mark eats the dumb crisps, Matt Berry and 2006 culture 14:00 Super Mario Bros Trailer 23:05 Daredevil is the only good thing about She-Hulk 29:15 Taskmaster Season 14 38:00 Mark reads BossFight book on GoldenEye: 007 50:10 Mark gets his Steamdeck and emulation 71:10 Tinykin 77:00 Metal Hellsinger 88:30 Fandom obtains RedVentures (inc GameFAQs, Game Spot and Giant Bomg) 98:00 Tattoo artist wins claim against TakeTwo over Orton's tattoos 103:50 New Pokemon trailer with sparkles, picnics and a big giraffe 107:40 Steamdeck can now be ordered without reservation 110:35 The devil of hell's kitchen 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’. linktr.ee/linktothecast 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.wordpress.com / linktothecast@gmail.com @linktoth

Mark and Bryan are back to discuss Return to Monkey Island, Clash at the Castle, CM Punk, All Out, Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix, and much more! 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’. linktr.ee/linktothecast 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: The Grap Up on Twitter ► @lithiumproject ► @br26

00:30 Mark has a hangover, Jack gains a PigRock and Mark's confidence 06:45 Suprise segment intro: Top 10 songs from movies that sucked or failed 09:00 Song number 1 10:45 Song number 2 14:15 Song number 3 16:35 Song number 4 19:00 Song number 5 22:15 Song number 6 24:25 Song number 7 26:30 Song number 8 29:10 Song number 9 32:15 Song number 10 36:10 Dave's honourable mention and other assorted tidbits 40:30 Moonage Daydream 50:45 Dave catches up with She-Hulk 59:50 Don't Worry Darling 70:00 Sorry we're still playing Splatoon 3 75:50 Mark has been playing other things like Return to Monkey Island 85:10 Shovel Knight Dig 89:20 Google puts an end to Stadia 102:35 Saudi Arabia putting lots of money into gaming 108:20 Vampire Survivors gets 1.0 release 111:30 The valley of the shadow of death 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’. linktr.ee/linktothecast If you wanna contact us for our mailbag,

00:30 Garrett vs Sleep, Dave Ryan's dark hotel adventures and Known Cowards in the post office 10:30 Dave intros the Cola Bottle Tayto payoff 15:20 The best flavours of crisps and which cola bottles are best 17:00 Jack tries the crisps 21:45 Garrett tries the crisps 25:45 Bodies, Bodies, Bodies 33:30 Andor first episode vibes 37:45 Garrett is on Season 7 of Frasier 43:00 Dave goes on a Kevin Smith mini-marathon 55:30 The lads are obsessively playing Splatoon 3 feat. Teabagger 75:15 John Allen chases clout and gives away Ubisoft secrets 84:20 The GTA 6 leaks 90:00 Twitch turns heel on 70% revenue earners 96:30 Dunkey starts his own indie publishing company 102:30 Feel good hit 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’. linktr.ee/linktothecast 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:

00:30 Limp Bizkit, Dave's a Chargers guy now and Garrett disapproves 05:50 Promising Young Woman 10:45 Devil in Ohio 17:10 Dave has a Jack Black movie marathon (School of Rock, Tropic Thunder, Pick of Destiny) 26:50 Garrett has not seen many Jack Black move, has no idea who Tenacious D are and hates The Rock now 36:20 See How They Run 40:55 Clerks 3 and Kevin Smith in 2022 56:45 Splatoon 3 absolutely slaps 69:55 Mark finishing off Rogue Legacy 2 72:50 Midnight Fight Express 76:30 Layoffs at video game media oulet Future 82:45 Tencent also making layoffs and video game coverage future lies in independence 88:25 So many video game announcements (Ubi, Sony, Nintendo, Disney etc) 99:05 How Long to Beat integrated into Xbox app 102:35 Gran Turismo movie with Orlando Bloom and David Harbour 107:40 What else can Sony make a movie? 109:45 L... I... M... P... say it... discover Like, listen, share and subscribe, we appreciate any love from you fine people. We are available on most podcast platforms, just search ‘Link

Mark and Bryan are back chatting HHH's booking, Karrion Kross, the G1, AEW, Rev Pro's 10th Anniversary and much more! 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’. linktr.ee/linktothecast 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: The Grap Up on Twitter ► @lithiumproject ► @br26

00:30 Mark weighs in on moustaches, GOTY approaches, dance mats and Cardiff 15:00 Jack's quick thoughts on She Hulk ep4 and Welcome to Wrexham ep 3-6 19:00 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 26:20 Beast and Idris Elba's career 31:45 Garrett's nerd free Rings of Power review 40:25 Jack and Mark's takes on Immortality and old FMV games 60:00 Mark replays Ocarina of Time and Zelda games with touchscreens 68:05 Splatoon 3 Squids x Kids 80:00 Sony's new mobile PlayStation studio 94:25 Ninja's "mental health issues" as a publicity stunt 107:50 Cupcakes vs Muffins 109:40 By the ocean... 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’. linktr.ee/linktothecast 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.wordpress.com / linktothecast@gmail.com @linktothecast on Twitter The lads are: ► @t