Number 11 - The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages, The Binding of Isaac, Full Throttle

Minty yonders around, well, Yonder, as well as the Pokemon DLC.

Chris beats Yonder, and blasts through a few stages of The Master Chief Collection.

Jonathan has a baby.

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Jonathan bigs up a pocket-rocket of a Zelda adventure in Oracle of Ages, one half of Capcom's Gameboy Color duology.

Minty flashes back to The Binding of Isaac's initial release.

Chris points in the direction of Full Throttle, a mid-90s adventure game that just clicked.

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Number 12 - Pharaoh, Wario Land 2, Animal Crossing: New Leaf

J. DUNN has some STRONG opinions on GLASS MASQUERADE and multitasks Mike Bithell's SOLITAIRE CONSPIRACY when he OUGHT TO BE WORKING!

C. DOW draws near the end of YONDER, takes a bunch of SILLY PICTURES and plays the SONY PLAYSTATION VITA in his BED!

M. BOOTH also begins his journey through YONDER and questions the VALUE of his POTATOES! 

And then…

Hear about crafting, resource management, and ancient history in Minty's 12th favourite video game of all time, Pharaoh!

Hear about invincibility, subversion and art history in Chris' 12th favourite video game of all time, Wario Land II!

Hear about routine, collection and wide-eyed orphans in Jonathan's 12th favourite video game of all time, Animal Crossing: New Leaf!

Number 13 - Streets of Rage 2, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask

To celebrate seven full rotations of the earth, we've prepared a new podcast. About video games. For you!

The quiz delivers a cruel twist… (CRASH!) 
Chris picks up Yonder, a soft pillow of a game… (BANG!) 
Minty vanquishes Xenoblade… (WALLOP!) 
Jonathan gives a seasonal update on Animal Crossing… (WHAT A VIDEO GAME!) 

Unlucky number 13? Nah, mate… All killer!

Did you know that Jonathan's number 17, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, has inadvertently become Minty's number 13 or that Minty's number 17, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, has become Jonathan's 13?

Did you know that Chris is waffling about some Sega Mega Drive game again?

Play these games! Then talk about these games! And at some point, find time to listen to us talk about these games!

Number 14 - The Witness, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean

Oh my golly gosh, would you wrap your ears around this WHOPPER of an episode!

Jonathan masters Resident Evil Revelations, is undone by the architectural malaise of Doom 3, enjoys Pokémon's recent DLC drop, hypes himself into the ionosphere with Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity's demo, bumbles around as a Part Time UFO, AND STILL finds time to dump a million hours into Pic Pic on the DS after Chris' recent glowing review!

Minty lists the names of many Galarian Pokémon that Chris hasn't heard of, and nears the end of his Xenoblade Chronicle!

Chris starts Mario Sunshine, then plays some casual oddities on the PC with the meditative Glass Masquerade and the Mavis Beacon approved typing adventure Backspace Bouken!

Oh, and the boys get angry at Super Smash Bros Ultimate's dreadful netcode!

Phew!!

14’s, eh?

Are you ready to hear why The Witness may be the most impressive game ever made?

Are you prepared to accept that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the best launch title of all time?

Will you let our resident JRPG aficionado sell you on the under appreciated gem Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean?

3 perfect games. Honestly. Just listen!

Number 15 - Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Pokémon Red

Today you're going to hear about some good games. I mean, last week's games were good, sure, but these are a whole week's worth of good better!

...but before we do that...

Why not let us tell you little bits and pieces about our weekly efforts through Super Mario 64, Tetris 99, Mario 35, Pokémon Sword and/or Shield, and a wee snifter of Resident Evil!

Let Minty tell you just how good Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader is!
Let Jonathan tell you just how good The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is!
Let Chris tell you just how good Pokémon Red is!

Very, very good x3.

(There are actual tears.)

Number 16 - Pic Pic, Super Paper Mario, Super Smash Bros Melee

Trials and tribulations in the quiz, perchance?

Jonathan has a busy work week, yet still finds some time to drown in Hades' extended lore, and evolve a shiny Charmander in Pokemon Go.
Minty chugs along with Xenoblade Chronicles, making his way to the Mechonis, mopping up sidequests in the wake of his relentless forward progress.
Chris revisits two old favourites, the minimalist platformer Love, and the explore-em-up Submerged.

List entries this week!

A handheld logic puzzler no one has even heard of.
A 2D platform-come-adventure-come-lite RPG starring a certain moustachioued plumber.
An all-star brawler featuring cameos from Earthbound nobodies and Japan-exclusive peripheral mascots.

Pic Pic! Super Paper Mario! Smash Bros Melee!

GOOD GAMES, GOOD GAMES, GOOD GAMES, GOOD GAMES.

Number 17 - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, Limbo

Urghh, Mario!? They're not still playing Mario are they?

This week, we're going interactive with our blurb!

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1) Please answer the following questions by selecting the appropriate answers from the well below. [3 Marks]

What's Jonathan finished or started this week?
What's Minty gone back to this week?
What's Chris got running in a window behind Powerpoint on his laptop this week?

(Hades / MO:Astray / Book of Demons / Doom 2 / Among Us)

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2) Given the number of entries remaining across our lists, how many are likely to be from the Legend of Zelda franchise? [1 Mark]

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3) Compare and contrast the use of linear and non-linear design in Majora's Mask and Breath of the Wild. [10 Marks]

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4) On a scale of 1-10, how disappointed is Chris in having to talk about Limbo rather than its successor Inside due to its ineligibility for his personal list? Please justify your answer. [2 Marks]

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Please submit your answers via the social media platform of your choice.

Number 18 - Pokémon Blue, Kentucky Route Zero, Wario Land 2

This week, the boys hit the ground running with motors purring:

Jonathan races through Mario's 3D ouevre at a rate of knots!
Minty sets our faithful plumber to one side to race through Xenoblade Chronicles!
Chris disappoints everyone by racing through Big Bobby Car: The Big Race!

Travelling back in time, let Jonathan tell the story of a trendsetting Christopher Dow (aged 11 years old) importing Pokémon and setting Jonathan on a lifetime journey with pocket monsters!

Pull out your Media Studies degree or your Theatre Studies thesis as Chris gets heavy detailing Kentucky Route Zero's postmodern approach to the framework of the adventure game!

Minty exalts Wario Land 2, the little handheld platformer that could, as a truly elevated experience!

According to our triumvirate, three of the very best games EVER made!!

Number 19 - Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3, Final Fantasy: Dawn of Souls, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Oh, hello!

New here, are ya? Not worry, not to worry. Just do your best to follow along, and you'll feel right at home in no time.

You've heard of these things called video games, right? No?!!

Well, you press buttons and things happen. And there's these three guys named Jonathan, Minty and Chris who like them an awful lot. Perhaps they could entice you to give them a try with their rambling superlatives?

On this week's show, find out how the trio have got on with Super Mario 3D All-Stars, and how Chris has used games like Neoverse and Gun on Steam to reward himself for being a good worker man at his personal computer.

Down into the teens now on the century lists!

How long can Chris reasonably talk about Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3?

Can a mischievous Minty convince you to return to the earliest entries in the Final Fantasy series via the Gameboy Advance double pack Dawn of Souls?

Returning to the start of his time at secondary school, how highly did Jonathan Dunn's 'miscellaneous' English Project on The Legend of Zelda score given its accidental focus on Ocarina of Time?

Enjoy!

Number 20 - Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows, Bioshock Infinite, Pokémon Go

Like the perpetual turn of the earth, so Monday brings a new episode of Our Three Cents.

Minty huffs unjustly after having Super Mario 3D All-Stars sent to the wrong address, so instead spends his week romping through Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition.

Jonathan continues his Mario marathon by beating New Super Luigi U, before starting what promises to be an extended suckle at the teat of Mario's latest Switch collection.

Chris (or shall we say Moaning Michael) enjoys but also whines about the All-Stars port of Super Mario 64.

GAMES! GAMES! GAMES! 

Minty gets a-shovelin' and nominates Plague of Shadows as the best way to celebrate the incredible generosity of developer Yacht Club's seemingly endless entries in the Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove of 8-bit throwbacks.

Jonathan goes all lally-lally at the world building and phenomenal narrative present in Bioshock Infinite's sumptuous lagoon of lore.

Chris gets all sad at the thought of 2020, but is buoyed by memories of 2016's global moment: Pokémon Go.

ALSO:

ASMR! Pumpkin Swamp! Sea of Thieves! Egg! Blockbuster! Perambulation!

Number 22 - Peggle, Super Mario Sunshine, Hyrule Warriors

Mario! It's Super Mario! 

Find out just how much money our trio are preparing to tip into Nintendo's coffers in celebration of Mr Mario Mario's 35th anniversary! A totally unnecessary Game and Watch! eShop treats! Remasters! Reissues! Karts with cameras!

Jonathan gets to the end of Raji on the Switch, and begins his journey with Spiritfarer. Minty romps through some of Doom 64's bonus episode, before returning to the nightmare of his Ultraviolence run of Doom 2. Chris gets buried under the workload of a new job!

This week, joining the boys' podium of all timers: 

P E G G L E  D E L U X E
S U P E R  M A R I O  F L I P P I N G  S U N S H I N E
H Y R U L E  W A R R I O R S  D E F I N I T I V E  E D I T I O N 

How did Peggle almost destroy Chris' old plasma TV? 

Did Jonathan engineer Nintendo's announcement of Super Mario Sunshine's imminent arrival on the Switch given that it was his 22nd favourite game of all time? 

Why is Minty comparing the trials of the fated three in Hyrule Warriors to bubbles in a thick milkshake?

Number 23 - Hotline Miami, DuckTales, Heroes of Might & Magic 3

Are you a gaming virgin? Let the chaps direct you to the very best starter games for those approaching the hobby, tabula rasa. 

This week: Minty chips through his backlog, Jonathan fills in gaps in his knowledge of 16-bit movie tie-ins, and Chris explores a parody game. 

23rd favourite games of all times, you say?

Chris dehydrates himself talking about the hyper stylised, ultra violent Hotline Miami, a "ten out of ten game with an eleven out of ten soundtrack". 

Minty pogos as Scrooge McDuck in DuckTales on the NES, making special mention of its Moon theme - a chiptune classic tied indelibly to a video charting the inaugural flight of a balloon laden Bichon Frise. 

Jonathan hopes to do justice to two podcast faithfuls with his run down of Heroes of Might & Magic 3, a game designed for, in his words, "those who are smarter than me". 

Have these three games ever come up in the same conversation before? No, no they haven't.

Number 24 - Metroid Prime, Journey, Super Crate Box

This week on the podcast, our net games played is well into the minus figures as Chris finally clears out his closet of all his repeats! Thankfully Jonathan is on hand to indulge in a plethora of games featured in the recent Nintendo Indie World Direct and samples such off piste delights as A Short Hike, Overland, Evergate and Raji: An Ancient Epic. And Minty, inspired by last week’s episode, has wrapped his fingers around New Star Soccer once more!

And then onto our 24th favourite video games of all flipping time! My word! What games they are!

Find out what makes Metroid Prime the exception to console first-person games!

Find out what makes Journey such a primal and existential experience!

Find out why learning the ins and outs of Super Crate Box is akin to learning a new language!

Dive in and enjoy a ruddy good talk about some ruddy good things! Mangetout!

Number 25 - Super Monkey Ball, New Star Soccer, Octopath Traveler

The last quartile. Can you believe it? 

Jonathan digs into Owlboy's tantalising lore, and leaps into wireless VR with the Oculus Quest. Minty vanquishes Doom 64, after eating away at hell's offerings chip by chip for months. Chris dabbles with player-made PC mods and digs up Telltale's long delisted Jurassic Park game. 

How did a teenage Jonathan become the 10th best Super Monkey Ball player in the world?

What makes Chris qualify New Star Soccer as a 'perfect mobile game'?

How does Minty bring Jonathan to actual tears talking about his personal connection to Octopath Traveler?

3 video games that you should go and buy. Buy and play. Play and love.

Number 26 - The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, Mario Kart DS, Inside

As the weeks go by,
And our thoughts grow stronger,
Much as we may try,
Our show grows longer. 

A quiz, with cheers,
The games we've played,
A selection of memories,
That will not fade.

Bugs, a PC, a pirate's knell,
An awakening, body horror, and a blue shell.

Number 27 - Tales of Vesperia, Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem, OutRun 2

Bloomin' 'eck it's been hot, hasn't it?!

Find out what the boys think about the recent Nintendo 'Gigaleak' courtesy of a listener question. 

Then hear of the chaps' gaming efforts for the week.

Paper Mario, Alice, Forager: DONE!
Carrion: STARTED!
Slay the Spire: REVISITED!
Tales of Vesperia: SEGUED SEAMLESSLY INTO A LIST ENTRY!

Vesperia is Minty's 27th favourite game of all time!
Eternal Darkness is Jonathan's 27th favourite game of all time!
OutRun 2 is Chris' 27th favourite game of all time!

The Linear Motion Battle System! SUCCULENT Lore! A protagonist named Yuri Lowell!

Intertwined stories! Unpronounceable Lovecraftian abominations! Stellar voicework by William Hootkins!

Outrageous drifts! Single player content up the wazoo! An arranged OST by Richard Jacques!

What more could your fine ears lust after than these hardcore pearls?!

Number 28 - Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise, The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+, Rayman

This week Jonathan Dunn sails towards the end of his time with Paper Mario: The 'Orange Army' King lumping high praise on Mario's latest papery adventure. Minty Booth swings back towards loving rather than loathing the same title, allowing it to leap frog the inconsistent Colour Splash in his hypothetically revised list. Christopher Dow nears the end of Alice: Madness Returns, and revisits Deadly Premonition for some Lynchian spooks.

Want to know our 28th favourite games of all time? 

Minty gardens his way to sweet victory in Viva Piñata, Rare's gorgeous 360-era animal management simulation. 

Chris feels embarrassed discussing his relatively miniscule time with the smorgasbord of content and riches that is The Binding of Isaac when viewed against Jonathan and Minty's playtime and mastery.

Jonathan finds a magic coin and wishes the sumptuous Rayman into his childhood possession.

Top banana.

Number 29 - Super Mario Odyssey, Saints Row IV, NiGHTS into Dreams…

This week:

Chris attempts to chip through his backlog, SMASHING through Thumper with the highest possible ranks, MEANDERING through the middle third of Alice: Madness Returns, RESETTING and RESTARTING Forager, one of the trio's favourites of yesteryear.

Minty YO-YOs between loving and loathing the new Paper Mario and the Origami King, praising some of the changes to the series wider design whilst resigning himself to finally accept that Mario's 'Story' may have finally been retired.

Jonathan eschews many of Minty's criticisms of Paper Mario, bowled over as he is by the game’s song and dance numbers, as well as Mario's car 'which is a big shoe'.

And then:

Entering the 20s now; oh boy, oh boy!

Hear how and why Jonathan managed to 100% the FIFTY HOUR platform epic Super Mario Odyssey, within a 72 hour stretch!

Gasp in amazement as Minty links a daily walk past a pair of bus stop advertising hoardings to the gleeful, self-referential escapism of Saints Row IV!

Let Chris wiffle and waffle about the near-unclassifiable NiGHTS Into Dreams…, (Jonathan's 30th favourite game!) and glow at the thought of Sega Saturn synchronicity and serendipity!

Number 30 - The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, NiGHTS into Dreams…, Crackdown

Knowing me, the writer of this O3C episode blurb, knowing you, our humble listeners. Aha!

We've played a lot of games this week. Oh boy have we played a lot of games! Super Mario Maker 2! American McGee's Alice: Madness Returns! The NES de-make of Pacman Championship Edition! The Last of Us! God of War! Superliminal! Probably others!

Some very, very good games, and yet… AND YET… none of these games place on our collective lists!

Games that ARE reserved for list placement this week:

The dreamy, surreal, technical powerhouse that is The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening on the original Gameboy.

The dreamy, surreal, technical powerhouse that is the fever dream NiGHTS Into Dreams… on the much maligned Sega Saturn. 

And the GTA derivative Crackdown on the Xbox 360?

Three genuine 10/10 rippers. Take our triumvirate of words for it. 

Number 31 - Thumper, Octopath Traveler, Pokémon Emerald

THIS WEEK:
Minty has popped back to Skyrim's Tamriel as a man with magic mitts. 

Chris has popped Super Mario Maker into his 3DS, and found what is perhaps the only 'hidden gem' in the core Mario franchise. 

Jonathan has popped between Animal Crossing and the Last of Us, seesawing between glorious climes and azure waters, and bleak, post-apocalyptic ruins.  

ALSO THIS WEEK:
Chris goes biblical with his description of Thumper, a dreadful, visceral 'rhythm violence' game best experienced in VR. 

Jonathan recounts his time with Octopath Traveller, a sprawling RPG that follows an octet of lads and lasses in a tilt-shifted, pop-up book world.

Minty takes you to the cinema (remember the cinema?) to collect a special Pokémon in Emerald, one of the GBA's strongest entries in the Poké-pantheon.

What a love-er-ley bunch of video games!